August 18, 2013
Finance commish chosen to head Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty after Rapfogel firing
City Finance Commissioner David Frankel has been tapped to lead the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, replacing former CEO William Rapfogel who was fired in the wake of a probe...
NCAA bans Marine from playing football because he competed in recreational league while in military
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Middle Tennessee freshman who finished five years of active service in the Marines this summer is appealing an NCAA rule preventing him from playing this season...
'We're still New York's team': Felton says Knicks remain better than Nets
Raymond Felton has heard the constant chatter coming from Paul Pierce recently about how the Nets are coming after the Knicks, and want to take over New York.Well, Felton has...
John McCain rips Obama for handling of Egypt crisis, saying US has 'no credibility' in Middle East
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain today blasted President Obama for his handling of the crisis in Egypt, saying it has left the United States with “no credibility” in the Middle...
It's a wrap: Judge finds LA law requiring porn stars to wear condoms constitutional
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County law requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is constitutional, a federal judge has ruled. The decision is a setback to porn producers...
'Hometown hero' busted for alleged lewd acts with kids; cops find over 1,000 hidden-camera videos of young girls
Sounds more like an evil villain. A well-known owner of a Santa Cruz, Calif., surfing school -- and noted “hometown hero” -- was busted Friday night on suspicion of “lewd...
Harvey strong as usual, but Mets can't score enough to give him a win
SAN DIEGO — Matt Harvey’s dream of winning 20 games this season disappeared long ago, but can’t the Mets at least meet him halfway? Another strong performance by the ace...
Paulina Gretzky, pro golfer Dustin Johnson to tie the knot
JUPITER, Fla. — PGA Tour player Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky have taken to Twitter to say they're getting married. Johnson tweeted Sunday that "she said yes!!!" and included a...
'It doesn't look very good': Mets likely to lose Mejia for season
SAN DIEGO -- Jenrry Mejia's chances of pitching again in 2013 appear slim, after the Mets on Sunday placed the right-hander on the disabled list with elbow discomfort. "It doesn't...
Rookie Moore out for Giants, while Tuck and Nicks will get into the action tonight
Rookie defensive end Damontre Moore, coming off a very strong preseason debut last week in Pittsburgh, is one of 13 players not expected to play tonight for the Giants in...
Winners and losers from Jets' win over Jaguars
The Jets are halfway through the preseason after Saturday night’s 37-13 win over the Jaguars. Here are the Jets winners and losers from last night’s game.WINNERSBILAL POWELL – Everyone was...
Military looks to sell $50B in used Afghanistan war hardware
It could be Uncle Sam’s biggest yard sale. After 12 years of war in Afghanistan, officials are now pondering what to do with $50 billion in equipment half a world...
Man charged with murdering pregnant woman whose decomposing body was found in Willowbrook Park
A Port Richmond man has been arrested and charged with the murder of the pregnant Staten Island woman whose body was found partially nude in a park last week, police...
Western media 'invented' anti-gay law controversy: Russian Sports Minister
MOSCOW — The controversy over Russia's law banning the promotion of homosexuality is an "invented problem" focused on by Western media, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday. The law,...
Red Bulls held to scoreless draw at home by Union
The Red Bulls may have moved into a first-place tie atop the Eastern Conference with last night's tie, but make no mistake, it was a bitterly disappointing result. They were...
Violent crime will go up if stop-and-frisk ends: Ray Kelly
WASHINGTON – Police Commissioner Ray Kelly today said there was “no question” that ending stop-and-frisk policing would result in more shootings and murder in the city. “No question about it,...
Muslim group under attack for planning 'Million Muslim March' set for Sept. 11 in Washington D.C.
Critics say a Muslim group picked the wrong day — Sept. 11 — to march on Washington to complain about religious profiling and President Obama’s handling of an investigation into...
Mexico's Gulf Cartel leader captured after military operation
MEXICO CITY — A top leader of Mexico's Gulf Cartel was captured Saturday in a military operation near the Texas border, the second major capture of a drug capo since...
Egyptian army chief vows to end the bloodshed after four days of violence, over 800 dead
CAIRO — Egypt's military leader vowed Sunday that the army will not tolerate further political violence after nationwide clashes that left hundreds dead, as security forces detained Muslim Brotherhood members...
This time, Tiger & Co. will see more ‘receptive’ Liberty National course
It would be nearsighted to think Liberty National Golf Course went through its recent transformation as a reaction to some snippy comments from some finicky touring professionals. It goes a...
