December 4, 2008
ELMHURST TEEN STRUCK, KILLED BY SCHOOL BUS
As she did every morning, Jasmine Paragas walked from her Elmhurst home Thursday to catch the Q88 bus from the Queens Center Mall to Francis Lewis High School. Her mother...
'SECRET' OF SUCCESS
If I had a nickel for every tear shed on "Secret Millionaire," I too would be a millionaire. Actually, make that a multimillionaire. This new, short-flight series, which premiered Wednesday...
TRANSCRIPT OF ANTONIO PIERCE'S PRESS CONFERENCE
TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED BY NEW YORK GIANTSQUESTIONS IN BOLDOPENING STATEMENT: I would like to open this conference up obviously by stating that I am not speaking about any events that happened...
PERELMAN, DUFF SETTLE CUSTODY BATTLE
It's a holiday miracle. Billionaire Ron Perelman and ex-wife Patricia Duff buried the hatchet in court today, and for the first time, it wasn't in each other. The driven divorcees,...
COMMISSION TOUTS EAST RIVER TOLLS TO LIMIT TRANSIT FARE HIKES
The Ravitch Commission Thursday presented its long-awaited plan to rescue New York City mass transit system from its financial straits, suggesting tolls on East River and Harlem Bridges and a...
'OFFICE' SCORES POST-SUPER BOWL SLOT
"The Office" has won this year's Super Bowl sweepstakes. NBC has scheduled an hour-long episode of the Steve Carell sitcom to air directly after Super Bowl XLIII - giving "The...
BLOOMBERG TAKES SHOT AT PLAXICO
Mayor Bloomberg took a shot at Plaxico Burress and the Giants today during a press conference on the MTA's budget woes. Replying to Gov. Paterson, who thanked Bloomberg for being...
CATCHING UP: JETS
If the Jets are going to win the AFC East, they are going to have to figure out a way to win out west. Two of the Jets' four remaining...
CATCHING UP: GIANTS
Only in this season could the Giants clinching the NFC East against a long-standing rival become an afterthought. The Giants likely will win the division regardless of the outcome of...
Wolves at the door
By FRED KERBERVince Carter has issued the rally cry that the Nets must make the next team pay. And that would be Minnesota tomorrow night.Coach Lawrence Frank issued all the...
NBR Goes With 'Slumdog,' Fincher, Eastwood, Hathaway
The National Board of Review has embraced Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire'' as the year's best picture. I don't think this group of mostly retired non-critics, who pay a hefty annual...
Deal of the Day-Something
This Flanno Shirt Dress from Something is one step away from flannel pajamas, and it's kind of great.Wear it to the office, to the pub or to hang around the...
Hot diggity, NASCAR heads to the Wii
As I'm sure everyone knows, it's NASCAR Week here in the Big Apple. (See Jeff Burton at the AT&T store tomorrow! Other drivers are roaming around elsewhere!)So, what better time...
Jenkins Takes Blame
Kris Jenkins has been nowhere to be found this week during the media's time in the Jets locker room, but the big nose tackle surfaced today and talked about the...
Prospect Report for Thursday, December 4
We've got a short report for you today, as we'll hopefully start to get back onto a bit of a normal schedule from now until the season starts up in...
PANEL RELEASES SWEEPING PROPOSAL FOR MTA
A former chairman of the MTA released a sweeping proposal today that called for inflation-based fare increases every two years, a new tax on businesses, and tolling on East and...
Former Net Rogers paralyzed
The Charlotte News & Observer has more details on the ATV accident that has left former Nets forward Rodney Rogers paralyzed, an injury reported by The Post earlier this week.Rogers...
Bushes Yankees Minor League Pitcher of the Year: Alfredo Aceves
Alfredo Aceves (Tampa/Trenton/Scranton-Wilkes Barre): 8-6, 2.62 ERA, 114 SO in 140.2 IP.There are some guys who had better numbers than Aceves, but no one in the Yankees' organization - and...
TEEN KILLED BY SCHOOL BUS
A 14-year-old high school student was hit by a school bus and killed while crossing a Queens street on her way to school this morning. The teen, a freshman at...
