January 7, 2009
Mock drafts -- updated April 24
CBSSports.com has one consensus pick for the Jets in its five mock drafts.Two of the mock drafters forecast the No. 17 pick to be Kansas State QB Josh Freeman.The others...
EGYPT SAYS ISRAEL, HAMAS, PALESTINIANS SET TALKS
Egypt's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday that representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas agreed to meet separately with Egyptian officials Thursday for talks on the Gaza crisis.Israeli Airstrikes Resume...
NEXT UP: GIANTS
Somewhere along the line people forgot the Eagles have been a good team for some time now. A team that has given the Giants fits over the seasons. The last...
Mangini has eye on assistants
By BRIAN COSTELLOEric Mangini has been hired as the next coach of the Browns and reportedly has his eye on Jets assistants.According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Mangini has started...
DATING TO DINING WITH BOBBY FLAY
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is launching a talk radio show on which he will offer advice to men on everything from dating, dining, dressing and how to nail a tough...
LITTLEJOHN GETS 25 TO LIFE IN KIDNAPPING OF YORK COLLEGE STUDENT
A Queens Supreme Court judge showed no leniency when he sentenced Darryl Littlejohn to 25 years to life in prison Wednesday for impersonating a law enforcement officer and kidnapping a...
BAYSIDE'S CAFFÉ ON THE GREEN CLOSES DOORS
Bayside’s popular Caffé on the Green closed its doors permanently on New Year’s Day after the city chose a new concessionaire to replace the catering hall at its Cross Island...
FLUSHING WELCOMES 2009 BABIES
A family from Bayside and another from Flushing welcomed the first two babies born in the five boroughs within the first 10 minutes of 2009, while a Richmond Hill family’s...
RICATTO'S CAMPAIGN BUS KILLS OZONE PARK BOY
A 9-year-old Ozone Park boy was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by the campaign vehicle used by a City Council candidate at the corner of Cross Bay and...
86-YEAR-OLD RECOVERING AFTER ATTACK
Vivian Squires, the 86-year-old grandmother who fought off an attacker who robbed and stabbed her four times in her Springfield Gardens home Sunday, left Mary Immaculate Hospital Tuesday afternoon, softly...
"Wolfenstein" back in action
Good news, fans of supernatural thrillers that bring Nazi obsession with the occult to life! Wolfenstein - yes, that Wolfenstein - is coming to a next-gen console near you this...
Quiet day
It's been quiet on the Jets coaching front today, unless you're Jeff Jagodzinski. As everyone knows by now, Boston College fired Jagodzinski for interviewing with the Jets.The Jets' coaching search...
DOW FALLS 245 PTS ON PROFIT WARNINGS, POOR JOB OUTLOOK
Bleak outlooks from Intel, Alcoa and Time Warner and unnerving signs about unemployment have sent stocks sharply lower. The forecasts from industry bellwethers have caused investors to reconsider the notion...
DARYL LITTLEJOHN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
A furious Queens judge called the suspected killer of Imette St. Guillen a "typical, classic sociopath" before sentencing him to 25 years to life in prison for kidnapping a teenager...
Freddy Adu draws PK, helps Monaco past Juventus
Freddy Lives!Just when it looked like Freddy Adu was buried deeper than next year's crops, he came through with a much-needed big performance for Monaco. He set up their only...
WOMAN JUMPS FROM EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
A middle-aged woman plunged to her death today after she apparently jumped out a 39th-floor window of the Empire State Building, police said. The 54-year-old Manhattan woman, whose name was...
'SECRET' IS OUT
The return of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" shattered records across-the-board for ABC Family. The teen soap, starring Shailene Woodley and Molly Ringwald, snared 4.4 million viewers Monday...
RBNY's Jorge Rojas NOT going on loan; defending El Zurdo
The agent for Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas contacted MLS about going out on loan during the offseason. But contrary to reports coming out of his native Venezuela, nothing is...
Mangini hired by Browns
By BRIAN COSTELLOEric Mangini has been hired as the next coach of the Browns.According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Mangini has started talking to two Jets assistants about coming with...
Curry's debut expected tomorrow
By MARC BERMANDALLAS - Following Knicks' practice at American Airlines Center, coach Mike D'Antoni announced center Eddy Curry will suit up tomorrow night vs. the Mavericks and likely l make...