Cop struck by runaway driver in Queens
A police officer was struck and injured in Queens early this morning by a runaway driver, according to cops. Cops say the officer was struck by a white Pontiac with...
Mistake-prone Sanchez unable to secure starting job as Geno sits
Maybe the Jets should just stick with the wildcat formation and forget about having a quarterback. With Geno Smith sidelined because of an ankle injury, Mark Sanchez got the start...
A-Rod lawyer blasts Yankees; team prez wants Galea medical records released
BOSTON — Alex Rodriguez promised Friday “a very, very bumpy road” ahead. The Yankees’ beleaguered third baseman has delivered quickly and explosively. Joseph Tacopina, the latest addition to A-Rod’s ever-changing...
It’s time for this second-rate villain to put up or — finally — shut up
BOSTON — OK, this is getting Lame-Rod. Alex Rodriguez — patron of the arts, beau of female celebrities and modern medical marvel — has the goods to be an all-time...
Officer hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in Bed-Stuy: police
A cop accidentally shot himself in his right leg as he busted a domestic-abuse suspect in Bed-Stuy last night, police said. The officer, who was not identified, was taken to...
Mets found better, cheaper CF option in Lagares after slight catch nixed free agent
The Mets are fortunate the Pirates failed to sign Mark Appel after taking him with the eighth overall pick in the 2012 draft. This is going to take some explaining....
The Post's Sex Survey results are in!
The Post surveyed more than 700 New Yorkers from the five boroughs and the metro area about sexting, threesomes and every other aspect of their sex lives. Two-thirds of the...
I was the other girl in a threesome
In her new, self-published memoir, “Unicorn,” Isabella Martin, 37, a successful corporate lawyer based in an East Coast city, talks about her experience of “The Lifestyle” — the secretive swinging...
Adopt me!
Here is Mascot! He is a fantastic kitten that was born April 2, 2013. He is agile, friendly and energetic, has beautiful markings and will be the king of his...
How Anthony Weiner should have cheated
Poor Anthony Weiner. Even your average teenage girl has more sense than the mayoral candidate, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after being caught sending his eponymously named body part...
Cutting edgy
Whe it came to getting his miniature pinscher, Cliff, neutered 13 years ago, Carlos Rodriquez was hesitant. A 49-year-old dog walker who lives in the Flatiron District, he knew it...
Join the club at Bowery Bliss, a 4,000-square-foot sex emporium
Bowery Bliss is packed on a Saturday night. With multiple areas and a top floor called “the playroom,” the sex club in the Lower East Side’s art gallery district opened...
On the edge of glory
In “Orange Is the New Black,” the Netflix hit of the summer, Larry, played by Jason Biggs (pictured), gets sexually frustrated quite quickly. Piper, his betrothed, is serving 15 months...
Overtime overload
Suppose March Madness had twice as many basketball teams — and half of the matchups ended in frenzied overtimes. This is what the World Cup, the biennial chess competition to...
Bridge
When I watched today’s deal in a penny game at the club, Cy the Cynic was North, playing with Wendy, our feminist. Cy is a shameless chauvinist. He and Wendy...
Getting racy with robots
The short play begins as a very large, hairy man and very beautiful woman are having sex. She’s on top. The title? “My Fantasy Sex Robot Came In the Mail...
You've got company, Paris Hilton — even classy starlets are ditching their skivvies
When Anne Hathaway stepped out of a limo for the “Les Misérables” premiere in December, the paparazzi bulbs weren’t the only things flashing. Wearing a slick, black Tom Ford gown,...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Son’s murder charge breaks Remy’s heart Longtime Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy said he cannot describe his disgust and remorse after his son pleaded not guilty to stabbing his...
Red Bulls, Union can’t buy goal
Whatever joy the Red Bulls felt about moving into a first-place tie with Sporting KC was overshadowed by the opportunity they missed in their scoreless tie against the Philadelphia Union...
Saratoga
1. 6 1/2 fur; $80,000; mdn; 2YO MAGSAMELIA showcased well in debut earlier in meet. Led till the shadow of the wire. Another chance. LE PLUME runs 1st time today...
Hondo CCs the light
Slumping Hondo wiped out with the Yankees and Reds last night, a double-flusher that sent the runaway debt soaring to 935 javiers.Tonight, since the skinny on Sabathia is that he’s...
Home Team Lineups
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Joe Blew it — not Mo
* Mariano Rivera did not blow three saves in a row last week. I blame two of the blown saves on Yankees manager Joe Girardi. How do you not pitch...
