November 27, 2008
Thanks again
November 27, 2008 | 8:41pmBy FRED KERBERSACRAMENTO - The Nets are 7-7 and no one predicted that. Already, they've won two classics, including Wednesday in Sacramento where Devin Harris arose from Land o' the...
BRITISH TYCOON MURDERED AFTER MUMBAI INTERVIEW
November 27, 2008 | 8:15pmA British tycoon was killed in the Mumbai massacre today just moments after he told of his panic to the BBC as bombs went off around him.Click Here To Listen...
CATCHING UP: GIANTS
November 27, 2008 | 7:32pmThe Giants were supposed to get fat on the early portion of their schedule. Their first six opponents have a current combined record of 19-46-1, and that includes the 7-4...
Marbury turns down starting job
November 27, 2008 | 8:24amBy MARC BERMANAUBURN HILLS - Stephon Marbury is entitled to feel the way he feels, that there is no turning back after being treated like a leper by Mike D'Antoni...
PUT A FORK IN HIM
November 27, 2008 | 8:02amHOO-HAH! Truth be told, there really was no contest for the top award in our 10th annual Turkey awards. Al Pacino's jaw-dropping grimaces as an FBI profiler who receives cellphone...
GHOLSTON MAKING HIMSELF VISIBLE
November 27, 2008 | 7:52amVernon Gholston has not had the impact you would expect a top-10 draft pick to have, but the Jets rookie drew some extended playing time against Tennessee, and the praise...
JACOBS, BRADSHAW SIT OUT, TOO
November 27, 2008 | 7:47amThe MRI test administered Tuesday to Plaxico Burress revealed what everyone around the Giants already knew, that he has a right hamstring injury. Burress did not practice yesterday and is...
REQUIEM FOR A HERO
November 27, 2008 | 7:41amIt was his last journey with the men he considered brothers. Lt. Robert Ryan Jr.'s coffin rested atop of Engine 155 - the truck aboard which the FDNY veteran rushed...
BUS FIRMS SUE OVER GP$
November 27, 2008 | 7:41amA group of school-bus companies is suing the city's Department of Education for reneging on its agreement to install tracking devices on their vehicles. The move comes more than three...
FIENDS KILL 101 IN INDIA HORROR
November 27, 2008 | 7:41amMUMBAI, India - Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital last night, killing at least...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 27, 2008 | 7:41amThis guy picked the wrong species to mess with. An Ohio K-9 cop chased down and bit a suspect wanted on dogfighting charges. As the man ran, the police pooch...
GRIFFIN DELIVERS FOR SOONERS
November 27, 2008 | 7:33amMaybe comparing Blake Griffin to one of the greatest power forwards in hoops history is excessive. But that didn't stop Alabama-Birmingham coach Mike Davis. "Karl Malone was a great player,"...
SPORTS SHORTS
November 27, 2008 | 7:33amNFL: Quinn done for year Brady Quinn's season ended yesterday after just three starts, done in by a broken right index finger that he tried to play with last week...
HARRIS' CLUTCH SHOT SAVES NETS
November 27, 2008 | 7:33amSACRAMENTO - This was going to be a feel-good Nets story. It was going to be about bouncing back from an L.A. wipeout against the Lakers. Then the storyline changed....
SLAYS HAUNT FEINSTEIN 30 YRS. LATER
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amSAN FRANCISCO - Thirty years after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco City Hall, Dianne Feinstein still wonders whether she could have stopped...
SCAMMER SLAP
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amOpera-loving fraudster Alberto Vilar will be eating Thanksgiving dinner with an electronic-monitoring bracelet on his ankle after the feds said he repeatedly failed his court-ordered curfew. Vilar, convicted last week...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amBrooklyn A man was shot to death on his 21st birthday in Crown Heights last night, police said. "I was watching the Knicks game and then I heard two shots...
PELOSI'S IN A RANGLED WEB
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amWASHINGTON - Under fire for dragging her feet on the probe of embattled Rep. Charles Rangel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday an investigation of the Harlem Democrat will be...
BARACK'S HACKLES UP
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amAn indignant President-elect Barack Obama yesterday rejected criticism that he's been stocking his Cabinet with Clinton-era hands, saying the financial crisis requires his appointees have the experience to "hit the...
RAIL TERROR THREAT FOR CITY
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amHarried holiday travelers faced an even greater-than-usual level of security yesterday after federal authorities got wind of a possible terror plot aimed at Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road,...
LOOK, MA! NO-HANDS KID CARRIER
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amHaving a kid's-eye view of the Thanksgiving Day Parade usually means staring at the back of the towering adult in front. But an invention a Lower East Side man is...
STARS IN KING JAMES' COURT
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amMadison Square Garden was as star-packed as a movie premiere Tuesday night, as a high-wattage crowd came out to watch "The King" hold court - which could one day be...
WRIST SLAP FOR CYBER
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amA federal jury yesterday spiked felony charges against a heartless Missouri mom who cruelly pretended to be a handsome boy online and used the fake persona to drive a teen...
