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· 'RITA' IS 'TAUK OF TOWN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:41:00 -0500

Cold, wet, miserable day at Aqueduct, compounded by broken starting gate that delayed post time of eighth race, Montauk Handicap, by half-hour and caused cancellation of ninth race - according to NYRA, because state law forbids flat racing after...

· A TEXAS-SIZED FIASCO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:09:17 -0500

IT would be easy to blame the BCS for this latest mockery but that would be like making fun of Sarah Palin. Old news. Today's fiasco falls at the feet of the Big 12 office. They're the ones who, quite possibly when suffering from a Texas-size...

· BUCCANEERS SLOW DOWN BREES FOR WIN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:50:40 -0500

New Orleans put the game in Drew Brees' hands, and Tampa Bay took it right away. The relentless Buccaneers defense pressured the NFL's leading passer all afternoon, then intercepted him twice in the closing minutes yesterday to stay atop the NFC...

· OU'S BRADFORD TO HAVE SURGERY Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:39:09 -0500

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford tore ligaments in his non-throwing hand during the Sooners' 61-41 win against Oklahoma State and is expected to have surgery following the Big 12 championship game. Sooners coach Bob Stoops said...

· PITTSBURGH DEFENSE STIFLES PATRIOTS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:17 -0500

FOXBOROUGH - The Steelers snapped the Patriots' spell over them with a plan that has worked all season: knock 'em down, steal the ball and keep them from gaining yards. Pittsburgh's top-ranked defense got rolling in the second half yesterday...

· SPORTS SHORTS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:39:22 -0500

GOLF: Choi wins Skins Game In Indian Wells, Calif., K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole yesterday to win the 26th Skins Game with $415,000. Stephen Ames, who won $250,000, missed a nine-footer that would have...

· TIME TO BLAME SCHOOLS FOR RECRUITING BAD GUYS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:34 -0500

PLAXICO Burress, raised in Virginia, was successfully recruited to Michigan State. At age 31, he gets in all kinds of trouble; he allegedly even carries, and carelessly, a loaded gun. Having apparently shot himself early Saturday morning, he...

· W. KENTUCKY STUNS NO. 3 LOUISVILLE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:40:27 -0500

Western Kentucky found a way to stop Samardo Samuels and No. 3 Louisville. Double-teaming Louisville's freshman big man at every turn, the Hilltoppers stunned the Cardinals 68-54 yesterday in Nashville for their first victory over a top-three...

· WILLIAMS CARRIES PANTHERS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:36 -0500

GREEN BAY - The Carolina Panthers should have been trudging into a snowy Green Bay night wondering for the second week in a row if they're really as good as their record would indicate. Instead, they were celebrating an improbable...

· SUPER BOWL HIT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:46 -0500

The turmoil on Madison Avenue has crept into television's biggest showcase for advertising: the Super Bowl. Far from being recession-proof, the big game is contending with sluggish ad sales, automotive woes and the loss of game mainstays FedEx...

· 'RUNWAY' WINNER FINDS A GOOD FIT WITH PAYLESS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:27:01 -0500

Christian Siriano's career in high fashion has just begun, and he's already courting the mass market. The "Project Runway" winner - noted for coining terms like "fierce," "tranny" and "hot mess" to describe runway looks - has cut a deal with...

· BUSINESS BRIEFS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:25:50 -0500

Job gloom Economists forecast in a survey that the reces sion deepened in No vember as employers slashed jobs and manu facturing contracted at the fastest pace in a quarter century. Payrolls are forecast to shrink by 320,000 workers, the big gest...

· CHILL FACTOR Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:42:51 -0500

Top music downloads 1. Can't Believe It, T-pain 2. Right Now, Akon 3. Whatever You Like, T.I. 4. If I Were a Boy, Beyonc� Knowles 5. Let It Rock, Kevin Rudolf Yahoo! yardstick 1. Britney Spears 2. WWE 3. Barack Obama 4. Miley Cyrus...

· CITI TRIES TO SAVE FACE WITH JAPAN SALE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:26:21 -0500

Citigroup is beating a retreat in Japan. Scrambling to stabilize its teetering finances, the banking giant aims to sell NikkoCiti Trust & Banking - a small Japanese business that deals in custody administration - in a deal that could raise up to...

