February 4, 2015
RFR-Vanke Midtown tower nixes Lexington name
The new luxury residential tower being developed by RFR and Hines at Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street has a new address, a new marketing and sales firm and a new...
Hamptons 'king' Rennert to face trustee over MagCorp cash
After being chased for more than 12 years, mining mogul Ira Rennert will finally feel the heat on Thursday. The billionaire will be grilled on the stand inside a Manhattan...
Blockbuster 'Gone Girl' helps boost 21st Century Fox
Twenty-First Century Fox reported rising revenue and profits in the December quarter, thanks to big movies such as “Gone Girl,” and growth in affiliate fees paid to its cable networks...
Moonves looks to buy CBS ahead of potential Viacom merger
CBS boss Les Moonves, fearful a merger with Viacom will be forced upon his company after majority owner Sumner Redstone dies, is discussing ways to buy out the broadcaster’s controlling...
January jobs number is Labor’s breech birth
Wall Street thinks the government will report Friday that the economy added a healthy 235,000 jobs in January. I think Wall Street will be wrong. In fact, I think Wall...
Glu Mobile taps Katy Perry for newest celeb-based game
Move over, Kim Kardashian — Katy Perry is about to become the new queen of mobile gaming. Glu Mobile, which reaped a bonanza from the “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” game it...
'Brady Bunch’ Barry's Branson show
When it comes to the 1970s, Barry Williams knows a thing or two about that groovy decade. As Greg Brady on “The Brady Bunch,” Williams charmed his way into the...
High anxiety: The angst of tardy TV watching
Don’t tell me what happened on “Downton Abbey” Sunday night. Or the Sunday before. Actually, don’t mention anything that’s happened in the last dozen or so episodes. (Matthew and Lady...
Rain Pryor reveals what she learned from her father, Richard
When Richard Pryor famously set himself on fire in 1980, his daughter Rain, then 10, got a glimpse of just how strange the comedian’s life had become. “At the hospital,”...
Inside NYC's new nightclub for kids
Instinctively mouthing the words to one of her favorite tracks, “Break Free” by Ariana Grande, Brooklyn’s Meggie Vilcina shows off some impressive moves as she hits the dance floor in...
Meet the Romeos spending up to $25,000 on V-Day flowers
When Bryan Kaali, 34, wants to make his longtime girlfriend, Karina Molthu, feel special, he’ll surprise her with cheerful flowers. “When I got a good review at work, he surprised...
Accused terrorist says his email was to find dates
It’s JDate for the Muslim singles set. An accused al Qaeda terrorist is claiming he’s a lover, not a bomber — and that a trove of incriminating online chats were...
Lundqvist-less Rangers do just enough to stave off Bruins
So maybe the best way to deal with the loss of a team’s best player is to minimize the impact of his replacement. At least in the case of Rangers...
Sexy, free Tinder ‘swipes’ IAC bottom-line bucks
The wild popularity of the red-hot Tinder hook-up app left Barry Diller a little cold in the fourth quarter. Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp warned Wall Street on Wednesday that it may take...
Bratton urges boost in penalties for resisting arrest
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to boost the punishment for resisting arrest and make it a crime to reveal personal information about cops as a means...
Big backcourt night propels Nets to second straight victory
TORONTO — A week ago, the Nets’ season seemed on the brink. Coming off back-to-back blowout losses to the Clippers and Jazz and entering a stretch featuring seven of eight...
Rapfogel cohort renegotiates plea deal
An insurance company executive who conspired with the former head of a leading Jewish charity to fleece it of nearly $7 million renegotiated his plea deal Wednesday so he could...
Pilot’s father seeks ‘severe revenge’ against ISIS
The father of the Jordanian pilot burned alive on video blasted ISIS on Wednesday for its depravity, and said the nation should mourn the tragic flier as a son of...
Lundqvist’s injury a great unknown, just like Rangers' season now
Here’s life without a safety net. Here’s life for the Rangers without Henrik Lundqvist in net. The King has a neck injury incurred Saturday night when he was hit in...
Step inside this $40M Brooklyn mansion
A Brooklyn Heights mansion known as the fictional home of mob boss Don Corrado in “Prizzi’s Honor” is on the market for an over-the-top $40 million. That’s a record asking...
Congress to Obama: Boost aid to Jordan to combat ISIS
WASHINGTON — Revolted by ISIS’s brutal execution of a Jordanian pilot by burning him in a cage, a powerful group of Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday called on the Obama...
