May 23, 2007
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Anise Labrum wears a bolero from H&M, vintage jeans, Frye sandals, and a Forever 21 top. Her sunglasses were scored for $1.99 at a thrift store.She describes her style as...
QUICK TRIPS: Fabulous Allentown
Time for lunch./James Oh I know this picture is awful, but I couldn't resist the upload. It looks like this was taken at some crazy little lunch counter in a...
Lineup change
By MARK HALEIn an intresting move, Willie Randolph has changed the lineup, dropping Carlos Delgado to sixth.David Wright is hitting fourth and Paul Lo Duca is fifth.
ROCKET ARRIVAL
TRENTON â The magic bus was parked beyond the centerfield fence at beautiful Waterfront Park, right along the banks of the Delaware River. Traffic raced past on Route 29 South....
Starcraft II -- We're Finally Posting About It
On May 18th, 2007, Blizzard announced that Starcraft II, one of the most eagerly awaited game sequels ever. The new title will be updated to take full advantage of our...
Jackass-ary
Remember back in the early 2000s, when bored, stupid, suburban kids tried to imitate the hilarious stunts the guys on MTV's "Jackass" pulled? And very nearly put the kibosh on...
Lipo in a bottle
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Tummy Tuck, Rodial's new fat fighting formula that promises to get rid of an inch in 8 weeks.Since then, Skin Store has...
More Guitar Hero news
Mwah hahahaha. "Guitar Hero III" is going to be the best one to date! Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)The Metal (by...
Deal of the Day
Barney's Co-op has begun slashing prices. And while they aren't insane, they are quite reasonable.Jeans from Citizens and Earnest Sewn, Zooey cotton tops, Barney's shoes, and dresses like this Steven...
Trailblazers Have Their Pick
The NBA lottery worked in Portland's favor, giving them the number one pick in the draft with which they'll likely chose either Ohio State's standout Greg Oden, or Kevin Durant....
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: A-ROD, REYES SLIP
Week 7 of Awards Wednesday and just wondering what Jason Giambi has not put in his body: AL MVP1. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers. 2. Vladimir Guerrero, Angels. 3. Alex Rodriguez, Angels....
The Secret Life of Sam Goldwyn Jr.
Mike Myers, who hasn't appeared in a live-action movie since the abysmal "The Cat in the Hat'' four years ago, is the latest star to be "attached" to the long-aborning...
Ducks Get What they Deserve
Anaheim played like a team determined to close out their series and move on to the Stanley Cup Finals. Last night, they did precisely that, sending the Detroit Red Wings...
No more second-guessing
By MARC BERMANWill the second-guessing of the Eddy Curry trade now stop? Because it should after last night's lottery in which the Bulls stayed put at No. 9. The Knicks...
Old(er) Blue Eyes is Back!
My heart be still. Karen Allen will be playing Shia LaBoeuf's mother in the new Indiana Jones movie, according to "sources" quoted by CHUD. That's not exactly a huge spoiler,...
STARBUCKS
NO billboard in the world is as good for a club as Britney Spears having a lesbian kiss on a banquet. That's why, when it comes to nightclubs, most promoters...
BRAD & ANGIE BREAKDOWN
Fans worry over Angelina's farewell to arms Angelina Jolie may have Hollywood's most luscious lips, but she's got the most appalling arms, too. The vein-y vixen sported such skinny limbs...
TONYS IN TV TIFF
ON Monday, Jerry Mitchell, the direc tor of "Legally Blonde," called his cast together to re late some exciting news: Although the show wasn't nominated for Best Musical, the producers...
'JOB' IS GOOD FOR LAUGHS
STEADY acting gigs are hard to come by, so it makes sense that four of Broadway's hard-working performers - Steve Rosen, David Rossmer, Sarah Saltzberg and Dan Lipton - would...
TWO CLOSE
LAST night's big singoff between "American Idol" finalists Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis went a long way toward determining the winner of tonight's twohour live finale (8-10 p.m/Ch. 5). So...
