June 18, 2007
Series pick
I'm off today for the first time in the last 11 days, so this is just a quick series pick. Of course, just like the Mets, I'm now struggling too...
Take me to Casa Casuarina
I always joke with Raakhee that on one of her pilgrimages down to Miami, she should bring her enormous collection of gold, print, and mosaic Versace clothes and accessories and...
Naomi-watch
Along with things like Margiela Tabi shoes, body glitter, cheap trans-Atlantic flights, bacon, and Lindsay Lohan films, one subject I never get tired of discussing is Naomi Campbell's where-abouts and...
Yankees sign 2 Chinese teens
Reuters is reporting that the Yankees have become the first major league side to sign Chinese players after bringing in two teenagers today.Left-handed pitcher Kai Liu and catcher Zhenwang Zhang,...
You smell Saksy
Collectors and perfume afficionados get on the waitlist now for the September 1st launch of the Bond No. 9-created Saks Fifth Avenue fragrances for men and women. Saks Fifth Avenue...
Another Nail in the HD DVD Coffin
We've been predicting the demise of the HD DVD format -- supported exclusively by only one major studio, Universal -- for a few months now. The AP is reporting today...
Will Piracy actually hurt 'Sicko'?
Michael Moore, who has been inviting people to pirate his movies as far back as the Cannes premiere of "Fahrenheit 9/11'' three years ago, seems to be getting his wish...
Deal of the Day
This is a loathsome, offensive shoe, yet I cannot look away.I can't quite decide if I think these are off the charts ugly and tacky or just really funky.Either way,...
Jorge Can't Throw
In addition to showing that New York has the greatest two shortstops in baseball, this week's subway series exposedJorge Posada's throwing as a defensive liability. The Mets were 5 for...
Old Blue Eyes is Back?
Has Paul Newman actually retired from moviemaking for good? That's what he said just before Memorial Day. "I'm not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I...
DELGADO, A-ROD AND HEILMAN
Thoughts coming out of the Subway Series:--Perhaps you become biased by the slump, but beyond not hitting it sure does not look as if Carlos Delgado is playing with full...
NHL Premiership
There's a potential solution to the idiocy permeating the NHL ... model it after England's football leagues, namely the Premiership and the Championship.The EPL has a top-flight of 20 clubs....
CRUISES: Into the sunset
We'll file this one under E for "end of an era." News comes this morning that Cunard, now preparing for the launch of the Queen Victoria at year's end, has...
ON THE NIGHT SHIFT
We see them on the subways and the sidewalks as the morning light appears, heading home with tired eyes and rumpled clothes while we're sipping our first cup of the...
POLISHED ACT
Don Ward says he's one of the last of a dying breed - the corner shoeshine man. An 18-year veteran of the trade, he's spent the last seven years at...
FLEX TIME
WORKING out at work? Bring it on. It's a huge plus to have a gym in your office building. It's always great to see companies investing in their employees' health,...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB
Research Chef What does a research chef do all day? The scientists of the food world, research chefs combine training in culinary arts and food science to create new recipes...
HITTING REPLAY
SOMETIMES that new dream job isn't as dreamy as it seems. It happened to Florida Gators coach Billy Donovan. Coming off consecutive NCAA tournament victories, the Nassau County native accepted...
GO TO GREG
Q. I'm a recent grad having difficulty finding a job, and I'm losing confidence. To make matters worse, I read recently that job growth is slowing down. I'd always planned...
CONFESSIONS OF A SMOKE JUMPER
Fighting fires of any kind is a tough job. Only the bravest need apply. Imagine jumping out of a plane and into a wildfire. This is what a select group...
NO LOGO
SAYONARA, Speedy; see ya, Stam; wouldn't want to be ya, Fendi B. - your days are numbered. Just more victims of the backlash against overexposed, in-your-face monogramming and season-specific "It"...
A DINNER PARTY THAT MAKES SCENTS
IF you think the perfume D&G Light Blue smells good enough to eat, know this: It's even better as a martini. These and other surprises await diners at the Carlyle...
PULSE SALES
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GO AGAINST THE FLOW
BRITISH playwright Alan Ayckbourn has devised many a tricky concept over the years, but few as convoluted and unrewarding as his eight-part cycle "Intimate Exchanges," about the marital strains between...
