October 30, 2006
It's On the Road Again
October 30, 2006 | 2:26pmBy MARC BERMANThe real season begins Wednesday in Memphis, but the six-month travel grind for the six beat writers who cover the team begins tomorrow. When people find out what...
SUNDAY SECTIONS: Oct. 29
October 30, 2006 | 12:56pmThe Times does Punta Cana. In case you missed Sandra Guzman's great cover story for us two weeks ago, read it here. [NYT]Auntie Cindy goes to Antigua on the cheap....
NAME DROPPER - LENDING FIRM CEO TOUTED PHONY CONNECTIONS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission accused the chief executive of a tiny Georgia company of making up connections to the likes of ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani, Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank...
3 WISE CHOICES
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amOPERA has its warhorses - those popular operas that everyone knows, at least by name. Downplayed by the snootier of critics, they are the people's choice. And none the worse...
ARNOLD HAS NO EQUAL
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amTHE FCC has turned down a request to give equal time on the "Tonight" show to the candidate running against California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Phil Angelides, Schwarzenegger's Democratic opponent. demanded...
'STUDIO' DOOMED: REPORT
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amTHE behind-the-scenes TV soap "Studio 60" is about to be cancelled, according to reports. Foxnews.com reports that cast members are ex pectin the axe to fall any minute because the...
DEAD'S 52 SHOWS A HIGH MARK FOR GARDEN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amIF Madison Square Garden is the cathedral of rock, then the Grateful Dead are its high priests - and you might want to put an emphasis on high. Between the...
THE RING CYCLON - 'GALLACTICA' SEQUEL TELLS HOW THE ROBOT WAR BEGAN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amSCI FI channel is pushing ahead with plans to develop a spin-off to "Battlestar Galactica," the network's most buzzed about show ever. The first drafts of "Caprica" scripts - a...
'DEAD' TO RIGHTS - SHE STOPS PEOPLE IN THE STREET WITH MESSAGES FROM BEYOND
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amTHE GUY THEN PICKS UP HIS SHIRT TO REVEAL A T-SHIRT UNDERNEATH, PRINTED WITH A PICTURE OF HIS DEAD COUSIN. LIFETIME'S brilliant new show, "Lisa Williams: Life Among The Dead,"...
GREAT LIPSTICK KISS OFF! - WE TEST WHICH ONE REALLY LASTS ALL DAY; READ OUR LIPS: THESE STICK
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amMAKEUP mixologists are back in the lab concocting a New York woman's dream product - long-lasting lipstick that actually works. Estée Lauder recently reintroduced its popular All-Day lipsticks in a...
DEAD-SLOW LAWYERS - STALL GRIEVING MOM'S CASE, THEN COVER UP: SUIT
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amA lawyer-turned-judge's law firm sat on a wrongful-death case for so long the statute of limitations ran out - and the firm apparently tried to cover up the mistake with...
'BUILDING' TENSION ON EAST SIDE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amDemolition is underway on the site of Manhattan's largest ongoing real-estate project after Ground Zero, with the builder and neighbors squaring off over the height, size and use of buildings...
'I'LL BLAME SELF UNTIL I DIE' - MA'S SHAKE-HORROR PAIN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amAT TIMES, the tiny girl with the blue-green eyes can raise her head. Other times, she doesn't have the strength. There are moments little Sarah Jane Donohue is able to...
COP KID'S LOOSE COLLAR - EX-NYPD BIG'S SON FREE A YEAR AFTER BUST
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amA nationally known law-enforcement official's son, who pleaded guilty nearly a year ago to trying to buy 400 pounds of pot from an undercover agent, is still free, while his...
VIP GRADS URGED TO HELP OUST PRINCIPAL
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amIn a striking revolt against their former high school, alumni leaders of beleaguered Lafayette HS are leaning on Larry King and other celebrity graduates to pressure city education officials to...
PATIENTS OUT OF PATIENCE OVER LATE FLU VACCINES
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amI want my flu shot! That's what scared seniors and anxious moms are barking to their doctors after showing up for influenza vaccinations only to learn the shipments hadn't arrived....
OBAMA PU$HES AHEAD OF HILL - SHELLS OUT $100,000 MORE IN 'PREZ BID'
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Round 1 of the much-hyped potential title fight between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination goes to Obama. The charismatic...
HEVESI: I'D QUIT OVER AX - WOULD SPITE GOP
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Scandal-mired state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has defiantly told friends he will resign rather than allow the Republican-controlled Senate to remove him, The Post has learned. But the Democrat...
