June 27, 2015
Google and Facebook battle it out in video market
Google and Facebook were facing off for ad dollars in Cannes, France, with both companies operating out of huge beachside booths to pitch marketers on their offerings. Google is the...
New app for businesswomen set to debut in US
A buzzy new women’s networking group from Down Under is launching in the US, targeting women on Wall Street, entrepreneurs, techies and self-starters among its members. Business Chicks is Australia’s...
Cardinal Dolan asks Pope Francis for Cuban cigars
Holy (Cuban) smoke! Timothy Cardinal Dolan is a cigar aficionado who has his eye on a large clandestine supply of Havana cheroots. His Eminence, a guest at a breakfast last...
Devils draft goalie, won't re-sign veterans Gomez, Bernier
Hours after finishing his first draft with the Devils, general manager Ray Shero already has turned his attention toward free agency next week. The Devils don’t have a lot of...
Ex-Twitter CEO becomes social darling in Cannes
Cannes, France — Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is wasting no time networking now that he’s footloose. The bespectacled former standup comedian was spotted rushing up and down the Croisette,...
Shoplifting causes $44B loss for retailers
What shrinks and gets bigger at the same time? Retailer inventory and losses. Shrinkage — or loss due to shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud and administrative errors — cost US...
Islanders select Chinese player — an NHL draft first
SUNRISE, Fla. — For the first time, a Chinese player has been selected in the NHL draft. Andong Song was chosen by the Islanders with the No. 172 pick in...
Wells Fargo's 'inconsistent' bankruptcy program troubles bank in court
When Rodney Wayne Weidenbenner went to sleep on March 11, 2014, every penny he had left in the world was in four Wells Fargo accounts. When he woke up, the...
Fashion companies roll out new app to find latest trends
Fashion focus groups — long a staple for retailers chasing the next hot trend — are finally going high-tech. Big clothing chains like Abercrombie & Fitch, The Limited and David’s...
Investors move money quickly amidst possible rate increase
The countdown to financial Armageddon is on — there are just over 50 nail-biting trading days until Sept. 17 and perhaps the Fed’s first rate increase since 2006, which could...
Credit-card pros urge caution with gas cards
Now that cheap gas is in your rear-view mirror, it’s time to look for deals to lower fuel costs. “Gas prices have actually been rising all year — 30 percent...
US markets will be affected by 'leap second'
If it seems like summer days are lasting longer than ever, it may not be your imagination. The last day of this month will last exactly one second longer, a...
Steven Matz's debut with Mets will be 'a dream come true'
For a kid who grew up on Long Island surrounded by fellow Mets fans, Steven Matz couldn’t help but hear the buzz from friends and family that he was about...
The missing element Hollis-Jefferson gives the Nets
Thursday night’s NBA draft had come and gone, and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson already had switched teams once in his NBA career before leaving the building. But despite the fact that it...
Can bucking tradition and doubling down save the Mets?
Imagine a realm of Hades in which the Mets continuously pitch well and don’t score much, and pitch well and don’t score much, and there’s never … any … resolution!!!...
Why any Tanaka slip is cause for Yankees' concern
HOUSTON — Winning takes the sting out of everything. Winning allows you to forget that it’s 109 degrees in the shade outside of Minute Maid Park. Winning allows you to...
Hondo guns for Ray payday
Hondo had the good splitter working for him Saturday when he hit with the Marlins and missed with the Braves to lower the deficit to 1,335 pagliaronis. Sunday: Mr. Aitch...
In My Library: Candice Wiggins
If Magic Johnson hadn’t spoken up when he did, Candice Wiggins probably wouldn’t be playing basketball. “It was a terrifying time,” says the star of New York Liberty about the...
NYCFC-Red Bulls has buzz, energy and fanfare of a real rivalry
Before fledgling New York City FC’s first-ever clash with the old-guard Red Bulls, it was hard to call the two teams rivals. But after the electric atmosphere in Harrison, N.J.,...
Rangers' disregard of needs plunges them to playoff bubble
SUNRISE, Fla. — Might have been instructive had Glen Sather spent a moment or two with the press this weekend to clarify his plans for the future, but no such...