· MAG 'BUY' RATINGS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:27:56 -0500

With making do with less the order of the holi-day, lifestyle mags are knocking themselves out trying to point you to the best value in gift giving. Here's a look at some of the best. Real Simple's "50 fabulous gifts under $50" guide, contains...

· FABULOUS LADY STANDS BEHIND SEXIEST MAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:22:37 -0500

THE wife of the "sexiest man alive" Hugh Jackman on his new title: "Thank God the secret is finally out." On her husband's leaner years and first big break with "X-Men," she said: "He was even sexy then." Her dress? "From an Australian designer...

· DEVILS LOOK TO WORK RETURNING PLAYERS INTO MIX Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:07:10 -0500

Their month of making-do is done and the Devils survived. Now coach Brent Sutter faces another challenge - returning important players to his team without upsetting the desirable dynamic of these guys who endured on spirit, for once, a Devils team...

· DON'T CUT COPS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:01 -0500

Give Police Commissioner Ray Kelly points for going before the City Council last week and staunchly defending his boss' budgetary policies. Loyalty is important. The fact remains, however, that Mayor Bloomberg's plan to deal with the city's...

· FRIEDEN'S AIDS BLINDNESS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:22:42 -0500

Today is - as an activist-driven media blitz has been reminding the public - World AIDS Day. So it's appropriate to take stock of the status of HIV-AIDS here in New York. The results are quite troubling - and a caution to city Health...

· TODAY'S TEN: WORST MOVIES OF 2008 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:34:49 -0500

2008 had some lousy films, really lousy. Here's nypost.com's tribute to the 10 worst films of 2008. We have repeat offenders, Vin Diesel and Larry the Cable Guy, a "Saturday Night Live" alumni gone bad, and, of course, Paris Hilton. Disagree...

· IVANA TRUMP SEPARATES FROM FOURTH HUBBY Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:17:43 -0500

Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi. Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, says she filed a legal separation agreement three months ago. Trump says she kept quiet...

· TRAVIS BARKER AND DJ AM TO PERFORM Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:26:56 -0500

Punk musician Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM will perform together for the first time since the duo survived a fiery plane crash in South Carolina. The former Blink-182 drummer and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, will...

· MORE BOX FOR YOUR BUCKS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:59:27 -0500

Nothing says luxury like Tiffany's signature blue, Bendel's cheery brown and white stripes or a classic black-and-white from Barneys. But at a time when price tags can leave you glistening with anxiety - instead of holiday sparkle - the likes of...

· ALL BUSINESS IN SWAMPING 'SKINS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:27:26 -0500

LANDOVER, Md. - Much like the passes he fired through the mist and rain, Eli Manning was on target in his assessment of how the mighty Giants would handle the latest, and by far most serious, distraction caused by Plaxico Burress. "Everybody's...

· GIANTS CONSIDER PLAX PLAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:22:31 -0500

Tom Coughlin today said he had "no idea about the health status" of Plaxico Burress, who accidentally shot himself in the right thigh Friday night. This was in response to a statement by Burress' attorney, Benjamin Brafman, who said earlier in the...

· GIANTS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:03:13 -0500

A look back at the Giants 23-7 victory over the Redskins: PLAY OF THE GAME: It's been five years since Amani Toomer caught a touchdown pass longer than the 40-yarder he hauled in on the Giants first possession. Finding himself in press coverage...

· NFL POLICY ON GUN POSSESSION Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:18:26 -0500

The NFL policy on gun possession, which applies to all employees of the NFL and its teams, including players and non-players: Guns and Weapons Policy (This policy applies to all employees of the NFL and its member clubs, including players...

· OVERWHELMING WIN DISPLAYS BLUE FOCUS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:28:45 -0500

LANDOVER, Md. - This is how much the Giants missed Plaxico Burress yesterday: On their seventh play from scrimmage, Eli Manning lofted a perfectly thrown lob that plopped right into the waiting hands of Amani Toomer - who has managed to collect...

· PIERCE MUM ABOUT LINK TO PLAX SHOOTING Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:28:18 -0500

LANDOVER, Md. - It came as a surprise when the Giants, following yesterday's 23-7 victory over the Redskins, announced that Antonio Pierce would be headed to the podium to address the media. After all, Pierce is embroiled in a controversy...

