March 31, 2015
Getty heir found dead in Hollywood with 'rectal injury'
A grandson of billionaire energy mogul J. Paul Getty was found dead Tuesday inside his Los Angeles home with a rectal injury, according to reports. Police responding to a 911...
Playing-out-the-string Devils drop sixth consecutive game
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a season filled with injuries, the Columbus Blue Jackets are getting healthy. And, apparently, more resilient. Jack Johnson's backhander 56 seconds into overtime lifted the Blue...
$650 Versace T-shirt strikingly similar to one made by American Apparel
American Apparel just scored an unlikely point against Versace, but only after the LA clothing company fired the merchant who engineered its fleeting fashion coup. The blogosphere erupted this week...
Discovery makes a deal for Mendes' Neal Street Productions
Discovery Communications is bolstering its ownership of content with a deal for Hollywood director Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. All3Media, jointly owned by Discovery and Liberty Global, said Tuesday it...
Discovery Channel getting in touch with its feminine side
Discovery Channel, known for male-driven reality shows about grizzled fishermen, gold miners and car mechanics, is getting in touch with its feminine side. New channel chief Rich Ross, a former...
CTPartners tries for new financing ahead of regulatory filing
Ailing Wall Street headhunting firm CTPartners on Tuesday delayed its annual regulatory filing as it tries to get new financing and amend an existing credit deal with JPMorgan Chase. CEO...
Comcast CFO to head up $4.5B acquisition arm
Comcast is unleashing its dealmaking Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis. The country’s No. 1 cable company on Tuesday said Angelakis would soon leave the company to helm a separate investment...
The day in photos
Butterflies flutter in Britain, a panda gets playful, a baby hippo snuggles with its mother and more.
Rangers nip Jets, give Henrik Lundqvist first win since return
WINNIPEG. Manitoba — This represented more than a single victory for the Rangers. This represented the night on which Henrik Lundqvist, in his second game in nets following a nearly...
NBC eyes option not to sell shows: sources
Comcast in recent days has told regulators in closed-door talks that the changing over-the-top landscape means it should not be required to distribute NBC programming to broadband rivals beyond January...
Jets get look at Winston — the self-proclaimed 'best player' in draft
Jameis Winston said he believes he answered NFL teams’ questions during his Pro Day workout Tuesday, and he did not hesitate with a reporter’s question afterward. Asked why he believes...
Cannabis companies smoking out New York locations
The state is going to pot, and that’s attracting “cannabusinesses” that want to get in on the wacky weed action. At least one company is seeking both retail and grow...
Health-care banker bolts Bank of America for Credit Suisse
At Bank of America, the doctor is out. Dr. Robert Glassman, a BofA investment banker and a board-certified physician, has left the bank for a second time to join Credit...
'Birdman' producer in battle over production credits for upcoming films
Financiers behind the Oscar-winning film “Birdman” are embroiled in three lawsuits seeking $125 million — and now the remaining Worldview Entertainment head is trying to wipe out evidence her co-founder...
Surging Nets hold off Pacers to regain No. 8 spot in playoff race
The Nets picked a good time to play their best basketball of the season. With their latest win, a 111-106 victory over the Pacers on Tuesday night at Barclays Center,...
'Furious' Bratton sounds off at City Hall for cop funding
Top cop Bill Bratton has finally reached his breaking point with Mayor Bill de Blasio. The police commissioner exploded with rage during a meeting Monday over police staffing with Hizzoner’s...
Doomed passengers' final moments surface in chilling video
A cellphone video from the doomed Germanwings flight shows that helpless passengers knew they were flying toward their deaths — and many could be heard screaming “Oh my God!” in...
Brother's perspective on why Chris Mullin will thrive at St. John's
He was lucky enough to have an up close and personal view of how and why Chris Mullin was able to will himself from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish to Xaverian...
Faded diva remembers life on the road in mesmerizing ‘Music Hall’
Showbiz isn’t all glamour and glitz. In the sharply written, beautifully acted “Music Hall,” an aging diva reminisces about her days touring her song-and-dance act. Sometimes the stage was so...
