December 30, 2008
Giants put Madison on IR
By Paul SchwartzWhen the Giants gather today for their first post-season practice they will do so with two new players on their roster. They signed CB Rashad Barksdale off their...
Defenseless and Powerless
By FRED KERBERAUBURN HILLS - The Nets are giving up way too many points again. So Lawrence Frank is suggesting some rotation tweaks to hone up the defense."You're always thinking...
Report: Favre won't require major surgery
ESPN is reporting that doctors have told Brett Favre that the pain in his shoulder was caused by torn biceps tendon and some calcification, but it would only take arthroscopic...
Agent: Wenger wants Arshavin like I want Angelina Jolie (I assume a whole lot)
By BRIAN LEWISAndrei Arshavin's agent said the Russian midfielder is the top transfer target for Arsenal, and that head Gunner Arsene Wenger wants his client the way he wants Angelina...
Bradley names U.S. roster for camp
By BRIAN LEWISU.S. National Team coach Bob Bradley has named his 25-man squad for the training camp that begins Sunday, and it's a young, MLS-heavy bunch. Fans looking for some...
COWHER AND JETS WILL TALK
Bill Cowher wants control and the Jets might be willing to give it to him. A Jets source shot down a report that Cowher and the Jets talks were off...
BLOOMBERG AIDE: KENNEDY LOBBYING 'WASN'T WORKING'
Mayor Bloomberg's top political aide is pulling back on his lobbying campaign to propel Caroline Kennedy into the U.S. Senate because "it wasn't working," according to sources. "Everything was backfiring,"...
BEST OF: Noodles in Hong Kong
From the best fried chicken in Memphis to the tastiest nasi lemak in Kuala Lumpur, an itinerant Alexander Basek ate it all this year: Peak experience: Yunnanese-style cold noodles with...
BEST OF: Party in Perugia
By day, he's the mild-mannered editor of the Post's "Home" section - but Andy Wang's other favorite thing to do (besides write about real estate) is travel. Peak experience: On...
Kelly Clarkson Drops 'My Life Would Suck Without You'
Hey there, "Idol" fans! Another Tuesday, another update. With the New Year, the two-week countdown until "Idol"-mania is set to begin. Because, what would January be if not a reason...
BEST OF: Our contributors contribute
If you didn't read that big feature on the best of travel in 2008 (that is, as far as we're concerned), do so, but stay tuned for more - this...
Happy Holidays!
From "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre.
RACE FOR COUNCIL HEATS UP - CAPANO, QUAGLIONE BOTH "SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING' CHALLENGING GENTILE
Political battle lines for 2009 are already being penciled in, in southwestern Brooklyn. Nearly a year before Election Day, two Ridgites are looking at the possibility of challenging Democratic City...
3 VERDICTS RETURNED IN COP-SLAY TRIAL
Three alleged cop killers charged with the murder of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko suffered different fates in court last week - a guilty verdict, a not guilty verdict and a...
TODAY'S TEN: BEST NY SPORTS STORIES OF 2008
There were many ups and downs in New York sports in 2008. Things started off great in February when a certain team overcame the odds and beat an undefeated juggernaut....
TRAGEDY STRIKES ON THE SHORE - FAMILY MOURNS DROWNING DEATH OF BKLYN-BORN SALVATORE STELLACCIO
An ocean of tears are being shed for 56-year-old Salvatore Stellaccio, a Brooklyn-born boat enthusiast who died tragically as he catered to his "Obsession" - his beloved fishing boat. Family...
STEPS TO IMPROVING JAMAICA BAY - STEPS TO IMPROVING JAMAICA BAY
Jamaica Bay took center stage recently, at a recent symposium organized to highlight efforts to improve this vast natural resource. The city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held a two-day...
BRACING FOR A NEW CONEY - AT MEET, TALK OF CHANGES TO COME
As ambitious plans to bring more amusements and condominiums to Coney Island continue this week, many already living here are wondering if they'll have a place in the new scheme...
Source: Jets, Cowher will talk
A Jets source shot down the ESPN report this morning that Bill Cowher has told the Jets he is not interested in talking to them. The team source said the...
