January 19, 2009
Lawrence Frank playing with fire
it, per se _ and to be fair, the Nets stunk against Boston, down 18-2 and trailing by 29 at halftime. Let's just say the brass hopes Frank knows what...
'Idol' Fix: 'Bikini Girl' Lives
A successful first week of "American Idol" has invigorated fans everywhere, regardless of what the ratings agencies say. And, we're excited too! Check out what you missed over the weekend...
Jets confirm Ryan hiring
The Jets officially announced the hiring of Rex Ryan moments ago. The team did not disclose the terms of the deal, but it is four years and between $11-12 million,...
'BLOODY' NIGHT
The credits rolled but the blood kept flowing. A Long Island security stabbed a moviegoer after a showing of the gruesome splatter flick "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" in Valley Stream...
This week on the Wii Shop Channel...
Like sands through the hourglass...these are the games of your Wii.WiiWare:High Voltage Hot Rod Show (1,000 Wii Points): High Voltage Hot Rod Show is a fast-paced racer that challenges up...
ALTO POPS CORK ON WINE DEAL
WHILE most every restaurant in town is coming up with cut-rate menus to fill seats in this bleak season of Madoff and misery, high-end Midtown Italian spot Alto has popped...
Schottenheimer to Patriots?
Though some reports have Brian Schottenheimer remaining as Jets offensive coordinator under new head coach Rex Ryan -- despite being passed over for the top job -- ProFootballTalk.com speculates that...
GIANTS LOSS WAS RAMS GAIN
ST. LOUIS -- At the start of the St. Louis Rams' coaching search, Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was not really on the list. General manager Billy Devaney assumed the...
Who Dressed Oprah?
We know she's depressed about her weight, but this outfit -- worn today for one of the biggest shows of her career -- makes us sad beyond words. The big...
CARREY, MCGREGOR LOCK LIPS FOR 'PHILLIP MORRIS'
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor were an item at the Sundance Film Festival, where their gay romance "I Love You Phillip Morris" premiered. Carrey and McGregor steam up the screen...
DOLPHINS SIGN CFL STAR
MIAMI - Linebacker Cameron Wake, a two-time winner of the CFL's top defensive player award, has signed with the Miami Dolphins. Wake played the past two seasons with the British...
BOOKMAKERS EXPLAIN SUPER BOWL LINE
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas oddsmakers aren't buying into the Arizona Cardinals, no matter how many times they win as underdogs this postseason. The Pittsburgh Steelers were favored by 6...
PATERSON: SENATOR DECISION IS DAYS AWAY
ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. David Paterson insists he still hasn't decided who he will appoint to the Senate seat expected to soon be vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Caroline Pick...
NTSB INVESTIGATOR SAYS PROBE WILL LAST A YEAR
NEW YORK - The probe into the crash-landing of a US Airways jetliner will take a year, and the lessons learned from the spectacular accident will last much longer, a...
KELLOGG SAYS FDA CONFIRMS SALMONELLA IN CRACKERS
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Kellogg Co. said Monday federal authorities have confirmed that salmonella was found in a single package of its peanut butter crackers, as a Midwestern grocer recalled...
Don't Miss: Inauguration
The usual suspects - ABC, CBS and NBC, Fox, not to mention the three all-news cable channels, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC - begin coverage of the day's major inauguration...
HOLLER HARLEM!
JUST call it Barack's block. It's Obamarama on 125th street between Lenox and Frederic Douglas Boulevard, with the POTUS-elect popping up on everything from bedazzled hoodies printed with the presidential...
BIDEN 'HAD HIS PICK' OF JOBS: WIFE
WASHINGTON -- The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill...
Sundance: One From the Heart
One of the most impressive feature directing debuts I've seen in a long time is Cary Joji Fukunaga's "Sin Nombre,'' which is in the dramatic competition. This character-driven thriller about...
Kristen Wiig Never Has to Apologize
Kristen Wiig-licious has done it again."SNL's" saving grace added another alter-ego to her list of hilarious characters this weekend in the form of trouble-making classmate Gilly, complete with a curly...
Starr Report: 'He's Just Not That Into You'
Behrendt also hosts Soap Net's "Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call" - we'll get to that - but I was interested in hearing how he reacted upon hearing his book was...
Mets give Sanchez raise
The Mets agreed to one-year contracts with a pair of players in salary arbitration, settling with reliever Duaner Sanchez at $1,687,500 and outfielder Jeremy Reed at $925,000, according to The...