Hillary can't help herself: She's addicted to deception
She can’t help herself. Hillary Clinton is addicted to deception. The news that she used an iPad as well as a BlackBerry demolishes her already ridiculous claim that she set...
Mom: I killed my son because 'someone was going to eat him'
The mom charged with smothering her baby in a Midtown burger joint is a schizophrenic who claimed she killed him because she “was afraid that someone was going to eat...
Obama shortens sentences of 22 drug convicts
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday shortened the prison sentences of nearly two dozen drug convicts, including eight serving life in prison, in an act the White House said...
James Corden shows off his strong social skills
New “Late Late Show” host James Corden had a very successful first week in the land of social media. Corden, who kicked off his late-night career March 23 on CBS,...
First look at funny ladies Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in 'Grace and Frankie'
Netflix has released the first photos from its forthcoming sitcom, “Grace and Frankie.” Premiering May 8, it reunites Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two women who receive the shock...
The real story behind the $135M portrait that inspired a Helen Mirren film
She's been compared to the “Mona Lisa” — though no one thought Mona slept with the man who painted her. Yet the subject of Gustav Klimt’s dazzling “Portrait of Adele...
This ex-CEO quit his million-dollar lifestyle to sling manure on a farm
In March, Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette made headlines when he announced he was retiring to spend more time with his family. The news came as a surprise to...
'Uber's New York business is illegal': Yellow cabs file lawsuit
Uber trips violate state and city laws that give yellow cabs exclusive street pick-up rights and have cost the taxi industry millions, a new lawsuit charges. Total cab trips plunged...
'Boulevard of Death' in Queens getting bike lanes
A dangerous Queens corridor that had over 30 deaths and severe injuries in four years will be redesigned this spring and summer with bike lanes, officials said. Queens Boulevard, often...
Schumer facing first big test in Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer, a strong ally of the White House and of Israel, faces his first big test as heir apparent to the Senate Democratic leadership over a...
Legislature kills Cuomo's proposed tax on ObamaCare
The state Legislature has killed a $69 million tax on health-insurance policies proposed by Gov. Cuomo to pay for the administrative costs of continuing New York’s ObamaCare exchange, The Post...
Syrian girl mistakes camera for gun in heartbreaking photo
The horrors of the civil war in Syria are captured in this poignant photo of a frightened 4-year-old girl raising her hands in surrender — thinking that the long-lens camera...
New York gay rights Indiana travel ban blues
Gov. Andrew Cuomo took a break from Tuesday’s emergency negotiations over what was actually agreed to in Sunday’s budget-deal-oops to grandstand: He banned “non-essential” state travel to Indiana because of...
99-percent but Jay Z ain't one
Damn: So tough for multimillionaire musians to get a break these days. That was the unsung message at Monday’s press conference with Jay Z and other A-listers like Usher, Rihanna,...
Nuke-talk rope-a-dope
The latest “firm” deadline to reach a preliminary nuclear deal with Iran slipped by Tuesday, extending the six-party talks to . . . April Fool’s Day. Finally, something about these negotiations makes...
Albany leaves us stuck in a rut --- again
Sadly, the state’s new $142 billion budget is more of the same. It spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much. It does nothing to change the downward...
Mets' March magic can make us believers -- or fools
The real March Madness is believing what you see in spring training. Of course, some of the stuff happening in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues is meaningful. Just you can’t...
Dancing with a vet: Noah Galloway's special radiance
There’s something particularly beautiful about US military uniforms, representing as they do freedom, service and courage. And something even more beautiful about men and women who wear them — willing...
Why Latino 'leaders' reject Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz’s official campaign isn’t even two weeks old, and already it’s done the nation a favor — by highlighting the duplicity of the “multicultural” left and what it is...
From skulls to outer space: The 8 weirdest wedding themes ever
For some couples, daring to be different means swapping out a classic wedding cake for a modern day dessert bar. Others, however, definitely aren't afraid to think outside of the...
