December 16, 2008
COMPLETE PRO BOWL ROSTERS
NFC STARTERS:OFFENSE QB: Kurt Warner, Cardinals RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings FB: Mike Sellers, Redskins WR: Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals WR: Anquan Boldin, Cardinals TE: Jason Witten, Cowboys T: Jordan Gross, Panthers...
PERMIT MILL SLOWS DOWN - CENSUS PEGS DROP IN NEW BUILDING AT 88 PERCENT
The Wild West atmosphere of Brooklyn residential development seems to have gone the way of the buffalo, according to recent building permit data. The issuance of new permits in October...
Bushes Mets, Yankees All-Stars: Shortstop
Another day, and another version of the Bushes 2008 All-Stars. Today we're looking at shortstops from both the Mets and Yankees systems, where we have two players in their first...
BURNETT, SABATHIA TAKE PHYSICALS
A.J. Burnett went ahead of CC Sabathia taking a Yankees physical, but Sabathia will reverse the pecking order in the Yankees' starting rotation. The Post learned Burnett underwent a physical...
TV Wrap
Whitney Leaves 'The Hills' with Her Best Faces YetIn last night's it's-almost-over episode of "The Hills," Whitney left for her new life (show) in NYC, Heidi proved that one must...
WHAT'S UP: NFC
The Giants have lost two straight games but can still wrap up home-field advantage with a home win against the Panthers on Sunday night. However a loss, combined with a...
WHAT'S UP: AFC
While the Jets were still basking in the glow of another "Miracle at the Meadowlands," the Ravens lost to the Steelers on a controversial last-minute touchdown reception by WR Santonio...
HASSELBECK HAS 'BONE TO PICK' WITH WHITE HOUSE
Elisabeth Hasselbeck says she's a little less merry this holiday season because she did not receive her usual invite to the White House Christmas party. "Maybe I didn't do enough...
MUSICAL COMEDY FULL OF 'GLEE'
Fox is bringing the musical comedy to primetime. The network has ordered 13 episodes of "Glee," which follows a high school teacher trying to raise his school's glee club from...
DEALS: Cabo wants to pay you $400
Excellent, or depressing? There's a thin line between the two these days, as destinations continue with the endless stream of come-ons, all designed to get Mr. and Mrs. American out...
Speidi Steal Whitney's Thunder
Scene: CaboHeidi and Spencer are exci-ted, and you know that because they're sing-ing! It seems our favorite celebutards have fled the country. "Viva la Mexico! Whooooooo! This is in-sa-ane!" yodels...
Derrick's wife says they're OK
By PETER VECSEYLOS ANGELES -- Got a call Monday from Gina Coleman, Derrick's wife. She wants people to know that widespread reports of her husband being in financial free fall...
Utley aims for Opening Day
APPhillies 2B Chase Utley said yesterday he hopes to be recovered from hip surgery in time to play Opening Day.Utley walked into a news conference with an exaggerated limp, but...
GUNMEN PREY ON GAS STATIONS, STORES - DUO WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH 19 ROBBERIES
If these guys continue to do what they're doing, the price of gas and bread could go up again. Police throughout the borough are following the trail of two gun-toting...
Six Giants voted into Pro Bowl
BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants may be slumping a bit down the stretch of the season but they are soaring as far as recognition. A year after managing just one Pro...
SUNFLOWER SEEDS OF HATE - NET COST MARKET SELLS BIGOTED BAGS OF SNACK FOODS
A hateful image excavated from the annals of an unfortunate history has found its way on a package of sunflower seeds, of all places. And the ‘seeds of hate' were...
A WIN FOR THE "KRUGER 3'
No one knows how much power one vote can have better than southern Brooklyn State Senator Carl Kruger. By withholding his vote in the State Senate's majority leader fight, he...
