December 8, 2008
'Valkyrie' Under the Christmas Tree
Finally, an alternative to Chinese restaurants on Christmas Day. MGM has moved up the opening of Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie'' a day to December 25, Pam McClintock of Variety is reporting....
Bushes Mets, Yankees All-Stars: Catchers
With the Bushes Players and Pitchers of the Year from both the Mets and Yankees organizations, we are going to lay out the top players at each position from both...
Pulse Sales-Stuart Weitzman
STUART WEITZMAN50 W. 57th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; 212-582-9500Sale: Dec. 8-9. Mon.-Tues., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Handbags up to 85 percent off - and no cash accepted at this sale.COLE...
Rosie Falls Off Blogosphere
Is Rosie giving up her blog? Sure sounded like it today. Seems the woman who single-handedly killed the revival of variety TV is having second thoughts about spewing her own...
Robinson Cano update
Both Dodgers GM Ned Colletti and Yankee officials say the two sides have yet to have any discussions about sending the second baseman to the West Coast. And the Yankees...
Bigs, Rod, A Third PG, Stuff
By FRED KERBERNets had nearly a full house today as Josh Boone and Eduardo Najera returned to practice. Boone says he is ready to go and can play Wednesday against...
RV Heaven
Just got back from Louisville, Kentucky, and the National RVIA Show, and it was quite a GO RVing trip. You never saw so many RVs.You'll remember I took an RV...
Posada update
From Joel Sherman at the Winter Meetings:Jorge Posada started his throwing program at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa today. The team continues to be encouraged that he'll be...
K-ROD'S AGENT WILLING TO BE CREATIVE WITH METS
LAS VEGAS -- Francisco Rodriguez's agent, Paul Kinzer, acknowledges his client set the single-season saves record at the wrong time. With the economy spiraling, Kinzer acknowledged the bids for his...
Ross, Jacobs hurting
BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants came out of their 20-14 loss to the Eagles with two starters forced out with injuries. Cornerback Aaron Ross came up with a new sprained ankle...
Who Would Have Thought?
BY JAY GREENBERGWhen the Nets were 2-5, anybody predicting they would now be 11-8 would have been selling you a bridge to Brooklyn."We're not surprised," said Devin Harris, "but the...
Yankees and Mets rumors
The Hot Stove Blog is reporting that CC Sabathia told Dodgers GM Ned Colletti that he "wants to be a Dodger" in a chance meeting Sunday night in Vegas, where...
TODAY'S TEN: CRAZIEST DOG AND CAT STORIES OF 2008
It's raining cats and dogs here at nypost.com. We're giving you the zaniest and wildest dog and cat stories of 2008 and you won't get messy with kitty litter or...
An update on Huston Street
From JOEL SHERMANLAS VEGAS -- Here's a little more information on how the Mets' discussions with Colorado for Huston Street went down: A few weeks ago, Omar Minaya called the...
Sabathia update
From Joel Sherman at the Winter Meetings:* A Yankees official described the meeting with CC Sabathia in Vegas on Sunday as "mostly informational." Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi met with...
Winter Meetings update
Updated at 8:40 pm:The Mets talked several weeks ago to the Red Sox about dealing Brian Schneider. But the Met plan then was to trade Schneider and hopefully sign free...
Starr Report: Doing Good
Public relations vet Lois Najarian has joined Charlie Dougiello at The Door, representing Rachael Ray, Robin Quivers and others. Speaking of Quivers, her Sirius colleague, Lisa G. (Howard 100 News),...
Bringing K-Rod to the NL
From JOEL SHERMAN LAS VEGAS -- The Mets sat down to talk directly with Francisco Rodriguez (pictured) on Sunday night. If the money can be worked out -- the Mets...
3 UP: K-ROD, WOOD AND CLEVELAND NEEDS
1. The Mets sat down to talk directly with Francisco Rodriguez on Sunday night. If the money can be worked out - the Mets want to keep K-Rod to a...
Box Office Oscar Watch: Workers Unite! Storm the Ziegfeld Box Office for 'Che' Tickets!
Steven Soderbergh's "Che'' does not appear to be inspiring huge anticipation among moviegoers.Tickets are available for all 14 performances when the epic about the Argentine-born revolutionary begins its exclusive one-week...
FINDS: Night skiing in Minneapolis
In case, say, you're a skier that's decided to do their holiday shopping at the Mall of America this year, fear not - there are hills in the Midwest. Northern...
NAUGHTY & NICE
OH the weather outside is frightful - so why bother going out?PHOTOS: Holidays Heat Up WIth Lingerie We cozied up inside the new Greenwich Hotel (377 Greenwich St.; 212-941-8900, thegreenwich-...