'Black people should be dead': Bucknell students expelled for racist radio rant
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A private Pennsylvania college expelled three students over a campus radio broadcast in which they made racist comments and used a slur. Bucknell University president John Bravman...
Families support 'world's best teacher' convicted of raping teen
A Riverdale prep school teacher was convicted of bedding a 16-year-old student — but a handful of parents insist he’s “got the golden touch.” Five families came to court in...
Disgruntled cops say precinct ran arrest quota 'board game'
Crimefighting in at least one police precinct has been reduced to a petty board game that rewards or punishes officers based on the number of arrests they make each month,...
Knicks have something to play for: Shaft the Nets
If the Knicks can’t go to the playoffs, then they hope they can play a part in making sure the Nets and other contenders don’t either. Spoilers, thy name is...
See Where You Fall on the Tribeca Film Festival Moviegoer Matrix
Spoiler alert: Everyone and their movie-loving mother wants to attend the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival®. To help you pounce on tickets before they sell out, we've streamline your decision-making process with this simple quiz that determines your...
TFF in 140: Tribeca Film Festival Movie Plots in 140 Characters
118 feature length films will be shown at this year's Tribeca Film Festival®. To help you decide which ones you want to see, we've taken the liberty of condensing the plot...
Man who robbed pregnant woman threatened to cut out her baby
Cops have identified the man wanted for robbing a pregnant woman at knife-point at a Manhattan ATM -- and said he threatened to cut out her unborn baby, police said...
Broadway dims lights for 'Mame' director
Broadway will dim its lights Wednesday night for Gene Saks, who died this week at 93. Best known for directing some of Neil Simon’s biggest hits — “Lost in Yonkers,”...
Reason to celebrate: Tanaka survives spring, ready for opener
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- When Masahiro Tanaka was diagnosed with a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow last July 9, it was difficult to believe...
Martin St. Louis: Knee injury could turn into playoff blessing
WINNIPEG — Barring an unforeseen development over the next 48 hours, Martin St. Louis should return to the Rangers lineup Thursday night in Minnesota. St. Louis will have missed eight games after he...
Iraqi PM says Saddam's hometown liberated from ISIS
TIKRIT, Iraq -- Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants holed up in downtown Tikrit, going house to house Tuesday in search of snipers and booby traps, and the prime minister...
Weed stashed in peanut butter sent to drug store
https://twitter.com/NYPD71Pct/status/582656019848962048 A kosher food grocer found himself in a sticky situation when 10 bags of weed -- stashed inside vacuum-sealed bags of peanut butter -- showed up at his Brooklyn...
Why Disney needs to stop remaking all its movies
When “Mulan” was released in the summer of 1998, it instantly became my favorite Disney movie. In the following months, rarely did any cassette tape other than the film’s soundtrack...
Jeff Neubauer's plan to quickly pull Fordham out of the doldrums
Jeff Neubauer figures Fordham basketball has suffered long enough. “I’m taking over a program that has really struggled, and it needs a new vibrancy. It needs new life,” the school's...
Defense rests in first phase of Boston bombing trial
BOSTON -- Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case in his federal death penalty trial Tuesday, a day after they began presenting testimony designed to show his...
Biker thug takes plea deal in brutal assault of dad
Another one of the crazed motorcyclists caught on video brutally beating a Columbia grad in front of his wife and infant daughter in 2013 took a plea deal Tuesday in...
Indiana gov calls for clarification of religious-objections law
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he wants legislation clarifying that a new religious-freedom does not allow discrimination on his desk by the end of the week. Pence said...
How many times you should be having sex each week
We're often told that a happy and healthy sex life isn't about a number — it's about two mutually satisfied partners. But just like aiming for drinking eight glasses of...
Eli Manning talks 'baby dolls,' avoids Giants contract questions
Eli Manning’s offseason has been more about pink than Big Blue. With the start of the Giants’ conditioning program still three weeks away, the recent birth of his third daughter...
Nick Saban at odds with women's activists over violent recruit
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Nick Saban steadfastly defended his signing of defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor, who has now been kicked off his second Southeastern Conference team for domestic violence...
