October 6, 2007
WHAT'S UP
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amTODAY WE ARE THE WORLD: After introducing world music to little ears for nearly a decade, the Putumayo Kids label is taking it to Joe's Pub. The monthly concert series...
OPEN SESAME!
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amYOU know hide-and-seek? Imagine a game as big as this city. That's openhousenewyork, when places that most New Yorkers don't even know exist open their doors to one and all....
STRANGE SIGHT, UNIQUE SOUND
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amPERHAPS the best way to describe MTV's recent artist of the week, Team Facelift, is a cross between the Wu-Tang Clan and Barbra Streisand - the band's two biggest influences....
'WILD' AT HEART
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIF you're looking for something really different in family drama, then "Life Is Wild," an American family drama set in South Africa, may be your ticket out. While the setup...
YODEL YUM!
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIT is the best of times, it is the wurst of times. It's that time again . . . Oktoberfest. Whenever (and wherever!) you spot enormous vessels of beer, oodles...
SPRECHEN SIE GERMAN FOOD?
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amGERMAN cuisine spans four countries, but Oktoberfest tends to focus on Bavarian food. Can't pronounce half the words on the menu? Don't worry. Here's a quick cheat sheet to figure...
SAUSAGE TIME
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWANT some wine with your . . . sausage? According to Ronnie Mandler, owner of Mandler's the Original Sausage Co. - a dry French cuvée blanc goes great with bratwurst...
COPS HUNT 'HOMELESS TORCH' KIDS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amPolice are searching for three teenagers accused of torching a homeless man as he slept outside a church in East Harlem early yesterday. Police and witnesses said that Felix Najera,...
GOV AIDES HIT WITH SUBPOENAS FOR PLOT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - The Senate Investigations Committee subpoenaed two top aides to Gov. Spitzer - chief of staff Richard Baum and Communications Director Darren Dopp - yesterday in a dramatic escalation...
MIKE'S 'HEIST' HUSH
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amMayor Bloomberg tried to get Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to suppress news that two men had been arrested for allegedly trying to swipe more than $400,000 from the mayor's...
BLUE-RIBBON RECEPTION FOR WOUNDED SUBWAY OFFICER
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe NYPD transit cop shot in a deadly subway gunfight last month left the hospital yesterday with a smile on her face. Annmarie Marchiondo, a 17-year veteran, was greeted by...
NEW SHOOT RAPS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe Bronx detectives nearly killed during a wild gun battle persuaded a grand jury yesterday to charge their alleged attacker with three counts of attempted murder, overriding a lowball weapons...
STRIKE MAY MAKE MIKE A TRAFFIC COP
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIf cabbies go through with a threatened strike this month, Mayor Bloomberg plans to keep an eye on the traffic flow in Manhattan. "It'll be fascinating to see whether traffic...
SCHOOL BUYERS: BETTER SHOP AROUND
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe custodians union says the city could save taxpayers money by doing a little comparison shopping for school supplies. Local 891 of the International Union of Operating Engineers says it's...
SOLEMN RITE AT SLAVE GRAVE MEMORIAL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amHundreds paid tribute yesterday as officials dedicated a striking granite memorial to thousands of African slaves laid to rest at a burial ground in lower Manhattan that had been paved...
GOV DRIVES KELLY MAD
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly believes Gov. Spitzer's plan to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants is a bad idea, Mayor Bloomberg revealed yesterday. "I have been - as has Kelly...
HISSING IN ACTION
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amA Midwood, Brooklyn, family of Orthodox Jews got a scaly shock yesterday morning, looking out their kitchen window to see a 5-foot-long rat snake sneaking along the driveway. The homeowner...
'PERV DOC' GETS STUNG
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe NYPD has busted a Long Island cardiologist in an online kiddie-sex sting after he offered candy and sex to a 14-year-old "girl" - who turned out to be an...