MEN SURVIVE 25 DAYS AT SEA IN ICE BOX
Two Burmese men who were lost at sea for 25 days after a fishing boat they were in sunk off the southeast coast of Indonesia were found alive, floating in...
BUSH COMMUTES SENTENCES OF TWO BORDER GUARDS
In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug...
GITMO HOLDS WHAT MAY BE FINAL SESSION
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Two of the five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks offered unapologetic admissions of guilt Monday in a sometimes chaotic - and...
ISRAEL: TROOPS OUT BY INAUGURATION
JERUSALEM - Gaza's streets brimmed with energy Monday as people picked up the pieces of their lives, while Israeli officials said they planned to pull all troops from the territory...
Sheridan new def. coordinator
From the GiantsThe Giants have named Bill Sheridan as their new defensive coordinator.Sheridan was the team's linebackers coach for the past four seasons. He succeeds Steve Spagnuolo, who was being...
SOUND OFF: WHAT DOES OBAMA'S INAUGURATION MEAN TO YOU?
On the eve of a historic day in US history, as we await the inauguration of our country's first black president, The Post wants to know what this day means...
OBAMA: EVERYONE HAS TO 'PITCH IN'
WASHINGTON - On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama talked with wounded troops at a military hospital and then visited an emergency shelter for homeless teens. Grabbing a...
INAUGURATION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WASHINGTON - A schedule of some official and unofficial activities surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20: --- MONDAY, JAN. 19 - National Day of Community Service event: To honor...
Wasting roster spots (Jerome done)
By MARC BERMANWas on Bill Daughtrey's weekend show on ESPN Radio and he asked me a very poignant question on whether I thought the new regime - for all the...
MICHELLE OH!
ALL eyes will be on Michelle Obama tomorrow, but her look has already inspired a lot of admiration - and sales. The first lady of style is the walking embodiment...
GO TO GREG
Q I'm dying to change careers, from customer service to the media industry, and I'm looking for an unpaid internship. I have a degree in media studies and when I...
HIRE CALLINGS
Let's stipulate, for the millionth time, that the economy is failing like Jessica Simpson at a Mensa tryout. But one commodity experiencing a bull market is advice for the unemployed....
60 SECONDS WITH BARRY LIBERT...
co-author, "Barack, Inc.: Winning Business Lessons of the Obama Campaign" YOU studied Obama's cam-paign to see what business lessons it offers. In a time of high unemployment, what can it...
BEVERLY HEELS
'The City," which airs tonight at 10 on MTV, picks up where "The Hills" left off. The themes are the same as "The Hills" - Who can I trust? Does...
ARIZONA'S AMAZING 'TECMO LARRY' GIVES EAGLES FITZ
GLENDALE, Ariz. - We didn't have Wii, back in the day. We didn't have Madden, whose playbooks are so complicated they would've made Bill Walsh's head spin. We had Tecmo...
HOT HIP-HOP CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
WHEN Lil Wayne and T-Pain share a rap, the two hip-hop stars become different sides of the same coin; and it was that Lil/Pain currency that bought the biggest pleasure...
FINE DAY FOR BROOKLYN
PARK CITY, Utah - A gritty cop drama written by a former MTA track worker from East New York scored the first major sale of this year's Sundance Film Festival...
PISTOL PACKING NFLERS
PLAXICO Burress didn't just cripple the Giants' season when he shot himself in the leg. He also ruined it for the rest of the gun-toting NFL. "Because it's going to...
STARR REPORT
I had the chance recently to sit down for a cup of joe with writer/comedian Greg Be hrendt, who co-authored the best-seller "He's Just Not That Into You," opening as...
IT'S 'ELECTRIC'
I am happy to report that "The Electric Company" is back on the TV grid - and firing on all cylinders (or is that megawatts?) This updated version of the...
INJURIES, LOSSES STILL PILING UP FOR ISLES
The Islanders have already endured one 10-game losing streak this season and could be closing in on another, having dropped seven in a row. And today, they get to host...
DEVILS LOOKING TO WIN 'FIRST'
Brendan Shanahan could make his season debut with the Devils tonight in Nashville, when the team tries for its fourth straight win - all on the road. And thanks to...
RANGERS' ROAD TRIP ENDS WITH UGLY LOSS
PITTSBURGH-Maybe it was only one toe stub and maybe it was the only regulation defeat on their five-game road tour, but it's a performance like this that feeds the perception...
