• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets forward Robert Carter, Jr. (4) looks to get the ball past Syracuse Orange forward Rakeem Christmas (25) during the first half

    Reeling No. 7 Syracuse stunned by Georgia Tech

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A month ago, Syracuse was unbeaten, ranked No. 1 and riding high. Now, the Orange are struggling toward the postseason having lost four of five. Trae Golden...
  • Smith & Wesson profit rises, credits polymer pistol sales

    Smith & Wesson is once again becoming an American success story. America’s most recognizable handgun maker said Tuesday that profits for the three months ended Jan. 31 soared 43 percent...
  • Ex-wrestler locks up Discovery gig rebuilding cars

    Another Starr Report exclusive: Former WWE superstar Chuck Palumbo will star in “Lords of the Car Hoards,” a new reality show premiering March 17 (10 p.m.) on Discovery Channel. Palumbo...
  • Mariners keeping eyes on Yankees’ Phelps

    TAMPA — With pitchers Hisashi Iwakuma and Taijuan Walker sidelined by injuries, the Mariners are actively looking for help. Their search led them to George M. Steinbrenner Field Tuesday night...
  • Reports: Facebook in talks to buy drone-maker Titan Aerospace

    Facebook is in talks to buy Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones, to step up its efforts to provide Internet access to remote parts of the world, according to...
  • Doral with The Donald: The Post tours Trump’s redesigned course

    DORAL, Fla.— The magnate who owns the Blue Monster was wearing red Tuesday morning while he provided The Post a tour around his pride and passion, Trump National Doral, where...
  • Cuomo’s bold stand on charter schools may be his finest hour

    Some years ago, brilliant author Midge Decter warned against sitting on the sidelines during important political and cultural battles. “You must join the side you are on,” she declared. Gov....
  • They've gone from penning innocent letters to posting digital tongue-lashings. Meet the ferocious new breed of celebrity worshippers.

    The 10 most rabid celebrity fan groups online

    Late last Thursday night, shortly after her rumored split with One Direction’s Harry Styles, Kendall Jenner posted a pic on Instagram that featured the phrase: “don’t let boys be mean...
  • Herbalife

    SEC stays mum on possible Herbalife probe

    Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White told Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that she can’t say anything about any investigation the regulator may — or may not — have...
  • On eve of trade deadline, Brodeur and Devils top Red Wings

    If this does happen to be the way Martin Brodeur’s career as a Devil ends, then at least he leaves on a high note. On the eve of the trade...
  • Digital publishers making profits out of print

    Print, long bashed as a relic of a bygone era, seems to be making a comeback with an unlikely bunch of backers — digital-content companies. Unencumbered by the old legacy...
  • Obama budget places hope in change

    WASHINGTON — President Obama’s new budget plan calls for more spending, more taxes and a downgrade for your pocket change. The nearly $4 trillion budget released Tuesday sought to improve...
  • Vigneault holds off on Lundqvist decision

    Alain Vigneault will decide on the Rangers’ starting goaltender for Wednesday night’s match at the Garden against the Maple Leafs after checking on Henrik Lundqvist in the morning. The Blueshirts...
  • Man gets one-year sentence for helping dad fake his own death

    A Long Island man who admitted helping his father fake his own drowning in a life-insurance scam has been sentenced to a year in jail. Jonathan Roth, 23, of Massapequa...
  • Revlon says so long to Midtown, hello to One New York Plaza

    Cosmetics giant Revlon is joining the corporate march from Midtown to downtown, having signed a deal for 91,194 square feet for the top two floors of One New York Plaza,...
  • Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams outside his Prospect Heights home on Tuesday.

    That didn't take long

    The Post today reports that Brooklyn’s borough president, barely two months in office, is the first new, high-level city official to find himself under investigation. And it’s a doozy: soliciting funds...
  • Klinsmann: U.S. match against Ukraine good tuneup for Cup

    With Ukraine in turmoil, the United States’ on-again, off-again friendly soccer match is on again Wednesday (2 p.m., ESPN2). The exhibition match was canceled, then moved from Kharkiv in Ukraine...
  • New Apple CFO seen as 'shareholder-friendly'

    Apple’s incoming Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will assume the position with at least one positive trait for investors: He’s “shareholder-friendly.” That’s the word from Wall Street insiders, who predicted...
  • Bibi's red line

