December 15, 2008
Wake Up Your Holiday Makeup!
Tis the season to shake up your look.From the bold beauty junky - hello Sephora glitter eyes and MAC's red, red lips - to the city sophisticate - Yves Saint...
Scene-Mango Flagship Store Party
Model Rachel Alexander wears a vintage dress, Anton shearling coat, YSL shoes and a Burberry bag."I like rock n roll, motorcycle looks, and a little bit of Goth," says Alexander.
COP INDICTED IN TIMES SQUARE BIKE 'ASSAULT'
A rookie cop has been indicted on charges of viciously knocking a cyclist off his bike during a Times Square demonstration last July, law enforcement sources said today. Patrick Pogan,...
INFLIGHT: Free wireless on Delta!
Passengers boarding the Delta Shuttle from LaGuardia to Boston and Washington will be in for a surprise tomorrow: Free wireless.That's right -- five of the MD-88 planes plying those two...
Big Black and Blue lick wounds
BY PAUL SCHWARTZSeeing what their running game has devolved into without Brandon Jacobs, the Giants are eager to get their bruising running back on the field for Sunday's NFC showdown...
LIST OF MADOFF VICTIMS GROWS
Daily News owner and real-estate mogul Mort Zuckerman today revealed that his charity lost a whopping $30 million in swindler Bernard Madoff's alleged investment Ponzi scheme. "That amount represents more...
How (and Where) the Sausage is Made
Food Network is opening its kitchen doors for some lucky foodie fans.For the first time, fans will be able to see where the network's recipes are created and perfected by...
Is Derrick Coleman broke?
It's tough to figure what Derrick Coleman is up to.The former Syracuse star and Nets player held an estate sale through Sherwood Studios in Farmington Hills, MI. The first reaction...
Vilma situation hurts Jets
The NFL Network is reporting that the Saints will not extend the contract of LB Jonathan Vilma, which is not good news for the Jets and Giants. If the Saints...
Vilma situation hurts Giants
The NFL Network is reporting that the Saints will not extend the contract of LB Jonathan Vilma, which is not good news for the Jets and Giants.If the Saints had...
CAROLINE KENNEDY SEEKING SENATE SEAT
Caroline Kennedy, the first daughter of Camelot, has decided to seek Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate seat - a decision that rocks the landscape of the race to be appointed...
JAYS OUT OF RUNNING FOR FURCAL
The Rafael Furcal sweepstakes are down to three teams. I have heard the Blue Jays have dropped out because the bidding got too rich. That leaves the perceived front-running A's,...
Harrington wins weekly honor
By MARC BERMANPHOENIX - Al Harrington has won Eastern Conference Player of the Week. His success since the trade has been slightly overlooked because of all the other sidebar stories,...
Hot Stove update, Dec. 15
The Boston Herald reports the Red Sox are offering 1B Mark Teixeira "a likely eight-year contract worth somewhere between $145 [million] and $175 million, possibly more. That may or may...
Pulse Sales-Marc Jacobs
MARC JACOBS163 Mercer St., between Houston and Prince streets; 212-343-1490Sale: Dec. 13-14. Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m.Handbags from $100-$300.MCM519 8th Ave., between 35th and 36th streets; 212-729-9069Sale: Dec. 15-18....
TIGER'S CADDIE AND MICKELSON FEUD
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were never good friends. But now Woods' caddie, Steve Williams, has made the situation a lot more awkward. At a charity event in New Zealand,...
VC's baaack...A key stretch starts tonight
By FRED KERBERTORONTO - Only eight local media guys, about half holding cameras, showed for Vince Carter's twice-a-year "I'm back in Toronto" morning talk. V.C. patiently covered lots, much of...
Jose Francisco Torres & Pachuca in FIFA Club World Cup semis
By BRIAN LEWISU.S. National Team newcomer Jose Francisco Torres started and played 68 minutes in Pachuca's 4-2 FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinal win over Al Ahlyon Friday. The victory lifted...
