October 24, 2006
What You Talkin' Bout Willis
October 24, 2006 | 8:02pmBoss says we have no room in regular newspaper for boxing with the World Series taking up so much space, so check here for latest in and out of the...
Careful with Curtis
October 24, 2006 | 5:51pmBy JAY GREENBERGEric Manigni, who says Curtis Martin is still at least a week away from resuming practice, adds that if the Jets' all-time leading ground gainer proves able to...
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BLOGGING
October 24, 2006 | 4:13pmBy KEVIN KERNANLetâs start with all the instant feedback. I'm not talking about the every day offerings like: "Kernan You S---!''Hey, I can get that anywhere.I'm talking about the instant...
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BLOGGING
October 24, 2006 | 4:07pmBy KEVIN KERNANLetâs start with all the instant feedback. I'm not talking about the every day offerings like: "Kernan You S---!''Hey, I can get that anywhere.I'm talking about the instant...
Mo Talking
October 24, 2006 | 2:57pmBy FRED KERBERMariano Rivera can close. But can he play point?Rivera, the Yanks heralded closer, was a special guest at the morning shootaround, brought in by Lawrence Frank to address...
INSIDER'S GUIDE: Merida
October 24, 2006 | 11:10amCan you really drive in the Yucatan? What about all that culture. And where are the cheap dentists?You've got questions, we've got answers. A huge thanks to Luz en Yucatan...
UPDATE: It's Tuesday. There's news.
October 24, 2006 | 10:50amWATCH US GROW: Carnival Corp.'s Seabourn steps it up with two new all-suite, 450-passenger ships, to be delivered in 2009 and 2010. This is a good competitive move, as the...
SKILLING PAYS THE RIGHT PRICE FOR GREED
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amWHITE-COLLAR wrongdoing can fit into two broad categories: crimes that have caused obvious losses to the public and those where the pain is hidden until subjected to the equivalent of...
KEY NYSE WITNESS BURNED - EARLY LIES RECALLED
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amLawyers for indicted New York Stock Exchange trader David Finnerty savaged the credibility of an important government witnesses, showing that one of them had lied repeatedly to Big Board investigators....
HAVAS REVAMPS BIZ
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amHavas became the latest major ad firm to reorganize its media-buying businesses after an overhaul by larger rival Interpublic Group. Paris-based Havas said yesterday it would create an umbrella group,...
SOTHEBY'S MAY PASS $1B MARK WITH NOV. SALES
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amAs rich collectors reap even more windfalls in the great art boom of 2006, Sotheby's is heading for its first $1 billion year this autumn - thanks to surprise breakups...
COURIC LEAVING LADIES ON SIDELINE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amKatie Couric is the first female solo anchor in nightly news, but that doesn't mean she's bringing more women along with her. A published report found that her fellow female...
ANOTHER TIMES SQ. HIT - ISTITHMAR PURCHASES PRIME 42ND STREET LOT FOR $76M
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amBIG doings on 42nd Street: Mawan Dalloul's American Properties sold the spectacularly situated empty lot at 140 W. 42nd St. for $76 million to Dubai-based Istithmar, which plans to build...
SKILLING TIME; DISGRACED ENRON CEO GETS 24 YEARS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amProtesting his innocence to the end, former Enron boss Jeff Skilling got hit with a nearly 25-year prison sentence yesterday for his crimes in the $68 billion collapse of the...
TIME MAY BREAK UP MAGS TO MAKE SALE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amPHOENIX - The first-round bids for the 18 magazines that Time Inc. is auctioning off are due next week and the word here in Phoenix at the American Magazine Conference...
SKILLING TIME - DISGRACED ENRON CEO GETS 24 YEARS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amProtesting his innocence to the end, former Enron boss Jeff Skilling got hit with a nearly 25-year prison sentence yesterday for his crimes in the $68 billion collapse of the...
MAGICAL MOZART
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE exceptionally couth delights of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" are handsomely highlighted by New York City Opera's spiffy new production. The special pleasure of this "Cosi fan tutte"' ("So Do...
PREMIERE, REVIVAL BOTH LUSTROUS DELIGHTS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amYOU presume that American Ballet Theatre could dance the telephone directory and it would emerge like a Shakespeare sonnet, but it's nice when they have something more rewarding to get...
