November 20, 2006
RJ Maybe (really), No Cliff
November 20, 2006 | 9:35pmBy FRED KERBERRichard Jefferson wasn't pulling a "pulleeeeeeeezzzzze lemme play" but he was close.And with the Nets manpower shortage plus encouraging signs from his workout, he might have gotten his...
Thomas' take on media
November 20, 2006 | 8:41pmBy MARC BERMANIsiah Thomas found himself at the morning shootaround yesterday talking more about the beat writers that cover the team than his own players who were to face off...
SUNDAY SECTIONS: Nov. 19
November 20, 2006 | 11:02amIt's the ski issue! The best stuff is buried (har) - a piece on a slope in Japan, plus another hey-dontcha-know from this season's T Travel mag about Silverton, Colo....
Eating crow
November 20, 2006 | 6:09amComment by the FT headed into Week 11: "LaDainian Tomlinson (RB) Chargers, at Broncos â This isnât a recommendation to sit L.T. This item serves simply to make those facing...
BLACKSTONE BUY - FIRM IN HISTORIC $36B DEAL FOR EQUITY OFFICE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Blackstone Group, billionaire Stephen Schwarzman's powerful private equity firm, inked the largest leveraged buyout in history last night - agreeing to pay a whopping $36 billion including debt for...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - CLAUDE MONET - FOUNDING FATHER OF IMPRESSIONISM
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amClaude Monet always knew he wanted to paint. He went on to help create a new style of painting. CLAUDE Monet was born in Paris on Nov. 14, 1840. His...
JUST LIKE A WOMAN - TODAY'S ICON OF FEMALE FASHION? SURPRISE: IT'S BOB
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amBOB Dylan is many things to many people and everything to some, but also something most may not expect: an arbiter of style and a reference point for fashionconscious girls...
OH, AND HE SINGS WELL, TOO
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amDYLAN still counts. He's thin, narrowshouldered, and it looks like he's starting to shrink, but at 65, despite appearing physically smaller, his presence is huge in concert. At Nassau Coliseum...
PULSE SALES
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThis week's best discounts, including some good bets for Black Friday. DSQUARED, MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA 495 Broadway, eighth floor, between Broome and Spring streets; (646) 613-8457 Sale: today and tomorrow,...
A BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amLA BOHEME Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000. Performances through Feb. 3. THEY will always have Paris! Puccini's tunefully doomed lovers in "La Boheme," under the caring eye and careful...
SAVE YOURSELF - 'HEROES' CHEERLEADER MUST RUN FOR HER LIFE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amSAVE the cheerleader and save the world? If only it were that easy. It turns out that saving the world is a lot more complicated, as you will see if...
STARR REPORT
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Post is clue-ed in SCI FI is promoting its upcoming series, "The Lost Room," with an interactive scavenger hunt offering players the chance to win various really nice prizes...
'THERE'S A 9/11 EVERY WEEK' - WHAT'S COMING ON '24'
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amJACK Bauer, the super agent at the heart of "24," will be unleashed in January on terror groups who have left wide swaths of America burning in their wake. "It's...
$2 TIX TO SEE THIS DUMMY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amMIGHT as well call tomorrow "Twos-day." That's when 220 tickets to Broadway's "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!" go on sale for two bucks a pop, in honor of Bob's...
NO FUTURE FOR HEVESI
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amSTATE Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is privately predicting that scandal-scarred Comptroller Alan Hevesi won't be in office on Jan. 1. But if he's wrong, Bruno has also told associates...
CRITICS TO KICK RUDY PATOOTIE - NY FOES TARGET 'AMERICA'S MAYOR' IMAGE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amSome of Rudy Giuliani's fiercest city critics are set to launch "swift boat"-type strikes to inform voters around the nation about the former mayor's behavior before 9/11, The Post has...
O.J. JUROR RIPS HIS NEW BOOK
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA juror who helped acquit O.J. Simpson of murdering his ex-wife Nicole and waiter Ron Goldman is blasting the sleazy former football superstar "for making money off the deaths" with...
