April 24, 2007
Sole Redemption
Finding a great shoe that hasn't thrown up all over the hooves of every girl in Gotham (and sometime girls) is like grabbing the brass ring. Either you can give...
BREAKING: Southwest on Kayak?
super-awesome high-tech graphic by David NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT! Kayak is one of the reasons the internet's so fun nowadays. Why play around on, say, Travelocity alone when...
John Woo's Woes
"The Battle of Red Cliff,'' John Woo's return to Asia after an often-disappointing stint in Hollywood, isn't going as well as the action director would like. The Guardian of London...
Kobe Bryant in pinstripes
By GEORGE KINGIt's August and season-long pitching woes have buried the Yankees in the AL East. Yet, there is a reason to watch George Steinbrenner's underachievers. And it's Alex Rodriguez'...
Deal of the Day
Loehmann's online via smartbargains.com has a great deal on this cheery and effortless yellow sundress from Ben Sherman.Made from a lightweight cotton, this drawstring sack is the ultimate in summer...
More on Pedro and Fernando
By MARK HALE Some of my notebook today ended up getting cut but here's some more information on the two key Martinezes in the Met organization -- Fernando and Pedro.As...
LIVEBLOG/TOKYO: Singing trains
Hear the birds? Piped in for your pleasure. Weird. Awesome, also.footage by Jason Cochran
LIVEBLOG/TOKYO: On top of the Ritz
Jason Cochran Who knows why, but it took years for the most recognizable of the luxury hotel brands to hang a shingle in Tokyo. Used to be, if you needed...
Conference Semis Picks
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I was six-for-eight with my first round playoff selections, a .750 winning percentage. The only two series I was wrong about...
Mr. Game 7
Trevor Linden may not have come up huge in game seven against the Rangers in 1994, but he sealed the deal last night in Vancouver. Captain Canuck, as he's called...
Quis custodiet ipsos 'Heroes'?
Like many comic book fans, I've been waiting 20 years for someone to turn Alan Moore's "Watchmen" into a movie (while simultaneously dreading what Hollywood might do to it). So...
Imagine a world without Lagerfeld
Back in 1977, the German terrorist group Baader-Meinhof (Red Army Faction) planned to kidnap Karl Lagerfeld as part of a twisted plot to convince the government to free incarcerated members...
OUTLOOK: The new Khartoum
Dubai? No - try Sudan. (via Al-SunutSpeaking of major mixed-use developments, you've probably never been to Khartoum (just a wild guess!) but if you have, prepare to see it in...
CALIFORNIA - THE GOLDEN STATE
Known for its giant sequoias, infamous earthquakes and movie stars, California joined the Union on Sept 9, 1850 as the 31st state. It's the third largest, covering 155,973 miles. The...
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
THE CLOTHING DESIGNER Sarah, 33 Salary estimate: $65,000 Job: "We source vintage clothing from around the world to stock our boutique. We use vintage clothing as inspiration for our own...
'HEROES' PULLS RUG FROM UNDER 'WATCHMEN'
AFTER helming the surprise Spartan war smash "300," director Zack Snyder could write his own ticket in Hollywood. So he did what any comic book fan would. For his next...
CRUCIFIX-IN' FOR TROUBLE
ANYONE who's followed Tori Amos' career would hardly be shocked that "American Doll Posse" - due in stores next Tuesday - is sometimes political, often personal and totally provocative. Just...
MPFREES
Patti Smith, "Gimme Shelter" Though it's been 30 years since Smith released her seminal record "Horses," she's remained relevant and respected. And just after being inducted into the Rock and...
STARR REPORT
Trumped up Larry King will make a guest appearance on the May 7 episode of NBC's "Deal or No Deal" - surprising a con testant "in a most unexpected manner,"...
ELLEN STEPS IN
RYAN Seacrest is sharing the "American Idol" spotlight with Ellen DeGeneres tomorrow. DeGeneres, who hosted the Oscars earlier this year, was recruited at the last minute to help emcee the...
LETTERMAN GOES 'LIVE'
DAVID Letterman will make a rare appearance off of his own show to be Regis Philbin's first guest when he returns to "Live! With Regis & Kelly" Thursday morning. Philbin,...