Royals’ Tejada hit with 105-game suspension
Former MVP Miguel Tejada was suspended 105 games yesterday for testing positive for an amphetamine, one of the longest suspensions given by Major League Baseball. The 39-year-old Royals infielder already...
Flores returns to Amazin’s lineup
SAN DIEGO — Wilmer Flores was willing to give it a go.After missing the Mets’ previous four starts with a sprained right ankle sustained Monday in Los Angeles, the rookie...
Public eye always staring at Alex
Some will tell you it’s the money with Alex Rodriguez. And the money hasn’t helped. That first contract, for $252 million, with the Rangers? That odd number was reached so...
Selig’s video review plan poses too many problems
Hey, Bud, where do you want me to drop these?” “What are they?” “Woims, Bud, they’re woims.” “An entire truckload?” “More trucks coming, all stuffed with big cans of woims.”...
Pugh set for Blue debut
Justin Pugh said he will have six seats occupied with family and friends — his parents, brother, sister and two of his “buddies’’ — for his NFL preseason debut, Sunday...
Ugly knee injury KOs ex-Jet Keller
Dolphins tight end Dustin Keller, who spent his first five NFL seasons with the Jets before gambling on a one-year deal with Miami, was forced out of last night’s 24-17...
Connor, Herzlich competing for LB job
Players want to start, especially if they have done so for the bulk of their careers. Then there is Dan Connor. Poke and prod him all you want, but he...
Vet Edwards makes case for roster spot
Not only does Braylon Edwards believe he proved what he could do last night, he believes he still could prove a lot more. Bidding to make the roster, the veteran...
Rex plays it safe, sits Geno
As expected, Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith did not play last night against the Jaguars.Smith sprained his right ankle on Aug. 9 in the team’s first preseason game against the...
Coples (ankle) to miss 3-4 weeks
The Jets were hit with one major injury in last night’s 37-13 win over the Jaguars at MetLife Stadium.Outside linebacker Quinton Coples suffered a hairline fracture in his right ankle...
Sanchez blunders away chance to lock up Week 1 QB job
It is because of his recent wretched backstory, not to mention his recent wretched buttstory, that you must hesitate before pronouncing Mark Sanchez the winner of the quarterback competition. Sanchez...
Mark Sanchez mistake-prone as Geno sits
Maybe the Jets should just stick with the wildcat formation and forget about having a quarterback. With Geno Smith sidelined because of an ankle injury, Mark Sanchez got the start...
D’Arnaud makes his Mets debut — but may not be up for long
SAN DIEGO — Out from behind curtain No. 2 came Travis d’Arnaud. In a season during which the Mets unveiled stud pitching prospect Zack Wheeler came an equally anticipated arrival...
Main & Wall Sts. know what Penn. Ave. doesn’t
Main Street and Corporate Drive both told us how bad the economy is this week despite Pennsylvania Avenue’s rose-colored glasses. Both Walmart and Cisco — two of the world’s largest...
Cohen: A dead man walking?
Steven A Cohen may be walking toward the exit of his fabled hedge-fund empire as another $1 billion in capital redemptions came into play for the third quarter on Friday....
Mets lose game, Mejia in d’Arnaud debut
SAN DIEGO — And out from behind curtain No. 2 came Travis d’Arnaud. But on a night the Mets received their second highly anticipated arrival of the season — Zack...
Joe: Joba more than mop-up man for us
Admitting that a rib cage muscle injury earlier this season turned Joba Chamberlain into a different pitcher, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said before Saturday’s 6-1 loss to the Red Sox...
Sabathia continues to search for answers
BOSTON — CC Sabathia is sick of analyzing all of his starts. “Of course, 100 percent,’’ the veteran Yankees left-hander said. “But that’s what happens when you pitch bad. So...
Critical Lackey: This is not A-drill
BOSTON — John Lackey didn’t go after Alex Rodriguez yesterday, but he did get the better of him. The Red Sox right-hander has been an outspoken critic of Rodriguez being...
Road back into AL East hunt gets a bit bumpier
BOSTON — On the day Alex Rodriguez’s legal team essentially declared war on the Yankees organization, A-Rod and his baseball team went down meekly in a game it had to...
Bombers’ bats silent; Bosox lead swells
BOSTON — The most aggressive action yesterday in the Yankees’ universe was Alex Rodriguez’s lawyer blasting the front office and MLB. Other than that, the Yankees failed to make plays...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Rueben Randle
Giants wide receiver Rueben Randle took a break from training camp to spend some Q&A time with Steve Serby. What drives you? A: I just want to be the best....
