December 1, 2005
JAY FEELS A BOUNCE-BACK GAME ON THE HORIZON
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amJAY Feely wants Giant fans to know that he is alive and kicking, and ready, willing and able to boot Bill Parcells and the Cowboys out of Giants Stadium and...
JAMES SET TO RETURN
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knicks center Jerome James expects to be back for tomorrow's game against the Pistons that will mark Larry Brown's return to Detroit. James, 7-foot-1, has been a huge...
PLETCHER ADDS TO RECORD TAKE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amMild temperatures belied fact winter arrived yesterday at Big A with kick off of inner-dirt-track meet, which runs until April. Just like old times, inside speed was solid but by...
PHILLIES IN MANNY RACE - OF ABREU AT CENTER OF TALKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe Mets wounded the Phillies by acquiring Billy Wagner, Philadelphia's former closer. But the Phillies have set their sights on a player the Mets have coveted: Manny Ramirez. Philadelphia and...
JINTS LOOK TO AVOID ERR GAME
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Here's the first guarantee of Giants-Cowboys week. It also might be the last one of the week, and it had nothing to do with ensuring a victory. It...
D'AMATO: DON'T ANOINT WELD
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato yesterday threw his weight behind Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's call that the state GOP chairman drop a Dec. 12 vote designed to make...
COPS DOUBT EX-LOVER'S CELL STORY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe estranged lover of stripper Catherine Woods - a personal trainer at a gym near her Upper East Side apartment - made seven cellphone calls to her that went unanswered...
ALL SPRUCED UP - TREE LIGHTING ENCHANTS NYERS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIt's finally beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Throngs of holiday revelers packed into Rockefeller Center last night to watch the 73rd annual Christmas tree lighting. The 74-foot Norway...
MIKE RIPS 18% RATE FOR REGENTS DIPLOMAS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe low percentage of city students earning a Regents diploma is "intolerable," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - claiming higher standards have made it more difficult for some to obtain the...
'PHONEY' SLAY TALE - STRIPPER'S EX NEARER THAN HE SAYS DURING 7 CALLS, COPS THINK
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe estranged lover of stripper Catherine Woods - a personal trainer at a gym near her Upper East Side apartment - made seven cellphone calls to her that went unanswered...
SUIT: HOTEL LET BEDBUGS BITE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Swedish tourists claim they were driven bed-buggy during their stay a Midtown hotel. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Ksenija Knezevic and Marlies Barisic say their weeklong vacation...
PARIS' PUPPY LOVE RETURNS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amLook who's back in Paris Hilton's arms - it's Tinkerbell! Just two weeks ago, it was feared the tiny Chihuahua was in the doghouse when the flaky hotel heiress was...
BODEGA HEALTH BINGE - LOW-FAT MILK PLAN
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amDrop the can of Pringles chips, put back that Snickers bar, forget about the box of Oreos - healthy eats are coming to a bodega near you. The city Health...
KORN BORER IN BIG APPLE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE cream of Korn was showcased Tuesday night at a Hammerstein Ballroom concert that was taped by MTV. But the band slipped up by not concentrating on the new tunes...
IF THE CROWN FITS - CHARLES' RIDICULOUS AFFAIR GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amCALL me a sap, but really, how can you not love the tacky formality of the dopey royals and their ghastly affairs? Cheating on your wife is practically a right...
GOOD 'NIGHT' WITHOUT TED
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA bevy of bad reviews didn't stop the new "Nightline" from cleaning up in the late-night ratings race during its first few days out of the gate. On Tuesday, when...
ROOMS WITH A VIEW - HOTEL TRANSFERS AND RENOVATIONS HELP TO BOOST INVENTORY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amLED by the sale of The Plaza Hotel,the city 's hotel market has been buoyed by an increase in tourism and numerous reinventions after transactions. Hotel occupancy for October alone...
FLYING IN THE FACE OF CONVENTION - JAVITS EXPANSION SEEN AS A GOOD THING
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE planned expansion of the Jacob Javits Convention Center is expected to add conventions,hotel rooms and service businesses to the West Side. Earlier this year Richard Rogers Partnership with FXFowle...
