December 11, 2005
ONLINE VIDEO ADS FINALLY HIT STRIDE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIn late 1999, just as the air was beginning to leak out of the tech bubble, Chris Young scoured the venture capitalist community for funding to start a new company...
YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR, IF YOU TRUST U.S.
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amDear John: Should I trust paper currency? IOr i-RD>s it a fact that it is only worth what the government tells me it's worth? SOr s-RD>hould I trust gold, which...
GOIN' TO THE CHAPEL ; AMID DENIALS, WARNER MUSIC-EMI TIEUP INEVITABLY NEARS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTHE top brass at Warner Music and EMI remain insistent that they are not gearing up for a duet - but that doesn't mean bankers and lawyers are not behind...
GREY'S MATTER; DREAMWORKS DEAL A COUP FOR PARAMOUNT CHIEF
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAt this time of year, the buzz among movie lovers is usually about Oscar nominations and the year's best flicks, but Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey set tongues wagging Friday...
BAD SMOKER!; SECONDHAND SMOKE MAY BE KILLING YOUR PET
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA new city Health Department advisory cites scientific evidence in motivating nicotine fiends to kick the habit: Secondhand cigarette smoke causes cancer in pets, with smokers' dogs at a 60...
TO CATCH A HITCHCOCK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amONE of the fun parts of watching an Alfred Hitchcock flick is trying to spot the portly filmmaker in the cameos he made in 37 of his own films. The...
GIANT STEP BACK FOR MANKIND
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTHE future of man-vs.-machine matchups is becoming increasingly clear: The humans don't have a chance. The latest evidence comes from Bilbao, Spain. where another tournament pitting world-class grandmasters against state-of-the-art...
STRIKING 'EARL' - DO WE HAVE A NEW 'SEINFELD'?
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIs "Earl" the new "Seinfeld"? It might be premature to ask that question since "My Name is Earl" is only four months old. But on Jan. 5, 2006, "Earl" will...
TV NEWS DESPERATE FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amWHO knew iPods were so newsworthy? They're not really, but TV newscasts - particularly the ones on our local broadcast channels - have had a tendency lately to blow every...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amVegas man M U S I C YES, he's become cheesy. But didn't Elton John always have the Liberace gene? Like Celine Dion before him, Elton has gone Vegas, setting...
IMUS HIT NEW LOW WITH CUNNINGHAM
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amSMALL world. As the nation's political, media, entertainment and literary elite line up to swap backslaps and cross-promotion with Don Imus, it's important to keep in mind what so many...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00am1 Shining diamonds Compared to just about every '70s-era band that ever truly rocked, Brooklyn's own Diamond Nights headline the Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night. And no, they're not being...
SHTICK SHIFT - BAWDY 'PRODUCERS' TAMED FOR H'WOOD
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThat's why we want to produce this play. To show the world the true Hitler, the Hitler you loved, the Hitler you knew, the Hitler with a song in his...
HEAR THIS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIN CONCERT At Nokia Theatre: Fiona Apple shows you how she's been a bad, bad girl tonight. Metal bands Disturbed and Corrosion of Conformity on Tuesday and Wednesday. '70s-rock inspired...
REQUIRED READING
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIT's been nearly a year since the breakup of pioneering DIY indie-pop band Guided By Voices, and now fans have something else to cry into besides their beer - the...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amShe's a stunner from Down Under MEET Rose, a gorgeous 27-year-old from Australia who recently relocated to Brooklyn. Although new to New York, Rose has already determined "that boys are...
DECK THE HEELS! GET YOUR HOLIDAY-PARTY KICKS IN THESE TRICKED-OUT SHOES
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amJeweled suede pump, $795, at Giuseppe Zanotti, 806 Madison Ave. Satin bow-tie pump, $140, at Betsey Johnson, 138 Wooster St. Satin pump with crystal strap, $350, at Stuart Weitzman, 625...
POLICE IN LINE OF FIRE OFTEN THIS YEAR
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThe murder of Officer Daniel Enchautegui is the latest in an alarmingly long line of police shootings that have marred the latter part of this year. It seemed 2005 was...
CON ED DOG-SHOCK PATROL
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amCon Ed is testing for stray electrical voltage throughout the city in the wake of Friday's snowstorm - in the hope of preventing more singed pooch paws. After a dog...
'SEEMS LIKE COP SEASON'
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amStreet cops - reeling from the shooting death of yet another of the Finest - said the bad guys are becoming more brazen. "It feels like there's no justice, there's...
SUBWAY UNION IN STRIKE ZONE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA raucous crowd of thousands of bus and subway workers was expected to vote overwhelmingly to authorize a strike yesterday evening, should the union and the MTA fail negotiate a...