NYE Dresses Under $200
We scoured the stores for the best in frugal frocks and bargain accessories, without sacrificing an ounce of style. Here are our favorites - the best in glitz, glamour, sequin...
Pulse Sales-Catherine Malandrino
CATHERINE MALANDRINO652 Hudson St., at 13th Street; 212-929-8710Sale: ongoing. Mon.-Wed., 11 a.m.-7 p.m/Thurs.-Sat., 10 a.m.-8 p.m./Sun., noon-7 p.m.75 percent off fall collection.CALYPSO ST. BARTH815 Madison Ave., between 68th and 69th...
MPFREES
Read the full list of the 208 best songs of 2008White Lies, "Death (Crystal Castles Remix)" An electronic remix of the cathedral-popper's epic and grandiose single. Alkaline Trio, "Help Me"...
Berman Boycott Continues
NOTE FROM THE WEBMASTER: Marc Berman arrived in Charlotte late Monday night but is continuing on with his blog boycott for the rest of the year, till 2009. Berman's boycott...
Reality TV Tryouts: Tough love
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."The Biggest Loser"Season eight of weight-loss competition is casting for individuals ready to get a jump start on that New Year's Resolution.For more...
BOMBS A 'SMART' MOVE
Israel is using a state-of-the-art "bunker buster" smart bomb, just purchased from the United States, to destroy rocket launchers and arms smugglers' tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Shipments of 1,000...
THE 208 BEST SONGS OF 2008
Aside from the Song of the Year song, entries are listed in no particular order. 1. SONG OF THE YEAR: "YES WE CAN," President-elect Barack Obama, Will.I.Am and various artists...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Three people - including a young mother pushing a baby in a stroller - were wounded in a Brownsville fusillade late yesterday morning. The gunfire erupted on Mother Gaston...
2 WOMEN HURT, EX-CON NABBED
A cold-hearted career criminal who is among the NYPD's most wanted crooks was busted Christmas Day after he went on a vicious wave of assaults that left at least two...
FURY AT DAD'S BIG LIE
Furious family members are horrified that a Holocaust survivor concocted a story that the girl who became his wife saved him from starvation by tossing apples and bread over a...
MOM KILLED IN HIT-RUN
A woman was and killed in a hit-and-run accident outside a Brooklyn beauty salon last night, cops said. The victim, identified by relatives as Stacey Blount, 45, had gone with...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The airport men's room made infamous by Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's arrest in a sex sting is no longer flush with tourists. Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport officials say the bathroom...
LI MOM BUSTED IN PHONE BASH
A Long Island woman knocked out her grandmother's tooth with a portable phone for telling her that she was too drunk to drive off with her 3-year-old daughter, police said...
SEIZE MATTERS: COPS KEEP MAJORITY OF CROOK CARS
When the NYPD gets its grip on a car, it's as good as gone. Of the 3,062 vehicles confiscated in 2008 - for crimes such as drunken driving, drug buys,...
GRANNY IS MAD AS HALL
Call it Carnegie "Haul" for one stubborn tenant. A 96-year-old woman living in one of the last remaining apartments above Carnegie Hall has been slapped with an eviction notice by...
MUSLIMS CALL ON 'MARTYRS' TO JOIN BATTLE
Islamic militants from Iran to Indonesia said yesterday that they were organizing volunteers to fight Israel in the Gaza Strip. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious decree,...
O COME ALL YE TOURISTS
* Haughty New Yorkers who mock tourists may want to consider that a record 47 million visitors are expected to have poured a record $30 billion into the local economy...
MAYOR MANAGES HOPE
Some 13,000 city managers who aren't getting raises this year could still get them down the road, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "Perhaps we can do it in the near future,"...
CAROLINE IS USA-OK
Caroline Kennedy's bid for the Senate has more support nationwide than in New York alone, a new poll suggests. The CNN/Opinion Research survey, released yesterday, found 52 percent of Americans...
FAT TAX SOLD ON EW!TUBE
ALBANY - Move over, Vince, and take your ShamWow with you! State Health Commissioner Richard Daines yesterday be came the tube's latest pitchman - only he's selling tax hikes in...