ROOKIE GASSES UP KNICKS
Rookie Danilo Gallinari has launched seven shots in his three-game NBA career, but Mike D'Antoni already branded the Italian Stallion yesterday as possessing the Knicks' sweetest stroke. KNICKS BLOG The...
FOR PITTSBURGH, SUPER MEETING IN THE CARDS
PITTSBURGH - In a battle between two heavyweight brawlers, the Steelers came up with the late haymaker to knock the Ravens out and earn a trip to Super Bowl XLIII....
BIG BEN, DEFENSE CLOSE CURTAIN ON FLACCO
PITTSBURGH - When they asked Big Ben Roethlisberger in October before Giants-Steelers about his rivalry with Eli Manning, he said: "There's always that little thing inside of you that wants...
GIANTS MAY ASK CAPERS TO LEAD 'D'
Two years ago, Tom Coughlin considered hiring one of his former assistants, Dom Capers, as the Giants' new defensive coordinator. Coughlin, though, decided to steer away from the familiar, and...
WARNER GUIDES 'ZONA OUT OF DESERT & INTO STEELERS SHOWDOWN
GLENDALE, Ariz. - First, Kurt Warner had a statement he wanted to make before taking any questions. "I want to say Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl in the same sentence...
BENCHING SENT MESSAGE TO NETS STARS
Lawrence Frank may be playing the most dangerous game with the Nets. Frank benched stars Vince Carter and Devin Harris after an atrocious team first half Saturday against the Celtics....
REAL CARD TRICK SLICK PLAY CALL ON WINNING DRIVE
GLENDALE, Ariz. - There would be no overcoming the sting of this loss, not after leading 24-6 at halftime and nearly blowing the roof off of University of Phoenix Stadium....
WARNER TAKES HIGH ROAD ON HIS STINT WITH GIANTS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Lest we forget, Kurt Warner spent the 2004 season with the Giants, keeping the seat warm as the starting quarterback until Tom Coughlin felt it was time...
QB BITTER AFTER LATEST TITLE LOSS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Maybe it was simply too soon after another disappointing end to another disappointing NFC Championship Game that brought out the inner whine in Donovan McNabb. Or maybe...
JOHNSON WINS SONY OPEN
Zach Johnson closed with a 5-under 65 yesterday for a two-shot victory in the Sony Open, ending his two-week stay in Honolulu by playing his final six rounds in 30-under...
BOLDIN BOILS: HEAR THAT, GIANTS?
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Will Anquan Boldin's anger eventually lead him away from the Cardinals and possibly to the Giants? Too soon to tell, but it's clear from the star receiver's...
STEELERS KO MCGAHEE
PITTSBURGH - The Steelers' celebration was delayed last night by a scary moment late in the AFC Championship Game. With 3:39 left to play, Steelers defensive back Ryan Clark delivered...
ROUGH NIGHT FOR FLACCO
PITTSBURGH - There are no odes to Joe Flacco today, no ballads written for the rookie quarterback who tried to stare down the mighty Steel Curtain and blinked instead. With...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Linehan declines 49ers' offer Scott Linehan declined the 49ers' offer to become their offensive coordinator yesterday, saying he wasn't ready to commit to his next coaching move. Linehan, a...
STADIUM WATCHDOG DESERVES ANSWERS
SAYS here that in the throes of a crisis that demands fiscal accountability, Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's call for a full accounting of New York's financing of the new Yankee...
JETS TO NAME REX RYAN AS HEAD COACH
PITTSBURGH - The Jets' coaching search ends today. The Jets are expected to officially name Rex Ryan their new head coach this afternoon and hold a formal press conference Wednesday....
DJOKOVIC ACES 1ST-ROUND TEST
MELBOURNE - Defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame a slow start and reeled off seven wins in the last eight games in his first-round win today at the Australian Open. With...
RED STORM FIZZLE VS. WILDCATS
VILLANOVA, Pa. - St. John's proved to be a succulent appetizer yesterday for Philadelphia sports fans. Their Phillies won the city's first title in a major sport since 1983 and...
COMIC RELIEF
Funnylady Fran Drescher, in DC for tomorrow's swearing-in ceremonies, still clings to hope that Gov. Paterson will appoint her a US senator from New York. But she also believes Rep....
