December 5, 2008
TIME OFF WILL HELP AVERY
You know something; a few weeks away from the game will be good for Sean Avery. The time he spends in counseling with NHLPA/NHL Behavioral Health Program physicians will be...
Devils waive Tallackson
APThe Devils have waived Barry Tallackson, a little more than two months after the right wing had surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat.Tallackson underwent surgery on Sept. 26 then went...
Inter Remain the Team to Beat in Italy
It's the same old story at the top of the Serie A standings. Champions Inter Milan lead the pack with Juventus and AC Milan not too far behind. With the...
TRANSCRIPT: OJ'S PRE-SENTENCING SPEECH
O.J. Simpson delivered the following words while seeming to choke back tears before he was sentenced to 9 to 33 years for an armed heist in Las Vegas. "Your honor,...
Twins
By FRED KERBERWe go back to a scout earlier this season talking about Brook Lopez.The scout liked Lopez' size, potential, bulk. He thought at No. 10 it was a great...
PACQUIAO LOOKING TO MAKE HISTORY
LAS VEGAS -- Seventy years ago, the great Henry Armstrong became the only man to simultaneously hold world titles in three different weight divisions, winning all three in the span...
Starr Report: Rock and Roll Reality Camp
Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") has acquired the rights to turn "Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp" into a reality series, and is shopping the concept to broadcast and cable networks....
Pacman Rekindles Memories of Armstrong
Manny Pacquiao could come close to duplicating 70-year-old legacy set by the late great Henry Armstrong. BY GEORGE WILLISLAS VEGAS--Seventy years ago the great Henry Armstrong became the only man...
The Dream Match: Hatton's Got Next?
Ricky Hatton will be ringside for De La Hoya-Pacquiao, hoping to land a fight with the winner. By GEORGE WILLISLAS VEGAS--Ricky Hatton is in a no lose situation Saturday night...
Blue Jays can't keep Burnett
CBCSports.ca reports: Blue Jays general manager J.P. Riccardi "said in an interview Thursday with the Canadian Press that 'it looks like we're going to lose (A.J.) Burnett,' and replacing him...
OJ GETS 9-33 YEARS FOR VEGAS HEIST
O.J. Simpson choked back tears before a Vegas judge today sacked him for a nine-year loss, sending the disgraced grid great away for a botched robbery and kidnapping. VIDEO: OJ...
GADGETS GALORE
The retro-theme hair salons and speakeasies of the Lower East Side are joined this weekend only by a unique throwback to the electronic gadgets of yesteryear. The Gizmodo Gallery at...
SEAN AVERY SUSPENDED SIX GAMES
The Calgary Flames couldn't get their hands on Sean Avery, but NHL commissioner Gary Bettman sure handed down a punishment. Bettman today strapped Avery, the former Rangers winger now with...
Webster back on field
BY PAUL SCHWARTZGiants fans sick and tired of the Plaxico Burress mess and trying to focus on Sunday's game against the Eagles can rest easier now that cornerback Corey Webster...
Deal of the Day-Coclico
Get a glam '40s inspired look with these Peep Toe heels from Coclico.Rock the perforated pumps with one of the season's great floral dresses and bold lip color to your...
OCD Archives: All Those WB Logos
Several months ago, I posted a dissertation here about the evolution of the Warner Bros. shield logo, but I couldn't find much of the way of artwork. Now our friends...
Week 14: Suspensions and Playoffs
Week 14 marks the start of the playoffs in most fantasy leagues, meaning it's time for teams to prove themselves once again as it's make or break from here on....
PIERCE, DOC TO MEET WITH PLAXICO INVESTIGATORS
Plaxico Burress' teammate, Antonio Pierce, who was with him at a Manhattan club when he shot himself in the leg with an illegal gun, and the doctor who treated Burress...
Sundance: Kutcher Channels Beatty
I was too busy discussing the year's best films with Kyle Smith -- our lists and extended exchange will appear this Sunday in The Post -- to give more than...
TODAY'S TEN: TOP NEW YORK SPORTS FAREWELLS OF 2008
New York said adios to some legends of the field and legendary fields in 2008. Many will be missed, some won't be missed at all, but all are now gone...
WHY CASH AND CC ARE MEETING
I spoke to several baseball folks - executives and agents - about why they thought Brian Cashman flew to Las Vegas to meet personally with CC Sabathia. The consensus was...
