January 22, 2015
Feds claim Sheldon Silver pulled in $6M in outside income
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a heckuva lot of money for a public servant. Federal authorities on Thursday said he lined his pockets with $6 million in outside income from...
Don't believe pretty boy Brady: Someone is lying
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — You really, truly, honestly want to believe Tom Brady. But it’s hard, much harder than the way he likes his footballs. Somebody cheated. Somebody is stonewalling, or...
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators ejected from City Hall
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators had to be ejected from City Hall for screaming at a meeting in which the City Council passed a resolution commemorating the Holocaust. “Palestinian lives matter!” the handful...
Massive NJ fire accidentally sparked by maintenance workers
A ferocious blaze that left more than 1,000 people homeless in Edgewater, NJ, was accidentally sparked by workers doing maintenance in the building, officials said Thursday. The inferno ripped through...
Wall Street's struggling? CEOs are busy counting their money
It may have been a tepid year for Wall Street, but its CEOs are in the money. Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein took home $24 million in total compensation for 2014...
Carmelo Anthony gets nod as All-Star Game starters revealed
A home team rooting interest is not required. But it is desired. So despite a historically rotten season by the Knicks and a decidedly disappointing run by the Nets, New...
'So You Think You Can Dance’ lands Paula Abdul for judge's chair
Paula Abdul is returning to Fox. The former “American Idol” judge will join “So You Think You Can Dance” as a judge for the show’s 12th season, along with new...
'Glee' gal soars into 'Supergirl' role
"Glee" star Melissa Benoist is going from choir girl to Supergirl. The actress — who also appears in the Oscar-nominated “Whiplash” — has been tapped to play the lead in...
The secret to loving Netflix’s 'Marco Polo'? Ignore Marco Polo
It's a cliche of television criticism to label little-watched gems “The Best Show You’re Not Watching.” Unless you’re already watching everything from “Justified” to “The Americans” to “Downton Abbey” ....
Why Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson are the Tony contenders to beat
"Constellations,” with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, is such a big hit, the powers that be at Manhattan Theatre Club are kicking themselves because they didn’t book it into a...
Dessert with a kick: New sweet spots offer tipples and treats
Kiss off your attempted New Year’s resolutions with one quick stop. Across the city, bars specializing in both cocktails and desserts are opening — serving patrons a simultaneous sugar rush...
Men grooming their eyebrows like Tiki Barber is now a thing
A client walks into Murray Hill’s Ramy Beauty Therapy Studio with a photo carefully ripped from a magazine, depicting the perfect celebrity inspiration, and hands it to head stylist Ramy...
The crotch-grabbing fiasco Roger Goodell won't truly address
That’s it? It took four days, and that’s what the NFL came up with, a $20,000 fine? Closing another season in which criminal and rank antisocial conduct disfigured the league...
Bob Dylan gives exclusive interview to...AARP magazine?
Bob Dylan says that real rock ‘n’ roll died in 1961 or 1962. The remarks from the raspy-voiced folk rocker may not be that surprising — but the media outlet...
Nixed guilty verdicts a blow to Preet's Wall Street crackdown
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara’s ambitious Wall Street crackdown was dealt another blow Thursday when a federal judge nixed four convictions. US District Judge Andrew Carter threw out the guilty...
Pats -- and Seahawks -- ball boys won't handle Super Bowl balls
The NFL will use independent equipment managers for Super Bowl XLIX, not those from the participating teams — but that has nothing to do with the ongoing Deflategate controversy. This...
Colts LB D'Qwell Jackson: I didn't start Deflategate
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The NFL’s Deflategate investigation took another twist Thursday when the person responsible for starting it said he didn’t intend to set things in motion. Colts linebacker D’Qwell...
Former Rodale Headquarters sold to town for nearly $3 million
Civic leaders in Emmaus, Pa., voted 6-to-1 last week to buy the former headquarters of Men’s Health publisher Rodale for $2.95 million. Although that was about $500,000 less than the...
Ballooning sports rights fees are going to up your cable bill
Sports programming bills are about to get even bigger — whether you watch the games or not. New analysis from SNL Kagan shows that pay-TV companies are in for a...
