September 20, 2014
Crumbling foreclosed houses haunting Metro area
Thousands of vacant and abandoned eyesores are blighting neighborhoods across New York as the foreclosure crisis expands along a troubling new front: zombie loans. A recent 38 percent spike to...
Labor issues stall plans to rebuild airport hotels
Labor issues have stalled plans to rebuild a much-needed hotel at Kennedy Airport, The Post has learned. The protracted talks to reopen the 487-room Ramada Plaza hotel at the airport...
Family to sue after teen was abused by dance instructor
The mother of a Queens teen sexually abused by her female dance instructor wants to sue the city because no one noticed the inappropriate relationship, according to court papers. Tyshaunna...
Divorced dad lives out of a Mercedes van
This bum’s in no rush! A man intent on buying a condo on the Upper West Side has decided to shack up in his van instead of wasting cash on...
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The Bronx Three break-in artists burglarized seven Kingsbridge apartments, authorities said. The thieves picked locks on four apartments on Aug. 18 and swiped cash, jewelry and assorted electronics, according to...
Rookie Herrera homers then hurts quad in Mets’ win
ATLANTA — Dilson Herrera’s night started great, but ended with him limping from the field and questionable to return this season. The 20-year-old rookie hit a two-run homer in the...
Red Bulls earn convincing win vs. league-best Seattle
The Red Bulls talked about Saturday’s showdown with MLS-leading Seattle as a statement game. Here’s what they stated with their 4-1 trouncing of the Sounders in front of a sellout...
Jeter achieves another milestone in loss
Derek Jeter has turned it back on. With the second worst slump of career in his recent rearview mirror, Jeter added a 2-of-5 day with an RBI double and another...
Giants, Colts, Saints off to awful start: Who's actually that bad?
In the NFL, where teams get just 16 regular-season games to get it right, there are 0-2 starts and there are oh-boy-and-2 starts. Two games into the NFL seasons provide...
Jets' Milliner not likely to play vs. Bears, Decker iffy
It appears the Jets will be without top cornerback Dee Milliner for Monday night’s game with the Bears. Milliner did not practice for the second straight day Saturday and officially...
In my library: Chris Kreider
Chris Kreider was born and raised in Bruins country — but that didn’t make a puck’s worth of difference to the Rangers: New York’s hometown team recently signed the 23-year-old...
Dear John: Don’t drink to higher interest
Dear John: I feel like I should have had a double shot of whiskey instead of black coffee as I read your column about the Fed possibly raising interest rates...
Time not prime for IPO buys
Chinese Internet juggernaut Alibaba, the most anticipated new issue of the year, opened its bazaar in the US on Friday, unleashing a global frenzy of buying on Wall Street. In...
Yankees won't have Jeter retirement protection in 2015
When Derek Jeter finishes a second straight empty season Sunday in Boston his next baseball stop is Cooperstown. Yet, what Jeter leaves behind is an organization that will be naked...
Giants rookie RB Andre Williams stumbling out of gate
It wasn’t easy in the preseason for Andre Williams, but it wasn’t too difficult, either. The rookie running back averaged 5.1 yards per rushing attempts and sure looked like a...
Suspended Jameis dresses for game, is awkwardly told 'No' by coach
Jameis Winston took supporting his teammates one step too far. The suspended quarterback wore his entire uniform — helmet, shoulder pads and all — before top-ranked Florida State’s game against...
Here's how the Wilpons could tell Mets fans the truth
It may well be too late to matter. There may already be too many lapsed fans, too many alienated supporters, too many lost baseball summers to suddenly have the kind...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with Larry Donnell
Post columnist Steve Serby caught up with Giants breakout tight end Larry Donnell for some Q&A. Q: What kind of personality does your 4-year-old daughter Zarri have? A: She’s a...
Martin St. Louis: Rangers are hungry for Cup
The Rangers’ spring run to the Stanley Cup finals hasn’t led to complacency. In fact, based on first impressions at training camp, it’s quite the opposite. Coach Alain Vigneault has...
Hot Hondo bags another 'W'
Hondo stayed red-hot Saturday in Kansas City, cashing with the Tigers for a fourth straight triumph that reduced his accounts payable to 1,745 munozes. Sunday: Mr. Aitch will put down...
Teixeira exits with wrist injury as Yankees fall to Blue Jays
Masahiro Tanaka is scheduled to pitch for the Yankees on Sunday which, barring events of near Biblical proportion, will also be the final home weekend game for Derek Jeter. So...
Secret Service boosts security outside White House
WASHINGTON — The head of the Secret Service has stepped-up security outside the White House after a man who jumped the fence made it into the presidential residence before being apprehended,...
Tanaka’s return offers Yankees hope for 2015
In a perfect world, Masahiro Tanaka will give the Yankees five innings, 75 pitches and a sharp performance Sunday when he makes his first start since July 8. But in...
Sharpton to bring together Brown and Garner's families
The widow and mother of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died after resisting arrest and being put in a chokehold by cops, will finally meet the parents of...
Second man arrested after another White House security incident
WASHINGTON — A man who drove up to a White House gate and refused to leave was arrested on Saturday, the Secret Service said, less than 24 hours after another man...
