January 30, 2015
The Arizona State phenom who's shocking the Phoenix Open
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — This was supposed to be a learning-experience week for Jon Rahm, a freshman at Arizona State who received a sponsor’s exemption into the Waste Management Phoenix Open...
With Tiger and Phil cut, the young PGAers to look out for
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Fans pack the grandstands and the TPC of Scottsdale grounds for the Waste Management Phoenix Open regardless of who is playing the tournament, because it is one...
Diana Ross' Kings Theatre opening a hot ticket
Legendary Motown singer Diana Ross is so “Supreme” that a couple of resale tickets to her Brooklyn concert were priced at an eye-popping $1,000 on StubHub. Only 11 tickets were...
Daily News to close 3 borough bureaus
In the latest cost-cutting move, Mort Zuckerman’s Daily News is shutting its three outer bureaus, in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, in February. The News has also been running ads...
IPO lands Shake Shack's Danny Meyer $342M in 1st day
What started out as a hot-dog cart in 2001 has emerged as Shake Shack, the 63-store chain with a valuation of $1.63 billion after its first day of public trading....
CTPartners soars after selling $5M of stock to single investor
CTPartners, the embattled head-hunting firm, had its best day in more than eight months on Friday after it sold $5 million of stock at fire sale prices. The sale, to...
Time Inc. keeps on changing with EW editor Bean's ouster
In yet another big change at Time Inc., Entertainment Weekly editor Matt Bean is out, according to numerous sources, after only a year on the job. Henry Goldblatt, a longtime...
The anti-Belichick: How Pete Carroll makes football fun
PHOENIX — He is the other coach in Super Bowl XLIX, the one without Spygate and Deflategate on his résumé. The one who has a chance to be the first...
Anna Gunn headed to 'Criminal Minds' spinoff
"Breaking Bad” star Anna Gunn has been cast as the female lead in CBS’ “Criminal Minds” spinoff alongside Gary Sinise. The pilot — which will be filmed in mid-February as...
The NFL's not-so-secret weapon that will never let it die
PHOENIX — What if there were a drug so powerful that it could pull your brain (and your soul, too) in about 30 different directions at once? What if this...
Meet Rawle Alkins, New York's next great basketball recruit
Wednesday was a night of celebration across the country for the nation’s top basketball prospects. The McDonald’s All-American game rosters were released, with 24 players invited to the prestigious showcase...
Cop, priest make unlikely crimefighting duo on Brit drama 'Grantchester'
Like many English TV dramas — “Inspector Morse,” “Inspector Lewis” and “Midsomer Murders” — PBS’ latest offering from its “Masterpiece Mystery” stable has plenty of scenes shot in great British...
Rangers’ Kreider OK with Subban's roughhouse tactics
Chris Kreider’s history with Montreal continued in Thursday’s 1-0 loss when he was involved in multiple tiffs with the Canadiens’ P.K. Subban. Kreider doesn’t seem to mind that he may...
8 reasons why this NY sports fan loves the Pats’ Gronk
After living in New England for seven years, I found myself falling into a deeper love with sports — the New York sports my Bronx-bred father raised me on. I...
Pro footballers give their tips for a winning Super Bowl bash
When the two best NFL teams — the Seahawks and the Patriots — kick off their battle for gridiron supremacy, it’s an excuse for seasoned party hosts to put their...
Nets blow comeback, fall in heartbreaker to Raptors
The Nets are playing better these days, but they’re not playing well enough to win. That was the takeaway from Friday night’s 127-122 overtime loss to the Raptors in front...
Despite slump, here's why Rangers' St. Louis isn't blue
A pair of duds coming out of the All-Star break has Rangers coach Alain Vigneault considering making some changes heading into Saturday’s game against the Hurricanes at the Garden. “I’m...
City to pay family $3.9M over son's fatal shooting
The city agreed Friday to pay $3.9 million to relatives of Bronx teen Ramarley Graham, who was fatally shot by a cop three years ago. The killing of the unarmed...
