Chuck Bennett
The Archive
Potential victim knocks down 'cannibal cop' tale
A pretty special-ed teacher was on the verge of tears yesterday as she faced off in court against the accused “cannibal cop,” who the feds say planned to kidnap and...
Mike’s anti-gun hopeful wins primary
A vocal gun-control advocate won the Democratic primary in Chicago to replace disgraced ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. yesterday — with the help of $2.2 million in ads from Mayor Bloomberg’s...
Blade: I’ll be back
Legless Olympian Oscar Pistorius, possibly facing life in the slammer for killing his model girlfriend, told cops yesterday that he’ll soon be on the “run.” The “Blade Runner” disclosed to...
Security footage shows Reeva Steenkamp hours before her death
Newly released security footage shows a beaming Reeva Steenkamp driving into Oscar Pistorius’ apartment complex hours before she was shot and killed by the legless Olympian on Valentine’s Day. In...
Police in Christopher Dorner standoff launched incendiary tear gas into cabin
Murderous ex-cop Christopher Jordan Dorner wanted to go out in a blaze of glory — and the sheriff’s deputies who surrounded his California mountain hideout provided the flames. The San...
'Bap! Bap!' SEAL hero at last tells how he killed bin Laden
The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden has broken his silence and told for the first time of the daring raid that took out the evil terror leader who...
JoePa is innocent: kin probe
The family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno released the findings of their own investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal yesterday — and it exonerated Paterno...
‘Psycho’ JFK screener busted
A Transport Security Administration screener assigned to Kennedy Airport was arraigned in Connecticut state court yesterday on a charge of smacking his 75-year-old mother a day after he was charged...
No @#$% Joe: Flacco tames his tongue for Dave
Super Bowl hero Joe Flacco showed up on the “Late Show with David Letterman” — and watched his language. A day after the Baltimore Raven quarterback exuberantly proclaimed his Super...
Family disputes brother’s claim that Muhammad Ali's health is fading
Muhammad Ali’s brother yesterday said the boxing legend is so ill that he may die within days — but Ali’s wife and two daughters quickly knocked down the report. Ali’s...
Tawana Brawley served with court order to pay man she accused of rape in 1987
Infamous hoaxster Tawana Brawley — whose outrageous rape lie 25 years ago inflamed racial tensions nationwide — yesterday was finally slapped with a court order to settle a hefty defamation...
‘Too fat to fly’ hubby sues airlines for $6 million
Delta, KLM and Lufthansa airlines were hit with a $6 million Manhattan federal suit yesterday by the widower of an ailing Bronx woman who couldn’t get a flight home from...
NYC's real enemy is illegal handguns, Police Commissioner Kelly says
The nation’s looming assault-weapons ban is plain common sense, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday — but the city’s real enemy is illegal handguns. “For us in New York City,...
Fed funds to keep Sandy-hit SI marina afloat
A Staten Island marina battered by Hurricane Sandy is back on an even keel now that the feds ruled it can be rebuilt.The National Parks Service wanted to permanently close...
Tiger’s ski lift from Lindsey
Tiger’s love life is going downhill. Golf great and serial philander Tiger Woods has been romancing Olympic gold-medal skier Lindsey Vonn, Star magazine reports. It’s the first serious romance for...
2nd suit hits Hotel Edison
The Hotel Edison, already embroiled in a sex-harassment suit filed by ex-employees, is now facing a legal challenge from a thrice-fired 65-year-old desk clerk.Michael Spiegel’s suit, filed this month in...
Cuomo’s adult-home order is crazy: critics
The city’s population of mentally deranged street people may explode because of new regulations signed by Gov. Cuomo last week that forbid privately run adult homes from accepting new residents,...
‘Safe’ drivers give kids crash course
They claim they’re fighting to keep children safe, but statistics show that city school-bus drivers — the vast majority members of the striking union — are really hell on wheels....
Lance Armstrong books headed to fiction section of Australian library
He fooled anti-doping watchdogs for years, but now Lance Armstrong can’t even outwit the Dewey Decimal System. The Manly Library in Sydney, Australia, is moving all of its books about...
Health Department’s restaurant letter grades coming to Yelp
The popular Web site Yelp is going to post city Health Department letter grades along with its consumer-written restaurant reviews, officials told The Post yesterday. Over the coming weeks, the...