November 10, 2008
Report: Jets sign Ty Law
By MARK CANNIZZAROIn what can only be described as a bizarre move with curious timing, the Jets signed cornerback Ty Law today, according to the NFL Network.Not only did the...
Sundance Responds to Boycott Calls
The Sundance Film Festival has received more than 100 e-mail messages suggesting the '09 edition be moved out of Utah to protest the reported $19 million that the state's Mormons...
Martin 6th Devil on injured list
APThe Devils placed defenseman Paul Martin on injured reserve with upper back soreness.Martin is the sixth Devils player on the injured list, joining goaltender Martin Brodeur, centers Brian Rolston and...
CARTER MANAGING IN NEW YORK -- BUT NOT WITH METS
In nine years of existence, the Long Island Ducks have become a haven for former major-league players trying to revitalize their playing career. Now a Hall of Famer is going...
Making A Mark In Dallas
The Stars made a good pickup the other day when they grabbed winger Mark Parrish off the scrap heap. The former all-star and member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic team...
PROSECUTOR: VICTIM WAS TARGETED FOR HIS RACE
Seven Long Island teenagers went on a hateful hunting trip they called "beaner jumping" late Saturday night when they beat and fatally stabbed a hard-working Ecuadorian man, a Long Island...
UFC Would Bring Big $$$ To Apple
An new economic impact study shows a UFC event would bring millions to New York. By GEORGE WILLISIf the site of red blood turns off some legislators to mixed martial...
Matt Holliday headed to A's
SI.com reports the Oakland A's have acquired Rockies LF Matt Holliday in a trade.The players Colorado will receive are not yet known.Holliday, a free-agent-to-be, had drawn interest from the Phillies...
Yankees HWL Update
The Yankee organization will not look kindly on the 2008 season in many ways, not the least of which for the struggles of its minor league prospects. While the Triple-A...
Mets HWL Update
While Daniel Murphy and the other Mets prospects in the Arizona Fall League have performed quite well so far, the Amazin's prospects in the Hawaiian Winter League have struggled -...
Spurs vulnerable
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks, looking for their fourth straight win, have a shot tomorrow night in San Antonio. With Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili out, the Knicks will be more...
I SAID WHAT?
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_418387"); Add Joe Scarborough to the infamous "F-bomb" list. Scarborough, host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," dropped the dreaded curse word on this morning's show while discussing President-elect Barack Obama's fiery...
DELIVERY MAN KILLED IN BROOKLYN
A beloved "Meals on Wheels" deliveryman was fatally shot in a Brooklyn apartment building after delivering lunch to two elderly women this morning, cops said. "I heard a 'bang' in...
Happily Never After
While discussing an upcoming segment about the right age to get hitched on the "Today Show," Meredith Vieira asks co-host Matt Lauer - whose first marriage ended in divorce and...
JENNIE RETURNS TO THE BLOCK
"I've had the same manager since I started in this business," Jennie Garth says, stressing the importance of loyalty while simultaneously explaining her choice to re-up for six more episodes...
Still No Devin 'cause he's 56%
By FRED KERBERMIAMI - Devin Harris will sit this one out, too.Lawrence Frank said his starting point guard would be out tonight against the Heat, probably sit Wednesday at home...
Starr Report: The honors class
Tim Gunn hosts tomorrow's Emery Awards, sponsored by The Hetrick-Martin Institute, at Cipriani. "Weeds" star Mary Louise Parker is among the honorees. The awards cite people for the "unflinching dedication"...
Rock the Casbah With These Morockin' Styles
Jet-setting fashion icon Talitha Getty was the inspiration for a lot of collections this fall. It started with Gucci's, and her bohemian chic legacy will roll on well into next...
Scene-Nolita
Amanda Jan Givens, a fashion design major at FIT, pairs an American Apparel men's shirt that she with an AA skirt, bright tights, Piperlime flat boots and a plaid bag...
Scene-Nolita
Georgia Barnetta, an art director from New Zealand, looks very chic in an American Apparel striped tunicdress, menswear-cool shoes from a Soho boutique, an Eryn Brinie jacket and a Marc...
PETTITTE MUST STAY A YANKEE -- OR ELSE
FROM JOEL SHERMANI know Andy Pettitte filed for free agency just to protect his rights. What, if for example, the Yankees have a change of heart and don't want him...