'I DO' PLUS FIVE
IF you could have looked into the future on your wedding day and know - really know - what your life would be like five years from that date, would...
'BIONIC' REBUILT
WHAT'S the first word that occurs to you when you hear the phrase "bionic woman"? "Fun," right? It should be fun to be bionic - what with all that super-speed...
BURKE WON'T BE REGULAR
ISAIAH Washington is ex pected to return to "Grey's Anatomy" next season - but not as a regular, a published report now claims. "He will not be back as a...
NBC TOSSES STONE: PHILLIPS OUT
STONE Phillips, who's anchored "Dateline" for the last 15 years, is leaving NBC News next month. "Dateline" executive producer David Corvo broke the news to staffers yesterday. Phillips' departure, which...
STARR REPORT
Tips appreciated Nancy Grace played her self on last night's season fi nale of "Law & Order: SVU," commenting on a court case along with Star Jones (the past and...
NOCTURNAL ADMISSIONS
Private cabanas, champagne that costs as much as a Honda Accord, presumptuous debutantes threatening defiant bouncers with next-day calls from their daddies if they're not admitted ASAP. Yes, it's Hamptons...
BOUNCER KNOWS THE (VELVET) ROPES
THE club space at 1181 North Sea Road has seen its share of successful reinventions over the past few years. It started in 1999 as the Hamptons-defining Jet East, became...
SOUTH FORK'S NEW HIGH-END BUY WAYS
Summertime in the Hamptons - where the entire Manhattan population decamps to partake in overcrowded weekends of schmoozing, sunning, getting wasted, seeing and being seen. That's right, being seen. In...
EAST END'S MAIN EVENTS
THERE'S more to the Hamptons than clubs - like shopping and polo! Enjoy the rest of the best. Hamptons Magazine Summer Kickoff Tonight, 11 p.m.; Summer Pavilion, 527 W. 27th...
RENTAL SOUP: LAST-MINUTE STOCK
DESPITE reports of a soaring summer rental market in the Hamptons, last-minute shoppers can still get some fun in the sun on the East End. "There's plenty of inventory out...
HOT DAYS, HOTTER NIGHTS
BEACH BEAUTY Oh, poolboy! He'll be rushing over with the cocoa butter if you're wearing this sexy Jo de Mer green "Val" bikini, $180, at Barneys New York, paired with...
BUY SOCIETY
EACH summer, Hamptons-goers compete among themselves when it comes to telegraphing their wealth, popularity, taste level, and consumption - typically over rentals and restaurant reservations and hard-won country-club memberships. But...
HOT & UNBOTHERED
BEING a hot chick is within your grasp. No, really. As a mat ter of fact, you al ready are one. That is the premise of a fun, flip, not-for-the-faint-of-heart...
TWILIGHT ZONING SACKS SUNNY SEATS
YOU can eat all kinds of food outdoors on MacDougal Street in the Village - miserable Mexican, mediocre Middle Eastern and heinous Italian. But what you can't eat outdoors on...
'OLDER & WISER' ON CITY READING SCORES
The share of New York City students reading and writing at grade level fell in the elementary grades but rose in middle school this year, closing the gap on a...
$100M+ HOME IN HAMPTONS
A vast swath of property in the Hamptons is about to become the priciest piece of residential real estate in the United States. Financier Ron Baron has agreed to pay...
SILDA SUMMIT BOOMERANGS
ALBANY - First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer yesterday announced plans for a "brain-drain summit" to examine the causes of the loss of so many talented young New Yorkers to other...
'HAUL$' OF IVY HALTED
A Columbia University grad allegedly put his Ivy League smarts to work filing fake tax returns claiming millions in bogus refunds, but a bank manager, state tax auditors and the...
$22M GIFT FOR ARCHDIOCESE
A philanthropist is giving a whopping $22.5 million to the New York Archdiocese to help fund the education of thousands of needy Roman Catholic school students in the city. Robert...
