November 3, 2007
The Night After the Night Before...and Kidd hurting?
By FRED KERBEROctober 18, 1978: Houston 139, Nets 87.See? Friday's debacle was not the worst Nets game ever.Just seemed that way. But there was more to worry about.Darrell Armstrong claimed...
Oscar Watch: 'Blood' Simple
Meanwhile, Paramount Vantage's bigger sibling Paramount is also playing the potentially dangerous favorites game, flying a print of "Sweeney Todd'' (featured on cover of the holiday preview issue of EW,...
DVD Extra: George Bailey in Color
I'd stop short of saying the new colorized version of "It's a Wonderful Life'' is wonderful, but it is impressive and probably the best colorized movie to date. Legend Films'...
Early Box Office: Holiday Thaw
The early-arriving holiday movie season got off to a spectacular start on Friday. Based on extrapolations from early numbers, Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls is projecting $47.7 million over three...
IT'S RUNNING MEN
IT'S easy to get lost in Central Park. The trails and hills wind endlessly, the Ramble is, well, rambling, and all paths are filled with joggers and maniacal roller-bladers. It's...
LAUGH INFECTION
'IT was really great to have God back," says Sarah Silverman, the country's hottest, boundary-pushing comediance when reflecting on her favorite past episode of her self-titled Comedy Central show. "That...
TRAIN(ING) FOR THE BIG RUN
MOST days, Mike Rubino puts on a transit uniform and heads into work as a conductor for the 7 train. Tomorrow, though, the 50-year-old will trade in his usual transit...
WHERE SHREK GOT HIS START
HE loved nature, art, animals, psychotherapy . . . and the occasional monster. He was William Steig - the New Yorker cartoonist and kids' book illustrator who would have turned...
WHAT'S UP
TODAY IN THE SWING: Kicking off the perennially popular Jazz for Young People concert series, the perennially boyish Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will show kids...
H2OHH!
IT'S given us diamonds, pearls and gold. And now, for its latest exhibit, the American Museum of Natural History is tapping into something even more precious: water. "Water: H2O=Life," opening...
ANCHOR DROPS CH. 41
VETERAN Ch. 41 anchor Denisse Oller is leaving the Univision station after a 20-year run. Oller, who co-anchored the 6 and 11 p.m. "Noticias 41" newscasts, alerted station management of...
BARE FACT: HUDGENS BACK FOR 'HSM3'
VANESSA Hudgens will return for "High School Musical 3" with a "substantial" pay raise, according to Web reports. Hudgens, who starred in the first two mega-rated "High School Musical" movies...
WHO IS TO BLAME
IT'S not amazing that the music of The Who, maybe the greatest rock band ever, has survived 40 years. What's amazing is that two of its original members have managed...
READY, RESET, GO GAIN 1 HR.
It's that time again - to set your clocks back an hour. We return to Standard Time at 2 a.m. tomorrow, but most of us will reset timepieces before heading...
$20 FIND LEADS TO LOTTO GOLD
A Long Island single mom who was on the verge of losing her home has won $2,000 a week for life - after buying a lottery ticket with a $20...
TEARS & RAGE AT BROKER RITE
Before an overflow crowd, real-estate big shot Linda Stein's daughter swore an angry promise yesterday to the coldblooded "bastard" who killed her mother. "Justice will be served. We won't stop...
'VIGILANTE' S.I. COPS GET BUSTED
Two Staten Island cops were arrested yesterday, suspended and charged with carrying out a form of "vigilante justice" on a 14-year-old boy on Halloween. Rayshawn Moreno said the pair assaulted,...
DEADLY VAN FLIP
A man was killed and two other seriously injured last night when a van carrying 10 mentally disabled patients flipped over on the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens after the...
'BUILD' BIG BEATS BRIBE RAP
A federal jury has cleared a former School Construction Authority official of charges that he accepted more bribes from a contractor in exchange for approving payments for a project in...
MAN SHOT AT POKER HOLDUP
A high-stakes poker player was shot and critically wounded during a botched robbery of an illegal card game in the Flatiron District last night. The 47-year-old man was blasted once...
BRAVEST CHARGED IN FIRE FOLLY
The two "Fire Fools" learned yesterday they've been indicted on arson charges for allegedly torching the front garage door of their West 38th Street firehouse last week. Cops say Richard...
TRIAL WIN FOR DJ'S STALKER
A kooky cabby who believed Q104 deejay Carol Miller had proposed marriage to him over the airwaves was acquitted yesterday of harassing the radio icon after his lawyer argued he...
74 BRAVEST BUMPED UP
John Feehan is one of those guys born to be a firefighter. Richard Gleason is another. Both men were promoted in a ceremony yesterday at New York Technical College in...
