December 10, 2005
ALBERTSON'S NEAR SALE DEAL
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amThe board of grocery store chain Albertson's Inc. is meeting this weekend to evaluate final bids from a number of investment firms, according to sources close to the deal. The...
SEC TO CEOS: REVEAL ALL
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amThe fat cats at the top of corporate America might have to disclose just what goes into their compensation packages, if a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission regulation is enacted....
VIACOM DREAM DEAL; BIDS $1.5B FOR STUDIO
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amViacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures has reached a preliminary deal to acquire closely-held DreamWorks SKG for more than $1.5 billion including debt, according to sources. The deal comes after negotiations between...
GIMME SHELTER
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amYippee ki-yay! BRUCE WILLIS, who sold his never-inhabited Trump Tower duplex last summer, is going the condo route again. Sources say the Hollywood action mogul is going to contract to...
STATE OF THE UNION - THE FANTASTIC VIEWS ARE JUST ONE REASON WHY UNION CITY, N.J., IS WORTH A PEEK
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amUnion's Made - With help from Daniel Libeskind, this Jersey town could be the next Hoboken HOBOKEN. Jersey City. Montclair. For a decade these were the cities whose names were...
CHEATERS BY THE DOZEN - 'CODEBREAKERS' RECALLS '51 WEST POINT SCANDAL
December 10, 2005 | 5:00am"Codebreakers" Tonight at 9 on ESPN * * ½ (two and one half stars) DO not be confused by this movie's title: It is not about people who decipher secret...
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE! BEAT THE CHILL WITH THIS WINTER'S HOTTEST LOOKS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amEVERY winter, it's the same war: How do you keep the kids warm when all they want is to look cool? Forget the happy blur of infancy, when you could...
FAUN & GAMES FOR 'NARNIA' KID STARS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amTHE four British kids who play the Pevensie children in "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" are experts at make-believe. Not only did they have...
STEPHANIE'S REVENGE; TEEN SEES ATTACKER SLAPPED WITH 25 YEARS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The courageous teen nearly abducted near her school in May took satisfaction that her assailant was no longer smiling when he was sentenced to 25 years in prison...
HIZZONER'S HIRE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amKevin Sheekey, Mayor Bloomberg's campaign manager, is joining the administration as deputy mayor for government relations, the mayor said yesterday on his weekly radio show. "Kevin's a great addition," Bloomberg...
MIKE LAYS OUT TERMS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amIf City Council members enact a self-serving bill to extend their own terms, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he'd back another public referendum that would restore the current term-limits law. "It...
NO JAIL, BUT HE'LL BE SHACKLED FOR REST OF HIS LIFE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amMAILMAN Artie Conroy looked to the heavens at noon yesterday and beamed: "When we walked into the courtroom just before 10 this morning, the snow was coming down hard, the...
GETTING IN A TIFF; JEWELER SUES NFL STAR'S SAME-NAME EATERY
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amTiffany & Co. wants to cook the goose of an ex-NFL star it says stole its precious name. The famed jeweler aimed a trademark-infringement lawsuit at Tiffany's Restaurant, a rib...
SCHOOL SCRUM
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amIf the state doesn't fork over $1.8 billion in overdue construction funds, the city is going to have to delay building 23 new schools, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "If the...
KERRY'S NEW WAR; RIPS GOP FOR 'WHITE FLAG' VID
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry yesterday blasted the Republican Party for creating a Web video that features a white flag of surrender waving across his face for suggesting U.S. troops...
TWISTED 'FIRE FAKE' WROTE HIS DAD: I'LL URINATE ON YOUR GRAVE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00am"Fire fiend" suspect Peter Braunstein wrote a stunningly vicious letter to his father after a falling-out two years ago - exposing the twisted inner workings of his mind. "You don't...
GOTTI ACQUIT BID GETS A 'FUHGEDDABOUDIT'
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amA federal judge has shot down John "Junior" Gotti's bid to get his mistrial switched into an acquittal - paving the way for a new trial in February. Lawyers for...
WORLD OF OPTIONS FOR A HIDEOUT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amSuspected lunatic sex fiend Peter Braunstein has a network of friends and family throughout Europe, Canada and even Israel who would help him, his half-brother said yesterday - and he...