Offers for Burnett, Lowe
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Braves GM Frank Wren confirmed Thursday that an offer had been made to A.J. Burnett, but declined to discuss financial terms. Wren did say that,...
Avery meets Bettman for 3 hours
APSuspended Sean Avery has met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for about three hours at a disciplinary hearing to discuss derogatory comments the former Rangers forward made earlier this week.Dressed...
LAWYER: PIERCE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GUN
The attorney for Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said today his client did not know Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun with him early last Saturday morning when the two went...
Sneak Peak: 'A Table in Heaven'
Move over Tony, there's a new family in town.HBO's upcoming documentary "Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven" paints a revealing family portrait of founder Sirio Maccioni, his wife Egidiana and...
TODAY'S TEN: TOP CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS OF 2008
Whether they're doing it to bare their souls, further their fame, or just for the money, celebrities are going to write tell-all books. Many go disregarded and unread, but some...
Lawyer: Pierce did not know about gun
BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe attorney for Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said today his client did not know Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun with him early last Saturday morning when the...
DVD Extra: Gort! Klaatu Barada Nikto!
I dunno about the Keanu Reeves remake opening next Friday -- Fox hasn't even scheduled a critics screening yet -- but the 1952 original is one of my favorite sci-films...
HOT TICKETS
Here are some of the hottest parties going on for the remainder of Art Basel. Many are invitation-only or for fair VIPs; see if your concierge can make a well-placed...
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES FAMED RESTAURANT
There are many restaurants in New York, but there is only one "Le Cirque," according to socialites and celebrities that attended the celebration of the HBO documentary "Le Cirque: A...
DEALS: Waikiki for pennies
One of the more interesting stories out of Waikiki in the past couple of years has been the formation and rapid growth of the Aqua Hotels & Resorts group, a...
I Don't Love the '80s
This is one of those days when I wake up feeling like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day,'' because Hollywood seems hell-bent on remaking every single last film I reviewed back...
DVD Extra: Gift Guide Time
Here's a link to the DVDs, box sets and gift sets I am recommending in my annual contribution to Pulse's online gift guide, plus a supplemental list of even more...
Putz becomes available
From JOEL SHERMANA rumor was floated yesterday that the Mets are working on a blockbuster that would net them both Bobby Jenks and Jermaine Dye from the White Sox, with...
3 UP: Putz Made Available, Bradford and Baldelli
1. A rumor was floated yesterday that the Mets are working on a blockbuster that would net them both Bobby Jenks and Jermaine Dye from the White Sox, with top...
Disney Exploring Ways To Make Even Worse Live-Action Movies
On Page Six today: "Paris Hilton wants to play Tinkerbell - not her pet Chihuahua, but the famed fairy from "Peter Pan." A source tells us the celebutard is lobbying...
LIL GIANT WAYNE
HOW do you drum up excitement about what is basically just a mind- numbing role call? Turn it into a rock show. At least that was the plan last night...
SPORTS SHORTS
NCAA: ND backs Weis Charlie Weis will return for a fifth year as Notre Dame's football coach despite posting his second straight disappointing season. "I am confident that Charlie has...
TAR HEELS CRUSH MICHIGAN STATE
Tyler Hansbrough showed few ill effects of the leg injury that kept him out of four of his team's first seven games and top-ranked North Carolina showed no sign of...
ISLES' MARTINEK HURTING AGAIN
The fact the Islanders are dealing with another injury is not a big deal. After all, they have been unable to keep players on the ice all year. Nevertheless, Radek...
BURRESS TAKES HIXON TO SCHOOL
Domenik Hixon yesterday said he received a wide-receiver tutorial from Plaxico Burress in preparation for the Giants' game Sunday against the Eagles. Hixon, who is about to assume a larger...
COUGHLIN TURNS FOCUS ON EAGLES
There was no way Tom Coughlin could treat this as a normal day, and so he gathered the Giants yesterday morning and immediately brought everyone up to speed on the...
