April 23, 2015
Bill's free Latin American jet rides put heat on Hillary's trade deals
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton accepted private jet trips to South America from a wealthy Canadian mining magnate to give four speeches for $800,000, it was revealed on Thursday....
Family of Italian killed in drone strike heard little since 2012
The announcement of Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto’s death on Thursday was the first his family had heard of him since he was kidnapped in 2012. Lo Porto, one...
Daily News facing a serious suitor shortage
Strike a few more billionaires off the list of people willing to take the money-losing Daily News off the hands of its current owner, real estate mogul Mort Zuckerman. John...
Time Inc. jobs headed for permanent Malaysian vacation
Time Inc. insiders who are wondering when and where the company will outsource their jobs had better make sure they have an atlas when HR calls. Six workers at People,...
Returning Mirza Teletovic admits game felt 'new' to him
After spending three months watching from the sidelines, no one had any grand illusions about Mirza Teletovic playing a massive role for the Nets in their first-round series against the...
The biggest reason the Nets are in a 2-0 hole
The Nets have outperformed the expectations of many through the first two games of this best-of-seven series against the top-seeded Hawks. But despite fighting back at the end of Game...
Comcast-TWC merger flop could lead to cable free-for-all
Investors on Thursday pushed up shares of Cablevision on the expectation that Time Warner Cable will size up the rival cable outfit, controlled by the family of James Dolan, when...
Teams will go bust in draft chasing the next Eli Manning
When you search for trends in the NFL Draft from year to year, most of them shift as often as the Jets change quarterbacks and the Patriots contend for the...
ESPN parent Disney bans Verizon 'cheap bundle' ads from TV and radio
Verizon has been banished from the Magic Kingdom. Disney’s television networks and radio stations are refusing to accept ads for Verizon FiOS’ new slimmed-down cable-TV package. “This happens to be...
MIT professor casts doubts on 'lone trader' Flash Crash theory
One of the authors of the government’s original report on the root causes of the 2010 “Flash Crash,” when the Dow swung more than 1,000 points in five minutes, is...
YouTube sensations launch mobile apps for fans
So you’ve become a YouTube sensation with millions of adoring fans? Now it’s time to launch your own mobile app.
Rangers: We're not playing well enough to think this series is over
It all might sound like worn-out sports cliches, but it has a little more depth coming from the Rangers, having been there so recently. “We’ve been on the other side,...
New Hostess owners looking to flip Twinkie-maker for $2 billion
Twinkies’ $2 billion price tag is too rich for some junk food lovers. Just two years after buying the Hostess snack cake business for $410 million, the relatively new owners...
Google chairman Eric Schmidt invests in computer-driven hedge fund
Call it the marriage of the uber-geeks. The family office of Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has purchased a 20 percent stake in DE Shaw, the $36 billion computer-driven hedge...
Chita Rivera gets her diva Broadway return in 'The Visit'
It's Chita Rivera’s world: We just live in it. This works out very well for the Kander and Ebb musical “The Visit,” in which the charismatic star plays a billionairess...
‘Airline Highway’ collects New Orleans clichés like Mardi Gras beads
Hungry for clichés? “Airline Highway” is chock full of them. A hooker with a heart of gold, a gruff handyman, a sassy gender-bending African-American, a lonely stripper: Every character in...
'SeaWorld' Barbie sleeps with the fishes
Mattel is pulling Barbie out of the SeaWorld pool.
Isles 1 game from elimination after stunning meltdown vs. Caps
WASHINGTON — The Islanders wanted a chance to seal a first-round playoff series win over the Capitals on Saturday at Nassau Coliseum. Instead, they will have to try to avoid...
Tanaka's resurgence typifies underdog Yanks, somehow beating odds
DETROIT — You can’t achieve baseball vindication in April. Yet Masahiro Tanaka deserves something for his efforts, doesn’t he? Like, Vindication of the Month Award? Or at least second place,...
Elisabeth Moss' show to close amid 'Broadway bloodbath'
"Clear the flop wall at Joe Allen! We’re going to need the space!” That’s how one wag sizes up the situation on Broadway this week. To accommodate the coming bloodbath,...