Red Bull re-signs Carlos Mendes
Red Bulls have reached an agreement on a new contract with Carlos Mendes, the Post has learned. The club is expected to announce the deal later today."I think the organization...
Devin Sits, Dooling Starts, CD-R Waits
By FRED KERBERAs expected, Devin Harris officially is out tonight against the Grizzlies with his sore hammy so Keyon Dooling gets his fifth start of the season."You want to try...
HUBBY DEMANDS $1.5M FROM WIFE FOR KIDNEY
A Long Island doctor whose wife dumped him for her physical therapist after he gave her his kidney is suing the mother of three for the $1.5 million that he...
3 UP: MANNY, LOWE, TEIXEIRA
Howdy. Checking in from vacation again. I continue to do the morning show from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. this week on Sirius (Channel 210)/XM (Channel 175) for those who...
'SCRUBS' MOVES TO ABC, DEBUTS TO LOW RATINGS
Add the return of "Scrubs" to the "good news/bad news" category. The good news is that the veteran sitcom finally returned to prime time Tuesday, this time on ABC--its new...
PROSECUTORS REVEAL MADOFF'S TREASURE TROVE
The treasure trove of valuables that accused Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff secretly mailed off to relatives on Christmas Eve includes diamond watches from Cartier and Tiffany, federal prosecutors revealed today....
CLINTON CONFIRMATION HEARING SET FOR TUESDAY
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has held lengthy private discussions with leaders of the Senate committee reviewing her nomination to be secretary of state and will face a public hearing...
OPRAH'S WEIGHTY RATINGS
Oprah's weight woes wooed millions to her first show of the new year. Gobbling up a 5.7 household rating and a 13-share, Monday's episode, where Winfrey was interviewed about her...
JOE THE PLUMBER TO BE WAR CORRESPONDENT
TOLEDO, Ohio - Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook. The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says...
JAGODZINSKI FIRED BY BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College has fired head coach Jeff Jagodzinski for interviewing with the Jets yesterday. "I thought that we had a coach who wanted to be here for a long time,"...
Generation adidas class revealed
Jeremy Hall part of Generation adidas class MLS and adidas unveiled the latest nine-player Generation adidas class today. They've all signed with the league and can be taken in the...
Talk Show Guests: Tom Cruise
Tomorrow, Barbara Walters covers the couches for Tom Cruise's stop-in with the gabby gals on "The View" at 11 am on Ch. 7. Get the complete list of Talk Show...
Bushes Mets, Yankees All-Stars: Pitchers
After ticking off the other positions on the diamond, we'll now head to the mound for our final two selections for the 2008 Beating the Bushes All-Stars from the Mets...
Jay is For Justin Bobby
At DVF, Olivia is pretending to be nice but comes across as really intrusive and obnoxious for someone who asks personal questions about every aspect of your life. Whitney takes...
Jacobs off injury report
BY PAUL SCHWARTZA quick look at the preliminary injury report prepared by the Giants shows an awful lot of white space. It seems the week off had the intended healing...
Report: Brazil's Marta is coming to U.S.
If you can't beat 'em, sign 'em.After Brazilian superstar Marta tore the U.S. Women's National Team a new set of hindquarters in the Women's World Cup, now the two-time FIFA...
Starr Report: Monkeys With 'tude
Animal Planet is taking a, well, novel approach to its new series, "Dark Days in Monkey City." Premiering Feb. 10 (10:30 p.m.), "Dark Days" unfolds in the deserted Sri Lankan...
BUDGET DEFICIT TO HIT RECORD $1.2 TRILLION
WASHINGTON - The federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year and the U.S. economy will likely contract by more than 2 percent, according...
SENATE DEMS PLAN TO SEAT BURRIS
Changing course, Senate Democrats emerged from a meeting with Senate appointee Roland Burris on Wednesday and set forth the legal steps under which they're willing to welcome him into the...
NEW PAPERS FILED IN MADOFF BAIL CASE
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his wife sent at least 16 watches, a jade necklace and a diamond bracelet to family and relatives, proving he will continue to dissipate what...
Sundance: SPC Circles Bernal-Luna Reunion Flick
Sony Pictures Classics is in talks for U.S. rights to the sports comedy "Rudo y Cursi,'' a Spanish-language reunion of Mexican actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna ("Y Tu...
ISRAELI STRIKES, HAMAS ROCKETS RESUME AFTER PAUSE
Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed after a brief pause Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging some...
