January 27, 2015
City denies alleged mobster a job after two-year probe
January 27, 2015 | 11:59pmA city commission took nearly two years to run a background check on a reputed mobster. In 2012, alleged mob associate Frank Coppola sought to work as a sales rep...
It's undeniable: Islanders are the best team in New York
January 27, 2015 | 11:54pmIf the Eastern Conference-leading Islanders provide a measuring stick for the also-running Rangers, then the Blueshirts came up about as small Tuesday night at the Coliseum as the meteorologists around...
Preet nabs state senator's son on tax cheating
January 27, 2015 | 11:48pmManhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara has carved another notch in his belt in his ongoing quest to weed out corruption in Albany politics. Matthew Libous, son of state Senate Deputy...
Theater of the absurd does not stop at Super Bowl
January 27, 2015 | 11:38pmSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Whether you are here in person in the Valley of the Sun for the biggest sports week of the year, watching minute-by-minute updates on TV or following...
Car 'robbers' leave footprint clues in snow
January 27, 2015 | 11:29pmhttps://twitter.com/NYPD70Pct/status/560099326018715648 A Brooklyn crook must have had brain freeze when he left behind a trail of footprints in the snow — which led straight to his arrest Tuesday. “We were...
Pat Lynch calls on city to replace cops' expired bulletproof vests
January 27, 2015 | 11:26pmPBA President Pat Lynch on Tuesday said the city should act now to purchase thousands of bulletproof vests and not wait months to replace equipment that’s dangerously outdated. “While we...
Washington St. building sets Meatpacking District sales record
January 27, 2015 | 11:22pmOur first thought on hearing the price for this sale was whether it was even a Samsung “remote” possibility. But yes, we’ve confirmed that TIAA-CREF is in contract to shatter...
Google nets most unique visitors in December
January 27, 2015 | 11:01pmComScore’s top 50 Media Metrix numbers for December shows Google with a commanding lead — 238.3 million unique visitors across all platforms, ahead of No. 2 Yahoo!, with 216.2 million...
Future in doubt, Modern Farmer vows to make a comeback
January 27, 2015 | 11:00pmModern Farmer, the quirky and award-winning farm fresh lifestyle magazine, is vowing to return in the summer — even after reports surfaced last week that the last of its editorial...
Speeding driver hits pedestrian, attempts to flee from police
January 27, 2015 | 10:59pmThe motorist who plowed into a pedestrian, nearly killing him before he fled the scene, has been charged after cops found him in a nearby parking garage weeping, police and...
Recent shake-ups have Bloomberg magazine staff on edge
January 27, 2015 | 10:55pmStaffers on Bloomberg Markets are feeling the heat following the recent shake-up at the top of the editorial masthead of Mike Bloomberg’s company. The magazine is a favorite of Matthew...
Yahoo! investors will get to share new Alibaba money
January 27, 2015 | 10:53pmYahoo! shareholders got a nice New Year’s present, with the tech giant confirming they’d get a piece of a new company being created to house Yahoo!’s stake in Alibaba. The...
SEC hits Oppenheimer with $20M in penalties
January 27, 2015 | 10:52pmWall Street broker Oppenheimer & Co. agreed on Tuesday to pay $20 million in penalties after parallel federal probes found its procedures to detect money laundering seriously lacking. Oppenheimer aided...
Hunting for apartments just got easier with 3-D floor plans
January 27, 2015 | 10:51pmReal-estate obsessed New Yorkers now have a new way to check out apartments — in 3-D. StreetEasy has partnered with Floored, a Chelsea-based tech company, to transform two-dimensional floor plans...
Kraft defends Goodell party, rips Sherman's Stanford education
January 27, 2015 | 10:50pmPHOENIX — The air is starting to come out of Deflategate … slowly. The controversy that has dominated the Super Bowl talk for more than a week began to fade...
PepsiCo CEO feeling the heat to develop succession plan
January 27, 2015 | 10:49pmNelson Peltz plans to pressure PepsiCo as soon as this summer to have CEO Indra Nooyi develop a plan of succession, The Post has learned. Peltz, whose Trian Partners owns...
'Jane the Virgin' scores big for The CW — again
January 27, 2015 | 10:40pm"Jane the Virgin” continues to help lift The CW to new ratings heights. The freshman show, a modest hit which snared a Golden Globe award earlier this month for star...
