October 26, 2005
ASTROS' STARTER TAKES BACKE SEAT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - If Brandon Backe was a Beatle, he wouldn't even be Ringo Starr. Try Pete Best, the drummer Ringo replaced in the greatest pop band ever. Backe works in...
OSWALT FOILED IN THE FIFTH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Down two-love in the third game of the World Series, the Astros turned to their ace last night and pleaded with Roy Oswalt to keep them from falling...
BANGED-UP QUAD WON'T WORRY KIDD
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amPRESEASON / OT: Nets 118 - Celtics 116 It was just another pre-season game, meant to help the Nets decide on a rotation. But by the time the 118-116 overtime...
YASHIN, SATAN POWER ISLES
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amIslanders 4 - Thrashers 3 The last time the Islanders played, Alexei Yashin and Miroslav Satan were indirectly called "brain dead" by head coach Steve Stirling for not getting back...
EDWARDS LUKEWARM ON STICKING WITH VIN
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Coach Herman Edwards yesterday hardly sounded committed to Vinny Testaverde starting the Jets' next game - on Nov. 6 against the Chargers - if Testaverde is fully healthy....
BRIAN STAYS PUT - FOUR-YEAR DEAL KEEPS CASHMAN AS YANKS' GM
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - After much emotional wrestling with himself, Brian Cashman is remaining as general manager of the Yankees. As of late yesterday, industry sources told The Post the final details...
BYE-ING TIME - HERM HAS OFF-WEEK RX PLAN
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHerman Edwards is no stranger to bye-week crisis management. In 2002, his Jets were 1-4 and foundering on both sides of the ball. During the bye week, he and the...
VAUGHN GOES ON MAKING HIS POINT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets drafted Zoran Planinic in 2003 to be the full-time backup point guard to Jason Kidd; didn't work out. Among the additions the team made to help fill the...
HOSE LOOKIN' LIKE '98 YANKS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Do they remind you of anybody? They should. They play with a swagger that's evident without being obvious. They play with an unbridled confidence that somehow stops just...
COPS FIRE 22 SHOTS AT PUNK
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amCops yesterday fired 22 shots at a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy suspected of stealing an iPod - but hit him only twice, authorities said. Javaughon Higgins had allegedly stolen the device...
60-DAY STRETCH FOR DMX - HIP-HOP ICON GETS SLAMMER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amSuperstar DMX has a new rap to add to his collection - and a 60-day jail sentence. The 34-year-old hiphop icon and actor admitted yesterday he got behind the wheel...
BIRD-FLU FEAR SPURS RAW 'BAR'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe French can forget about feasting on steak tartare - the European Union's food-safety agency will put out an advisory today warning people not to consume raw eggs or poultry...
LSAT CRAM 'SCAM' BARED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amFuture law students are being fooled into forking over $1,100 for the wrong prep course by a company bearing the same name as the popular "TestMasters," a state watchdog warned...
MILLIONS IN TAX CHECKS UNCLAIMED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amSome New Yorkers are so rich they've got money just laying around - like one taxpayer with a whopping $74,934 tax-refund check sitting for months to be picked up. "To...
MAZEL TOUGHS - COPS BUST UP HASID RUMBLE AT B'KLYN TEMPLE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA brawl broke out in a Brooklyn synagogue yesterday morning, forcing dozens of cops in riot gear to pull worshippers from their house of prayer, in the latest eruption of...
'SLAY' TYCOON'S WIFE A HOUSE SLAVE: PALS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe wealthy Jersey Shore financial executive charged with murdering his wife was a domineering "old-fashioned" husband who insisted that his spouse devote full time to taking care of their house...
PARKS & N.Y.C. - BOYCOTT'S INSPIRATION
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amSADLY, Rosa Parks died just five weeks shy of the 50th anniversary of that historic day when she refused to move from her seat on a crowded bus in Montgomery,...
COPS' 22 SHOTS - HIT SLAY-SUSPECT TEEN TWICE AFTER IPOD 'THEFT'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTwo NYPD lieutenants last night fired 22 shots at a teen out who had just stolen an iPod in Brooklyn while out on bail for murder - but hit him...