Teacher arrested for paying teen for oral sex
A Brooklyn elementary school teacher was arrested on Thursday for paying a teenage boy for oral sex, police sources said. Waris Grant, 37, who works as a fourth-grade teacher at...
Everyone knew about Silver, but no one cleaned it up
Back in 2004, when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver blocked passage of the state budget with a series of bizarre objections, a frustrated Gov. George Pataki confronted him: “Who is your...
Barclays, Schneiderman in 'dark pool' standoff
Barclays isn’t holding its breath on its dark pool. Talks have broken down between the British bank and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a probe eyeing alleged misrepresentations...
Pared-down ‘Into the Woods’ doesn't fix show’s structural problems
There's no way you’d confuse off-Broadway’s new “Into the Woods” revival with the movie version. The latter boasts big-name stars like Meryl Streep and Anna Kendrick, swelling musical arrangements, elaborate...
Seton Hall collapses late, suffers ugly loss to DePaul
Maybe it was too much too soon. Perhaps the hype of this freshman class, the overzealous fan base chanting “The Hall is back” and the 3-1 start in the Big...
The credibility-straining strategy Belichick, Brady both use
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Deny, deny, deny. If you thought the Patriots would come clean Thursday about the discovery of at least 11 underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game, Bill...
Sold-out Charlie Hebdo issue coming to Barnes and Noble
The popular but sold-out memorial issue of the French weekly Charlie Hebdo will soon be available at most Barnes & Noble stores. The book chain is expected to get a...
Michael Cuddyer sees that 'spark' back in David Wright
Michael Cuddyer doesn’t buy the notion he’s a disabled list stint waiting to happen for the Mets. The veteran outfielder was limited to 49 games last season with the Rockies,...
Ex-players react: Brady's cluelessness 'unbelievable'
For more than a decade, Tom Brady has established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, one of the sport’s most popular and respected players. On Wednesday,...
Sharpton heads to Oxford
Trust the Rev. Al Sharpton to go for the old bait-and-switch when he thinks he might have to answer for his positions. Sharpton is now in Britain at the venerable...
Netanyahu's protocol
In his State of the Union, President Obama once again refused to acknowledge America’s war with radical Islam. Even after the bloody Charlie Hebdo attack carried out by gunmen claiming...
The Speaker must go
Ever wonder why corruption remains endemic in Albany? Even as US Attorney Preet Bharara was unveiling a devastating array of charges against Sheldon Silver, his Democratic Assembly colleagues were pledging...
Preet remains New York's only hope
As I’ve said before, Preet Bharara remains New York’s best and only hope for uprooting corruption in politics and business. So the news of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s arrest on...
Changes in the 'Muslim rage' racket
Clearly shaken by the wave of sympathy for France in the wake of the Jan. 7 terror attacks in Paris, Muslim officials and opinion leaders are still uncertain how to...
Cuomo's two fiscal faces
Gov. Cuomo’s combined State of the State message and Executive Budget rollout this week showcased the governor at his best — and worst. At best, there was Cuomo the fiscal...
The 'Silver' lining in Shelly's fall: The biggest winners? Schoolkids
When Preet Bharara dispatched those FBI agents to arrest Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of corruption, he didn’t have fixing New York’s schools on his mind. But it may...
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dead at 90
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi state TV says King Abdullah, the powerful US ally who joined Washington's fight against al Qaeda and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, has...
Avon counts TPG Capital as suitor: source
Who’s that knock-knock-knockin’ on Avon’s door? It could be a big buyout firm. Shares of Avon Products soared 15 percent on Thursday — their biggest one-day jump in nearly two...
The day in photos
Miss USA represents, President Barack Obama visits the heartland, deep sea divers get a rude awakening from a sperm whale, a baby tiger makes her adorable debut and more.
Deny strategy can blow up in faces of Brady, Belichick
What, you expected a dramatic confession? Or two? Perry Mason hasn’t been practicing law for decades. And while confession might be good for the soul, it isn’t the best pathway...
Horse named 'Bell A Chick' looks to get a win at Meadowlands
A trotter horse named "Bell A Chick," apparently after Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, will look to notch its first win Thursday at Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey. Bell A...