Bacon, beer, hot sauce: Pig out at these 3 fab food fests
This weekend’s forecast: chili and hot. At least when it comes to the food. Spring is here, and it might be a good time to hit some of the eats-related...
This 'Brotherly Love’ feels phony
Set in and around a Philadelphia high school and cast with actors who are uniformly in their 20s, this movie feels artificial from the start. It’s narrated by Jackie (Keke...
Blake Lively charms in tender 'Age of Adaline'
Like many women, Adaline (Blake Lively) is 29 this year, and was 29 last year and the year before that. Unlike other women, she is telling the truth: She has...
The Clinton Foundation is Bill and Hillary's NY-style racket
Say this for Hillary Clinton: She learns from her life experiences. From her time on the Nixon-hunting House impeachment committee, she seems to have learned all about how cash and...
A new low for New York's teacher-evaluation farce
New York’s teacher-evaluation farce hit a new low this week: Merryl Tisch, head of the state Board of Regents, on Wednesday kicked the can another year down the road. The...
Truths of war as bitter for Israel as for US
President Obama had it exactly right Thursday: “It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war generally, and our fight [against] terrorists specifically, mistakes, sometimes deadly...
Open the FBI's files on the 'Mosque Incident' cop slaying
Dear FBI Director James Comey: We are retired law-enforcement professionals with great respect for the work of the FBI. But we’re calling on you to right a grievous wrong and...
Andrew Cuomo's 'inarguable' job-creation bungling
The Orwellian language used by the Castro regime in Communist Cuba must have rubbed off on Gov. Cuomo. How else to explain his bizarre claim that the value of Start-Up...
Firefighters revive unconscious dog, cat after Brooklyn blaze
Sonny, a 3-½-year-old rescue mutt, and his orange-and-white tabby buddy Butterscotch were given oxygen by quick-acting FDNY EMS workers, who rescued the pets from the burning building in Windsor Terrace,...
Understanding the influence-peddling of Clinton Inc.
How should one think about the unfolding allegations rocking the Clinton Industrial Complex (which includes both her campaign and her foundation)? By now, you may have heard about Peter Schweizer’s...
End the moaning about the 'morality' of US drone strikes
Hundreds of drone strikes so far this year, from Syria to Pakistan. Hundreds of dead terrorists, many of high rank. Thousands of lives saved. And what makes headlines? Two Western...
'Banana King' blasted by judge, gets 12 more years in jail
A federal judge ripped self-proclaimed “Banana King” Thomas Hoey Jr. on Thursday as “a danger to the community” as he sentenced the already jailed Long Island businessman to an additional...
Red-hot Mets learning same lessons as legendary champs
We are still in the early furlongs of a long, long race, and it seems physically impossible for Mets fans to contain themselves. Eleven in a row will do that...
Feds beef up Silver indictment with new charge
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver put $340,000 from his account under a family member’s name in 2011 to dodge disclosure laws that would have forced him to reveal his shady...
7 surprising facts from the 'Mad Men' trivia vault
With only four episodes to go until the series finale, “Mad Men” has been surprising long-time fans with some information that’s been resurfacing about the show’s characters. We looked inside...
Jasper Johns' assistant gets 18 months in jail for swiping his boss's art
Famed artist Jasper Johns’ trusted longtime assistant was sentenced to 18 months behind bars Thursday for swiping and selling 37 of his boss’s works for more than $4 million in profits....
The tightrope in solving Odell Beckham's 'passion' problem
There is Henrik Lundqvist, and there is Matt Harvey, the Dark Knight of Gotham, the biggest New York stars of the spring, and there is Odell Beckham Jr. waiting to...
Mother teaches her ducklings to be self-sufficient
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7 Shakespearean actors who became famous for easier roles
Ian McKellen is one of the great Shakespearean actors of his generation. His portrayals of Macbeth, King Lear, Iago and Prospero are legendary in theater circles. And yet most of...
Ex-NYPD captains fined by ethics panel for accepting freebies
Two NYPD captains who helped oversee the city’s trouble-plagued 911 emergency call system were wined and dined by staffers at firms that hold lucrative contracts with the city in violation...