WEST IS BEST - THE SUN SHONE ON MANHATTAN'S WEST SIDE IN 2005 - AND THE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE West Side of Manhattan remained the focus of real estate throughout most of the year. Issues ranged from the calamitous failed bidding for the MTA 's Hudson rail yards...
STEROID ABUSE - BALLY'S ENHANCED EARNINGS FOR 3 YEARS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amBally Total Fitness Holding Corp., the health club chain that promotes thin waists and bulging muscles, said yesterday it had pumped up several years of financial results and may not...
BLACK CRONY DISSES COURT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amCHICAGO - The former Hollinger executive described as the architect of the alleged financial fraud at Conrad Black's newspaper giant failed to appear at his arraignment yesterday, prompting prosecutors to...
GORDON'S DECISION CLOSE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Tom Gordon's agent said the veteran reliever will know where he is pitching next season before Sunday. "Something will happen within the next 48 to 72 hours," Rick...
BLEDSOE HEARS BUZZ
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIRVING - After playing on Thanksgiving, the Cowboys enjoyed a rare Sunday off watching the NFL on TV. As they listened to the talking heads around the dial, they got...
TORRE SEES BUBBA STARTING IN CENTER
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIf Joe Torre has to write Bubba Crosby's name into the No. 9 slot on opening day, he isn't going to do it with a shaky palm leaking sweat. Sure,...
HOPKINS CONFIDENT OF CORNER
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - Boxing trainers, like coaches in other sports, either get too much credit or not enough. But certainly Bouie Fisher had something to do with Bernard Hopkins' decade-long...
JAMES HOPING FOR OK
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Detroit's famed Wallace tandem had better watch out. Knick center Jerome James expects to be back for tomorrow's showdown at The Palace that will mark Larry Brown's hyped...
BIG D SIGNS BARROW
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amCOWBOY NOTES IRVING - The Giants will see a familiar face on the Cowboy sideline on Sunday. Dallas signed former Giants linebacker Micheal Barrow on Monday after placing Dat Nguyen...
LAW LOOKS LIKE GONER FROM JETS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amAs he braces for what's certain to be a highly emotional reunion Sunday with the Patriots - the team he played his first 10 NFL seasons and won three Super...
WELD FIRES BACK AT GOP CRITICS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amGubernatorial hopeful William Weld fired back last night at Republicans calling for the delay of a key GOP meeting later this month at which the state party boss hopes to...
TRANSPLANT DOCS GIVE DOG-MAUL WOMAN A NEW FACE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amDoctors have performed the world's first face transplant - sewing a new nose, chin and lips onto a woman who had been severely deformed by a vicious dog, it was...
FAKE COP SCAMMED GAL: POLICE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA fake cop who took a Long Island woman for a ride and searched her pocketbook has been busted for criminal impersonation, police said. Paul Dolan, 28, of Baldwin, had...
ANNUAL CITY COAT DRIVE UNDER WAY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe city launched its 17th annual drive to provide coats for the needy yesterday, with Mayor Bloomberg donating several himself. Organizers at New York Cares said they expect to distribute...
DETECTIVE CHARGED IN KID SEX
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD narcotics detective has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young boy over a period of about three years, authorities said last night. Organized Crime Control Bureau Detective Clifton...
TAX RAP IN CHURCH ROB
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA husband-and-wife team accused of swiping more than $500,000 from the Queens church where the woman was a bookkeeper didn't just steal the money, prosecutors said yesterday. They also failed...
DRUNK TRIES TO GRAB GIRL IN BRONX SCHOOL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA drunk wandered into a Bronx school cafeteria yesterday and tried to snatch a 5-year-old girl, police said. The man walked into PS 33 in University Heights at 3 p.m....
RAP STARS 'SPIN' FOR MURDER INC. - BOOST BROTHERS IN COURT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA murderer's row of hip-hop royalty - including Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Russell Simmons - packed a courtroom yesterday to support the rap-label honchos on trial for allegedly laundering money...
'COP KILLER' GANG PLEA
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amFour hardened members of the notorious gang that allegedly executed a pair of NYPD detectives are expected to plead guilty today to drug racketeering. Michael Whitten, Paris Bullock, Angel Rodriguez...
