March 22, 2008
TWO ARRESTED IN ANDREW KISSEL MURDER
Two men were arrested yesterday for the murder of Connecticut real estate mogul Andrew Kissel, cops said. Kissel's chauffeur, Carlos Trujillo, 47, of Bridgeport, was picked up Friday night in...
MADAM LANDS SOME BARE-ALL BIDS
Brazilian madam Andreia Schwartz high-tailed it back to her homeland today, as offers poured in for her to pen a tell-all and pose for Playboy. Schwartz, who was escorted onto...
The tank goes on with Nate injury
By MARC BERMANMINNEAPOLIS - Add another decimated player to the Knick tank mix.Nate Robinson won't play tonight vs. the Wolves. He sprained his knee late in the fourth quarter Friday,...
Schneider back at last
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -â Brian Schneider finally got back in the Metsâ lineup, and now the catcher doesnât want to come out.Sidelined for almost the entire Grapefruit League schedule by...
RAGGEDY ANDY
Andy Pettitte's rocky spring hit another pothole yesterday when he was scratched from a start for the second time in 10 days. And while the veteran pitcher and club brass...
Perez blasted for four HRs
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -â It was only a spring-training game, but Oliver Perez wonât soon forget the Indians.The Metsâ young left-hander was rocked by Clevelandâs muscular lineup here today, giving...
EPL: Round 31: Saturday Fixtures
Tottenham 2 - 0 PortsmouthTottenham continues its good run of form under Juande Ramos. Despite their outster from the UEFA Cup, Spurs have remained vital in the Premiership drawing with...
Huge Win for Newcastle
Kevin Keegan had to wait nine games for the first victory of his second stint as Newcastle manager and he found it with game 10. Not since December 15th against...
Ovechkin Hits 60
Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals last night for his Capitals, bringing his total on the season to 60 while helping his team stay in the playoff hunt. Washington beat Atlanta...
NEWSFLASH: PETTITTE DOWN
Thereâs always something happening in Yankee Land. This morning in a hallway outside the Yankee clubhouse Andy Pettitte was telling us about his back spasms. Pettitte got scratched from his...
Miss at your own risk: Space case
Highlights for the week of March 16Six is back for "Battlestar Galactica." A pregame show for geeksâBattlestar Galacticaâ returns for its final season beginning next Friday, but there are two...
HILLARY'S NAFTA NONSENSE
It's hardly news that Hillary Rodham Clinton has a credibility problem. The long-delayed release of her schedule as first lady offers another example. To wit: Sen. Clinton won the Ohio...
EVERYTHING CHANGES?
What if? What if Eliot Spitzer's spectacu lar departure from public life set into motion events that ultimately redeemed the disgraced governor's inaugural pledge: to change Albany fundamentally? The odds...
CAUTION: TEEN DRIVER ON BOARD
New Jersey could become the first state in the nation to require cars with teens behind the wheel to be marked with a sticker or decal. Requiring a visible marker...
CABBIES RAM TLC IN 'NO CREDIT' IRONY
Cabbies have taken a beating from the city for refusing customers' credit cards, but the Taxi and Limousine Commission is saying they can't use their own plastic to pay their...
ONLY 2 INSPECTORS TO EYE 250 CRANES
Despite official promises of a swift and sweeping safety check of the city's 250 construction cranes, just two of the city's 400 building inspectors have been assigned to the job,...
DAVE'S SCHOOL PLUG WAS A LEAK
The city's public high schools don't have an early-admissions program - unless you happen to be the governor's son. At his inaugural address Monday, Gov. Paterson proudly mentioned that his...
HOT-SHEETS GOV PUTS $$ BACK 'INN'
Gov. Paterson is reimbursing his state Senate campaign for stays at a Manhattan hotel, as his aides revealed he'd also improperly used the account to buy suits, furniture and a...
LIGHTS, CAMERA, D'AMATO
Move over, Judge Wapner. Al D'Amato, the former Republican US senator from New York, is gunning for a bench job on daytime TV. A court show that "Senator Pothole" has...
STAB ATTACKVBY CHELSEA TRANNY PACK
In a meeting of stiletto heels and real stilettos, a pack of enraged transvestites stabbed and robbed one of their own outside a Chelsea nightspot early yesterday, police sources said....
