May 8, 2007
Goaltending is King
In Gary Bettman's NHL, goals are valued.Intelligent hockey fans, though, place a higher value on the men who stop pucks. Goaltenders.The second round of the Wales and Campbell Conference Playoffs...
Liam Neeson Is Fallout 3 Lead Actor
Now this is excellent news. Heck, almost any news about Fallout 3 is good news.It was announced today that Liam Neeson is going to be playing the role of the...
A Branch Grows in NoLita
Pinkyotto, the East Village shop that carries their eponymous label of billowy feminine dresses and tops, has expanded to NoLita. This weekend it opened its doors in the tiny utilitarian...
Costner Channels John Barrymore
Kevin Costner has signed to star in "Swing Vote,'' which Variety reports today is about "a single father thrust into the national spotlight when the presidential election comes down to...
You know you want to download
Please try to contain your excitement as you prepare to download these games for your next gen consoles this week. PlayStation 3-Download PS format software from the PlayStation Store so...
Deal of the Day
If the Ancient Greeks had cotton jersey blends, they'd be wearing this Sleeveless Dress from Clu.With its flattering Grecian slouchy silhouette and trademark Clu comfort, this dress will take you...
Detroit's Demons Laid to Rest
Chris Chelios congratulates Mikael Samuelsson on his goal while Johan Franzen looks on.The Red Wings advanced to the Conference Finals last night for the first time since winning the Stanley...
PERFECT DAY: Ottawa
One of these castles is Parliament, the other is a Fairmont. Can you tell which is which? Alright, alright, cool it with the "Canada is a suburb of Greenland" jokes....
WEST VIRGINIA THE MOUNTAIN STATE
The only state formed as a direct result of the Civil War, West Virginia joined the Union on June 20, 1863, becoming our 35th state. It covers 24,087 square miles...
HEAVY METAL
THE red carpet was awash in the color of money last night at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute benefit gala - as silver, platinum and gold dominated New York's best...
STAPLES HOPES TO BIND POP AUDIENCE TO FREEDOM'S RING
M0AVIS Staples is excited about the presidential aspirations of Barack Obama - a member of her church in Chicago, though she hasn't met him. "I couldn't have imagined it back...
MPFREE
Travis, "Closer" The Glasgow-based indie rock quartet has kept a low profile since releasing its last album in 2003, but the band is back to delight with this wistful, anthemic...
AIR PAIR MELDS WEST AND EAST
AIR found its current sound after the French electronic-pop duo was lost - in translation, that is. The band's two members - Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin - created their...
STARR REPORT
Nixon's the one While there's still no offi cial word on a "Sex and the City" movie, former co-star Cynthia Nixon is keeping busy. She'll play a woman with multi...
THIS GIRL IS A PHONE SEX WORKER
WHY bother with all those dopey shows that only pretend to be voyeuristic ("Desperate Housewives" for example) when we've got WE's spot-on voyeur festival "The Secret Lives of Women," which...
REAL-LIFE PORTRAIT
EXPERTS will tell you a picture may be worth a thousand words, but it took nearly that many experts to make Kristy Swanson look like Anna Nicole Smith tonight. This...
PENNINGTON GETS BUSTED FOR DUI
TY Pennington, the host of ABC's "Extreme Makeover, Home Edition" was arrested Saturday for drunk driving. Yesterday Pennington said he made a mistake and was embarrassed. "I made an error...
'GREY'S' SPIN 'AWFUL'
KATE WALSH left "Grey's Anatomy" last week, ostensibly for her own spinoff show, "Private Practice." Now it's up to ABC to decide if that spinoff is justified. From a numbers...
GATHER SOME MOSS AT BARNEYS
A black belt in karate, comfortable shoes and very little clothing - that's what you'll need to get in and out of Barneys tomorrow morning when the Kate Moss Topshop...
INSIDE THE LINES
In the business of beauty, there are so many options. But don't furrow your brows - check out our cheat sheet below. Botox: Treats frown lines between the eyebrows and...
ABOUT FACE
THERE was a time when the word "Botox" brought to mind images of celebrities such as Joan Rivers or Janice Dickinson - faces frozen in a grimace like your mother...
BONE IN THE OVEN
MOST women know that, unless you're a Hollywood starlet, pregnancy ruins your figure. What they don't know is that the changes aren't only skin-deep. A recent study found that the...