Pulse Sales-Betsey Johnson
BETSEY JOHNSON145 W. 44th St., between Sixth Avenue and Broadway; 212-789-7546Sale: Dec. 17-19. Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.Sequin party dresses for $75.JIMMY CHOO236 W. 27th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues;...
Deal of the Day-The Gap
Get both the tartan and three quarter sleeve coat trend this year by picking up this Plaid Belted Coat from the Gap.Marked down to $89.99 from $138, the trench coat...
Further Evidence That Will Smith Suspects He's Much More Than Just the World's No. 1 Movie Star
"It's cool to have the goal of being the biggest movie star in the world. But why?,'' Will Smith told journalists over the weekend at a promotional stop for "Seven...
TODAY'S TEN: HOTTEST NY RED CARPET MOMENTS OF 2008
Sometimes, when Hollywood wants a big city, star-studded movie premiere, they have to go East. In 2008, it seemed like every big movie premiered in the Big Apple. James Bond,...
EX-'SOPRANOS' ACTOR TAKES STAND AT MURDER TRIAL
Two-bit actor Lillo Brancato testified today that he was "dope sick" - suffering withdrawal symptoms - on the day an off-duty cop was shot and killed. "I was now becoming...
L-U-C-K, Luck, Luck, Luck
Eric Mangini may not want to admit it but his team was more lucky than good yesterday. Dick Jauron gift-wrapped a win for the Jets after they looked like they...
Barca and Juve Win Big Games
Barcelona celebrated a 2-0 win over rivals Real Madrid with goals by Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi to move eight points clear in Spain, while in Serie A's big match,...
GIANTS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
PLAY OF THE GAME The Giants were in a low-scoring dogfight with the Cowboys, trailing 7-3 early in the third quarter when they finally looked as if they had something...
3 UP: THE CASE AGAINST MIKE CAMERON
Two of pieces of personal housekeeping before we get to 3 UP:1. I will be co-hosting the 3-6 p.m. show all this week on XM 175, MLB Home Plate. If...
THE CASE AGAINST CAMERON
FROM JOEL SHERMANTwo of pieces of personal housekeeping before we get to 3 UP:1. I will be co-hosting the 3-6 p.m. show all this week on XM 175, MLB Home...
'LION KING' BLING SUIT
One of the Broadway producers behind "The Lion King" is being sued for allegedly bouncing more than $2 million in checks to a Madison Avenue jeweler. The jeweler, Graff Diamonds,...
THE SCOFFLAW KING
The city's No. 1 parking-ticket scofflaw is a 30-year-old insurance broker from Long Island, records show. PHOTOS: Alexander Khamish Alexander Khamish earned the dubious distinction of wracking up an $81,039...
WIFE, KIDS SKIP VITO'S SI FAREWELL
Embattled Rep. Vito Fossella - his estranged wife nowhere to be seen - bid adieu to his political life yesterday, but left the door open for a future run for...
WEINER RAPS PLASTIC WRAPS
Deck the halls with boughs of . . . plastic? Rep. Anthony Weiner is going after manufacturers who wrap toys and such in way too much packaging. The Brooklyn and...
ECUADOR BURIAL FOR B'KLYN HATE-BEATING VICTIM
The Brooklyn man beaten to death by bat-wielding thugs will be taken by his grief-stricken mother to his native Ecuador for burial, family members said. José Sucuzhanay, 31, succumbed to...
GETTING BACK TO WORK
Trying to find a new job is almost as traumatic as losing the old one. That's what thousands of desperate New Yorkers are discovering with the national unemployment rate at...
BURRELL HURTS ANKLE IN ST. JOHN'S WIN
When St. John's loaded up its non-league schedule with the likes of St. Francis of Brooklyn, NJIT and Bethune-Cookman, the idea was to stockpile wins, build confidence, correct the little...
