December 25, 2011
Baby food maker says tests show no bacteria in formula
GLENVIEW, Ill -- Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. said Sunday a new round of tests done on its Enfamil Premium Newborn infant formula found no trace of the bacteria tied to...
Seven found dead in apparent Texas murder-suicide
DALLAS -- Seven people were found dead in a Texas apartment Sunday in what cops suspect was a murder-suicide gun rampage. Officers probing the Christmas Day killing spree in Grapevine,...
Obama marks Christmas with gifts, carols, church
HONOLULU — President Obama exchanged gifts with his family, sang carols and attended church services as he celebrated Christmas in Hawaii. The president and his family woke up early Sunday...
Christmas bombs kill 40 in Nigeria
MADALLA, Nigeria -- Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people Sunday amid spiraling violence claimed by Islamists. A purported...
Knicks defeat Celtics in season opener 106-104
Despite the Celtics playing without Paul Pierce, the Knicks still had to sweat it out before Carmelo Anthony saved Christmas. The Knicks blew an 17-point first-half lead and rallied from...
NYC pays out $1.8 million in 2010 blizzard claims
New York City’s sluggish response to the after-Christmas blizzard of 2010 is still costing it a year later. The City Comptroller’s Office says more than $1.8 million has been paid...
Deadline looms for those involved in 9/11 health suit
More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2 whether to...
Pope urges end to Syria bloodshed, peace worldwide during Christmas message
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his Christmas message Sunday, an appeal for...
Iran rejects NY judge’s ruling on Sept. 11 attacks
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has rejected a New York judge’s finding that Tehran is liable in the Sept. 11 attacks along with the Taliban and al-Qaida. According to state TV,...
VIDEO: Schwartz, Costello on Giants-Jets
The Giants claimed bragging rights, and kept control of their playoff chances, with a 29-14 victory over the Jets on Saturday at MetLife Stadium. Post beat writers Paul Schwartz and...
VIDEO: Costello, Schwartz on Jets-Giants
The Giants claimed bragging rights, and kept control of their playoff chances, with a 29-14 victory over the Jets on Saturday at MetLife Stadium. Post beat writers Paul Schwartz and...
Two adults, three children killed by fire in Conn. home owned by NY ad exec Madonna Badger
The three young daughters and parents of a prominent fashion marketing executive were killed in a horrific Christmas morning blaze that tore through her multi-million dollar Connecticut home, authorities said....
Calif. soldier shot at his homecoming party
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — An Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he's paralyzed...
True Britt: Ford Lewis' takes academic road to scholarship
Brittany Lewis needed to make sure her eyes were playing tricks. The Bishop Ford senior opening a letter from the University of Pittsburgh and couldn’t believe what she as seeing....
The Rumble
YOU down with JPP? Yeah you are! A bright spot for Giants fans this season has been Jason Pierre-Paul, the second year defensive end and rising star. In an effort...
Lakers face uphill battle in tough conference
LOS ANGELES — Before we see what’s cookin’ in the Spaghetti Western Conference (eight projected playoff teams, in no particular order), it has come to my attention Kim Jong-un isn’t...
Jets report card
OFFENSE (D) The Jets came out and scored on their first drive and then didn’t do much else. They averaged 4.2 yards a rush, but completely went away from running...
Giants report card
OFFENSE (C) Eli Manning completes only 9 of his 27 passes? What the heck is going on? Not much doing through the air other than brilliant 99-yard TD for Victor...
Giants/ Jets blitz
HERO No doubt about this one. During the week, Darrelle Revis said he knew zero about Victor Cruz other than the one terrific preseason game he had against the Jets...
Giants defeat Jets to preserve playoff hopes
The Giants delivered a gift-wrapped message to Jets coach Rex Ryan yesterday — stuff a stocking in it. The GIants took the “Battle of New York” with a convincing 29-14...
Giants' Jacobs to Jets coach: Scrooge you!
Talk Is Cheap, Play the Game took an unexpected and vicious holiday the minute Giants 29, Jets 14 ended yesterday. That was when Giants running back Brandon Jacobs became the...
Merry movies
Ho-ho-Hollywood! From kid-friendly flicks to serious fare, get the skinny on cinema from The Post's Christmas film guide! HORSING AROUND Meet Spielberg’s stars, on two legs and four For the...
Oy to the world!
As merry gentiles gather around their trees, notable Jews partake in their own Christmas tradition: going out for Chinese. Here are the best chow spots from hungry tribe members Grand...
'I'm a real-life elf!'
