December 25, 2015
Steve Harvey shows his sense of humor with 'Merry Easter' tweet
https://twitter.com/IAmSteveHarvey/status/680446179209916421 Funnyman Steve Harvey may have blown the Miss Universe pageant — but he still had his sense of humor on Thursday as he tweeted a photo of himself chomping...
In an age when babies come before wedding bells, can rom-coms survive?
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Even as a public-school student in the 1990s (in California, no less!), I knew that ditty....
My choice for president in 2016 -- after a year of bickering and hard feelings
I don’t typically endorse candidates, but as 2015 draws to a close, I feel I must make an exception. I think it’s a safe bet that for most of us,...
Mayor de Blasio can't recall his mistakes – so here’s a list to help him
Mayor de Blasio was stumped last month when he was asked to cite his mistakes. “I would have to think about that and come back with a coherent answer,” he...
Argentina’s disgusting attempt to whitewash Iran’s role in the ’94 Jewish center bombing
File this one as predictable: In a newly released tape from 2012, Argentina’s former foreign minister admits that Iran was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center....
Geeks are more likely to be narcissists: study
Geeks who attend Comic Con, dress up as superheroes or play a lot of video games are likely to have an “elevated grandiose” level of narcissism, a University of Georgia...
Movie theaters get creative to appeal to modern audiences
Moviegoers can’t keep their eyes off their cell phone screens — and that’s a problem for advertisers on the silver screen. It’s also a problem that Screenvision Chief Executive John...
Get ready to ring in ’16 with a cable bill increase of up to 4%
Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts admitted a few months ago that cable companies “can’t keep raising the price forever.” But it looks like “forever” can wait. Like Time Warner Cable...
Jets must do to Patriots what Deflategate couldn't
This was the year when Tom Brady would be serving NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s four-game suspension for Deflategate, the year the Jets would break the Patriots’ six-year stranglehold on the...
Wage hikes mean dining out will cost 10% more
The cost of a night out in the Big Apple is about to get even pricier. Starting Jan. 1, diners can expect their restaurant and bar tabs to rise as...
Jets' most used defender is also their most studious
Marcus Gilchrist is the Roger Ebert of the Jets — he watches a lot of film. The safety, who is in his first season with the Jets, is described as...
How the Giants can splash $50M in free agency fix-up
The good news for the Giants is very soon, when they leave behind this mess, they will have all the money they need — more to spend than they ever...
Sharpton sees mixed results in de Blasio's first two years
Even pal Al Sharpton is giving Mayor de Blasio an incomplete grade at midterm. During the mayor’s visit Friday to the National Action Network to serve food and distribute toys,...
NYC Teen Text hot line gets few users in first six months
A texting hot line for troubled teens that was launched by First Lady Chirlane McCray and the Health Department is off to a slow start, with only 149 users in...
Firefighters save Santa from car fire on Christmas morning
SALT LAKE CITY — A stranded Santa Claus whose car caught fire Christmas morning is sure to put one northern Utah fire department on his nice list next year. Steven...
Convenience store exec works 40th straight Christmas
MT. ARLINGTON, N.J. — A New Jersey convenience store executive has fulfilled his Christmas tradition of working in one of the company's stores for the 40th consecutive year. QuickChek Senior...
NYPD sergeant charged with shooting kid's mother
An NYPD sergeant has been charged with shooting the mother of his child in the neck during a domestic dispute in their Yonkers apartment. Police were called after the 39-year-old...
Stony Brook's 1-man wrecking crew lands on NBA radar
Steve Pikiell only knew what life was like on the other side, the familiar terrain from which the Stony Brook coach would see a relationship with a highly-rated recruit wither...
How to survive the fantasy football finals with injured stars
The 2015 fantasy football season has been full of significant challenges, as many top players have either gone down to injuries or have disappointed. So we should have not expected...
Indian prime minister makes first trip to Pakistan in over a decade
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELH - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited...
Nets have reasons to feel optimistic -- seriously
With the NFL appropriating Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day belonging to college football, Christmas is the NBA’s holiday of choice. The Nets are off on Friday, but as Christmas comes...
Dwayne Harris says he'll play in pain as Giants No. 2 receiver
The Giants desperately need Dwayne Harris to make an impact on offense as a wide receiver Sunday night with Odell Beckham Jr. serving a one-game suspension. Harris missed practice time...
Fantasy football: Panthers hidden gem can swing title
Remember when the Panthers lost Kelvin Benjamin for the season and fantasy owners were crying doom and gloom for quarterback Cam Newton as a result? You might also remember a...
