June 19, 2007
Mark Teixeria to the Yankees?
Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports reports that the New York Yankees are seriously considering trading for Texas Rangers Gold Glove First BasemanMark Teixeria. They want Phil Hughes or Melky Caberera. The...
Right on Target
Libertine for Target doesn't hit stores till Sunday, July 15th but we thought we'd give you a peek at some of our favorite items:Black ruffle neck jacket, $40, silk cami,...
You say Espadrille, I say Alpargata
Any girl with feet loves espadrilles and France gets all the credit. In earnest, many of them are made in the La Rioja section of Spain, where they are called...
Scene
Sarah Koch just wrapped a two year stint on the Peace Corps, and looks way cooler than we expected considering the culture shock. The graphically striped dress is from Zara,...
Shopping at Woodbury!
Regular visitors to the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets would have known by now that Jimmy Choo opened an outlet store there (on May 11th), as did Catherine Malandrino (opened on...
Lost in Five Minutes
Check out the spliced-together "Lost" clips depicting the crash as it happened -- from the survivors', the Others' and Desmond's points of view -- at www.youtube.com.There isn't any new material...
More hardcore than you
You know what's hardcore? Riding the R train with this:-His and hers blue Nintendo DSes-A Gears of War hoodie-The white Wii hat they gave out at launch-A Pokemon bagIcing on...
Flashback to 1985
Watching this Nintendo Short Cuts finalist flick reminded me of how blowing into the OG Nintendo console and/or cartridge was the ultimate fix to any of your gaming woes. (Unlike,...
Film contest Wii-nner
What if you could use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to control real people? Make a living person jump, nod, serve ice cream, yawn...That's sort of the premise behind the...
Get the SCOOP!
Scoop is having a huge spring clearance sale, marking down prices on merchandise by 30 to 60 percent off. It'll last for a few weeks only, as long as merchandise...
Brow-riffic
Bottle blondes, take heed -- if you're going lighter for the summer, what to do about those eyebrows? I mean, are you actually supposed to bleach them? According to Robyn...
Giambi Will Agree to Talk... A Bit
Jason Giambi is reportedly close to a deal to cooperate with Senator Mitchell and the steroid investigation, but he will not spill all the beans. Giambi has agreed to talk...
A Date for 'Cruising'
William Friedkin's notoriously lurid 1980 thriller "Cruising'' will be getting a theatrical run in New York, L.A. and San Francisco the first week of September just prior to its debut...
Deal of the Day
The perfect hybrid of sandal and shoe is so cheap at Bloomingdales right now.These Frye Anna Cut-Out Skimmers will be the shoes that you wear all summer with everything in...
Profane Kobe video helps Knicks
By MARC BERMANThey are the Lakers and known for their soap operas. Maybe the Lakers and Kobe Bryant work it all out, GM Mitch Kupchak makes a nice trade and...
BOOKS: LUXE in NYC
The shirt pocket-sized LUXE guides have been taking the book biz by storm - everywhere except the States, that is. Until now.Helmed by the irreverent Grant Thatcher, a Brit adrift...
BOOKS: Wallpaper does Miami
Today, the blog belongs to the folks at Wallpaper City Guides - this relatively new series of short, to the point, design-obsessed booklets offers readers a fresh take on some...
NEW MEXICO - THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Our 47th State joined the Union on Jan. 6, 1912. It's the fifth-largest state, covering 121,365 square miles. The capital city is Santa Fe. THE land that would become New...
BABY BLUES
I am not pregnant. Will everyone please stop asking me? It's been enough to give me a complex, the whispers, the questions. At first, I thought I must be putting...
FASHION, STATEMENT
IN Britain, it's the accessory of the season, but will American women decide to make an eco-friendly fashion statement their bag, baby? We'll find out tomorrow - when a $15...
MPFREES
Bon Jovi, "Lost Highway" New Jersey's other favorite son steps away from the pop-rock that made him famous to salute Nashville, going down the country road on the title track...
JERSEY JON A NASHVILLE CAT
WHILE it may sound like a greeting from a "Sopranos" heavy, "Bon Jovi" is the new way to say "howdy" in Nashville. More than 100 million albums into a sterling...
GETTING 'ICKY' IN A FLASH IS A GIMMICK OF A DIFFERENT STRIPE
THE White Stripes are giving new meaning to hard-drivin' rock 'n' roll. Fans can buy the duo's new "Icky Thump" album, out today, on limited-edition USB flash drives - portable...
'LATE' DATE
COMEDIAN Jon Stew art, the host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," is being romanced by NBC. The TV world was all abuzz yesterday over a report that Stewart had met...