J.Lo plays a philandering MILF in the ludicrous ‘Boy Next Door’
Unintended laughs far, far outnumber intended thrills as Jennifer Lopez — playing the hottest and dumbest high school teacher in America — has a one-night stand with a hunky student,...
Atomic scientists: We're 2 minutes closer to doomsday
WASHINGTON — The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and...
Tom Brady: DeflateGate 'isn't ISIS. No one's dying'
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s press conference took a strange and tasteless turn Thursday when the Patriots quarterback contrasted his inflated-football controversy with ISIS. Facing a ferocious and relentless wave...
Tom Brady: I didn't mess with my balls
Tom Brady says his balls were perfect, and he didn’t want anyone else touching them. In a raucous news conference that resembled a sophomoric “Saturday Night Live” skit, the New...
How to handicap the Rangers, Islanders and rest of the East
So as we pass the half-pole, the Eastern Conference has become a nine-horse race. When the NHL schedule resumes after the All-Star break next Tuesday, there will be about 10...
Parents sue school after autistic son disappears for 12 hours
An autistic student from Queens was found walking in the snow miles from the Yonkers school where he was receiving special education, more than 12 hours after he missed his...
Teen busted for threatening cops online using emojis
A Brooklyn teen was arrested Sunday for making threats against police -- using emojis on social media, sources said. The District Attorney’s cyber-unit issued a warrant to arrest Osiris Aristy,...
'Strange Magic' is jaw-droppingly terrible
If Lucasfilm had bought Disney instead of the other way around, the smash hit “Frozen’’ might have turned out like “Strange Magic,’’ a jaw-droppingly terrible animated musical that mismatches George...
Uninjured man spends $50K covering his body in plaster casts
[theplatform account="4uMbOC" media="MORFBZZrwCzL" player="Ud34RrXnH_qf"] Most people would consider having to wear a cast a nuisance, but one Chicago man is so obsessed with orthopedic casts that he covers his body...
6 things fans want to see on ‘The Vampire Diaries’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsCVTXwphKQ After what seems like an eternity, “The Vampire Diaries” returns to the CW Thursday night to kick off the second half of its sixth season. Following a jaw-dropping cliffhanger...
De Blasio: Sheldon Silver is a 'man of integrity'
Sheldon Silver came under pressure from some Democrats as well as Republicans Thursday to give up his post as Assembly speaker after getting snared on federal corruption charges. But Silver...
Watch the first ‘Sex Box’ trailer
WE tv has dropped the first trailer for its steamy new reality show “Sex Box,” which features couples doing the deed inside a box in front of a live studio...
Aikman on Deflategate: Brady knew and Belichick should burn
Troy Aikman said he believes Tom Brady spearheaded Deflategate and Bill Belichick should pay dearly for it. The Cowboys great and Fox analyst held nothing back in a Dallas radio interview Thursday...
Johnny Depp’s eccentric playboy comedy ‘Mortdecai’ is a fop flop
"Mortdecai" is mortdifying, a mortdal sin of a movie that’s headed for the cinematic mortduary. Bertie Wooster meets Austin Powers in the person of the title character, an English lord played...
New app brings infamous ‘Clueless’ closet to life
Fashionistas know firsthand that planning the perfect outfit is too often a daunting task. From selecting the right accessories to factoring in the weather, picking out the everyday ensemble is...
5 sick slams to get you excited for this year's dunk contest
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest rarely showcases the game's biggest stars -- the biggest reason that most contests aren't very memorable (where have you gone, Air Jordan, 'Nique and Vinsanity?)...
Hermaphroditic cat to undergo gender reassignment surgery
A stray cat from Canada, who was born with both male and female genitalia, is set to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
The 10 best Super Bowl commercials ever
The annual buzz surrounding Super Bowl commercials is nearly as fevered as the anticipation of the Big Game. Loyal sponsors such as Budweiser, Doritos and various car companies have to...
Driver's cigarette causes fireworks explosion
This traffic jam was quite a spectacle. Motorists on a Chinese expressway were treated to an impromptu fireworks show when an entire truckload of pyrotechnics exploded — believed to have...