3 UP: CC and Cash, Renteria, and A-Rod
1. I spoke to several baseball folks - executives and agents - about why they thought Brian Cashman flew to Las Vegas to meet personally with CC Sabathia. The consensus...
Box Office: 'Punisher' Weekend For Theaters As Tricky Dick Lurks
There are a couple of semi-wide releases: "Noble Son'' with Alan Rickman on 893 screens. Kyle gives this one one star and it's charting a not-promising 21 percent positive at...
Walsh laments big-man crisis
By MARC BERMANATLANTA - Was reading the Plain-Dealer on my flight from Cleveland to Atlanta Thursday and came across this letter to the editor:"The New York media along with ESPN...
LILLO COP-SLAY WITNESS ONCE SHOT AT OFFICER
A prosecution witness about to testify in the cop-killing trial of actor Lillo Brancato once went to jail for shooting at a cop himself, according to state records. Joseph Borelli...
GIRL FLEES ABDUCTOR IN BRONX
A 14-year-old girl was snatched from her Washington Heights apartment building, but managed to escape when her abductor took her to a Bronx motel, cops said yesterday. The girl was...
OBAMA ZUNE-ACY
President-elect Barack Obama is embroiled in his first mini-scandal - one that techies have dubbed Zunegate. While Obama insists he loves his iPod music player, he was spotted recently at...
'I JUST TOOK KID & RAN'
The hero nanny credited with saving the toddler son of a Brooklyn rabbi during the Mumbai terror attacks said there was no time to be afraid when she stared into...
JIMMIE JOHNSON RELISHES NASCAR 3-PEAT
It took a run-in with an NFL great for Jimmie Johnson to get comfortable with the terminology being applied to his historic NASCAR three-peat. Shortly after wrapping up his third...
O/U RICO
Rico went 8-8 (1-2 Best Bets) last week on the over/unders, still holding the record steady at 93-93-6 (22-16-1). The selections for Week 14: OVER: Chargers / Raiders; Colts /...
HONDO'S READY TO MAKE HIS MOVE
Hondo salvaged a second straight 8-8 last week, which enabled him to maintain a piece of the first-place pie. That positions him perfectly for the stretch run as he goes...
MS. CHARLEEN
LAST NIGHT: Chargers (W) SUNDAY: Eagles, Jets, Colts, Bears, Texans, Browns, Lions, Saints, Bills, Chiefs, Seahawks, Rams, Steelers, Redskins MONDAY: Bucs BEST BETS: Chargers, Bills, RedskinsPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS,...
TIM SULLIVAN
LAST NIGHT: Raiders (L) SUNDAY: Giants, Jets, Colts, Bears, Packers, Titans, Vikings, Saints, Dolphins, Chiefs, Patriots, Cardinals, Cowboys, Ravens MONDAY: Panthers BEST BETS: Giants, Jets, RavensPLAY POST PICK 'EMNFL MATCHUPS,...
NOW PLAYING: REVENGE OF THE BIRDS
The winner of multiple major national-handicapping championships against world-class competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.4 percent)...
GIANTS HIT HIGH HURDLE
THE players on the Giants handled the immediate aftermath of the Plaxico Burress shooting beautifully, waxing the Redskins to make it seven wins in a row, the last six vs....
NO. 1 ALABAMA 'DOGS IN BATTLE VS. GATORS
Congratulations, Alabama. You are undefeated, No. 1 in the country and a 9 1⁄2-point underdog against Florida tomorrow in the SEC Championship game - a matchup that will decide one...
PLAX SHOOTS SELF IN FOOT; MIKE SHOOTS OFF MOUTH
One has to question whether Mayor Bloomberg was correct in publicly denouncing Plaxico Burress ("Plax in Court as Mike Takes Shots," Dec. 2). After all, it is doubtful that we...
GM'S FANTASY RECOVERY PLAN
YOU know that $12 billion bailout, er, "bridge loan" we asked for? Can we make that $18 billion? So asks General Motors in its report to Congress, explaining that it...
A JUST PLAIN TERRIBLE TAX PROPOSAL
SAY this much for the "mobility tax": Unable or unwilling to find more cash in operational savings, capital cuts, or the farebox, the Ravitch Commission apparently tried to find the...
DEVILISH MTA DETAILS
GOV. Paterson yesterday released the Ravitch Commisson's recommendations for how to fix the MTA's hemorrhaging finances. Former MTA chief Dick Ravitch and the governor are right that we have to...
