November 12, 2008
Still Out
By FRED KERBERThree and counting for Devin Harris.The Nets' point guard will sit his third straight game tonight, still rehabbing his sprained left ankle, as the Nets entertain the Pacers...
Owens suspended for 50 games
Mets GM Omar Minaya has been killed (and rightfully so) for a couple of trades he's made during his time with the team. One of them has always been trading...
Red Juggernaut Falls To Pens
Will last night's epic 7-6 loss to the Penguins have any effect on the Stanley Cup machine that is the Detroit Red Wings?Probably not, but it was fun to see...
Two kickers going to New England
By MARK CANNIZZAROFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In an intriguing move, Eric Mangini has revealed he plans on taking both Jay Feely and Mike Nugent to New England and will make a...
Oscar Watch: 'Slumdog Millionaire' for Best Picture
I'm now convinced that Danny Boyle's dazzling "Slumdog Millionaire'' is going to take one of the five slots for Oscar's Best Picture. I saw it for the first time since...
HATHAWAY'S CON MAN EX CAN'T HANDLE PRISON
Convicted Italian con man Raffaello Follieri is finding out that life behind bars is nothing like his old $37,500-a-month apartment in Trump Tower. The food looks spoiled, the showers are...
MARTE CONTRACT BREAKDOWN
The three-year, $12 million contract the Yankees gave to Damaso Marte breaks down this way: $3.75 million in 2009, $4 million in 2010, $4 million in 2011 and $4 million...
MARTE CONTRACT BREAKDOWN
FROM JOEL SHERMANThe three-year, $12 million contract the Yankees gave to Damaso Marte breaks down this way: $3.75 million in 2009, $4 million in 2010, $4 million in 2011 and...
State of the Series: Heroes
After a two week wait, Heroes returned Monday with a flashback episode courtesy of Hiro tripping on some hyena dung. Perhaps it's testament to how well executed was the first...
OFFICER'S LAST MOMENTS SHOWN DURING TRIAL
The hero Brooklyn detective who fired his weapon after his partner had been gunned down said today "his instincts kicked in" and had no choice but "to take action" even...
Scene: SoHo
Natalie Decleve, who does branding and marketing for Kiki de Montparnasse, wears an Inhabit cashmere sweater over a Mara Hoffman dress with Tara Subkoff for Easy Spirit boots, a BCBG...
Scene: SoHo
Designer Kristy Colon wears a self-made leather dress, Preen jacket, Oak boots, Miks hat and a necklace she bought at a market."My style is a complete mix of street and...
LOVELORN A-ROD WRITES POETRY FOR MADONNA: REPORT
She can deny it all she wants but apparently Madonna is crazy for A-Rod. A source told the Chicago Sun-Times that the kabbalah-worshipping Material Mom is in love with Yankees...
NEXT UP: GIANTS
Giants fans remember what it's like to watch their team get dominated by a Ravens defense. In Super Bowl XXXV, Baltimore's defense, led by LB Ray Lewis, dominated an overmatched...
Maybe Devin...And you thought Pre-Season didn't matter
By FRED KERBERWe didn't see Devin Harris work out this morning but from what we did see of him he was moving well. So maybe he plays tonight against the...
NIXZMARY'S MOTHER GETS 43 YEARS IN PRISON
The heartless mom of tragic Nixzmary Brown yesterday was hit with the maximum sentence - more than 40 years behind bars - by a judge who excoriated her for doing...
'IDOL' WORSHIP
An "American Idol" reject who was obsessed with Paula Abdul - and who was mercilessly ripped by judges after trying out for the show - died in an apparent suicide...
It's Big. But So Big?
By Jay GreenbergNo question, the Jets, who have gotten to 6-3 over a lot of nobodies, play somebody tomorrow night. Even Eric Mangini and Bill Belichick will shake on that.Mangini...
Yankees sign Marte
The Yankees declined Damaso Marte's $6-million option for the 2009 season, but the Bombers have signed the lefty reliever to a three-year, $12-million deal with a club option for a...