HEALTHY OIL? FAT CHANCE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amRestaurateurs have a new reason why the city's proposed ban on trans fat won't pan out - there isn't enough healthy oil to go around. The city's 24,000 eateries will...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A New Jersey woman was arrested on assault charges after beating a man with an umbrella outside an Upper East Side bar, authorities said yesterday. Sources said Lauren...
HILLARY HEMMING ON PAL AL
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amWith a little over a week to go, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to say whether she supports embattled state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's bid for re-election. Asked twice yesterday whether...
SENATE DEMS SEE DAYLIGHT
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New polls taken eight days before Election Day show Democrats increasing their leads in the New Jersey and Maryland Senate races and pulling even in Missouri - a...
WINDS BLOW OUT POWER
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amBlustery Mother Nature let it rip again yesterday, as winds topped 50 mph in the metro area, leaving thousands of people without electricity for another day. The high winds -...
SEX TOYS JOIN ASPIRIN AT DUANE READE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThis isn't your mom and dad's Duane Reade. New York's most ubiquitous drugstore quietly got sexy two weeks ago by stocking erotic toys and passion oils, according to Crain's New...
SHENANIGANS SHOCKED UNION ELDER
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe longtime head of the city's electricians' union insists he had no idea that his heir apparent - Queens Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin - was allegedly plundering union funds, accepting bribes...
'BRAND' BABE'S BOTCH - LEADS COPS TO PAL
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe scorned woman accused of cooking up a bizarre plan to have a former lover branded with an "R" on his torso inadvertently tipped off cops to the identity of...
CHUCK LENDS A HAND IN TIGHT N.J. RACE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amSen. Charles Schumer crossed the Hudson yesterday to stump for New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez as a new poll showed the Democratic incumbent with a slight lead over his Republican...
MIKE GOES ALL OUT TO BOOST JOE IN CONN.
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is setting his alarm early today - so he can be at the Stamford train station to convince commuters to vote for Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. Later in...
BUSES HIT 2 - 1 FATALLY
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amA woman was killed in The Bronx and a man injured in Manhattan when they were hit by buses that kept going, cops said yesterday. In each case, it was...
'BRAND' BABE'S THREAT - LEFT WEB WARNING
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe scorned woman accused of cooking up a sick plan to brand the torso of her former lover with an "R" had previously posted a cryptic warning on the Web...
ON HER FIRST PRISON VISIT, MY WIFE TOLD ME, 'I WANT A DIVORCE': KOZ
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amDOING 8 ½ to 25 years in the slam, disgraced former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski bounds across the visiting room with a big smile to greet me as if we...
'RUSSIAN' BACK - FAMED TEA ROOM SET TO REOPEN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amChristmas arrives early on 57th Street this year - the Russian Tea Room is back. The 80-year-old New York icon, perpetually decked in festive red, green and gilt, unlocks its...
BRONX INFERNO ENGULFS FOUR HOMES
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amA five-alarm fire fanned by high winds destroyed a row of four houses in The Bronx yesterday, injuring 19 firefighters and three tenants. The blaze broke out at 4:22 a.m....
'SOUP NAZI' TAKES STOCK
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThere's plenty of soup for you! Surly soup chef Al Yeganeh, who became an unlikely celebrity as the inspiration of the "Soup Nazi" character in "Seinfeld," has turned his infamy...
BRUNO'S 'WARNING' TO ELIOT
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amSENATE Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has threatened to block the reform agenda of all-butcertain Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer unless Spitzer stops trying to defeat Republicans in at least two key Senate...
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amFrom first lady of Arkansas to First Lady of the nation, New York's junior senator has known a lifetime of public service. YOU probably first heard of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
'SOUP NAZI' IS HAVIN' A BOWL - GOING GLOBAL WITH BROTH BIZ
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThere's plenty of soup for you! Surly soup chef Al Yeganeh, who became an unlikely celebrity as the inspiration of the "Soup Nazi" character in Seinfeld, has turned his infamy...
CARD CANCELED AFTER FIRST
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amOne and done! Sun was shining yesterday at Big A after Saturday's cancellation due to heavy rain and high winds, but winds were still gusting, and rest of card was...
BIG BLUE BLOW AWAY THE BUCS - WIND-SWEPT WIN KEEPS GIANTS ATOP EAST
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amGiants 17 - Bucs 3 First of all, that wasn't merely wind down there yesterday on the Giants Stadium field. The orange streamers affixed to the top of the bright...
