April 26, 2014
Improved depth makes a huge impact for the Yanks
Each and every win means a great deal in the American League East, maybe even more so this April as the five teams feast upon one another and keep it...
Upper East Side yogi seeks a gal who can stretch his heart
Charles, 36, Is an active guy who is training to become a yoga teacher and swims five days a week, all while looking for a girl who can dive into his...
This week's couple: Good taste
The funny thing about dining out is that the conversation often leads to talk about, well, dining out. This seemed to work out perfectly for Kaitlyn, 25, and Nolan, 27:...
Rangers need to make Game 5 their defining moment
The series against the Flyers is tied 2-2, and two of the next three games (if necessary) will be played at the Garden. So why does it seem as if...
Why a booming Manhattan is full of empty storefronts
Stand at the corner of Third Avenue and East 61st Street and behold the Manhattan retail wasteland. One block north of Bloomingdale’s, in the middle of one of the most...
Baseball's qualifying offer system is extremely broken
No one is going to feel badly for players who turned down $14.1 million and remain unemployed, as Stephen Drew and Kendrys Morales find themselves. So put me in the...
A renewed appetite for Kelis
Back in 2008, Kelis thought she was done with the music world. Burned out by the business and no longer signed to a record label, she decided instead to go...
Working Families Party isn't really sure about Gov. Cuomo
The Working Families Party is polling its supporters on whether it should back Democratic Gov. Cuomo’s re-election or ditch him. The WFP query of 250,000 people on its mailing list...
The man you want to meet in a dark restaurant is actually a dessert
Dessert is the perfect opportunity for whimsy: Even serious restaurants like the Four Seasons and Le Cirque use the course as a chance to serve up pink cotton candy and...
Wigs - 7 of them - make NPH's 'Hedwig' one sexy lady
Clothes make the man. But it takes far more — half a dozen wigs, boatloads of beads and a size 40C bra — to transform Neil Patrick Harris into a...
What does Putin think of Stalin comparisons? We'll never know
As they say down at the tennis courts, “A little help, please!” As we watch the former Soviet Union become the future Soviet Union, the national and international ostensibly independent...
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Nets' Livingston not surprised to hear bigotry from ex-boss
Shaun Livingston didn’t need to hear the racially insensitive comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling in an audio recording to know how the man thinks. “You look it,...
MLB completely misusing instant replay
Think hard. Do you really want to watch baseball this way for the rest of your life? MLB’s new, expanded replay rules were born last month. But they were conceived...
Raptors' Lowry banged-up, but expects to play Game 4
In stature, 6-foot, 205-pound Kyle Lowry doesn’t quite look like a physically imposing source of nightmares. But his toughness, his leadership fuels the Toronto Raptors. And so he has played...
Another look at the potential in this year's NFL draft
The 2.0 Serby Mock Draft features changes for the Giants and Jets, and a pair of trades at the bottom of the first round as quarterback-desperate teams move up from...
Fisherman hooks drowning man, saving him
Two fishermen made the catch of their lives on Saturday — using their gaffs to hook a senior citizen who fell into Jamaica Bay, holding his head above water until rescuers arrived....
NYC cuts deal with mayor's charter-school nemesis
The city and Success Academy have finally reached detente. An agreement announced Saturday, two months after the city rejected Success’ co-location plans, will provide space for three of its charter...
Suspect with 'crazy eyes' stabs Bronx woman to death
A 19-year-old Bronx woman was stabbed in the chest and killed Saturday morning inside her Fordham apartment, police said. Jasmine Canton was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital, with a...
Director of 'Cabin Boy' explains where things went south
By his own admission, Adam Resnick hates most people. To both his and our benefit, though, Resnick — a veteran comedy writer who has worked for “Late Night With David...
Chvches won't accept online misogyny as part of the job
Last fall, Chvrches should have been celebrating the release of their debut album, “The Bones of What You Believe.” The dramatic and emotionally arresting collection of synth-pop songs was given...
David Amram's encounters with Dizzy Gillespie, Patti Smith, and others
David Amram: He jammed with Dizzy Gillespie and Patti Smith, wrote music for Joe Papp — and, in 1966, Lenny Bernstein made him the New York Philharmonic’s first composer-in-residence. All told, David Amram’s had quite a run — and it isn’t...
