January 6, 2007
Knicks can make a run
January 6, 2007 | 11:55pmBy MARC BERMANEmerging at JFK tonight after a cross-country flight from Seattle and into the warm air of New York was bizarre. Across the Knicks' nine-day West Coast trip, the...
THE BUCK STARTS HERE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWHERE have all the cowboys gone? Check your local listings. No, not for a Clint Eastwood marathon. Today and tomorrow, the world's top riders will partner with the best bulls...
PONY UP...TO THE BAR
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amColorado Café 154 Bonnie Burn Road, Watchung N.J.; (908) 322-7200 New Yorkers willing to cross the Hudson can pursue eight seconds of glory atop Colorado Café's electronic bull. Country line-dancing...
RED ALERT: GIRLS IN THE HOOD
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amBET you didn't know Little Red Riding Hood had anything to do with "Sleeping Beauty," but New York City Ballet's version has cameos from several fairy tales. Peter Martins' 1991...
WHAT'S UP?
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amTodayCURTAIN UP: That toe-tapping operetta, "The Mikado," makes a perfect choice for New York City Center's "Family Overture Series: Where Kids Learn the Stories of Gilbert and Sullivan." Artistic Director...
ROCK FOR ALL AGES
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amIT'S a new year, and kid listeners (OK, all listeners) will be turning a year older. Tastes change, and parents get tired of hearing the same album for the thousandth...
MTV CATCHES 'MAUI FEVER'
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amTHE brains behind "La guna Beach" are offer ing their take on "Beach Blanket Bingo." "Maui Fever" is a new MTV reality show filmed to look like a bit more...
DIS-'GREASE'
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amALL of these talent- search shows are beginning to look the same. Take this "Grease" series premiering Sunday night on NBC. Formally titled "Grease: You're the One That I Want"...
WHAT A JERSEY JOKE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is lumping New York City together with parts of New Jersey to assess how much anti-terror cash to send to the area - a...
SICKO THREATS JUSTIFY PATAKI PROTECTION: PANEL
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amALBANY - Former Gov. George Pataki was the subject of 597 threats during his 12 years in office, 146 of which were categorized as "high risk" because they involved threats...
69 IS DIVINE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amSkating rinks turned to puddles and pooches pranced in the park yesterday as the city dipped the furthest into winter ever without a snowflake - and meteorologists predicted another record...
ALBANY 'MAYBE' TO MIKE GAL PAL
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amALBANY - State leaders yesterday left the door open to appointing Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend as the new state comptroller. State Banking Superintendent Diana Taylor this week expressed interest in the...
SKAKEL LAWYER UNDER PROBE IN TAX RACKET
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amCelebrity defense attorney Mickey Sherman is under federal criminal investigation for failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars of income, The Post has learned. The Connecticut attorney's tax woes...
COPS SHUT DOWN TWO NIGHTCLUBS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe hammer came down on Crobar and the lights went out at Sol last night as police shuttered the two West Side nightclubs for numerous violations. Crobar, located at 530...
TEEN SHOT DEAD
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA 15-year-old boy was mysteriously slain on a Brooklyn street last night, authorities said. Stephon Williams, 15, was standing in front of 380 Lexington Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 8...
BUSTA CAPER A BUS FUSS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amCity correction officials are passing the buck on an incident when two courthouse workers helped Busta Rhymes avoid photographers after he posted bail on his latest assault charge. The unnamed...
MTA BOSS ON TRACK FOR 340G
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amNew transit head Elliot "Lee" Sander will be paid a salary of $340,000, including benefits, for managing the trains, buses, bridges and tunnels, officials said yesterday. Not to mention the...
QUEENS SCHOOL 'PERV' ARRESTED
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA 21-year-old school aide was busted yesterday on charges of sexually harassing and endangering teenage girls at the Queens HS for Science, Schools Investigator Richard Condon said. Nicholas Pichardo is...
KID KUDOS TO 'CATCHERS'
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe 3-year-old boy who fell from a fifth-floor Bronx fire escape made a promise yesterday to the two heroes who caught him in their arms - he will never climb...
'BANK-BANDIT' BONNIE NAILED
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA 16-year-old Queens girl was arrested yesterday after she robbed a bank in her neighborhood, police said. Chrystie Almestica, 16, passed a note to a teller at the First Central...
WELFARE 'FRAUD'S 4 BUILDINGS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA Brooklyn woman collected more than $170,000 in welfare benefits over a seven-year period, a stretch during which she and her husband owned four buildings, prosecutors charged yesterday. Orna Baruch,...
