Plaxico Burress wants the damn ball, for sure, but also understands he is making an impact on the Giants' offense without it. Perhaps a contributing factor to the Giants' bludgeoning running attack is that opponents are so focused on ensuring...

The more Sumner Redstone says that debt renegotiations at National Amusements are going smoothly, the more Wall Street believes they aren't. As Redstone repeated yesterday that National Amusements' discussions with banks about its debt are going...

The world is in for an extended period of sluggish growth as the financial crisis morphs into an economic one, said David Bonderman, founder of private-equity firm TPG Inc. "The crisis in the economy is just beginning to be felt,"

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo slapped Bank of America with a subpoena demanding information about executives' bonuses topping $250,000 going back two years after getting an "entirely inadequate" response to an earlier request, a source said...

AFTER some rocky previews, marred by a sluggish hydraulic set and overly thick accents, "Billy Elliot" opened last night, proving itself the best gift from Britain since Harry Potter. This tale of a motherless coal miner's son who was born

OTTAWA - Josh Bailey and Kyle Okposo - a couple of key first-round draft picks - sparked the Islanders' struggling power play and helped the team to a much-needed win. Okposo and Trent Hunter scored power-play goals, and Joey MacDonald

THE Philadelphia TV news scandal we told you about last month is heating up. Former WCAU-TV anchor Vince DeMentri claims in court papers that the station unfairly canned him last summer over a steamy affair with newsgal Lori Delgado, who

As much as James Butler enjoyed the perspective of watching his team on television last week, the Giants' safety said he isn't eager for a return to the couch on Sunday when his team plays host to the Ravens. Butler

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Herm Edwards leans back in his chair and imagines his daughter bringing a boyfriend home to meet the family in 20 years or so. "He goes, 'Say, aren't you the guy who picked up the fumble?'"

WASHINGTON, DC - US lawmakers put banks on the defensive yesterday, chastising them for not using billions of dollars from the Treasury Department to lend to consumers and businesses and threatening to legislate if improvements aren't made. "If...

AFTER being unplugged from the rock concert circuit for the last eight years, AC/DC was electrifying at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. The Aussie heavyweights made up for lost time with an over-the-top concert that made the stage antics of...

WASHINGTON -- Consumers, taking a beating from the worst financial crisis in seven decades, cut back sharply on their spending in October, pushing retail sales down by a record amount. As President George W. Bush and other world leaders gathered...

Vietnam-era radical Bill Ayers says he knows President-elect Barack Obama no better than thousands of other people in Chicago. In an interview Friday morning on ABC's "Good Morning America," Ayers distanced himself from Obama. Ayers said - for...

IF Ingmar Bergman and Wes Anderson some how collaborated on a movie together, I'd guess their sensibilities would yield something like Arnaud Desplechin's darkly hilarious, brilliantly acted "A Christmas Tale." The setting is a rambling French...

The troupe that sparked a worldwide entertainment phenomenon as an exuberant trio of bald - and bright blue - performance artists is seeking to light a similar fire in the classroom. The creators of the off-Broadway hit Blue Man Group

Cash-strapped college students fear they'll be hitting the road instead of the books, thanks to Gov. Paterson's proposal to hike CUNY and SUNY tuition by $600 a year. "That's the worst news I've heard in a while," said Lilliana Ramnath,

I am disgusted by the fact that Eliot Spitzer is not going to be facing federal charges for his sock-wearing escapades ("Off the Hooker," Nov. 7). There are clear violations of numerous laws by the person most trusted to uphold

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - When the end arrived at last, it brought silence to this place that has seen such football wonders across the past few years. For most of the previous 15 minutes, Gillette Stadium had been a raucous, ribald

IT might almost be over between former HBO original programming president Chris Albrecht and his fiancée, Karla Jensen. An insider told Page Six, "They broke up like two weeks ago. She moved out of the house and he is already

Trial has begun for a former television host who prosecutors say had the "selfishness, arrogance and recklessness" to try to parachute from New York City's Empire State Building 2 and a half years ago. Jeb Corliss of Malibu, Calif., was