October 7, 2015
Joe Maddon's brand of baseball genius on full display for Cubs
PITTSBURGH — Jake Arrieta was as good as advertised, but his manager was even better Wednesday night as the Cubs claimed a 4-0 victory over the Pirates in the NL...
The city is moving red-light cameras to nab more drivers
Crafty city officials plan to move 30 red-light cameras to new secret locations as they play cat-and-mouse with drivers who have figured out where the gotcha gadgets are hidden. The...
Rangers forced to stew before blitzing Blackhawks in opener
CHICAGO — The Rangers had waited more than four months to get back on the ice following their bitter Game 7 Eastern Conference finals loss to the Lightning, so another...
Playing with fire or getting burned? The Odell Beckham dilemma
Odell Beckham Jr. wants to win the game the way Lawrence Taylor wanted to win the game. His raging fire is much more a blessing to the Giants and a...
Digital advertising's uncertain future focuses on publishers
A major shakeout is coming to the digital media space as downward pricing pressure squeezes out some players. Shane Smith, chief executive and co-founder of Vice Media, said the problem...
Bidens gathering to weigh Joe's possible presidential run
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden is convening a “family meeting” this weekend at his home in Delaware to discuss a possible presidential run. The family get-together comes following months...
Trump defends Carson over Oregon shooting comments
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump came to the defense of GOP rival Ben Carson Wednesday for saying he would have tried to jump the gunman in the Oregon college shooting. “Ben...
Will Notre Dame rebound from crushing Clemson loss? Bet on it
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Tim Armstrong not worried about potential HuffPost union
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said he is not bothered by the recent unionization efforts by journalists at the Huffington Post. “The bottom line is there is a tremendous amount of...
Beer company Diageo under pressure to sell Guinness
The $100 billion merger battle playing out between Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller is not the only high-profile beer deal fermenting, The Post has learned. Diageo’s sale of Guinness and the...
How this 7-year-old is thanking 'superhero' NYPD officers
A Brooklyn boy has been hand delivering superhero-themed thank you’s to New York’s Finest every weekend since December. Zachary Becerra, who dreams of becoming the city’s top cop when he...
Kristaps Porzingis' Knicks debut: Potential meets concern
Give Kristaps Porzingis a mixed review in his 21-minute Knicks debut, especially considering it was not even against an NBA team. After getting the starting nod Wednesday and playing his...
Ron Burkle commits $30M to Relativity Sports
Billionaire Ron Burkle strengthened ties to Ryan Kavanaugh on Wednesday by committing $30 million to the sports division of the mogul’s bankrupt Relativity Media. Burkle, who heads Yucaipa Cos., an...
'Goodfellas' murder scenes can't be introduced at mobster's trial
Brooklyn federal prosecutors will not be able to invoke several grisly murders depicted in the film “Goodfellas” at the upcoming trial of accused Lufthansa heist hoodlum Vincent Asaro, a Brooklyn...
Lady Gaga just had a bloody foursome on ‘AHS’
“Caught in a bad romance” is right! On Wednesday’s season premiere of “American Horror Story: Hotel,” Lady Gaga and her squeeze, played by Matt Bomer, initiated a steamy foursome that...
Cosi blames Pope Francis for weak sales
Cosi, the 109-unit sandwich and salad chain, didn’t blame the weather, the economy or shifting trends for its weak third quarter same-store sales. The Boston-based chain blamed Pope Francis. “Everyone...
America's smartphone addiction is only getting worse
Americans spend nearly three hours a day on their mobile devices — checking social media, watching TV and surfing the Web, according to a new study. And that doesn’t even...
Customers say Amazon's new Fire TV is a glitchy mess
Amazon’s new Fire TV could have used a little more time in the oven. The Seattle Web giant’s new set-top box, launched this week, is getting complaints about glitch-ridden software,...
Unstoppable Wilkerson makes Jets’ insincerity look foolish
Muhammad Wilkerson stood in a corner of a crowded Wembley Stadium locker room, putting his jacket on when a few reporters approached Sunday. Wilkerson smiled and pointed out the reporters...
Brett Gardner: Injuries not to blame for my anemic second half
Brett Gardner left Yankee Stadium on Wednesday the same way he did for much of the second half of the season: Hurt. The All-Star injured his left wrist when he...