    In a speech following his meeting with President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu described an Israeli Army hospital set up to treat Syrian refugees, who arrive bleeding and often...
  • Italian-Japanese All'onda serves up surprises and silliness

    The first time I tasted All’onda’s parmesan dashi broth, in which cute, sailors’ hat-tortellini took sail, essences of bonito, seaweed and soy sauce mingled intriguingly with the cheese tucked inside...
  • Kevin Love

    Dangling Chandler is Knicks' chance to find Love this offseason

    MINNEAPOLIS — Carmelo Anthony wasn’t tampering late Monday night in the visitor’s dressing room at The Palace of Auburn Hills when asked about 2015 free agent Kevin Love, but he...
  • De Blasio backers sue to block more charters

    Mayor de Blasio is now getting friendly fire from his lefty supporters regarding the charter school space controversy. Upset that the mayor didn’t go far enough, Public Advocate Letitia James...
  • Cuomo stands up

    The state’s most powerful man has now come to the rescue of New York City students who are about to have their good public schools taken away from them. The...
  • Trading day may be here for Callahan, Rangers

    So the hours leading up to the 3 p.m. trade deadline Wednesday are largely an exercise in blinking — or not — for the Rangers and Ryan Callahan, who may...
  • How ObamaCare slaps the sick

    “Lies,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calls the TV ads that feature people complaining about ObamaCare. Sorry: The people in those ads are sick, but their new health policies don’t...
  • Kinsler: 'Sleazeball' slam on Daniels taken out of context

    LAKELAND, Fla. — Ian Kinsler was expecting this kind of reaction — even if he didn’t agree with the way his comments were portrayed. Kinsler, who was traded from Texas...
  • 'Ivy League killer' may dodge murder rap

    Queens prosecutors have confused jurors at the trial of an Ivy League-educated lawyer to the point that he could beat a murder rap in the brutal torture-killing of his Weight...
  • Locals eye bid to Big Dance as conference tournaments tip off

    Welcome back to the most exciting/maddeningly frustrating time of the year. Everything a college basketball team has worked for over the past four months can finally come to fruition or...
  • 5 reality stars who ran into trouble with the law

    If you do the crime, you must do the time — even if you are a reality TV star. The spotlight will not save you, as Joe and Teresa Giudice,...
  • Only allies need to beware Obama's wrath

    The good news: Some of President Obama’s threats still strike fear in their targets’ hearts. The bad: It’s not the hearts of America’s enemies, but those of our reliable allies,...
  • Time for Sandy, Mets to become players in trade market

    PORT ST. LUCIE — The first reaction to Derek Jeter’s Facebook retirement was surprise. The second was to mentally fit a luminary for pinstripes to be his replacement. Such is...
  • Prosecutor accuses Madoff staff of lying under oath

    Bernie Madoff would be very impressed with his former underlings’ ability to lie, a Manhattan federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. Kicking off closing arguments in what’s been a five-month fraud...
  • De Blasio’s stance on pre-K, charter schools make Cuomo look great

    Bill de Blasio is Andrew Cuomo’s dream come true. The further to the left the mayor goes, the more reasonable the governor looks. And Cuomo knows it, which is why...
  • Giants gearing for free-agent waiting game

    With 27 players about to hit free agency and most not expected to return, the Giants are guaranteed to have a very different look in 2014. It could be that...
  • Putin talks tough but cools tensions over Ukraine

    MOSCOW — Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis Tuesday, saying Russia has no intention “to fight the Ukrainian...
  • Tiger Woods’ status unclear for Doral

    DORAL, Fla. — There was no definitive word out of Tiger Woods’ camp on Tuesday whether he will play the WGC-Cadillac Championship this week at Doral, just days after he...
  • Yankees' Soriano: ‘I just want to be in the lineup’

    TAMPA — The easy way would be to use Alfonso Soriano as the full-time designated hitter and occasionally sprinkle Ichiro Suzuki into the outfield. Yet, manager Joe Girardi noted Soriano,...
  • German court: Cops can't keep gal off force for breast implants

    BERLIN — A German court has ruled that a prospective Berlin police recruit’s breast implants cannot legally be used as grounds to keep her off the force. The woman applied...
  • The city where it's legal to be annoying again

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It’s soon expected to be OK to be willfully annoying in Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Press reports that the City Commission is nixing a 38-year-old section...
  • Ex-Yank Hughes not disappointed in path career has taken

    JUPITER, Fla. — Don’t dare use the “D’’ word around Phil Hughes. He is not disappointed with his career and even though Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy were once...
  • Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks to the press about alleged fraudulent fundraising.