KATIE CRACKS
CBS has quietly begun looking for a face-saving way to move Katie Couric off the evening news after the 2008 presidential elections, according to an explosive report published yesterday. "It's...
COURIC CAN'T OUTGROW HER BIG PROBLEM
WHETHER Katie Couric can change direction and get off the Jane Pauley highway to anonymity remains the question of the week. It didn't help that while Katie was at Virginia...
TWO MORE CBS DJS IN DUTCH
DJs JV and Elvis have been suspended "until further notice" over a prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant last Friday. The duo's show, "The Dog House with JV &...
SPIDEY WORKS 'BLACK' MAGIC IN '3'
OH, WHAT a tangled web does "Spider-Man 3" weave. Overly long and complicated, it's packed with crowd-pleasing moments and satisfactorily wraps up the trilogy - without quite capturing the magic...
BYPASS BEATS BALLOON
WHEN Regis Philbin retakes his throne Thursday morning, the undisputed king of midmorning TV will be feted by consort Kelly, and millions of adoring fans who've been missing his mugging....
PROGRESS ON PRINCIPALS
The deal announced yesterday for a new school-principals contract can do much to help City Hall transform the educational process and bolster learning. Question is: Will Mayor Bloomberg and Schools...
REID'S BLOODY HANDS
Fresh from his declaration that "this war [in Iraq] is lost," Senate Demo cratic leader Harry Reid is moving quickly to hasten America's unilateral surrender. And to cast the Middle...
NY'S SICK TRANSIT
MAYOR Bloomberg, in his plan for a "Greener, Greater NYC," acknowl edges a key problem: New York's transportation infrastructure - the backbone of the city's private-sector economy - is badly...
A DRUG-WAR DILEMMA
REP. Charlie Rangel (D-Harlem) faces a cru cial choice: As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will he do what's needed to keep drugs off the streets? He's...
CLEAR CONSCIENCE FOR THE COURT
Robert Novak's article, "Partial-Birth Hypocrites," (PostOpinion, April 23) speaks for itself. As Novak states, there is no softer pillow than a clear conscience, yet the likes of motor-mouth Senate Majority...
BAD-BOY BALDWIN NEEDS SELF-CENSORING
The real victim in this ongoing messy and public divorce is the child ("My Family Anguish," April 21). I hope Ireland gets the help she needs, as she's certainly not...
ICAHN-IC TREATMENT TICKS OFF ZANDER
Just as Carl Icahn celebrated his year's two biggest wins yesterday - engineering deals worth $16.5 billion for fixer-uppers MedImmune and Stratosphere casinos - he also got a boardroom brick...
WHIPPERSNAPPER
Former Simon & Schuster chief Dick Snyder yesterday followed through with his promise, filing a $100 million lawsuit against Edgar Bronfman Jr. riddled with vitriolic pot shots at the billionaire...
ONE WAY TO GET HOUSING BACK ON ITS FEET
NO doubt about it, the housing industry is in trouble. And as housing goes, so goes the national economy. I'll give you a simple solution that will eliminate the possibility...
REWARDING ROACH
Morgan Stanley's new Asia chairman is an old hand at helping the bank win lucrative underwriting business in China. Stephen Roach, Morgan's longtime chief economist, was officially made chairman of...
A FOOT LOCKER BLOCK
Shoe seller Genesco roundly rejected rival Foot Locker's $1.2 billion hostile bid yesterday - setting the stage for a showdown between the two companies that could begin with a vicious...
FUGITIVE 'KOBI' AS NAMIBIA NURTURER
The fugitive former chief of Long Island's Comverse Technology is setting up a scholarship fund in his newly adopted home of Namibia - an apparent bid to curry favor with...
NETS AD-VERSE TO CLIP COMMERCIALS
After years of cramming more and more commercials into primetime television, the networks are finally catching on that consumers are fed up. The amount of ad clutter leveled off last...
PATRIOTIC FOUNDATION
FOR a building widely reported to have fallen on 9/11, Brookfield's One Liberty Plaza is in one awfully healthy 2.2 million square-foot office tower. Marooned in Rome on the day...
$ALARY NOT A HANG UP
Verizon Communications' executive compensation warrants a barely passing grade of "D," but its pay practices aren't so bad that shareholders should side with a major labor union group's campaign to...