'TRAPPED AT HOME' GRANNY RESCUED
An elderly woman spent five grueling days trapped on the floor of her Queens home before being rescued Thursday by a worried neighbor who broke into the house. Rose Schwing,...
BEAMING 'BLACK' WIDOW
The disheveled widow of an FDNY fire marshal showed no remorse and mischievously grinned her way yesterday through an arraignment - even winking to her family - as prosecutors charged...
TENANT KILLER'S TAX BREAK
A 74-year-old Madison Avenue landlord has beaten a $230,000 city tax bill - and can now go back to serving a 20-year-to-life sentence for murdering a rent-controlled tenant. In a...
NEW GOV UNCLOGS CONGEST
Gov. Paterson hopped aboard a plan to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan's central business district and introduced the bill that would put the scheme in motion. After days of...
SOLEMN GOOD FRIDAY WALK
Christians here and around the world solemnly observed Good Friday yesterday to commemorate the crucifixion of Christ. In the "Way of the Cross" procession, men took turns carrying a 5-foot...
HEAT ON MOB MOUTHPIECE
The mob-lawyer son of a reputed Gambino consigliere should be knocked off his dad's case because he helped shake down a Long Island eatery, federal prosecutors argued in papers filed...
FATHER VS. FATHER
A black Long Island man who landed a light prison sentence for gunning down a white teen in a racially charged standoff now wants the victim's father locked behind bars...
MUM-ON-ELIOT MADAM HEADED TO BRAZIL
A convicted madam with ties to an escort service favored by disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was freed last night and flew to her native Brazil after a week's delay -...
RATNER'S ARENA PROJECT $AGGING
The cost of the Brooklyn arena Bruce Ratner plans to build for the NBA's Nets has skyrocketed to $950 million - nearly a 50 percent jump from the $637 million...
RAPE-SPREE BUST IN B'KLYN
A man was arrested yesterday for allegedly committing two knifepoint rapes in a Brooklyn housing project - as two of the cops who were supposed to be watching the building...
PELOSI RIPS CHINA IN VISIT WITH DALAI
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is greeted by the Dalai Lama yesterday at his headquarters in Dharmsala, India, where she called on the world to unite behind the Tibetan cause. House...
$11M MCC HAS 'POOR' SHOWING
John McCain raised $11 million for his presidential campaign last month - far less than Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama collected a record $55 million and Clinton...
SNOOPS ALSO EYED HILLARY & MAC FILES
WASHINGTON - A day after disclosing that Barack Obama's passport files had been spied on, the State Department revealed yesterday that the same privacy breach had occurred with Hillary Rodham...
KEY CLINTONITE BACKS BARACK
WASHINGTON - Brushing aside Bill Clinton's heavy lobbying, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson threw his support yesterday to Barack Obama, handing the Illinois Democrat one of the most important remaining...
LOW, DOWN, DIRTY
Depressed women have more sex than those who don't have the blues, according to a new study. A survey of Australian women found those who are mildly or moderately depressed...
KISS ME AGAIN, KATE
It appears Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson are giving their sporadic love affair one more chance. The talented twosome were seen casually strolling to a Miami movie theater last Sunday...
ROCK 'EM SOCK 'EM KID SUIT
Kid Rock allegedly socked a pack of autograph seekers, and now they're hitting back - slapping the singer with a $15 million lawsuit yesterday. Celebrity autograph hunters Michael Medlin, Carlos...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS The note-passing thief pictured above held up banks in Fresh Meadows and Forest Hills last week, police said yesterday. The crook first struck at 2 p.m. on March 14,...
MAY WANT TO WEIGH YOUR WORDS THERE, GUYS
MEN, a word to the wise: Be careful what you say. Particularly if you keep guns in the house. Janet Redmond-Mercereau was a wife euphemistically described as "full figured" -...
NOW THE OTHER
WASHINGTON - Bill Richardson's escape from the Clinton orbit yesterday was one more crushing blow to the hollowed-out establishment campaign that once traded on its own inevitability. The Hispanic governor's...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 746; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 1400; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 173; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 8161;...
WHY MAMET MOVED STAGE RIGHT
DAVID Mamet, consid ered by some to be the greatest living playwright, has proclaimed for all to hear - but few to listen - that he is no longer "a...
