December 13, 2014
Even Giants' game time shows how far they've fallen
Yep, it’s another Sunday at 1 p.m. game for the Giants, the sure sign they are viewed as mostly irrelevant coming down the stretch of a dismal season. A team...
Devils rally but fall short in loss to Stars
DALLAS — The first period was bad for the Devils on Saturday night. The second period started off well, but finished badly in a 4-3 loss to the Stars. After...
Prince George looks adorable in new Christmas photos
Three Christmas photos of a rosy-cheeked Prince George have been released by the royal family. The pictures show 17-month-old George in a courtyard at Kensington Palace, where he lives with...
Congress approves $1.1 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON — Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama's signature late Saturday night after a day of Senate intrigue capped by a failed, largely symbolic Republican...
New Year's resolutions to help trim your credit card debt
You’ve made New Year’s resolutions to stop smoking or eat less or possibly go to the gym on a regular basis. A few sensible personal-finance resolutions could be to your...
Dear John: Should I pay a ransom to get back my computer files?
Dear John: I’m not asking for help, but since this involves Bitcoin, I thought you might be interested. About a month ago, I lost all my photos and other files...
Domination? Disaster? It doesn’t matter — Manziel’s debut is a must-see
All eyes turn to Cleveland Sunday, all eyes fixate on the social media phenom and electric lightning rod known as Johnny Football. The hype that follows Johnny Manziel into the...
2014 is the Year of the Liberal Lie
Bowe Bergdahl. The IRS’s missing e-mails. Lena Dunham. “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Jonathan Gruber. GM and that faulty ignition switch. Andrew Cuomo and that anti-corruption commission. The Secret Service and...
Jets' mission in toilet bowl: Prove they're the least worst
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Welcome to the Tennessee Toilet Bowl. Sunday’s game between the 2-11 Jets and the 2-11 Titans might be so frightening, football fans will have to avert their...
Cowboys will beat Eagles to take control of NFC East
The Eagles’ Thanksgiving Day massacre of the Cowboys was just 17 days ago, but it suddenly feels like 17 years. Plenty has happened to Philadelphia and Mark Sanchez since that...
Families of fallen cops band together amid protests
Widows and children of hero cops killed in the line of duty say this picture — taken Saturday night — is their answer to cop-bashing agitators who take to the...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with D’Angelo Harrison
Steve Serby talks with guard D’Angelo Harrison about St. John’s red-hot start, his feelings about his brother, who is in prison and the challenges he has faced on and off...
Expect Dolphins to give rival Patriots a big-time test
Sunday Dolphins (+7 ½) over PATRIOTS: Off two lesser efforts, don’t doubt Patriots win at Gillette, with Week 1 revenge working. But ugly Dolphins loss to Ravens leaves them desperate....
Nets overcome big problems to defeat lowly Hornets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No bigs? No problem. Playing the second half of a back-to-back and missing three of their top six players, the Nets rode strong performances from their backcourt...
After honoring Gillies, Isles mount comeback to beat Blackhawks
It was as if Kyle Okposo had his hand out of the window of a speeding car, waving with the wind as he raised it higher and higher. “We want...
For Jets' Davis, visiting Nashville rekindles memories of cousin Steve McNair
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Demario Davis will approach Sunday’s game with the Titans as if it’s a regular game. He will go through his pregame routine the same way he has...
Why Tom Pecora thinks he can make Fordham a winner
Tom Pecora is still confident, seven games into his fifth season and 88 losses later. He sees young talent and potential on a roster that had none of either when...
How Chykie Brown earned the chance to impress at cornerback
Players are competing for today and also for their future with the Giants and count Chykie Brown as one of those players hoping to continue to make an impression Sunday...
Emotional Marcus Mariota wins Heisman in landslide
Marcus Mariota’s story — from un-recruited backup high school quarterback playing in anonymity in Hawaii to college football’s biggest star — screams Hollywood. Or, better yet, Broadway. Jets fans are...
