December 21, 2014
Odell Beckham baffled why his celebrating is an issue
ST. LOUIS – To spin or not to spin, that is the question. Odell Beckham Jr. has a theory about how one should act after scoring a touchdown: “If you...
Kin knew cop killer was ticking time bomb
The gunman who killed two of New York’s Finest was estranged from his own family — with his mother terrified that her disturbed son would explode into violence. Ismaaiyl Brinsley,...
Christie urges return of convicted cop-killer from Cuba to US
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie criticized President Obama for moving toward normal relations with Cuba and urged the White House to demand the return of a convicted cop-killer before diplomatic...
NYPD, ASPCA rescue nearly 400 abused dogs and cats this year
New York’s Furriest have a lot to be thankful for this year. The NYPD has rescued nearly 400 abused cats and dogs so far this year, and has arrested more...
The cruelest fact for the Jets: Brady, Belichick won't go away
Individually, they really have merited better. There are some good, talented people working for the Jets who don’t deserve to have a 3-13 or a 4-12 slipped into their permanent...
Where Rex Ryan failed -- and where Woody Johnson must fix
He walked slowly to midfield and met Bill Belichick for a quick bro hug, then Darrelle Revis wished him good luck, and it wasn’t long before he was trudging off...
Brave captain takes the helm: Sting joins the cast of his Broadway musical
When “The Last Ship” opened on Broadway a few months ago, many people were confused: Wait a minute — where’s Sting? Though he wrote the score, Sting hasn’t been onstage...
Nets snap skid, hold off Pistons for much-needed win
Coming home carrying a three-game losing streak, the Nets went into Sunday’s matchup against the Pistons needing a win in the worst way. But while the Pistons — who came...
Odell Beckham cannot be stopped as Giants win a wild one
ST. LOUIS — Odell Beckham Jr. has done wondrous things for the Giants. He has thrilled them. He has dazzled them. He has awed them. But never before in his...
The Huff Post's drug problem
The Huffington Post, through its widely viewed video service HuffPost Live, is promoting recreational use of marijuana as well as even more troubling nonsense about the medicinal value of hard...
Lighting fuses in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY --- Scott Pruitt enjoyed owning a AAA baseball team here, but he is having as much fun as Oklahoma’s attorney general, and one of the Obama administration’s most...
City at the brink -- we must find a middle ground on policing
On Saturday a cold-blooded killer murdered two New York City police officers who were sitting in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. New Yorkers are always shocked by the...
How de Blasio gifts to unions mean trouble for city's poor
Mayor de Blasio has played Santa Claus all year with New Yorkers’ money — but the Grinch may be coming. Thanks to the mayor’s bad budgeting, when recession hits (and...
Cuomo visits family of executed officer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the widow and two sons of slain Officer Rafael Ramos at their home in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. “It’s just unimaginable, there are no words,” Cuomo...
Fatally wounded cop struggled to say his name before passing out
Mortally wounded NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos struggled to tell paramedics his name before passing out and never regaining consciousness, the first EMT on the scene said Sunday. Tantania Alexander, a...
Carmelo Anthony laments Knicks' downfall from 54 wins
TORONTO — Carmelo Anthony was singing the holiday blues. The Knicks will enter Christmas Day with 25 losses — 20 games below .500 after extending the worst start in franchise...
NYC mourns slain officers in shooting attack
A New York Police Department baseball cap surrounded by flowers, teddy bears and candles marks the spot where two police officers were killed by a gunman who was targeting law...
Beckham in center of massive brawl during Giants-Rams
ST. LOUIS – The game featured two teams out of playoff contention but you wouldn’t have known it Sunday, as a vicious brawl broke out late in the second quarter...
Jameis Winston cleared of sex-assault allegations by FSU
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has been cleared of the allegations he faced at a student code of conduct...
Cop killer to witnesses: 'Watch what I'm going to do'
The gunman who fatally ambushed two New York City police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government and an apparent...
Tom Coughlin's 2 subtle tributes to the NYPD
https://twitter.com/giantspathanlon/status/546759735366545408 ST. LOUIS — Tom Coughlin wanted to honor the memory of the two NYPD officers slain Saturday but with the Giants on the road, there were no NYPD hats...
A fitting end? In Rex's likely home finale, Jets can't get past Patriots
If this was Rex Ryan’s finale as Jets coach at MetLife Stadium, it was a fitting one. Ryan’s Jets came oh-so-close to knocking off the hated Patriots thanks to a...
NYPD spread Christmas cheer during shelter gift give-away
Christmas came early for families at a Manhattan homeless shelter, thanks to the NYPD. Officers from the 26th precinct, located in Morningside Heights on 126th Street, spent part of Friday...
49ers set to get rid of Harbaugh immediately after season
FOX Sports 1 Insider Jay Glazer reports that the 49ers and head coach Jim Harbaugh are expected to cut ties within 24-48 hours after the regular season ends. Michigan has...