CCRB says cop who busted James Blake used excessive force
The cop who tackled former tennis star James Blake outside a Midtown hotel used excessive force, the Civilian Complaint Review Board ruled on Wednesday — and he will likely face...
Gwyneth Paltrow's latest gripe: Iron Man out-earns his girlfriend
There’s nothing more precious than someone with a reported net worth of $140 million complaining about how much someone else makes, but that’s Gwyneth Paltrow for you. Her target: Iron...
How New York politicians make Florida look great
What a whiner. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is complaining because Florida Gov. Rick Scott touts his state’s benefits over New York to lure firms. Hmm. Maybe the council should...
The worst inequality of all --- failure factories for the poor
More than 18,000 parents and kids marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall Wednesday to demand equality — and excellence — in the city’s public schools. They refuse to...
It's time to impeach the IRS chief for high crimes
“Look,” wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, “my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should [have] let the [S]outh go. We really do seem...
Britain's leader: Stop making excuses for terror
Excerpted from British Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech Wednesday to the 2015 Tory Party Conference. Every day, in every way, Great Britain lives up to its name. And I know...
Why GI Joe should win the Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel committee is getting ready to award its peace prize on Oct. 9, and my hopes are on GI Joe. How about recognizing the American soldier — GI...
Driving for Uber lets me live the American dream
People are constantly talking about the American dream, but I want to talk a bit about the New York City dream. As a first-generation New Yorker, I was struggling to...
Why Mets fans should appreciate Michael Cuddyer
This isn’t a story just for today, of course, although today seems as good a time as any to report that Michael Cuddyer is still as upbeat a presence around...
Journalist found guilty of helping hack of LA Times website
A well-known social media journalist was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous to break into the Los Angeles Times' website and alter a story. Matthew Keys,...
NBA star: NYPD cop broke my leg after I tried to give cash to bum
Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha testified Wednesday that he sustained the injury that shelved him for the NBA playoffs when an NYPD cop kicked him in the leg after he...
Mets' Matt Harvey plan: Turn antics into a bad joke
So why did Matt Harvey show up late for the Mets’ first postseason workout Tuesday? A few Mets developed a working theory: The high-maintenance ace was busy buying tickets for...
Obama rejects Bloomberg-style soda tax in new healthy-food guidelines
WASHINGTON – There will be no push for a Mike Bloomberg-style soda tax from the Obama Administration’s forthcoming healthy food guidelines. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told the...
Wilmer Flores lost 10 pounds -- and Game 1 start -- to strep throat
You could say surreal. Or strange. Bizarre might work. As would flat-out weird. But when Wilmer Flores sums up his 2015 Mets season, he prefers a more simple term. “Different,”...
Medic caught on video beating up iPhone-theft suspect with help from cops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFYbRkNI2M&feature=youtu.be A paramedic who’d just been robbed joined cops in tracking down the suspect — and then he pummeled the man as cops were starting to arrest him, surveillance video...
How to fix the Yankees, with trades and free agents
I can make this easy. I can give the current Yankees the attributes we associate with George Steinbrenner’s heyday and attempt to solve all their problems with their wallet and a disregard...
The worst brand ambassadors of all time
Most of the time brands are delighted when consumers profess their love for their product or service — but there are some notable exceptions. While most of the time the...
Tanker truck fire snarls traffic on New Jersey Turnpike
https://twitter.com/Trapper908/status/651861709381083137 KEARNY, N.J. — A tanker truck that overturned on the right shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike caught fire and sent billowing clouds of black smoke into the sky...
The chilling inside story of the NBA's Wizards gun duel
A former Wizards player has taken fans inside one of the more shocking behind-the-scenes incidents in NBA history. In a new memoir, former NBA player Caron Butler describes the chilling...
Baby in serious condition after Brooklyn apartment fire
A baby is in serious condition after a fire tore through an three-story apartment building in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, police sources said. The blaze broke out on the second floor...
12 signs you’ve resigned yourself to winter
The fever dream of the long hot summer finally broke — but it’s almost like the season never happened. New Yorkers are already back to wearing flannels and boots, and...
MTA must run 'The Muslims Are Coming!' movie ads, judge rules
A federal court on Wednesday compelled the MTA to allow on its property ads for a film by an Islamic comedy group — saying that such slogans as “Muslims have...
Jealous madman who butchered cousin’s family gets life in prison
The crazed Chinese man who murdered his cousin’s wife and her four children with a meat cleaver in their Sunset Park home will be imprisoned for the rest of his...
