February 14, 2007
Yet another sign strike against capitalism
Joe Francis, the president of his fraternity's AV club, Girls Gone Wild, is launching a clothing line under the same name. That is, if Cancun and San Padre Island aren't...
Starting Pitching Thin for Yanks
By GEORGE KINGThe first day of Yankee workouts put the focus on how thin the club is in starting pitching. Yankee pitchers and catchers sweat together for the first time...
METS PREDICTION OF THE WEEK
By MARK HALEThose of you who checked out the winter meetings blog will recall that I did multiple "Mets predictions of the day" -- among them was that the Mets...
Hit or miss
Valentineâs Day is a time to savor the ones you love â showing them with gifts, flowers, cards or even just an acknowledgement of greatness. It is also a time...
What if ...
⦠Wrestling and "SpongeBob" (and other cartoons) had never been invented. Hereâs what this weekâs cable TV ratings would look like. Mr. Monk bags the top spot1. âMonkâ (USA) 4,856,000...
CAMP HAS BEGUN
by MARK HALERight now I'm in the Mets clubhouse on the minor league side. The players who are here -- they include David Wright and Philip Humber and not many...
UPDATE: New Orleans
If you're headed to Mardi Gras and wondering if there's anything left to New Orleans, check out this excellent map that shows where exactly this week's tornadoes did their business...
DAY 5: Torre's Missing Question
The most interesting thing about report day, Tuesday, was a question not asked. Maybe it was about the long wait. Traditionally on this first day of camp, the organizationâs power...
V-Day Special
If the new Hugh Grant-Drew Barrymore rom-com "Music and Lyrics'' (my review is here) doesn't fill your cinematic romantic needs today, you might want to consider a pair of romantic...
Trash Talk
By KEVIN KERNAN Got an email from Anna Benson talking about how special it was when Kris and her recently renewed their wedding vows in Atlanta and how the party...
LIVEBLOG/NEVIS: Welcome to Monkey Island!
courtesy of Nevis Tourism Authority Through Monday, contributing writer Chris Bunting brings you reports from the emerald isle of Nevis. There's a great chance you've never heard of the Caribbean...
ALABAMA - THE YELLOWHAMMER STATE
Alabama became our nation's 22nd state on Dec. 14, 1819. The capital is Montgomery. ALABAMA, which covers 52,423 square miles, was home to the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Native American...
GOOD GOLLY, IT'S A HIT 'FOLLIES'
THE Encores! concert version of "Follies" that ran over the weekend has jolted Broadway out of its midwinter slump. Not since "Chicago" came roaring out of City Center 10 years...
BIONIC WOMAN IS BACK
NBC is rebuilding "The Bionic Woman." The show, from one of the producers of the new "Battlestar Galactica," is a re-imagining of the popular 1970s show. It will feature British...
YOU'VE GOT JAIL
'AMERICAN Idol" star Kellie Pickler's dad is back behind bars. Clyde "Bo" Pickler Jr. has been charged for attacking his new wife, Danielle, with a steak knife. He was arrested...
PAUL ROOM 'STAR'
PAUL McCartney's es tranged wife, Heather Mills wants to be on "Dancing with the Stars." Mills, the one-legged former fashion model who is embroiled in a nasty divorce with the...
CHARLIE ON TOP
STRONG lead-ins from local ABC stations, coupled with a handful of high-profile stories, landed ABC's "World News" in first place last week for the first time since Charles Gibson was...
HANNAH MONTANA TOURS
THE Disney Channel's Queen of Tween, "Hannah Montana" may be heading out on tour again and could be in a movie soon. On the show, Miley Cyrus (the daughter of...
STARR REPORT
'Today's' man Tiki Barber said it was a no- brainer choosing NBC's "Today" show (see Sports, page 88) to launch his TV ca reer - despite months of nego tiating...
FAMILIAR TUNE, SORT OF CATCHY
IT'S Valentine's Day and some of you are probably looking to celebrate with a romantic comedy, so I'll try to be as upbeat as possible about "Music and Lyrics," which...
LAW AND DISORDER
JUDGE Judy's courtroom was never like this. The trial in "Bamako," written and directed by crit ics' favorite Abderrahmane Sissako, is being held in the courtyard of a house in...
