November 23, 2014
'Subway pusher' says he doesn't remember fatal shove
The man who allegedly shoved a Bronx dad in front of an oncoming subway train in front of his horrified wife says he has no memory of the heinous crime. "I...
Carmelo Anthony raves about Jose Calderon: 'I love it'
The return of Jose Calderon to active Knicks duty means a lot to the offense collectively. But it also represents a big bump individually. Just ask Carmelo Anthony. “I love...
Ref’s discipline puts Red Bulls’ season on brink
First the referee lost control of the Red Bulls’ 2-1 playoff loss to the Revolution on Sunday. Then the Red Bulls lost any hold on the Eastern Conference finals. And...
Iceland duo living out hoop dreams in Brooklyn
Martin Hermannsson and Elvar Fridriksson were having the game of their lives. Teaming up for one of their countless two-on-two battles, the best friends were making every shot that mattered...
Rangers dominate Canadiens in early statement game
No statements. No hyperbole. No projections. Instead, what the Rangers did Sunday night at the Garden was put together the type of performance that allows them to feel all their...
The man who unmade New York
Seen through the prism of subsequent national experience, Nelson Rockefeller resembles a swollen postwar automobile — a land yacht with tail fins, a period piece, bemusing and embarrassing. He remains,...
A social boycott: Networking to roll back Thanksgiving store hours
How mighty is social media? Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are claiming more scalps — meting out justice to Bill Cosby, SeaWorld and Uber. But one real test of social-media is...
Madness works in off-Broadway play 'A Particle of Dread'
It's hard to know what’s going on during Sam Shepard’s new play — but “A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations)” always holds your interest. Having the great Irish star Stephen...
Nuke-deal pitfalls: Licensing an Iranian bomb
As the latest deadline for talks on Iran’s nukes expires today, let’s take a look at North Korea. Last week, the UN General Assembly passed a nonbinding resolution to refer...
Odell Beckham made the best catch you'll ever see
https://twitter.com/NFLRT/status/536703289178750976 New York football hasn't been much to talk about this year. But Odell Beckham Jr. is one player the area can be proud of. The first-round pick out of...
Airbnb: The real story
Airbnb began in 2008 when our co-founders were in a situation familiar to many: They couldn’t afford their rent. In six years, Airbnb has helped thousands of New Yorkers stay...
23 must-have toys to prevent a Christmas morning tantrum
There's this movie, and every kid on the planet wants a toy featuring its characters. You may have heard of it — it’s called “Frozen.” The hit film stormed into...
Stoudemire feels like ‘everything is back’ after years of injuries
Amar’e Stoudemire said the explosion, the quickness, the energy are back. True, it took longer than expected, but better two years later than never. “I feel great. To feel this...
Jets out to pay Bills back for Week 8 beatdown
DETROIT — The Jets have an unexpected Monday night in Motown after a blanket of snow in Buffalo forced the game with the Bills to be moved here. Advantage Jets?...
On ‘neutral’ ground, Jets must make use of Buffalo’s rough week
First, Mother Nature dumped on the Bills. Then the NFL did. Now it is the Jets’ turn. And, if the Jets don’t turn this into a terrible trifecta for Buffalo...
Riding momentum, Vick says he's ready to take on the Bills
DETROIT — The last time the Bills saw Michael Vick, he was turning the ball over three times in a Jets 43-23 loss last month. That was when Vick came...
Vatican's sex crimes watchdog didn't report abusive priest: docs
BOSTON — An American priest named by Pope Francis as the Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor in September was among church officials who failed to report an abusive priest to law...
Sunny in Philadelphia
W.C. Fields must be spinning in his grave. At least for New Yorkers, the City of Brotherly Love appears to have turned the epitaph Fields supposedly planned for his tombstone...
Trash this tax
Will wonders never cease? New York’s City Council is actually debating a tax hike? The council’s recent hearing on whether to impose a 10-cent fee on paper and plastic grocery...
Our winey state
The saying is in vino veritas — in wine, there is truth. Alas, not in New York. Right now the State Liquor Authority is locked in a preposterous battle with...
DA to dismiss 'sleepy' teen's ticket in wreck that killed family
MONROE, La. — A prosecutor says he is dismissing the ticket issued to a Texas teenager who apparently fell asleep at the wheel and caused a wreck that killed five...
