January 5, 2009
NY COAT DRIVE EXTENDED
There's more time to care - and to donate winter coats to those who need them. New York Cares is extending its coat drive through Friday, Jan. 9 because the...
Jets to interview Grimm
The Jets asked for and received permission to speak with Cardinals assistant head coach/offfensive line coach Russ Grimm. The interview will take place Thursday in Arizona. Both GM Mike Tannenbaum...
AUTOPSY: TRAVOLTA KID DIED FROM SEIZURE
John Travolta's 16-year-old son died from a "seizure" and his body showed no signs of head trauma, according to a funeral home director who saw a copy of the death...
SPAGNUOLO'S SUITORS WON'T BE A DISTRACTION
Tom Coughlin isn't worried about defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's job opportunities getting in the way of the Giants' Super Bowl run. Spagnuolo's name has been mentioned in connection with many...
DVD Extra: Wild Bill Hits the Road
Let's hope WHV gets around to William Dieterle's "The Last Flight'' (1931) starring Richard Barthlemess as a member of the Lost Generation in Paris, a knockoff of "The Sun Also...
This week on the Wii Shop Channel...
Like sands through the hourglass...these are the games of your Wii.Available for purchase right now on the Wii Shop Channel:For WiiWare, Sandy Beach (Konami, 500 Wii Points): Enjoy a fun...
FRANKEN ON TOP IN MINN. RECOUNT; COLEMAN TO SUE
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a...
LIVEBLOG: The baths of Budapest
Budapest? In winter? Yes, please. Nothing beats immersing yourself in Széchenyi's magical outdoor thermal baths on a frigid night. Billows of steam rise up from the hot water, lending a...
Report: Burrell, Rays near deal
For years outfielder Pat Burrell haunted the Mets from the middle of the Phillies lineup. Now he's the Yankees problem.According to multiple reports Burrell is close to signing a two-year,...
YANKEES TO INTRODUCE TEIXEIRA TUESDAY
The Yankees scheduled a news conference Tuesday to announce Mark Teixeira's $180 million, eight-year contract has been finalized. The deal was agreed to Dec. 23, but the sides had to...
OBAMA PICKS EX-CLINTON AIDE AS CIA DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Leon Panetta, who was White House chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, to lead the CIA, Democratic officials said on Monday. The...
DISABLED MAN LEFT ON BUS LEAVES HOSPITAL
A severely disabled man stranded on a school bus over a brutally cold night has gone home from a Brooklyn hospital. A spokeswoman says Edwin Rivera was discharged from Brookdale...
REBECCA ROMIJN AND JERRY O'CONNELL HAVE TWIN GIRLS
Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell are new parents - times two. A publicist for the "Ugly Betty" actress says twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip were born...
PGA Nominations: No Surprises
"The Curious Case of Benjmain Button,'' "The Dark Knight,'' "Frost/Nixon,'' "Milk'' and "Slumdog Millionaire'' will be duking it out for the Producers Guild of America's feature film award, given out...
MADOFF WITH THE GOODS
Ho-ho-no! Prosecutors today hauled arch-swindler Bernard Madoff into court in a bid to get the Ponzi schemer immediately locked up after learning he had mailed more than more than $1...
RBNY's Matt Kassel staying at Maryland
Red Bulls midfield prospect Matt Kassel is returning to Maryland for his sophomore season, rather than signing with MLS. The club sat down with the jewel of its academy system...
'DWTS' CO-HOST BECOMES 'INSIDER'
Samantha Harris has joined "The Insider"--but will remain as co-host of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," an ABC spokeswoman said. Harris, who co-hosts "DWTS" with Tom Bergeron, joins "The Insider"...
FORD'S DECEMBER SALES DROP 32 PERCENT
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales plummeted 32 percent in December and Toyota Motor Corp.'s fell 37 percent as car and truck buyers continued to steer clear of showrooms...
'JUNIOR' GOTTI SEEKS BAIL
John A. "Junior" Gotti has asked to be freed on bail while he awaits a New York trial on racketeering charges. Gotti's lawyers submitted papers Monday in Manhattan federal court...