EMPIRE STATE HONOR FOR SLAIN DEA OFFICER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Empire State Building was lit in bright red yesterday to commemorate the 20th "Red Ribbon Week" honoring hero undercover Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who was slain by...
STRUGGLE PREDATED INTREPID TRAILBLAZER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWE LIKE to think of Rosa Parks, the venerable bus-boycott icon who died Monday evening at the age of 92, as the woman who started the historic civil-rights movement. In...
SPAIN REIGNS - DUO BEHIND BARCA 18 FINALLY BRINGING THE WORLD'S MOST VIBRANT FOOD TO N.Y.
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAFTER what Eric Ripert recalls with a laugh as "a long weekend" in Barcelona with Stephen Hanson, restaurant-dom's oddest couple is out to rescue Spanish cuisine in New York with...
SLIM KICKIN'S - NEW WORLD WAR: WHO IS THINNEST?; WEIGHT(S) OF THE WORLD
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWHO are the featherweight champions of the world - the French or the Japanese? The battle of the bulge takes on new meaning now that last year's smash nondiet book,...
'ROME' ALONE II - AFTER SLOW START, THIS TOGA PARTY STARTS TO SWING
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE'S treachery afoot, and I fear the fall of the Roman Empire is imminent - in my own home. It won't be my fault. In fact, my daughter and I...
SILVERSTEIN WOOS FIRST BIG TENANT FOR 7 WTC
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAmid blistering criticism from Mayor Bloomberg over the slow pace of construction at Ground Zero, developer Larry Silverstein is about to sign a deal to bring a major tenant to...
DOUGH-LANS' DEAL - CABLEVISION OWNERS PLAN BIG DIVIDEND PAYOFF
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Dolans, Cablevision's ruling family, pulled their offer yesterday to take the Long Island cable giant private and instead are seeking to line their pockets with hundreds of millions of...
521 FIFTH MAY FETCH $250M
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE marketing of 521 Fifth Ave. for RFR Holdings was just launched at a price that is expected to reach the $250 million range. Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs bought...
COMPASSIONATE AND CLASSY, WELLINGTON WAS A LEGEND
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWELLINGTON Mara had just been inducted into the Canton Pro Football Hall of Fame, and no one could find him. It was the summer of 1997, which means he was...
STARCRAFT OWNER HAS CLASSIC BET
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTES Paul Makin, managing partner of the Australian Syndicate that owns international superstar Starcraft, confirmed yesterday he has ponied up $800,000 to supplement the New Zealand-bred 5-year-old to...
FISHING FEELING HEAT, TOO
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amMANY anglers are under the misconception that hunting is the only outdoor sport being threatened. There are environmental groups looking to close down saltwater fishing in many areas despite the...
ROCK THE BOAT - HARBOR-MAN SEA FOLLIES
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA witness in the salty saga of a horny harbormaster on Long Island testified yesterday he spied the seaman with a married town councilwoman on his love boat with their...
'HEARTLESS' HIT-RUN KILLER JAILED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe heartbroken mother of a Queens boy run down while riding his bike called the hit-andrun driver "heartless, cold and narcissistic" yesterday, as a judge sent him to prison for...
'RACE' TO SUE IN UNDIE WAR
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA model and the designer whose undies she was supposed to model are squaring off against the Chelsea restaurateur they accuse of racism - with each side crafting a lawsuit...
RADIO CITY'S WARNING NOTE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amContract talks with the musicians union have hit such a sour note that the boss of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular says if there's a strike, he might replace the...
'BUCK' STOPS HERE - PATAKI: NIX $1 FARE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amGov. Pataki is demanding the MTA put the brakes on its half-fare-for-the-holiday plan, saying the agency's surplus would be better spent on security and building a new rail link to...
JUDGES WILL GET PEP TALK
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn's chief jurist has called for an urgent session with all 70 Supreme Court justices to discuss media reports of alleged bench-buying in the borough. Administrative Judge John Firetog, when...
