October 29, 2013
Bauer's 'Kardashian-free' magazine to target older women
In a move that is sure to turn the celebrity-weekly market on its head, Closer, a brand-new weekly, debuts Wednesday from Bauer Publications with an über-aggressive marketing plan, complete with...
Cavs' Irving poses tough test for Williams
CLEVELAND — After Deron Williams played all of 10 minutes in the preseason, he will be in the starting lineup for the Nets on Wednesday night in their season opener...
Defending champion Heat roll past Bulls
MIAMI — They got their rings before the game, then a challenge as it was winding down. The Miami Heat responded to both. Shane Battier went 4 for 4 from...
Vanek pleased with effort in Islanders debut
The Islanders made their biggest trade in over a decade on Sunday, and Tuesday night at the Coliseum, they got to see their new prized player. Thomas Vanek made his...
Linkedin revenue soars 56%
LinkedIn Corp announced strong user growth and better-than-expected third quarter revenue of $393 million on Tuesday, a 56 percent jump from a year ago, but issued a conservative revenue forecast...
Philadelphia newspaper fight gets heated
The tumultuous Philadelphia newspaper battle featuring two warring owners slugging it out for control of a 184-year-old paper is a “disgrace,” the reporters’ union said Tuesday. As the owners fight...
Jagr nets game-winner for Devils
NEWARK — Jaromir Jagr became the NHL's leader in game-winning goals with a flashback to his heyday. Stealing the puck at the blue line, Jagr skated the length of the...
MLB seeks testimony from A-Rod's ex-PR honcho
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig filed a petition against Alex Rodriguez’s former public relations honcho Tuesday, seeking enforcement of a subpoena about the suspended All-Star’s alleged doping records. The...
Midtown East left hanging?
It’s time for the City Council to fish or cut bait: Will it breathe new life into a key commercial district in the city — Midtown East — or let...
SAC to plead guilty to fraud
Steve Cohen may be ready to exhale. An expected $1.2 billion deal between Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund and prosecutors to settle criminal insider-trading charges against the firm could...
'Bean' a long time coming! Excitement grows in Boston
BOSTON — To lend some further perspective to this 2013 World Series’ final leg, keep in mind that, since the Red Sox last clinched the Fall Classic at Fenway Park,...
De Blasio wants charity's wealth redistributed, too
Call it Bill de Blasio’s tax on giving. How else do you explain his support for legislation that would force one of the city’s most generous and effective associations, the...
Coughlin's suggestion for those who think he's too old to coach
Tom Coughlin has a suggestion to those who might wonder if, at 67, he might be getting too old to continue as head coach of the Giants, who are 2-6...
CBS sees decline in adult viewers
CBS chief Les Moonves shouldn’t get too comfortable with his crown as the No. 1 network with younger viewers. After winning the broadcast race for the 18-to-49 audience for the...
Some rethinking on drinking
Turns out “binge drinking” isn’t the problem — but there is one. Yes, the 2012 Community Health Survey (recently obtained by The Post) shows 20 percent of adults in New...
New-look Brooklyn begins title push
CLEVELAND — The curtain will rise on the most expensive show in NBA history far away from the bright lights and big stage of Brooklyn and Barclays Center. Instead, the...
HHS chief must pay for this fiasco
Too bad congressional hearings don’t work like “The Apprentice.” Officially, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius goes before a House committee Wednesday to speak to the “implementation failures” of the ObamaCare Web...
Rangers ice Islanders in frantic finish
Maybe this is exactly what the Rangers needed, a hard push in an environment where they didn’t have an option but to push back. It was Rangers-Islanders in the Coliseum,...
Ex-NFL star Holloway loses trashed house to bank
A former NFL star whose upstate house was trashed by an out-of-control gang of kids won’t have to worry about the damage anymore — on Tuesday the bank took it...
JPMorgan's $13B settlement with DOJ at risk of falling apart
Federal officials have rejected a proposal by Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase to have its sweeping $13 billion mortgage bond settlement offset with a reimbursement from the FDIC, sources said. The...
