November 27, 2006
Tension still thick with Isiah-Steph
November 27, 2006 | 7:35pmBy MARC BERMANUpdate on the Stephon Marbury-Isiah Thomas disagreement:Thomas addressed the Marbury controversy with the team at todayâs practice.Isiahâs message to the club is no individual is greater than the...
THE PICTURE BUSINESS: Here's looking at Bombay
November 27, 2006 | 12:30pmPhotos? We're getting there. Soon. For now, we'll be celebrating the best collections of amateur/pro-am images on the web, the ones that take us places without leaving our desks.This week,...
SUNDAY SECTIONS: Nov. 26
November 27, 2006 | 11:58amAfter being our non-stop source of depressing news and information from New Orleans, the Times takes a minute to encourage people to go there on vacation, doing the "I'm having...
AIR SUPPLY: Hi ho, Silverjet
November 27, 2006 | 11:37amWho could believe that a third biz-only service to London would actually launch, and just a year past that of Maxjet and EOS? It's happening: US customers can now book...
UPDATE: You knew it wouldn't be long
November 27, 2006 | 11:36amWaaah! Ian Schrager is a big jerk! Park Chinois isn't opening! Oh, let the man grow old in peace.
SURVEYS: So, how was it for you?
November 27, 2006 | 11:33amThanksgiving's over, and hopefully the lower-back pain from the bar in the sofabed has worked itself out. Did you know that a new survey from Hotels.com says that nearly 65...
IT'S A BARGAIN! Christmas in Orlando
November 27, 2006 | 11:32amTipster Jason brings word of a $99 nightly rate (plus tax) at the Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando's hometown retort to the brilliant, carpetbagging, Texas-based but all up in Mickey's grill...
EVENTS: Pierce Brosnan found the lovemaking to be very tender
November 27, 2006 | 11:20amBora Bora's putting on a show! the First Annual Ever Tahiti Romance Film Festival kicks off Dec. 2. As the announcement sagely announces, "Celebrity panel to judge merits of film...
BIG SPENDERS LIFT RETAILERS TO BLOWOUT SALES
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amBoosted by mild weather and big discounts, shoppers kicked off the holiday season in a big way over the weekend, shelling out 19 percent more than they did during last...
IT'S PLAY MONEY ; FOREIGN TOURISTS CA$HING IN ON CHEAP DOLLAR
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA depressed dollar is turning Fifth Avenue into a virtual flea market for global travelers as strong currencies like the British pound and the euro create a glut of great...
CRACKERJACK
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTHE NUTCRACKERNew York City Ballet at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 870-5570. Through Dec. 30. Season runs through Feb. 25. LIKE sleigh bells, cash registers and that Lincoln...
THAT OLD GANG OF WINE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTHE brains behind "American Idol" "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Got Talent" will get the tables turned on them this week when they start their own reality...
SCANNERY ROW - SUPERMARKET COMEDY AND A CUTE TOM-BOY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00am"10 Items or Less" Monday, 11 p.m., TBS (one star)"My Boys" Tuesday, 10 p.m., TBS (two stars) I am just about ready to throw in the towel on sitcom narrators....
STARR REPORT
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amQuick-draw McGraw Things are getting interest ing in the talk show world now that Phil McGraw ("Dr. Phil") has closed the gap with mentor Oprah Winfrey. While Winfrey is still...
THE MARTIN CHRONICLES - RE-HEATING SUMMER OF '77
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amHERE'S your first look at ESPNs new miniseries, "The Bronx is Burning," the story of the 1977 Yankees improbable championship season told against the backdrop of one of New York...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - CHARLES M. SCHULZ AND THE PEANUTS GANG
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amHow could we ever forget the Great Pumpkin or "A Charlie Brown Christmas?" Your parents and even grandparents grew up with Good 'Ol Charlie Brown. Here's a look at the...
INJEANIOUS - WE FOUND THE PERFECT DENIM TO FLATTER ANY FIGURE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amEVERYONE wears jeans - well, with the exception of Laura from "Project Runway." And yet most people find shopping for jeans means a whole lot of drama with little return....
AX HONED FOR TOP WATCHDOG
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA TOP aide to lame-duck Gov. Pataki is seeking the last-minute ouster of the state government's best-known ethics watchdog, Lobbying Commission Executive Director David Grandeau, sources have told The Post....
'SIN-AGOGUE'; PARK AVENUE RABBI BROKE LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH MISTRESS: SUIT
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA prominent Park Avenue rabbi had a mistress nearly half his age sign a bizarre cohabitation contract - promising she'd get liposuction, become better educated and continue their already hot-and-heavy...
EXIT PANELS WEIGH SUBTRACTION BY ADDITION
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A plan to dramatically increase the number of U.S. military trainers embedded with Iraqi troops is gaining support among two panels charged with devising an exit strategy from...