Won't Get Fooled Again
I admit it. The Jets fooled me. Two weeks ago I wrote they were the best team in the AFC. Now I'm not sure they're the best team in the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx A Rockland County man has been arrested for strangling his girlfriend in her Bronx apartment, police said yesterday. David Galindez, 64, of Spring Valley, allegedly killed Ileana Tejada-Colon, 31,...
PRINCIPALS' 715G
A half-dozen public-school principals - including some booted from previous posts - are earning six-figure salaries to oversee rooms full of teachers doing nothing, The Post has learned. Among the...
DNA BOOSTED 'SODOMY COP' INDICTMENTS
DNA from the accuser and testimony from one of the police officers involved in the alleged beating and sodomy of a man in a Brooklyn subway station helped a grand...
TIME FOR DE LA HOYA TO QUIT
LAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya tried to turn back the clock to a time when he was among the pound-for-pound best in boxing. He signed to fight as...
ISLANDERS FACE CRUCIAL CHANGE
The Islanders, losers of four of their last five, head to Toronto to start a crucial four-game road trip tonight. "It's huge,'' Joey MacDonald said. "We have to get back...
CLEMMENSEN SHINES IN DEVILS' NET
That's one novel way to clear the zone - leave rebounds that carom all the way out to center ice. As long as he's leaving them, though, even as long...
HIXON CAN'T CATCH FIRE AS BURRESS' SUBSTITUTE
Plaxico Burress' stupid gun gaffe may or may not have distracted the Giants off the field, but it surely hurt them on it. Big Blue's offense suffered through its worst...
BIG BLUE BUTTERFINGERS SHOOT SELVES IN FOOT
OK . . . so who were those guys? Who were those imposters wearing those blue uniforms? Who were those guys watching Brian Westbrook prancing into the end zone? Who...
GIANTS BACK INTO TITLE DESPITE FLOP VS. PHILLY
As the Giants retreated into the warmth of their locker room, out of the cold and chill of a game gone bad, not one of them knew they were about...
MIKE SET TO ATTEND VITO BASH
As disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella prepares to be sentenced for a drunken-driving arrest in Virginia, he will get a morale boost from Mayor Bloomberg, who plans to attend the Staten...
A BAD SIGN ON E. END
Welcome to the Hamptons. Now duck. A pair of speed-limit signs showing a cop brandishing a "gun" has outraged Hamptons residents, many of whom failed to realize the gun pictured...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A stuntman flew over the Arkansas River in a jetpack powered only by hair bleach. Eric Scott, 45, cruised over a 1,500-foot-wide, 1,000-foot-deep canyon for 21 seconds and hit speeds...
YOUR BOSS IS NOT LISTENING
Powerful people are less likely to be swayed by the ideas of others, according to a new study. Which may be why bosses don't like hearing that something can't be...
RECYCLE BIZ IS NOW TRA$H
Wall Street's woes are nothing compared to the sudden deep freeze in the recycled-paper market, where economic hard times have plunged some prices to below zero. Last summer, used cardboard...
DC 'CHARITY' BASH A CASH GRAB
WASHINGTON - An obscure New York organization is hitting up corporations for big contributions to an inaugural bash at a posh DC hotel, promising appearances by top Empire State pols...
SELLERS PINNING HOPES ON INAUGURATION
There's one industry thriving amid the recession: vendors hawking merchandise for President-elect Barack Obama's historic inaugural. Washington, DC, will issue a record-shattering 500 special one-day permits on Jan. 20 to...
KID-DRUG KIT: NOW HAIR THIS
A California firm is marketing a Christmas stocking stuffer that can put parents within a hair - literally - of learning whether their kids are on drugs. With a snip...
PATERSON COOL ON CAROLINE
THE odds of Gov. Pat erson choosing Caro line Kennedy to re place soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate are no better than 20-1, a...
$END THEM AN ANGEL
They need a miracle on 42nd Street. The landmark Church of the Holy Cross, a stone's throw from the Port Authority, is reeling in the aftermath of a devastating rectory...
AMY'S HUSBAND: $1.7M OR I'LL DISH
A farewell romp with Amy Winehouse apparently was not enough to buy her husband's silence - he wants $1.7 million to keep his mouth shut, according to a published report....
2-YEAR WAR OVER TICKET
Justice is not only blind, it's very slow. Just ask Simon Belsky, who has been fighting the same parking ticket for more than two years. Belsky, 63, was issued the...