ANTONIO MUST TELL THE TRUTH
IT will be a far more important day for Antonio Pierce than the day he chased Tom Brady and Randy Moss with the whole world watching and became a football...
BAD WEATHER NO LONGER A GOOD OMEN FOR FAVRE
THE borrowed quarterback is on borrowed time, and Brett Favre wakes up Monday mornings feeling it. "At some point, I've got to fall apart," he said yesterday. "I'm not going...
LAW SAYS LOSS WAS A LESSON
The Jets know people are going to look at what happened Sunday in their loss to the Broncos and think they were overrated. That's OK with them. "Right now, we're...
JETS OUT TO REJUVENATE PASS RUSH
No calls have been placed to Mark Gastineau or Joe Klecko, but the Jets are trying to figure out how to jump-start their sagging pass rush. What was a strength...
'POTTER' SCRIBE IS BACK
For Harry Potter fans, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is a sacred book - only seven original copies exist, each handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling herself. And now,...
NO-BAIL JUDGE JABS BUS 'KILLER'
A Brooklyn judge denied bail yesterday for a 20-year-old repeat offender accused in the senseless killing of an MTA bus driver - referring sarcastically to his "illustrious" criminal resume. The...
Landon Donovan's loan ends March 15. Or not.
By BRIAN LEWISLandon Donovan's loan deal to Bayern Munich will end on March 15, meaning the Galaxy star could be back with Los Angeles before the MLS season starts. That...
Man City giving away stupid $$$, CR7 and soccer's hot stove league
By BRIAN LEWISWith all the oil money flowing into Manchester City _ and like Chris Rock says, I'm not talking about rich, I'm talking about wealth _ it's obvious SOME...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Two teen girls were arrested for attacking a woman with a metal bat on a Park Slope street corner, officials said yesterday. Gabrielle Valentin, 16, and Frances Walker, 17,...
JOLLY DODGERS
A security firm founded by former Navy SEALs is inviting the world's shippers to hire their pirate-buster - a 183-foot vessel designed to escort tankers around the buccaneer-infested waters off...
DIRT ON NYC 'CLEAN' POLL
City government took a hit yesterday in a new survey that found 19 percent of residents rated the cleanliness of their neighborhoods as "poor." That's a comedown from the city's...
HEY, 'ANNIE' GET YOUR FUN
Joanna Pacitti was just 12 years old when Broadway producers crushed her dreams and fired her from the revival of "Annie" just weeks shy of her first performance headlining as...
GOV: $AVE MTA
Gov. Paterson is pleased with the new ideas for bailing out the cash-strapped MTA, but some state lawmakers aren't so sure. A panel of transit experts led by former MTA...
SOAP STAR'S SKIRMISH SUIT
A soap-opera actor who plays a cop on TV plans to sue the city over an off-screen drama with some real-life officers, who he says gave him a brutal beating...
HOW IT ALL UNRAVELED FOR CROCKEFELLER
"Clark Rockefeller's" web of lies had begun unraveling in the months before he snatched his daughter off a Boston street, according to a Vanity Fair report. The charlatan's tall tales...
PATHETIC URN-INGS FOR STOLEN ARTIFACTS
An Army helicopter pilot used a US military plane to smuggle dozens of ancient artifacts worth $10 million out of Egypt - only to sell them for some $20,000. The...
LAWYER STOLE 735G: MORGY
A Manhattan real-estate lawyer stole a $735,000 condo down payment from his wealthy clients, who found out only at the closing that both their lawyer and their money had vanished,...
RICHARDSON GETS COMMERCE JOB
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama tapped New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be his secretary of commerce yesterday, offering a third Democratic primary rival a key post in his administration....
BUBBA: I'M JUST A LISTENER
WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton said yesterday he'll be a "sounding board" for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her new role as secretary of state - vowing to continue the...
DNA FINGERS 'COP-KILLERS'
DNA from all three of the Brooklyn ex-cons accused in the murder of rookie cop Russel Timoshenko was found on chicken bones, drink bottles and clothing inside their stolen car,...
