November 28, 2014
Uber kicked out of Sin City
What happens in Vegas apparently doesn’t stay in Vegas. Uber, the taxi-hailing app, continued its recent string of bad news this week when it a Nevada judge ordered it to...
Early discounts pull the power from Black Friday
Black Friday’s business got carved up like a turkey on Thanksgiving — and retailers will spend December fighting for leftovers. Stores spent most of the past month staging discounts to...
Blackstone CEO aims to keep US safe with China college
Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman has been spending 10 percent to 15 percent of his waking hours over the last two and a half years helping to keep America safe...
Woman kicked off flight after pet pig stinks up plane
Her pot-bellied pet will be welcome on this airplane — when pigs fly! A woman was booted from a US Airways flight in Connecticut because her pet pig was pacing...
Stoudemire questions Knicks' effort after ugly loss to Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — Russell Westbrook lit up former mentor Derek Fisher and his Knicks, and then Amar’e Stoudemire lit into his teammates, branding their demeanor in Friday night’s 105-78 blowout...
Fans go crazy as 'Star Wars' trailer makes explosive debut
The Force has awakened! In a galaxy where the release date for the new Star Wars movie is far, far away . . . its trailer finally debuted Friday after weeks of...
City's steep tree removal fees slam homeowners, builders
It’s grand theft arbor! The Parks Department is gouging homeowners, builders and the MTA for tree removal and replacement — collecting $2.7 million in the last fiscal year, The Post...
2 people shot, 1 killed in Chicago Nordstrom store
https://twitter.com/ABC7Chicago/status/538538928954150912 CHICAGO — Two people were shot, one fatally, Friday night in what sources said may have been a domestic-related shooting at the Nordstrom store on North Michigan Avenue in...
Historian spots long-lost painting while watching 'Stuart Little'
There’s a mouse in the house — along with a long-lost 20th-century masterpiece. An art historian was watching the movie “Stuart Little” with his daughter — and spotted in the...
Grandpa allegedly stole $2M from dead son's daughter
A heartless Long Island grandpa stole a $2 million wrongful-death payout from his dead son’s young daughter — and blew it on a luxury car, a new house and a...
St. John's falls to No. 10 Gonzaga in NIT Season Tip-Off final
St. John’s will have to wait to make a national statement, though the undersized Johnnies did prove they belong on the same floor as one of the country’s best Friday...
Oh, snap! Capitals end Islanders' five-game winning streak
WASHINGTON — After the first period, it looked as if the Islanders had a chance for their sixth consecutive victory. But how quickly things change. As for the Capitals, the...
Woman dies in Bronx public housing bedroom blaze
A 67-year-old woman died Friday afternoon in a fire at a Bronx housing development, officials said. The blaze broke out in the Moore Houses on East 149th Street in Mott...
Richard O'Neill, 37-year veteran of NYPD, dies of natural causes
Richard O��Neill, a one-time vice president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, died Thursday at the age of 77. O’Neill, a 37-year veteran of the NYPD who also served in the...
Jury nears decision on NYPD chokehold death
NEW YORK — Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly...
Still being railroaded
Remember all those Long Island Rail Road retirees who lost their disability pensions in the wake of a widespread fraud scandal? They’re getting them back. The retirees lost their pensions...
Honoring a hero
As police find themselves vilified across the nation, it’s heartening to see New York City honor one of its men in blue. It’s a tribute that is long overdue. More...
Black lives matter
Those protesting the St. Louis grand jury’s decision now have a new chant: “black lives matter.” Of course they do. But the protesters have the equation backward. It’s not policing...
Rex turned back to Geno Smith with 2015 in mind
When Rex Ryan arrived at work on Tuesday morning, he knew he was turning back to Geno Smith at quarterback. A source familiar with the Jets’ decision to replace Michael...
Carmelo at ‘80 percent’ — with little fear of long-term damage
OKLAHOMA CITY — Carmelo Anthony may not play until Tuesday at the earliest, but the good news is it appears he has no structural damage in his back, just spasms....
Mexican comic icon Roberto Gomez Bolaños dies at 85
MEXICO CITY — Roberto Gomez Bolaños, the iconic Mexican comedian who wrote and played the boy television character "El Chavo del Ocho" that defined a generation for millions of Latin...
Cliff Huxtable's Bill Cosby problem
“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.” — Bill Cosby A little over a month ago,...
The beginning of the end for Nancy Pelosi?
No one in Washington much cares what House Democrats do these days. House rules tend to ensure that the main job of members of the minority is to show up,...
Chris Kreider to miss Rangers game after grandfather's death
PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Miller will be in the Rangers’ lineup for Saturday afternoon’s match at the Garden against the Flyers in place of Chris Kreider, who learned of his grandfather’s...
Five burning NBA questions after one topsy-turvy month
The opening month of the NBA season has already given us plenty of highs and lows, exciting moments and disappointing injuries. So, with the Thanksgiving holiday coinciding with a dip...
Does anyone know how to fix network comedies?
