December 6, 2013
Why businesses should have religious rights
For many Americans, religion is something you do on weekends and holidays. For others, it is the central organizing principle of life. That split helps explain the dispute over ObamaCare’s...
Devils manage franchise-low 11 shots, fall to Red Wings
NEWARK — It was a record-tying performance, just not the type of record the Devils would have liked to tie. The Devils recorded 11 shots, equaling a franchise record for...
Beltran to Yankees for 3 years, $45 million
It didn’t take the Yankees long to spend some of the money they saved when Robinson Cano danced away from The Bronx.Hours after their best player, Cano, accepted a 10-year...
Strong U.S. jobs report could see Fed tapering QE early
Today, good news about the economy was actually good for the financial markets. Though that’s not the way things have played out recently. The greatest part of Friday’s employment report...
Andre sees bright future as RB with Giants
The best is yet to come. While Andre Brown has performed exceptionally well in the four games he has played for the Giants since returning from a broken left fibula,...
Knicks rout Magic for 1st back-to-back wins of season
Break up the Knicks! The Knicks have gone from “laughingstock’’ to possibly a top contender in the rotten Atlantic Division in a space of two days. As coach Mike Woodson...
ObamaCare’s too-telling travails
The phrase “good enough for government work” used to be a boast. Then it became an insult. With ObamaCare, it is an ethic. On Cyber Monday, the federal government was...
Elderly woman dead after MTA bus hits her
An elderly woman was struck and killed by an MTA bus in the Bronx Friday evening, police said. According to authorities, Gloria Mabry, 74, was walking along Co-Op City Boulevard...
Jeff Bezos and the future of drone delivery service
Unless there’s something to that myth about Muslim martyrs being issued 72 virgins in paradise, it’s probably of no comfort to the first adherent of radical Islam killed by an...
7 things the world is running out of
It's no secret that humans are consuming the world's natural resources at an alarming and unsustainable rate. We know we're rapidly depleting our supply of finite resources such as coal,...
St. John’s hosts Fordham in city matchup
A rivalry requires more than geographic proximity. St. John’s and Fordham are roughly 15 miles apart, but have been separated so much more by the disparities in their basketball programs....
Obama's unlikely answers on inequality
The president tried changing the subject this week from ObamaCare to income inequality. It’s no surprise. Despite White House claims that Healthcare.gov is now working as intended, reports of major...
North Korea releases US veteran
SAN FRANCISCO — An 85-year-old U.S. veteran of the Korean War who was detained for several weeks in North Korea arrived home Saturday in California. Merrill Newman landed in San...
Ronnie Smith, killed in Benghazi
Americans received a painful reminder of the vulnerability of our fellow citizens abroad when a beloved young chemistry teacher was shot to death in Benghazi. His name was Ronnie Smith....
Getting back on track after Metro-North tragedy
If it turns out William Rockefeller is indeed responsible for sending the Hudson Line train off the rails in The Bronx on Sunday, we’ll be the first to say he...
Pink soars to dizzying heights in concert tour special
Singer Pink’s acrobatic concerts put Miley Cyrus and her gently-swaying wrecking ball to shame. A two-hour special, “The Truth About Love Tour” — featuring footage from Pink’s current road trip...
A judge castigates the prison guards’ union
This week, Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas made a grave charge when he declared that on two consecutive days last month “our system of justice was under attack by...
Recycle for the holidays with one of our top 7 artificial firs
From the glittering to the colorful, recycle for the holidays with one of our top 7 faux wonders. Pencil Tree, 7 feet For studio dwellers, this 7-foot pencil tree is...
Skip the lot — cut down your own Christmas tree!
When it comes to Christmas trees, I have started an inadvertent, unpleasant holiday tradition. The day after Thanksgiving, the first Christmas tree lot pops up in my Brooklyn neighborhood. As...
'10% chance' ObamaCare applications will fail
As millions of people shop online for new insurance plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, about 10 percent of applications to the main website are not being accurately...
'Cannibal sandwich' will make you sick, but it's tradition
Residents in the upper Midwest should ditch their seasonal tradition of eating "cannibal sandwiches" made of raw ground beef, health officials warned, citing multiple outbreaks of foodborne illnesses since the...
ABC shortens 'Scandal' season
“Scandal” fans will have fewer episodes to devour this season, as ABC said on Friday it was reducing the drama’s episode order from 22 to 18 episodes. Though the network...