· TOOMER EAGER TO GET BACK ON FIELD WITH BURRESS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:56:02 -0500

LANDOVER - Amani Toomer holds every significant Giants receiving record, but the past few years he has been supplanted by Plaxico Burress as the team's big-play threat. Still, after a dozen years with the Giants, Toomer has plenty of life remaining...

· AQUARIUS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Others may warn that if you don't sign up to a deal straight away you will lose out in the long-term, but do they really know what they are talking about? Probably not. Always trust your own inner voice. If other voices disagree, that's just too bad...

· ARIES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

If you want to do something outrageous or irrational today, go right ahead. Whatever course of action you take someone, somewhere will find cause for complaint, so you might as well give them something to grumble about. They will probably enjoy it...

· CANCER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

It's okay to be critical of people you love so long as you wrap your words in sugar coating. Whatever a partner or family member may have done wrong there is no point in making a big scene over it. A little more tolerance on your part will be...

· CAPRICORN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

You may not be the sort to indulge in wishful thinking but with one of the best aspects of the year falling in your birth sign you really ought to loosen up a bit and let your mind wander. What you dream about today could be your reality tomorrow...

· GEMINI Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Someone who feels they are in your debt wants to repay you for your kindness and generosity. You may find the situation rather embarrassing but if it makes them feel good to make you feel good where is the harm? Secretly, of course, you'll enjoy the...

· IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Can you trust your instincts? Of course you can. What they tell you may be at odds with what the rest of the world chooses to believe but over the next 12 months you will find yourself at odds with majority opinion again and again - and you'll...

· LEO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Those who expect you to put your nose to the grindstone and get on with your work are going to be disappointed, because all you want to do is play - and what a Leo wants a Leo gets one way or the other. You're allowed to have fun once in a while...

· LIBRA Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Even if you are the most level-headed of Librans you are sure to get a bit emotional today, and in the best possible way. With Venus, your ruler, on excellent cosmic terms with Jupiter, planet of excess, tears will flow - but they will be tears of...

· PISCES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

A casual friendship will develop into something much deeper over the next 24 hours as you both realize how similar you are in your outlook on life. It is certainly a meeting of minds but could it be a meeting of hearts as well? Time will tell...

· SAGITTARIUS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

A minor setback is just that - a minor setback, certainly not something you should get worked up about. The moon's eclipse of values planet Venus in the most materialistic area of your chart may take something away from you, but you'll gain a lot...

· SCORPIO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

The current planetary set-up urges you not to take life quite so seriously. That may be difficult for someone as intense and as driven as you but if you allow yourself to enjoy the lighter side of life today you'll have a guaranteed great time...

· TAURUS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

This has all the hallmarks of a wonderful day for friendships and affairs of the heart. If a love affair has not been going well of late today's Venus-Jupiter link-up will sweep away what has been troubling you and bring passion and purpose back...

· VIRGO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

You may not always be the most decisive member of the zodiac but cosmic activity in the most dynamic area of your chart will encourage you to make your feelings known today. Fortunately, they are highly positive feelings - there will be smiles all...

· GANG GREEN ALLOWS 484 YARDS IN DEFEAT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:20:43 -0500

Put those Super Bowl plans on hold. In a sloppy, mistake-filled game, the Jets lost 34-17 to the Broncos at Giants Stadium yesterday, ending their five-game winning streak and putting a stop to that New York-New York Super Bowl talk that gained...

· BRONCOS 'INJURIES' HURT JETS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:24:16 -0500

The one time the Jets got some momentum going offensively during yesterday's 34-17 loss, the Broncos broke that momentum in a strange way - by getting injured. Three Broncos stopped play by lying on the field injured on consecutive plays on a...

· CUTLER GETS THE BEST OF ELAM, DBS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:25:58 -0500

The Jets' run defense has been their heart, their porous pass coverage their Achilles heel. Denver mercilessly attacked that weakness yesterday, shredding Gang Green's secondary in a 34-17 rout at the rain-soaked Meadowlands. "Whenever you don't...

· JETS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:05:16 -0500

PLAY OF THE GAME Eric Mangini got creative for no apparent reason early in the first quarter, and it cost him. He lined up Brad Smith in the shotgun formation at their own 39 to take the direct snap. Smith rolled to his right faking an option...