DOING RIGHT BY RED - LEGEND'S PASSING BRINGS OUT NBA TV'S BEST
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amGOOD work is good work, regardless of circumstances. To that end, NBA TV, Saturday night, did an awesome job upon learning of the passing of Red Auerbach. The NBA's network...
LACK OF 'TALENT' HELPS LILLY
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amNearly a third of the 100 or so horses that will run in Saturday's Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs had their final major tune-ups yesterday morning. One who didn't was...
TODD'S PLAN PUTS FAITH IN NUMBERS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amFor many years, Todd Pletcher played Luke Skywalker to trainer D. Wayne Lukas' Yoda, serving as the Hall-of-Fame horseman's top assistant, soaking up his knowledge and technique. But just as...
JETS BLINDED BY BROWNOUT - CLEVELAND ROCKS; GREEN FALL SHORT
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amBrowns 20 - Jets 13 CLEVELAND - The Jets said they expected this. The shame is that they didn't perform as if they knew it was coming. As expected, the...
FEAGLE FACTOR - PUNTER PLAYS BIG ROLE IN BLUE SUCCESS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThis Nor'easter had a tail even longer than the one tucked between Jeremy Shockey's legs after he said the Giants got outcoached in Seattle. Either that or the football gods...
BERNARDINI FACES CLASSIC QUESTION
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amLOUISVILLE - Bernardini: the new diamond bright star of the American racing firmament or the biggest bust of the year? That's the question that overwhelms the 23rd Breeders' Cup set...
JINT WIN D-CISIVE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The first five times the Buccaneers got the ball yesterday, they went one-two-three and punted. It rarely got much better, as the Giants on defense nearly pitched a...
THERE'S NO DEFENSE FOR THIS LOSS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Eric Mangini won the job as the Jets head coach because he was a success as the defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. Naturally, you would think...
KNICKS' DYNAMIC BACKCOURT DUO RUNS WILD
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amStephon Marbury and Steve Francis formed a strong friendship off the court over the summer and in the Knicks' final preseason game Friday at The Meadowlands, they showed how dangerous...
MOUNT ST. MICHAEL WINS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amMount St. Michael clinched the second seed in the CHSFL AAA division with an 18-14 win over St. Joseph by the Sea yesterday in The Bronx, led by a pair...
OFFICIALS SAY BAKER DOESN'T - NO-TD RULING SEALS JETS' FATE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amBrowns 20 - Jets 13 CLEVELAND - A league-surprising 5-3 record at the midway point of the season and a bye week to bask in it hung precariously in the...
CHAD SO BAD IN LOSS
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES CLEVELAND - Chad Pennington picked a bad game to deliver one of the worst performances of his career. With the Jets primed to get to the halfway point...
ROUGHER RANGERS - N.Y. MAKES STRIDES BY PROTECTING JAGR
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amRANGERS at KINGS - Tonight 10:30 - MSG ESPN (1050 AM) LOS ANGELES - Maybe it was nothing, but it's far more likely that it was not only something, but...
JEFFERSON: FAST START NOT A BIG NETS CONCERN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe Nets play the defending champion Heat twice in their first four games, match-ups that could give each team an idea where they stack up in the Eastern Conference. But...
PERFECT KNIGHT - RUTGERS, ONE OF 6 UNBEATENS, TOPS UCONN
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amRutgers 24 - UConn 13 PISCATAWAY - From the John Lynch Bridge that crosses the Raritan River, the bright lights of Rutgers Stadium slice through the night. The traffic on...
PLAX VS. RONDE: A TALL TALE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amIt wasn't quite like Nate Robinson jumping center versus Shaquille O'Neal, but it was nearly as unfair. The pivotal play in yesterday's 17-3 Giants victory over Tampa Bay was a...
BLOOD BROTHERS - TIKI TAKES SOME RONDE HITS, BUT WINS BATTLE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amFor exactly three hours, Tiki Barber and his twin, Ronde, squared off as foes, even getting into at least one jawing match during the Giants' 17-3 victory over Tampa Bay....
ANOTHER TD RETURN FOR MILLER
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES CLEVELAND - The Jets lost starting cornerback Andre Dyson to a right foot or ankle injury late in the first half yesterday. Though it didn't appear to be...
COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDERS' CUP
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amThe Post continues its profiles of each of the eight Breeders' Cup races to be run Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Countdown spotlights potential nice-price winners as handicapped by reporter...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 30, 2006 | 5:00amIt's cow power up in the New England hills. Vermont's Green Mountain College is using cow dung - the bovines relieve themselves at a rate of 13 gallons a day...