NYPD's new $750M home has a water contamination problem
This academy is not going to win any awards. The NYPD’s brand-new, $750 million supposedly state-of-the-art Police Academy in Queens now has a water contamination problem —-just months after the...
Stringer demands overhaul at Bronx Defenders amid cop-killing video
City Comptroller Scott Stringer is demanding a shakeup of the Bronx Defenders’ office for what he says is gross mismanagement after its taxpayer-funded lawyers and offices were used in a...
Devils collapse late, fall to Pens despite Schneider’s 41 saves
The struggling Penguins could have given up against the Devils. They trailed by a goal in the third period, and goalie Cory Schneider was stopping everything and getting bailed out...
City agrees to pay $5M to mom of innocent mob cop victim
After a nine-year legal fight, the city agreed Friday to a $5 million settlement with the mother of a Brooklyn man killed because two notorious mob cops confused him with...
No defending this rap
The de Blasio administration at last may be realizing the importance of having the NYPD’s back. This week, a Department of Investigation probe slammed the Bronx Defenders legal-aid group. According...
The wisdom of Lena Dunham
“We live in a civil society that’s buttressed by decency and respect. OK? We don’t resist arrest when we’ve done something wrong. We don’t tackle police officers.” — From the...
Madman in stabbing spree gets 50 years to life in prison
A Manhattan judge Friday slapped a knife-wielding madman who rampaged through his Washington Heights apartment building fatally stabbing two neighbors with a sentence of 50-years to life. “I have no...
Shel-Skel hell
So that’s why Dean Skelos never asked Shelly Silver to step down as Assembly speaker: According to new reports, the Senate majority leader is himself under federal investigation. These reports...
The GOP's jobs problem
Rep. Steve King’s Iowa Freedom Summit last week was not the most fortuitous launch for Republican presidential hopefuls, but it could have been worse. The Iowa congressman has embarrassed himself...
The Koch brothers strike back
It was interesting while it lasted, but the 2016 election is now officially “bought.” The purchasers are the Koch brothers, and the price, a cool $889 million. The news that...
Humiliating your man: Funny, but not a great idea
This showed up a lot on my newsfeed the other day. It’s an Instagram picture that Kristin Cavallari, former “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills” reality-TV star, took of a text...
Attorney to ask for mistrial in Vanderbilt rape case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An attorney for one of the ex-Vanderbilt University football players convicted of raping an unconscious fellow student says he will ask that a mistrial be declared after...
FDNY swears in first chief diversity officer
The FDNY’s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer was sworn-in Friday as part of an agreement to try to remedy the department’s allegedly biased hiring practices. Pamela Lassiter was sworn-in...
Sheldon Silver resigns as NY Assembly speaker
Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York state Assembly, has resigned following federal charges that he took nearly $4 million in kickbacks. Silver spokesman Michael Whyland says Friday that...
Sophia’s showing bedroom eyes, while Cate and Rosie look ready for sleep
Lingerie as outerwear is a very real trend, but there is such a thing as taking it too far. “Chicago P.D.” actress Sophia Bush nails it with a dress that...
Yankees sign Scott Baker for pitching insurance
The Yankees have signed a right-hander. No, not James Shields. In an effort to improve their pitching depth, the Yankees signed veteran right-hander Scott Baker to a minor league deal. If...
Meet the 'black ops’ man behind the Patriots' success
CHANDLER, Ariz. – You have to turn all the way to page 50 of the New England Patriots media guide before you come across the mysterious man many people believe...
Roger Goodell digs in vs. Kraft: Deflategate about 'truth, integrity'
PHOENIX — Roger Goodell was in no mood to apologize Friday for the NFL’s Deflategate investigation. Saying the league “wants the truth” about whether the Patriots deliberately under-inflated footballs in...
Man arrested for beating pit bull puppy with shovel
https://twitter.com/NYPD41Pct/status/561155066900803584 A Bronx brute buried his 6-month-old pit bull in a snowbank and then beat her over the head with a shovel early Friday, police said. The emaciated black and...