STEELING AWAY - SCHOOL PROBERS THUMP SECRETARY
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn school payroll secretary has been drummed out of her job - for allegedly going on a jaunt to the Caribbean with a group of musicians when she was...
'MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIS WIFE' - SKIPPER'S 'DEATH ROW' COLLISION ANGUISH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe skipper of the powerboat that crashed into a scull on the Harlem River said he is in anguish for the family of rower Jim Runsdorf, the Manhattan real-estate exec...
CAROLINE PANEL SMACK$ HACKS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA jury that included former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg yesterday ruled for a pedestrian struck by a taxi as he stood talking to another cabdriver several feet from the...
BYE, BYE, BIRDIES: EU
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe European Union yesterday completely banned imports of pet birds in its battle against the spread of avian flu - taking a more sweeping step than the United States, which...
INSPIRATIONAL LESSON FOR SCHOOLKIDS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amCity schools paid homage to Rosa Parks yesterday, honoring the memory of the civil-rights activist who altered the course of American history with a single act of defiance 50 years...
'EVICTION' LANDLORD COPS PLEA
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAn evil landlord pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally evicting an 87-year- old man from his rent-controlled, $158-a-month Upper East Side apartment - but he'll serve no jail time. Dominic Galofaro,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS * A man was arrested for slashing his daughter in the face in their Jamaica home, authorities said yesterday. Hamid Aziz, 55, exchanged words with his 31-year-old daughter in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amEverybody thought Sara Rhodes was crazy for eating at least five jars of baby food a day during her pregnancy. Yeah, crazy like a fox. Rhodes, 36, of Mar Vista,...
STARR REPORT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00am'Human' value Lifetime got a lift Monday night with Part One of "Human Trafficking." The Mira Sorvino-Donald Sutherland drama snared 5.1 million viewers (9-11 p.m.) - the year's most watched...
KATRINA RELIEF, BUT PAIN FOR MUSIC FANS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amIT probably ruins your karma to bash songs made for charity, but enough is enough. "Tears in Heaven," the lullaby ballad Eric Clapton wrote about his dead 4-year-old son (which...
PAY UP REFCO: ROGERS - SUIT SEEKS $362M
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amLegendary investor Jim Rogers is demanding Refco Inc. cough up $362 million that he says was wrongly seized by the crumbled commodities broker. In a lawsuit filed late Monday, Rogers'...
ROG CHANCY FOR GAME 5, GARNER SAYS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - One day after giving the impression that Roger Clemens would be his pitcher against the White Sox tomorrow night if the World Series got as far as Game...
OPEN ROOF CAUSES SOME NOISE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK HOUSTON - Last night, the roof was open at Minute Maid Park. Barring a change of weather, it will stay that way for Games 4 and 5...
FREDDY GETS CALL AFTER MAKING CALL
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Freddy Garcia's pitching career is working out OK, but he might have a future career as a psychic. While sitting next to fellow starter Mark Buehrle in the...
GREATEST GIANT OF THEM ALL - BIG BLUE OWNER, NFL PIONEER MARA DIES AT 89
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amGames will go on but the Giants will never be the same. Not after the passing of Wellington Mara, who cared for his team the way a parent nurtures a...
HOUSTON, YOU'VE GOT A BIG PROBLEM - BLUM HR IN 14TH PUTS CHISOX 1 WIN FROM SWEEP
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 3 / 14 INNS.: White Sox 7 - Astros 5 HOUSTON - Fireworks went off in the air beyond the leftfield wall in the first inning last night when...
BRIAN STAYS PUT - CASHMAN NEAR DEAL TO REMAIN YANKS' GM
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - After much emotional wrestling with himself, Brian Cashman is remaining as the Yankees' GM. As of late yesterday the sides were contemplating two offers. One was for four...
KNICKS NOW HAVE 'D' IN THE CRAW - JAMAL'S OUTLOOK CHANGING UNDER BROWN
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Jamal Crawford raised his left hand during yesterday's shoot-around at Wachovia Center, trying to pose a question to Larry Brown as the Knicks coach discussed defensive options against...