Disney Trashing Its History
It's disappointing that Disney is hiring an utter hack like McG to direct "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo,'' which sure sounds like the first installment in a threatened...
SOURCES: YANKS' NEXT OFFER TO ANDY WILL BE HARD 'LESSEN'
By the time Brian Cashman met with Andy Pettitte in Texas on Dec. 11 he had an inkling the Yankees' offseason strategy had changed from pitching, pitching and more pitching...
THANK DONNIE FOR TEIXEIRA'S PINSTRIPE PASSION
THE look is pure pinstripes. As Mark Teixeira stood on the field of the new Yankee Stadium with the glistening façade in the background, a smile flashed across his face....
TEX HAD YANKEES AT TOP ALL ALONG
All parties involved saw green, leading to Mark Teixeira's introduction yesterday as the Yankees' new first baseman. Teixeira wore pinstriped uniform No. 25 (no, it won't be retired in honor...
UNDER THE RADAR A FEST FOR THE REST
THERE'S a Cambodian theater piece about the Pol Pot regime, performed in Khmer; a punk-rock song cycle devoted to Peter Lorre; a British drama about two art-gallery guides, performed in...
UWS KEFI FINALLY OPA!
UPDATE: Health Heavies Shut Kefi IT was just another night at the new Kefi, which moved to Columbus Avenue after three cramped years on West 79th Street - and inflated...
WING IT
THIS ain't Buffalo - but you wouldn't know it reading the menu at the corner bar. Just in time for the NFL playoffs, NYC is experiencing a wing awakening. As...
DEMS SEAL THE DEAL FOR CONTROL OF STATE SENATE
ALBANY - Democrats are poised to capture the state Senate for the first time in generations today after chamber boss Malcolm Smith announced an end to a two-month leadership battle...
SWAYZE'S HELL
Patrick Swayze says he is frightened, angry and "going through hell" - but vows he won't let pancreatic cancer defeat him. "What's winning to me is not giving up. No...
STARR REPORT
Monkeys with 'tudeAnimal Planet is taking a, well, novel approach to its new series, "Dark Days in Monkey City." Premiering Feb. 10 (10:30 p.m.), "Dark Days" unfolds in the deserted...
REAL BAD GIRL
IF Bernie Madoff didn't exist, then "Damages" lead shark, Patty Hewes, would be the worst person in the world. But since Madoff does exist, and, thank God, Hewes doesn't, not...
MARVELOUS MENNONITE MADNESS
THE year 2009 is just a week old, and I have already found a contender for the top-10 list I expect to compile come December. It is "Silent Light," and...
'GREY' STAY
T.R. Knight may not leave "Grey's Anatomy," after all. The actor, who plays Dr. George O'Malley on the hit ABC drama, had asked to be released from his contract with...
WELCOME BACK, COULTER
THE "Today" show has re-booked controversial author Ann Coulter for what is believed to be her 11th appearance on the popular NBC morning show. Coulter is slated to appear on...
DEBT ZONE
CHARLOTTE, NC - Fantasia Barrino - who faces the loss of her $1.3 million home here in a debtor's auction set for noon Monday - is apparently ignoring the looming...
HOOKS IN FISHY TALE
SOME backers of "Speed-the- Plow," still seething over Jer emy Piven's abandonment of the production last month, are pushing for an investigation into the actor's laughable claim that he was...
STINKER VS. HORRID OKC RUINS KNICK KARMA
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oh no! Forty-eight hours after shutting down the NBA champs, the Knicks self-destructed in the plains against the league's worst team. KNICKS BLOG In a disastrous defeat...
RANGERS WANT TO PROTECT THE KING
A day later, Tom Renney was still highly complimentary of his team's effort in Monday's 4-0 win over Pittsburgh and pleased that Henrik Lundqvist had earned his first shutout of...
IDLE HARRIS IS GRIZZLY PROSPECT
The Nets are winless this season without Devin Harris, 0-4 when their emerging star point guard isn't in the starting lineup. That does not bode well for tonight's game against...
HAVE NO FEAR: GIANTS WILL PUT OUT PHILLY FIRE
THESE Giants are not THOSE Giants because nothing ever stays the same and no two teams from year to year are exact replicas, but THIS group is not about to...
PAVANO GOES TO INDIANS
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians and free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano, a four-year bust with the Yankees because of injuries, agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract yesterday. Indians general manager...