Marketing craze follows Lou Reed's death
Lou Reed’s cool lives on. TV producers and advertisers are inundating Sony/ATV, Reed’s music-publishing company, in an attempt to get their hands on some of the late singer’s work. “Walk...
Even a delay can't fix Obamacare
What a difference a few weeks makes. Remember when Democrats voted to keep the government shut down rather than accept a delay in the individual mandate? Now that ObamaCare’s implosion...
Ortiz, Red Sox eager to claim title in Boston
BOSTON — The Red Sox own what their fans rent. Late Wednesday night landlord and tenant hope to be drinking the Charles River dry in celebration of the Red Sox...
NY casino measure: A sucker’s bet
A large majority of New York City residents think the non-Indian gambling casinos authorized by Proposal One on next week’s statewide ballot will bring in “significant new revenue for New...
Cardinals flight delayed due to mechanical problems
BOSTON — It seems everywhere the Cardinals look there’s an obstruction. The NL champs did not arrive in Boston until shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday because of mechanical problems with...
Redskins owner Snyder, Goodell talk ahead of Oneida meeting
Redskins owner Dan Snyder met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday to discuss the firestorm surrounding the team’s controversial name. Snyder is believed to have reiterated his stance he...
Judge considering Paterno family's suit against NCAA
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge said Tuesday he would decide later whether to allow a lawsuit against the NCAA filed by the family of longtime Penn State football coach...
Nickname debate no stranger to St. John’s
Twenty years ago, New York City was in the middle of its own “Redskins” debate. St. John’s, the area’s flagship college sports program, was feeling pressure to change its “Redmen”...
Chaucer texts highlight historic loan to Yale U.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University has received what it calls the largest and most comprehensive privately owned collection of Middle English texts, including among the last three privately held...
Son of former Jets WR Toon heads to town with Saints
NEW ORLEANS — Nick Toon’s memory from 1992 is crystal clear. He was 4 years old then, and his father, Jets all-time great receiver Al Toon, was lying in bed...
Idzik must decide if Geno is franchise QB
Come closer. I’m going to let you in on a secret, but you have to keep your voice down. I have a confession to make: I have no idea how...
Jets need to adjust Milliner expectations
The Jets took some heat after April’s NFL Draft for the selection of Geno Smith in the second round and Sheldon Richardson with the No. 13 overall pick. Richardson has...
Surrounded by talent, it’s on Deron to play like a superstar
CLEVELAND — At various times, at various points of his tenure as an alleged basketball star in New Jersey and Brooklyn, these are just a few of the things Deron...
Metta World Peace gets to live hometown dream
Metta World Peace is proud of his 33-year-old body that is entering its 14th season in the NBA. Talk to him and it is clear he has spent too much...
Thieving lawyer wants more time
A thieving Manhattan lawyer — convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients' settlements — begged a judge for a few more days to get his affairs...
Scissor rampage man pleads not guilty
The scissors-wielding madman who stabbed five people in Riverside Park earlier this month — including a toddler and his ballet-dancer dad – wore baby blue pajamas to a brief court...
U.S. stalling left my family's killer loose for 2 years
A woman whose sister and mother were allegedly stabbed to death in their Brooklyn apartment by the “Russian Rambo” told The Post, “I hope he rots in jail” – but...
Judge: Bill de Blasio would love to have courts run NYPD
A federal judge hearing arguments over police use of stop and frisk blasted Public Advocate Bill de Blasio Tuesday, saying the mayoral front-runner would love nothing better than to have...
Club's storied bathroom attendant 'The Rev.' dies
He was “The Butler” of the bathroom. The 21 Club’s legendary men’s room attendant, Lorenzo “The Rev.” Robinson — who toweled-off presidents, prime ministers and sports heroes — died on...
Banksy Nazi painting to bring big bucks for charity
It’s springtime for Banksy in Gramercy. The elusive graffiti artist’s latest New York installment is a “vandalized” painting — into which the graffiti artist inserted the image of a Nazi...
Hammer nut: Attack on couple was part of suicide plan
The hammer-wielding madman who brutally attacked two Spanish tourists eating pizza on a bench near City Hall Park in July 2012 bizarrely told a judge at his sentencing Tuesday that...