'PERV' SHOCK AT REUNION
A retired NYPD cop attended the 20th reunion of his Brooklyn Catholic school - and later told cops he was shocked to find a teacher who had sexually abused him...
COURT CHAOS OVER POLICE-SLAY DEAL
Violence erupted in a Long Island courtroom yesterday after an NYPD cop reached a controversial plea deal for the shooting death of his police officer fiance last year. The victim's...
GLOOMY BLOOMY
Mayor Bloomberg darkened his economic forecast yesterday, warning that the city's deficit for fiscal year 2010 will come in higher than the $1.3 billion estimated last month because tax revenues...
6 BAGGED IN IVORY $MUGGLE
Six men on the US end of a lucrative trade that has killed thousands of African elephants were charged yesterday with violating treaties and laws barring the import and sale...
EMPIRE STATE JUMPER GUILTY
High-flying daredevil Jeb Corliss came crashing down to earth yesterday after a Manhattan jury convicted him of reckless endangerment for his failed attempt to jump off the Empire State Building....
CHEAT RAP VS. BRONX EDUCATOR
How's this for fuzzy math? A Bronx high-school administrator brazenly erased 1,000 wrong answers on her students' algebra Regents exams and swapped them for the correct responses, school investigators charged...
TELL THIS SLAIN KID'S KIN GUN LAWS DON'T MATTER
IN Bedford-Stuyvesant, a boy named Mario Avilez is dead for no reason. He was not rich or famous, nor was he able to catch a speeding football. But on the...
ACTOR'S BROTHER IS SHOT
The brother of actor Mark Ruffalo was shot and critically wounded at his Beverly Hills home in an execution-style attack, sources told The Post yesterday. Scott Ruffalo, 39, has been...
MORONIC 'THUGS' SO DUMB, IT'S CRIMINAL
Two dumber-than-dumb denizens of The Bronx tried to flag down what they thought was a livery cab after robbing an old lady - only to find it was full of...
SCANDAL AIDE OUT
ALBANY - A top aide to Gov. Paterson, under a cloud for allegedly trying to muscle the State Liquor Authority chief into renewing liquor licenses for the Cipriani restaurant chain,...
TEAMMATE WILL TACKLE BURRESS
Embattled Giant Plaxico Burress' teammate Antonio Pierce will play ball - with prosecutors. The linebacker will cooperate and testify before a Manhattan grand jury about how Burress clumsily shot himself...
CUOMO'S VIET WAR ON EATERY
The owners of the Saigon Grill restaurants were skewered yesterday with 242 criminal fraud charges related to their alleged exploitation of their delivery workers. Simon Nget and his wife, Michelle,...
GOV RIPS ALL-MALE JUDGE LIST
Gov. Paterson - furious that no woman was included on a short list of names to replace retiring state Chief Judge Judith Kaye - yesterday called on Attorney General Andrew...
THE PUCK 'SLOPS' HERE FOR FORMER RANGER
Hockey hell-raiser Sean Avery faces more time in the penalty box for taking a nasty slap shot at his "sloppy seconds" ex-girlfriends who date other NHL players. Avery is meeting...
GROUNDED GM BOSS IS TAKEN FOR A RIDE
Here's General Motors chief Rick Wagoner (circled above) on his way to Washington - in a car, of all things. Two weeks ago, GM's CEO flew from Detroit to Washington...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 207; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 1211; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 302; Lucky Sum: 5; Evening Win-4 Wed.: 1198; Lucky...
LAWYER'S DEADLY SECRET
An attorney at one of the city's most prestigious law firms - who had a secret passion for S&M - was shot to death by a rival for the affections...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It's a transatlantic booty call. American heiress and fashion consultant Alexis Genevieve, 32, says she wants Italian reality-TV winner Claudio Paselli, 31, to come on over and make her a...
DOUBLE THE DONALD
NBC is adding another hour to "Celebrity Appren tice." The show, hosted by Donald Trump, will be stretched to two hours when it returns early next year. It's also moving...
