December 18, 2007
Wasted Westbrook
Brian Westbrook's decision to down the ball at the 1-yard line rather than score in the closing moments of Sunday's win over Dallas was a selfless act on his behalf.But...
Mets sign reliever Wise
From newyorkmets.comThe Mets today signed free agent right-handed pitcher Matt Wise to a one-year contract.Wise, 32, went 3-2 with one save and a 4.19 ERA in a career-high 56 games...
Down With the Masses Glasses
I bought "fashion frames" in college. My friends still rip on me, but nothing, EVEN 20/20 vision can blunt my fascination with eyeglasses. And when I see a funky optical,...
A-Rod goes Hollywood
Two days after telling "60 Minutes" that he and agent Scott Boras are no longer speaking to each other, Variety.com reported that Alex Rodriguez has signed with a personal manager...
A-Rod goes Hollywood
Two days after telling "60 Minutes" that he and agent Scott Boras are no longer speaking to each other, Variety.com reported that Alex Rodriguez has signed with a personal manager...
Twin Reserve
By FRED KERBERCan't blame Lawrence Frank for trying. He's tried virtually everything else so tonight, Josh Boone and Sean Williams start in place of Jason Collins and Malik Allen.And if...
'Desperate' Fans Get Answers
The episode, the second of a two-part "Housewives" cliffhanger, was supposed to air later this season and is the last "Housewives" episode completed before the writers' strike began Nov. 5.ABC...
Scene
Actress Yaya DaCosta wears a cool dress from Bebe, with earrings she picked up from a local artist on the street in Harlem."My look is, 'it's winter and I'm trying...
Updated playoff scenarios
As of Tuesday morning, the Giants can clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie at Buffalo, or a loss or tie by Washington (at Minnesota) and New Orleans...
Breaking News: Jackson Settles with New Line, He'll Produce Two 'Hobbit' Flicks
Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh "will serve as executive producers of two films based on 'The Hobbit''' to be shot simultaneously, New Line Cinema announced today. The flicks...
Why did Isiah do it?
By MARC BERMANI have thought long and hard on what motivated Isiah Thomas to go off on his "no heart, no pride, no courage'' rant last night.Teflon Thomas does nothing...
Deal of the Day
This isn't your garden variety preppy sweater vest.The Inhibit Cashmere Trapeze number is an adorable halter with a slouchy back that will add a bit of downtown a edge to...
Starr Report
The show, starring Ricky Gervais (right) as extra-turned-sitcom-star Andy Millman, aired for two seasons, capped by Sunday's special 90-minute "finale" episode. The DVD includes the finale episode and the complete...
OCD Annals: Latest From Bedford Falls
"It's a Wonderful Life'' begins a one-week run tomorrow at the IFC Center, so I interviewedJimmy Hawkins, who played the youngest of the Bailey kids in the Frank Capra classic...
GETAWAYS: A civilized New Year's
Escape is on the mind of many a New Yorker, come New Yearâs Eve.Letâs see. Where to begin. The overpriced and oversold events? What of the Times Square cattle call?...
ADS: Translation, please!
Of late there has been a rash of brand advertising in this metropolis of ours. Every destination, from Italy to Quebec, seeks to remind us how fantastic they are, and...
Mayweather Expecting 1 million buys
Floyd Mayweather is confident when the final numbers are totaled weeks and even months from now, his Dec. 8 fight with Ricky Hatton will have attracted at least one million...
AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS
How do you say Merry Christmas in Italy? Buon Natale. Here's a look at Christmas, Italian-style. In Italy, the holidays are full of family, food and fun. But there are...
4 SCORE!
IT takes a village to find the perfect Christmas gift - or, in this case, it takes four. The city's four holiday markets are ideal spots to power through your...
ITERNATIVES
THERE'S alt-rock, alt-country, alt-pop, and now there's finally a viable alternative to the iTunes Store - reliable and easy-to-use other options to buying music off of iTunes. Why, you ask,...
12 ALBUMS OF CHRISTMAS
SICK of hearing the same cheesy holiday songs blaring at you from every speaker in town? Here are The Post's picks for 12 holiday-themed albums - with both traditional and...
MPFREES
Download these free MP3s now through Friday at nypost.com: * Skid Row, "Jingle Bells" This hair-metal version of the nondenominational classic from "Monster Ballads Xmas" encourages drunken singalongs, air guitar...
BERNSTEIN TRIBUTE A BEST SIDE STORY
TEY'RE calling it "Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds," but it's more like "Lenny-palooza" - a giddy outpouring of concerts, screenings and class room music-making honoring Leonard Bernstein. Carnegie...
