May 3, 2007

Obsessives: "Law & Order" Will Not Die

So the rumors are out there that stalwart "Law & Order" is on the chopping block. Whatever the reasons are for a possible cancellation, there are still plenty of fans...

Park down

By MARK HALEThe Mets just sent out a release that Chan Ho Park has been sent to Triple-A New Orleans. Clearly he's out as far as starting on Saturday. Park...

From Istanbul to Queens

Readers with good memories will recall that in my blogs from the Istanbul International Film Festival last month, I raved about a Serbian black comedy called "The Optimists.'' By pure...

Kate does a line

Only four days until Kate Moss' much-anticipated fashion line hits Barneys here (after causing a frenzy in London this week). But as Maureen Callahan pointed out a few weeks ago...

SLEEP AROUND: The St. (Regis) Bernard

We've heard of cathouses (yes, heard) and doghouses (we've been in 'em) but a dog hotel? Only in, er, Nantucket, where so-called “Woof Hotel” -– a stand alone extension of...

Heights of fashion

The must-have high-heel (emphasis on "high") for spring is YSL's "Tribute," with a towering five-and-a-half inch heel. It's perfect for celebs like Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Lopez, who...

Deal of the Day

This tank combines two smart elements- nautical stripes and a racer back.Throw it under a denim jumper, paper bag waist jeans or over a mini to compliment its sporty silhouette.However...

O Canada!

In response to a Ranger fan's question about why the Canadian anthem is sung before Sabres games, a Buffalo fan commented on Rangers Rap about hockey being a Canadian sport...

Spidey's Midnight Rendezvous

There are still plenty of tickets available for tonight's midnight screenings of "Spider-Man 3'' in Manhattan, a check of the ticket-selling websites shows. Most surprisingly, tickets are even available at...

What a Drag: Why Paul Mazursky Played Richard Dreyfuss' Mother

The last time I interviewed director Paul Mazursky, in 1988, he wasn't particularly interested in discussing his small acting role in "Moon over Parador,'' the movie he was promoting. Nineteen...

Red Wings Break Even Again

They rallied to tie the series at one in game two, then dropped game three when it seemed as though they'd take a 2-1 series lead. Last night the Red...

Same Old, Same Old with Pavano

On March 17 in Clearwater, Fla. Carl Pavano worked three pedestrian innings of relief against the Phillies in a nondescript exhibition game against the Phillies. He absorbed a loss and...

KANSAS - THE SUNFLOWER STATE

Kansas joined the Union on Jan. 29, 1861, as our 34th state. It covers 81,823 square miles and the capital is Topeka. THE territory that would become Kansas was dubbed...

HELL ON HEELS

YOU'LL fall head over heels. Maybe literally. The must-have shoe for spring is the "Tribute" from Yves Saint Laurent, adorned with a towering 5 1/2-inch heel. Sold out in most...

PRODUCTS PROMISE TO SAVE YOUR SOLE

FROM cuts and bruises to heels that could sand furniture, our tired old feet need a little bit of help - especially if you're going to try tottering around in...

HAUTE LIST

Nailing down the hues news IT was a short, dark winter as far as fingernails were concerned. Chanel Black Satin blew out of stores, as everyone from Victoria Beckham and...

AMOS SCHMOOZES, SWEDISH TRIO ROCKS

AN audience always ap preciates a perfectly hosted concert, but it doesn't make the rock 'n' roll better. Tori Amos, the self-proclaimed carrot-topped MILF, threw a terrific record-release party at...

DO NOT HANDEL

A sentimental and child like streak runs through English culture - it can produce an audience that could cry copiously at the death of Charles Dickens' Little Nell and succumb...

READY TO 'WARE

MEN come and go - but polyethylene storage canisters are forever. So we learn from "Dixie's Tupperware Party," off-Broadway's paean to plastic ware, opening May 10 at Ars Nova. Part...

NOVEL APPROACH FAILS IN TIMELESS TALE

THE title of Peter Martins' "Romeo + Juliet," which premiered Tuesday night, tells it all: innovation for the sake of itself, and the facile appearance of novelty. Martins has taken...

