December 25, 2006
PINK SLIPS ARE PILING UP FOR THOSE NAUGHTY CEOS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amFor the big boss, this has been the loneliest Christmas on record. The worst year ever for chief executives leaving their jobs is due largely to options-backdating scandals and a...
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ BACK ON 'LOST'
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amMICHELLE Rodriguez, whose Ana-Lucia Cortez character was killed off of the hit show "Lost" will appear again soon on the serial, in flashbacks, "Access Hollywood" says. She was photographed jogging...
JOELY RICHARDSON SET TO RETURN TO 'NIP/TUCK' IN L.A. NEXT SEASON
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWORD is that Joely Richardson will be back next season in the plastic-surgery soap "Nip/Tuck." Her character, Julia, divorced her husband, Sean, near the end of last season - but...
AN ELF HELP GUIDE - A CHRISTMAS FABLE BY KYLE SMITH; HOLIDAY ELF-SERVICE
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amPeople looked different here. They walked in couples, huddled over and smiling. Their faces were red and excited. Some of them acted like kids, chasing each other around the fluffy...
ELVIS WAS IN THE BUILDING
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amELVIS Presley may have been the King, but New York was a corner of the kingdom he abandoned in 1957 after his last appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He...
REPUBLICANS NEED NOT APPLY FOR HEVESI'S OLD JOB: SILVER
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver revealed yesterday that he plans public hearings during the second week of January to pick a successor to ousted state Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Silver...
OH, WHAT A 'NIGHT' AT BOX OFFICE
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amIt was a day at the races for "Night at the Museum." The Ben Stiller comedy led the pack at the weekend box office with $30.8 million, according to studio...
W. TO SAY HOWDY TO SOLDIERS OVERSEAS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush plans to spend part of Christmas telephoning U.S. troops stationed around the globe, while enjoying a traditional feast at Camp David in Maryland, First Lady Laura...
LADY 'CONS' MAFIA - STOLE 500G: GOONS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amA desperate housewife pulled a fast one on a mob of real-life Sopranos, the wiseguys' lawyers are whining in court papers. Queens homemaker Yvonne Rossetti conned three Bonanno gangsters out...
A DEAD HEAT IN CHILLY N.H.
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama is now running neck-and-neck with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in New Hampshire - the latest sign that he is eating away at her presumed advantage...
IN CHARM'S WAY - HILL MUST WAGE CHARISMA WAR VS. OBAMA
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to unleash an emergency charm offensive to overcome the charisma-fueled surge of Sen. Barack Obama, campaign gurus say. Having established herself as tough enough...
MYSTERY DI DRIVER SURFACES
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amThe driver of a Fiat reportedly involved in Princess Diana's fatal crash spoke out for the first time yesterday, saying the "experience almost ruined [his] life." Le Van Thanh, 31,...
GOODBYE, FRIEND - POST'S MIDEAST MAN URI DAN DIES AT 71
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amUri Dan, The Post's Mideast correspondent in war and uneasy peace for the past quarter-century, died of lung cancer in Tel Aviv yesterday at 71. The author of more than...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A gun-toting thief stuck up a clerk at an Upper West Side hotel early yesterday, police sources said. The robber entered the Westend Studio Hotel, at 850 West...
HERO SON'S GRIEF - TRIED TO SAVE MOM & TOT
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amA 2-year-old boy critically injured after starting the fire in his Brooklyn home that killed his mother "needs a miracle for Christmas," his doctor said yesterday. News of tragic tot...
REV. IS RABBI'S 'FAITH' HEALER - SHE'LL DONATE HER KIDNEY TO HIM
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amA New Jersey pastor is giving her rabbi friend the greatest Christmas/Hanukkah gift ever - a healthy kidney. Rabbi Andrew Bossov, 47, of Cherry Hill, has been on dialysis since...
RUDY AND MCCAIN CHERRY-PICK TEAM BUSH
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amThey're tied in most polls and have similar messages, but as Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain get ready to kick their 2008 plans into high gear, they'll count on...
STARS SHINE, SUN WON'T - MILD & DAMP IN APPLE
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWhile celebrities headed to the mountains and the sea in search of extreme weather, New Yorkers city-bound for the holidays are facing a string of mild days. "Project Runway" star...
SHOPPERS DECK THE MALLS AT 11TH HOUR
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amDesperate shoppers flocked to stores and malls on Christmas Eve for last-minute gifts for loved ones. With the holiday falling on a Monday, giving people a full weekend to shop,...
BOOZY 'BAD SANTA' IS A CLAUS CELEB
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amThis Santa has added himself to the naughty list - and it's paying off nicely. Dial-a-Santa Glenn Chocky is raking in big bucks from the latest craze at New York...
SUFFER NOT THE CHILDREN: BENEDICT
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict ushered in Christmas at midnight Mass, saying the image of the baby Jesus in a manger should remind everyone of the plight of poor, abused...
CELEB CARDS ON THE TABLE - PLEASIN' GREETINGS RANGE FROM WILD & WACKY TO WARM & WONDERFUL
December 25, 2006 | 5:00am"The View's" Joy Behar spread Christmas joy with the help of her little - and drunken - friend. Embattled 2006 Miss USA Tara Conner and Miss Teen USA Katie Blair...