Pulse Sales-11/10
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GIANTS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
A look back at the Giants 36-31 victory over the Eagles:PLAY OF THE GAME With 6:25 remaining in the third quarter and the Giants trailing 24-20, Eli Manning found tight...
3 UP: Pettitte, Randolph, NY Teams
1. I know Andy Pettitte filed for free agency just to protect his rights. What, if for example, the Yankees have a change of heart and don't want him back?...
A look back at Giants 36, Eagles 31
BY PAUL SCHWARTZA look back at the Giants 36-31 victory over the Eagles:PLAY OF THE GAME: With 6:25 remaining in the third quarter and the Giants trailing 24-20 Eli Manning...
UPDATE: Rumors of fare wars
Every once in a while, someone sends me a message or rings me up and says a variation on the following. "Ryanair is coming to the United States!....what, you didn't...
Oscar Watch: Storm Clouds Over 'Australia'
I'll wager that today's Oprah Winfrey show devoted to the Oscar-hopeful World War II epic "Australia'' -- featuring satellite appearances by Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and director Baz Luhrmann (here...
MR. PREZ, ADOPT THIS PUPPY
He's the perfect candidate for the job: young, handsome, full of energy - and, best of all, hypoallergenic. Gisepy - a 10-pound Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix currently residing at the North...
JOE PIPES UP AGAINST POLS IN APPLE VISIT
Joe the Plumber - poster boy for John McCain's campaign - is now dissing his candidate. "You know, it doesn't matter if McCain or [Barack] Obama won this election; either...
BAM-HATING GI PUMMELS BX. TEEN, PAL CLAIMS
A soldier pummeled and critically injured a popular college student from The Bronx during an upstate bar brawl allegedly sparked by a crude curse directed at President-elect Barack Obama, friends...
OBAMAS ENJOY HISTORIC DATE
"I'll meet you any time you want, at our Italian restaurant." Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, had their first "date" since his historic election as president of the United...
MCCAIN'S CLASSY EXIT AS AMERICA MOVES ON
Once again, John McCain showed us why we who voted for him love him. He showed that he is a true American and a man of class. Now that Barack...
THE VULTURES CIRCLE
THE American people have spoken, and whatever our personal preferences, our duty as citizens is to support our next president. And he's going to need support: The international vultures are...
'08: A YEAR OF ELECTORAL IRONIES
THE Capitol Steps, a political-satire group, begins its current show with a public-service message advising the audience to note where the exits are. But "in the event of an emergency,...
MIKE'S LABOR PAINS
LAST Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a higher-than-he-expected $4 billion deficit by the middle of next year and proposed new taxes and budget cuts. Meanwhile, though, the mayor has continued to...
DON'T REPEAT ERRORS OF NEW DEAL
THE historical model that the Democrats are choosing to hold up as they ponder our financial crisis isn't Harry Truman's Fair Deal or Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. It is Franklin...
SECRET ORDER: KILL QAEDA ANYWHERE
The United States has been carrying out attacks against al Qaeda in such countries as Syria and Pakistan under a classified order signed by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 489; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 2642; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 648; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
ROCKY'S BELT SALE IS KO'D
The plan to auction Rocky Graziano's middleweight championship belt has gone down for the count because of the family fight over who owns it. Cancellation of the Nov. 15 auction...
NIRVANA BABY A TEEN SPIRIT
His naked splash in the pool for a Nirvana album cover is part of rock-music history - and here's Spencer Elden nearly 17 years later, still making waves. Elden jumped...
WAVE OF FUTURE: MININUKE PLANTS
Nuclear reactors smaller than garden sheds but capable of powering 20,000 homes will be available within five years from the company that gave us the atom bomb, it was reported...
007 GAL'S LICENSE TO THRILL
Sultry Olga Kurylenko, the latest Bond babe, sizzles off screen in a steamy spread for Maxim magazine just to warm things up for her flick's debut. The Ukrainian-born beauty learned...
NEW CRACK AT BAGGY PANTS
Dallas hosted a "saggy pants summit" over the weekend - part of a growing backlash against the hip hop fashion. The derriere affair was organized by councilman and deputy mayor...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * A thief terrorized two Crown Heights store employees after swiping lip balm, cops said yesterday. Adrian Taylor allegedly took two kinds of lip balm from the counter at...
