The man whose violent spree inspired the Post's most famous headline, "Headless Body in Topless Bar," is trying to get released from prison. The Post reports, "Charles Dingle, 53, will ask a three-person parole panel this week to free him from the upstate Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo." more ›

Chaos reigned this afternoon when hackers took over the Huffington Post's Twitter feed, sending out a series of racist, homophobic, and anti-English tweets to their 1.5 million followers. And they seem to be fans of the New York Post, writing, "Sup bitches? Hacked by: New York Post" and "New York Post rules!!!" Huff Post were able to quickly take their account back and delete all the offensive tweets, but you can see them all lovingly preserved below. And in a cruel twist of fate, Ashton Kutcher's Twitter account was also hacked around the same time. Is this what the Mayans have been going on about for centuries? more ›

Mere mortals shudder when the NY Post locks its piercing gaze upon them—for like the eye of Sauron, the Post's "wrath blaze[s] like a sudden flame." And the Post's favorite targets, other than dreadlocked OWS protesters, are phonies. But they especially hate panhandling phonies—and today, their terrible eye landed upon a woman who they say has falsely claimed to be pregnant for the last 13 months. more ›

Over the weekend, a New York Post reporter risked her life staying in Zuccotti Park and wrote that it is "quickly becoming one of the most dangerous places in New York City." Now, the tabloid has discovered shocking news that Occupy Wall Street has events planned through 2025! This leaderless, rag-tag group of smelly "vagabonds" have a tightly regimented schedule that they will surely follow 14 years from now! more ›

According to the NY Post, an Occupy Wall Street protester had a temper tantrum in the McDonald's near Zuccotti Park yesterday, after employees allegedly refused to give him free food. Fisika Bezabeh, 27, allegedly ripped a credit-card reader from a counter and threw it at workers just after 2 a.m. last night (could he have an relation to boxer Fasika Bezabeh?). However, the Post specifies that Bezabeh was only "seen hanging out" with protesters, so it's unclear whether he actually is part of OWS, or just one of a growing number of rabble rousers who have descended upon Zuccotti to stir up trouble and inspire some fun headlines for the rag. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg keeps insisting that Occupy Wall Street protesters down at Zuccotti Park are bad for tourism and worse for local businesses. We've heard about some business owners complaining, but the Post has now found several more willing to go on record with their gripes. And based on their newest, grouchiest anti-OWS editorial, it makes total sense why they would bring their complaints to the Post! more ›

We love the NY Post for their priceless headlines as well as the fact that they let comedians write their news columns. But then they send out things like the above tweet, and it really makes us question our devotion to grabbing a free tattered copy of the rag from the garbage every day. more ›

With the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks coming up, the Post caught up with a woman who was featured on a cover back in 2001 while holding a photograph of her fiance, slain in the World Trade Center. That woman is Rachel Uchitel, better known as Tiger Woods's former mistress. Uchitel said of James Andrew O’Grady's passing, "I believe Andy was meant to die because he was too good." I’m almost happy it ended the way it did because I’ve learned so many lessons from him. It would have been tragic if we got into fights and then divorced." more ›

Last night Stephen Colbert took a moment to analyze yesterday's NY Post cover, which featured a woman in a red dress seductively smoking a cigarette next to the headline "Crazy stox like a hooker's drawers, UP, DOWN, UP." As Colbert explains, it makes perfect sense, and he thinks more NY Post covers should explore this prostitute/"drawers" analogy: more ›

Sex surveys have kept us reaching for the Cosmopolitan nearly every time we go to the dentist. If you don't know how much mind-blowing sex other people are having, you will never have any yourself (that's science!). So naturally, when the New York Post asks for your help in dishing your dirty secrets in their SEX survey, you obey. No gimp mask necessary. As usual, "All Answers Are Anonymous," unless a Post staffer happens to drop the fact that you enjoy performing the "peanut butter paddleboat" into their Facebook feed. more ›

In spite of yesterday's rally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 400 points when it opened this morning (it's now around 380 points down). One fund manager told Bloomberg News, "It’s a spiral down until it stops. We’re going through these constant day-to-day battles over Europe’s debt crisis, a downgrade in the U.S. and a weakening economy. There’s no positive sentiment regarding a light at the end of the tunnel." more ›

A shoplifting story that could have been just a throwaway crime blotter item was transformed into front-page tabloid gold thanks to a series of photos taken at the scene of a prolonged scuffle outside an AutoZone in the Bronx yesterday. It all started when an unidentified shoplifter set off the store's alarm system when he tried to walk out with an electric drill and an Allen wrench set, worth a total of about $80. Two employees gave chase, even after the thief turned to them with a syringe in his hand and vowed, "I'll give you AIDS with this syringe!" more ›

Former Mets star Lenny Dykstra has been a headline in the past few years (allegedly naked interviews, debt and divorce problems) and now, as he faces bankruptcy fraud charges, Dykstra has written a column for the NY Post in a style that can only be described as "Charlie Sheen, #winning era": "I told them, 'If you are trying to kill me, then you better put a bullet in my head because I am not backing down. Torture me all you want, I am stronger than you will ever know.' more ›

Despite repeated requests for comment, Mayoral hopeful Rep. Anthony Weiner has declined to clarify his anti-bike lane remarks quoted in the NY Times over the weekend. (Weiner reportedly told Mayor Bloomberg, "When I become mayor, you know what I’m going to spend my first year doing? I’m going to have a bunch of ribbon-cuttings tearing out your [expletive] bike lanes.") We're guessing Weiner is reviewing his position on bike lanes in order to take a more carefully calibrated position; if so, he may want to check out this sharp Streetsfilm video that explains what the city's new bike lanes actually accomplish: more ›