GAS LEAK LANDS PARTY KIDS IN HOSPITAL
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amAt least eight children were taken to hospitals yesterday after a faulty water heater unleashed a cloud of carbon monoxide through a Brooklyn catering hall hosting a birthday party for...
TOT HURT ON MACY'S ESCALATOR
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amA 2-year-old boy visiting the city with his parents nearly lost his thumb yesterday after it became caught in a Macy's escalator, police sources said. Michael Grateraux, of Pascagoula, Miss.,...
TRAGIC END TO BIRTHDAY
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amA man was fighting for his life last night after he was hit by a car as he crossed a Queens street on his 30th birthday, police sources said. The...
CITY MAKES CHARTERS '2ND CLASS' CITIZENS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amThe city has needlessly spent thousands of dollars on postage for packages sent to its charter schools - because the Department of Education failed to include them as schools eligible...
MAKING A LIST: WHO'S BEEN BAD OR GOOD IN ALBANY
December 25, 2006 | 5:00am'TIS the season . . . to name the biggest winners and losers in New York state politics as this extraordinarily significant year comes to an end - and what...
NYC TRANSIT DIRECTIONS GET A FAR 'SITE' BETTER
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amProviding bus and subway directions may be more art than science, but transit officials say they finally have developed a computer program that can solve the riddle for any rider....
FRANCIS HELPS OUT OTHERS IN 'KNEED'
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amSteve Francis is undergoing a trying time in his career - with a right-knee tendinitis that could threaten his career and makes him touch-and-go the rest of the season. But...
LEE-DING KNICKS TO PLAY-OFFS - BUZZER-WIN STAR SAYS 'WE CAN TAKE DIVISION'
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amDavid Lee has been their most effective, most popular player - the gritty embodiment of what the Knicks are supposed to be about. Lee was in the forefront of the...
JINTS SUPPLY HOLIDAY JEER - HORRIFIC LOSS PUTS COACH IN JEOPARDY
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amSaints 30 - Giants 7 Midway through the third quarter, the first chants of "Fi-re Coughlin!" cascaded down to the field and soon enough, the paying customers will likely get...
SHOCK-ING DEFEAT RILES JEREMY
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES For most of the day, Jeremy Shockey was lunging this way and that, trying in vain to get his hands on passes from Eli Manning that were barely...
RENNEY MUST RIGHT SINKING SHIP
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amALL righty, then. Let's review. How many Rangers have actually exceeded expectations thus far? The answer to that question would be one: Martin Straka. How many Rangers have met expectations?...
WRONG GOODBYE - TIKI FRUSTRATED BY FINALE FLOP
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amTiki Barber spent much of his final game at Giants Stadium with an unfamiliar view - from the bench. With the Giants defense unable to stop Reggie Bush and Deuce...
REGGIE LEAVES 'D' BUSHED
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amReggie Bush added another reel to his highlight film yesterday - this one starring the Giants defense. The Saints rookie running back out of USC ran wild at Giants Stadium,...
WHAT LUCK! JINTS HAVE WILD SHOT
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amHere's some holiday cheer for fans of the Giants: They are alive for the playoffs! It's actually quite silly, but the Giants, 7-8 after losing six of their last seven...
WHERE'S THE REAL CARTER? - VINCE'S FLOP HAS NETS SCRATCHING
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amCoach Lawrence Frank just watched his Nets give a performance worthy of concurrent life sentences in some states. Not all, but most, Nets offended. Frank then was asked about Vince...
MISERABLE MANNING - GIANTS' FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK KEEPS REGRESSING
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amELI MANNING tried to say all the right things in the miserable aftermath of one of the most embarrassing defeats in the Giants' recent history. First he admitted the obvious....
99 WAYS TO LOSE A SEASON
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES We're going to look at this positively. The Nets defense really isn't garbage. It's retro. The Nets rank 20th in the league in points allowed, at 99.2 per....
GREEN CHRISTMAS - JETS DREAMING BIG WITH DESTINY NOW IN OWN HANDS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amMIAMI - Tonight's the night. The time for the Jets to seize the moment is tonight, Christmas night against their hated AFC East rival, the Dolphins, with a playoff berth...
THOMAS' AIM: KO HATED FOE
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amJET NOTES MIAMI - The Dolphins represent a dangerous foe for the Jets for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they're much less the 6-8 team that's been eliminated from the...
SEAN SHORTCHANGED - MCDONOUGH, THE THINKING FAN'S MAN, DESERVES MORE TOP GIGS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amGIVEN that it's TV, it figures. It figures that Sean McDonough, a superior college football play-by-play man - he's alert, astute, assertive - was first let go by CBS and...
WORKING HOLIDAY - KENDALL TIGHTENS CHINSTRAP, COUNTS BLESSINGS
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amDAD has to work tonight in Miami, so little Andrew, Peter and Madison Kendall just have to understand. "I knowwhy the lights come on," said Pete Kendall, smiling. "The kids...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 25, 2006 | 5:00amWhen an out-of-state painter's rendition of Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn was chosen over the one submitted by Adam Baker of Reno for an official competition, Baker didn't brush it off....