SILVERSTEIN SIGNS BANK AT 7 WTC
In a hard-earned triumph for Larry Silverstein, German bank WestLB has leased the top three floors of 7 World Trade Center. The firm will move from 1211 Sixth Ave. into...
WOMAN'S DAY
ALBANY - Two national women's groups urged Gov. Paterson yesterday to name Manhattan Rep. Carolyn Maloney to the Senate to replace Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton. Passing over...
A CRISIS OF CIVILITY
DOES the shocking death of Wal-Mart worker Jdimytai Damour in his Long Island store prove that American society has abandoned all decency? We've seen this before, some will say -...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops are looking for the Union Square bank robber pictured above, law-enforcement authorities said. The suspect entered the Apple branch at Irving Place and East 14th Street Tuesday at...
POL TELLS FORECLOSURE BANKS: GO SCROOGE YOURSELF!
All thousands of New Yorkers want this holiday season is their homes. Foreclosure notices have been issued to nearly 5,000 households in the city, Long Island and Westchester in the...
THE MASKED MILLIONAIRE
This masked woman didn't rob a bank - she won $6 million in the lottery! Staten Island grandmother Diana Jennings, 58, hit the Lotto jackpot last month and showed up...
BASHED STATEN I. FIREMAN GETS $3M
The city will pay $3.75 million to a former firefighter who was bashed in the head with a metal chair - after arguing over Elvis Presley during a booze-fueled party...
NOT BUYING IT: WAL-MART DEFIES WORST SALES EVER
Last month was the worst on record for retail sales, as big chains scrambled in vain to woo shoppers with desperate discounts on holiday merchandise. As consumers grapple with dried-up...
BEG-SHOTS AN INSULT TO EVERYMAN
ANOTHER day, another bailout. As I watched at Biddy Early's downtown pub, the Big 3 automakers begged Congress for more of my tax dollars, and I was disgusted to see...
MADAM OF THE LOUSE
The Manhattan madam who was linked to ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer didn't have kind words for him yesterday after she was sentenced to five years' probation for promoting prostitution. "I think...
SCHOOL BUS KILLS GIRL, 14, ON WAY TO HS IN QUEENS
An honors student was struck and killed by a school bus yesterday as she crossed the street on the way to her Queens high school. Jasmine Paragas, 14, a freshman...
GUTFREUND STILL HAS NO 'VISION'
One-time king of Wall Street and fallen Salomon Brothers chief John Gutfreund is facing another challenge to his leadership. Only this time the battleground is Cincinnati, Ohio, where Gutfreund serves...
VIACOM BLOODBATH
The sheer size of the bloodletting that went down at Viacom yesterday has current and now-former employees referring to CEO Philippe Dauman alternately as "the undertaker" and "the mortician" around...
FEDS CALL ARTIFACTS BAD 'BYZ'
The feds filed suit yesterday to take ownership of two Byzantine artifacts that were smuggled into the United States to be auctioned off at Christie's. The suit in Manhattan federal...
NO WINTOUR DISCONTENT
VOGUE Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour finally addressed the swirling rumors that she is on the way out at the world's most influential fashion magazine. "I have no intention of leaving American...
NYC CAUGHT IN A 3-WAY $QUEEZE
The city made a budgetary triple play yesterday, announcing drastic service cuts and bailout packages across the Big Apple in its struggle to pinch pennies in the crippled economy. First:...
FDNY'S SLASH AND BURN
The FDNY will be slashing nighttime staff at a handful of firehouses around the city in a belt-tightening move that critics say threatens to increase response times and that has...
YOU FORGOT TO ASK, DAVE
Gov. Paterson says he's "outraged" that a commission intended to remove politics from the selection of New York's top judge wasn't sufficently political when it handed him a list of...
TAX PAYROLLS, KILL JOBS
The commission headed up by former MTA head Richard Ravitch yesterday presented Gov. Paterson with an ambitious plan to keep the transit agency from running off the fiscal rails. At...
MASON JARRED
Jackie Mason says he was trying to be a mensch, but CUNY treated him like a schmuck. In a suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the caustic comic says Queens...
M'SOFT GRABS EX-YAHOO! STAR
Microsoft is tapping a top Yahoo! tech exec to be its new digital chief. Qi Lu, who led Yahoo!'s search engineering efforts before quitting in August, will take over from...
SUBTRACTION FOR SCHOOLS
The ax man cometh. A first batch of struggling public schools were told yesterday that they would close as early as June - including one that was graded B on...