7 prospects to watch in 'dramatically' improved Yankees system
Luis Severino and Aaron Judge began this season as consensus top-75 prospects and were promoted in the last month from Double- to Triple-A on merit. Though that sounds like a...
Porzingis will have a buddy on the Knicks ... just not next season
https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/614488886958555136 This stash pick is no trash pick. The Knicks may not have a center on their roster yet for this season, but feel they have a potential pivot for...
As free agency approaches, Knicks thinking 'big'
Twenty-seven million dollars doesn’t buy as much as it used to but Phil Jackson will enter free agency Wednesday desperately needing a starting center, shooting guard and a more traditional...
Yankees outslug Astros to bail out awful Masahiro Tanaka
HOUSTON — As Masahiro Tanaka was in the process of flushing a six-run lead Saturday against the Astros questions from every pew in the Yankees’ universe flowed concerning his health....
Time to evict New York's public-housing slumlord
The horrors of public housing in this city simply never cease. The latest: As 270,000 people languish on waiting lists desperate for an affordable place to live, thousands of low-rent...
The latest mystery over Hillary's missing e-mails
Now this was predictable: The State Department on Thursday said Hillary Clinton failed to turn over 15 work-related e-mails from her private server, despite claiming she’d handed over everything. Which...
This man owns the largest collection of Nazi artifacts
When he was 5 years old, Kevin Wheatcroft received an unusual birthday present from his parents: a bullet-pocked SS stormtrooper’s helmet, lightning bolts on the ear-flaps. He had requested it...
Remembering the most patient fan base in NY history
HOUSTON — The stories that still echo are clearly from another time, another place, another era. But the more you think about it, they almost seem like they had to...
Mets-Reds suspended due to rain; will resume Sunday
Mets fans will have to wait a little longer for Steven Matz’s long-awaited major league debut. Matz will still make his first start at Citi Field on Sunday, but the...
Kristaps Porzingis on bringing Knicks a title, Carmelo and NY women
Top Knicks draft pick Kristaps Porzingis took a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby: Q: What do you want your basketball legacy to be? A: I want...
Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver in Queens
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a female pedestrian early Saturday morning Queens, authorities said. Betty Jean DiBiasio, 21, was crossing Ditmars Boulevard near 19th Street in Astoria around 2:30 a.m....
The hottest ice cream servers at NYC's coolest parlors
Meet the gorgeous girls and boys serving up the city’s tastiest frozen treats. Melanie Clough Ample Hills Creamery, 623 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights Age: 20 Relationship status: She has a...
How the new 'Terminator' created 4 generations of Schwarzenegger
Give the team behind the new “Terminator Genisys” a time machine, and they might go back and prevent a blight from being unleashed: the last two “Terminator” films. The inferior...
As Top 40 free agents cash in, big names still on board
The first step for NBA teams to revamp their rosters this offseason came last Thursday, when 60 players saw their dreams realized by being selected as part of the 2015...
Marlins' Stanton was a highlight machine before his injury
Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, MLB’s home run leader, is out 4-6 weeks after X-Rays revealed a broken bone in his left hand Friday night. It’s a huge loss for baseball, for...
Tunisian terrorist grinned during beach slaughter: survivors
This is the ISIS madman casually strolling along a Tunisian beach, his AK-47 dangling from his right arm — just after opening fire and slaughtering 38 tourists. The grinning Islamic...
The long-awaited rise of Long Island's Steven Matz, the 'ultimate competitor'
“And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders...
The next battle: Confederate leaders' names on street signs
Confederate generals’ names should be scrubbed from streets at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams declared Saturday. Adams is demanding the renaming of two streets at Fort Hamilton: General...
Nets sign undrafted former top-five recruit for summer league
League sources confirmed the Nets have agreed to have Cliff Alexander play for their summer league entries in both Orlando, Fla., and Las Vegas. Alexander, a 6-foot-9, 240 pound power...
French police question delivery man over beheading
French authorities are questioning a 35-year-old delivery man of North African origin over a suspected Islamist attack involving the beheading of his boss and an attempt to blow up a...