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
IF you've ever ordered wine at the new Russian Tea Room but didn't get it until you had eaten half your meal, there's a good reason: No one could find...
WANT TO KNOW A SECRET?
THAT Big Mac you just ate could have the calorie count of a stick of celery - if you want it to. You just have to think about it really,...
GO LIKE HOTCAKES
COLD, sleet, snow. As if another excuse were needed to tear into a pile of comfort food, here it is: Tues day, a k a Fat Tuesday, is also Pancake...
V-DAY OPPORTUNITY IN STORM
SO it's Valentine's Day and you haven't booked a table? You could be in luck. It's the second-biggest day of the year for restaurants, with reservations filled weeks ahead. But...
JUST OPENED
* Westville East173 Avenue A at 11th Street(212) 677-2933Starters: $5 to $10; sandwiches and mains: $8 to $18 Westville comes east to Alphabet City with its fresh take on American...
50 LATINOS LOOKING FOR LOVE
We scoured the city and beyond to find the hottest latino and Latina singles and the results are in. We found a stylish Mexican DJ, a hunky chef who wants...
CAD CUPID FACES RAP IN ID THEFT OF EX-LOVE
Instead of an arrow, a man named Cupid put a dagger straight through his former lover's heart - figuratively - stealing her money and identity while she was stationed in...
COCKER SHOCKER
A couple's nightmare had a fairy-tail ending yesterday after their cocker spaniel - who was nabbed at gunpoint from the hubby by a pair of serial dognappers - was found...
MIKE IN $1B PLEA TO D.C.
Declaring it was time to settle thousands of lawsuits stemming from the World Trade Center attack, Mayor Bloomberg called on Washington yesterday to establish a new victims-compensation fund with $1...
HEROES WORRY OVER BAD NEWS
Advocates for ailing World Trade Center responders worried yesterday that the inaccurate account of Police Officer Cesar Borja's work at Ground Zero could hurt the real heroes who showed up...
LOTTO COP PATROLLING EASY $TREET
A lucky NYPD patrol sergeant in Brooklyn can stop writing parking tickets and start writing his own ticket after winning a $3 million instant-lottery prize, state officials announced yesterday. Valentine's...
SEE A HORNY RHINOCEROS
Birds do it, bees do it - and for $50 you can watch. Welcome to "Jungle Love," an after-hours, adults-only event where curious couples can explore the mysteries of creature...
KILLER'S NEW SLICE OF LIFE
Ben Odierno, the millionaire landlord who fatally stabbed his wife at least 24 times as they argued over divorce in the couple's Upper East Side townhouse, was acquitted of her...
SNOW TO MAKE APPLE SLUSHY
Brace yourself - things are going to be snowy and extremely sloppy today and tomorrow, forecasters say. We can expect up to 3 inches of snow in the city, but...
61% RIDING 'STEAMROLL' BANDWAGON
ALBANY - New York voters overwhelmingly approve of Gov. Spitzer's "steamroller"-style of dealing with the Legislature and the new state comptroller, a new poll yesterday showed. The Quinnipiac University poll...
DINAPOLI 'THRAX SCARE
ALBANY - New state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver received a death threat yesterday in a letter sent to the comptroller's office that contained a powdery substance....
POLS HEAR PARENTS RAGE AT ROUTES OF ALL EVIL
Parents outraged by the school-bus mess unleashed their anger on the City Council yesterday, testifying that the route changes have been senseless, chaotic, inconvenient and unsafe. Joyce Brown, 39, said...
U-TURN BY BUS BUMBLERS
Two weeks after drastically overhauling city school-bus routes, education officials admitted yesterday they still have no idea how many students lost service - and are revisiting two controversial rules that...
CUNY TESTS ON HOLY DAY
A group of state and city legislators are complaining to City University that final exams this year are scheduled during the Jewish holiday of Shavuoth. Because the tests are set...
'PLAYGROUND OF FUTURE' WINS CITY OK
Imagination Playground - a multimillion-dollar futuristic site that will boast paid city workers whose sole duty is to play with kids - scaled a final hurdle yesterday, winning approval from...
BOY, 4, STRUCK & KILLED BY HUMMER IN B'KLYN
A 4-year-old Brooklyn boy who "could always make you smile" was struck and killed by a Hummer yesterday as he walked home from nursery school with his aunt, officials said....