MOM SCAMS JUROR - GOES UNDERCOVER TO FREE SON
It's a story that sounds more like a screenwriter's pitch than anything else: A grief-stricken mom goes undercover to find damning evidence to free her son, who was convicted of...
Red Bulls' Dane Richards, Jamaica, win fourth Digicel Cup crown
By BRIAN LEWISJamaica _ helped by Red Bull winger Dane Richards _ won its fourth Caribbean football championship Sunday night. The Reggae Boyz' defeated outmatched Grenada 2-0 in the Digicel...
BLIND NOTE
Advocates for the blind piled on NBC and "Saturday Night Live" yesterday, seeing red about a sketch that mocked Gov. Paterson's handicap. Four separate national organizations called for "30 Rock"...
SPITZER AT 'HAPPY ENDING' PARTY
Disgraced ex-New York governor Eliot Spitzer finally showed his face last night after months in social seclusion -- and the venue was apt. Spitzer, now a columnist at Slate, attended...
Give Leon the Damn Ball
Leon Washington made his first carry a big one Sunday, going 47 yards for a touchdown. It turned out to be his only carry, and that's the problem. Washington had...
COPS SEEK TIARA-WEARING THIEF
There she is ... Ms. Convenience Store Robber. A tiara-wearing woman decked out in a black gown was captured on a store surveillance camera using stolen credit cards to buy...
2 ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH WEST VILLAGE MUGGINGS
Two men were arrested early this morning in connection with a string of early morning muggings plaguing the West Village. Adam Temple, 21, of Hampton Place in Brooklyn, and Anthony...
Reality TV Tryouts: Spring brides
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."My Fair Wedding"Getting married between March and mid-May 2009 in the New York or Philadelphia area? WE wants to help you plan the...
DEVILS' GOALIES VIE FOR 'SPECIAL' START
With the Devils heading on the road for a back-to-back tonight in Toronto and tomorrow in Buffalo, there's a good chance both Scott Clemmensen and Kevin Weekes will get a...
RANGERS WORK ON 'POWER' GAME
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Even if the power play worked at 75-percent speed during practice here yesterday, at least it worked. That is a start for a Rangers' team that will...
It's Thallright as Shaq steals show
By MARC BERMANPHOENIX - The best part of the night for Mike D'Antoni came early during pregame intros. He got about as warm an ovation as any returning head coach...
O'S GURU TRASHED REGENTS
President-elect Barack Obama's top education adviser is a staunch opponent of New York state's high-stakes Regents exams, The Post has learned. Linda Darling-Hammond, head of Obama's education-policy working group, wrote...
THE SHOE 'NUF TRUTH
ON Sunday, President Bush ducked two shoes hurled toward him in Baghdad. But he never ducked his responsibilities in Iraq. A great deal of justified criticism can be leveled at...
MAD AT MADOFF: HE MADE OFF WELL
It's a real pity that so many people and institutions have lost so many millions in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, but none of them should worry. ("Madoff $cam is Bad...
BUDGET BLUES: FACING DOWN FEAR
CITY Comptroller Bill Thompson's report on the city budget, released yesterday, is full of ugly details. But in a weird way, it should hearten New Yorkers - because the bottom...
DOES SNL NEED TASTE - OR PATERSON HUMOR?
Apparently, Gov. Paterson is lacking a sense of humor ("Paterson in a Blind Rage Over 'SNL' Skit," Dec. 15). The skit was funny and was not malicious or cruel. If...
'WE'VE LOST EVERYTHING'
A lifelong New Jersey resident, Bette Greenfield (left) retired in March and moved to Florida in July. I'm not from a wealthy family living on a big estate in Palm...
PAULSON DEFIES HIS OWN PREDICTIONS
HERE'S the three-point pro gram for determining how the $700 billion of the Paul son bailout plan will be deployed: 1) Listen to what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says he'll...
HIP, HIP, SHOE-RAY!
The US-loathing Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at President Bush in Baghdad was hailed as a hero across the Mideast yesterday as thousands of protesters rallied to demand his release....