KAN. MAN: GOP NEEDS RIGHT STUFF
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A group of possible GOP presidential candidates that includes Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain needs a "full-scale conservative" like Sen. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican said yesterday...
DEM VOWS 'CORRUPTION' PROBE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), a tough and sometimes feared Democratic committee baron in Congress, says he plans to investigate a range of government mismanagement and corruption after the...
PENGUINS ACHIEVE A HAPPY FEAT
November 27, 2006 | 5:00am"Happy Feet" was no turkey. The computer-animated penguin flick waddled off with $37.9 million over the weekend, upping its total to $100.1 million, according to studio estimates. "It's a very...
'CRITICAL' CONDITION; W. MISSION TO CLAW IRAQ BACK FROM BRINK
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The situation in Iraq is reaching a "critical point," said Sen. Trent Lott, the Senate's second-ranking Republican - as President Bush begins a new round of diplomacy to...
RUDY DIPPED TOE IN PREZ POOL
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amRudy Giuliani made his interest in a White House run official this month by setting up an exploratory committee - but 2008 would not be his first test of the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** A man sitting in a parked car in Harlem was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire on him - exactly one year to the day that the...
'SPEEDER' RUNS DOWN SANTA DAD
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA "caring, loving" dad who had taken his 3-month-old son to see Santa Claus was killed hours later when a driver with a suspended license struck him on a Brooklyn...
REV. AL'S RALLY CRY: REMEMBER DIALLO
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTHE furious crowd was cau tioned not to forget the les sons learned from the case of Amadou Diallo. "The idea is to show we're with the family, not that...
GOV. PUSHES PERVERT PLAN
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki has set Dec. 13 as the day he will call the Legislature back to the Capitol to deal with a bill legalizing the civil commitment of...
'REAL STREET GAL'; 3RD ATL. CITY VICTIM A HOOKER & MA: PALS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe third of the four women found barefoot and strangled in a watery ditch behind a seedy Atlantic City hotel was a "hard-core homeless" prostitute with a daughter in Boston...
FIERY DEATH WRECK; THREE PALS PERISH IN BRONX HORROR
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThree lifelong pals burned to death and a fourth was fighting for his life after their speeding car struck a divider, flipped over several times and caught fire in The...
COP-SLAY WITNESSES 'TARGETED'
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe Staten Island man who allegedly shot and killed two undercover cops execution style during a gun deal gone wrong is trying to intimidate witnesses against him from his jail...
A 'LACE'-SAVING STEP AT AIRPORTS; SERVICE TO LET YOU KEEP SHOES ON
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Time-strapped travelers at JFK will be able to avoid peeling off their shoes at airport security under a program that is getting rolled out within weeks. Verified Identity...
EERIE ECHO OF CHRISTA; BEAU EYED IN NYER'S NANTUCKET SLAY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amShe was another pretty, charismatic New Yorker who fled to New England to escape the rat race - only to wind up brutally murdered there. Beth Lochtefeld, like doomed fashion...
QUINN MAYORAL BUZZ ; 5-BOROUGH PLAN STIRS SPECULATION
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn kicked off a five-borough "Community Conversation" in Brooklyn - raising speculation that she's considering a run for mayor. While her town-hall meeting in Bensonhurst last...
EMS DISASTER-MASTER MEDICS SET FOR ACTION
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe city has created an elite squad of "combat" paramedics trained to reach and navigate the crevices of collapsed buildings, bridges, tunnels and roads to aid injured and trapped survivors,...
TEEN GIRLS SKIP TESTS FOR SEXUAL DISEASES
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amMost young city women have not been screened for sexually transmitted diseases, according to a state health report card obtained by The Post. Only 41 percent of teens 16 to...
LUSTY LAWYER; ATTORNEY TAPED 'DEMANDING SEX'
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA woman claims in a $70 million lawsuit that her former lawyer demanded oral sex in his Wall Street office - and authorities failed to prosecute, although she recorded him...
AD HAS A PRINCIPAL FLAW
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA new radio ad aimed at pressuring the city to settle on a contract with public-school principals may be employing an unprincipled tactic. The 60-second spot features Ada Dolch, who...
PIZZA PEACE IN PIECES AS CHEESY WAR SPREADS TO L.I.
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe Patsy's pizza war has crossed the city line. A posh pizza palace affiliated with the famous Patsy's Pizzeria on East 118th Street in East Harlem opened in Syosset Nov....
REMEMBER AMADOU: SHARPTON
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTHE furious crowd was cautioned not to forget the lessons learned from the case of Amadou Diallo. "The idea is to show we're with the family, not that the family...