Spend it like Beckham: Star buys Miami MLS franchise
LONDON — With his playing career over, former England captain David Beckham has decided his next move: starting a Major League Soccer team in Miami. Since leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy in...
' 12 Years a Slave' director set to bring next project to HBO
Steve McQueen, director of one of this year’s most talked about and critically acclaimed films, “12 Years a Slave,” is set to bring his next project to the small screen...
Finally dawns on Schiano how to use Revis
It only took seven straight losses and rumors of his firing for Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano's stubbornness to give way to common sense. The former Rutgers coach, yet...
Bonehead attorney outs client's 'assault'
Oops. The lawyer for a man accused of murdering a transsexual prostitute opened a huge can of worms against his own client during cross examination of the accused killer’s ex-girlfriend...
Garnett, Lopez only disagree on one thing
CLEVELAND -- When Kevin Garnett first stepped onto an NBA floor. Brook Lopez was seven years old. Now, 18 seasons later, Lopez and Garnett are Nets teammates, and the younger...
Guilty verdict for man who shot cop
Second time's the charm. A thug accused of shooting a cop who chased him into an East New York apartment building was finally convicted Tuesday in a verdict that could put...
Robert Osborne on Olivia De Havilland, Oscars and 'Gravity'
Plans are afoot for legendary actress Olivia De Havilland, 97, to appear at a 75th anniversary screening of “Gone With the Wind” at next year's TCM Classic Film Festival, I...
Hakeem Nicks stays with Giants as deadline passes
It has not been the best of seasons for receiver Hakeem Nicks, who does not have a touchdown catch and for the past few weeks has heard rumors he was...
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt says his cancer is back
Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt told employees on Tuesday that his cancer has returned but that he will work until his planned retirement at the end of the year....
Carmelo plans to recruit stars to Knicks: 'I have a big black book'
In an indication he is aiming on staying when he becomes a free agent, Carmelo Anthony bragged he’s got a “big black book’’ he will use in an attempt to...
Man buys $27 in Bitcoins in 2009 — they're worth $886K today
Kristoffer Koch was writing a thesis on encryption in 2009 when he spent about $27 to buy 5,000 bitcoins. Life went on, and he forgot about his investment until bitcoin’s wild price...
Google may beat Apple in smartwatch race
The G-watch may hit before the iWatch. While Apple’s “iWatch” has long been rumored, Google appears to be getting a jump on its rival with a wearable wrist device that...
Giants GM would never get rid of Coughlin
Coughlin will be back as Giants head coach next season if he so desires, and no one should be surprised if he coaches them until he’s 70. How do I...
Delevingne, Jacobs, Beckham up for London Fashion Awards
Cara Delevingne, the model whose face seems to be everywhere, will compete with Edie Campbell and Sam Rollinson as this year's British Model of the Year. They were among the...
Model sues landlord after home security breach
A stunning Russian model who strutted the catwalk for Betsey Johnson during Fashion Week is suing her landlord, saying she lives in a perpetual state of high anxiety because the...
Perjury rap for narcotics cop in PCP bust
He can’t get his story straight. Narcotics Detective Abel Joseph, 39, was arraigned Tuesday in a Manhattan court on felony perjury charges for allegedly giving two different sworn accounts of...
Islanders miles behind Rangers in stature (but not on ice)
So here we are again in this rivalry cycle between the Rangers and Islanders in which the out-of-towners appear on the verge of surpassing the boys from the big city...
NBA GM's goal this season: Lose
This season, the Knicks and Nets are hoping to bring New York its first NBA championship in over 40 years. But in a league where fewer teams have a legitimate...
'He is coming with the knife': Mom's last words
"He is coming with the knife." Those were the terrified last words of the Brooklyn mom who was butchered along with her four kids on Saturday, The Post has learned....
NHL clarifies 'kick' rule that keeps costing Rangers
The Rangers believe they have been victimized twice within their last three games on video-review calls from Toronto regarding “kicked-in” goals allowed or disallowed. There was nullification of the J.T....
Sen. John Sampson's ex-aide busted for fraud, tax crimes
A former top aide to indicted state Sen. John Sampson has been busted on a range of fraud and tax crimes – including charges he bilked the New York Democratic...
