December 17, 2007
Playoff scenarios
By PAUL SCHWARTZIt's still win-and-in for the Giants regarding the playoffs, but their opportunity to win has dwindled with two regular-season games remaining.Here's how they Giants this weekend become an...
Isles send Simon out
Islanders forward Chris Simon is in trouble again after stomping on the back of a Penguins player's leg in Saturday's loss and has been given a leave from the team.With...
Deal of the Day
Leave your country club membership at home and pick up these Golf Tassel Shoes from United Bamboo instead.The camel colored leather shoes have a 3 inch heel and a funky...
SNAPS: Searching for Edgar Allan
Helen Lovekin News of HBO's "The Wire" coming back for its fifth and final season Jan. 6 had me in the mood for Baltimore. I packed a fellow fan in...
Scene
Cosmo magazine intern Carie Merriam wears a purple and black vintage Gucci dress with a puffy skirt from INA and Steve Madden boots."I'm very avant garde, east village funky. I...
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Travolta Exits 'Dallas'
That long-planned movie version of "Dallas'' has had an even bumpier history than "Sex in the City,'' which finally managed to get before the cameras. "Dallas'' was originally set for...
Starr Report
"Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson (right) has dug deep into his own pockets - and is giving each of his 10 striking writers a $3,000 Christmas bonus, insiders tell...
Isiah never considered O'Brien
By MARC BERMANWhile Isiah Thomas was amidst another coaching search after the 2004-2005 season, Jim O'Brien got sacked by the Sixers after leading them to the playoffs with a 43-39...
BRANCH OFFICE
APPROXIMATELY 5,000 miles from New York City sits a little town called Nikiski on Alaska's remote Kenai Peninsula. Most nights of the year, that's where you'll fi nd Tom Gilmartin,...
DREAM JOB: PAUL GREEN
Kids totally rock. So believes excitable music teacher Paul Green, whom you may recognize from the 2005 documentary "Rock School." And if you missed that flick, think of Jack Black...
GO TO GREG
Q. I'm not really the party type, but you can't turn around today without having to attend one. Any tips for surviving the office holiday party season? A. Free food,...
THE ART OF DEBATE
Whatever happened to the art of debate? Lately, it's been alive and kicking, as we've watched the Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls slug it out on television. Ask 10 different...
THE SHINING
Deck the halls with the holiday's most sizzling accessories. Don't be a wallflower: Make a statement. Designers have layered on the bright color and glitter, turning out the most delicious...
PULSE SALES
LEWIS CHO 225 W. 36th St., suite 701, between Seventh and Eighth avenues; (212) 629-9329 Sale: Dec. 19, 20. Noon- 7 p.m. Wool angora sweater dress, $75 (reg. $400), silk...
'HOMECOMING' SPLEEN
IT was not only the return of Harold Pinter's obliquely mysterious "The Homecoming" after its 1967 premiere, last night's opening at the Cort The atre also marked a homecoming of...
HOW CHASE TRIAL BEGAN
TRENTON, NJ - The civil lawsuit against "Sopranos" creator David Chase is as much about services rendered as it is about dreams unfulfilled. Testimony delivered Friday in the trial being...
GAME DOUGH
PART "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire," part "Jeop ardy," the new game show "Duel" is ABC's answer to filling content during the writers' strike and keeping it entertaining at...
A KNOCK-OUT FINALE
JUST two guys are left to love New York. Tailor Made - fashion industry guru from Queens - and muscle-bound maniac Buddha will face off on tonight's finale (9 p.m.)...
NO REALITY FOR PAM ANDERSON
ARE you sitting down? Now, Pamela Ander son says she and new husband Rick Salomon are not going to do a reality show. On her Web site, the Playboy model...
STARR REPORT
Craig's (bonus) list "Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson has dug deep into his own pockets - and is giving each of his 10 striking writers a $3,000 Christmas bonus,...
BREAKDOWN IN THE FAST LANE
A foxy Philly anchorwoman - who once e-mailed sexy swimsuit snaps to a married TV talking head - became an anger woman yesterday, calling a female NYPD cop a "dyke...
'SWIFT BOAT' VS. GIULIANI
Families representing firefighters killed on Sept. 11 are setting up a "Swift-Boat"-type fund-raising group to collect big bucks aimed at sinking Rudy Giuliani's candidacy for president. The announcement could come...
BACK FOR 2ND'S
They're looking to the future but not forgetting the past-rami. Owners of the historic 2nd Avenue Deli are reopening today at a new location - 162 E. 33rd St. -...
COMEBACK ATTEMPT
Roger Clemens is not taking reports that he injected steroids in his butt sitting down. Clemens "will be on the attack" against a former trainer who accused him of using...