10 SECONDS OF HELL IN QUEENS - COP'S 'FRIENDLY FIRE' SPARKED BARRAGE THAT KILLED GROOM
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA doomed young groom was caught in the crossfire of an undercover cop, whose bullets went clear through his car, and confused officers who returned their own blistering barrage, sources...
GOTTI KID IN L.I. DRUG BUST
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe 16-year-old grandson of Dapper Don John Gotti has been busted on Long Island on a drug charge. Frank Gotti Agnello, 16, who appeared with his mom, Victoria, and two...
SOMETHING'S FISHY; POISONED SPY ATE SUSHI WITH NUKE EXPERT
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe former KGB agent who died last week from a mysterious poisoning had met with a nuclear-waste expert who has a curious background, a British newspaper reported yesterday. The Mail...
VIRGIN ISLES $UPPORT RANGEL
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Powerhouse Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has raised $50,000 in campaign contributions from residents of the sunny Virgin Islands. Rangel raised more from the islands (population: 109,000) than he...
YANKEE SHUTS OUT BAT BAN
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWooden baseball bats are as dangerous as their aluminum brethren, says Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, who's against a proposed New York City ban on metal bats. Mussina recalled a series...
RESIDENT ANGER DOGS NEW ROCHELLE PARK MAKEOVER
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTaxpayer watchdogs and dog owners are angry over a proposed $1.5 million park renovation in New Rochelle they say is unfair to the city's less affluent residents and will keep...
LAND OF THE FLEE; HIT-AND-RUN KILLERS ON RISE IN NYC
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amCowardly hit-and-run killers are zooming away from fatal car crashes at a speedy clip in New York this year, on pace to match or exceed last year's deadly toll. Cops...
DEVELOPER'S IDEA HAS CONEY ISLANDERS SAYING: BRING IT ON
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amIf Coney Islanders have their way, City Hall won't block a developer's $1.5 billion bid to transform the rundown summer amusement area into a year-round public attraction. The results of...
CANCER ALARM; NYERS DYING NEEDLESSLY: STUDY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amAbout 88,230 Big Apple residents were diagnosed with cancer this year and 35,600 died - many from preventable lung and prostate cancers, a new study shows. The American Cancer Society...
CITY SUED OVER YANKEE PARKING DEATH
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe family of a man killed in a crash during dangerous horseplay at a Yankee Stadium parking lot has sued the city and Kinney Parking, saying he should not have...
MOM LIVES IN POVERTY WAITING FOR 500G
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe front window is cracked. The paint is peeling. The dishwasher is busted. And the family scrapes by on food stamps and Medicaid. All while more than a half-million dollars...
TEEN SEX-RISK REPORT SHOCK
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amMost young city women have not been screened for sexually transmitted diseases, while many poor kids have skipped dental check-ups, according to a new state health report card obtained by...
* TRAGIC BLUNDER SPARKED GROOM'S SLAY * COPS 'COMPLETELY SAD' OVER NIGHTMARE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThe 50-shot police fusillade that killed a young groom in Queens was triggered by an undercover cop who fired a bullet that went clear through the man's car - leading...
MUST-NOT-SEE TV ; NETWORK SPORTS BOSSES KEEP TURNING OFF FANS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amWHILE we long ago learned that most TV sports executives have no greater feel for sports or TV than any batting average Joe, it still makes for twisted fun to...
LOSING ISIAH ; KNICKS' WOES THOMAS' FAULT
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTHIS 5-10 Knicks crisis is ultimately on Isiah Thomas, not Stephon Marbury. It has taken Thomas only 15 games, but he has made a mess of Marbury just like he...
RHODES WARRIOR: KERRY WRECKS TEXANS' CARR
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amAs soon as safety Kerry Rhodes saw the fake, a doomed play-action off Houston's non-existent ground game, he knew exactly where David Carr was going with the ball. He turned...
JETS' WIN JUST BREATHTAKING; CHAD SHAKES OFF HIT FOR WILD DAY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amJets 26Texans 11 It was, without question, the most triumphant moment of the season for Chad Pennington - and it had nothing to do with a big touchdown pass, running...
AMAZING FEET: NUGENT REACHES GOALS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA week after Eric Mangini bypassed a pair of 50-yard field goal attempts, he gave Mike Nugent a shot at a 54-yarder yesterday. Not only did Nugent nail it with...
OWNER MAKES 'RAHY'S' APPEAL
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amMarlene Brody, owner of Gallagher's Steakhouse and Gallagher's Stud, has lodged appeal over disqualification of her NY-bred filly Rahy's Appeal in Friday's Top Flight Handicap. Rahy's Appeal was easily best...
PENNINGTON SHOULDERS BURDEN FOR GREEN
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amIT TOOK a while for the crowd to notice, because most of the 76,596 inside the Meadowlands were still abuzz at the schoolyard trick Chad Pennington had just pulled off....