BLOOMY IN BOND $LAP
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amLarry Silverstein doesn't have sole claim to federal Liberty Bonds controlled by the city, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday in another swipe at the World Trade Center site owner. "Nobody has...
THEY'RE BOURNE TO WED; CITY HALL NUPS FOR DAMON
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amGood Will is hunting no more. Actor Matt Damon and his longtime girlfriend, Luciana Bozan, tied the knot yesterday in City Hall amid reports she's pregnant. The "Bourne Identity" star...
POSTER: 'SMOKE' HIM OUT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amIf you spot a man smoking hand-rolled cigarettes, drinking Guinness Stout and chowing down Chinese food, it might be Peter Braunstein. The NYPD put out a new wanted poster (right)...
RIKERS DEATH SHOCK; WIFE-RAPE SUSPECT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amA Rikers Island inmate who had been awaiting trial for shooting his wife's co-worker, kidnapping his wife, raping her and then taking her on a terrifying bus journey was found...
ANGRY BIZ MOGUL 'SPITZ' ON ELIOT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amBusiness titan Kenneth Langone yesterday tore into state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer ahead of their courtroom showdown, publicly lashing the gubernatorial wannabe for his "devious crusade" to advance his own...
ZONGO COP HOME FREE; PROBATION IN W. AFRICAN'S WAREHOUSE SLAY
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amFormer Staten Island Police Officer Bryan Conroy remained a free man yesterday after a judge sentenced him to five years' probation for fatally shooting an unarmed West African immigrant in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** One youth knifed another during a fight on the Lower East Side, police sources said yesterday. The 17-year-old victim, whose name was not released, was standing on the...
MOB'S RIPE FOR WAR AFTER TOMATO-MARKET SHOOT-UP
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amThe feds are keeping an eye out for a possible gangland blow-up following the shooting of a reputed Gambino capo on Staten Island, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Mob heavy Carmine...
GRINCH CAUSES SCENE; NATIVITY/MENORAH FLAP
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amAnother holy war erupted on Long Island yesterday after a Huntington lawyer filed suit arguing that a Nativity scene and menorah in the center of town vio lated the constitutional...
GHOULISH SCAM ; M.E. BIG, GAL PAL CAUGHT IN $10M 9/11 FRAUD: FEDS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amOnce hailed as a 9/11 hero, a former top official of the city Medical Examiner's Office has been busted with his girlfriend for ripping off millions in federal funds meant...
THREE COPS BUSTED IN FUELISH THEFT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amTwo veteran NYPD detectives and another officer were charged yesterday with theft for pumping as many as 2,200 gallons into their own cars from a department gas tank, sources said....
UNION'S RAIL LINE: 20% RAISE, OR ELSE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amUnion leaders say the MTA should give them a 20 percent raise or else they're going to raise all hell, sources said yesterday. That's the game plan Transport Workers Union...
'ECO' BUST IN B'KLYN; LEFTIST IN TORCH RAP
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amOne of the leading 2004 Republican National Convention agitators was locked up yesterday on eco-terrorism charges dating back four years. Federal prosecutors allege Daniel McGowan - also known as "Jamie...
MAYOR SLAPS ALBANY ON SCHOOL-$$ DELAY
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amIf the state doesn't fork over $1.8 billion in overdue construction funds, the city is going to have to delay building 23 new schools, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "If the...
MOM AND 'POT' SON IN HIGH GEAR
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island mom saw her dreams of being named Mother of the Year go up in smoke after cops busted her for letting her teenage son puff on some...
CON ED CURRENT JOLTS DOG
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amA dog was shocked as it was walked along an Upper East Side street yesterday, in a chilling echo of the 2004 electrocution of a dog-walking woman in the East...
BRAUNSTEIN BRO WARNS: HE'S GOT A EURO ESCAPE NETWORK
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amSuspected lunatic sex fiend Peter Braunstein has a network of friends and family throughout Europe, Canada and even Israel who would help him, his half-brother said yesterday - and he...
VIN-SANE! CARTER'S 38 POINTS PROPEL NETS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amNETS 109 CAVS 100 CLEVELAND - Vince Carter, in Richard Jefferson's words, "had a game going." This was the Carter of last season, torching an opponent mercilessly, heading toward a...
