October 26, 2013
Why is Obama hiding Joe Biden?
Where is Joe Biden? For 16 days, the federal government was shut down, and yet the White House’s ambassador to the Senate was invisible. ObamaCare rolled out (or rather fell...
City marshal 'boots' volunteer ambulance
This ambulance chaser must have been brain-dead. A city marshal slapped a tire boot on an ambulance in Brooklyn last week, preventing it from responding to emergencies for hours, stunned...
De Blasio $1.2M in debt to city
Bill de Blasio is in debt up to his eyeballs. He has treated his two Park Slope houses as ATMs, taking out a series of loans on each that have...
Jets will be viable contenders with Bengals win
CINCINNATI — If you are the New York Jets, this is how you earn their stripes in the NFL: You beat the Bengals at their place after you beat the...
The crime-ridden city of yesterday or the safety of today: The choice is yours
Finally, the mayoral race is about something big. Thanks to Joe Lhota’s sounding the alarm about Bill de Blasio’s off-the-wall plans, voters now face a clear choice. Here it is,...
Andrea Bargnani struggling with transition to Knicks
Carmelo Anthony repeated several times Saturday that Andrea Bargnani’s transformation as a defensive-minded Knick won’t “happen overnight.’’ However, Knicks coach Mike Woodson said he won’t wait a long time for...
Two men charged with stealing fish at JFK Airport
Two men learned yesterday that it’s illegal to go fishing at JFK Airport. Jovanny Tlamints, 24, and Angel Garcia, 53, had been sent by their employer, North Landing of Clifton,...
Pitching surplus gives Cardinals options
ST. LOUIS — The Red Sox finished at the bottom of the AL East a season ago, so their World Series appearance is another reminder how difficult it is to...
Tragic mom: I put out candles before fire that killed kids
A Bronx mom who lost three of her five children in a fast-moving fire allegedly caused by candles insisted to cops she had extinguished the candles before heading to bed,...
Changes coming to MLB bids for Japan players
The MLB Commissioners Office and Nippon Professional Baseball are closing in on a posting agreement that the sides are optimistic will be in place by Nov. 1, two sources told...
Lawyer spent 12 years sueing ex-wife, family
A Manhattan lawyer has spent more than 12 years filing suits against his ex-wife since their marriage ended, abusing the legal system so much that this month his license was...
Want to smile? Root for these teams
I have a friend who has picked poorly in his time as a sports fan. He didn’t grow up in a major league city, so the whole gamut was there...
Stop squeezing our spots! SI condo owners sue over parking
Say it paint so! Staten Island condo owners are crying foul after the board members of their private complex reconfigured parking, enlarging their own spaces while significantly squishing others. The...
Another loss would bury the Giants
All right Giants, this is it. No, seriously. This really is it. You’ve run out of get-out-of-jail free cards. Each week from now, until they meet official elimination from playoff...
US Health secretary stresses positives of ObamaCare
She’s taking lemons and making a lemon peel. ObamaCare is still impossible to access over the Internet for many, but Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is somehow staying...
Mayor drops bid to ban display of cigarettes in stores
Hizzoner won’t be hiding the cigarettes after all. Mayor Bloomberg has scrapped a key provision from his anti-tobacco legislation that would have banned cigs from being publicly displayed behind the...
Jets see-saw season lands in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI — One week they’re up. The next week they’re down. The week after that they’re back up again. The Jets’ season is enough to make any fan dizzy. The...
Rangel moves to settle his own lawsuit against Congress
In a bizarre legal move, Rep. Charles Rangel is seeking to settle a lawsuit he filed against fellow members of Congress. Rangel attorney Jay Goldberg filed a motion last Tuesday...
Desperate Giants get another crack at Eagles
PHILADELPHIA — We interrupt the New York Giants’ one-game winning streak to bring you the following special presentation entitled “The Year That Wasn’t.’’ It has been a full calendar year...
Sandy victims say city snubs Rockaways
A year after Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaways are still fighting for help from the city — and along some stretches of sorry roadway, it looks like the storm hit only...
You go, girls! Saudi women protest driving ban
They’re on the road to women’s rights. More than 60 courageous Saudi Arabian women got behind the wheel Saturday to protest their country’s tacit ban on female driving — and...
Google builds 'floating office'— without permits
Google rocked the boat by building a massive floating office off the coast of San Francisco — and possibly one near Portland, Maine — without proper permits, CBS reported on...
Neo-Nazis rain on Greece patriot parade
A political dust-up erupted in Greece on Saturday following a provincial governor’s decision to invite the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to an annual parade honoring resistance to fascism. Thessaloniki’s governor,...