Webster not able to practice
By PAUL SCHWARTZStarting the workweek without the top cornerback in action isn't the way the Giants wanted to start up preparation for Sunday's game against the Ravens. That's the way...
Jr. takes it; Memphis score?
By MARC BERMANSAN ANTONIO - Thanks to the wonders of free wireless here at the San Antonio International Airport, I'm able to post the winner of the San Antonio score...
12 ARRESTED IN SPORTS GAMBLING BUST
New York officials say 12 men have been arrested in connection with a $30 million sports betting operation. Authorities say a "wire room" in College Point, Queens, handled bets on...
North Carolina's Bat Cave Not Planning to Sue Warners
The Turkish town of Batman is suing Warner Bros. for royalties from "The Dark Night.'' But Warners apparently doesn't have to worry about legal action from Bat Cave, N.C., a...
3 UP: Jenks, Manny and A-Rod
1. Bobby Jenks is available and the Mets are interested. Why wouldn't they be? Jenks will pitch next season at just 28. He is a World Series-winning closer. He has...
Oscar Watch: Citing 'Titanic,' Luhrmann Denies Bowing To Studio Pressure For Happy Ending (Contains Spoilers)
Director Baz Luhrmann, who seems to be dividing his time between editing and damage control, today comes right out and trashes a report that he is being pressured by 20th...
MINNY-SERIES ELEX DRAMA
The Minnesota Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken has become a comedy of errors. On election night, Coleman was leading the former "Saturday Night...
SOMEONE CALL JOE THE PLUMBER!
WASHINGTON - The White House and President-elect Barack Obama had a falling-out yesterday over leaks from the meeting Monday between President Bush and Obama - blemishing what had appeared to...
MCCAIN TELLS JAY: PALIN OK
John McCain's not blamin' Palin. The defeated Republican presidential candidate insisted in an appearance on "The Tonight Show" last night that his vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin, did not hurt his...
BAM CAN FIX ME$$: POLL
Barack Obama is riding a wave of hope and optimism into the White House. Seven in 10 Americans voice confidence the president-elect will make the changes needed to revive the...
UK: TOUGH ON TERROR
Your editorial ("Britain's Blindness," Nov. 3) does not fully reflect the UK approach to counter-terrorism. By 2011, the amount of money being invested in counter-terror activity will have doubled since...
HATING SARAH PALIN: THE GOP'S LAME EXCUSE
THE ISSUE: How much Sarah Palin had to do with the GOP's poor 2008 election showing. Sarah Palin is the only reason I voted for John McCain ("Scapegoating Sarah," Editorial,...
CHINA'S CYBER SPIES
GOT news for you: The Chinese are eating our cyber lunch. In the last few weeks, the media have been filled with reports of Chinese cyber spies penetrating the computer...
GITMO'S BIG HEADACHES FOR BAM
ONE consequence of President-elect Obama and his party's victory is that the issues that provoked their sharp criticism during the campaign are now about to belong to them. President Bush's...
STRIFE OF THE PARTY
FOUR years ago, as he campaigned to become Democratic National Committee chairman, Howard Dean told a crowd of cheering delegates, "I hate Republicans and everything they stand for." This week,...
GRADING NYC SCHOOLS: HOW IT HELPS
THE city's relatively new system of grading schools, A to F, was meant in part to pressure them to improve - leading to higher scores among students. Has it worked?...
SURFER'S FLUKY WHALE ENCOUNTER
That menacing shape under an Australian kite surfer is a whale- and it's about to swat him in the head with its tail. David Sheridan, 42, was 100 yards off...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 153; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 3017; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 069; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 6771;...
'GONE POST-AL' JEN 'TOONED IN ON JOLIE
Jennifer Aniston thought a Page Six cartoon "was the funniest thing I've ever seen" - but it turned out the joke was on her. The Sean Delonas drawing led her...