Knicks dancers are brainiacs by day, bootylicious by night
When the Knicks City Dancers take the floor for the Knicks home opener at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, they will gyrate, shimmy and shake their booties in skin-tight orange...
Feds bust Sandy fraudsters
Now he's singing the Sandy blues. A former backup crooner for disco queen Gloria Gaynor was one of three fraudsters busted Tuesday for making bogus Hurricane Sandy relief claims and getting thousands...
Police now track baddies with Batman-style 'GPS bullets'
Police are now able to shoot a tracker from the front of their car onto the trunk of a suspect's vehicle to stop them getting away. The technology reduces the...
Herbalife holds off on big share buyback
Herbalife has a message for investors: Don’t hold your breath waiting for a massive share buyback. Executives said during an earnings call Tuesday that the company wasn’t making plans for...
AMC renews 'Walking Dead' for fifth season
Well that was a no brainer. AMC has renewed zombie drama “The Walking Dead” for a fifth season following record ratings for its current fourth season. “The Walking Dead’”s season...
Knicks won't start Bargnani; give World Peace a chance
Arrivederci Andrea. Andrea Bargnani, who started all seven preseason games in an experimental jumbo frontcourt, is expected to be demoted to the bench for Wednesday’s season opener against the Bucks...
Steve Jobs' childhood home holds spot in history
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The Silicon Valley home where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city's list of historic...
Game 6 tickets most expensive in Boston history
Don't believe MasterCard: The opportunity to see the Red Sox clinch their first World Series at Fenway Park since 1918 has a price -- a big one. As of Tuesday...
Despite terrible start, Reese says Giants still in race
Whatever you say is wrong with the Giants, you’re right. Just don’t call the Giants — the last-place Giants, the 2-6 Giants — the out-of-contention Giants. So said general manager...
Dancer on Costa Concordia bridge: I was captain's lover
The blond dancer who shared a romantic meal with the married captain on the Costa Concordia just before it crashed and capsized took the stand at his manslaughter trial Tuesday...
139 masterpieces looted by Nazis ID'd
AMSTERDAM — A major investigation into whether art hanging in Dutch museums may have once been Nazi loot has yielded an unexpectedly large result: 139 suspect works, including ones by...
Kenyan soldiers busted for looting during mall siege
NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Kenyan soldiers were sacked for stealing items during the deadly siege last month of Nairobi's Westgate Mall, Kenya's military chief said Tuesday. Gen. Julius Karangi, chief...
Barneys: We didn’t stop black shoppers
Barneys CEO Mark Lee publicly apologized to two black shoppers – but insisted “no one” at the luxe retailer racially profiled the pair. “No one, and I mean no individual,...
Yankees need same payroll miracle that saved Red Sox
One AL executive called it a “do-over,” another “a baseball blessing” and an NL official simply said “it was a [bleeping] miracle.” The Red Sox received it. The Yankees need...
Restaurant makes sure customer gets 'no f---king shrimp'
It's nice to come across a restaurant which takes a keen interest in the well-being of its customers. Still, this particular establishment could have expressed its concern more elegantly. A...
Jeff Wilpon: Few sure things as Mets head into offseason
The Mets face a ton of uncertainty heading into the offseason and Jeff Wilpon hopes they get some answers soon. “We’re in a little bit of a transition because we...
Ex-NBC news chief pushes 'Yes’ for Hall of Fame
For eight years as NBC News president, Steve Capus worried about Brian Williams, the "Today" show and rapid changes in the news industry. Now he's taking time for a passion...
'X-Men: Days of Future Past' promises dark turn
A week after “X-Men: Days of Future Past” was teased on Instagram, the first full trailer for the seventh "X-Men" film hit the Internet early Tuesday morning. The two-minute-long clip promises a...
Red Bulls unveil their French secret weapon
Magnifique! Since arriving in New York, Peguy Luyindula had been slandered for his errant finishing and dismissed as little more than Thierry Henry’s French friend. But in the Red Bulls'...