MEDIC-TRAGEDY SUIT
The family of a deceased woman has sued an ambulette company, saying workers left her wheelchair unlocked at the top of a ramp - sending it catapulting to the sidewalk...
'BUTCHER SIGNED IN BLOOD'
It's as if the murderer signed his name - indelibly - in his victim's blood. Manhattan prosecutors are hoping that as early as today, a jury will look at a...
'DIAMOND' DOG SPARKLES
There was just one American idol last night - a handsome Virginian with a great temperament, a ton of heart and now, the silver bowl awarded for Best in Show...
BROOKLYN WATER WORKS
The city's latest vision for a 1.6-mile waterfront esplanade stretching from Greenpoint to Williamsburg is filled with boat launches, wetland preserves, picnic grounds, kayaking areas, ball fields, gardens and dog...
GAL RECOUNTS 'SEX SLAVE' HORROR
A woman confronted the man she says kept her for two years as his S&M sex slave - testifying in Brooklyn federal court yesterday that he tortured her with knives...
L.I. GIRL'S DWI KILLER LOSES BID FOR RETRIAL
A drunken driver who killed a 7-year-old flower girl on her way home from her aunt's wedding lost his bid to weasel out of a murder conviction yesterday, because a...
MASS. BUST IN BX. MA SLAY
Authorities in Massachusetts nabbed a suspect in the murder of a Bronx mom who died luring an armed woman away from her infant son, cops said yesterday. Maria Rios, 43,...
PLAN FOR PEDI-CAP IRKS FREEWHEELING FAN BASE
Dozens of pedicab proponents rallied in front of City Hall yesterday, sporting hats that urged "no cap" - in protest of a proposed limit on the number of bicycle rickshaws...
EXTRA $1B FOR NO.7 IMPERILS 2ND AVE.
Extending the 7 train to the Javits Center could cost nearly $1 billion more than expected, which could jeopardize other MTA expansion projects such as the Second Avenue Subway, Assemblyman...
ART DEALER SUES OVER PICASS-NO
A Manhattan art dealer has filed a $5 million suit against collectors who, she says, sold her a bogus Picasso. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Chantal Park says...
SHOT COP HOME
More than 100 cops applauded a wounded comrade yesterday as he left the hospital - three days after he was shot, police say, by a thug whose officer wife tried...
BOY, 13, IN SODOMY BUST
A 13-year-old Long Island boy yesterday surrendered to cops to face charges that he sodomized a male classmate with a drumstick. The suspect, who is not being identified by police...
CLUB FIGHT BREWS
The NYPD wants to crack down on violence in nightclubs by changing the law to allow cops to shut down a bar or club based on a charge of murder...
$300M BRIBE GETS KIM TO NIX NUKES
North Korea agreed to shut down its nuclear program in exchange for up to $300 million in foreign aid, according to details of the historic pact revealed yesterday. As a...
PACT WOULD AID PARTY-BOY $ON
The North Korea nuke deal got a boost from U.S. assurances that Washington would look into the frozen bank accounts of despot Kim Jong Il's son in the younger man's...
BILL SNARES OBAMA GUY
Former President Bill Clinton helped his wife, Hillary, secure a key endorsement from an African-American leader who was being courted by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. South Carolina state Sen. Robert...
TEARFUL TUSSLE ON IRAQ
A congressman who had been held captive as a prisoner of war in Vietnam left a Republican leader in tears yesterday amid an emotional House debate on the Iraq War....
NAME-DROP COP MADE 911 CALL
"Uh, huh," was all a police dispatcher said after learning that a "white female" who had stopped breathing in a Florida hotel room was blond stunner Anna Nicole Smith. The...
VERY 'PERSONAL' PIX MISSING
NASSAU, Bahamas - Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend yesterday revealed one reason he is so upset over what was swiped from his lover's home after her death: The items included digital...
GHOUL FOOLS
First it was her baby - now it's her corpse. Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mom, Svengali-like boyfriend and an ex-lover yesterday prepared for yet another court battle - this time...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* Cops say David Kinlock (pictured), 38, has been lurking in hospitals and at least one university to snatch cash, credit cards, and checkbooks from unattended purses and wallets. He...
