November 29, 2004
LETTER TO SANTA - WALL ST. WANTS MORE JOBS, BOFFO SHOPPING SEASON
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amWall Street is hoping to get its annual gift of a Christmas rally from busier-than-usual shopping and prospects of more new jobs. But a mixed bag of Black Friday results...
'CAILLOU' DEATH ACCIDENTAL
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA Montreal coroner says the minivan crash that killed the 17-year-old actor who was the voice of popular children's cartoon character Caillou was likely an accident. The recently released corner's...
CBS MAKES WISH LIST FOR ANCHOR
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amCBS is reportedly wooing "Today" show host Matt Lauer and "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert to replace Dan Rather as CBS news anchor. Newsweek magazine reports today that CBS...
MAD 'DOG' RATINGS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA dog show is threatening to upset one of our biggest holiday habits - football on Thanksgiving. "The National Dog Show" - which has been on TV for just three...
DVD KICKS 'MATRIX' - CRITICS' COMMENTS RIP SCI-FI FLICKS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amCRITICS weren't big fans of "The Matrix" movies - and they speak their mind freely on the new 10-disc DVD "The Ultimate Matrix Collection." The eccentric Wachowski brothers, who directed...
STARR REPORT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe fir's flying . . . Ch. 4 airs the annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" shindig tomorrow (7-9 p.m.) with Al Roker and Nancy O'Dell hosting - and Tony Bennett,...
OPRAH, CRUISE HOST NOBEL SHOW
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amOPRAH Winfrey - who rarely appears on TV shows other than her own - and Tom Cruise - who rarely appears on TV at all - will co-host this year's...
WARNING: END SEEMS NEAR FOR 'JEOPARDY' KEN
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTHE rumors that game-show phenom Ken Jennings' remarkable run is headed for "Final Jeopardy" are in high gear. Jennings, who's been on "Jeopardy!" since last June, has amassed over $2.4...
'OFFICE' BOY
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amHERE'S a sneak peek at the smarmy, slicked-back boss who will star in the much-anticipated American version of "The Office." Based on the award-winning British comedy starring Ricky Gervais (below),...
STRAW MAN - DARRYL BLAMES BASEBALL FOR DRUG ABUSE, MAKES VOW NEVER TO RETURN
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amWHAT'S Darryl Strawberry's plan for staying clean and sober? Steer clear of baseball. In a documentary premiering this week on Spike TV, the troubled former Met and Yankee slams the...
JUST SCORE THIS DEBACLE E-10
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTHIS is how the official scorer in baseball would have scored it yesterday: E-10. Eli Manning, with oldest brother Cooper and parents Archie and Olivia watching Eagles 27, Giants 6...
PUTTIN' ON THE RICH - GET RESPECTED, NOT NEGLECTED ON MADISON AVE.; DRESS TO IMPRESS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amI'VE always kept up with the latest trends - from crimped hair to bomber jackets to fluorescent rain boots. And I know I am a savvy shopper. Yet my confidence...
JACKO TEAM DEMANDS DOCS' DOCS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's defense wants to attack his accusers from head to toe, demanding sweeping access to health records from the family at the center of molestation...
LANDLORD ON TRIAL IN TENANT HITS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amMeet the man prosecutors say is the landlord from hell. Juan Basagoitia, the 49-year-old owner of a three-story Queens building, wanted two tenants out of a rent-controlled apartment so badly,...
BESIEGED PATAKI EYES REFORM
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amGOV. PATAKI, under increasing attack for weak leadership and a lack of interest in state government, may soon launch his own campaign to "reform" the state, The Post has learned....
L.I. COPS GET FOREIGN AID - EL SALVADOR, SUFFOLK GANG UP ON THUGS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amAn escalating turf war between feuding Latino gangs on Long Island has prompted Suffolk County authorities to reach out to El Salvadoran police for their expertise on MS-13, the bloodiest...
POL'S 'POISON' PUZZLE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amOne stunning mystery in the battle over Ukraine's future is whether pro-Western reform leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned in September - and, if not, what horrible illness ravaged his face...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe busiest shopping day of the year turned out to be a sticky affair in Lafayette, La., when vandals glued the locks on dozens of the town's biggest retailers. Hundreds...
