September 21, 2014
Not just ISIS: Jihadis' new 'take territory' strategy
After years of internal debate, the Islamist jihadi movement appears to have reached consensus on a global strategy aimed at seizing territory in as many countries as possible. Although the...
Yankees won't give up, postponing Beltran surgery
Carlos Beltran will have surgery on his ailing right elbow at some point, but now the Yankees want him to try to get back on the field. “The decision is...
A new era for Masahiro Tanaka -- one filled with held breaths
Masahiro Tanaka will never again be that guy. That myth. That old-school workhorse. That human counterpoint to modern baseball pitcher-coddling. That movie closed for good right after its July 8...
Victor Cruz thrilled to hurt his hips from salsa-ing
Those weren’t boos you heard. Giants fans were screaming “Cruuuuuuz.” After spending the latter part of last Sunday afternoon in the MetLife Stadium doghouse, hearing it from the same fans...
Hondo sets sail with Pirates
The Bengwads performed to Hondo’s expectations on Sunday, putting a thumping on the Titans to reduce the diminishing dirty digits to 1,595 virdons. Monday night: Mr. Aitch will put his...
NASA's Maven spacecraft arrives at Mars after a year's travel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 442 million-mile journey that began nearly a year ago. The robotic explorer fired its brakes and...
Jets prep for ballhawk Jeffery
Jets cornerback Antonio Allen knows Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery well. The two played together at South Carolina for three years and went through the 2012 NFL Draft together. That...
Big Blue O-line pushes Texans’ defense around
It was supposed to be a mismatch. J.J. Watt and the Texans’ front four against the Giants’ makeshift and inexperienced offensive line. It was a mismatch, all right — but...
Giants defense takes Rolle's meeting message to heart
Sometimes, the seeds to victory are sown in the days leading to kickoff. In the case of the Giants’ resounding 30-17 win over the Texans Sunday at MetLife Stadium, those...
Expect a different Rick Nash this season for a couple of reasons
If Rick Nash has seemed quicker on and to the puck, more involved in the action below the goal line and in front of the net, and simply in better...
Love or hate him, spotlight stays on Jameis Winston
College football won Saturday night. It won because Florida State won, because the Seminoles remained undefeated — thanks, by the way, to Clemson’s ineptitude — which means so did Jameis...
Giants report card: An A the last place you'd expect
Offense Oh so this is what it’s supposed to look like. Career-best game from Rashad Jennings (34 carries, 176 yards, touchdown), who punished the Houston defense. Coolly efficient work from...
'Flood Wall Street' protesters will try to shut down Stock Exchange
Green activists plan to try to shut down the New York Stock Exchange on Monday as part of a “Flood Wall Street” movement. The group will be dressed in blue...
Tom Coughlin set the tone for season-saving Giants win
There came a moment, just past 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, where there was an official alteration of the mood at MetLife Stadium. There were 77,462 inside, and they had spent...
Fariña would let author Jonathan Lethem read in cardboard box
Carmen Fariña thinks inside the box. The city schools chancellor used to let bestselling author Jonathan Lethem sit and read to himself in a large cardboard box when she was...
Gun of suspect in deadly trooper ambush is recovered: cops
CANADENSIS, Pa. — Nine days after a gunman opened fire in a deadly ambush at a Pennsylvania State Police barracks, authorities said Sunday they have recovered one of the weapons...
Dad dies after getting hit with baseball before son's game
A Long Island Little League coach died after he was struck in the head with a baseball during warm-ups before a game Saturday night, authorities said. Richard Becher, 50, was...
Jacob deGrom makes possible last start one to remember
ATLANTA — Jacob deGrom’s NL Rookie of the Year candidacy has gone about as smoothly as the Mets could have hoped, but now it’s a matter of the team deciding...
Hundreds of veterans got free marijuana this weekend
DENVER — Organizers say hundreds of military veterans received free marijuana during a special giveaway this weekend. Members of Operation Grow4Vets tell KCNC-TV that the Saturday event aimed to offer...
Jeter, Tanaka team up, carry Yankees past Blue Jays
Unless Masahiro Tanaka can pitch every day, he won’t be able to save the Yankees’ 2014 season. But if they want to avoid a similar fate a year from now,...