SODOMY COP BEGS 'PARDON'
Justin Volpe - the cop involved in one of the most sensational police-brutality cases in city history - has asked for a commutation of his 30-year prison sentence from President...
NEW VOLT JOLTS LEAVE CON ED 'SHOCKED, SHOCKED'
More deadly electrical leaks are being found on New York's streets - despite Con Ed's claim that nearly all stray voltage has been uncovered and that looking harder would just...
GAL'S A M'CARD
Where most straphangers see a pile of trashed MetroCards near a subway turnstile, Georgette DiFini sees a week's worth of free rides. DiFini, a social worker, has a habit of...
GADGETS FOR THE GEEK WHO HAS EVERYTHING
Times may be hard, but one store still has a huge selection of pricey gadgets for anyone who still has money to burn. The Wired-magazine store in Chelsea is giving...
KNOCKER BLOCKERS
MAYBE she should have just carried a loaded firearm into Giants Stadium. PHOTOS: Sondra FortunatoVIDEO QUIZ: Athletes' Wives and Lovers Over 30 years, Sondra Fortunato has become the unofficial mascot...
NY'S 'GANG'BUSTER GOV IS FEELING ILL.
GOV. PATERSON has shifted gears and now believes that the bitter battle for state Senate control can end with an agreement excluding the renegade Democrats known as the "Gang of...
HOLY CROSS A FRIEND IN NEED
They came this weekend by the hundreds to Church of the Holy Cross - seniors, single moms, men struggling to find work - all of them waiting patiently for the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens This man (right) is suspected of swiping jewelry and electronic equipment from two apartments in a building on Woodside Avenue in Woodside near 71st Street on Dec. 2. *...
ANXIOUS APPLE IS NOW PILL CITY
Nervous New Yorkers are popping more pills. Prescriptions for anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants and sleep aids are surging as residents struggle with the economic crisis, Crain's New York Business reports. "If...
'JAWS' BOAT A 'SALE' BOAT
A history of splattered shark guts and fishy odor wouldn't usually boost an item's price at auction - unless you're talking about a boat once manned by the legendary shark...
DAVE BUDGET UP$ WELFARE
ALBANY - Facing stiff resistance to health-care cuts expected in his hard-times budget proposal tomorrow, Gov. Paterson yesterday unveiled a plan to shore up public-assistance programs, including the first increase...
TEAM: GET THE PUCK OUT, SEAN!
Hockey cad Sean Avery was dumped by the Dallas Stars yesterday after teammates said they didn't want to skate with the trash-talking goon. The former Ranger had been scheduled to...
GIFT EYED IN HUDSON SLAY
Cops believe a birthday gift given to singer Jennifer Hudson's sister sent her jealous ex-hubby into a rage that led to the slaying of three of relatives, published reports said....
BYE-BYE TO THE BIRDIES
New Yorkers flocked to Central Park yesterday to bid bon voyage to thousands of their high-flying neighbors heading south for the winter. Spotters, armed with binoculars and reference guides, counted...
COPS RIPPED OVER LI DROWNING
A Long Island man who drowned while checking on his boat might have been saved if police had heeded a 911 report of someone screaming for help, Coast Guard documents...
PLAX PAL IN GAME OF 'TOUCH'
And they say Plaxico Burress has great hands. Burress' fellow Giant, newlywed linebacker Antonio Pierce, got awfully cozy with a pretty young thang at a West Side strip club about...
'MISTAKEN ID' DAD SLAIN IN FIGHT OVER WOMAN
Cops are hunting for a killer who stabbed a father-of-three in a Brooklyn alley after two groups clashed over the affections of a woman, officials said yesterday. Law-enforcement sources said...
BLAGO HEAVE-HO LOOMS
Impeachment proceedings against disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could begin as early as today, when the state Legislature meets for the first time since charges surfaced that he tried to...