The 3 terrifying supervillains in the new 'Spider-Man'
Two years ago, in “The Amazing Spider-Man,” our web-slinging hero spent his time focused on one supervillain, the Lizard. He chased his reptilian foe through sewers, stopped him from tossing...
The continuing fuzziness of MLB's unwritten rulebook
Baseball is a hard enough game to play; when you factor in the unwritten rules and the gentleman’s agreements and the look-the-other-ways, it can start to seem more complicated than...
This 'ridiculously far-left' economist is candy for liberals
The No. 1 bestselling book on Amazon last week wasn’t about plucky teen girls battling for humanity in a futuristic dystopia. It wasn’t about a boy wizard or a college...
Sorry, but you'll probably never meet an alien
Earlier this month, Bill Clinton was asked by Jimmy Kimmel if he saw any evidence of alien visitation when he was president. Clinton said no, but added he wouldn’t be...
Murphy's first MLB homer propels Yankees past Angels
Vidal Nuno gave the Yankees a chance. John Ryan Murphy and the bullpen made sure it was enough. Murphy provided his first major-league homer and drove in three runs to...
NBA investigating owner's racist comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhT6d5fMhzI&noredirect=1 NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the league is investigating whether racially insensitive comments in an audio recording obtained by TMZ were made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. “The audio...
Benedict will join Pope Francis for sainthood ceremony
VATICAN CITY — Retired pontiff Benedict XVI will help Pope Francis celebrate the sainthood ceremony Sunday for John Paul II and John XXIII, setting the stage for an unprecedented occurrence...
Computer sleuths stumble upon lost art of Andy Warhol
PITTSBURGH — Cybersleuths have unearthed images that Andy Warhol apparently made on a computer in 1985. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh says in a release that the artist had...
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Freaky for tiki? Breeze on into the season with these island-inspired looks.
Teacher, 42, gave student a birthday lap dance
A middle school teacher in Houston has admitted she gave one of her students a lap dance in front of the rest of his class. Felicia Smith, 42, has been...
From prep-school kid to millionaire porn star
Asa Akira always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I was obsessed with it,” Akira, now 28, recalls thinking when she was in middle school. “The...
Man held starving, feces-covered sister in 'dungeon'
SEYMOUR, Conn. — What veteran police Officer Lisa Wexler saw inside a stinking, dark, locked bedroom on Eleanor Road was like nothing else she had experienced in her nearly 24...
Al Qaeda leader urges American kidnappings
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed jihadists including a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995...
Obama warns North Korea of US military strength
President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States did not use its military might to "impose things" on others, but that it would use that might if necessary to...
Teen stabbing victim recalled as 'bright light full of dreams'
HARTFORD, Conn. — The night before Maren Sanchez was fatally stabbed inside her high school, she asked to take a break from her drama group for a nail appointment. The...
Disappointing outlook pushes Amazon stock down 9.9%
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ magic spell over Wall Street is broken. That, at least, is what Amazon’s stock suggested on Friday, tumbling nearly 10 percent after the online retail giant...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor proves herself not so wise
Justice Sonia Sotomayor this week took the unusual step of reading her dissent in a case involving state-sponsored affirmative action in Michigan. In doing so, she showed herself not only...
Dead letters get Hallmark treatment in 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered'
You know what there aren’t enough of these days? Dramas about the post office. I’m speaking to folks who remember when humans actually hand-wrote and sent letters — a graying...
Verve ruling hits a nerve
Vemma, a multilevel marketing company that recruits students to peddle its energy drinks, is trying to keep its international regulatory woes from spilling over into the US. The fast-growing company...
60% of firms blustered about the weather in 1Q earnings reports
The weather excuse is still in season on Wall Street. As of Wednesday, a whopping 93 out of 154 companies reporting first-quarter earnings mentioned the weather during their earnings calls...
Hondo’s relieving
That Erlin guy for San Diego didn’t get it done Friday night, but the Sawx and Royals did, so Hondo was able to reduce his deficit to 525 eastwicks. Saturday:...
