April 12, 2014
Tuberculosis patient gets ankle bracelet after refusing quarantine
Stay home sick — or go to jail! A wayward tuberculosis patient in Champaign, Ill., must wear an ankle bracelet and stay home for 30 days for disobeying a judge’s...
Rangers drop finale, set to host Flyers in playoffs
MONTREAL — Brad Richards could not tell a lie. “I’d love to be able to tell you that my mind was on Montreal, but that’s not the case,” the Blueshirts’...
CBS 'Sunday Morning' is least cynical show on TV
http://youtu.be/1bwSLPE4ecU On his way into a Cracker Barrel in Maumee, Ohio, 8-year-old Myles Eckert found a $20 bill. He first thought about buying a video game. Then he saw a...
Winless Red Bulls blanked by DC United
WASHINGTON — Davy Arnaud scored on a diving header in the fourth minute in D.C. United’s 1-0 victory over the Red Bulls on Saturday night. Fabian Espindola, who played for...
Post deals out NBA honors, dishonors
The 2013-14 NBA regular season has dwindled to a few remaining games, so area fans can debate the topics that truly matter this time of year. What in blazes happened...
MLS commissioner diagnosed with cancer
MLS commissioner Don Garber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to the league. Garber – a longtime New Jersey resident who was born in Queens – has undergone a...
Serby’s Sunday Q&A with ... Carlos Beltran
New Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran took a swing at some Q&A from Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How would you describe Derek Jeter?A: When you see it from the outside,...
Entry into Butler a privilege unlike any other for Masters winners
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sometime around 8 Sunday night, tens of millions of television viewers will watch the Masters winner have the coveted green jacket slipped over his shoulders by the...
Newer doesn’t always mean better in baseball
We can't help ourselves. We prefer things as they used to be. And it doesn’t much matter how you define “used to be,” either, although this is usually a good...
Let’s party for Marty
MONTREAL — The phone rang in my Boston hotel room on the night of May 6, 1994, as I was writing my column in advance of Game 4 of the...
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talks family, Cersei and 'GoT' fans
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays the devastatingly handsome “kingslayer” Jaime Lannister in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” which began its fourth season last Sunday. Fans of the George R. R. Martin book series...
Sports pros share the films that made them cheer— and cry
All of the on-the-field drama can’t compare to what goes on behind the scenes when the NFL draft comes to Radio City Music Hall every year. So when director Ivan...
Ellsbury’s all-around game boosts Yankees
You can’t have thunder without lightning. The Yankees have purchased the best of both worlds. And you can see the difference this is going to make in the Battle with...
McIlroy shoots 1-under, still beaten by non-competing partner
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy posted his best Masters score of the week in Saturday’s third round — a 1-under-par 71 — and he still got beaten by one shot...
Jordan Spieth, 20, Bubba Watson tied for Masters lead
AUGUSTA, Ga. — What looked like a potential runaway in the 78th Masters has turned into what appears will be a scintillating Sunday shootout at Augusta National. If you find...
It’s not just athletes — college screws everyone
In its recent ruling that athletes at Northwestern University have the right to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board cited the case of senior quarterback Kain Colter, who naively thought...
Top 12 reasons to love Turner Classic film channel
Turner Classic Movies launched 20 years ago on Monday, when namesake media mogul Ted Turner pulled a ceremonial switch in Times Square as TCM host Robert Osborne, motion picture academy...
Wackiest ’80s new wave acts
The new wave music of the ’80s helped define a generation with its synthetic beats, swoony sensitivity — and clothes and hair that made artists look like the victims of...
Jets hold focus group: Fans slam team over PSLs and Vick
Jets fans have some complaints, and they let the team’s management know at a focus group last month in Manhattan. The Jets hired Luntz Global to conduct a focus group...
Jeter watches as Yankees find home run stroke
Before a pitch had been thrown in Saturday’s game, Joe Girardi had disappointed many fans by deciding not to start Derek Jeter. It is part of the ticket-buying Russian roulette...