Katie Holmes, Nick Jonas return to TV
January 27, 2015 | 10:37pmA-listers Nick Jonas and Katie Holmes are heading to the small screen. Jonas, who already stars in DirecTV’s “Kingdom,” has been tapped to co-star in “Scream Queens,” Fox’s comedy-horror anthology...
A family’s 'Allegiance' is tested in NBC spy drama
January 27, 2015 | 10:35pmTrying to launch another espionage drama in the wake of FX’s sucessful series “The Americans” is bound to draw sneers. But “Allegiance” — NBC’s latest attempt to get something that’s...
Wallace Shawn murder mystery in the UK will play Broadway, too
January 27, 2015 | 10:34pmHere's an enticing premise: 10 famous actors who worked together years ago reunite and, one by one, are bumped off. Is it an Agatha Christie mystery? An Anthony Shaffer (“Sleuth”)...
What to do with the Snowmageddon food you panic-bought
January 27, 2015 | 10:31pmIf the lines at bodegas and grocery stores across the city on Sunday and Monday were any indication, the Big Apple is filled with former Girl and Boy Scouts. Heeding...
One way the Patriots can shut up their Deflategate critics
January 27, 2015 | 10:28pmPHOENIX — For Tom Brady, for Bill Belichick, for Robert Kraft and his Patriots, there were reminders everywhere at Media Day that this is Us-Against-The-World again for them. Deflategate stalks...
Sheldon Silver's downfall exposes corruption in Albany
January 27, 2015 | 10:23pmExcept for the shouting, it’s all over for Sheldon Silver. But just as his arrest on charges of taking $4 million in kickbacks and bribes revealed his alleged scams, the...
WWE stock flying high after network hits 1M subscribers
January 27, 2015 | 10:12pmWWE stock shot up 19.3 percent Tuesday after the wrestling entertainment empire announced its network had enlisted 1 million subscribers. The milestone, reached within a year of the network’s Feb....
Rangers have no answers for Islanders -- again
January 27, 2015 | 10:11pmSo what is it about the Islanders? Why, with the Rangers beating up on almost everyone else in the league, can’t they beat their suburban rivals? Maybe it’s just because...
Politicians went overboard with Snowmageddon precautions
January 27, 2015 | 10:08pmWhen it comes to the Blizzard That Wasn’t, don’t blame the models. Don’t blame the meteorologists. Don’t blame the media. Blame the politicians — you know, those officials we elect...
New Saudi king greets Obama, but ignores first lady
January 27, 2015 | 9:56pmRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In a show of solidarity with Saudi Arabia, President Barack Obama led a parade of American dignitaries to the ultraconservative desert kingdom Tuesday to pay respects...
2 reasons why Durant to Knicks in 2016 may just be a pipe dream
January 27, 2015 | 9:56pmAlready there have been reports, theories and blueprints on how the Knicks will chase the Thunder’s Kevin Durant in his expected free agency in the summer of 2016 — yeah,...
Bill Belichick explains why he loves puppets so much
January 27, 2015 | 9:26pmPHOENIX — So now we know. Bill Belichick likes puppets he can control. Amid the zaniness that is Media Day, Belichick on Tuesday broke into a broad smile when Chya...
FDNY lieutenant rescues runaway dog amid Snowmageddon
January 27, 2015 | 9:13pmThis is one doggone lucky pooch! A beautiful whippet named Burt, who went missing five months ago from Morningside Heights, was rescued amid the snowstorm Tuesday morning on Randalls Island....
Jews not welcome
January 27, 2015 | 8:38pmThat didn’t take long. In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Paris’ Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo expressed indignation over news reports suggesting some neighborhoods around the French capital were...
Good riddance, Shelly
January 27, 2015 | 8:33pmSo Sheldon Silver will be out as speaker come Monday — and an election for a new leader will be held Feb. 10. The word comes after the state’s Democratic...
Irvin to Giants: Telling Beckham to 'tone it down' a big mistake
January 27, 2015 | 8:30pmPHOENIX — As Michael Irvin was on the sideline Sunday for the Pro Bowl, he glanced out at Odell Beckham Jr. in action, turned to Jason Garrett and other members...
Government by flakes
January 27, 2015 | 8:28pmNever mind that the weathermen predicted 20 to 30 inches of snow for the city when just 8 inches fell. Thanks to our pols, we still made history: For the...