Brawl erupts in Philly after Redskins' cheap shot on Foles
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/1360098/folesboom.0.gif PHILADELPHIA — An obvious cheap shot on Nick Foles set off a sideline brawl Sunday afternoon that was intense even by Eagles-Redskins standards. After Foles threw what appeared to...
Giants’ offense back on track as Big Blue picks up first victory
Nothing is won two days before kickoff but perhaps the seeds of the Giants’ first victory of the season were planted last Friday when Tom Coughlin turned up the volume...
How to apply the Pope's philosophies for business success
Ask business author Jeffrey A. Krames about lessons learned from Pope Francis and he’ll give you one. Or two. Or 12. His recently released book, “Lead With Humility: 12 Leadership...
White House intruder owns 'firepower,' but meant no harm: ex-stepson
WASHINGTON — The former stepson of a man accused of sneaking into the White House says the Iraq war veteran owns "plenty of firepower" that he could have brought with...
Johnny Manziel stars in the best nullified play of the year
Granted, it didn't count, but don't let that detract from how boyishly fun this play is. In the second quarter of Sunday's Browns/Ravens game, Johnny Manziel jogged to the sidelines to...
To whom do you address a cover letter when applying for a job?
To whom do you address a cover letter when you are applying for a job — someone in HR or the hiring manager? And how do you find that person’s...
Tino, Swisher, ex-Yankees give final salute to Derek Jeter
[mlbvideo id="36463889" width="600" height="400" /] It's not exactly breaking news, but Derek Jeter's former teammates don't hate him. The retiring captain was saluted before Sunday's game by a slew of...
Doctors hide LeSean McCoy's helmet to keep him on sideline
LeSean McCoy is as electrifying a player as the NFL has seen, which makes the scene in Philadelphia Sunday especially disheartening. The star running back for the Eagles went down...
Death of student after frat house gathering may be alcohol-related
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Prosecutors say a Rutgers University student has died after she "became distressed" while attending a small gathering at a fraternity house. A preliminary investigation determined that...
Philly fan welcomes back DeSean Jackson by shredding his jersey
Despite a bum shoulder, DeSean Jackson was active for his return to Philadelphia. Eagles fans were ready for him. Before Sunday's much-hyped return of the speed demon, a living caricature...
Lion hurts himself during celebratory sack dance
Add another one to the Bill Gramatica files. Stephen Tulloch, a linebacker for the Lions, was amped after taking down Aaron Rodgers in the first quarter of the Packers/Lions game...
Thousands urge action on climate change in huge NYC march
As many as 300,000 drum-beating, poster-waving demonstrators invaded Manhattan on Sunday, sounding the global-warming alarm in what was billed as the largest climate-change protest ever. The People’s Climate March —...
What we'll learn about the Jets come Monday night
Once the anger lifted and the fog of disappointment receded, it’s likely you took a deep breath, looked at the AFC East standings in the newspaper (whether this happened Tuesday,...
Ray Rice: That elevator tape was unfairly edited
That punch you saw? It was taken out of context, Ray Rice says. When the former Baltimore Ravens star appeals his indefinite suspension from the NFL, he plans to argue...
Giants catch break as stud RB Arian Foster is inactive
For the second straight week, the Giants received news a few hours before kickoff about the availability of a key player on the opposing team. Running back Arian Foster, the...
Firefighter dies after Ice Bucket Challenge accident
A Kentucky firefighter who was severely injured a month ago while helping college students take part in an "ice-bucket" fundraiser died on Saturday from his injuries, authorities said. Captain Tony...
Rob Bironas, former NFL kicker, killed in car accident
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas died Saturday night after a car accident near his home, according to police. Metro Nashville Police said Bironas, 36, lost control...
Rookie cop killed in crash as NYPD van headed for duty
An NYPD cop died, another is in critical condition and at least seven others were injured when a department van crashed in the Bronx early Sunday morning. The impact officers...
Music industry eyes strip clubs as hot spots for new music
If you’ve ever told your wife or girlfriend that you read Playboy for the articles, then here’s a new line to try out: “Honey, I’m just going to the strip...
Schools violate state law by requiring minimum Common Core test scores
Some high schools deserve an F for their admissions rules. At least four New York City public high schools list a minimum state test-score requirement just to land an interview...