INTREPID BUSH'S HAIL TO THE VETS
On his final Veterans Day in office, President Bush yesterday told troops he would "miss being the commander in chief of such a fabulous group" - and said he'll be...
NATALEE GUY IS LINKED TO VAN DER SLUTS
As if the steely-eyed sicko long-suspected in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 wasn't creepy enough, he's now been implicated in a plot to sell Thai women...
TWIST ON BRA BURNING
Thank goodness it wasn't the panties. A woman who splurged on two sexy Victoria's Secret bras wound up covered with an itchy, blistering red rash - caused by formaldehyde in...
GOOGLE FLUGLE SEARCH
Now it seems Big Brother will know you're sick even before you do. Google has launched a function called Google Flu Trends, which will track which areas of the country...
JOLTED GOP CASTING A WIDE 'NET
Republican leaders sent out an SOS to their faithful legions yesterday in hopes of lifting the fortunes of a party that suffered a political shipwreck. The Republican National Committee launched...
PITT-IFUL WAY TO TREAT A VIP
A dressed-down Brad Pitt - sporting a '70s mustache and a fuzzy Alpine hat - was groped, poked, prodded and nearly tossed out of the premiere of his new movie...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Police are searching for the Flatbush bank robber pictured above. The suspect, who was wearing a bright yellow rain jacket, entered the WaMu branch on Nostrand Avenue near Church...
OUT-OF-WORK HOOP DREAMS
Unemployed basketball fans who lost jobs because of the tough economy are netting free game tickets as part of a plan to help them get back to work. Starting today,...
NYPD 'STRIP' TEEN BUSTED
A teenager who was allegedly stripped to his underwear and abandoned in a Staten Island swamp by two cops has found himself in more trouble - this time caught with...
HIKE IN GAS TAX IS EYED
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday raised the specter of hiking the state's already sky-high gasoline tax as an option for closing looming budget deficits. Appearing on Syracuse radio station WSYR,...
EAU DE 'SOPRANOS' IS NO 'HIT' WITH THE LADIES
Aqua Di Gio it ain't - not even close. But Tony "Paulie Walnuts" Sirico's new cologne "Paolo Per Uomo" smells like every lasagna-loving, spaghetti-slurping mob-boss wannabe or cheap imitation consigliere....
FDNY PROBIE DIES DAY AFTER DRILL
A probationary firefighter who collapsed during a training exercise on Monday died yesterday, authorities said. Jamel Spears, 33, who joined the FDNY in July, fell unconscious after finishing an 18-minute...
SLAIN MEALS MAN FLED TO 'SAFE' US
The Meals-on-Wheels driver senselessly gunned down during a Brooklyn delivery had immigrated to the United States from his native Tajikistan two decades ago to escape the dangerous, gun-ridden climate of...
PAULIE SEEKS SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
If you smell like you've been sleeping with the fishes, "Sopranos" co-star Tony Sirico has just the cologne for you. Sirico, who played coifed capo Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri on the...
KNIFE UNDER MURDER BED
Queens cops have recovered a knife under the bed of the 14-year-old girl whose body was found partially clothed with her throat slashed, police sources said yesterday. Investigators were doing...
MAYOR FACES REBATE FIGHT
A showdown between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council is brewing, with the mayor planning to rescind the $400 homeowner property tax rebate without the council's approval - setting the...
30% HIKE LOOMS FOR QUEA$Y RIDERS
Commuters could be facing a 25- to 30-percent fare and toll hike next year, a source on the commission weighing the MTA's funding options told The Post yesterday. The agency...
FIRED FIND AX RELIEF AT PINK SLIP PARTY
Bail us out! About 500 out-of-work employees forked over $20 last night to network, gripe and chug cheap beer at a Midtown bar. The Pink Slip Party - organized by...
YANK TECH IS ON DECK
Fans at the new Yankee Stadium will be able to pull a Babe Ruth and call their shots. Instant replays and a variety of camera angles will soon be accessible...