The day in photos
A turtle finds a new home, Donald Trump continues courting delegates, autumn leaves decorate Paris and more.
Milder winter predicted for Northeast due to 'Godzilla El Niño'
An intensifying El Niño is expected to keep the big chill at bay across the Northeast — setting the stage for a milder winter season. Fewer subzero temps are in...
Mets' Matt Harvey on time, now 'make sure he gets to the plane'
Matt Harvey found his way to Citi Field just fine Wednesday. A day after missing a mandatory Mets workout and then apologizing to teammates, the right-hander was among the first...
‘Steve Jobs’ is no ‘Social Network’
"Steve Jobs” is a tale of two men, not one: A more accurate, not to say wittier, title would have been “Steve Jobs and Aaron Sorkin.” Sorkin’s Jobs, played with...
This new thriller takes place in a trash dump
"Trash” is literally where this British-Brazilian thriller, set in the slums of Rio, starts out; it is also how its three protagonists, street kids who spend their days picking through...
SEC fines Blackstone $39M for failing to disclose some fees
Private-equity firms continue to get caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Stephen Schwarzman’s Blackstone Group on Wednesday agreed to pay $39 million to settle civil charges that it...
‘Knock Knock’ is Roth’s latest sick joke
Men are pigs! Women are psychos! One-percenters have it coming! Pick your moral in this nasty, single-setting thriller that’s ultimately quite tame by the standards of torture-porn director Eli Roth...
'Big Stone Gap' might make you fall asleep
Long on heart if short on surprises, “Big Stone Gap” is an easygoing visit to small-town America. A plucky and endearing Ashley Judd plays the town spinster in a Virginia...
My millionaire brother is behind his wife's murder
Nearly 33 years after a young housewife was beaten, strangled and stabbed to death in her Murray Hill town house, new court papers are turning the heat up on her...
'Forbidden Room' is really demented — and amazing
The longest and most elaborate of Canadian genius Guy Maddin’s homages to silent and early talkie cinema is like watching a dozen totally demented movies at once — and that’s...
Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to 'beat the s--t' out of Derek Fisher
Knicks coach Derek Fisher was attacked in Los Angeles by NBA bad boy Matt Barnes, who drove 95 miles to “beat the s---t out of him” when he found out...
Police shot Oregon gunman before he killed himself
ROSEBURG, Ore. — The gunman who fatally shot nine people at an Oregon community college last week killed himself in front of his victims after two police officers wounded him,...
Take a psychic-guided tour of America's most haunted city
Strolling through the Cities of the Dead with the Mary Poppins of dead people isn’t as creepy as it sounds, I swear. But it does make the city come alive...
5 great things that happen when you stop counting calories
You sit down to dinner with family, everyone chatting about school days, work days, friends, and coworkers. But instead of joining in the conversation, you look down at your plate...
Does late-night snacking really lead to weight gain?
You’ve probably heard that late-night munching can lead to weight gain, but is your body really biased when it comes to what time of day you take a bite? The...
Henrik Lundqvist shares philosophy for next Rangers ride
CHICAGO — The ersatz sausage king and New York’s hockey king have something in common. “Life moves pretty fast,” homeboy Ferris Bueller once said. “If you don’t stop and look...
Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders for airstrike on hospital
WASHINGTON — President Obama called the head of Doctors Without Borders Wednesday to apologize for the errant US airstrike on the group’s hospital facility in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which killed 22...
Get ready for $69 flights to Europe
For the price of a weekend bar tab, you may soon be able to fly to Europe — perhaps as early as 2017. Norwegian Air’s CEO Bjørn Kjos told Reuters...
Nurse giving workplace flu shots reused syringes
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — A nurse administering flu shots to dozens of employees of a pharmaceutical company reused syringes, the state Department of Health said Wednesday. There is a low...
Suspended Rutgers coach reinstates suspended Rutgers star
A day after Leonte Carroo got a victory in court, he got his return to football. The Rutgers star senior wide receiver was reinstated from an indefinite suspension Wednesday by coach Kyle Flood, a...
Yankees answer lingering questions on Nova, Eovaldi
It only matters now as a positive sign of health heading into the offseason and next year, but had the Yankees won the wild-card game, they would have put Nathan...