Woody Guthrie's New York
When most people think of Woody Guthrie, the image that comes to mind is that of the hard-traveling Okie who crisscrossed the country during the Great Depression. But the folk...
'Scorpion' set to get high-tech on CBS
In the opening of CBS’s new drama “Scorpion,” federal agents storm a house in the Irish countryside looking for the hacker who infiltrated NASA’s computer system — only to discover...
Alfie Allen ready to take over the family spotlight from sister
Don’t expect Alfie Allen to play a nice guy anytime soon. In “Plastic,” out Friday, the Londoner portrays Yatesy, the roughest in a gang of four lads who stage a...
MatchaBar opens up in Williamsburg
Don’t know what matcha is? You’re not alone, but Graham Fortgang, 22, and his brother Max, 24, are out to change that. On Thursday, the two opened MatchaBar in Williamsburg...
Gaga, Bennett team up for jazz duets album — and advice
Tony Bennett loves to sketch. It’s something he’s done since the age of 5, when he would do chalk drawings on the sidewalk in Queens, where he grew up. During...
Tove Lo soars to the top of the rock charts
It might seem like an overnight success, but Tove Lo’s chart-topping “Habits” has been years in the making. The Swedish singer has hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs...
Fresh 'Once Upon a Time in America' cut worth every second
Sometimes even a masterpiece can get better — as audiences at the New York Film Festival will discover when a new, extended restoration of Sergio Leone’s enigmatic gangster epic “Once...
8 returning shows to watch this week
1. Blue Bloods Friday, 10 p.m., CBS Very few TV stars have had a career as stellar as Tom Selleck’s. And “Blue Bloods” showed him in a new light, as...
Show us the money, gov
Gov. Cuomo wants to reassure New Yorkers that the $511 million environmental loan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge the feds have just rejected “was never part of the planning...
Blood ransom
We understand why the family of one of the newsmen ISIS beheaded last month is bitter over Washington’s refusal to pay ransom to win his release. Still, the hard truth...
Is Israel good for the Jews?
Is Israel good for the Jews? For vast majority of Americans — and certainly for most Jews — the answer is a no-brainer. But on the intellectual left, a place...
How 'Star Wars' was secretly George Lucas' Vietnam protest
When filmmaker George Lucas showed a rough cut of his third feature to his friends Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg in the spring of 1977, Spielberg thought it was...
The trauma of the economic meltdown is still felt
Some of our grandparents who lived through the Great Depression and lost everything were emotionally scarred for life. Now, six years after the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, millions...
Farmed oyster sales, profits on the rise
It appears pearls are possible when investing in oysters. As New York Oyster Week kicks off Sunday, top New York chefs and raw bars are featuring the bivalve mollusks on...
Myers delivers firing news shortly after taking new role
Welcome to Hollywood! DC spin doctor Dee Dee Myers barely had a chance to charge her phone at Warner Bros. before facing down the wolves. Myers, the former White House...
High Times beats Wall Street Journal in softball league
For the first time in five years, the Bloom Cup, the award for the best Media Softball League team, returned to High Times magazine, which last weekend defeated the Wall...
Federal Reserve still bonded to its $4T
Central bankers across the globe appear to be doing the wave — seen in stadiums across the world — when it comes to injecting cash into the financial system. Just...
New whistleblower joust over high-speed trades
Whistleblower Haim Bodek now wants to cut the Big Board down to size — and he has a fighting chance with regulators in his corner, say Wall Street veterans. The...
CFOs' 'optimism' about city's economy fuel hiring surge
If you’re an accountant, investment technology expert or administrative pro seeking work in the Big Apple, you have the upper hand. An employment firm, in a new survey, says more...
De Blasio plans $1B to 'greening' city's building over 10 years
Mayor de Blasio plans to commit at least $1 billion over the next decade to “greening” city-owned buildings — and will pressure private landlords to make similar energy-efficiency improvements, according...
Raccoon gives cops hell in beauty shop rescue
A raccoon broke into a Bronx beauty shop Saturday and ran rings around the cops who coax it into a cage and zap it with a tranquilizer gun. The bushy-tailed...
Woolworth Building won’t allow tourists to sightsee in lobby
Careful how you crane your neck in this city or you’ll be branded a tourist! One Brooklyn woman learned that the hard way as she paused to gaze upward in...