CITY DEBUT-IFUL
A young ballerina's life is full of stones - stepping stones and milestones. One special milestone is the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" - and with...
STARR REPORT
'Extras' special With the critically ac claimed series finale of "Ex tras" now history (it aired Sunday), HBO isn't wasting much time releasing the show's entire run on DVD in...
ROBIN TAKES 'GMA' BREAK
'GOOD Morning America" host Robin Roberts is taking the rest of the year off to recover from the effects of breast cancer and chemotherapy. "I wanted to let you know...
'READY TO FIGHT'
WHOOPI Goldberg, who's supposed to add a touch of niceness to "The View's" post- Rosie O'Donnell era, mixed it up with co-host Sherri Shepherd yesterday. Whoopi got the freshman coffee...
NEW YORK IN LOVE
NEW York loves Tailor Made - and she lives with him in Queens. George Weisgerber (whose nickname is Tailor Made) last night was seen finally winning over the heart of...
LAST CHANCE TO BE 'LOSER'
WHO will be the fatty with the leastest? Tonight's "Biggest Loser" finale will be the first of its kind for two reasons. One is that it's the first time that...
'CSI:NY' WENT ON WITHOUT WRITERS
THE last new episodes of "CSI: NY" are set to air, most likely in January, The Post has learned. Of the new three episodes, two were completed by CBS personnel...
SLICE OF 'LIFE'
JIMMY Hawkins was all of 4½ years old when he appeared as Tommy Bailey, the youngest of James Stewart's children, in the holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life." It was...
'DESPERATE' FANS GET ANSWERS
Fans of "Desperate Housewives" will learn Jan. 6 who was hit hard, and maybe killed, by the devastating tornado on Wisteria Lane. The episode, the second of a two-part "Housewives"...
MERRY ASTHMAS
THE holidays are a time for family, friends, gifts - and possibly asthma. Now, I know what you're thinking: This guy's a downer! But while most people associate Christmas trees...
IF TODAYS YOUR BIRTHDAY
A sudden attraction will take you by surprise and before you know it you will be head- over-heels in love. Whether or not the affair lasts remains to be seen...
DA DEMANDS 'E-VIDENCE
ALBANY - E-mails and BlackBerry messages that may show that Gov. Spitzer or his top aides encouraged former Communications Director Darren Dopp to lie in a controversial sworn statement are...
CURIOUS TYLER LIVS & LEARNS
Liv Tyler pops out of her Greenwich Village brownstone yesterday to see what the commotion is all about - and finds firefighters marking off the scene of a manhole explosion....
BOYS RESCUE 'TRASH' BABY
An hours-old baby girl was found alive in a Queens construction-site Dumpster last night by two teenage brothers who heard her crying as they passed by on skateboards. The baby,...
STATION DROPS 'RAGE' ANCHOR FROM SPECIAL
PHILADELPHIA - A TV station here was busy yesterday removing all traces of a foulmouthed anchorwoman from its upcoming holiday specials and promos, one day after her arrest for allegedly...
SANITMEN HIT RECYCLE SCOFFLAWS
A sanitation swat team yesterday descended on two of the six Brooklyn buildings that have been slapped with the scarlet litter for continually failing to recycle. The buildings were ordered...
SEX-TEACH CAGED
A former Queens math teacher yesterday was sentenced to one to three years behind bars for having sex with a 14-year-old female student - whom he continued to see after...
'HISTORIC' TAG TO CURB DUMBO BUILDING
Development in the city's fastest-growing neighborhood could soon hit the brakes. The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission today will vote to designate as historic more than 20 blocks of prime real...
HIZZONER THE ROAD WORRIER
All things considered, roads here are in "pretty decent shape," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday as he announced that one-quarter of the city's streets have been repaved during his administration. "When...
COPS KNOW WHO KILLED CHRISTMAS-TREE MOM
Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of a Brooklyn mom killed by a stray bullet as her 9-year-old son watched in horror, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Carol...
'ALL A BLE$$ING'
More than 1,400 families have collected $740,000 in the first payout from the city's daring two-year experiment that rewards the poor with hard cash for doing good, officials said yesterday....
COMMITTEE ON BOARD FOR MTA'S FARE HIKE
The proposed subway and bus fare hikes cleared their first hurdle yesterday - and the rest appears to be a formality. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's finance committee approved an increase...
PRINCETON 'VICTIM' INJURED HIMSELF
For a right-winger, he was liberal with his lies. A Princeton University junior who claimed last week he was viciously beaten because of his conservative views, confessed yesterday he injured...