A WEALTH OF NANNIES
WHO'S that gorgeous woman speaking French like Brig itte Bardot and teaching someone else's brats calculus while looking as if she just walked off a runway? Chances are that chic...
DUMBO TOWER BOOST
A controversial plan to build an apartment tower right next to the Brooklyn Bridge is gaining momentum after years of stalling. Despite civic outcry over blocking the iconic view, Brooklyn's...
RATS RUN WILD IN CITY SHELTERS
New York's most vulnerable children are living in houses of horror - run by the city. Four rat- and roach-infested city-run shelters - housing more than 500 kids and their...
ON THE WINGS OF LUST
Days before he tried to fake his death in a bizarre plane crash, accused swindler Marcus Schrenker pulled another brazen stunt - whisking his mistress away for a New Year's...
LOWERED CLASS
Administrators at a Bronx middle school have slammed the brakes on a group of accelerated students - abruptly knocking an entire eighth-grade class from an honors program. Fuming parents at...
MTA 'E-ZPASS' CATCHING ON WITH COMMUTERS
Straphangers are getting out of line - for their MetroCards, signing up for an E-ZPass-like system to fund two-years' worth of bus and subway commuting. More than 250 people have...
CAROLINE THE 'CERTAIN' PICK FOR DAVE: RIVALS
DESPITE claims that he's still undecided, Gov. Paterson is "certain" to pick Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate, several unhappy contenders for the job have...
WEIGH OF LIFE FOR ORANGUTANS
How do you weigh an orangutan? Very carefully. Joni is hauled onto the scales at Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia by a handler, who subtracts his own weight for...
'MALL COP' MAULS RIVALS
Kevin James may bumble and stumble in taking down the bad guys, but his "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" had no trouble nabbing this weekend's box-office lead. The PG-rated comedy, about...
3 ATMS SWIPED
Call it cash-cow tipping. Curbside ATMs are vanishing off the streets of the Lower East Side faster than you can say, "Pastrami on rye," and cops are trying to figure...
WEINER: DELAY DIGITAL SWITCH
Next month's conversion from analog to digital television signals should be delayed because too few people are tuned in to the switch, Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday. Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) wants...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx Two brothers were charged with possessing 14 guns yesterday after the Fire Department responded to their Kingsbridge apartment to check out a gas leak, police sources said. Ruben Mendez,...
'EMPIRE STATE' LESBIAN BRIDES
A lesbian couple will be on top of the world this Valentine's Day. Jessica Chesnutt and Natalie Sauro of Brooklyn will become the first same-sex couple ever to exchange vows...
ISRAEL EXIT BEGINS IN GAZA STRIP
Israeli troops, some smiling and dancing, began to withdraw from Gaza yesterday after their government and Hamas militants declared an end to a three-week war. But neither side achieved long-term...
SEARCH FOR FUND GURU & $350M
There are only two possible reasons why a Florida hedge-fund manager vanished along with $350 million of his investors' money, police said yesterday - he stole it or mismanaged it....
BARACK SET TO ECHO JFK'S CALL TO ACTION
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, who yesterday spoke to the nation in the shadow of his muse, Abraham Lincoln, will ask Americans to reject the "culture of anything goes" when he...
BENZ & PORSCHE 2 DARN HOT
Car thieves drove off with a Long Island doctor's Mercedes - then used its GPS system to locate and steal his Porsche, too, cops said. The unidentified doctor was dining...
POP STARS IN 'BAM' SESSION
Barack Obama rocked out at a celebrity-studded tribute concert 48 hours before his inauguration yesterday, pledging to take Americans' voices "with me every day I walk into that Oval Office."...
PUBLIC SICK OF GEESE
New Yorkers clamored yesterday for flocks of geese near area airports to be killed to prevent them from taking out another plane like the US Airways carrier forced to crash-land...
PROMISED LAND
African-American worshipers celebrated both Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama at New York church services yesterday - declaring Obama's coming presidency as King's dream come true. One minister said...
FEWER WORDS, MORE MUSIC
IT WAS the heat and power of Barack 'n' roll that kept hun dreds of thousands of music fans warm at the frigid "We Are One" concert at the Lincoln...
NEW HOPE FOR KING'S MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON - On the bank of a shal low basin, in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, lies a sloping plot of land where hope springs eternal. Here, ambition endures....
NY TO TAKE BIGGEST JOB HIT
The New York metropolitan area will lose 181,000 jobs this year - more than any other region in the country, according to a US Conference of Mayors forecast that notes...