Quit 'saving' schools that don't teach
January 27, 2015 | 8:22pmOver the past year, Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Fariña have made it clear that they’re hell-bent on keeping failing schools open. So parents across the city took special...
Corruption cauldron: To fix Albany --- term limits
January 27, 2015 | 8:17pmThe corruption case against Speaker Sheldon Silver has prompted more calls for reform of the Legislature, which has seen two dozen-plus members (and counting) leave office under ethical or criminal...
The four Saudi princesses: Obama mum on plight of Muslim women
January 27, 2015 | 8:13pmPresident Obama, who chose not to join France’s march for freedom, cut his state visit to democratic, nuclear India short in order to stop in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to pay...
iPhone 6 sales boost Apple profits to stratospheric levels
January 27, 2015 | 7:50pmThe numbers are in and it’s official: The iPhone 6 is a monster. Apple disclosed Tuesday that it sold a mind-blowing 74.5 million iPhones during its holiday quarter, as shoppers...
Marshawn Lynch, Joe Namath and the myth behind Super Bowl 'guarantee'
January 27, 2015 | 7:50pmPHOENIX — The most famous quote in the history of the Super Bowl didn’t come on Media Day. It didn’t come during one of the six (and sometimes as many...
Sheldon Silver to resign as Assembly speaker
January 27, 2015 | 7:44pmScandal-scarred Sheldon Silver on Tuesday night agreed to resign as the powerful Assembly speaker. Silver’s decision to quit — amid calls from fellow Democrats to do so — came less...
Snowmageddon fueled heavy partying and hookups
January 27, 2015 | 7:17pmFaced with predictions of a snow-pocalypse, New Yorkers partied like there was no tomorrow, weathering the storm with booze-laden bar trips and snow-inspired hookups. Fashion website Lyst said customers were...
Union will back A-Rod if Yanks try to deny him HR bonuses: source
January 27, 2015 | 7:13pmAlex Rodriguez may have sued the Major League Baseball Players Association a year ago, but the union will back him if the Yankees attempt to deny him any future payments....
The 7 most-viewed Insta videos from #Snowmageddon
January 27, 2015 | 6:25pmWhen Winter Storm Juno hit the city on Monday, New Yorkers hoarded food, stockpiled fresh batteries, and stayed inside where it was safe — but first, they posted some pics...
Utah family found dead in home overdosed: cops
January 27, 2015 | 6:19pmSALT LAKE CITY — Five members of a Utah family found dead in their home last fall overdosed on a mixture of drugs, and an investigation revealed the parents were...
2 ex-Vanderbilt football players convicted of raping student
January 27, 2015 | 6:14pmNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A jury convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players on Tuesday of raping a former student, rejecting claims that they were too drunk to know what they were doing...
‘The Americans’ 10 best disguises
January 27, 2015 | 6:09pmSpy TV shows wouldn’t be half as much fun without their liberal use of disguises to aid the characters in their subterfuge — and “The Americans” is no exception. The...
De Blasio doesn't believe Patriots would cheat
January 27, 2015 | 6:05pmMayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he doesn't believe his beloved New England Patriots would cheat by deflating footballs. "You could have had a brick for a ball, and they...
The day in photos
January 27, 2015 | 5:53pmPandas play in the snow, President Barack Obama visits Saudi Arabia, the Northeast braves a blizzard and more.
American Airlines wants to offer flights to Cuba
January 27, 2015 | 5:43pmAdd American Airlines to the list of carriers that want to take you to Cuba. An airline executive said Tuesday that American already operates about 20 charter flights a week...
J.R. Smith: 'Late nights' behind flakiness with Knicks
January 27, 2015 | 5:40pmJ.R. Smith loved his time in New York, but now he sees he loved it too much. Smith, traded to Cleveland earlier this month, has been re-energized by going from...
Gunmen kill an American and 9 others in Libya hotel attack
January 27, 2015 | 5:36pmTRIPOLI, Libya — In the latest sign of Libya's descent into chaos, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen in the capital on Tuesday, killing 10 people,...
Undercover hooker reveals details of Greg Anthony's arrest
January 27, 2015 | 5:26pmFormer Knicks point guard Greg Anthony was caught in a full-court press during his arrest in a prostitution-solicitation sting — responding, “Oh, yeah” when an undercover officer asked him if...