St. John's star Rysheed Jordan in trouble for anti-gay slur
St. John’s guard Rysheed Jordan hasn’t spoken to the media in his first two seasons with the Red Storm, but social media still has allowed the sophomore to create trouble...
Woman goes for Botox, gets snake venom injection instead
Injecting a toxin to reduce skin wrinkles isn’t unusual— after all, Botox derives from a toxin. But what one Romanian woman believed to be a similarly harmless treatment turned out...
The day in photos
An adorable furry friendship blooms, a real-life vampire makes an appearance and more.
Tim Duncan suckered into $7.5M investment: lawsuit
SAN ANTONIO — Spurs star Tim Duncan has filed a lawsuit contending that a series of investments enriched his financial adviser but were losing propositions for the NBA star, including...
Hollywood’s 5 biggest celeb superfans
Stars: They’re just like us. They run to Starbucks, trek to Whole Foods and gush over A-listers too. Oscar nominee Eddie Redmayne swung by “Jimmy Kimmel Live” earlier this week,...
Murder trial begins 35 years after Etan Patz vanished in NY
The man accused of the kidnap and murder of little Etan Patz nearly 35 years ago sexually abused him, Manhattan prosecutors charged for the first time during their opening statement Friday at...
Hawks navigated 'racist' summer and became NBA's hippest team
ATLANTA — For years, the Atlanta Hawks have been one of the NBA’s forgotten franchises. Sure, the Hawks have had plenty of success over the years — they rank fourth all-time in...
Carmelo and Kobe decided they wouldn't work as teammates
It’s a good thing Carmelo Anthony didn’t join the Lakers and bank on the health of buddy Kobe Bryant. Bryant is now sidelined for nine months after tearing the rotator...
The 9 boldest brows on primetime TV
Cara Delevingne has built an empire off of her impeccably shaped eyebrows, but models aren’t the only ones making a living from their looks. A number of actors gracing the...
So long, T&A: These days, nude dudes are all the rage
Sex scenes: they’re not just for gratuitous boob shots anymore! “The Affair” star Ruth Wilson, currently on Broadway with Jake Gyllenhaal, recently spoke out on the one-sidedness of sex scenes...
How to fix the NHL's incredibly broken All-Star Game
It was early Sunday night inside Nationwide Arena in Columbus, and I was riding down in an elevator during a break of the All-Star Game action — a term used loosely....
Sherman’s pregnant girlfriend: He might leave Super Bowl at buzzer
PHOENIX – No one expects Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman to be anywhere Sunday other than at University of Phoenix Stadium for Super Bowl XLIX. His girlfriend, Ashley Moss, is pregnant...
12 ‘Scandal’ actors you’ll recognize from other ShondaLand shows
If you tuned in to Thursday night’s midseason premiere of “Scandal,” you might have been shocked to see a familiar face from ShondaLand: Robert Baker. The actor, best known for...
‘Breaking Bad’ actors: Where are they now?
Anna Gunn, who played emotionally tortured wife Skyler White in “Breaking Bad,” has just been cast opposite Gary Sinise in CBS’ upcoming “Criminal Minds” spinoff, fresh off her one-season run...
Arson probed after homeless man burned when mattress catches fire
A sleeping homeless man was severely burned after his mattress caught fire under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Friday -- and cops suspect that the blaze was intentionally set. Thomas Rodriguez,...
Dismissed juror says she would've voted to convict Malcolm Smith
An alternate juror in the corruption trial of former state Sen. Malcolm Smith says she believes the disgraced Queens Democrat spearheaded a failed $200,000 bribery scheme to get the Republican...
Jordan to ISIS: If you kill the pilot, we'll execute captive terrorists
Jordan has ramped up its threats to execute a terrorist whom the Islamic State wants set free if the terror group kills its captured pilot, according to a report. Jordanian...
DeMarcus Cousins owns reporter with 5-year-old tweet
Kings center DeMarcus Cousins owned reporter Clay Travis on Instagram on Friday, five years to the day after the Fox Sports troll condescendingly guaranteed the big man would get arrested within...