Employee 'tried to rape colleague in 92nd Street Y elevator'
A 92nd Street Y worker was busted for trying to rape a female coworker in an elevator at the venerable Upper East Side cultural institution, law-enforcement sources told The Post...
Eminem and Rihanna reteam for new song
Tuesday at midnight, Eminem released his new song “The Monster” for sale, the third track off next Tuesday’s “The Marshall Mathers LP 2.” “The Monster” follows the already charting tracks,...
Trayvon Martin's mom watches Senate's 'stand your ground' debate
Trayvon Martin's mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state "stand your ground" self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun control issue...
Bruce Springsteen to play South Africa for first time
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are to play their first ever concerts in South Africa, nearly 30 years after his guitarist Steven Van Zandt led a campaign by...
Justin Timberlake gets steamy with Elvis' granddaughter
Talk about a heavyweight. Tuesday Justin Timberlake dropped the music video for his latest single, “TKO.” The song’s titular acronym stands for “technical knock out,” so it should come as...
NFL Power Rankings: Patchwork Packers hanging in
The injuries to key players keep piling up, and the Packers keep winning. If that sounds familiar, it should: It’s the same recipe Green Bay followed in 2010 on the...
You're wearing your bra wrong
They're front and center, perform a vital function and attract lots of attention yet most women are neglecting one of their (arguably) best assets. Despite it being proven that donning...
The cutest animals in the world are evil
Dolphins are evil. Sea otters are evil. Penguins are really, really evil. In fact, look up any animal in the encyclopedia. If you think it's adorable, it's probably evil. That's...
Creepiest pumpkins of all time
Ray Villafane and his team of professional sculptors from Bellaire, Mich. meticulously carve these terrifying characters every Halloween. Each pumpkin takes about two hours to complete. This year the team...
Brook Lopez: 7 feet tall and under the radar
Brook Lopez led all NBA centers in scoring last season, averaging 19.4 points per game, and was the low-post anchor of a team that won 49 games. Yet, Lopez found...
Man throws away $500K in gold to spite ex-wife
His revenge was worth its weight in gold. A Colorado man was so angry at his ex-wife for divorcing him that he had the couple's life savings of $500,000 converted...
Biden’s niece sports black eye in court
She gave a black eye to the family name — and then sported one in court. Vice President Joe Biden’s wild-child niece had a mysterious shiner under her left eye...
Barking dogs might have sparked shooting spree
PHOENIX — It was the knock on the door every mother fears. Three police officers stood somberly to deliver the news. "I'm sorry to tell you but Michael has been...
Facebook knows when you're going to break up
Facebook can predict when you're going to break up. Yes, apparently the fate of your relationship is not written in the stars but in your social circle. Cornell University researcher...
Freudian fairy tales take center stage
As bizarre scenes go, it’s hard to top the one in “Grasses of a Thousand Colors” where a character gets a paw job from a fluffy white cat. That seduction...
ObamaCare official grilled by Congress on web rollout
WASHINGTON — Stressing that improvements are happening daily, the senior Obama official closest to the administration's malfunctioning health care website went before Congress to face a grilling Tuesday. Medicare Chief...
Matt Harvey sports futuristic arm brace, week after surgery
Matt Harvey has a supermodel on his arm – and a futuristic arm brace. Just six days after undergoing successful Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, the Mets ace...
Smartphone takes bullet for owner, saves his life
Lots of cellphones have great features – but this one saves lives! A smart phone stopped a bullet during a robbery in Florida, saving a man's life, according to WFTV....
Sears mulls Lands’ End spinoff as losses deepen
Eddie Lampert is looking to divest again — and this time it’s the oxfords and the khakis. The cagey hedge-fund tycoon is exploring a spinoff of Sears’ Lands’ End brand...
Team USA’s Olympic uniforms now fully ‘made in the USA’
Ralph Lauren on Tuesday unveiled its line of Winter Games gear that American athletes will be wearing in Sochi, Russia, this February. And more importantly, the famed fashion house promised...
Snyder visits Goodell for meeting on Redskins name
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is in New York on Tuesday to give NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a briefing on the NFL franchise’s plans to address the controversy surrounding its...