HOUSE PANEL EXAMINES MADOFF SCAM
WASHINGTON - An investigation of the Security and Exchange Commission's failure to uncover the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff will extend broadly to its enforcement...
OPRAH TALKS WEIGHT, DEPRESSION
OPRAH Winfrey today acknowledged she is vastly overweight and possibly even clinically depressed. Winfrey, who suffers from a thyroid problem, says the medical condition and "life" in general caught her...
Robin McGraw Gets Beautified
Robin McGraw, best-selling author and wife of television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, guest stars as herself on CBS's "The Bold and the Beautiful" Wed. Jan. 14. McGraw, whose...
Devin definitely probable maybe
By FRED KERBERDevin Harris is a gametime decision with his sore right hamstring which is about as shocking as saying Saturn is kind of far away. Nets wanted to check...
TRAVOLTA'S SON UNDERGOES AUTOPSY
FREEPORT, Bahamas - Doctors in the Bahamas conducted an autopsy Monday on John Travolta's 16-year-old son, but authorities did not immediately disclose the results. Bahamian Minister of Health Hubert Minnis...
Pulse Sales: Alexis Bittar
ALEXIS BITTAR465 Broome St., at Greene Street; 212-625-8340Sale: until Jan. 26. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m.Twenty-five percent off silver jewels from the Elements collection.ANNA SUI113 Greene St., between Prince...
COURT PAVES WAY FOR FRANKEN WIN
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount. The court's...
TEEN GETS 18 YEARS FOR HALLOWEEN MURDER
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A teenager has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing a suburban New York security guard who tried to break up some Halloween mischief....
Talk Show Guests: Eva Mendes
Catch hottie Eva Mendes, along with former "Journeyman" and current love interest of Sandra Oh on "Grey's Anatomy" Kevin McKidd, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today at 3 pm on...
Starr Report: Cause for concern
Wednesday's "Law & Order" episode has a lot of meaning for Free The Slaves, an organization whose aim it is to eradicate slavery the world-over (including the US, where nearly...
ISRAEL POUNDS GAZA, VOWS TO CONTINUE
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The expansion of Israel's offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers into ground battles and artillery salvos is taking a heavier toll on the civilians of the...
OBAMA GIRLS ENROLL IN SCHOOL
WASHINGTON - First things first: President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters have checked into their new school in Washington. Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, said that Michelle Obama...
OBAMA PUSHES ECONOMIC PACKAGE ON CAPITOL HILL
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama declared the national economy was "bad and getting worse" Monday as he began crisis talks with congressional leaders on emergency action. He predicted lawmakers would...
Steve Jobs has hormone imbalance
Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer, said Monday that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries...
Coaching Search - Week 2
A week ago we were listening to Woody Johnson and Mike Tannenbaum praise Eric Mangini, the coach they just fired. So where are we a week into this thing? The...
BROWNS TO INTERVIEW KOKINIS FOR GM POST
CLEVELAND - Browns owner Randy Lerner will interview Baltimore director of pro personnel George Kokinis for the club's general manager position, a meeting that could clear the way for Cleveland...
'SECRET' IS OUT
ABC Family's No. 1 original series of all time, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," returns tonight with all the quality intact, and it remains, as it was last...
'TONIGHT' IS READY TO MOVE
WHEN Conan O'Brien takes over the "Tonight Show" in June, it will be the first time in nearly 40 years that the show will get a new home. Conan is...
STARR REPORT
Cause for concern Wednesday's "Law & Order" episode has a lot of meaning for Free The Slaves, an organization whose aim it is to eradicate slavery the world-over (including the...
'DWTS' COUPLE TO WED
IS it dancing that leads to love - or love that leads to dancing? It doesn't matter to two professional hoofers from "Dancing With the Stars" - Karina Smirnoff and...
WILD RATINGS
THE San Diego Chargers' dramatic overtime win over the Indianapolis Colts Saturday night was the biggest audience in 10 years to see a wild-card NFL game. And it tied the...