9-year-old Rory McIlroy sent threat to Tiger Woods
Rory McIlroy’s pursuit of taking over the top spot in golf from Tiger Woods began well before McIlroy turned pro. McIlroy, who will arrive at Augusta National next week looking...
Jozy Altidore ruins US soccer upset bid with F-bomb at ref
ZURICH — The United States held on for 1-1 draw with Switzerland in an international friendly on Tuesday after veteran forward Jozy Altidore was sent off. Brek Shea's curling free-kick...
Istanbul gunmen, hostage killed after shootout with police
ISTANBUL — Officials say the prosecutor who was held hostage by members of a banned leftist group inside a courthouse in Istanbul has died after police attempted to free him....
These lucky dogs get to have a pool party
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Man sees double rainbow, is less excited than other man who saw double rainbow
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Wisconsin over Kentucky: Prediction from a coach who knows
It is 30 years after The Perfect Upset of Georgetown, so the question for legendary Villanova coach Rollie Massimino is this: Can Kentucky be beaten? "Yup, they're gonna get beat...
Cuomo bans non-essential state-funded travel to Indiana
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has banned all non-essential, state-funded travel to Indiana after that state adopted a religious freedom law that critics say opens the door...
'She's not a murderer': Daughter of SUV driver in Metro-North crash
The three daughters of the Westchester mom whose SUV caused a fiery Metro-North crash when she stopped on the tracks spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday. Julia Brody, one...
Google Maps allows you to play Pac-Man anywhere in the world
Google Maps launched a new feature Tuesday that transforms streets into a Pac-Man game. Users can swap real-life "Earth View" for the highly entertaining Pac-Man view. Everyone's favorite yellow maze...
No April Fool's joke: Amazon tests tiny push-to-buy buttons
There’s a Dash for that. Amazon is testing “Dash” buttons — small, plastic buttons that can be stuck anywhere — for instant reordering of everyday staples like diapers, papers towels...
Goodluck Jonathan 'concedes defeat' in Nigerian election
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria's aviation minister says President Goodluck Jonathan has called challenger Muhammadu Buhari to concede and congratulate him on his electoral victory. This paves the way for a...
Bizarre Tyson-Lewis clash paved way for Mayweather-Pacquiao
Ross Greenburg thought the hard part was finished. As president of HBO Sports, he had negotiated a historic partnership with rival Showtime to televise a mega pay-per-view fight with Lennox...
Jets abandon camp in Cortland, will stay home for summer
The Jets won’t be going away to camp this year. The team announced training camp will be held at their training center in Florham Park this summer instead of Cortland,...
Con man faked being in Delta Force, swindled families of kidnapped kids: FBI
A Brooklyn con man posed as an ex-Delta Force member and used convincing online sites to dupe desperate parents into believing he could rescue their abducted children, authorities said Tuesday....
St. John’s poaches top recruiter to join Chris Mullin's staff
Chris Mullin means business. Before the St. John’s legend even has been introduced as coach, he has made a hire, and it’s an impressive one, luring recruiting ace Matt Abdelmassih...
1,000-year-old concoction could be remedy for superbug
A 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon concoction to treat eye infections could prove to be the magic potion to destroy the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA, experts said. The elixir was discovered at the British...
David Ortiz explains a glaring error in story he 'wrote'
David Ortiz stands by his denial he never “knowingly took steroids,” as he wrote in a story for The Players’ Tribune last week, but he did take back another part...
Lufthansa knew of co-pilot's past 'deep depressive episode'
Lufthansa admitted Tuesday that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz told the company about his “depressive episodes” nearly six years before he flew its plane into the French Alps last week and killed...
Mediocre 'Woman in Gold' is not worth a Dame
Even the great Helen Mirren can do only so much to elevate this relentlessly mediocre, fact-inspired drama. She plays Maria Altmann, an octogenarian refugee living in California who successfully battles...
Zayn Malik’s first solo track drops, Twitter explodes
British music producer Naughty Boy sent the Twitterverse into a tailspin Tuesday after releasing a new track from from former One Direction-er Zayn Malik.