OLD-SCHOOL RAPPER HAS NO SCRATCH
The Human Beat Box is taking a financial beating. Rap icon Doug E. Fresh - best known for his '80s hit "The Show" - has been socked with three foreclosure...
CLUB-GAL CLUE
Authorities yesterday said they found new evidence related to the disappearance of Brooklyn beauty Laura Garza about a quarter-mile from the upstate sandwich shop co-owned by the prime suspect in...
DOC'S GIVING HEALTH CARE AWAY FOR FEE
Just call him Dr. No - no health insurance, that is. An enterprising New York physician sick of dealing with tedious and time-consuming health-insurance practices is cutting out the middleman...
PATERSON IN A BLIND RAGE OVER 'SNL' SKIT
UPDATE: Apology Wanted For 'SNL' Paterson Skit Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness. During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's...
IRAQI SHOE BOMBER
President Bush yesterday was the sole survivor of two shoes hurled at him by an angry Iraqi journalist in Baghdad. "This is a farewell kiss, you dog," TV correspondent Muntadar...
A 2ND SON FOR NAOMI & LIEV
It's a boy! - take two - for actress Naomi Watts and actor Liev Schreiber, their publicist confirmed last night. The name of their new son, who was born in...
'O' FOR OPTIMISTIC
Two-thirds of young Americans say Barack Obama's election makes them optimistic about the country's future, according to a new poll. Despite the sagging economy, people born between 1980 and 1990...
MADOFF $CAM IS BAD 'NEWS'
Daily News owner and real-estate mogul Mort Zuckerman is one of the investors ripped off by swindler Bernard Madoff, it was reported today. Zuckerman, who also owns US News &...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It's not pepper spray - it's pepperoni "spray." A deliveryman in Miramar, Fla., fought back when a stickup man pulled a gun on him - using a hot pepperoni pizza....
SANTA CLAWS THREE
WHEN Seigfried and Roy were still playing with kittens, Ron and Joy Holiday were already playing with the big cats. And each other. And both of them with their young...
MILEY FOR HIRE
MARK Lanier, a high- powered Texas law yer, won bragging rights this year for biggest Christmas party - Miley Cyrus played at his law firm's holiday bash. The private concert...
STARR REPORT
Nancy Grace, who's been wall-to-wall on the Caylee Anthony case, set a viewer ship record for her Headline News show last Thursday night - 1 million viewers in adults 25-54...
'BEAST' IN SHOW
PATRICK Swayze doesn't look like a man with cancer in his new A&E series, "The Beast." Sure, his face is a bit craggier than some might remember from seeing him...
VINCE SHOOTING FOR ENCORE UP NORTH
TORONTO - Vince Carter is returning to the scene of his best game this season. To face the team that also forced him into the worst game of his life....
RANGERS MUST CLEAR SPACE FOR SUNDIN
ANAHEIM - It won't take an announcement from Mats Sundin to deduce whether the 37-year-old free-agent center still has the eyes for Broadway that The Post first reported on Aug....
LOFTON TRIED TO STEER CC AWAY FROM YANKEES
Early in his career, Kenny Lofton hurt the Yankees as an Indian when he batted .330 against them across his first four years in a Cleveland uniform. In the fall...
N.Y. HEAT A WORRY FOR A.J.
John Gibbons managed A.J. Burnett in Toronto and admits to liking the Yankees' new $82 million investment. Gibbons adores Burnett's fastball, curveball and evolving change-up. And, according to Gibbons, Burnett...
SACK, SCOOP PROVIDE MIRACLE AT MEADOWLANDS SEQUEL
THE Jets weren't just beaten, they were dead. It wasn't just the game about to be tossed in the wood chipper, it was the season. The Bills were one first...
JETS' UNLIKELY TD BURNS BUFFALO
Dick Jauron, not Shaun Ellis, looked like the one who was smoking something at the end of yesterday's stunning Jets victory over Buffalo. The Bills coach inexplicably called a pass...