'MISSING' IN ACTION
City cops firing their weapons in line-of-duty gunfights hit their intended targets only 8 percent of the time, it was reported yesterday. While the number of bullets fired by cops...
'ADDAMS FAMILY' FOR B'WAY
A "creepy" and "kooky" classic will be brought to life on Broadway in a musical version of the Gothic comedy "The Addams Family," according to reports. The spooky songfest is...
GAL, 60, MOMMY OLDEST
A 60-year-old New Jersey woman thought she'd get pampered in her old age - now she's putting Pampers on her newborns. Only a few years away from being a senior...
MIKE'S HEALTH-FOOD FIGHT
Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday unveiled moves to help New Yorkers access healthier things to eat - including streamlining applications for food stamps - as part...
CHOCO 'BAR' IS BENDEL-ICIOUS
The ladies who lunch better put their dentists on speed dial. Henri Bendel - the shopping mecca of Fifth Avenue - this week replaced its ordinary eatery with a restaurant...
SHOOT COP PINNED IN CRASH CAR
Officer Raphael Lora fatally shot a Bronx driver only after the man pulled his car door shut against the off-duty cop's body and began driving away - making Lora fear...
JAY-Z HIT WITH $TAFF RAP AT HIP CLUB
Hip-hop high-roller Jay-Z and his Chelsea hot spot, the 40/40 Club, have been rapped with a lawsuit for allegedly skimping on pay for waiters, bartenders and other staffers. Lawyers for...
MANHATTAN JUDGE KOS BRUNEI PRINCE'S SUIT
A lawsuit by Prince Jefri of Brunei got the royal heave-ho when a federal judge ruled that a British barrister couple accused of swindling tens of millions of dollars from...
ROSIE HIT BY 70G 'RIP-OFF'
Talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell was bilked out of nearly $70,000 by a Queens man who forged checks to himself from her production company, authorities said yesterday. Ramone Costley, 23, was...
FLEET DROPS ANCHOR FOR FEST
The fleet's in. For the next few days, the city will be covered in white uniforms as the Navy kicks off its annual Fleet Week festivities. Nearly 3,000 sailors, Marines...
CYCLIST HURT IN S.I. 'HIT-RUN'
A bicyclist was fighting for his life on Staten Island last night after he was struck by a car, whose driver fled, cops said. Leon Wilson, 19, was arrested after...
NEW MOM BUSTED IN TOT DUMP
A Long Island mother faces arrest after allegedly abandoning her newborn girl yesterday. An anonymous call at around 12:45 a.m. alerted Suffolk County cops to a suspicious-looking bundle along a...
ARENA FOES SLAM DUNKED
They're calling it Marty's revenge. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday kicked nine members off Community Board 6 - all of whom voted last September to condemn the Atlantic Yards...
A MEDICAL MASK OF DEATH
Dr. Sherrell Aston, one of the world's most acclaimed cosmetic surgeons, is being sued by a Connecticut man who claims the renowned doctor's "gross negligence" led to his wife's death....
FIRED-UP FIEND BRAUNSTEIN SHOWS SOME EMOTION
Fire fiend Peter Braunstein appeared to glare angrily at his prosecutor yesterday as she lambasted him in front of jurors, calling him angry, needy, vengeful and fully capable of intentionally...
TUB-TOT HOMICIDE
The death of a Bronx infant who drowned in a bathtub last week has been ruled a homicide by the medical examiner, officials said last night. Eight-month-old Ricky Rivera was...
SCHOOL-AIDE MOLEST BUST
A teacher's assistant at a Long Island junior high school has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl several times, including inside an empty classroom, police said. Ned...
SHELF-DESTRUCT
A piece of New York's literary history came to a sad end yesterday. The entire contents of the 87-year-old Gotham Book Mart - from rare first-edition John Updike novels to...
QUACK 'VET' AVOIDS CAGE
A Brooklyn man admitted yesterday to masquerading as a veterinarian, part of a plea deal struck with the district attorney that will keep him out of prison if he completes...