Carmelo, Porzingis feel Knicks diss in first All-Star vote
Carmelo Anthony’s streak of All-Star appearances may be in doubt. His run of six straight starts is certainly in question. The Knicks superstar, hoping to make his seventh straight appearance...
Syndergaard's family flaunts 'Big Sexy' Bartolo Colon gear
https://twitter.com/Noahsyndergaard/status/680452635011497985 Noah Syndergaard buys his Bartolo Colon T-shirts in bulk. The towering Mets fire-baller shared a Christmas morning photo of his family decked out in "Big Sexy" threads bearing the...
The signs of Rangers snapping out of year-ending funk
Though the Rangers’ sky has been falling over the past month, here’s a quick bit of perspective: When they come out of this three-day Christmas break with a practice on Saturday,...
Draft-night theft makes Jerian Grant's rookie rut easier to take
Jerian Grant's role with the Knicks has fluctuated, from being used as a key reserve to barely being used as a third-string point guard. But compared to the player Grant was...
Husband on run after shooting wife in Christmas marital spat
Two Bronx children were awakened Christmas morning by a gunshot that left their mom bleeding by the tree in their living room — where cops said their dad opened fire...
UFC plows ahead with illegal Jon Jones megafight at MSG
New York remains the only state in the nation not to sanction professional mixed martial arts, but the UFC is going through with plans to hold its first event at...
Toddler in stockings takes Christmas midnight stroll in Austria
VIENNA — Perhaps she was out looking for Santa. A 3-year-old American girl wandered away from her family's hotel in Salzburg, Austria, around midnight Christmas Eve and investigated the city...
Diver finds man's wedding ring at bottom of the ocean
A Jersey man is celebrating the season of “five golden rings” wearing the wedding band he feared had disappeared forever beneath the Atlantic Ocean. Jay Bradford, 27, watched in horror...
Why you need to clean your coffee maker ASAP
We all live for our coffee—but it might be our coffee makers that are in need of some serious love, according to new research from the University of Valencia in...
Basketball schools battle for football pride in baseball stadium
Duke facing Indiana in New York City sounds like a matchup better served for the hardwood of Madison Square Garden or Barclays Center. Instead, the two schools known for their...
Homeless stoners get free joints for Christmas in Denver
Homeless stoners in Denver had a merrier Christmas than usual after a charity passed on dishing out free meals and handed out 1,000 joints instead. “Merry Christmas and a puff...
Pedestrian fatally struck trying to cross Bronx highway
A man was killed trying to cross a busy Bronx highway Friday morning when two cars struck him before both drivers fled the scene, authorities said. Bobby Cuwer, 67, of...
Bill Clinton's childhood home damaged in suspected arson
The childhood home of former ex-President Bill Clinton was damaged in an early Christmas fire that authorities are investigating as arson. The fire at the home-turned-museum in Hope, Arkansas., erupted...
Teen dead in shooting between rivals in the Bronx
A 16-year-old boy was killed and another man was shot when two rival groups clashed in Fordham Heights late Thursday, authorities said. Justin Morris died when someone pulled out a...
Science might soon be able to cure your sweet tooth
Scientists might be one stop closer to curing a sweet tooth. Researchers identified a hormone that suppresses sugar cravings in mice, according to a study recently published in the journal...
ISIS sanctioned harvesting organs from live captives
ISIS supports the harvesting of human organs from living captives to save Muslims’ lives -- even if it costs the captives’ lives, according to a document obtained by US special...
Pope Francis asks for peace in Syria, Libya in Christmas prayer
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the "monstrous...
The eating mistake that doubles your chance of being a fattie
Speed through supper and your gut may pay the price: Finishing your meals quickly can up your odds of putting on extra weight, a review from Japan suggests. After crunching...
'Hello, is this planet Earth?': Astronaut dials wrong number
LONDON — Anyone can dial a wrong number, but it's not often done from outer space. British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted an apology on Christmas Day from the International Space...
Gas tanker truck explodes, killing dozens in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria — A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria on Thursday, killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their...
400-pound bearded woman arrested in stabbing
SAN DIEGO — San Diego police say they arrested a woman described as weighing about 400 pounds with a beard in the stabbing of a man who asked for a...
'Andy' unwrapped: How CBS colorized 'Griffith' TV classics
Fans of “The Andy Griffith Show” will see something they’ve never seen before: two episodes of the classic ’60s-era series airing Friday night on CBS. In color. For the first...