GOV MIKE!
ALBANY - Forget President Bloomberg. How about Gov. Mike? Mayor Bloomberg, who'll be forced to leave office when his term expires in less than three years, is eyeing a run...
KALIKOW PULLING OUT AT MTA
After six years as the MTA's chief motorman, Peter Kalikow yesterday announced he had reached the end of the line. "The time has come for me to leave," Kalikow said...
POLS WANT HIV TESTS FOR KIDS
New York doctors would be required to offer HIV testing to nearly every patient they see - including kids as young as 13 - under a bill being circulated in...
CLASS CELL BAN STANDS
Let cellphones ring - just not in city public schools. A state judge yesterday backed the city's ban on cellphones in public schools, which was challenged by parents who argued...
LEASE-Y DOES IT AS RENT HIKE IS OK'D
Tenants got a dose of good news last night when the Rent Guidelines Board approved preliminary hikes that were lower than most observers had anticipated. The board recommended one-year lease-renewal...
CITI TOWER CALLED RIPE FOR SOLAR
The iconic 45-degree slant of the CitiCorp Center's roof was originally intended for Earth-friendly solar panels. Thirty years ago, however, the technology wasn't ready. Now, advocates are beaming at the...
CENTRAL PK. RINK $TINK
A top aide to Donald Trump has accused the city Parks Department of bungling preparations for last month's storm, resulting in $800,000 worth of damage to electrical equipment in Central...
'AIR-RAGE' 9/11 WIFE'S PA POST AT END OF LINE
Christy is history. Port Authority Commissioner and 9/11 widow Christy Ferer, whom federal officials accuse of trying to use her agency badge to cut through a security line at La...
CANCER CLAIMS 9/11 COP
A detective on Mayor Bloomberg's security detail died yesterday of cancer - an illness his family and union officials believe can be traced to his work in the toxic debris...
'CHOW MEAN'
Renowned Manhattan restaurateur Michael Chow skims from waiters' tips to pay managers at his Chinese eateries, demands "cult-like attention" from employees, and once forced a server to lie on the...
TOP DOC MAY PULL CONDOMS
The city's health commissioner warned yesterday he'll dump the condom-giveaway programs if New Yorkers cool to the subway-themed freebies. Between March 15 and April 15, the city Department of Health...
A $7.25M VIEW
It's Brooklyn as you've never seen it and probably never will - unless you've got $7.25 million to spare for what is about to become the borough's priciest condo. The...
COURT BID TO BAT DOWN METAL BAN
Unhappy high-school baseball players and their coaches have teamed up with sports-equipment companies to ask a federal judge to strike down the new city ordinance barring metal bats from games....
MIKE KEEPING TRACK OF WIFE-BEATERS
The city will start monitoring a group of Brooklyn domestic-violence offenders with ankle bracelets linked to a global-positioning system to keep them from harming their victims again, officials said yesterday....
NEW GARDEN TO GROW FAST
A massive project to build a new Penn Station and move Madison Square Garden across Eighth Avenue could get started by year's end, says a state economic development official. Moynihan...
MANNEQUIN MONSTER GRADUATED TO HUMAN FLESH: COPS
When beheading mannequins no longer satisfied his brutal fantasies, Evan Marshall allegedly required flesh and blood. Gruesome details emerged yesterday in the case of the 32-year-old Glen Cove man charged...
E. SIDE FIEND: 'I WANTED SEX'
A would-be rapist stalking the Upper East Side viciously attacked two women, who bravely fought him off and later identified him for cops, police sources said yesterday. "I was horny,...
BOOKIE RING IS BUSTED
All bets are off after cops smashed a $2 million-a-week Internet gambling ring, busting 18 operators and bookies, officials said yesterday. The operation, created by a Manhattan man and based...
RECRUIT SHORTFALL MAKES NYPD BLUE
The NYPD will not "get anywhere close" to meeting its recruiting goals for this year - and likely next - Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly conceded yesterday, blaming a paltry starting...
B'KLYN FIRE KILLS BABY, INJURES MOM AND TOT
A 1-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed yesterday by a fire sparked when a frayed electrical cord feeding too many computers overheated in an illegal basement apartment, officials said. The boy's...