Kate Middleton's 8 best maternity looks
Kate Middleton’s second pregnancy has been just as chic as her first. Whether rocking colorful coats or pretty printed sheaths, the Duchess of Cambridge’s style game is right on point...
Unstoppable Mets finish historic homestand with 11th straight win
Bring on the Yankees — the ’27 Yankees. In 19 seasons of interleague play, the Mets have never been higher emotionally heading into a Subway Series. One of these days...
Tanaka, bullpen, balk add up to Yankees' third straight win
DETROIT — Having dominated the best team in the American League, the Yankees aren’t about to wilt in front of the hottest team in baseball when the Subway Series opens...
Strippers liven up funerals with erotic dancing in China
BEIJING — Chinese officials are launching a campaign to crack down on stripteases and other lewd shows that have become popular at funerals in some rural areas, the Ministry of...
Councilman wants restitution for cabs hurt by apps
A city councilman said Thursday in a closed cab summit that the city should study why the medallion has plunged and consider paying restitution to medallion owners. "We should explore...
Nets couldn't afford to waste this shocking performance
Here are three thoughts on the Nets’ 96-91 loss to the Hawks in Atlanta on Wednesday night to go down 2-0 in their best-of-7 series: 1. For a team in...
Cablevision tries to woo 'cord cutters' with broadband package
Cablevision is the first cable provider to woo the “cord cutters”. The James Dolan-controlled cable company is attempting to woo cord cutters with an appealing broadband package that comes with...
The friendliest baby seal ever
This outgoing elephant seal pup warmed up to one woman in a big (and adorable) way.
Quit complaining, ‘Age of Adaline’: 29-year-olds have done a lot
In the new movie “The Age of Adaline,” in theaters Friday, Blake Lively stars as the titular woman who was born a century ago but never ages past 29. While...
Man found dead with pill bottles in ritzy NYC hotel room
A man was found dead in a hotel room at the swanky Pierre hotel off Central Park on Thursday, authorities said. The housekeeper entered the room around 9 a.m. and...
Petraeus gets probation for classified leaks to mistress
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was sentenced Thursday to two years' probation and fined $100,000 for...
Victor Cruz: I'm getting to '200 percent,' no doubt for Week 1
He knows how excited you are. Victor Cruz is excited, too. But Cruz would like everyone to chill just a little bit, as his knee continues to heal, before getting...
Britt McHenry is back at ESPN
Britt McHenry is back to work. The ESPN reporter was suspended for one week last Thursday following the release of edited video footage showing the blonde cruelly berating a towing-company...
Brian Cashman built a contender Sandy Alderson would love
Sandy Alderson’s offensive philosophy will be on display this weekend in The Bronx. Just not by Sandy Alderson’s team. The Mets general manager has had a career-long belief in walks...
Sexy Russian models cuddle with bear in anti-hunting photos
Scantily clad Russian models Maria Sidorova and Lidia Fetisova braved the cold and the claws as they kissed and bear-hugged a 1,400-pound bear named Stephen.
Teen wears fake explosives to ask girl to prom because he's 'the bomb'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPm6SxidtVc LA CENTER, Wash. — A Washington teen who strapped fake explosives to his body in a stunt to ask a date to prom has been suspended from school. The...
Senate confirms Loretta Lynch as attorney general
WASHINGTON — Loretta Lynch has won confirmation to serve as the nation's attorney general, ending months of delay. The vote was 56-43 in the Senate Thursday. Lynch will replace Eric...
Bra bandit hits same Victoria's Secret store for third time
Someone stole 25 bras Tuesday from a Victoria's Secret store at the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., after nearly 150 bras were taken in three heists at the same store in...
Lennox Lewis' promoter returns to boxing as a woman
LONDON — Weeks after completing a sex change, the boxing promoter behind Lennox Lewis’ rise to world heavyweight champion is back working in the sport. “I may have had a...
'Liar' who claimed he worked for Reagan facing prison after admitting fraud
He finally told the truth! A notorious Upper West Side con man faces roughly 7 ¼ to 8 ½ years behind bars after he admitted Thursday to stealing nearly $1 million...
‘The Americans’ finale: Where do the Jennings go from here?
