November 14, 2006
6 Games In
November 14, 2006 | 10:13pmBy FRED KERBERSix games for the Nets. Win. Lose. Win. Lose. Win. Lose.See any pattern yet? "We've learned well from losing, we just haven't been able to be consistent with...
IT'S A BARGAIN!: More reasons to go away now
November 14, 2006 | 6:32amDid we not tempt you out of your swivel chair with all the awesome cheapo deals on hand between Thanksgiving and Christmas we posted in late October? Here's a few...
LIVEBLOG/ITALY: Can't. Eat. Another. Thing. (Oh, okay, one for the road)
November 14, 2006 | 6:26amWe wake up early to drive from Parma back to Bologna. But to drive on the autostrada, we need some espresso, so it's down to breakfast at the Hotel Stendhal.We're...
Lee supports Frye
November 14, 2006 | 5:58amBy MARC BERMANDavid Lee and Channing Frye are closer than any two Knicks. The two young second-year power forwards spent almost the whole last summer hanging out. They lifted weights...
PLEDGING FRATERNITY - DEAR POLITICIANS, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME, I . . .
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amOK, anyone elected or re-elected to public office last Tuesday must now raise their right hand and vow the following: * I will refrain from telling people how well the...
JUST SAY NO TO THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amConsumer Reports is urging shoppers to just say no this holiday season to extended warranties for digital cameras, TVs, refrigerators and most other electronic gadgets and appliances. To combat what...
WE WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY: SEC
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission is just getting warmed up when it comes to nailing wayward hedge funds, warned its enforcement chief. The SEC's Linda Thomsen, in a speech at...
VERIZON REVS UP TV ADS - MTV VET IN CHARGE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAfter taking on the cable industry by launching its own television service, Verizon has now set its sights on the billions spent on TV advertising. The New York-based phone giant...
TIVO LINKS UP WITH WEB VID CONTENT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amInternet videos will be landing in American living rooms as TiVo gets set to launch a service that lets users watch downloads from the Web on their televisions, The Post...
SPIRALING DAILY NEWS LOSES TALENT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amDaily News Editor-in-Chief Martin Dunn has lost another talented professional - this time to academia. Jere Hester, the Daily News' city editor, is jumping ship to join the faculty of...
MORE PLUCKING - PEACOCK NETWORK TO CUT 'TODAY,' NEWS STAFF
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amNBC is expected to announce more layoffs at its news division by midweek, with the "Nightly News" and "Today" bearing the brunt of the bloodletting, The Post has learned. According...
IN, OUT & ALL ABOUT H'WOOD
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S a gay comedy - indeed, it's positively cheerful. Douglas Carter Beane's naughtily satirical look at life, homosexuality and Hollywood, "The Little Dog Laughed," arrived last night at the Cort...
WASHED AWAY - HEARTBREAKING SERIES ON THE AFTERMATH OF TSUNAMI
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amSUDDENLY, tens of thousands disappeared. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 came out of nowhere, stayed long enough to kill more than 270,000 people in 12 countries, and then receded...
BED HOPPING MAY BRING HEALTHY BABIES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amATTENTION, women: Sleep around! If not for yourselves, then do it for your future progeny. That's the news from a recent study, in which females who had multiple partners gave...
KATIE'S BIG IDEA SLASHED
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTHERE's now less "Free Speech" on Katie Couric's newscast. "Free Speech," the "CBS Evening News" segment which gives celebrities and opinionated viewers a chance to pop off on issues, is...
MONEY YELLS IN THIS GAME
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAGAINST all odds, ABC has figured out a way to incorporate pole-dancing into a TV quiz show. The result is "Show Me the Money," possibly the most vacuous excuse for...
BRAIN FREEZE - '3 LBS.' AIN'T SO HEAVY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIT weighs only three pounds but it feels like a ton. I'm talking about "3 Lbs.," CBS' shameless ripoff of "House." While "House" is a quirky, hard-to-classify medical drama about...
AUTHORS' THANK-YOUS RAPIDLY APPRECIATING
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTHANKS, but no thanks. Without an orchestra to put a stop to the Oscar-speech-like acknowledgements in books today, author thank-yous are growing at such a rapid pace, whole forests may...
STARR REPORT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amBlonde ambition TV Guide reports that Christina Aguilera is in talks to guest star on "CSI: New York" during February sweeps. "Christina's a fan of the show, and we're excited...