Dramedy 'People Places Things' boasts an NYC quirk
January 27, 2015 | 5:07pmCompeting with “True Story” for the status of most boring-sounding title at this year’s Sundance, “People Places Things” is a mild, low-impact relationship dramedy with a droll script and considerable...
Super Bowl XLIX: Rounding up the ads
January 27, 2015 | 5:02pmSuper Bowl marketers are bringing celebrities out of hiding just days before Sunday's big face-off between the Patriots and the Seahawks. Kim Kardashian and Katie Couric poke fun at themselves...
Yahoo to spin off Alibaba stake
January 27, 2015 | 5:00pmSAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is spinning off the company's prized stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding in a move that will let Yahoo avoid paying billions in...
10 of the worst Super Bowl ads ever
January 27, 2015 | 4:30pmWith Super Bowl XLIX less than a week away, football fanatics everywhere are gearing up for the big game. And while the matchup between the New England Patriots and the...
Family narrowly escapes being swallowed up by sinkhole
January 27, 2015 | 4:20pmBLADENSBURG, Md. — A water main break caused a sinkhole in a suburban Washington, DC, neighborhood, swallowing up a family's car just after they escaped. The back right end of...
Sarah Silverman channels a desperate housewife in 'I Smile Back'
January 27, 2015 | 3:58pmIt wouldn’t be correct to call the addiction drama “I Smile Back” monotonous. Playing a desperate housewife living in a suburban mansion with a perfectly nice husband (Josh Charles), Sarah...
75 rabbits seized after being left in a backyard during the storm
January 27, 2015 | 3:53pmIt was a hare-y situation. About 75 freezing cold rabbits were seized from a backyard in Gowanus Monday night amid the snowstorm, police said. The furry creatures were spotted hopping...
'Kidnapped' Robert Allenby tired of being treated like villain
January 27, 2015 | 3:51pmSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There have been more non-corroborated stories about the worst night of Robert Allenby’s life than you would find at a Vegas bachelor party gone awry. Allenby —...
Devils great Martin Brodeur to retire, join Blues front office
January 27, 2015 | 3:16pmST. LOUIS — Martin Brodeur, one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, is retiring. The 10-time All-Star and four-time Vezina Cup Trophy winner finished his career with St. Louis...
'Dead' cat claws out of grave 5 days later
January 27, 2015 | 2:56pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3M64G_lNn4&feature=youtu.be Bart didn’t have a cat in hell’s chance of coming back from the grave — but after being buried for five days, he clawed his way back. The miracle feline’s...
Marshawn Lynch answers 'I'm here so I won't get fined' to everything
January 27, 2015 | 2:54pmInterview-hating Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch repeated "I'm just here so I won't get fined" or some close variation upwards of 20 times at his mandatory Super Bowl Media Day...
Twitter is unimpressed with Snowmageddon
January 27, 2015 | 2:43pmIt’s official: Winter Storm Juno is a total dud. Despite countless warnings from the National Weather Service and nearly every form of mass transit being shut down Monday night, the...
Here are the puny snow totals for New York
January 27, 2015 | 2:33pmNew Yorkers and others across the metropolitan area woke up today to snowfall totals that were only a fraction of what forecasters predicted.
Rob Gronkowski reads Gronk erotica out loud
January 27, 2015 | 2:33pm“A Gronking to Remember” made a Super Bowl Media Day appearance. The erotic novel starring Rob Gronkowski was handed to the tight end during the Patriots' interview session and he...
Broadway has reopened following blizzard bust
January 27, 2015 | 2:19pmThe show will go back on. Broadway has reopened its doors after botched weather forecasts of a "historic blizzard" forced theaters to go dark on Monday. Besides two Disney productions...
TV’s most stressed-out folks live in ShondaLand — here's where they should escape to
January 27, 2015 | 2:02pmThe most stressed-out folks on TV live in ShondaLand — who needs a break more than crisis consultant Olivia Pope ("Scandal"), legal ace Annalise Keating ("How To Get Away With...
Man who crashed drone into White House admits he had been boozing
January 27, 2015 | 1:56pmHe was droning while intoxicated! The man who flew a drone that crashed at the White House admitted Tuesday to the Secret Service he had been boozing it up before...
'Life of fear' awaits twins who ratted out drug lord: judge
January 27, 2015 | 1:46pmCHICAGO — A federal judge sentenced twin brothers on Tuesday to 14 years in prison each for running a nearly $2 billion North American drug ring, agreeing with prosecutors to...