WATCH OUT FOR PHIL

IF you think there's been tension on this final season of "The Sopranos," you ain't seen nothing yet. "You're in for so many surprises coming in the next few weeks,"...

STOP PICKING ON ELISABETH

AFTER months of baiting and berating "The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck over her conservative politics, Rosie O'Donnell late Tuesday vowed never to hassle Hasselbeck again. The reason? Because Hasselbeck is...

STARR REPORT

'Ghost'-written item Camryn Manheim and David Conrad, who co-star in "Ghost Whisperer" will, coincidentally, headline two different Shakespeare productions in the area. Conrad plays the lead this month in "Henry...

IT'S JACK BOW-WOW

WITH viewer complaints on the rise and ratings on the decline, two producers of "24" are acknowledging they blew it this season and are vowing to do a better job...

FRESH LOOK AT '70S ICON

THE underrated Paul Mazursky, who directed such 1970s-defining films as "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "An Unmarried Woman," is finally getting his first major retrospective, beginning tomorrow...

IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY

A Sun-Mercury union on your birthday will both clarify and strengthen your aims and ambitions. The fact that you have a clear picture of what it is you want to...

OUT OF YOUR SHEL ON GAY NUPS: GOP

ALBANY - The Legislature's top Republicans yesterday urged Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to end years of dodging by taking a public stand on gay marriage. "The people have a...

FELLOW DEMS RIP GOV'S 'HYPOCRI$Y'

ALBANY - A number of Gov. Spitzer's fellow Democrats yesterday slammed his controversial fund-raising efforts at a time he's pushing lawmakers to reform the campaign-finance system. "The reforms he has...

PETA'S PITY PACHY

PETA's pet pachyderm is about to get a new stomping ground. The city is allowing the animal-rights group to display a sculpture of a crying, chained baby circus elephant in...

'BOT TIP: WALL ST. 'INVASION' LOOMS

The army of robots set to lay siege to the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the month is merely a grand piece of performance art. Dubbed "This...

BATTLING WIFE: I'M STILL A BIG KIDD FAN

After months of public mud-slinging, the wife of New Jersey Net star Jason Kidd said she bears no ill will toward her estranged husband - and is even rooting for...

RAPPER BUSTA IN DWI ARREST

Hip-hop star Busta Rhymes has been busted again by the NYPD - this time for DWI early today. A Denali SUV driven by the rap star, whose real name is...

HEAVEN HELP US! MCG TO BE PRIEST

Call him Father Jim. Gay former Gov. Jim McGreevey is becoming an Episcopal priest and has been accepted to study at a seminary school in Chelsea. The lapsed Catholic will...

EPISCOPALS AT WAR OVER ROLE GAYS SHOULD PLAY

When Jim McGreevey becomes an Episcopal priest, he'll be a clergyman in a church deeply divided over gays and same-sex marriage. The rift broke into the open four years when...

NYPD GROUP TO FETE MCCAIN

Sen. John McCain will be presented with the same honor previously bestowed on his GOP rival, Rudy Giuliani, by a city police officers' fraternal association. The NYPD Honor Legion will...

1ST LOOK AT FIRE FAKE'S SICK TOOLS OF TORTURE

A black ski mask - with one of his victim's long, black hairs still clinging to it. Her lavender Gucci bolero-style fur jacket. An FDNY firefighter uniform. A brown glass...

SPITZ RENT MOVE

ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer is preparing a push to keep thousands of more apartments rent-stabilized, despite the fact the state rent-regulation law doesn't expire until 2011, The Post has learned....

FDNY GAL BIAS-SUIT WA$HOUT

The Fire Department did not discriminate against a pioneering female firefighter who quit over an alleged "hostile work environment," a Brooklyn federal jury ruled yesterday. Judith Beyar, 51, who broke...

TEACHER HITS A BAD SPELL

Yo, koach, ever hurd of a spelchekker? A Staten Island gym teacher entered foul territory when he fired off an error-riddled rant to parents of nearly 100 eighth-graders, punishing the...

CRASH PILOTS MAY HAVE MISSED SIGN

Two Long Island pilots, under investigation in Brazil over a crash that killed 154 people, may have overlooked a cockpit warning that their midair collision-avoidance system wasn't working, U.S. investigators...