Giants on high alert for spread of dangerous bacteria
Based on a directive from the NFL and the NFL Players Association, the Giants briefed their players Wednesday morning on safety protocols after tight end Daniel Fells had to be hospitalized after...
Booted Auburn receiver punched 4 in fight over sunglasses
Auburn receiver D'haquille "Duke" Williams punched four people at a local bar on Saturday night, according to AL.com, two days before he was booted off the team. A witness told...
Putin scores 7 goals in hockey game on 63rd birthday
SOCHI, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 63rd birthday on Wednesday in his favorite Black Sea resort of Sochi by taking part in an ice hockey match and...
Shock jock throws sexist Twitter tantrum over ESPN analyst
Not everyone is a fan of Jessica Mendoza's crisp commentary. Sports "personality" Mike Bell, who hosts the "The Game" on Atlanta-based 92.9 radio, unleashed a series of insulting tweets aimed at...
Hillary's 'whatever' answer to the Oregon killings
After a gunman murdered nine people at a community college in Oregon last week, President Obama said the solution to such violence is obvious. “It cannot be this easy for...
Tantric sex teacher at clothing-optional retreat killed on hiking trail
FAIRFAX, Calif. — A tantra teacher who made DVDs on yoga for lovers and taught classes at a clothing-optional retreat was found shot to death on a hiking trail in...
50 shades of felt: London sex toy shop stitched entirely from fabric
An English artist is making a statement about prudes -- and her country's toughened porn laws -- by creating an exhibit made out of felt. Former lap dancer Lucy Sparrow...
Yankees prez holds his fire, praises 2015 youth movement
Despite the presence of all four of George Steinbrenner’s children in running the Yankees, there is probably no one more temperamentally like the The Boss than team president Randy Levine....
Knicks great Harry Gallatin dead at 88
Hall of Famer and former Knicks star center Harry "The Horse'' Gallatin passed away Wednesday morning at his Illinois home. He was 88. Gallatin was the NBA’s original “Iron Man”...
What the daily fantasy scandal is about -- and how to fix it
The daily fantasy industry now has its own version of Deflategate — only instead of obsessing over psi minutiae, the reported infraction centers around something called usage rates. Here's the...
Odell Beckham punished by NFL for antics vs. Bills
Odell Beckham Jr. was fined $8,681 for his actions in the Giants' win Sunday, according to ESPN, in the wake of "cheap shot" allegations by the Bills. But the Giants...
Seahawks star hates Lions' Stafford because of JFK assassination
Michael Bennett's beef with Matthew Stafford has been 50 years in the making. Following Monday night's 13-10 victory over the Lions, the Seahawks defensive end told reporters that his disdain...
Thousands rally in Brooklyn in support of charter schools
Thousands of fired-up charter school supporters descended on City Hall Wednesday demanding that Mayor de Blasio put an end to education inequality by expanding the number of charters. Bronx Borough President...
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed doubles stake in Twitter
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company have doubled their ownership of Twitter’s publicly traded shares in the past six weeks. A joint statement released Wednesday by...
Baby cheetah and puppy are the most adorable best friends ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caX24UC2lsY Dogs aren’t just a man’s best friend -- they're a cheetah's too! At just two weeks old, a cheetah cub named Kumbali wasn’t getting enough milk from her mother...
A&P facing deeper layoffs of 13,000 on Thanksgiving
The pain from the demise of the A&P grocery store chain will be greater than previously anticipated. As many as 13,000 A&P workers will lose their jobs by Thanksgiving Day...
Canned pumpkin shortage threatens Thanksgiving dessert tables
A canned pumpkin shortage could hit store shelves this fall, experts warned Wednesday. Summer rainfall obliterated a chunk of the crop in Illinois, the country's top pumpkin-producing state, sparking fears...
Peter Max's wife claims son is holding artist against his will
World-renowned psychedelic painter Peter Max is in the middle of a lurid tug-of-war between his wife and his son — a legal nightmare complete with accusations of kidnapping, infidelity, attempted...
Naked motorcycle babe revs up Russia
A birthday-suit biking craze is taking over Russia. The latest in a recent string of ladies going au naturel is a woman caught on camera wearing only a thong, high...
Police honchos make Mets-Dodgers bet
The top cops from New York and Los Angeles have placed a deli lunch bet on which team will take the upcoming best-of-five Mets-Dodgers showdown. If the Amazin’s win, LAPD...