Toast the dog stars in Karen Walker’s sunnies campaign
January 27, 2015 | 1:27pmStep aside, Cara and Kendall. The season’s hottest model has four legs, a coat of fur and a pearly pink tongue — and her name is Toast. The Insta-famous pup,...
Yeti caught out and about in Boston blizzard
January 27, 2015 | 1:27pmThe monster storm in Boston has brought with it another monster - a yeti.
'Pretty pathetic': Why Bulls exec is peeved at Jeff Van Gundy
January 27, 2015 | 1:24pmJeff Van Gundy is still battling the Bulls. During an ESPN broadcast Friday night of the Bulls-Mavericks game, the analyst and former Knicks coach went after his former rival while...
Over-the-counter pills could raise risk of Alzheimer's: study
January 27, 2015 | 1:17pmSome over-the-counter hay fever pills and sleeping aids could raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a US study has found. Sleep remedy Nytol, anti-allergy meds Benadryl and Piriton, and some...
Patriots can't sleep easy with fire alarm incident at hotel
January 27, 2015 | 1:08pmIf the fire alarm had gone off late at night in the Seahawks hotel, we would be crying conspiracy, branding it as Sprinklergate. But the sirens sounded after midnight Tuesday...
De Blasio: I was frozen out of decision to shut down subways
January 27, 2015 | 12:41pmHe was frozen out. The city’s subway system was being shut down for the first time in history because of snow — and Mayor de Blasio didn’t even know about...
Eli Manning: 'Strange' Tom Brady knows so much about his balls
January 27, 2015 | 12:15pmEli Manning, who comes from one of the sport's most famous families and has played in the NFL for 11 seasons, said he'd never even heard of letting air out...
US pump prices rise after 123-straight days of declines
January 27, 2015 | 12:06pmThe streak is over! The average price of gas in the US increased on Tuesday after falling for a record 123 days, according to AAA. Motorists across the country paid...
Red Bulls trade paves way for adding US national team star
January 27, 2015 | 12:02pmWith the Red Bulls in full rebuild mode, they dealt away arguably their best young trade chip for a young playmaker – and the potential for far more. In a...
NBA power rankings: Cavs season unfolding just as LeBron said
January 27, 2015 | 11:54amTime was the nastiest four-letter word for the Cavaliers this season. When the Cavs assembled the latest version of an NBA Big Three with prodigal son LeBron James, incumbent star...
Possible ISIS message threatens Japanese, Jordanian hostages
January 27, 2015 | 11:38amCAIRO — An online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned Tuesday that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live."...
Smartphone case-printer is over-funded in under 1 hour
January 27, 2015 | 11:21amIf you’re among the group that needs to print selfies or other photos from your smartphone while on the go, Tuesday is your day to get excited. French tech company...
Want a #BlizzardBoyfriend? Craigslist to the rescue
January 27, 2015 | 11:16amOn the hunt for a snow-day cuddle buddy? Looking to make a snowman with someone special? You’re in luck. With the city still “recovering” from #Blizzard2015, Manhattanites looking for instant companionships...
'Historic blizzard' turns out to be a dud
January 27, 2015 | 11:14amThe Big Apple's "historic blizzard" of 2015 turned out to be a dud as city life quickly returned to normal on Tuesday — despite intimidating forecasts which predicted record-breaking snowfall. "This...
Winter Storm Juno turned NYC into a ghost town
January 27, 2015 | 11:13amSnowmageddon 2015 turned out to be a dud, but Monday nights travel ban turned New York City into a ghost town.
Langston Galloway, Knicks agree to contract for 2015-16
January 27, 2015 | 10:54amLangsanity lives on. Point guard Langston Galloway — one of the bright developments of an otherwise historically miserable campaign — and the Knicks agreed to terms on a contract for...
Lyft drops pink furry mustache, debuts 'glowstache'
January 27, 2015 | 10:51amThe pink mustache is out. Ride-hailing company Lyft has pulled the pink furry mustache that drivers display on the front of their cars and replaced it with a 5-inch-long pink...
Army denies that Bowe Bergdahl is set to be charged with desertion
January 27, 2015 | 10:48amFormer hostage Bowe Bergdahl will be charged with desertion, for allegedly leaving his base in eastern Afghanistan before he was captured and held for five years by the Taliban, according...