MANY SEE LINK TO PAY-ROD
Nearly one in two Americans thinks it likely Barack Obama or someone on his team was in on Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged corruption scandal, according to a Rasmussen Reports...
BUNGLING ON BLAGO
Barack Obama is experiencing the first "scandal" of his presidency before he's taken office - or so sayeth the media. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of (among much else)...
CRUISE: I WAS OUTTA CONTROL
Scientology poster boy Tom Cruise publicly mended fences with "Today" host Matt Lauer yesterday, saying he regretted his "arrogant" rant against psychiatric drugs during a verbal spar they had three...
JUST HOW CLOSE ARE WALL STREET AND WASHINGTON?
WE now know how Bernie Madoff invested so profitably. Will we ever know how Goldman Sachs worked its magic? I'm not suggesting that Goldman did anything akin to what Madoff...
KILLER CHELSEA BOUNCER GETS LIFE IN PRISON
A man left paralyzed by killer club bouncer Stephen Sakai yesterday branded his attacker "a coward" as a judge threw the book at the madman for his bloody rampage at...
ALL ABOARD FOR INAUGU-RAIL CELEBRATION
WASHINGTON - In a gesture intended to honor history and tradition, President-elect Barack Obama and his family next month will roll into Washington aboard a specially chartered train to kick...
MATERIAL WEALTH FOR GUY
The Material Girl will have to cherish a little less money after she opened her pocketbook to the tune of almost $92 million to buy off her ex-husband Guy Ritchie,...
CBS RADIO TRADES 5 STATIONS
CBS Radio agreed yesterday to swap five of its mid- size-market stations for two big-market stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. Terms of the trade call for CBS to take...
WIFE STAYS TRUE BLUE TO 'CAD'
She's challenging the call that he's playing the field. The enraged wife of Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce threw a hissy fit yesterday - insisting that her husband isn't the man...
CHARLIE'S SICK HOUSE VOTE RECORD
WASHINGTON - Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel missed more votes than any other New York House member, according to a study released by Congressional Quarterly. Rangel, 78, missed 16 percent of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A drunken driver crashed his car on the Grand Central Parkway in Jamaica Estates yesterday, killing a teen passenger, police said. Armish Singh, 20, was driving east when he...
BUSTED & LUSTED
She was some catch. And an NYPD cop thought a just-shy-of-sweet-16 girl would be the perfect match for his little brother - urging him to make a date with pretty...
EX-SEC BOSS: NOT ME
Ex-Securities and Exchange Commission boss Arthur Levitt yesterday fired back at critics trying to lay at his feet some of the blame for the Bernie Madoff scandal, saying he wasn't...
STAN BY YOUR WIFE
Former Merrill Lynch boss Stan O'Neal has given up ownership of his swanky Park Avenue apartment, handing it over to his wife, according to city records. The disgraced Wall Street...
BOOK CO. CUTS JOBS, IMPRINTS
Macmillan, the American publishing subsidiary of Germany's von Holtzbrinck Group, said it was slashing 64 positions - or close to 4 percent of its US workforce. The company includes imprints...
CITY SCHOOLS PACK 'EM IN
Despite a hefty infusion of state money, class sizes in the city's public schools have gone up in almost every grade compared to last year, according to preliminary Department of...
WE'LL PUT YOU BACK ON THE ROAD, BUSH REASSURES DETROIT
WASHINGTON - The White House reassured Detroit's "fragile" automakers yesterday that short-term help was on its way in hopes that this holiday season wouldn't go down in history for the...
DOPEY DEFENSE
Two-bit actor Lillo Brancato testified yesterday he was "dope sick" - suffering withdrawal symptoms - and desperately wanted "to get high, to get right" the day an off-duty Bronx cop...