The rumble
Mariano Rivera likely will throw the last pitch of his Hall of Fame career on Sept. 29 in Houston, and Yankees fan Steve Melia will be there, completing a 45-day...
Dads on fall TV
From Robert Young on “Father Knows Best” to Ray Romano on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” television has reflected the changing nature of fatherhood with a bemused eye. Over four decades, Young’s...
Don't miss
Mean girls After uncovering recent evidence that suggest “A” is hiding out closer than they realized, the Liars step up their investigation into their most recent suspect. Hanna (Ashley Benson)...
Father's day
Move over, Real Housewives. There’s a new group of stay-at-home spouses on reality TV. Of course, these guys prefer Sesame Street to Rodeo Drive, know more about plastic sippy cups...
Foreign is the new black
Hollywood may be nicknamed the Dream Factory, but when it comes to television those dreams are often outsourced. For years American producers shopped for ideas in the UK, remaking series...
Only the good die young
These days, Natalie Wood’s Hollywood career is overshadowed by her tragic death in 1981 at age 43, drowning while on a weekend boating trip with her husband Robert Wagner and...
Why Autumn’s murder wasn’t ‘news’
What’s your sense of a big TV news story? Might this qualify?: Two teen boys lure a 12-year-old girl to their home under the guise that they want to trade...
Reel good
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 Sunday, 2 p.m., FX Be prepared to double over for this movie, about a heartsick slacker of a composer (Jason Segel) who flies to Hawaii to...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly & MIchael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Vince Vaughn. Tuesday: Jimmy Kimmel. Wednesday: Steven Tyler. Thursday: Emma Stone. Friday: Kevin James; Nick Cannon. The View 11 a.m., Ch. 7...
CNBC cheerleaders
Small investors are in danger of getting screwed, thanks to big activists, their Twitter accounts and the business media that cover them, says Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners. This summer,...
Stay-at-home kids nos. at 40-yr. high
Your child is now an adult, but that doesn’t mean he or she is leaving home.As a matter of fact, 36 percent of young adults between the ages 18 and...
Not raising the $$ bar
Slackers, rejoice. Nearly 25 percent of US managers will give some financial reward to their lowest performers — those who “fail to meet performance expectations” — according to a new...
I’m the banker!
They’re Jamie Dimon with a backpack. At three New York/New Jersey high schools, 30 teenagers, in the summer before their senior year, learn the principles of consumer banking through a...
Nix Sallie lobbying: critics
Sallie Mae, the student-lending giant, may lend an ear to its critics.A petition signed by nearly 14,000 people is asking the private lender to quit the lobbyist group American Legislative...
Icahn bests Buffett on fund returns
Here’s a late-summer patio game for the Wall Street set as they wind down another summer in the Hamptons. Who will go down in history as the superior investor? Warren...
Age-old question: Is 65 the right age?
Dear John: I have an idea to fix the fiscal cliff that is going to happen with the downfall of Medicare and Social Security. When Social Security was enacted in...
The week's winners
WINNERS PREET BHARARA US attorney tries the Seafood Special with fraud charges against two JPMorgan traders in London Whale mess. MICHAEL DELL Scores big court win in war to take...
City $laps ‘human kennel’
Chinatown’s “human kennel” was hit with more than 60 violations from multiple agencies for unsafe conditions exposed by The Post, records show.After the exposé, the Hester Street hellhole, where men...
SI incest sicko hangs self
A Staten Island man accused of sexually abusing a young female relative killed himself inside his home, police said. Cops went to the Park Drive North house to bring the...
Qaeda boss bro bust
Egyptian authorities have arrested the brother of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri, a security official said yesterday. He said Mohammed al-Zawahri, leader of the Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a...
Egyptian government threatens to ban Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt’s government threatened yesterday to ban the Muslim Brotherhood, the once-outlawed organization of religious militants that swept to power in the country’s first democratic elections a year ago. The warning...
Longing for bad old days
At a recent debate, Democrats Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson took turns extolling the New York that welcomed their respective immigrant grandparents 100 years ago. The candidates suggested they were...
FBI artist says age-adjusted image of Etan Patz resembles teen in photo owned by one-time suspect
A shocking claim by a retired FBI forensic artist could cast more doubt on the confession of the man who said he murdered Etan Patz. Gene O’Donnell said an age-progression...