WACKO HACK THREAT BUST
A laid-off techie threatened to sic computer hackers on his former Manhattan employer if it didn't cough up more severance pay, health coverage and good job references, court records reveal....
PALS STUNNED BY 'HATE SLAY' WRESTLE TEEN
A few years ago, Long Island immigrant-slay suspect Jeffrey Conroy was a wiry young wrestling champion, picking up first-place trophies at grappling tournaments around the state. Somewhere along the line,...
NYU OFF GUARD
It's 11 p.m. - do you know where your school safety officers are? In a bid to cut costs, New York University - one of the most expensive colleges in...
CITY GIVES BIG SALUTE TO HEROES
A group of Air Force troops marches up Fifth Avenue yesterday with the Empire State Building looming in the background during the city's annual Veterans Day Parade. Scott Winkler ,...
BOMBERS' SUITES GO SOUR AMID BAD ECONOMY
The economy has thrown a curve at the Yankees' plan to peddle pricey luxury suites at their new stadium. The team still hasn't sold seven foul-line boxes, which cost $600,000...
B'KLYN IN 'OLD HOUSE' PARTY
It's gonna be tool time in Brooklyn. The venerable PBS fixer-up series "This Old House" has selected a 104-year-old brownstone in Prospect Heights as the first New York City home...
W'BURG PARK BUDGET VICTIM
A popular new waterfront park that Williamsburg residents fought hard to get built will be shut for the winter as part of Gov. Paterson's sweeping budget cuts. East River State...
MUNICIPAL JOB CUTS BEAT PAY CUTS: MIKE
In a split with Gov. Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he won't ask municipal unions to take a wage cut to save jobs because he'd prefer to have a smaller...
LET'S HAVE A REDO
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday were called upon to stage a massive rescue of "Joe the Homeowner," less than two months after the two companies clinched a lifeline of...
KRAVIS LOSING CUSHION
Another pillar toppled in the financial empire of buyout titan Henry Kravis yesterday when stock in his publicly-traded lending machine collapsed and its once gold-plated dividend vanished. Shares in affiliate...
MARTS CRUSHED BY WORLD-WIDE DEFLATION FEARS
The economy's stagnation is spreading to everything from $1 million homes to cheap chickens, leaving stocks in turmoil but motorists rejoicing over $1.99 a gallon at the gas pumps in...
LI RETAIL CHAIN IS FINISHED
Add another casualty to this year's list of bankrupt retail chains - this time on Long Island. National Wholesale Liquidators - a West Hempstead, LI-based discount chain with 55 stores...
REDSTONE'S MIDWAY GAMES RECEIVING A BRUTAL BEATING
Shares in struggling Midway Games Inc. - media mogul Sumner Redstone's pricey gamble on the video game business - yesterday sank to a fresh all-time low amid growing investor worry...
DEVELOPERS CUTTING JOBS
WITH most commercial sales unable to get financing, and development stalled for the same reason, brokerages and title companies have been shedding staff. And now developers are starting to make...
TIMES' DIGITAL LOSS IS NPR WIN
The New York Times is losing online veteran Vivian Schiller, the longtime leader of its flagship site, at a time when the paper is attempting to transition from print to...
THE TALE OF TIGHTY WHITIES
American Apparel's sales may be surging, but so are its legal problems. A former employee is accusing Dov Charney - the hip retail chain's famously randy CEO - of pressuring...
TONTINE'S FUNDS GONE
Unable to take the hot lights of the tumultuous financial markets, another hedge-fund rock star called it quits this week. Jeffrey Gendall, who runs Tontine Associates in Greenwich, Conn., phoned...
SUNY ADRIFT
As the budget crisis hits all parts of the state, is the SUNY system truly in danger, as one prominent trustee said this week? Hardly. SUNY's serious problem is at...
FIGHT BACK, DAVE
Gov. Paterson today presents his package to plug New York's gaping budget deficit - but the unions and special interests that run the Legislature have already made plain precisely how...