World Series telecasts silly like a Fox
With apologies to Thomas Paine, these are the souls who try men’s times. Game 1 of the World Series, top of the fourth, 5-0 Red Sox, Cardinals’ Jon Jay leads...
Voice of 'The Simpsons' Mrs. Krabappel dies at 70
LOS ANGELES — Marcia Wallace, the voice of scoffing schoolteacher Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons," whose wise-cracking characters on "The Bob Newhart Show" and other prime-time hits endeared her to generations...
Devils stun Bruins with two late goals
BOSTON — It took a couple of last-minute goals for the Devils to snap their recent woes against the Bruins. Marek Zidlicky and Andy Greene scored power-play goals 23 seconds...
Don't miss! A preview of this week's top shows
BIG INTERVIEW Mike's (Michael J. Fox) love for his sister, Leigh (Katie Finneran), is put to the test when a bedbug infestation forces her to move in with his family....
Angela Bassett casts a spell as legendary voodoo queen Laveau
Angela Bassett is certainly practicing some kind of voodoo on FX’s “American Horror Story.” On a show haunted by the campy ghosts of Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford...
Five shows to add to your DVR ASAP
We’re well into the fall season, which means you’ve probably missed more than a couple new shows before it was too late. To help you catch up, here are five...
Dear John: Fries with that, Mr. President?
Dear John: Since our president is such a fan of “fair share,” do you think he filed his 2012 tax return using the (higher) 2013 rates to set himself up...
Rangers show grit in OT win over Red Wings
DETROIT — It became very clear on Saturday night in Joe Louis Arena how much the smallest bit of success can change the entire complexion of a team — and...
Brazil’s biography laws smack of censorship
In the early 1960s, when Brazilian leaders threatened to go to war with France over French fishermen poaching lobster off the South American country’s coast, Charles de Gaulle famously declared,...
Islanders defense lets them down again
Islanders fans booed former captain Mark Streit in his return to Nassau Coliseum. Perhaps they were just frustrated at the state of the team’s defense, because the Isles certainly could...
What's it like to live inside of a cemetery?
The UPS truck can't seem to find them. Neither can the cable guy. And the residents of the little Queens cottage have given up ordering pizza. Then again, the neighbors...
'Ender's Game' star Asa Butterfield refuses to grow up
The new movie “Ender’s Game,” in theaters Friday, presents a frighteningly bleak portrait of future life on Earth: Mankind is in peril after attacks by an evil alien race called...
The most unusual and unnerving NYC residences
THE FUNERAL PARLOR Meryl Van Meter, a 33-year-old comedian, dreamed of moving to Brooklyn’s coveted Carroll Gardens neighborhood four years ago. “Our broker was like, ‘I have this great space,...
9 Halloween-worthy wardrobe additions
From creepy clutches to spine-chilling scarves, get into the Halloween spirit with these boo-tiful looks.
Taylor Momsen strikes fear in the hearts of fans
She used to be such a sweet girl. But judging by the latest video for her band, the Pretty Reckless, the devil has gotten into Taylor Momsen. The clip for...
Has the culinary mash-up trend gone too far?
No doubt, the Cronut was an inspired idea. And fans of the Ramen Burger continue to endure ridiculous Smorgasburg lines for their weekly fix. But at what point have we...
Actors bring fiends to life at NYC's scariest haunted house
Like a murderer coming back to the scene of the crime, the "Nightmare" haunted house has returned to the Lower East Side. Now in its 10th year, the Nightmare franchise...
Black cats are more than bad luck and witches
Consciously or unconsciously, many would-be cat owners avoid taking in black cats, leaving animal shelters with more kohl kitties than other colors. Louie Knowles, 26, is not one of those...
Broadway folk reveal their spookiest backstage beliefs
Don't whistle in the wings, steer clear of peacock feathers — and never, ever say “Macbeth.” The theater is rife with superstitions, some of which actually spring from common sense:...
William Helmreich: My Haunted New York
If there's a creepy corner of New York City, William Helmreich has walked around it -- and he's got the worn-down shoes to prove it. Helmreich, a sociology professor at...
This week's must-read books
Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn (Little, Brown) Another Johnny Cash book? Hilburn tells Required Reading why: “I didn’t feel any of the others came close to capturing the...
Halloween a great night to hookup with strangers
Rachel White doesn’t usually make out with strangers at parties. But then, the 27-year-old writer isn’t usually dressed as a sexy ballerina. “There was one Halloween in 2006 when my...