Surfer rides 'biggest wave of all time'
http://youtu.be/gCiEfeXRMPk A Brazilian surfer might have ridden the biggest wave of all time on Monday. Carlos Burle got in the water at Praia do Norte in Portugal with three other...
Britney Spears' songs used to fight Somali pirates
Britney Spears is being used as a secret weapon to fight Somali pirates. The singer's hits are being blasted out by tanker crews to deter kidnap attacks, merchant navy officer...
'Mary Poppins' author destroyed adopted son's life
Emma Thompson plays the Australian-born creator of Mary Poppins in a new movie. But omitted from the film are details from Pamela Lyndon Travers personal life that reveal a far darker...
'Jumping beef' dish is a Peruvian staple
Strips of tenderloin stir-fried in a wok, flambéed swiftly, then tossed with sautéed aji amarillo chiles, tomatoes, garlic and onion paste, soy sauce, cilantro and rice — yes, lomo saltado...
Joan Collins dishes on London and lucky charms
Over the course of her more than 60 years in show business, Joan Collins has practically done it all, seen it all and been everywhere. Now the London-born actress —...
Girl crawls out of grave after being raped, buried alive
A 13-year-old girl has dug herself out of a muddy grave after being raped by two men who then buried her alive in Pakistan. The teen was abducted from her...
US may stop snooping on allies
WASHINGTON -- Faced with a flood of revelations about US spying practices, the White House is considering ending its eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders, a senior administration official said. A...
Four dead in early morning fire
A fire in a parked car may have spread to a Mount Vernon house this morning and sparked the deadly inferno that trapped a family in a basement apartment, killing...
Banksy's fans trashed my SUV!
A Manhattan woman is demanding Banksy fix her SUV after a crowd of the graffiti artist’s fans crushed its roof in their zeal to get a look at one of...
16,000 students could suffer from De Blasio’s charter pledge
Bill de Blasio’s vow to impose a moratorium on opening new charter schools inside public-school buildings could freeze out nearly 16,000 students from the charter system, according to a new...
Feds sending $1.3B more in Sandy relief to NYC
A second round of federal money — more than $1.3 billion — is headed to the city to help families and small businesses recover from Hurricane Sandy. Another $2 billion in...
De Blasio 'ignoring' affordable-housing delays because pal is in charge
Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio has been mum on critical delays in affordable housing at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, because the project is run by a pal who helped...
Hotel lounge named after Helmsley’s $12M dog
The world’s richest dog can add another notch to his celestial collar: a luxury hotel bar named in his honor. Leona Helmsley’s late lap dog, Trouble, who inherited $12 million...
Mia Farrow’s brother headed to jail for child sex abuse
The pervy brother of actress Mia Farrow was sentenced to 10 years behind bars on Monday for molesting two little boys in suburban Washington, DC. John Charles Villiers-Farrow, 67, was...
White House admits ObamaCare lie
WASHINGTON — The White House finally admitted Monday that President Obama is breaking his promise that if you like your health insurance, you can keep it under ObamaCare. “It’s true...
Docs resisting ObamaCare
New York doctors are treating ObamaCare like the plague, a new survey reveals. A poll conducted by the New York State Medical Society finds that 44 percent of MDs said...
The long climb back after Sandy
One year after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City, many devastated communities are just starting to heal. The floodwaters and weeklong power outage almost destroyed an already failing...
The casino Cuomo
The iron rule of gaming is this: The odds always favor the house. That’s as true of the Las Vegas blackjack table and the Atlantic City slot machine as it...
Blind justice
Lady Justice is famously depicted blindfolded. So why is the Center for Constitutional Rights calling on its allies to “pack the court” for a hearing on stop-and-frisk? Good question. At...
When the ObamaCare Bill arrives . . .
“She said, ‘I was all for ObamaCare until I found out I was paying for it.’ ” — The president of Anthem Blue Cross in California, , talking about a woman...
What do you do with 1,000 tons of raw poison?
Call it a lesson in the limits of feel-good one-worldism. Two weeks ago, a Norwegian panel awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the UN-affiliated Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical...