Tiger shoots career-worst 82, then mocks Marshawn Lynch
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A glance at the numbers was cause for a serious double take: Tiger Woods … 82 … 13-over par … last place. Yes, the same Tiger Woods...
Gwyneth steaming her vagina is the best thing she’s done in years
“Hey, did you see what Gwyneth Paltrow said about vaginas?” a friend emailed the other day. Now, I tend to get a lot of email about Gwyneth Paltrow, mostly thanks...
Don't root against your partner’s team on Super Bowl Sunday
For those of us whose favorite team is playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl, no party, no commercial, no halftime show entertainment is more important than what will transpire over the...
Prospective juror has sympathy for Tsarnaev because he's young
BOSTON — One prospective juror in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has sympathy for him, saying he's young and she wonders if "he just made a...
Stephen A. Smith being wrong doesn’t make Josh Gordon right
Josh Gordon wrote a strong and emotional letter about his history with weed and alcohol, and how it has at times derailed his football career. In the story — written for...
Orphaned baby bears recover after mom was killed by hunter
A pair of orphaned baby bears in New Jersey are proving that a hug a day can keep the doctor away. The cubs -- dubbed Mike and Ike -- are...
Aaron Hernandez jurors allowed to watch the Super Bowl
Accused killer Aaron Hernandez won’t be watching his former team play in the Super Bowl, but jurors deciding his fate can watch the game as long as they keep their...
Dov Charney just will not let this American Apparel thing go
Only a month after being fired from American Apparel, former CEO Dov Charney is still trying to sneak back in to the company. Meanwhile, executive vice president and creative director...
Mayweather-Pacquiao deal done 'in next couple days'
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum expects negotiations on a mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather to be finalized in “the next couple days,” the strongest indication the much-anticipated bout...
Mick Foley ejected from Wing Bowl for stuffing wings into fanny pack
PHILADELPHIA — Professional wrestling star Mick Foley has been ejected from Philadelphia's Wing Bowl eating contest after stuffing uneaten chicken wings into a fanny pack in an attempt to increase...
Ads claiming POM juice will help erectile dysfunction are deceptive: court
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court says many advertising claims for POM Wonderful juice were deceptive in asserting that it curbs the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile...
John Kerry slapped with $50 fine for not shoveling sidewalk
Secretary of State John Kerry was fined $50 for failing to clear snow from the sidewalk on the side of his home in Boston. The area received more than 2...
Flight attendant 'lied' about nut rage incident
Fasten your seatbelts, the Korean Air Lines macadamia saga has become even nuttier! The flight attendant berated by the daughter of the airline’s chairman after improperly serving nuts said Friday...
Oh, GOOP! ‘Lifestyle guru’ Gwyneth Paltrow joins TCM lineup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxNF4eA6yw Turner Classic Movies: the home of Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and . . . Gwyneth Paltrow? Better known these days as a lifestyle guru who described her separation from her husband...
Doctor 'fires' patients who refuse to vaccinate their kids
With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents...
Trucker pulls own tooth while driving, causes interstate wreck
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama authorities say a tractor-trailer crashed on Interstate 20 because the driver lost control while he was pulling one of his teeth. The Alabama Highway Patrol says...
Weatherman wings it after map shows temps up to 2,960 degrees
http://youtu.be/iXuc7SAyk2s Talk about handling the heat. A quick-witted weatherman was forced to improvise a live television forecast when the electronic map he was using went haywire — displaying temperatures of more...
Woman who cared for bears possibly killed by bears
COLUMBIA, N.C. — Officials in Tyrrell County say a woman known for feeding bears may have been killed by one of the animals. Sheriff Darryl Liverman told local media outlets...
Balloon pilots set new record for time in air
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The pilots of a helium-filled balloon flying across the Pacific Ocean have surpassed a duration record as they approach North America after staying aloft for 138 hours...
15 pretty parkas that aren’t Canada Goose
Although celebrities swear by the Canada Goose parkas, that’s not to say there aren’t more options on the parka front. Take a look at these 15 killer alternatives to brave...