'LAGUNA BEACH' FOR JOCKEYS
THE bond between racehorse and rider will be explored in a new reality series about jockeys coming in February to Animal Planet. The show, titled "Jockeys," is produced by the...
OPRAH DOES DC
OPRAH is taking her show to Washington, DC for Inauguration week. "That's the place to be," the talk-show host told "Access Hollywood." Winfrey confirmed that she has rented the Opera...
'HOUSEWIFE' EVICTED
NENE Leakes, who lived large on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," has been evicted from the five-bedroom house she was living in when the show was being made, according to...
TLC'S BIG BABY
TLC is rolling out the red carpet for a new star who isn't even born yet. The soon-to-arrive baby girl, whose as-yet unrevealed name will begin with a "J" just...
'JOSH' SPICE
WHAT do you get when you combine dopey characters, not-great acting and general silliness revolving around a tear-jerker about kids whose parents can't afford Christmas? You get a terrifically funny,...
SINKING CITI GETS
The feds late last night announced an unprecedented plan to rescue Citigroup by taking a $20 billion stake in the desperately troubled bank and guaranteeing as much as $306 billion...
CABINET PICKS SET TO BE UNVEILED TODAY
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama today will formally announce the team charged with turning around a spiraling economy, as news of Cabinet appointments continues to trickle out. Obama is expected...
THAT'S RICH! TOP EARNERS COULD KEEP BUSH TAX CUT UNDER OBAMA
He doesn't take office for another two months, but President-elect Barack Obama is already indicating he'll renege on a key campaign promise. Obama's top advisers said yesterday he's "likely" to...
AL'S FLAGRANT FOUL CAN'T STOP CAVS
CLEVELAND - LeBron James careened downcourt in anticipation of a breakaway fastbreak dunk. Al Harrington wouldn't have it. The Knicks forward raced back, grabbed King James by the shoulder and...
DEVILS READY TO GIVE 'EM HEALTH
PHILADELPHIA - The Devils' injury exodus should reverse direction tonight. Brian Rolston, after missing 18 games with an ankle sprain, is expected back in the lineup when New Jersey visits...
RUTGERS REVIVED WHEN TEEL STARTED TO BILL-IEVE
If the turnaround had begun the first game after Bill Belichick addressed the Rutgers football team, his speech would have been nominated for Motivational Talk of the Year. But the...
STICKUP SHAKES SMITH
Around the Giants, possession of guns and professional athletes as targets are hot and heavy topics since Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh this past weekend. No...
GATORS WILL SINK TEETH INTO 'BAMA
IT WILL be billed as a national semifinal, and rightfully so. If there were a playoff in place, a Final Four if you will, these two teams would be playing...
ANGELS SHIFTING FOCUS AWAY FROM SABATHIA
CC Sabathia's options are few with an ocean of dollars separating them. Yesterday, Angels GM Tony Reagins said his primary focus is on re-signing switch-hitting free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira,...
NETS ARE SEEKING HOME IMPROVEMENT
The Nets' 108-88 loss to the lowly Wizards Tuesday shouldn't have surprised anyone. Not even after an impressive 3-1 West Coast trip that elevated them to second place behind the...
MARBURY: WAIVE ME OR PLAY ME, NOW
CLEVELAND - Banned Stephon Marbury said yesterday he is no longer willing to negotiate a buyout and either wants to be released or be told to rejoin the team to...
METS SIGN FIGUEROA
Nelson Figueroa, the Brooklyn native who was 3-3 with a 4.57 ERA as a starter and reliever for the Mets last year, was one of four free agents signed to...
MOBLEY CLOSE TO RETIRING
CLEVELAND - Cuttino Mobley is strongly mulling a medical retirement because of an enlarged heart condition and could make the announcement tomorrow, according to a person familiar with the situation....
RANGERS NIP PENS IN SHOOTOUT
They are the same two points earned and the same one point yielded, but all shootout victories are not created equal, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Last night,...
ALIAS PUTS ME ON RECEIVING END OF YUKS
"Don't shoot yourself, Plaxico!" Emilio Savone yelled as I walked through Times Square yesterday, dressed in a No. 17 New York Giants jersey. Instead of "Burress," my custom-made jersey read...