Helen of joy: Mirren's greatest TV appearances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK5S-IuzIt8 Jimmy Fallon has had a lot of fun with Helen Mirren during his late-night career — including Monday night’s “Tonight Show,” when Mirren joined Fallon in gamely sucking on...
Medicaid scammers indicted in fraud case
They have no soles. A ring of Medicaid crooks lured homeless people to their bogus clinics using free sneakers and boots as bait, authorities said Tuesday. “Free shoes! Free shoes!’’...
The biggest sign yet Tiger Woods will play the Masters
If the location of Tiger Woods’ plane is any indication, the four-time Masters champion is preparing a return to Augusta National. Woods played a practice round Tuesday at Augusta National,...
Time to re-evaluate MLB's offseason winners and losers
TAMPA -- First, let's catch up on Pop Quiz questions: 1. From Bob Franzem of Queens: Name the catcher who appeared as himself in a 1959 episode of "Lassie." 2. From...
New ‘Daily Show’ host is in hot water for tweets about Jews and women
Newly minted “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is already facing his first scandal. The South African comedian is drawing the ire of Twitter for messages he posted years ago —...
5 fascinating facts about the penis
This movie is members-only. An East Village filmmaker has put together a documentary called — ready for this? — “The Dickumentary.” The investigation into penises is out Tuesday on DVD...
Jay Z’s streaming service is already doomed, unless ...
When Jay Z unveiled his partners at the launch of his new streaming service Tidal on Monday afternoon, it looked as though he’d assembled the X-Men (and women) of pop...
A$AP Rocky to launch new denim collaboration
A$AP Rocky is rumored to be collaborating with an “iconic denim brand” for his own collection. Meanwhile, Net-a-Porter has finally been sold to its Italian rival, Yoox SpA. -In his...
LeBron James rising to the top, along with a familiar foe
The All-Star break is always that time on the NBA calendar when the league celebrates itself, puts a corporate logo on everything that isn’t nailed down -- and anything that...
Rolling Stones announce 15-city North American tour
Please allow them to introduce themselves...again. The Rolling Stones are launching a 15-city North American tour, the geriatric rockers announced on Tuesday. The ZIP Code Tour is set to kick...
NYPD probing video of 'cop' screaming at Uber driver
The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating an incident caught on video of a man believed to be an NYPD cop dressing down an Uber driver in a curse-laden tirade...
Cohen's Point72 is hitting startup scene with VC unit
Wall Street honcho Steve Cohen is heading to Silicon Valley. Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management plans to start a venture capital business as valuations for young tech companies soar to levels...
Dina Lohan can't keep it together
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Brits v. Americans -- Whose language is it, anyway?
Our cousins across the pond may have invented the English language, but over the past 240 years or so, Americans have made some … shall we say … “improvements.” Often,...
Derek Jeter pitches pear salad for Tampa airport 'sports lounge'
Derek Jeter is looking to add professional restaurateur to his résumé after retiring from baseball. The former Yankee has signed on with Concessions Tampa to open a sports-themed restaurant at...
Robert Kraft testifies: Hernandez told me he was innocent
FALL RIVER, Mass. — New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft testified Tuesday that his former star tight end Aaron Hernandez told him he was innocent when asked if he...
Leftist militants take Turkish prosecutor hostage
Leftist militants took a Turkish prosecutor hostage Tuesday and released an unsettling photo of the captive with a gun to his head. The image shows a man — covering his face...
Dutch pilot wrote about fear of being locked out of cockpit
In what proved to be a chilling prophecy, a Dutch pilot wrote two months before the Germanwings disaster that he was afraid of going to the lavatory and then being...
Phil Jackson outlines 'key steps' in Knicks roster rebuild
Phil Jackson's "wait till next year" plea to downtrodden Knicks fans started at 140 characters and grew from there. After the Knicks president declared on Twitter on Sunday night that "We will...
Vegas bettor two Michigan State wins away from $1M miracle
When does a Michigan alum become the world's biggest Michigan State fan? How about when a million bucks is on the line? That is the dilemma -- or potential gold...