SLAY-BUST 'HERO' IN CLINK
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA demolition-company boss who last year helped cops nab the accused killer of a Giuliani administration aide went to the slammer himself yesterday. Steven Russell, 53, was sentenced to 45...
COP CLASS IS GOING GREAT GUNS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amI came face to face with a very bad man holding an AK-47 yesterday. I managed to squeeze off six shots from my 9 mm semi-automatic - but only hit...
GRAFFITI KID KILLED BY LIRR
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA 13-year-old Queens boy was killed last night when a Long Island Rail Road train slammed into him on the track as he scrawled graffiti, police and witnesses said. Ari...
JAIL FOR W'CHESTER MOM IN DWI SLAY
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWestchester's club-hopping "RoccerMom" is now "JailbirdMom" after tearfully admitting she killed her daughter's 16-year-old friend in a drunken-driving crash. Ann Marie Ciarcia, 47, confessed to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular assault...
PARK MUG 'THUGS' JAILED
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThree teen thugs were arrested for a terrifying six-week string of attacks inside Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in which they robbed at least five people and slashed one man to death...
HELL, NO, W! WE WON'T GO ALONG
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amOne day after taking control of Congress, the Democrats yesterday declared war on President Bush - as they threatened to block any move to send more U.S. troops to Iraq....
MONICA MADNESS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amReeling from her husband's infidelity, then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to find something to watch on TV and clicked through channel after channel of hurtful news coverage - before...
'SECRET' AGONY OF SPY WIFE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe wife of a fired CIA operative is blaming the feds for driving her to the brink of insanity with her hubby's spy activity - and then barring her from...
DRIVERS HO$ED ON GAS AGAIN
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amCrude-oil prices are plunging to their lowest levels in 18 months, but only a fraction of the savings has been passed on to drivers - and experts say any big...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe Bronx* A Hunts Point man, who suffers from advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, has been missing since Thursday afternoon, police said yesterday. Julio Santiago, 79, was seen leaving his...
LOTTERY
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amNEW YORK Midday Numbers Fri.: 833 Midday Win-4 Fri.: 3629 Evening Numbers Fri.: 717 Evening Win-4 Fri.: 9555 Pick-10 Fri.: 7, 13, 14, 22, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33,...
RHYMES' CRIMES
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amHo hum. Another day, another Busta Rhymes brush with the criminal-justice system. Thursday, the rapper (whose real name is Trevor Smith) was arraigned in Manhattan and charged with the misdemeanor...
OVERREACHING ALREADY
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amCongressional Democrats, newly installed as the majority on Capitol Hill, yesterday wasted no time in letting President Bush know that they consider themselves his equal regarding the formulation of military...
A TEST FOR TAXIS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWHAT'S the difference between melting-pot assimilation and multicultural diversity? At Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport, officials want stiffer penalties for cab drivers who refuse service to passengers with alcohol or seeing-eye...
EYEING IRAN
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWORD that Adm. William Fallon will move laterally from our Pacific Command to take charge of Central Command - responsible for the Middle East - while two ground wars rage...
WHAT MONEY CAN BUY: OPRAH'S AFRICAN DREAM
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amTHE ISSUE: Oprah Winfrey's donation of time and money to build a school in South Africa. Bravo to Oprah Winfrey ("Oprah, Look Over Here," Linda Stasi, Jan 4). Education in...
BANKER SLAMMED
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA former junior banker at Merrill Lynch was sentenced yesterday to three years and a month behind bars for leaking secret details on pending mergers to the ringleaders of an...
KIRK MAY HAVE TO UP ANTE FOR MGM MIRAGE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amAfter failing to get shareholders of MGM Mirage to cash in their chips, billionaire rebel investor Kirk Kerkorian may have to sweeten his offer if he wants to control more...
NBC EXEC JUMPS FOR GOOGLE JOB
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amAlthough not as high-profile as previous departures, NBC lost another key contributor to its team yesterday when Michael Steib, general manager of strategic ventures, bolted for Google. Steib's most notable...
JOBS REPORT TRIPS STOCKS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amAlthough the economy isn't as wobbly as analysts thought, Wall Street is starting to grapple with its own problems over record-high stock prices. Investors dumped shares yesterday as a precaution...
FLA. HORSEMEN: BLAME OTB FOR NO GULFSTREAM
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe "greedy entity known as New York OTB," not Florida horsemen, is responsible for OTB customers not being able to bet on races from Gulfstream Park, Kent Stirling, executive director...
SPORTS SHORTS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amNFL: Police question man about Willams slay On a day when Darrent Williams' family and friends gathered to remember the late Broncos cornerback, Denver police said yesterday they arrested Willie...