Mets should go all in to pry Troy Tulowitzki away from Rockies
The risk is substantial. The chances this ownership group accepts those risks minimal. Yet, the Mets should call Colorado and make an offer the Rockies cannot refuse. The Mets should...
Supreme Court official among those killed in Afghanistan attack
The Afghan Taliban killed a Supreme Court official, a dozen mine clearers and several national and foreign soldiers but also suffered heavy losses from intensifying violence ahead of the withdrawal...
Protesters rage against police brutality
Nearly 30,000 people swarmed the streets of Manhattan Saturday afternoon as part of a day of national protests against police brutality. The turnout in New York appeared to be bigger...
8 things you didn’t know about ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’
http://youtu.be/yXQViqx6GMY When Santa Claus asks Mariah Carey if she’s been naughty or nice this year, her performance at last week’s tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center will undoubtedly be classified in...
Meet the 'My Super Sweet 16' star Kanye is mentoring to stardom
"I love gold,” Teyana Taylor says. Clad in a gold sequin romper and Moschino cap, the R&B singer — perched on a gold table at the Soho lounge GoldBar —...
Russian military jet nearly collides with plane over Sweden
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — For the second time this year, a Russian military aircraft turned off its transponders to avoid commercial radar and nearly collided with a passenger jet over Sweden,...
Armed robberies spike over the holidays
The FBI and NYPD are warning New Yorkers of a recent spike in armed robberies during the holidays. Cops say on Saturday, December 6th, cops say a man grabbed a...
SantaCon kicks off with First Amendment lesson
NEW YORK – New York's costumed pub crawl known as SantaCon is under way after a prominent civil rights lawyer gave attendees lesson in the First Amendment. Lawyer Norman Siegel...
Landlord bans visiting soldier from staying at wife's apartment
A soldier's return home for the holidays to be with his wife and newborn baby is being sabotaged by what he calls a Scrooge landlord. Army Sgt. William Bolt says...
Teen charged for killing dad with crossbow
HARRINGTON, Del. — Delaware State Police say a teenager killed his father with a crossbow, the arrow shooting him in the stomach, but investigators haven't determined a motive in the...
U.S. Senate delays vote on $1.1 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON - Leaders in the U.S. Senate postponed an anticipated vote on a $1.1 trillion spending bill late on Friday and will instead aim to pass the must-do legislation on...
Tornado rips through Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Californians got a lot of what they wanted and not too much of what they didn't from a major storm that finally blew out of the state...
300 New Yorkers travel to DC for police violence protest
More than 300 New Yorkers boarded buses for Washington D.C. this morning to join the National March Against Police Violence. The march -- attracting far less crowds than previous, landmark...
Sony CEO demanded 'The Interview' tone down assassination scene
It’s the movie that brought a film studio to a standstill — but ironically, Sony was already trying to appease North Korea with “The Interview.” The screwball comedy, due out...
Nicki Minaj leaves her mark with 'Pinkprint'
Albums of the week Nicki Minaj "The Pinkprint" ★★★ Her big-butt anthem “Anaconda” was a summer smash — now that Nicki Minaj has everyone’s attention (with what was practically a novelty...
Taylor Swift’s NYC style evolution
Happy 25th birthday, Taylor Swift! As the chart-topping singer turns a quarter century on Saturday, we can’t help but notice how her style has evolved since moving to the Big...
Police arrest suspect in Portland school shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. — Police in Portland have arrested a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school. Authorities said they stopped a vehicle around 1:30...
Taylor Swift parties like its 1989 at Jingle Ball
Taylor Swift’s 25th birthday bash will go down as one for ages. On Friday, she partied like it was “1989” in front of a packed Madison Square Garden as headliner...
Why return to Vancouver won't be sweet for Rangers' Glass
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This is not much of a homecoming for Tanner Glass, the Rangers winger who played with the Canucks from 2009 through 2011 and will have a...