MCCAIN MIXUP DELIGHTS DEMS
EVEN before Sen. John McCain got mixed up by saying Sunni al Qaeda terrorists have been brought out of Iraq to be trained in Shiite Iran, Republican insiders felt he...
TIME TO INSPECT THE INSPECTORS
The old adage "the buck stops here," fits in regard to City Hall ("Keep on Building," Editorial, March 18). Inspections, or the lack thereof, of buildings and construction sites have...
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR: LESSON STILL UNLEARNED
I agree wholeheartedly with Andrea Peyser: John White committed no more of a crime than I would have done had I been in that situation ("Sending This Man to Jail...
HILLARY'S NAFTA NONSENSE
It's hardly news that Hillary Rodham Clinton has a credibility problem. The long-delayed release of her schedule as first lady offers another example. To wit: Sen. Clinton won the Ohio...
EVERYTHING CHANGES?
What if? What if Eliot Spitzer's spectacu lar departure from public life set into motion events that ultimately redeemed the disgraced governor's inaugural pledge: to change Albany fundamentally? The odds...
MORE SHOES DROP
Wall Street titans Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers had their credit-rating outlook cut to negative by Standard & Poor's yesterday, with the rating agency expecting their profits could fall as...
CIRCUIT CITY, UNPLUGGED FROM S&P, FACES SELL-OFF
Circuit City shares, which have lost three-quarters of their value over the past year, are likely in for more bumps ahead. The struggling electronics chain, whose sales and profits have...
CIT ASSET$ UP FOR SALE
CIT Group Inc., trying to quell concerns about a cash shortage at the biggest independent US commercial lender, may raise as much as $7 billion from asset sales and said...
HOOSIERS' SAD SEASON COMES TO EARLY FINISH
RALEIGH, N.C. - This would have been a disheartening college-basketball story had it happened anywhere in the nation: A coach who allegedly committed multiple major NCAA violations was forced to...
PITT SUCCESS NO SHOCK
Each day during the Big Dance, Tim Sullivan offers his best bets: VERY rarely do we jump on the public's back. Very rarely do we hop on board that mystical...
TIGER 'CRAWLING' TOWARD TOP
MIAMI - A day ago, Tiger Woods sat in his post-round interview with a scowl on his face despite the fact he carded a 67 and catapulted himself near the...
SPORTS SHORT
MLB: Bonds' case put on hold The perjury case against Barry Bonds was put on hold for three months yesterday, with prosecutors telling a federal judge they plan to obtain...
SELF-ISH PURSUIT
OMAHA, Neb. - He doesn't look like a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, does he? He doesn't seem like a coach whose every move, adjustment,...
LET'S GET PHYSICAL
DENVER - If you like bodies flying, if you like banging, if you liked Woody Hayes versus Bo Schembechler, you absolutely will love Pittsburgh-Michigan State tonight for the right to...
DUKE'S HENDERSON MAKING OWN MEMORIES
WASHINGTON - Duke's Gerald Henderson estimates he has seen his former Knicks namesake father's famous steal in Game 2 of the 1984 NBA Finals at least a million times, even...
'NOVA CAPS A LONG DAY OF UPSETS
TAMPA - Villanova may have been the last team selected for the NCAA tournament, but the Wildcats will be sticking around for a while. The 12th-seeded Wildcats (21-12) completed a...
MARCHING HOME
TAMPA - The month of March traditionally has been very good to Jim Calhoun and his Connecticut basketball team. But in the last few years, the month has been one...
CURRY-UP OFFENSE LIFTS DAVIDSON
RALEIGH, N.C. - From this day forward, "40," will have mystical meaning in Davidson, N.C. It had been 40 years since the Davidson Wildcats won an NCAA tournament game. They...
ALL SAINTS' DAY
TAMPA - Tay Fisher has a message for all of you ready to size Siena up for a glass sneaker after last night's 83-62 shocker over Vanderbilt in the first...
MARINE STANN SEEKS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS TITLE
The fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq was this week and whether you agree or disagree with the war, it's hard not to respect Marine Corps officer Brian Stann....
NCAA WEST REGION NOTEBOOK
WASHINGTON - After yesterday's media session, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins walked into the Mountaineer locker room and said to nobody in particular "I just gave a great press conference.''...