BRILLIANT DANCE MAKES FOR A REAL GEM
THERE is a potent magic to George Balanchine's full-evening, plotless ballet "Jewels" that can only exert its full spell in a really good performance. When the stars align in their...
THIGH-WITNESS NEWS
STORMY the Weather Dog has met his match. Stormy, a cuddly mixed-breed who serves as an on-air mascot for CBS affiliate KYTX/Ch. 19 in Tyler, Texas, is no longer top...
AGED CHEESE
AFTER tonight's embarrassing premiere of "Age Of Love," Kelly Ripa may want to file for divorce from Mark Consuelos. What's "Love" got to do with it? I'll tell you. This...
'SKATE' COUPLE BASH BUST
REALITY TV's most scandalous hook-up - "Buffy" star Kristy Swanson ran off with her "Skating with Celebrities" partner Lloyd Eisler - has ended in a brawl. Canadian police arrested Swanson...
'LOST' CLUE
A tape compilation showing the sequence of events leading up to the plane crash that starts "Lost" was the sensation of the Internet over the weekend. The 10-minute YouTube tape...
'TODAY' STAR PREPS FOR CNN JOB
'WEEKEND Today" anchor Campbell Brown - frus trated that she did not get Katie Couric's job when Katie went to CBS - is jumping to CNN. An announcement is expected...
STARR REPORT
White House blues Comedy Central's "Lil Bush," a parody of everything presidential at a time when it seems an awful easy target, is a big hit. The animated show -...
S.I.'S RAIL POLLUTION SOLUTION
More than 650 trips a week by diesel-spewing trucks will be eliminated on Staten Island when a new freight railroad goes into service next week. The first freight train in...
CONDOS NIXED FROM CONEY REVAMP PLAN
Let the makeover begin! In a stunning reversal, the developer proposing a glitzy, Vegas-style entertainment complex for the center of Coney Island's amusement district has dropped the project's most contentious...
FRO-YO SHOP'S MICE-KETEERS
A TV report ratting out a frozen-yogurt shop for hosting a party of mice didn't keep crowds of Upper East Siders from the trendy treat yesterday. Footage on WABC News...
'OXY' KIDS CRISIS
The number of eighth-graders illegally popping prescription painkillers has doubled from five years ago - and doctors and pharmacists may be among those supplying the drugs, officials said. The alarming...
PRIEST PRAYS FOR PROSTITUTE
A prostitute once locked St. Patrick's Cathedral rector Monsignor Robert Ritchie in a hospital room and begged him to pray for her protection from the dangers of her job, he...
BLOOMY'S TRAVEL BUG
He might as well be campaigning for the White House. Mayor Bloomberg is on pace to break the travel record for any recent occupant of City Hall, a Post analysis...
$OUR CHARITY
Dina Matos McGreevey claims her gay ex-hubby, former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, has sabotaged her work landing contributions for the nonprofit foundation she runs - but she's just as...
CALL TO DROP PARADE RAPS
Community leaders including civil-rights lawyer Norman Siegel and City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez yesterday demanded that Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau drop all charges against the 208 busted at last week's Puerto...
EX-POLICE AIDE SHOT BY COPS POINTED GUN: WITNESS
A boozed-up, former auxiliary police officer boasted that he was a cop and "was going to shoot somebody" before police opened fire on him in a brief standoff Saturday night...
SPITZ GETS HIS DEBUT DEM DISS
ALBANY - A longtime Harlem assemblyman became the first Democrat in the Legislature to publicly break from Gov. Spitzer, a fellow Democrat. "He's acting like a Democrat Giuliani - it's...
2 TEENS WRONGLY DETAINED
A Harlem teenager on her way to take a final exam was scooped up and detained as a truant by cops who would not believe she was enrolled in a...
BIKER TOSSED UNDER BUS
A motorcyclist was mangled after a bakery truck broadsided his bike at the foot of the 59th Street Bridge and he landed under a city bus, cops said. The badly...
'DWI' SUSHI BIG DRINKS LIKE A FISH
The owner of two trendy Greenwich Village sushi restaurants is in hot water - after being busted on DWI charges for the second time in 17 months. Isami Nagai, who...