Women brawl at the YMCA during Christmas party
The holiday spirit took a beating at a YMCA on the Lower East Side, where witnesses said a family Christmas party went from merry to scary and cops wound up...
Leaks reveal Times columnist showed Sony co-chair article before publication
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has become the latest victim in the massive Sony hacking scandal, thanks to newly revealed leaked e-mails suggesting she promised a sneak preview of...
Obama operatives launch campaign against Hillary in 2016
WASHINGTON — They’re not “Ready for Hillary” — but they’re getting prepared for hard-charging liberal Elizabeth Warren. In an open swipe at Hillary Clinton, more than 300 operatives from President...
Obama pushes Senate to approve $1.1 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON — President Obama pushed the Senate Friday to ratify a $1.1 trillion spending bill that has angered Democratic legislators, saying it was a compromise that stems from “the divided...
Sharpton struggles to find marchers for DC protest
The Rev. Al Sharpton is keeping expectations low for Saturday’s National March Against Police Violence — predicting that only “several thousand” protesters will gather along Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue. “We have...
St. Patrick’s unveils its immaculate facelift
If cleanliness is next to godliness, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral just scored some points with the big man upstairs. The venerable house of worship unveiled a brighter new pressure-washed Fifth Avenue...
Two women leap to their deaths in separate incidents
Two women apparently committed suicide by leaping from tall buildings in separate incidents in Downtown Manhattan on Friday evening, cops said. A 66-year-old woman fell to her death from 110...
De Blasio never got permits for new Gracie Mansion fence
Mayor de Blasio failed to secure the proper permits to build his “privacy fence” around Gracie Mansion — and the Parks Department is now scrambling to file the paperwork after...
Native Americans considering marijuana sales
New York-area tribes are hashing out whether to grow and sell marijuana on their reservations after a Justice Department announcement that it won’t ban weed on Indian soil. Officials at...
De Blasio getting the thumbs down from NYers
Mayor de Blasio, elected on a promise of bringing the city together, is getting a thumbs down from New Yorkers when it comes to race relations. A poll by Siena...
De Blasio wants to revamp the art collection at City Hall
Move over, George Washington! Mayor de Blasio wants to revamp the art collection at City Hall to spice up the mostly vanilla collection of portraits of historically prominent white men....
HS coach: Mariota trumps Manziel, is ready for the Jets
The bright lights of Broadway won’t blind Marcus Mariota. If the Jets wind up with the top pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, they shouldn’t worry about the New York...
How Saturday's winners could find themselves seeing stars
If Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao don’t wind up fighting each other their next opponents could be determined by the outcomes of separate fights Saturday night in Las Vegas. On...
Cops bust men after witnessing them pushing pills
Two Brooklyn men were busted on drug possession and sales charges after cops witnessed them peddling pills and Molly in Bensonhurst, police said. Two officers sitting in an unmarked cop...
Shumpert's inspiring words after dislocating shoulder
BOSTON — Iman Shumpert will join J.R. Smith in the MRI exam tube Saturday. Shumpert is the latest Knick to fall as he suffered a dislocated left shoulder that could...
Struggling Manhattan learns dark side of being champs
Manhattan understood what winning meant. Entering the season fresh off their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 years, the Jaspers realized the already difficult task of winning a MAAC championship...
Vigneault's not-so-subtle message to Chris Kreider
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Chris Kreider, who hasn’t scored since Nov. 8 and missed Monday’s game against the Penguins with neck spasms, will return to the Rangers’ lineup Saturday against...
RG3 or McCoy? Fog finally lifting for Giants' preparation
The Giants prepared all week to face Washington quarterback Colt McGriffin III on Sunday — but now it looks as if they will take on just Colt McCoy. McCoy went...
Daily Blotter
The Bronx Two men robbed an auto mechanic at gunpoint in his Eastchester shop, authorities said. The robbers entered Best Auto Group on Boston Road near Rombouts Avenue at 1:45...