The news is now reported in 'grisly' fashion
But what if it is your first rodeo? The redundant, obligatory and ridiculous decoration of the language of news continues to rattle whatever good senses remain. It’s so prevalent it...
Celebrity 'survival stories' about life after 50
Nora Ephron felt bad about her neck. Most women wish the aging process stopped right there. Women of a certain age are legion: Every seven seconds, another American turns 50....
MLB replay officials botch call on Anna double in eighth
Upon further review, baseball’s new replay system needs some fine tuning. The system failed in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 7-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday at the...
Teixeira eyeing April 20 return
Mark Teixeira expects to travel with the Yankees when they head to Tampa Bay next week and play when he is eligible to come off the disabled list April 20....
Criticism of star D-lineman Clowney reaches absurd levels
Maybe it’s because he looks too good to be true. Jadeveon Clowney might not be the first player taken in the May 8-10 NFL Draft, but the South Carolina defensive...
For Attorney General Eric Holder, Justice is for Democrats only
A veteran Justice Department lawyer says that Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the department in a way he hadn’t seen before. In short, “Holder is the worst person to...
Don't Miss: King Joffrey's breakfast party; Election Day on 'Scandal'
"Parenthood" (Thursday, 10 p.m., NBC) Haddie (Sarah Ramos) comes home for the summer, while Adam (Peter Krause) and Crosby (Dax Shepard) reminisce about their childhoods and also reenact some childish...
Nets’ Teletovic racking up minutes
All last season, Mirza Teletovic had said all he needed was a chance, an opportunity to show the Nets what he could do. Turns out, he wasn’t just whining. A...
Movie makes pair who penned ‘Draft Day’ proud
It is your movie, you and a partner wrote it, interviewed former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum along the way, watched the artistry of its making, and Kevin Costner’s and...
‘Fargo’ remake brings on Billy Bob Thornton as villain
With FX’s new series “Fargo,” a like-minded offspring of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 masterpiece of heavy weather, heavier murder and hilariously mannered Midwestern accents, writer/showrunner Noah Hawley had...
Knicks' plan: Re-sign Carmelo, ink big free agent in 2015
The Knicks were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs Saturday, rendering their old, 2010-inspired plan an official failure, clearing the slate for a brand new blueprint to unfold. That is, the...
Sound off: Follow the rules — or dump them!
The gentleman’s agreement not to complain about opposing pitchers’ use of pine tar is reminiscent of Major League Baseball’s silent acceptance of the steroids use that allowed so many to...
Club peddled former president's putter model without permission
The White House last week was displeased that Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and his new endorsement-deal pals at Samsung exploited a “selfie” Ortiz took of himself standing with President...
McCann leads Yankees’ homer barrage in win vs. Red Sox
The Bronx hadn’t been kind to Brian McCann during his first week in his new home. Before Saturday’s 7-4 win over the Red Sox, the new Yankees catcher had been...
CBS outage knocks out NYC Masters coverage
With no Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson already out and a leaderboard populated with names unknown outside of golf circles, perhaps no one would notice if CBS’ Masters coverage disappeared for...
Fariña blames prior administrations for shutting out parents
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña on Saturday blamed prior administrations for shutting out parents and laid out plans to get them more involved during her tenure. “When parents are engaged at...
'Orphan Black' star undergoes Hollywood treatment
In July 2013, Tatiana Maslany walked the red carpet at The Critics Choice Awards in Hollywood and hardly anybody knew who she was. The little-known Canadian actress, star of “Orphan...
Fractured finales frustrate fans
I’m here to complain about a growing trend in TV (and movies, for that matter) — the interminable death march toward a finale that stretches out over the course of...
Inside the secret plots to kill the president
On Nov. 1, 1950, with the White House undergoing renovations, President Harry Truman was napping upstairs at Blair House, the guest house across the street. At 2:15 p.m., as he...
'Mad Men' returns for final, twisted 2-part season
Don Draper, the elegant drunk whose decline we have been watching now for six seasons on “Mad Men,” lost almost everything last time we saw him. After a wrenching monologue...