Top 5 Banksy-style seduction tips
According to game gazers at Banksy's 'gallery' on West 24th Street. “Tag their apartment building with your phone number.” — Andrew “Spray-paint a bouquet of flowers on their doorway.” —...
Thrill-seeker wants a girl who will give him a rush
Russell, 23, has tried hundreds of roller coasters, but the Brooklynite wants a lady who will come along for the ride Celebrity twin: Russell’s doppelgänger is Dan Auerbach of the...
This week's couple: Mix and match
If there were a list of first-date fears, suffering an allergy attack would be near the top. But Laethe, 34, says he's used to them, so when he met Lindsay,...
In my library: Hélène Grimaud
http://youtu.be/0sfG_l5Npcg Great musicians are often interesting people, some with unusual hobbies. Even so, Hélène Grimaud is the rare pianist who spends her free time running with wolves. At her farm...
Commissioner OK with MLB paying for A-Rod evidence
ST. LOUIS — With the ethics of his investigators under attack by Alex Rodriguez and his attorneys, commissioner Bud Selig defended the methodology that led Major League Baseball to suspend...
FDNY burned by Judge Nick
Defenders of a judge’s racial-hiring mandates at the FDNY are refusing to believe that such meddling by the court has consequences. But facts, as John Adams said, are stubborn things....
Cuomo doing nothing to end pension-spiking
Long before Andrew Cuomo became governor, he was blasting public employees who pile up overtime to jack up their pensions. So why, after three years as governor, is he still...
Apple Computer co-founder isn't a fan of new iPad
The inventor of the Apple I and Apple II computers isn’t blown away by Apple’s new line of thinner, faster iPads. “I was hoping for more storage,” Steve Wozniak said...
Proposal to help Americans get 'creditworthiness'
A proposal to better access credit scores — to include non-loan payments such as rent, utility and cable bills — is gaining momentum in Congress as a way to help...
Sheik-ing up the US economy
Outside the Beltway, the question on the minds of many is, Why is the White House threatening the fragile recovery of the US economy? At risk are the price we...
Expanded playoffs came too late for ex-Mets All-Star
WENTZVILLE, Mo. — There are 109.6 acres of land here, on which you can find two ponds, a deer stand, a tractor, a fishing boat and a bull named Walter....
Rick DiPietro gets tryout with Hurricanes
HE IS 32 now, healthy, unencumbered by a contract to scare teams away. Rick DiPietro is looking forward to the first day of the rest of his NHL life. “Rick...
Gov. shutdown replaced holiday cheer with fear
It’s the shutdown that stole Christmas. More than a week after the debt-ceiling standoff ended, fresh evidence is piling up that the 16-day government shutdown left an indelible mark on...
Serby's Q&A with Mike Woodson
Knicks coach Mike Woodson took a timeout from preparing his team for Wednesday’s season opener to huddle with Steve Serby for some Q&A. Q:What did you say to your team...
HS coaches recall Richardson's determined NFL dream
ST. LOUIS — The pregame walk from the gym, up the hill and across the street to the football field is a ritual here at Gateway Institute of Technology High...
E-cigarettes hot in Hollywood
Leonardo DiCaprio digs them. Johnny Depp draws on them. Jenny McCarthy goes out with them. They’re e-cigarettes, and they’re the latest symbol of Hollywood hip glam. But this is no...
Geno Smith's anti-fumble drills working
The Jets added something to rookie quarterback Geno Smith’s practice regimen four weeks ago after he fumbled twice against the Titans — ball security drills designed for running backs. “It’s...
Knight Capital computer meltdown just waiting to happen
The glitch from hell is just waiting for its moment. Much of the nation has been focusing on the computer difficulties surrounding the nightmarish implementation of the Affordable Care Act,...
Giants' Patterson makes Philly return
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have a nine-game losing streak at Lincoln Financial Field, and none of the Giants knows quite what that means better than Mike Patterson, who spent the...
Luxe destination club seeing 'big uptick' in NY guests
New Yorkers are spending more on luxe vacations with VIP services. Exclusive Resorts, a top-tier destination club, says it is seeing a big uptick in New York members, many of...
Website connects moms, experts through one-on-one videos
Kidville, a New York- based international company offering preschool classes and activities, is branching out in the mompreneur field with the launch of MommyCoach, an online platform to connect moms...
Hedge fund heavyweight will chair Columbia U. fundraising dinner
Hedge fund heavyweight Paul Singer might seem an odd choice of a business titan to chair the annual Columbia University Knight-Bagehot gala fundraising dinner, which will be held Nov. 4...
