November 18, 2006
Knicks need their fans
November 18, 2006 | 5:59pmBy MARC BERMANTonight is truly a telltale night for this franchise. The Garden crowd should be into it after Friday's terrific blowout of the Heat in Miami. It's up to...
The UPs & DOWNs
November 18, 2006 | 6:00amMany of you are vying for a playoff spot. Some of you may be securing prime playoff position, others may just be fighting to keep a little pride.Whatever the reason,...
SEATS OF POWER - SHARES SOAR TO $132.99 IN HOT NYMEX IPO
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amShares of The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest energy market, shot through the roof yesterday as investors clamored to get a piece of the hottest IPO since the...
HOME PRICES FALL MOST IN 36 YEARS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amA heads-up to those looking for a new house: Get the checkbooks ready because it's officially a buyer's market. The pace of home building in the United States plunged in...
LAN'GONE' FROM BOARD
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amHome Depot said yesterday that one-third of its 12-member board would retire over the next 18 months, including lead director Ken Langone, potentially clearing the way for fresher oversight of...
'IDOL' HAND SHOWS FORCE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amDISTANCING himself from the schlock 'n' roll of "American Idol" - the hit Fox talent show that launched him to national prominence last spring - Chris Daughtry actually rocked the...
A FELONY AGAINST INNOCENT FILMGOERS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amEIGHTY-FOUR minutes can seem like a life sentence when you're sitting through "Let's Go to Prison," a comedy that locks up Will Arnett's talent and throws away the key. Arnett,...
PHONY PICTURE - 'FRIENDS' BIO RINGS FALSE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTHE problem with "The E! True Hollywood Story" is that, frankly, it's not very true anymore. In fact, the once-great show is beginning to feel like nothing more than a...
RICKY TAKES '24'
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amRICKY Gervais, the U.K. comic who created and starred in the original edition of "The Office," recently filmed a throwaway scene with the cast and producers of "24." His pal,...
STRIKING 'GOLD' - SHINING DISPLAYS OF FUN AND FACTS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amPaging Jack Sparrow: We've found a load of booty, matey - but you're going to have to sneak past the guards (and break some glass cases) to get it. So...
SEUSS-IPES
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWhen you get in the mood for some kind of food, what is a person to do? Don't know what to eat, don't know what to cook? We think we...
SALES
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amROBERTO CAVALLI, VALENTINO 20 E. 76th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues; (917) 330-9318 Sale: Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. The designers are marking down prices up to 50 percent. Evening...
BLAINE SUSPENDED
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amDavid Blaine is up to his old tricks again. The magician is preparing to suspend himself - shackled like Houdini - five stories over the city in a spinning gyroscope...
CHEERS, NO JEERS, FOR KILLER EXPOSÉ
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amJUDITH REGAN has accomplished a feat that star-struck Los Angeles cops, an egotistical district attorney, incompetent prosecutors, a buffoonish judge and morally despicable defense lawyers could never do. She has...
BEEP JUST TOOTS OWN HORN: MIKE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amAfter defending the new $160,000 salaries for borough presidents, Mayor Bloomberg proceeded to tear into Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as a showboater. "Borough presidents in this city, I thought,...
FREE FLU SHOTS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amCity health officials plan to give free flu shots today for anyone who wants or needs them. Shots will also be given out in: * Brooklyn at PS 6, (46...
MIKE AIRS ON SIDE OF WINDMILLS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTilting on behalf of windmills, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday came out in support of alternative energy fuels from ethanol to nuclear power to break the stranglehold of OPEC. He also took...
INSURER MERGER MAKES MIKE MAD
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amStepping up his rhetoric to block the merger of two major health insurers, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday that the deal is "a train wreck coming down the road" that will...
FREEDOM FIGHTERS - RESCUE TEAM BATTLES GUNMEN IN RACE TO SPRING IRAQ HOSTAGES
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. and British troops battled Shiite gunmen in southern Iraq yesterday as they launched an all-out search for four American and one Austrian security contractor who were victims...
'KILLER' SUV GAL INDICTED
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn woman accused of killing a 4-year-old boy when her SUV plowed into a family on a sidewalk last week has been indicted, sources told The Post. A grand...
BLOOMY: GO RUDY!
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is letting out a cheer of "Run, Rudy, Run!" Bloomberg yesterday urged Rudy Giuliani to enter the fray for president - lest he regret standing on the sidelines...
GOP LEADERS DODGE HOUSE CLEANING
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - House Republicans voted yesterday to keep their top leaders in place when they transition to the minority party in the next Congress - and promised to retake the...
GOV STRIKES MOTHER LODE IN SILVER BLAST
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - A top aide to Gov. Pataki unleashed an unprecedented personal attack on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday, after the Democrat called Pataki's top economic development adviser "corrupt" and...
FROM I DO TO NO YOU DON'T - TOMKAT NEED WED LICENSE TO BE LEGAL
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWhat wedding? The TomKat marital extravaganza was in danger of becoming a $2.5 million farce as the clock ticked past the deadline for the celebrity couple to present the paperwork...