TODDLER MOWED DOWN BY DRIVER, 84
An 18-month-old Brooklyn boy was killed yesterday by an elderly neighbor driving to a Father's Day party - who didn't notice and kept on going, cops and neighbors said. Michael...
COP'S POP DIES IN ONE OF THREE B'KLYN CRASHES
Brooklyn was the scene of a series of tragic Father's Day car accidents - one of which took the life of a police officer's dad, sources said. A 58-year-old man...
DAREDEVIL DOC KILLED ON L.I.E.
A thrill-seeking heart doctor with three daughters was killed on Father's Day when he lost control of his classic Ferrari while zooming down the Long Island Expressway at 120 mph...
DOO-WOPS DEMAND DON'T-WOPS
ALBANY - A former member of the retro '50s group Sha Na Na has been urging the Legislature to adopt a bill cracking down on "impostor groups" that masquerade as...
REDS EARN GREEN
Democracy isn't free, and neither is Manhattan real estate - just ask the Communist Party. As the price of Gotham real estate climbs ever higher, the socialists who embrace the...
BX. 'GUN-RUN' GANG BUSTED
Authorities have shot down an interstate gun-running gang that was flooding the city with firearms, The Post has learned. The alleged point man of the operation, Arthur Lowe, 42, of...
2ND SLAY TRIAL FOR MOB DON
The debonair don of the Bonanno crime family, Vincent "Vinnie Gorgeous" Basciano, will stand trial this week for the second time on charges he killed a neighbor who was planning...
PLEA TO NIX CITY RENT HIKES
In light of the city's robust economy and the property-tax cuts agreed to by Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council, city Comptroller Bill Thompson is asking that there be no...
TOT WITH SUBWAY 'DRUNK'
A Queens man was busted after being found dead drunk on the floor of a subway train - just feet away from his sleeping, 2-year-old niece, cops said yesterday. Leroy...
DAD DAY REMINDS JUNIOR OF GOTTI DEAREST
The Dapper Don's son misses his daddy. "Not a day goes by when I don't think about that man," John "Junior" Gotti said yesterday outside the sprawling Long Island home...
YOU SAY SOPRANO, I SAY BONANNO
What happened to Tony Soprano and his family is still a mystery - but some of their real-life counterparts not only managed to avoid getting whacked, they've become a doctor,...
CRUISE LINE SUED FOR SALON 'BIAS'
A Brooklyn newlywed claims his honeymoon cruise was ruined after a snippy onboard hairstylist turned him away with the terse explanation: "We don't cut black hair." In court papers filed...
NYC 'DEBT' RECKONING
A silent crisis is ripping through many city neighborhoods as more and more homeowners are unable to pay down their subprime mortgage loans. In Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant, one-fifth of subprime mortgages...
TEARS FOR DAD
The seven daughters of a slain Queens bodega owner spent Father's Day weeping for him at the scene of the botched robbery that ended his life. "We have no place...
ABBAS TEAM IN PLACE
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday swore in an emergency Cabinet that excludes the militant Islamic group Hamas, a move that should end a U.S.-led embargo on aid. The Palestinian leader...
BID TO HIT ROGUE NATIONS THROUGH N.Y. PENSION FUNDS
A state senator yesterday called for New York state to divest its pension funds of companies that do business with four countries on the State Department's list of terrorist nations:...
TWO LEB ROCKETS HIT ISRAEL
Arab militants in Lebanon struck a northern Israeli town with two Katyusha rockets yesterday, but no one was injured. Hezbollah, which fired nearly 4,000 rockets into Israel during a 34-day...
'FANTASTIC' OPENING AT BOX-OFFICE
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught the wave over the weekend, coasting to No. 1 at the box office. The comic-book-based sequel scored $57.4 million in its opening...
NEW S.C. POLL PUTS OBAMA IN FRONT
WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama is sitting pretty in Dixie - trouncing fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in a new South Carolina poll. Obama (Ill.) held a 9-point...
FOLKS VISIT JAILED PARIS
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton got a Father's Day visit from Mommy and Daddy at her jail suite. "It's not one of my best, but I'll get by," said dad...