· NO RAIN MAN: BRETT LOOKS ALL WET Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:27:20 -0500

WE are led to believe that it rained all night on both quarterbacks and both teams, but the Subway Super Bowl talk derailed in a hurry yesterday because the old gunslinger showed up as Wett Favre, and virtually all of his teammates resembled the...

· BETWEEN THE LINES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:47:36 -0500

THESE are depressed times economically, but you wouldn't know it by all the exclamation points in the Classified pages. "Easy Money Now!!" "$100K To Start!" "Get Rich Working at Home!!!" It's a direct correlation. As the jobless rate rises, so...

· GO TO GREG Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:01:00 -0500

Q THE company I work for recently hired a new senior manager. I do not report to this person, but I do work in IT and support an application that is used by management. Before I had any dealings with this person, the scuttlebutt at the office was...

· SEA TRAIN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:18:37 -0500

IN a sinking economy, one Jersey commuter has found a way to stay afloat - by paddling across the Hudson in a kayak to his Manhattan teaching job. Each weekday morning, while his neighbors head for buses and ferries, Sean Patch, a 29-year-old...

· WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:07:48 -0500

What does a dietetic technician do all day? Working under the supervision of a registered dietician, dietetic technicians help patients plan meals and menus that follow the dietician's guidelines. They also chart patients' progress, reporting back...

· STEPH STILL ZINGING COACH, TEAMMATES AS BUYOUT NEARS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:34:45 -0500

On the eve of today's Westchester buyout summit with team president Donnie Walsh that is expected to put an end to his turbulent five-year Knicks career, suspended Stephon Marbury yesterday took parting shots at his teammates, particularly Quentin...

· MARBURY GIVES DUHON KUDOS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:41:55 -0500

Chris Duhon, Stephon Marbury's successor at point guard, always spoke respectfully and poignantly of Marbury's exiled state. Marbury, in turn, has nothing but respect for Duhon, and said he thinks the Knicks are in good hands following Duhon's...

· US, UK, SPAIN . . . INDIA JOINS TERROR LIST Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:23:13 -0500

*** May our thoughts be with the victims of the India blasts ("Mumbai Massacre," Nov. 28). The cowards who did this will never put fear in people's lives. Instead, we march forward carrying the torch of freedom. George Hill Hillsborough, NH...

· PLAX TURNS HIMSELF IN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:16:07 -0500

Plaxico Burress was led out of a police precinct in handcuffs Monday after surrendering on a weapons possession charge, and authorities said that teammate Antonio Pierce is being investigated over his role in an accidental shooting at a Manhattan...

· 'HELL'S' BELLES! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:06 -0500

"Hell's Kitchen" star Gordon Ramsay has kept a cupboard full of off-the-menu gal pals for years, and even flaunted his infidelity in front of his wife, the chef's kiss-and-tell mistress dished yesterday. Serial homewrecker Sarah Symonds tore...

· BLOND JUSTICE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:04:07 -0500

A busty blond model who has graced the covers of dozens of romance novels created real-life melodrama at her soon-to-be ex-husband's fraud trial when she got into a catfight with his new girlfriend and allegedly threatened to cause a ruckus in the...

· BLOOMBERG SLAMS BURRESS FOR SHOOTING COVER-UP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:26:54 -0500

The NYPD first found out about Plaxico Burress' bone-headed accidental self-shooting with an illegal handgun by watching television reports more than 12 hours after it happened, Mayor Bloomberg revealed this morning during a scathing press...

· CLINTON WON'T RESIGN SENATE SEAT ... YET Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:53:57 -0500

WASHINGTON - Gov. David Paterson will have more than a month to choose a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, after her office said Monday she will not resign her Senate seat until she is confirmed as secretary of state. One prominent...

· DOLLARS TO DOUGH NUTS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:13:26 -0500

'Tis the season to give - but New Yorkers might want to think twice before opening their wallets to four area non-profits that got lousy ratings from a top charity watchdog. Celebrity magnet TJ Martell Foundation, along with Friends of Israel...

· HOT SPOT TOO HOT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:43:00 -0500

The nightclub where Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself is no stranger to gunplay. Its past even includes at least one celebrity-involved shooting that turned fatal. In December 2004, one man was shot dead and another wounded outside the...

· JOCK, STOCK AND BARREL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:02:01 -0500

Experts say pro athletes like Plaxico Burress often arm themselves - legally or illegally - to protect the sudden wealth that accompanies a sports career. "You go from a zero account balance to millions of dollars, and with that comes huge...