Yes, she wears them all the time. “I am an elf,” Reverend Jen tells inquiring minds who ask about the pointy ears that poke out from her long, dark-brown hair....
Gift cards hit $28B this year
You haven’t heard the last of holiday shopping yet. Christmas has been extended into January — and it’s not the retailers’ idea.More and more shoppers are postponing holiday shopping until...
Brian’s song of woe for investors
CEO Brian Moynihan needs to take Bank of America by the lapels and shake the deadwood out of it. BofA has morphed into a true three-headed monster, with Merrill Lynch...
Withdrawal pains
Santa, my bank model is broken! That’s at least what some bank titans are winching about this Christmas as the CEOs of hobbled financial firms confront the prospects of another...
Empanadas starring on Broadway cart
If you can make it selling empanadas in New York, you can likely make it anywhere. Argentinian Ariel Barbouth took out a small business loan to start an empanada kiosk...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS JOHN VARVATOS Rock ’n’ roll retailer getting his mojo back as billionaire investor Ron Burkle, among others, poise for bidding war. JEFF BEZOS Amazon boss says company will spend...
Santa Claus stock rally hitting on all cylinders
The Santa Claus rally is proceeding full steam ahead. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 4.5 percent over the last four days of trading, which is more than double...
Anchors away at CNBC
Out with the old, in with the new. CNBC’s been saying goodbye to a lot of staff in the last few months. CNBC Europe chief Mike Buckley, who’s been on...
Caching the cash
Corporate America is heading for the hills with a pile of cash the size of Japan’s economy — a record amount of almost $5 trillion on balance sheets at S&P...
Why weekly is so weak
Dear John: Nearly 400,000 new people are applying for unemployment every week. Why does this never seem to change? F.M. Dear F.M. It does change — every week. But the...
File and don’t forget it
Do you constantly download files directly to your desktop but can’t be bothered to put them in appropriate folders or delete the ones you no longer need?Let Mac app Hazel...
Google searches for profits
Where does Google grow from here?Having secured the majority of the search-engine market for both mobiles and personal computers, Google looks to the next frontier — the voice-activated personal assistant...
Upon further review of 2011
An investor lucky enough to have slept through most of 2011 might awaken this Christmas morning thinking that nothing much happened the past 12 months. And why not? The S&P...
‘Double-dater’ teacher
It was a parent-teacher-daughter association. Gerard Cassidy, a physical-education instructor at a Queens middle school, was caught in a love triangle and fired for having an “inappropriate relationship” with an...
Post-op prince’s kin visit
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II and her children visited her husband, Prince Philip, in the hospital yesterday, where he is recovering from a heart procedure. Philip, 90, was transported to...
Unbearably cute cub on a roll
This baby polar bear just warms the heart. A cuddly cub named Siku has become an online sensation after footage of the pint-sized tyke was posted on YouTube. The barely...
I was Gaga’s slave
Lady Gaga is a monster — to work for. Long Islander Jennifer O’Neill endured 13 long months as the domineering diva’s personal assistant — and claims she’s owned hundreds of...
Big blaze is burning on
Officials say a huge fire that broke out inside a New Jersey warehouse last week will likely continue to burn for several more days.Dozens of firefighters have been battling the...
Robber gets cash – finally
The third time proved to be the charm for the bank robber who wouldn’t quit. A man who had tried but failed to knock over two Wall Street-area banks earlier...
Final Mass by GZ hero
Midnight Mass at Ground Zero was held last night for the final time by a Franciscan priest who started the tradition on the first Christmas Eve after the 9/11 terror...
NYers $tep up big time!
Generous New Yorkers continued to support the daughters of slain NYPD Officer Peter Figoski as the girls faced their first Christmas without their dad. Donations to the Peter Figoski Scholarship...
Is this the final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa?
Jimmy Hoffa was whacked by a mob enforcer and buried in the foundation of the General Motors’ headquarters, the Renaissance Center in Detroit, the Teamster boss’ driver claims in a...
Alpaca slayings
Four alpacas were stabbed to death at a farm in Essex, Conn., in what the owner says is the latest of several brutal attacks on the placid animals. George MacLauchlan,...
In a sticky wicket
A Queens scandal that threatens to engulf Rep. Gregory Meeks has an unusual collateral victim — the US Cricket Team. The captain of the up-and-coming squad, Steve Massiah, was arrested...
LI holiday horror: Gal and toddler son slain
A young mother and her toddler son were found murdered at their Long Island home, cops said yesterday.Shakeela Planter, 21, a dietician at Huntington Hospital, was discovered lying dead on...