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday night’s season finale of “The Americans.” The third-season finale of FX’s ’80s-era spy drama “The Americans” ended with a bang, as teenage daughter...
10 reasons why Spurs-Clippers deserves all your NBA attention
The matchup that had everyone salivating before the NBA playoffs is living up to the hype. While the seven other first-round series feel like runaways -- they're all two-zip --...
Tom Brady blows off Patriots' visit to White House
Some patriot. The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots were honored by President Obama at the White House on Thursday — without their quarterback, Tom Brady. In a deflating move,...
New York AG suing tanning salon over 'deceptive advertising'
The state’s attorney general is suing the tanning salon chain Portofino Sun Center for deceptive advertising over claims that customers can skip the milk and get a healthy dose of...
Suspect in Dunkin' Donuts killing could be in NYC area
A man suspected of fatally bludgeoning his wife in a Maryland Dunkin' Donuts could now be in the New York City area, authorities said Thursday. Bhadreshkumar Patel, 24, is believed...
Re-imagining 10 cities without their famous landmarks
What would NYC be without the Statue of Liberty? Paris without the Eiffel Tower? Pisa without its leaning tower? A new series of photographs bring this alternate reality to life,...
Climber survives fall down icy cliff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-l8x1JUsg A climber found himself at the end of his rope and happy to be alive after plummeting off an icy cliff face – an averted tragedy caught by his...
Little girl fires big machine gun to practice killing ISIS
A young girl has been filmed firing a machine gun in a shocking video posted online. The footage posted on YouTube shows the child, who looks around five-years-old, kneeling at...
Tour New York's fanciest new hotel
The lavish Baccarat Hotel recently opened in Manhattan and has been attracting celebs and socialites to exclusive parties. It's also where some of the city's priciest apartments can be found.
Amy Schumer, Tina Fey and friends celebrate the 'Last F--kable Day'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpsI8mWKmg Amy Schumer opened up the third season of her show with a bang — er, well, more of a satire on women deemed too old to bang. Schumer collected...
Man shot dead by cops was ex-Marine with lengthy rap sheet
The man who was shot dead by cops after opening fire at a Queens bar Wednesday night was a former Marine with a lengthy rap sheet, including several violent felonies,...
5 places you might not know are bona fide NYC landmarks
What would New York City look like today without the Landmarks Law? It’s hard to tell, but almost certainly some of our most famous buildings would not have survived, meaning...
Russell Wilson rebounds from ugly divorce with Amar'e ex
When Russell Wilson suits up for the annual White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday night, he won't be rolling solo. The Seattle Seahawks QB is reportedly taking pop princess Ciara as...
Joy, anger for family of Mexican girl wrongly sent to US
GUANAJUATO, Mexico — When a woman in Texas claimed that Alondra Luna Nunez was her long-lost daughter, the girl's real parents in Mexico say they presented more than a dozen...
Lily-Rose Depp makes her modeling debut
Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny Depp and model Vanessa Paradis, is following her destiny and completed her first photo shoot for Oyster Magazine. Meanwhile, Dior gets graphic with its new...
Jeremy Clarkson's final 3 'Top Gear' episodes to air
Jeremy Clarkson’s final scenes in Top Gear will screen later this year, according to the boss of BBC2. Kim Shillinglaw said the scenes filmed before Clarkson was suspended for his...
Plucky ducks stand up to bully goat
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Meet the cat who thinks he's a human
This cat is really trying to fit in with the family. Meet George, a standing cat who is the latest feline to delight the Internet. The Munchin-Exotic Short Hair was...
Venice Beach officials want to allow topless sunbathing
Leaders in the Los Angeles beach district of Venice have asked that women be allowed to sunbathe nude on the beach, saying they want equality and a more European feel...
Girl born with no legs gets dog with missing paw
The best friends are the type who make us feel like we aren’t alone. A 3-year-old Tennessee girl born without feet and some of her fingers gained one such companion...
See what $27 million gets you at The Baccarat Hotel
This $27 million, 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom residence is just one of 60 that sit atop the Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York in Midtown Manhattan. It's the 250-year-old French crystal-maker's first foray...
Number of women becoming nuns in England hits 25-year high
The number of women becoming nuns in England and Wales has reached a 25-year high, with many “young and educated” women seeing convent life as “an attractive choice”, says the...