CITY SENDS A CLEAR WARNING TO RECYCLE-RULE SCOFFLAWS
Those who don't recycle risk getting slapped with a scarlet letter - or at least a see-through trash bag - under a new city sanitation program intended to publicly shame...
DINAPOLI BLACKLI$TS SHADY HEVESI AIDE
ALBANY - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office says it will "absolutely not" do business again with a financial firm tied to one of disgraced ex-Comptroller Alan Hevesi's top consultants, The...
FARE AND FOUL
City cabbies have a checkered past when it comes to letting passengers pay with credit cards. One Brooklyn woman says she won't even ask taxi drivers to accept her credit...
SPAN-PLAN CRY: IN'TOLL'ERABLE!
Charging a toll to cross the East River bridges would undermine the city's economy and give outer-borough residents nothing more than an "onerous tax," a group of city and state...
RED TAPE SLASHED FOR DEARLY DEPARTED
New Yorkers can now rest assured that when they die, no bureaucrats will be inconvenienced. That may come as little consolation, but city health officials say a new Web site...
NJ ADDS INSULT TO INJURY
New Jersey authorities sent a "disgraceful and obscene" notice to two grieving families - a lawsuit against them and their four loved ones killed in a terrible crash for damage...
SLY-HIGH AD
Fear not, Times Square tourists, John Rambo will protect you from terror this holiday season. Beginning tomorrow, this 78-foot-tall, graffiti-inspired image of the warrior whom Sylvester Stallone first brought to...
JEALOUS-RAGE KILLER TO BE SENTENCED TODAY
When 16-year-old Ophelia Torres' boyfriend stabbed her repeatedly because she wanted to break up, her cousin came to her rescue and died in the lifesaving struggle. But when it came...
CITY MAY LOSE TURF TO SURF
Global warming could raise the world's ocean levels twice as high this century as previously predicted, a study suggests - putting large swaths of the Big Apple at risk of...
RETURNING TO THE NEST
Who's a lucky boy? A pet parrot with a Brooklyn accent who was stolen on the Upper East Side has turned up in a Queens restaurant. The 18-year-old African gray...
APPLE WILL BE WINTER WIND-ERLAND
There won't be any snow, but the wind chill will make it just as unpleasant outside today as it was yesterday. Yesterday's wet blast of wintry weather left metro-area streets...
COLUMBIA & CITIBANK 'MODERN-DAY SLAVERS': SUIT
A black social worker and licensed psychotherapist is suing Columbia University and Citibank for allegedly subjecting him and other "first-generation, low-income college students" to "modern-day slavery" - by colluding to...
SHOT SHATTERS B'KLYN KIN
She had just put up her Christmas tree and already laid neatly wrapped packages for her beloved 9-year-old son underneath it. But after a stray bullet killed Carol Simon, 35,...
KIOSK THIEVES' BREAKING NEWS
The sleek, modern newsstands that are popping up all over the city are attractive to more than just advertisers - burglars love them, too. Since the combination billboard-newsstands hit the...
COPS 'LUCKY TO BE ALIVE'
Two gutsy female cops - who last month saved a homeless man from the path of a speeding train - were racing to help another cop in trouble yesterday when...
9/11 HERO MEETS HIS 'CELL' MATE
It took a stranger from across the Atlantic to save the life of 9/11 hero and retired NYPD Detective John Walcott. Walcott, 43, who was stricken with leukemia in May...
BOY, 9, BADLY HURT IN SI BLAZE
A nine-year-old boy was fighting for his life last night after fire swept his Staten Island home, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly after 11 p.m. on the first...
SLAM YANKEE
If you thought it was rough being a Yankee fan, talk to Benjamin Soto. While other New Yorkers have been holding their heads in their hands over the steroid scandal...
'LEGEND' LAST FILM STANDING
Maybe he is "Legend." Will Smith scored his biggest-ever opening weekend at the box office with the sci-fi thriller "I Am Legend." The post-apocalyptic blockbuster had a three-day haul of...
CLINTON A HOVER-GIRL IN HILL-O-COPTER
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA - Hillary Rodham Clinton rose far above her opponents yesterday, despite struggling in the polls, as she whirled around the frozen plains of Iowa in a private...
KERREY'S PRAISE OF BARACK A BIG O-BOMBO
NEW SCHOOL Presi dent and former US Sen. Bob Kerrey just couldn't help himself from applauding Barack Obama after endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa yesterday - until he gave...
MITT'S MISTY ON MORMONS
WASHINGTON - Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney choked back tears yesterday when reflecting on the day he learned that the Mormon Church would stop discriminating on the basis of race. Romney's...