Over $1.5M in taxi drivers' money held up in court battle
More than $1.5 million in cabbies' money has been held up for almost a year because of a Manhattan court battle, the Post has learned. A Manhattan Supreme Court judge...
Durst family questions how secrets were leaked to HBO documentary
The head of the multibillion-dollar Durst Organization, is rushing to court to find out how confidential family secrets were leaked to a filmmaker for a new documentary about his cross-dressing,...
Popular NYC blogger raises over $200K for students' Harvard trip
http://instagram.com/p/yKk2JzNrLd/?modal=true It took less than an hour to raise more than $100,000 to change the lives of some Brooklyn schoolchildren. Brandon Stanton, the photographer behind the widely popular “Humans of...
Man stabs friend with screwdriver over $150 debt
He was almost screwed. A Chinese man is lucky to be alive after a friend stabbed a screwdriver into his spine during an argument over a debt. Zhang Tan, 34,...
Silver under pressure to resign
Sheldon Silver came under pressure to step aside as Assembly speaker Thursday minutes after he was arrested on corruption charges. “Speaker Silver should resign for the good of the people...
Michael Bay apologizes for and removes plane crash scene in new movie
Michael Bay says he’s sorry — and no, it’s not for making “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” On Wednesday, the explosions-loving director apologized for footage in the upcoming time-travel movie “Project...
How Knicks' Jason Smith has gone about reclaiming his season
PHILADELPHIA – Knicks big man Jason Smith is showing signs of finally getting it and becoming more than just a good mid-range jump shooter in the triangle. Smith, who has...
Kids' dancing genital video not 'progressive enough' for Swedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wp9iNINHMc STOCKHOLM — In socially liberal Sweden, an educational video for children featuring dancing genitals has become an online hit — and even drawn criticism for not being progressive enough....
Obama won't meet with Netanyahu during March visit
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he travels to Washington in March, the White House said Thursday, one day after being...
Massive NJ fire leaves more than 1000 homeless
More than 1,000 people in New Jersey are now homeless after a massive fire ripped through a 408-unit apartment complex on Wednesday -- leaving four people injured, including two firemen,...
Belichick's tarnished credibility now determines his fate
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Bill Belichick trudges to the podium for what used to be a press conference and now has become the Deflategate hearings, 10 days before the spectacle that forever...
Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski added to NBC’s Super Bowl pregame
The Super Bowl is about to get Super Fabulous, dahling. NBC is adding flamboyant figure skater Johnny Weir and his sassy sidekick, Tara Lipinski, to its pregame broadcast. “They have...
Raising a baby in NYC is a terrible, terrible idea
“New York, New York, it’s a helluva town for babies,” said no one ever in the history of New Amsterdam, which is why my husband and I packed up our...
American having Aussie Open revival with tumor lodged in jaw
For just the second time in nearly seven years, American Madison Brengle is playing in a grand slam. After an upset over 13th seed Andrea Petkovic and a straight-sets win over...
MTA board approves fare and toll hikes
Get ready to dig deeper for your ride. The MTA board approved a 4 percent fare and toll hike on Thursday that will raise the cost of a subway and...
Icahn demands changes at USA Today publisher Gannett
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, fresh off a groundbreaking agreement with eBay regarding its spinoff of PayPal, is now bearing down on Gannett. Icahn, who has a 6.6 percent stake in...
Saints owner suddenly spikes grandchildren, hands team to wife
NEW ORLEANS — Tom Benson, who owns the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans, has agreed to a succession plan that will give his wife, Gayle, control of New Orleans’ major...
Adrian Grenier scores his first fashion campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugVOvu7VHnQ “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier is fronting Buffalo Jeans’ newest campaign. Elsewhere, Benedict Cumberbatch is becoming an actual fashion statement and Kendall Jenner kills it in Vogue — again. -...
Woman plunges to death off NYC bridge
The NYPD’s Harbor Unit tried in vain to save a woman who plunged into the waters at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge early Thursday, police said. The 37-year-old ditched her black Toyota...
Measles outbreak at Disney theme parks, 70 infected
LOS ANGELES — Seventy people have been infected in a measles outbreak that led California public health officials to urge those who haven't been vaccinated against the disease, including children...