REVIEW 'CLEARS' BAM
Barack Obama will give himself an early Christmas gift next week when he releases an internal review that he says shows there were no "inappropriate" discussions with Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
20-FT. WALL HOLDS UP TOWER 4
WHEN the Port Au thority and Larry Silverstein announced last week's arbitration decision involving World Trade Center construction, the big news was the $50 million in penalties the PA must...
DIAMONDS IN ROUGH
Madison Avenue is adopting a new mantra: Less is more. "Here's to less" is the headline on a new print ad from De Beers featuring a sparkling diamond solitaire. The...
DEMS' MONEYMAN
Bernard Madoff may have screwed his investor clients, but he sure spread the wealth around to local politicians. Madoff contributed $164,650 to various campaigns and political-action committees - including $101,000...
HUGE CITY CASH SLASH
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's proposed new cut-to-the-bone state budget will slash more than $620 million in badly needed funds to New York City - aid that Mayor Bloomberg has been...
REGENTS TO OK 2 NEW CHARTERS
The Board of Regents is expected to approve two new charter schools today that will each serve 400 high-school students in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Slated to open in September, Believe Northside...
HEATH HARMONY
Michelle Williams would not like to thank the academy in the event her ex, Heath Ledger, wins a posthumous Oscar. Williams denied rumors of a feud with Ledger's family over...
TRIBUTE TO A JAILBIRD
That was some affair the city's political illuminati threw this weekend for dis graced Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella. Led by Mayor Bloomberg, Rep. Pete King, Borough President James Molinaro...
NICE LAW - HOPE YOU ENFORCE IT
Has Gov. Paterson finally taken a stand against Indian bootlegging? Perhaps: The governor yesterday signed a bill that would, at least in theory, provide for the collection of taxes on...
KENNEDY FOR THE SENATE
Caroline Kennedy has made it official: She wants to be appointed to the US Senate seat that Hillary Clinton presently will vacate. Gov. Paterson would be well-advised to select Kennedy...
NOEL'S HEDGE FUND UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE MADOFF BLOW
Walter M. Noel will likely be singing the blues this Christmas. Noel and his hedge fund Fairfield Greenwich Group are at the top of a growing list of highfliers expected...
MTA PUTS BRAKES ON BUS CAMS
Despite this month's on-duty death of one bus driver and assaults on two others, the MTA conceded yesterday its plan to fit every bus with a security camera has come...
VATI-CON'S PAYBACK
Actress Anne Hathaway's shady ex-boyfriend has agreed to pay back $3.6 million he scammed by boasting of connections to the Vatican and Pope John Paul II. Among those in line...
BRAVESTS' FINAL HONOR FOR PROBIE
A probationary firefighter who died during training last month was praised yesterday at the FDNY's graduation ceremony as someone who "would've been a great firefighter," and was posthumously assigned to...
FARE SHAKE FOR RIDERS
The MTA is sparing express-bus riders a potentially massive fare increase just two days before the agency expects to pass a budget loaded with service cuts and price hikes. The...
CHEAP-APT. AD A 'SCAM'
Sometimes a good deal is so good, it's criminal. A Manhattan woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to scam thousands of dollars in fees by placing a bogus ad...
RUDY KID'S GOLF COACH QUITS DUKE
The golf coach who kicked Andrew Giuliani off the Duke University team has quit to take a top job at his alma mater. O.D. Vincent, who suspended the former mayor's...
CAROLINE IN CAPITOL 'HILL' BID
Caroline Kennedy has decided she wants Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat, and she's enlisting some heavyweight backers in her bid for the job. EDITORIAL: Kennedy For The Senate Kennedy yesterday...
BIKE-BASH VIDEO COP IS INDICTED
A rookie cop has been indicted on charges of viciously knocking a cyclist off his bike during a Times Square demonstration in July, authorities said yesterday. Patrick Pogan, 22, was...