ALLY MCBEAL MELLOW MOM
'BROTHERS & Sisters" star Calista Flockhart has a startling admission - she won't work hard anymore. And she's OK with that. "I used to be a workaholic and very ambitious....
'CURB' DIVORCE DILEMMA
ART will not be imitating life when the sixth season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" premieres Sept. 9 on HBO. Larry David's critically acclaimed comedy series about married life is not...
SHONDA: BURKE IS DONE
'GREY'S Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes says the firing of Isaiah Washington was in line with the show's storyline. "I don't want to read the tabloids," Rhimes told "Access Hollywood." "And...
STARR REPORT
Sunday's best Lifetime's "Army Wives" is a certified hit, gaining viewers in its third week to become the first cable drama in five years to accomplish that feat. Sunday's episode...
ROSIE TO MEET THE 'PRICE' PRODUCERS
ROSIE O'Donnell is meeting this week with producers of "The Price is Right," the controversial comic said on her blog this weekend. "If they asked me, I sure would [host],"...
BARKER TRIES OUT
DOES ESPN want a piece of Bob Barker? The 83-year-old host of "The Price is Right" who retired this month after 35 years, popped up over the weekend on video...
BOTCHED OPERATION
MICHAEL Moore's latest documentary, "Sicko," is an urgent bipartisan plea. Liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, Yankees and Red Sox can surely all agree, says Moore, that our health-care system...
HOOKING UP IN A PETRI DISH
Two weeks ago, Post transit reporter Jeremy Olshan and his wife began in-vitro fertilization. Here's an update on their progress; you can also follow his reports online at blogs.nypost.com/olshan IT...
TOOTH OR CONSEQUENCES
TIME was, if you had an Austin Powers smile, the best you could hope for was that one day all your teeth might fall out and then you could get...
SHORE THING FOR DISABLED
In a bid to ensure that the city's beaches are accessible to the disabled community, city officials have installed specially designed boardwalk-to-ocean beach mats for wheelchair access. Starting today, beaches...
BILL AIDS BUS KIDS
The state Legislature has passed a bill mandating school-bus staffers receive increased training for dealing with disabled children - a measure sparked by two staffers' alleged vicious verbal abuse of...
PAY-THE-POOR PLAN: 3G TO PASS 5 TESTS
Poor kids and their parents will pocket cash rewards - from $25 for good school attendance to $200 for visiting the doctor to $3,000 for passing five Regents exams -...
20,000 'CLASS' ACTS
Nearly 20,000 candidates applied for 1,725 teaching-fellow slots at city schools this year, the Department of Education announced yesterday. The 19,846 applications equaled a 17 percent jump over last year's...
SPITZER AIDE TO QUIT
ALBANY - A top aide to Gov. Spitzer who is under investigation for allegedly threatening a Public Service Commission member is expected to quit his job within the next few...
BABES IN OY LAND SCUFFLE
Israeli female legislators are baring their anger over what they call a "pornographic" tourism campaign - featuring a bikini-clad Israeli beauty queen. The racy photo of 2004 Miss Israel winner...
GIRL-GRAB SUSPECT OUT AGAIN
The towering Brooklyn man who's accused of grabbing an 11-year-old girl after chatting her up inside the lobby of her building last month is free for the second time since...
BEACHIN' & MOANIN' IN B'KLYN
Snooty homeowners in Brooklyn's Manhattan Beach are pushing the city to privatize the ritzy area's seashore - likening public beachgoers to "thugs," The Post has learned. The proposal also calls...
CORZINE DRIVING TO BLOCK HIZZONER
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday questioned whether Mayor Bloomberg's plan to reduce traffic by charging tolls in congested areas would hurt Garden State residents. Corzine warned that New Jersey...
KELLY TARGETS NYPD BOOZE
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday that he wants to see mandatory Breathalyzer testing for all cops who fire their weapons - whether on or off duty - when it...
DENIM VENOM AT JEANS BOSS
A jeans-company boss enmeshed in a sensational legal triangle with a Mexican model and a fashion photographer is now in the middle of an ugly split from his former right-hand...
BRAUNSTEIN BLAMES THE JURORS
When Peter Braunstein broke his two years of public silence yesterday - addressing a judge with a quavering, barely audible mumble - it was to attack the jury for failing...
BIG FIGHT AT 'THE GARDEN'
Not in our backyard garden! One of the Big Apple's snootiest addresses has filed suit to block the city from building a park that would encroach on its landscaped, rhododendron-covered...
CHILLING WORDS
Asked by the judge if he wanted to speak, Peter Braunstein shrugged and replied: 'Yeah, sure. I mean, apart from saying what I said to you in my letter about...