Tiger Woods: 'Blood everywhere' when tooth knocked out
January 27, 2015 | 10:42amSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tiger Woods, flashing a (full) toothy smile on Tuesday, addressed the most famous missing-tooth photograph in the world and insisted he had been smacked in the face...
‘The Wolfpack’ follows 7 NYC kids raised in almost total isolation
January 27, 2015 | 10:38amPARK CITY — Seven Manhattan children were raised almost entirely inside a four-bedroom apartment, with only rare and strictly supervised visits to the outside world, according to a bombshell documentary...
Google's faster Internet service coming to 4 more cities
January 27, 2015 | 10:17amGoogle is rolling out its ultra-fast fiber-optic Internet network to four more cities in its biggest expansion to date, a new report says. The tech giant is set to announce...
Anti-terror raids net 8 more suspects in France, Belgium
January 27, 2015 | 10:10amBRUSSELS — Anti-terror raids in France and Belgium netted eight more suspects on Tuesday as Paris urged its European Union partners to step up the fight against terror financing with new...
Tame ‘Lionboy’ slips into the New Victory Theater
January 27, 2015 | 10:09am"Have you ever seen a lion chase a CEO down a corridor?” the young hero asks in “Lionboy.” Well, you won’t see it here. This first-ever show for families created...
Meteorologists: Sorry about getting that blizzard thing wrong
January 27, 2015 | 9:54amWeather forecasters issued a flurry of apologies for their spectacularly off-the-mark predictions of 20 to 30 inches of snow, which left the city in a virtual shutdown despite the blizzard...
Deion Sanders' disaster of a charter school nears shutdown
January 27, 2015 | 9:34amDALLAS — A school co-founded by Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders could have its charter revoked Tuesday by state education regulators amid money and management trouble. T. Christopher...
Warriors' Splash Bros. turn on each other ... for 3-point contest
January 27, 2015 | 9:32amEver wondered what it would be like to see the Splash Bros. facing off as opposed to tag-teaming their way to the top of the Western Conference? Looks like you're...
3,000 child soldiers to be freed in war-torn South Sudan
January 27, 2015 | 9:17amJUBA, South Sudan — About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually released from an armed group in South Sudan, the United Nations children's agency said after 280 children were freed...
Did KFC just release the grossest fast food item of all time?
January 27, 2015 | 8:49amIf you thought KFC’s Double Down Burger was gross, you’re not going to like this.
Facebook: Hackers didn't cause hour-long global outage
January 27, 2015 | 8:42amSEOUL, South Korea -- Facebook said it suffered a self-inflicted outage lasting an hour on Tuesday that made its site inaccessible to users worldwide. The glitch reported in Asia, the...
Snow-tubing teen dies after crashing into light pole
January 27, 2015 | 8:00amA Long Island teen died in a snow-tubing accident Monday. Sean Urda, 17, and two of his pals were taking turns riding on a snow-tube near Chester Court and Little...
Mayor de Blasio hires animal advocate
January 27, 2015 | 6:01amThe Mayor’s Office has hired a $65,000-per-year community-affairs staffer dedicated to animal issues, officials said. Jeff Dupee, a development manager with the animal rescue group Farm Sanctuary, began working at...
East Coast storm totals downgraded
January 27, 2015 | 4:42amTens of millions of people along the East Coast hunkered down for a storm that for most failed to live up to predictions that it would be one of the...
'Z for Zachariah' is a post-apocalyptic snoozefest
January 27, 2015 | 3:35am“Z for Zachariah,” just your ordinary every day post-apocalyptic love triangle flick, is one of those Sundance entries that’s all subtext and lingering glances and atmospherics and call it "Z...
'Brooklyn' is more than a conventional tear-jerker
January 27, 2015 | 3:32amHaving written the movies “An Education” and “Wild” and the novels “Funny Girl” and “How to Be Good,” Nick Hornby is one of the few straight men who has a...
Arrest warrant issued for stiletto ‘stabber’
January 27, 2015 | 2:54amA Belgian tourist accused of stabbing a fellow clubgoer with her stiletto heel at The Gansevoort hotel’s rooftop bar last August failed to show up in court Monday — and...
Man shot after stabbing ex 3 times on NYC street: cops
January 27, 2015 | 2:29amA wanted man already on parole for robbery stabbed his ex three times in the chest before police shot him Monday on the Lower East Side, police sources said. Brian...