JET CONTENDER BOOSTS RESUME WITH BIG VICTORY
The biggest development yesterday in the Jets' coaching search happened 1,100 miles south of New York, in Miami, where Raven defensive coordinator Rex Ryan had an eye-opening pre-interview performance. NEW...
NEW COACH FACING D-SASTER
If the Jets hire either Steve Spagnuolo or Rex Ryan - the defensive gurus of the Giants and Ravens, respectively - Gang Green's roster figures to need a major adjustment....
COWHER: I'LL SIT OUT '09
Bill Cowher has ended all the speculation he might return to coaching next season. JET CONTENDER BOOSTS RESUME WITH BIG VICTORYNEW COACH FACING D-SASTER Cowher had been mentioned as a...
USELESS NUMBERS DOMINATE TELECASTS
WITH TV, where no bad idea is unworthy of duplication, it's always a reverse pennant race, an intense battle to finish in worst place. NBC's two wild-cards, Saturday, were typical...
PENN RUNS DRY ON THIS MAGICAL COMEBACK STORY
MIAMI - Chad Pennington picked the worst possible time to turn into Brett Favre. "The first pick, it was high," Pennington said in the interview room after Ravens 27, Dolphins...
FIVE TURNOVERS SINK FISH
MIAMI - Memo to Kerry Collins: Do not throw the ball anywhere near Ed Reed. He wears No. 20 and he plays safety the way Willie Mays played center field...
QUESTIONS LOOMING FOR COLTS
INDIANAPOLIS - The Colts' season ended the same way it started. The defense couldn't get off the field, the offense couldn't run and there were too many penalties. It wasn't...
BLUESHIRTS HAVE BIG OPPORTUNITY
So here are the Rangers, stumbling without so much as a single go-to guy in the lineup and, really, is that a surprise to anyone in the aftermath of Glen...
LAKERS TAKE 6TH STRAIGHT
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 19 and the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers 100-86 last night for their sixth consecutive victory and 15th straight...
BIG BLUE FANS WARY OF THIS RUBBER GAME
The rematch that almost everyone anticipated - and many Giants fans view with a mixture of fear and trepidation - will take place Sunday, when the rival Eagles arrive at...
NETS IMPRESSED WITH LOPEZ'S DESIRE TO WIN
Brook Lopez looked like his puppy had just run away. He looked like someone had smashed his prized collection of Disney memorabilia. He had twice been blocked by Miami's Dwyane...
DEVS CLIMB STANDINGS WITH OT WIN
The chase took them into the new year, but the Devils have finally caught the Rangers at 49 points, after trailing them by 12 only 33 days ago. "It starts...
WESTBROOK TD SEALS WIN OVER VIKES
MINNEAPOLIS - The old bubble was primed to pop, because all across the second half the Vikings and the Eagles had danced this tense, taut dance with each other. The...
CHANDLER, HARRINGTON HELP KNICKS STUN WORLD CHAMPS
If this shocking win over the world champs isn't the confidence-builder to get the Knicks back on track, nothing will. GARNETT: NO PROBLEM WITH STEPHGREENBERG: Chandler's Rise Making 2010 Look...
BIRDS HAVE 'BLUE' PRINT
MINNEAPOLIS - It isn't supposed to be in the DNA of an Eagle, or a Redskin, or a Cowboy, to feel anything but raw, raging contempt for the other team...
GARNETT: NO PROBLEM WITH STEPH
Knocking down speculation he wouldn't want Stephon Marbury on board because of a past rift, Kevin Garnett endorsed having the banished Knicks point guard join the Celtics. CHANDLER, HARRINGTON HELP...
CHANDLER'S RISE MAKING 2010 LOOK EVEN BETTER
KEVIN Garnett picked up two quick fouls, later got kicked in the calf and played only 29 minutes, leaving wriggle room for the Knicks. For one night, at least, that...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Smith named top coach Mike Smith and Tony Sparano performed so brilliantly as rookie head coaches it was almost impossible to separate them. Atlanta's Smith edged Miami's Sparano by...