WINEHOUSE IN WITNESS-TAMPER PROBE
British cops want to grill Grammy-nominated pop wreck Amy Winehouse over an alleged witness-tampering plot in her husband's assault trial, according to a published report yesterday. And the eccentric songbird...
LATE-NIGHT TV STAGING COMEBACK
Late-night TV - which has been a wasteland of repeats since a writers strike began last month - could be back to normal by New Year's, according to new reports....
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Manhattan A con man posing as an injured pro basketball player to set up therapy sessions with masseuses ripped them off by paying with a phony credit card and then...
NY GOP COOLING ON RUDY
FEARFUL New York Re publicans are rethinking their 2008 campaign strategies because of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's faltering bid for the White House, The Post has learned. Republican leaders, especially...
DREAMER CAN 'WORK' IT OUT
DON'T believe the naysayers. The American Dream - the fable that says if you work hard and follow the rules, you'll make it - is alive and well. Adam Shepard...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 431; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9291; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 812; Lucky Sum: 11; Evening Win-4 Sun.: 0749; Lucky...
SPITZER'S LATEST SELLOUT
Gov. Spitzer is apparently playing the part of Gov. Pander once again - this time, inviting unions to be co- managers at government agencies in devising plans to protect workers...
CHUTZPAH IN YELLOW
Give those cabbies marks for endurance - if nothing else. Fresh from the failure of two strikes and a lawsuit to stop the Taxi & Limousine Commission from forcing them...
MORTGAGE MAYHEM
SHE who would be president excoriates, as Democratic presidential candidates must, the current president and almost all his works. But she and he largely agree regarding the subprime-mortgage problem. Granted,...
GOP'S PORK CIVIL WAR
NEARLY the entire federal government would be funded by an omnibus ap propriations bill to be unveiled today after covert negotiations. In subsequent parliamentary maneuvering likely to extend all through...
CRUSH ON OBAMA?
Barack Obama's rise in the polls has many pundits comparing him to JFK. But maybe he's just a more charismatic Howard Dean. In his 2004 book, Dean described the moment...
GIVING AWAY THE STORE
IN a recent speech to the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) convention in Chicago, John Edwards modestly exclaimed, "I will be the best union president in the history of this...
MIKE THE HUCKSTER AND HIS DEM-LIKE GOP
Michelle Malkin has hit the nail on the head: Not only does Mike Huckabee sound like a Democrat, but all of the candidates running for president from the Republican Party...
ISIAH'S HOUSE OF HORRORS
Isiah Thomas is a train wreck ("A Small Mercy for Knicks Fans," Editorial, Dec. 12). Matt Engel Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Why hasn't James Dolan bounced Thomas out of the Garden? My...
CON-VICTED BLACK PONDERING NEXT MOVE
As David Radler gets slapped with a sentence for fraud in a downtown Chicago courtroom today, his old boss, dethroned press baron Conrad Black, is working on an appeal to...
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Microsoft boss Bill Gates is poised to claim bragging rights over Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer in the battle of high-end video game systems - at least for this Christmas....
A PERCH FOR HANK
Hank Paulson will have at least one job offer he'll love upon leaving the Bush administration - anchor on a new syndicated news service called Bird News Network. The Treasury...
BIZ BRIDESMAIDS
With all of the focus on the business magazine big guns like Fortune, BusinessWeek and Condé Nast Portfolio, it's easy to forget that there are a slew of other business-themed...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Cyclone, Baby Bash 2. No One, Alicia Keys 3. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 4. Ayo Technology, 50 Cent 5. Bed, J. Holiday 6. Like You'll Never...
BOY KILLED IN STATEN ISLAND FIRE
A 9-year-old boy was killed Sunday in a late night fire on Staten Island, the Staten Island Advance reported. Thomas Monahan Jr. was in cardiac arrest when he was pulled...
ONE INJURED IN MIDTOWN CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
Firefighters responded to a chemical explosion this morning on the 45th floor of a midtown highrise. The incident at 1211 Sixth Avenue left one person injured. Three floors below the...
STATEN ISLAND BOY DIES TRYING TO SAVE PETS FROM FIRE
A desperate Staten Island dad tried in vain to rescue his animal loving 9-year-old son from the family's burning home last night after the boy ran back upstairs to save...
JACKSON SPOTTED WITH BANDAGED FACE
Looking like he stepped off the set of "The Mummy Returns," Michael Jackson took his three kids shopping Friday at a Las Vegas Barnes & Noble. Jackson tried to cover...
CLEMENS: WE'LL HANDLE IT THIS OUR WAY
PINE POINT VILLAGE, Texas -- Houston Astros first baseman Lance Berkman praised former teammate Andy Pettitte for coming clean about using Human Growth Hormone -- and urged Roger Clemens to...
