June 2, 2007
PARKS: Harry does Orlando
There is a castle on a..er..swamp. By now Harry Potter fans have heard with their own ears the gossip swirling around the theme park biz of late - Universal Orlando...
Scene
Emily Todd carries a Kooba bag with her cute vintage dress and Arms and Armory vest. Her flats are from Urban Outfitters. "I'm all about the '60s right now, and...
Geeks Storm the Gangplank
Captain Jack is taking on water fast, but should still easily hold off Seth Rogen and his raunchy pals this weekend, if early extrapolations based on preliminary Friday numbers holds...
FANTASY ISLAND
HAVE a ferry good time this summer at Governors Island. The lush 172-acre island - just a half-mile from Battery Park - kicks off the start of sandal season this...
WHAT'S UP
TODAYALL ABOARD: If you've got one of those kids whose backpack, bedspread and bike bear the likeness of a certain smiley-faced choo-choo, well, we have the show for you. It's...
CAMP IT UP!
MANY kids in this city want more from day camp than color war. And they get it. Where better but here to learn about comedy, fashion, musical theater and art?...
MY FATHER, MY HERO
POST readers just finished honoring their mothers - now it's time to make room for daddy! We're asking you (especially those ages 18 and younger) to tell us in 200...
POTTER, POTS & PANS
CHICKEN nuggets, expelliarmus! A one-day cooking class lets kids exchange wands for whisks to create food inspired by J.K. Rowling. Just in time for the final book in the series...
CLUB NEEDS BLACK POWER
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUBNOT being black, rebels or bikers, the Black Rebel Motor cycle Club has suffered from a problem of perception. And the band's stylistic slides from psychedelic space...
SOB STORY
FINALLY, a soap to sink your teeth into - if you wanted to ever, say, bite into soap that is. Lifetime's terrific new, sexy, smart, compelling series, "Army Wives," is...
DUFFER MIKE'S 'HOLE' FUTURE
What does a mayor do after eight years in office? If he's Mike Bloomberg, he contemplates a solid week of golf. "On Jan. 1, 2010, I will go to the...
POLITICAL 'ASSASSIN' FEUD BOILS
The brother of slain City Councilman James Davis, who was gunned down in City Hall in 2003, said yesterday the use of the term "assassination" by Councilman Charles Barron's aide...
SUBWAY SAVIOR'S EMT JOY
The Wall Street wiz-turned-EMT - who grabbed headlines when he stopped a woman from throwing herself in front of a subway train - was promoted to paramedic yesterday. Daniel Fitzpatrick,...
HORRIBLE HORACE: TEACHERS, STUDENTS RIP PROF FIRING
Teachers and students at Horace Mann said yesterday the firing of a popular teacher - for writing a tell-all roman à clef about an out-of-control school - reflected far worse...
BRO $LAY PLOT
A greedy trust-fund transsexual - convicted last year of roughing up her elderly heiress mother in a fight over her millions - has been arrested for plotting to kill her...
DUI GOLFER CARTED OFF
Maybe a little birdie told him to do it. An Ohio golfer who had to get to a friend's wedding but figured he was too boozed-up to drive his truck,...
PARKING SPACE $TUNNER
It's worth taking out a second mortgage. The priciest parking spot in Manhattan costs almost $2,000 a month - more than a rental for a one-bedroom apartment in a trendy...
MORE REMAINS IN SITE SIFTING
Workers continuing to sift material at the World Trade Center site have recovered 646 fragments that are potential human remains, up from 445 in March, officials said yesterday. Deputy Mayor...
PBA SUES TO BOO$T '9/11 AIR VICTIM'
The city's largest police union filed a lawsuit yesterday to win benefits for a 36-year-old officer suffering from a disease he claims was incurred working at the World Trade Center...
FOES GIVE A--ROD CURSES OF A BABE
Rabid Red Sox fans roasted Alex Rodriguez last night, bringing new meaning to the term hostile territory as they took to Fenway Park in "blond babe" masks to bash the...
SAVED BY THE HIGH-WIRE HEROES
A blade-wielding lunatic climbed up the George Washington Bridge during rush hour yesterday, causing miles-long traffic jams as cops made a daring rescue. The emotionally disturbed man, who was not...