NO BONUS FOR CITI EXECS THIS YEAR
Robert Rubin and his colleagues running Citigroup are giving up any hopes of pocketing fat bonuses this year. Rubin, the nation's highest-paid director of a public company, has been telling...
THINK PINK AT NBC
NBC Universal yesterday initiated the layoffs CEO Jeff Zucker warned of in October, spreading the pink slips across all of its units so that none of them lost more than...
STAR'S G-MAN BEAU BUSTED
Feds busted the FBI-agent boyfriend of actress Linda Fiorentino after he stuck his nose into sensitive files about disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano - the subject of a screenplay being...
BIG 3 STOOGES
The Big Three looked more like the Three Stooges yesterday as the auto titans ham-handedly begged Congress for billions in bailout cash - while President Bush joined hardworking New Yorkers...
S&M LAWYER BEAT A PATH TO SAVE GAL
He was her knight in skintight latex. A hotshot Manhattan lawyer killed in an S&M love triangle died trying to protect the Ivy League-educated dominatrix he loved, friends said yesterday....
SUIT PUTS CLOTHIER UP A TREE
Something stinks at Urban Outfitters, and it smells like trademark infringement, a new lawsuit claims. The youth-oriented clothing retailer company is accused by the company that makes the ubiquitous, pine-tree-shaped...
BARMAID IN SLAP AT 'RUDE' PLAXICO
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Knucklehead receiver Plaxico Burress was acting like a Giant jerk at the Latin Quarter even before he shot himself and ended up...
2 EYED IN ATTACK ON ACTOR'S BRO
Beverly Hills cops say they have two "persons of interest" in the near-fatal shooting of actor Mark Ruffalo's kid brother. Police did not say what connection Shaha Mishaal Adham and...
DNA FOUND IN COP SLAY
DNA of the alleged killer of Officer Russel Timoshenko was found on the gun used against the rookie cop, a forensics expert testified yesterday. Criminalist Rebecca Mikulasovich said swabs taken...
DEM REBS' SECRET POWER-SHARE DEAL
ALBANY - The "Gang of Three" renegade Democrats abruptly surrendered yesterday after a secret deal-making session attended by Gov. Paterson, and agreed to back Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith of...
KNOCKIN' ON DYLAN'S DOOR
Oh, mama! Can this really be the end of Bob Dylan's room at the historic Chelsea Hotel? Dozens of complaints to the city Buildings Department charged that the new owners...
NEW RANGEL ETHICS CLOUD
WASHINGTON - New ethics problems are looming for beleaguered Rep. Charles Rangel - this time over thousands of dollars of his campaign cash reportedly steered to an Internet company run...
STAR LAWYER IN FRAUD BUST
The founder of a high-profile Manhattan law firm - and close friend of retired Giant Michael Strahan - has been arrested in Canada on charges of criminal impersonation, The Post...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Let the war on Christmas begin! A clearly secular, progressive Ohio artist has pushed the envelope - and ol' St. Nick - by producing a holiday display in the city...
TEEL EASY WIN FOR RU
Greg Schiano was trying to answer the question that has crossed the lips of every Rutgers football fan this season - what was wrong with Mike Teel in the first...
5 QUESTIONS FOR...TIKI BARBER
NBC "Football Night in America" analyst Tiki Barber has watched his former team, the Giants, excel despite several key departures and injuries, starting with Barber himself before last year's Super...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Giants sign Renteria The Giants signed Edgar Renteria to a two-year, $18.5 million contract yesterday to replace 11-time Gold Glove shortstop Omar Vizquel. * The Cardinals addressed another major...
SUNDAY WILL BE REAL TEST OF A CHAMPION
WE forget sometimes that these hulking guys who play football for three hours on Sundays are human. They may make more money than us, drive fancier SUVs than us, are...
PIERCE TALK ALL FOOTBALL, NO SHOOTING
Kickoff cannot come soon enough for Antonio Pierce. The Giant middle linebacker might never be as anxious for a game to arrive as he is this week. His involvement in...
PALS STAND BY ANTONIO
To a man, the Giants support Antonio Pierce and praise the way he's kept his focus. Now - still besieged by questions about Plaxico Burress' gun gaffe and Pierce's role...
CUTTINO MEETS WITH HEART SPECIALIST CURRY SNUBBED
ATLANTA - Cuttino Mobley underwent tests yesterday in Minneapolis with the nation's leading specialist for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - the same doctor with whom Eddy Curry refused to undergo testing during...