COUPLE'S WAR OF THE NOSES
A Brooklyn couple living in a divided house under judge's orders is back in court - with plumbing problems. Chana Taub, 57, told a judge yesterday that her husband was...
LOT OF QUIT IN NYPD
The NYPD can't get them - and can't keep them. The number of cops who quit the ranks of New York's Finest topped more than 900 last year, pushing the...
PATAKI 'PRAYER' FUND SINNED: AG
ALBANY - Former Gov. George Pataki's controversial "Prayer Breakfast Trust Fund" has violated state law by failing to file two legally required financial statements, according to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's...
U.N. 'HOOKERS & HOOCH' ANTICS
A federal jury got to glimpse the ugly underbelly of the United Nations yesterday as a crooked businessman described buying officials for cash, property and, in one case, a wild,...
CIA LAUNCHES 'PEACEFUL' PLOT TO TAKE DOWN IRAN'S MANIAC
The CIA has been given presidential approval to mount a "secret" operation to destabilize the Iranian government - a move aimed at getting the country to abandon its nuclear-enrichment program,...
MOUSE VS. 'RATS'
A family of Long Island lunkheads tried to turn the Magic Kingdom into the Wild Kingdom, police said. Five young people from Shirley were busted at Disney World after they...
LOVE NEST FOR JOEY & 'LOLITA'
Long Island's two biggest losers just went from zero to 60 in less than a week. Five days after reuniting for the cameras, they say they're moving in together. Lumpy...
TIME BOMBS IN OUR MIDST
One out of four young U.S. Muslims believe suicide bombings against innocent civilians are OK to defend Islam, a disturbing new poll revealed yesterday. The nationwide survey - one of...
SPECTOR 'BODY' OF EVIDENCE
One photo has rocked the Phil Spector trial: the limp and lifeless body of the music madman's alleged victim, Lana Clarkson. The gruesome display was captured in the foyer of...
RUDY NO. 1 WITH A BULLET
Rudy Giuliani, a supporter of gun control, still comes out on top with gun owners, a new survey has found. A new Gallup Poll has Giuliani leading GOP rival John...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens* Cops are searching for a man who suffers from poor mental health and disappeared from St. Albans Memorial Park. Syion Moore (pictured), 24, was last spotted in the park...
THIS TINY LUNATIC FRINGE ADDS UP TO A BIG THREAT
THOSE who approve of killing in the name of Islam are here among us. They are your neighbors, your co-workers, and your children's classmates. They may be your doctors, your...
NUT-JOB'S DRIVER PUT JUSTICE IN REVERSE
LOS ANGELES - He was a simple man in the Brazilian army who graduated to be a driver - a go-fer - for a maniac. But still, he knew the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 370; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 2317; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 497; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
BEAN-COUNTING VS. THE BRAVEST
After hovering over the most respected fire department in the world like a vulture for the last several years, the U.S. Department of Justice decided to swoop down this week....
A HAIR-RAISING POLL
It's hard not to be troubled by a new poll that suggests that as many as one in four young American Muslims condones suicide bombings against civilians, at least sometimes....
TEHRAN'S TARGETS
KUNDUZ, northern Afghanistan: A series of suicide attacks against civilians and NATO forces break the calm the city has enjoyed since 2002. Tripoli, northern Lebanon: A little-known terrorist group called...
CRACK: TOUGH LAWS WITHOUT A CAUSE
TWO decades ago, in the midst of a drug-induced panic, Congress created draconian sentences for crack-cocaine offenses. Since then the panic has ebbed, but the penalties are still with us,...
UPSTATE TAX BREAKS
The Post is wrong to claim that the Upstate Now economic-development plan did not include any tax cuts - it includes more than $2 billion in tax cuts ("Upstate Con...
'NEIGH!' TO POST'S HORSE RECIPE
THE ISSUE: Americans' aversion to consuming horsemeat and a Post recipe for horse stew. Katherine Pushkar's "A Horse Is a Course" (May 17) is despicable, particularly since it ran just...