Transit cops pay respects to rider pushed in front of subway
The NYPD's Transit Bureau chief and about a dozen of his cops attended Sunday's tearful funeral of the Bronx straphanger pushed in front of a subway train last week. Transit...
'There are no excuses': Pacquiao camp calls out Mayweather
MACAU — While Manny Pacquiao was trying to coax Floyd Mayweather into being his next opponent, Chris Algieri was left to contemplate what might have been. They are two prizefighters...
Giuliani blames cop shootings on black-on-black crime
Former Mayor Giuliani ignited a heated exchange on TV on Sunday after pointing to a black commentator while discussing the fatal shooting of an African American teen by a white...
Hungry driver hits man at McDonald's, picks up food, drives off: sources
The family of a Queens man who was run over at a McDonald’s drive-thru was appalled Sunday to learn that the motorist who hit him picked up his food at...
8-year-old robbed at knifepoint in Brooklyn: cops
A heartless thug pressed a knife to an 8-year-old girl’s throat and robbed her in a Brooklyn apartment early Saturday, authorities said. Malcolm Walker Gotti, 24, broke into the Bedford-Stuyvesant...
Teen rescued from ISIS cooked for jihadists, did 'girl stuff': Ex
The 19-year-old woman whose Dutch mother single-handedly rescued her from ISIS was actually loving her time with the barbaric jihadists -- cooking for them, indulging in tea parties and doing...
Woman fighting to replace fallen tree in Brooklyn
A tree does not grow in Brooklyn. Bay Ridge resident Mary Ann Walsh has been fighting the Parks Department for a new tree in front of her 76th Street home...
62-year-old had stroke after cookie-store employee shoved her: suit
An Upper East Side woman says she had a stroke after an encounter with a delivery man. Dog-walker Georgina Spence, 62, has been hospitalized for nearly three weeks ever since...
GOP looking to discredit Benghazi report that cleared Obama
WASHINGTON — Two days after a Republican-led committee found no intelligence failure or coverup in the deadly Benghazi embassy attacks, Republicans are moving to discredit the two-year investigation. “I think the report...
Texas politicians plotting immigration retaliation against Obama
WASHINGTON – Don’t mess with Texas. Infuriated with President Obama for allowing up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay here legally, a trio of Texas Republican politicians are plotting...
Nets rewind: Brook Lopez needs to get back to his best
Here are three thoughts from the Nets 99-87 loss to the Spurs in San Antonio Saturday night: 1. Brook Lopez had a poor game, finishing with six points on 3-for-8...
Ex-WWF wrestler forced into double amputation
As Kamala “The Ugandan Giant,” James Harris took his lumps in the ring from such pro wrestling legends as Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. But that’s nothing compared with...
School custodians getting a raise in new contract
School custodians are cleaning up. The city’s 5,000 school cleaners and handy men reached a nine-year $211.1 million contract this week, which includes a $1,000 bonus and 18 percent raises....
Kids 'thank' Michelle Obama for 'mystery mush' school lunches
WASHINGTON -- School kids are giving thanks to first lady Michelle Obama just in time for the holiday - with a sarcastic Twitter hashtag about unappealing school lunches. Along with...
Obama doesn't expect Hillary to tap him for 2016 campaign
WASHINGTON -- President Obama, acknowledging he’s been battered by political “dings,” said he doesn’t expect Hillary Clinton will tap him for campaign appearances in a potential 2016 run. The American...
Fugitive bighorn sheep killed by hit-and-run driver in LA
A bighorn sheep escaped from the Los Angeles Zoo at Griffith Park on Saturday and dashed around the hills in the park for hours before it ended up on a...
Drunk driver plows into neighbor's house: cops
http://youtu.be/jkDI-gq_Tqk He missed it by that much. A Long Island man tried to pull into his driveway after a night of boozing but instead plowed right through the front door...
Obama escapes Washington for golf with Jeter in Vegas
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — President Barack Obama is playing golf at an exclusive Las Vegas-area course with a retired shortstop, a Democratic Party donor and a newspaper owner. After...
Naked man falls through women’s bathroom ceiling, assaults 84-year-old: cops
BOSTON -- A naked man fell through the ceiling of a women's bathroom at Logan Airport on Saturday, then ran out of the restroom and viciously assaulted an elderly man...