IMUS READY TO SUE CBS FOR $40M

Disgraced shock jock Don Imus says CBS owes him $40 million - and he's preparing a legal face-off to get his dough. Imus, axed from CBS-owned WFAN on April 12,...

BOOZY NIGHT LEADS TO 'WRONG BED' SEX BUST

Thou shalt not covet thy friend's girlfriend. A financial adviser who never learned that lesson was arrested for making undercover moves on his friend's woman, authorities said. Steve Green, 47,...

STRESS BEATS CIG QUITTERS

Relaxation may be the secret to beating nicotine, a new city survey suggests. Nearly half of all relapsed smokers cited stress as the main reason they resumed the habit, according...

UPPER E. SIDE BASHER

A burly brute beat up an Upper East Side woman after pushing his way into her apartment, cops said yesterday. The assailant (police sketch above) followed the victim into 402...

GOING UNDERGROUND

Fewer homeless people are living on city streets and parks than did a year ago - but the number sleeping in the subways has skyrocketed 33 percent, according to figures...

DAZED AIR CONTROLLERS 'FUMING'

The skies were clear, but a half-dozen air-traffic controllers on Long Island say they were in a mind fog while directing hundreds of planes last week after toxic fumes seeped...

STRAHANS IN BIDDER DISPUTE

Now, they're bickering over the sofa. NFL sackmaster Michael Strahan and his spurned wife Jean were back in a New Jersey courtroom yesterday, arguing over auctioning the furniture in their...

USING DA PLA$TIC A BLUE-BOO

Paying your bills with somebody else's credit card? Priceless. Paying your bills with the Manhattan district attorney's credit card? Costly. A JetBlue flight attendant and a city correction officer discovered...

COKE COP COOKED

A female ex-NYPD cop who once aspired to make sergeant has 'fessed up to federal conspiracy charges for teaming up with a drug-dealing uncle and an armed gang to rip...

CITY'S BID TO SHUT CIGAR BAR SNUFFED

A Manhattan judge has snuffed the city's bid to shutter a popular East Side cigar bar. Lawyers for the city had argued that the Cigar Lounge on East 62nd Street...

B'KLYN WW2 HERO'S BODY ID'D

The remains of a Brooklyn airman who vanished 62 years ago in Holland during World War II have been identified, military officials said yesterday. Staff Sgt. George Herbst was one...

TEEN GAL PAL FORGIVES ME, 'KILLER' SAYS

The ex-boyfriend of an 18-year-old Queens student slain last month after she dumped him told detectives that she was "looking down" on him and "forgave him," prosecutors said yesterday. Shane...

SEX-CREEP SWEEP NETS 26 IMMIGRANTS

More than two dozen foreign convicted sexual predators - who targeted children as young as 3 years old - have been rounded up by the feds to face deportation. Agents...

IT'S AN UDDER $HAME

You should cry over spilt milk - a gallon of which costs more than a gallon of gas. The state-set price of a gallon of milk in New York rose...

WILD BRAWL IN B'KLYN COURTROOM

A drug suspect broke down in tears after a judge increased his bail yesterday - then prompted a melee by resisting officers who tried to cuff him in Brooklyn court....

E-FILES ON 9/11 STOLEN

A laptop containing "sensitive information" about 9/11, including graphic photos of victims, has been stolen from a vehicle used by a top medical examiner official that was parked near Ground...

JUDGES LET BIGAMIST 'BAD GUY' $TICK IT TO EX

Bigamist child-support cheat and indisputable "bad guy" Bruce Farkas has successfully weaseled out of paying his ex-wife $750,000 that he owed her, an appeals court found. The state Appellate Division...

ETHICS SLAP FOR FAMED LAWYER

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Celebrity lawyer Mickey Sherman yesterday agreed to an ethical reprimand for improperly billing an NYU student client who is headed to prison for swindling millions of...

OLMERT REBUFFS TOP AIDE'S CALL TO QUIT

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brushed aside calls to resign from his foreign minister and other leading figures yesterday, acknowledging he was in a difficult position but vowing...

NEW 'RIPPER' SUSPECT

It's the ultimate cold case - but now a historian says he has unmasked Jack the Ripper as the woman-hating, brutish brothel-owner who was "King of the Pimps" in South...

