Small improvement for F1 champ Schumacher after new surgery

Doctors treating Michael Schumacher say the Formula 1 champion was showing surprising improvement that allowed a second surgery for head injuries he suffered during a ski accident, but cautioned that his brain still had extensive bruising. Schumacher...

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Bloomberg makes last-minute campaign finance appointment

Mayor Bloomberg made a last-minute appointment for chair of the city's Campaign Finance Board Monday, naming current Department of Investigations Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn to head the agency. He announced the appointment for the fixed five-year term...

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Ethics board slams ‘harass’ pol Micah Kellner

Ethics board slams 'harass' pol Micah Kellner | New York Post Sign in / Register See something newsworthy?Tell us about it!or email tips@nypost.com(all tips will be submitted anonymously) By Joe TacopinoDecember 31,...

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Bill de Blasio touts Speaker candidate Mark-Viverito

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio took his preference for Council Speaker public for the first time Monday — appearing at a "rah rah" luncheon with at least 60 backers of his close ally Melissa Mark-Viverito, sources said. The mayor-elect arrived at City Hall...

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Nets’ Kirilenko nearing long-awaited return

SAN ANTONIO — Once again, Andrei Kirilenko appears to be close to returning to the court. After sitting out 25 of the Nets' 30 games so far this season — including the last 24 — and having multiple setbacks in his recovery from back spasms, Kirilenko...

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NYC to track traffic deaths on Web site

A new Web site will list everyone who dies in a traffic accident in New York City. It will be divided into four categories: vehicle drivers, passengers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to eliminate all traffic deaths...

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Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries, bugs machines

LONDON — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency's hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft's internal reporting...

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Jets Blitz: Bilal the hero of the day

HERO Jets running back Bilal Powell rushed for 76 yards and completed a 30-yard pass to tight end Jeff Cumberland in the fourth quarter. But his best play of all was one he made without touching the ball. On Geno Smith's TD run, Powell made a big block...

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Giants Blitz: WR Jernigan steals show

HERO Third-year wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan made the most of his opportunity, catching six passes for a career-high 90 yards, hauling in a 24-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning and going 49 yards for a score on an end-around, the first two-touchdown...

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Celebrate New Year’s at Applebees — for $375 per person

The pitch: Sure, you may think of Applebee's as an affordable casual-dining chain, famed for its whiskey-flavored steaks and two-for-$20 dinner specials (and also for its memorable part in the Will Ferrell pic, "Talladega Nights"). But once a year,...

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Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’

There's a good reason that Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," has the loosey-goosey feel of an unscripted, fly-on-the-wall conversation. "It's 100 percent improvised. No scripts. No writing of any kind," Seinfeld told The...

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Spoiler alert: Rules for discussing plot twists, finales

To spoil or not to spoil, that is the question. It's a given that people no longer watch television shows when they are actually on. They watch them the day after, a week later, two weeks later — even if it's a season finale, series finale, series premiere...

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The most entertaining workplace books of 2013

Say what? They didn't have a class in career management where you went to school? Fear not. Here's a look back at the year's most entertaining workplace books that also have something worthwhile to say. For the too-nice nine-to-fiver "Give And Take:...

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Brooklyn man shot for 2nd time this year

Brooklyn man shot for 2nd time this year | New York Post Sign in / Register See something newsworthy?Tell us about it!or email tips@nypost.com(all tips will be submitted anonymously) By Larry CelonaDecember 30, 2013...

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Cabbies worried about de Blasio reversing TLC gains

City cabdrivers are ready to battle Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, who raked in thousands in campaign donations from an exploitative taxi honcho — causing concern among hacks that he will unravel all of the progress they've made under the current Taxi &...

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Flight attendant looking for the guy who will go the extra mile

Allison, 24 She spends most of her hours in the sky — but when she's off the clock, she'd like to find a man with his feet on the ground Stay grounded: Because she works in aviation, Allison prefers to date a guy who doesn't. On-time arrival: Because...

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Reel good films to watch on TV this week

Zombieland (2009)Sunday, 8 p.m., FXMJesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson (right) blast their way through a zombie-infested America in this 2009 comedy, which features an unforgettable Bill Murray cameo as well as Stone's breakout performance....

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This week’s couple: Southern comfort

Sometimes all it takes is one simple gesture to win someone over. Such was the case for Rachael, 26, and Zach, 27, when they met for dinner at Lavo in Midtown. By the time dessert arrived, they already seemed to be smitten with each other — bonding over...