    Brooklyn president probed over alleged fundraising fraud

    The city’s Department of Investigation is probing Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams following complaints that he and his staff hit up local business and community leaders for cash to fund...
  • Pedestrian hit by MTA bus

    A Brooklyn pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by an MTA bus during rush-hour Tuesday. The woman hurt her leg as she tried to board one city bus and...
  • Jason Day sees his profile go up with his world ranking

    DORAL, Fla. — Jason Day lives for the big moments in golf and has proven he plays his best on the biggest stage. So as he watched the climax of...
  • Mets' Wheeler efficient in debut

    PORT ST. LUCIE — Zack Wheeler’s new goal is efficiency. On that count, the Mets right-hander was a success in his first start of the Grapefruit League season on Tuesday,...
  • New Met Granderson smacks pair of spring homers

    PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets didn’t commit $60 million to Curtis Granderson because they want him to hit singles. So if there was a promising sign for the team...
  • Inside Yankees' spring clubhouse, time stops for no one

    TAMPA – This is a room, more than any other, where time is measured beyond the clocks on the walls, beyond the meticulously crafted schedules attached to the solid side...
  • Assemblyman ogles girls in bizarre video

    Bronx Assemblyman Jose Rivera has landed in hot water for posting a sexist video of his interactions with women during a trip to the Dominican Republic in 2005. “Where do...
  • Fort Greene bar manager choked me during fight: suit

    A former bartender at Fort Greene tavern Mo’s is suing the hotspot, claiming a manager choked him during a vicious fight over wages, according to a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn...
  • Judge blasts 'gross disrespect' of teen suing parents

    A New Jersey judge on Tuesday blasted the teenager who showed “gross disrespect” for her parents,  left home and now wants mom and dad to pay almost all her expenses....
  • Cops catch teen Houdini who slipped out of handcuffs

    The teen Houdini who slipped out of her handcuffs and escaped police custody in Midtown on Monday was found hiding at her boyfriend’s home in Bedford-Stuyvesant a couple hours later,...
  • Duke porn star reveals herself

    The Duke porn star has come out from under the covers. The university freshman — who bared her skin in blue movies to pay for college — bared her soul...
  • Developer shot in face says he'll help cops hunt gunman

    Eight days after a masked gunman shot him in the head, the owner of Long Island’s Oheka Castle was released from the hospital and vowed to help cops hunt down...
  • Mike McQueary talking to now-deceased Penn State coach Joe Paterno on the sidelines. Jerry Sandusy (inset)

    Sandusky whistleblower was abuse victim, chronic gambler

    He was sexually abused, too. Mike McQueary, the former Penn State quarterback and assistant coach who is set to be a key witness in the conspiracy trial of three fired...
  • Daredevil bragged to cops about fastest lap around Manhattan

    A speed demon busted for setting an unofficial record for the fastest driving lap around Manhattan bragged to cops about the feat. “I’ve done it several times,” Adam Tang told...
  • NY Times corrects '12 Years a Slave' article — 161 years later

    Better late than never. On Tuesday, the New York Times corrected a 161-year-old story after a reader noticed that the newspaper had misspelled the name of the man whose life...
  • Nets disproving the old rules about rebounding

    Someone way back — well, at least farther back than the weekend — once said, “Rebounds equal rings.” The Heat have disputed the point. Now the Nets hope to do...
  • Carnival

    It's not just Rio catching the carnival spirit

    Revelers from Cologne, Germany to Vortova, Czech Republic join their counterparts in Rio de Janiero, Brazil  for carnival celebrations entailing free-spirited merrymaking before the start of Lent.
  • Islanders deal MacDonald to Flyers, then win

    The Islanders executed the first major step of their trade-deadline plan Tuesday afternoon when they sent defenseman Andrew MacDonald to the Flyers in exchange for a 2015 second-round pick, a...
  • Gallery owner chases down art thief

    A brazen gang of thieves swiped three pricey portraits during a Williamsburg art-gallery exhibit over the weekend — prompting the gallery owner to chase down and help nab one of...
  • Bowery Salvation Army to become new Ace Hotel