Lucas Duda vows not to be the Mets' next Ike Davis
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Dude says he can do it again. Lucas Duda exploded for a breakout season in 2014, blasting 30 home runs and driving in 92 runs,...
Man’s grandma describes finding his girlfriend's body in drum
The grandmother of a hearing-impaired Harlem man on trial for stabbing his hearing-impaired girlfriend 38 times described to horrified jurors Wednesday how she and her daughter discovered the victim’s corpse...
Texas executes 'Texas 7' prison escapee for officer's death
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history has been executed for killing a suburban Dallas police officer while the gang...
Death on a train track
It’s the deadliest accident in the history of Metro-North. We’ll have to wait weeks, if not months, before we know the full story about the causes of the accident near...
De Blasio's Bronx cheer
We’re with Bill de Blasio. When The Post broke the news that lawyers from the Bronx Defenders — a taxpayer-funded legal-aid group — had appeared in a rap video advocating...
Crossing Jordan
Finally there’s a world leader who knows how to stand up to radical Islamists. Too bad it’s the king of Jordan and not the president of the United States. After...
How President Obama can spur 'precision medicine'
President Obama is calling on Congress to improve the nation’s health by increasing the development of precision medicines — treatments that target the underlying cause of life-threatening diseases. He says...
The scoop on Heastie: Background from The Bronx
I’ve known Carl Heastie, the new Assembly speaker, for years from our work in Bronx politics and in Albany. But I didn’t know he had a daughter ’til we became...
Who's dividing US on backing Israel?
How long can it last that the Republicans are the party that’s more supportive of Israel but the Democrats are the ones that get the Jewish vote? Could it be...
An ISIS-born alliance?
Right after the ISIS barbarians released their latest horror-vid on Tuesday, Jordan’s King Abdullah flew to Washington to coordinate his next moves with President Obama. Smart move, but here’s another...
Singles who use emojis have more sex: study
Using smiley faces in text messages can keep you happy in bed, a new study claims. Singles who communicate with emojis have more sex than those who just use words,...
Nets’ Hollins: Why practice didn't stop for heart attack victim
TORONTO — After Nets advance scout Jim Sann had a heart attack on the court shortly before practice was set to begin Sunday morning, coach Lionel Hollins had a choice:...
How Wladimir Klitschko aims to emulate his brother and Ali
Fatherhood isn’t going to turn Wladimir Klitschko into a softie. Quite the opposite. Already nicknamed “Dr. Steelhammer,” Klitschko hopes the birth of his daughter, Kaya, in December will help him pack...
Amar’e Stoudemire’s future and health are a never-ending drama
Never mind. Amar’e Stoudemire doesn’t want to change cities this season, in fact he even indicated he hasn’t lost hope he will wear the orange and blue in 2015-16. Stoudemire’s...
Syracuse hoops: Keep us out of 2015 postseason, please
Syracuse beat the NCAA to the punch, placing a self-imposed postseason ban on its men’s basketball program Wednesday as it awaits college sports’ governing body’s ruling following an investigation. In...
The day in photos
Romance and rainbows abound in Spain, swans struggle with winter conditions, hearts warm up for World Cancer Day and more.
Man charged for threatening to behead NYPD chokehold cop
A Michigan man faces up to five years in the slammer over a Facebook post that threatened the beheading of the NYPD cop cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold...
Bruce Willis sells $13M UWS pad
When it comes to real estate, Upper West Side-loving Bruce Willis hasn’t lost his action hero speed. His El Dorado apartment, which he shared with Emma Heming and their kids,...
NYC public defenders in 'kill cops' video resign
The two public defenders who appeared in a violent rap video calling for cops to be executed have resigned and the director of their taxpayer-funded organization has been suspended without...
Snoop Dogg backs UCLA-bound son, says he'll ditch USC undies
Parents Weekend at UCLA will never be the same. On Wednesday afternoon, Cordell Broadus – the son of Calvin Broadus Jr., aka hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg – went on ESPN...
Office space being used for 'wild sex parties': suit
A Manhattan landlord says he was shocked to find that the office space he rented out in Murray Hill was being used to host wild sex parties. Laurence Gluck filed...
Fading golf game is far from Tiger Woods' top priority
LA JOLLA, Calif. — This is how you knew how humiliated Tiger Woods was about shooting his worst score ever (82) in front of the largest crowd on the PGA...