MAYOR'S 'RISING' IRRITATION
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday vowed to get tough on skyscraper owners lacking updated post-9/11 evacuation plans. Just half of the estimated 1,200 to 1,400 commercial office buildings required by law to...
COP 'SUICIDE'
A four-year NYPD veteran died in an apparent suicide in Brooklyn last night, authorities said. The unidentified cop had returned from grocery shopping to his apartment on East 18th Street...
HERO KID HALTS THUGS
A 12-year-old Bronx boy helped cops nab a trio of home invaders holding his family hostage, police said yesterday. The child was showering when three men broke down the front...
NYPD IN DWI PUSH
The NYPD has launched its latest offensive on drunken driving, an enforcement program called Operation Cold Sober that targets out-of-control motorists partying at local nightclubs, police said. A "significant" number...
BUSH FURY AT IRAN
An angry President Bush yesterday turned up the heat on Iran, demanding the rogue nation immediately free four Iranian-Americans being held on trumped-up spying changes and possibly facing the death...
JIHADI'S AIRPORT TANTRUM
A Queens man accused of supplying military equipment to terrorists had a direct pipeline to al Qaeda's No. 3 leader and showed he was quick to turn violent at the...
2 L.I. GIS KILLED AT FRONT
Two soldiers from Long Island were killed in Iraq this week, officials said yesterday. Pfc. Matthew Baylis, 20, of Oakdale, died Thursday in Baghdad. He was on patrol the day...
RUDY SIDESTEPS 'NO TAX' PLEDGE
Rudy Giuliani - who touts his record as a tax cutter on the campaign trail - has refused to sign a pledge not to raise taxes if elected president, The...
CONDE NASTY
It seems burqas are out of Vogue this year. In a harshly worded e-mail, Conde Nast International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse angrily rejected a proposal to print a Middle East edition...
GROOM'S TB 'BUG'
Don't blame me, public-health fugitive Andrew Speaker said yesterday, claiming his lawyer father taped federal officials saying he was OK to fly to Europe even though he carried a deadly...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx* A 15-year-old boy riding a subway train early yesterday fought off three teenage muggers who punched him and jabbed his chest with a pen during an unsuccessful attempt...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 142; Lucky Sum: 7 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 7410; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 637; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 6054;...
CORZINE: ABOVE THE LAW?
Don't expect to see New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine doing a public-service announcement warning against speeding anytime soon. That's because State Police Superintendent Joseph Fuentes told an investigative panel that...
'ASSASSINATION': NO JOKE
It's usually wise to ignore the rhetorical excesses that regularly erupt from Charles Barron, the detestable racial arsonist from Brooklyn; his presence on the City Council is an embarrassment to...
FROM YAWN TO SCREAM
CONSERVATIVES have a gift for phrasing things in terms that are unlikely to arouse most people's interest, much less their support. . Consider what legal scholars call "takings." If you're...
HILL'S BUBBLE BLATHER
HILLARY Clinton has identified a grievous flaw in the contemporary American economy: It leaves "it all up to the individual." This hateful individualism is allegedly driving income inequality and destroying...
FREE ANDREW!
INFORMATION is still coming in about the case of Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta-area attorney now quarantined because he carries an antibiotics-resistant strain of tuberculosis - so perhaps our picture of...
JERSEY GOP'S RUDY RULES
SUPPORTERS of Rudy Giuliani for president are changing New Jersey's longtime proportional representation rules for allocating national convention delegates to winner-take-all, seeking a coup to give the former New York...
OUTSIDE THE LINES: A-ROD OR THE POST?
THE ISSUE: The Post's coverage of Yankee Alex Rodrieguez's stepping out on his wife. Since when did The Post drop itself down to a cheap tabloid level ("Stray-Rod," May 30)?...
DOW JONES POPS
The stock of Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. surged above Rupert Murdoch's $60 a share bid yesterday, a sign investors expect the News Corp. chairman to sweeten...
WAL-MART SHARES ADVANCE ON SALES FOCUS
Wal-Mart yesterday outlined plans to slow store expansion and buy back more stock, signs that the retailer is increasingly focused on improving investor returns in the wake of disappointing sales...