KILL-JOY JENNINGS TRASHES '1 VS 100'
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amLOOPY game show star Ken Jennings has blasted NBC's new hit "1 vs. 100," claiming the time he spent appearing on the quiz show was an "agonizing process." Jennings, the...
BABY DANCE - MADONNA RUNS TO OPRAH, 'TODAY'
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amMADONNA finished her concert tour and is starting a new one today - her don't-hate-me-because-I-adopted-a-Malawian-baby tour. It starts tomorrow with a satellite interview with Oprah. It also appears that she...
HICKS STARTS HIS MIX
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amTAYLOR Hicks, the latest "American Idol" winner is finally in the studio recording his debut album. The yet-untitled album is slated to be released on Dec. 5. It is being...
NBC STARS FACE SALARY CUTS IN NEWS DEPT. SHAKE-UP
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amSOME NBC News stars might be asked to take pay cuts under the network's recently announced austerity plan. "Some of the salaries have gone crazy out of control," said NBC...
WICKED - JOAN RIVERS TAKES ON OLD MEN, DEATH AND THE HUNT FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amIF too much Joan Rivers is never enough Joan Rivers for you, then "Joan Rivers: Before Melissa Pulls the Plug" - the first edition of Bravo's new series, "Funny Girls"...
SPINNING OFF 'THE SHIELD'
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amCABLE channel FX is reportedly working on a spin-off of "The Shield" starring relief Det. "Dutch" Wagenbach. The seventh season, set to end in 2008, will be the show's last....
PLAYA HATER - DITCH THE BEACH! HEAD FOR THE YUCATAN'S COLORFUL HEARTLAND; COLONIAL TIMES
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amDRIVING by yet another one of Cancun's mutant WalMarts (there's three, same as Fresno!), I get the sneaking suspicion I've forgotten something. Right. Debit card. Trapped in the back seat...
BACK TO CANCUN - ONE YEAR ON FROM WILMA, WHAT'S UP?; CANCUN CAN DO
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amIF every cloud has its silver lining, then Cancun was owed, big time. Its cloud was Hurricane Wilma, a Category 5 that caused billions of dollars in damage, tossed around...
YOUR LAYS ARE NUMBERED - 5, PURE; 10, YOU'RE PARIS? THE FUNNY MATH OF N.Y. SEX; SORRY WRONG NUMBER
October 24, 2006 | 4:00am5 + 4 = 3: "I've had nine sexual partners, but I tell my boyfriend that I've only had three. I don't count some of them since they only happened...
CLASS ACTION
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amDON'T waste your ducats on annual gym memberships we all know you're never going to use. These excercise classes let you pay as you go, and some even offer free...
GREEN MILE - THE LONG ROAD TO BECOMING A HOLIDAY ICON
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amYOU'RE a green one, Mr. Grinch - but it takes time to make you that way. No one knows that better than Patrick Page, the eponymous emerald star of "Dr....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (lcf) * Half of the Port Authority Bus Terminal was shut down for over an hour yesterday because an apparently deranged man was suspected of carrying a bomb onto...
BABY ABUSER GETS 4 YRS.
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens man who brutally abused his 6-month-old son was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after telling the judge, "I've learned my lesson." "I'll have four years to...
'LAZY' JUDGE LETS THUG OFF EASY: POLICE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA group of detectives yesterday ripped a "lazy" Long Island judge for allowing a hardened criminal to cop a plea deal that cuts his prison time in half. Tom Willdigg,...
REBUILDING IS ONLY REASON FOR THE FIND
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amHERE'S some news for Ground Zero zealots calling for a total construction halt until the World Trade Center site is more thoroughly searched for human remains: It was entirely, and...
EATERIES: CHUCK FAT BAN
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amPowerful groups representing thousands of the city's Latino and Korean restaurants said yesterday they oppose Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban trans fat foods in their eateries. "This was a slap...
DWI ROOK COP SOBS IN COURT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA rookie cop charged with killing one of her best friends - a fellow NYPD probie - in a DWI crash on Long Island made a tearful court appearance yesterday...
SKAKEL SLAY-CASE $HOCKER
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe prosecutor who got Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel convicted of murdering 15-year-old Martha Moxley admitted yesterday that his top investigator might have been paid for helping a reporter on a...