Facebook’s worldwide outage was 'self-inflicted'
January 27, 2015 | 2:01amFacebook said the outage that made its social media sites inaccessible worldwide for about an hour Tuesday was self-inflicted. Users of PCs and Facebook’s mobile app reported they lost access...
Protesters disrupt Council meeting with NYPD 'Nazi' slur
January 27, 2015 | 1:51amA dozen people demanding police reforms disrupted a City Council hearing Monday — with one of the protesters comparing the NYPD to the Nazis. “That whole Holocaust thing started with...
Home Depot killer was mad that victim got job he wanted
January 27, 2015 | 1:48amThe Home Depot worker who murdered his manager before killing himself was simmering with anger after being dumped by his girlfriend — and being passed over for a promotion by...
Fireman faces ax over anti-affirmative-action T-shirts
January 27, 2015 | 1:47amA T-shirt could cost this firefighter his job. A judge has recommended the FDNY sack Brooklyn firefighter Thomas Buttaro for wearing anti-affirmative-action T-shirts to work, creating what she called a...
Gun violence surges across city compared to last year
January 27, 2015 | 1:38amGun violence across the city has surged for the past three straight weeks compared with the same period last year, NYPD statistics show. Shootings were up by 53 percent, with...
Thriller 'The Stanford Prison Experiment' will give you chills
January 27, 2015 | 1:36amAdd to the list of the most alarming chapter titles ever to appear in a film the legend “Day 2,” which appears after a sickening half-hour or so of the...
Congress now in favor of private equity tax raise: source
January 27, 2015 | 1:34amSeventy-five percent of Congress would vote to raise taxes on private equity firms if a vote were held today, said a well-placed DC source supportive of the PE industry. Such...
RXR Realty nears billion-dollar deal for 230 Park Ave.
January 27, 2015 | 1:30amScott Rechler’s RXR Realty is thisclose to a $1 billion-plus deal for 230 Park Ave., the iconic cupola-topped office building by Grand Central Terminal between East 46th and East 45th...
One World Trade Center boasts chops plus prestige
January 27, 2015 | 1:29amOne World Trade Center has taken on cachet with all kinds of companies associated with its design and services. This week, Time Warner Cable is proudly announcing a new benefit...
IRAs, not lower rates, would ease Obama's housing market fears
January 27, 2015 | 1:28amPresident Obama is worried about the housing market. And he should be. So, earlier this month, the president proposed lowering insurance rates on federally insured mortgages issued to first-time home...
Rivals fear edge for Blackstone via analytics firm investment
January 27, 2015 | 1:14amBlackstone’s investment in real-estate analytics firm VTS isn’t going down well with some in the business. VTS, formerly View The Space, is a platform for providing commercial office owners and...
Bill Ackman now among the 'most successful' hedgies of all time
January 27, 2015 | 1:10amBill Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital made $4.5 billion for its investors last year, jumped onto the list of the Top 20 most successful hedge-fund managers of all time, according...
Beleaguered Ocwen fights back against debt default charges
January 27, 2015 | 1:08amOcwen Financial isn’t taking it anymore. The beleaguered mortgage servicer, which saw its founding Chairman Bill Erbey resign earlier this month amid a bevy of regulatory probes, is pushing back...
Is troubled hedgie Steve Cohen getting back in the SAC?
January 27, 2015 | 1:07amFormer hedge-fund kingpin Steve Cohen may eventually be able to manage outside money again, according to a report. A recent appeals court decision that the government says “threatens the effective...
Mattel CEO Stockton takes the fall for struggling Barbie sales
January 27, 2015 | 1:06amDuring Mattel’s most recent earnings call, CEO Bryan Stockton admitted that Barbie was “not out of the woods yet.” But neither was Stockton, who got the ax Monday for leading...
City subways shut down amid blizzard
January 27, 2015 | 12:32amThe entire city subway system shut down at 11 p.m. Monday and city drivers were told they will face arrest if they venture out onto streets amid a massive blizzard,...
Weather #Snowmageddon2015 with these 7 cozy après-ski looks
January 27, 2015 | 12:01amWith the storm, the only way to get around may be via skis. But afterward, grab a cocoa and warm up with these stylish post-powder looks! Faking It Wrap yourself...
Daily Blotter
January 27, 2015 | 12:01amBrooklyn A thug robbed a 14-year-old at knifepoint inside an East New York apartment building, authorities said. The teen was in an elevator at the Pink Houses on Jan. 20...