NBC's Turness is spending millions on axed positions
NBC News ended a rocky week with some holes in its management — and now Deborah Turness, NBC News president, is looking to re-populate her executive ranks. Turness, on the...
Nurse with rare brain disorder wins $4M suit against hospital
A Manhattan nurse practitioner with a rare brain disorder won a $4 million judgment last week against New York Presbyterian Hospital — seven years after she sued the hospital for...
DreamWorks Animation boss makes the wrong kind of headlines
Hollywood and Wall Street saw DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg make all the wrong kind of headlines last week. The embarrassing collapse of merger talks with toy-maker Hasbro Nov. 20...
Elements Behavorial Health seeks buyer
Sometimes life is truly stranger than fiction. Elements Behavorial Health — the owner of the Promises Malibu and Los Angeles drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinics — is seeking a buyer....
2015 Pirelli calendar features Gigi Hadid
The Pirelli calendar for 2015 was unveiled last week by the Italian tire company — whose stock is listed on the Milan exchange. The calendar, which has limited distribution to...
Dear John: Student debt a mind mortgage
Dear John: There is something you are missing about the economy. My son and daughter make just over and just under $30,000 a year. They are both saddled with approximately...
Principal faked classroom observations at HS: staffers
The principal of Banana Kelly HS in the South Bronx has faked classroom observations of her faculty, staffers charge. “She’s destroyed the integrity of the whole evaluation system,” an insider...
Columbia students campaign against president's $700K pay raise
Pity poor Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. His students do — they’ve embarked on a Web campaign to raise even more money to pay the multi-millionaire educator. Recently released tax...
A teenager's escape from hell in Honduras
When 17-year-old Katherine Silva Lopez tried to flee the gang members who robbed her daily on her way to school in Honduras, they stabbed her in the arm and threatened...
Russian agents threaten couple in adoption cancellation
Moscow agents tracked down the private phone number of a Long Island couple who wants to cancel their adoption of two children from Russia and called them in an apparent...
9/11 lawyer accuses partner of sex with staffer, prostitutes
The co-founder of the high-powered law firm that pocketed tens of millions of dollars in fees from 9/11 cases has accused his law partner of patronizing prostitutes and cajoling an...
Pension fees soar to record levels under Stringer
The city paid a record $530.2 million in fees to pension investment firms last fiscal year, despite Comptroller Scott Stringer’s vow to rein in the escalating costs. The fat fees...
'Wanted' posters of cop taped up at Pink Houses
Residents at the notorious Louis Pink Houses gave a thumbs-up Saturday night to the latest notices to be taped to their lobby walls: posters reading “THIS IS THE FACE OF...
Former DC mayor Marion Barry dead at 78
WASHINGTON — Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, his legacy was not defined...
The shocking true story behind 'The Imitation Game'
He cracked the code of a legendarily impenetrable German war cryptographic machine called Enigma — but nobody could ever truly figure out British mathematician and inventor Alan Turing, subject of...
How the love of a high school girl sparked a gang war
Joe “Steed” Wallace doesn’t like to talk about the scar. His fellow Bloods often see him stroking it, though, mostly when he’s angry. It’s a habit he’s been trying to...
How Hollywood became the 'sixth estate' of government
In December 1958, Eleanor Roosevelt trashed newly re-elected senator and presidential candidate John Kennedy in an interview for his perceived lack of political independence, as his powerful father, Joseph Kennedy,...
Flood of illegal immigrants to pour into NYC schools
New York has sent a warning to its schools: Expect more illegal immigrants. The city Department of Education has told principals it plans this year to enroll 2,350 migrant children...
What the police do for us
In April, a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed mentally ill black resident Dontre Hamilton. Though the cop was fired for the unjustified shooting, protesters last week in a hearing...
City Council proves again it's a waste of time, money, and sense
It could have been the setup for a joke. Like this one: The Joker and a New York City councilman walk into a bar. “We don’t serve evil clowns in...
Hospital asks judge to boot patient who refuses to leave
Most hospital patients can’t wait to rip out their IVs, toss their bedpans and bolt for home, but a Manhattan man given a clean bill of health by Lenox Hill...
8-ball jacket creator praises subway slapper's style
Wear it loud, and wear it proud! That’s the message the creator of the iconic 8-ball jacket has for Jorge Peña, the straphanger who hit back after he was attacked...
