MSNBC cans employee over Cheerios tweet

WASHINGTON — MSNBC President Phil Griffin fired an employee and personally apologized after the network sent out an "outrageous and unacceptable" tweet suggesting conservatives wouldn't like a Cheerios TV ad because it featured a multiracial family....

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The Bronx A gunman and his knife-wielding accomplice bound a woman and robbed her inside a Morrisania apartment, cops said. The thugs pulled the gun and knife on the 30-year-old victim inside the Boston Road home at around 9:20 p.m. Nov. 25 before...

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Knicks’ Bargnani unlikely to return soon

Andrea Bargnani, in breaking his silence, showed off his new black elbow brace, admitted his injury was "terrible'' and said a timetable for his return from rehab is tricky because the ligament is completely torn. But even when Bargnani does return,...

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SeaWorld concert still on despite exodus over ‘Blackfish’

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Orlando's concert series will go on — even after nine performers dropped out following the release of a documentary critical of the marine park. Country star Alan Jackson will headline SeaWorld's concert Saturday, followed by...

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Yahoo e-mail names, passwords stolen

Usernames and passwords of some of Yahoo's email customers have been stolen and used to gather personal information about people those Yahoo mail users have recently corresponded with, the company said Thursday. Yahoo didn't say how many accounts have...

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Madoff did not pay his taxes for 15 years

During the fraud trial of five Madoff staffers accused of profiting off Madoff's epic $65 billion Ponzi scheme, prosecutors revealed an IRS analysis showing that the 75-year-old megascammer, who is serving a 150-year federal-prison sentence, was a tax...

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Eli and Giants created fake memorabilia: suit

Quarterback Eli Manning and New York Giants brass created bogus "game-worn" football gear to pass off as the real deal — and one of the forgeries is sitting in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an explosive new lawsuit claims. A helmet on display in the...

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Escaped killer was jailed for fatal shooting, subway slashing

The deranged killer who escaped from a locked mental ward in Queens is a reputed gang member who was repeatedly denied parole while locked up for a fatal shooting and a vicious subway slashing. Raymond Morillo, 33, was busted in 1988 after he and an...

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Lawyers: No mention of Osama, 9/11 at terrorism trail

Any mention of Osama bin Laden or the 9/11 attacks should be banned at the upcoming terrorism trial of handless hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri, his lawyers contended in legal papers filed Wednesday. The lawyers said such references "would completely"...

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Bieber pleads not guilty in drag-racing incident

MIAMI — Justin Bieber pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license in Florida as new police reports surfaced showing his alcohol breath tests were under the legal limit, even for an underage driver....

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Yahoo! Q4 earnings increase not ad driven

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer insists the long-stumbling Internet company has finally regained its stride, even though its revenue is still stuck in reverse. The latest evidence of the challenges facing Mayer emerged Tuesday with the release...

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Fox, Viacom cash in on anti-smoking ads

Fox Broadcasting and Viacom are angling to join other TV networks set to cash in on as much as $50 million in court-ordered anti-tobacco ads. The ads will appear on ABC, CBS and NBC as part of a 2006 ruling against tobacco companies.  Fox and...

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$170M BBC headache dogs NYT’s Thompson

The BBC came under fire on Tuesday for botching a 100 million pound ($170 million) digital project in the latest of a series of reports to criticize top management for their running of Britain's publicly funded broadcaster. Public spending watchdog...

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Icahn buffs Apple, buys $500M in stock

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is turning out to be Apple's bestest frenemy. Despite blasting its board for its "imperial" ways last week, the famed corporate agitator stood by the tech giant Tuesday by buying $500 million more shares as other investors...

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Jay Z crashes J Cole’s birthday bash at MSG

From the very first song of Tuesday's show at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, J Cole made it obvious he was in the mood to party. Aside from being a landmark gig in his young career, it was also the North Carolina rapper's 29th birthday and who...

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Alabama gambling operator wants to open Catskills casino

An Alabama-based gambling operator with ties to the Rev. Al Sharpton is launching a splashy campaign to open a casino in New York, The Post has learned. Greenetrack is run by Luther "Nat" Winn Jr., who serves on the board of directors of Sharpton's...

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Celebrate Israel parade to include moonbound spacecraft model

New York City's Celebrate Israel Parade is going to take an out-of-this-world twist this year — with a sneak peek at a space capsule that Israel is designing to send to the moon, along with dozens of new attractions. The popular pro-Israel parade, which...

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NYPD plans high security on Super Bowl Boulevard

The NYPD will have a laser focus on the pop-up Super Bowl theme park set up in the heart of Midtown this week — flooding the area with nearly as many cops as on New Year's Eve, law-enforcement sources said. About 400,000 people are expected to flock...

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Veggie fav kale will be served at Super Bowl

The chefs at MetLife Stadium are pulling a quarterback sneak on football fans for the big day — slipping healthy kale into the menu along with other more typical gridiron grub. "Kale is so trendy right now," said Eric Borgia, executive chef for Delaware...