POLS CLOSE IN ON DEAL FOR $1.4B JAVITS EXPANSION
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA deal paving the way for a $1.4 billion expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center may be OK'd as early as next week, according to published reports. Legislation...
'TREASURE' CHEST GROWS; 'ALEXANDER' CONQUERED
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amAudiences continue to treasure "National Treasure" - keeping the Nicolas Cage heist flick No. 1 at the box office over the weekend, while deeming "Alexander" not too great. "Treasure," about...
MAYOR UPBEAT ON CITY HOME BUILDING
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe city is on track to build thousands of housing units for New Yorkers who are being priced out of the city's booming neighborhoods, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "We are...
SCHUMER SOUNDS AIR-CARGO ALARM
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe majority of cargo riding on commercial planes passes through airport security without actually being screened, Sen. Charles Schumer warned yesterday. New security procedures drafted by the Transportation Security Administration...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A Queens man was arrested for attacking his girlfriend while trashing her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, authorities said yesterday. The violence began at 10:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, when Tyler Johnson,...
CONGRESS EYES U.N. FUND CUT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congress is likely to move to reduce U.S. funding of the United Nations if leaders at Turtle Bay don't come clean and institute major reforms in the wake...
GUY GETS 2 MONTHS OF JAIL CREDIT FOR 'FREE'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe two months Guy Velella spent outside jail on conditional release counts toward his sentence - meaning the disgraced former state senator could be out of jail as early as...
PEPPER-SPRAY TOYS 'R' US 'DESERTED'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amCustomers of the Times Square Toys 'R' Us yesterday said the flagship store lacked its normal Christmas bustle, one day after pepper spray forced the evacuation of some 3,000 customers....
WE SLAUGHTERED 17: GOONS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amIraq's most feared terror group yesterday claimed responsibility for slaughtering nearly two dozen members of Iraq's security forces in Mosul. The statement was posted on an Islamist Web site in...
LUGAR SLAMS UKRAINE VOTE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe man sent by President Bush to monitor Ukraine's disputed presidential election yesterday called for a new vote because of "wholesale fraud and abuse." Sen. Richard Lugar's call came as...
FLICKS THROW CLOONEY FOR LO$$
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amStarring in movies is a lot more lucrative than investing in them for George Clooney. Clooney tells Time that he and director Steven Soderbergh "are massively in the hole" to...
SANTA CLAUS LANES EASE MIDTOWN TRAFFIC
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amMidtown traffic may have taken a turn for the best this holiday season. The city has set aside express lanes along portions of Fifth and Sixth avenues starting today in...
SHOPPERS IN CHARGE - CREDIT-CARD USE IS SKYROCKETING
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amConsumers gorged on cranberry sauce and credit cards over the weekend, pulling out the plastic in record numbers to spend nearly $23 billion nationwide on holiday gifts and goods, analysts...
JULIA NOW A MOM, TWO - TWINS BORN MONTH EARLY
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe stork arrived more than a month early for Julia Roberts, who gave birth to twins yesterday. The Oscar- winning star and hubby Danny Moder named the new arrivals, a...
JORDAN HEIR STRIPPED OF HIS TITLE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amKing Abdullah of Jordan stripped his half-brother of the title of crown prince and heir to the throne last night - altering the dying wish of their late father, King...
WEATHER LEAVES TRAVELERS HOLI-DAZED
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amHeavy rains and strong winds wreaked havoc on holiday travel and shopping yesterday as New Yorkers filled the roads and the skies on one of the busiest travel days in...
INTEL-REFORM BILL PUTS GIS AT RISK: POL
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amOne of the top Republicans blocking the 9/11 intelligence-reform bill yesterday said he's doing it because it's a "life or death" matter that could mean more troops killed. House Armed...
NBC SPORTS BIG HURT IN KILLER PLANE CRASH
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amNBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol was seriously injured yesterday when his charter jet crashed in a snowstorm while taking off from an airport in a Colorado skiing mecca - killing...
BIGS HELP S.I. KIDS GO '4TH'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amParents who want a better shot at getting their failing third-grader into fourth grade might want to consider moving - to Staten Island. Third-graders there who flunked last year were...
ANIMAL HOSP AIDS WALKING WOUNDED
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA veterinarian technician took a lifesaving break from her usual pet patients at the Animal Medical Center to shelter the victims of yesterday's bus crash on the FDR Drive. Vet...