The offseason fixes that will make Giants contenders in 2015
The good news for the Giants is their future isn’t as bleak as their present. That present is indeed grim, as Big Blue prepares to host the Cowboys on Sunday...
How Airbnb makes cities less safe
A few weeks ago, Airbnb began renting out some condos in my Upper West Side building. I consider this dangerous. Forget what strangers would do to my furniture; I wouldn’t...
Unarmed man killed by cop with itchy trigger finger
The accidental killing of 28-year-old Akai Gurley by a rookie cop is rife with apparent protocol breaches, veteran cops and NYPD critics agreed Saturday. Officer Peter Liang — a probationary...
Devils blow late two-goal lead, fall to Flames in shootout
CALGARY, Alberta — This was a game the Devils let get away. Jiri Hudler scored late in regulation to start Calgary's comeback and then got the deciding goal in the...
Merrill and Morgan battle in ‘wealth manage’ war
It’s the battle of the bulges. As Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley trade blows to dominate the lucrative multitrillion-dollar wealth-management industry, Merrill has cleared a new hurdle this month and...
The curse of Black Friday sales
This year, it’s Broken Friday. After a tough 2014, nervous retailers couldn’t afford to wait for the traditional day after Thanksgiving to pull the trigger on holiday shopping discounts. So...
Credit card deals charge forth for holidays
When it comes to credit cards this holiday season, the customer is king. Shoppers no longer have to kowtow to the banks’ high interest rate offers and pricey annual fees....
New high school course: 'How to deal with cops'
It’s Cops 101. The principal of East Side Community HS invited the New York Civil Liberties Union to give a two-day training session last week on interacting with police. The...
Islanders legend Smith: N.Y. always will be Rangers territory
Billy Smith was between the pipes during the glory days of the Islanders in the early 1980s, and yet he still thinks they play second fiddle in the New York...
Cops release new images of suspected Central Park robbers
Authorities released new surveillance images Saturday of the duo suspected of robbing a woman in Central Park last week. The male crook approached the 24-year-old victim in the park near...
Algieri dominated by Pacquiao in unanimous decision
MACAU — The Long Island Long shot proved to be no Rocky, after all. Manny Pacquiao turned the lights out on the Chris Algieri show by scoring six knock downs...
Woman who claims steamy affair with CEO taunts his wife on Twitter
A Manhattan woman who claims she had a years-long affair with married multi-millionaire Robert Rosenkranz confronted his wife on social media with a handwritten note from their mutual love. Katherine...
Nets' Hollins gives veteran Garnett night off in loss to Spurs
SAN ANTONIO — The resting of Kevin Garnett has begun. After playing in each of the first 12 games this season for the Nets, the future Hall of Fame power...
My former beau stole my business: lawsuit
This deal left blood in the water. Ryan Slack, former CEO of the real-estate site Property Shark, is a business and romantic predator, charges former girlfriend Sandy Hussain. She claims...
Winless 76ers prove to be perfect tonic for struggling Knicks
So the first thing you’ll want to do this morning is pluck the red Sharpie out of your desk drawer, lay the Knicks’ schedule on your desk, and circle the...
Unbeaten Jk Shesalady captures Breeders Crown Filly Pace
A Horse of the Year might have been identified after Night 2 of the Breeders Crown. Jk Shesalady, the overwhelming 1-9 favorite, did not disappoint her supporters Saturday night at...
Giants' first goal: Make us laugh at Romo again
The fairy tale would go something like this: The Giants remember how to be Giants and upset the Cowboys on Sunday night then run the table against all odds. And...
Pot sales could stoke Big Pharma
Last week, Big Pharma companies were reminded that the cost of bringing a new drug to market has skyrocketed to a staggering $2.87 billion. In a new study released on...
Loan scam artists target NYC minorities
Foreclosure-rescue scam artists are reaping millions of dollars off the backs of struggling New York homeowners, according to a new study to be released Monday. This scourge often receives little...
Pace football coach accused of vicious abuse of players
Andy Rondeau, head coach of Pace University’s football team — which once lost 38 straight games — physically and verbally abused players, three former team members claim. On Oct. 4...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A 64-year-old Italian tourist was robbed on a subway train in Brooklyn Heights. The victim was on a 2 train at 5:15 p.m. Monday when a thief roughed him...