IT'S ALL DOWNHILL - SKI SEASON IS HERE - 5 SLOPES TO HIT NOW; NOW SKI HERE!
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amALTA Utah Status: Opens Thursday With deep powder - and no pesky snowboarders around to spoil it - Alta is for purists. Just 25 miles out of Salt Lake, lift...
THE SOCIALIST - FAMOUS FOR NOTHING, READY FOR ANYTHING: HOW TINSLEY MORTIMER BECAME N.Y.C.'S NEW SOCIETY QUEEN; 'PHOTOGRAPHED TO FAME,' SHE SHINES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTINSLEY Mortimer remembers the first time she ever appeared in Vogue. "I was wearing this hot pink - so perfect, 'cause pink's my favorite color - Givenchy dress. It was...
CULTURE CRASH - WHERE TO BARGE IN ON THE A-LISTERS THIS WINTER; THEY CAN'T HIDE - WINTER RETREATS CELEBS LOVE - AND HOW TO GET IN FOR CHEAP!
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWITH the paparazzi as bloodthirsty as ever, not to mention the rise of autograph-hunting "fans" who double as eBay hucksters, can you really blame the rich and famous for going...
IMMACULATE DECEPTION - PITFALLS OF FIRST-DATE FALSE ADVERTISING
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIT was a second date made in Heaven. Amber and her boyfriend went to the beach - his idea - where they flew kites, frolicked in the surf, and enjoyed...
'SEXTORTION' BID IS FOILED
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA career criminal who carried on an illicit affair with a married woman threatened to send photos of them having sex to her husband unless she paid up, Long Island...
COURT BLOW FOR 'JIHADI'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA federal judge shot down a bid by a New York jazz musician, martial-arts master and alleged al Qaeda operative to keep jurors from learning he had been willing to...
GROUP THERAPY CURE FOR IRAQ - BLUE-RIBBON PANEL SEEKS SUPER SUMMIT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A bipartisan blue-ribbon panel is expected to recommend the U.S. convene a Middle East summit that would include Iran and Syria as part of a plan to involve...
RANGEL & PELOSI SLUG IT OUT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - With control of Congress changing hands, the battle now brewing on Capitol Hill is between powerful Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel and Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi over who should serve...
ADRIENNE WIDOWER'S THANK-YOU
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe widower of murdered indie-film actress Adrienne Shelly said he is thankful for "the outpouring of love and support" he's received after her senseless killing, allegedly by an illegal immigrant....
ISLE TRY AGAIN - GOVS I. GROUP REJECTS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amSpongeBob SquarePants won't be romping around Governors Island anytime soon. The city-state Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp. yesterday tossed out all proposals from developers vying to turn the former...
13 EMTS HONORED AS HEROES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThirteen members of one Emergency Medical Service unit in Queens were awarded commendations yesterday by the FDNY. Among those honored were engaged couple John Rugen and Valerie Vera-Tudela, who were...
SHOOT VICTIM SUES NIGHTCLUB
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA man who was injured in a deadly shooting spree outside a Chelsea club is suing the nightspot and the bouncer who allegedly shot him. In papers filed in Manhattan...
JUDGE-CASE JUDGE PROBE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA state panel is investigating whether a Brooklyn judge allowed a court-appointed guardian to loot hundreds of thousands of dollars from the estate of an elderly retired jurist. The inquiry...
GENUINE $QUEEZE ON FAKE TRADE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amStreet peddlers who sell counterfeit and pirated goods - including phony designer clothing, movies and music - will face higher fines and more summonses under legislation to be introduced in...
THE MEDIA'S DAD THEORY GOES 'POP'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWILD scenarios of all kinds are gripping the nation's capital and the chattering classes in the wake of Tuesday's elections. None is wilder than the latest mainstream-media talking point -...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police are seeking this man (above) who tried robbing a Hell's Kitchen bank, authorities said yesterday. He walked into the Washington Mutual branch at Eighth Avenue and West...
ISOLATE IRAN - BUSH & ISRAEL WANT SANCTIONS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called yesterday for the worldwide isolation of Iran until it "gives up its nuclear ambitions." "It's very important for the...
H'WEEN KID HIT WITH A BIAS RAP
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA Howard Beach mother and son, accused of hurling racial slurs at a black cop on Halloween, yesterday were back in court, where the teen's charges were upgraded to include...
