November 29, 2013
Cano never asked Yanks for $300M deal: report
Robinson Cano technically wasn’t lying Thursday when he told a Dominican Republic newspaper he never asked the Yankees for $300 million or more. However, according to a person familiar with...
Kidd sends a message to disappointing Nets
HOUSTON — You can’t blame one man. Blaming one man for this is like faulting one blown light bulb for the Blackout of 1965. Blaming one man for this is...
'Jackie Gleason Show' star Jane Kean dies in LA
Jane Kean, who played Trixie Norton opposite Ed Norton (Art Carney) in the ’60s-era “Honeymooners” skits, died Tuesday in LA. She was 90. Kean joined “The Jackie Gleason Show” in...
Drexel’s Fouch takes charge in NIT consolation game
When Chris Fouch saw Drexel’s schedule, the first thing that stood out was the opportunity to go home Thanksgiving week. The Dragons weren’t going to be given any time off,...
Man struck, killed by L train in Brooklyn
A person was struck and killed by an L train in Brooklyn Friday evening, police say. According to authorities, the incident took place at the 105th Street subway station in...
Kidd benches four starters as Nets ripped by Rockets
HOUSTON — Jason Kidd went from throwing drinks on the court to throwing in the towel. After a truly dreadful first half against the Rockets on Friday night, the Nets...
Jagr helps Devils snap three-game skid
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jaromir Jagr could always score goals — and on this night, a bunch of Devils did as well. Jagr had a goal and two assists, and the...
Benching vs. Cowboys 'in the past' for Nicks
Hakeem Nicks is putting together one of the worst contract runs in recent NFL history, but the Giants wide receiver hasn’t lost hope yet. In fact, despite failing to catch...
St. John’s falls to Penn State in overtime
There are only so many mid-majors that St. John’s can schedule. After four straight home games all resulted in less than impressive wins against lesser competition, St. John’s stumbled for...
Black Friday shines on Apple shares
Shares of Apple surpassed $550 for the first time since early January as the company made a big Black Friday push, offering gift cards for the purchase of select accessories...
BC Partners wins Pearson's unit bid
Buyout shop BC Partners emerged as the winning bidder for Pearson’s Mergermarket group after agreeing to pay $624 million. BC Partners outbid not only PE rival Warburg Pincus, which was...
Grease fire at legendary Barbetta Restaurant
A Friday-night grease fire chased diners out of a landmark Hell’s Kitchen restaurant believed to be the city’s oldest family owned eatery. The blaze broke out at about 6:20 p.m....
Arizona makes statement by topping Duke
Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Michigan State were all popular preseason picks to cut down the nets in April. Arizona, meanwhile, was somewhat forgotten. That should change now, after the No....
Hedge fund manager in epic divorce battle over prenup violations
The hard-charging wife of Dallas hedge-fund mogul James Dondero is proving to be as relentless as her husband in their epic divorce battle. Rebecca “Becky” Dondero, 32, plans to try...
NYC's holiday market frenzy
'Tis the season to hit holiday shops for local and handcrafted gifts -- plus artisanal food. Here are some of our best finds: Artists & Fleas 70 N. Seventh St.,...
Airline pilots get to ditch heavy flight manuals for tablet devices
With the holiday travel season in full swing, airline pilots used to lugging heavy bags full of paper flight manuals can finally take a load off — thanks to the...
We want to pump you up (to $500M)
The owners of Muscle Milk are drawing interest from beverage rivals eager to bulk up in the popular protein drink category, The Post has learned. CytoSport, which makes the body-building...
Nets coach Kidd shrugs off fine for drink drop
HOUSTON — Jason Kidd’s decision to spill a drink on the court late in Wednesday’s loss to the Lakers was a costly one. But despite Paul Pierce failing to knock...
Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony bemoans loss of vets
DENVER — Carmelo Anthony wasn’t surprised about Jason Kidd’s cup-dropping incident against the Lakers on Wednesday. That’s the kind of savvy the Nets coach displayed in his one season as...
Crowded Best Buy stores fuel hopes for a turnaround
Best Buy wasn’t delivering turkeys on Thanksgiving. The nation’s biggest electronics chain — believed by many only a year ago to be headed for extinction — is staging a credible...
Fordham begins postseason push against Sacred Heart
Two years ago, the Fordham football team posted a 1-10 record, and following the season, former head coach Tom Masella was relieved of his duties. One month later, Joe Moorhead,...
Michigan salty over Peppers indecision
Michigan’s late-season football struggles have cast doubt on head coach Brady Hoke’s future in Ann Arbor, and could also cost the Wolverines one of the nation’s elite prospects. Jabrill Peppers,...