BATTERED BOSOX FAN'S PAINFUL RALLY
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amSporting a broken nose and a smashed face, a Red Sox fan struggled to recover yesterday from a brutal beating suffered Wednesday at the alleged hands and fists of two...
BOY, 8, GETS RAMMED BY CAR
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amAn 8-year-old boy was clinging to life last night after he was struck by a car in Chelsea, authorities said. The unidentified child had darted out between two parked cars...
THIEF GUILTY OF 'HATE' IN GAY SLAY
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amA Brooklyn jury convicted a Sheepshead Bay man of manslaughter as a hate crime and lesser charges yesterday for his role in the deadly robbery of a gay man lured...
QNS. 'BABY-SELLER' BUSTED
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amA Queens woman was arrested yesterday for trying to sell her newborn for $25,000 to an undercover cop, authorities said. Yue Fan Chau, 36, of Flushing, was arrested after she...
BUZZ KILL: PESTS BOTHER BOMBERS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIt's a Canadian invasion! Little flying pests known as Canadian Soldiers last night invaded Cleveland's Jacobs Field. The Bombers' big bug-out during the ALDS against the Indians was aided by...
'ROIDRUNNER'S TEARFUL EXIT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amTrack star Marion Jones broke down in tears after pleading guilty yesterday to lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs - a conviction that means she'll likely give up her...
OLYMPIC BODY WILL LOOK TO STRIP TARNISHED MEDALS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe International Olympic Committee said yesterday it is ready to move quickly to strip Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals following her doping confession - although her most prized...
IRAN PREZ: SHIP ISRAELIS TO ALASKA
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIran's blowhard president came up with a solution to the Mideast problem yesterday - move the Israelis to Alaska. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also repeated his call for Europe to resettle the...
DRUG 'JIHADI' GETS 16 YRS.
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amA once-powerful Afghan drug lord who boasted that he was waging "jihad" on Americans by flooding New York's streets with heroin was sentenced to nearly 16 years behind bars on...
VISA-VIS, JOE D
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWhere have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Anyone who really wants to know can buy the slugger's passport on eBay. The Yankee Clipper's 1979 passport was put up for auction by...
LINDSAY PARENT CHAT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIt was no parent trap when La La Land lush Lindsay Lohan spent a close moment with her dad yesterday on her last day in a Utah rehab. Lohan left...
OWEN'S COMEBACK
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amOwen Wilson is finally out and about again. Making his first appearance since his August suicide attempt, the actor takes the stage alongside Adrien Brody at the L.A. premiere of...
'PERFECT STORM' HIT GOTBAUM KIN
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amNoah Gotbaum couldn't accompany his depressed, alcoholic wife on her flight to an Arizona rehab facility last week because he had to watch their three kids, family matriarch Betsy Gotbaum...
BLACKWATERGATE LINKED TO HILL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - The company run by one of Hillary Clinton's top campaign officials has been providing public-relations services for Blackwater - the security firm, accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians,...
BOO BIRD REV. AL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton is threatening a boycott of the Knicks unless coach Isiah Thomas apologizes to all women for suggesting he has no problem with calling a black woman...
CLINTON FEARS 'RUDY WIN'
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amRudy Giuliani's advisers said yesterday that Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked Ground Zero in an emotionally charged campaign ad because she believes the former mayor will be the Republican nominee for...
'IMPARTIAL' HOST RIPS GOP
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amPolitical commentator Chris Matthews came under fire from Republicans yesterday for blasting the Bush administration - just days before he moderates a GOP presidential debate. Critics said MSNBC host Matthews'...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amBROOKLYN An off-duty NYPD school safety agent was arrested for drunken driving in Bedford-Stuyvesant after he was spotted climbing into his car with a cocktail in his hand, authorities said...
CLOSING TIME FOR BAR LEGEND
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN Mick Jagger went for his pocket to give a tip, there would be moths flying out because the money had not been touched in a long time. "Oh, a...
