All-conquering Swiss Roger Federer knows that his road to a sixth US Open crown could only get rougher after dispatching Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to qualify for his 26th grand slam consecutive...

Should Swiss tennis great Roger Federer survive the quarter final threat posed by Swede Robin Soderling, he would, in all likelihood, meet up with either another familiar foe in Novak Djokovic or the talented and unpredictable Frenchman Gael Monfils in the...

Australian tennis star Samantha Stosur has welcomed her promotion to top billing for her marquee US Open quarter-final with defending champion Kim...

The mosque project two blocks from the World Trade Center is too close for comfort for some who will attend Saturday's memorials for those killed in the Sep 11, 2001, Islamist terrorist attacks against the...

Three Brooklyn brothers have made a hit record on YouTube based on an Alabama man's interview about an assault on his younger...

Australian Samantha Stosur defeated 12th seed Russian Elena Dementieva to advance to the US Open quarter-finals early on...

Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is celebrating Lord Ganesh during September in view of Ganesh-Chaturthi falling this...

Tennis star Venus Williams, infamous for her dressing sense, appeared in a red sequined tennis dress that resembles New York fireworks in her match against Shahar Peer at the U.S....

A NY psychologist has highlighted the sources of stress that the Chilean miners and their rescuers would need to manage in the weeks and months...

A Florida pastor, Bill Keller, has come to New York and criticized Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters...

Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods could leave for Newport, Wales-hometown of 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds-if he competes for the US in the Ryder Cup this...

Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber is on cloud nine these days as his 4 million albums have been sold worldwide in less than a...

Indian American Reshma Saujani, the Democratic primary challenger to Representative Carolyn Maloney in New York's 14th District, has received a strong endorsement from the New York Daily...

Turkish Cypriot President Dervis Eroglu will travel to New York on September 21 for talks, officials said on Tuesday. Eroglu's schedule has not been made clear yet, officials said, adding, Greek...

-- Vernon Wells, right, hit a three-run homer and Aaron Hill had a two-run shot as the Blue Jays handed reeling Texas its seventh loss in nine games Monday. Jays starter Ricky Romero allowed one...

Today's Mets-Nationals game in Washington will feature two starting pitchers making their major-league debuts. Washington left-hander Yunesky Maya will face Mets righty Dillon Gee. Maya is a Cuban...

An unarmed Orthodox Jewish community-watch group will receive five bulletproof vests so that its members can safely patrol neighborhood streets. Sen. Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) says he'll buy the vests...

Forget Broadway, the hardest ticket to score in town is for toddler story time at an Upper East Side branch of the New York Public Library. The matinee story time every Wednesday at the NYPL's...

AMSTERDAM -- The Dutchman charged with killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman and suspected in the disappearance of US teen Natalee Holloway has acknowledged extorting money from Holloway's parents --...

Rest easy, New York, we've got it relatively easy. Despite sky-high rents, interminable commutes and the bedbug epidemic, the Big Apple was deemed just the sixth-most stressed-out city in the United...

The owners of the former Burlington Coat Factory near Ground Zero -- who sold the site for a song to the developer of the proposed mosque there -- wound up investing in a $45.7 million deal with him...

EXCLUSIVE The developer behind the planned Ground Zero mosque already has a lousy record with the city Buildings Department -- racking up $24,650 in fines for safety and construction violations at...

A Westchester firefighter who climbed into a manhole last night to rescue a worker apparently overcome by fumes died along with the man he tried to save. Tarrytown officials identified the victims as...

EXCLUSIVE There have been at least five security breaches this year at facilities run the by the agency charged with caring for city's needy and neglected children, The Post has learned. One...

Members of a St. Lucian soccer team played in remembrance of a slain teammate in the final match of a Brooklyn tournament. Philip Tisson was shot to death in Crown Heights while the team was out...

EXCLUSIVE The city's new taxi chief played hooky from his day job as a city councilman more than half the time last year while campaigning for higher office. David Yassky -- now head of the Taxi...

A nearly 10-mile ribbon of red tide was spotted yesterday in city waters, Coast Guard officials said, warning swimmers and boaters to avoid contact with the potentially harmful algae. The swath of...

The elderly man who was mowed down by an out-of-control cab outside of an East Village coffee shop is facing a lengthy recovery, doctors said. Preston Krupin, 71, was recuperating at Bellevue...

New Metro-North equipment makes it invulnerable to a debacle like the one its sister line, the Long Island Rail Road, suffered after a switching-tower fire last month, officials said yesterday. The...

Now that's green. City officials say going green to construct the $350 million Brooklyn Bridge Park will save tens of millions in material. Large chunks of the 85-acre project are being molded with...

Gov. Paterson yesterday had one more thing to say about building a mosque near Ground Zero: Please, don't say anything -- at least until after Sept. 11. The governor asked both supporters and...

Public-school parents who need help navigating the Department of Education's massive bureaucracy should call the city's central help line rather than reach out directly to school-district offices,...

The hallucinogen psilocybin, known by the street name magic mushrooms, may help ease the anxiety that often accompanies late-stage cancer, researchers said yesterday. Cancer patients given a moderate...

JPMorgan Chase and Madison Square Garden have reportedly reached a lucrative sponsorship agreement. The deal, worth at least $30 million a year, would rank annually as the most lucrative such...

The city's 40 most important agencies have posted their worst single-month performance records since Mayor Bloomberg started a new monitoring system two years ago, records show. Out of 465...

Three people were injured when scaffolding rained down on them outside a Bronx housing project early yesterday, authorities said. Construction workers for the city Housing Authority said bolts...

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- After two months bankers would like to forget, Wall Street may need a September to remember to avoid closing the books on the worst quarter for investment banking and trading...

By Julian Linden New York - Novak Djokovic stormed into the quarterfinals of the US Open on Monday to remind Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal exactly why he is regarded as a serious contender to win...

Oman Mobile the mobile business arm of Omantel has launched new Hayyak permanent price plan with the introduction of its Hayyak Liberty service that will give customers the freedom to speak and...

Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Brian Roberts' seventh inning single drove in the winning run as Baltimore downed New York, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game set. Roberts finished 3-for-5 with two...

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Danny Espinosa had the best game of his very young career as he hit a grand slam and a solo home run to lead the Washington Nationals to a 13-3 rout of the New York...

Abc News President David Westin, the longest-running TV network news head, abruptly resigned last night after presiding over a series of painful layoffs. Westin, who took over from news icon Roone...

The Associated Press (AP) — A firefighter who climbed into a manhole to rescue a worker apparently overcome by fumes died Monday along with the man he was trying to save, village officials...

The Associated Press (AP) — AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.The company will begin sharing...

The Associated Press HOWARD FENDRICH (AP Tennis Writer) (AP) — With another straight-set victory out of the way at the U.S. Open, Roger Federer can start thinking about a rematch with Robin...

The Associated Press DAVID BAUDER (AP Television Writer) (AP) — ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job,...

+1.24% ) and other market measures snapped a three-week losing streak. And while it did not offset declines earlier in August, it marked the best pre-Labor Day week in two decades, according to The...