MIKE'S HOPING FOR HIS JUST 'DESERTS'
PHOENIX - Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said his ballyhooed Phoenix return tonight at US Airways Center feels like the anticipation of Christmas. "Not the presents, but the anticipation up to...
BLUESHIRTS RECALL POTTER
The Rangers have recalled another defenseman to give the team added depth and protection. Corey Potter was set to travel with the Blueshirts to the West Coast yesterday, bringing the...
CBS REPLAYS TAKE EYE OFF REAL ACTION
YA gotta laugh. If you were to interrupt live coverage of a close Jet game to show a New York City audience a taped highlight from another game, would that...
JAURON'S BONEHEAD CALL DOOMS BILLS
It wasn't quite the Miracle in the Meadowlands. It was more like Stupidity in the Swamp. The Jets seemed destined for a playoff-damaging loss to Buffalo until one stupid call...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Chiefs honor Roaf Willie Roaf, chosen for the Pro Bowl all four years he played left tackle in Kansas City, was honored during halftime of the Chiefs game against...
JETS OFFENSE STALLS AGAIN
The Jets offense looked as if it was back on track in the first quarter, then it went right back off the rails in the 31-27 victory over the Bills....
OL' FAVRE STRUGGLES AGAIN
THE oldest trick play in the book was called for the oldest guy on the field, completely bamboozling the Bills. "No," said ol' bootlegger Brett Favre, asked if, after faking...
GIANTS CAN'T KO TEAM TURMOIL
IRVING, Texas - Champions come into a house divided and burn it to the ground. The Giants (11-3), 20-8 losers last night, have suddenly stopped looking like champions, and beware...
BIG 'D' TURNS ELI (8 SACKS) AND CO. INTO TEXAS TOAST
IRVING, Texas - The word spilled out of Tom Coughlin's mouth more than once, expressing a feeling that was clearly evident from the stunned look on his face. Concern. "It's...
GIANTS EXTEND WEBSTER'S CONTRACT
IRVING, Texas - One of the looming questions for the Giants following this season has been answered. Before last night's 20-8 loss to the Cowboys at Texas Stadium, the Giants...
SMITH, JASPERS SILENCE TIGERS' ROAR
Manhattan's Chris Smith has emerged as the rarest kind of star player - one who excels within the team framework. He doesn't need the ball in his hands constantly in...
$AVE THESE MAGS
It might be the season of gift-giving, but as the end of the year fast approaches, it's also the perfect time to start thinking about some ways to save money...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Whatever You Like, T.I. 2. Can't Believe It, T-pain 3. Live Your Life, T.I. 4. My Life, The Game 5. Paper Planes, M.I.A. 6. Disturbia, Rihanna...
BOOTY STALL
If workers and management can agree on anything, it's that year-end bonuses won't be stuffing many people's stockings this Christmas. Half of companies surveyed by the Society for Human Resource...
BOUNTY HUNT
When making the case for a raise, it's key to heed presentation as well as substance, experts say. A few tips:Don't ignore reality Acknowledge the miserable business climate your employer...
GO TO GREG
'Tis the season, my friends, for that annual event fraught with more career-limiting moves than you can find in a season's worth of "The Office." You know to what I...
GOT'EM COVERED
The Freelancers Union is going into the health insurance business. The Brooklyn-based nonprofit, which offers low-cost health coverage to thousands of self-employed city residents, is launching the Freelancers Insurance Company...
BIG 3 BAILOUT: BUSH'S BOGUS BELIEFS
PRESIDENT Bush looks set to direct billions from the financial- rescue fund to GM and Chrysler. He seems to have been hustled by the bailout advocates' attempt to shift attention...
MIKE GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
Mayor Bloomberg may be about to do something he's never really done be fore: downsize government. And, apparently, he's finding it hard to come to grips with that. "We've gotten...