UPPER WEST SIDE
What would you give for a balcony overlooking Central Park? But wait - what would you give for two balconies overlooking the park? The living room has its own park-facing...
SCARSDALE, NY
They don't build 'em like they used to (but thankfully, they renovate them with the newest luxuries). This 6,000-square-foot home, originally built in the 18th century, sits on 1.2 acres...
UPPER EAST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 976 Common charges: $1,078 -- Completely renovated, this orner "junior four" condo on East 64th Street offers a swell view of the 59th Street...
TRIBECA
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,500 Maintenance: $1,700 -- On Warren Street is where you'll find this penthouse co-op loft, renovated from an 1881 landmark. It's got all the...
HAMPTON BAYS, LI
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 1/2 Square feet: 2,000 -- "Restored and upgraded," this 1930s beach house, located on a "private road," is close to the bay and the beach, plus...
CHELSEA
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,500 Maintenance: $1,327 -- At the junction of several neighborhoods - west of Union Square, north of the Village - sits this prewar co-op...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 856 Common charges: $315 -- Touted as "the best value in Williamsburg," this recently built condo on South First Street offers an open layout...
EAST QUOGUE, LI
Are you looking for the definition of the good life? You're in luck - this postmodern, south-of-the-highway home "defines the good life." Set on just over an acre of prime...
SOHO
Bigger isn't always better, but sometimes - such as in the case of this prewar condop loft on lower Broadway - better just happens to be bigger. Measuring out to...
THE HO-HO HAUTE LIST
PHOTO GALLERY: 40 Gifts From the Ho Ho Haute ListMORE: Jewelry Gift Guide Fair Isle knit slipper booties, $24.50 at aerie.com Bond No. 9 "The Swarovski All-Stars" perfumes $650 each...
BEST IN SHOWS
THE shows must go on . . . Despite the economic downturn and a slumping art market, Miami's Art Basel and 22-plus satellite fairs kicked off with a slew of...
BRIGHT SPOTS
By MAX GROSS WHILE many real estate watchers are nervous, not everybody has hit the panic button. Prudential Douglas Elliman Vice Chairman Dolly Lenz, for one, thinks that the reports...
RIDING THE STORM
LAST spring, Wilbur Gonzalez, a broker with Brown Harris Stevens' ID Marketing Group, sold a $10.5 million condo at the still-unfinished One Madison Park. Gonzalez's client, a banker, was not...
GET IT RIGHT ON READING, BAM
Barack Obama has promised to "guarantee every American an affordable, world-class, life- long, top-notch education, from early childhood to high school - from college to on-the-job training." To make good...
NOT THE REAL WINNER, BUT HILL'S BACK TO DC?
I credit Kirsten Powers with acknowledging, despite being a loyal Democrat, that appointing Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of State is like getting two Clintons for the price of one,...
IT'S TIME TO END MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT REPORT FRAUD
THE nation's monthly em ployment report will be horrible when it is released tomorrow morning. But this much is certain, the Labor Department will contend - defying common sense -...
FILL THE FULTON PIT
WHEN the MTA announces its new capital budget next month, one priority must come first, regardless of what the Ravitch Commission says in its report due out by tomorrow: The...
TIME OUT NEW YORK MAGAZINE FOR SALE
Time Out New York is on the block as founder Tony Elliott and his investment partners look to cash out. Final bids are expected to be in by year-end. Elliott...
SCHWARZMAN GETS PERSONAL
Buyout kingpin Stephen Schwarzman finds himself knocking on more doors and pressing more flesh than ever before as the private-equity boom grinds to a halt. Lately, Schwarzman has become the...
STILL TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
Well, that didn't take long. Not 24 hours after Barack Obama announced that Hillary Clinton would be America's next secretary of State, Bill Clinton e-mailed Hillary supporters . . ....
POLICING PLAXICO
Mayor Mike sure got things moving in the case of Plaxico Burress. He pulled no punches regarding Burress, who accidentally shot himself with an unlicensed firearm in a Manhattan nightclub...