GIAMBI BACK WITH A'S
Jason Giambi is back to where it all started and hopeful he can recapture some of his former glory. Two days shy of his 38th birthday, Giambi yesterday agreed to...
BOLTS WR NAILED IN DUI
Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson was arrested yesterday on suspicion of drunken driving. Jackson, who was on probation for a previous DUI arrest, was stopped after he was spotted braking...
METS, BORAS WILL TALK LOWE, PEREZ
Scott Boras was in The Bronx yesterday to participate in the Mark Teixeira press conference and decided to extend his New York stay to have lunch today with Mets GM...
BC COACH IGNORES THREAT, FACES AX
Say this about Jeff Jagodzinski - apparently, he's really interested in the Jets' head-coaching vacancy. The Boston College coach interviewed yesterday with the Jets, and reportedly will lose his job...
BOYS PREVAILS IN TITLE REMATCH
Boys & Girls has reached the last two PSAL title games, only to get blown out by Lincoln both times. Yesterday, the Kangaroos got a small dose of revenge, beating...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Yanks' Mitre also suspended Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre joined Phillies reliever J.C. Romero on the 50-game suspension list, with yesterday's ruling that both players violated MLB's drug policy. The...
DAD'S DESPERATE DEVS CAN'T CAP RALLY
RALEIGH, N.C. - The desperate and stunning strategy of making his lackluster Devils play without a goalie paid off twice, but even that wasn't enough to bring Brent Sutter a...
CUTTINO'S TAKING UP ROSTER SLOT
OKLAHOMA CITY - Team president Donnie Walsh revealed yesterday the Knicks don't have an official roster spot open to sign a player to a 10-day contract or make a two-for-one...
JERSEY FRESHMEN AFTER BCS CROWN
FORT LAUDERDALE - The BCS has what it wants - Oklahoma and Florida - two of the most storied programs in the history of college football, led by the last...
REYNOLDS WRAPS UP 'NOVA'S WIN OVER HALL
In the end, it was the same result. After beginning its Big East schedule with double-digit losses to Syracuse and West Virginia, Seton Hall sent last night's game against 18th-ranked...
SEC GAL FIRES BACK
Former SEC exec Meaghan Cheung, who oversaw a 2006 probe of swindler Bernard Madoff 's firm, defended herself yesterday against claims that she and others blew it by not uncovering...
DEER TAKE CRASH 'COURSE'
HAMILTON, NJ - Officials at the Faith Baptist School here were hoping for a return to normal yesterday, a day after classes were disrupted when two deer leaped through a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops were grilling a man suspected of killing his wife in East Harlem after he stumbled drunk into a swank Fifth Avenue apartment building yesterday and refused to leave,...
IT'S A GIRL FOR JEN AND BEN
How sweet it is - there's another girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. Reps for both actors yesterday announced the birth, but no other details. US Weekly, however, reported...
SAVING FACE
LONDON - The "love" hormone linked to feelings of sexual pleasure, bonding and maternal care also appears to help us recognize familiar faces, Swiss researchers said yesterday. Men given oxytocin...
'FAINT PULSE' FELT IN JETT
John Travolta's son was still alive when he was found unconscious on the floor of a Bahamas resort bathroom, it was reported yesterday. Moments before he died, people trying to...
'HIDE AMID KIDS' A TOP THUG TACTIC
Hamas routinely uses Palestinian civilians as human shields and puts others at grave risk by waging war in and near mosques, schools, hospitals, apartment houses and other buildings, according to...
'BROKEN' MOGUL IN SUICIDE HORROR
German billionaire Adolf Merckle - often described as Europe's Warren Buffett - jumped in front of a train and killed himself as his financial empire struggled under a towering burden...
IT'S A SKI 'BUM'
Forget schussing. Tushing is all the rage on the slopes of Vail, as a hapless skier gets caught with his pants down after falling off a chairlift. The 48-year-old man...
GOPER DROPS OUT OF MAYORAL RUN
Scratch one would-be Republican mayoral contender. Lawyer Bruce Blakeman has taken himself out of the running in the race for mayor, barely four months after putting himself in the running....
45% FAVOR CAROLINE
ALBANY - Forty-five percent of Americans want Gov. Paterson to name Caroline Kennedy to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a poll released yesterday. The USA Today/Gallup survey of...
SNIFFING FOR CLUES
The maple syrup mystery plot has thickened. A sickly sweet odor that first wafted across Manhattan in 2005 had people sniffing the air again Monday night as 37 callers in...