NABE CASH CRISIS - AID FUNDS AT RISK
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amIf the state Legislature doesn't act quickly, more than 150 neighborhood associations will lose their lifeblood funding. Gov. Pataki originally left funding for Neighborhood Preservation Programs/Rural Preservation Programs out of...
BATTLE OF THE BLING - AMEX JEWELRY SUIT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe pretend princess who racked up a $950,000 American Express bill wants some credit - for the engagement ring she apparently bought herself. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court,...
BERSERK IN B'KLYN - MAN KILLS EX NEAR KIDS: COPS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA berserk ex-beau yesterday fatally stabbed his former girlfriend in front of their baby girl and three other kids - then brutally knifed the victim's new boyfriend and a female...
CHICKEN SNIT - FAST-FOOD BOSSES ACCUSED IN SEX SUIT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA famed Latin American chicken chain hailed by Mayor Bloomberg for creating new jobs when it opened two locations in the city this year has been hit with a class-action...
CUNY LAW'S BETTER BAR TAB
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amCity University Law School graduates have raised the bar on the state bar exam. After two years of dismal performances on the high-stakes test, CUNY Law School grads ratcheted up...
JACKO TEAM WANTS DOCS' DOCS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's defense wants to attack his accusers from head to toe, demanding sweeping access to health records from the family at the center of molestation...
CHICKEN SHOP ON GRIDDLE - SUIT SAYS WOMEN TREATED LIKE 'SEX SLAVES'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA famed Latin American chicken chain hailed by Mayor Bloomberg for creating new jobs when it opened two locations in the city this year has been hit with a class-action...
QUICK BUST IN MURDER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA Manhattan man, accused of fatally shooting another man yesterday, was grabbed by fast-acting cops just minutes after he fled the scene, police said. The suspect, Anthony Torrecilla, 22, got...
AL GOLDSTEIN BOOKED AS SHOPLIFTER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amPenniless pornographer Al Goldstein has "screwed" up his life some more - after being caught shoplifting books from a Barnes & Nobles yesterday, police said. And they weren't even dirty...
STEM-CELL GAL'S 'MIRACLE' STEPS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA South Korean woman - paralyzed for 20 years - is reportedly walking again, thanks to treatment with stem cells harvested from umbilical-cord blood. Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, walked for the...
MICHAEL'S HERO BIG BRO A ONE-MAN 'AIR' FORCE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amHe's Air Jordan - of the hero kind. James Jordan, the parachute-jumping older brother of hoops legend Michael Jordan, headed for Iraq yesterday after winning a battle with the Army...
UPPER WEST SIDE MAN DIES IN ELEVATOR TRAGEDY
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amA retired teacher, with less than an hour to catch a Caribbean cruise, yesterday tried to save time by taking the freight elevator of his Upper West Side building -...
LANDLORD ON TRIAL IN ATTACK ON 2 TENANTS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amMeet the man prosecutors say is the landlord from hell. Juan Basagoitia, the 49-year-old owner of a three-story Queens building, wanted two tenants out of a rent-controlled apartment so badly,...
ESPN'S 'P' STANDS FOR 'PUNKS'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S all a dark comedy, Disney's Inferno. ESPN executive VP Mark Shapiro last week scolded NBA studio host John Saunders and his on-air mates for going too far, after the...
'THUNDER' ROARS IN HIGHWEIGHT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThunder Touch finished first by 1 1/4 lengths under Rafael Bejarano, then withstood a stewards' inquiry and claim of foul by Javier Castellano, rider of runner-up Papua, to win yesterday's...
WINNING PUTS SMILE ON CRAWFORD'S FACE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amJamal Crawford isn't about to rock the boat, and he said that when Allan Houston returns to the Knicks' lineup - which could happen later this week - he'll be...
WILLIE: I'D LOVE TO HAVE PEDRO
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amWith an offer from the Mets reportedly forthcoming, Pedro Martinez received the next best thing yesterday: a glowing endorsement from Willie Randolph. The new Mets manager praised Martinez to the...
NETS NEED CHANGE OF 'PLAN'
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amPORTLAND - Zoran Planinic said he knew change was coming. And he knew it would involve him. He was right on both counts. But the Nets' second-year point guard insisted...