How the Yankees gambled big on most glaring weakness
The Yankees' offseason checklist looked something like this: 1. Find a shortstop — priority one. 2. Improve the defense. 3. Deepen the bullpen. 4. Get younger. 5. Avoid further risky, long-term...
Jordanian king quotes Clint Eastwood to express rage after ISIS execution
President Obama may not be taking ISIS seriously — but the king of Jordan sure is, and he delivered a blistering speech to members of Congress that made him sound...
8 ways to own a slice of island paradise
As snow and sleet and freezing temps bear down, you are likely imagining yourself in warmer climes — the Caribbean, say, kicking back on a chaise lounge and sipping a...
Inside Keegan Allen’s world of ‘life. love.beauty’
A picture is worth a thousand words — but to Keegan Allen, it’s worth so much more. An avid photographer since childhood, the “Pretty Little Liars” star is now sharing...
Ice cream czar scoops up $3M pad
Ice cream czar Rohan Mirchandani just bought himself a sweet treat. Mirchandani and his wife, Anita, closed on a $3 million unit at the Carlton House, at 21 E. 61st...
Carlos Beltran scopes out 'Upper' decker
New York Yankee hotshot Carlos Beltran and his wife, Jessica Lugo, have been house hunting on the Upper East Side, looking for pads in the $10 million to $15 million...
Tommy Tune sells duplex for a song
Famed choreographer Tommy Tune’s former penthouse just sold for a song. Once asking $14 million in 2013, the three-bedroom, 3½-bathroom duplex, which sits atop the Park Regis at 50 E....
We hear ...
... That starchitect power on the High Line is getting crowded. Gimme Shelter has learned exclusively that developer The Related Companies has hired Rem Koolhaas to design their new High...
The 9 most hated ‘Real Housewives’ ever
Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise is the gift that keeps on giving. From the extravagant lifestyles to the constant catfights, viewers can’t get enough of the reality TV juggernaut. And while...
Question for the court: What is sexual intercourse?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — What does "sexual intercourse" mean in Florida? The state's Supreme Court justices are pondering the question in a case that threatens to weaken a 1986 law requiring...
Woman with baby kangaroo forced out of McDonald's
A Wisconsin woman is hopping mad after she and her baby kangaroo were forced out of a local McDonald's.
Terminally ill New Yorkers sue to overturn assisted-suicide law
Three terminally ill New Yorkers and five doctors who care for dying patients are suing the state's attorney general to overturn a law that makes assisted suicide a felony. As...
Silk Road operator found guilty, faces life in prison
Aargh! “Dread Pirate Roberts” won’t be forced to walk the plank — but he is guilty of masterminding a notorious underground website known as "Silk Road" that let its clientele...
The 7 most ridiculous high jinks from college Signing Day
College football’s regular season is boring my comparison. National Signing Day came and went and yet again didn’t disappoint with an entertaining Wednesday full of players flipping commitments, giving odd...
6 places you never knew you could get married
In recent years, wedding planning has become somewhat of a competitive sport, with couples constantly feeling the need to one-up each other in the quest for the perfect “big day.”...
8-year-old gives ‘Sponge Out of Water’ his 92-percent approval
“Everything I know and love has been destroyed!” wails the formerly irrepressible SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) in a sequel I’d argue goes a tad dark for the under-10 set: When...
Docudrama '1971' chronicles an early WikiLeaks-style steal
“1971” was the year that a group of Philadelphia extremists dissatisfied with the policy choices made by duly-elected leaders attempted to undermine democracy by breaking into an FBI office. They...
Ryan Reynolds taps his inner Norman Bates in ‘The Voices’
Ryan Reynolds is chillingly perfect as a nice-guy factory worker struggling with schizophrenia and murderous impulses in this tonally wild indie, which is nearly too horrifying to be funny —...
Schizo thriller 'Dangerous Mind' is too empty-headed
A searing, penetrating look inside schizophrenia is exactly what “Enter the Dangerous Mind” isn’t. Jake Hoffman plays Jim, a nebbishy EDM artist who’s being egged on by an aggressive alter...
Barber shames misbehaving children with 'old man' haircuts
http://instagram.com/p/yZdOqonNwL/?modal=true That's one way to cut out bad behavior. Russell Fredrick, a 34-year-old barber outside Atlanta and the father of three, was stumped when his 12-year-old son Rushawn was acting...