    Even the homeless are getting priced out of Manhattan. The Salvation Army Chinatown Shelter has sold out for $30 million and is moving to Brooklyn. In its place will be...
  • Farmer builds giant 50-foot snowman in Minnesota

    GILMAN, Minn. — A farmer in central Minnesota has created a towering tribute to winter’s excess. Greg Novak says he’s invested hundreds of hours to build a 50-foot snowman named...
  • Mila Kunis/Two and a Half Me

    Mila Kunis to guest star on 'Two and a Half Men'

    Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are taking their relationship on-screen — again. Days after news of the real-life couple’s engagement broke, CBS announced Kunis will guest-star on an upcoming episode of...
  • ATM thief nabbed wearing bullet-proof underwear: cops

    PORTLAND, Ore.  — A man accused of using a cutting torch on a Portland ATM was wearing armored underwear when he was arrested. KPTV reports an officer responded to the...
  • NJ house explodes 'like a bomb,' 7 hurt

    EWING, N.J. — A gas line damaged by a contractor exploded “like a bomb” while crews worked to repair it Tuesday at a town house development in New Jersey, and...
  • "Gotham" casts Batman and Catwoman

    'Gotham' casts young Batman and Catwoman

    “Gotham” has found its Bruce Wayne. Thirteen-year-old David Mazouz has been cast as the preteen Wayne in Fox’s upcoming Batman prequel drama, it was announced Tuesday. Since “Gotham” focuses on...
  • NYU panel: School needs more money for expansion

    NYU should plan on raising a lot more than the $136 million projected from donors for part of its massive expansion project, according to a new report from its own...
  • United Airlines cracks down on carry-ons

    United Airlines is getting tough on passengers with oversized carry-on bags. The Chicago-based airline has installed new bag-sizers at most airports. It also emailed its frequent fliers, reminding them of...
  • Alain Vigneault, first-year Rangers coach, says he'll be the one to end the team's power-play issues.

    Vigneault might give weary Lundqvist a rest

    Alain Vigneault will decide on the Rangers’ starting goaltender for Wednesday night’s match at the Garden against the Maple Leafs after checking on Henrik Lundqvist in the morning. The Blueshirts...
  • Iman Shumpert fouls Paul George, Tyson Chandler dunks ball off own head, Carmelo Anthony misses game-winner after clock confusion

    The 5 worst Knicks losses of the season

    MINNEAPOLIS — Happy 40th, Knicks. Team Titanic’s Monday meltdown in Motown gave the Knicks their 40th defeat of the season. With a 21-40 record, they will need to go 20-1...
  • A Russian Topol-M missile

    Russia test-fires ICBM amid Ukraine crisis

    Russia said it had successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, with tensions high over its seizure of control in the Crimea and its threat to send more...
  • Nets rewind: Breaking the big bad Bulls jinx

    Here are my three thoughts on the Nets’ 96-80 win over the Bulls Monday night: 1. This win was a lot bigger for the Nets than just getting back to...
  • Rob Ryan and his lookalikes loving Mardi Gras

    Rob Ryan found a way to forget about the disappointment of being passed over for NFL coaching jobs – by taking part in Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The Saints...
  • PA cop saves George Washington Bridge jumper

    A Port Authority cop saved a distraught woman who had climbed over the outer railing of the George Washington Bridge on Monday and was preparing to leap, PA police said....
  • 10 hits that made Pharrell into a star

    10 hits that made Pharrell a star

    By the onslaught of attention he’s gotten recently, you’d think Pharrell Williams was a fresh new face on the music scene. He’s made headlines left and right in 2014 for...
  • Bratton subway homeless

    Bratton plans late-night subway rides to check quality of life

    Straphangers may be surprised to see who’s riding the rails next week. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Tuesday that he plans to tool around the subway to check up on...
  • "The Grand Budapest Hotel" still

    ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ is a triumph of the twee

    The most Wes Anderson-y moment of the almost excruciatingly Wes Anderson-y new Wes Anderson movie “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the arrival, at a prison security desk, of foodstuffs meant...
  • The French Horn Rebellion

    Can’t beat French Horn Rebellion’s brass

    Forget stroking the guitar or hitting the drums. If you want to pick up chicks — or guys — start blowing on the French Horn. Brooklyn-based brothers Robert and David...
  • Mark Farrell was arrested Monday for allegedly attacking his mother, Dorothy.