JET NUT'S FRANTIC SPOUSE; 'I WANT TO SEE HIM'
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amMAITLAND, Fla. - As air marshals shot a mentally ill passenger, his wife struggled desperately to get to him to tell him she loved him. "She said, 'I need to...
WIDOWS FEEL NEW FURY & GRIEF
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amGrief and outrage erupted from the widows and orphans of other slain cops yesterday at the heart-wrenching news that yet another city police officer had been gunned down in the...
CLUB SCRUBBED; OPENING-NIGHT SHUTDOWN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIt might be too hot inside hip new nightclub Pacha. The posh Spanish import was quickly shut down yesterday, hours after its grand opening, when the West Side club grew...
DOC HIRED NANNY AS WIFE 'SPY'
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA nanny to the stars hired by anti-aging guru Dr. Nicholas Perricone says her job was to secretly gather evidence that his wife was crazy - but the scheme backfired...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amQUEENS *** An unidentified 25-year-old man apparently committed suicide yesterday by lying down on a Jackson Heights subway track and waiting to be run over, sources said. He was struck...
HOWLING OVER STREET CLOSURES
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThe NYPD's plan to permanently close streets around the 14th Street Con Edison plant has the community fuming. Since Sept. 11, two blocks around the plant have been closed for...
CITY OKS 'HARASS' PAYOUT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amOn her first day of work as a security-force captain for the city's social-services agency, Chante Perkins was shown around the office - and came away with a shocking view...
2ND CRIP BUSTED IN SENSELESS IPOD MURDER
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amSix months after a 15-year-old boy was slain by thugs over a $200 iPod, a second alleged Crip gang member is charged with his murder - as the boy's devoted...
2 POLS BLAST 'X' BOX; VID-GAME SMUT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTwo City Council members want to make sure parents know what kind of gore is going into their kids' video games before they turn them into stocking stuffers. "Some of...
'INSURANCE' DEATH CALL SHOCKER
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amState investigators looking into charges a young man's brain operation was delayed because he lacked health insurance have listened to phone messages from hospital staffers to the doomed patient -...
TRAGEDY TOUCHES VICTIM'S KIN AGAIN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amHe was the funny guy, the big cop with a big heart who always had a story to tell or some news to relay. Daniel Enchautegui, 28, slain yesterday while...
A BRONX TALE OF TORMENT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amLillo Brancato Jr. was just a brown-eyed boy with a convincing tough-kid swagger when he was plucked from obscurity to star alongside Robert De Niro in "A Bronx Tale." Now,...
OFFICER GOES DOWN FIRING - DYING HERO SHOOTS DRUGGIE ACTOR AND PAL IN BRONX BREAK-IN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAnother city cop died in the line of duty yesterday, gunned down while trying to stop a break-in at a neighbor's house by two men - including a drug-plagued actor...
PAL'S BUST HAS 'MOB' CASTMATES IN SHOCK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00am"The Sopranos" Christmas party last night was supposed to be a festive soirée at a swanky city night spot, where the make-believe mobsters could cast aside their violent alter egos...
ACTIVISTS DUST OFF 9/11 CLAIM
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amPotentially hazardous dust and smoke blanketed some Brooklyn neighborhoods on Sept. 11, 2001 - even seeping into homes and offices - yet the government won't include the borough in a...
PIRRO BUYING TIME; STILL PUSHING TO FILL HILL-WAR CHEST
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Jeanine Pirro is still desperately raising money for her flailing Senate campaign - sending out a wave of urgent new fund-raising letters and seeking to delay a key...
ROCK GOES TO THE BLOCK ; GIANT MUSIC-MEMORABILIA AUCTION
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Jackson's "moonwalk" boots may be out of his life, but for a cool $10,000 they could be in yours. Ditto for Madonna's "Like a Virgin" gown - that piece...
MAN KILLED BY CAR SWERVING TO AVOID CRASH
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA pedestrian was struck and killed while passing through a Manhattan crosswalk last night when a driver lost control of his car, police sources said. Another man was also hit...
DC 37 DISSIDENTS AT WAR ON EXEC PAY 'HEIST'
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA NEW war is about to erupt at District Council 37, the city's largest and most fractious municipal union, over the $75,000 pay hike recommended last week for executive director...
SHRINKS PEER INTO BRAUNSTEIN'S CRACKED BRAIN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThere's no question fugitive sex fiend Peter Braunstein is filled with rage - at the woman he allegedly attacked on Halloween, and his father in particular. But what may be...