Obama runs a 'know-nothing' presidency
In “Hogan’s Heroes,” the popular old sitcom about a German prisoner-of-war camp, the stock line of the inept Sgt. Schultz was: “I see nothing. NOTHING!” President Obama must be a...
Makes no sense not to vote for Joe Lhota
Vote for Joe Lhota.Not because he has a ghost of a chance to become mayor of New York City. Barring an appearance by the Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse, he...
Failures go far past the ObamaCare Web site
It’s not just the Web site that’s broken — the ObamaCare marketplace itself is failing. Despite much talk about using competition, the ObamaCare law and the regulations that enable it...
Obama's false insurance promise
To say that President Obama is on the record telling Americans they can keep their current health insurance is an understatement. He repeated the assurance so many times during the...
Obama hails new FBI director — as did the hit man he prosecuted
WASHINGTON — The new FBI director has won the respect of both lawmen — and Mafia hit men. At the swearing-in Monday of FBI Director Jim Comey, President Obama told...
Elections officials grilled by anti-corruption panel
Bumbling staff members from the state Board of Elections faced a three-hour interrogation Monday night by an anti-corruption panel, revealing a new level of disfunction by the board. Although the...
Feinstein calls for 'total review' of NSA spy practices
WASHINGTON — A key Senate leader who’s been a staunch defender of the National Security Agency is now demanding a “total review of all intelligence programs’’ after it was revealed...
ABC sorry for Kimmel's 'Kill everyone in China' joke
After more than a week of escalating criticism, ABC is apologizing for a segment of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in which a child joked about killing Chinese people. The network said...
TV specials commemorate Kennedy death anniversary
The onslaught of TV specials and related events commemorating the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination (Nov. 22, 1963) will begin shortly — with Nat Geo first out...
‘Made in Jersey’ actress moves to ‘Salem’
Janet Montgomery has been cast as the lead in WGN America’s upcoming drama series “Salem,” about the Massachusetts town’s infamous witch trials. Montgomery, who toplined last fall’s short-lived CBS drama...
‘Dexter’ headed to Netflix
Netflix has struck a deal to begin streaming “Dexter,” which ended its eight-season run on Showtime late last month. Under the new deal with CBS Corp., the first four seasons...
Craig Ferguson to host syndicated game show
‘Late Late Show” host Craig Ferguson is spreading his TV wings. Starting next fall, Ferguson will host a syndicated half-hour game show called “Celebrity Name Game,” developed by ex-“Friends” star...
Boston catcher David Ross enjoying World Series experience
ST. LOUIS — No one has enjoyed this World Series ride more than Red Sox catcher David Ross, who came up with the big hit in Monday night’s 3-1 victory...
Allen Craig gets surprise start at first base
ST. LOUIS — Allen Craig didn’t remind anyone of Keith Hernandez at first base for the Cardinals on Monday, but the time had arrived to get his bat back in...
Glass owners can pick 3 BFFs for pilot program
The roughly 10,000 lucky folks who currently have Google Glass are about to become the most popular folks on the block. On Monday, tech giant Google announced that it would...
New plans for downtown's 70 Pine St. are sky-high
To Adam R. Rose’s dream of turning 1932-vintage Art Deco skyscraper 70 Pine St. into downtown’s most expensive luxury rental apartments, add a possibly more daunting challenge: to bring the...
Red Sox GM ‘understands what it takes’ to win
ST. LOUIS — Theo Epstein became a rock star general manager in Boston, winning two World Series and being in charge when the Curse of the Bambino was lifted. There’s...
Lundqvist 'frustrated' over controversial goal
Henrik Lundqvist returned to the lineup Monday night and the Rangers franchise goaltender was greeted with controversy. The final goal of the 2-0 loss to the Canadiens at the revamped...
Martha Stewart company taps metal boss as CEO
Martha Stewart’s company is hoping a new CEO will rescue it from the junkyard. Daniel Dienst — a scrap-metal disposal exec who joined the board at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia...
Plenty of glitz at Garden, but no goals
Two summers ago, the Rangers remade their team to trade for Rick Nash, the finisher management believed was all that stood between the 2011-12 regular season Eastern Conference champions and their...