Investment banker, art curator among 6 killed in train crash
A chemist, an art expert and three Wall Street executives were the five men killed when their <a href="https://nypost.com/2015/02/03/metro-north-train-collides-with-2-cars-causing-massive-explosion/">Metro-North train slammed into an SUV</a>, friends said Wednesday.
Mother of 3 was driver who caused deadly Metro-North crash
A suburban mom’s inexplicable decision to drive her SUV onto the railroad tracks directly in the path of a packed commuter train triggered the deadliest collision in Metro-North’s history, sources...
The best tweets from the Gronk-dominated Patriots parade
The Patriots celebrated their Super Bowl XLIX victory on Wednesday with the people of Boston. Here are the best fan/media photos/videos/posts from the parade. Hope you are ready for some...
NFL lineman's shocking 100-pound weight loss
Nick Hardwick’s before and after photos should be used by Weight Watchers. The Chargers center announced his retirement at a Tuesday press conference. But he scarcely resembled an NFL lineman....
Mile-high IQ club: Become a genius on your next flight
God knows there are plenty of ways to dumb yourself down on an airplane — knock back a few $8 Mas Sabroso Margarita mixes, then swipe your credit card for...
Derek Jeter explored purchasing Buffalo Bills
Derek Jeter was serious about the next phase of his career, and it goes beyond the baseball diamond. The former Yankees captain, who has talked about wanting to become the owner...
Flight attendant 'fleeced' passengers for 'at least $5K' intended for UNICEF
A greedy flight attendant stole thousands of dollars in charitable donations intended for a UNICEF fund that aids children in Third World nations, officials said. American Airlines employee Marco Costa,...
Charlie Sifford, the Jackie Robinson of golf, dead at 92
The sad news of Charlie Sifford’s death was not lost at all on Tiger Woods, because of the immeasurable influence Sifford had on Woods’ life. Sifford, who broke the color...
Serena Williams to end 14-year 'racism' boycott of Indian Wells
World No. 1 Serena Williams has buried the hatchet and will return to Indian Wells to play in the tournament she has boycotted for 14 years after suffering racist abuse. In a...
The bizarre highlights from basketball game that ended 2-0
And you thoughts the Knicks were boring? Two Alabama high school boys basketball teams played to a 2-0 snoozefest on Saturday. The game, won by Bibb County over Brookwood, tied...
Crazy spate of NFL gun and drug arrests after Super Bowl
The NFL’s offseason is off to a busy start in the arrest department. Among the three players arrested within the first two days of Super Bowl XLIX was Colts linebacker...
Charges dropped in alleged squatting case at DC-area home
BETHESDA, Md. — Charges have been dropped against a man arrested after police said he tried to move into a Montgomery County home he didn't own. A county police report...
'Frugal' ex-janitor leaves millions to local library, hospital
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — A Vermont man who sometimes held his coat together with safety pins and had a long-time habit of foraging for firewood also had a hidden talent for picking...
Knicks rewind: Carmelo Anthony has one eye on finish line
This was not a night Carmelo Anthony cared to remember — and afterward he acted as if he couldn’t even remember a conversation with Phil Jackson over dinner in London. Perhaps this...
Henrik Lundqvist shut down with headaches from throat shot
Alain Vigneault knew he was bringing bad news, so he hardly nodded hello at Wednesday morning’s press briefing before dropping the bomb. “Before we get started here,” the Rangers coach...
Toddler's sight-threatening tumor to be removed in free surgery
A 17-month-old British toddler with a benign tumor that threatens to blind him in one eye is undergoing a free surgery in New York City Wednesday, thanks to a charity...
6-year-old girl abandoned at spa as 'collateral' for debt
A Chinese man offered up his 6-year-old granddaughter as collateral at a spa while he went to get money to pay for a massage — and more than a month later...
Deflategate instigator arrested for 'attacking' pizza delivery man
WASHINGTON -- The agony of defeat isn’t sitting well with Colts linebacker D’Qwell Jackson, the alleged whistle-blower in the Super Bowl-winning Patriots' Deflategate scandal. Jackson was busted in DC on Tuesday...
Kylie Jenner goes blond for ‘Love’ magazine
First Love magazine stole Kim Kardashian’s eyebrows — now, they’ve stolen her little sister’s signature dark locks, as Kylie prepares to grace the pages of the glossy mag. Meanwhile, Carine...
Madman randomly assaults 4 in Manhattan
A madman assaulted at least four people in Manhattan early Wednesday in what appears to be a series of unprovoked attacks, police said.