Cosmetic Dr. Doom
He’s accused of being the Richmond County ripper. Staten Island cosmetic surgeon Robert Cattani has been sued for malpractice more than 40 times over three decades, but the state Health...
Activist vs. ‘unkindest’ cut
A Long Island man at the forefront of a movement to end circumcision likens the practice to genital mutilation.Anthony Losquadro, a member of a group calling itself “intactivists,” last year...
Late-shift dads’ fat kids
Pop’s night shift could make junior’s waistline explode, a study says. Australian researchers found that nonstandard work hours strongly increase the odds that a man will have overweight or obese...
Gorby’s not ‘Putin’ up with it
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev urged Vladimir Putin to step down yesterday, as tens of thousands of protesters poured into Moscow’s streets calling for an end to the Russian prime...
Minny cuts $$ lifeline
Bankers in snowy Minnesota are causing economic grief in the Somali desert.A Minnesota bank is ending money wire transfers from the state’s Somali immigrant community, sparking fears of an economic...
UN trims budget
The 193 UN member countries agreed yesterday to cut the global body’s budget for only the second time in the past 50 years following a long night of negotiations.An accord...
Pol’s Facebook face-off
They’re Facebook fighting like Katz and dogs. Nicole Katz, wife of Westchester Assemblyman Steve Katz, wasn’t too happy when her state senator deleted her Facebook posts and blocked her from...
‘Strait’ path to trouble
TEHRAN — Iran’s navy began a 10-day drill yesterday in international waters near the strategic oil route that passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The exercises, dubbed “Velayat 90,” could...
You wore ’em, for sweater or worse
O holy fright! The Post asked New Yorkers to send in photos of their worst holiday sweaters, and they did not disappoint. There were abominable snowman sweaters, teddy bear vests,...
Crash cop ‘DWI’
The allegedly DWI cop who smashed his car in The Bronx — leaving a fellow officer in a coma — admitted he drank before getting behind the wheel, according to...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A group of good Samaritans chased a thief who stole a woman’s purse in downtown Brooklyn and then tried to hide in his own home, cops said. Jordon...
Sweet news for bingers
Take two cookies, and call me in the morning. That’s the advice from Norwegian researchers who say a sugary snack can actually ease the pain of a gut-busting holiday feast....
Call her saint Knick
This sure beats sugarplums! LaLa Anthony plays a sexy Santa Claus this morning for Knick fans, who finally get basketball after a lockout-shortened season. The long-delayed campaign tips off at...
Owners bring their A-listers
How suite it is! Unlike on the field, there’s no clear-cut winner in the battle for boldfaced names between the Giants and the Jets. Some say the hottest ticket in...
Merry tailgaters tannen-bombed
It was the ultimate “Yule-gate” party. Rabid football fans literally dragged Christmas from their living rooms to the Meadowlands asphalt yesterday — adorning their tailgates with full-sized trees and laying...
The jolly Blue giants
It was Christmas grieve for Jet fans yesterday. Big Blue came up big winners in the battle for the Meadowlands, handing the Giants’ faithful four years of bragging rights while...
Seabrook is his own district’s worst foe
He’s facing retrial for alleged extortion, money-laundering and fraud, but for 10 years City Councilman Larry Seabrook has gotten away with the biggest crime of all — selling out his...
Beware golden ‘fleece’
It’s a fool’s way to sell gold. Hocking bling for big bucks to sandwich-board-wearing buyers sounds like a quick way to profit, but during a sweeping, six-week sting, the city...
Mounting interest in civilian park patrol
Calling all urban cowboys. The city wants you — to patrol its parks on the back of a horse. The mounted auxiliary unit of the Parks Department is recruiting experienced...
Looter looted: Con man cries, ‘I wuz robbed’
This world-class con artist finally got his comeuppance — but made a mint along the way.Bruce Gordon Patten, 62 — dubbed the “Cary Grant of con men” during a decades-long...
Son is true blue
Nikolai Ivanov was 17 when his abusive father carried out a savage ambush on a Madison Avenue sidewalk. Armed with a pistol and seething with jealousy, the father killed Ivanov’s...
No Newt on Va. ballot
The state that brags of being the birthplace of eight commanders-in-chief is making it difficult even for major presidential candidates to get on the ballot. Newt Gingrich — who leads...
Occupying a place in history
It may be only a few months old, but Occupy Wall Street is already collectible. More than a half-dozen major museums and organizations, from the Smithsonian Institution to the New...