Vandals smash over 100 car windows in NY town
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Residents woke up to an unwelcomed surprise when they found that vandals swept through an upstate New York city, breaking the windows of more than 100 cars....
Security officials facing questions about gyrocopter stunt
https://youtu.be/giv8wy-9lEI WASHINGTON — Congressional lawmakers want security officials to explain how they determined that a small gyrocopter piloted by a Florida postal carrier didn't pose a threat to the nation's...
Brittney Griner 'bite wound' arrest for WNBA fiancée 'assault'
WNBA star Brittney Griner and her fiancée were both arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct. TMZ reports the pair were allegedly attacking each other and police were called to...
Deutsche Bank hit with record $2.5B Libor fine
New York banking regulator Ben Lawsky working with other US and British regulators fined Deutsche Bank $2.5 billion and its British subsidiary pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud on Thursday...
See what the ‘Charlie bit my finger’ boys look like today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8RDfWJQ-A Get ready to feel old — really old. Back in 2007, a pair of adorable English toddlers became overnight sensations after their father uploaded a video to YouTube of...
Comcast blows pact to acquire Time Warner Cable
Comcast’s refusal to spin off part of its media and cable empire turned out to be a deal-killer, The Post has learned. The Federal Communications Commission — which along with...
Another coyote sighting in NYC
A street-savvy coyote took a sightseeing tour of the Upper West Side on Thursday — and hit all the best cultural hot spots. The creature was spotted soaking in views...
Now you can rent blinged out watches
If you can afford your daily Starbucks, you can afford to rent a blingy wristwatch. That’s the latest pitch from Eleven James, a New York-based luxury watch rental service that...
American, Italian al Qaeda hostages killed in drone strike
An American and an Italian being held hostage by al Qaeda in a remote region of Pakistan near the Afghan border were killed in a CIA drone strike in January...
China warns of North Korea nuclear capability
Chinese nuclear experts have warned that North Korea may already have 20 nuclear warheads and the capability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to double its arsenal by next year, The...
Americans held by, working with al Qaeda killed
WASHINGTON — An American and an Italian held hostage by al Qaeda, as well as two Americans working with the terror group, were inadvertently killed by U.S. drone strikes earlier...
Clinton charities will refile tax returns, audit for other errors
Hillary Clinton's family's charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit...
Majority of voters think Hillary is untrustworthy: poll
A majority of US voters -- 54 percent -- say Hillary Clinton is not honest or trustworthy according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Only 38 percent said they...
Petraeus to be sentenced for leaking classified material
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was expected to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Charlotte...
UVA dean bashes Rolling Stone article in open letter
RICHMOND, Va. — An associate dean of students at the University of Virginia said Wednesday a widely discredited Rolling Stone article caused her professional and personal harm by portraying her...
Michael Brown's parents to sue Ferguson
ST. LOUIS — Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb say they plan to...
'Driving' dog gives motorists a scare
LONDON — Don the Sheepdog might want to learn a new trick: applying the brakes. The border collie inspired a traffic scare and social media gold after he plunged down...
Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile; nearby town evacuated
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After-school mentor accused of raping teen lured 3 others to apartment: DA
An Upper West Side after-school program “mentor” who allegedly raped a 14-year-old student also lured three other teens to his apartment on separate occasions, prosecutors said Wednesday. In addition to...
Dying senator begs judge to spare his son jail time
Indicted state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous says he’s dying of cancer and is begging a federal judge to show his criminal son leniency so they can spend his...
Anti-'Common Core' activists leak state's English exam online
A copy of the state’s English Language Arts test that students took last week was leaked online Wednesday in an apparent act of sabotage by anti-testing activists. More than three...
Inside details of how A-Rod's 660 fight with Yankees will play out
With the way he’s hitting, Alex Rodriguez looks likely to soon join Willie Mays on the career home run chart. But the controversy surrounding this achievement will take longer to...
More Mullin magic: Jordan, Obekpa returning to St. John's
Three weeks into his tenure as coach at St. John’s, Chris Mullin continues to reward his alma mater for its optimism. After securing multiple player commitments — and the even...
