A governor's task force formed after a black New York City officer was killed by another officer last year has concluded that racial bias is a consistent factor in simulated "friendly fire" scenarios, backing up statistics that show policemen of color are more at risk of being shot by other officers. The analysis of officer-on-officer shootings nationwide began after the deaths…
May 28, 2010
Use fresh baby spinach from the garden to make this classic Asian dish. EGG DROP SOUP WITH CHICKEN AND SPINACH 6 cups lower-sodium chicken broth 6 thin round slices peeled ginger 2 tablespoons light soy sauce 4 eggs, lightly beaten 2 cups roasted chicken breast, cut into ½-inch pieces 3 cups baby spinach 3 scallions, chopped ¼ cup cilantro, chopped Combine the broth,…
May 26, 2010
Baseball
NEW YORK - Six days later, it became official. Jason Bay, who agreed to a four-year, $66-million deal with the Mets last Tuesday, passed his physical yesterday in Manhattan and will be formally introduced this morning at Citi Field. Since the Mets and Bay reached an agreement, which has a vesting option for a fifth year worth $17 million, according to the Associated Press, there…
January 5, 2010
Julie Powell is best-known for following the 500-plus recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1, the classic co-authored by Julia Child. The result, Julie & Julia, also led to one of this year's movie bonbons: Meryl Streep as public television's beloved "French Chef." Cleaving is Powell's next course, and it's less about recipe than formula. Cleaving, as the subtitle…
December 27, 2009
Golf
Commissioner Tim Finchem said yesterday that he doesn't expect the Tiger Woods sex scandal to have a deleterious effect on the PGA Tour, that he expects Woods to return but doesn't know when, and he doesn't think that Woods's behavior falls under the Tour's disciplinary umbrella. Finchem's traditional year-end teleconference took on an edge yesterday with considerable questioning…
December 18, 2009
Even if Chris Brown had never raised a hand to his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, Graffiti (Jive) would have been a letdown. No sweet ballads like "With You," no sleek dance pop like "Forever," only the possible hit "I Can Transform Ya," which banks on an already-tired link to the Transformers movie franchise and a halfhearted cameo from Lil Wayne. Even if he had not pleaded guilty to felony…
December 10, 2009
'True crime" has such a florid, overdressed reputation that it pays to remember the genre's monuments - In Cold Blood or The Executioner's Song - are marked by their bloodless eloquence. Even the chronically feverish James Ellroy restrained himself in My Dark Places, a coolly deliberate autopsy of his mother's murder. It makes sense: For all the exhaustive research, interviews and…
December 6, 2009
N.Y. Jets 19, Buffalo 13
TORONTO - Their playoff light is still flickering, though it might've come at a steep price. Prized rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez suffered an unspecified injury to his right knee - which wasn't the same knee he tweaked in last Sunday's win over Carolina and wears the bulky brace on - with about eight minutes left in the third quarter and didn't return in the Jets' 19-13 win over…
December 4, 2009
For a guy who claims to love quaint little Yankee towns, Stephen King sure has ravaged a lot of them. Chester's Mill, the setting of King's new novel, Under the Dome, seems pleasant enough, but it sits in northern Maine not far from Castle Rock (death by dynamite), Jerusalem's Lot (arson) and Derry (monsters) - a fact that does not bode well for its survival. Neither does the Dome…
November 22, 2009
Baseball
Baseball's open free agency period begins at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, and it concludes ... probably some time around the 2010 All-Star break. If you monitored last year's Hot Stove League, you saw that it went well into spring training, with Manny Ramirez rejoining the Dodgers on March 5. Teams like the Dodgers, Angels (Bobby Abreu) and Nationals (Adam Dunn) benefited by realizing that,…
November 19, 2009
NFL
In a sense, the Jets are victims of their own early-season success, held hostage for that roaring 3-0 start that had everybody ready to crown them as the AFC's representative in Miami for the big game in February, long before the first month of the season was even in the books. Let me explain. Sure, the Jets' brash chatter and all the guarantees certainly fueled the crazy talk,…
November 18, 2009
Butternut squash is naturally sweet and pairs well with many meat, fish and poultry dishes. One cup provides more than four times your daily need for vitamin A and half your vitamin C, as well as Vitamin E and calcium. Tip: To peel and cut butternut squash, first peel the squash using a vegetable peeler. Cut across the squash to separate the neck from the base. Cut the base in half…
November 4, 2009
World Series
Joe Girardi doesn't want to discuss it anymore. "Andy is our starter," the Yankees' manager said by way of opening his workout-day news conference yesterday. "We'll eliminate that question." Ah, if only it were that easy. Because if the Yankees don't win tonight - with Andy Pettitte, 37 years old and just three days removed from a start in which he said he "felt terrible" - and…
November 4, 2009
Iran today is a revolution in search of its Yeltsin. Without leadership, demonstrators will take to the street only so many times to face tear gas, batons and bullets. They need a leader like Boris Yeltsin: a former establishment figure with newly revolutionary credentials and legitimacy, who stands on a tank and gives the opposition direction by calling for the unthinkable - the…
June 29, 2009