MAYOR PITCHES METAL BATS, COUNCIL CRIES FOUL
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration came out swinging yesterday against a City Council proposal to ban metal bats during high-school baseball games. Marty Oestreicher, the head of the Public Schools Athletic League,...
TOT LEFT IN CAB BUT ALL FARE WELL
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA cabby unwittingly drove off with a passenger's 2-month-old son yesterday - sending the mom racing to Brooklyn car services in a desperate hunt for her baby. Jasmine Stigall, 19,...
WTC CLEANUP A 'RUSH' JOB
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD officer in charge of the cleanup at Ground Zero said yesterday the city rushed to clean up the site, even though he and others told officials that they...
NYPD 'ERR' GUN - SHOOTING AN 'ACCIDENT'
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD yesterday concluded that a veteran cop "accidentally" let off the single shot that wounded a teen partygoer inside a crowded Upper East Side apartment over the weekend. Deputy...
RUDY STUMPS IN THE SOUTH TO SAVE SENATE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani swept into Tennessee to support Republican Bob Corker in his campaign against Harold Ford Jr. yesterday, becoming the latest celeb to lend his well-known name to the contentious...
A GOP BOUNCE-BACK? ANOTHER MEDIA TEST
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amFOR those who follow political news, there are now two kinds of time: Mainstream Media Time and Blog Time. If your clock's set to Mainstream Media Time, you believe for...
ASTOR WILL 'NO GAIN' FOR SON
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amAnthony Marshall had nothing to gain from an amendment to multimillionaire mom Brooke Astor's will that's being investigated for forgery, his lawyer said yesterday. Investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney's...
CHRISTIAN 'CHARITY' FOR GOPERS - EVANGELICALS UNFAZED BY FOLEY AFFAIR: POLLS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic hopes that evangelical Christians, outraged over ex-Rep. Mark Foley's sex scandal, will stay home on Election Day appear to have gone up in smoke, polls has found....
IDIOT 'BANDIT' UNMASKS SELF
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA bungling Long Island gas-station bandit was busted after he lifted his ski mask - and a clerk recognized him as a former employee, cops said yesterday. The clerk, who...
GARDEN OF EDEN - MSG'S 50 GREATEST MOMENTS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe World's Most Famous Arena is ready to disclose its most famous moments. A new TV show will count down the 50 greatest events that took place at Madison Square...
S.I. BEEP'S GRANDSON GETS WRIST SLAP IN ASSAULTS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe grandson of Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro inked a sweet deal with prosecutors yesterday, pleading guilty to playing a role in two brutal attacks in return for community...
TERROR RULES STREETS - 'P.C.' COWARDICE DOOMS FIGHT AGAINST IRAQ'S KILLERS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amWHETHER the issue is domestic law and order or fighting foreign wars, the great fallacy of the left is the belief that protecting the "human rights" of killers is more...
COP RATS ON KNUCKLEHEADS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amOne of New York's Finest testified yesterday about the brass-knuckle beating he took after engaging in some horseplay with the daughter of a Mafia soldier. Police Officer Michael Volpicella, 35,...
SCAFFOLD TRAGEDIES - 59TH ST. BRIDGE, 5 AVE. DEATHS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amSeparate, horrifying scaffolding accidents claimed the lives of two construction workers yesterday - a man who plummeted from the 59th Street Bridge and another who fell six stories from a...
'MEAT' & GREET - PLAZA PLANNED FOR DISTRICT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amResidents and business owners want to create a public pedestrian plaza at the trendy if chaotic crossroads of Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort, Little West 12th and Greenwich streets. The overflow...
FOUL FLY BAWL - YANKEE PLANE ORNAMENT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amTalk about bad timing. A new Yankee Christmas ornament sanctioned by Major League Baseball and bearing the team's official logo features a beaming Santa waving - as he pilots a...
PERMIT-FREE CABBY PLAN SAFE: BLOOMY
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe city's plan to stop asking prospective taxi drivers to provide proof that they are legal residents will not endanger the security of New Yorkers, a spokeswoman for Mayor Bloomberg...