· LATEST CANCER TREATMENT FOR NYERS ON THE GO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:13:57 -0500

In the time that it will take you to read this story, you could have received a potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. A 72-year-old retired art director has become the first person in Manhattan to undergo the more precise, 75-second treatment...

· MED STUDENT DIES IN 'DWI' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:01 -0500

A pre-med college student home for the holidays died early yesterday when a convicted drunken driver smashed his SUV head on into the victim's convertible, Nassau County police said. University of Miami student Jason Shein, 21, was behind the...

· NEW PENALTIES FOR ILLEG-ALIENS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:19 -0500

Until now, thousands of illegal aliens deported after committing crimes didn't hesitate to sneak back into the New York area, knowing that if they were caught, their "punishment" would be a free flight home. But under a new federal policy...

· NYC SAYS BRONX HIV CAMPAIGN IS WORKING Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:58:15 -0500

The New York City Health Department says HIV testing has increased by 20 percent since the launch of a Bronx awareness campaign earlier this year. The findings were released Monday to coincide with World AIDS Day. The department says that the...

· OBAMA PLATES GIVE LI THIEVES LICENSE TO STEAL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:47:39 -0500

A Long Island Obama supporter scored vanity license plates bearing his presidential hero's name - now, if he could only use them. Jonathan Lifschutz, 50, of Great Neck, got his "OBAMA" plates from the Department of Motor Vehicles three days after...

· PLAX TURNS HIMSELF IN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:12:11 -0500

Trouble-prone Giants receiver Plaxico Burress arrived at the 17th Precinct to turn himself in after he shot himself in the leg with an illegal handgun at a Manhattan nightclub. Burress will plead not guilty at his 1 p.m. arraignment today, his...

· REESE IS THE WORD AT MOVIES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:26:52 -0500

When Americans weren't at the mall over the long weekend, they were at the movies - ticket sales were up 4 percent over last year, led by the comedy "Four Christmases." The film, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, tells the story of a...

· ROMANCE IS SHATTERED Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:13:10 -0500

A Boston University student from Long Island snapped yesterday while arguing with her engineer boyfriend - and stabbed him in the neck with a broken beer bottle at an East Village nightclub, cops said. The shocking attack left Victoria Lee, 22...

· SAMARITAN VS. 'JUSTIN' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:18:54 -0500

The former busboy suing Justin Timberlake's Upper East Side restaurant for stiffing him is the stand-up employee who happily accepted a $200 tip for returning a $200,000 watch a guest had dropped. Felipe Santiago Ramales became a symbol of...

· SCHOOLS FIXED GRADE SURVEYS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:35 -0500

More than 60 principals were urged to keep surveys rating their schools away from "toxic" students who might bring the results down, according to a smoking-gun document obtained by The Post. The surveys, completed by more than 800,000 students...

· SHOPPERS PUT WIND IN RETAILERS' SALES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:10:25 -0500

It might not be a Christmas miracle, but brisk sales of toys, electronics and clothing spurred weekend receipts that kept retailers from going over the edge - at least for now. US shoppers spent an average of $372.57 this weekend, up 7.2 percent...

· SPIKE IN CITY WELFARE ROLLS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:35 -0500

More New Yorkers signed up for welfare checks in October than in any other month this year, in keeping with an annual trend, records show. An additional 5,607 city residents enrolled in the welfare program this past October, boosting the total to...

· SUBWAYS REALLY A FARE DEAL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:48 -0500

Even when the subway and bus fare goes up from $2, New Yorkers won't get taken for a ride - at least compared with commuters in other major world cities. The predicted $2.50 fare will still be a huge bargain next to London's, where the average...

· TINA OPENS UP ABOUT FEY-MOUS SCAR Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:25:20 -0500

Tina Fey has revealed the secret behind the scar on her face - barely visible here. The beautiful funnywoman vamps it up for the January edition of Vanity Fair (below), where she and hubby Jeff Rich mond note she's never talked publicly about a...

· WATER COOLERS TAPPING OUT CITY: POLS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:08:40 -0500

Bottled water and water coolers are draining taxpayer money and should be banned from city offices, two councilmen say. "Water is one resource we have plenty of [and] is essentially free and available," Eric Gioia (D-Queens) said yesterday. He...