Carmelo says he's 'far from upset’ over Porzingis pick
Carmelo Anthony has taken to Instagram to deny he is upset about draft night, praising Knicks first-round pick Kristaps Porzingis as “a steal" and claiming he is “far from upset."...
Massive manhunt continues for David Sweat amid looming storms
They came at him with dogs, guns, all-terrain vehicles and helicopters — but escaped cop-killer David Sweat continued to outrun a massive manhunt on Saturday. The 35-year-old prison escapee was...
73-year-old man rides roller coaster for 12,000th time
MASON, Ohio — A 73-year-old man has taken his 12,000th ride on his favorite roller coaster at King's Island amusement park in Ohio. The park says Gary Coleman of Monfort...
Chris Christie goes live with presidential campaign website
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Republican Chris Christie's political team has gone live with a presidential campaign website days before he jumps into the 2016 race. The new website — www.chrischristie.com...
Rangers trade Cam Talbot and Carl Hagelin
SUNRISE, Fla. — Yes, indeed, Cam Talbot was traded, and to the Oilers, and for less — maybe much less — of a return than had been anticipated. But at...
Man fatally shot and stabbed in Manhattan
An East Harlem man was fatally shot and stabbed early Saturday morning at the housing project he called home, police said. Cops responding to a 911 call around 12:05 a.m....
How Mets, Yankees could prey on Giancarlo Stanton's injury
Giancarlo Stanton’s injury is bad for the Marlins, but arguably worse for Major League Baseball. Stanton suffered a fractured left hamate bone Friday night and is expected to miss four...
Talent-acquisitions director looking to recruit a bearded beau
Kenyatta, 26, is active and athletic and wants a partner who loves exploring NYC as much as she does. Nature’s way: Kenyatta doesn’t hit the gym, but she keeps quite...
This week's couple: Work night
Dating takes work. We all know this, and yet, the best dates are the ones that don’t feel like work at all and the worst dates usually feel like we’re...
Hit-and-run driver slams into pedestrian in Queens
A hit-and-run driver fatally struck a female pedestrian early Saturday morning Queens, authorities said. The 21-year-old woman was crossing Ditmars Boulevard near 19th Street in Astoria around 2:30 a.m. when...
The hipsters have taken over the Rockaways
Music is pumping and young adults sporting cutoff shorts and dyed hair are dancing up a sweat. This isn’t another night out in Williamsburg — it’s a boardwalk in Rockaways,...
How 'Magic Mike's' newest stripper learned to 'hone the nasty'
There's a new piece of eye candy taking the stage in “Magic Mike XXL,” armed with puppy-dog eyes and a six-pack of perfection: Stephen “tWitch” Boss, whose day job has...
The new 'Scream' beauty isn't afraid of dying
Willa Fitzgerald was just a kindergartner when “Scream” hit theaters in 1996. So when the actress watched all four titles in the horror franchise after being cast in MTV’s series...
'Magic Mike' star Adam Rodriguez likes covering his naked body with chocolate
Think “Magic Mike XXL” isn’t an action movie? One, er, climactic scene in the sequel features an astonishing explosion — executed without any special effects. In a pivotal pelvic moment,...
This Taylor Swift approved song will empower anyone
https://youtu.be/xo1VInw-SKc When Rachel Platten was writing her uplifting piano-pop anthem “Fight Song” at the beginning of 2014, she dreamed of seeing a mass of people waving their arms and singing...
Motorcycle passenger killed in freak accident
A female motorcycle passenger was killed in a freak accident on the Queensboro Bridge early Saturday morning, police said. The 32-year-old Bronx woman was riding across the span near the...
Woman climbs up flagpole to take down Confederate flag
https://twitter.com/fergusonaction/status/614740590266351616 Her dislike of the stars and bars could put her behind bars. Brittany Ann Byuarim Newsome donned a helmet and climbing gear early Saturday and removed the Confederate flag...
'I fell in love with a prisoner - and then married him'
Susan Doneson, 48, of Roslyn, LI, stars in Bravo’s new reality TV show “Secrets and Wives,” about a group of privileged women who live on the North Shore of Long...