Cyber Monday is over
So long, Cyber Monday. As more consumers become comfortable with online shopping, “Cyber Monday” — the marketing term coined for the Monday after Thanksgiving — is nearing the end of...
Yankees need 'pen coach after Harkey’s departure
Mike Harkey was hired as the Diamondbacks’ pitching coach on Monday, so the Yankees will have an opening for a bullpen coach. Shortly after Joe Girardi signed a four-year extension,...
A Tale of Two Christmases
The Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog, a seasonal guilty pleasure, arrived on the desk with a solid thud, bespeaking the 175 glossy pages of improbable, and improbably expensive, gifts inside. The...
Ex-Rangers coach back at MSG for 1st time since firing
BOSTON — So here comes John Tortorella back to the Garden, where he will be behind the Canucks’ bench for Saturday afternoon’s match against the Rangers. “You guys will all...
Barbarians & government 'glitches'
Many people take pride in defying the conventions of society. Those conventions of society are also known as civilization. Defying them wholesale means going back to barbarism. Barbarians with electronic...
Healthcare.gov going down for maintenance
The website at the center of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms will be down for an extended period overnight on Friday as the government pushes to complete upgrades by a...
Obama embraces Cruz?
Maybe Ted Cruz and Barack Obama are not as far apart on ObamaCare as we thought. Before the government shut down, the Texas senator and his Republican allies in the...
NY gives $5M in taxpayer funds to Super Bowl promo
When we think of needy organizations, the NFL isn’t high on our list. So count us surprised to find the state’s Empire State Development Corporation awarding $5 million in taxpayer...
Islanders shelled by Red Wings for fifth straight loss
This year was supposed to be different. This year, the Islanders were supposed to build on their playoff appearance from last season, when they took the Penguins to six games...
8 dead as cop chopper crashes into pub
GLASGOW, Scotland — Scottish authorities raised the death toll to eight people Saturday in the crash of a police helicopter into a crowded Glasgow pub, stressing that a rescue and...
Iran & the longest-held US hostage
In the same week President Obama celebrated a historic “breakthrough” with Iran over its nuclear program, America marks a somber anniversary. Retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, believed in Iranian custody,...
Judah, Malignaggi put friendship aside in Battle of Brooklyn
Normally, when two boxers are about to square off, there’s plenty of trash talk flowing and the animosity is thick. But Zab Judah against Paulie Malignaggi on Dec. 7 at...
Newtown shooter's dad a 'broken' man
Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza’s father Peter is a guilt- and grief-wracked “broken” man who still can’t deal with the unspeakable atrocity perpetrated by his deranged son, a relative said....
Fordham frosh making a Severe impact
Jon Severe had the luxury of a myriad of choices, and with it came the overwhelming weight of having so many options. It was late March in Albany and the...
QB sneak: Steal a playoff spot with Josh McCown
Just because you don’t deserve something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to get it — like sending in a resume for a job for which you’re not qualified, asking for...
Thanksgiving in jail for 'world’s most arrested man'
The “world’s most arrested man” spent Thanksgiving behind bars again. Henry Earl, 64, whose massive rap sheet includes more than 1,500 arrests over four decades, was tossed in the slammer...
'A Christmas Story' almost didn't get told
The grumpiest celebrity I’ve ever interviewed? That would be my teenage idol, legendary radio raconteur Jean Shepherd — best remembered for writing the classic comedy “A Christmas Story,’’ celebrating the...
JPP ruled out by Giants; also Jacobs, Webster, McBride
The rest of Jason Pierre-Paul’s season appears to be up in the air after the Giants declared him out for Sunday night’s visit to the Redskins. Pierre-Paul (shoulder) was one...
Couple sues after alleged nightmare cruise
The “unforgettable” Grand European cruise a Westchester couple took for their 30th wedding anniversary turned into the trip from hell. The husband and wife slapped Viking Cruises with a $5...
10 reasons Miley Cyrus deserves to be Time's Person of the Year
Twerker of the year Miley Cyrus is leading Time magazine’s online poll for Person of the Year. Her 24 percent of the votes so far beats Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the...
Could these movies really win Oscars?
Classic, high-fiber movies seem to have been falling out of favor for a few years at awards season — lightweight, crowd-pleaser “Argo” won last year — but this year could...
Man accidentally fires gun, injures son: cops
A dimwitted man accidentally fired a bullet into his Manhattan ceiling while cleaning his gun – and the falling debris injured his 4 year-old son, cops said. The 50-year-old man...