IN A SNEAK PEAK ...
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a sneak peak at how he will try to carefully sap the popularity of his leading 2008 presidential rival, Sen. John McCain lauded Rudy Giuliani as an...
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amMore than a dozen New York hospitals are on life support and bracing for doomsday as state officials put the final touches on a hit list of facilities that they...
COUPLE IN ROAD HORROR - BILL & HILL NEIGHBORS SHOT
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA notorious ex-lawyer who counts Bill and Hillary Clinton among his neighbors was shot and critically wounded along with his wife after a mysterious gunman pulled the couple over on...
ROAD SHOOT ORDEAL - BILL & HILL NEIGHBORS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA notorious ex-lawyer who counts Bill and Hillary Clinton among his neighbors was shot and critically wounded along with his wife after a mysterious gunman pulled the couple over on...
STATE'S D.C. DEMS CAN SMELL THE PORK SIZZLING
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New York's heavily Democratic congressional delegation will be one of the most powerful on Capitol Hill when the next Congress convenes in January - and its already angling...
OPEN 'BAR' A SUBWAY RISK - 'ALARMING' BREAKDOWNS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe alarms on subway emergency exits that the MTA installed over the past year are breaking down at a frightening rate, transit sources say. Apparently, New Yorkers are unable to...
BAGHDAD MINISTER GRABBED
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amGunmen in camouflage uniforms kidnapped a top Iraqi official yesterday from his Baghdad home as security forces continued to scour southern Iraq in search of kidnapped Americans. Deputy Health Minister...
RANGEL: 'BRING ON THE DRAFT'
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) says he wants to bring back the military draft to counter widening threats and keep politicians from starting wars. "I don't see how...
POL PAL A BOOTY-SPA GAL - L.I. WOMAN UNMASKED AS MCLAUGHLIN'S 'LAVI$HED' LADY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amOne of the mystery women whom indicted labor leader Brian McLaughlin allegedly showered with gifts and cash is an attractive beauty-spa operator with whom he carried on a long-term relationship,...
HENRY: IRAQ A NO-WIN - BUT EXIT SLOWLY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, an architect of the Vietnam War, says a military victory in Iraq is no longer possible. "If you mean by 'military victory'...
9/11 BABIES BORN SMALLER
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amHere's a 9/11 health shocker from across the Atlantic: A study suggests that the trauma experienced in the womb by babies whose pregnant, European moms watched TV images of the...
VIET BOMB DEAL - BUSH CHEERED IN HO CHI MINH
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThousands of Vietnamese lined the streets of Ho Chi Minh City last night - waving, cheering and hoisting small children on their shoulders - to catch a glimpse of President...
GUNMEN'S ORDER: 'PAY - AND PRAY' - LOCK TELLERS IN HEIST
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amTwo thugs wearing white Halloween masks held up a Long Island bank and escaped with cash yesterday after locking the two tellers in the vault and telling them to "pray...
BIRDS BEAT BOND IN BOX-OFFICE TUXEDO WAR
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amJames Bond has some new nemeses - penguins. The computer-animated "Happy Feet" tap-danced over the latest installment of the super-spy series and soft-shoed away with $42.3 million during its threeday...
'BUCK' SCHUMER'S BIG PLAN$ APPLE'S
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amFresh off a Democratic victory in the Senate, Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday he would focus on building a Second Avenue subway and getting more homeland-security money for New York....
APPLE'S D.C. DEMS CAN SMELL THE PORK SIZZLING
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New York's heavily Democratic congressional delegation will be one of the most powerful on Capitol Hill when the next Congress convenes in January - and its already angling...
CELL-BAN RALLY CRY AT STUY HS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amStudents and parents at Stuyvesant HS yesterday called for opponents of the school district's "dangerous" cellphone ban to stage public protests. Camella Price, a single mother of two public-school students,...