VALUING THE EUROS - HOW 20 INVADERS ARE MEASURING UP FOR THE WEEKEND
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amEuropean shippers, always the X-factor in the Breeders' Cup, are waging a full-scale invasion of Saturday's World Thoroughbred Championships at Belmont Park, with 20 runners entered in six of the...
IT'S ALL ABOUT HEART
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - The most interesting baseball game in New York the last week has not been White Sox vs. Astros, but Brian Cashman's brain vs. his heart. Emotionally, Cashman thinks...
LET'S $OCK BIG OIL: HILL
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday called for fees on oil-industry profits to fund clean-energy research and ease the fuel "crisis on our hands." In an address to alternative...
HE'S GOT THE ROTT STUFF
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amMeet Bugsy, the news hound. The gentle giant of a Rottweiler not only helps kids learn to read by turning book pages, he keeps Posted in his favorite paper, where...
BUSH HAILS BRONX KIDS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush took time to meet with some top-performing athletes from The Bronx in the White House yesterday. The students from the South Bronx Campus High School's Academy for Careers...
SERIAL SLAYER SPARED DEATH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - A Long Island serial killer of prostitutes was spared execution yesterday by the state's top court, but the judges upheld his three murder convictions. In commuting the death...
100G GEM HEIST ON L.I.E.
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThree thieves stole more than $100,000 in gold and diamonds from a driver in Queens yesterday after the thugs rear-ended his car, cops said. A 31-year-old man, who was not...
GUARDS BEAT US: INMATES
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amRikers Island correction officers ruthlessly beat and kicked 14 handcuffed detainees earlier this month after one of their own was assaulted at the jail, says a $1 million notice of...
BUSH CHOKES UP WHILE PRAISING 2,000 FALLEN - SAYS WAR PROTECTS U.S. FROM TERROR
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - As the military death toll in Iraq hit 2,000, an emotional President Bush yesterday warned that more sacrifices lie ahead, and said the heroes and the war are...
CLOROX 'KILLER' BLEACHES GAL PAL'S FISH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA coldblooded Brooklyn man was charged with animal cruelty yesterday after he poisoned his girlfriend's fish - by pouring bleach into the tank during a violent argument, police sources said....
PERV COP TO GET 6 MONTHS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA former Queens cop who worked with neighborhood kids during his 14-year police career will do six months in jail after admitting he tried to solicit sex on the Internet...
SEX FOLLIES AHOY: L.I. WITNESS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA witness in the salty saga of a horny harbormaster on Long Island testified yesterday he spied the seaman with a married town councilwoman on his love boat with their...
BLOOMBERG PULLS TV MAGIC OUT OF HIS HAT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is putting some magic into his campaign. Magic Johnson, that is. The basketball legend-turned-AIDS activist is starring in a new Bloomberg TV ad that hit the airwaves yesterday....
MIKE STAFFER EATS '01 WORDS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amOne of Mayor Bloomberg's top campaign staffers is distancing himself from a report prepared for him four years ago - when he was on the other side of the political...
RAIN PAIN FOR BOBBING APPLE-ITES
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amPunishing rain and roaring 60-mph winds whipped the metropolitan area yesterday - flooding streets, downing power lines and uprooting hundreds of trees. The storm - a combination of the remnants...
UNWISE GUY A MOB HIT - FEDS FEAR CAPO DEAD
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA top Mafia capo who recently vanished during his trial was rubbed out by bosses because he balked at copping a plea to spare them embarrassing courtroom disclosures, federal probers...
PRAISE POURS IN FOR 'THE FIRE OF THE CIVIL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT' - LEADERS UNITE IN TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S 'SAINT'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amSen. Barack Obama called her a true American hero, and Rep. John Conyers, her former boss, said she had the qualities of a saint. They were among the thousands of...
FREDDY LOSING LATIN EDGE: POLL
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer, the Democratic mayoral candidate trying to become the city's first Latino mayor, is losing ground among Hispanic voters just two weeks before the election, a new poll has...
COURT BANS 'RIP' SEARCH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Police looking for drugs and other contraband cannot just take cars apart at traffic stops, even with permission to search the vehicles from the owners, the state's highest...