Girardi on resting Jeter: 'I wasn't hired to put on a farewell tour'
Derek Jeter didn’t play in the Yankees’ 7-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday, and manager Joe Girardi warned he won’t be afraid to rest the shortstop — regardless of...
Uniformed men occupy Ukraine police headquarters
DONETSK, Ukraine — Men in the uniforms of Ukraine's now-defunct riot police on Saturday occupied police headquarters in Donetsk, the eastern city that is one of the flashpoints of a...
Man wielding shotgun killed by cops after shooting daughter, dog
An 85-year-old man was shot and killed by police outside his Queens home after he called 911 and said, “I just shot my daughter,” police and witnesses said. The man,...
Which technology the 1964 World's Fair got right
Video phone calls? Yeah, we do that. Asking computers for information? Sure, several times a day. Colonies on the moon and jet packs as a mode of everyday transportation. OK,...
Iran: No plans to substitute UN envoy pick after US ban
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has no plans to name a new diplomat to the United Nations, its Foreign Ministry said Saturday, after the United States blocked its pick in a...
Red Bulls seeking first win
After having to claw their way back from a five-game winless start last year, the 0-1-4 Red Bulls have dug themselves a similar hole this season. And as if they...
Gang boss facing charges for ‘ordering kidnapping of NC DA’s dad’
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina inmate described as a high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang faces a federal kidnapping charge after authorities say he used a mobile phone...
American's death sentence for 'spying' overturned in Iran; gets 10 years in jail
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian news agency is reporting that an appeals court has overturned a death sentence of an American man convicted of working for the CIA, instead sentencing...
Victorian-era taxidermist became master of weird art
Consider the kittens, dressed in their finest bows and gathered around an elegant dining table, sharing afternoon scones and tea. Or the bunnies at school, working away at their lesson...
Casino: World poker champ took $9.6M in card-cheat scam
An Atlantic City casino is charging that a world-famous championship poker player hauled in $9.6 million at a baccarat table after pulling off an elaborate card-cheating scheme. The Borgata Hotel...
Hondo's double dipping
The Phillies had no problem figuring out Fernandez Friday night, so Hondo ended up all wet with his Marlins play, which left him 140 gilliams below sea level. Saturday: Mr....
Man, fiancée spent last moments together in fiery bus crash
LOS ANGELES — Michael Myvett and Mattison Haywood were headed together toward a college in the California redwoods where he once was a student and now was taking teens with...
O'Brien: Colbert 'right person' to do 'Late Show'
LOS ANGELES — Don't feel bad for Conan O'Brien. Again. The 50-year-old talk show host said he was never a contender to take over CBS' the "Late Show" when David...
Years haven't been kind to 'Dr. Z'
A dermatologist whose face has been plastered on subway car ads for decades appears to need a skin doctor of his own. A more recent photo of Dr. Jonathan Zizmor,...
‘Pollen vortex’ set to slam NYC
First came the “polar vortex” — now it’s the “pollen vortex.” Forced to lie dormant by the long, brutal winter, trees are now set to start reproducing like crazy —...
Make the most of spring break with a day-by-day guide for kids
Spring break starts Saturday for many New York parents — and the prospect of nearly a dozen consecutive school-free days for kids might have parents panicking. Sure, heading out of...
Long Island woman gives birth on sidewalk
A panicked Long Island woman gave birth to a pair of baby boys in frightening fashion yesterday — the first on an Elmont sidewalk and the second in an ambulance...
'Dawson' dishes on his TV and real-life families
James Van Der Beek has some free advice for troubled teen idol Justin Bieber. “You’re able to make people very happy by doing something simple.” Jon Voight said those very...
Giant pothole opens up in Bronx street
Hole-y cow — it’s the mother of all potholes! A giant pothole — stretching 12 feet long and 5 feet deep — opened smack in the middle of a Bronx...
Texas mag sues New York Times over new hire
Hold on there, cowboy! Texas Monthly magazine sued the New York Times on Friday for poaching its editor. Jake Silverstein, who was hired away from the Emmis Communications title last...