HOSP'S $ICK DEAL - BANKRUPT BOARD OKS $1.1M FOR EX-BOSS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA financially failing Brooklyn hospital approved a $1.1 million golden parachute to its outgoing chief executive before being forced into bankruptcy, The Post has learned. The Victory Memorial Hospital Board...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amBrooklyn * A teenager was arrested after he accidentally shot himself in the foot in a Crown Heights apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Shawn Graham, 19, shot himself in...
TEEN MA IN INFANT 'KIDNAP'
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA 17-year-old girl who lost custody of her infant daughter was being sought last night after she abducted the baby from her mother at knifepoint in The Bronx, cops said....
HOLIDAY JEER - TENANTS FUME OVER GAS SHUTOFF
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amDozens of furious tenants in Washington Heights are calling their landlord a real turkey as a broken gas main leaves them without working stoves for Thanksgiving. About 125 families live...
NYPD SUED IN FATAL SHOOTING
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe family of a Brooklyn man who was fatally shot last year as police tried to question him about a double shooting is suing the NYPD for $50 million. Stephonne...
NFL NETWORK SACKS FANS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWhile sports fans typically give thanks for a day full of football on Thanksgiving, this Thursday, most will find themselves hungry for action come evening. The NFL Network is broadcasting...
LOW PRICES $PARK TURKEY TROT
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amGobble it up - with Thanksgiving dinner prices only slightly higher this year, most Americans should be able to afford seconds. The average cost of the basic items needed for...
L.I. HUSBAND FATALLY FILETED
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA Long Island dad was stabbed to death with a filet knife and his chef wife seriously wounded during a grisly domestic dispute on their front lawn, police said yesterday....
GOV WIDENS ALAN PROBE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amGOV. PATAKI expanded his probe of scandal- scarred state Comptroller Alan Hevesi last night as Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno privately predicted Hevesi would be out of office by Jan....
ORIGINAL SULTANS OF COMEDY - ARAB-AMERICANS' STAND-UP FESTIVAL
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amIt's not easy being an Arab-American in the United States these days - but it apparently makes for some funny material. The fourth annual New York Arab-American Comedy Festival featured...
A HOT $LOT SPOT - YONKERS A GOOD BET
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The video slot-machine parlor at Yonkers Raceway has hit the jackpot since opening last month. The "racino" has taken in $18.3 million in net revenue from Oct. 12,...
NINTENDO FANS PLAY NICE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThey came, they bought, they behaved. Nintendo fans braved a chilly final night in line before calmly scooping up the new Wii yesterday - a far cry from the unruliness...
CITY'S BAD SIGNS - HUGE ILLEGAL ADS MAKE BIG BUCKS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amScofflaw ad agencies reap millions with gargantuan posters on sidewalk sheds and scaffolds all over town, despite strict city rules that allow fines of up to $25,000 per violation, a...
COUNCIL NO-SHOWS, BEWARE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amCity Council members better show up for hearings or be ready to explain themselves - in writing - under new rules expected to announced by Speaker Christine Quinn, The Post...
AIDE'S KISS & TELL - CIPEL SLAMS MCG
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe ex-aide who denies having sex with Jim McGreevey says the former New Jersey governor forcibly tried to kiss him, saying, "Everybody is a little bit gay." In an interview...
COP CAR IN DEATH CRASH
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA young Long Island man yesterday was killed after his car smashed into a guard rail and was then hit by a police car, cops said. Derrick Romeo, 22, was...
POCK STOPS HERE ; THOMAS GETS LOOK AT DARIUS' EXPENSE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amAnd so the Rangers did make a lineup change for last night's match at the Garden against Tampa Bay, but even so, Darius Kasparaitis could not get into his first...
METS FACE DEADLINE FOR KEEPING GLAVINE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amOn the eve of an important decision that could mean Tom Glavine's exit, Mets GM Omar Minaya reaffirmed his interest in the future Hall of Fame lefty. The Mets have...
CARROLL, FRIARS BAG TITLE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amCHSFL PLAYOFFS Jim Carroll said he never will forget the last play he made on the football field. It's not hard to believe him. The St. Anthony's senior tackled Jason...