Doomsday group believes today is the last day of the rest of your life
If anyone owes you money, it might be a good idea to cash in today. A Christian doomsday sect is predicting that Wednesday, Oct. 7, will be the end of...
Dog dies of mysterious head wound in Central Park
A dog died of a mysterious head wound while on a stroll through Central Park with its owner, whose wife had just passed away from cancer, sources said. David Burke,...
Sony hack was a horror show that feds could only watch
SAN FRANCISCO — The huge cyberattack that shook up Sony’s film studio last year could happen again, and while the government is tightening its approach, more needs to be done,...
Tiny-sized town makes strapping bodybuilders look like giants
Big bodybuilders invaded a small Norwegian town to puff up their egos. A crew of muscular men invaded Lilleputthammer, a tiny tourist destination two hours outside of Oslo that features...
‘Family Feud’ is the raunchiest show on TV
It isn’t so “Family” anymore. Without many taking notice, “Family Feud,” the 39-year-old daytime favorite, became a raunchy adult party game full of dirty double entendres. Actually, make that single...
7-foot, 440 pounds: Largest football player still in high school
LOS ANGELES — John Krahn is among the biggest football players ever to don pads and a helmet. And he's still in high school. At one point, the offensive lineman...
US asks Toyota: Why does ISIS love your trucks?
Here comes yet another body blow for the reeling auto industry. Toyota has been put on the spot by the US government, which has asked the Japanese car maker to...
Cowboys' woman-beating star creepily calls out Gisele Bündchen
Gisele Bündchen, a convicted woman-beater is looking forward to seeing you. Greg Hardy is eligible to play Sunday for the first time this season, following a four-game NFL suspension for...
Police search for suspect in sexual assault of boys in NYC park
Police are seeking a man who is sexually assaulting young boys inside a Bronx park, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. The suspect preyed on his first victim, a 13-year-old boy,...
This iconic ’80s hot spot is suddenly chic again
The Odeon still has the same linoleum floors and steak frites it had 35 years ago when it first opened in once-desolate Tribeca, catering exclusively to artists and drunken “Saturday...
Americans make racist assumptions based on names, study finds
Americans draw racist conclusions about people they’ve never met just by learning their names, according to researchers who were “disgusted” by their own findings. The study, published in the journal...
The smugglers trying to help ISIS make a dirty bomb
CHISINAU, Moldova — Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5 million euros for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate several...
NY inmates crush Harvard's title-winning debate team
BOSTON — Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team has fallen to a group of New York inmates. The showdown took place at the Eastern New York Correctional...
'Joe, run': Super PAC's emotional ad urges Biden to join 2016 race
A super PAC pushing Joe Biden to run for president unveiled a heart-tugging TV ad on Wednesday, highlighting the veep’s triumphs over personal tragedy.
Neighbors say good riddance to home swept away by NJ storm
Neighbors are saying good riddance to a Jersey shore home that washed into a bay during a weekend storm.
SABMiller rejects Anheuser-Busch's $104 billion offer
BRUSSELS — Anheuser-Busch InBev sweetened its offer for SABMiller to more than 68 billion pounds ($104 billion) on Wednesday as the Belgium-based brewer seeks to create a global beer behemoth....
Scientists win Nobel chemistry award for work on DNA repair
STOCKHOLM — Three scientists from Sweden, the US and Turkey won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for showing how cells repair damaged DNA, work that can be used...
A top celebrity stylist's secrets to red carpet-ready hair
Love your curls. That’s one of the celebratory messages from celebrity hairstylist Orlando Pita’s first shoot for Alexa Beauty. “I wanted to show different kinds of textured hair so people...
How Kendall Jenner stays glam on the go
Between stalking the runways during New York Fashion Week, celebrating the premiere of Season 11 of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” promoting her new official eponymous app, spokesmodeling for Estée Lauder...
Rita Ora transforms from pretty pop star to sultry siren
Aesthetically speaking, Rita Ora is a chameleon par excellence. In the past few months alone, we’ve seen countless faces of the 24-year-old singer, from pink-lipped hip-hop babe with beach waves to...
The hottest table in town is in a Columbia University dorm
One of the city’s hottest new restaurants has neither Michelin stars nor menus, but it’s already fully booked until Christmas — when the eatery’s owner and chef, Jonah Reider, will...
Can you believe this BBQ sandwich is all fruit?