PROSPECT PK. RAPIST
This is the peeping-Tom rapist who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint in Prospect Park, police said. The victim, a woman in her 30s, was in a parked car with...
HERO DOG SEEKS NEW LEASH ON LIFE
This quick-witted dog has held burglars at bay, scared off neighborhood punks and warded off would-be robbers. And now his owner has a chance to save his life in return....
BRAIN-FRIED MOM IN HOT WATER
A Brooklyn mom sauntered into a Home Depot yesterday to go shopping - and left her baby strapped in the car outside in the sweltering heat, authorities said. Stunned passers-by...
QNS. RAPIST GETS 16 YEARS
A 45-year-old Queens man was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison for grabbing a woman off the street, forcing her into an alley and raping her. Santiago Lugo, busted...
TEARY MA: 'KILLER' SON SNOCKERED
The broken-hearted Brooklyn mother of a Wall Street banker cried on the witness stand at his murder trial in Nantucket, Mass., yesterday and told how her distraught son phoned her...
SALAD DAZE OF SUMMER
A quick trip to the deli salad bar can result in an even quicker bout of food poisoning. With the summer heat upon us, health experts warn that the popular...
FURY AT FEDS OVER 'DYNO GYNO'
An angry judge ripped the feds for letting infamous "Dyno Gyno" Niels Lauersen get the upper hand and squirm out of repaying victims of a $3.2 million insurance-fraud scam -...
'ACID' ATTACK ON GRANDPA
A 75-year-old Manhattan man walking his granddaughters home from school was splashed on the face and arms with a corrosive liquid yesterday when a group of teens threw a bottle...
TERROR IN STAIRWELL
A sex fiend lurking in the stairwell of a Midtown building grabbed, tied up and raped a 37-year-old artist as she left her apartment to buy groceries early yesterday, cops...
BUSTED, MAN
A deranged hippie reject, accused of gunning down a Staten Island commune leader, was nabbed yesterday at a Philadelphia train station after more than a year on the lam, officials...
KERIK'S CRY OVER RUDY
Disgraced ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik can't stop crying over his fizzled friendship with former BFF Rudy Giuliani. "I accept the distance created by Giuliani. I understand it, but inside, it's...
MONSTER GETS MAX
A Brooklyn man who was convicted of smothering his girlfriend after he acted as his own lawyer fared no better representing himself at sentencing yesterday - he got the maximum...
TEARS FOR CLAUDIA
A who's who of New Yorkers turned out yesterday for the funeral of a "great lady" - socialite and former Page Six editor Claudia Cohen. Nearly 1,000 people packed the...
CITY'S BIG FAT FLOP
Looks like nobody wants the skinny on trans fats. The city sent more than 33,000 invitations to restaurants and food suppliers inviting them to a free seminar on the looming...
FLATIRON TAXI TERROR
A runaway cab jumped the curb and drove into a rush-hour crowd in the Flatiron District yesterday, seriously injuring an elderly woman, witnesses said. "When I saw her, her eyes...
KID KILLER GETS 24 YEARS
A teenager who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy and wounded another youngster during a block party in 2005 was sentenced to 24 years in prison yesterday after asking for...
TIGER'S BABY A CHIP SHOT OFF THE OL' BLOCK
Tiger's got a cub. A day after losing the U.S. Open by one stroke, golf megastar Tiger Woods felt like a winner as he announced the birth of his daughter,...
LONDONERS TAKE A REAL POUNDING
LONDON - Four years after London launched an ambitious congestion-pricing program, reviews among residents are lukewarm at best with just about everyone saying his or her life had been impacted....
U.S. ENDS BOYCOTT OF PALESTINE AUTHORITY
The United States and European Union ended their 15-month boycott of the Palestinian Authority yesterday now that Hamas has been kicked out of the West Bank-based government. Secretary of State...
QAEDA GRADS ON U.S. BOMB MISSION: REPORT
Teams of al Qaeda-trained suicide bombers were dispatched to the United States and Europe from an Afghan camp 10 days ago, ABC News reported last night. About 300 would-be bombers...
NIGHTMARE OF IRAQI ORPHANS
U.S. soldiers found Iraqi orphans starving and lying in their own feces last week, while orphanage staffers cooked nearby for themselves, it was reported yesterday. The heart-wrenching scene caused several...
FINAL BOW
The storied Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship is setting "sale" - to be purchased by a United Arab Emirates company for $100 million and converted into a dock-based hotel and...