SAC PLAYS BOTH SIDES
It was an especially happy Monday for hedge fund colossus SAC Capital when vaccine maker MedImmune announced that it was being taken over in a $15.2 billion deal. According to...
RATNER GETS SET TO RAZE THE HOUSE
Demolition crews descended on developer Bruce Ratner's massive Atlantic Yards site in Brooklyn yesterday - the start of work that will see 15 buildings torn down to make way for...
ELIOT: GAY-WED BILL LOST CAUSE, FOR NOW
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday said there is no chance the state will enact a law to legalize gay marriage this year. Spitzer nonetheless said he will introduce a gay-marriage...
COUNCIL KOS MIKE'S PEDICAB, BAT VETOES
The City Council yesterday overrode two of Mayor Bloomberg's vetoes, voting to regulate pedicabs and to ban metal baseball bats from high-school games. In a jammed and boisterous meeting in...
PRINCIPALS GET 25G EXTRA CREDIT IN DEAL
Ending nearly four years of ugly haggling, the city reached a tentative contract yesterday with the union representing school administrators that gives 23 percent raises and offers principals an extra...
TEMPS WILL PLUMMET WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
Boing!!! After springing up to yesterday's record-melting 86 degrees, get set to plunge back to the 50s later this week. The Big Apple can also expect rain later tomorrow, and...
MATCH MADE IN HELL
A cop who filed a complaint against a patrolman who called her a "nappy-headed ho" during roll call at her Brooklyn station house was assigned days later to partner with...
CRASH KILLS BIKER COP
A Manhattan cop was killed in The Bronx yesterday when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a parked car, authorities said. Foster Burton, 23, who was assigned...
WOMAN TAKES $4M TO THE BANK IN BIAS SUIT
A federal jury awarded a fired bank executive nearly $4 million after finding that the bank where she worked refused to promote her because she's a woman. When Beverly Zakre's...
EX-MET: MY SON'S 'BACK'
Former Mets star Bud Harrelson grew closer to his delinquent son during the boy's trial on charges he covered up a cop's 2005 grisly Samurai sword murder, the retired shortstop...
MCGAY BASHING
Me-ow!! The McGreevey divorce hit a catty new low yesterday, with the gay former love-gov calling his estranged wife a "homophobe" who's trying to take the sashay out of his...
SCHOOLKIDS FLEE FROM DEATH SHOTS
More than 200 Brooklyn elementary-school kids out on recess scrambled for cover yesterday when a drive-by killer unleashed a hail of gunfire less than 75 feet from their playground. The...
SCHOOL DUNCE
A Manhattan high-school freshman's wisecrack to a student reporter about assassinating President Bush earned him an official visit - from the Secret Service, The Post has learned. Irving Miqui's mother...
GOTTI JR. TO PLEAD THE FIFTH
John "Junior" Gotti will take the Fifth if asked to testify at the trial of Dominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia, his lawyer said in papers filed yesterday in Brooklyn federal court....
HS STUDENT PROM-ISES MASSACRE
A sicko Queens high-school student yesterday printed fliers warning classmates to prepare for a massacre along the lines of Virginia Tech - only worse. "You think Virginia Tech was bad?...
'RACIST' STREET SUIT
A controversial bid to name a Brooklyn street after the late self-proclaimed "anti-white" activist Sonny Carson isn't dead just yet. A pair of Community Board 3 members - Robert Taylor...
RAPE RULED OUT IN GIRL'S ROPE DEATH
An autopsy on a Bronx 5-year-old found hanging by her jump rope showed she was not sexually assaulted - leaving cops to suspect she may simply have been the victim...
WRONG 'LUIS' TOSSED IN JAIL
Look out if your name is Luis Martinez. A 41-year-old Queens man by that name was stuck behind bars for eight days after being mistaken for a man with the...
I WAS CHURCH SEX PUPPET
An alleged sex-abuse victim testified yesterday that she was a 15-year-old virgin when a 25-year-old Long Island Catholic youth minister seduced her, made her his "puppet" and had sex with...
SLAIN TECH CADET MOURNED IN JERSEY
Loved ones of a New Jersey native slain at Virginia Tech fondly remembered their pal's energy and determination yesterday. ROTC cadet Matthew La Porte's flag-draped casket sat on an altar...