Johnny Manziel pummeled, leaves game ailing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Brian Hoyer took over at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns after Johnny Manziel left Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers in the second quarter with a left...
NYPD-supporting Nick Mangold carted off with ankle injury
Jets center Nick Mangold injured his left ankle in the second quarter against the New England Patriots on Sunday. Mangold was hurt on a 14-yard run by Bilal Powell. Mangold...
Grab a tissue: Raider gifts game check to 4-year-old with half a heart
It's a story about hearts: One little girl with half of one, and one hulking football player with ample enough for the both. Ava Urrea, from Las Vegas, is a...
NYPD searching for reputed gang member who threatened cops
The NYPD is searching for a reputed Brooklyn gang-banger who threatened cops by posting an online photo of a man opening fire into a marked police cruiser -- just hours...
Sharpton: I got death threats after NYPD cops were executed
It's all about him. The Rev. Al Sharpton claimed Sunday that he's received death threats in the wake of execution-style murders of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn. Sharpton, appearing alongside...
Former NYPD cop gunned down in Florida
A Florida cop who once worked for the NYPD was shot and killed in the line duty early Sunday, officials said. Charles Kondek was a 17-year veteran of the Tarpon...
103-year-old may be oldest ever to sink hole-in-one
https://twitter.com/tweetbrk/status/545799450363322368/photo/1 Gus Andreone is redefining a "senior moment." On the 14th hole of the Lakes Course at Palm Aire in Sarasota, Fla., on Wednesday, the 103-year-old may have hit his way into...
Retired cop shames Brooklyn official for execution 'photo op'
A retired police officer shamed Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams as he addressed a news station in front of the scene where two police officers were executed Saturday. “You’re doing...
Louisville's star brawls his way to an ejection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd2-dYXDZxs Before Louisville could give Western Kentucky the proverbial knockout punch, Montrezl Harrell tried to go the literal route. During the matchup in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, the Cardinals'...
Lindsey Vonn wins baby cow before frightening crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHX7sD6tac&feature=youtu.be American Lindsey Vonn's bid for a record-equaling 62nd World Cup win will have to wait a little while longer. At least she'll have a baby cow to keep her company...
Woman who helped ducks cross road, causing 2 deaths, to be jailed
A Canadian woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Thursday for causing two deaths in 2010 when she stopped her car on a Quebec highway to help a...
'Today is the worst day of my life': Executed officer's son
The 13-year-old son of slain NYPD Officer Ralph Ramos took to Facebook hours after losing his beloved father to an anti-cop gunman. "Today is the worst day of my life,''...
Cops' frantic bid to save their executed brothers
[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="bizDm7Y477pG" player="Ud34RrXnH_qf"] Warning: Video contains graphic language and content. A cellphone video emerged Sunday of the chaotic scene as cops and emergency workers desperately tried to save Police...
Rahm Emanuel's son mugged near Chicago home
CHICAGO -- A spokeswoman for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the mayor's 17-year-old son was mugged near the family's home. Spokeswoman Kelley Quinn said Saturday that the mayor's son, Zach,...
Obama calls Sony hack 'cyber vandalism,' not 'act of war'
According to President Obama, the massive Sony hack that’s made headlines for over a week now is more akin to a little subway graffiti than an attack on US interests...
Sony plans to release 'The Interview' on Crackle for free
Sony’s current plan for “The Interview’’ is to release the controversial comedy for free on Crackle, the streaming service it owns, sources said Sunday. Following Sony’s decision to pull the...
Is every detail in 'Unbroken' really true?
It’s so beloved that it seems almost heretical to question any aspect of “Unbroken,” the best-selling book that has just been turned into a major motion picture directed by Angelina...
Public has embraced gorgeous new World Trade Center
Yogi Berra’s eloquent observation, “Nobody goes there any more, it’s too crowded,” applies to the new World Trade Center. The only ones staying away are smarter-than-thou pundits who have no...
Government fuels next housing collapse with unstable mortgages
Nobody wants to return to the kind of risky home loans that spurred 2008’s banking collapse. Sliding back toward lax lending would be nuts. Yet Washington officially endorsed such loans...
Cali girl turned New Yorker wants more than dinner-and-a-movie
Mallory, 27, is a visual merchandiser, and when she’s not dressing windows, she’s looking out for a man who has a good eye. Out with a Bang: To get a...
Why the real-life 'Big Eyes' painter let her husband steal her work
When aspiring artist Margaret Ulbrich left an unhappy marriage in the early 1950s and fled from Tennessee to California, she couldn’t believe her luck when she met a free-spirited fellow...
How MLK's right-hand man was 'erased' from history
Moviegoers filling theaters this week to see “Selma,” the new docudrama about one of the key battles of the civil rights movement, may come across a name they don’t recognize....
Lift your voice with 'The Sound of Music: Sing-A-Long' Sunday night
1. THE AFFAIR Sunday, 10 p.m., Showtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4vgNDlcSbk Noah Solloway (Dominic West) has really put it all on the line, telling his wife, Helen (Maura Tierney) that he is living...