    Mom in brutal cane attack may not survive: prosecutors

    A former FEMA worker who beat his elderly mother with her own cane, also smothered her with a pillow – and now the 94-year-old is expected to die, Brooklyn prosecutors...
  • Mobile intel app is NYPD’s latest weapon

    The NYPD will be arming cops with a new kind of weapon — a mobile app to provide instant crime-fighting data to them on handheld tablets. The software, “Domain Awareness”...
  • Pistorius sobs when dead girlfriend's brain damage is described

    Oscar Pistorius covered his ears and cried like a baby during the second day of his murder trial Tuesday when his lawyer said his girlfriend had too much brain damage...
  • 10 Best Biker jackets in movie history

    10 best biker jackets in movie history

    Calling all cool kids — Tuesday, the Museum at FIT debuts “Beyond Rebellion: Fashioning the Biker Jacket,” an exhibition tracing the history of the biker jacket and its evolution from...
  • Rihanna slays Paris Fashion Week

    Rihanna slays scene at Paris Fashion Week

    Voilà, c’est Rih! Rihanna may have celebrated her 26th birthday in Aspen last week, offering spectators and fans a high-fashion snow bunny photoshoot — an Instagram exclusive — but this...
  • J.R. Smith's brother waived by Knicks' D-League team

    So much for trying to develop young point guard Chris Smith. The Erie Bayhawks, the Knicks’ D-League affiliate, have put J.R. Smith’s brother on waivers. Smith last played just five minutes...
  • Ilya Lehman in court early January

    Music teacher who called 9-year-old he molested flirtatious gets 2 years

    A Manhattan judge Tuesday blasted a once-renowned New York music teacher for describing the 9-year-old girl he molested as flirtatious — and then sentenced him to two years in state prison....
  • Brodeur's start may be final as a Devil

    It was a strange morning for Martin Brodeur on Tuesday, as he came off the ice at the Prudential Center and joked a team employee had to act as his...
  • Obama says Putin not ‘fooling anybody’

    WASHINGTON — President Obama said today that Vladimir Putin is not “fooling anybody” after the Russian president blasted the West for supporting what he called an “unconstitutional coup” in Ukraine. “President...
  • Obama's $4T budget plan? Tax the rich, spend on infrastructure

    WASHINGTON — President Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion budget proposal for 2015 Tuesday that includes more spending on infrastructure projects, job training and preschool, while cutting taxes for “working Americans”...
  • US prepares $1B aid package for troubled Ukraine

    KIEV, Ukraine — In a somber show of US support for Ukraine’s new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where nearly 100 anti-government protesters were gunned down...
  • Orioles gambling Johan Santana can find his fastball

    PORT ST. LUCIE – The Orioles continued their late free-agent signing frenzy to try to keep up in the AL East by reaching agreement Tuesday with Johan Santana on a...
  • New headband can detect when your brain is overloaded

    A new headband may be able to tell you when your brain is on mental overload and offload some of your work to another person. The Boston Globe reports that...
  • Lena Dunham/Archie Comic series

    Lena Dunham to pen Archie comic series

    Maybe we’ll get to see Veronica play pingpong topless. “Girls” creator Lena Dunham will be writing a four-issue series of Archie comics next year, an executive from the books’ parent...
  • How Noah Syndergaard got his 'Thor' nickname

    Noah Syndergaard’s eye-popping spring training has enhanced the mythology around the Mets’ right-handed pitching prospect known as “Thor.” But the nickname wasn’t bestowed this spring, and it didn’t come solely...
  • Idina Menzel toys with ‘Tonight Show’

    Fresh off the song’s big win at the Oscars on Sunday night, “Let It Go” got a whole new interpretation Monday on “The Tonight Show.” Idina Menzel, who performed the...
  • Upcoming Basquiat auction may be full of fakes: lawsuit

    The siblings of the late New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat slapped Christie’s auction house with a $1 million lawsuit Tuesday, claiming an upcoming sale of his works may be full...
  • Man loses everything after trash remover empties wrong home: suit

    2B or not 2B — what’s the difference? An Upper East Side resident came home to find his apartment cleaned out of everything but a TV and a PS3 video game...
  • Metr-North safety plan

    Metro-North releases '100-day plan' to boost safety

    The Metro-North Railroad has released a “100-day plan” to boost safety, service and communications with customers after a litany of deadly crises last year. The initiatives include working with labor...
  • "DWTS" season 18