Smothered in Carolina barbecue sauce and topped with bread-and-butter pickles, slaw, shallots and horseradish aioli, this barbecue sandwich is all the rage at Brooklyn’s Smorgasburg food market. But in place...
How the Rangers found their work-life balance
Think hockey players spend the offseason wrestling bears in Canada and having their broken teeth fixed? Even athletes need a break — especially if you’re the New York Rangers, who...
Why go to boot camp when you can download this app?
Want to get fit? Join the military. Or just download fitness app Sworkit (short for “Simply WORK IT”), created by Ryan Hanna, 32, a former US Army officer; Gregory Coleman,...
Why bans on roughhousing are bad for kids
No roughhousing. No superhero games. No turning your fingers — or your Pop-Tart — into a make-believe gun. No tag. And certainly no dodgeball. Stories of zero-tolerance play-policing are a...
Joe Girardi's maneuverings fall flat, just like Yankees' pitiful bats
At least Joe Girardi doesn’t have to change his number next year. Not like he changed his lineup Tuesday night by benching $153 million man Jacoby Ellsbury in favor of...
Jon Niese relishing role as Mets' left-handed specialist
The left-handed specialist may as well be an endangered species this season for the Mets. One southpaw after another has seen his season cut short by injury, first Josh Edgin...
How the Yankees' one — and only — shot slipped away
The Yankee Stadium crowd waited all night to get excited, but Dallas Keuchel hardly took his foot off the Yankees’ offense throat. Finally, with two outs in the sixth, the...
Alain Vigneault reveals his game plan for Rangers' backup goalie
There was a meeting on Monday between coach Alain Vigneault and his new backup goalie, Antti Raanta, during which a plan was put in place. With 17 different instances this...
Why Brian Cashman is standing by Yankees' silent deadline
Standing in a very quiet Yankees clubhouse Tuesday night, general manager Brian Cashman reflected on the season that ended with a wild-card loss to the Astros. He touched on a...
'Drew' detective: Iconic book sleuth headed to CBS
"Nancy Drew” is all grown up — and heading for the NYPD. According to reports, CBS is developing a drama series based on the mystery books’ teen sleuth that would...
Lady Gaga vamps her way through 'AHS: Hotel'
Can Lady Gaga act? Well, not really. Fans of Ryan Murphy’s campy “American Horror Story” franchise expecting Gaga to fill Jessica Lange’s Frances Farmer-like shoes will be disappointed. Fans of...
The city is using one-night stands to promote birth-control
One-night stands happen — and the city Health Department is featuring them as part of a new birth-control ad campaign. The ads encourage women to consider intrauterine devices, commonly known...
Muslim sisters land $97K for cops tearing off headpieces in scuffle
Two young Muslim sisters whose religious headpieces were torn off in a scuffle with NYPD cops have landed a $97,500 settlement from the city. The officers approached the girls, ages...
Couple whose photos wound up on porn sites can sue: judge
A prominent gay couple in Chelsea can sue their plastic surgeon after pictures and videos he took of their pec implants and butt lifts ended up on porn Web sites,...
Desnudas aren't keeping tenants away from 4 Times Square
Despite the clogged streets and the flood of desnudas, 4 Times Square hasn’t lost its mojo, maybe because its entrances are far from the maddening crowds. “We are very active...
Cops bust gun smugglers who used coded Facebook messages
A trio of gun traffickers was busted Tuesday for smuggling at least 50 firearms from Ohio to The Bronx -- writing Facebook messages to each other using sneaker names as...
FTC fines Warner Music head for pre-merger violation
The Federal Trade Commission fined Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik for violating pre-merger notification requirements. The Russian-born mogul, who is worth almost $20 billion, has made a series of...
What's next for CC Sabathia, the Yankees and MLB?
Q. With CC Sabathia checking himself into an alcohol rehabilitation facility just before the launch of the playoffs, how will this impact his pay? A. It won’t. Baseball’s Basic Agreement...
Mom sues ex-guard in fatal subway platform shooting
A retired correction officer who “thought he was Dirty Harry’’ and fatally shot a guy he says was trying to rob him is being sued by the victim’s mom. Linda...
De Blasio's secret meeting with Bernie Sanders
Mayor de Blasio secretly met for lunch with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in the city last month — and on Tuesday called him a “very impressive person” when...