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Don’t miss: A preview of the week’s top shows

Gibbs Gets Lucky, NCIS Tuesday, 8 p.m., CBS When a stolen drone is linked to the elusive terrorist Parsa, the NCIS team partners with the Department of Defense, including Gibbs' former girlfriend Hollis Mann (Susanna Thompson), to track down the...

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Have a bigger-than-it-looks ball on New Year’s Eve

Each year, a lot of work and engineering is poured into the New Year's Eve ball, officially titled — including branding — the Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. The ball, a geodesic sphere, is bigger than it looks on TV, measuring 12...

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Mohegan tribe eyes casino expansion

Mitch Etess runs the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, which owns the Mohegan Sun, but his bloodlines run through the borscht belt. The Tribal Gaming Authority hopes to be part of a Catskills revival. After all, Etess literally grew up in the famed resort...

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‘Miracle’ pup survives being dumped in trash bin

A Long Island pup who was found cruelly tossed into a trash bin is getting a new lease on life — while an animal-shelter employee who allegedly committed the heartless act was slapped with animal-cruelty charges Saturday. "It's really a miracle, a million-to-one...

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ObamaCare performance way below 1 percent on first day

They're the .0002 percent! That's the minuscule number of visitors to healthcare.gov who actually signed up for coverage — just six people out of more than 3 million — on the first day, the Associated Press reports. And the federal government's Web site...

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Good news for markets as oil prices set to keep falling

Want to know where stock and bond prices are headed in 2014? Well, a good bet is to look no further than the oil pits in lower Manhattan, where they trade black gold with abandon and where prices have been trending significantly lower in recent years,...

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Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Russia

MOSCOW — At least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded Sunday by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said, heightening concern about terrorism ahead of February's Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The...

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Libya detains 4 US military personnel, releases them hours later

WASHINGTON — Four U.S. military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint and then detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, U.S. officials said Friday night. These four...

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Maguire, Wiig lead all-star spoof of bloated ’70s miniseries

There's a scene in "The Spoils of Babylon," IFC's six-episode miniseries satire starring Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, and Tobey Maguire, where Maguire is making love to his new wife. The scene is a psychedelic depiction of frenzied passion, the sounds...

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Hate charge in ‘knockout’ attack on old man

A federal judge denied bond on Friday to a white Texas man charged with punching an elderly black man in a suspected race-based attack that the accused recorded as a video with his cell phone, court records show. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, is suspected...

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FDNY burned by fake air conditioner repairs

The owner of a New York air conditioner repair company has been charged with pocketing more than $149,000 from the FDNY in never completed work. Just Cooling Corporation owner Justin Levy was arrested Friday. The 49-year-old Congers man and Just Cooling...

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The Soviet Union spent $1 billion on mind-control programs

The race to put man on the Moon wasn't enough of a battle for the global super powers during the Cold War. At the time, the Soviet Union and the United States were in an arms race of a bizarre, unconventional kind – that has been exposed in a new...

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FDNY burned by fake air conditioner repairs

The owner of a New York air conditioner repair company has been charged with pocketing more than $149,000 from the FDNY in never completed work. Just Cooling Corporation owner Justin Levy was arrested Friday. The 49-year-old Congers man and Just Cooling...

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Hate charge for Texan in ‘knockout’ attack on old man

A federal judge denied bond on Friday to a white Texas man charged with punching an elderly black man in a suspected race-based attack that the accused recorded as a video with his cell phone, court records show. Conrad Alvin Barrett, 27, is suspected...

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Escort service besmirched us: Hooters

Hooters of America, the restaurant chain known for its skimpily clad waitresses, is suing a Florida escort service it says tarnished Hooters' trademarks as it sought to hire away its employees. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in federal court in Fort...

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Cops blast pistol-packing gunman in shootout

Three NYPD police officers shot it out with a violent gunman in Queens early Friday morning after the thug began firing at them, cops said. The melee began just after midnight when William Bazemore, 19, was stopped by police on Beach Channel Drive and...

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Libya detains 4 US military personnel, releases them hours later

WASHINGTON — Four U.S. military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint and then detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, U.S. officials said Friday night. These four...

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Daily Blotter

Queens A woman stole a purse and fled in a luxury vehicle in Flushing, cops said. The 25-year-old victim had put down her purse to use the ladies room when the thief (above) snatched the purse at the Good Fortune restaurant on Kissena Boulevard near...

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Time for a website redo

Whither the Time.com redesign? The website redo was initially expected to be out around "the fall" and then it was expected in November. Now, with December almost gone, CapitalNY was saying the new target is January. Time.com Managing Editor Edward...

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