ALYCIA LANE TO GO OFF THE AIR
PHILADELPHIA A TV station here was busy yesterday removing all traces of a foul-mouthed anchorwoman from its upcoming holiday specials and promos, one day after her arrest for allegedly slugging...
A-ROD, BORAS NOT SPEAKING
Alex Rodriguez revealed last night on "60 Minutes" that he and agent Scott Boras are not speaking to each other. The Yankees third baseman is extremely upset with the way...
IT'S DIRTY BUSINESS
A HUGE issue has contin ued to mostly escape inspection during the years-and-counting MLB drug calamity: How is it possible no member of the MLBPA has stood up to ask...
NO. 1 HEELS RIP RUTGERS
PISCATAWAY - When Tyler Hansbrough left New Jersey last March, it was with the heartache of North Carolina's Elite Eight loss. Last night, he left with the groggy, hazy feeling...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Sabbatini shows up TigerTiger Woods shook his head after learning Rory Sabbatini had withdrawn yesterday from the final round of the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sabbatini,...
DEVILS FLYIN' HIGH
The Flyers have become such welcome guests in New Jersey since the 2004-2005 NHL lockout. They bring plenty of paying fans, but they have gone home losers for 10 consecutive...
GIANTS TAKE A 'SKIN DIVE
With the Giants seemingly all but assured of a playoff berth, Tom Coughlin last week refused to answer any questions about that impending achievement. If his team doesn't shape up,...
NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR A BIG BLUE BUST
THE Giants didn't look much like a playoff team across 60 minutes of mostly uninspired football last night at Giants Stadium, an endless exhibition of sloppiness and shoddiness that rendered...
MANN OVERBOARD
THIS could have been the game to once and for all end all the doubts that haunt Eli Manning like a dark shadow he can't escape. A victory over the...
SHOCKEY SUFFERS TOUGH BREAK, SEASON OVER
Add Jeremy Shockey to the list of players the Giants have lost because of a broken leg. This injury is as damaging as the others. The tight end is done...
AMANI DROPS THE BALL
Amani Toomer has had better days. The veteran receiver, who is in his 12th season with the Giants, has carved out a career as a reliable and sure-handed player who...
CAN'T FIT THE BILL
FOXBOROUGH - Juicy, sexy subplots filled the chilly New England air like the snow and freezing rain that pelted those fans brave enough to sit through the elements yesterday at...
DR. EVIL AND HIS GREATRIOTS PREVAIL
FOXBOROUGH - You could see Bill Belichick screaming at his defense from the sidelines as Chad Pennington, David's quarterback, was in the midst of a 17-play field goal drive that...
GOING TO THE PENN
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Chad Pennington showed yesterday why the Jets rode him for six years - and also why they benched him six weeks ago. Pressed into action for the...
JETS TAKE BAD BLOCK WITH GOOD
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Any elation the Jets got out of converting a blocked punt into points didn't last long yesterday. Not after the Patriots turned around and did the same...
FREAK INJURY KOS COLES
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - This is the way this Jets' season has gone: Laveranues Coles, their top receiver and a team captain who has been battling through injuries all year, reinjured...
TAKING THE NEXT STEPH
Stephon Marbury's father, Donald, would have celebrated his 69th birthday tomorrow. Last week, Donald Marbury would have gone out and purchased Christmas trees for the family. What better way for...
JAMES READY TO JUMP IN
Isiah Thomas' major admission that Eddy Curry will never 'be a good defender or rebounder" was another sign the Knicks president/coach has rotation plans for Jerome James when he returns,...
NETS IN THORN-Y SITUATION
The two starting inside positions, combined, often struggle to score their shoe size. The positive carryover from a truly feel-good 105-97 victory over the Cavaliers Friday night went up in...
COYOTE UGLY
When Wayne Gretzky returned last night to the Garden in an official capacity for the first time since his April 18, 1999 Great Goodbye, the Phoenix head coach would have...
ANDY SHOCKS EX-YANK CHAD
For years, Chad Curtis has been outspoken about steroid use in baseball. He has been one of the few willing to speak about the problem in the sport and the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Naughty, not nice. Canada Post had to temporarily shut down its "Write to Santa" program in Ottawa because an unknown volunteer, writing on behalf of St. Nick, scribbled at least...
Old Chanel at New online store
So, I don't know if this is old news or what, but I just read about it today, so I'm sharing... Fashion writer Holly Brubach has sorted through her vast...
One is the Loneliest Number
The Rangers scored once. The Coyotes, five times. Steve Valiquette hardly put in a clutch performance, but the team has an obligation to play well in front of their back-up...