GILBRIDE TWEAKS LOOSE-LIPPED COUGHLIN
Even Tom Coughlin occasionally slips up. Earlier this week, while discussing the possibility of rookie receiver Mario Manningham getting more playing time because of the Plaxico Burress suspension, Coughlin said...
JEFFRIES EXPECTED TO RETURN TONIGHT VS. HAWKS
ATLANTA - There is a lot more that ails the 8-10 Knicks than what the 6-foot-11 Jared Jeffries can cure, but at least it's a start in the Knicks' trying...
JENKINS VOWS TO BOUNCE BACK
It's hard for a 360-pound man to go into hiding but that's what nose tackle Kris Jenkins did this week. After a disappointing performance against the Broncos, Jenkins did not...
STARS MULL AVERY MESS
Whether Sean Avery is permitted to play again for the Stars will need to be discussed by the team, Dallas co-GM Brett Hull said yesterday. Avery, the controversial center who's...
NETS NOT LOOKING PAST TIMBERWOLVES
With Tuesday's touching stink-out-the-joint job against the Wizards whose previous road win was last April, the Nets proved one point beyond doubt: They can lose to anybody. Yes, they have...
METS PLAY FANS AS SUCKERS
EVERYTHING attached to ticket sales in this town now seems predicated on learning how much people can take before they can't take any more. F'rinstance, Tim Castor of Merrick, L.I.,...
COPS BUSTED JETS CAPTAIN ELLIS ON N.J. HIGHWAY
It turns out the Jets have some legal trouble of their own. Defensive end Shaun Ellis has been charged with possession of marijuana, driving without insurance and speeding after getting...
PORTLAND EXCELS ON, OFF COURT
WINNERS of six straight and eight of nine, the 14-6 Trail Blazers swagger into the Parquet Palace tonight against the 18-2 defending champion Celtics, who have captured 10 straight. This...
YANKEES SCHEDULE SABATHIA MEETING
With free-agent movement slow, Brian Cashman is going to the action. The Yankees GM met with agent Scott Boras yesterday at an undisclosed location and has plans to huddle with...
PATRIK TIES RECORD WITH OT WINNER
PHILADELPHIA - It's the epitome of clutch, the ultimate definition of hockey scoring heroics. Now, no one in NHL history has scored more overtime winners than Patrik Elias. The former...
GOING SOUTH UP NORTH
MONTREAL - Call this an episode of Northern Exposure. One night after the Rangers defeated the Penguins in a button-down performance at the Garden that appeared to validate the first-place...
FEDS DROP 4 COUNTS AGAINST BONDS
SAN FRANCISCO - Federal prosecutors dropped four counts of lying to a grand jury against Barry Bonds, leaving him to face trial next year on 10 counts of making false...
PREVIEWS
"HOME": Three actors playing more than 25 roles tell the story of a black man's move from North Carolina to New York in the '50s. Signature Theater Company, 555 W....
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
SHE LOVES UKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH Music - December 7 Ukulele player Roger Greenawalt will be joined by guest singers, including the Pierces, We the They and Rex Moroux in...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
HOLIDAY MARKETS: Search for gifts at the finest holiday markets around town: Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, Bryant Park and Union Square Park.
DANCE
JOE'S PUB: Doug Elkins' "Fraulein Maria" takes a modern, semi-comedic look at "The Sound of Music" tonight at 7:30, tomorrow at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Thursday at 7:30 p.m....
CLASSICAL
CARNEGIE HALL: Soloist Jonathan Biss joins the conductor-less Orpheus orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 tomorrow at 8 p.m. Also on the bill: works by Haydn, Ives and Elliott...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Singer and drummer Grady Tate performs with pianist Kenny Barron today and tomorrow at 8:30 and 11 p.m. 315 W. 44th St.; 212-581-3030. IRIDIUM: Hammond organ ingenues Dr. Lonnie...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
IN FLAMES: Sweden's popular Goth-rock band plays Sunday at 7. Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St.; 212-260-4700. SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS:These recently reunited, retro-sounding North Carolinians play their big-band stylings tonight...
OFF-BROADWAY
"BACK BACK BACK": ** Itamar Moses' disjointed play is inspired by baseball's steroids scandal. New York City Center Stage II, 131 W. 55th St.; 212-581-1212. Closes Jan. 4. "BLACK WATCH:"...
NOBEL SON
ALAN Rickman has fun playing a lecherous old bastard of a professor in "Nobel Son," a pulpy would-be comic thriller, but the movie doesn't deserve him. Rickman's arrogant chemist wins...