Fairleigh Dickinson job was worth the wait for Greg Herenda
Greg Herenda had finally gotten what he had waited for. After more than two decades as an assistant coach, followed by three head-coaching gigs at a community college, and Division...
Patriots likely to end Josh Gordon's flashy run
It doesn’t matter how good your computer is — amount of RAM, modem speed, a ground-breaking operating system; none of that matters — if your Internet connection is choppy, you’re...
'Downton Abbey' tea truck comes to New York
PBS will bring one of the characters’ favorite pastimes to life in New York City with a mobile tea truck the week of December 9. Complete with costumed servers, the...
Selling a Tesla using Bitcoins ‘as easy as PayPal’
It was an all electric deal in which no one got burned. A Florida man spent 91.4 bitcoins, a controversial electronic currency, to buy a slightly used white Tesla Model...
How the Yankees lost Robinson Cano
The Yankees and Robinson Cano only inched toward each other in nearly a year of negotiations and ended up miles apart, which is why the second baseman is now a...
Tainted tap water at Marine base linked to cancer, birth defects
A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina and increased risk...
The 4 best scenes from the 'Golden Age' of porn
Lots of New Yorkers say they miss the old Times Square. Now they can prove it. Starting today, The East Village’s Anthology Film Archives is launching “In the Flesh,” a...
Manager says he helped boss sell & hide stolen relics
The manager of an art gallery – whose owner was busted with a $100 million dollar treasure trove of stolen art last year – copped to helping his former boss...
Gambino associate gets 12 years for stabbing
A Gambino crime-family associate who beat charges he knifed the owner of popular Brooklyn pizza joint Lucali was sentenced to 12 years behind bars Friday for stabbing another man inside...
Chinese firm paid US intelligence adviser
WASHINGTON — A longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 as a paid consultant for Huawei Technologies...
Duck Dynasty joins fellow celebs in wine-making business
The proud redneck family behind the hit show “Duck Dynasty” made their fortune selling duck-hunting calls, gear and books. And what royal dynasty is complete without its own wine cellar?...
Teen terror plotter had trove of Al Qaeda tomes: court docs
It's Cosmo for killers. Long Island Al Qaeda plotter Marcos Alonso Zea collected a frightening collection of terror tomes - including a magazine featuring pieces like "AQ Chef: Destroying Buildings,"...
Jets backup QB Garrard discusses 2014 plans
And you thought the Jets’ quarterback plans couldn’t get any stranger. David Garrard, the veteran whom the Jets have stubbornly — and inexplicably — refused to use during rookie Geno...
Why NBA stat gurus don't really hate Rudy Gay
The idea, in theory, made sense. In order to promote team unity and keep the focus on winning, as opposed to individual statistics, Rudy Gay banned stat sheets from the...
Nelson Mandela TV specials
The death of Nelson Mandela will be commemorated in a handful of specials this afternoon, tonight and over the weekend. Many of the regularly scheduled news programs will also pay...
Victor Cruz: Jay Z just getting started with Cano contract
Victor Cruz wasn’t surprised when he heard of the reported 10-year, $240 million contract Robinson Cano landed from the Seattle Mariners with the help of their shared agency. The Giants...
Changes ordered for Metro-North after fatal crash
Federal rail officials ordered emergency safety changes at Metro-North on Friday that would prevent engineers from speeding — and avoid derailments like the one that killed four in The Bronx....
Yankees retain Kuroda on 1-year, $16M deal
Hiroki Kuroda and the Yankees finalized a one–year deal for $16 million Thursday night, according to The Post’s Joel Sherman. Kuroda will earn $16 million and can add $250,000 for...
Bob Dylan’s famed electric guitar sold for nearly $1M
One of the most famous guitars in music history – the ax wielded by Bob Dylan when he infamously went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival -- fetched a...
People in Times Square shocked by Mandela's death
Watch the reactions from people in Times Square the moment they found out former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela had died
Predator gets max sentence for 2007 sex attack on child
A serial predator was convicted of the 2007 kidnapping and sexual abuse of a 4-year-old Hasidic girl — and was sentenced Friday to the maximum 32 years behind bars. Tommaso...
Car crashes into Trader Joe's; 15 injured
An elderly woman plowed her car inside a Trader Joe’s on Long Island Friday — injuring at least 15 people and sending glass and debris flying through the store. The...
Ex-Dell employee helps with insider-trading probe to avoid prison
A former Dell supply manager who cooperated with government insider trading investigations, including a probe of a portfolio manager at SAC Capital Advisors, avoided prison on Thursday as a result of...