COPS VS. 'CULTURE'
Apparently, you can't expect Mayor Mike to be Mr. Austerity all the time. Only days after outlining gloom-and-doom budget cuts and tax hikes, Hizzoner was back in full pander mode...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Poor parenting and drunkenness are a family affair for this Indiana clan. Police pulled over a mother driving drunk with her 1-year-old son in the car. When they called the...
THE SECRET SCHOOL
Written by Avi Illustrated by Brian Floca STORY SO FAR: The children of Elk Valley School have kept their school secretly open with Ida as teacher. Now they have been...
THAT'S SOOOO ENVIRONMENTAL!
JEAN-GEORGES announces he's opening a green restaurant. Then $72 prix-fixe Rouge Tomate says it doesn't have table cloths because they're "green." Now Greenhouse opens up, claiming to be New York...
COOKED APPLE
FIFTEEN chefs from around the country, and two from Europe, are the picks for this season's "Top Chef" competition - which lives up to the phrase, "If you can't stand...
'ICARLY' BREAKS RECORDS
'I" caramba! Nickelodeon's new "iCarly" movie, "iGo to Japan," pulled in big numbers Saturday night, grabbing 7.6 million viewers and setting Nick records in several categories. The movie, starring tween...
STARR REPORT
The ups and downs Last Sunday night's "60 Minutes" snared nearly 18.5 million viewers - its biggest audience in a year and the fourth time in seven weeks the CBS...
MATTER OF TIME
'MORNING Joe" just got a jolt of time-delay. MSNBC has added a seven-second delay to Joe Scarborough's morning talk show in the wake of his dropping an f-bomb on Monday's...
SHOWS ON THE 'TUBE
THE brains behind "American Idol" have inked a deal to make new shows specifically for YouTube. FremantleMedia will split whatever revenues it makes from the new programming with the video-sharing...
MOVIE WHACKED
SORRY, Tony Soprano fans. There isn't a "Sopranos" move in your future - at least as for now. "Sopranos" creator David Chase says that, despite rumors, he's not planning to...
SLUMDERFUL!
FOUR stars simply aren't enough for Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," which just may be the most entertaining movie I've ever labeled a masterpiece in these pages. Great movies transport the...
CHUTE THE MESSENGER
FOR several years now, theater compa nies have dusted off war-themed plays for revivals. The latest example is this Roundabout Theatre Company production of David Rabe's "Streamers," part of a...
DRAMATIC END FOR TONY BOSS
PRODUCER Eliza beth I. McCann, who guided the Tony Awards through some choppy times, had a lot to do with the success of this year's telecast, a program that won...
IN SEARCH OF CAFÉ SOCIETY
CAFÉ Boulud disappeared just in time for its 10th birthday. Is there really a restaurant behind the gut-renovating Surrey Hotel's plywood barricade, which completely hides it from the street? You...
TOMFOOLERY TUESDAYS
NEW Yorkers have been salivating for the fifth season of "Top Chef," which kicks off tonight and for the first time takes place in our humble little restaurant capital of...
JETS' NEW DB 'DARES' PATS TO THROW HIS DIRECTION
Ty Law is on board as a Jet, despite having not played an NFL game in almost a year, supposedly ready to play in tomorrow night's Jets-Patriots clash at Gillette...
BRETT'S BEST PLAY THIS WEEK: HAND OFF TO JONES
This is the kind of game the Jets brought Brett Favre here to win, the kind of game he must win if his legacy in New York is ever going...
FORMER PRO BOWL RETURNER GETS AX
The roster casualty when Ty Law was signed was cornerback Justin Miller, whose career has taken a mysterious and rapid fall. Two years ago, Miller was voted to the Pro...
RESTLESS MARTY FINDS 'BOREDOM' REHAB CHALLENGE
The way things are, Martin Brodeur admits he doesn't watch too many Devil games. It's simply part of what's happened to his life. "I'm a parent full-time now," the injured...