DIPLOMAT SEES HOPE IN IRAQ
WASHINGTON - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the situation there is not hopeless, and the top American general in the country called for patience. Crocker called the situation...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A shoplifter was busted after she stole a $284 pair of jeans and pepper-sprayed three security guards in Barneys on the Upper East Side, authorities said yesterday. Alexis Lawton,...
NYPD PRANKS IN THE RANKS
A top NYPD detective who was once assigned to protect Rudy Giuliani's family has been stripped of his gun and badge over a gag he played on a married detective...
REOPEN CASINOS BID: SHEL
ASSEMBLY Speaker Sheldon Silver called on Gov. Spitzer yesterday to reopen the bidding process for the right to run the casinos planned at Aqueduct racetrack and, possibly, Belmont Park. Earlier...
YEAR OF TEARS FOR SLAIN TEEN
A YEAR has gone by without a clue. Birthdays, Christmas, a high-school graduation - celebrations ruined by an empty chair. It was last June 18, Father's Day, when beautiful, 16-year-old...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 268; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9639; Lucky Sum: 27 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 586; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 5247;...
ELIOT'S RACY PAL
Does Gov. Spitzer want to clean up Al bany's well-earned reputation for political sleaze - or just mock ef forts to do that, including his own? New Yorkers may find...
THE SIEGE OF LEBANON
BEWARE: The Gaza Strip may be only the first dom ino to fall this summer in Iran and Syria's push to establish an arc of influence across the Middle East,...
HASSLED AT HOPKINS
NO school demon strated greater contempt for the rights of its students this past school year than Johns Hopkins University. In fact, Johns Hopkins nearly destroyed the academic career of...
DUBYA DIGS IN VETO PEN TO SKEWER PORK
ADDRESSING a Republican fund-raising dinner at the Washington Convention Center last Wednesday night, President Bush declared: "If the Democrats want to test us, that's why they give the president the...
HAVING FAITH IN RELIGION
THE ISSUE: Bill O'Reilly's debate with Richard Dawkins over his book "The God Delusion." I was glad to read Bill O'Reilly's article about Richard Dawkins' book, "The God Delusion" ("Dumping...
HILL'S CAMPAIGN FLOCK GOES SOUTH WITH ALCEE
THE ISSUE: Sen. Hillary Clinton's selection of her presidential campaign co-chair in Florida. Why the surprise over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's pick to be co- chairman of her presidential effort...
WELFARE'S STAMP
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Commissioner David Hansell says "Food stamps are not welfare" ("Stamping Out Welfare," Letters, June 14). Welfare is defined as "Governmental provision of economic assistance...
ONLINE CATFIGHT
Glam Media, a Web upstart aimed at women, is starting a catfight with longtime leader iVillage. In an ad campaign starting today, Glam boasts it has overtaken iVillage, part of...
PHILLY EXCHANGE DEAL IN THE WORKS
A bitter lawsuit involving big-name Wall Street firms and some former seat owners of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange could be heading toward a resolution after both sides entered settlement talks...
MARIA RODALE TAKES OVER
Maria Rodale, a one-time wild child, today is expected to be named chairman of Rodale Inc., the environmentally friendly publishing empire founded by her grandfather. The Emmaus, Pa.-based company, whose...
HIPSTER TIPSTER
This week's selection of magazines highlights some of the publications that the hip among us are reading. There is an emphasis on music, but that's fitting given music figures prominently...
FOR HIS FIRST TRICK . . .
George Gresham, who on Friday suc ceeded Dennis Rivera as president of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, brings a rags-to-riches history to his new position, one that we hope...
IMMIGRATION: STATUS QUO = HELL
NOBODY - left, right or cen ter - likes the immigration bill being debated in the Senate this week. But what if Congress doesn't pass it - where will we...
OPEN AND SHUT
AS TV big shots go, Bob Costas remains one of the smartest. He knows he's at the U.S. Open because it's a major, it's on NBC and he's NBC's top...
TIGER'S BRILLIANCE FAILED TO MATERIALIZE DOWN THE STRETCH
OAKMONT, Pa. - It's hard to figure out what to think about the performance Tiger Woods authored in the final round of the 107th U.S. Open yesterday afternoon. He has...