Aimless 'Live at the Foxes Den' fails to impress
It would be a pleasure to give a positive review to a film that includes an entirely sincere scene of its hero wowing a bar with his soaring rendition of...
Sappy 'Twice Born' hard to get through
A slow-moving soap about a sterile couple’s quest to have a child, “Twice Born” uses the 1990s war in Sarajevo as local color providing backdrop for insights like, “Love only...
Zombies rampage in space in the so-so ‘Last Days on Mars’
Zombies on Mars! We finally did it! I can see the pitch meeting now: “It’ll be ‘Gravity’ meets ‘The Walking Dead’!” Alas, this thriller about a group of astronauts on...
Break in 105-year-old pipe causes 3-foot-wide sinkhole
A century-old water main in Greenwich Village broke causing a sinkhole to swallow the wheel of a box truck Friday morning, officials said. The 3-foot wide hole sprayed water from...
Stars react to NBC's 'Sound of Music Live'
The Twittersphere — not the hills — is alive with the sound of pithy comments about last night’s epic performance of “The Sound of Music Live” on NBC, featuring country...
Half of NYC taxis to be wheelchair accessible by 2020
Half of the city’s taxis will be wheelchair accessible by 2020 because of a settlement agreement reached on Friday in a federal class action lawsuit, officials said. When fleets purchase...
Dreaded 'Group of Death' for U.S. at World Cup
The World Cup is all about the draw, and Friday the United States got drawn and quartered, stuck in the Group of Death. When the U.S. players take the field...
Life after Nelson Mandela
JOHANNESBURG — What next for South Africa? This racially charged country that, on Nelson Mandela's watch, inspired the world by embracing reconciliation in all-race elections in 1994 is again in...
Nets’ mascot delivers Christmas tree to Bed-Stuy students
Santa wore a cape in Brooklyn this year. The Brooklyn Nets' superhero mascot the "BrooklyKnight" delivered a freshly-cut six-foot Christmas tree to pre-schoolers in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Friday, thrilling underprivileged tots --...
SEC puts kibosh on Wall Street’s Belesis
Fallen financial chief Tommy Belesis, who advised Oliver Stone on his 2010 film “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” has been barred from selling stocks. Belesis, who founded Wall Street brokerage...
Iona capable of reaching another NCAA tournament
St. John's hangs on to the top spot this week, but Iona is rising fast. Despite losing their three best players from their NCAA tournament teams the past two seasons,...
Texans fire coach Gary Kubiak after 11 straight losses
HOUSTON — The scuffling Houston Texans fired Gary Kubiak on Friday, parting ways with the only coach to lead the team to the playoffs. The team announced the decision one...
Mourning Nelson Mandela
People across the globe are commemorating Nelson Mandela with song, tears and prayers while pledging to adhere to the values of unity and democracy that he embodied.
'Swerve' too unbelievable for its own good
There’s an awful lot of literal swerving in “Swerve.” People drive cars too fast down the dusty highways surrounding a tiny southern Australian town. Sometimes they almost collide, sometimes they...
Nelson Mandela’s many visits to New York
Nelson Mandela, a world-wide symbol of resistance to racism and injustice during his 27 years in jail , became the iconic pathfinder who led South Africa from apartheid to all-race...
Chris Petersen to Washington, finally leaving Boise State
SEATTLE — Chris Petersen has finally been persuaded to leave Boise State. Petersen agreed to become the football coach at Washington. The Huskies made the announcement Friday morning after Petersen...
Knicks rewind: Making case to be division favorite at 4-13
Carmelo Anthony had it wrong. The Nets are the lone “laughingstock’’ in the five boroughs. Really, that is the only takeaway coming out of the Knicks’ wild party at Brooklyn’s...
Obamas to travel to South Africa for Mandela memorial
President Obama will travel to South Africa to attend memorial services for Nelson Mandela, the White House announced Friday. The South African government is organizing a series of events to...
Mets land Granderson for 4 years, $60M
The Mets have made their biggest score of the Sandy Alderson era, signing Curtis Granderson to a four-year $60 million contract, The Post has learned. The Mets will now have...
Nets rewind: Kidd's senseless strategy backfires
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets' 113-83 loss to the Knicks in Brooklyn Thursday night: 1. One line was repeated over and over after Thursday's loss by Nets...