RUTGERS PICKS UP PIECES
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amCINCINNATI - The emotional aftermath in the Rutgers' locker room after the Scarlet Knights' stunning 30-11 loss to Cincinnati Saturday night was as varied and different as the young men...
TEFLON TRESSEL DELIVERS FOR BUCKEYES
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amOhio State coach Jim Tressel already has guaranteed himself a spot in the Teflon Wing of the College Football Hall of Fame. He has proven to be bullet-proof, harder to...
JAGR JOINS 600 CLUB - BIG NIGHT FOR CAPTAIN IN BLUESHIRTS' VICTORY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amRANGERS 4 LIGHTNING 1 On the night the Rangers found their direction by playing a good fashioned north-south hockey game, Jaromir Jagr, the league's ultimate east-west player, had quite the...
YAO TOUGH TEST FOR CURRY
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amWhen you look at Eddy Curry - all 6-foot-11, 285 pounds of him - it is easy to forget the Knicks big man is only 23. "I'm still young," Curry...
NETS SEEK REVENGE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The Nets may need to adopt the theory that no news is good news. Because most of the news they've received recently is bad. An MRI taken yesterday...
HEROES WELCOME - RANGERS SALUTED FALLEN OF 9/11
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe two most respected hockey teams in New York, made up of city policemen and firemen, were introduced first at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 7, 2001, 26 days after...
TROPHY LIFE - JETER COVETS FIRST MVP AWARD
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe man who has almost everything could have it all by tomorrow, when the American League Most Valuable Player is announced. What more could a baseball player want than Derek...
OH, 'BOYS! DALLAS HANDS INDY FIRST LOSS
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amCOWBOYS 21 COLTS 14 IRVING, Texas-When someone asked Tony Romo late yesterday if he had outplayed the great Peyton Manning, he shrugged his shoulders and in an awshucks manner said:...
PERSPECTIVE, TOO MUCH, TOO LATE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amPERSPECTIVE. Ugh, that word. The death of Bo Schembechler, Friday, on the day before the MichiganOhio State game, was one of those sudden events that's supposed to just as suddenly...
ALL BUSINESS - GIANTS SEEK VICTORY, BUT NOT FOR COUGHLIN
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - The only incentive the Giants need comes from glancing at the NFL standings and seeing the Cowboys and Eagles nipping at their heels. That reality overshadows the tug...
TIKI HAS FIRM GRIP ON BALL
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES JACKSONVILLE - Figure that when the Jaguars are on defense tonight, they will set their sights on testing whether or not Tiki Barber, playing with a badly sprained...
CHAD CAN'T RULE GAME OF INCHES
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amBEARS 10 JETS 0 THE better the opponent, the greater the shrinkage of margin for error. And the Bears have a defense even quicker than Chad Pennington to take responsibility,...
HOUSTON HAS NO PROBLEM
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES You can excuse Cedric Houston for wondering before yesterday if he were still a part of the Jets' offense. After suffering an injured knee in Week 4 against...
SLIP-UP COSTLY TO DREW
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amDrew Coleman, more than any Jets player, needs to employ the five-second rule Eric Mangini has installed as a mandate for his team. Coleman, the Jets' rookie cornerback, needs to...
BLANKED BY THE BEARS - CHICAGO SHOWS MORE FIGHT THAN GANG GREEN
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amBEARS 10 JETS 0 Saturday Night at the Fights for the Jets as they prepared for yesterday's clash with the Bears at Giants Stadium consisted of a special visit from...
BLANKED BY THE BEARS - MANGINI STICKS WITH TRICKS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amBEFORE we ever knew a thing about the man, we knew of his pedigree. We knew that Bill Parcells begat Bill Belichick, and we knew that Bill Belichick begat Eric...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 20, 2006 | 5:00amA Nigerian man is building an addition to his home on a wing and a prayer. Said Jammal told The Washington Post that he decided to construct a 100-foot-long plane...
McNabb out for season
November 20, 2006 | 1:28amDevastating news for the Eagles, and fantasy owners. Donovan McNabb went down today with an ACL injury and is out the rest of the year http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6188250 - removing the top...