FLOCK PARTY
It's quite a feather in our cap - 7,765 birds were at home in Central Park over the weekend, the largest number counted there in the last five years. "The...
CHEM BLAST AT NEWS CORP. HQ
A flash fire caused by a chemical spill during a safety inspection erupted in the News Corp. building in Midtown yesterday, injuring five people, including a firefighter. The 10:39 a.m....
WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN QUEENS BAR
Two men who had been asked to leave a Queens bar returned before closing time early yesterday, fatally shot a 24-year-old Corona woman, and wounded a patron with whom they'd...
BROOKLYN PRECINCT IS PROBED
The Brooklyn DA and NYPD Internal Affairs are again probing a troubled unit after two undercover cops were taped using racial slurs and a third racked up an extraordinary number...
PERVERT COP GETS 4 YEARS
A perv cop convicted of sexually assaulting two women while in uniform was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday, with a judge saying that he used "the power of...
MIKE OPEN TO OPTIONS ON CONGESTION PRICING
Mayor Bloomberg would consider alternatives to congestion pricing as long as the options reduce the number of cars coming into the city, generate significant revenues for mass transit and are...
DEADLY DASH
A 9-year-old Staten Island boy escaped with his family from their blazing home - only to perish when he slipped from the safety of his mother's side and ran back...
HE'S 'CHASE' UNDER FIRE
TRENTON, NJ - "Sopranos" creator David Chase was no goodfella when he reneged on his word to compensate the Mafia-wise former judge who helped him get his TV enterprise off...
VAN-STRIKE FOES REACH AGREEMENT
Drivers for disabled New Yorkers - who have been on strike for more than a week - hashed out an agreement with the van companies yesterday. But the drivers will...
JUDGE MULLS BUMPING LAWYER OFF KERIK CASE
A federal judge yesterday seemed to side with prosecutors seeking to subpoena the lawyer for disgraced ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. Judge Stephen Robinson delayed making a final decision at yesterday's...
FOXY TONES IT DOWN FOR COURT DATE
Inga Marchand looked decidedly less Foxy during a court appearance in Brooklyn yesterday. The repeat-offender rapper, better known as Foxy Brown, says she's been humbled by her prison stint on...
'CRUELLA' & HUBBY GUILTY
"Yes! Thank you!" Enung, a 46-year-old Indonesian maid, broke into a huge smile yesterday when told that her millionaire employers - a Long Island couple she knew as "the mister"...
LATE GUYS TURN INTO 'CAVE' MEN
Conan O'Brien and David Letterman might have to shave their mountain-men beards soon and jump back into their formal late-night duds. O'Brien, Letterman and Jay Leno could all be back...
'93 CLUB KILLERS GUILTY
A nightclub owner and bouncer yesterday were convicted of murder in the nearly 15-year-old slaying of an unruly patron who was tossed out of a Queens bar and executed in...
THE OLDEST BACHELOR DIES AT 116
The world's oldest man has died at the age of 116 - a century-plus of good living he chalked up to single-minded nonwedded bliss. Former Ukrainian farm hand Hryhoriy Nestor...
CASTRO IS AT LAST READY TO BID ADIOS
Despite months of rumors that he has a fatal illness, it was the first time Castro himself has spoken of his possible departure. The retirement of the 81-year-old leader, who...
LOSING FACE
Michael Jackson might not recognize that man in the mirror anymore.The one-time King of Pop's career has been fading for years, and now his face could be headed in that...
MIKE EYES '08 TEAM
Mayor Bloomberg's aides have been reaching out to consultants from his past campaigns about whether they are free for a possible 2008 White House bid - including one who helped...
HUCK'S CROSS-OVER APPEAL
A large white "cross" hovers like a subliminal message behind Mike Huckabee in his latest TV ad, in which the Republican hopeful celebrates Christmas and mentions Jesus. The unmistakable cross,...
HOLIDAY SPIRIT GOES POSTAL
Just stamp yesterday the busiest mailing day of the year. The US Postal Service estimated that nearly 1 billion pieces of mail were sent, including 275 million cards and letters,...
JOE IN MCCAIN MUTINY
WASHINGTON - It's not exactly Oprah, but it's John McCain's biggest endorsement yet. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the independent from Connecticut who was the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2000, yesterday announced...
RUDY LOOKS PAST IOWA
There are 16 days to Iowa's Jan. 3 presidential caucus and Rudy Giuliani's next public campaign stop will be tomorrow in - Missouri. That's right. Giuliani, who has apparently written...
REV. AL CANCELS ON BUBBA
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday postponed a meeting with Bill Clinton on the campaign trail in South Carolina, where Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead over Barack Obama...