DROPPED FOR LOSS - EX-GIANT INGRAM ADMITS DRUG-MONEY LAUNDER PLOT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amMark Ingram, who starred for the New York Giants before 73,000 fans in the 1991 Super Bowl, pleaded guilty to felony charges in a nearly empty federal courtroom on Long...
SANITMAN BUSTED IN WILD RIDE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA city sanitation worker was arrested for trashing traffic laws by driving his garbage truck like a madman on a Queens highway - and almost killing the supervisor who tried...
SPANKY PANKY LOOT - CHARITY EXEC 'STOLE' FOR S&M GAL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA charity executive used $210,000 meant to cure heart disease to get his own pulse pounding - repeatedly flying a dominatrix halfway across the country to spank him, law-enforcement sources...
ANGUISH IN CHINATOWN OVER SCHOOLGIRL DEATH
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amMedical authorities still don't know what caused the sudden death of young girl in school Tuesday, sparking worry among parents of her schoolmates. Jasmine Man, 5, collapsed after complaining of...
KILLER GETS 24 YRS. IN 2ND CHANCE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man whose 2000 conviction for the shooting death of an innocent bystander was tossed out, decided not to test his luck with a second jury yesterday, pleading guilty...
SEN. HIT$ HILL-IDAY GIFT TRAIL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton today begins a fund-raising spree through six states to stuff her bulging re-election war chest - and to woo fat cats for a potential presidential...
W. SALUTES 'NOTE' HERO IN SPEECH
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe family of a slain Marine said it was deeply humbling and a great comfort to hear their son's letter - explaining why he believed in America's mission in Iraq...
'EXIST' REALLY SHOULDN'T
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amINDIE filmmaker Esther Bell had an interesting idea: Take a bunch of New York and Philadelphia political activists/squatters and get them to star in "Exist," playing characters just like themselves....
WHAT THE DICKENS! - LATEST SPINS ON 'CAROL'
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amSCROOGED again. But this year, don't expect to find Patrick Stewart intoning "A Christmas Carol" - or, for that matter, the musical ex travaganza at the Theater at Madison Square...
'IDOL' STAYS PUT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amFOX announced its new mid-season schedule yesterday, which includes the return of "24," "Prison Break" and "American Idol." "24," Kiefer Sutherland's popular real-time thriller, debuts Sunday and Monday, Jan. 15...
NO ICEBERGS IN SIGHT - SALES MARKET CONTINUING AT FULL SPEED AHEAD
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE ongoing record demand for office and residential product is continuing unabated. But there is a grey cloud on residential pricing as builders are working harder to pencil out deals...
FREEDOM FIGHTERS - DEVELOPERS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER PROPOSED FREEDOM TOWER
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWHO 'S afraid of the Freedom Tower?More top real estate players than are willing to admit it. For reasons sometimes well-intentioned,sometimes selfish and often a mixture of both,many developers,landlords and...
REACHING FOR THE HEIGHTS - UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS SCORE THE BIGGEST PRICE RISES IN NYC
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE city 's hottest real estate market is uptown - way up town. Fort George - known for housing most of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Medievel Collection, including...
TIRED DEVS FALL FLAT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amFlyers 2 - Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA - The Devils aren't going anywhere without outworking their foes. Last night, that failure against the Flyers put an end to the Devils' only...
METS COULD DEAL BENSON FOR O'S JULIO
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amSeason tickets are on sale, and so is one Mets pitcher. The Mets are moving toward dealing starter Kris Benson to the Orioles for reliever Jorge Julio, sources have told...
STEWART REVS UP FOR DAYTONA
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe second Cup Championship was nice. The first Indianapolis Motor Speedway win was super. But Tony Stewart needs one more accolade to complete his Dead Sea Scroll-long resume. In Manhattan...
RANGERS SLOW ON DRAW
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amPENGUINS at RANGERS - Tonight 7:00 - MSG; ESPN (1050) The Rangers are nine games over NHL .500, which is not to be confused with .500 in any other sport,...
LATE HERO GETS SAY WITH NOTE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe family of a slain Marine said it was deeply humbling and a great comfort to hear their son's letter - explaining why he believed in America's mission in Iraq...