BOYRIDE FOR A 6-YR.-OLD
WICOMICO CHURCH, Va. - A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's car and crashed - but not before he had gone...
SCHOOL SEX RAPS RISE
Sexual misconduct by public school teachers and employees rose slightly last year, with investigators finding wrongdoing in nearly half the 228 cases they probed, according to city school investigators. Last...
UNEMPLOYMENT OUTAGE
ALBANY - Department of Labor, please hold. A rush of out-of-work New Yorkers overwhelmed the state's unemployment system yesterday, forcing the program's automated phone banks and Internet site to go...
MAN FATALLY STABS HIS PIT BULL
A Long Island ambulance driver has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after police say he stabbed his family's pit bull to death. Lamont Yarborough, 36, stabbed Buster multiple times...
O'S OOPS ON CIA PICK
President-elect Barack Obama apologized to a top senator yesterday for failing to notify her of his choice for CIA chief before the news became public. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), who...
OBAMA BANS STIMULUS-PACKAGE PORK
Take this pork and shove it! President-elect Barack Obama warned Capitol Hill lawmakers yesterday that he will bar all pork-barrel projects from the massive economic-stimulus package he is asking them...
GOOD NEWS SCARCE FOR GOV'S STATE OF THE STATE
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson delivers his first State of the State Address today to a joint session of the Legislature amid a worsening fiscal crisis and a deteriorating state economy...
TV DOC AS 'SURGEON GENERAL'
President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the nation's surgeon general, the network said yesterday. Since learning that Gupta was under consideration for the...
HOT-DOG '$IDE' DISH
Even in the wacky world of Big Apple real estate, this is a tale for the ages: a hot-dog vendor has agreed to pay the city $81,701 more a year...
MTA & UNION OK ARBITRATION
Straphangers who still have nightmares of the 2005 holiday-season subway and bus strike can rest easy. The MTA and the Transport Workers Union have agreed to settle the most recent...
ACTOR RIP IN DUI BUST
Connecticut cops said yesterday they pinched foul-mouthed actor Rip Torn for alleged DUI - his third boozy driving bust in five years. Torn, 77, pleaded not guilty in a Litchfield...
OY VEY, WHAT A 'SNATCH'
In a heist straight out of Guy Ritchie's film "Snatch," a pair of armed robbers disguised themselves as Hasidic Jews to steal $4 million worth of jewels from a Diamond...
BLACK SUNDAY RECALLED
A fire lieutenant testified yesterday how he tried to help save six comrades, only to see them fall or jump from a burning building in the 2005 Black Sunday inferno....
CAR FUMES KILL LOVERS
A Long Island man and a woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning when they used a car as a trysting place and kept the engine running to keep warm, cops...
ARREST IN BANK RAZING
A Gambino-linked construction official was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing as much as $2 million from the Deutsche Bank building demolition - taking kickbacks in the form of cash,...
YANKEE PANKY
It's clear who wears the pinstriped pants in new Yankee savior Mark Teixeira's family. Teixeira and his wife, Leigh, were all smiles yesterday as they met Big Apple scribes at...
WHO GETS PAID WHAT BY CITY
Some 6 percent of city workers rake in more than $100,000, research released yesterday by a conservative think tank shows. The offices of Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council, the public...
BURRIS BRUSHED OFF
WASHINGTON - Roland Burris marched up the steps of the Capitol yesterday, determined to prove to Senate officials that he was the junior senator from Illinois. But they didn't buy...
PUB'S SEX DEFENSE
A former floor manager at the Times Square eatery Hawaiian Tropic Zone, who says she was raped by her boss, wasn't the victim of sexual harassment, the restaurant contends. The...
CITY IS OUT AT HOME
Seared by relentless criticism of pricey luxury boxes the city scored at the new Yankee and Mets stadiums, Mayor Bloomberg gave in yesterday and said he'll sell back the perks...
'EX' SEX EXTORT ARREST
A hotshot tax attorney was busted for allegedly trying to blackmail a former lover into sending him nude photos by threatening to give her husband, neighbors and relatives what he...
NYU 'BERNED' FOR $94 MILLION
New York University lost as much as $94 million when a hotshot money manager, against the school's wishes, invested the cash with swindler Bernie Madoff, its lawyers told a judge...
POL BUS KILLS KID
A campaign bus for a candidate in the City Council's special election killed a 9-year-old Queens boy scampering home from school yesterday, devastating the child's family and stunning the politician,...