ROGER NOW A DODGER
PINE POINT VILLAGE, Texas - A defiant Roger Clemens yesterday brushed aside questions about his role in the baseball doping scandal that threatens his Hall of Fame legacy. "I'm not...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A woman's body was found floating in the East River near the Lower East Side yesterday, police said. Cops made the gruesome discovery at about 2:30 p.m. in the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 651; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 6052; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 783; Lucky Sum: 18; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 9599; Lucky...
TRANSIT KNOW-NOTHINGS
Everyone wants reliable mass transit, but no one wants to pay for it: No matter the funding plan, there are always critics - and last weekend's dissing of yet another...
JOE'S STRAIGHT TALK
Sen. Joe Lieberman lived up to his repu tation for principled, independent stands yesterday - breaking ranks with Democrats to endorse Republican Sen. John McCain for president. Though he and...
THE HOMELESS 'VETS' WHO AREN'T
THE homeless-advocacy industry always puts the most sympathetic face on its "clientele." It works desperately to divert attention from alcoholics, drug users, schizophrenics, and fat panhandlers holding signs reading: "Hungry."...
STIFFING THE FDNY
A DISCONNECTED stand pipe has been blamed for the Aug. 18 deaths of FDNY firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino on the 17th floor of the Deutsche Bank building at...
WHY GIULIANI NEEDS A MIRACLE
THE National Intelligence Estimate arguing that Iran gave up its nuclear- weapons program back in 2003 went public two weeks ago, instantly lessening the urgency of the domestic debate over...
JUICED 'GREATNESS': AMERICA'S TRUE PASTIME
Baseball players are making outrageous salaries, and because of that fans have to pay too much to go to ballparks ("Disgrace," Dec. 14). Maybe now is the time to ask...
ONLINE GAMBLING LOSES BET ON US OK
Online gambling firms were dealt a big blow yesterday after Europe agreed to settle a trade dispute that could have forced the US to legalize Internet betting. European online gambling...
SUBPRIME SAVIOR
Take that, Stan O'Neal. Merrill Lynch's new CEO John Thain is bringing back a senior executive who was axed by then-CEO O'Neal after warning that the firm's inventory of subprime...
NEW OIL WAR WAGED ON WALL AND BROAD STS
IT may be damn chilly outside but people are getting hot about Wall Street energy traders picking their pockets. The issue: fuel costs, of course. The conclusion: financial speculators are...
SWEDE & SOUR
H&M's sales have been lukewarm despite a hot collection of fashions from famed designer Roberto Cavalli. The Swedish retail giant, which is known officially as Hennes & Mauritz and operates...
BUD BREWER EYEING FERRELL FOR SUPE AD
Hollywood funnyman Will Ferrell, who never seems to tire of starring in sports comedies, appears to be headed for the biggest event of all - the Super Bowl. The comedian...
DOWN TO THE WIRE
Hedge-fund giant Cerberus Capital Management, run by secretive billionaire Stephen Feinberg, continued tense negotiations last night with United Rentals in an effort to salvage the $7 billion leveraged buyout of...
BLACK'S DEPUTY GETS 29 MONTHS
David Radler, the star witness against Conrad Black at the dethroned press baron's fraud trial, got sentenced to two years and five months behind bars yesterday for his role in...
HEY! WE STILL LIVE HERE
TO put up its glamorous new office tower on Eighth Avenue between 54th and 55th streets, Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties might have to build on top of a tiny tenement...
ALYCIA LANE CALLS PA GOV AFTER ARREST
PHILADELPHIA -- A TV news anchor accused of punching a New York police officer in the face has started a scheduled vacation early so she can deal with her legal...
GOLDMAN SACHS WORKERS GET AVERAGE $600K FROM SANTA
It sure beats a Christmas ham. The average bonus this year at investment bank Goldman Sachs is about $600,000, Reuters reported. The bonuses come from a pool that totals a...
AMY WINEHOUSE ARRESTED: REPORT
Amy Winehouse was arrested in London in connection with an investigation into an alleged witness-tempering plot, Sky News reported. The troubled singer was arrested "by appointment," at an east London...
JAMIE LYNN SPEARS PREGNANT
JAMIE LYNN SPEARS PREGNANT
DON'T GET FOOLED BY FRESHMAN HYPE
COUNT me among the guilty. The Jimmy V Classic was played in the Garden two weeks ago, and in advance of the doubleheader, we hyped the appearance of three of...