MOMS MAD AS HELL AT ARROGANT DUNCES
FLORENCE Burrell has no car, no wealth and no voice in this city. What she has is a 10-year-old daughter who is - according to the boneheads who run our...
'HUNG JURY' A RISKY LIBBY TACTIC
FORMER high-ranking White House aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby and his team dropped the big surprise yesterday on the Washington courtroom where he's fighting for his freedom this week. They're calling...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 671; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 5626; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 939; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 3403;...
OBAMA, AGAIN
Quite an introduction Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is getting to the campaign trail. And quite an introduction America is getting to Obama. One moment it's a feud with Australian Prime...
DEATH OF A MYTH
For days, the dramatic story gripped the nation: Cesar Borja, a retired NYPD officer who had worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, died of pulmonary fibrosis just hours before his...
MIDEAST MIRAGE
SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jerusalem next Monday. Israelis aren't waiting for the event...
PBA'S BEEF WITH CITY: MEASLY PAY FOR COPS
THE ISSUE: The PBA's role in negotiating starting salaries for NYPD rookies. PBA President Pat Lynch is doing what he was elected to do ("Lynch-ing the Rookies," Editorial, Feb. 12)....
KID GLOVES FOR SMITH NEWS
THE ISSUE: Anna Nicole Smith's death and the paternity case of her daughter Dannielynn. The headline, "Who's Yer Daddy!" (Feb. 10) is in poor taste. Show some respect for the...
FLOORED: 43 MORE BOFA SPECIALISTS CUT
Another round of steep job cuts at Bank of America Specialists brought the New York Stock Exchange a step closer to the end of its trading-floor era. BAS laid off...
FREEDOM RING$
Fresh off its acquisition of the largest collection of office towers in the nation, the Blackstone Group has set its sights on the Freedom Tower, The Post has learned. Blackstone...
STAR EDITOR DOLCE AXED
JOE Dolce is out as editor-in-chief of Star and his replacement will be Candace Trunzo, a celebrity-dirt-digging editor who has worked at the National Enquirer and the Globe, sources told...
OLD ADS DON'T DIE; THEY LIVE AS ICONS
Orville Redenbacher died in 1995 after years of appearing in ads for his top-selling popcorn, yet there he was last month, with his trademark bow tie and folksy demeanor, starring...
JUDGE SCOLDS TIMES REPORTER
A federal judge publicly admonished a New York Times reporter for helping set up a scheme to reveal sealed court documents about Eli Lilly's controversial anti-schizophrenia drug. Lilly has paid...
IT PAX A PUNCH; ION INVESTORS' BID MAY KNOCK OUT NBC UNIVERSAL
Disgruntled investors in Ion Media Networks, owner of the family-friendly TV network formerly known as PAX, are planning a rival buyout bid for the troubled company that could wipe out...
SEC KILLS PROBE OF GRADIENT
The Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping its investigation into Gradient Analytics, an embattled independent research shop accused of deliberately skewing its research to benefit short-sellers. The SEC's move is...
A HANDSHAKE DEAL
IT took the Macklowes three weeks of intense round-the-clock due diligence to pull together their purchase of eight premier office buildings from Blackstone. Speaking at the Young Mens'/Womens' Real Estate...
NYMEX EYES MX
The New York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest energy market, is close to buying a 10 percent stake in the Montreal Exchange (MX), Canada's oldest stock exchange and a rapidly...
LANCE SITS OUT LINCOLN VICTORY
On Saturday night in Trenton, Lance Stephenson had the game everyone was waiting for him to have since he entered Lincoln 18 months ago. The 6-4 sophomore led the Railsplitters...
BRIGGS TITLE DEFENSE KO'D
Shannon Briggs won't be able to defend his WBO heavyweight title at the Garden on March 10 after being diagnosed with a case of walking pneumonia. Briggs was to defend...
TOUGH PICKIN'S FOR NCAA BIDS
YOU don't even have to listen closely to hear it - the blatant campaigning that begins to build at this part of the year. Forget Hillary, Barack and Rudy. They're...
WEATHER KOS AQUEDUCT
With a winter weather advisory for the tri-state area in effect until tonight, NYRA officials decided to cancel racing and simulcasting at Aqueduct today. Live cards at Monticello, Beulah Park,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Iverson to miss All-Star Game Seattle's Ray Allen and Utah's Mehmet Okur were chosen yesterday as injury replacements for the All-Star Game. With Steve Nash (shoulder) and Allen Iverson...