BEWARE OF LOAN PLOYS: SCHUMER
The mortgage scavengers just keep coming. Distressed homeowners looking for relief through refinancing must watch out for ploys that sock them with huge hidden fees, Sen. Charles Schumer warned yesterday....
CHEERIO, SNOOKS
Reigh "Snooks" Boss - the 7-year-old at the center of the "Crockefeller" scandal - and her mother, Sandra, look every bit the happy family while all bundled up during a...
DRUG-RAPE CLAIM AGAINST TRIBECA HOT SPOT
A 20-year-old woman and her teen friend claim they were drugged, and one of them raped, in a TriBeCa nightspot, The Post has learned. Detectives are looking at employees of...
RUMMY'S FOE VA NOMINEE
WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, whose career was cut short when he questioned the Iraq war strategy, was introduced yesterday as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of veterans...
O.J. OWES US $42M: GOLDMANS
Just because O.J. Simpson's going to jail, it doesn't mean he won't have to pay his debt. The family that won a wrongful-death suit against Simpson will continue to hound...
BUTT SERIOUSLY: BAM ADMITS 'FALLING OFF WAGON' ON CIGS
President-elect Barack Obama is no quitter. That is, he still sneaks a smoke from time to time, despite his pledge to conquer his nicotine addiction. He admitted on NBC's "Meet...
PEARL HARBOR DAY
Five survivors of Pearl Harbor who live in the metropolitan area attended ceremonies yesterday aboard the USS Intrepid marking the 67th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. "I think...
SCANDAL CHURCH IS PASTOR-IZED
A ritzy Upper East Side church whose Lothario leader fell from grace in a sex scandal installed a new pastor yesterday. The Rev. Scott Black Johnston took over the Fifth...
PERILOUS THEORIES
MY advice to President- elect Obama: Don't do it! Don't listen to the desk-bound academics and pundits who want you to develop a "new grand strategy" for our foreign policy....
MIKE HIT ON TOLLS
Comptroller Bill Thompson yesterday blasted Mayor Bloomberg for ducking the politically sensitive issue of tolling the free East River bridges. "Mayor Michael Bloomberg should not be given an E-ZPass on...
POL WARNS OF TOXIC-TOY RISK
City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens) yesterday warned parents to avoid buying toys that the federal government has deemed to contain toxic materials. The federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which...
SHRINKING FEELING FOR ALL MALES
It's a hard reality for males of all species - pesticides and chemicals have put their genitals in jeopardy. New research shows that the chemicals used in some food wrapping,...
MORE-A SEPHORA SET FOR TIMES SQUARE
The economy may be getting uglier but Times Square is getting prettier, now that cosmetics-category killer Sephora is slipping into a prominent slot. Sources tell The Post the company signed...
CITY COPS PREP FOR 'MUMBAI'
In the aftermath of the deadly Mumbai terror attacks, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has come out with guns blazing - with a plan to get all 1,000 rookie cops ready...
TEHRAN'S IRAQ-ELECTION MEDDLING
HAVING failed to sabotage the signing of a security agreement between Baghdad and Washington, the Khomeinist leadership in Tehran is trying to influence the outcome of Iraq's local elections next...
TRIBUNE CO. MAY SEEK BANKRUPTCY FILING
A year after piling on $12 billion of debt to buy Tribune Co., mogul Sam Zell is preparing for a possible bankruptcy to help kill off some of the debt...
O THREAT TO RUN EXECS OFF ROAD
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday that the United States cannot allow the Big Three automakers to fail - but said their top executives may have to hit the...
OBAMA'S HOLY HELL
IF President-elect Barack Obama goes through with his campaign pledge to sign into law the Freedom of Choice Act, holy hell is going to break loose. FOCA may be the...
BAIL OUT THE BIG THREE - AND THEN BLAME BUSH
President Bush stated that no matter how important the automakers are to our economy, taxpayers won't throw "good money after bad" ("Rust in Peace," Dec. 5). If that declaration actually...
PLAX BLING ZING
Butterfingered gunslinger Plaxico Burress was the victim of a big-bucks gem heist in Florida and a near-miss in Pittsburgh - yet never applied for a weapon permit as a Giant,...
2 MAJOR IN HEARTS & SCIENCE
Two brainy high-school lovebirds are the sole team representing the state in one of the nation's most prestigious science competitions. Eugenia Volkova and Alexander Saeboe, seniors at different schools, met...
SAD TRIBUTE TO BUS DRIVER
Hundreds of transit workers, many in uniform, yesterday paid their final respects to a beloved bus driver who was fatally stabbed by an angry passenger last week. Mourners, including Mayor...