VARYING VIEWS OF NETS' DROUGHT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES PORTLAND - When the Nets went into last night's game here, it was 19 days since their previous victory. Some held different perspectives on it. "A long time...
EAGLES SWAMP SHAKY MANNING - ELI OVERMATCHED IN MISTAKE-FILLED SECOND START
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amForget that spark Tom Coughlin was searching for when he inserted Eli Manning into the lineup. Yesterday's Giants performance against the high-flying Eagles produced no sizzle but plenty of fizzle,...
BOLLINGER PROVIDES BACKUP POWER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES TEMPE - Brooks Bollinger yesterday showed what he displayed while making plays in college at Wisconsin - he showed some moxie when he was forced into action after...
GIANTS ARE HOT TO TROTTER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amAbout the only fight the Giants showed yesterday in the second half of their 27-6 loss to the Eagles came on a sideline altercation that Tom Coughlin called "a dumb...
TIKI TOUGHS IT OUT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The very first time he touched the ball, Tiki Barber gained six yards, was tackled by Sheldon Brown and came away with a lacerated left knee that he...
QUINCY'S DEEP PASS IS OASIS IN DESERT
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE - For three weeks, the Jets had waited for a moment just like this, one where they could finally break free from the shackles and the handcuffs of a...
EAST CHAMP EAGLES EYEING SUPER PRIZE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amPhiladelphia is a city filled with landmarks, and the Eagles' 27-6 rout of the Giants had plenty of them. The Eagles sealed their fourth straight NFC East title, and joined...
EAGLE 'D' COULD FEEL ELI'S FEAR
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amThe Eagles are blitz-happy to a fault, but playing inexperienced rookie Eli Manning made their directive that much clearer. Send bodies. Hit him early. Hit him often. In Jeremiah Trotter's...
TURNOVERS GO STALE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amGOTTA hand it to the Eagles, who took the 10-finger discount to the NFC East title yesterday. They intercepted Eli Manning twice, didn't drop a potential catch or nary a...
GANG GREEN AVOIDS DESERT DISASTER - SCRAPPY WIN OVER CARDS KEEPS JETS IN PLAYOFF CHASE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amJets 13 - Cardinals 3 TEMPE - You wanted adversity, you got adversity. Three plays into yesterday's must-win game against the Cardinals at Sun Devil Stadium, the Jets, who entered...
GANG GREEN MAKES PLAYS THAT MATTER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE - You can live with the occasional scuffling, if you must, diving into the muck with lesser teams, trudging off the field and issuing clever sound bites like, "They...
JETS LEARN LESSON IN DESERT SURVIVAL - VICTORY OVER CARDS AIDS WILD-CARD CHASE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE - You wanted adversity, you got adversity. Three plays into yesterday's must-win game against the Cardinals, the Jets, who entered the game in an offensive funk, were down to...
BOLLINGER'S UNFLAPPABLE IN RELIEF
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE - Brooks Bollinger had been playing this game in his head for weeks, months, years. Still, all of the day-dreaming could never truly prepare him for the fire drill...
MOSS BLOSSOMING INTO GAME-BREAKER
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amTEMPE - The throwback jersey of choice for the flight home was a blue-and-gold number, No. 13 on both front and back, with "MARINO" written across the back. Maybe Santana...
ELLIS, JETS CLOSE
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES TEMPE - Jet defensive end Shaun Ellis sat in front of his locker after yesterday's win over the Cardinals wearing a distinct look of satisfaction. Ellis had three...
NETS ON ROAD TO RUIN - SUFFER 9TH STRAIGHT LOSS
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amBlazers 83 - Nets 71 PORTLAND - For 74 glorious seconds, all was right with the Nets. That wonderful 1:14 erased thoughts of losing streaks, inept offense and all that...
'ZO: NOT HERE TO CARRY CLUB
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES PORTLAND - The record is 2-11. The starting backcourt is in the infirmary. The Nets are a mess. But it's no time to panic, said Alonzo Mourning. "I...
THE POST'S TOP 25
November 29, 2004 | 5:00amRank (prev) TEAM RESULT NEXT 1 USC (10-0) beat Notre Dame 41-10 vs. UCLA (1) Matt Leinart makes his Heisman push with five TDs. 2 Oklahoma (11-0) Idle vs. Colorado...