Inside the battle for the $400M, 840-pound 'Bahia Emerald'
Unearthed in Brazil in 2001, the "Bahia Emerald” is one massive chunk of controversy. At times, no less than eight people and one country have laid claim to a gem...
Malone's Charter rides merger wave with $10.4B Bright House deal
John Malone-backed Charter Communications has agreed to buy a majority stake in billionaire Si Newhouse Jr.’s Bright House Networks for $10.4 billion. The deal will make Charter, which counts Malone's...
Restaurateur removes copper bull's oversized penis after uproar
HURRICANE, Utah — The small southern Utah town of Hurricane might become a little quieter after a copper statue of a bull lost its most prominent private feature this weekend....
Nuclear talks with Iran to continue despite missed deadline
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Wrapping up six days of marathon nuclear talks with mixed results, Iran and six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing to continue talks...
Woman in office sex romp leaves New Zealand
The woman filmed having sex with a senior colleague at an insurance firm has flown out of New Zealand to return to her birthplace. The employees, who left the lights...
Mother-in-law's tombstone falls on man, killing him
A Pennsylvania man was helping decorate his mother-in-law’s tombstone on Monday ahead of the Easter holiday when it suddenly toppled over, pinning him underneath and killing him, a cemetery caretaker...
Husband watches wife burn alive after GPS leads SUV off bridge
A driver was forced to watch his wife being burned alive Saturday inside their wrecked SUV after he drove off the ramp to a demolished bridge by apparently following GPS...
Mafia used capsized cruise ship to 'smuggle drugs'
Doomed cruise ship Costa Concordia was used by the Mafia to smuggle cocaine, police investigators say. Italy’s most feared crime syndicate, the Ndrangheta, hid drugs on board the cruise ship...
70-year-old answers her door, is fatally shot in the head
An elderly Queens woman who took in needy foster kids over the years was shot dead when she opened the door to a killer trying to settle a beef with...
Hillary also used iPad for email, not just BlackBerry
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton e-mailed her staff on an iPad as well as a BlackBerry while secretary of state, according to documents released Tuesday — blowing a hole in...
Prisoner at large after taking guard's gun, escaping from hospital
https://twitter.com/fairfaxpolice/status/582844115307642880 An armed prisoner was on the run early Tuesday after escaping from a hospital in northern Virginia close to Washington where a shot was fired during a struggle with...
4-foot bodybuilder and 6-foot transgender woman find love
She’s 6-foot-3. He’s not. But that hardly bothers Anton Kraft, a pint-sized London bodybuilder who won’t date a woman unless she’s more than a foot taller than him. Kraft’s latest...
East Village blast victim's date meets his parents
East Village blast victim Nicholas Figueroa couldn’t wait to introduce his new gal pal to his parents, but when they finally did meet Monday, it was to share tears. He...
‘Gloomy’ outlook as zero-hour approaches nuclear deal
It was crunch time Monday in high-stakes international talks with Iran over its nuclear program, with tense negotiations just hours away from the deadline. “There still remain some difficult issues,”...
Boehner visits Jordan in first stop of Mideast tour
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner began a Holy Land victory tour Monday, with plans to meet this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Boehner’s trip comes just weeks...
Hammer-wielding attacker whacks man on head
A hammer-wielding sicko attacked a stranger in downtown Brooklyn on Monday afternoon, police said. The attacker approached his victim at 12:30 p.m. in front of 9 Bond St. and struck...
Ex-feds busted for stealing bitcoins during Silk Road probe
A pair of former federal agents who were investigating the Silk Road online black market drug operation were arrested Monday and charged with stealing digital currency that buyers and sellers...
Woman dies after car crashes into AT&T store
A woman shopping at a Long Island cell-phone store was killed Monday when an SUV came crashing through the front door, authorities said. Other customers scrambled to lift the vehicle...
Lawyer cites 'snitch aid' in bid to overturn decade-old murder rap
A lawyer is seeking to overturn a man’s conviction for killing a Fairfield University football star in Brooklyn a decade ago, claiming prosecutors doctored evidence to hide the fact that...