GILBRIDE, RAIDERS TALK
Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride had a 90-minute phone conversation over the weekend with Raiders owner Al Davis concerning the team's coaching vacancy. BIG BLUE FANS WARY OF THIS RUBBER...
'HORNS STILL HOPIN'
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Texas coach Mack Brown has a theory about bowl games. "If the teams are fairly even, the team that wants to be there the most and has...
BROWNS TO INTERVIEW KOKINIS FOR GM POST
CLEVELAND - Browns owner Randy Lerner will interview Baltimore director of pro personnel George Kokinis for the club's general manager position, a meeting that could clear the way for Cleveland...
SOONERS' FRANKS: HE'D BE FOURTH-BEST QB IN BIG 12
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Thank you, Dominique Franks, the Sarah Palin of college football. On behalf of all fans, most of whom had never heard your name until yesterday, thank...
BC STUNS NO. 1 HEELS
Tyrese Rice scored 25 points in his second straight big game against the Tar Heels to help Boston College stun top-ranked North Carolina 85-78 yesterday in Chapel Hill. Rakim Sanders...
CTK'S OLIVA SET TO RETIRE
Bob Oliva, who coached Christ the King to five city basketball titles over 27 years, will officially retire today, citing health reasons. Oliva, 63, had not coached this season since...
CHALET CHIC
*Cashmere shrug, $178, and slipper socks, $48, both at Victoria's Secret, 722 Lexington Ave. *Dessous bra and underwear (sold as set), $125 at dessousnyc.com *Wool hat, $44 at alpinestarswomen.comClick here...
60 SECONDS WITH DAVID EDERY...
Co-author of "Changing the Game: How Video Games are Transforming the Future of Business"Your book contends that video games can change the workplace by upping productivity and boosting training and...
GO TO GREG
Q I work for a small business owner who's given me the unenviable task of laying off several dozen workers by the end of January. I've never fired anyone before,...
NEEDED: A CLUE
'DID u get the text message that I sent u?" the Facebook message from a young man who desperately wanted to intern for me read demandingly. "Pls respond to let...
BLUNDER YEARS
THE first bullet stung the most. Fresh out of college and completely naive, I felt my maiden rejection like a shot to the heart. After an interview at a homemaker's...
NARCO COP 'ROID SLAP
A veteran NYPD narcotics lieutenant who spent three years protecting Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has been suspended for failing a drug test that showed he had steroids in his system,...
FISHY NUPTIALS FIASCO
A proud father wanted the best for his daughter on her wedding day, but the fairy-tale event turned into a $100,000 fiasco that ended with the blushing bride kneeling over...
FUMING MAD
A Long Island couple whose wedding celebration evaporated in a cloud of carbon monoxide is still furious over unpaid expenses for the ruined reception. FISHY NUPTIALS FIASCO George and Sharon...
TRIAL IN FDNY DEATHS
Two tenants and a building manager who allegedly constructed a deathtrap by dividing up a Bronx tenement go on trial today in the deaths of two firemen. The "Black Sunday"...
B'WAY IN BEIJING
BEIJING- "Fame" is going to China. The Broadway musical about students aspiring to stardom is being customized by its US producer for a Chinese audience, with a full Chinese cast...
GOP PLOT TO TAP STATE STAFF FOR RE-ELEX BIDS
AN EXPLOSIVE secret memo shows that Senate Republicans are plotting to use state-funded staff for political purposes in hopes of recapturing the Senate in two years. The Senate Research Project...
HAIR-DYE SUIT A PUBIC PROTEST
A pubic-hair dye company claims it was bushwhacked by a rival that stole its trademarked, thong-shaped logo. Betty Beauty Inc. - maker of "specially formulated color dyes for the hair...
GRAN GETS BOOT FOR CHRISTMAS
Government grinches stole Christmas from 16-year-old Florentyna Ciroch. The teen says customs agents detained her beloved Polish grandmother at Newark Liberty Airport and hauled her off to a jail for...