DOCS 'SAVE FACE' - DOG-ATTACK VICTIM HAS HISTORIC TRANSPLANT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amDoctors have performed the world's first face transplant - sewing a new nose, chin and lips onto a woman who had been severely deformed in an attack by a vicious...
PERES ENDORSES OLD FOE ARIEL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's elder statesman and longtime Labor Party leader, Shimon Peres, yesterday endorsed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in upcoming elections, saying Sharon is "the most qualified person" to advance...
NO HAPPY RETURNS FOR FINED STORES
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThree large retailers have paid the city $95,000 to settle charges that they refused customer returns without disclosing why, officials said yesterday. Express LLC paid $50,000, Staples Inc. shelled out...
GAL RULES WHEN BLOOMY'S AWAY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe city's finally getting a female mayor - at least temporarily. Mayor Bloomberg disclosed yesterday that he's promoting Patricia Harris to the post of first deputy mayor. She's a longtime...
CABBY SHOT IN STRUGGLE WITH TEEN
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx cabby was shot in the hand last night as he tried to wrest a gun from a teenage thug putting the weapon to his head, cops said. The...
'FDNY FAKE' FIRES UP TENANTS FOR SELF-DEFENSE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTerrified tenants of the Chelsea building where sex-attack suspect Peter Braunstein allegedly posed as a firefighter and forced his way into his victim's apartment got some self-defense training yesterday. A...
HIV UP IN MIDDLE-AGED GALS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amNew HIV infections among middle-aged women in the Big Apple have increased, even as the spread of the virus in other groups is declining, new statistics from the city's Health...
STRIKE TALK RAIL SERIOUS - IT'S NOT A BLUFF: UNION
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amSubway and bus workers will walk off their jobs if a new contract is not approved by Dec. 15, the union warned yesterday. "No one should think that they can...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Police yesterday were searching for an 11-year-old girl who disappeared after taking the subway to The Bronx from Brooklyn. Natalie Alojali (above) was escorted by her mother...
IRS RAP ON CHURCH 'THIEVES'
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA husband-and-wife team accused of swiping more than $500,000 from the Queens church where the woman was a bookkeeper didn't just steal the money, prosecutors said yesterday. They also failed...
TODAY NAMED FOR ROSA PARKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe City Council proclaimed today Rosa Parks Commemoration Day, as several lawmakers paid tribute yesterday to the civil-rights icon on the floor of the council chamber. It was 40 years...
REV. AL'S REAL GOAL: BOOSTING OWN EGO
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIT WAS a little like the first man on the moon, who confirmed what we thought all along: Nothing was there. So yesterday, outside the 70th Precinct station house on...
MURTHA, HE SMOTE - W'S NECESSARY IRAQ SPEECH
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amGOD bless Jack Murtha. Yesterday we saw how this old patriot, ex-Marine and current Democratic congressman once again came to the aid of his country as he did 40 years...
HILLARY HIT$ HAPPY TRAILS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton today begins a fund-raising spree through six states to stuff her re-election war chest and woo fat cats for a potential presidential run. The...
TOO COOL FOR (PUBLIC) SCHOOL - NEW NIGHTCLUB AIMS FOR 'A-LIST' TEENAGERS; UNDERAGE GET OWN VELVET ROPE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amMEET New York's newest - and most cutthroat - nightlife elite: private-school kids. "We call it 'Baby Marquee,' " says 17-year-old Lexi Lehman, the promoter of Crush, a nightclub expressly...
STARR REPORT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amRolling irrelevance Any Rolling Stones fan who thinks this group is still relevant in any way, shape or form, take note: Four characters from "Days of Our Lives" were taped...
ANISTON, 'FRIENDS' OPEN AT FILM FEST
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amJENNIFER Aniston will grace the red carpet at next month's Sundance Film Festival as the star of the opening night film, "Friends With Money." Nicole Holofcener's drama about three married...
IN FOR THE LONG HAUL - CONSUMERS DIVERSIFY THEIR MORTGAGE OPTIONS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amAS mortgage rates rise going into next year, lenders are coming up with new and creative ways buyers can finance their purchases. The trends ahead are likely to be based...
LABOR'S NEW MATH - RELEASED NUMBERS LEAD TO NONSENSICAL REPORT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTALLY up the job losses in each of the 50 states between August and September and you find that hurricanes Katrina and Rita cost Americans roughly 205,000 jobs - mostly...