3 SLAIN IN BX. BASEMENT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA 56-year-old woman, her son, 36, and a 60-year-old maintenance man were found bludgeoned to death in the basement of a Bronx building yesterday, and police believe the murder weapon...
WOMAN CHOOSES BREAST OP TO AVOID CANCER - MASTECTOMY FOR HEALTHY GAL, 23
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amShe didn't have breast cancer, but it was in her genes. So Lindsay Avner, at age 23, decided to undergo a double mastectomy. She preferred dealing with it now, before...
DARKER DAYS AHEAD FOR DISGRACED COMPTROLLER
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The Ethics Commission's findings of wrongdoing by Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday are just the start of the embattled Democrat's problems. The state Legislature now has the report and,...
BIGGER PAYDAYS LIE AHEAD FOR CITY POLS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amCity Council members would get 25 percent raises under a plan crafted by a panel set up by Mayor Bloomberg to review the pay of the city's elected officials. The...
BOOZE, GUNS, CIGARS ALL PART OF SPANO STRATEGY
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Veteran Westchester Sen. Nicholas Spano spent thousands of dollars in campaign money on jewelry, booze, cigars and a membership at a gun club, The Post has learned. A...
'BATH ROOM' BREAK - TRANSGENDER VICTORY
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amTransgender people yesterday won the right to use any bathroom they choose at MTA rail stations after a woman who sued for that privilege reached an agreement with the transit...
RAP SOURCERESS GETS $15M - JURY SLAPS MAG'S AX
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe hip-hop bible must repent. So says a federal jury that yesterday ordered The Source magazine and its foulmouthed founders to pay its first female editor $15.5 million for firing...
PARENTS IN 'SHAKEN BABY' PROBE ALREADY LOST A CHILD
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe parents of a 4-month old boy fighting for his life in a hospital had another baby who died and a third who was placed in foster care, the Administration...
HILL RIVAL USES THE 'L' WORD
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's GOP challenger recently used the word "lesbian" while chatting about her, it was revealed yesterday. Candidate John Spencer, who has gotten into hot water before with...
LIQUOR IS GOOD FOR THE TICKER
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amHere's the latest toast to the possible advantages of alcohol - a new report says moderate drinking may help even healthy guys lower their risk of heart attack. "Even if...
HUSBAND, KIDS FIND MA SLAIN
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amA woman was found stabbed to death last night by her horrified husband and two young daughters as they returned to their apartment from an after-school program, police said. Janet...
JOE JABS FOE NED AS 'LIAR'
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amSen. Joe Lieberman called Democratic rival Ned Lamont a liar in the final three-way debate of the Connecticut Senate race last night. Lieberman, hitting back at Lamont's line that he's...
ALAN A BOOK$ WORM: PROBE - STATE'S FISCAL HONCHO LIED, CHEATED AND STOLE IN CHAUFFEUR SCHEME, SAYS BOMBSHELL REPORT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Alan Hevesi "knowingly and intentionally" broke the law by using a state worker to chauffeur his wife, tried to justify the action by falsely claiming her...
JURORS GET TO SOURCE OF PROBLEM
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amJurors began deliberating the sexual harassment case against The Source yesterday after the hiphop magazine's first female editor asked for more than $17 million in damages. "Kimberly Osorio's career in...
HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH - GOOD BOOZE NEWS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amHere's the latest toast to the possible advantages of drinking - a new report says that even really healthy guys who drink moderately may have a lower risk of heart...
ALL IN DAY'S WORK FOR JEN - '24 HOUR' STRETCH ON BROADWAY
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amTalk about your short runs: Jennifer Aniston was set to make her Broadway debut last night - and be out of the show by the time you read this. You...
JINTS FINALLY IN 'TOP' FORM - ALONE IN 1ST PLACE AFTER BASHING 'BOYS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amGiants 36 - Cowboys 22 IRVING, Texas - Alone. That's where the Giants find themselves after last night's convincing 36-22 victory over the Cowboys at Texas Stadium, a performance that...
UP AND RUNNING
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amJETS REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: B+ Chad Pennington (16-22, 189 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 94.7 rating) made one bad mistake with a chance to put the Lions away with his INT...