JEB FOR PREZ: DAD
Another President Bush? Perhaps so, says former President George H.W. Bush, who has already seen one son, George W., serve in the Oval Office. The nation's 41st president said Sunday...
BON JOVI SET TO $ING FOR HILLARY
The final note of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid may be sung by Jon Bon Jovi, as the soon-to-be secretary of state tries to close out her campaign debt with...
KATE A SINGLE-ULAR SENSATION
Kate Hudson smolders as she fidgets with her spiked heels in this sexy photo for the upcoming issue of Elle magazine. The hot-to-trot divorcée, 29, admits to the mag that...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A deranged man smiled at a female jogger - and then bashed her in the head with his clenched first in an unprovoked attack near Gracie Mansion yesterday, police...
DON'T STOP UNTIL HAMAS IS DESTROYED
ISRAELI ground troops have gone into Gaza. But can they rip out Hamas before international Israel-haters save the terror machine? To provide its citizens even with temporary safety, Israel had...
CONEY BOSS EYES MORE LAND
Mayor Bloomberg's plans for revitalizing Coney Island are in jeopardy as a controversial developer who owns most of the amusement district is now planning to expand his vast portfolio of...
EGG 'AIRSTRIKE'
An Israeli man was busted in Midtown for throwing eggs at protesters who were demanding an end to the Gaza Strip attacks, police sources said yesterday. Ido Alima, 22, was...
SPY BEGS FOR PREZ PARDON
A former US naval intelligence officer serving a life sentence for spying for Israel is personally taking his case for freedom to President Bush. Jonathan Pollard, 54, submitted a request...
YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO FEAR
A run of earthquakes has struck Yellowstone National Park in the past week, raising fears that its dormant volcano could be ready to erupt for the first time in 70,000...
PLEA IN LI BOSS MURDER
A Long Island man yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he fatally shot his boss and stuffed the body in a car's trunk. James Caldwell, 49, of Mastic Beach,...
QNS. SLASHER HUNT
A man crept into an elderly Queens woman's home through an open window yesterday and viciously slashed her, robbed her and fled in her car, authorities said. Vivian Squires, 86,...
COURT IN OB-SESSION
Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect. An elderly Manhattan lawyer, banished from the legal profession for stealing from clients, could spend his golden years in prison - because he refuses to...
RIDERS ASK: HEY, MTA, WHERE'S 7?
Queens residents and business owners are irate at the MTA for temporarily halting weekend service on the No. 7 train. Track upgrading that began this past weekend is to go...
ONE MAN'S WILD-GOOSE PLACE
Gary Lundquist loves his Canada geese - even if public attention on his one-man bird sanctuary ruffles his feathers. Lundquist has been feeding the migrating birds for years at his...
CITY IN UNHEALTHY AD DEAL
The city has signed a $3 million contract to advertise antismoking and other health messages in phone booths, although it already gets free advertising in bus shelters and public bathrooms....
SEAT AL - CHUCK
Sen. Charles Schumer, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, says Al Franken should be seated in the Senate when it convenes tomorrow. In a statement yesterday, Schumer said it's...
BLOOMBERG HAS 'BLAST' IN ISRAEL
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday got a firsthand experience of what it's like for Israelis living under constant threat from Hamas rockets. On a trip from one southern Israeli town, Ashkelon, to...
SLAY RAPS IN CRANE TRAGEDY
A contractor in charge of making sure an Upper East Side crane was raised safely was so "reckless and negligent" that the crane toppled, killing seven people last year, Manhattan...
FIREMAN: I'M NY'S LUCKIEST
A firefighter who cheated death when a third-floor porch collapsed beneath his feet during a massive Brooklyn blaze says he's "glad to be alive." "It was like a whirlpool sucked...
SUPPORT FOR BUS MATRON
The matron charged with leaving a severely disabled man strapped into his seat in a freezing-cold bus isn't the only person to blame, a co-worker insisted yesterday. "The driver never...