CLUB GIRL'S 'LAST' RIDE
Investigators seeking to link a hotshot ladies' man with the disappearance of a Brooklyn beauty appealed to the public yesterday, releasing photos of the bloodstained SUV in which she might...
FALSE HOPES AT FOGGY BOTTOM
THANKS to President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Susan Rice to be his UN ambassador, European leaders, Arab dictators and international civil servants now think America is about to, at long...
AN UNHEALTHY BOOM
Credit crunch? Recession? Growing job losses? Don't tell New York's health-care cartel - it's enjoying boom times. Take hospitals, for example. As two recent stories in The New York Times...
THE WRONG CHIEF JUDGE
Gov. Paterson may not have gotten the options he wanted from the commission charged with nominating a new chief judge for New York's Court of Appeals - but he can...
ADS SUBTRACTING
After trimming jobs throughout the year, Madison Avenue is bracing for even bigger layoffs in 2009. Ad executives and recruiters expect agencies, which have been cutting in dribs and drabs,...
HEALTHY HOLIDAYS
When it comes to hard times, the flat ab and firm buttocks mags always have something to offer. Men's Health, for one, doesn't seem to be suffering in the tough...
GO TO GREG
Q I graduated from college in 2007 and now have a dead-end job with low pay, no benefits and no opportunity for advancement. I passed the NYPD exam in June...
'WORKING' GIRLS
What common item do a baker, a mechanic, a seamstress, a teacher and a scientist wear on the job? The answer is vintage lingerie, according to a new calendar celebrating...
60 SECONDS WITH...
Lily Whiteman, author, "How To Land a Top-Paying Federal Job" The hirings by President-elect Obama have been getting lots of ink, but what's the federal jobs outlook for folks who...
BOUNCING BACK
When Michele Harris was laid off from her job as an ad agency VP in 2001, she didn't take it that hard at first. "I partied," she says. It was...
GHOST MORTEM
FIFTY years later, Pat Summerall had never seen the greatest football game ever played - and he was in it! "Because it was our last game of the year, we...
OFF EASY
JESSE McCartney, a kid from Westchester, never figured he'd become a pop star - before his movie career took off. The former boy-bander is currently touring to promote his latest...
STARR REPORT
Public relations vet Lois Najarian has joined Charlie Dougiello at The Door, rep resenting Rachael Ray, Robin Quivers and others. Speaking of Quivers, her Si rius colleague, Lisa G. (How...
HOMESPUN YARNS UNRAVEL IN CROP OF WOE
FOLK tales can be fragile things. Nearly three decades ago, "Home" was a surprise success on Broadway, its charming simplicity and heartfelt sentiments delivered in a stirring production. As revived...
YOU WON'T SNOW WHAT HIT YOU
THERE'S no business like snow business, especially around the holidays. After a flurry of "Nutcrack ers," Radio City, "Wintuk" and "Irving Berlin's White Christmas," "Slava's Snowshow" drifted into the Helen...
BROOKLYN TRY-OUTS
THE kids of "The Real World" have some pretty unreal career goals. They've come to Brooklyn for the new season of the MTV series (the 21st season, believe it or...
WHEN SPORTS TAKE A HIT, ANNOUNCERS SWING, MISS
PANDERING has never changed anything for the better. And on the Saturday after a week in which coast to coast, from Plaxico Burress to O.J. Simpson, sports took another big...
KNICKS IN HUNT FOR GUARD
If a Knicks roster spot opens up this week with either Cuttino Mobley's retirement or the release of Stephon Marbury, president Donnie Walsh said the Knicks have two trade exceptions...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: Jaspers fall to RiderMike Ringgold scored 20 points to lead Rider to a 76-73 win over Manhattan in Lawrenceville, N.J., yesterday. Lamar Johnson came off the bench to add...
COMPLETE SUCCESS FOR DUHON
On top of playing a complete game for the Knicks yesterday, Chris Duhon played the complete game. That is, 25 points, nine assists and only two turnovers in all 48...
HARRINGTON SAVES KNICKS FROM CHOKE
For the first half, when the Knicks built a 29-point lead over the preoccupied Pistons, the only thing worth watching at the Garden was actress Tea Leoni on celebrity row....
WESTBROOK RUNS OVER BLUE LINE
When asked if the Plaxico Burress fiasco hurt the Giants' focus, defensive tackle Barry Cofield said his thoughts were far more consumed by the fact they couldn't stop Eagles running...
GIANTS CAN'T PASS GO IN TOUGH LOSS
The last two games, opposing defenses have stacked the line of scrimmage to stop the Giants and their league-leading rushing attack. Both times, Eli Manning foiled that strategy, passing the...