BOUCHON BAKERY IS RISING AT TIME WARNER CENTER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amCHEF Thomas Keller is about to add the yeast to his planned bakery in the Time Warner Center. "We're going to begin construction next week," promises the Per Se and...
IT'S THE YOGI BERRA SHOW - YANKS LEGEND HOSTS MOVIE NIGHT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amYOGI Berra, the beloved Yankee catcher, is a natural - and he'll have plenty to say about "The Natural" and other sports-centric films on his new weekly show, "Yogi and...
SERIES OFF ITS GAME
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amDESPITE at least one memorable game, the World Series' ratings continue to drop. An average of 16.1 million viewers watched the first two games between the White Sox and the...
GOTHAM NODS ANNOUNCED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" and the biopic "Capote" yesterday took key nominations for the Gotham Awards, the first stop on the long road to Oscar night. Both contenders...
LE SPORTSAC IN 'LE TALKS'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amLe Sportsac, known for its signature nylon bags that became icons of the 1970s and a more recent collaboration with pop star Gwen Stefani, is in talks to be acquired...
A VOICE OR AN ECHO? - NEW TIMES OWNERS DUE IN N.Y.C. TO MEET ON MERGER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amJIM Larkin and Michael Lacey, the founders of alternative weekly chain New Times, are slated to be in New York City today to talk to Village Voice Editor in Chief...
SMALLBALL BIG PART OF POSTSEASON
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES CONFIDENTIAL HOUSTON - The NFL is known as a copycat league. The teams that reach the Super Bowl tend to invoke imitators who want to see if they...
CRAW PICKS UP ON 'D'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amPRESEASON: Knicks 80 - 76ers 71 PHILADELPHIA - Jamal Crawford raised his left hand during yesterday's shootaround at Wachovia Center, trying to pose a question to Larry Brown as the...
FUNERAL, DONATION DETAILS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHere are the wake and funeral Mass arrangements for Wellington Mara: The family will receive friends today from 6-9 p.m. and tomorrow from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the...
GRASS CLASHES LIKELY TO LEAVE BETTORS ALL WET
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAFTER nearly 20 inches of rain in a week, the sodden grass courses at Belmont Park are going to pose a major challenge to horses and horseplayers alike in trying...
SIMMS WILL MISS 'ICON' WELLINGTON
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTo Phil Simms, Wellington Mara was the type of man who was always there, but who didn't need everyone to know it. In fact, when Simms showed up in 1979...
KONERKO 'UP IN THE AIR' REGARDING FREE AGENCY
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Paul Konerko is a pending free agent, but it sounds like he'll be a reluctant one. With a sensational postseason, Konerko is becoming the 2005 version of Carlos...
SOX KNOW HOW TO HOLD A LEAD - CHICAGO CONFIDENT AFTER STRONG FINISH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - It was not the first time this year the White Sox - who last night entered Game 3 of the World Series up 2-0 on the Astros -...
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAt yesterday morning's skate, Robert Nilsson was on left wing next to Alexei Yashin and Miroslav Satan on the Islanders' top line. Perhaps that's where Nilsson, a skilled first-round draft...
MARA'S FUNERAL DETAILS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Mara family will receive friends today from 6-9 p.m., and tomorrow from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., at the Frank Campbell Funeral Home (Madison Ave. at 81st St. in...
AN UGLY LEDGER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: D+ Vinny Testaverde (11-of-18, 140 yards, 1 INT, 62.3 rating) didn't throw the ball poorly in the few moments when he had time to throw. Backup Brooks...
SPORTS NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE OZZIE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - The world needs more people who approach their jobs, and their lives, the way Ozzie Guillen approaches his. The world needs more loose cannons. The world needs more...
KNIGHTS SAVOR RU ASCENSION
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amCOLLEGE NOTES When Rutgers tackle Sameeh McDonald uttered the following sentence, "We have to find a way to stay level this week," I had to ask him if he realized...