SEX FIEND FACING HIS 3RD 'STRIKE'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amMatthew Erving's first sex-assault victim bit off half his tongue. His second victim put him in a medium-security prison for 17 months. But old compulsions apparently die hard for the...
'HEART' ATTACK ON BAN - GROUP RIPS FAT PLAN
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amPut this in your fry basket: The American Heart Association opposes Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban trans fat in restaurants - breaking ranks with most health advocates. "The American Heart...
COP COURTESY CARDS SEIZED
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amEleven NYPD cops have been investigated for seizing so-called "courtesy cards" and failing to follow proper procedure in returning them to their owners, according to a new Civilian Complaint Review...
CITY KEEPS DIPLO RAT'S CHILDREN
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe children of a Kenyan envoy accused of abusing his 9-year-old son will remain in the city's protective custody while authorities investigate, despite the dad's diplomatic immunity, officials said yesterday....
SLAY'S WEIRD TWIST - COP'S BUST FREED 'KILLER'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAn innocent bystander shot dead in Hell's Kitchen over the weekend fell victim to a violent con who was dumped back on the streets after his arresting officer was incarcerated,...
SCAFFOLD-DEATH BOSSES 'GUILTY'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTwo businessman brothers looking at jail time for the death of a worker who plunged four stories when a scaffold failed are planning to plead guilty. Nasir Bhatti and Tariq...
JUNKET FOR DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION CRUNCHERS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Just two days after retaking the House and promising to end the "culture of corruption," Rep. Charles Rangel and a dozen other congressmen rubbed elbows with business leaders...
'72 KID SLAY BUST - BOY'S OWN BROTHER
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe haunting 1972 murder of a New Jersey boy has finally been solved - with the shocking arrest of the child's older brother, cops said yesterday. Joseph Barbarino, 50, of...
RUDY'S OFF AND RUNNING FOR PREZ - CREATES PANEL TO RAISE MONEY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIt's on! Republican 2008 White House front-runner Rudy Giuliani has quietly created an exploratory committee - the first step toward a run for the presidency, records show. The committee has...
'NOW IS TIME' FOR WHITE HOUSE BID: PATAKI
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amSaying he wants to be "part of the national dialogue" when he leaves office in January, Gov. Pataki declared yesterday that "now is the time" to consider a presidential run....
METS' CITI IS A PITI - GREEDY TEAM 'BRANDING' APPLE AS YOKELVILLE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amWHY not just move the team out to Iowa, for goodness sake? Yesterday marked the day, my fellow New Yorkers, when ground was broken for a new sporting venue -...
ELIOT'S WEAPON VS. SILVER & BRUNO: YOU
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer put the often-recalcitrant leaders of the Legislature on notice yesterday that he was ready to "rally the public" against them if they seek to block...
GAL PAL HELD IN QNS. SLAY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens man was murdered by his live-in girlfriend, cops said yesterday. Delcinia Evans, 55, and her victim began arguing Sunday night at their Richmond Hill home, and the confrontation...
QUEEN BEEP: 2 MORE HOSPS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA housing boom in Queens warrants the construction of two new hospitals in the borough - one along the East River and another in the Rockaways, Borough President Helen Marshall...
MACHINE-GUN QNS. MAYHEM
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA man toting a machine gun was shot by cops yesterday after he fired a hail of bullets into the air on a busy Queens street as terrified rush-hour pedestrians...
'GUINEA PIG' KIDS UPROAR
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amCity Council members yesterday demanded hearings on the Department of Education's practice of letting schoolkids be used for psychological and racial studies like "guinea pigs," as critics charge. "This could...
PERV PRIEST 'INQUISITION'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York Archdiocese's former top fund-raiser yesterday went on trial in a private Vatican court for alleged sexual misconduct as a priest - including a claim that he once...
'SLIWA-HIT' HOOD JAILED
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA federal judge hammered a Gambino gunman with a stunning 20-year sentence for racketeering yesterday - holding the wiseguy responsible for the near-fatal kidnapping and shooting of radio host Curtis...
MYSTERY OF DEAD BOY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA 9-year-old Brooklyn boy was found dead in his Crown Heights home yesterday - and cops said his mom may have killed him and then tried to commit suicide by...
MACHINE GUN TERROR IN QUEENS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA man toting a machine gun was shot by police yesterday after he fired a hail of bullets into the air on a crowded Queens street as terrified rush-hour pedestrians...