TALKS ON IRAQ GO NOWHERE

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday met with Democratic congressional leaders in hopes of hammering out an emergency Iraq war spending bill - but neither side appeared willing to set aside...

BETWEEN BARACK & MYSPACE

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has delivered a harsh message to his biggest online supporter: Your space is now MySpace. Sen. Obama's campaign has taken over control of...

RUDY & JOHN DEBATE TONIGHT

Rudy Giuliani and John McCain go toe-to-toe tonight, facing off against eighth other candidates in the first Republican presidential debate. Giuliani has to show conservatives that his anti-terror credentials outweigh...

SENDING MASSAGE TO ABC

WASHINGTON - A jittery client linked to the infamous D.C. Madam's high-class escort service has hired a powerhouse lawyer to warn ABC against plastering his face on national television. Attorney...

'IDOL' FINAL 4

Just four "American Idol" con testants were left living on a prayer last night, following a week featuring songs by Jersey rockers Bon Jovi. Two singers, Phil Stacey and Chris...

JUDGE SUES OVER '$65M PANTS'

Talk about being taken to the cleaners. Washington, D.C., Judge Roy Pearson has filed "suit" against his neighborhood dry cleaners for $65 million over a lost pair of pants. The...

BRITNEY BOPS BACK

Someone rebooted Britney. Looking as choreographed - and as mechanical - as ever, wind-up doll Britney Spears launched the first in a series of "comeback" concerts Tuesday night in San...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN Two teens were arrested after dragging a woman into a Harlem building and raping her, authorities said yesterday. Anthony Smith, 17, and Khalil Ess, 15, allegedly grabbed the victim...

CHILLING NORMALCY OF PETER PATTER

WE GOT a glimpse yesterday into the soul of a man divorced from decency. A man able to engage in normal conversation one minute - then sexually assault a woman...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 988; Lucky Sum: 25 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 4791; Lucky Sum: 21 Evening Nos. Wed.: 251; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 2182; Lucky...

A MOST UNLIKELY VICTIM

Republican state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno is getting a taste of his own medicine this week on the subject of pay raises for Albany lawmakers - and poor Joe...

TALE OF THE TAPE

House GOP leader John Boehner has been waiting for more than a decade for one of his most fanatical colleagues to be held accountable for breaking the law. Now the...

A MAN OF THE CLOTH?

Now comes news that former New Jer sey Gov. Jim McGreevey has joined the Episcopal church, and aspires to its priesthood. The mind reels. Yes, Christianity is about atonement and...

HIGH HOUSE HOPES

TOM Cole earned a Ph.D. in British history from the University of Oklahoma, intending to become a college professor, but he came to his senses and to a zest for...

TURKEY'S CREEPING COUP D'ETAT

THE only surprising thing about the latest political crisis in Turkey is that it has come so late. On Tuesday, the nation's highest court blocked Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul of...

MASSACRE MOVIE MIFFING MITT

OPENING in theaters Friday, a motion picture called "September Dawn" depicts a brutal American mas sacre that has been forgotten. On Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory, Mormons slaughtered more...

NO LONGER INEVITABLE

HILLARY'S pollster Mark Penn recently claimed that she was leading the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in all states in all the polls. Not so fast, Mark. The latest...

A CIA PRO'S BETRAYAL AND MISGUIDED TENETS

You really have to feel sorry for former CIA Director George Tenet. The head of our country's clandestine intelligence agency maligns a president and is now squirming to get off...

PAYING BACK CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Kudos to Sol Stern for his perspective on Catholic schools ("Save the Catholic Schools," PostOpinion, May 1). Instead of waiting for politicians to help, it might be effective if everyone...

PRIVATE DOLANS

To borrow a line from Sly Stone: will Cablevision investors force the Dolan family to take them higher? According to Wall Street analysts, the latest $36.26 per share cash offer...

STREET TILTS TO NEWS CORP. IN $5B BID

As Bancroft family members ponder their next steps as stewards of the Wall Street Journal empire, Wall Street itself is urging them to take a hard look at News Corp.'s...