SHIELD' ATROCITY
Hamas terrorists fired mortars at Israeli troops from inside a packed United Nations school yesterday - triggering an Israeli response that killed at least 30 civilians, including several children, authorities...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This kid's getting an early start on becoming a sociopath. A 4-year-old Ohio boy - angry that his baby sitter accidentally stepped on his foot - grabbed his dad's shotgun...
Beckham makes his AC Milan debut
L.A. Galaxy superstar David Beckham made his debut on loan to AC Milan today in the United Arab Emirates. He played the first half of a friendly against Hamburg, with...
TAXING NY TO DEATH
THE working people of New York are sliding toward an economic abyss. The bountiful days on Wall Street have ended. Other major industries - media, tourism, retailing, real estate -...
THE UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD OF ISRAEL HATE
'GO back to the oven! You need a big oven, that's what you need!" This is what one young woman thought passed for acceptable discourse during an anti-Israel rally last...
MIKE IN THE MIDEAST: MENSCH OR MESHUGANA?
THE ISSUE: Mayor Bloomberg's visit to the war-torn southern region of Israel. *** Mayor Bloomberg has showed support for Israel by going there during the fighting ("Bloomberg Has 'Blast' in...
AN AWFUL PICK
WOULD you ask your accountant to perform brain surgery on your child? That's the closest analogy I can find to the choice of Democratic Party hack Leon Panetta to head...
BAM'S STIMULUS: TOO MUCH, TOO LATE
BARACK Obama has dubbed his behemoth fiscal stimulus proposal the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." But if truth in advertising were required of White House plans, only one title would...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Down, down The Institute for Sup ply Management's index of non-manufac turing businesses was 40.6 for December, a higher-than-forecast reading that was still the second-worst on re cord. The National...
DEALS' PIECES MAY NOT ADD UP
IF you've played the real estate game since 2005, you should be quaking in your boots - with the test being when the deal was done and, perhaps more important,...
WPP'S OGILVY SLASHES STAFF BY 10% IN NORTH AMERICA
Madison Avenue is swinging the ax as it girds for a steep advertising decline. WPP's Ogilvy became the latest agency to resort to layoffs yesterday, when it cut 10 percent...
LES' MAGIC TRICK
CBS boss Les Moonves scored a major coup in his fervent bid to get cable operators to pay for the right to retransmit its broadcast signal yesterday. Time Warner Cable,...
AND TURN OUT THE LIGHTS BEHIND YOU
Ground Zero's hapless bureaucrat-in-chief is finally on his way out - from one of his jobs, at least. Spitzer appointee Avi Schick steps down this week as Downstate president of...
THE STENCH AT GMAC
Money manager and GMAC chairman Ezra Merkin fed nearly $1.8 billion of his private clients' cash into Bernie Madoff's Ponzi game - but then Washington turned right around and handed...
THEY'RE HAMAS' VICTIMS
Add one more atrocity to the blood- soaked history of Hamas: Yesterday, the cowardly brotherhood managed to kill dozens of Palestinian civilians at a UN school in Gaza. And it...
BOFA'S LEWIS GETS CASE OF MERGER FLU
Some nasty indigestion is setting in for Bank of America and CEO Ken Lewis after the firm's gorging on a string of big Wall Street names. Dubbed "Banker of the...
EW LOSES ITS TOP EDITOR
AFTER a major redesign and a long stretch of rumors, Time Inc. finally made a move at embattled Entertainment Weekly, bouncing the current managing editor, Rick Tetzeli, upstairs while moving...
THE SEC WATCHDOG WHO MISSED MADOFF
The Securities and Exchange Commission's New York watchdog, under fire for failing to uncover Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme - despite a dead-on tip by a whistleblower -...
Klinsmann: Donovan has what it takes
By BRIAN LEWISMLS finally got around to announcing Landon Donovan's loan to Bayern Munich, a short deal that oestensibly runs through just March 15. But don't be fooled; the Galaxy...
EW LOSES ITS TOP EDITOR
AFTER a major redesign and a long stretch of rumors, Time Inc. finally made a move at embattled Entertainment Weekly, bouncing the current managing editor, Rick Tetzeli, upstairs while moving...
Meeks up Friday
The Jets have received permission to interview Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks, according to someone familiar with the Jets coaching search. Meeks will interview in Florham Park on Friday. This...