BIAS RAP FOR H'WEEN KID
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA Broad Channel mother and son, accused of hurling racial slurs at a black cop on Halloween, yesterday were back in court, where the teen's charges were upgraded to include...
S.I. 'RAPE AMBUSH' NIGHTMARE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA pervert who had been lying in wait raped a woman in her Staten Island home last night, police said. The 40-year-old victim was in her home in the St....
NICOLE'S LOVE RX FOR REHAB KEITH - CELEB COUPLE CANOODLES AT CLINIC
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amRehab's a walk in the park for country crooner Keith Urban - as long as wife Nicole Kidman is by his side. The nuzzling newlyweds took a leisurely stroll around...
'INQUISITION' UNDER WAY FOR ACCUSED PERV PRIEST
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York Archdiocese's former top fundraiser yesterday went on trial in a private Vatican court for alleged sexual misconduct as a priest - including a claim that he once...
'PERV' PRIEST PROBE - EX-N.Y. HONCHO
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York Archdiocese's former top fundraiser yesterday went on trial in a private Vatican court for allegedly committing sexual misconduct as a priest - including a claim that he...
BODY FOUND IN BURNED QUEENS CAR
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA charred body was found early yesterday morning in a remote Queens parking lot, officials said. Firefighters made the gruesome discovery after responding to a car fire in the lot...
POLS: PROBE 'GUINEA PIGS'
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amCity councilmen yesterday demanded hearings on the Department of Education's practice of letting schoolkids be used for psychological and racial studies like "guinea pigs," as critics charge. "This could be...
SUNDAY NIGHT-MARE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amGIANTS REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: F There was a dramatic second-half swoon last season by Eli Manning (14 of 32, 121 yards, 2 INTs) and Giants hope this isn't the start of...
IN THERE PITCHING - AFTER D-MAT, CLUBS PROPOSE ROTATION MOVES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amGM MEETINGSNAPLES, Fla. - The buzz at the GM Meetings surrounds Daisuke Matsuzaka and, to a lesser degree, just how high the money is likely to soar for free-agent starting...
INDECISION - COUGHLIN WAVERS ON FG REASON
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Tom Coughlin changed his tune yesterday, first stating that his decision to send Jay Feely out for an ill-fated 52-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter Sunday...
NAME GAME IS TARNISHING NBA ARENAS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amUPON learning the Mets threw the ghost of Bill Shea under the psychedelic bus by selling their new ballpark's naming rights to Citigroup, I felt compelled to react and research...
BRUCE WANE - THOMAS REJECTS BOWEN CLAIM OF BODILY HARM
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIsiah Thomas denied he ever said anything about breaking Bruce Bowen's neck during their profanity-laced heated altercation Saturday night in San Antonio, and the Knicks president and coach defended his...
RJ UNLIKELY TO RETURN BY WEEK'S END
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES Hold the optimism. Yes, Richard Jefferson is a quick healer and yes, the swelling in his sprained left ankle has gone down, but no, it doesn't look as...
JERSEY BOUNCE - KIDD, CARTER DELIVERING NET RESULTS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amOne guy gets a triple double. The other collects 34 points and hits the 3-point shot at the regulation buzzer to force overtime, where the Nets win. Yawn. So what...
METS TARGET ZITO, NEAR DUQUE DEAL
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amFollowing the aggressive nature of their GM, Omar Minaya, the Mets yesterday actively moved on their key issue - the rotation - by all but completing a deal to retain...
THE RIGHT MOVES - YANKS NOT GETTING BURNED BY BOSOX HOT-STOVE PLAY
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amNAPLES, Fla. - So far, the Yankees have gotten the offseason right, which for them means they have gotten pitching right. They turned two players they had no intention of...
PATS ON THE BACK
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: B Chad Pennington (22-of-33, 168 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 76.3 rating) bounced back well and managed the game very well. Though he was hardly at his...
YES' GIRARDI MAY ADD FOX DUTIES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAfter signing a one-year contract to be a YES analyst, Joe Girardi may add Fox Sports MLB duties. "I haven't really made up my mind if I'm going to do...
ISIAH DENIES THREAT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Isiah Thomas denied he said anything about breaking Bruce Bowen's neck during their profanity-laced altercation Saturday night in San Antonio, and defended his actions of picking a fight...