SHRINK RAP ON SCHOOLS
School psychologists are spending more time on paperwork than meeting with students, city Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum charged in a survey released yesterday. Gotbaum said two reorganizations of the city's...
GIRL, 14, SLASHED TO DEATH
A 14-year-old girl was discovered viciously slashed to death in her blood-splattered Queens home yesterday, cops and family said. Sabrina Matthews' father, a driver for the Administration for Children's Services,...
SHOWDOWN FOR REAL-ESTATE BIG'S EVICTION PLAN
Real-estate baron Alistair Economakis today will face off against his tenants in Manhattan court, arguing that he should be allowed to evict eight families from a Lower East Side building...
'THUG' TRIGGER-FINGERED
"I wasn't going back to jail just for no guns." That's why rookie cop Russel Timoshenko had to die in a hail of gunfire on a dark Brooklyn street, the...
MANHATTAN BIZMEN FEAR TOLL OF BRIDGE CHARGES
Ending free rides on four East River bridges will hurt not only drivers - it would take a huge toll on Manhattan merchants, who will pass the cost on to...
MAN DEAD IN HATE STAB
Seven Long Island teens were arrested yesterday in the stabbing death Saturday night of a Hispanic man who cops say was the victim of a hate crime. Suffolk County homicide...
'SLAY NABE' SHOCK
While the city's homicide rate is slowly on the rise, one of Brooklyn's deadliest corners is bucking the trend with safer streets than its residents have ever seen. Killings in...
UMBRELLA EYE-STABBING
A Bronx woman jammed an umbrella through her boyfriend's eye and into his brain, nearly killing him, as they fought over her looking at other men, police said yesterday. "It...
SNOBS IN A SNIT AT IVY CLUB
The posh Yale Club in Midtown is fast becoming a cheesy wedding hall, with old-money members complaining of steady invasions of crowds from such lowbrow places as The Bronx. "It's...
POLS POISED TO BUST GOV'S BUDGET CHOPS
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson is heading for his first major defeat, as lawmakers appear likely to reject his $2 billion in proposed state spending cuts aimed at containing a ballooning...
INSIDE 'SCAM' THAT MADE HER $100M WOMAN
She wasn't born rich, but the Upper West Side socialite sure knew how to make money. Too bad it was through alleged illegal schemes. Dina Wein-Reis' purported plot was simple...
MASKED GANG HITS CHINATOWN
Six workers at a Chinatown travel agency were bound and gagged at gunpoint by masked robbers who made off with $28,000 in a brazen daylight stickup yesterday, police said. Five...
MIKE SUED BY POL PAL OVER LIMITS
A key ally of Mayor Bloomberg is suing him over the city's recent change to the term-limits law. Former Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari is the lead plaintiff on...
UPPER CLA$$ WOES
Elite private schools across the region are bracing for huge drops in enrollment as the tanking economy rattles even wealthy parents. At the 300-year-old Trinity School on the Upper West...
KIDS SKIPPING SMALL SCHOOLS
The city's newest small schools have become a little too lightweight - nearly half of them failed to meet their enrollment targets. Of 19 new high schools opened this year,...
WTC-REBUILD AGENCY BUSY DOING ALMOST NOTHING
Leaders at the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. have resisted Mayor Bloomberg's call to disband by claiming they have much work left to do - yet the agency's board has held...
MIKE PEDDLES BIKE-PARK PLAN
Mayor Bloomberg's drive to get New Yorkers to bike to work will gear up today when city planners unveil a proposal requiring all new office and apartment buildings to include...
ACTOR'S BROTHER MAKING A SCENE
Terrified tenants of a Hell's Kitchen walkup claim that actor John Turturro's troubled older brother has them living in fear - threatening to kill them and his caretakers, screaming at...
UPPER E. HELL ZONE
Hasn't anyone here heard of planning? Already besieged by the seemingly interminable Second Avenue subway construction, Upper East Siders now must cope with a massive Con Ed project stretching 20...
HIGH-RISE PERMITS HIT A LOW POINT
Hardly any new buildings are rising in Manhattan, a sure sign that New York's construction industry is caught in the nation's economic downdraft, trade experts say. Just three applications for...
HOME 'SICK' CITY
A Manhattan judge is slamming the city for trying to boot a formerly homeless family back onto the street over a "minor technical violation." The decision by the city's Department...