Super Bowl to be 'no drone zone': FAA
You know drones are getting popular when the Federal Aviation Administration has to ban them from the Super Bowl. That’s right, folks, if you’ve got a ticket for the big...
Eli Manning and wife welcome third daughter
PHOENIX -- Eli Manning has played in and won two Super Bowls, but even when the Giants have not advanced to the Super Bowl, Manning usually spends a few days...
Super Bowl predictions from Post's football experts
Mark Cannizzaro Patriots 23, Seahawks 21 Pats’ defense will control Marshawn Lynch and Russell Wilson just enough to not be hurt badly. LeGarrette Blount will hurt Seattle defense. Should be...
Wrigley Field renovation has caused disgusting rat problem
The Cubs were cursed by a goat. Now Wrigleyville is plagued by rats. A massive renovation project at 100-year-old Wrigley Field -- the famous bleachers won't open until at least May...
Romney won't run for president in 2016
WASHINGTON – After flirting with a third presidential run that had many top Republicans rooting against a sequel, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney announced Friday he's dropping out of the...
Gronk, Lynch playing 'Mortal Kombat' is pretty amazing
http://youtu.be/MNpkSyryQz4 Ironically, Marshawn Lynch is now part of the funniest clip to come from Super Bowl week. The anti-media Seahawks running back joined Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski on "Conan"...
Shake Shack IPO soars 150%
The line of investors looking to bite into Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack IPO on Friday morning was as long as the line to get into one of his Manhattan burger...
Jay Z bids $56M for music streaming company
Jay Z may be getting ready to do battle with Dr. Dre. The New York rapper is in talks to buy a small, Swedish music streaming company called Aspiro for...
Assault case against George Zimmerman dropped
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman that was opened when his ex-girlfriend said he threw a wine bottle at her has been dropped because she recanted...
Want to build a snowman? 7 'Frozen'-inspired vacations
The movie Frozen encourages viewers to “Let It Go,” but thanks to its limitless appeal, fans of the movie just keep holding on. And it’s not just the song or...
Eric Decker selling free agent Demaryius Thomas on Jets
PHOENIX — Jets wide receiver Eric Decker did some recruiting this week. Decker spent a few days in Arizona with Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, his former teammate and close friend....
Porn noises spice up NHL broadcast
Put the Nashville Predators broadcasters in the penalty box for "playing with too many sticks." Thursday night's game against the St. Louis Blues on Fox Sports Tennessee featured audio that...
AOL lays off 150 from ad staff
Robots are now killing jobs at AOL. The Web portal on Friday laid off about 150 people from its ad sales staff as the rise in programmatic trading made them...
Taliban claim responsibility for attack that killed 3 Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack at the Kabul airport in which a gunman shot and killed three American contractors and one Afghan man. Friday's claim...
South Africa grants parole to death-squad leader
JOHANNESBURG — The South African government Friday granted parole to Eugene de Kock, the head of a covert unit for the apartheid state responsible for dozens of deaths, saying it is...
Teen storms TV station with fake pistol, demanding airtime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwUa-PJSeOc THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A 19-year-old student carrying a fake pistol who forced his way into the Dutch national broadcaster and demanded airtime has told detectives he was acting...
ISIS silent as deadline passes with no hostage swap
TOKYO — The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further...
Judge says 'Nein!’ to prenup because wife can't read German
A judge has said Auf wiedersehen to a Manhattan couple’s prenup because it was written in German and the wife didn’t understand she was giving up all rights to her...
Deadbeat dad TV exec to serve jail
A veteran TV exec was such a deadbeat dad that he’s going to be spending his weekends in jail — and will have to fork over 60 percent of the...
Carl Heastie made campaign payments to ex for work she didn’t do
The Bronx Democrat on the verge of becoming the next Assembly speaker paid his baby mama $2,500 from his campaign treasury — raising ethical concerns following disgraced Sheldon Silver’s corruption...
Five questions Goodell must answer in 'State of the NFL' address
PHOENIX — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will deliver his annual “State of the NFL” address on Friday. The event always draws plenty of attention, but after an NFL season filled...