STILL ANOTHER STORY FROM THE NAKED CITY
Times Square's latest "Nude Dude" bared his soul yesterday and said that forces beyond his control "compelled" him to strip to his birthday suit and stroll through the city. "It...
'HOWARD BEAT' HATE-RAP DEBATE
Prosecutors probing the Halloween beating of a group of white youths by blacks and Hispanics in Howard Beach are split over whether to charge the suspects with a hate crime,...
D.A. PLAYED 'DUMB D-DUM DUMB'
More than two months before the murder indictment of former FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio, the Brooklyn DA's Office knew its key witness had spoken with the very reporters who ultimately...
BUSH TOUTS IRAQ SUCCESSES
WASHINGTON - President Bush gave one of his fullest updates on the war in Iraq yesterday, highlighting a host of security and economic successes. "With our help, the Iraqi people...
A&E CLEANS HOUSE OF 'DOG' MESS
The "Dog" has been kicked out of the house. Duane "Dog" Chapman learned yesterday his hit reality show had been axed by cable channel A&E. Production of the show had...
WRITERS TO WALK MON.
Get ready for more TV reruns next week. Hollywood's TV and film writers are going on strike on Monday, dealing an immediate blow to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,"...
OBAMA TO CLINTON: CUT THE VICTIM ACT
Barack Obama laced into Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, accusing her of playing a victim of sexism. "I hope that Sen. Clinton wants to be treated like everybody else, and I...
ADS AIM TO 'DRIVE' HILL NUTS
WASHINGTON - In a pair of new Web ads, Hillary Rodham Clinton came under searing attack from rivals in both parties yesterday over her slippery position on whether to give...
MCC 'COWARD' POKE AT RUDY
Vietnam POW John McCain opened fire yesterday on fellow Republicans - blasting Rudy Giuliani and other leading GOP hopefuls as chicken hawks who avoided military service. Thrusting the issue into...
CITI $LICKER GOES TO THE MAT
There were profanity-laced angry calls, hate-spewing e-mails, even wishes for her death. Yet financial analyst Meredith Whitney isn't wrestling with her conscience over the decision yesterday to downgrade Citigroup's stock...
MIKE'S 'EXHAUST'ING TAX PLAN
SEATTLE - Returning to his favorite themes of political independence and environmental activism, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday told a room full of mayors to trust economists over politicians as he proposed...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police say a man held up three drugstores in Midtown and on the Upper East Side in the past two weeks. The gunpoint robberies began on Oct. 15 when...
OUTPOURING FROM A-TO-Z LIST
BY a quarter past 11, Linda Stein's funeral had turned into a standing-room-only affair, jammed with well-knowns and used-to-bes. Plus, everybody else in between. Old Jewish women in suits and...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 002; Lucky Sum: 2 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 8052; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 785; Lucky Sum: 20; Evening Win- 4 Fri.: 5000;...
JAPAN: EXIT STAGE LEFT
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan is one nation smaller this week, as Japan ordered home two warships supporting coalition forces in the Indian Ocean. It wasn't much of a contribution...
WHEN TERROR ISN'T TERROR
When the state Legislature rushed to pass tough new anti-terrorism laws less than a week after 9/11, their target - al Qaeda and like-minded jihadists - was clear. Their language?...
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
You don't have to watch the movie "Donnie Brasco," the true-crime story in which Johnny Depp plays an undercover FBI agent who cozies up to the wiseguys, to know that...
HILL ON A HOT SEAT
FINALLY, Hillary Clinton is getting some moderately tough questions. More important: People are finally noticing that in answering questions, she follows the advice of Yogi Berra: "If you come to...
SAVING THE PARK
MAYOR Bloomberg has rightly won praise for his PlaNYC 2030 - a blueprint for a greener and growing New York. But today's urban environmental conscience can be traced back to...
RIGHT'S READY FOR FREDDY
A SURVEY by the conservative weekly Human Events, participated in by over 2,000 subscribers and other people on its e-mail lists, showed they narrowly preferred former Sen. Fred Thompson for...
BIG BUCKS AT BAT: PAYROD PLAYS THE GAME
Alex Rodriguez's exodus from the Yankees may not be as catastrophic as many Yankee fans fear. Since the World Series began, teams have won it without A-Rod or players of...
PRINCE CHUCKED
After being strangled by its own worthless junk mortgages, the world's largest bank, Citigroup, is ready to oust its embattled chief Chuck Prince - the second Wall Street head to...
INSIDERS BETTING ON PANDIT AS NEW CITI CEO
With Citigroup boss Chuck Prince expected to tender his resignation tomorrow, insiders at the world's largest bank are quietly pulling for the board to appoint Vikram Pandit as his replacement....
VIACOM NET JUMPS 80%
Viacom Inc. yesterday reported an 80 percent gain in quarterly profit, powered by strong box office sales of the hit movie "Transformers" and the sale of its Famous Music publishing...