· WATER PLANT'S RI$ING TIDE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:14:47 -0500

Rising construction prices, design changes and a dearth of bidders have more than doubled the cost of a gigantic water-filtration plant being built 10 stories beneath a Bronx driving range, budget experts have found. The plant is now expected to...

· YOU DA H-BOMB! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:53 -0500

The future of Detroit's reeling car industry is riding on a new technology already rolling across New York City and its northern suburbs - a vehicle that uses no gas and produces only water from its tailpipe. General Motors is in the midst of a...

· NYPD DAILY BLOTTER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500

Manhattan A man ripped off a woman's fingernail during a fight that began when she started snapping pictures in their Hell's Kitchen apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Jacoby Fenner, 66, clashed with the 56-year-old woman in the...

· NYPD DAILY BLOTTER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:40:12 -0500

· 'FIT' FOR OFFICE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:13 -0500

WASHINGTON - Welcome to Charlie Rangel's personal gym. It may look cramped, but while members of Congress are forced to shoehorn office staff and equipment into windowless closets and other tiny corners of the Capitol complex, Rep. Rangel's...

· AUTISM PAIN$ FAMILIES: STUDY Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:16:49 -0500

CHICAGO - More than half a million American kids suffer from autism - and their health-care needs are placing an unprecedented financial strain on many families, national data show. Compared with parents whose kids have other chronic health...

· GOV FEELS HEAT TO FILL SEAT ASAP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:46:50 -0500

ALBANY - Gov. Paterson plans to name a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly, now that her selection as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state "appears to be inevitable." Despite adding that he was "not going to rush on what...

· MADONNA, A-ROD MEX & MINGLE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:26:40 -0500

Madonna and A-Rod's relationship has gone south - to Mexico. The pair spent yesterday in Mexico City, where Alex Rodriguez taught kids how to bat at the opening of a sports center in the destitute suburb of Nezahualcoyotl and where Madonna...

· SPECTER SET TO PLAY 'HARDBALL' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:48:02 -0500

WASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) says he's ready for a tough re-election race in 2010 - be it against MSNBC's "Hardball" host, Chris Matthews, or someone else. Specter, 78, declined to speculate on whether Matthews, 62, a native...

· VACCINES NO SHOT IN DOCS' WALLETS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:11:47 -0500

ATLANTA - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured kids may stop doing so because it's costing them money, according to a survey. And a second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for the vaccines and...

· WAL-MART HERO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:26:23 -0500

A part-time security guard trampled to death during a Black Friday stampede at a Long Island Wal-Mart died while trying to help a pregnant shopper caught in the crush, a source said yesterday. Jdimytai Damour, 34, of Queens threw himself between...

· HARRIS SIZZLES WITH 47 POINTS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:37:26 -0500

PHOENIX - They say it's better to be lucky than good. Well, last night, the Nets were lucky. And good. But Devin Harris was great. After directing the Nets to unlikely wins in Sacramento and Utah, Harris was enormous in making it three straight...

· REB DEM SNUBS TOP REPUBLICAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:19:48 -0500

THE leader of the renegade Democrats known as the "Gang of Three" has bluntly told Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that he can't back him for re-election in January. Tough-talking Brooklyn Sen. Carl Kruger, in a private meeting with Skelos...

· YOUR PAIN?! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:36 -0500

YOLANDA ROSA never thought anything could hurt as sharply as losing her little brother, Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui, to a murderer's gun. But Yolanda was furious - steaming! - to read that the mother of loser Lillo Brancato, now on trial...

· DEVILS IN MUMBAI Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:08:50 -0500

AS few as 10 terrorists armed with simple weapons tormented one of the world's most vibrant cities for three days, inflicting 500 casualties - nearly 200 of them dead. No commandeered airliners were involved; no massive bombs, no radioactive...

· THEY'RE BA-A-ACK Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:24:00 -0500

IN a recent Satur day Night Live skit, a lip-biting Bill Clinton (Darrell Hammond) told the audience, "I'm here to make a very important announcement. After the holiday, Barack Obama will officially appoint me the husband to the secretary of state...

· TOMAHAWK CHOPPED Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:25:04 -0500

FOR more than six decades, the college-football teams of Illinois and Northwestern have battled over a trophy called the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk. The winner has had the privilege of keeping the prize until it goes up for grabs the next season - one of...