LOTTERY RESULTS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 963; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 3753; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 401; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 6172;...
ONE CLASSY CONFESSION
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amOlympic track star Marion Jones yester day confessed to using steroids - in a most refreshing manner. "I have betrayed your trust," she told a press conference outside a White...
MEMORIAL TO A BROTHER
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amMemories of 9/11 have inspired many remarkable things, but this feat of endurance is truly special: Staten Island Firefighter Lance Ogren is braving the open waters of New York Harbor...
AN IMMODERATE MODERATOR
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amSo, should viewers of Tuesday's Re publican presidential debate expect an exchange of views between the candidates - or between the candidates and one of the event's moderators? It's a...
BRIBING TROOPS TO QUIT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amTHE problems with military outsourcing go far beyond last month's massacre of civilians by Blackwater USA's hired guns: Wartime profiteers are bleeding our military. Astonishingly, contractors are free to approach...
GOP LEADER'S EASY ETHICS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amIN a secret meeting Wednesday of the House Republican leadership, Minority Leader John Boehner ruled that Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) will continue as the party's ranking member of the Appropriations...
DOLAN OUT THE BLAME OVER KNICKS SCANDAL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amSo Cablevision chief Jim Dolan is guilty of sexual harassment ("Re$pect," Oct. 3)? With its monopoly on Long Island, it's time to re-examine the Cablevision franchise. I don't want this...
JUNTA'S BURMA SHAVE
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe violent repression of the Buddhist monks' protests by Myanmar's junta is reprehensible and despicable ("Myanmar Mess: Blame Beijing," Ralph Peters, PostOpinion, Oct. 2). The people are angry and desire...
MERRILL'S PERIL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe housing recession is steamrolling over four more financial giants to wreck their latest profits - including Merrill Lynch, the world's largest brokerage. Merrill said yesterday that it expects to...
TALK OF SALE LIFTS YAHOO!
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amYahoo! investors fed up with the company's Band-Aid approach to fixing its problems yesterday received a vote of support from Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who suggested in a...
FREEZE IS ON AT GIANT MORTGAGE HEDGE FUND
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amEllington Capital Management, the country's largest mortgage-backed securities hedge fund, sent a letter to investors notifying them that redemptions and withdrawals in two of its funds would be suspended because...
RUT CHECK
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThe shock has worn off. After a 10 straight home victories and a climb into the Top 10 national rankings, Rutgers was blitzed at home by Maryland last week, losing...
HE'S DA MANNY
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amBOSTON - Manny Ramirez got an assist from the fans in the fifth then sent them home happy in the ninth. Ramirez hit a three-run, walk-off homer in the ninth...
BOSS' HOSS NEEDS WIN
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWith the Yankees off today as they try to win their way into the World Series, George Steinbrenner will be focused on another sort of "Win and You're In" playoff,...
BIANCONE BANNED 2 1/2 YRS.
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amFollowing a hearing Thursday, trainer Patrick Biancone was slammed yesterday by the Kentucky stewards with a one-year suspension, effective Oct. 15, after being cited for 12 violations of Kentucky Horse...
HONDO FEELS FLUSHED
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amHondo, who still hasn't found anything to wahoo about in the playoffs, took yet another trip down the drain last night with the Yankees as the earnings plummeted to 240...
TITLE TILT ON CARD AT MSG
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amSam Peter was presented with the WBC interim heavyweight championship belt after his weigh-in Thursday night outside the Garden. Tonight, he'll try to earn it with his fists. Peter defends...
SPORTS SHORTS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amNHL: Isles capture opener Mike Comrie scored twice and had two assists in his Islanders debut, leading them to a 6-4 victory over the Sabres in the season opener last...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amWEST VIRGINIA at SYRACUSELine: West Virginia by 26 1/2. Angle: While Las Vegas waits to learn the status of West Virginia QB Pat White (thigh bruise), we're comfortable with White...