'WEDDING RING' SEX FIEND NAILED
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amA former Brooklyn Hospital medical resident was sentenced yesterday for a sex attack - in which he mistakenly left his wedding ring inside the victim. Jason Jaramillo, 27, will serve...
BUS 'ROUT' DELAY - JUDGE HALTS SCHOOL SERVICE CUTS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amA controversial money-saving plan to cut nearly 12 percent of the city's school bus routes was put on hold yesterday by a state judge. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner...
CALIF. & FLA. MULL PRIME-TIME-ARIES
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - California and Florida are sick of playing second fiddle to small states when it comes to picking presidential nominees - and lawmakers there are working to change that....
GATES KNOCKS ON DOORS AT SENATE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary made the meet-and-greet rounds on Capitol Hill yesterday morning. Robert Gates, tapped by Bush a day after Republicans...
POTTY POOPERS - CEMETERY P.O.'D AT POST PRESENT
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn graveyard pooh-poohed The Post's gift of a port-a-potty yesterday for an incontinent employee who has been accused of using a woman's grave as a toilet. Ungrateful employees of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A man was shot and killed on a Brownsville street, authorities said yesterday. An unidentified gunman shot Baye Lorde, 27, of Bushwick, once in the head at Livonia...
COKE CRUMB COOKED - KINGPIN PLEADS GUILTY
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amHe went from cooking crack to baking cakes to stewing in prison. Chaka Raysor, 37, a drug kingpin who turned himself in last summer after more than 10 years on...
'GIULIANI' LINK IN HOSP GUARD FIRING
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amCash-strapped St. Vincent's Medical Center has fired its 40-member security staff - and replaced the guards with an outside firm with ties to presidential aspirant Rudy Giuliani, The Post has...
PRIESTS' MOMENT OF TRUTH - ACCUSER TURNS TABLES ON TRIBUNAL
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amERIE, Pa. - The man who accused the New York Archdiocese's former top fund-raiser of sexual misconduct turned the tables on a three-priest court set to hear him testify yesterday...
FAKE-COP RAP AGAINST THE GAME
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amMultiplatinum West Coast rapper The Game was busted after allegedly telling a cabby to run red lights because he was an undercover cop in a hurry, a police source told...
WIFE'S DEATH BY OD: COPS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe Greenwich Village woman found dead by her husband inside their Christopher Street apartment appears to have died from a drug overdose, a police source told The Post. It was...
EX SLAPS BACK AT O.J. BOOK PUSHER - ABUSE STORY 'FICTION'
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe allegedly abusive ex-lover Judith Regan insists inspired her to publish O.J. Simpson's "confession" denied the shocking claims yesterday - saying he was insulted she'd use their relationship to hawk...
HEATHER: I'M NOT AFTER $ - RIPS REP AS GOLD DIGGER IN BREAKUP WITH BEATLE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amEmbattled Heather Mills, embroiled in a nasty divorce from Paul McCartney, says she's no gold digger. "If I was a gold digger, I would have a lot of money in...
YOU, ME & DIVORCE: KATE IN SPLIT
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amBlack Crowes frontman Chris Robinson filed for divorce from actress Kate Hudson yesterday, according to court papers. Following a three-month separation, Robinson cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the...
SILICONE IS BREAST PAL AGAIN
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amHow swell! Controversial silicone breast implants, which had been shelved for 14 years due to safety concerns, were re-approved yesterday by the FDA. "This is a great day for American...
PANEL: CITY CURVES ITS HS GRADS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe method used by the city Department of Education to calculate the high school graduation rate is designed to "result in the most favorable statistic possible," a citywide advisory panel...
BLOOMY: HEY, RUDY, GO FOR IT!
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is letting out a cheer of ''Run, Rudy, Run!'' Bloomberg yesterday urged Rudy Giuliani to enter the fray for president - lest he regret standing on the sidelines...
MAYOR IN A HUFF OVER WINDMILLS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTilting on behalf of windmills, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday came out in support of alternative energy fuels from ethanol to nuclear power to break the stranglehold of OPEC. He also took...
STRAW'S KID FUELS TERPS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amNear the end of St. John's' loss to Texas last night at the Garden, Darryl Strawberry's picture flashed on the jumbotron above the court. The former slugger, who was courtside...
NO CONSOLATION FOR ST. JOHN'S
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe final play wasn't the one St. John's wanted, but the fact that it actually meant something was at least an improvement. Anthony Mason Jr.'s NBA-range, 3-pointer bounced off the...
AIR-ING IT OUT FOR 55 - JORDAN CEMENTED RETURN AT MSG
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amOn March 28, 1995, a Madison Square Garden crowd paid up to $1,500 a ticket hoping to catch just a glimpse of the old greatness of Michael Jordan, who was...
NO WAIT WATCHERS - PETTITTE'S DECISION WON'T DELAY YANKS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amYes, the Yankees would like to add Andy Pettitte to bolster a Swiss cheese rotation. Yet the club's offseason pitching plans don't hinge on Pettitte's decision to retire or continue...
RIVALRY FOR AGES AT HEART OF MATTER
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTHE ticker had been a problem for years, he'd already had a couple of heart attacks and a pair of quadruple-bypass surgeries, then, a month ago, needed a pacemaker implanted...