Vigneault enraged after Rangers cough up lead to Bruins
BOSTON — The 3-2 score against may have been deceptively close, but Alain Vigneault wasn’t the slightest bit deceived by what he had seen on the ice here Friday afternoon...
Prosecutor outlines chilling beheading of UK soldier
LONDON — Prosecutors showed jurors graphic videotape of the events surrounding the near decapitation of a British soldier on a London street, as the trial of two men opened Friday...
Elderly woman latest 'knockout' victim
A 76-year-old Brooklyn woman on Friday became the latest unwilling participant of the notorious “knockout game” when she was sucker-punched by a brazen thug -- less than a half hour...
Holmes a game-time decision for Jets; Cromartie sounds OK
Santonio Holmes said he’s fine, but Jets coach Rex Ryan didn’t sound as peppy. “I feel like I have been feeling the past three weeks: pretty good,” said Holmes, who...
Woodson still sore over Kidd's prior trickery
DENVER -- Mike Woodson can joke about it now, but he also defended himself Friday regarding the heated incident between him and Jason Kidd during the 2009-10 season for which...
Crazy note-passing war on Thanksgiving flight
A delayed flight home on Thanksgiving Day was the backdrop for a mid-air spat that played out live on Twitter and ended with one flier getting slapped in the face...
Local college rankings: Manhattan takes a tumble
Good Thanksgiving? Good. Glad we’re all caught up. So, let’s get right to it. Here are this week’s local college basketball rankings (last week's in parentheses): 1. St. John’s (1)...
Stocks rise early on Black Friday
Stocks rose in a shortened trading day Friday following the Thanksgiving holiday. Retailers were among the leading gainers as Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, got underway....
Computer security services boom after NSA revelations
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency's recently revealed surveillance programs. But the flood...
Cop says he dismembered man he met online
BERLIN — A German police officer has been arrested on suspicion of killing and chopping up a man he met on the Internet who had long fantasized about being killed...
Beckham 'forced into sex act at Manchester'
David Beckham was forced to perform a humiliating sex act while looking at a photo of soccer legend Clayton Blackmore during a bizarre homoerotic hazing ritual, the soccer star admits in...
Timberwolves trying to show Kevin Love the love
When Flip Saunders returned to the Timberwolves as president of basketball operations, replacing David Kahn, there was no question in his mind what his most important task would be. “The...
Man sues hospital after being switched at birth
It’s a real-life tale of "Prince and the Pauper” – except in this case it was accidental. A Japanese man born to rich parents grew up in poverty after he...
Lindsey Vonn back on slopes, one week after re-tearing knee
VAIL, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn is energized by her progress in recovering from a knee injury and might be in the starting gate next week in Canada. Vonn spoke with The...
Obama may shun Chicago for D.C. after term ends
WASHINGTON - President Obama, who ran on changing Washington and still expresses exasperation at how the town works, may become the first inside-the-beltway ex-president in nearly 100 years to live here. Obama,...
Accident or not? Tomlin's sideline step stirs controversy
On Wednesday, Nets coach Jason Kidd gave us Cupgate. On Thanksgiving night, in a Steelers-Ravens divisional clash that wasn't lacking for dramatic, game-changing quirks, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin stepped up...
37 reasons to catch a case of the Cyber Mondays
Ignore all those queued-up masochists dead set on rugby-scrumming each other over Black Friday — a k a when your friendly neighborhood big box stores turn into killing fields. You,...
Black Friday violence erupts across country
Welcome to Brawl-Mart. Mayhem erupted at big-box stores across the USA as frenzied shoppers vying for holiday deals turned on each other and resorted to violence to get their goods....
Israel court fines woman over not circumcising son
JERUSALEM — An Israeli rabbinic court has fined a woman hundreds of dollars for refusing to circumcise her baby son, officials said Thursday, in a landmark case that has sparked...
Canada involved in diplomatic spying by NSA: report
OTTAWA — Canada let the US National Security Agency conduct widespread surveillance during the 2010 Group of 20 summit in Toronto, according to a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. report that cited...
Queens man stabs wife: cops
A Thanksgiving Day family dispute left a Queens woman with multiple stab wounds after her husband attacked her with a kitchen knife, police said. According to cops, Xavier Cabarcas, 31,...
5 questions for … Rich Gannon
CBS analyst and former Raider Rich Gannon paints an ugly picture of the Jets’ quarterback situation with The Post’s Justin Terranova as he prepares to call Sunday’s game against the...