LET THEM CHIRP AWHILE
YOU would think that by now budding filmmakers would have given up on making a "Woody Allen movie." Not so Jonathan Blitstein, director, producer, writer and editor of the East...
CIAO
FINALLY, a gay love story minus sex (except for some fondling) and nudity. For this we are indebted to "Ciao," directed by Malaysian-born Yen Tan. The story is so minimal...
STARR REPORT
Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") has acquired the rights to turn "Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp" into a reality series, and is shopping the concept to broadcast and cable networks....
FRANK, PRETENSE & MIRTH
MICHAEL Feinstein seemed a bit callow when he started out more than two decades ago, crooning the Great American Songbook with a sometimes smarmy self-regard. But like Frank Sinatra -...
UNDISCIPLINED VIOLENCE, PUNITIVE DAMAGE
'PUNISHER: War Zone" is as strangely violent as a night out clubbing with Plaxico Burress. When Frank Castle prowls for revenge after mobsters wipe out his family, a punch to...
CAN'T LOSE WITH THESE BLUES
A great ensemble cast and a terrific, blues-oriented '50s soundtrack make "Cadillac Records" a treat despite a script that crams in almost as many musical bio-pic clichés as the spoof...
COUGAR CLUB
HEATHER Locklear - who, at 47, is flirting with 50 in real life - is "Flirting With Forty" tomorrow night on Lifetime. But she still looks like she's flirting with...
BROTHERLY LOVE MEETS AUTISM
HOLLYWOOD movies tend to romanticize the men tally challenged. Not first- time Australian director Elissa Down, who draws on her own experiences for "The Black Balloon," an unsparing but sympathetic...
PAULA SELLS HOUSE AFTER FAN SUICIDE
PAULA Abdul is ditching her posh digs after an obsessed fan killed herself outside the "American Idol" judge's sprawling LA home. "Paula simply feels she has outgrown her house," a...
DESTINED FOR THE DUSTHEAP
IF you're wondering where "Dust" gets its name, it refers to both the cause and the result of a confrontation between an arrogant business executive and the lowly worker who...
IT'S LIZA WITH AN A+ IN LATEST COMEBACK
IT may be time for a moratorium on Liza Minnelli's career death watch. This in defatigable performer has endured so many problems - personal and physical - and has had...
HALF-CENTURY OF ARTISTIC VISION
THE Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater threw itself a birthday party at City Center Wednesday night, celebrating a 50-year journey, from modest inception in 1958 to its current perch as...
NIXON'S THE ONE
RICHARD M. Nixon would surely be appalled at the idea that Hollywood is using him as a surrogate for George W. Bush - named the worst president ever in a...
JAMES BOND'S STAGE SECRETS
MOST of the world knows Roger Moore as James Bond, the role he played for 12 years, from "Live and Let Die" (1973) to "A View to a Kill" (1985),...
MAKE ME CRY
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...
BROADWAY
"ALL MY SONS": ** 1/2: Arthur Miller's period piece is given a starry cast (John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, Katie Holmes) who were apparently told to shout their lungs...
METS PITCHING PATIENCE WITH CLOSER
LAS VEGAS -- In their pursuit of a closer, the Mets have become Scott Boras. They are doing to their potential closer candidates what Boras does when multiple teams seek...
MUMBAI ATTACKS HIT HOME IN BKLYN - COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS OF YOUNG COUPLE
The 183 victims of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India included three with strong Brooklyn roots. Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and his wife, Rivkah, 28, formerly of Crown Heights,...
PRAYERS FOR THE DEPARTED
A parent should never outlive her children. When it happens, the circle of life fractures, creating an anguish that neither time nor faith can fully heal. Yet understanding can. In...
PUSH FOR BETTER B-LINE SERVICE
Transferring trains shouldn't be a hardship for already harried commuters, but on certain routes, it most certainly is, a city lawmaker charged last week. City Councilmember Michael Nelson blasted the...
PLAN TO CUT CADETS SEEN AS "DANGEROUS'
There's cutting the budget, then there's putting peoples lives in danger. The latter would happen if Mayor Michael Bloomberg goes through with his plan to cancel the January 2009 Police...
MORE BK CYCLISTS BIKE TO WORK - NEW TRANSPORTATION REPORT REFLECTS RISE IN TWO-WHEELED COMMUTERS
More Brooklynites are getting on the bike. Last week, the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that cycling by commuters into Manhattan increased 35 percent this year from its 2007...