'NEW' SHEFFIELD JUST AS OUTSPOKEN AS EVER
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amGary Sheffield, traded last Friday to the Tigers for a trio of minor league arms, said the only person connected to the Yankees he has spoken to is Brian Cashman....
NETS SEE SUPER SIDE OF SONICS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amSonics 119 - Nets 113 Four Seattle scorers with 22 or more points. A murderous 20-10 discrepancy in offensive rebounds. A deficit that reached the 28-point stratosphere. Against all that,...
LEBRON NO LONGER SOLO ACT
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAt just 21, LeBron James is still learning -how to act in his commercials, how to live under the microscope of stardom, and how to build his fortune from billionaire...
NATE'S LONE LIGHT IN GLOOMY GARDEN
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amHIS greatest assets, for now, are the sounds that follow Nate Robinson onto the floor, the buzz, the energy, the electricity - and the fact that he is not named...
ORANGE & BOO - ANOTHER GRATE NIGHT FOR DISGRUNTLED FANS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amCavs 102 - Knicks 96 The Knicks are fast. They are dynamic. They are exciting. They are never out of it. But the Knicks also can't win. Isiah Thomas, who...
MAR-BOO-RY - STEPHON'S 0-FOR-6 NIGHT GIVES FANS REASON TO JEER
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amCavs 102 - Knicks 96 The season's longest pause came last night when Isiah Thomas was asked if Stephon Marbury was pressing at home. It took 10 seconds before Thomas...
RANGERS GIVE DARIUS CALL-UP HOM
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amDarius Kasparaitis returned to the Rangers yesterday, as the Blueshirts recalled the veteran defenseman from AHL Hartford after a two-week conditioning stint. "I feel 100 percent," Kasparaitis said as the...
GOMEZ WILL PLAY HARDBALL VS. LOU
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAs they visit the Garden tonight, the Devils' fourgame winning streak is all the more remarkable because of their hole in the middle. Such absences usually catch up with teams,...
BE WARY OF THETOMSHELL
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTHERE are leaks everywhere now on The Good Ship Mara, and it is suddenly in danger of sinking if Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning cannot navigate the deep end of...
NON-STOP FLIGHT - JETS WILL BE LANDING IN POSTSEASON
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe Jets are going to make the playoffs. They aren't going to talk about it, they are going to do it exactly the way they are being coached by Eric...
DOOM & GLOOM - BEFUDDLED BIG BLUE BEGINS RECOVERY STAGE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amA piercing fire alarm went off yesterday inside the Giants locker room, with lights blinking and a shrill buzz cutting sharply and loudly through the air. The Giants simply went...
TOUGH TALK FROM ISIAH
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amTHE subject of the moment is toughness, or the lack thereof, or the misplacement thereto, and precisely how it applies to the Knicks, a team proficient in precious little, a...
MAN-POWER - MANGINI, SKED LEAD WAY TO GREEN PASTURES
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amIn Eric they trust. The Jets players believe in Eric Mangini and that belief was heavily reinforced once the finishing touches took place on their stirring 17-14 upset of the...
LEBRON'S GROWTH MEANS MORE WINS
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAt just 21, LeBron James is still learning. He's learning how to act in his commercials, how to live under the microscope of stardom, and how to build his fortune...
LEE MOVING UP; FRYE IN FREE FALL
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES David Lee thinks it's a good thing he and Channing Frye are close, as the debate on whether the former Florida star should start over the struggling Frye...
METS NEARING 'DUQUE' DEAL
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe Mets have nearly retained one of their key starting pitchers and also have expressed interest in another free-agent right-hander. The Post has learned the Mets are close to re-signing...
NEW YES ANALYST GIRARDI MAY ADD FOX JOB
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAfter signing a one-year contract to be a YES analyst, Joe Girardi also may add Fox Sports MLB duties. "I haven't really made up my mind if I'm going to...
ISIAH: NO REGRETS ON BOWEN
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Isiah Thomas denied he said anything about breaking Bruce Bowen's neck during their profanity-laced altercation Saturday night in San Antonio, and defended his actions of picking a fight...
LEBRON'S LEGEND GROWING
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amAs scary as the thought is to the rest of the NBA, LeBron James is just 21 and still learning. He's learning how to act in his TV commercials, how...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 14, 2006 | 5:00amSanitation worker David Voight was scavenging through a city scrap heap in Neenah, Wis., when he found $1,900 stuffed in envelopes and attached by magnets to the underside of a...