FIRE REPLAY SPARKS UP BRAUNSTEIN
Zombies, awake! Video showing the volcanic, purple flames and thick, gray smoke of one of Peter Braunstein's homemade, Dixie-cup smoke bombs had a bizarrely energizing effect on the "fire fiend"...
SCHOOL-LOAN LAW NEARER
ALBANY - New York is on the verge of becoming the first state to enact a code of conduct for student-loan lenders and colleges. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is...
COPS EYED IN DRUNK'S DEATH
Three Mount Kisco cops are at the center of a probe into the death of a homeless Guatemalan immigrant. Lt. Edward Dunnigan and Officers George Bubaris and Edward Dwyer responded...
WOMAN SLAIN BEFORE BLAZE
A Brooklyn woman was stabbed 17 times and then strangled early yesterday before her killer set her bed on fire to conceal the murder, cops said. The callous killer incredibly...
TRAGIC HERO COPS HONORED
Two cops who died in the line of duty last year were honored yesterday by the NYPD in a ceremony at Police Headquarters. Plaques for Officers Kevin Lee, 31 and...
CUOMO PROBING PENSION 'CONFLICTS'
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday revealed he is investigating the State Comptroller's Office over what he called "systemic conflicts of interests" involving the state pension fund. One issue,...
TAPED OATH TO OSAMA CHILLS COURTROOM
Members of a federal jury heard a former New York doctor and a martial-arts instructor swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden in a chilling al Qaeda oath that was being...
'DRUNK FAN FELL ON ME'
A woman whose back was broken by a falling fan at Shea Stadium on Opening Day has filed suit against the Mets and their beer vendor. Ellen Massey, 58, said...
CAPO HAS A FISHY ALIBI
Dominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia has an airtight alibi for the day a couple who had robbed his social club were killed - he was up to his elbows in fish...
TOT TV DANGER
American parents are putting their babies and toddlers in front of the television for up to two hours a day - a trend that has researchers worried about the future....
KATIE'S 'KID' BEAU HAS A GENT-LE TOUCH
Katie "Cougar" Couric and her athletic boy wonder, Brooks Perlin, were clearly on a roll as they hit Beantown for some fast fun in the sun over the weekend. The...
FANS BEG ARNIE TO LET PARIS GO
A panicked Paris Hilton yesterday urged her fans to join her in a desperate plea to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to keep her out of jail. "My friend Joshua started...
THE BRITISH INVASION
We may have fought a war to be independent from the British monarchy, but the White House went all out last night to make Queen Elizabeth feel welcome. The visit...
MCG IS 'CRUEL FRAUD'
Jim McGreevey's spurned wife went for the jugular yesterday, filing blockbuster divorce papers and suing the gay "love gov" for monetary damages for fraud, extreme cruelty and libeling her as...
HER $AN FRAN TREAT
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used her clout to get lawmakers to back a San Francisco redevelopment project near her multimillion-dollar rental properties, disclosure documents reveal. Pelosi got House...
SEN. HILL CLIMBER
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is pulling away from Barack Obama, while Rudy Giuliani has slipped into a dead heat with John McCain, new presidential campaign polls show. Clinton has...
OBAMA EYES GREENER DAYS FOR MOTOWN
Barack Obama unveiled a plan yesterday to make U.S. cars competitive with fuel-efficient foreign vehicles and save hundreds of millions of barrels of oil each year. The Democratic presidential contender...
MCCAIN HAS CHOICE WORDS FOR GIULIANI
John McCain yesterday stressed his opposition to abortion - just days after rival Rudy Giuliani's pro-choice position was a hot-button issue in the first Republican presidential debate. "We know this...
SPECTOR'S CREEPIEST RECORDING
LOS ANGELES - Jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial yesterday heard an angry telephone rant in which the oddball music mogul told a former girlfriend, "I'm going to get...
A 'BAD' SIGN
Lisa King Fithian is a walking billboard against shoplifting as she parades in front of a Wal-Mart in Attalla, Ala. - her penalty for stealing. A judge ordered her and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* A salesman was arrested for possessing kiddie porn on his computer after his laptop was sent in for repair, authorities said yesterday. Richard Wirin, 39, who worked for a...
NOT EVEN JAIL CAN UNSPOIL HEIRHEAD
POOR Paris. As she spends her days stocking up on unfamiliar cotton underwear and liquid soap - safer for those communal showers - it might seem high time for the...