Pilot, air marshal in heated fight over flight attendant: complaint
A tough-as-nails pilot channeled his inner Chuck Norris and booted a federal air marshal off his plane after the man confronted him in the cockpit to complain about a flight...
Woman killed, toddler injured after SUV runs red light
A 52-year-old woman was killed and a 2-year-old girl critically injured by an SUV that blew a red light in Queens Tuesday night, police said. At about 8 p.m., the...
There are more than 30,000 Uber drivers working in NYC
There are now more than 30,000 Uber drivers working in New York City — a number that has shot up by 15 percent in just the past four months. The...
Twitter's 'Moments' aims to deliver to mainstream audience
Is this Jack Dorsey’s big “moment”? The day after naming the 38-year-old tech guru and co-founder its permanent chief executive, Twitter unveiled what it called a major product upgrade —...
City fining restaurants over 'racist' ads -- after promise to reconsider
The city’s Human Rights Commission is continuing to discipline restaurant owners who post gender-and ethnic-specific help-wanted ads — even though it promised to reconsider its policy three months ago. The...
Study says city's racial achievement gap gets worse in college
The racial achievement gap among New York City public-school students gets worse once they reach college, according to a new study. An analysis released Tuesday by Families for Excellent Schools,...
Staten Island DA hopefuls use de Blasio as campaign fodder
Mayor de Blasio surfaced as campaign fodder in the Staten Island district-attorney race during a spirited debate Tuesday night. Republican Joan Illuzzi sought to paint Democrat Mike McMahon as a...
'It's covering up some shady sh-t': Clinton server employee
WASHINGTON — An employee of the computer company that maintained Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email server was questioned if he was part of a coverup, according to documents released Tuesday. “This...
Jay Leno returns to 'Tonight Show'
Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno returned to the NBC program Tuesday to take part in the opening monologue in place of successor Jimmy Fallon. Leno, who retired in 2014...
Doctor in suspected overdose had long history with party pal
The Long Island doctor suspected to have died of a cocaine overdose while partying with a TV producer had known him for years — even before she married and had...
NY attorney general to probe DraftKings, FanDuel practices
ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating the DraftKings and FanDuel fantasy sports websites in the wake of stories that employees made huge windfalls betting with inside information. “Fraud...
De Blasio ally blasts city's 'bulls -- -- t' minority business stats
Bertha Lewis, a longtime ally of Mayor de Blasio, is denouncing as “bulls--t” statistics the mayor issued last week claiming city contracts with minority-and women-owned businesses exceeded $1.6 billion. “The...
Ranking all 30 NHL teams, with a big Patrick Kane asterisk
It’s kind of counterintuitive, isn’t it, to hear the preseason raves for 3-on-3 overtime that primarily focus on how quickly it ends? Anyway, it’s the latest gimmick for the NHL...
Eva Moskowitz rips de Blasio for reneging on charter space vow
The operator of the city’s largest charter-school network charged the de Blasio administration Tuesday with reneging on a pledge to find space in city public-school buildings for seven new charters....
The charter school tide is turning, and de Blasio may be left behind
Sometimes, a rally is just a rally, and sometimes, it means an earthquake is coming. Today’s planned march by charter-school parents and supporters is one of those where the tectonic...
NBA player accused of mocking 'midget' cop after club stabbing
Towering NBA forward Thabo Sefolosha called an NYPD cop a “midget’’ after the officer asked him to leave the scene of ex-Knicks star Chris Copeland’s stabbing in April, the policeman...
Carlos Gomez returns as Yankees' bat-flipping tormentor
In the final weeks of the season, Carlos Gomez, the one-time Met who almost was a Met again, battled a strained left intercostal muscle, an ailment he aggravated last Wednesday....
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The Bronx The suspected killer of a 19-year-old man in Parkchester was arrested Tuesday, police said. Jakwon Ramos, also 19, shot Seecharron Ahmad in the stomach on the corner of...
Dallas Keuchel's A-Rod gamble pays off as he blanks Yankees for 3rd time
Astros manager A.J. Hinch claimed he just wanted to “gauge the room temperature a little bit.” The last thing he really wanted to do was remove his ace. But Hinch...
Masahiro Tanaka pedestrian when Yankees need an ace
Masahiro Tanaka threw 83 pitches in his final outing of the season, but only two really mattered. The first pitch of the second inning was drilled deep into the right-field...