After tough offseason, Rangers may be helped by BC product
It was a relatively quiet offseason for the Rangers, who lost more players via free agency than they picked up. But the end of the summer brought a pleasant surprise:...
Giant water slide called off because of LA drought
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles city officials have pulled the plug on plans to temporarily transform a downtown street into a giant water slide because of drought. The Bureau of...
Hotel in NYC offering lavish, expensive suites — for your dog
The OUT Hotel in Hell’s Kitchen doesn’t just want to be friends with your dog. With its new dog suites, the hotel wants to take your pup out and show...
Oilers’ pact isn’t too slick
Apparently, hiring all of the hockey analytics people west of Toronto wasn’t enough to save the Oilers from signing Group II free agent Justin Schultz to the single most illogical...
‘The Mindy Project’ star Chris Messina stole the show this week
https://twitter.com/MindyProjectFOX/status/512058431059267584 Twitter lit up Tuesday night as fans of “The Mindy Project” professed their lust for Danny Castellano (Chris Messina), who ended the season premiere by performing a sexy striptease...
Nutrionist wants a woman who is good for his heart
Antonio, 37 Helps people take care of their bodies, and he wants a girl with a great figure. Numbers guy: Antonio gets a kick out of solving math problems in...
‘The Singles Project’ birthday bash serves up a surprise
It looks like Tabasum Mir, the “Singles Project” star, has a few extra candles to blow out on her birthday cake this week. After revealing her true age (41, not...
This week's couple: Sweat it out
Sometimes, Mother Nature has a way of making us look less than polished. Such was the case when Natalia, 32, met up with David, 43, at Boulton and Watt in...
Chris Algieri gets his big break against Manny Pacquiao
Chris Algieri, then a junior welterweight prospect from Long Island, was among the crowd of 5,000 at the Garden Theater on Nov. 2, 2013, when Magomed Abdusalamov and Mike Perez...
Fordham dominates Columbia in Liberty Cup
From the moment the Fordham Rams were first spotted taking the field at Columbia for warm-ups, it was apparent this game would mean something extra. The Rams, wearing uniforms colored...
Converting Allen to corner is a safety valve for Jets defense
The Pro Day at South Carolina in March 2012 attracted scouts, executives and coaches from every team in the NFL. The Gamecocks were loaded with talent and everyone came to...
Denver hoping to avoid Super Bowl-like disaster in Seattle
The good news for the Broncos heading into Seattle on Sunday is that they’ve won three of their last four games against the Seahawks. About that one loss, though …...
Pastor preaches against look-at-me sports mentality
This morning’s sermon begins with just that — a sermon. But this one from a pro, Pastor Scott Brown, of N.J.’s Colts Neck Reformed Church. The Rev. Brown is a...
Watson hasn’t sought Azinger advice about how to win Cup
If there is one American who truly symbolizes U.S. Ryder Cup success — as it pertains to current captain Tom Watson and his quest to bring the chalice back to...
Big turnaround needed for Giants in turnover battle
No, Mathias Kiwanuka said, this was not anything out of the ordinary for veteran Tom Coughlin observers, as the Giants lost again and the head coach sounded off at his...
Cowboys will run over Rams
Sunday Cowboys (-1) over RAMS: Dallas’ heavy-ground-game plan is ideal, when you consider DeMarco Murray’s 438 rushing yards against St. Louis — in just two career encounters (notching season highs...
10 teams that will soon face Jeter-like consequences with stars
Just a week left now. Seven days to get your last look at Derek Jeter, baseball player. What you see is really a personal decision, just like when the Rolling...
Over 120 stranded after ship runs aground near Statue of Liberty
More than 120 people were stranded in the shadows of the Statue of Liberty after a tourist ship ran aground near Liberty Island on Saturday afternoon. Clipper City, a 158-foot...
Early success brings excitement to playoff-starved city
So far upstate and away from the scandal that has rocked the NFL lives a one-of-a-kind love affair between Buffalo and its Bills, its bond as KELLYTOUGH as ever. A...
The 5 best and 5 worst new shows on TV
The Best “How To Get Away With Murder” Premieres Thursday at 10 p.m. on ABC http://youtu.be/dbSl-SPyHtg Can Shonda Rhimes, who now has three dramas on Thursday nights on ABC, top...
Is Obama whitewashing a traitor?
Three and a half months have come and gone and the Pentagon has offered no clarity on what happened to alleged Army deserter and Taliban collaborator Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Fellow...
The rise of the 'fall boyfriend'
“Needed: 2 Males interested in something steady/serious-ish as the weather fades from hot, humid, and carefree to crisp, Patagonia vest season.” This ad, posted on Craigslist last week, went on...
Comic-book heroes are coming to save fall TV
If you’re sitting on the rights to obscure 1968 comic-book character Brother Power the Geek, now might be a good time to phone your agent. No fewer than six new...
2 sexual assaults on woman minutes apart might have been planned
One of the two fiends who sexually assaulted the same woman minutes apart on the same night in Brooklyn — appalling attacks that law-enforcement sources believe could have been coordinated...