JAZIL SECOND IN RETURN
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amDespite the fact he was making his first start in seven months since winning Belmont Stakes, Jazil was hammered to 2-5 in the eighth race, a non-winners-of-two allowance optional claimer...
BEEN THERE, WON THAT
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amGLENDALE, Ariz. - Ohio State has speed and one of the nation's best defenses. Florida has speed and one of the nation's best defenses. The No. 1 Buckeyes (12-0), the...
ROBESON: LET US PLAY, PSAL
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amRobeson basketball coach Todd Myles got a call from a college coach in the Midwest last week. The college coach said he wanted to see one of Myles' seniors play...
LARRY GETS 76ER GIG - & ZEKE KUDOS!
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amHow happy was Isiah Thomas after last night's rousing Knick victory? So happy that he had a nice word - albeit just one - when he heard that Larry Brown...
ODUYA OUT FOR DEVILS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe Devils said yesterday that defenseman Johnny Oduya will be sidelined for the next seven to 10 days with an upper body injury he suffered during Thursday night's 4-3 win...
EVE OF THE END?
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amUp on the board was a list of all the veteran players, and next to their names was the number of playoff appearances for each of them. Bob Whitfield: 15...
A DREAM JOB FOR COBBS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amSeemingly from out of nowhere, cornerback R.J. Cobbs is set to be in uniform and play for the Giants tomorrow. Who? Cobbs, signed to the practice squad Dec. 19, was...
MISSING LINC NOT EAGLES' O
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amPHILADELPHIA - Much of the buildup to tomorrow's Eagles-Giants NFC playoff game has centered on the Eagles' defense and what it wants to do: Stop Tiki Barber and pressure Eli...
BARB WIRED
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amOUT of a wretched season of rubble, out of the ashes of despair, rises a New York Giants football team that expects to win tomorrow in Philadelphia. "I love this...
TOM FOOLERY
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amFOXBOROUGH, Mass. - On his butt and 46 yards short, Tom Brady found himself at the gun here Nov. 12. As the Jets celebrated around him, the most renowned winner...
PAT-ENTED PLAN
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amAs the Jets prepare for the biggest game of the Eric Mangini era - tomorrow's wild- card playoff duel with the AFC East- rival Patriots at Gillette Stadium - they...
ERIC THE GREAT GREEN HOPE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amTHOSE who would rush to can onize - or Cantonize - Eric Mangini are getting a little bit ahead of themselves, and they probably know it. Sixteen games doesn't make...
TRIPLE THREAT
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amSEATTLE - What looked like the makings of a disastrous five-game West Coast trip turned into something else entirely. The Knicks may have paid their last visit to Seattle last...
NATE: HERE WE COME!
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWith the Knicks on the verge of becoming whole again, Nate Robinson warned the NBA to watch out. When they return Wednesday to the Garden for their next game vs....
METS ADD NEWHAN TO BENCH
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amDavid Newhan officially signed with the Mets yesterday, a move that is expected to fill out the team's bench. Newhan, a free agent who made $550,000 with Baltimore in 2006,...
BAD-LUCK KRSTIC MAKING NO PLANS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amNenad Krstic is done making plans. Last summer, he took off from his Serbian national team to concentrate on the Nets season. The young center had big plans. Then he...
NO KIDD-ING IN NETS' WILD WIN
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amThe Nets were down 18-0. They missed nine straight shots. What could possibly be worse than that start? The Bulls' finish. "They got off to a real slow start at...
DEFENSE IGNITING RANGERS
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amHaving won three consecutive games, it's safe to say the Rangers have steadied their ship after the seven-game losing streak they had at the end of December. The turnaround has...
WITH UNIT GONE, BOMBERS SET SIGHTS ON ROCKET
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amWith an eye to the desert, and the finalization of the Randy Johnson trade with the Diamondbacks, you can expect the Yankees to soon begin the free-agent dance with Roger...
YANKS RE-SIGN CAIRO FOR 1 YEAR
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amAfter flirting with Mark Loretta, the Yankees returned to a comfortable, familiar place to secure their utility infielder, re-signing Miguel Cairo for one year at $750,000. It is a move...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 6, 2007 | 10:00amA newborn calf has turned one Virginia dairy farm into a freak show. That's because the calf was born with two faces - two noses, two tongues and two lower...
Q's back woes
January 6, 2007 | 12:40amBy MARC BERMANSEATTLE - Apparently, the rain here in the Pacific Northwest has Quentin Richardson's back creaky again. The Knicks were leaning toward not playing him tonight vs. Seattle at...