    Olympians round out 'Dancing's' all-star lineup

    “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday unveiled the newest cast that will be vying for the mirror ball trophy on the ABC reality show’s upcoming 18th season in an announcement...
  • 49ers' Harbaugh: I don't want more money or power

    Jim Harbaugh says he isn’t going anywhere. In a lengthy interview with Sports Illustrated, the 49ers coach touched on his rumored unhappiness, desire for a contract extension and strife within...
  • ATV East New York

    Cops hunting ATV biker who ‘mowed down officer’

    Cops are looking for this bone-headed biker who allegedly mowed down a cop in East New York. The suspect was traveling on Pitkin Avenue near Lincoln Avenue around 3:30 p.m.,...
  • Ian Kinsler wants Rangers and 'sleazeball' GM to go 0-162

    Ian Kinsler plans to keep an eye on his old teammates in Texas – and hopes to see them lose as much as possible. The former Rangers second baseman, dealt...
  • Ex-congressman hiding in S. Africa after ‘trumped up’ porn charges

    JOHANNESBURG — Former US Rep. Mel Reynolds says he is in hiding in South Africa following his deportation from Zimbabwe because he believes his life is in danger. He told...
  • North Korea fires 7 'missiles' into ocean

    SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said North Korea fired seven suspected artillery shells into the ocean on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a provocation apparently directed against its ongoing...
  • Sole NASA camera from moon trip to be auctioned

    An Austrian auction house claims it has the only handheld camera that returned to Earth from NASA’s manned lunar landings — and it’s putting it up for auction next month....
  • Ukraine hit by cyberattacks

    Ukraine’s telecommunications system has come under attack, with equipment installed in Russian-controlled Crimea used to interfere with the mobile phones of members of parliament, the head of Ukraine’s SBU security...
  • Russian midfielder Igor Denisov

    One idea to punish Russia: Boot them from World Cup

    With the country in turmoil, Ukraine remains on schedule to face the United States in a soccer friendly on Wednesday in Nicosia, Cyprus, a match moved from Kharkiv to Larnaca for...
  • D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Willie Colon

    Bouncebacks and stopgaps key to Jets offensive line

    This is the fifth in a nine-part series examining the Jets’ needs position by position with free agency starting on March 11. OFFENSIVE LINE Currently on roster: Nick Mangold Age:...
  • “Real Housewives of New Jersey” couple Joe and Teresa Giudice pleaded guilty to fraud Tuesday.

    'Real Housewives' couple faces jail after guilty pleas

    “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice and her husband pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges on Tuesday, in crimes that could send them behind bars. The reality TV...
  • RadioShack retail store

    RadioShack to close nearly 1,100 stores

    They’re starting to switch off the lights at RadioShack. The cash-strapped electronics chain said it’s looking to shutter as many as 1,100 stores, more than a fifth of its locations...
  • Bitcoin exchange goes bust after hacker attack

    Flexcoin — another bitcoin exchange and storage site — has gone bust, leaving customers with no bits to be had. The site announced its closing after a hacker stole all 896 bitcoins...
  • Charter school supporters rally in Albany to fight de Blasio cuts

    Thousands of charter school supporters — parents, students and educators — were headed to Albany Tuesday morning to demand that state pols protect their schools from Mayor de Blasio’s planned cuts. The...
  • Unions persuade Assembly to back de Blasio's 'tax-the-rich' pre-K plan

    Union muscle helped persuade nearly the entire New York City Assembly delegation to sign on to a letter backing Mayor de Blasio’s tax-the-rich pre-K plan, sources said. The letter, distributed...
  • Dish to carry Disney again

    Dish boss Charlie Ergen and Disney’s Bob Iger agreed on Monday to call off the lawyers and signed a new and forward-thinking programming deal that sets the table for a...
  • Three college hoops teams to watch as March heats up: inconsistent Kentucky (coached by John Calipari, left), undefeated Wichita State (led by Cleanthony Early, middle) and upstart Creighton (powered by Doug McDermott, right).