Sharpton is shamelessly aiding North Korea by attacking Sony
Not only is Al Sharpton giving a victory to terrorists — he’s using them to advance his agenda, his name and his bank account. On Thursday, Sharpton met with Amy...
25-year-old virgin on why he’s never had a real girlfriend
At age 25, Josh Sundquist took stock of his dating life. It didn’t look good. Not only was he still a virgin, but in all his years of dating, he’d...
This week's couple: All wet
Alcohol can calm everyone’s nerves on a first date, but it can also create more awkwardness. The latter was the case when Lally and Matt met up for brunch at...
New taxes on wealthy cause scramble to offset big gains
Embittered US investors can’t unload their losing positions fast enough. With solid gains from stocks and other investments this year, many of the wealthiest who should be happy are instead...
How investment fees can tax your portfolio
The flip side of saving cash on taxes is monitoring the fees your broker-dealer and retirement plans are charging you, says a securities industry observer. Investors, he says, often don’t...
The year of Tinseltown sex scandals
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky look quaint by the standards of what’s gone down in Hollywood this year. The downpour of accusations against executives both in front of and behind...
Startup KeyMe offers cheaper alternative to replacing car keys
If you get locked out of your car, there’s now an alternative to being “gouged” by a car dealer or locksmith for a new key. That’s the aim of the...
How the US is losing the escalating cyberwar
Last week we witnessed the repercussions of a cyberattack on American business interests like we have never seen before. Sony Pictures, which has a massive presence here in America, was...
Couple earns court victory over mortgage debt 'vulture' investor
Bankrupt, broke and living with their son, a retired Westchester couple scored a precedent-setting victory last week in the harsh world of distressed mortgage debt. A federal judge in New...
Dear John: Cash in pension after losing job?
Dear John: I am 58 years old and currently unemployed. I have been in the banking industry for the past 34 years. I lost my job in June. While I...
Executed cops were loyal to their family and the badge
One was a newlywed, the other a dad of two sons who had just celebrated his 40th birthday a week ago. Portraits emerged of the two officers slain in a...
Con Ed workers confronted gunman after he shot cops
A pair of utility workers who witnessed Saturday’s murder of two Brooklyn cops helped police track down the gunman. “They are heroes,” said John Melia of Local 1-2 of the...
Email circulated among cops: 2 cars respond to every call
The first assassination of an NYPD officer since the 1988 ambush of Edward Byrne has rattled the rank-and-file — and prompted cops to adopt drastic “wartime” policing tactics not seen...
Man aimed empty gun in cop's face, pulled trigger: officials
A Bronx teen who twice pointed his gun at cops and pulled the trigger — only to realize that he’d just emptied the weapon shooting out apartment windows — nearly...
There is blood on hands of those who demanded 'dead cops'
"What do we want?” drones the blood chant. “Dead cops!” comes the reply. Done. Thus does rhetoric have consequences. There may have been just a single shooter in Bedford-Stuyvesant on...
Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman...
The angry Jets mob will get its wish: Idzik's a goner
His crimes against Jets humanity are well documented. So it is Penalty Flag Day at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, when the angry mob gives it to general manager John Idzik,...
Fatal crash witness wrongly arrested for refusing breathalyzer: suit
No good deed goes unpunished. A woman who witnessed a fatal crash, called 911 and waited at the scene was wrongly arrested for drunken driving by responding cops, she claims...
CUNY professor 'sent malware' after alleged affair: suit
She was hot for teacher, and got burned. A Las Vegas woman claims in court papers that a romantic relationship with her CUNY prof ended with him defaming her at...
Aristocrat family stuck in Italy after nanny's trafficking claims
Chilean aristocrats once accused of enslaving their nanny have not been allowed to leave Italy and return to their Manhattan home for a month because of the human-trafficking allegations —...
Woman dumped over 'false' DatingPyschos.com profile: suit
Call it e-venge. A New York City woman lost her boyfriend and her reputation after someone with a grudge labeled her a “Dating Psycho” online, according to a lawsuit. DatingPsychos.com...
Hamptons taxpayers shell out $25K to collect $250 fine
The owner of a Hamptons ice- cream shop — and Westhampton Beach, LI, taxpayers — took a licking over her giant cone-shaped sculpture. Elyse Richman, owner of Shock Ice Cream...
City marshal cited as deadbeat slumlord: records
This city marshal is a real outlaw. Charles Marchisotto, who has made millions evicting people and towing cars for the city, is a slumlord with more than 150 open building...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A suspect swiped $53,000 in jewelry from a Midtown store in broad daylight Thursday, cops said. The thief walked into Avianne Jewelers on West 47th Street near Fifth Avenue...
Columbia's for real: After Kentucky scare, Lions dump Hofstra
Kentucky was no fluke. Ten days after putting a scare into the top-ranked team in the country, playing the Wildcats and their countless NBA prospects even for 30 minutes, Columbia...