GRINCH IN GIFT PINCH
Note to good Samaritans: In New York, when looking out for one's fellow man, it is wise to also look out for one's luggage. Matt Dahlman, 27, came to the...
MIKE OKS TAX HIKES
Property taxes and hotel rates are set to increase after Mayor Bloomberg grudgingly signed two tax hikes into law yesterday. Property-tax bills, which were sent out over the last week...
BIZARRE SPRAY-TAN LAWSUIT VS. MILLS
It's beyond the pale. A former nanny is suing Heather Mills for making her spray-tan the naked ex-model - to match the color of her prosthetic leg. Sara Trumble, 24,...
KERIK BURNED AGAIN
Former New York top cop Bernard Kerik was hauled in to federal court yesterday to face new charges of tax fraud and making false statements, vowing to continue to fight...
LOVER BLAMED IN SON SLAY
A Staten Island woman who confessed to beating her overweight 10-year-old son to death was manipulated by a lesbian lover who didn't want anyone to come between them, her family...
JACK'S AN EASY SLIDER
He may be 71, but Jack Nicholson's no slouch on the slopes. The legendary actor, sporting a faceful of gray whiskers, flashes his trademark grin in Aspen, Colo., as he...
PALIN'S NEW GRANDSON'S A REAL TRIPP
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't get to be vice president, but she does have a new title: grandma. Palin's oldest daughter, Bristol, 18, gave birth Sunday to a 7 pound,...
DRIVER SHOT FOILING THUGS
A driver for a Coney Island car service was shot in the head yesterday while trying to foil a stickup at a neighboring cellphone store. The 24-year-old man was listed...
PAYROLL-TAX PLAN ON TRACK: SHELLY
After the MTA unleashed two massive fare-hike proposals yesterday, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said lawmakers were poised to back a business-payroll tax to help bail out the transit agency. "I...
NO SIT - INDICTED NY JUDGE IS SIDELINED
An indicted judge-elect has been benched before she could take the bench. The state Court of Appeals yesterday suspended Nora Anderson with pay, effective as of Jan. 1, the day...
DRIVER IS A HOME WRECKER
A Long Island family got a frightening wake-up call yesterday morning when a car crashed into their home as they slept. Mark Roden, 47, fell asleep at the wheel of...
FAT-CAT PALACE IS A 'CRA$H' PAD
Look what taxpayers' Wall Street rescue helped buy one former honcho! Peter Kraus - a former top executive at Merrill Lynch who received a $25 million golden parachute after only...
BONEHEADS CALL COPS ON SELVES
The wheels fell off the master plan for a trio of car thieves yesterday when one of the lug heads accidentally dialed 911, police said. "I got some guys on...
BOGUS COPS INVADE HOME
A Queens couple suffered through a holiday horror when fake cops terrorized and robbed them in their home on Christmas Eve as the victims' four young children slept, authorities said....
ISRAEL'S 'WAR TO THE BITTER END'
Israel yesterday flattened Hamas bomb factories, blew up its leaders' homes and declared an "all-out war" that won't end until the terrorist chieftains are driven from power in the Gaza...
CRUISE COUPLE'S ROCKY PAST
FBI agents have questioned the husband of a Florida woman who mysteriously fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Mexico, as reports surfaced yesterday that he'd been charged...
FED-UP FANS TIX-ED OFF BY PSL FEES
Longtime Jets season-ticket holder David Levy is so disgusted with the team's late-season collapse that he said he has attended his last game. Levy, of Belleville, N.J., isn't only refusing...
ELI, GIANTS BELIEVE IN LOTS OF OFF-WEEK REST
What kind of week will this be for the Giants? Just listen to Eli Manning and judge for yourselves. GIANTS EXTENDED REPORT CARDMORE: Complete Giants Coverage "It's an exciting time...
JETS REPORT CARD
QUARTERBACKS F If this were Brett Favre's final game, what a way to go out. Favre (20-of-40, 3 INTs) was awful and cost his team the game.RUNNING BACKS C Hello,...
GIANTS REPORT CARD
QUARTERBACKS B- Not the most accurate showing from Eli Manning (11 of 19, 119 yards). Better than anyone could have expected from David Carr (8 of 11, 1 TD) after...