· WAS THE REAL TARGET INDO-PAK PEACE? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:25:22 -0500

IN the wake of the terror attacks that killed more than 180 people (including at least six Americans) and wounded another 300 in Mumbai, India, last week, the burning question is: Who done it - and why? It's still speculative, but most fingers...

· BUCKLEYS LOVED AND LOATHED Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:21:20 -0500

CHRISTOPHER Buckley - whose famous parents, William F. and Pat Buckley, died within months of each other after 57 years of marriage - is coming out with a book about them, "Losing Mom and Pop," in May - and it isn't going to be all sweetness and...

· CLOSE COUPLES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:29:37 -0500

THE Beckhams and the Cruises are the bestest of friends. After David and Victoria went with Tom to see Katie Holmes on Broadway last Wednesday, the families took Horse-carriage rides, caravan style, through Central Park on Thanksgiving. The next...

· CLUB KING: LILLO A 'GOOD KID' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:27:18 -0500

NO matter how hated Lillo Brancato is, one man stands up for the actor accused in the murder of Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui in The Bronx in 2005. Plumm nightclub owner Noel Ashman says, "I believe him to be a very good kid. He's like a...

· DIRECTOR ACTS LIKE A DOPE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:21:54 -0500

DIRECTOR David Fincher is not helping his movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" with his imperious ways. "We are working our asses off trying to get Oscar nominations, and he is so abusive that it's crushing," said an insider at Paramount...

· EASY ON SARAH Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:33:02 -0500

TINA Fey feels no remorse over her impersonation of Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live." "I never did feel that we were mean to her," Fey tells Barbara Walters on "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008," airing Thursday on ABC. "We stuck to a...

· ENDQUOTE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:24:49 -0500

"I WAS accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera. A guy in Germany started ranting that at me" - Elvis Costello in Spin. . . "I'VE heard so many people say, so many times: 'You're this year's It Girl!' And I'm like, 'You said...

· FAMILY FLAW Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:39:36 -0500

PETER O'Toole had a booze problem - and, now, so does his daughter. Kate O'Toole, who plays Lady Salisbury in "The Tudors," was banned from driving for three years last week after admitting to drunken driving in Ireland. A court heard that the...

· HARSH READ ON NUDE KATE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:37:12 -0500

DOES "The Reader" trivialize the Holocaust? The upcoming Weinstein Co. movie, directed by Stephen Daldry, stars Kate Winslet as a Nazi concentration camp guard accused of incinerating 300 Jews, and is being pushed for Oscar consideration. But the...

· LOANS HIS TOOLS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:22:46 -0500

'TIS the season, and what kid rocker wouldn't dream of playing Lou Reed's electric blue Strat? Reed (above), who will discuss his legendary album and film "Berlin" Saturday at the 92nd Street Y's new TriBeCa venue, has loaned the arts-and-culture...

· SEAN MILKS IT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:26:38 -0500

JAMES Franco says Sean Penn pushed the gay sex scenes in "Milk" further than he expected. "In the original script I read, there was only one real kissing scene," Franco tells next month's Elle. "A month after [director] Gus [Van Sant] asked me to...

· SIGHTINGS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:23:23 -0500

NORMAN Siegel, head of the Constitution-contorting ACLU, strengthening his own constitution with workouts at Reebok Sports Club . . . CEDRIC the Entertainer challenging Anthony Anderson to a game of billiards at the Hennessy after-party for...

· STILL FLUSH Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:27:47 -0500

IF you catch Lars Ulrich lurking around men's rooms these days, there's a good reason. The hard-partying Metallica drummer, who gave up snorting cocaine a few years back, misses the camaraderie of a good snorting session. "Two guys in a bathroom...

· TWISTED CICCONE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:35:13 -0500

MADONNA'S brother is about to unleash murder and mayhem. Christopher Ciccone will follow up his Madge-trashing memoir, "Life With My Sister Madonna," by directing his first movie, "Twist." It's a gory teen thriller about a serial killer running...

· WE HEAR . . . Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:49 -0500

THAT Martha Stewart, Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman and Donald Trump are being honored by Avenue magazine Thursday in the Park Avenue Armory at the opening of the Avenue-Wendy Antique & Art Show chaired by Claude Wasserstein, Julie Dannenberg and...