$20M TEACHER-PAY PUSH IS A BONUS OF CONTENTION
What budget cuts? Officials are plowing forward with a $20 million teacher-bonus program - even as they are asking schools to chop 1.3 percent from their budgets. Last year, when...
OCEAN AFFRONT
A Manhattan billionaire is being called a dune goon after allegedly leveling a 3,000-year-old beach formation near his 40-acre Hamptons spread. Ron Baron, the founder of the investment advisory service...
OFF-ROAD CRASH?
It's a tough time for the venerable automobile. Around the world, unsold vehicles - gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks in particular - are piling up on dealers' lots, as cash-strapped buyers...
AUTOS' PLIGHT MAY DRIVE NEW AD FORMULA
The inevitable shakeout in the auto sector may force Madison Avenue to come up with a fresh model for its business. "There has to be some serious soul searching," said...
HALLOWEEN LOW FOR HEDGE FUNDS
So much for hedge-fund hegemony. Back-to-back bruising months in September and October have shaved more than 10 percent of hedge funds' value, translating into hundreds of billions in losses, according...
BONUSES $HRIVEL
Wall Street's bonus gravy train appears to be switching tracks. Goldman Sachs and other major investment banks are mulling tweaks to the way bonuses are paid to executives as these...
MIKE'S LEADERSHIP . . .
Mayor Bloomberg last week laid out a grim picture of City Hall's finances - and his plan to deal with it. Think of it as leadership. Which is sorely missing...
. . . AND MALCOLM'S CHALLENGE
Democrats won a majority of state Senate seats Tuesday, giving them at least nominal control of that body for the first time since 1964. Or did they? Senate Majority Leader...
SAVINGS TO BE HAD HERE
Well, we suppose this counts as pro gress: Responding to cuts in his $7.2 million budget, Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion recently laid off 16 of his 77 staffers. But...
STATE GOP EYES RUDY AS SAVIOR
FORMER Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a potential 2010 gubernatorial candidate, is being urged to take over the state GOP after a disastrous election that cost Republicans control of the Senate, insiders...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A pit bull in Oklahoma jumped on the dashboard of its owner's Buick while she was outside washing it, shifted the car into reverse and then backed it out onto...
FEW SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AVERY, VOROS
CAN we please stop with the com parisons between Aaron Voros and Sean Avery? For better or worse, there are few similarities between the players beyond their shared willingness to...
GO TO GREG
I'm a college senior and am just beginning to go through the on-campus recruitment process. A major employer scheduled interviews with two dozen of us, and is having a cocktail...
DREAM JOB
DAVID BABAII FROM UMA TO SCARLETT, FORMER HOTEL EXEC IS STARLETS' GO-TO STYLIST Is the part right for the actress? Ask David Babaii, if that's "part" meaning hairstyle. In just...
THINKING OUTSIDE THE LINES
THERE are layoffs and cutbacks everywhere. The Dow is imitating an Olympic diver. Everyone's insecure and nothing's stable. Yes, times have changed - unless you're an artist. For writers, actors,...
UNDERCOVER MILLIONAIRE
CAREFUL. The homeless man you may have ignored on the way to work today might be a millionaire. Here's an intriguing thought - take a millionaire out of his or...
BOXLESS DVR GOES TO COURT
CABLEVISION'S plans to let cable-TV subscrib ers record and store their favorite TV shows without having a DVR may be headed for a showdown in the US Supreme Court. The...
HIGH HO
LESS than a week after federal prosecutors in Manhattan an nounced that former governor Eliot Spitzer was not going to face prosecution for prostitution comes a documentary from CNBC that...
LUCCI BACK TO 'CHILDREN'
SUSAN Lucci was kicked off "Dancing with The Stars" just in time to make it back for the 10,000th episode of "All My Chidren" on Wednesday. Lucci, who has played...
STARR REPORT
The honors classTim Gunn hosts tomor row's Emery Awards, spon sored by The Hetrick-Martin Institute, at Cipriani. "Weeds" star Mary Louise Parker is among the honorees. The awards cite people...
ROCK THE CASBAH
PHOTOS: Boho Chic JET-SETTING fashion icon Talitha Getty was the inspiration for a lot of collections this fall. It started with Gucci's, and her bohemian chic legacy will roll on...
A TROUPE'S MOVEMENT
WAY before Marc Chagall did windows, he worked in the theater. Painting murals, designing sets and costumes, even mak ing up the actors, he was the go-to guy for the...