HILLY GIVES FOLKS 'WILLIES'
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton checks in as the "creepiest" candidate in the hunt for the White House, a new Forbes magazine online character poll has found. A full 15 percent...
MCCAIN MAY GET ARIZO-NO: POL
Sen. John McCain is in the doghouse on his home turf over immigration reform and is no longer a lock to carry Arizona in the Republican presidential primary, the state's...
OBAMA: PUN-JAB 'STUPID'
WASHINGTON - White House hopeful Barack Obama yesterday said his research team was "stupid" for sending out an attack memo slamming Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's ties to the Indian...
'PREZ MIKE' IN THE '51ST STATE'
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Sounding more than ever like a presidential candidate, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday that "the country is in trouble" and charged that the current crop of White...
SINGLE GALS: AISLE SEE YOU LATER
Women are getting hitched at a later age than ever - taking that first stroll down the aisle at the median age of nearly 26 compared to 22 as recently...
DUKE $ETTLES WITH LACROSSE KIDS
Duke University announced yesterday that it had reached an undisclosed financial settlement with three former lacrosse players falsely accused of raping a stripper at a team party. The Durham, N.C.,...
JACKO $MACKO IN BEATLES CASE
Michael Jackson chose to keep his glove on, settling a $48 million lawsuit with a New Jersey finance company rather that duke it out in federal court. Lawyers in the...
EX-SPECTOR LAWYER IS HELD IN CONTEMPT
One of Phil Spector's former lawyers was held in contempt of court yesterday and ordered to jail for refusing to testify about what she saw when a defense expert searched...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * A 103-year-old woman was the victim yesterday of a home invasion when two thugs burst into her Upper West Side apartment. Juanita PeÑa was in her third-floor apartment...
NO PITY FOR PETEY
FOR the first time in his miserable "Me! Me! Me!" existence, Peter Braunstein looked mad. And more than a little afraid. Shrugging angrily and lustily gulping water - his formerly...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 583; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 4481; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 881; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 7885;...
NIFONG'S ENABLERS
Mike Nifong is all but gone - resigned as Durham County district attorney and disbarred by the North Carolina Bar Association for his attempt to railroad three innocent Duke lacrosse...
ELIOT'S RX FOR BLACKOUTS
For the relatively few emerging new businesses willing to pay New York's onerous taxes just for the "privilege" of operating here, Gov. Spitzer has come up with yet another disincentive:...
WHY HAMAS WON
HAMAS won its shut-out victory in Gaza with alarming ease. And the reason Hamas won is even more alarming: Fanaticism trumps numbers. You'll hear no end of explanations for the...
FILLING THE AUTHORITY VACUUM
THE ineffectual and corrupt Palestinian government was so interested in staring at its own navel and blaming the Israelis for everything that it allowed a dangerous authority vacuum to develop...
THE SHAKY NAACP
THE recent announcement by the NAACP of a major retrenchment due to funding shortfalls received brief coverage and got scant attention. But I think it's an important story that should...
MIDDLE EAST MADNESS VS. MEDIA KNOW-IT-ALLS
THE ISSUE: Ralph Peters' comparison of the situations in Iraq and the Gaza Strip. "In Gaza's Shadow" assesses the Middle East wars and the Arabs as clearly as California sunshine...
BLACKSTONE IS BEAR FUND'S LAST HOPE
A foundering Bear Stearns hedge fund staved off collapse for another day, getting a 24-hour reprieve from angry creditors in order to allow Blackstone Group to implement a rescue plan....
SEMEL YANKED!
Embattled Terry Semel is out as chief of Yahoo! for his foot-dragging and wrong-way dash in the digital race of the decade. The 64-year-old former Hollywood studio boss whose top...
FUMING OVER THE HIGH PRICE OF PLENTIFUL GAS
DEAR John: I have only one question: if there is a shortage of gasoline why don't we see any stations running out?A.S., Manchester, N.J.Dear A.S.: That is just plain old-fashioned...
LONDON CALLING
Though the talks between British publishing company Pearson PLC and General Electric about a Dow Jones bid have been exploratory, both parties want to make a competing offer for The...
LOCKER BLOCKER
Foot Locker found itself outmaneuvered yesterday when smaller rival Finish Line announced a deal to buy shoe retailer Genesco for $1.5 billion in cash. Though the agreement was a blow...
BLACK 'LIED,' JURORS ARE TOLD
CHICAGO - The jury at Conrad Black's fraud trial was urged by the government yesterday not to fall for a phony paper trail designed by the dethroned press baron to...
PRE-WAR PROPERTY HITS BIG
THE New York Magazine Building, which won't be the New York Magazine Building for long, has just sold for slightly more than $313 million. The deal is worth about $660...