Cocky sports brothers will regret dumping these WAGs
The Murray brothers are back on the market. After former minor league infielder Josh Murray broke off his engagement to “Bachelorette” beauty Andi Dorfman earlier this month, his younger brother...
Cuomo proposes e-cigarette ban
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed banning electronic cigarettes from all the public indoor places where smoking tobacco is prohibited. In the budget proposal for the coming year,...
Truck driver shot dead delivering coffee products
A truck driver was shot dead early Thursday while delivering coffee products to a Bronx fruit stand, police sources said. The victim, 57, was in the back of the truck...
Family Dollar shareholders approve $8.5B Dollar Tree deal
Family Dollar Stores’ shareholders approved the discount retailer’s deal to be bought by Dollar Tree, derailing a higher hostile offer from larger rival Dollar General. About 74 percent of Family...
Nets rewind: Why does Hollins refuse to go big vs. small foes?
Here’s three thoughts on the Nets’ 103-100 victory over the Kings in Sacramento Wednesday night: 1. The Nets fell into a familiar pattern of fading away as the game wore on,...
Broadband households eager for cable-free HBO
It looks like HBO has another hit on its hands. Some 17 percent of the 100 million broadband households in the US are “likely” to subscribe to HBO GO’s upcoming...
Homeless witness scoffs at 'blitzed' golfer's abduction story
Golfer Robert Allenby nodded off and fell face first into a rock, a homeless man claims. Allenby says he was drugged, abducted, bashed and robbed after leaving a bar in...
Retired NYPD cop commits suicide in NYC courthouse
A court officer who was a retired NYPD cop killed himself Thursday morning in a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, police and law-enforcement sources said. Robert Newell, 50, shot himself...
Grandma busted for cocaine at bingo hall
DUBLIN — Helen Heaphy's number came up at the bingo hall. The prize was a trip to court. The 50-year-old grandmother pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of possessing cocaine...
Belichick plays dumb, puts Deflategate pressure on Brady
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick, long known as one of the NFL’s biggest socks-to-jocks micromanagers, repeatedly disavowed all knowledge of the deflated-football scandal engulfing the Patriots during a contentious news...
HS basketball coach bites another coach's face
MARIETTA, Ga. — A high school coach in suburban Atlanta is accused of biting another coach's face, though her attorney says the attack never happened. South Cobb High School girls...
Drone carrying meth crashes into parking lot
MEXICO CITY — Police in a Mexican border city said Wednesday that a drone overloaded with illicit methamphetamine crashed into a supermarket parking lot. Tijuana police spokesman Jorge Morrua said...
Giant asteroid to whip past earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An asteroid up to 1,800 feet across is headed Earth's way. But don't worry: It will miss us by 745,000 miles, about three times the distance...
Google to pressure rivals with push into wireless service
Google is planning to sell wireless phone service directly to consumers using the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile, according to reports published Wednesday. If everything falls into place, Google could...
Japanese reporter's bid to save friend led to ISIS abduction
It is an unlikely friendship that ties the fates of war correspondent Kenji Goto and troubled loner Haruna Yukawa, the two Japanese hostages for whom Islamic State militants demanded a...
Sexist? Bouchard asked to 'give us a twirl'
http://youtu.be/mNY47i6elww MELBOURNE, Australia — Eugenie Bouchard's jaw dropped a little and her eyes went wide when the male presenter conducting her on-court interview at the Australian Open made an unusual...
Sheldon Silver arrested for taking $4M in bribes, kickbacks
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lined his pockets with nearly $4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000, federal authorities charged Thursday....
Silk Road operator gave cash, vacations to celebrate '420': FBI agent
The alleged operator of the online black market bazaar Silk Road loved pushing pot so much that he celebrated so-called “Weed Day” in 2012 by offering a big promotion that...
Brooklyn merchants plead with council to limit movie shoots
Starstruck they’re not. Merchants who ply their trade on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to stop film crews from hogging parking spots and blocking deliveries. The head of...
Fitness chain to the stars fighting eviction over noise complaints
A celebrity-magnet fitness chain is fighting an eviction push by its Hamptons landlord, who claims the local outlet is roiling neighbors with screaming instructors and thumping music, according to court...