    The stories to follow as March turns to Madness

    The most intriguing college basketball regular season in years has lived up to the hype — if you were expecting the unexpected. Highly rated powers Kentucky and Michigan State have...
  • Prized Corvettes rescued after falling into massive sinkhole

    Two classic Corvettes re-emerged Monday from a giant sinkhole that gobbled up those and six other prized vehicles still trapped beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. Workers in a...
  • Rob Ford ‘upset’ after being grilled by Kimmel

    Clownish Toronto Mayor Rob Ford made a cringe-worthy appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday – and laughed off the funnyman’s suggestion that he check into alcohol rehab for his problem...
  • Campaign finance reform 'will attract more women'

    ALBANY, NY — More than 160 women in elected positions or holding other leadership posts have written to New York’s top elected officials, all men, urging them to enact public...
  • Pistorius trial witness: I relive Reeva’s screams of terror

    PRETORIA, South Africa — The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial broke down in tears Tuesday, saying she still remembers the terrified screams of a woman on the...
  • Michelle Obama traveling to China with daughters, mom

    WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama plans a weeklong solo visit to China this month that includes meetings with China’s first lady and high school and university students. It will be her...
  • Slain model's mom forgives Pistorius, wants truth about daughter's death

    The mother of the blonde beauty shot dead by Oscar Pistorius said Tuesday she doesn’t care what happens to the once-beloved “Blade Runner” because it won’t bring her daughter back....
  • LeBron James' 61 points were a sight to behold

    MIAMI — An hour after what he called the best regular-season game he’s ever played, LeBron James simply explained why this performance was like none other. The basketball, he said,...
  • In this courtroom sketch, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, left, listens as U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan stands to speak Monday, March 3, 2014 during jury selection at the start of Abu Ghaith's trial in New York

    Bin Laden's son-in-law introduced to prospective jurors

    Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law was introduced to prospective jurors on Monday at the start of his trial on charges that he conspired to kill Americans and support terrorists in his...
  • New owner plans to change old prison into camp

    GABRIELS, NY — The prospective owner of a former medium-security prison in the Adirondacks plans to transform the property into a private group camp and retreat center. The Adirondack Daily...
  • US sues Sprint for overbilling wiretap expenses

    Hold the phone — snooping shouldn’t cost that much! The federal government is suing Sprint for allegedly charging the feds too much to eavesdrop on suspects. The telecommunications company was...
  • Carmine's Restaurant in Times Square.

    Disturbed man barricades himself in Carmine's freezer

    A disturbed man snuck into a popular Times Square restaurant and barricaded himself into the freezer early Tuesday morning, cops said. The unidentified man ran into Carmine’s on 44th Street...
  • Teenage girl escapes handcuffs, police precinct

    She’s the high-school Houdini. A teenage girl who was under arrest for theft managed to slip out of her handcuffs and escape from the Midtown South Precinct station house Monday...
  • Christie’s campaign manager: I'm a federal Bridgegate target

    Gov. Christie’s two-time campaign manager says he’s a target of a federal “Bridgegate” investigation and is using that to fight subpoenas by state lawmakers also looking into the infamous George...
  • Cablevision sues MTA over employee’s joyride in cherry picker

    Cablevision sued the MTA Monday over an agency worker’s joyride in a cherry picker last year that tore power lines and damaged Cablevision property on Long Island. The suit, filed...
  • NYPD

    Man brutally beats his 94-year-old mother: cops

    A man brutally beat his 94-year-old mother with a cane in their Brooklyn apartment Monday, leaving her in critical condition, law-enforcement sources said. Mark Farrell, 64, allegedly attacked his mother,...
  • Ukraine war

    Wall Street gets bearish in light of Russia-Ukraine news

    The problem with stock market bubbles is that you always have to watch out for sharp objects — like Russian sabers. As you’ve probably been reading — since you can’t...
  • New York City flops in recent jobs survey

    What’s next — oohing and aahing over the pizza in Phoenix? WalletHub, which touts itself as a social media site centering on personal financial topics, ranked New York City —...
  • Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management

    Pershing continues big turnaround in 2014

    So far, 2014 has been very, very good to Bill Ackman. The hedge-fund mogul’s Pershing Square International is up 11.7 percent this year, according to an investor, powered by a...
  • Jason Kalisman, Ron Burkle

    Morgans war gets a cease-fire

    There is a truce in the year-long battle between young real-estate scion Jason Taubman Kalisman and activist Ron Burkle. That likely means instead of fighting each other for control of...
  • Farrow's show averaged 292K viewers over past week

    Here’s a look at how Ronan Farrow fared in his first week hosting “Ronan Farrow Daily” on MSNBC (1-2 p.m.). The show, which premiered Monday, Feb. 24, averaged 292,000 viewers...
  • Rico Suave series 'Suave Says' to VH1