CARTER'S OFF COMMENTS SECURE HIS INFAMY
THE ISSUE: Jimmy Carter's claim that the Bush administration is the worst in presidential history. Disagreement over policy is expected, but ridiculous and false accusations are way beneath the dignity...
EMI BIDFEST
It took EMI Group seven years to finally reach a buyout deal, but it took only 24 hours for another bidder to emerge. At around 12:30 p.m. yesterday - exactly...
FORTUNE TUNE-UP
FORTUNE, like other titles in the business magazine category, is reeling on the advertising front, but that's not preventing it from making changes on the editorial side. Managing Editor Andy...
CONRAD BLACK'S PLANE CHUTZPAH
CHICAGO - As investor outrage over outsized executive bonuses and lavish perks mounted at Hollinger International back in 2002, the newspaper company's then-Chairman Conrad Black boasted that he could have...
TROUBLED CHINESE FIRM IN FREE FALL
The Chinese corporate parent of white-shoe proxy adviser Glass Lewis continues to see its stock price drop as questions mount over its finances and transparency. Xinhua Finance Media's stock price...
OUTBACK FOUNDERS RAISE STEAKS TO GET DEAL OK
Outback Steakhouse's founders and their private-equity backers juiced their $3.2 billion takeover offer yesterday following an outcry from shareholders, who threatened to kill the deal. The buyout group led by...
AD & SUBTRACT
Google is trying to clean up its search results by cracking down on dubious Web sites that contain little content but lots of ads. The search giant has notified a...
BUYING PIECE OF PARADISE
USUALLY, my work-related travels involve visiting either romantic spots like New Jersey's Gold Coast to check out K. Hovnanian's development The Views at Hudson Point or northern Yonkers to drool...
GOOGLE WANTS TO BE YOUR BIG BROTHER
Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, told journalists in London that gathering more personal data was a key way for Google to expand, the Financial Times reported on its Web site....
PAYLESS LACES UP STRIDE RITE
Payless ShoeSource yesterday agreed to acquire smaller rival Stride Rite for $800 million in cash, giving it a toehold in premium-branded footwear with names such as Keds, Sperry Top-Sider and...
EC OKS UNIVERSAL'S $2.1B BMG BUY
Talk about a day late and a dollar short. Just one day after Terra Firma trumped Warner Music's 260 pence per share offer for EMI with its own 265 pence...
JURY FINDS FIRE FIEND GUILTY IN HALLOWEEN ATTACK
Fire fiend Peter Braunstein was convicted today in the Halloween 2005 sex torture of a former media co-worker whom he had grown obsessed with. The startlingly quick verdict by jurors...
VIRTUAL HUMAN PUTS DOCTORS INSIDE THEIR PATIENTS
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadian researchers say they have developed the most detailed model of a human yet, a movable "4D" image that doctors can use to plan complex surgery...
RITE OF PASSAGE
HOW many NBA head coaches over the years would jump at the opportunity to win a playoff game on the road against a heavily favored opponent with the last round...
SHAD RECORD NOT TOO SHABBY
EARLIER this month, a new state record for shad was set when a Massachusetts angler landed a 9.4 pounder in the Hudson River. The New York State-record fish was caught...
IT'S DUCKS AND SENS IN FINALS
ANAHEIM - Jiggy and the Ducks held off the Red Wings to earn a second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. Jean-Sebastien Giguere shut out Detroit for the first two...
GATTI EYES ANOTHER TITLE
We should have expected nothing less from Arturo Gatti. He feels great, his legs are strong, and he says he has enough left in him to win another world title....
NYRA BIDDER RECRUITS CAUTHEN
Steve Cauthen, who rode Affirmed to racing's last Triple Crown back in 1978, was introduced yesterday as part of the Capital Play Inc. team that's one of four groups bidding...
CAP NIGHT FOR HONDO
The Dodgers generated some additional DPs (dead presidents) for Hondo last night as they downed the Brews to up the earnings to 150 sherrys. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will switch dugouts...