'OTHER' FEDOROV GETS CALL-UP BY RANGERS
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amFedor Fedorov said he doesn't know why he hasn't been able to make any headway in the NHL. The 24-year-old brother of All-Star Sergei Fedorov was recalled from Hartford of...
REMEMBERING ROSA PARKS - MOTHER OF THE CIVIL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amNearly 50 years ago, a young seamstress from Alabama refused to give up her seat on a city bus. Her act spurred a movement that changed the world forever. IT...
QNS. TEEN STABBED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA 15-year-old Queens boy was clinging to life last night after he was stabbed in the abdomen, police said. The teen, who was not immediately identified, was walking home from...
BEATEN COP IS BLASTED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amAn undercover narcotics cop who claims he was roughed up by NYPD Major Case Squad detectives on a Brooklyn street last week inflamed the controversial encounter by running away after...
TERROR-LAWYER APPEAL KO'D
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge upheld the conviction of terror lawyer Lynne Stewart yesterday, finding that a juror who said she was scared into voting guilty is not believable. The defense had...
80-SHOT ARRAIGNMENT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amA Mauser-packing parolee pleaded not guilty yesterday to a dramatic September shootout with cops that left the street outside East Harlem's Taft Houses littered with more than 80 bullets. Cops...
DMX GETS 60 DAYS IN PRISON
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amSuperstar DMX has a new rap to add to his collection - and a 60-day jail sentence. The hip-hop icon admitted yesterday he got behind the wheel of a car...
FOOTBALL GIANT PASSES - MARA DIES AFTER 75 YRS. AS JINTS OWNER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amLegendary New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, who led his team for nearly eight decades and helped usher in the modern age of the NFL, died of cancer yesterday at...
LET'S $OCK IT TO BIG OIL: HILL
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday called for fees on oil-industry profits to fund clean-energy research and ease the fuel "crisis on our hands." "The country that put a...
WELD: I'LL BE $50M GOPER
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - William Weld said yesterday he's ready to spend at least $50 million running for governor - and plans to stay in the race even if challenged by Rochester...
BOY'S HIT-RUN KILLER JAILED
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe heartbroken mother of a Queens boy run down while riding his bike called the hit- and-run driver "heartless, cold and narcissistic" yesterday, as a judge sent him to prison...
N.Y. WORKERS GET 'JOBBED'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amYou could go broke trying to earn a living in New York - or at least a new survey says so. The Empire State is the 15th-worst state to work...
'MUPPETS' GET REALITY CHECK - ABC EYES SPOOF TO FIND NEXT KERMIT
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amMove over "American Idol." The latest reality sensation is expected to be - "The Muppets" Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the rest of the gang will get their...
L.I. KILLER SPARED DEATH
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - A Long Island serial killer of prostitutes was spared execution yesterday by the state's top court, although the judges upheld his three murder convictions. In commuting the death...
MIKE: MY BAD
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he takes full responsibility for allowing campaign volunteers to pose as regular voters at a recent event at a Harlem restaurant. "It's my campaign, I take...
'CHIEF' RIVAL GETS A WIFE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE producers of "Commander in Chief" have tapped movie veteran Samantha Eggar to play the wife of Donald Sutherland's character, contentious Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton. London-born Eggar, 66,...
'LIFE' FIGHTS TO LIVE - AD BLITZ PLANNED TO LIGHT UP INTEREST
October 26, 2005 | 4:00am'LIFE turns on a dime," sing the actors at the start of Joseph Brooks' musical, "In My Life." Now if only a dime would find its way to the box...
DOC RAISES THE BARRE
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amYOU don't need season tickets at ABT to appreciate "Ballets Russes," an affectionate look at the legendary dance comany. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine make fine use of amazing...
COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDERS' CUP
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Post continues its profiles of each of the eight Breeders' Cup races to be run Saturday at Belmont Park. The Countdown to the Cup spotlights potential nice-price winners as...
KONERKO'S FUTURE IS 'UP IN AIR'
October 26, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Paul Konerko is a pending free agent, but it sounds like he'll be a reluctant one. With a sensational postseason, Konerko is becoming the 2005 version of Carlos...