The wealthy 'victims' of teen temptress in Rolex thefts
The wealthy alleged victims of teen femme fatale Alexandra Martinez include an heir to a fireworks fortune, a Brooklyn oil-company scion and the general manager of a Midtown seafood restaurant...
How US hostages held by Iran got to hear Super Bowl XIV
In November 1979, 26-year-old Alex Paen, a cub reporter at KMPC Radio in Los Angeles, convinced his bosses to send him to Iran to cover the story of the 52...
A lament for those vanishing, star-studded Christmas TV specials
It’s late December, which means the season for televised holiday specials is drawing to a close. This year, amid annual staples such as “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s a...
Animator dropped acid while creating 'Return of the Jedi'
An Oscar-winning “Star Wars” animator has admitted in a new interview that he dropped acid while completing “Return of the Jedi.” “I took LSD when I was working on ‘Return...
Your ultimate guide to the best Christmas TV
You've opened your presents, indulged in some eggnog and had your fill of holiday ham. Time to get snuggly on the couch with these Christmas specials. From holiday chestnuts to...
Artists finally repaints vandalized NYPD mural
An NYPD recruiting mural overlooking the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was repainted Thursday by the artist who created it, nearly two months after The Post reported it had been vandalized. Bobby Rose...
Failing schools avoid closure by meeting lowered performance standards
Dozens of low-performing Renewal Schools that are at risk of a state takeover or closure have been given such low improvement targets by the city that they have already met...
Elderly flier unwittingly had ice pick hidden in a cane
An elderly man hobbled through Newark Airport with a cane he got as a gift so he could make his Christmas Eve flight. But the unwitting 72-year-old New Jersey resident...
Woman named Eloise claims she found a rat in sandwich at The Plaza
A French girl named Eloise went to The Plaza for high tea with her family — and wound up touching off an international incident over a finger sandwich. “Oui, it...
Nonprofit claims adult-home workers are threatening 'misbehaving' patients
Adult-home workers regularly threaten to send misbehaving elderly and mentally ill patients to the psych ward, according to a nonprofit law firm. The employees, who work at 19 facilities across...
Cops rescue man moments before he tried to jump off a bridge
NYPD cops rescued a man trying to jump off a bridge Thursday. Officers Matthew Simpson, Christopher Schlitt, Rohail Khalid and Kristo Cevi responded to a report of a 62-year-old man...
Cardinal Dolan welcomes refugees at midnight Mass
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, in his midnight homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, welcomed two “refugee families who are here tonight.” “They’re being resettled by Catholic Charities,’’ he said. Dolan said he...
Mall gunman rapped about being a 'convicted felon with a weapon'
A rapper who bragged in his music about being a “convicted felon with a weapon” was fatally shot by an off-duty cop in a mall Thursday. Daquan Westbrook, 18, also...
The 'DNA diet' could be a game-changer for losing weight
Here’s good news for big eaters fighting the battle of the budge — the “DNA diet’’ is on the way. By 2020, genome-specific diets could help people lose weight even...
We definitely aren't going to have a white Christmas
Christmas in the Big Apple is going to feel a lot more like the Fourth of July — with record high temperatures turning Santa Claus into Ol’ St. Schvitz. The...
Riddell takes a hit as 'Concussion' opens in theaters
The hits keep coming for Riddell football helmets. The Friday opening of “Concussion,” the Will Smith movie highlighting head injuries in the NFL, is just another blow for the 87-year-old...
Hedge fund managers have reason to celebrate this holiday season
Yes, hedge fund managers, there really is a Santa Claus. Even though their performance has been bad this year, there’s no coal in their stockings. Indeed, pension fund investors might...
Small biotech hedge fund has a standout year
Betting on the next blockbuster drug has helped turn a small biotech hedge fund into one of this year’s biggest winners. The $1.4 billion Perceptive Life Sciences fund, founded in...
'Miracle Girl' celebrates Christmas with second transplanted heart
Rubi VillaSeñor is celebrating Christmas with the third heart in her 10 years of life, her latest ticker coming in the “St. Nick” of time after only a few weeks...
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump is the master media manipulator
Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders, on Thursday claimed that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is “very smart” because of how he uses the media to maximize his coverage. “I’ll give you...
Homeless man steals woman's empty stroller
A homeless man stalked a woman to her Kips Bay apartment building, then snatched her empty stroller and fled, police said. Michael Ballard, 41, who lives at the Bellevue Men’s...
Daily Blotter
Queens A man is wanted in a string of early-morning subway cellphone robberies in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, authorities said. The suspect, identified as Richard Brown, 21, robbed at least...