TOUGH CHOICES ON FREE AGENTS LOOM FOR GIANTS
THERE'S always a storm brew ing, even amid these calm and clear seas filled with winning and contentment. No matter if the Giants continue what could be an inexorable march...
T.O.: 'BOYS CAN TAKE GIANT STEP
The way Terrell Owens sees it, the 2008 Cowboys aren't much different than the 2007 Giants, a talented team that overcame early missteps and won a championship. Despite dealing with...
GIANT STADIUM NEW TO LOCAL LEGEND
Not once has Ray Rice played in Giants Stadium, though he hails from New Rochelle and starred at Rutgers. Rice has been to the place for a concert. But this...
FLYERS FOIL BAILEY'S DEBUT
The Islanders got a look at their future yesterday, which they can only hope will distract them from their present. Josh Bailey made his NHL debut yesterday, but the Isles...
RANGERS TAKE AIM AT WEEKES
Martin Brodeur will not play tonight at Newark's Prudential Center for only the second time in the last 100 Rangers-Devils meetings. So the plan is to score goals, the same...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Steelers welcome Parker Steelers running back Willie Parker will return to practice today, and coach Mike Tomlin is optimistic Parker will play Sunday against the Chargers. Parker has played...
TEENS ARE READY TO JOIN HUNT
THE regular big-game hunting season opens at sunrise Saturday in the Southern Zone, with some changes that were long in coming and beneficial to the sport. The biggest change was...
BIG EAST FINDS ITS NEXT LEADER
In the strongest possible statement by league presidents they believe their conference finally is on solid ground, the Big East elected to stay in house to find a successor to...
GALLINARI COULD BE DONE-ILO
SAN ANTONIO - As he awaited MRI results on Danilo Gallinari's back yesterday, Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni acknowledged the Italian Stallion's season could be over. D'Antoni finally admitted he was...
STEPH EYES SPOT WITH SAN ANTONIO
SAN ANTONIO - Stephon Marbury didn't go around house-hunting in Alamo City yesterday, but the exiled point guard acknowledged if the Knicks cut him and point-guard-light Spurs show interest, San...
SPURS BRING STREAK TO SCREECHING HALT
SAN ANTONIO - Thump!!! That sound was the Knicks crashing back to Earth. The Knicks blew an opportunity last night, dropping a winnable game against the injury-depleted Spurs. The Knicks...
YI ON THE REBOUND
So what is Mandarin for "Mailman?" When the Nets acquired Yi Jianlian in June, the immediate report was the guy can shoot - with anyone. Ask about his rebounding or...
ANTI-PLAYOFF EXCUSE ISN'T ACADEMIC
UNIVERSITY presidents say they are anti-playoff because it would mean playing games in both the fall and spring semesters. I won't go completely cynical here and speculate that they really...
TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The Post's Top 25 College Football
Blown opportunity
By MARC BERMANSAN ANTONIO - This was a disappointment. The Spurs were ripe for the taking and the Knicks looked nervous and intimidated in this imposing and loud building known...
WHAT'S IN YOUR GENES?
THE LATEST social networking is not on Facebook or Myspace, it's happening at DNA-testing parties across the city. Rather than getting trashed at bars, New Yorkers are swabbing their cheeks...
A MEXICAN THANKSGIVING
Lifestyle expert and author of the new book "Extreme Entertaining," Eduardo Xol is a proud Mexican-American who seamlessly integrates his culture into his work whether he's designing rooms for the...
LATIN OUT LOUD
Fun in the Dark You'll sweat, you'll stomp and you may not want to stop. High-spirited Brazilian band Forro in the Dark have that effect on people, so don't say...
SINGER'S 'QUANTUM' LEAP
"My name is Jaime, Jaime Cuadra." That's how the Lima-based singer has been introducing himself since he found out that three of his songs from his platinum-selling CD "Cholo Soy:...
DVD Extra: Big Tuesday
Among the flood of DVDs out today is the first wave of Paramount's "Centennial Collection,'' a new set of two-disc special editions that will apparently continue until Paramount celebrates its...