Woman finds 8.52 carat diamond at Arkansas park
MURFREESBORO, Ark. — An 8.52 carat diamond has been found by a Colorado woman at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park at Murfreesboro. Park officials said Friday that the gem...
This hunchbacked mutt is the World's Ugliest Dog
PETALUMA, Calif. — A 10-year-old mutt named Quasi Modo, whose spinal birth defects left him a bit hunchbacked, is the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest. The pit...
Looking to rebound from rough start, Tanaka changes routine
HOUSTON — Two bullpen sessions followed Masahiro Tanaka’s brutal outing against the Tigers last Sunday at Yankee Stadium as he attempted to correct a few mechanical flaws. “I did go...
Liberty no match for Shock
TULSA, Okla.— Riquna Williams scored 11 points, hitting three of Tulsa's 10 3-pointers, and the Shock beat the Liberty 71-62 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory. Plenette Pierson...
Police seeking perv who flashed 9-year-old outside school
A pervert flashed a 9-year-old girl in front of her Bronx school on Friday morning, cops said. The creep approached the PS 93 student before classes began at 6:55 a.m....
One Chris Young swing gives Yanks much-needed win
HOUSTON — A day earlier, sitting in the visitor’s clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, Joe Girardi had rocked back in forth in his chair, hands thrumming his desk, talking about...
Kevin Costner close to deal for Amazon series
Kevin Costner and David E. Kelley — both of whom could use a hit — could be combining their talents for a TV series. Costner is reportedly close to signing...
First look at Blythe Danner and RIchard Drefuss as the Madoffs
Infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is getting the Hollywood treatment. In this first-look photo from ABC’s upcoming “Madoff” miniseries, Richard Dreyfuss portrays the disgraced financier, with Blythe Danner as his...
AIDS activist Larry Kramer still fired up in HBO doc
When Larry Kramer’s play “The Normal Heart” premiered on Broadway in 2011 — 26 years after its creation — its author was outside the theater, distributing leaflets about AIDS. The...
Shania Twain opens up about losing her husband to her best friend
As Shania Twain embarks on her farewell tour, stopping at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, it’s hard not to think of her life as one long country song. There’s the...
Teen staffer sues Central Park Boathouse manager for sexual harassment
A married manager of the posh Central Park Boathouse restaurant bragged that he could “juggle having sex with four girls in the same night” to a young female staffer —...
How to crash NYC's fanciest pools
To be trapped in the concrete city during the summer is to be stuck with eternal summer envy. You know that somewhere out there in the world, while you toil...
These head shots got Hollywood's hottest stars hired
It's the photo that can make or break an actor’s career: the head shot — that indispensable casting tool. Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has...
Judge OKs rich Hamptonites' helicopter trips -- for now
Matt Lauer can relax. In a convenience coup for affluent Hamptons regulars, a Long Island federal judge ruled Friday that East Hampton officials cannot enforce severe restrictions on air traffic...
City salutes 45 college-bound homeless HS graduates
The city feted 45 college-bound homeless high-school grads at the Intrepid Museum Friday. The seniors, along with seven graduates from St. John’s University, all lived in Department of Homeless Services...
Rangers hold on to Talbot -- for now -- as Flames to turn up heat
SUNRISE, Fla. — So, Glen Sather was unable to parlay the interest in Cam Talbot into a first-round selection in the NHL draft that commenced with round one on Friday...
Hondo calls the big ‘dogs
Hondo received some much-needed air support Friday night from the Birds, who soared past Kluber and the Indians to lower the accounts payable to 1,370 alstons. Saturday night: Mr. Aitch...
Sandy Alderson's bad news for trade-happy Mets fans
The Mets shouldn’t hold their collective breath waiting for new blood to potentially revive this sputtering lineup. Echoing comments he’s made in recent weeks, general manager Sandy Alderson said Friday...
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The Bronx A gym rat attempted to rape a 20-year-old woman as she entered her apartment building in Bedford Park, police said. The hulking creep trailed the woman home from...
Financier claims blackmail in suit against 'demonic' ex-wife
An investment banker who admits he wed a beautiful model in a “marriage of convenience” is now suing her — claiming her “demonic capacities” to extort and blackmail him have...