Wheeler shows a breakthrough in strong outing
Zack Wheeler got a tough luck no-decision Friday night, but was solid in what could be a breakthrough outing. He held the Marlins to a run through six strong innings,...
Raptors' Lowry suffers multiple injuries in loss
Raptors coach Dwane Casey was asked about the physical condition of his star point guard, Kyle Lowry. “He’s got a sore knee, he got knocked on his knee,” Casey said....
Rangers’ McDonagh OK after shoulder tweak
PHILADELPHIA — A scare went through the entire Rangers organization on Friday night when No. 1 defenseman Ryan McDonagh got his arm caught in the boards and then all of...
Nuno the new hope for stability in battered rotation
Vidal Nuno gave the Yankees five shutout innings in his first start of the season in Tampa Bay. On Saturday, he’ll get a chance to prove whether they can rely...
Moment of truth as Pierce comes alive for Nets
Barclays Center sounded like the Izod Center. Nearly one half had passed and home-court advantage seemed like little advantage for the Nets in their first home playoff game of the...
Jackson, Kerr may meet this weekend regarding Knicks coaching job
Welcome to New York, Stevie! Knicks coaching candidate Steve Kerr arrived in New York on Friday in advance of TNT’s Raptors-Nets telecast of Game 4 Sunday at Barclays Center. However,...
Flyers goalie Mason stands tall in victory over Rangers
PHILADELPHIA — It would have been easy for the Flyers and their fans to question whether goalie Steve Mason was ready when Rangers center Dominic Moore scored on him just...
Blatche has big game off bench in Nets’ Game 3 win
Between Kevin Garnett’s return from back spasms and Mason Plumlee’s strong play during his rookie season, Andray Blatche has taken a back seat to both in recent weeks. But the...
Kuroda alarm bells ringing loud & clear for Yankees
The good news is there were no pine-tar questions for Hiroki Kuroda Friday night, and on a chilly night in The Bronx, it appeared he had no problems gripping the baseball. The...
Dynamic duo of Johnson and Williams help Nets finish strong
This was the kind of game the Nets wouldn’t have won last year or earlier this season; the kind of game in which a big lead gets erased in the...
Rangers haunted by Nash’s inability to score critical goals
PHILADELPHIA — This one wasn’t lost for a lack of commitment or work ethic. It wasn’t lost for a lack of killer instinct, either. No; even if this 2-1 Game...
Man attacked waiting for food at Queens restaurant
A man was brutally attacked by four men while waiting for his food at a Queens restaurant, police said. The 23-year-old man had just placed his order at Classic Quizine...
Claude Giroux still goal-less, which is trouble for the Rangers
PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux might not have a goal in this series, but he’s a damn good prophet. The Flyers captain and leading scorer said — with matter-of-fact defiance after...
City receives grant to help young men to drive safer
The city is getting an $805,000 federal grant that it will use in part to get young men to drive safer, targeting them though social media and ads, officials said...
Pet dogs release same 'love hormone' as humans
Pet dogs release the same “love hormone” that humans feel when they’re head over heels, a new study claims. Dogs release oxytocin — the chemical found in humans who are...
'Homeless' Gere touched by 'angel' who gave him food
She’s the pizza angel. Actor Richard Gere called the woman who gave him food without realizing he was playing the role of a homeless man “an angel,” the director of...
Daily Blotter
Staten Island ■ A thief sneaked into a St. George home and stole a stereo system, cops said. A suspect crawled in through an unlocked window at the home on...
Bookkeeper allegedly stole nearly $500K from special-needs school
A Long Island woman faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly stealing almost $500,000 from a Queens special-needs school to pay her credit card bills. Donna Joyce was...
New state senator fattens up on pork for home district
ALBANY — There’s no stopping the pork in this town. Despite rules supposedly banishing “member items,” discretionary funds are still flowing into home districts of rank-and-file members who play their...
Obama praises kabob house owner’s wage hike in weekly address
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking his campaign to hike the minimum wage to a tiny kabob house near Grand Central Terminal. The president is devoting much of his Saturday...
Twin papal canonization will be first in church's history
Pope John Paul II, whose world travels and 27-year reign made him the most famed and beloved pontiff in modern Catholic Church history, will be made a saint Sunday during...