DEVILS SET TO EMBARK ON 11-DAY ROAD TRIP
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe Devils don't do road trips like this very often anymore. Martin Brodeur said his team can use the five-game, 11-day odyssey they begin in Toronto tonight. "It's a good...
DISEASE FAILED BO, NOT 'HEART'
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWHEN Bo Schembechler dodged death for the last time one month ago, the former Michigan coach was asked by a nurse when he was wheeled into the hospital if he...
FORDHAM PREP SEEKS TITLE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amDon't get Pete Gorynski wrong, he's pleased to be in tomorrow's CHSFL AA championship game against Xaverian, but the Fordham Prep head coach can't help but wonder if things had...
'D'-LIGHTFUL - DEFENSE KEYS RANGERS' SURGE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTom Renney sat back in a black leather armchair after yesterday's Rangers practice, relaxing and talking hockey with assembled members of the media. Clad in a team windbreaker and sandals,...
METS FIT FOR ZITO'S WISH LIST
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amThe important things for Barry Zito when determining his new team primarily revolve around that team having an owner who is committed to contending and the team paying him what...
ANCIENT FOES FIGHT IT OUT - BO'S DEATH ADDS DRAMA TO MICHIGAN-OHIO STATE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS, Ohio - None of the current Michigan Wolverines ever played for Bo Schembechler. Today they all will play for the late, great Michigan coach. They will play for him...
LOPEZ RULES ON SPEEDSTERS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amFIRST RACE - Every year when racing switches to the inner track, when healthy, C.C. Lopez, one of the best speed riders in the country, usually heats up. Lopez continued...
DEVILS' SECOND LINE FIRST AND FOREMOST
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amDevils 3 - Senators 2 The Devils' second line is working wonders while everyone wonders where the first line went. Last night, it was just enough. While they wait for...
NETS INDY-FATIGABLE - AFTER WASTING LEAD, N.J. RIDES 'D' TO 'W'
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amNets 100 - Pacers 91 INDIANAPOLIS - This was a night for the strange, the bizarre. Pacer Jermaine O'Neal had one shot, no points in the first half. Nets vet...
O'NEAL INJURY KEPT UNDER WRAPS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Shaquille O'Neal was set to return last night against the Knicks after missing the last three games. That's what Pat Riley said at both the morning...
MIAMI SPICE - KNICKS SCORCH SHAQ-LESS HEAT
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amKnicks 100 - Heat 76 MIAMI - It would have been sweeter had Shaquille O'Neal played. But it was plenty sweet enough, as the Knicks executed a South Beach slaughter...
JAG-GED EDGE: PLAXICO WARY OF FACING MATHIS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amLast week, Giants receiver Plaxico Burress offered an assessment of the Bears' defense that hardly was overflowing with praise. Judging from the results put forth by the Giants' offense in...
FOCUS GROUP - KNIGHTS HOPES HINGE ON AVOIDING BEAR(CAT) TRAP
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amCINCINNATI - Five years ago, Rutgers wasn't one of the top 150 football teams in the country, with Division I-AA schools beating them on the field and passing them in...
JEROME-COMING - JAMES RETURNS TO HELP KNICKS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amMIAMI - The Knicks got bigger last night, though maybe not better. Jerome James was to make his season debut against the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena, on his 31st birthday,...
NO CONSOLATION - ST. JOHN'S UPSET BID FALLS SHORT IN CLASSIC
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amTexas 77 - St. John's 76 The final play wasn't the one St. John's wanted, but the fact that it actually meant something was at least an improvement. Anthony Mason...
'WE'LL GET BETTER' - ST. JOHN'S NOT LETTING LOSS DAMPEN SPIRITS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amSt. John's first test to see if it belonged in the same category with the major programs of the college basketball world did not go well. In fact, it could...
NETS GET LIFT FROM SUBS - NEW RESERVES PROVING THEIR WORTH
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - And remember, Josh Boone and Eddie House have yet to make an appearance. So given that two key elements of the Nets' remade bench are still under wraps,...
GROSS WEIGHT - GUNSLINGING QB SOMETIMES HARD TO BEAR
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amIt's hard to fathom at first glance: The second-best team in football is guided by a quarterback who's near the top of the NFL in interceptions. But Chicago's Rex Grossman...
RILEY'S LAKERS HELPED ISIAH'S PISTONS
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI - Isiah Thomas said Pat Riley should have no regrets he let Thomas hang around the Lakers and absorb knowledge when he played for the Pistons. Riley,...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amMARYLAND at BOSTON COLLEGE Noon ESPN Line: Boston College by 7. Angle: This is a monster game as far as the ACC Atlantic Division crown is concerned. Maryland andWake Forest...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 18, 2006 | 5:00amWhy was the turkey crossing the road? That's what Steven Lapre of Springfield, Vt., would like to know. He's been charged with deliberately running over the turkey - on his...
Scoring change
November 18, 2006 | 2:58amA change in the official scoring of Sunday's Eagles-Redskins game may have changed the outcome of some of last week's fantasy matchups. The play: QB Donovan McNabb "completes" a pass...