FASHION FAUX PAS - GIANT KELLWOOD BOTCHES OSCAR ROLLOUT, OTHER LINES
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIt should have been the opportunity of a lifetime. Instead Oscar de la Renta's foray into middle market department stores was botched at every turn by the Kellwood Company, an...
DEVS' ALEX FEELS GREAT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The dramatic game-winner was guarding against a swelled head last night, but not that of conceit. Alexander Mogilny was facing the Flyers wary of a still-possible unfelt concussion....
EDDY GETS NO BULL - KNICK CENTER SITS OUT VS. FORMER TEAM
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amIt's about the kids. Larry Brown has finally come to this realization. Eddy Curry decided not to suit up last night after experiencing soreness during pregame layup line. But even...
MCINNIS GETS WAKE-UP CALL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe Nets had just played - if you want to call it that - and lost in Phoenix. Some egos were as damaged as the team's won-lost record. Jeff McInnis...
INJURIES, YOUTH PAVE A BUMPY ROAD TO SUCCESS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHE buzz has yet to return to the Garden, but at least the show is starting to get a little more interesting. With Larry Brown at the helm, the Knicks...
EAST DIVISION COLLISION - RED ALERT: BIG BLUE CHANGES LOOK FOR BIG D
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amNobody clinches anything on Sunday, but the road to the NFC East title surely gets paved in gold for the winner and clogged with debris for the loser of the...
JAMAL USES BULL WHIP - CRAWFORD'S BIG NIGHT, 4TH-QUARTER RALLY LIFT KNICKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amKnicks 109 - Bulls 101 Eddy Curry didn't manage to play last night. So it was up to another ex-Bull to do in his former team. Since joining the Knicks...
LIKE OLD TIMES AT THE GARDEN
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE was a fourth-quarter buzz back at the Garden last night, a buzz that's been missing for so long. This is the beginning of what Larry Brown will bring to...
NETS RIP-PED - HAMILTON'S 30 POWER PISTONS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amPistons 93 - Nets 83 The Nets looked at this as a test. They failed. They looked at it as a measuring stick. They didn't measure up. At least for...
JAMAL USES BULL WHIP - CRAWFORD'S HUGE NIGHT, 4TH-QUARTER RALLY LIFT KNICKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amKnicks 109 - Bulls 101 Eddy Curry didn't manage to play last night. So it was up to another ex-Bull to do in his former team. Since joining the Knicks...
REPORT: KYLE TO YANKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES Flame-throwing righty Kyle Farnsworth appears on the verge of signing with the Yankees, according to a published report. ESPN.com, quoting two sources, said early this morning that Farnsworth's...
JEFFERSON TAKES HIGH ROAD
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES The last time Richard Jefferson was on a basketball court with Chauncey Billups, he was undercut, landed on his left wrist and saw his season effectively ended by...
BILLUPS: LB WILL GROW ON KNICKS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amHours before the Pistons faced the Nets last night - and with Larry Brown returning to Detroit tomorrow - Chauncey Billups implied Brown's job saga became a sideshow last year,...
RAP ROYALS BOOST MURDER INC. PAIR - STARS 'SPIN' IN COURT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA murderer's row of hip-hop royalty - including Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Russell Simmons - packed a courtroom yesterday to support the rap-label honchos on trial for allegedly laundering money...
GRADE 'D' FOR DISMAL - 18% REGENTS GRADS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe low percentage of city students earning a Regents diploma is "intolerable," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - claiming higher standards have made it more difficult for some to obtain the...
JOHN TYLER - PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amAfter the death of Tippecanoe, "Tyler too" became the nation's 10th president. But he was no party animal. JOHN Tyler was born in Virginia in 1790. Like many of his...
AIDS SPIKE IN MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amNew HIV infections among middle-aged women in the Big Apple have increased, even as the spread of the virus in other groups is declining, new statistics from the city's Health...
GALS' BIG DREAMS AND SLEAZY MONEY IN THE SECRET WORLD OF N.Y. STRIP JOINTS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amNicki, a curvaceous brunette with a megawatt smile, was a kindergarten teacher who came to the Big Apple with a dream of being a movie makeup artist. Six years later,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amJudge Jerry Kaye of Lakeside, Wis., makes sure people caught urinating in public are too embarrassed to do it again. He's forcing them to write signed letters of apology that...