How Knicks' Lou Amundson celebrated new contract in style
INDIANAPOLIS — Knicks new big man Lou Amundson isn’t going anywhere this season. The Knicks are his 10th team and there won’t be an 11th for now. Amundson celebrated a...
Lionel Hollins makes horrific suicide analogy for Nets woes
Nets coach Lionel Hollins wanted to make a point about facing up to and fighting through adversity when he was asked if he ever changed his approach during a bad...
Longtime NY boxing promoter Cedric Kushner dies at 66
Longtime boxing promoter Cedric Kushner, whose eccentric manner and South African accent made him a unique figure in New York boxing circles, died Thursday morning after suffering a massive heart...
New year, same old struggling Tiger Woods
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The waiting continues. Every time Tiger Woods turns up at a tournament, there is an anticipation he suddenly will become, well, Tiger Woods again. For more than...
Four issues St. John's must solve to make NCAA Tournament
In less than a month, St. John’s has gone from the No. 15 team in the country to one that is falling off the NCAA Tournament bubble, closer to the...
Jets' Bowles hires 3 more assistant coaches
The Jets added three new coaches and one more member to their front office. The team announced head coach Todd Bowles hired Jimmie Johnson as tight ends coach, Daylon McCutcheon...
Patriots' McDaniels reborn after Denver coaching debacle
PHOENIX — The Josh McDaniels Coaching Rehabilitation Project is in full swing, and the capper could come as soon as Sunday. McDaniels’ reputation was in tatters after a disastrous stint...
Rehabbing Deron Williams gets in a little bit of real practice
Deron Williams said he only went through two plays of contact at Nets practice Thursday. Still, it was two plays of contact more than he had done in nearly a...
NY Senate leader is US attorney's new target
The feds have launched a corruption probe into state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos' outside income - the same focus that led to the stunning arrest of longtime Assembly Speaker...
Bus fatally strikes woman in Queens 'hit and run'
A bus fatally struck a woman in Queens Thursday night — and the driver kept going, witnesses told The Post. The pedestrian, in her early 20s, was walking along Hillside...
'Juno' flight cancellations cost metro area $75 million
Two days of flight cancellations for Winter Storm Juno cost the metro area nearly $75 million in economic activity, an analysis has found. The blizzard canceled 2,352 flights bound for...
NYPD to launch a beefed-up counterterrorism squad
The NYPD will launch a unit of 350 cops to handle both counterterrorism and protests — riding vehicles equipped with machine guns and riot gear — under a re-engineering plan...
Judge tosses eviction suit by 'Rent is Too Damn High' candidate
A Brooklyn federal judge has tossed a suit filed by Jimmy McMillan, the perennial political candidate who heads the Rent is Too Damn High Party, seeking to stay his eviction...
Seattle's true defensive 'general' isn't even a Legion of Boom-er
PHOENIX — Every orchestra needs a conductor. Every squadron needs a commander. And every defense needs… “A general,’’ Bobby Wagner says. “I’m the general of the defense.’’ Whoa. That’s some...
Guide to Super Bowl prop bets: Katy Perry and 'deflated balls'
The Super Bowl is unlike any other game, with the strange combination of no game meaning more and no game having less to do with football. There are the commercials...
Are Rangers showcasing John Moore to trade for a rental?
Alain Vigneault, coach of the Rangers, said it was pretty much business as usual inserting John Moore into Thursday’s lineup against the Canadiens in favor of Matt Hunwick, and maybe...
Marshawn Lynch, Drake and how sports celebrates ugliness
The difference between Roger Goodell and my late mother — and I suspect most mothers — is that my mother would not have allowed Marshawn Lynch a third opportunity to...
Sheldon Silver gave horndogs free rein
In the end, it was money, not sex, that brought down New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. And that’s a giant slap in the faces of women who’ve toiled...
De Blasio undecided on extending 'affordable' housing tax break
The de Blasio administration said Thursday it still hasn’t decided whether to support extension of a property-tax break that’s costing the city $1 billion a year but has also produced...