2011 by the numbers
$370 Average domestic airfare, up 8.5% from 2010. The lowest average fare was flying out of Atlantic City, NJ: $205 $137.3 billion US budget deficit in November, down from $150.4...
From the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 2, verses 1 through 20:
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made...
Winning the war on cancer (quietly)
Forty years ago Friday, President Richard Nixon declared a “war on cancer.” And while no one would think of declaring victory, it’s rarely discussed how successful that war has been....
Fantasy island
Welcome to Governors Island, where dreams go to die. Former Mayor Giuliani wanted to transform the deserted land into a casino and five-star hotel. Mayor Bloomberg, recovering from the failed...
In defense of Wal-Mart
In cultural commentary about the American economy, one company at a time always seems to be the goat. Everything it does is interpreted as evil. Who is the goat today?...
Gridiron glory
“America’s Pastime” (Kyle Smith, PostScript, Dec. 11) is a great article on the dominance of football in American culture. Excellent points are made, but there are other aspects about football...
Humbug!
Charles Dickens A Life by Claire Tomalin The Penguin Press Charles Dickens was in an autobiographical frame of mind when he started working on “A Christmas Carol” in October 1843....
Required reading
Why We Broke UP by Daniel Handler art by Maira Kalman (LIttle, Brown) Anyone who has ever had a break-up — and is there anyone who hasn’t? — will identify...
In My Library: Jimmy Carter
For Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US, the most memorable Christmas wasn’t at the White House but back home in Plains, Ga., where a one-legged handyman named Curtis...
Blind ambitions
A German computer programmer, Marc Lang, broke one of the most daunting chess records last month, playing 46 games simultaneously — without sight of the boards.Like Babe Ruth’s 60 homers...
Bridge
Cy the Cynic came into the club lounge in a daze.“The man’s like Rumpelstiltskin,” Cy told me, speaking of Ed, my club’s best player.“If he can spin straw into gold,”...
Lap Dogs
You're not the only one who woke up this morning wondering if Santa came through this holiday. These adorable dogs made nice with St. Nick in hope of landing their...
Jam into the new year
Dance-punk Happy Brooklyn couple Matt & Kim will be throwing down at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Their DIYmusic style, with Matt on keys and Kim on drums, has gotNew Yorkers raving....
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogPACKERS12½11½(42) BearsTomorrowSAINTS 6½ 7 (52½)FalconsHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTomorrowIndependence BowlAt Shreveport, La.FavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogMissouri 5½ (52½)N. CarolinaTuesdayLittle Caesars Pizza BowlAt DetroitPurdue 2½ (60)W. MichiganBelk BowlAt Charlotte, N.C.NC State 1½...
Canadiens coach faces French disconnection
It is a cultural issue, a political issue, and not a hockey one that is leaving scars in the great city of Montreal in the wake of the appointment of...
Fields gives Knicks number to Chandler
Landry Fields has a new Knicks jersey with the No. 2, having presented his old No. 6 to center Tyson Chandler when training camp began. Fields hopes the change will...
Tomorrows’s Gulfstream Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $16,500; clm($12,500); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Corinthia(L),120E Nunez2-4-7Medina4-11 a-Sugar Free(M),120J Garciax-x-xWard6-13 Precedent(L),120J Rocco, Jr12-4-5Vitali15-14 StarshipTormnt(L),120P Lopez4-3-6Canani6-15 Indian Legs(L),110K Coa6-9-9Corredr20-16 Rebecca Mia(L),120J...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 fur; $22,000; clm($12,500); 2YO4Snn Rn (Crmouch)5.403.202.205Brush Crk Hny (Pnnngtn)6.003.006Bow Baby (Montanez)2.20* Exacta (4-5) $25.80 * Trifecta (4-5-6) $61.00SECOND-1m&70yds; $27,000; cl($16,0); 3up6Slver Prdo (Petro)8.803.802.604Layers (Carmouche)2.602.105Military Pike (Rivera)3.20* Daily Double (4-6)...