Emrick: Rangers, Devils could fight for last playoff spot
As the NHL readies for its first Thanksgiving weekend showdown — highlighted by the Rangers visiting the Bruins — Mike “Doc” Emrick said if the early season is any indication...
Sandra Bullock EW's 'Entertainer of the Year'
Sandra Bullock, head over heels after her role in “Gravity”, has been obsessively “booty-calling” co-star George Clooney. At least that’s what George wishes. “She calls every night, 3 in the...
Hordes spend Thanksgiving grabbing bargains
The real feeding frenzy Thursday wasn’t at the Thanksgiving table — it was at the cash register. Not satisfied with waiting for Black Friday deals, holiday shoppers put down their...
High-tech apps boon to shoppers — and snoops
WASHINGTON — Advances in technology have never made finding deals this holiday season so easy — or so creepy. Marketers and mobile-app developers have created new ways to help shoppers...
Small businesses still face ObamaCare ‘sticker shock’
WASHINGTON — The delay of the federal ObamaCare online marketplace for small businesses won’t postpone the “sticker shock” for workers, experts say. David Capo, vice president of Benefit Advisory Service,...
Aussie hotel owner loves Bieber's graffiti
SYDNEY — An Australian hotel is declaring itself a graffiti Belieber, despite being at odds with the city government. QT Hotel in the Gold Coast said it gave Justin Bieber...
Out, damn spotlight! Tech glitch zaps 'Macbeth'
So this is what they mean by “double double toil and trouble.” Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre canceled Wednesday night’s performance of “Macbeth” about 20 minutes into the 2-hour, 45-minute...
Just hurtful: Rampant violence rocks 'Homeland,' 'Scandal'
Bloody hell! That’s life lately on “Homeland” and “Scandal” — two presumably adult shows that have suddenly gone gory on us. Those who’ve followed “Homeland” know that life’s never been...
BBC's ‘Atlantis’ to re-surface
BBC America has picked up a second season of “Atlantis” — after airing just one episode of the series. The fantasy drama was the highest-rated series premiere ever for the...
ObamaCare to put 300,000 NYers on Medicaid
ObamaCare is going to push 300,000 additional New Yorkers onto the Medicaid rolls by next year — a hefty 7.3 percent increase, Gov. Cuomo’s budget office predicts. Cuomo’s mid-year budget...
Web techs spend Thanksgiving fixing ObamaCare mess
HERNDON, Va. — An army of techies scrambled on Thanksgiving to fix America’s largest turkey — the much-maligned ObamaCare Web site. The IT workers from CGI, the main contractor overhauling...
NJ Transit’s Sandy review overdue
The anniversary of Hurricane Sandy has come and gone, and an independent review of how New Jersey’s transportation agency responded to the storm has yet to be released, despite officials’...
Mobster left to be eaten alive by pigs
Hannibal Lecter, eat your heart out! In a scene right out of the film “Hannibal,” a still-breathing Italian mob boss was fed to pigs by members of a rival crime...
The fates of Banksy’s Big Apple artworks
One’s at a strip club. One is held by cops. Another is heading to sunny Miami. Nearly a month after Banksy’s “residency” in New York, his surviving works have met...
MSNB-See no sexism
Look out, ladies. The war on conservative women has turned from ugly and vicious to downright disgusting. MSNBC this week canceled Alec Baldwin’s little-watched talk show, “Up Late,’’ after the...
The Pope's economy
Pope Francis has just issued a document called “The Joy of the Gospel.” It covers many topics. We’d like to address the one generating the most press attention, where the...
Charges fly over Moreland Commission
It’s not often our politicians in Albany all get something right. But when it comes to the competing accusations they are hurling against one other over a state ethics-panel probe,...
Illegal mayors against guns
They call themselves Mayors Against Illegal Guns. But apparently not all of them are against all illegal activity. MAIG was co-founded in 2006 by Michael Bloomberg and his counterpart in...
Ravens hold off rival Steelers
BALTIMORE — A game between the Steelers and Ravens usually features hard hits, flying helmets and a pivotal play in the final minutes. The clash between these AFC North rivals...
Daily Blotter
Manhattan A Manhattan thief has robbed at least six livery drivers at gunpoint in Harlem, authorities said. In each incident, the suspect hails a cab and asks to be taken...
Obama's contraceptive mandate heads to Supreme Court
So John Roberts will get another whack at ObamaCare. That’s the upshot of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear lawsuits against the contraceptive mandate filed by the Christian family that...
The bad-faith presidency
At the end of the day, the root of President Obama’s mendacity on ObamaCare was simple: He didn’t dare tell people how the law would work. He couldn’t tell people...