49 Turkish ISIS hostages freed
ANKARA, Turkey — Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by the Islamic State group in Iraq were freed Saturday, resolving a serious crisis which Turkish officials had long cited as a...
3-D printer being sent to the International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The 3-D printing boom is about to invade space. NASA is sending a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in hopes that astronauts will be...
Big drop in subway felonies so far this year: MTA, NYPD
Felonies in the subway system have plunged more than 14 percent so far this year, according to data released Friday by the NYPD and MTA. From January through the end...
The nurses killed it
Remember the fear in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood that it was going to lose its full-service hospital? Then-candidate Bill de Blasio even got himself arrested outside SUNY’s Midtown office as...
Beating the beheaders
In the short time since he was elected Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott has proved himself a determined world leader in the fight against Islamist terror. In June, the PM...
Death by bike
Bikes kill. That’s the painful reminder the city got this week when, cops say, a speeding bicyclist ran down a 59-year-old mom in Central Park, leaving her brain-dead. Jill Tarlov,...
Which US party is the weaker?
Which of our two great political parties is the stronger? Maybe it makes more sense to ask which is weaker. The case that the Republicans are weaker is easy to...
We're letting in the wrong refugees
Fresh terror busts in Australia expose a common Achilles’ heel of the West: Indiscriminate refugee policies turn free countries into breeding grounds for jihad. It’s the same game here: Soldiers...
Quit defending abuse: Lunatic 'lessons' on Peterson
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s arrest on child abuse charges has sparked a huge debate about corporal punishment, one that exposes deep cultural rifts. I have to admit I’ve...
Al Jazeera fires back: You can’t Gore us, Al
Al Jazeera America has returned the volley by countersuing Current TV co-founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt over the same escrow funds that triggered a lawsuit recently between the same...
Jack Ma strikes it rich - billionaire now worth $26.5B
Jack Ma is no Jeff Bezos — but he’s not far behind. The Alibaba co-founder and chairman is worth about $26.5 billion, thanks to his 9 percent stake in the...
Clorox washed away takeover offer: source
Just a few months before its shakeup in the C-suite, Clorox rebuffed a takeover offer from a rival, The Post has learned. The consumer packaged-goods company, which makes the namesake...
Wally Backman to sit beside Collins as Mets' guest coach
ATLANTA — Wally World is open for business over the next week-plus. After guiding Triple-A Las Vegas to the Pacific Coast League playoffs for the second straight year, Wally Backman...
Central Park cyclist veered into wrong lanes before tragic crash
Seconds before he plowed his $4,000 bike into Connecticut mom in Central Park, leaving her brain dead, speed-demon racing cyclist Jason Marshall zoomed down a pedestrian lane and crossed over...
Pabst not moving to Russia
The Russians are definitely not coming for Pabst (Red, White &) Blue Ribbon. That’s the urgent message from the new proprietor of the 170-year-old Milwaukee beer brand, in case you’ve...
Six shot in three separate incidents in Queens
Six people were shot in three separate incidents in Queens on Friday night, authorities said. Four men were shot at a house party inside an apartment on 106th Street in...
NYU pulls out of deal to save LICH over snag with nurses union
NYU Langone Medical Center suddenly pulled out of an agreement to take over bankrupt Long Island College Hospital after a legal dispute with the state nurse’s union. The decision by...
New skating partner, no new deal: a lot on Marc Staal's mind
So Marc Staal began his 10th Rangers’ training camp without a contract extension and with a new partner. Becoming acclimated to Dan Boyle on his right side should be the...
Convicted Assemblyman Boyland blames lawyers in letter to court
The taped bribery sessions and damning e-mails didn’t sink William Boyland Jr. — it was his lawyer’s fault! That’s the claim the disgraced former Brooklyn assemblyman — facing up to...
Jacoby Ellsbury goes down and the Yankees are worried
Just when Jacoby Ellsbury looked to be breaking out, the outfielder was forced out of the Yankees’ game Friday night against the Blue Jays with a strained right hamstring. Ellsbury,...
Hondo roaring to go
The Yankees did what they always do against Buehrle Friday night, and that was exceptionally beneficial to Hondo, who doubled his investment and saw the deficit drop to 1,700 foytacks....
Ravens tried to 'cover up' Ray Rice knockout video
The Ravens and the NFL were reeling Friday night from an explosive report stating the team conducted a wide-ranging cover-up of Ray Rice’s elevator assault almost immediately after it happened...
Former Mets shortstop Reyes learned a lot from Jeter
There is a legacy to Derek Jeter’s career that can only be measured through the words of his peers. Jose Reyes remembers the first time he met Jeter. “We were...
Infuriated Tyson Chandler has a message for Phil Jackson
It took him a while, but Tyson Chandler finally fired back at Phil Jackson. Chandler, who was dealt back to Dallas by the Knicks in June along with Raymond Felton...
US, Canada intercept 8 Russian aircraft
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday. Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman...
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The Bronx A tip-toeing suspect cleaned out a backyard shed in Soundview, cops said. The burglar crept up to the rear gate of the home on Rosedale Avenue at 2:30...