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NYPD Daily crime blotter

The Bronx Police released surveillance video of a suspect they believe to be responsible for killing a Wakefield man in his apartment. The video shows victim Jercar Brooks standing in front of his 233rd Street building at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday...

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Made it here & I’m gone

For almost as long as its existence, New York has been known as one of the business capitals of the world. Today, though, as many have surely taken notice, there is a harsh chill in the air — one a lot colder than the recent weather. New York won't...

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Bitcoin could be crime-fighter against credit hacks

Silicon Valley may be on target to stop credit-card hacking, according to multiple reports on social media. The infamous hack over the holiday-shopping season may have involved more than 100 million shoppers, across a wide swath of retailers. The problem...

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New Year hangover is a killer

As Januarys go, the first month already has 2014 shaping up as a topsy-turvy year — most especially for those who make their living predicting stock patterns. On Wall Street, the Rally of 2013 has come to an abrupt halt with stocks on track to finish...

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How Billy Joel became “The Piano Man”

Monday's Billy Joel show at Madison Square Garden will be his 47th at the venue, and the first in a potentially never-ending monthly residency there. After Elton John and the Grateful Dead — who have played the Garden 64 and 52 times, respectively —...

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Efron, Hudgens get careers back on track

At the beginning of 2006, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were cute teenagers no one would stop on the street. But after "High School Musical" debuted to a then-record 7.7 million viewers on the Disney Channel in January of that year, the young actors...

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Gowanus’ latest star is shuffleboard, by way of Florida

A few years ago, Ashley Albert flew longtime pal Jonathan Schnapp to her home state of Florida as a birthday gift. As a youth, Schnapp had traveled there with his family, where he played shuffleboard with his grandparents. Once in the Sunshine State,...

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Beard craze hits Procter & Gamble razor sales

Growing fondness for men's facial hair is shaving away sales at Procter & Gamble. The consumer-products giant blamed increased popularity of beards, mustaches and three-day stubble for spotty razor sales at its Gillette brand, which it acquired...

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Stocks going Dow-n, fall 3.5% this week

It's getting quite exciting on Wall Street. On Jan. 20 at 7:47 p.m., the Wall Street Journal reported the Federal Reserve was ready to throttle back, again, on its pernicious Quantitative Easing program. The Fed's policy-making committee, according...

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Jason Momoa on his road to film financing

Actor Jason Momoa's upcoming film, "Road to Paloma," a road-trip revenge thriller, traveled an interesting road to get financed, he told The Post in an exclusive interview at the Sundance Film Festival. Momoa, best known for his roles as "Conan the...

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Walmart cutting 2,300 Sam’s Club jobs

Walmart is eliminating 2,300 workers at its Sam's Club division as it reduces the ranks of middle managers in a bid to be more nimble. The layoffs, which cut 2 percent of the membership club's employee count of about 116,000, mark the largest since...

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Brooklyn A thief scammed two elderly women in separate incidents in the same Coney Island building, authorities said. The suspect first struck on Christmas Eve when he followed an 88-year-old woman into her building on Beach 7th Street at around 3...

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NJ senator under investigation for aiding embezzling brothers

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation for his connection to Ecuadorian bankers who allegedly stole millions in their home country and are living as fugitives in the US, according to a new report. The Democratic senator is under federal...

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$1.7 million missing from accounts of slain NYC slumlord

In the months leading up to Brooklyn slumlord Menachem Stark's murder, a staggering $1.7 million was siphoned from an account he and his business partner controlled, a bankruptcy trustee revealed Thursday. "It appears [this] is not something from the...

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NY-based Kenya diplomat enslaved her maid: lawsuit

A New York-based Kenyan diplomat turned her domestic servant into a virtual slave, paying her pennies for long days and demanding her passport to prevent an escape, according to a Manhattan federal lawsuit. Beatrice Oluoch first began working for Stella...

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LI fraudster found guilty of plot to behead judge, prosecutor

A Long Island con artist was found guilty by a Brooklyn jury Thursday of plotting to mutilate and murder a federal judge and assistant US attorney. Joseph Romano, 51, hoped to exact revenge on Judge Joseph Bianco and prosecutor Lara Gatz after he was...

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Notorious hacker picked up in Romania

The world's most notorious hacker was a hack. A former cabdriver, Marcel Lazarus Lehel — known as Guccifer — was busted in his Romanian village Wednesday with the help of the US Secret Service. Guccifer became infamous on the Web by leaking self-portraits...

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Update of ‘Long Distance Runner’ literally jogs in place

Its only 90 minutes long, but by the time "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" ends, its athletic lead is in a sweat, panting. And no wonder: As Alan Sillitoe's hero, Colin Smith — a young delinquent who finds redemption in running — Sheldon...

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