PLAX IN DOUBLE TROUBLE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES IRVING, Texas - The Cowboys last season were successful in keeping receiver Plaxico Burress under wraps. In two games, Burress caught nine passes for 102 yards and no...
DEVILS HEED WAKE-UP CALL
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amDEVILS at PENGUINS - Tonight:7:00 - Versus; WFAN (660) Content to contain, Devils defensemen always played for time. This season's major switch from passive to aggressive defending hasn't yet become...
RANGERS FIGHT 'D'-PRESSION
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Rangers aren't far from the top of the standings, but that is more a factor of their placement in the utterly mediocre Atlantic Division than a credit to their...
BOUNCING BACK FROM 1-2 PUNCH - LOSS IN SEATTLE A GIANT WAKE-UP CALL
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amIRVING, Texas - It is entirely possible that the Giants' season was saved because of the despair they experienced far out west in Seattle. There they were, down and out,...
HORSE HERPES SCARE FORCES N.J. QUARANTINE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amBecause of an unconfirmed case of equine herpes virus over the weekend at Monmouth Park, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority officials have banned all horses shipping anywhere from Monmouth,...
JUST PART OF THE GAME
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Kenny Rogers almost certainly cheated and you know what that makes him: A major league baseball player. And don't start sermonizing now about the good old days....
ISIAH'S BRACING FOR WORST
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amMalik Rose promises his Knicks will actually reach the playoffs this season. But if they're to do so, they'll have to survive a brutal November, one that Isiah Thomas already...
BLOOM'S OFF ROSE - JALEN'S POINT OUTPUT 'NOTHING' TO SPEAK OF
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amJALEN Rose is a distinct threat to rewrite the NBA exhibition-season record books. With only two games left for the Knicks - tonight at home against the 76ers and later...
FRANK PUMPS UP VOLUME
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amNET NOTES Music calms the savage beast. It also makes practices seem like the real thing. Coach Lawrence Frank pumped up the volume yesterday and ran his Nets through a...
CHEAT IS ON - OPINIONS SPLIT ON ROGERS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Kenny Rogers said yesterday he doesn't put anything illegal on baseballs. However, not everybody associated with the veteran lefty agrees with him. Rogers was caught by a...
NACHBAR'S SPUNK IMPRESSES NETS
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amBostjan Nachbar arrived in New Jersey last year at the trading deadline and promptly became as much a part of the Nets as a chipped hockey puck. The team had...
MUSSINA TO YANKS: LET'S TALK
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amMike Mussina's agent told The Post yesterday he expects to start talking to the Yankees about bringing the veteran right-hander back. "We expect to begin talks in the near future...
STRAHAN GETS EVEN WITH LT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES IRVING, Texas - Any time a defensive player can have his name linked to Lawrence Taylor for a football achievement, it's a big deal. So it is for...
ARRINGTON OUT - FINISHED FOR YEAR AFTER TORN ACHILLES
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amIRVING, Texas - Just when LaVar Arrington was coming on for the Giants, he'll be out for the remainder of the season with a devastating injury suffered last night against...
NO REGRETS - WILLIE: I MADE RIGHT MOVE IN GAME 7
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amWillie Randolph believes not bunting was the right move. The Mets' season ended last Thursday night at Shea, with the Cardinals taking Game 7 of the NLCS. The Mets, though,...
TONY DOESN'T DIG INTO DIRT - LA RUSSA DISMISSES ROGERS INCIDENT
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - How much of an issue in the Cardinals' clubhouse was Tony La Russa not making more of a stink over Kenny Rogers having what certainly looked like...
BAD TIME FOR A BAD DECISION
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - In Tony La Russa's next career, maybe he can become the czar of amateur baseball, or the chairman of Little League, places where things like the purity...
STAYING GROUNDED - OVERACHIEVING JETS DON'T WANT TO LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe human-nature temptation sits in front of the Jets like a hanging curveball. They're 4-3, well above the public's expectation before the season began, having already matched their 2005 win...
MARTIN'S EVALUATION NEXT WEEK
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amEric Mangini yesterday said the Jets' plan remains the same with regard to Curtis Martin in that they'll look at him and evaluate him next week. "Next week would be...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe town of Troy, Texas, has fired its entire police department. The police chief and three officers were axed for reasons ranging from poor performance to insubordination, according to the...