WARREN ANDERSON, 1915-2007
New Yorkers have lost a friend most never knew they had. Warren Anderson, a former state Senate majority leader and one of the last of New York's so-called Rockefeller Republicans,...
$1M RACE AT YONKERS
Tivoli Hanover is the 9-5 morning-line favorite for tonight's $1 million Art Rooney Pace final at Yonkers Raceway, the richest purse in the track's history. Eight 3-year-old colts and geldings...
LONG SHOT DIGGER BELMONT BOUND
Remember Rick's Natural Star, the pie-in-the-sky long shot whose owner vanned him from New Mexico to Canada and ran him (he was eased) in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Turf at...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: St. John's loses NCAA opener In Myrtle Beach, S.C., Brad Chalk's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted Clemson to a 3-2 victory over St. John's...
FRANCHISE FIRMS GO BACK AND FORTH
He said, she said: Thursday, Jeff Perle of Empire Racing, one of four bidders looking to take over New York's racing franchise when NYRA's license expires Dec. 31, sent letter...
HONDO SEES CATS AGAIN
As expected, Wakefield, that knucklehead, had nothing last night, so Hondo breezed with the Yankees to increase his earnings to 310 cochranes. Tonight, Mr. Aitch again will tip his turban...
ANGRY SHANNON READY FOR SULTAN
ATLANTIC CITY - Shannon Briggs is an angry man, which should be of concern when someone is 6-foot-4, 273 pounds, and owns the title of heavyweight champion of the world....
WADSWORTH GIVES JETS SOME VALUE
There were different interpretations of the conversation, but the result produced what has potential to be one of the feel-good stories of the year in the NFL. There was Andre...
STRAWBERRY GROWS AT DRAFT CAMP
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Gangly D.J. Strawberry strutted his stuff the past three days at the Milk House Gym at Walt Disney World in the NBA's pre-draft camp, and...
BACK SPASMS SLOW WRIGHT
Back spasms have hit David Wright again, as the third baseman was scratched from the Mets starting lineup yesterday. Wright said the spasms were not a big deal, saying he...
BELTRAN MRI NEGATIVE; BACKUP OUTFIELDERS STRUGGLE
You could say last night's Mets outfielders were out of their depth. Carlos Beltran's MRI exam yesterday was negative, revealing a bruised right knee that kept the Mets center fielder...
SNAKE-BITTEN
With two outs in the eighth, the Mets at last managed to get a hit that reached the outfield. Until then, even though Ruben Gotay's single was the Mets' fourth...
WIL'S THE WAY FOR MUSSINA
BOSTON - Believing Mike Mussina works better with Wil Nieves, Joe Torre will pair the Yankees starter with the backup catcher today against the Red Sox. "I want Nieves to...
PROCTOR PLUNKING IRKS YOUK
BOSTON - Kevin Youkilis won't be adding Scott Proctor to his buddy list anytime soon. Just when all seemed tranquil last night, with the Yankees ahead by six runs in...
LIFE AFTER JASON
BOSTON - Melky Cabrera played when he probably wouldn't have last night and reached base safely four times. The Yankees will keep Jorge Posada's sizzling bat while resting his aching...
A-LIGHTING-ROD
BOSTON - There never has been a more polarizing figure in the history of New York sports than Alex Rodriguez. Ever. It's not close. You get 50 New Yorkers together,...
TORRE: POP-OFF 'INAPPROPRIATE'
BOSTON - Alex Rodriguez's week got tougher yesterday at Fenway Park when Joe Torre said Rodriguez using his mouth to distract Blue Jays in fielders Wednesday night in Toronto was...
YANKS MASTER FIESTY FENWAY
BOSTON - Joe Torre was ejected in the fifth inning following a fierce argument with third-base umpire Jerry Crawford about Bobby Abreu being called out trying to steal. Scott Proctor...
BE CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE RIVALS FIGHTING MAD
BOSTON - The Yankees weren't forced to pay for their sins at Fenway Park last night, so they could smile in the postgame clubhouse, and shake their heads, and understand...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Two inebriated Virginia residents trying not to drink and drive chose to ride their horses home instead, but still got busted. Police were tipped off when they heard the saddled...