Style expert's new book will save you 30% a year on shopping
A new book by New York style expert Lilliana Vazquez casts some light on how American women spend on big retailers. Vazquez, 33, whose blog Cheapchicas.com has up to 5,000...
Nets still want to see full squad on the floor
If the Nets had been told a month ago they would have made it through the preseason without any serious injuries, they gladly would have signed up for that. The...
Live Nation, AEG battling over Miley tour
Rival concert promoters are taking the gloves off, going all out to win pieces of Miley Cyrus’ global tour. Live Nation won Round 1 after it agreed to pay the...
Heat with chance to be one of the best teams in NBA history
With the Knicks coming off their best season in over a decade and the Nets sporting a pair of new stars — plus a franchise legend taking over as coach...
Serby's first-half NFL awards
CINCINNATI — As we arrive at the halfway mark of the NFL season, it is time to hand out the Serby Says Awards. The pool of would-be candidates has been...
Lacrosse in Harlem? It's happening
Harlem isn’t exactly thought of as a lacrosse hotbed. But that’s about to change. Five years ago, Simon Cataldo, a teacher at Frederick Douglas Academy on 140th Street in Harlem,...
Jets could be in first place by Monday
The Jets will be in Cincinnati going through their pregame preparation for their 4 p.m. Sunday game against the Bengals, but they will have an eye on the scoreboard or...
Critics: Twitter needs to police hate speech
It’s a holy war for Twitter as the company begins lining up institutional investors for its lucrative initial public offering, slated for as early as Nov. 7. Anti-Semites, racists and...
Bringing in Monte Kiffin was smart move by Cowboys
The concept of bend-but-don’t-break defense is back in style with the Cowboys — emphasis on the “bend” part. Under new defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and his right-hand man Rod Marinelli,...
Witt's NFL picks Week 8
SUNDAY Jaguars (+16 ½) over 49ers (in London): Unless 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh wants to make this a crusade, there’s no reason Frisco should run it up in this distracting setting,...
Ian Eagle begins 20th year with Nets
Ian Eagle knows this Brooklyn Nets season will be far different from the way it was all too often in New Jersey. “I could literally hear conversations from fans taking...
Nets Rewind: Offense can be formidable
Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 108-87 victory over the Heat in Miami Friday night: 1. Even without Kevin Garnett playing, Friday night’s game showed off what the...
Al Sharpton defends Jay-Z amid Barneys ‘racism’
Jay Z is not the enemy — Barneys is, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday, going easy on the rapper even while he threatened to mount a boycott of the...
Amar'e, K-Mart to be backup power forward platoon
Welcome to Mike Woodson’s backup power-forward platoon featuring Amar’e Stoudemire and Kenyon Martin. Woodson has become the mad scientist, trying to draft a plan of rotating Stoudemire and Martin in...
How the US thanked Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan just got its first thank-you note for helping save the financial system five years ago. It’s a strong-armed “settlement” that forces it to pony up $13 billion — $5.1...
Do babies know good from evil?
Psychologist Kiley Hamlin expected the 8-month old to pick the “good” puppet. Hundreds of studies had already confirmed that infants, 166 of the 188 tested by Hamlin, prefer the helper...
Henrik Lundqvist: I 'want to play Monday'
DETROIT — Henrik Lundqvist was not about to parse his words. The Rangers’ franchise goaltender did not dress for the second straight game in Saturday night’s 3-2 overtime win over...
Red Bulls aiming for Supporters' Shield
The Red Bulls have never won any meaningful silverware in their tortuous, title-less 18-year history. They’ll try to change that Sunday night, when they host Chicago (5 p.m., MSG, UniMas)...
Rutgers QB stinks it up in ugly loss
PISCATAWAY — Rutgers got hammered and humiliated, 49-14, at home by Houston, the worst beating in nearly a decade. When the turnover-fest was over, they had a locker room full...
FBI probe into cops who shot teen holding toy gun
SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a popular 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California. Sheriff...
US, Canada should merge into one country
U-S-Eh! No two nations in the world are as integrated, economically and socially, as the United States and Canada. We share geography, values and a gigantic border. Regardless of this...
Three officials shot in 9 hour Calif. standoff
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The gunman in a violent confrontation that wounded a federal immigration officer and three local police officers surrendered early Saturday after an hours-long standoff in a Sacramento...
Cops killed teen holding toy gun after 10 seconds
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Residents of a Northern California community expressed skepticism Thursday about a sheriff's deputy's decision to shoot dead a popular 13-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet...
There a doctor in 'House'?
It may have escaped your attention, but let it be known now and forever more that Hugh Laurie is not African-American. It was a fact that the “House” star implicitly...