SPORTS SHORTS
GRID: WVU job covetedTerry Bowden has expressed interest in succeeding Rich Rodriguez as West Virginia's head coach. Bowden, who grew up in Morgantown and attended WVU, has been out of...
NAULTY HAS 'REMORSE' FOR 'ROID USE
Only once in the 409-page Mitchell Report does the word "remorse" appear. It did not come from Bud Selig or Don Fehr, but Dan Naulty, a pitcher with a career...
BROKEN JUSTICE
THE NBA's brand of jus tice continues to bewilder and disfigure. The Suns' chances of beating the Spurs in the playoffs were vastly diminished last May when commissioner David Stern...
BILL-DOZERS
They got 'em right where they want 'em. Sure they do. "That's the best place for this team, backs against the wall, hear the whole hoopla this week from the...
BOSS HOPING TO MAKE SHOCK WAVES
Kevin Boss actually managed to chuckle a bit when asked how he'll replace Jeremy Shockey. "This is what I've been preparing myself for all year," said Boss, a rookie from...
GONE WITH THE WIND
QUARTERBACKS F How about a 'yuk' for every incompletion thrown by Eli Manning (18 of 52, 184 yards, 1 TD)? Sorry, don't have space for all 34 of them. Even...
SHADES OF BLUE
IF you are a Giants fan this week, then the way your stomach feels and the way your brain chooses to process information has as much to do with who...
HEAD-CASE ISLE TOLD: GO GET HELP
Chris Simon's unconscionable act of knocking down Pittsburgh's Jarkko Ruutu and then stomping him with his skate on Saturday will be the last thing Simon does in an Islander uniform...
ALMOST AN UPSET
QUARTERBACKS D+ Kellen Clemens (0-1, INT) lasted two plays before being knocked out with a rib injury. Chad Pennington (25-38, 186 yards, 77.3 rating) kept the Jets close. Brad Smith...
QB SHUFFLE
Not once, but two, three, four, even five times Eric Mangini was presented with the opportunity yesterday to clarify what appears to have become a cloudy Jets quarterback picture -...
IRATE ISIAH: OUR HEART'S MISSING
An irate Isiah Thomas last night lashed into his Knicks with more fire than he has in his two seasons as coach following their latest humiliating massacre - ranting the...
MAYBE HERB CAN REACH THESE BASKET CASES
If the Nets had been telling themselves not to despair, they now understand just how bad they are. Saturday they lost to the Knicks for the second time in 11...
'GUARANTEE' THAT WASN'T SPURS INDY
The Knicks are even being burned by erroneous guarantees attributed to them. The Pacers were pumped by an inaccurate rumor that center Eddy Curry guaranteed a Knicks victory during yesterday's...
IT'S A BIG SHAKEUP FOR NETS
When the Nets take the court tonight against Sacramento, they'll have a different look - and no, it's not because they traded Jason Kidd. Lawrence Frank finally pulled the trigger...
DESPERATE RENNEY SHUFFLES RANGER DECK
There have been two main storylines with the Rangers this season: A) Look at all this talent! They can't lose a game! B) Look at all this talent! Why do...
MO: ANDY WAS RIGHT TO ADMIT HGH USE
Mariano Rivera believes other players who used performance-enhancing drugs should follow Andy Pettitte's lead and admit it. "The best thing to do is bring it out, start new and put...
KNICKS FAN EJECTED FROM GARDEN FOR "FIRE ISIAH" SIGN
What do you do when your team stinks and your coach isn't doing anything to make them better? Eject this fan for complaining about it. That's what officials at Madison...
UNION MAY RE-OPEN CONTRACT
The ripples of the Mitchell Report are spreading. The Players Association agreed to meet with Major League Baseball to begin negotiations about re-opening the collective bargaining agreement to include recommendations...
START THE PARTY!
BEFORE you go shredding the shrink-wrap off of that '08 calendar like some rabid badger, first things first: get drunk and try to kiss random people at a New Year's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Where's the fire? A fire chief in Maine has been busted on DWI charges after racing his truck past his home, with lights on and sirens blaring, even though there...
Blame the loss on me
By MARC BERMANYou might have heard about Eddy Curryâs fake guarantee that motivated the Pacers last night. Even AP ran a separate. As you know, Curry didnât guarantee a thing....
Chris Simon Must Go
Chris Simon has added stomping on Jarkko Ruutu with a sharp skate blade to an already long resume of cowardly, despicable acts of utter disregard for his fellow competitors. After...
Ticket information
The Yankees will begin the 2008 season, their last in the current Yankee Stadium, at home on Monday, March 31 at 1:05 p.m. vs. the Blue Jays.The Yankeesâ home schedule...