TITANIC CHOKE GAGS BIG BLUE ; COLLAPSE DOOMS JINTS AS 21-0 LEAD VANISHES
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amTitans 24Giants 21 NASHVILLE - The Giants' season didn't end yesterday, but it might as well have. You want to conjure up memories of The Fumble in 1978 or the...
BAD FINGER NO PROBLEM FOR SHOCKEY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES NASHVILLE - The Giants could not even get out of pre-game warm-ups without sustaining yet another injury in yesterday's 24-21 loss to the Titans at LP Field. Tight...
TROJANS ON MARCH
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amS LOS ANGELES - Don't tell Pete Carroll there is no playoff system in college football. While coaches such as Florida's Urban Meyer believe that public outcries will somehow sway...
USC'S JARRETT HAS BIG CATCH TO HIS CAREER
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Dave Jarrett wasn't in the Coliseum Saturday night to see his nephew put together a personal highlight video against Notre Dame. He missed the one-handed lefty catch...
CHAD, WRS BACK ON SAME PAGE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES Chad Pennington and his receivers, after some soul searching and added work on the practice field, rediscovered their chemistry that had been missing in action. The Jets, in...
JETS' QB JUSTBREATHTAKING; CHAD SHAKES OFF HIT FOR 'WILD' WIN
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amJets 26Texans 11 It was, without question, the most triumphant moment of the season for Chad Pennington - and it had nothing to do with a big touchdown pass, running...
GOTCHA! GUTTY PATS SMACK BEARS WITH 2ND LOSS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amPatriots 17Bears 13 FOXBOROUGH - The two best defenses in the NFL spent more than three hours punching out fumbles, picking deflections out of the air and wrestling balls away...
KIWANUKA LETS IT SLIP AWAY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Three weeks ago against the Texans, Mathias Kiwanuka was called for the first roughing the passer penalty of his career. At the time, the rookie defensive end said...
SHOCKEY PLAYS THROUGH INJURED LEFT RING FINGER
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES NASHVILLE - As he was catching a pass in pregame warm-ups from Eli Manning, tight end Jeremy Shockey felt a jarring pain as the ball hit awkwardly against...
SHANAHAN BLOWS WHISTLE ON REFS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amOT / SUMMARY: P. 69Sabres 3Rangers 2 The Rangers were shorthanded 10 times for 16:22, but it wasn't any particular call against the Blueshirts that sent Brendan Shanahan off the...
WEST COAST TOAST ; NETS FALL TO LAKERS, FINISH TRIP 0-4
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amLakers 99Nets 93 LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant was assessing the Nets and noted how their season just appears so familiar. "They seem to struggle at the beginning of every...
WEST COAST TOAST; NETS FALL TO LAKERS, FINISH TRIP 0-4
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amLakers 99Nets 93 LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant was assessing the Nets beforehand and noted how their season just looks so familiar. "They seem to struggle at the beginning of...
GAGS BIG BLUE - ELI THE CULPRIT IN DISASTROUS LOSS
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Forget the Giants. When you blow a 21-0 fourth quarter lead to the Vince Young Titans, you do not deserve to call yourselves a Super Bowl contender. When...
TITANIC CHOKE - GIANTS STUNNED BY SICKENING COLLAPSE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Line 'em up. Every awful, dreadful loss; every head-shaking, stomach-turning collapse. Every choke and embarrassment and mind-numbing defeat no one ever saw coming that suddenly rose up and...
PATRIOTS BEAR DOWN - WATSON'S TD CATCH CUTS DOWN CHICAGO
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amPatriots 17 Bears 13 The two best defenses in the NFL spent more than three hours punching out fumbles, picking deflections out of the air, opportunistically canceling drive after drive...
JOE-MENTUM - NAMATH BELIEVES IMPROVING JETS 'MIGHT RUN THE BOARD'
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amJoe Willie Namath was at the Meadowlands yesterday being ushered around by a couple of flacks wanting him to chat up his new book simply called "Namath." He mingled with...
NETS' TRIP GETS WORSE - ROBINSON TO HAVE SURGERY
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - This road trip just keeps crumbling for the Nets. After two late game collapses and a blowout, the defense has been the prime concern. And now there...
RENNEY TO 'D': STAY HOME
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amThroughout training camp, Tom Renney repeatedly expressed the hope his defensemen would become more involved in the attack than they had been last season. And through the early portion of...
KOBE: NETS WILL BE OK
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The season is still early. Very early. And the Nets are following their recent history. "They seem to struggle at the beginning of every season. They're a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 27, 2006 | 5:00amA Taiwanese woman obtained a protection order against her estranged husband - because he refused to stop telling her ghost stories. The wife said her horror-obsessed hubby shows up drunk...