Hondo needs a Buc
Hondo’s losing streak grew to five Wednesday when the Tribe went belly up, but it ended right there because the Reds took down the Brewers to cut the debt to...
More signs Phil Jackson stalling his big Knicks move until 2016
Tuesday’s 45-minute State of Zen address established two elements of patience — team president Phil Jackson is not trading his draft pick for a veteran if the Knicks are picking...
Mirza Teletovic rusty but alive in remarkable return to Nets
ATLANTA — Mirza Teletovic’s remarkable return to the court came full-circle Wednesday night as he played 3 minutes, 50 seconds in the Nets’ 96-91 loss in Game 2 of their...
Model for original 'Rosie the Riveter' painting dies at 92
HARTFORD, Conn. — Mary Doyle Keefe, the model for Norman Rockwell's iconic 1943 Rosie the Riveter painting that symbolized the millions of American women who went to work on the...
Activists protest de Blasio pal's view-blocking high-rise
Mayor de Blasio has been MIA amid complaints that a high-rise built by a developer who is one of his campaign contributors is illegally blocking iconic views of the Brooklyn...
Rangers lament how sluggish 1st period nearly cost them
PITTSBURGH — Former Rangers coach John Tortorella once had a great line once when asked how important the first 10 minutes of a game are. “Just as important as the...
Two things A-Rod doesn't want to talk about: milestones and Mets
DETROIT — After missing all of 2014 due to suspension, Alex Rodriguez decided baseball is best served taking it one day at a time. With 658 career homers the Yankees’...
This couple has the loudest sex in NYC
One Brooklyn couple is making such wild whoopie that they have earned the title of loudest lovemakers in New York — garnering the most 311 complaints in the city from...
Juan Lagares channels Willie Mays on must-see circus catch
[mlbvideo id="84653783" width="640" height="360" /] Juan Lagares broke back and the ball kept slicing away from him in the wind. Finally, the Mets’ Gold Glove center fielder, racing with his...
Oscar winner JK Simmons finds 'Counterpart' on Starz
Oscar winner JK Simmons (“Whiplash”) is returning to the small screen. Simmons will star in the upcoming Starz sci-fi/espionage series “Counterpart” as a low-level worker at the UN who, unhappy...
What's trending as fall TV pilots take flight
With more than a dozen spinoffs (“Criminal Minds,” “Chicago Med”), movie adaptations (“Minority Report,” “Rush Hour”) and revivals (“Luther,” “The X-Files”) in various stages of development, it can feel like...
‘Something Rotten!’ deserves to be Broadway’s new big, fat hit
Broadway hits have a kind of white-hot energy: Everything from story to song clicks into place, the actors are firing on all cylinders — and the audience knows it’s watching...
The Yankees' two red flags show up even in rout
DETROIT — Exciting new vantage point for these 2015 Yankees. The same tentative journey. Thanks to their inexplicable, continued dominance of David Price, the Yankees find themselves above .500 for...
As Bruce Jenner comes out, it's a transgender world
Bruce Jenner will reportedly come out about his gender transition in a “20/20” interview on Friday. A 14-year-old transgender girl, Jazz Jennings, will get her own show on TLC this...
NYC parents are spending $50K for strangers to hang with their kids
As the shiny black 2015 Yukon Denali with tinted windows, leather bucket seats and DVD screens pulls up to the curb, an impossibly handsome blond prepares to hop out. But...
Man on trial in 'missing corpse' case jailed for assaulting wife
A Bronx building superintendent whose murder defense may have imploded with the discovery of the victim’s body recently has a more immediate problem on his hands — a prison term...
Real estate CEO fired broker for requesting kosher meals: suit
The CEO of a major Brooklyn real-estate firm fired a broker for requesting a kosher meal for an office function, a new Brooklyn federal lawsuit charges. Agent Robert Seidenberg, an...
Community Board 2 member fined for accepting free Soho House membership
A second member of Community Board 2 — which has an advisory role on zoning, land use and liquor licensing — has been fined by the Conflicts of Interest Board...
Vicious pit bull attacks NYPD patrol horse
An NYPD patrol horse was attacked by a vicious pit bull in Brooklyn on Wednesday, cops said. Officer Luis Ramos and his partner, trusty stallion Pompey II, were riding to...