SLUGGER HAS HALO OF A TIME
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox were in the process of giving up three runs to the Angels in the second inning last night when a huge cheer erupted from the...
SUTTER SHAKING IT UP
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - Brent Sutter just won't play it safe. His first three weeks as a rookie NHL coach have been marked by a string of dramatic moves for the...
STATIC SHOCK
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amOne month into the season, Jeremy Shockey has 16 receptions for a non-dynamic 197 yards, no touchdowns and none of those "wow" moments he used to create seemingly on a...
JETS' AIM: PLAX CONTROL
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amPlaxico Burress may be hobbled by a bad ankle, but the lanky wide receiver's presence still weighs heavily on the Jets' defense. When asked how he planned to stop Burress,...
NICHOLS' SPOT IN JEOPARDY
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - As Isiah Thomas tries to sort out his roster glut, the Knicks president/coach strongly implied guard Fred Jones is beating out Syracuse rookie Demetris Nichols for a...
GLAVINE TURNS DOWN OPTION
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amAs expected, Tom Glavine turned down his option yesterday to return to the Mets in 2008. Glavine had a $13 million vesting option. The deadline for his decision was yesterday,...
YOUNG RANGERS MAY SIT
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amOne game in and Tom Renney faces an immediate decision regarding rookies Brandon Dubinsky and Marc Staal, each of whom experienced good and bad moments in Thursday's opening 5-2 victory...
A-ROD ADMITS: 'I'M PRESSING'
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Alex Rodriguez isn't the only Yankee who looks like he is swinging a wet newspaper instead of a bat. However, because of his past October failures as a...
JOBA BUGGIN'
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - So here is a new Joba Rule: He is not lord of the flies. Chamberlain's biggest opponents last night were pesky and relentless. And he also had to...
STANDING FAUST
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Before a pitch was thrown last night, before a bug drove anybody batty, Victor Martinez knew: Fausto Carmona was going to be special. "The way he was throwing...
NOW THEY'RE IN A SWARM OF TROUBLE
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - The ball landed softly in the outfield grass, a quiet spark that ignited an inferno of noise inside Jacobs Field, shooting 44,732 people into a tizzy of hysteria....
YANKS VICTIM OF INSECTICIDE
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Termites in the bat rack, not Lake Erie midges, did in the Yankees last night. Though a brief but fierce invasion of Jacobs Field by the local bugs...
INDIANS SHRUG OFF LEBRON FUSS
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Imagine the indignation of fans if Derek Jeter showed up at the Garden for a Knicks-Celtics game wearing a Celtics hat. Now you get the idea of this...
BOMBERS DONE IN BY MIDGES
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - In Yankees' lore it will forever be remembered as the "Bugs Game." If the Yanks don't win this ALDS, they partly can blame an unseasonably warm evening at...
PRONK CONKS ONE FOR CLUTCH FINISH
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - All night, the Indians put men on base. And all night, they left them there against the Yankees. "I guarantee you it was frustrating to watch from the...
PETTITTE GEM NOT ENOUGH
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amCLEVELAND - Joe Torre was right to compare Andy Pettitte's performance last night with the left-hander's start in Game 5 of the 1996 World Series, except there's one significant difference:...
NETS GET FIRST LOOK AT ARMSTRONG
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amDarrell Armstrong kept pondering his decision in the shower Wednesday night - five, 10, finally 20 minutes. The veteran guard walked into his bathroom all but a Maverick, but walked...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 6, 2007 | 9:00amThere was no honor among these two Army colonels. Cols. Scott Carlson and Bruce Adkins are accused of switching identities to fool a paternity test. Carlson had been paying a...
Jamal talking big
October 6, 2007 | 12:56amBy MARC BERMANI love Jamal Crawford’s new bold attitude. On Media Day, he was incredulous when I asked him if he believes he’ll be the starting shooting guard. It was...