Everybody knows that the television comedy series is in a sad state. But no one seems to know how to fix it. This fall’s crop of sitcoms has all but...
Do-gooder car-jacked, fatally run over collecting food for homeless
His charitable heart got him killed. Long Island do-gooder Dionel Ramirez left his car outside a 7-Eleven as he dropped in to collect surplus food for a soup kitchen on Friday...
Johnny Football admits brawl: 'Very intoxicated' fan started it
CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel says he tried to avoid an altercation with a man who was "very aggressive" when he approached the Browns' rookie quarterback in the lobby of his...
Martin St. Louis milestone gives rote Rangers win some life
PHILADELPHIA — It is difficult to recall a game in this rivalry between the Rangers and Flyers as passionless as the one here Friday in which the Blueshirts prevailed 3-0...
Ray Rice cleared to play, becomes free agent
Disgraced NFL star Ray Rice is clear to play football again. An arbitrator overturned the indefinite suspension imposed by the league when chilling video surfaced of him cold-cocking his then-fiancée...
NYC protesters clog streets to disrupt Black Friday
A mob of activists caused chaos on Black Friday — blocking the main entrance to the Herald Square Macy’s and harassing holiday shoppers when the protesters flooded into the decked-out...
Probe that botched comet landing could be running by spring
The troubled space probe that lost power after its botched landing on a speeding comet could be back up and running as soon as March, engineers from the European Space...
The day in photos
The President of Indonesia takes a selfie, pro-democracy protesters fill a room with Post-Its in Hong Kong, Afghanistan gets its first amusement park and more.
Man in critical condition after jumping out 4th-floor window
A man was clinging to life after he jumped out a fourth-floor apartment window Friday afternoon in East Harem, cops said. The 25-year-old plunged to the ground outside the East...
Woman stabs boyfriend for eating Thanksgiving dinner early
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Police say a Pennsylvania woman chased her boyfriend around a dining room and stabbed him in the chest because he started eating Thanksgiving dinner while she slept...
Thief swipes hearse with dead body before funeral
A ghoulish thief swiped a hearse carrying a body in Australia — prompting the dead man’s brother to chase him down just moments before the funeral. The 49-year-old coffin crook,...
One month in jail for this brutal sneak soccer headbutt
PARIS — Brazilian striker Brandao has been handed a one-month jail sentence along with a 20,000-euro ($25,000) fine for head-butting Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Thiago Motta. The sentence exceeded the prosecutor's...
Only one superstar expected back for Knicks-Thunder clash
OKLAHOMA CITY – Welcome back to Oklahoma, Derek. Thunder coach Scott Brooks announced superstar point guard Russell Westbrook will make his return from a broken hand Friday against Derek Fisher’s Knicks...
Michael Brown's stepfather should be indicted for inciting riots: Lt. Gov.
Michael Brown’s stepfather is the one who should be indicted — for inciting a riot by telling Ferguson’s mobs to “burn this bitch down” after the grand jury announcement, Missouri’s lieutenant...
Sluggish Black Friday for Manhattan retailers
Shopping in New York City was a scene of controlled chaos on Black Friday — with calm customers snatching up sales anywhere they could. Tryptophan hangovers left many hitting the...
Will Ferguson help or hurt ‘Selma’ in the Best Picture race?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic When writer-director Ava DuVernay shot her powerful civil rights drama “Selma’’ earlier this year, she knew it would have resonance for contemporary audiences. Martin Luther King’s campaign to roll...
The 8 worst bosses of all time
Horrible bosses? We’ve all had ’em. But be thankful you haven’t worked for one of these members of the Bad Boss Hall of Fame. As “Horrible Bosses 2” hits theaters,...
Mean tweet by GM's daughter is new low for 49ers infighting
The sniping in 49ers Land is getting downright Shakespearian, and it's not hard to see the poison and daggers aimed at embattled coach Jim Harbaugh. In the waning moments of...
OPEC hands motorists early Christmas present
Gas prices are likely to continue to fall through Christmas — an early present to drivers around the world from OPEC. Investors in airlines, cruise ship operators and package delivery companies...
'Drunk driver' arrested after pulling over to take a nap
It wasn’t the tryptophan that knocked this turkey out. An alleged drunk driver was arrested on Thanksgiving after stopping his van on a Staten Island highway to take a nap,...
The most exciting trends of the NHL's first two months
Thanksgiving is a time for reflection, so we’d like to take a look back and give thanks for some things that have happened through the first quarter of this entertaining NHL...
1 injured after roof collapses at Staten Island car dealership
The roof of a Staten Island car dealership collapsed Friday morning, trapping and critically injuring one man inside,, authorities said. The victim was at the Dana Ford car dealership near...
7 injured in Staten Island apartment blaze
A blaze broke out in a Staten Island apartment building Friday morning , injuring seven people -- one critically, authorities said. Firefighters rushed to the scene of the fire in...