Low income families do send kids to elite schools: report
Thousands of students from the poorest neighborhoods are being accepted at the city’s elite public high schools — puncturing claims that poverty is a bar to the coveted seats, a...
Rand Paul's son busted for alleged DUI
A son of 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul was arrested for drunken driving after he slammed into a car while reeking of alcohol, a report said Wednesday. William H. Paul...
Man says credit agencies ruined his financial standing
A Long Island man says a bachelor party at a strip club wound up costing him much more than the $10,000 crooks racked up on his credit card that stolen...
De Blasio's waste reduction campaign prioritizes composting
More composting is on the menu to reduce the city’s waste stream -- and it could become mandatory if residents don’t meet goals, Mayor de Blasio said on Wednesday. “If...
Judge gives billionaire $2.75M deposit back on penthouse bid
A billionaire banker is about to get a few million dollars richer. A Manhattan appeals panel ruled that Peruvian banking magnate Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor should get back the $2.75 million deposit...
MTA targets Metro-North, LIRR with 'manners' campaign
The MTA is turning its focus on manners to the unruly masses that come into the city from Long Island and Westchester. New courtesy ads are going up on the...
How each and every Met chipped in to stay perfect at Citi Field
If you are going to get the 2015 Mets at Citi Field in the month of April, at least, you better get them on nights when fifth starter Dillon Gee...
Cleveland kidnap survivors recall decade of hellish imprisonment
They leaned on each other. Two of the three Cleveland women who were kidnapped and held as sex slaves helped each other “stay positive” to survive life with their twisted...
De Blasio against decriminalizing common 'low-level' crimes
Not so fast, City Council. Mayor de Blasio expressed strong reservations Wednesday about a council plan to decriminalize common low-level offenses, such as public urination and turnstile-jumping. While Hizzoner said...
Ecstatic Sather went to college to find Rangers' missing playoff link
PITTSBURGH — So here were the Rangers, facing overtime once again, facing overtime again just shy of 10 months after three of the most excruciating overtime losses possible, and after...
Bill for tougher supervision of sex-offenders dies in Assembly
ALBANY — A bill that would have mandated tougher supervision of serial rapists such as the creep accused of attacking a woman in a Flatiron bar bathroom earlier this month...
American Apparel hit with another shareholder lawsuit
American Apparel was hit with another shareholder lawsuit Wednesday, the third complaint in two weeks. The most recent suit filed April 21 alleges shareholders were duped into re-electing three of...
Troubled Tavern on the Green replacing its head chef
Catered cuisine has chased California cuisine out of the park at Tavern on the Green. The troubled Central Park restaurant said Wednesday that head chef Jeremiah Tower, a famed California...
Tribeca Film Fest founder creates 'Anti-Summit' for taking action
Global summits need to be disrupted. Let’s stage an Anti-Summit. That’s the thinking as Craig Hatkoff — co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival — launches a two-day lovefest for innovation,...
Chuck Schumer rakes in $2.9M for re-election campaign
WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Charles Schumer trounced the entire Senate in the latest round of fund-raising — and his near-certain promotion to Democratic leader leaves him positioned for ever...
Battle over royalty rates for digital services headed to federal court
The row over streaming music royalties is getting louder. Players on both sides of the debate are gearing up for a key hearing next week in Washington that will help...
Streaking Mets also winning off the field with 32 new sponsors
Like the team on the field, the Mets front office has been performing amazingly well despite adversity. Witness its 32 new corporate sponsorships, including: National Car Rental and Tri-State Honda....
Paul Singer wins another small battle in dispute with Argentina
Hedge fund mogul Paul Singer won another small victory in his debt dispute with Argentina when a federal judge agreed Wednesday to let his firm examine details of a $1.4...
Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg seems to have 'edge' in bailout trial
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg picked a good day to show up in court. The former AIG chairman, who appeared Wednesday for the first time at the trial over the government’s $85...
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Brooklyn A perverted straphanger groped a woman on a subway train, police said Wednesday. The 49-year-old victim was riding a southbound F train at around 7:15 p.m. last Thursday when...