TIME FOR STORM TO FIND OUT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amThere is more St. John's doesn't know about itself than it does. It does not know how it matches up against a team from another conference. It does not know...
YANKS SHOPPING STARTERS MARKET
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amDALLAS - With the winter meetings finished, the Yankees are still thinking center field, more bullpen help and, surprisingly, tinkering with the starting rotation. "They said it's not out of...
IM-PECA-BLE ISLAND RETURN
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Peca easily could have said how he'd like to knock the "C" off Alexei Yashin's sweater in the open ice, or how sweet it would be to bury his...
HURTIN' CURTIS MAY SIT ; 'QUESTIONABLE' TO MAKE 120TH STRAIGHT START
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amThe only time Curtis Martin didn't play while with the Jets, Bill Parcells was his coach and the team was on its way to the AFC Championship Game. Oct. 11,...
DUKE & TEXAS SET TO DO BATTLE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amAs No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchups go, Texas' tilt with Duke today at the Meadowlands doesn't have quite the same meaning as its Rose Bowl showdown with USC; the victor wins...
SACK TO THE FUTURE; STRAHAN, 34, STILL AT TOP OF GAME
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Strahan the other day said there's not a running back in the NFL he'd rather have on his side than Tiki Barber, who countered to The Post recently that...
FEAGLES, LANDETA KEEP ON KICKING
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The two most prolific punters in NFL history will square off tomorrow in Philadelphia when Jeff Feagles of the Giants and Sean Landeta of the Eagles kick for...
POWER AND THE GORY ; SOME FAMILIAR SOURCES FOR DEVILS' RECENT WOES
December 10, 2005 | 5:00am"I'm disappointed in our power play. It wasn't very good."LARRY ROBINSON While he's looking in vain for a leader, Larry Robinson is also wondering where his offense, and particularly his...
EURO FUTURES PAYIN' RANGERS DIVIDENDS
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - The man as responsible as anybody for the Rangers' turnaround, European scout Jan Gajdosik, was once the curator of a Slovakian castle. We can only guess the...
OLYMPICS INTRIGUING TO KIDD
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES CLEVELAND - Jason Kidd might spend his 2008 summer vacation in China. Kidd indicated he'd be interested in playing for the 2008 Olympic team in Beijing if his...
CAIRO MAY BE BACK IN BRONX
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amFor the second straight offseason, Miguel Cairo appears as if he will be joining a different team in the same city. Cairo, the free-agent veteran who played this past year...
FRANCO'S ONE FOR THE AGES
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amSecond base is still an issue for the Mets, and their starting rotation and bullpen remain unresolved. But the Met bench appears to be nearly complete. With Julio Franco's signing...
DEVILS BATTLE BACK
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amSHOOTOUTAvalanche 4Devils 3 The heat was on and the Devils melted. Then they forged something remarkable out of their mess. Their comeback last night from a three-goal deficit was the...
BENCH MARK - NETS' MURRAY WAITING FOR HIS CHANCE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Lamond Murray has heard the words: Stay ready if case opportunity comes. He has heard the recommendations: Be prepared when opportunity knocks. He has heard the advice: Stay...
SUN BURNED - KNICK LEAD EVAPORATES UNDER PHOENIX HEAT
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amSuns 85 Knicks 81 PHOENIX - There was a 13-point lead in Los Angeles Wednesday, a 12-point lead in Phoenix last night. Blown. Blown. The Knicks have an esteemed new...
SUN TRANCE - STEPH: TRADE TO KNICKS WAS 'THE BEST THING'
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amPHOENIX - Stephon Marbury once called Phoenix paradise. But despite a lot of losing in New York, he doesn't regret one bit the trade two years ago that made the...
HEIS THE MAN - BUSH IS ONLY CHOICE FOR TROPHY
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amIn few professions do men choose their words as carefully as in college football. This is why Reggie Bush must be one of the most exceptional players we've ever seen,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 10, 2005 | 5:00amEvery time Pamela McMahan of Long Beach, Calif., takes her mixed-breed cocker spaniel for a walk, it costs her $50. Seems her condominium's homeowners association has a rule against walking...