November 28, 2005
J. CREW SEEKS BUZZ WITH MAN MOBILE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amPop-up stores have proven a big hit for retailers during the holiday season. Now, J. Crew is taking the concept a step further with its traveling man mobile. Beginning tonight,...
BLACKBALLED; LORD LAYS IT ON: I'M NOT A CROOK
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amTORONTO - Indicted in the U.S. and ostracized in Britain, Conrad Black is now holed up in Canada, the country he once renounced. Lord Black, who is expected to appear...
OFFICE READS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amHIGH-MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES By Katherine Graham Leviss Soucebooks Inc., $18.95 EVERYONE knows Joe," the inside flap of this book begins. "That is, 'Joe is a brilliant employee, a visionary. But I...
TRAILER TRASH; H'WOOD IN SNEAK ATTACK ON OUR SENSES
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amMANY of the biggest movies of the holiday season - "King Kong," "The Chronicles of Narnia" - haven't even opened yet, and already Hollywood is trying to drum up excitement...
FINE 'LINE'; RISKY RECAST FOR TV'S TOP LATE-NIGHT NEWS SHOW
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amMEET the new "Nightline." Tonight marks the first "Nightline" telecast in 26 years without Ted Koppel at the wheel. In his place are three anchors: former White House correspondent, Terry...
STARR REPORT
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA life remembered Anyone who's read "Wired," Bob Woodward's 1985 biography of the late John Belushi, certainly comes away with a vivid picture of the "Saturday Night Live"er- turned-movie star...
... AND TORI SPELLING AS SCROOGE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSO many movies, so little time. Counting today, 28 days remain until Christmas. Within that time frame, you will have the opportunity (if you wish to take advantage of it)...
GRAPE GATSBY ; TWO GENERATIONS OF ROMANCE AND REVENGE IN WINE COUNTRY ; SHE WAS STRICTLY CABERNET AND HE WAS MERLOT ALL THE WAY.
November 28, 2005 | 5:00am"The Engagement Ring" Tonight at 8 on TNT * * * (three stars) IF ever a TV movie should be made into a TV series, it's TNT's charming "The Engagement...
REPEAT OFFENDERS - AWFUL FASHION TRENDS KEEP COMING BACK
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amTHE '70s were so sleazy, I get static cling just thinking about it," jokes Barneys' creative director Simon Doonan on the WE: Women's Entertainment TV show "I Can't Believe I...
'MOVING' TRIBUTE ; BATTLE OVER UPROOTING WW2 MEMORIAL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amThe nephew of a Westchester soldier killed in World War II is fighting tooth-and-nail to block a high school from moving his uncle's memorial to pave the way for a...
WELD WAR FOR GOPERS; BRUNO'S DELAY BID
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amIN a move likely to trigger a major party battle, New York's second- most-powerful Republican called on the state GOP chairman yesterday to cancel a Dec. 12 meeting called to...
LIBERAL SENATOR RIPS 'REPUBLICAN LITE' DEMS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold fired a warning shot toward Sen. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats who might run for president on a centrist platform. "The Democrats need a bold,...
W. SHOULD COPY FDR'S 'CHATS': POL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) urged President Bush to copy Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chats" to lay out the progress and difficulties U.S. forces are facing in Iraq. "I...
MTA UNVEILS SUPER SUBWAY
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSubway car interiors are about to get a whole lot more informative, and not just about where to get treatment for acne. The new R160 cars, which rumble into stations...
'HARRY' BACK FOR $ECOND HELPING
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amHarry Potter's spell on moviegoers remained unbeatable as the boy wizard's latest big-screen adventure remained North America's No. 1 movie for the second straight weekend - bringing its grand total...
SADDAM-JUDGE HIT TEAM BUSTED
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA hit team on a mission to kill an investigative judge in the Saddam Hussein trial was arrested in Kirkuk, Iraq, a police commander said yesterday. The eight men were...
DEUTSCHE DEMOLITION ; VIDEO PREVIEWS RAZING OF 9/11 BANK BLDG.
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amThe biggest change in lower Manhattan's skyline next year - deconstruction of the 9/11- scarred Deutsche Bank building - will begin in earnest in February when the first pieces of...
DADDY'S MIRACLE; WOMB-ROB BABY NEARS 1ST BIRTHDAY
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSKIDMORE, Mo. - Almost a year after she was literally ripped from her mother's womb in a crime that took the pregnant woman's life, Victoria Jo Stinnett is a thriving,...