Live 'Sound of Music' beat everything else on TV
The hills are alive with the sound of a hit. Despite some tepid reviews, NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!” drew 18.5 million viewers on Thursday from 8-11 p.m., beating...
Cano agrees to mega deal with Mariners
Gone Robbie Gone. When Robinson Cano bolted for Seattle and a seductive 10-year deal worth $240 million Friday morning, he joined a fraternity of productive Yankees players who have vanished...
Retelling of 'Bonnie & Clyde' saga is meh-morable
Back in 1967, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty made a big-screen splash in “Bonnie & Clyde,” Arthur Penn’s cinematic take on Bonnie Parker (Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Beatty), the 20something...
Night Train to Lisbon
Director Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”) gives his film of Pascal Mercier’s novel a promising beginning. Jeremy Irons’ schoolmaster, walking the grand stone streets of Bern, Switzerland, during a torrential...
Magicians’ brush with greatness
Technology executive and inventor Tim Jenison, who has never picked up a paintbrush, spends years trying to duplicate the singular photorealistic style of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer in this highly...
Joe Manganiello on naked workouts, favorite body parts and one wicked Arnold impression
The "Evolution" author and "True Blood" star visited our video studios to sit in The Hot Seat
Banksy mural fetches $209K at auction
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A mural stenciled on the side of a Hollywood gas station five years ago by the British street artist Banksy has fetched more than $200,000 at...
'Murphy Brown' cast to reunite for 25th anniversary
Members of the “Murphy Brown” cast will reunite for “Murphy Brown: A 25th Anniversary Celebration,” unfolding next Wednesday, Dec. 11 at The Museum of Modern Art at 7:30 p.m. Series...
Ratings for NBC's 'Christmas In Rockefeller Center' hit 7-year high
Wednesday night marked the first time NBC’s “Today Show” hosted the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting — and numbers hit a seven-year high with Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker...
Apple guides shoppers inside stores with iBeacon
GPS will tell you how to get to the nearest Apple store. With iBeacon, Apple hopes to guide you around once you're inside, whether it's to pick up an order,...
Burt Bacharach gives theater another chance with ‘What’s It All About?’
Ten years ago, Burt Bacharach sat through a performance of “The Look of Love,” a revue featuring songs he wrote with lyricist Hal David. He was flanked by two friends,...
Milliner to start for Jets, but will he play four quarters?
Dee Milliner will start at cornerback for the Jets again this week against the Raiders. The question has become: Can he finish? Milliner was benched last week against the Dolphins,...
Rob Ford denies offering $5K, car for crack-smoking video
TORONTO — Mayor Rob Ford denied allegations in newly released court documents that he offered $5,000 and a car to suspected drug dealers in exchange for a video that appears...
Daughters told of Mandela death at biopic screening
Prince William and others attending the London premiere of a new film about Nelson Mandela were told of his death Thursday night as the closing credits rolled. The news broke...
Jay Z's $252M push threatens Cano-Mariners talks
Robinson Cano traveled 3,000 miles Thursday and possibly got a lot closer to returning to the Yankees. The Mariners thought Cano was flying to Seattle to finalize a deal because...
MLB veteran DeRosa likes Ellsbury, loves McCann for Yankees
Mark DeRosa makes his MLB Network debut Monday from the Winter Meetings. The recently retired infielder talks the Yankees big offseason and the Mets pursuit of Curtis Granderson with The...
Unemployment drops to 5-year low
WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market is proving sturdier than many had thought. Solid job growth in November cut the U.S. unemployment rate to 7 percent, a five-year low. The...
Ohio State, Florida State look to capitalize on SEC 'miracle'
The SEC has won seven straight BCS championships, and all it took was a miracle of the conference’s own doing to put that streak in jeopardy. “To me, this one...
Cops dodge gunfire, bust suspect
A gun-toting suspect fired a round at cops pursuing him just five blocks from the Red Hook Justice Center — where the City’s new top cop Bill Bratton was announced...
Bills make you righteous Bucs
Including the 1997-2012 seasons in The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 480-408 (54 percent) against the spread. SATURDAY Missouri (+2) over Auburn (SEC Championship, Georgia Dome): What, Tigers/War...
NYC to name school after Mandela
Freedom crusader Nelson Mandela will have a high school named after him in Brooklyn -- and New Yorkers who remember his historic 1990 visit to the borough praised the decision....
Keri Russell 'burglars' ordered to stay away from star
The two bumbling men who allegedly burgled the Brooklyn Heights brownstone of former “Felicity" star Keri Russell and another nearby resident have been ordered to stay away from the women....