Manhunt for cop-killer paralyzes the Poconos
Pennsylvania police locked down a neighborhood and fanned out with heavy rifles to corner a cop-hating sharpshooter accused of killing a state trooper in the Poconos, sources said. Cops shut...
Obama’s half-hearted war on terror
The quote of the week comes from James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. Noting that criticism of surveillance programs forced the government to “throttle back,” he told The Washington...
Slain teen’s family sues over faulty locks at housing project
The killers who gunned down a beloved high school basketball star in the stairwell of her Harlem housing project got in because of busted locks, her family claims in a...
Condo takes down endangered peregrine falcon's nesting box
They’re flipping the bird at the falcon family. A Central Park West condo — with the blessing of the state agency charged with protecting wildlife — has destroyed the man-made...
Upper West Side road closures for rally anger residents
Best to take the subway on Sunday, Upper West Siders. Three of the neighborhood’s six main thoroughfares will be simultaneously closed due to a fiesta and political rally. The People’s...
White House fence jumper was veteran, had knife
The man who barged through the front door of the White House in a shocking security breach reportedly is a homeless Army vet who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The...
FreshDirect protesters say de Blasio’s security ejected them from game
Bill de Blasio’s security detail is shielding the mayor from criticism, South Bronx activists say. A dozen protesters, part of the anti-FreshDirect group South Bronx Unite, showed up at a...
Roosters are tops among city's most owned illegal animals
In the pecking order of New York City’s illegal animals, roosters rule the roost, city data show. The noisy cluckers represented 63 percent of wild-animal violations last year, Health Department...
Rutgers outlasts Navy, despite losing star RB Paul James
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Rutgers spent much of the week preparing for Navy’s triple-option offense that is the catalyst for its high-powered rushing attack. However, it was the Scarlet Knights’ ground...
Leaked transcripts reveal Putin's secret Ukraine attack
Giving lie to Vladimir Putin’s claims that Russia isn’t fighting in Ukraine, up to 80 Russian troops were killed in a skirmish there last month, according to information released by...
Bloggers trash cyclist in Central Park collision
Even his fellow “Tridorks” and “Freds” are turning on him. Cyclists are racing online to rage against speed demon Jason Marshall — and show their support for the tragic victim...
Bicycle-pedestrian crash injuries rose in 2013
Crashes between cyclists and pedestrians spun out of control last year, with 316 injuries citywide, up from 244 in 2012. And Central Park saw the most injuries, city Department of...
Winston gets a reprieve as No. 1 Florida State survives
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jameis Winston took supporting his teammates one step too far. The suspended quarterback wore his entire uniform — helmet, shoulder pads and all — before top-ranked Florida...
Doctor fired employee for smoking at home: suit
You can’t smoke in bars, restaurants, your apartment, the office, the beach or in city parks — and now you can’t even smoke on the Internet. A Brooklyn woman claims...
Mets' Daniel Murphy not getting caught up in chase for .300
ATLANTA — Daniel Murphy is trying to crunch baseballs, and not numbers. The Mets second baseman — who despite an 0-for-3 night in the team’s 4-2 victory over the Braves...
Giants need a Jeterian attitude, or they will be 0-3
The Giants made this bed, and they cannot afford to sleep in it anymore. They must wake up now with a vengeance, and they must win now. It is unfathomable...
Bravo to the High Line’s grand finale
The High Line Park is substantially, and gloriously, finished. Today’s opening to the public of its long-awaited third portion, called High Line at the Rail Yards, leaves only a short...
Top 5 beauty products that never go out of style
Countless beauty products debut each year, promising beachy waves, blemish-free skin and all but a brand-new face. Trends are fun, but you can’t beat a classic. So we polled the...
How a Bronx charter school is revolutionizing education
Brilla College Prep, an elementary school on 144th Street in the South Bronx, is what happens when kids’ educational prospects are not determined by their ZIP codes. This is only...
The notorious history of drunken Hollywood
By the early 1930s, Herman J. Mankiewicz was a screenwriting genius who had secretly helped construct classic films such as “Monkey Business” and “Duck Soup” by the Marx Brothers and...
The girls who live as boys to survive in Afghanistan
In the Muslim world, where women are denied basic human rights — from divorce and driver’s licenses to protection from abuse or honor killings — there is no worse place...