Two-alarm fire at Macy's flagship store
A two-alarm fire broke out in the basement of Macy's flagship store Friday night, sending plumes of smoke into the air and forcing shoppers and store clerks outside while firefighters...
Sex harassment suit against Lehman College
A former Lehman College secretary on Friday slapped her ex-boss and the school with a scathing sex-harassment lawsuit, alleging she was told to provide favors and rub his bald head....
Iranian-American charged in missile plot
The feds on Friday unsealed criminal charges against a dual US-Iranian citizen being held in Manhattan for allegedly trying to acquire more than 200 surface-to-air missiles that he wanted to...
US officials warn allies on Snowden files
WASHINGTON — US officials have begun warning foreign allies that NSA leaker Edward Snowden might have released documents revealing the intelligence operations of their countries and their level of cooperation...
Charges likely in 'Rocky' steps stunt
PHILADELPHIA — Police say they've questioned the driver of a car seen going down the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps made famous in the movie "Rocky." Videos posted online show...
ObamaCare website won't be fixed for a month
WASHINGTON — The White House is handing over the job of overseeing repairs on the botched ObamaCare Web site to a federal contractor — and a top administration official predicted...
Perv-rap DJ Dave Herman won’t fight extradition to Jersey
ST. CROIX, US Virgin Islands — DJ Dave Herman won’t fight extradition to New Jersey on charges that he tried to set up a sexual encounter with a 7-year-old girl....
Woman critical in cop crash on Upper East Side
An NYPD traffic enforcement supervisor overseeing a tow-truck and parking detail during President Obama’s visit to New York on Friday plowed into a 51 year-old woman leaving her critically injured...
A-Rod team tries for ‘home field’ court venue
There’s a court battle brewing between Alex Rodriguez and Major League Baseball — over which court to slug it out. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for the Yankees star, notified Manhattan...
Girl, 14, fumes against financier daddy in divorce 'fight'
A seething teenage girl caught in her parents’ bitter “War of the Roses” divorce testified against her estranged father in a Manhattan court Friday as he sobbed at the defense...
Orphaned palms take root, thanks to Post
The world’s most pampered palm trees have found new homes. Sixty palm trees that graced 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar — and were sent to Florida each winter by the late,...
Barneys CEO calls Sharpton after 'race' flap
The Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday he had received a personal call from the CEO of Barneys, where two black teens who had made pricey purchases were harassed by cops...
Obama boosts de Blasio with visit to Junior’s
Bill de Blasio was able to have his cake and eat it, too — with President Obama. The president gave the Democratic mayoral nominee a big boost Friday by bringing...
Shock as cemetery allows runners after Obama visit closes park
Runners stormed Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery on Friday, zipping past mourners holding flowers as the famous graveyard scrapped its no-jogging rule to accommodate President Obama’s Prospect Park takeover. About two dozen...
Flood insurance surge socks residents
Hurricane Sandy is about to sock unwary homeowners again. A report commissioned by the city has found that 35 percent of the 68,000 buildings required to carry flood insurance in...
The 'Starr' of Ringo's 1964 photo comes forward
The driver of a car full of teen-aged Beatles fans photographed by Ringo Starr in 1964 came forward on Friday — and said the surprise encounter “was the highlight of...
Bust in phony 'bomb dog' bid
Never mind man’s best friend; this guy wanted his chocolate lab to be the next Superdog. The feds busted a Westchester man who impersonated an anti-terrorism agent so he could...
NY education big: We're paring back state tests
ALBANY — Some standardized tests in state public schools will be eliminated, state Education Commissioner John King has told superintendents in a surprising announcement that cites “a variety of pressures”...
NY accent an 'aphrodisiac'
They love it when you tell them you’re from Noo Yawk. A survey of the sexiest accents by dating site Cupid.com says the sound of sharp-talking New Yorkers is an...
Banksy unveils cool ghoul in new Noho artwork
Banksy got New Yorkers celebrating Halloween a week early with a creepy installation that included a Grim Reaper riding a bumper car to the tunes of an accordion player and...
Melo struggles, Knicks lose despite Amar'e and J.R. returns
Amar’e Stoudemire and J.R. Smith were back, full of hope, and the Knicks were back at a newly transformed Garden ,full of glitter. But the preseason ended on a dampening...
Deadline founder blasts owner on Twitter
There appears to be no alternative ending for this Hollywood drama. The feud between Nikki Finke, the founder of Deadline.com, the powerful Tinseltown website, and its owner, Jay Penske, appears...