REPORT: LATE PROSPECT TOOK PEDS
The Rangers had no response to yesterday's report out of Russia that charged that Alexei Cherepanov had been taking performance-enhancing drugs before his death on Oct. 13. A federal commission...
SOME HOLIDAY JEER
SINCE this is the final missive before my bank calendar changes, I wanted to get in my final allotment of '08 sweetness. My first gaze at the NBA's Christmas quintuple-header...
JETS WANT FAVRE BACK
The Jets threw the first bouquets of the offseason at Brett Favre yesterday. Let the wooing begin. Team owner Woody Johnson and general manager Mike Tannenbaum said they would like...
SPAGS' STOCK RISES SKY HIGH
There are times when Steve Spagnuolo looks and sounds almost sheepish at the praise he receives and the attention that is sure to come his way. It already has started...
MANGINI'S FIRING CATCHES PLAYERS OFF GUARD
Jets players' cell phones began ringing shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday morning with the news Eric Mangini no longer was their coach. Four hours later Mangini stood before them to...
WILLIAMS TO D-LEAGUE
The Nets essentially said goodbye to two of their recent first-round picks yesterday. They assigned 2007 first-round pick Sean Williams to Colorado of the D-League to try get him some...
BREAKING DOWN GANG GREEN'S BREAKDOWN
There was that six-day span in November when we watched Brett Favre and coach Eric Mangini lock in a long, sweet embrace on the field after surviving the Patriots in...
FAVRE-LUST BLINDS 'GANG' LEADER WOODY
ON the day they whacked Eric Mangini, Jets owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum were talking about wanting Brett Favre back, even before they make Bill Cowher an offer...
D'AN WANTS HARRINGTON TO SHOW MORE SPUNK
It sounds like Mike D'Antoni wants Al Harrington to be a little more like Jose Reyes. MORE: Knicks Blog The Knicks coach shook up his lineup in Sunday's loss to...
VETERAN COACH NEEDED TO FIX THIS MESS
IT had been 12 years since the Jets were allowed to fire a head coach; Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Al Groh and Herman Edwards all walked away, for various reasons,...
JETS BOOT COACH AFTER TURBULENT TENURE
The Eric Mangini Era came to a swift and sudden end yesterday when the Jets fired their head coach. The move came just hours after the Jets suffered a season-ending...
DIPIETRO'S LATEST COMEBACK IS ONE AND DONE
This time, Rick DiPietro's comeback lasted one game. The oft-injured goalie was forced to sit out last night's 5-4 loss to the Rangers at the Garden because of a strained...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Cowher frowns on Browns Following a 4-12 season that began with Cleveland pegged as one of the NFL's rising teams, the Browns fired coach Romeo Crennel. The ouster came...
METS NIX ANDRUW
There's probably a better chance of Cleon Jones playing for the Mets next season than Andruw Jones. Although an ESPN report last night indicated the Mets and Dodgers were in...
PRUCHA LEADS WAY OVER ISLES
In a results-oriented business, the result was just about all that mattered last night to a Rangers' team enmeshed in a midseason crisis of confidence. And so when it ended...
CONSISTENT NETS FALL TO CHICAGO
OK, enough. This homecourt futility is getting ridiculous. Here were the Bulls, who had lost seven straight games on the road, who were without their third best scorer and their...
PREZ-FOR-LIFE MUGABE, STRIFE-FOR-LIFE ZIMBABWE
I wonder how many older Zimbabweans would relish a return of white rule in Zimbabwe ("Plague of Misrule," Ralph Peters PostOpinion, Dec. 24). Certainly, under the rule of Ian Smith...
SECURITY FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
Thank you for reporting on this very imortant and completely overlooked issue ("Punting on Pensions," Adam Brodsky, Post- Opinion, Dec. 22). Taxes upstate are insane, and there is no end...
BOOTSTRAP TRANSIT
OF next year's expected $700 billion federal infrastruc ture-stimulus package, New York state could get $4 billion for mass transit, with most of that money going to city projects, Sen....
FILLING IN THE BLANKS
YES , the New Year will be a stinker. Even if relatively few pessimistic market-watchers (like this column) are right to say that the world isn't ending, it might feel...