Gulfstream Charts
December 24th, 2011©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m; $16,500; clm($10,000); 3upOff: 12:00. Good. bumped early, drew offTime: 23.56, 48.17, 1:13.45, 1:4.97, 1:48.07.Trainer: Kathleen O'ConnellWinner: DK B/ F, 4, by Lightnin...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 25MONDec. 26TUEDec. 27WEDDec. 28THUDec. 29FRIDec. 30SATDec. 31Knicks^Boston Noon TNT ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMEG.S.10:30MSGESPN L.A.L10:30TNTESPNNOGAMESacra.8:00MSGESPNNetsNO GAME^Wash.7:00YESWBBR Atl.7:30YESWFANNOGAMEOrl.7:00YESWFANAtl.7:30YESWFAN NOGAMERangersNOGAMEIsles 7:00 MSG ESPNNOGAMEWash. 7:30 VS. ESPNNOGAMEFla. 7:30 MSG ESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAME Rangers 7:00 MSG+2 WRHUNOGAMENOGAMECal.7:00...
Sports Shorts
SOCCER Player said fix was in Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni reportedly has acknowledged fixing Serie B soccer games in Italy involving his team and said his club knew nothing...
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonCeltics at Knicks TNT, ESPN (1050 AM)2:30 p.m.Heat at Mavericks ABC, ESPN (1050 AM)4:30 p.m.Diamond Head Classic: Clemson vs. Hawaii ESPN25 p.m.Bulls at Lakers ABC7:30 p.m.Diamond Head Classic: UTEP vs....
Packers go for clincher
GREEN BAY, Wis. — With Aaron Rodgers trying to help the Packers secure a No. 1 playoff seed against a sputtering Bears team missing its two best offensive players, the...
Okur arrives to Nets
When Brook Lopez went down with a stress fracture in his right foot, it left the Nets with a gaping hole at center. But for Mehmet Okur, who the Nets...
So. Mississippi tops Nevada
HONOLULU, Hawaii — Austin Davis threw two touchdowns, including a 4-yarder late in the game, and No. 22 Southern Mississippi earned a school-record 12th victory by holding off Nevada 24-17...
From Namath to Ali to Ewing to Ryan, bold predictions become the norm
I like words. Words are my currency, my meal ticket, my hobby. I like words that are pleasing on the ears, which means that “mellifluous” is one of the greatest...
Giving Tom some credit
* I find it laughable certain sportswriters want to throw Giants coach Tom Coughlin off a cliff after a defeat, yet give a free ride to Sexy Rexy Ryan and...
Jets throw 59 passes against Giants
Mark Sanchez is going to have a tough time ripping the wrapping paper this morning. Sanchez threw the ball 59 times in the game, a new career-high. The Jets clearly...
Coughlin OK after taking hit to knee
As Justin Tuck in the afterglow of the Giants 29-14 victory over the Jets spotted Tom Coughlin in the locker room, he walked up to his hurting head coach and...
Lions maul Chargers; Vikings RB Peterson tears ACL in loss
After a decade of losing, the Lions are in the playoffs. And they made sure the Chargers are out. With their fans chanting “Playoffs!” for the final minutes, the Lions...
Dedes to make radio debut for Knicks
Spero Dedes’ dad was having none of it. Described by his son, the Knicks new radio play-by-play man, as “old school,” Peter Dedes has run the Union Plaza Diner on...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with ... Mike D'Antoni
Post columnist Steve Serby huddled with Knicks coach Mike D���Antoni, whose team tips off its lockout-shortened season today vs. the Celtics. What your highest high so far with the Knicks,...
It’s the most wonderful time of hoops year
This time, there is no honeymoon period. There is no grading on a curve. There is no celebrating baby steps as if they were giant leaps. This time, for the...
Knicks open season of promise against Celtics today
This was David Stern’s fantasy during the dog days of the five-month NBA lockout — an opening five-pack of Christmas games, led off by one of the league’s storied rivalries....
Bengals leap over Jets into final wild-card position
CINCINNATI — The stadium was only two-thirds full again. The Cardinals were on another one of their incredible comebacks, threatening to derail the Bengals’ surprising playoff surge. A pair of...
Raiders, Broncos tied atop AFC West
Carson Palmer knew that Darrius Heyward-Bey, perhaps the Raiders’ fastest wide receiver, could beat the Chiefs defense if he went deep down the field. The Raiders just had to wait...
Eagles defeat Cowboys; Romo leaves game early
ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo was in the locker room dealing with a passing hand that wasn’t broken, but was swelling. At the same time, the Giants were polishing off...
Sanchez can't carry Jets
The Jets lost a game yesterday, and probably their season. In a bigger picture broader view, though, it’s growing abundantly apparent that Mark Sanchez is not capable of carrying the...
Giants secondary grounds Jets
Giants safeties Kenny Phillips and Antrel Rolle took umbrage with Jets receiver Santonio Holmes’ trash talk, calling them out as poor tacklers and vulnerable to the big play. First they...
