David Hastie
The Archive
FOWL! KFC CHICKENS OUT ON DEAL
May 7, 2009 | 6:53amKFC patrons were left finger-licking furious after a Manhattan restaurant refused to honor coupons entitling diners to a free feed yesterday -- and thousands of angry customers were blocked from...
MAN UP, BIDEN!
May 1, 2009 | 5:47amHardy New Yorkers yesterday scoffed at Vice President Joe Biden for worrying about catching swine flu on the subway, saying they will keep riding the rails despite the veep's "fear-mongering."...
ARE U. SURE, KID?
April 30, 2009 | 4:51amNYU to cash-strapped kids: We might be out of your league. The private university in Greenwich Village -- one of just several in the country whose annual price tag tops...
MTA DUMPS TRAIN TO BELMONT
April 27, 2009 | 7:20amThe MTA's very first doomsday-plan service cut is at the starting gate. On Wednesday, the LIRR special Belmont Park service won't begin with the track's spring racing season because of...
ON HOLY GROUND
April 25, 2009 | 7:26amThe atmosphere of pain and loss weighs heavily on visitors to Ground Zero, and it was no different for Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday when he visited the World Trade Center...
SICKO SOUVENIRS
April 23, 2009 | 7:34amWhile his oblivious bride-to-be collected stemware and monogrammed sheets, accused "Craigslist killer" Philip Markoff was busy building a collection of his own --- the panties of his alleged victims, law-enforcement...
BLABBER JABBER
April 17, 2009 | 5:45amBaby want a bottle, baby should get a job. A makeup mogul wants a judge's permission to kick his baby mama and their 23-month-old daughter to the curb. William Lauder's...
DOLAN OFFICIALLY INSTALLED AS NY ARCHBISHOP
April 15, 2009 | 7:41pmFormer Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan was formally installed this afternoon as the city's 10th Roman Catholic archbishop during a joyful Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral that was packed with politicians...
CHUCK 'AIRS' NEW GRIPES
April 15, 2009 | 5:41amA plan to transfer four weather forecasters and about 100 FAA engineers to offices out of the New York area will pose a safety hazard and cause airplane delays, Sen....
PITCHER 'MURDER'
April 11, 2009 | 6:47amThe man behind the wheel of a minivan that killed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends in a horrifying hit-and-run was charged with murder yesterday. Andrew Gallo,...
MADGE'S MALAWI HOME RUN
April 11, 2009 | 6:47amThe gloves are off. If Madonna can't bring 3-year-old Mercy James to Britain, she'll move to Malawi, sources say. She at least intends to build a luxury pad there for...
EGAN BACK AT PULPIT
April 10, 2009 | 6:05amEdward Cardinal Egan said yesterday that missing his final Easter Sunday presiding over St. Patrick's Cathedral was a cross he couldn't bear. ST. PAT'S PANIC So two days after leaving...
ST. PAT'S PANIC
April 10, 2009 | 6:05amA doorman bizarrely took the wheel of a cab idling across from St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, lost control and nearly crushed a crowd of worshipers filing in for Holy Thursday...
CAB JUMPS CURB AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
April 9, 2009 | 5:39pmCall it an Easter miracle. Disaster was narrowly averted this afternoon when a tourist was just grazed after she was hit by a yellow cab along Fifth Avenue right outside...
ROVER NOW A RUFF RIDER!
April 9, 2009 | 6:38amThis SUV gives "tail"-gating a whole new meaning. Honda is offering a pimped-out, pup-friendly ride, complete with bone-design seat covers. The new version of the Element, unveiled yesterday at the...
'GREEN MACHINE' DEBUTED AT AUTOSHOW
April 8, 2009 | 8:13pmHere's comes the green machine. Carmaker Fisker unveiled the Karma at the New York car show today -- the first luxury plug-in hybrid to hit the market. The car, which...
'V-DAY' FOR CYBER VIRUS
April 1, 2009 | 6:36amMillions of PC users worldwide are praying today's threat of an elaborate virus assault is nothing more than an elaborate April Fools' joke. Fears are growing that the Conficker worm...
PACK-ING A WALLOP
April 1, 2009 | 6:36amBreathe in and exhale slowly, city smokers -- your cheapest cigarettes will soar past $10 a pack today. The federal excise tax on every pack of cigarettes is now $1.01...
HEY, IS $8 ENOUGH FOR THIS JUNK?
March 28, 2009 | 7:08amLife hasn't been so great on the D-List. Former "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge" star Willie Aames, 48, was forced to sell off his personal possessions Thursday at...
PAIN LEAVES CRABS SHELLSHOCKED
March 28, 2009 | 7:08amCrabs and other crustaceans cannot only feel pain but can also remember it and try to avoid it, a study has found. Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Island,...