· BILL GRILL FIRED UP FOR HILL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:35:09 -0500

Hillary Rodham Clinton will face tough grilling about her husband's foreign fund-raising before she becomes secretary of state, the top Republican on the Senate committee that will quiz her said yesterday. Sen. Richard Lugar said "legitimate...

· OBAMA NOMINATES CLINTON, WILL KEEP ROBERT GATES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:45:03 -0500

CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama announced former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for secretary of state Monday and also said he would keep Robert Gates as defense minister as the incoming administration seeks to wind down the U...

· WARNINGS ABOUND IN BLUESHIRT BUMMER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:47:47 -0500

It would be a mistake to declare that the sky is falling on top of the Rangers in the wake of yesterday afternoon's 4-0 defeat to the 28th-overall Panthers. But it would be an even greater blunder for coach Tom Renney to ignore the alarm bells...

· 'AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:20:32 -0500

WE'RE here today to mourn the death of an old prime- time friend: The catch phrase. Back when there were only three networks, it seemed barely a week went by without a zinger like "Dyn-o-mite!" ("Good Times"), "Two wild and crazy guys!"...

· HOMEMADE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:03:10 -0500

WHEN my daughter was little, she decided to videotape her grandmother - my mom - cooking her favorite recipes while she told family stories of growing up on a ranch in Colorado and then in Brooklyn. Great thing for a kid to come up with - and...

· LOOKING FOR NEXT OPRAH Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:01:09 -0500

CBS says it is hunting for someone to replace Oprah, if she quits her show in 2011 when her current contract is up. "Whether Oprah stayed or doesn't stay, it's our obligation - if we are conducting our business properly - to identify people who...

· STARR REPORT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:04:11 -0500

The sounds of music Ch. 13 offers a little bit of dance and song tonight, with "Finding Billy Elliot," a back stage look at the casting of the Broadway musical, airing from 8 to 9:30 p.m. (in-be tween programming breaks). That's followed from 9...

· A CRACKERJACK PRODUCTION Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:30:17 -0500

NEW York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker" is back for its annual monthlong season, potently blending states of reality in ways that only ballet can. What seems like a perfectly normal Christmas Eve party in a comfortable 19th-century home starts...

· DOESN'T CATCH THE LUNACY OF HELLER CLASSIC Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:04:57 -0500

J.D. Salinger apparently had it right: His rule of refusing all requests to dramatize "The Catcher in the Rye" should probably be applied to "Catch-22" as well. The failed attempts to adapt Joseph Heller's classic 1961 anti-war novel include...

· WEIRD BUT TRUE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:19:54 -0500

A Chinese man woke his wife from a 10-year coma by biting her toes. The hubby said he had tried everything since his wife of 27 years sustained a head injury a decade ago, including playing loud music and tickling her. But the gentle nibbling...

· ART NOT DRAWING AT CHRISTIE'S Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:58 -0500

HONG KONG - Half of the lots in Christie's auction of Asian contemporary and 20th-century art went unsold yesterday, reflecting a cooling Chinese-art market amid the bleak global economic outlook. Only 56 percent of the 32 lots of Asian...

· CHILD OF SLAIN JEWISH COUPLE LEAVES FOR ISRAEL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:21 -0500

JERUSALEM - The 2-year-old orphan found drenched in the blood of his parents at the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai left India on Monday on an Israeli Air Force jet, accompanied by the Indian woman who rescued him. Moshe Holtzberg's parents...

· INDIA DEMANDS 'STRONG ACTION' FROM PAKISTAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:07 -0500

MUMBAI, India -- India demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour siege that left at least 172 people dead, as new details emerged Monday about the gunmen and the survival training that enabled them to thwart Indian...

· NIGERIA NIGHTMARE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:14:21 -0500

JOS, Nigeria - Residents yesterday continued to carry bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes between Christian and Muslim gangs to about 400. The ethnic and religious rivals have...

· PIRATES ATTEMPT ATTACK ON CRUISE SHIP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:34:03 -0500

A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. The Nautica, an Oceania cruise ship was carrying 690 American, British and Australian...

· FACE DEADLINE TODAY ON ANDY ARBITRATION Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:48:45 -0500

The Yankees will be forced into a decision before midnight tonight, one they didn't believe was an issue two months ago: Whether to offer Andy Pettitte arbitration. At the end of an unacceptable 2008 season in which the Yankees didn't reach...

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