TRAGIC DEFIB FLUB; HEART-START DEVICE NEVER USED ON SCHOOLGIRL
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amWhen 6-year-old Jasmine Man collapsed in school, turned white and began losing consciousness, staff called 911 while the principal gave CPR in a frantic effort to save the stricken child....
KOCH: CITY MUST RIDE OUT THREAT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amFormer Mayor Ed Koch urged the MTA not to give in to the subway and bus union at the bargaining table, because the city can survive a strike. Koch was...
BEAU EYED IN CO-ED'S SLAY: DAD
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amCops probing the murder of a beautiful Brooklyn college student have settled on her boyfriend as a prime suspect - at least according to his father. "The police see only...
INTO THIN AIR; COPS: FIRE FIEND VANISHED WITH CASH
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amCops hunting alleged "fake fireman" fiend Peter Braunstein say every promising lead has gone up in smoke - and that the fugitive scribe could never "be heard from again." They...
2 BIG WHEELS GO MANO A MANO-RAIL
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAfter all the grandstanding is done, and all negotiations have reached a stalemate, MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint will probably meet one-on-one...
THE 'KING' & I: MY RADIO DAYS AS HOWARD'S INTERN GAL
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTHE first thing Howard Stern ever said to me was, "Hey, nice rack." That was seven years ago, when I was his intern. Now I'm sitting in his new studio...
CRONYISM BUGS TEAM USA PROCESS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amUSA hockey is so much about cronyism and political patronage that John Tortorella, the brilliant Boston-born and Yankee Doodle-bred 2004 Stanley Cup winning coach, wasn't even considered for the assignment...
TRYING TO WIN WITH LOSING SEASON
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAS the Jets' season spirals deeper into oblivion, you come to understand their real opponents today aren't the Raiders, but the Texans (1-11), 49ers (2-10) and Packers (2-10). Those are...
DEVS HURT BY WESTERN STING
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - Nearly lost in the Devils' momentary euphoria Friday night was the fact they actually lost to the Avalanche, albeit by shootout, 4-3. That makes three straight defeats, all...
PECA MAKES RETURN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIt's the hit that changed the course of the modern age of Islander history. On April 26, 2002, Darcy Tucker went low on captain Michael Peca in Game 5 of...
MAKIN' THE GRADE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA LONG time ago, Giants first baseman Bill Terry said: "Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it." The Running of the Fools finished its...
VIN THE ZONE; CARTER OF OLD THRILLIN' NETS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAfter he put on a Nets uniform last season, Vince Carter became nearly synonymous with "30-point game." He set a team record scoring 30 in 24 games - and remember,...
LAMONT IN RUSH TO PASS CURTIS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amLaMont Jordan knows better than anyone that if the Jets are fortunate enough to draft Reggie Bush, the Heisman star would be lucky should Curtis Martin be his mentor. "He...
WEEKES IS STRONG ; HELPS RANGERS BUMP OFF BLUES IN OT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amOTRangers 5Blues 4 ST. LOUIS - A goal like Marty Rucinsky scored 1:37 into overtime to beat the Blues, 5-4, last night shouldn't count unless he first called it. Off...
J.J. IS MAKING IT HARD TO HATE THESE DEVILS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S been an uncomfortable year for the species of sports fan that doesn't pledge alle giance to a dear alma mater or to a favored university, but rather vows eternal...
PHILANTHROPIST SHOWS TRUE GRIT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amHere's something you don't see often: In Grade 3, $100,000 Queens County Handicap, Philanthropist, 4-year-old colt making stakes debut, set pace pressed by 9-5 favorite Trapped Again, put him away...
THE POWER OF 1 ; RED-HOT REDICK LEADS DUKE ROMP OF TEXAS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amDuke 97Texas 66 So who's No. 3? No.1-ranked Duke and second-ranked Texas met in Continental Airlines Arena yesterday in a game billed as a Final Four preview. But instead of...
KNICKS AT QUENTIN'S SIDE ; TEAM ATTENDS HIS BROTHER'S FUNERAL IN CHICAGO
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThe Knicks, including coach Larry Brown (left), paid their respects to teammate Quentin Richardson's slain brother, Lee Jr., arriving in Chicago for yesterday morning's memorial service at Leak and Sons...
YANKS: NO CLASSIC FOR JORGE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amJorge Posada isn't participating in the World Baseball Challenge - even though he wants to play for his native Puerto Rico. Instead, the Yankees petitioned MLB requesting that their catcher...
COLLINS DUE BACK TUESDAY
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES The Nets may be whole again on Tuesday in Washington. Maybe. And even if they are - even if Jason Collins plays, as he hopes to - the...
FRYE HOMECOMING WAS FIT FOR A KING
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amA distinguished, white-haired, Valley of the Sun dignitary stood in the visiting locker room late Saturday night in Phoenix's AmericaWest Arena and accepted congratulations. Larry Brown was the first to...