SPORTS SHORTS
BLOTTER: Jackson works out plea The NBA's Stephen Jackson will admit to criminal recklessness in firing a gun outside a strip club which could lead to a suspension of a...
HONDO EYES 2-BAGGER
The Phillies were incredibly inept last night against the Native Americans, causing Hondo's earnings to take the big plunge into double figures and end up at 50 monbouquettes. Tonight, Sosa's...
MISSED DEADLINE MAY HAUNT LEWIS
WE all learn sooner or later (some the hard way) there's no penalty if the IRS receives our completed tax form after the deadline as long as it's postmarked earlier....
OAKMONT IS 'DANGEROUS'
OAKMONT, Pa. - I took umbrage to Tiger Woods' words during U.S. Open week when he claimed with conviction that "no 10 handicap could break 100" on the course they...
A 'PAC' OF LIES
PACMAN Jones sat in a Park Avenue room with the new law enforcement sheriff of the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell back on April 3, looked him in the eye and...
TROUBLE KEEPS FINDING JONES
The early signs suggest that testing the patience of new NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is not a smart move. Yet Adam "Pacman" Jones continues to dare football's first-year head honcho...
LAVAR HURT IN CRASH
CHEVERLY, Md. - Former Giants and Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington was hospitalized yesterday with serious but not life-threatening injuries after his motorcycle crashed on a highway ramp. Arrington lost control...
DRAFTING A SLEEPER HOLDS INTEREST FOR ISIAH
Two weeks ago, at the pre-draft camp in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Isiah Thomas said he was considering taking "a gamble" with the 23rd pick in the NBA Draft and...
PROFANE VIDEO LATEST BLEMISH FOR KOBE
Knicks coach/president Isiah Thomas yesterday reiterated his interest in disgruntled Kobe Bryant - whose rift with the Lakers may widen with the possible release later this week of a video...
ACHY LO DUCA BACK IN LINEUP
Paul Lo Duca was sore enough yesterday that he needed swings in the batting cage before deciding if he could play against the Twins last night. Ultimately, he gave manager...
METS' MAINE ATTRACTION
Either these zombies that call Shea Stadium home are finally awakening, or last night was just a case of John Maine pitching so well that nothing was going to stop...
CARLOS' QUAD A QUESTION IN QUEENS
CARLOS Beltran's left quad hurts, just not as much as the 41 outs in his last 49 at-bats have been hurting the Mets. Nor is that leg as sore as...
RESERVE ROLE NOT TRICKY FOR RICKY
Ricky Ledee sat on the bench during the entire series at Yankee Stadium, but he didn't mind all that much. "I wanted to play so badly," Ledee said. "But it's...
TECH GUARD MAKES POINTS WITH NETS
The Nets seem set at point guard, with Jason Kidd for the present and Marcus Williams for the future. So it would take a special talent for them to veer...
CLIMAX OF GIAMBI'S STEROIDS FLAP NEAR
Lawyers from Major League Baseball and the Players Association continue to hammer out the details of a possible meeting between Yankees slugger Jason Giambi and steroid investigator George Mitchell. The...
ROCKIE ROAD
National League teams are no match for the Yankees. But will National League rules finally cool them off? History suggests the Yanks can win without the designated hitter. The compelling...
DREAM CATCHER
IN so many ways, this has been the Summer of A-Rod, even before summer officially arrives, because Alex Rodriguez is the literal embodiment of that wistful image Reggie Jackson invented...
PITCHERS GET INTO INTERLEAGUE SWING
Any man with a bat in his hand is dangerous. At least, that was the scouting report after Yankees pitchers took batting practice on Sunday. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Ron...
PARTY'S ON
THE often audacious, frequently scandalous, always creative Frida Kahlo - the late Mexican feminist artist most famous for her surreal self-portraits (unibrow and all) - would have turned 100 years...
BETTER 'OFF'
IT seems unfair that there are some uncommonly beautiful places - say, The Hamptons, for instance - that enjoy such a short, glorious "in" season, and spend the rest of...
USED, GOOD
BOLSTERED by a record number of guests not seen since before 9/11, the hotel industry is expected to invest $5.5 billion on enhancements in 2007, according to Pricewaterhouse-Coopers' latest forecast....
BUY NEW
IF your definition of a heavenly bed is one that hasn't been test driven by someone else, consider staying at a hotel that sells its furnishings and home accessories brand-new....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Just say neigggghhhh! An Oregon teen was caught preparing to sexually assault a horse, thanks to surveillance cameras installed in a Corvallis barn after prior attacks. ***** See you later...