GORDON'S MISTRESS OF PAIN
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amThe serial home-wrecker accused of bedding TV chef Gordon Ramsay is a sex-crazed "tiger" who attacks mates with claws out, a former lover claimed in a steamy kiss-and-tell interview. "She...
COP'S GOOD $HOT
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amIt was a one-in-a-million . . . er, 4.5 million shot A veteran NYPD detective who accidentally put a bullet in his knee after he stumbled out of a busted...
BROOKLYN PIE POOCH IS DOGNAPPED
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amA sudden dognapping has rocked the Brooklyn waterfront, after the lovable mascot of Steve's Authentic key lime pie company was snatched off the street, his owner said. Mango, a white,...
OPRAH'S 'PRESENTS' OF MIND
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amOprah's "Favorite Things" turned out to be a lump of coal for her devoted fans yesterday. The wealthy talk queen, who has treated her audience to diamonds and LCD TVs...
SURVIVOR'S SAVIOR
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amIt had been 63 years since Shoshanna Rothshild looked into the eyes of her savior. But when she was reunited yesterday at Kennedy Airport with Wiktoria Sozanska, whose family hid...
SAY BUY-BUY TO SALES SLUMP
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amTomorrow kicks off the holiday shopping season, and the message this year is clear: Don't feel guilty about overspending - you're helping the foundering economy. But just in case patriotism...
DYKSTRA FIELDS ANOTHER $UIT
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amFormer Met Lenny Dykstra hardly had time to breathe after settling one debtor's six-figure lawsuit Tuesday before getting hit with another yesterday - for $630,000 connected with his Players Club...
NEW 'AIR' FORCE TO BE ON PARADE
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amThe biggest show on Broadway will unveil three new inflatable stars at today's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hundreds got a sneak peak last night when they turned out at the...
HATE FLARES ANEW IN LI TOWN ROCKED BY SLAY
November 27, 2008 | 7:05amRacial tensions have flared again in the Long Island town where an Ecuadorian immigrant was murdered earlier this month - with police reporting yesterday that another gang of teens surrounded...
HENRIK + SHOOTOUT = 2
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amTAMPA - With 1:03 to play in overtime and a faceoff just outside the Rangers' blue line, Tom Renney sent defensive-minded Blair Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom onto the ice as...
RICHARDSON RIPS 'TEAMMATE'
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amAUBURN HILLS - Quentin Richardson lashed out at Stephon Marbury following last night's 110-96 loss to the Pistons at The Palace in which the Knicks were reduced to seven bodies...
FAMOUS SEAMUS MAKING HIS X-IT
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amSeamus Kelly doesn't worry too much about what kind of numbers he's going to put up every week. "I never go into games thinking I'm going to get a certain...
JETS FANS CAN FEAST ON BRETT SUCCESS
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amTHEY are no longer the same old turkeys, and so you, Joe The Jet Fan, has so much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. Maybe Barack Obama's election...
FAVRE FEELING BETTER ABOUT MOVE TO JETS
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amJets fans are not the only ones feeling good after the team's 8-3 start. Though he didn't quite scream, "I love New York," Brett Favre said yesterday he's happy he...
GIANTS HAVE 'SKIN HERE BEFORE
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amTom Coughlin walked into yesterday's press conference and immediately laid down the theme for the week: "We're in the division . . . we're excited about that," he said, actually...
MCNABB GETS ANOTHER SHOT
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amPHILADELPHIA - If Donovan McNabb is playing out his final games with the Eagles, his first audition for his next job comes before a national audience. Benched at halftime in...
'O' YEAH! DEVIL WIN STREAK LIVES
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amSUNRISE, Fla. - Despite their plague of injuries, the Devils finished the first quarter of their season on track for their 10th 100-point season in 12 years, thanks to last...
WATCH LATE LEAD MELT INTO DEFEAT
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amOne game after the Islanders received a gift in Montreal, they gave one to Pittsburgh. But as much as Andy Sutton's third-period gaffe that led to Evgeni Malkin's game-winner with...
STEPH AGAIN TURNS DOWN OFFER TO PLAY
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amAUBURN HILLS - On Thanksgiving Eve, Stephon Marbury said no thanks. Marbury last night turned down an offer to be installed as the Knicks' starting shooting guard for the rest...
IT'S TIME TO TOSS THIS TURKEY
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amLISTEN, we've all been where Stephon Marbury is, OK? We've all had bosses we didn't get along with. We've all worked for people who, in our view, treated us miserably,...
DODGERS SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR PETTITTE
November 27, 2008 | 6:45amDodgers GM Ned Colletti admitted yesterday to having an interest in free agent Andy Pettitte. "Some," Colletti wrote in an e-mail about the level of the Dodgers' interest in Pettitte,...
GOOD LAUD: ROD PRAISES FRANK
November 27, 2008 | 6:44amSACRAMENTO - He doesn't have the staying power of Utah's Jerry Sloan, who seems to have been around since dirt first appeared on Earth, but Nets coach Lawrence Frank is...