CHAIR'S A 'SIGN' OF THE TIMES
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amHere's a perch that's far from pedestrian. John Carter's urban-inspired creation, the "Walk-Don't Walk" chair, is one hot seat. A handful of these pop perches - made from classic working...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** Four suspects were arrested yesterday in the stabbing of a teenager. The violence began about 2:45 p.m. at West 29th Street and Broadway when six unidentified young men...
2ND HOSP ESCAPE BY SEX PERV
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA convicted pervert who disappeared from a Staten Island mental institution over the weekend apparently had escaped at least once before - and allegedly committed another sex crime while on...
GADGET TARGETS TEEN PESTS WITH PIERCING PITCH
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amHey kids, buzz off! A British man has come up with a gizmo that emits a high-pitched noise intended to chase away teens - and teens alone. Howard Stapleton, the...
QNS. MOM SLAIN IN ALA.
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens woman visiting her son and daughter for Thanksgiving was yesterday identified as one of three people shot to death in a brutal robbery at an Alabama motel. Devoted...
RETAILERS ARE BACK IN BLACK; CASH IN ON HOLIDAY SHOPPING
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amCheerfully braving the crushing masses of bargain hunters during the busiest shopping period of the year, consumers put retailers nationwide back in the black, according to preliminary data released yesterday....
'DIRTY LOOK' GETS RING CHAMP SLAIN ; BROOKLYN COMMUNITY IN TEARS FOR TALENTED TEEN
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA Junior Olympics boxing star from Brooklyn was shot to death yesterday in a rain of bullets trigged by a "dirty looks" staredown with a pair of armed thugs, authorities...
TROLLEY BACKERS HOPE TO IGNITE CITY'S STREETCAR DESIRE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amJust call it the little trolley that could. After years of false starts, backers of a plan to return trolleys to Brooklyn are pinning their hopes on two city-led developments....
THE 9/11 MEMORIAL: ; IT STINKS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWORD that the Port Authority has volunteered its services as construction manager for the 9/11 memorial is the worst news yet out of Ground Zero - but not because it...
PHONY-CALL SCAM; FIRM 'COLLECTS' IN BILLING RIP-OFF
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amIt pays to scrutinize your telephone bill - just ask Robert Bell. The 60-year-old financial analyst recently spotted an unexpected $7.22 charge on his Verizon bill. It was for an...
POLS' PROMISE TO TRAGIC MANNY ; VOW SAFEGUARDS FOR UNINSURED PATIENTS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amOutraged over the death of Manuel Lanza - an uninsured man who was denied lifesaving surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital - lawmakers are ripping state health officials and promising to...
DARK SECRET OF PLAZA TEEN; BRUTALLY MURDERED PARENTS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWhen a dashing British teen and his girlfriend checked into The Plaza in July 2004, they couldn't spend money fast enough. Moving into the $15,000-a-night presidential suite, the lovebirds lived...
20G BRIBE AFTER DWI BUST: COPS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amCops in Manhattan have a new one for the docket - bribing while intoxicated. A Washington Heights man charged with DWI was hit with an additional bribery rap yesterday after...
HOTEL PROBE KO'D QAEDA
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Intelligence gathered in the probe of the Amman hotel attacks led to the recent U.S. raid on an al Qaeda safe house in Mosul where eight followers of...
DIALING FOR DOLLARS FOR AT&T
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWhenever Roselle Roseman called the operator, she might as well have dialed "R" for rip-off. AT&T charged the 90-year-old Midtown resident $14.40 every time she needed an operator to call...
YANK FANS FACE 27% HIT AT NEW STADIUM
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amBaseball fans will pay a 27 percent premium to see the Yankees play in their proposed $800 million stadium, according to economic projections. On average, tickets will cost $57 when...
L.I. WAR VS. APPLE LIMOS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amCity limo and car-service drivers usually get paid when they drop off their passengers - but when the destination is in Nassau County, they're the ones who have to fork...
JAILERS: STAFF CUTS DANGEROUS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amStaff reductions at the city Correction Department have led to more inmates attacking guards, jail officers said yesterday. They claimed the number of assaults rose after staff cutbacks in 2002,...