JURY CRUSHES 'SPIDER' FIEND
THE jailbird punk who gave "Spider-Man" a bad name was found guilty yesterday of brutally raping two women during a 15-day crime spree in June 2005. The jury came back...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 078; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 5059; Lucky Sum: 19 Evening Nos. Mon.: 317; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 4192; Lucky...
A SECURITY SNIT
Christy Ferer is a commissioner of the Port Authority, appointed by former Gov. Pataki after her husband, PA Executive Director Neil Levin, died on 9/11. After the attacks, Ferer made...
PETER KALIKOW'S TENURE
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Peter Kalikow said yesterday he will step down as soon as Gov. Spitzer appoints a successor. Kalikow will leave after nine extraordinarily productive years on the...
WEASELS NO MORE?
Some 38 million Frenchmen went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, and guess who won? Civilization. Nicolas Sarkozy's 53 percent to 47 percent victory over Socialist Ségoléne...
A VOTE FOR CHANGE
THE French electorate voted for change by a margin of 6 percentage points on Sunday, ignoring the wild-eyed warnings of the leftist old guard and establishment intellectuals. I never thought...
IN FRANCE, DUBYA WON AGAIN
PARIS ARE we going to vote for a French George Bush? So asked Marianne, a left-wing Parisian daily, in its cover story about the French presidential election. On Sunday, French...
RUDY'S ABORTION CONTORTIONS
Rudy Giuliani is supposed to be the candidate of authenticity, the tough-talking former New York City mayor who sticks to his beliefs no matter what. But he is repeating a...
NO APOLOGIES
Hillary Clinton is twisting herself into a pretzel on Iraq. Her latest effort to find some way to appease the Democratic Party's anti-war base is a proposal for a vote...
PARTY-PRINCESS PARIS PREPARES FOR THE PEN
THE ISSUE: Paris Hilton's 45-day jail sentence for breaking her probation for past DWI charges. The law finally caught up with America's No. 1 party princess, Paris Hilton ("Paris Jailed,"...
THE YANKS' PRODIGAL SON RETUNS
THE ISSUE: The Yankees' signing of pitcher Roger Clemens for $28 million. Shame on the Yankees for catering to Roger Clemens' demands ("Relaunch," May 7). It must be nice as...
BACK IN PLAY
The $28 billion leveraged buyout of radio giant Clear Channel Communications, which appeared dead in the water last week, has been revived after influential shareholders voiced their displeasure with the...
ICAHN LOSES MOTOROLA VOTE
Carl Icahn lost his bid to capture a Motorola board seat, but that won't stop him from turning up the fire under CEO Ed Zander. Icahn and Zander have fought...
STREET SHIRKS OFF JOBS NUMBER AT ITS PERIL
THE Labor Department added an astounding 317,000 imaginary jobs to its tally of new positions in April - and still couldn't deliver good news for the staggering economy. As I...
BLACK-STABBER
CHICAGO - Jurors at Conrad Black's fraud trial scribbled furiously in their notebooks yesterday as the dethroned newspaper baron's turncoat deputy took the stand for the first time and began...
COUPLE ADMITS GUILT
The husband-and-wife lawyer team ensnared in one of the largest insider-trading rings in Wall Street history filed papers yesterday indicating their intention to plead guilty to the charges against them....
INTERNET ADS TO GET SHORTER
The 30-second spot still lives on TV, but it doesn't appear long for the Internet. Yesterday, NBC Universal became the first big-media player to limit the length of ads that...
AD FIRM EYES DOWNTOWN
ADVERTISING agency Omnicom may be landing near the World Trade Center redevelopment at 100 Church St. Over 650,000 feet of the 1.129 million square-foot, 1958 blue and silver building, owned...
HBO CHIEF BOXES SELF INTO A CORNER
HBO Chairman and Chief Executive Chris Albrecht spent yesterday in his Los Angeles home awaiting his fate. Albrecht is to find out if he will face assault and battery charges...
PARIS 'LIKELY' TO SERVE THREE WEEKS
It's "highly unlikely" that celebutard-turned-criminal Paris Hilton will serve her full 45-day sentence, a spokesman for the L.A. County Sheriff's office told The Post yesterday. "For every day you serve,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Van Gundy unsure of futureJeff Van Gundy, frustrated by his team's ouster in the first round, plans to take some time to evaluate his future as coach of the...