Yemeni rebels reach deal to free president in palace standoff
SANAA, Yemen — Shiite rebels holding Yemen’s president in his home reached an agreement with the US-backed leader Wednesday to end a violent standoff in the capital, the country’s state...
Mom accuses Girl Scout leader of being a 'cookie monster'
She’s one tough cookie. A fuming Marine Park mother says her 9-year-old daughter was booted from her Girl Scout troop by a spiteful leader — incensed that the mom questioned...
Woman shot near Times Square in bloody murder-suicide
A man shot a woman inside a Times Square-area building and then turned the weapon on himself in a bloody murder suicide Wednesday night, sources said. The man followed the woman...
John Madden: Tom Brady may be to blame for deflated footballs
“Deflategate” is swirling around coach Bill Belichick as he prepares his Patriots for Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, but a former NFL coach says somebody else should be to...
Johan Santana hits another roadblock in latest comeback
Johan Santana’s latest comeback attempt has hit a snag. The former Met, who is pitching in Venezuelan winter ball for Magallanes, has experienced shoulder stiffness and has been shut down,...
The secret to the Islanders' dominating season revealed
Here’s a question Islanders coach Jack Capuano has been getting a lot lately — and he seems to be getting tired of repeating his answer. Coach, the team’s position now...
Richard Sherman: Tom Brady's good-guy act is a charade
Outspoken Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has kick-started the Super Bowl trash talk, saying on Wednesday that opposing quarterback Tom Brady isn’t the clean-cut nice guy many believe him to be....
Vigneault has till deadline to finally solve the J.T. Miller enigma
It took 44 games for Alain Vigneault, a very good coach, to construct a third line that has the look of a unit that can supply the Rangers’ top six...
Nets' Mason Plumlee tabbed for Dunk Contest at Barclays Center
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Barclays Center will play host to one of its own during All-Star Weekend. Sources confirmed Nets center Mason Plumlee is one of four young players who have...
One Knick not benefiting from emergence of Langston Galloway
PHILADELPHIA — With the emergence of rookie guard Langston Galloway, veteran point guard Pablo Prigioni remained buried on the bench. Prigioni did not play for the second straight game Wednesday...
Five Deflategate questions we need answered
1. Was Tom Brady involved? Bill Belichick has won three Super Bowls on his quarterback’s golden right arm more than anything else. Conspiracy theorists can’t help but point to Brady’s...
Graffiti artist sues developer over use of images in advertisements
Everyone wants to cash in on the Brooklyn building boom — including this graffiti artist. Craig Anthony Miller — who also goes by the tagger name “CAM” — sued a...
Joe Johnson's late heroics help Nets stave off woeful Kings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a season full of inconsistencies for the Nets, one thing has been a constant: they start games well, and then slowly fade away. The latest example...
Sheldon Silver to be arrested
Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York state Assembly, is expected to be arrested on corruption charges by federal authorities on Thursday after prosecutors subpoenaed records in a...
Judge 'gets' to preside over strikingly similar divorce case
A Brooklyn judge is presiding over a divorce case that’s strikingly similar to her own messy split from an Orthodox Jewish husband decades ago — only now she’s wielding her...
Pedestrians walking into bicycle danger zones in Central Park
The most dangerous section in Central Park for pedestrians is a half-mile stretch of West Drive where 15 people were hit by bikes last year, according to a new city...
Web site takes down 'Cannibal Cop's dating profile
He just wanted to “meat” a nice lady — but “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle’s online dating profile was yanked Wednesday even after he removed a line about being “kinky ;).”...
Cuomo to name 'independent monitor' to review cop-related grand jury decisions
http://youtu.be/Wda1W9q4D_E?t=1h8m25s Gov. Cuomo is assuming a key role in resolving cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police, announcing Wednesday that he will name an “independent monitor” to review grand-jury...
Program focuses on getting city workers to live healthier lives
The city has created a Culture of Health team to explore programs that would prod city workers to live healthier lives by quitting smoking, exercising more and eating better, The...
Daily Blotter
Queens Cops Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly shooting of a dollar-van driver in Rockaway. Fabian Sullivan was driving his own van when he got into an argument with...