Coyote spotted roaming around bar rooftop
Maybe he was trying to catch a roadrunner. A wild coyote was spotted Monday roaming around the roof of a bar in Queens. The animal wandered out a broken window...
‘Furious 7’ a heartfelt if harebrained farewell to Walker
If the “Fast and Furious” crew could figure out how to power their souped-up autos with machismo, they’d really have an innovation on their greasy hands. As it is, the...
Bank of China ready to lease out 60 percent of 7 Bryant Park
So, what’s next for 7 Bryant Park when Bank of China completes a deal to buy the nearly finished midsize skyscraper from developers Hines and JPMorgan? Turns out Bank of...
WWE stock takes a beating day after Wrestlemania
The stock of WWE got slammed Monday after it signaled its over-the-top WWE Network may grow in fits and starts rather than in a consistent pattern. Investors worrying about growth...
FTC recommends lawsuit to block $27B cigarette merger
The Federal Trade Commission staff is recommending a suit to block the $27 billion merger of the second- and third-biggest cigarette makers, Reynolds American and Lorillard, a well-placed DC source...
StubHub files lawsuit over Golden State Warriors tickets
StubHub is crying foul after being double-teamed by the Golden State Warriors and Ticketmaster over the reselling of tickets to Oakland’s basketball team. In a federal suit filed Sunday, the...
Ben Bernanke's blog post shifts the blame for low interest rates
Ben Bernanke is trying to rewrite history. The ex-chair of the Federal Reserve wants you to believe that low interest rates are not his fault. And he said so in...
Big banks set to beat S&P for remainder of the year: report
Three big banks are set to outpace the S&P 500 over the remainder of 2015 now that they have those pesky fines out of the way, one investment strategist believes....
Democrat calls to remove Commerce bigwig from office
The guy who botched an investigation of the Census Bureau last year could soon be without a job. Todd Zinser, the inspector general of the US Commerce Department, is again...
Cablevision’s Dolan to bid $1 for Daily News: sources
The bidding for the embattled Daily News is nearing the end of round one, and while a handful of suitors are kicking the tires, owner Mort Zuckerman may be disappointed...
Sanford Rubenstein begged me to stage orgy: Ex-flame
He may not be a rapist — but Sanford Rubenstein sure loves some kinky sex. A gal pal who recently dated the showboating civil rights lawyer described him as a...
Jurors serving in city’s longest civil jury trial rewarded with cake
When it comes to dedication, this jury really takes the cake. Jurors serving on Manhattan Supreme Court’s longest-ever civil jury trial got a sweet reward for their patience — a...
The 10 best jokes from the 'Roast of Justin Bieber'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8OcLOdAmaA Justin couldn't belieb his ears. A host of comedians and celebrities on Monday night ruthlessly unloaded on perhaps the most unlikable subject ever to appear in Comedy Central's popular,...
Honcho accused of using power to hire family to pay $12K fine
A former municipal hospital administrator spotlighted in The Post for using her position to help family members land jobs in the system has agreed to pay a $12,000 fine, the...
Retired cop dies a hero after saving boy from drowning
A retired NYPD detective vacationing in Puerto Rico saved a young boy from drowning — but was then tragically swept out to sea as his horrified wife and kids looked...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A thug robbed a pregnant woman at a Greenwich Village ATM on Monday morning, cops said. The heavy-set goon threatened the woman with a sharp object at around 10:30...
Video of grieving family members to be used in cabbie training
Training for cabbies and city workers will soon include a dramatic video about five New York families who lost loved one in crashes as part of Vision Zero. The video,...
New York state giving huge tax break to luxury-yacht buyers
Government for sail? State lawmakers missed the boat on some ambitious reform proposals in the state budget — but they managed to enact a tax break for luxury-yacht buyers. After...
Councilman donating settlement money to civil-liberties group
The Center for Constitutional Rights is getting money from the city — to sue the city. City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan) announced Monday that he’s donating the $30,000 he won...