HARRIS BANKS WITH COMMERCE
John Harris took his golf game to the "next level" when he won the Commerce Bank Championship last year at Eisenhower Park's Red Course. This year he wants to go...
HONDO TAKES TWO!!
Hondo whisked his way to a sweep yesterday as he cashed with the Indians and Padres to increase his haul to 740 reduses. Today, he'll go to the 'dogs with...
TIME FOR DEVILS TO OPEN WALLET
When the Devils gather one last time at Meadowlands Arena for the team photo this morning, the questions will be more about their future than their past two weeks. A...
RAKING THE FIFTH
SAN FRANCISCO - It shouldn't have lasted as long as it did. Oliver Perez could have prevented it. Or Damion Easley and Shawn Green could have. Instead for the Mets...
MOISES, CARLOS RETURN TO BATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO - Both Moises Alou and Carlos Beltran returned to the Met lineup last night. Alou had missed three-plus games with a sore left knee, which has arthritis and...
OVER BOARDS
CLEVELAND - The Nets knew what was coming before they entered their team meeting yesterday. "Rebounding is going to be the first thing on the board," said Bostjan Nachbar. "I'm...
TALL CAVS MAKE VINCE WINCE
CLEVELAND - Cavaliers coach Mike Brown no doubt figured he had squeezed all the blood he could from the stone. So when Sasha Pavlovic committed two fouls three seconds apart...
REBUILDING PROCESS
THE Rangers have pro gressed from laughingstocks to first-round fodder to a reputable, tough, second-round out in a matter of three seasons. That is no small feat. But building upon...
WELLS: ROG PACT DISSES TEAMMATES
The contract clause that lets Roger Clemens travel with the Yankees only when he's scheduled to pitch may sit well with his teammates - but some major-leaguers think it's a...
PAVANO BALKS AT 3RD OPINION
Carl Pavano isn't a happy flyer today. According to the oft-injured pitcher, the Yankees are sending him to see Dr. Frank Jobe in California after two other surgeons informed him...
ROCKET STILL TALK OF TOWN
Had George Steinbrenner overreacted and fired Joe Torre a week ago after losing two of three to the Red Sox, The Boss would have lost a chance to add Roger...
HOW ABOUT THAT! A POP-QUIZ AS YOU PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF ROGER
WELL, we have about a month to re-calibrate ourselves, to get ready for All Things Rocket, to re-familiarize ourselves with those wonderfully kooky Elton John lyrics ("Mars ain't the kind...
OH MO! PEN NOT DESALVO'S PAL
Mariano Rivera giving up the game-winning homer in the ninth cut to the bone. Umpire Gerry Davis blowing a call in the eighth didn't help. And two bloop singles off...
UMP: I BLEW IT ON CALL
A horrible call by second-base umpire Gerry Davis cost the Yankees an eighth-inning lead last night - and probably a victory. Davis ruled Seattle pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist was safe on...
SEARCHING FOR THE REAL RIVERA
There were more quotes within the Yankee clubhouse about being shocked whenever Mariano Rivera falters and more vows about not being worried at all about the greatest closer of all...
ROCKET DEAL MAY BE BOON TO A-ROD
THE big winner when Roger Clemens signed with the Yankees was not Clemens or the Yankees. It was Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez and, just as vitally, his agent, Scott Boras, now...
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
CHARLESTON worked well for us, but if you've been there and done that, try one of these weekends on for size. CLOSE TO HOME Just a two-hour drive from the...
YOU 'OTTA' KNOW
FLIP open a travel mag these days and you'll find Canada's capital summed up in four photos: a sunset, a flower bed, the Rideau Canal and a frowny royal guardsman...
DIXIE CHICKS
Our first trip together, just the two of us. No, it's not a mini-vacation with my new boyfriend; it's me and my mom spending a weekend in Charleston, South Carolina....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A British man who wildly spent all his money after being diagnosed with a terminal illness might sue his hospital - after learning there's nothing wrong with him. "When they...
My favorite stadium in baseball
By MARK HALEI used to love Wrigley Field as my top stadium, but AT&T Park here in San Francisco is my number-one. The park is beautiful, has great food and...