The NY Post HATES the bike lanes because they take street space away from cars, and they inconvenience columnist Steve Cuozzo when he walks to work through Times Square. But it's a challenge to come up with a new rabble-rousing anti-cyclist article seven days a week. So to fill the gap when there's no bike lane "news" to "report," the tabloid has come up with an easy solution: just pull some anti-bike lane mail from the inbox to fill the column inches. Voila, the haterade is stirred another day! Here's what NY Post reader G. Davis of Staten Island has to say: more ›

Today, the NY Post learned that drug dealers sometimes use business cards, something we figured out when we were in middle school and saw Half-Baked for the first time. And they also learned that drug dealers target college students, which anyone who's gone to college should already know. But we won't assume anything with the Post. more ›

As you may have heard, there have been some objections raised to a rumored Walmart location in East New York. The City Council is holding hearings at the beginning of next month, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio recently released a report suggesting that a Walmart in NYC would "eliminate more jobs than it creates, result in the loss of independently owned small businesses, and create an increased burden on taxpayers." But the big box company probably isn't sweating it, because its got NY Post columnist Andrea Peyser in its corner. In her column today, titled "Absurd Wal of Fear," Peyser targets one of the studies cited by de Blasio: more ›

After the Tucson, AZ shooting rampage that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically injured, six dead and 13 others injured, the Post suggested that not only the Glock corporation—which made the gun that suspected shooter Jared Lee Loughner used—stop selling to civilians, the newspaper said that NYPD should stop buying weapons from Glock until the company stops selling to civilians. Now, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has voiced his support having the NYPD ban Glock, but Mayor Bloomberg is less enthusiastic. more ›

Producers of the battle-scarred Broadway mega-musical Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark have yet to issue an official statement, but sources confirm that leading lady Natalie Mendoza will be leaving the production. Insiders tell the Post that Mendoza, who suffered a debilitating concussion when she was hit by a rope during the show's first performance, will be released from her contract with a "substantial" exit package. And other actors may follow in her footsteps and get out before they're carried out. more ›

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, the NY Post was investigating the lifestyle of sports groupies, with nary a comment from any spouse. The Post has an inexplicable, but completely welcome, feature on sports groupies today, and it turns out they are a surprisingly well-organized online community who share advise and experiences on site Baller Alert. And in the shifting sands of athlete hook-ups, players today are "less likely to meet girls at a strip club or bar than they are on Facebook" and Twitter. So, contact some player on Facebook, and you might end up having his babies? more ›

Today the NY Post breaks news about an Internet phenomenon called Passive Aggressive Notes, a hilarious "new Web site"... that launched three years ago. We hate to be the ones to say, "Um, 2007 called and wants its "Don't Tase Me, Bro" video back," but why pass up a chance to bust on the Post—such opportunities only come once or twice a day. Kerry Miller, the site's creator, gave us her reaction: more ›

After Republican gubernatorial candidate and inveterate dirty email forwarder Carl Paladino threatened to beat up its Albany bureau chief, the Post hasn't been very happy with Paladino. And now the right-leaning paper has gone ahead and endorsed Democratic candidate Andrew Cuomo for governor, but adds, "Let's be right up front with our principal reservation: It is not all that clear whether anyone now on the scene is fully up to the task." more ›

It's been a long 24 hours for Carl Paladino, who was getting into a pointed verbal argument with Post reporter Fred Dicker around this time yesterday. Since then, he and his team of advisers have spit-balled back and forth with the Post about who's at fault, who deserves to be sued, and whose love child has been poked in the face with a camera. It's all so confusing! So hard to keep track of! Thankfully, the Atlantic has broken it down to the original argument between Paladino and Dicker which started it all, and re-animated it in cuddly teddy bear form. Animated bear recreations really are the true opiates for the masses. more ›

Carl Paladino warned a couple days ago that the gubernatorial race between himself and Andrew Cuomo was "going to get nastier." And lo and behold, a couple adulterous claims and journalist altercations later, we now have ourselves a regular Nostradamadino. But despite his own forewarnings, last night's incident with Post reporter Fred Dicker seems to have riled up the already riled up candidate. In a ranty statement defending Paladino today, official campaign bull dog Michael Caputo tore into Dicker and the Post. And in the aftermath of the incident, Paladino may file trespassing charges against a team of Post photographers who took "close-range" shots of his love child. more ›

Between the attack ads, love children and background checks, tensions have been steadily escalating between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino in Crazyfest 2010, so it was only a matter of time before someone's kettle boiled. And so it was yesterday in Lake George when Paladino got into an altercation during a Q and A with Post State Editor Fred Dicker. Dicker wanted to see evidence for claims Paladino made in an interview with Politco that Cuomo had cheated on his wife; Paladino shot back that he wasn't happy with the way Dicker and the Post have been reporting on his love child. "I want to know why you sent your goons after my daughter, Fred. You send another goon to my daughter's house and I'll take you out, buddy!" Paladino yelled (you can see the video from ABC below). more ›

Nothing beats a great pair of NY Post diatribes on the subject of cycling, and that goes double when one of the ranters is columnist Steve "He Who Yells At Cloud" Cuozzo. As you may know, bike lanes and pedestrian plazas have been a boil on Cuozzo's neck for too long, and his latest screed, prompted by complaints about reckless delivery men on the Upper West Side, is bursting with good stuff: more ›

With yesterday's launch of the Wall Street Journal's Greater New York section, 79-year-old media mogul Rupert Murdoch held a party at Gotham Hall. Conveniently, another of Murdoch's papers, the NY Post reports, "Murdoch said the aim of the section was to give a "better choice to consumers" and he promised it would deliver a 'fresh, robust, perspective on their city, the country and the world,'" and mentioned that the NY Times' local circulation "had 'declined by 40 percent over the past several years.'" more ›