'MINDGAME' DOESN'T MATTER
KEN Russell has made many a loopy film in his day - "Liszto mania" and "Lair of the White Worm," among many others, spring to mind - but they don't...
BEATDOWN SETS A FRANCHISE RECORD
Last week's game was terrific: a huge, confidence-forging road victory against the Bills that had the possibility of setting a course for the rest of the season for the Jets....
ROOKIE KELLER ENJOYS BREAKOUT GAME
Brett Favre approached rookie tight end Dustin Keller on the sideline yesterday and said, "Man, I wish I had you when I was younger." Keller was Favre's go-to man yesterday,...
JONES RUNS OVER ST. LOUIS
Thomas Jones' 20-yard burst on the game's first play from scrimmage was the tone-setter for the Jets' 47-3 rout of St. Louis. But it was his career-high third touchdown run...
AFTER BEATING PATSIES, EYES TURN TO PATS
THIS was everything the Jets could have asked for, and now they have before them everything they possibly could have hoped for. The Rams were the perfect patsies yesterday, a...
INJURY-RIDDLED DEVS GET STRUCK BY OILERS
It may be an exercise in futility, given their decimated ranks, but if the Devils are going to deal for a big-name goalie to hold the fort when their wounded...
JONES' DEFEAT SAD TO WATCH
WHEN he watches the video of his defining victory over Roy Jones Jr., Joe Calzaghe should not only admire his performance, but also take a close look at Jones. Calzaghe...
COUGHLIN, 1ST-PLACE GIANTS UP TO THE CHALLENGE IN PHILLY
PHILADELPHIA - There were plenty of reasons why the Giants should have rolled to a decisive victory over the rival Eagles last night at Lincoln Financial Field and a load...
EAGLES NOT THINKING OF PLAYOFFS
PHILADELPHIA - Cross off the Eagles as a potential threat to the Giants' NFC East title hopes. The Giants are not the Mets, and the Eagles are not the Phillies....
GIANTS SHUT DOWN ELUSIVE WESTBROOK
PHILADELPHIA - Because the Giants did not get a single sack of Donovan McNabb last night, it could have led to a key NFC East loss. Though the players on...
JACOBS REBOUNDS AFTER LOST FUMBLE
PHILADELPHIA - The Giants, two games on the Eagles in the NFC East standings, were leading 17-7 midway through the second quarter, and dominating on both lines. Therefore, it didn't...
BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD
PHILADELPHIA - With these Road Warrior Giants, football is a game of bone-crunching yards on the ground that saps the will of the enemy, and sometimes, when your quarterback has...
PSLS NOT FAIR AT BLOWOUT PRICES
HOW would you like to spend $40,000, $60,000, $100,000 on personal seat licenses - plus annual and escalating ticket costs and parking - and get a game such as Rams-Jets,...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Love scrambles for win In Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Davis Love III scrambled for pars on the final two holes, and closed with an 8-under 64, to win his...
FEW SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AVERY, VOROS
CAN we please stop with the com parisons between Aaron Voros and Sean Avery? For better or worse, there are few similarities between the players beyond their shared willingness to...
D'ANTONI'S CREW UPSETS UTAH FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN
There is a new energy on the Garden court and in the Garden stands. Knicks fans are dying for a winner and the standing ovation with which the Madison Square...
CURRY KNEEDS MORE TIME
Eddy Curry's right knee has become so painful, he needed a cortisone shot Friday. It's a troubling development in the Knicks' bid to trade their outcast 6-foot-11 center. Curry's bruised...
FRANK HUNGERS FOR MORE CONSISTENCY
MIAMI - The Nets really aren't doing an early season Dickens tribute, even if Friday was the best of times and Saturday was the worst of times. Even if in...
4-2: Team with a clue
By MARC BERMANMike D'Antoni knows where this is going - a 4-2 record for a fan base that is starving. In the post-game press conference after the Knicks punished unbeaten...
GAMETRACKER: GIANTS AT EAGLES
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Inter Takes First Place Over AC Milan
A goal in stoppage time by Julio Cruz gave Inter a 1-0 win over Udinese on Sunday to send the Serie A champions into first place, while AC Milan failed...
RBNY gets by champion Houston 3-0, to 1st conference final since 2000
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls pulled off one of the most surprising upsets in MLS Cup history, a 3-0 win over two-time defending league champion Houston in the second game...