HUT BLAMED IN YESHIVA FIRE
A three-alarm fire at a Brooklyn yeshiva yesterday may have started on a hut-like structure set up on a terrace last fall for a Jewish holiday but never taken down,...
FEDS SUING FDNY
The FDNY discriminates against minorities in its hiring procedures, especially when it comes to testing applicants, the Justice Department claims in a planned civil-rights lawsuit announced yesterday. The federal suit...
TRUCKERS: YOU'LL PAY
Congestion pricing may reduce traffic, but it will mean higher prices for consumer goods ranging from salami to janitorial supplies, small-business owners warned yesterday. Anthony Infani, who owns Tee Jay...
'DWI' KILLER'S FAMILY 'SORRY'
The kin of an allegedly drunken driver yesterday apologized to the loved ones of a Queens mom killed in a crash Sunday while she cradled her newborn son. "We're just...
AISLE TAKE IT
You know what some say: The more over-the-top the wedding, the more in love you really are. Whether you believe it or not, many of New York's most true-blue lovebirds...
VOLATILE L.I. COUPLE ARE FOUND DEAD
A Long Island couple with a turbulent history were found dead from gunshot wounds yesterday in what cops say was either a murder suicide or a double suicide. The bodies...
DIG YIELDS 'KRYPTONITE'
Superman will find himself between a rock and a hard place if he ever ventures to Serbia. That's where stunned scientists have identified a mineral that shares the real-life characteristics...
'WHITE FLAG' HARRY FUROR
WASHINGTON - A tough U.S. Marine stationed in one of the most hostile areas of Iraq has a message for Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid: "We need to stay here...
BYE, BYE TO BORIS
To many Russians, he was a muzhik - a tough peasant with common sense and a love of vodka. Boris Yeltsin was hailed as a defender of democracy when he...
YELTSIN LIKED TO GET HIS BELTS IN
Boris Yeltsin loved vodka, and freely admitted he had a drinking problem. "Fairly early on, I concluded that alcohol was the only means to quickly get rid of stress," he...
HIP-HOP CALL: NO MO 'HO'
Hip-hop heavy-hitters issued a call yesterday for the rap-music industry to clean up its foulmouthed act after the furor surrounding Don Imus' slur of the Rutgers women's basketball team. The...
IT'S ALL DOWN, HILL
ALBANY - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton received a double-shot of bad news yesterday, with two new polls - including one in her home state - showing her losing significant ground...
ALEC PAL RIPS DIM BASINGER
Alec Baldwin is catching heat for his recent voicemail tirade against his 11-year-old daughter, but Kim Basinger's no mother of the year, either, says a source close to Baldwin. The...
TOP AUTHOR DIES IN CALIF. CRASH
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam, who wrote books about the Vietnam War, politics and sports, was killed yesterday in a car crash near San Francisco. He was 73. Halberstam, who...
CHO PAID ME TO BE 'ESCORT'
Virginia Tech madman Cho Seung-Hui hired an escort a month before he went on his murderous rampage - and she described him as a timid dork who "creeped" her out...
KEITH SNIFFLING OVER MA
Kooky Keith Richards may soon have some new ashes to snort - those of his beloved 91-year-old mom, who died over the weekend. Doris Richards, who suffered from cancer, quietly...
BRAUNSTEIN COP RIPPED
As the Peter Braunstein kidnap-sex torture case moved toward jury selection, the lead detective took criticism in court yesterday for the three days it took to get the "fire fiend"...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN The body of a woman was discovered in the East River yesterday. A Parks Department employee saw the body, which has not been identified, floating off Grand Street and...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 307; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 1418; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 968; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 9271;...
'BIZ' IS BUZZIN' IN DERBY PREP
Wood Memorial winner Nobiz Like Shobiz and Arkansas Derby winner Curlin, who could vie for favoritism in the Kentucky Derby on May 5, worked out yesterday at Belmont Park and...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Barbosa bags 6th man award Phoenix's Leandro Barbosa, among the fastest players in the NBA, ran away with the league's sixth man award yesterday. The "Brazilian Blur" received 101...
HONDO 'DOGGING IT
Mr. Aitch, slumping slightly after an extraordinary start, tumbled again last night, crashing with the As tros in Philly to cut the earnings to 700 lemongellos. Tonight, he's running with...