Giants ground game comes alive in second half against Jets
Despite the Giants’ struggles on the ground, it was running backs Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs that had the seminal moments of their 29-14 rout of the Jets. The sight...
Giants defense steps up when called upon
“All in.” It’s a phrase Justin Tuck said over and over again late yesterday to explain the dominating performance by a Giants defense that had been anything but dominating for...
Giants react to Jets covering Super Bowl logos
The Jets do it every home game. The Giants don’t have to like it, and yesterday they did something about it before they even stepped foot on the field and...
Jets coach talking too much for own good
After it was done, after MetLife Stadium had been abandoned by its Green denizens, that’s when payback began, ever so sweet for the blue constituency. Over here was Lawrence Tynes...
Jets need help from several teams
Mark Sanchez and the Jets know their playoff fate is primarily dependent on other teams. “We had a good opportunity to control our own destiny,” the Jets quarterback said after...
Jets' Burress comes up small after boastful week
Another team, another disappearing act for Plaxico Burress — though this one was not as tumultuous as the first. After catching a pass with 10 minutes left in the first...
Giants can win division by defeating Cowboys
The marching orders were impossible to confuse.The Giants needed to win, no matter how, or else risk getting eliminated from the playoffs before the final game of the regular season....
Extra satisfying win for Big Blue brother
John Mara admitted his children were “scared to death’’ what their father would be like if the Giants owner had to come home to celebrate Christmas Eve fresh off the...
Cruz makes like Dasher on 99-yard TD
It was Victor Cruz who slid down Rex Ryan’s chimney last night and left him a Big Blue piece of coal emblazoned with NYG, Kings of New York, stuffed in...
Don't miss
In the ‘Zone’ According to the ancient Mayan calendar, the world will end next year. So, what better way to ring in the new — possibly last — year than...
A Gaga-free New Year’s Eve
For those avoiding the city’s amateur night New Year’s Eve crush, but also hoping for a peaceful Gaga-free evening on their TV, here are some other network offerings that will...
Out with the old, in with the Gaga
Lady Gaga is headlining this year’s “Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012” at 11:30 p.m. on ABC, which is great news for those who missed her...
Mama’s Xmas list
Christmas presents that Mama really wants from her TV: When an “original” concept comes along, stop overpopulating the airwaves with lookalikes. “Pan Am” and “Playboy Club,” you are not “Mad...
Not-so-smart Alec has no shame
My fictional cousin Tibor, from the tiny nation of West Plaxico, recently flew to New York from LA, his first visit to the United States. When we picked him up...
Reel good
THE AVIATOR, 2004 Wednesday, 1 p.m., AMC Martin Scorsese’s life and bizarre times of enigmatic lunatic Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) who turned his tool company inheritance into Hollywood fame, fortune...
Look who's talking
THE VIEW 11 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Hugh Jackman; Tim Gunn. Tuesday: Eric Stonestreet; Amy Schumer; Eugene Murphy Jr. Wednesday: Gabourey Sidibe; Tom Brokaw. Thursday: Diane Keaton. Friday: Susan Boyle;...
The titans
If this year’s traditional soap-on-a-rope stocking stuffer was made out of random soap chards thrown into an old pair of Aunt Justine’s panty hose, you’re not in The Twilight Zone...
Meet market: Domestic goddess seeks guy with a sweet tooth
Carrie on! Carly is often told she resembles a young Sarah Jessica Parker. Two-wheeler “I bike to and from work everyday, “ says Carly on why she’s a real New...
Top 5 worst excuses for not giving your lover a Christmas gift
“i was going to buy you something, but Santa said you were too naughty this year.” Alexis “My wife found your present and got mad.” Enzo “When Grandma got ran...
This weeks couple: Slightly buzzed
When we sent 26-year-olds Andrew, a media planner, and Christina, a music contracts administrator, to Chelsea’s American hot spot, Rare Bar and Grill, we hoped the date would be one...
Ask Ashley: Better to love or to live?
I recently started hanging out with a married guy who has a toddler that he loves. He is separated from his wife, and she lives out-of-state with their child. I...
Weird but true
Now this is a good case for abstinence. German researchers found that butchering and eating your mate after sex may make for healthier offspring — at least for orb-web spiders....
First Lady Michelle Obama takes calls from kids tracking Santa
KAILUA, Hawaii -- First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday assisted in tracking Santa Claus on his journey across the globe, surprising children who called seeking information from the North American...