CRASH & BERNIE AFTER 'EVIL' CON
He's the Grinch who stole . . . everything. Accused mega-swindler Bernard Madoff yesterday skulked out of his Upper East Side penthouse and went into hiding as scores more charities,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 44-year-old woman is reportedly the first to use the Internet while fast asleep - to invite friends over for drinks and caviar. The sleep-typist had no idea what she'd...
'A TOUCH' TOO TRANSPARENT
THE aptly named Con Melody in Eugene O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet" displays plenty of blarney and bluster, but rarely have these characteristics been conveyed as vividly as by...
NO KNIFE FOR RACHAEL
CHATTY talk show host/chef Rachael Ray won't have to pipe-down for the holidays after all. Ray, who was scheduled to have surgery on her vocal cords this week, has scrapped...
'MOMMA' ISSUES
GET out the slicer, this baby needs to be cut - and cut fast. I'm talking about Ryan Seacrest's cheese-fest of a new "reality" show "Momma's Boys," which is about...
RYAN 'STOLE' IDEA FOR 'MOMMA' SHOW: TURK TV
THE creator of a wildly-popu lar Turkish reality TV show is trying to block tonight's premiere of "Momma's Boys," [Review Here] claiming it's a rip-off. In court papers filed yesterday...
TV.COM TO LIVE UP TO ITS NAME
IN real estate it's all about location, location, loca tion, but on the Web it may well be more about the address. CBS has quietly begun renovating TV.com, one of...
HEY, PAULA
PAULA Abdul can rant all she wants about slights real or imagined - but she's staying put on "American Idol," the show's producer says. POP VIDEO QUIZ: Reality Around the...
D'ANTONI LOSES IN RETURN TO PHOENIX
PHOENIX - Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni received a rousing ovation during pregame introductions from the US Airways Arena fans, many of them standing and applauding to show their appreciation of...
YANKS' DEAL FOR CAMERON AT STANDSTILL
Finalizing the mega deals for CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett has consumed the Yankees' universe to the point where the Mike Cameron for Melky Cabrera and Kei Igawa swap with...
WITH TIME RUNNING SHORT, JACOBS NEEDED BACK
Seeing how their running game has devolved into chaos without Brandon Jacobs, the Giants are eager to get their bruising running back on the field for Sunday's game against the...
TO TASTE PLAYOFFS, JETS MUST KEEP INT-ENSITY
FINDING a way to win is all that matters, insists a team that managed four second-half first downs, which had five defenders dragged four yards into the end zone for...
DIPIETRO DUE BACK FOR ISLANDERS
Rick DiPietro hasn't returned to practice yet, but he is expected to make the trip with the Islanders to Minnesota on Friday and could skate with the team then. "I...
LOFTON DENIES CC TALK
Kenny Lofton vehemently denied he attempted to talk CC Sabathia out of joining the Yankees. A person close to the Sabathia situation told The Post for Monday's paper that Lofton...
TIGER SCOLDS CADDIE AFTER LEFTY LAMBASTE
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 his native...
MANNING CONFIDENT HE'LL PULL GIANTS THROUGH
The offense is sagging around Eli Manning and as a result the Giants are in danger of wasting much of the sensational season they put together because of a late...
MANGINI: FORGET STYLE POINTS, A WIN IS A WIN
The Jets had their worst day defending the run against the Bills on Sunday. Their offense disappeared after 1 1/2 quarters. Their special teams misfired more than a '73 Pinto....
TIME TO BE SUPERMEN AGAIN
WE are constantly re minded - most recently by the 2007 Giants - that it is not how you start, but how you finish. So, wake up, Giants. Every Sunday...
THEUS MAKES SIX ... WHO'S NEXT?
PHOENIX - Not surpris ingly, 76er president/GM Ed Stefanski escorted Maurice Cheeks to the NBA's busy checkout counter. It could've been done before last Friday night's game vs. the Cavaliers,...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Phils bring back Moyer Jamie Moyer agreed yesterday to a two-year, $13 million contract that keeps the 46-year-old left-hander with the World Series champion Phillies. Moyer went 16-7...