NYPD'S GLOBAL EYES AND EARS ; COPS ABROAD ON TERROR BEAT
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amThey're the unsung members of the NYPD - covertly assigned to eight foreign countries in the never-ending battle against global terrorism. One has two Ivy League degrees. One was once...
TEEN, BOSS SHOT DEAD AT B'KLYN TIRE SHOP
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA teenage worker and his boss were shot dead after a robbery turned into a shooting rampage at a Brooklyn tire shop yesterday, cops said. The owner's 17-year-old son was...
TRAGIC CRASH TEEN'S BROTHER BUSTED
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amGrieving relatives of an 18-year-old Queens girl killed this month when her pal's SUV flipped on the Grand Central Parkway endured more anguish over the weekend: Her brother was charged...
BEAUTY SLAIN - DANCER SAVAGELY STABBED IN UPPER EAST SIDE APT.
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amAn aspiring Broadway dancer was found stabbed to death in her Upper East Side apartment last night,police said. Catherine Woods (left)was discovered face down in a pool of blood on...
'FIRE PERV' ALARM IN BROOKLYN
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amCops swarmed a Brooklyn neighborhood yesterday after getting a report that alleged sex fiend Peter Braunstein had been spotted there. As police continued to their hunt for Braunstein, who has...
FREDDY-AIDE TIRADE; DEM BIG RIPS PRESS & UNIONS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amFernando Ferrer was undermined by labor unions that "sold their souls," a biased press and wrong-headed pollsters who should be "indicted," the Democratic mayoral contender's top adviser has charged. Roberto...
IN$ULT ADDS TO INJURY; DOG-MAUL PAY DELAY
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA Columbia student working as an unpaid restaurant trainee was grossly disfigured by the owner's dog - but hasn't seen a cent because the eatery is hiding behind workers' comp,...
HOPEFUL PROGNOSIS ; DOC REBOUNDING AFTER TRANSPLANT
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amThe color is back in his cheeks, and he can walk around the block without feeling like he just ran a marathon. Months after receiving a liver transplant, one of...
DRUMMING HOPE INTO B'KLYN KIDS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amAnybody who thinks a learning disability can't be beat has never met Pat Gesualdo. The 39-year-old musician claims he beat dyslexia by beating a drum, and now the New Jersey...
BROTHER OF CRASH VICTIM IS ARRESTED
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amGrieving relatives of an 18-year-old Queens girl killed when her pal's SUV flipped on the Grand Central Parkway this month endured more anguish this weekend: Her brother was charged with...
HEIGHT LIMIT HITS B'KLYN DEVELOPERS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amCity developers are taking a rare hit in hot neighborhoods - where a litany of fast-tracked new rules are capping how high buildings can go and putting some construction projects...
GAL STABBED TO DEATH IN E. SIDE APT.
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA young, attractive Upper East Side dog lover was stabbed to death inside her apartment last night, police said. "I heard someone screaming. It sounded like a young woman," said...
JAILERS: CUT$ PUT US IN PERIL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amStaffing cuts at the Correction Department have resulted in more inmates attacking guards, several correction officers charged yesterday. While the officers had no official figures, they said there has been...
IT REALLY PAYS TO BE AN EX-POL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former New York Reps. Bill Paxon and Susan Molinari (right) have much to be thankful for. The retired husband-and-wife lawmakers - who got engaged on the House floor...
KNICKS LOOKIN' TO HEAT UP
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amNate Robinson's game-winning fadeway rainbow hung in the air so long Saturday the Knicks almost had enough time to contemplate everything that had gone wrong in their young season -...
FLEET INDIAN WINS MONTAUK
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amFleet Indian, massive 4-year-old Jimmy Toner-trained NY-bred filly, always highly regarded after winning her first four starts but yet to earn blacktype, was 4-5 vs. fellow state-breds stretching out to...
LARRY A FRYE GUY
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Larry Brown laughed off comparing Channing Frye to Tim Duncan, but there is no doubt that the coach who isn't a big fan of playing rookies plans on...
ROBESON'S GRANT PASSES ON PREP ROUTE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amHS BASKETBALL Malcolm Grant wasn't sure what he wanted to do last April. Did he want to play his senior season at Robeson and try to win a PSAL championship,...
TAYLOR'S AIMING TO WIN RESPECT
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amLITTLE ROCK - The last time an Arkansan was this popular, Bill Clinton had just won the White House. Jermain Taylor, born and bred on the streets of Little Rock,...