SPORTS SHORTS
HOOPS: Ex-'Nova star beaten Former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter was found severely beaten in a Minneapolis alley, and remained hospitalized yesterday. The 58-year-old Porter is now a probation officer...
SHOCKEY SURE IT'LL WORK OUT
Jeremy Shockey flew in from Miami under the radar like a stealth bomber late last week to participate in the Giants' offseason program, to the delight of quarterback Eli Manning...
THE TYNES IS RIGHT FOR KICKER TO JOIN GIANTS
Last month, Giants general manager Jerry Reese said he'd stick with young, unproven place-kickers as long as they showed him they could do the job. Apparently, Reese was not impressed....
BLAZERS HIT LOTTERY JACKPOT
Isiah Thomas can come off the ledge now. The Knicks president/coach never has been happier for the Trail Blazers, who won last night's Greg Oden Lottery in Secaucus, N.J. The...
METS SUNK BY BRAVES' 8-BALL
ATLANTA - It was an obliteration in nearly all facets, and it not only brought the race closer, it made the Mets look abysmal. Returning to Turner Field for a...
RE-HEATED
ATLANTA - Theirs is a rivalry grounded in competition, not in geography, one born late last decade when the Braves were mighty and the Mets were wannabes and it seemed...
EATING WRIGHT
ATLANTA - Since the start of the regular season, David Wright hasn't been on the South Beach Diet or the Beverly Hills Diet. But thanks to a nutritionist/cook he hired...
1ST OF MANNY DOOMS YANKS
After three games of administering the Dead Bats Society barbituites, the Yankees used sticks made of soggy scrolls last night against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Starting Saturday and...
BACK TO REALITY
THERE are wins, of which the Yankees only have 20 in 44 games this year. And then there are wins, consecutive ones over the Mets and Red Sox, having put...
ROCKET THUNDER
THE Yankees need Roger Clemens for so many reasons. In many ways, the Yankees have been sleepwalking through this season. Clemens never sleepwalks through anything. When he is working with...
MOMENTUM LEAVES YARD ON RAMIREZ BLAST
AS THE long fly ball off the bat of Manny Ramirez sailed over the left-field wall and deep into the seats, it was as if all the air had been...
SOX HIT MUSSINA EARLY, LATE
That wasn't a "Mooooose" call resonating through Yankee Stadium in the seventh inning last night. It was instead a combination of Red Sox fans saluting Kevin Youkilis with a "Yewwwwk"...
PEDROIA IS NO FAN OF A-ROD
It can't be catalogued in the same universe as his infamous "slap play," but Alex Rodriguez added an elbow to his repertoire against Boston last night. And Red Sox second...
JASON'S NOT FITTED FOR ANGEL
The Angels' interest in Jason Giambi didn't reach the Yankees DH until he was informed by the media prior to last night's game. "This is all news to me,' "...
SCHILL'S BLOGGY SOCK
Last June, Curt Schilling argued that Joe Torre deserved Manager of the Year props for navigating around a bunch of Yankees injuries. When the Red Sox starting pitcher looks at...
JULIAN SLICES YANKS' BATS AGAIN
In less than four weeks, Julian Tavarez has topped the Yankees twice. That's as many victories as Tim Wakefield has managed against them since the start of 2005. Tavarez, who...
JASON'S NOT FITTED FOR ANGEL WINGS ... YET
The Angels' interest in Jason Giambi didn't reach the Yankees DH until he was informed by the media prior to last night's game. "This is all news to me,' "...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Some people sleep like the dead, but one West Virginia man took it to a new extreme. Michael Lusher somehow managed to sleep through being shot in the head, not...
What You Missed By Watching "Idol": Last Trip to Mars
"Veronica Mars" loaded up Tuesday night with two new episodes, one being the series finale. By ending after just three seasons, the detective avoided drawn-out good-byes like her predecessor, Buffy,...
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At a Wallpaper magazine party, Lucia del Portillo, 25, a Spanish Industrial designer. Describes her look as "a mix of Zara and high-end. Plus, I take things from my mother's...