'MARLEY' STILL HAS A LEG UP
The dog hasn't lost his bite. The family flick "Marley & Me," starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson as owners of an adorably mischievous pooch, took in $24.1 million to...
HOSP DRUG 'ABU$E'
Seven New York hospitals operated a $50 million Medicaid scam through unlicensed drug-treatment programs that admitted patients who weren't addicts, gave kickbacks for referrals, and even lured street people into...
FAREWELL TO NEW YEAR KID
Family and friends of a Long Island boy who died after a New Year's Eve drinking binge bade goodbye last night to "the greatest kid around." Garrett Quedens, 14, lay...
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, IT'S TOUGH TO BELIEVE IN CHANGE
WASHINGTON - So, this is Change We Can Believe In? It's more like the same old change we've heard jingling in the pockets of politicians since the beginning of time....
'JETT, COME ON, COME AROUND!'
John Travolta and Kelly Preston held their son's hand and frantically begged him to live while they rode with him in an ambulance, it was revealed yesterday as the actor...
O'S PICK IN SCANDAL
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson yesterday withdrew his nomination to be Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a federal fiscal probe, the second pay-for-play scandal to rock the president-elect's transition. Richardson...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A former Florida city commissioner who had launched a program to combat bike theft had his own ride swiped. Tim Smith, of Fort Lauderdale, noticed a traffic accident as he...
Boston Miracle
By MARC BERMANMaybe there will be a season after all.Mike D'Antoni has taken a lot of heat on this blog for being stubborn and too offensive-minded, but tonight he deserves...
BLAGO'S REVENGE
DISGRACED Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich refuses to obey his script. Democrats wanted to shame him into inaction until the state Legislature impeached him and this blot on the new era...
DC CAN'T SAVE US
LAST week, Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey argued that Caroline Kennedy was the only acceptable choice to be "desperate" New York's new senator because "New York has a huge budget gap....
PAYING LONG ISLAND'S FINEST
THE ISSUE: The salaries, benefits and other perks given to Suffolk County cops. *** Your editorial is slanted and biased ("Cops Cashing In," Editorial, Dec. 28). You don't say a...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Phelpsian! Olympic swim star Mi chael Phelps, who's re turning to Beijing this week for the first time since winning a record eight gold medals, will be the brand spokesman...
CUOMO'S CONTRIBUTION
Let's hope state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's look at charitable fund-raising bears fruit. Cuomo last week reported that barely 39 cents of every dollar raised by telemarketers in New York...
ISRAEL'S OBLIGATION
Israeli ground forces knifed into Gaza over the weekend - a reluctant action, to be sure, and one fraught with strategic risks. But, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his...
DOWNTOWN SHELL GAME: WHY LMDC STILL EXISTS
THE ISSUE: Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver steering LMDC funds to local community groups. *** If you want to keep re-electing people like Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver, time and again, you...
THE PERILS OF PROGRESSIVE POWER PLAYS
LIKE pebbles tossed into ponds, important Supreme Court rulings radiate ripples of consequences. Consider a 1971 Supreme Court decision that supposedly applied but actually altered the 1964 Civil Rights Act....
INAUGURAL BRAWL
With the presidential inauguration a little more than two weeks away, political mags are taking center stage, trying to win must-read status in the run-up to the historic anointing of...
TRIBAL CIGS IN COURT
Well, that didn't take long. Not two weeks after Gov. Paterson signed a new law to get tough on Indian buttlegging, an upstate judge last month issued a temporary injunction...
DEFENSE SHOOTS HOLES IN STOCK FORECAST
An expected surge of defense and technology spending is starting to rally Wall Street out of its historic slump, taking a lead as the new bread-and-butter bet for 2009. Defense...
STORE WARNINGS
Some retailers didn't survive the holidays, and spring could be littered with still more casualties. Retail bankruptcies soared in 2008, claiming high-profile victims like Linens 'n Things, Circuit City, Sharper...
GARDEN SHOCKER
Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 31 points, and the New York Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak against the sputtering Boston Celtics with a 100-88 victory Sunday night. Al Harrington...