GLUM & GLUMMER
Like cost-conscious shoppers, investors have begun to pore through heaps of marked-down retail stocks in search of bargains. Shares of high-priced chains like Saks, Nordstrom and J. Crew have dropped...
CUBAN UPS HIS STAKE IN CINEMAS
Media mogul and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has snapped up a stake in another movie theater chain. The outspoken billionaire, who co-owns Landmark Theatres, has acquired nearly 10 percent...
A LEG UP FOR VETS
TODAY, Nassau County is introducing a new program for vets, called War riors to Work. We're hoping it serves as a national model - paving the way for similar programs...
DEVIL'S BARGAIN
HAMAS' missile attacks on Israel last week, and Israel's thunderous re sponse, may only be the prelude for the next big Middle East confrontation between America and Iran - and...
BLASS-TED: NEXCEN'S $10M SALE
After months of turmoil that threatened its existence, Bill Blass appears to be headed downmarket fast. The aging fashion brand has been sold by NexCen Brands for $10 million to...
MADOFF SCAM ENSNARES CREDIT SUISSE
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse became the latest financial institution caught up in Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, as the firm's wealthy clients may have lost nearly $926...
WORST YEAR? NOT BY A LONG SHOT
HOW sour is the public mood? An NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll found about half of people believe 2008 was one of the worst years in American history. At...
KIRK'S FORD FLOP
At 91, investor Kirk Kerkorian would do well to skip another dizzying ride like his $1 billion bet on Ford Motor, which he's folding after losing most of it. Kerkorian...
GANG GREEN'S CRASH-AND-BURN
Barely a month ago, the New York Jets were riding high with an 8-3 record- and everyone was talking about a Jets-Giants Super Bowl. Seems like ancient history now. The...
SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON, 1927-2008
Samuel P. Huntington, the political scientist who died Christmas Eve at 81, was best known for propounding a theory once thought outlandish: In the post-Cold War world, violent global conflicts...
OBAMA'S TAX TRAP
President-elect Barack Obama may be about to make a big mistake: raising taxes in the middle of a recession. That's what his top political aide, David Axelrod, hinted Sunday: The...
BOSTON RED SOX FOUL TIP
Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger's effort to right his listing New York Times Co. was dealt a setback yesterday after two deep-pocketed Bostonians denied they're interested in buying the debt-addled company's Boston...
IT'S A LOSE-LOSE
NO Cowboys, no Jets and no Patriots in this season's NFL playoffs could mean less-than-stellar ratings for Fox, NBC and CBS. The NFL playoffs do not suffer from the same...
COLLEGE BALL MAKES UP FOR IT
PSST! Want to hear the best- kept TV secret of the year? College football is bucking the trend of declining ratings and quietly putting together some of the biggest TV...
STOP MAKING CENTS
LOOKS like 50 Cent can't trump Trump after all. The rapper's reality show, "50 Cent: The Money and the Power," won't be back. After only six episodes, the series, which...
IN YOUR FACE
I'M not going to lie to you - "Lie To Me," a new show about professional liar-catchers that Fox is promoting with full-frontal hype and hysteria plus a timeslot following...
SEDUCTION UNDIMMED BY CENTURIES
DON'T be fooled by the lighthearted romance and witty bon mots that mark early scenes of "Women Beware Women": By the time Thomas Middleton's Jacobean drama ends, most of its...
NEW HORIZONS
STARS are people too, or so the saying goes. Like us, come New Year's, they make at least one resolution. In that spirit, we had just one question for the...
NEWS + NOTES
RAIL WORLD So Phoenix took a giant leap towards smart growth this weekend, with the debut of a $1.4 billion light rail line. The 20-mile route serves Mesa, Tempe, Sky...
THE WAY WE WERE
ARE you a restless soul? Do you like drama? Boy, was 2008 yours, all wrapped up in a neat little bow: A roller-coaster ride of travel excitement, from summer's how-high-can-they-go...
STATEMENT FROM ERIC MANGINI
"I appreciate the opportunity that Woody and Mike gave me for the past three years as the head coach of the New York Jets. The organization has terrific people and...