SMOKIN' ANGEL GETS HIS WINGS
OAKMONT, Pa. - Well, well. Look who crashed the U.S. Open's final-round party yesterday at stately Oakmont Country Club. Your 2007 U.S. Open champion is not named Tiger or Phil...
FURYK FALLS JUST SHORT
OAKMONT, Pa. - When Jim Furyk made the turn yesterday afternoon during the final round of the 107th U.S. Open, he figured if he shot 2-under over the final nine...
EARLY BIRDIE KIM SHOOTS 67 BEFORE LEADERS TEE OFF
OAKMONT, Pa. - As Anthony Kim stood on the walkway in the back of the Oakmont Country Club clubhouse yesterday talking to a small group of reporters, Aaron Baddeley, the...
GOING FROM 'BADD' TO WORSE
OAKMONT, Pa. - This was going to be Aaron Baddeley's moment in the sun. Instead, it might have ended up as his darkest moment as a professional. Baddeley, the affable...
INDIAN FLARE WINS VAGRANCY
After losing the lead in midstretch, favored Indian Flare came back again on the rail and was able to defeat Oprah Winney by a half-length in the Grade 2, $150,000...
HONDO HAS HIS PHIL
Due to lackluster efforts by the Giants and Mariners, Hondo took two trips down the drain yesterday and saw his earnings plummet to a slim 115 hamiltons. Tonight, he's cool...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Andy king of Queen's In London, Andy Roddick won his fourth Queen's Club title yesterday, saving match point in the second set before beating France's Nicolas Mahut 4-6, 7-6...
THERE'S SOME MING BREWIN'
Chien-Ming Wang spent most of yesterday afternoon receiving treatment for a stiff neck. Trainers Gene Monahan and Steve Donohue did such a good job that the pain in Wang's neck...
MET-AMORPHOSIS
The slogan peppers everything surrounding the Mets: TV ads, radio ads, in-house ads on the Shea Stadium scoreboard. It seemed pretty presumptuous even when times were good. And it wasn't...
PAUL IN PAIN
On four different occasions this year, Paul Lo Duca said he's been hit where he was hit last night. Lo Duca was hurting during the Mets' 8-2 loss to the...
OUT-DUQUED AGAIN
Entering last night, Orlando Hernandez led the majors in earned run average at night. But at his old stomping grounds, he looked lost under the lights. The former Yankee playoff...
BELTRAN, DELGADO STRUGGLE
Carlos Beltran essentially remained in his offensive abyss until his last at-bat last night. As for Carlos Delgado, he's beginning to hit, but last night he also appeared to have...
SUPERMAN A-ROD IN LINE FOR $30 MILLION A YEAR
IT is easy to forget now in the fusillade of more homers, more RBIs, more greatness that Alex Rodriguez actually slumped for nearly a month this season. Yet embedded in...
CAIRO IS SAVORING HIS ROLE
Miguel Cairo isn't letting his recent success go to his head. "I still come to the ballpark and check the lineup every day," he said. "I know my role, and...
YANKS, POSADA CATCH REYES IN THE ACT
Like a relentless gunslinger, Jorge Posada finally got his man. It took a pitchout and a near-perfect throw, but the Yankees catcher nailed Jose Reyes trying to steal second in...
AN ACHY DAMON AB-JUSTS, BELTS HR
Johnny Damon's latest ache is an abdominal strain, but like the Energizer Bunny, he's still going. Last night he created problems for Orlando Hernandez, collecting two hits, including a home...
BOMBERS' PROSPECT GETS ROYAL WELCOME
It was the total red-carpet treatment. Or perhaps the blue-carpet treatment. The Yankees brought 10th-round draft pick Carmen Angelini to Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon, giving him his own locker in...
BOMBERS CONSIDER DEAL FOR HILLENBRAND
The Yankees have talked to the Angels about Shea Hillenbrand, a right-handed hitting first baseman they were interested in this past offseason when he was a free agent. Hillenbrand's playing...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A car in Yakima County, Wash., was stolen twice in just one day. The Honda Accord was seen racing another car last Friday morning, and was ditched by the thieving...