De Blasio offers congrats to Greece's new progressive leader
He wants to end inequality in New York, the United States — and the world. Mayor de Blasio phoned new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday to “congratulate him...
Birth certificates ask parents if 'woman giving birth' is female
No, that’s not a typo. A city Health Department form for new parents requesting birth certificates asks the “woman giving birth” if she’s male or female. Along with routine questions...
Condé Nast feeling the heat over native advertising venture
Condé Nast CEO Chuck Townsend and President Bob Sauerberg Jr. picked a great time to hold the annual publishers meeting in Miami earlier this week: They missed the snowstorm back...
More change, more turmoil sweep Time Inc.
More turmoil swept over Time Inc. on Thursday. For starters, rumors were flying that Entertainment Weekly’s top editor Matt Bean was being offered a “bigger job” at Time Inc. after...
Dick's Sporting Goods not for sale after all
There’s a lot on sale in the 600-store Dick’s Sporting Goods chain — but the $6.6 billion retailer isn’t one of them, The Post has learned. The Coraopolis, Pa., chain,...
Cablevision charges Verizon's Wi-Fi claims are all lies
Not so fast, Verizon. Cablevision is suing Verizon Communications over TV ads claiming that it has the fastest Wi-Fi speeds in the tri-state area. “Verizon’s claim that it has faster...
Google's strong fourth quarter leaves Wall Street unimpressed
Google’s fourth quarter revenue grew 15 percent over last year — but a lackluster ad market, which hurt pricing, left the search giant well short of Wall Street expectations. Despite...
Deflategate refs followed rules, didn't log pressure: NFL boss
PHOENIX — NFL officiating director Dean Blandino said the inspection of the footballs by referee Walt Anderson before the AFC Championship Game was handled properly. Blandino also said Thursday, in...
New insider-trading laws slow Preet's Wall Street crackdown
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara’s slip is starting to show. Just six weeks after a federal appeals court redefined insider-trading laws — making it harder for prosecutors to convict Wall...
CTPartners sinks one day after announcing executive raises
Wall Street downsized CTPartners on Thursday — one day after the executive search firm announced it was giving its executives a raise. The New York company saw its stock drop...
Keegan Bradley hopes this is the start to a super week
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Keegan Bradley would love to think this is a good omen for his beloved Patriots. Bradley — who shot a 6-under-par 65 to stand one shot behind...
De Blasio picks Silver pal to help with city's 2016 DNC bid
A week after he defended Sheldon Silver following the disgraced Assembly speaker’s arrest on corruption charges, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday officially named a developer at the center of...
Costco worker says management mocked his Tourette’s
New management at a Long Island Costco was so cruel to a longtime employee with Tourette’s syndrome that he had to be hospitalized over the incessant taunting, according to a...
Robert Allenby avoids beating from raucous crowd
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Playing for the first time since his bizarre alleged kidnapping incident in Hawaii, Robert Allenby shot a 1-under 70 on Thursday in the first round of the...
Bill Bradley cops to deflating balls in Knicks glory days
INDIANAPOLIS — Bill Bradley is a Knicks legend and former U.S. Senator and now an admitted former ball doctor. Bradley told The Post in a phone interview Thursday he used...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Police have identified the suspect pictured above as the psycho who stabbed a 69-year-old man in the face in Highbridge, cops said. Police believe that at about 1:30...
CEO spent $1M in kickbacks on strippers, private jets
A former New Jersey marketing-agency CEO and his brother racked up more than $1 million in kickbacks — and then squandered the loot to fuel a lavish lifestyle that included...
Almost 6 million will face ObamaCare fines at tax time
WASHINGTON — April 15 is going to be more sickening than usual for lots of taxpayers. Up to 6 million Americans will have to pony up new ObamaCare fines when...
UFT fights back against Cuomo's charter school expansion plans
The city teachers union blasted Gov. Cuomo’s charter-school expansion plans Thursday, demanding that state lawmakers step in to force charters to enroll more high-needs children. In a bulky, graphic-filled report...