SILVER IN THE LIMELIGHT
Albany's sleaze spotlight has been trained on the state Senate for some time now - understandably so, given the low-farce, let's-make-a-deal effort by Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith to secure that...
PRIVATE-EQUITY PLAYER GETS FASHIONABLE
Private-equity firm OpenGate Capital is getting into the fashion business. The firm's new investment vehicle, One Worldwide, announced that it has acquired majority control of Models 1, the largest modeling...
2 LUMPS OF COAL
Morgan Stanley's expected to ring up losses of about $1 billion when it reports its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday. Continued fretfulness in the stock market magnified by the latest $50...
LIBERTY SET TO BENEFIT FROM DIRECTV
In a move designed to highlight the value of DirecTV, the board of John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. plans to move forward with a spin-off of the unit that houses...
DUBIOUS 'DIALOGUE'
Barack Obama has been toying with the idea of dialogue with the Islamic world for two years now - but he has yet to approach the idea of actually saying...
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: CORRUPT CHICAGO & BAM
Add the name of Rod Blagojevich to the Obama list of nefarious and shady characters ("O Eyes Blago Ties," Dec. 12). Doesn't our president-elect have any decent friends? From Tony...
NEW YORK'S BLOAT
DOES Suffolk County really need a special government agency to handle duck droppings? Section 198 of New York state's Town Law provides for just such an entity - along with...
BAH, HUMBUG
It's year-end review time, and you've spent a pleasant 30 minutes with your boss detailing the revenue you've brought to the company, the new business you're churning and the general...
KATY PERRY BRINGS THE ONLY JINGLE TO 'BALL'
IF it wasn't for prerecorded and electronically tuned vocals, Friday's Madison Square Garden Jingle Ball concert would have been a very silent night. PHOTOS: Katy Perry Designed as radio come-to-life...
HEY, LOOK ME OGRE
MORE green, less yellow. If the mak ers of "Shrek: The Musical" had been brave enough to give their imaginations - and their big green guy - free rein, the...
A look back at Cowboys 20, Giants 8
BY PAUL SCHWARTZA look back at the Giants 20-8 loss to the Cowboys:PLAY OF THE GAME:The Giants were in a low-scoring dogfight with the Cowboys, trailing 7-3 early in the...
JOY TO THE GIRL
Photo Gallery: Holiday Makeup Looks 'Tis the season to shake up your look. From the bold beauty junky - hello Sephora glitter eyes and MAC's red, red lips - to...
PULSE SALES
JIMMY CHOO 236 W. 27th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues; 212-319-1111 Sale: Dec. 17, noon-7 p.m. Shoes starting at $150.CHLOE + REESE 330 W. 38th St., between Eighth and...
TODAY'S TEN: BEST 'SNL' POLITICAL IMPRESSIONS OF 2008
'Saturday Night Live' made a lot of noise in 2008, thanks to the gift that keeps on giving to comedy, politics. The 2008 Presidential race gave us probably more laughs...
Suns 105, Knicks 103
By MARC BERMANPHOENIX - It was cold and cloudy, 50 degrees and dreary. And that's the description of post-D'Antoni Suns, not just Sunday's Phoenix weather. There is a lot of...
PATERSON IN A BLIND RAGE OVER 'SNL' SKIT
Gov. Paterson didn't see the humor in a "Saturday Night Live" bit that mocked his blindness. During the "Weekend Update" segment of NBC's irreverent comedy show, actor Fred Armisen played...
Box Office: Gort Unable to Stave Off 44 Percent Drop From A Year Ago
"We're in orbit over this opening,'' Fox VP of marketing Chris Aronson told Variety, referring to "The Day the Earth Stood Still,'' which sold $31 million worth of tickets over...
JETS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
PLAY OF THE GAME Dick Jauron did nothing to help the unemployment rate today. His decision to pass on second-and-5 with two minutes left and his team in complete control...