Mandela to lie in state for 3 days; Obamas to travel to South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Flags were lowered to half-staff across South Africa and people in black townships, in upscale mostly white suburbs and in the country's vast rural grasslands commemorated Nelson Mandela...
Sears to spin off Lands' End
Lands’ End is being spun off from Sears — and it may get hung out to dry. The 50-year-old catalog brand, which has unraveled steadily for the past decade under...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx A sibling rivalry turned deadly when a man stabbed his brother in the head inside of their Morrisania apartment, authorities said. Dayshawn Lawson, 21, stabbed brother Andre Lawson,...
3D printer and $452 makes on-demand AR-15
It takes $452 and just 24 hours to build a semi-automatic rifle that falls outside of law enforcement’s radar — thanks to modern technology. Gilman Louie, a San Francisco venture...
AOL editor-in-chief to exit
More turmoil seems to be engulfing AOL. The latest is that AOL editor in chief Cyndi Stivers is said to be exiting. She only joined in May. One source said...
Bloomberg 'courts' trouble by axing vets
Bloomberg’s mass firing of 40 people in its news operation last month — plus 10 from its TV operation — was only the latest in a slow drain of veterans...
Joe 'Ripp'-ed over Time Inc. 401(k) cuts
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp told employees he was going to slice the corporate match on contributions to the 401(k) plan from 7 percent, to 5 percent, starting Jan. 1....
Billionaire Mansueto is said to have interest in Forbes Media
Joe Mansueto, the mutli-billionaire founder of mutual-fund researcher Morningstar, is rumored to be looking at Forbes Media. Reached via email, he declined to comment on Forbes. He’s no stranger to...
Taxpayers looking at $1B bill for ObamaCare site
WASHINGTON — Taxpayers can expect to get stuck with a more than $1 billion bill for the creation and repair of the federal ObamaCare website, a top House Republican warned. “The...
Hey, she was just a ho: Sick bid by killer's lawyer
In a bizarre courtroom speech, a Queen defense attorney said the life of a murdered transgender prostitute wasn’t worth much — and argued that her convicted killer shouldn’t be punished...
Judge rips Rikers guard work stoppage
A Bronx judge lashed into prison guards and the union representing them Thursday for staging a Rikers Island work stoppage that prevented an inmate from testifying against two jail guards...
Farrah Fawcett's nurse backs O'Neal in Warhol dispute
LOS ANGELES — Farrah Fawcett’s former nurse has come out of the woodwork and will be allowed to testify for Ryan O’Neal in his legal battle over a $10 million...
Obama wants to tighten NSA leash
WASHINGTON — President Obama said he will propose reforms to rein in the National Security Agency’s snooping program — and even said that infamous leaker Edward Snowden exposed some “legitimate...
Crimebuster Bratton made rotten Apple shine
When Bill Bratton took over the NYPD the first time around in 1994, an average of five people were murdered each day. Violent offenses — rapes, robberies, assaults — plagued...
Jets safety Reed: I won't quit
Ed Reed disagrees with anyone who thinks he is finished. In fact, the Jets safety thinks he’s far from it. “I’ve probably got two more years,” Reed said. “We’ll see,...
With JPP out, Kiwanuka key for Giants defense
Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka can’t recall the last time he played every single snap of a game as he did Sunday; college, perhaps. And with Jason Pierre-Paul likely to...
Giants wary of Chargers' Woodhead
The Giants must beware of the little big man wearing a Chargers uniform: He could cause them big problems Sunday in San Diego. The Giants defense will have an all-points...
Cuomo/Dolan buddy show gets grave review
Creepy, watching and listening to Gov. Cuomo on MSG Network Wednesday, as he guest-hosted that “Garden Signs Billy Joel” feel-good news conference. The Governor sanctified Madison Square Garden as the...
Being Phil's son didn't mean easy road for Matt Simms
The drive from the house he grew up in is 30 minutes to the Jets’ Atlantic Health Training Center, and Matt Simms cherishes it every day. Because the road between...
Rex has Marty's back as Smith & Jets offense regress
The Jets will look on the opposite sideline Sunday when they face the Raiders and see Tony Sparano, the team’s former offensive coordinator. Sparano was fired following last year, his...
A-Rod hearing not over quite yet
Alex Rodriguez’s appeal hearing against Major League Baseball isn’t quite as over as we thought, as there is still a factor in play that could determine both his future with...