N.J. GAL SURVIVES KIDNAP NIGHTMARE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA New Jersey woman was kidnapped from her home, bound with duct tape and dumped alive on the street of a neighboring town, it was reported yesterday. The woman, whose...
CITY IN $LAP AT 3 RETAILERS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThree large retailers have paid the city $95,000 to settle charges they refused customer returns, officials said yesterday. Express LLC paid $50,000, Staples Inc. shelled out $35,000. and the Sports...
DETECTIVE STEWART - NYPD PROMOTES MURDERED HERO
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe hero cop cut down by a cold-blooded criminal during a traffic stop was promoted posthumously to detective first grade yesterday. "Dillon Stewart, though wounded, helped bring his killer to...
HOSP TO PAY $73M - BETH ISRAEL 'FRAUD' DEAL
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amBeth Israel Medical Center has agreed to pay nearly $73 million to settle civil charges that it bilked taxpayers by defrauding the Medicare program in a massive, decade-long, illegal-billing scheme,...
THUGS' FAVORITE ARMS COME CHEAP & EASY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amSemiautomatic handguns like the one used to kill Officer Dillon Stewart are popular with criminals - and the cheaper ones are easier to buy on the street, law-enforcement sources said...
WAR PLACES HILL IN A POLITICAL NO-MAN'S-LAND
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amSEN. Hillary Clinton is suddenly getting scrunched in a squeeze play of her own making on Iraq - because it's an issue where her husband's old grab-the-center strategy just doesn't...
FEDS SMACK HEROIN RING
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amPolice and federal agents smashed an international drug ring smuggling millions of dollars worth of heroin inside picture frames and the soles of shoes, officials said yesterday. The arrests were...
APPLE'S PASSPORT JITTERS
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - City tourism boosters said yesterday they are worried that the failure of France and Italy to meet new anti-terror passport requirements could devastate Big Apple tourism. "We're concerned...
BUZZ OVER DEADFELLA - FLIES SWARM TRUNK WITH CAPO'S BODY
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe rotting remains of a top Mafia figure who mysteriously vanished during his racketeering trial were discovered yesterday - stuffed in the trunk of a car that was abandoned behind...
NIGHTCLUB MURDER BUST
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amA 21-year-old man has been busted for spraying a crowd of people with bullets outside a Washington Heights nightclub - killing a young Bronx mother, police said. Alexander Hall was...
'COMPLETE VICTORY' PLAN - BUSH: LET IRAQIS TAKE LEAD AND WE'LL PULL OUT
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said Iraqi troops are starting to take "the lead in the fight," so America is now on a path toward "complete victory" in Iraq that...
AB FAB FAKES - HIGH-QUALITY BAGS IN CHINATOWN UNDERGROUND
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amThe heavy clank of the double metal doors banging closed behind me made me jump. But the speed with which the small, middle-aged woman locked the door with a key...
PEACE TALKS - MAYBE TONIGHT'S VISIT WITH DAVE WILL HELP OPRAH TO LIGHTEN UP
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWhat exactly is Oprah Winfrey's problem with David Letterman? In all the stories about her ballyhooed appearance on tonight's "Late Show" (11:35 p.m. on CBS/Ch. 2) - her first on...
NEW LEASE ON LIFE - LAW AND FINANCIAL FIRMS JOCKEY FOR THE CITY'S PRIME SPACE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amFINANCIAL services firms are back in the bullpen and jockeying for the city 's limited availabilities for the first time since 9/11. Their appetite for space is coming as law...
CONDÉ NAST ELITE JOSTLE AT HOLIDAY LUNCH
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amWrong photo: A photo of actor Chris Klein erroneously ran in place of Details editor Dan Peres at the Conde Nast holiday party graphic in yesterday's Post.
PENNEY, KELLWOOD'S BAD BLOOD DOOMED LINE
December 1, 2005 | 5:00amJ.C. Penney's last minute refusal to carry the O Oscar line after two years of talks with Oscar de la Renta and apparel maker Kellwood, took some execs involved in...