HARRIS, NETS PUT 'FOURTH' BIG EFFORT IN WIN
TORONTO - Raptors fans brought their usual supply of venom last night for the Nets' Vince Carter, the man they used to love but now would love to see fall...
FACE IN L.A. CROWD WILL BE STEPHON'S
PHOENIX - Despite being banned from the Knicks, Stephon Marbury is planning to attend the team's game against the Lakers on Tuesday night at Staples Center, according to a source...
BODYBUGGIN' THE FAT AWAY
WHETHER you need to shed 100 pounds or five, it boils down to the same thing: To lose weight, calories in must be less than calories out. Want to lose...
WINE & UNWIND
FORGET bathtub gin. These days, it's all about the red wine barrel bath. At the luxe new Caudalie spa in the Plaza Hotel, you can soak up the restorative effects...
NIXED DRINK
YOU'VE been there before: pounding headache, gurgly belly, even your knees hurt. Why, oh why, didn't someone stop you from having that last Maker's Mark? Honestly, your fellow revelers are...
NEWS + NOTES
WELCOME BACK, CHARTER THE island of Dominica has itself a new airline. Sisserou Airways serves St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Barbados (sisserouairways.com). HELI YES! YOU don't have to go too...
HOT DEALS!
* BOSTON $129 per person "Escape the In-laws" package at the Hotel Indigo Boston-Newport Riverside when you book now through Jan. 14. Includes a decompression kit (aspirin, a bottle of...
NOT-SO-SILENT NIGHT
MORE: 12 Holiday SongsLISTEN: Holiday MPFrees FORGET about the 12 days of Christmas! The Post weeded through the cheesy carols to find 12 new CDs that'll rock the stockings off...
12 HOLIDAY SONGS
RUN DMC's classic "Christmas in Hollis" and the Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" are on everyone's yuletide playlist, but there are plenty of other songs that put more happy in the holiday....
FALL OUT BOY : 'FOLIE A DEUX'
CHICAGO quartet Fall Out Boy, once the quintessential emo band - angst-ridden and angry with punk pop grit - has reinvented itself for "Folie a Deux," a boldly orchestrated record...
MPFREES
The Boxmasters, "Christmas Cheer" Fronted by W.R. "Bud" Thornton - a k a Billy Bob - the trio wishes you a steel guitar and dobro-filled, countrified holiday season with songs...
JETS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Jets' 31-27 win over the Bills this Sunday: REPORT CARD GALLERY
GIANTS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Giants' 20-8 loss to the Cowboys this Sunday: REPORT CARD GALLERY
CARTER STILL HAS WARM FEELINGS FOR COLD TORONTO
TORONTO -- Vince Carter helped legitimize basketball here. And they still hate his guts. Carter spoke at length yesterday about coming to a city that was "hockey, hockey, hockey" 24/7...
HBO'S 'HUDDLE' MAKES THE RIGHT CALL
I knew I liked Lee Corso for some reason other than the way he puts on the mascot costume of the team he predicts will win whatever big college game...
SLOW DOWN FOR NAPLES
MANY New Yorkers seem to forget that Florida's West Coast is even there. They may know it exists, but it may just as well not. Kind of like the Midwest....
LUGGAGE OR LEAVE 'EM
IF they handed out awards for best packing, every boldfacer would at least deserve a nomination. After all, practice makes perfect, right? We asked a handful of celebs, A-listers and...
I NEED ADULTS!
AFTER a few days in the theme parks, it is easy to forget that Orlando's a real city, and that Mickey actually lives in the suburbs. While it has been...
D'ANTONI GETS STANDING OVATION IN PHOENIX
PHOENIX - Steve Nash predicted it right. Mike D'Antoni got a rousing standing ovation during pregame introductions from the US Airways Arena crowd a lot more appreciative of his Suns'...