LI pharmacist takes fancy $71,000 Corvette from dealership: cops
A Garden City pharmacist walked into an Atlantic City Chevy dealership, asked to take a look at a $71,000 Corvette — and drove off with it, New Jersey police said....
Cop shoots self in leg
A cop accidentally shot himself in his right leg as he busted a domestic-abuse suspect in Bed-Stuy last night, police said.The officer, who was not identified, was taken to Kings...
Queens woman sues city and cops, accusing them of ruining her life by making her suicide bid public
She tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train — but now a Queens woman says the cops who helped rescue her are ruining the life they...
Gym says laundry deal stinks
You dirty gym rat!The company that cleans Crunch gyms’ dirty towels was so desperate to hold on to its business that it bypassed the gym’s corporate execs and duped front-desk...
Teenager seriously injured in Prospect Heights accident
A teenager trying to cross Eastern Parkway was hit and seriously injured by a car in Prospect Heights Saturday night, according to authorities. Cops say the driver was trying to...
Reach for the stars! Eager screeners subjecting celebrities to pat-downs at LAX
Rihanna’s da bomb, but is she carrying one? Overzealous security screeners at Los Angeles International Airport are on a mission to show that all travelers are created equal — by...
Sept. 11 memorial ‘extortion’
The mother of a 9/11 victim claims a world-renowned yeshiva and Jewish organization demands more money to remember. Nelly Braginsky, 77, donated $36,000 to Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem to place...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** Police are searching for two thugs who opened fire on a group of gang rivals in Morris Heights, authorities said. The two suspects spotted their foes from...
Wash. Hts. motorbike mowdown
A pedestrian was killed in Washington Heights when a motorcyclist plowed into him early yesterday, authorities said. Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, had stepped out onto Amsterdam Avenue near 166th Street...
City councilman makes goodwill kid-health trips to Dominican with child-porn crony
Democratic City Councilman Robert Jackson is known for his children’s-health-campaign visits to the Dominican Republic — much less celebrated is the fact that one of his travel companions is an...
‘Found, stolen, trashed’ by PA
If it’s lost at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, it’s never to be found again. That’s because employees regularly plunder the Lost and Found Department, a whistleblower told The Post...
NYPD detective sues after his voicemail appears in song by rapper Ryan Leslie
He’s Biggie Bawls! Rapper Ryan Leslie included a voicemail left by an NYPD detective in a whiny breakup ditty about his bombshell ex-girlfriend, according to the 15-year police veteran who...
It’s a wrap for condom porn
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional a Los Angeles County law requiring adult-film performers to wear condoms.Friday’s ruling is a setback for porn producers who filed...
Google is dead (for 5 mins.)
As Google goes, so goes the world’s Web traffic.Google went dark for five minutes on Friday — slashing global Web traffic by 40 percent and causing a short-lived worldwide freak-out,...
Teen girls at upstate camp nearly burned to death after smoke-detector failure
A group of teen girls and their counselors at a posh upstate sleepaway camp nearly burned to death this month after a smoke detector failed to go off until flames...
E. Village warpath against 7-Eleven
East Villagers are rallying for a zoning amendment to ban 7-Elevens and other chains from infiltrating their neighborhood.“Why do people come to New York? Do they come from the suburbs...
Wee bit of a break for scofflaw
What a relief! A city Parks Department worker’s ticket for public urination was tossed yesterday at a Brooklyn event helping small-time offenders flush away low-level misdemeanors. Parks maintenance worker Andre...
First Sandusky sex-suit deal
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first of 31 civil claims against Pennsylvania State University related to the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse case has been settled.Attorney Tom Kline confirmed yesterday that his...
Tribeca $1,000/1-BRs made into $4,795/2-BRs
It’s a case of the halves and have-nots.The managers of a Tribeca high-rise complex that was once a bastion of lower- and middle-income residents are chopping studio and one-bedroom apartments...
Upper West Side condo has separate entrances for rich and poor
This is rich! The poor will use a separate door under plans for a new Upper West Side luxury tower — where affordable housing will be segregated from ritzy waterfront...
Scotland Yard investigates Diana slay plot as forthcoming book details royal conspiracy
Scotland Yard yesterday said it’s looking into a shocking claim — made by relatives of a former soldier — that Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed were murdered by British Special...
Sex-scandal-plagued Vito Lopez loses ground in City Council election
With Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer stealing all the attention, it’s easy to forget about the third pervert in next month’s primary election — serial groper Vito Lopez. Lopez, who...