JOBS NUMBER CRUNCH

The whole economic debate could be turned on its head tomorrow morning when there is a very good chance that the Labor Department will announce stronger than expected job growth...

TIFFANY EYEING E. SIDE

Tiffany & Co. and Brooks Brothers are looking to expand their presence in Manhattan, The Post has learned. The jeweler is looking to open a store on the Upper East...

TWO TO TANGO

Ad giant DDB is aiming to pair more brands with hit bands through a new partnership with EMI Music Publishing. Madison Avenue is always on the hunt for catchy tunes...

BURKLE TAKES PEEK AT AMI

Billionaire Ron Burkle, who lost his bid to buy Tribune, is sizing up tabloid publisher American Media, industry sources told The Post. Burkle is said to be working on a...

BLACK'S LAWYER HITS 'BIG SKIM'

CHICAGO - Conrad Black's lead lawyer tore into former Illinois Gov. James "Big Jim" Thompson on the witness stand yesterday, accusing him and the two other ex-members of Hollinger International's...

NBC'S ION TAKEOVER IMMINENT

Ion Media Networks appears close to approving a takeover deal with media giant NBC Universal and hedge fund Citadel despite intense opposition from a group of dissident shareholders and a...

OPTIONS TRADING FIRM BOSS RESIGNS

Mark Nordlicht, the founder and chairman of commodity-brokerage com- pany Optionable, has stepped down from his post just hours before the company reported a huge jump in first-quarter profit. Nordlicht...

DRESSING DOWN

The Jones Apparel Group said yesterday that it would close or sell some of its moderately priced apparel brands by year-end, a move that would help reduce its exposure to...

TIME WARNER MAGS A DRAG ON EARNINGS

The publishing wing of the Time Warner empire continued to be a drag on earnings in first-quarter results released yesterday. AOL and Time Warner Cable posted double-digit increases. The company...

HOUSES OF THE WEEK

Larchmont, N.Y. $1.195 million Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Square feet: 2,000 This "charming" stone and stucco Tudor home features a screened-in porch, a finished basement, custom built-ins and original mahogany...

BOND AMBITION

Puerto Rico's top-selling musical artist is buying again in New York City. Ricky Martin, named this year's king of the 50th annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade, will be livin'...

PERSONALITY TEST

MADISON. Dakota. Sydney. No, this isn't the list of the trendiest baby names of 2007 - they're just three of the buildings in Hello, a new "community" of six condominiums...

HERE & MEOW

I want a cat, and the lease says "no pets." Is it a really bad idea to get one anyway? My answer to this commonly asked question is always, "Yes,...

JUST SOLD!

Manhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $935,000 225 Central Park West Prewar two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,100 square feet, with entry foyer, dining alcove, kitchen with black granite countertops, dishwasher and high-end appliances,...

HIP-HIP-JORGE!

When Jorge Posada isn't playing ball with the New York Yankees, the star catcher can usually be found in his Upper East Side home, enjoying time with his gorgeous wife,...

ON A ROLL

IF you're looking for an inexpensive way to revive or transform a room, check out this spring's wallpaper trends. Here are seven of our favorites. Natural texture Texture is a...

DREAM HOMES

Chelsea $10.5 million "There's only one word to describe this home: impeccable," the listing for this 6,000-square-foot condo claims. But we're gonna add a few more: spacious, luxurious and will-make-you-the-envy-of-all-your-friends....

LEDESMA KOS STARK

Boxing is a cruel mistress. One skewed decision, one hard punch, and everything can change. Gary "Kid" Stark Jr. discovered that the hard way for the second time in three...

SPORTS SHORTS

NBA: Bobcats eye Stan Van Gundy Add Stan Van Gundy to the growing list of candidates for the Bobcats' coaching job. He interviewed this week, his first coaching interview since...

FLOYD GUARANTEES VICTORY

LAS VEGAS - The only thing as fast as Floyd Mayweather's hands is his mouth, which was talking non-stop during yesterday's final news conference before he faces Oscar De La...

IT'S UTOPIA IN WESTCHESTER

The Godolphin Stable owned Utopia, making his U.S. debut and first start off a 13 month layoff, came on again on the rail in the stretch drive to win the...