    One-hit wonder Rico Suave is set to star in a new VH1 reality show, Variety reports. The latin singer/rapper (real name: Gerardo Mejía) spent a brief time on the charts...
  • South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, looks on before court proceedings on the second day of his trial at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa

    Pistorius trial interrupted after witness' photo shown

    The second day of Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial was thrown into turmoil Tuesday as the judge ordered a probe into a South African TV channel that showed a photo of...
  • Putin vows to keep force on table as Kerry arrives in Ukraine

    WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted the West Tuesday for backing what he termed an “unconstitutional coup” in Ukraine and said Russia reserves the right to use force in...
  • Hudes' Iraqi vet trilogy ends with 'Happiest Song'

    “The Happiest Song Plays Last” is the kind of show in which people who look otherwise reasonable make big head-scratching decisions. And they don’t even seem to have consequences. “Happiest...
  • Collins appears to be staying with Nets

    Jason Collins isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The Nets are expected to sign Collins to a second 10-day contract Wednesday, a formality after the initial pact he signed Feb. 23,...
  • Frustrated Chandler questions future with Knicks

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Knicks center Tyson Chandler is so disillusioned, he isn’t sure he wants to be part of the team’s long-term future. With the Knicks in chaos, owner...
  • Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan returns a shot to John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe during their doubles match in the BNP Paribas Showdown

    Bryans defeat McEnroes in BNP Paribas Showdown

    It was looking like an embarrassment — the ultimate case of “Let your play do the talking.” In the first match at Monday night’s BNP Paribas Showdown at the Garden,...
  • Deron Williams and the Nets are going to have to tough it out this week.

    Nets' rivalry starting to form with Bulls, not Knicks

    When the Nets moved to Brooklyn, the natural assumption was their relocation within a subway ride of Madison Square Garden would create a meaningful rivalry with the Knicks. But truth...
  • Plumlee picks up ‘D’ slack as Garnett misses second straight

    Asked what he would miss in the absence of Kevin Garnett, who sat a second straight game with back spasms Monday, Nets coach Jason Kidd didn’t even blink before responding....
  • Prosecutors say Boyland 'sold his office' in closing arguments

    Fancying himself a political “don,” Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. shamelessly sought payoffs from undercover agents posing as businessmen while his constituents got the shaft, prosecutors argued Monday in closing statements...
  • Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams arrive for a news conference on March 3

    Brooklyn president sought cash for non-existent nonprofit

    Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams shocked some local business and community leaders at a Borough Hall meet-and-greet recently, hitting them up for cash to fund pet projects — with the...
  • Accused Cashman stalker's lawyer questions judge’s impartiality

    A judge went toe-to-toe Monday with a lawyer for the accused stalker of Yankees GM Brian Cashman over claims the jurist has undisclosed ties to the Bronx Bombers. “It has...
  • Madoff fraud-prevention video shown at former staffers’ trial

    A Manhattan federal jury on Monday got an up-close and personal look at just how good a liar Bernie Madoff really is. Eric Breslin, a lawyer for Joann Crupi —...
  • Fight over Marilyn Monroe photog's estate takes ugly turn

    A Manhattan court battle over the $10 million estate of Marilyn Monroe photographer Bert Stern just got a lot uglier, with his young widow fighting his kids to keep his...
  • Per Se loses ‘A’ grade after health inspection

    One of the Big Apple’s most lauded restaurants is eating crow at the city’s Health Department. Per Se, the three-Michelin-starred eatery in the Time Warner Center, lost its “A” rating...
  • Daily Blotter

    Manhattan A man dressed in a teddy-bear hat and armed with a large knife tried to rob a woman in the lobby of her Lower East Side building, authorities said....
  • Expert witnesses slammed by both sides in Ivy League trial

    During closing arguments in Queens for an Ivy League-educated lawyer on trial for killing his Weight Watchers exec-girlfriend, both sides hit hard at each other’s expert witnesses. “If you pay...
  • Edgar Martirosyan became the most famous pizza delivery guy on the after appearing at the Academy Awards where he fed the event’s hungry stars.

    Pizza delivery guy enjoys Oscars cameo

    The Academy Award for Best Delivery goes to . . . Edgar, the pizza guy. Pizza-shop owner Edgar Martirosyan became the award-show ceremony’s most talked-about participant not named John Travolta...