Obama praises Sharpton amid mob-snitch revelations
Some snitches get stitches — others get speeches. Amid revelations last week that he served as a shady FBI informant, the Rev. Al Sharpton hosted a high-profile address by President...
De Blasio forced to delay push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides
Make that Year 1 — not Day 1. Mayor de Blasio on Friday pushed back the timeline for booting horse-drawn carriages permanently out of Central Park — from his first...
Jurist’s kin wants DA probe into his fleecing
The nephew of a prominent judge who died penniless in a nursing home bashed Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson on Friday for breaking his campaign vow to investigate how the jurist’s...
Judge nixes health care tax for cab drivers
A Manhattan judge nixed a 6-cent surcharge for city hacks to pay for health care, ruling the tax could be imposed only by the Legislature. The Taxi and Limousine Commission...
NY state government officials shunning e-mail: sources
ALBANY — Government officials are so worried about leaving an electronic trail as investigations swirl around the capital that some are now shunning e-mail, sources said Friday. “I sent an...
TSA to Jewish travelers: We’ll take care of your Passover matzo
Just in time for Passover, the Transportation Security Administration is offering travelers faith-sensitive pat-downs at airports — to safeguard their matzo. Instead of stuffing the brittle, unleavened bread into a...
Daily Blotter
Brooklyn ■ Police released a sketch of a suspect in the snatching of an elderly man’s wallet outside a Bedford-Stuyvesant food pantry. The 73-year-old victim was in front of the...
Struggling Roberts sobered after being lifted for pinch-hitter
Brian Roberts knew his spot was coming up in the bottom of the ninth and then saw Brett Gardner getting ready to pinch hit. At that point, even Roberts could...
Soriano: All ballplayers use something to help with grip
In the wake of Michael Pineda’s apparent foolish decision to not conceal the pine tar he affixed to his throwing hand Thursday night, it appears to be no big deal...
It's been a long way back for Boston's Sizemore
There was a history of course — Grady Sizemore and CC Sabathia were Indians teammates over five seasons. And there was a less significant history after their days in Cleveland....
Phil Jackson could sign ex-Laker Lamar Odom
TORONTO — Knicks president Phil Jackson met with former Laker Lamar Odom 10 days ago at the Garden during halftime of the game against the Nets, and now is reportedly...
Knicks ignoring edge of abyss
TORONTO — Afterward, Mike Woodson was adamant how he would be spending his Saturday night: planted in front of a television, watching the Hawks-Heat game. It was the same perch...
Pricey upgrades producing lifeless Bombers offense
Meet the new offense. Same as the old offense? Look, if you want to lament that CC Sabathia still can’t avoid his one bad inning, go to town. But the...
Hillary Clinton’s ‘shoe attacker’ released from jail
The woman who tossed a shoe at Hillary Rodham Clinton as the former secretary of state was delivering a speech in Las Vegas has been identified by cops as a...
Obamas pay $98,169 in taxes on income of $481,098
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid $98,169 in taxes on $481,098 in adjusted income last year, tax returns the White House released Friday show. They paid...
Chris Young could return to Mets outfield by next week
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Chris Young could be back in the lineup by the Mets’ next homestand. The Mets outfielder, who was placed on the disabled list last week with a...
Mets fall in 11th on walk-off HBP
ANAHEIM, Calif. — This dam was due to burst. After 20¹/₃ consecutive scoreless innings by Mets relievers — an improbable number considering how this season started — Jeurys Familia got...
Sharpton was ‘eager to get slice of 1980s coke deal’: pal
DURHAM, NC — A drug trafficker who worked for Al Sharpton’s nonprofit in the 1980s said that despite the preacher’s denials, he was eager to get a slice of the...
Republicans set to grill Obama's health nominee
WASHINGTON — Republicans are getting ready to pick another fight about ObamaCare, this time over President Obama’s new choice to oversee the national health plan. Obama announced Friday that he’d...