WARY OF 4-YEAR 'PEN DEALS
LAS VEGAS - The Mets are hesitant to give a four-year contract to any closer for many reasons, including that the state of the economy, combined with the overflow number...
JETS' SLOPPY PLAY, PENALTIES LET NINERS PREVAIL
SAN FRANCISCO - Two weeks ago the Jets looked like a Super Bowl contender. Now, they don't even look like a playoff team. Gang Green gagged against the 49ers yesterday,...
UNHAPPY RETURN: FLAG BACKBREAKER
SAN FRANCISCO - It looked as if the Jets were going to steal the momentum in the fourth quarter when Leon Washington - who else? - ran back a kickoff...
SUDDENLY, THERE'S NO BREATHING ROOM
SAN FRANCISCO - There have been mo ments, dotted across the autumn, when it seemed Brett Favre could defy time, not only in performance but outlook. There were times -...
MEETS WITH K-ROD; FUENTES, TREVOR ON DECK
LAS VEGAS - Mets GM Omar Minaya initiated what he hoped would be a series of face-to-face meetings with free-agent closers by having a sitdown last night with Francisco Rodriguez,...
TROUBLE BREWIN' IN YANKS' CC CHASE
Prior to Yankees GM Brian Cashman's meeting with CC Sabathia yesterday in Las Vegas, there was a feeling in the baseball universe the stud free-agent lefty would eventually re-sign with...
CALGARY ICES NOT-SO-HOT RANGERS
Thirty games into the season and the Rangers are not only regressing, but regressing to the point where they actually claimed with straight faces that progress had been made with...
OFFENSIVE JUGGERNAUTS TO MEET FOR BCS TITLE
The friends and family of Oklahoma's Brent Venables and Florida's Charlie Strong are going to have to be a little more understanding, patient and forgiving the next six weeks. The...
METS CLOSE TO SIGNING K-ROD
LAS VEGAS - The Mets were on the brink last night of closing their most important game of the offseason - landing closer Francisco Rodriguez. Rodriguez's agent, Paul Kinzer, said,...
TODAY'S TEN: MOST SHAMEFUL N.Y. SPORTS MOMENTS OF 2008
The Giants won the Super Bowl in early February in 2008, and things were starting to look up for New York sports. The high didn't last long. A manager was...
Perez declines arbitration offer
As expected, Oliver Perez declined the Mets' offer of arbitration at tonight's deadline. That means Perez is free to sign anywhere (perhaps even right back with the Mets), while the...
METS MEET WITH K-ROD
LAS VEGAS - Met general manager Omar Minaya initiated what he hoped would be a series of face-to-face meetings with free-agent closers by having a sitdown Sunday night with Francisco...
CLUB GIRL'S 'LAST' RIDE
Investigators seeking to link a hotshot ladies' man from upstate Middletown with the disappearance of a Texas beauty in Manhattan appealed to the public today, releasing photos of the bloodstained...
CLUB GIRL'S 'LAST' RIDE
Investigators seeking to link a hotshot ladies' man from upstate Middletown with the disappearance of a Texas beauty in Manhattan appealed to the public today, releasing photos of the bloodstained...
CLUB GIRL'S 'LAST' RIDE
Investigators seeking to link a hotshot ladies' man from upstate Middletown with the disappearance of a Texas beauty in Manhattan appealed to the public today, releasing photos of the bloodstained...
STUDY: MALE GENITALS IN JEOPARDY
It's a hard reality for males of all species - pesticides and chemicals have put their genitals in jeopardy. New research shows that the chemicals used in some food wrapping,...
PATERSON COOL ON CAROLINE
The odds of Gov. Paterson choosing Caroline Kennedy to replace soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate are no better than 20-1, a source close to...
Hardwicke Won't Direct 'Twilight' Sequel
Director Catherine Hardwicke won't be directing "New Moon,'' the sequel to surprise hit "Twilight,'' but there are conflicting reports over whether she was fired because Summit Entertainment was unhappy with...
GIANTS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
PLAY OF THE GAME: The Giants were within 10-7 after getting dominated for most of the first three quarters when the Eagles has a third-and-1 on the Giants 40-yard line...
Giants lose game, clinch NFC East
BY PAUL SCHWARTZA look back at the Giants 20-14 loss to the Eagles:PLAY OF THE GAME:The Giants were within 10-7 after getting dominated for most of the first three quarters...
Jacobs, Ross injured in loss
By PAUL SCHWARTZCB Aaron Ross left in the second quarter to have X-rays taken of his ankle and did not return.He was replaced by Kevin Dockery. "Just a little knick-knack,''...