MORE BAD MERRILL NEWS
Merrill Lynch - already knocked to its knees over the ouster of boss Stan O'Neal - got bloodied again yesterday with a crashing double-punch. Shares nose-dived nearly 12 percent for...
POKER ROOM MURDER
Detectives hunted yesterday for a trio of brazen robbers who killed a New Jersey man in a Flatiron poker room during a $100,000-plus heist that went down like a scene...
RYAN SHAY DIES
Tragedy has darkened New York's jubilant marathon weekend with the death of talented American runner Ryan Shay. The Michigan-raised 28-year-old collapsed just 5.5-miles into the 26.2-mile United States Olympic trials...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Pacman case This was the day Adam "Pacman" Jones was to tell NFL commissioner Roger Goodell he's done enough to end his season-long suspension. Nevertheless, whether the suspended Titans...
FEN-PHEN PLAINTIFFS WIN CURLIN CASE
Thanks to a Kentucky judge, Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin, a shoo-in for 2007 Horse of the Year, has more than 400 new owners. Judge William Wehr of Boone County,...
LOSING WAS A WINNING MOVE FOR THE FRIARS
When St. Anthony's lost a regular-season league game for the first time in nine years back in September, head coach Rich Reichert said he hoped it would shake his players...
EAGLES TAKE FLIGH
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College safety Jamie Silva, the former Providence prep player of the year, had two offers from Division I schools coming out of high school -...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
NAVY at NOTRE DAMELine: Notre Dame by 3 1/2. Angle: There are a lot of logical reasons to pick the Middies to win this game. They lead the nation in...
BABY, SHE'S READY!
Paula Radcliffe is developing a habit of making marathon comebacks in New York. Eleven weeks after her disappointing withdrawal from the 2004 Olympic marathon - the only marathon in her...
U.S. MEN SET TO GO DISTANCE
At the Olympic marathon trials eight years ago, only one American man qualified for Sydney. Four years ago, Meb Keflezighi became the first U.S. man to medal since Frank Shorter...
HOME IS SWEET FOR RANGERS
Despite an unusually slow start to their season, the Devils have remained in the spotlight due to the opening of the Prudential Center in Newark. Across the Hudson, however, the...
THIS DEVIL WIN 'MAD' TO ORDER
Need a Devils' captain? Heeeere's Johnny. No disrespect to last year's man, Patrik Elias, but because coach Brent Sutter put it up for grabs based on current performance, it's turning...
IT'S ARBOUR DAY AS ISLES BRING AL HOME
The walk down memory lane will bring The Great Al Arbour behind the Islanders' bench at the Coliseum tonight when the all-time, four-time Stanley Cup-winner coaches his 1,500th game for...
TIME FOR A CHANGE
Ironies abound as the slumping Jets appear ready to shuffle their stagnant offensive line tomorrow against the Redskins. Not only is rookie Jacob Bender in line to make his first...
KNICKS SUFFER OPENING BLIGHT
CLEVELAND - Isiah Thomas had no defense in federal court, and his team had no defense on the basketball court last night. This is what the Knicks may be about...
SURGERY LIKELY FOR JAMES
CLEVELAND - Jerome James said he's close to deciding to undergo knee surgery that would put him out, he estimates, half the season. James could make the decision next week...
TOWERING TANDEM REASON FOR HOPE
CLEVELAND - There was a lot not to like about the way the Knicks greeted the season last night. You can dislike their game-long inability to keep LeBron James remotely...
BACK IN BLUE?
Paul Lo Duca's career with the Mets isn't necessarily finished yet. The catcher's agent indicated yesterday discussions are ongoing that would put Lo Duca back behind the plate for the...
CARTER HITS 15,000-POINT MARK
OK, there were some positives for the Nets last night. Trust us, you really had to search for the high marks in a 106-69 defeat to the Raptors. It wasn't...
JUST PUTRID!
Earlier in the day, the Nets virtually shredded the notion of a rivalry existing between them and the Raptors. Sure, they met in the playoffs last season. But that hardly...
GOING A-WOL
The Yankees were out of the Alex Rodriguez negotiations before they even began. According to a report on ESPN.com, confirmed by The Post last night through industry sources, before A-Rod...
YANKS PICK UP ABREU'S $16M OPTION
The Yankees are set again in right field. The club picked up the $16 million option on Bobby Abreu yesterday, taking care of one of their needs. GM Brian Cashman...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It's a political dynasty, no matter how it turns out. The village of Montezuma, Ohio, must pick between two siblings for its next mayor. Daniel Huffman is trying to unseat...
110-106, Cavs
By MARC BERMANNobody nailed the score of tonight's offensive orgy on the nose. But John Shaft came closest, with Cavs 107-104.As expected, the Knicks' offense sizzled, with Eddy and Zach...