ISLES BLOCK DEVS' ASCENT
While the Islanders glimpsed hope for their future, the Devils were haunted again by the specter of scoring famine that threatens to undo their present. "Score one goal? It's not...
KNICKS AIMING TO WIN LOTTERY, NOT GAMES
Is Donnie Walsh already calling the shots? The Knicks are tanking and appear on a mission to sink to the suddenly attainable second seed in the lottery for Walsh or...
PEDRO UNLEASHED
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets aren't going to coddle Pedro Martinez this season. Manager Willie Randolph saw enough from the three-time Cy Young winner in his second Grapefruit League...
SCHNEIDER WILL RETURN TO LINEUP
PORT ST. LUCIE - Brian Schneider's on-again, off-again spring is on again. The Mets' recently acquired catcher, limited to just five Grapefruit League at-bats by a strained right hamstring, is...
NUGGETS OF TRUTH
The Nets were about as low as possible: down 17 to the Nuggets who seemed to have a fully loaded offensive weapon at every spot. So back came the Nets...
GOMEZ INJURY MAKES SO LOSS EXTRA PAINFUL
PHILADELPHIA - Until last night, the adversity facing the Rangers this season had mostly been of their own making. Now, however, it appears as though the Blueshirts might have to...
FIRST AND WANG
TAMPA - From Idle to Ace. While starting pitching remains a colossal concern, the Yankees figure to be better on Opening Day this year than last. That's because Chien-Ming Wang...
NETTLES BATTLING CANCER
TAMPA - Cancer has invaded the Yankees' family again. Former third baseman Graig Nettles is facing April 8 prostate surgery at Manhattan's Sloan Kettering Hospital. "I was diagnosed the day...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
With these cuffs, I do thee wed. A Nebraska bride-to-be traded her wedding ring for handcuffs after deputies arrested her right before her courthouse wedding. Dianne Carnes, 31, was charged...
NETTLES BATTLING CANCER
TAMPA - Cancer has invaded the Yankees' family again. Former third baseman Graig Nettles is facing April 8 prostate surgery at Manhattan's Sloan Kettering Hospital. "I was diagnosed the day...
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?
EARLIER this week, 12 D-list celebrities fox-trotted in from the periphery to partner with professional ballroom dancers for the sixth season of the hit ABC show "Dancing With the Stars."...
WHAT'S UP
TODAY JUNIE B. GOOD: If the "Junie B. Jones" series is one of the "bestest things you love," check out her onstage incarnation in Theatreworks USA's adaptation, featuring songs such...
DIGGIN' DIEGO
DIEGO'S back! The cousin of Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer is coming back to Radio City Music Hall with his posse of pals - Dora, sister Alicia, the Bobos, Baby Jaguar...
PACHYDERMS AND PRATFALLS
FOR me, it was all about the elephants. For the kids, it was about tigers, horses and a tightrope-riding motorcyclist. "Wow!" cried my daughter, Eliza, 9, as high-wire artist Wellington...
CONAN KICKS THE TIRES
WELL, this could be interesting. Conan O'Brien will visit Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" Thursday, raising eyebrows and spurring talk NBC is in full late-night damage control. That's because O'Brien will...
CBS CANS 'JERICHO'
SAY goodbye to "Jericho." CBS officially canned the little-watched series yesterday, saying the final episode will air Tuesday night. "Without question, there are passionate viewers watching this program," CBS entertainment...
SHOCK 'ROCK'
THANK God for "Sci Fi Saturday: The Most Dangerous Night of Television." Without it there would be no certifiably-instant-camp-classic "B" movies - with the exception of Troma Studios' deliberately campy...
GORDO: LONG ISLAND ROCKS!
CAUSTIC kitchen king Gordon Ramsay, the star of "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares," says that some of the best chefs come from . . . Long Island. The winner of...
PITT FALLS TO MSU
-- All this talk about brawn and brute force gets old. Drew Neitzel and Kalin Lucas let everyone know these Michigan State guys can dribble and shoot it, too. The...
Tanks a lot, Knicks
By MARC BERMANThere were Garden boos late in the game, but in actuality, the franchise did itself a favor by losing tonight, 120-103, to Memphis in a game with major...