TV CAN'T WAIT FOR SHOOTOUTS IN NHL FINALS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amIF sports fans across the continent are asking, "Did you see that?" in response to the theatrical, 15-round Shootout at the OK Corral on Saturday that ended with Marek Malik's...
METS 2ND-GUESSING
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amEven if the Mets snag Billy Wagner, pull off a trade for Manny Ramirez and sign a top-flight catcher, it won't eliminate another glaring weakness. Namely, Kaz Matsui is currently...
NEVER TOO EARLY TO PLAN AHEAD
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amIT MIGHT have been last call on Reggie Bush last night for the Jets. A third win of the season, against the Saints, would have left them two games up...
FEELY APOLOGIZES FOR SORRY PERFORMANCE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The first player last night to appear in the interview room designated for the visiting team was Jay Feely. Usually, kickers make such appearances only after nailing a...
IT'S SPECIAL TO SEE K
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Last season, it was a big deal - the first time always is. But there still will be something special for the Nets in seeing...
BAD DAY FOR FLAG FOOTBALL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES SEATTLE - The Giants this week practiced while pumping in crowd noise to simulate the hostile environment they expected to face at Qwest Field. Then they played as...
THINGS SAINT LOOKIN' GOOD ; LATEST DEBACLE SINKS JETS TO 2-9
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSaints 21Jets 19 In the lowly Saints, their collective lives uprooted and demoralized by deadly Hurricane Katrina this season, the Jets finally found someone on about their own limited level...
MARTIN RACES PAST ANOTHER MILESTONE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin eclipsed a historic milestone last night when he became only the fourth player in NFL history to reach the 14,000-yard rushing plateau. Martin reached the milestone...
BOLLINGER PUTS UP FINE NUMBERS
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amAs long as Chad Pennington remains on the Jet roster - and USC's Heisman Trophy-winning Matt Leinart on their radar screen - Brooks Bollinger may never become the team's starting...
THINGS SAINT LOOKIN' GOOD; LATEST DEBACLE SINKS JETS TO 2-9
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSaints 21Jets 19 Twelve inches might as well have been 12 miles or 12 years for the Jets last night. Twelve inches was about the distance between a Jet victory...
NETS HANG TOUGH ; LAKERS FORCE OT, BUT KIDD SAVES DAY
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amOVERTIMENets 102Lakers 96 LOS ANGELES - This would have hurt more than most. Here were the Nets on the verge of celebrating, up eight points with 1:57 left. But here...
FOX'S JOHNSON: 'MARTIN IS DONE'
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin entered last night's game on the cusp to reaching some historic milestones. The Jets' veteran running back needed 19 rushing yards against the Saints to become...
FEAGLES SETS NEW STANDARD
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES SEATTLE - Giants punter Jeff Feagles yesterday set an NFL record by playing in his 283rd consecutive game, breaking the mark set by Vikings defensive end Jim Marshall....
JETS FAILING TO TAKE HOLD - BLAME TURNOVERS FOR LOST SEASON
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amIf you're a frustrated Jets fan, you've heard this before, because it's become a broken record, spinning over and over and over again. "The turnovers are killing us." Those words...
CON-VINCE-ING - CARTER'S 23-POINT NIGHT GIVES NETS HOPE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - When you've lost three straight games and five of seven with some grumbling and muttering coming out of the locker room, you search for anything positive, beyond...
VAUGHN: COUNT ON ME
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Jacque Vaughn knows chances will come. There might not be many of them, given his situation, but they'll come. So it's a matter of being...
SIMPLY A HILARIOUS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amWhat's funnier than a barrelful of weekend sports? Friday, ESPN-NY Radio's update man, Pat Harris, read an ad for the NIT Preseason final between Duke and Memphis at the Garden....
FEELY MISSES 3 WINNERS AS 'HAWKS PREVAIL
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The Giants traveled cross country to beat the team with the best record in the NFC and they returned home knowing they should have left Qwest Field with...
TYREE SIMPLY SPECIAL FOR BIG BLUE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amSEATTLE - When David Tyree was out of action for three weeks because of a badly sprained left elbow his frustration mounted because he knew in another situation he'd be...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 28, 2005 | 5:00amA California man attached his private parts to a truck and pulled it several yards. Martial-arts grandmaster Tu Jin-Sheng of Freemont said he employed Qi Gong, the ancient Chinese art...