HONDO: 'TIZ THE SEASON

Hondo treaded water with the Brewers and Marlins yesterday, hitting with the former and missing with the latter to leave the bankroll holding steady at 765 sturdivants. Tonight, he expects...

SMALL TOWN START TO BIG TIME DREAM

Trainer Larry Jones returns to his old Kentucky home to run Hard Spun, winner of the Lane's End Stakes, in Saturday's 133rd Kentucky Derby. This week, he shares his thoughts...

TRAINER LOVES CURLIN

NOTEBOOK LOUISVILLE - As much fan support Curlin has picked up winning his three starts, including the Arkansas Derby, by a combined 28 ½ lengths, nobody thinks more highly of...

BELMONT 'WEIGHT' OVER

Fans who waited all winter for racing to return at Belmont Park had to wait an extra 10 minutes yesterday due to a malfunction in the steam room in the...

BULL'S-EYE ON CURLIN

LOUISVILLE - The big question when post positions were decided yesterday evening for Saturday's 133rd Kentucky Derby was, which of the 20 3-year-olds in the jam-packed field will be the...

TODD'S LIVE FIVE FACE REST TEST

L OUISVILLE - Todd Pletcher, the Goliath of the American training establishment, puts his neck on the block Saturday when he blitzes the Kentucky Derby with five horses who haven't...

DEVS ON BRINK

KANATA, Ontario - Defiant with no alternative, the Devils' ironic last hope is the home they hate. They insist they can duplicate their historic 2000 comeback, but it will require...

NEW COORDINATOR WON'T GUT SYSTEM

GIANT NOTEBOOK It will not strictly be a case of "out with the old and in with the new" for Steve Spagnuolo, the first-year Giants defensive coordinator. He won't completely...

OLLIE ZONES OUT MARLINS

Even if he remains unpredictable, Oliver Perez will remain entertaining - as long as he can tease with the stuff he possessed yesterday. Perez, whose biggest enemy is consistency, mowed...

SIDEWINDER SMITH STAYS ON TARGET

The first time Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson saw Joe Smith throw a bullpen session last June - right after they drafted and signed the unheralded kid from Wright State...

REYES, MAINE TOAST OF APRIL

Jose Reyes' motivation was pretty simple for April: Do better than last year. So after batting .250 in April 2006, he worked hard in the winter and spring training to...

NETS WON'T LOOK AHEAD

All evidence suggests Nets coach Lawrence Frank should be dreaming up defenses for LeBron James and booking weekend reservations for one of the trendy bistros in Cleveland's Warehouse District. The...

ALL JUST A BLUR

Colin Campbell had only the same, blown-up, slowed-down, grainy looks you had at home before making the no-goal call that saved the Rangers' 2-1 Game 4 victory over the Sabres....

RAINOUT SCRAMBLES ROTATION

ARLINGTON, Texas - Joe Torre suddenly needs two starting pitchers for the next homestand, not just one. That was perhaps the biggest side effect to last night's postponement and today's...

CURSED AID

ARLINGTON, Texas - To completely blame the rash of Yankee hamstring injuries on Marty Miller would be wrong, since Mike Mussina and Phil Hughes didn't work with Miller. However, the...

PAVANO PROBLEMS PERSIST

ARLINGTON, Texas - The wait for Carl Pavano seems destined to become a marathon, yet again. After curtailing a bullpen session yesterday because of lingering soreness in his right forearm,...

KING OF 'POP'

ARLINGTON, Texas - Director of Performance Enhancement. That was Marty Miller's title, as of yesterday morning, before Brian Cashman took him out on a boat, Fredo-style, and made him disappear....

JOUMANA KIDD ROOTIN' FOR NETS

Joumana Kidd, despite being amidst a divorce with Jason Kidd, is pulling for the Nets and rooting for him to win a championship. In an interview with The Post yesterday,...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Waiting for the ice to break up on a Vermont lake may seem like watching paint dry, but if you walk away with $4,216, it's worth it. A Montpelier man...

Sawyer, the new Ryan Seacrest

"Lost" had about as many unexpected twists and revelations as "American Idol" did tonight, and that isn't a compliment. Just as anyone could see that a guy who sings "I'm...