Stringer rallies on Eliot’s Post-mortem
Great Scott! City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer basked yesterday in the big boost his campaign won with The Post’s endorsement — and picked up even more steam from voters dead...
Exclusive book excerpt: How killer Jodi Arias’ sexual obsession led to tragic climax
In a case that captivated the nation, 32-year-old Jodi Arias was convicted in May of the fatal stabbing and shooting of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in Mesa, Ariz....
The Career girl murders
On sunny, flawless Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1963 — 50 years ago this month — blond and vivacious Janice Wylie, 21, and her roommate, scholarly Emily Hoffert, 23, were viciously murdered...
In defense of football
Football, watched by two-thirds of Americans and generating annual revenues approaching $10 billion for the National Football League, has strangely been relegated to sports’ endangered-species list. The game’s existential threats...
Star struck
President Obama has spent this summer trying to prop up his unpopular health-care plan via his most loyal constituency: Hollywood. When other constituencies desert him — and even loyal allies...
'Duck Dynasty' succeeds by offering wholesome, family-friendly entertainment
In the Season 4 premiere of “Duck Dynasty,” Robertson family patriarch Phil and his wife of 48 years, Miss Kay, have a wedding ceremony in their back yard, officiated by...
Give it to Mitt
In the final presidential debate of 2012, Barack Obama ridiculed rival Mitt Romney for having called Russia “the biggest geopolitical threat facing America.” And most of the press piled on....
Smoke gets in his eyes
We understand the impulse behind Michael Bloomberg’s health nannyism, even if we don’t always agree that a city ban is the best way to handle these issues. Whether it’s combating...
Jobs conundrum
An odd puzzle is taking shape in the labor market: Over the past three years, the number of job openings has risen almost 50%, but actual hiring has gone up...
Costly kiddo
I remember being sent similar figures by a friend when my daughter was born (“Cost of Having a Kid Tops 240G,” Aug. 15). She celebrated her third birthday this week,...
Required reading
The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson (Bloomsbury USA) Here is a rude awakening for everyone who thinks they’re getting all they need to know about Oregon’s largest city from...
Terror in the night
Under Fire The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi by Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz St. Martin’s Press It worker Sean Smith was chatting on his computer when...
Graphic novels
Hothouse The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America’s Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus & Giroux by Boris Kachka Simon & Schuster When author Jonathan Franzen...
In My Library Austin Pendleton
Those who saw Broadway’s first “Fiddler on the Roof” caught him as Motel the Tailor; those who watch TV have probably seen him on “Oz” and “Homicide.” These days Austin...
What a dish!
They may come from the land of the ice and snow, but these hot Scandinavian chefs are taking New York by storm — and if you think they’re good-looking, just...
Weird but true
Where’s the beef? A restaurant in a suburban Houston mall’s food court is reserved for one thing, and one thing only: fries. French Fry Heaven in The Woodlands Mall has...
This week's couple: Missed connection
When it comes to dating, you get what you put into it — but only sometimes. For example, when Liz, 31, met with Seth, 34, only one of them made...
What kind of flirt are you?
You think you’re a bad flirt? Jeff Hall, the author of “The Five Flirting Styles,” begs to differ. “You’re not bad at flirting,” he says. “You just don’t do it...
Meet Market: Staten Islander loves biking, but he’ll ride the ferry to find love
Ride along David’s mountain bike is one of his most prized possessions. “I truly love biking,” he says. Ice, ice baby The Staten Island native’s favorite dessert is Ralph’s Ices,...
Top 5: ways to lure a lifeguard
“Ask, ‘Can you give me mouth-to-mouth? My heart just skipped a beat.’ ” — Erin “Ask, ‘Am I allowed to dive? In love with you?’ ” — Brooke “Whisper, ‘What...
Talent pool of wideouts goes deep
This season’s fantasy options at wide receiver might seem as vast as the reaches of deep space. But there are outer limits to the number of possibilities that can support...
Sonnen stuns 'Shogun' with first-round submission, calls out Wanderlei Silva
Chael Sonnen is known more for his mouth than his fighting ability. But the UFC’s best trash talker reminded everyone how good he actually is in the cage Saturday night.In...
Burlesque babe Dita Von Teese dishes on porn, her number of partners and what really turns her on
Dita Von Teese is good at her job — which, for all intents and purposes, is being sexy. And at age 40, the LA-based burlesque star — and Marilyn Manson...