Channing Tatum gets down and dirty in ‘Magic Mike XXL’ trailer
http://youtu.be/RwPR0q5es0A This frigid winter just suffered a major setback because Channing Tatum is heating things up. In a new teaser trailer for “Magic Mike XXL,” the sequel to the beefcake’s...
Andy Cohen schools Real Housewives on condescending gay remarks
As overlord of “The Real Housewives,” Andy Cohen rarely takes a side or gets embroiled in the drama. But following a cringe-worthy episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,”...
Silk Road operator tried to hire hit men amid 'power trip': prosecutor
A federal prosecutor on Tuesday painted the man accused of running the notorious illegal-drug-peddling website Silk Road as an egomaniac who thought he was so above the law that he...
Finally: Tinder launches an ‘undo’ button
When it comes to Tinder, the flick of a finger can change everything. While browsing through a batch of potentials, swiping left instead of right can mean saying goodbye to...
James Shields poised to become an all-time Hot Stove bust
Let’s start today by catching up on recent Pop Quiz questions: 1) From Sam Lerman of Queens: In a legendary 1992 episode of "The Simpsons," Mr. Burns hires a team...
WWE boss Triple H on the Hall of Fame, porn and CM Punk
Stone Cold Steve Austin has gone from the biggest star in professional wrestling to the host of one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes. The Steve Austin Show is ranked...
Rory McIlroy pays whopping $20M settlement to ex-agents
DUBLIN — Rory McIlroy reached a settlement with his former management company on Wednesday, cutting a multimillion-dollar deal to end their contract dispute and avoid a lengthy court case exposing...
Most herbal supplements aren't what you think they are
ALBANY, N.Y. — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at all. GNC-brand bottles of St. John's wort, touted as...
M&T Bank promoting segregation: suit
One of nation’s top banks is promoting segregation by steering prospective home buyers to specific neighborhoods and lending programs based on race, a shocking new lawsuit charges.
Man killed by hit-and-run struck twice in street: cops
A hit-and-run driver fatally plowed into a California man in Queens Tuesday but later surrendered to police, cops said. The victim, identified by cops as Kamil Gorski, 36, was in...
Sony will take $15M hit for massive hack attack
Sony will spend $15 million to investigate and recover from a massive cyber attack last year that divulged sensitive corporate documents and crippled its computer systems. The company’s movie division...
'Thrones' star smashes 1000-year-old weightlifting record
He crushed skulls with his bare hands on Game of Thrones and now The Mountain — or Hafthor Bjornnson as he’s known in real life — has just smashed a...
Mideast outraged over ISIS burning of Jordanian hostage
CAIRO — A video purportedly showing Islamic State militants burning a captive Jordanian pilot to death brought an outpouring of grief and rage across the Middle East on Wednesday, its brutality...
Most killed in Metro-North crash 'burned beyond recognition'
Nearly all of the commuters killed when a Metro-North train slammed into a car on Westchester County railroad tracks were burned beyond recognition and will have to be identified using...
US to destroy largest remaining chemical weapons cache
PUEBLO, Colo. — The United States is about to begin destroying its largest remaining stockpile of chemical-laden artillery shells, marking a milestone in the global campaign to eradicate a debilitating...
Staples buys Office Depot for $6B
NEW YORK — The rapidly changing tools of the workplace and the way we shop has led to another major consolidation in the retail office supply business as Staples announced...
Diana Ross shines at Kings Theatre grand reopening
The shirts were buttoned up, the fox pieces were out in force, and the new-carpet smell was overpowering. But for the grand reopening of Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on Tuesday night,...
Convicted Qaeda terrorist claims Saudi royals involved in 9/11 attacks
Convicted al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui claims that Saudi royals were intimately involved in planning the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, and he attended a meeting at the...
Former prostitute tells DSK trial of afternoon sex parties
A former call girl who claims she attended wild orgies with Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Washington testified Tuesday at the high-flying financier’s trial in France about having “classy’’ lunchtime romps with...
ISIS video of burned pilot shows they're serious — and we aren't
The sheer professionalism of ISIS’s latest snuff video is an indication that if anyone is kidding about the war on terror, it isn’t the terrorists. The horrific video of Muath...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn A man is suspected of swiping thousands of dollars worth of copper pipe from a Bushwick construction site, police said. The suspect crept around the Myrtle Avenue site on Jan....