Say hello to the healthy Rangers: Ryan McDonagh is back
PHILADELPHIA — Healthy is as healthy does, so Ryan McDonagh, “100 percent” in the words of coach Alain Vigneault, is set to rejoin the Rangers’ lineup for Friday afternoon’s match...
Sensitive Jolie, Diaz docs possibly stolen in Sony hack
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computers still weren’t up and running on Friday — five days after they were hacked by a group calling itself The Guardians of Peace. Meanwhile, reports surfacing...
Is there enough room this awards season for 2 genius biopics?
Which afflicted British scientist movie are you voting for? That’s the question Academy members will likely be asking come early next year. “The Theory of Everything,” out now, and Friday’s...
Outpouring of generosity for ex-Bill after suicidal reveal
Darryl Talley is broke and suicidal. Football fans want to help. After a harrowing profile revealed the extent of the physical, mental and financial anguish facing the former Buffalo Bills...
Latest American export: Black Friday brawls
British police officers were called to stores across the UK on Friday as the Black Friday shopping frenzy imported from the United States brought surging crowds and fights over sharply discounted...
Pregnant woman loses eye after Ferguson cops fire bean bag
A pregnant woman lost her left eye when cops in Ferguson shot out a car window with a bean bag -- sending shards of glass flying into her face, it was revealed...
The new Star Wars teaser is here
http://youtu.be/OMOVFvcNfvE Gear up that lightsaber because the first teaser trailer for “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” has arrived. You won’t see much of the new cast —...
Bill Belichick did some cruel Thanksgiving player carving
Bill Belichick: the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving. The notoriously unsentimental Patriots mastermind waived a key player on Thursday, three days shy of a showdown with the Packers and right in...
Missing Ohio State footballer has concussion history
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer says he's praying that a missing football player is found soon and safely. In a Friday statement, Meyer described defensive tackle Kosta Karageorge...
Crowds thin as Black Friday shopping gets off to slow start
NEW YORK — Stores are welcoming a second wave of shoppers in what has become a two-day kickoff to the holiday shopping season. The big question: How much Thanksgiving shopping...
2 boys trapped under snow survive thanks to air pocket
Nobody could hear them scream. Two upstate boys who were trapped under a pile of snow for seven hours heard friends and family calling for them on Thanksgiving — but...
Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson
Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers overnight in a new tactic to vent their anger at a grand jury decision not to indict a...
Sunday's 'Downton Abbey' special offers Season 5 sneak peek
Even “Downton Abbey’s” most devoted fans were disappointed, and we’ll go so far as to say it: we were bored by Season 4. Storylines were repetitive; the writers’ fascination with...
Reasons behind fiendish bat hoarding of Red Sox, Cubs
Free agency has been a hit so far. No, really, a hit. Twelve free agents had signed major league contracts before Thanksgiving. One was a reliever in Zach Duke. One...
Inside Melo's would-be plot to join Bulls
OKLAHOMA CITY — A new documentary detailing his two-week free-agent odyssey in July depicts how close Carmelo Anthony was to requesting a sign-and-trade to join Chicago, saying, “There was one...
Gimpy Romo won't use lack of rest as excuse for poor outing
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Cowboys only can hope this was a case of too little rest. Because if the version of Tony Romo that Dallas got Thursday, in a costly...
How modern-day uniforms can give announcers headaches
There’s hope. Not much, but enough to qualify. Early in Tuesday’s Kansas State-Arizona tournament game from Hawaii, ESPN’s Sean McDonough noted that K-State guard Nigel Johnson is wearing No. 23....
Why this Patriots-Packers game feels like a Super Bowl preview
It was difficult to tell if Tony Gonzalez were preparing to strap on his pads for Sunday’s Packers-Patriots showdown or getting ready to break down the game in a suit...
‘Our Lady of Kibeho’ a look at prophetic visions in 1981 Rwanda
Katori Hall made a noisy entrance on Broadway in 2011 when her drama “The Mountaintop” opened with Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. Problem was, that play — about Martin...
How I finally lost my baby weight after a 2-year battle
You might feel like you ate for two on Thursday, but for me, Thanksgiving just gives me flashbacks to the nine months I actually was eating for two, and how...
Doc Emrick explains Rangers' inconsistency, tips cap to Isles
NBC play-by-play man Mike “Doc” Emrick talks up-and-down Rangers and red-hot Islanders with The Post’s Justin Terranova before the Blueshirts’ Friday afternoon showdown with the Flyers. Q: What’s the biggest...
Volcano erupts in southern Japan
TOKYO — A volcano in southern Japan blasted out chunks of magma Friday in the first such eruption in 22 years, causing flight cancellations and prompting warnings to stay away...
Seahawks, Sherman shut down rival 49ers in key NFC West battle
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Richard Sherman provided the moment of the game against the 49ers once again, a mere 10 months after his touchdown-saving deflection in the NFC championship that...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A gunman who shot a man in the face and stomach in Allerton is on the loose, cops say. The shooter pulled out a gun and blasted the...