Cashman hoping to bring Kuroda back
Brian McCann was welcomed to The Bronx Thursday and Jacoby Ellsbury is up next. The Yankees are engaged with Robinson Cano and Shin-Soo Choo. Yet, the elephant in the room...
Mets in no hurry to offer Granderson 4th year
The Mets are in no hurry to bid against themselves for Curtis Granderson’s services. With it unclear if there is another team willing to offer the free-agent outfielder three years,...
Yankees haven't addressed lack of pitching this offseason
Brian McCann was asked about getting to know the Yankees’ pitching yesterday at this introductory press conference and hailed CC Sabathia for being “as good as it gets” and Ivan...
Deron Williams nears return to Nets
Despite getting annihilated by the crosstown rival Knicks at home Thursday 113-83, the Nets did receive a small dose of good news. In an interview with TNT during the game,...
Another ‘embarrassing’ loss for Nets
Jason Terry summed up the state of the Nets quite nicely after Wednesday’s practice. “I mean, if it gets any worse,” Terry said, “who the [expletive] knows? “I don’t.” Well,...
Bargnani stands up to Garnett; Knicks cheer over ejection
A large portion of the pro-Knicks crowd at Barclays Center stood up and cheered as Andrea Bargnani walked off the court with 8:23 left after his first NBA ejection for...
Shumpert comes up big in Knicks' win
As Iman Shumpert exited the game with 2:12 left in the third quarter, Knicks coach Mike Woodson patted him on the rear as he got to the bench. That’s the...
Melo's strong effort in victory quiets critics — for now
There is no right answer —none that will appease those wanting to forecast Carmelo Anthony’s future or blame him for the present state of the Knicks. No matter what he...
Nobody wins if Cano bolts for Seattle
Maybe Brian McCann, pretty good acquisition and apparent nice guy, learned his first lesson about the Yankees on Thursday: You need to be far bigger than an $85 million player...
Knicks least lousy team in NYC – for now
So what happens when calamity meets catastrophe? What happens when two teams that can’t get out of their own way are suddenly in each other’s way? What happens when bad...
It's a mad, mad world
Why so angry? Maybe it’s the uncertain economy, that jerk who cut off your car in city traffic, the inability to log on to ObamaCare, or the constant, mosquito-like nagging...
Bratton’s return a ray of hope, despite truths de Blasio ignores
That settles it — those who put their money on wacky Judge Shira Scheindlin getting the police job should pay up. The rest of us can breathe a sigh of...
Welcome back to NY's next top cop Bratton
Thursday’s announcement by Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio that Bill Bratton will return to the city as New York’s 42nd police commissioner is welcome news. In his previous stint at the...
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
Nelson Mandela did not, as many seem to believe, single-handedly end apartheid in South Africa. But he gave a public face and savvy leadership to the international movement that eventually...
ObamaCare's millennial disaster
When Barack Obama was catapulted into the Oval Office in 2008, it was with the help of millennials who turned out in record numbers and voted for him two-to-one over...
Detroit and the impact on pension reform
‘Nothing distinguishes pension debt in a municipal bankruptcy case from any other debt.” These thirteen words come from a ruling this week by US Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes. In strictly...
Get set for the rise of the machines
After you heard President Obama’s call for a hike in the minimum wage, you probably wondered the same thing I did: Was Obama sent from the future by Skynet to...
'Blame the MTA for train crash, too'
Gov. Cuomo wants you to blame train motorman William Rockefeller for Sunday’s deadly Metro-North wreck. Well, blaming a sleepy-headed driver makes life a lot easier for Cuomo and the state-run...
'Sound of Music' has life, but not terrific
The media din surrounding the live telecast of “The Sound of Music” has been so deafening over the past couple of weeks, you’d think it was the only thing happening...
Islanders singing the Blues after eighth-straight loss
ST. LOUIS — Even when the struggling Islanders catch a break, they can’t win. After taking what he called a “stupid” penalty, St. Louis center Derek Roy scored a power-play...
Banking industry doesn't have great customer service: survey
What industry needs the most help in customer service? Banking.At least that’s what a recent survey from analytics firm ForeSee revealed. The survey ranked financial services firms like Santander, Morgan Stanley...
SEC browsing JCPenney's liquidity, debt
JCPenney’s shaky finances are attracting attention from the SEC. The struggling retailer disclosed late Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has requested information on its “liquidity, cash position, and...