MADDEN OUT, DOWD TAPPED
In the New NHL, old NHLers still can prove real bargains to the wise shopper. One of those savvy purchases is the insurance the Devils will use tonight in place...
QUITTIN' TOM
Giants fans may have been able to see Tiki Barber in Big Blue's huddle for another season, if not for the physical beating he received playing under head coach Tom...
REESE-TORATION PLAN CALLS FOR 'BACKER BOOST
A day after making his initial imprint one to remember, first-year general manager Jerry Reese sounded confident the Giants are in solid shape to improve the roster via free agency....
KOBE BUSTERS
LOS ANGELES - No tainted win this time. The Knicks did it against Kobe Bryant, on the road and with old grit that should make old Knick Phil Jackson proud....
BUSS: I WASN'T ONLY PHIL FACTOR
LOS ANGELES - Isiah Thomas is convinced Phil Jackson would have become the Knicks coach in the summer of 2005 if not for his love affair with Lakers vice president...
NO TRADE SHOW
LOS ANGELES As this is Isiah Thomas' fourth trading deadline as Knicks chief, he already has three strikes. Perhaps that's the best reason to feel not so glum that he...
PEDRO IN CAMP, GUNNING FOR MIDSEASON RETURN
PORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez's right shoulder didn't have any huge telling scars when he showed it to reporters yesterday. Not only is there nothing too noticeable, but Martinez...
BETTER WAIT THAN NEVER
PORT ST. LUCIE - As a smiling Pedro Martinez finished up a portrait with a Post photographer in the warm Florida sun yesterday, the Mets pitcher lifted himself out of...
DUANER'S 1ST REHAB STINT 'WEIRD'
PORT ST. LUCIE - Rehab for Duaner Sanchez has been "weird," he says, because he hadn't been injured before suffering his separated right shoulder last year. But his first rehab...
THE MISSING STINK
When Nenad Krstic was lost, there still were expectations. When Richard Jefferson went down, there still was hope. But when Jason Kidd went out, there was nothing but a beating...
WILLIAMS LEARNING HIS LESSON
It was Marcus Williams' first NBA start, and he picked a heckuva star to serve as understudy to: Jason Kidd. It was rough going early for the promising rookie, but...
HEAT'S ON HENRIK AS WEEKES IS HURT
Any talk of resting Henrik Lundqvist might be a moot point now. The Rangers goalie has started 11 straight games and 44 this season - and there may be no...
LAME DUCK TORRE SAYS HE'LL MANAGE
TAMPA - With New York bracing for its initial winter storm, Joe Torre's endless summer of questions concerning his future opened at Legends Field yesterday. Entering his 12th season skippering...
LAST HURRAH FOR THESE YANKEES
TAMPA - It was the clubhouse attendants slipping in Jose Veras' nameplate above the spring-training locker that for so long housed Bernie Williams. It was in congenitally non-controversial Mariano Rivera...
JORGE GOES TO BAT FOR MO, BERNIE
TAMPA - Jorge Posada didn't hesitate to accentuate Mariano Rivera's importance to the Yankees' long-term future. "Does he deserve a deal?" Posada said repeating a question about Rivera after a...
RIVERA AWAITING GM'S PITCH
TAMPA - Mariano Rivera a Red Sox? It could happen. Sitting in his car outside Legends Field yesterday, Rivera was asked by The Post if he could be Boston's closer...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
"Sooner or later, Bullwinkle is going to stomp somebody." So says Police Chief Mark Lockwood of Sandpoint, Idaho, where as many as five moose have moved into the town, prompting...
Isiah steps up big in L.A.
By MARC BERMANLOS ANGELES - Isiah Thomas coached a great game tonight - from his defensive game plan against Kobe Bryant to his substitution on the Lakers' final play with...
Torre
By GEORGE KINGThe Yankees are dancing with death when it comes to allowing Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada to become free agents after the season and letting Joe Torre work...
When TV is not Enough: DVD Releases
Itâs like reruns, without the commercials: TV series released on DVD today.âBeauty and the Beastâ Season OneLinda Hamiltonâs Catherine has one up on Sarah Jessica Parkerâs Carrie Bradshaw when comparing...