WR LOOKS TO CATCH RESPECT
With the Raiders on the clock as Saturday's NFL Draft approaches, Post college football expert Lenn Robbins breaks down the best players at each position. Today: the receivers. New Hampshire...
NO TIME TO PANIC - FOR MOST
UNLESS you're down 0-2 in the opening round of the NBA playoffs (which the Magic are after losing 98-90 last night in Detroit and the Jazz are after their 98-90...
MARTY TAKING HARD LINE ON SOFT GOALS
Go ahead, try, Martin Brodeur seems to be telling the Senators. Those bad-angle, bad goals have been banished, he says. The second-winningest goalie in NHL playoff history nearly didn't reach...
WELCOME' BACKER
If Jon Beason is taken by the Giants with the 20th overall pick in Saturday's NFL Draft, he already anticipates one of the first calls he'll make. Time to dial...
CHAD: 'GREAT TO FEEL NORMAL'
Chad Pennington looked sharp in his charcoal suit shortly before being honored by the Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City last night at the Waldorf Astoria. More important,...
LIBS READY TO REBOUND
Long-suffering Knicks fans may want to stop by the Garden this summer to watch a team with real reason to be optimistic about its future. Coming of an 11-23 season...
PEDRO'S ON TARGET FOR RETURN IN AUGUST
Pedro Martinez's rehab from his torn rotator cuff continues to go very smoothly. "He looks great and feels great," Chris Correnti, Martinez's personal trainer, told The Post in a phone...
MAINE COURSE IS AMAZIN'LY GOOD
Mets 6 Rockies 1 They come few and they come far between. Getting hits off John Maine this season is a rarity. Maine continues to be incredibly difficult to hit,...
NOT ALL WRIGHT
A little after 3 p.m. yesterday, David Wright looked carefree. He stood just in front of the Mets dugout with a big smile on his face, jumping rope. Five hours...
METS OUTFIELDERS ARE PROVING TO BE OUT OF THIS WORLD
JOHN Maine saw the ball rocket off the bat of Colorado catcher Yorvit Torrealba and figured it was headed out of Shea Stadium and into the concrete of Citi Field....
JEERS & CHEERS
The Nets claim they are more than a one-man band fronted by Vince Carter. And they proved it in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series, beating the Raptors in...
BOSH EMBRACES HIS RAPTORS ROLE
TORONTO - The message wasn't always verbal, but Vince Carter's actions spoke volumes when Chris Bosh watched him as the leader of the Raptors. It was a job Bosh, whether...
BRASH AVERY TO SABRES: I'M GONNA HURT YOU
The faster the Sabres are, the harder Sean Avery will come at them. "I'm going to hurt them, I'm going to hit them, I'm going to be in their face...
BROODING BOSS ANSWERS SKIPPER'S CALL
ST. PETERSBURG - Asked if he heard from George Steinbrenner yesterday, Joe Torre said he hadn't. Then Torre admitted he phoned The Boss. "I just called to say hello," Torre...
SETTLE DOWN, JOE
IT was more than the sweep. It was what the sweep revealed, from the edginess of the Yankee manager to the edge the Red Sox very possibly have at closer...
A-ROD'S THE LONE LIGHT FOR YANKS
Devil Rays 10 Yankees 8ST. PETERSBURG - At this rate the only September drama in the Yankees' universe will be Alex Rodriguez's assault on Barry Bonds' single-season home run record...
HUGHES DA MAN FOR ROTATION
ST. PETERSBURG - The Phil Hughes era begins Thursday at Yankee Stadium. If that's not enough to pebble your skin, you don't like baseball. Hughes, a stud 20-year-old right-handed prospect,...
ALEX WON'T LET RECORD START AFFECT SEASON
ST. PETERSBURG - Alex Rodriguez looks at what's ahead and refuses to get caught up in his sizzling start. "There is a little over five months to go, hopefully more...
DESERT ROSE
IT is difficult to put this delicately, but one of the very best things about Tucson is that it is nothing like Phoenix. Don't get me wrong - the Valley...
SLEEP ON IT
JW MARRIOTT This relatively new addition is a refreshing change from the usual suspects across town (summer rates from $179; jwmarriottstarrpass.com).ARIZONA INN Sample the old-school glamour at this classic casita-style...