OLD MAN CARTER LIKES ROLE ON YOUNG NETS
November 27, 2008 | 6:42amSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Vince Carter smiles a lot more these days, even if the Nets' record isn't soaring above .500. Carter is the elder statesman on a team populated by...
DISHONEST 'CRITIC'
November 27, 2008 | 6:13amIN 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a police man's speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers. State Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes...
NJ TURNPIKE'S BRIGHTEST MOMENT
November 27, 2008 | 6:13am* The Jets and Giants are on a collision course (" 'Super' Men," Nov. 25). Should they meet in the Super Bowl, the great state of New Jersey will be...
HOW MUCH MORE WILL CHARLIE 'RANGEL' OUT OF?
November 27, 2008 | 6:13am* The latest revelation of Rep. Charlie Rangel's attempt to save $400 in Washington DC real-estate taxes probably won't surprise many New Yorkers ("Homing in on Rangel," Nov. 24). However,...
BLESSINGS OF SELF-RELIANCE
November 27, 2008 | 6:13amIN the Year of Bottomless Bailouts, I am most grateful this Thanksgiving for Amer icans who refuse to abandon thrift, personal responsibility and self-reliance. When the moochers and entitlement-mongers drive...
FOR WHICH WE GIVE THANKS
November 27, 2008 | 6:13amThe first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in mid-October 1621, nearly a year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Much later, George Washington was the first of many...
SLIM'S PICKIN' SAKS
November 27, 2008 | 6:13amSaks is trying to keep the world's second-richest man out of its store affairs, while Tiffany is refusing to give wealthy investors any more cushy stock perks. That's just two...
STOCKS COOK UP A BRIEF PRE-HOLIDAY RALLY
November 27, 2008 | 6:13amThe turkey known as Wall Street got temporary wings yesterday to flap higher for a brief rally here - but nowhere else in global markets. Shares jumped nearly 250 points...
FAITH REACHES CABLE
November 27, 2008 | 5:40amNET, a new "faith-based" network, is set to launch on cable. Overseen by the Brooklyn Diocese - with programming produced and purchased by Trans Video Communications - NET launches Monday,...
ROCK ROLLS
November 27, 2008 | 5:40amIF the last time you looked you were not Pamela Anderson, chances are great that you'll love tonight's edition of the ongoing "VH1 Storytellers" featuring the wild man of rock/rap/hip...
OLD WESTBURY, LI
November 27, 2008 | 5:29amWhen it comes to large houses on Long Island, people like to throw around words like "estate" and "manor," but many properties don't measure up. Well, this 8,000-square-foot home built...
SOHO
November 27, 2008 | 5:29amMany of us have fantasized about how different our lives might be today if we had bought some prime property in this neighborhood a few decades ago. It's too late...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
November 27, 2008 | 5:29amMove into this "elegant and impeccably renovated" Brooklyn brownstone that "lends itself perfectly to entertaining," and you'll be quite thankful you did. The parlor level features a formal living room...
MIDTOWN EAST
November 27, 2008 | 5:29amThe great thing about brand-new condos like this one is that they've never been lived in, so your new home is really a new home. In this case, it's a...
JUST SOLD!
November 27, 2008 | 5:22amManhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $960,000 257 Central Park West Two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,050 square feet, with windowed kitchen, three exposures and Reservoir views. Maintenance $1,635, 50 percent tax-deductible. Asking price...
YORKVILLE
November 27, 2008 | 5:20amBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,200 Maintenance: $1,402 -- One good thing about an economic downturn: The asking price on this "mint" co-op on East 79th Street just saw...
COS COB, CONN.
November 27, 2008 | 5:19amBedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Square feet: 2,323 -- The address alone - on Cottontail Road - should give you a sense of the "bucolic country setting" where you'll find this...
STEWART MANOR, LI
November 27, 2008 | 5:19amBedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,450 -- Forget about renovating - you can "move right in" to this 1952 Cape Cod and enjoy the new kitchen with breakfast room,...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
November 27, 2008 | 5:17amBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,060 Maintenance: $1,655 -- This "bright" co-op in a grand prewar building on Remsen Street features new bathrooms, a new kitchen and a new...
MIDTOWN EAST
November 27, 2008 | 5:15amBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 738 Common charges: $736 -- We're not full of hot air - this one-bedroom condo on East 48th Street really does have its own...
UPPER EAST SIDE
November 27, 2008 | 5:14amBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,473 Common charges: $585 -- East 64th Street might not conjure visions of the South of France, but this "expansive" condo at the full-service...
TREASURED ISLAND
November 27, 2008 | 5:10amActor Christopher Sieber stands 6-foot-2, but as Lord Farquaad in the Broadway production of "Shrek the Musical," now in previews, he's just 4 1/2 feet tall. "We call it 'the...
GORDON RAMSAY'S MISTRESS OF PAIN
November 27, 2008 | 2:19amThe serial home-wrecker accused of bedding TV chef Gordon Ramsay is a sex-crazed "tiger" who attacks mates with claws out, a former lover claimed in a steamy kiss and-tell interview....