SUBCOMPACT CONCESSIONS
Better, but not good enough. The United Auto Workers - a motive force in the collapse of the US automobile industry - yesterday offered slight succor to the Big Three...
POISON IVY AS HARVARD BECOMES LESS ENDOWED
Harvard University's once-enviable record of straight A's in investing has taken a giant hit, with the president warning that its famously rich endowment has suffered record losses that will likely...
FORBES SLAMS NETS IN RANKINGS
The New Jersey Nets may be ascending on the court, but financially the team is sinking fast. The value of the Nets fell 13 percent this year, the biggest drop...
'PONZI SCHEME' AT CITI
A new Citigroup scandal is engulfing Robert Rubin and his former disciple Chuck Prince for their roles in an alleged Ponzi-style scheme that's now choking world banking. Director Rubin and...
OBAMA'S JOBS BUNK
THREE days after the president- elect announced in a radio address that he had directed his "economic team" to devise a plan "that will mean 2.5 million more jobs by...
MONTANA FAILS TO COMPLETE
Professional football Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott are punting on a pair of hedge funds that got sacked by the blowups on Wall Street. HRJ Capital, founded...
LAST CHAPTER
In a major shake-up in the book world, Random House Inc. compressed its five-major publishing groups into three and axed two long-time executives who each had 20 years experience at...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
General Electric is suiting up for the Super Bowl for the first time in decades. The company is expected to get back in the game now that NBC - part...
CNBC MAY CUT STAFF
NBC Universal's cost-cutting moves may soon hit its CNBC unit. Sources say that as many as 80 staffers could be getting pink slips as early as today. The expected cuts...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan GRAMERCY $320,000 4 Lexington Ave. Prewar studio co-op, 350 square feet, with renovated kitchen, renovated bath and 10-foot ceilings; building features doorman and laundry. Maintenance $606, 50 percent tax-deductible....
BOLEYN ALLEY
Natalie Portman had our sympathy when she appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman" last month and admitted to Dave that she was "homeless right now and I'm residing with...
HOFSTRA HAMMERS WINLESS FORDHAM
Last season, Fordham guards Jio Fontan and Alberto Estwick played for a team that went 32-0 and captured the New Jersey state title. In six months, the freshmen have gone...
A STRONG LINC FOR MARBURY
Bobby Hartstein was on the court at Madison Square Garden for perhaps Stephon Marbury's biggest triumph: a 61-56 win over Robeson to give Lincoln the 1995 PSAL championship. That was...
IT'S SNOW GO FOR SKIERS
SKIERS and riders got an early Christmas gift from Mother Nature in the form of snow and cold temperatures. From the Poconos of Pennsylvania to the Green Mountains of Vermont,...
TEAM'S INVOLVEMENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
GIANTS STATEMENT Giants statement regarding involvement early Saturday morning. From Pat Hanlon, Vice President of Communications: Ronnie Barnes, our vice president of medical services, received calls on his cell phone...
COUGHLIN: BURRESS WAS 'REMORSEFUL'
Tom Coughlin yesterday walked into his weekly press conference at Giants Stadium and there to greet him was an inordinate amount of media members jammed-packed into the room. He looked...
DE LA HOYA TALKING KO OF PACQUIAO
LAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya sat stern-jawed and stared straight ahead for most of yesterday's final press conference before he faces Manny Pacquiao in the boxing ring at...
KHALIL GREENE TO BE TRADED TO THE CARDINALS
In a continuing attempt to reduce payroll, the Padres were closing in on trading their starting shortstop, Khalil Greene to the Cardinals. Greene is due $6.5 million next year in...
King James musings
By MARC BERMANCLEVELAND - LeBron James had some interesting remarks before last night's game vs. the Knicks. He said he's more "distraction'' to the Knicks than to his own team,...
PATERSON: PANEL TO SUGGEST SMALLER MTA FARE HIKE
NEW YORK -- A state panel will recommend slashing a proposed fare hike but imposing a new business tax to help the Metropolitan Transportation Authority plug a giant budget gap,...