FEDS: YEP, JET GOT GOOSED
Now it's official. Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lost power in both US Airways jet engines simultaneously when the plane collided with a flock of birds, federal accident probers determined...
SLAY AT TEENS' DANCE
An attractive and popular Brooklyn honors student was gunned down yesterday - the apparent victim of random violence - when someone shot up a crowded dance party in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police...
PLAGUE KILLS 20 IN QAEDA
The United States has an unexpected ally in the war on terror - the black plague. The disease, which devastated Europe in the Middle Ages has struck down at least...
HERO PILOT LANDS AN INVITE TO BAM FEST
Hudson hero Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, his family and the crew of his aircraft will be personal guests of President-elect Barack Obama at tomorrow's inauguration. His teenage daughters, Katie and Kelly...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It's apparently OK to get plastered on the job in Peru. Pablo Cayo, a janitor in the town of Chorrillos, was canned because he was intoxicated. But when Cayo took...
JETS WILL MAKE RYAN COACH
PITTSBURGH - The Jets' coaching search ends today. Unless there is a final-hour collapse, the Jets will name Ravens' defensive coordinator Rex Ryan their new head coach today and have...
SUMMERS EYES SHIFT FOR TARP
Barack Obama will focus more on helping consumers, local governments and businesses than banks as his administration deploys the second half of the $700 billion rescue fund, said Lawrence Summers,...
A PREZ POISED TO LEAD A US GREEN REVOLUTION
THE time is ripe for a green revolution - and President-elect Obama is poised to lead America's Declaration of Energy Independence. EDITORIAL: A DREAM REALIZEDOPINION: WHY I DRIVE THE CITY'S...
WHY I DRIVE THE CITY'S FIRST HYBRID TAXI
I WAS the first yellow taxi owner in New York to buy a hybrid - a Toyota Prius. I did it for two reasons: One was financial - gas prices...
HILLARY'S BREEZY MOVE TO SEC'Y OF STATE . . .
THE ISSUE: Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings to become secretary of state. *** As Hillary Clinton breezed through her confirmation hearing, the mainstream media, the supposed watchdog for the people, was...
HOSPITAL HELTER-SKELTER
How pathetic: Two Queens hospitals may go bankrupt and close within weeks because New York officials lack the guts to force the industry to slim down in a more orderly...
A DREAM REALIZED
It's a fitting coincidence that America today honors Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - only a day before the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United...
HUNKERED DOWN
Thanks to the freezing temperatures outside, and our increasingly emaciated wallets, we're spending a lot more time at home these days. That's made us realize our homes are in dire...
. . . AND NEW YORK'S NEXT SENATOR
THE ISSUE: The Post's endorsement of Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. *** The Post thinks that Caroline Kennedy deserves to be New York's next senator because...
SERVE THE NATION: DO A GAS TAX RIGHT
THE new president would be well-advised to consider a gas oline tax - but only in conjunction with a payroll tax cut that fully, and immediately, offsets it. The virtues...
AMEX PLANS TO DUMP STAKE IN CHINA BANK
American Express's Ken Chenault plans to sell its stake in Chinese bank Industrial & Commercial Bank of China when a restriction on unloading shares in the Shanghai-based institution is lifted...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Fed head Fed Governor Kevin Warsh, once a leading contender to succeed Timothy Geithner as president of the New York Fed, will remain Chairman Ben Ber nanke's chief liaison with...
ADS & DISTR-ACT
Facing the worst ad downturn in a decade, Madison Avenue is eager to avoid any labor strife in its upcoming negotiations with commercial actors. The ad industry's contract with two...
PULSE SALES
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BARACK SET TO ECHO JFK'S CALL TO ACTION
Barack Obama's inaugural address Tuesday will call for a new era of personal responsibility in Washington and will ask Americans to reject the "culture of anything goes." America "must once...
3 LOWER EAST SIDE ATMS STOLEN
Call it cash-cow tipping. Curbside ATMs are vanishing off the streets of the Lower East Side faster than you can say, "Pastrami on rye," and cops are trying to figure...
Pirates talk to Pedro
As the Mets continue to pursue other options, the Pirates have had exploratory talks with Pedro Martinez according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Martinez has said he would prefer to return...
Report: Mets sign Fossum
The Mets have signed lefty reliever Casey Fossum to a minor-league contract, according to a Buffalo News report. Fossum, who pitched with the Tigers last season, has struggled throughout his...