TNT FEEDS BARKLEY; ASSIST HELPS CHARLES SCORE WITH SCOOP
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN Charles Barkley - whose weekly substance abuse for TNT is comically commended by many men of the couch - is spoon-fed an item that actually might be newsworthy, it's...
VINCE GUARANTEE: WE'LL BEAT USC
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTexas quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Vince Young has heard enough. Sitting several rows off the court at Continental Airlines Arena yesterday afternoon, just hours before he was beaten out...
'WE'RE GOING TO WIN' - VINCE LOSES HEISMAN - BUT VOWS TO UPSET USC
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTexas quarterback and Heisman Trophy finalist Vince Young has heard enough. Sitting several rows off the court at Continental Airlines Arena yesterday afternoon - just hours before he would finish...
IT'S KORVER AND IVES; 76ERS PAINT PORTRAIT OF NETS' KEY FLAWS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amSixers 107Nets 95 Allen Iverson was dancing all over the Nets' heads, not a freak occurrence for any team. There still was time for the Nets - it was only...
RUN-AWAY WINNER - REGGIE IN HEISMAN ROUT
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIt took a new millennium for Southern Cal to prove it could change with the times. After four Heisman Trophy running backs, Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart turned Tailback U...
IT STILL COUNTS AS TWO
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amSHOOTOUTIslanders 3Oilers 2 The Islanders will take the win, even if it did fall from the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down. For the second straight...
76ERS: ANSWER MORE THAN ALLEN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAllen Iverson scored more than 40 points for the sixth time in this young NBA season, an occurrence so typical that his teammates are no longer particularly impressed. "He's done...
ROBESON STUNS RICE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amRice should be one of the top high-school basketball teams in the city - if not the country- this season, but the Raiders' season got off to a tough start...
RUN FOR KORVER! KYLE, ALLEN BURY DEFENSELESS NETS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amSIXERS 107 NETS 95 Allen Iverson was dancing on the Nets' heads, which is pretty much what Allen Iverson does in the world. Every time the Nets found a spark,...
KILL THE SPOTLIGHT; AND KEEP THE GLORY-SEEKERS IN THE DARK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amIF I WERE KING, every football telecast would begin with one or both or all three of my announcers (although I'd never allow three) declaring the following: "Keep in mind...
HOLIDAY JAM? TRY PRESERVES
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amTHE hunting season is generally about harvesting game, but it can also mean sharing with someone new the experience that hunters share when they are afield. A new Web site...
PIERCE PUTS OUT PROPS TO D LINE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The manner in which Antonio Pierce appreciates the defensive linemen who play in front of him is similar to the way a quarterback views the offensive...
BOND OF BROTHERS - ST. JOHN'S TORRES ALWAYS THINKING OF HIS NO. 1 FAN
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amThe strains of the national anthem were echoing through Carnesecca Arena before Wednesday night's game against Stony Brook and Ricky Torres' thoughts drifted to his younger brother, Alejandro. "Ali" is...
THE THORN BIRDS - BRUISED EAGLES COULD STILL BE BIG BLUE PAIN IN THE SIDE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - With special interest, the Giants tuned in last Monday night and before they knew it, the Eagles were down and out and a grim, 42-0 loser to the...
BACK IN BLACK - JETS EXPECT SNUBBED LAMONT TO SEEK SOME VENGEANCE
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amCurtis Martin knows what's coming. So do his Jets teammates and Herman Edwards, too. They all know what to expect out of Raiders running back LaMont Jordan, their former teammate,...
SIXERS NEED TO GO 4TH
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAllen Iverson is leading the NBA with more than 34 points per game, a career-high, yet before Friday night's win over Charlotte, the Sixers had dropped four straight and slipped...
THIS IS YOUR FATHER'S JULIO FRANCO
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amMAYBE it's the internal calendar finally catching up, the messages that continually scream, "You aren't 22 anymore." Maybe it's the fact that one of my younger colleagues here at The...
THE HARDER THEY FALL - IT ONLY GETS WORSE FOR SUPER BOWL LOSERS
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amAs soon as Rich Gannon reported to Raiders training camp in 2003, he knew it. The quarterback had every reason to feel good about the upcoming season. The team had...
HE'S NO WEEKES-LINK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - Kevin Weekes was back in goal for the Rangers last night for the first time in seven games not because the opponent was 5-17-3, but because the...
NETS SHOWING A SPARK
December 11, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES So they clamped down on Charlotte and battered Cleveland. Mirage or reality for the Nets? Has the team that built such high expectations finally arrived for the 2005-06...