August 9, 2007
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Erin Flaherty, a freelance writer who was an editor at now-defunct Jane Magazine, wears a cute Heritage denim jumper and a Chanel bag and Marc Jacobs shades. "How would I...
Clemens Suspended
Roger Clemens and Joe Torre have been suspended for their actions Tuesday night in Toronto when after the benches were warned Clemens drilled Alex Rios in the back and...
Kim Meets Reality
Goodbye Paris Hilton, hello Kim Kardashian. Kardashian, a tabloid target best known for her sex tape with singer Ray J, will star in her own comedic reality series this fall...
'Idol' Welcomes Baby Boy
ÂChalk up another first for American Idol. Pregnant Idol wannabe Antoria Gillon, waiting to try out for the show at Dallas Texas Stadium Monday, went into labor just as she...
Go Green with "Halo 3"
Believe it or not, there are actually people in this world who have yet to dump their Xbox for a matte white Xbox 360. How on earth could this possibly...
In case you missed it...
First, some good news!*The Xbox 360 is cheap, cheap, cheap!Well, cheaper, at any rate. As of yesterday, the 20GB hard drive 360 is retailing for $349.99, with a wireless controller...
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Heidi Hahn, a painter, wears a cute vintage striped dress layered over a skirt, an actual Girl Scout belt and Steve Madden shoes "It's sporty, 1970s. I'd say it's Tour...
What is she wearing?
This week in London we spotted sultry songress Amerie rocking an adorable (and afforable!) style I can't wait to head out and buy - Gap's Striped Ruffle Shirt Dress.It's only...
Nintendo DS Lite goes blood red
Sorry folks, Nintendo isn't joining in on the whole humanitarian, feel-good-for-donating-to-a-just-cause parade that Apple, Gap, Motorola, Amex and Converse are already on. Proceeds from their new crimson and onyx Nintendo...
Deal of the Day
Silks creations and street graphics are the trademark of Brooklyn based label Sunshine and Shadow.And this beautiful silk scoop neck Drawstring Dress is a perfect example of designer Lily Raskind's...
The Odd Couple: Clint and Harvey
Clint Eastwood is reportedly entering this year's Oscar race -- as a composer. Tom O'Neil of The Envelope says the two-time Best Director winner volunteered to write a new score...
SNAPS/SF: Moment of zen
If riding the cable car up California Avenue ever gets old, I don't want to be around to see it happen. Here, I'm perched on the back seat of a...
GET READY, GET SET, GET MOVING
We love tennis. Today's page gives you a brief history and some tips from tennis champ Monica Seles on how healthy and fun playing this wonder sport can be. IT'S...
CRAZY BEAUTIFUL
STARS - they're not really like us. While we use soap and lotion, they use sheep embryos and snake venom. Teri Hatcher bathes in wine. Coffee goes on the thighs...
HIDDEN BRONX
FOODFirst Way Deli This little-known deli is home to the infamous "Murder Burger." They serve about 500 of them each week. Locals will tell you the dish was named for...
HAUTE LIST
CHECK out the September issue of Lucky magazine to catch a glimpse of the mag's once-in-a-lifetime collaboration with six New York designing women - Charlotte Ronson, Cynthia Rowley, Tracy Reese,...
PAIR OF ORIGINAL STARS KEEPS 'RENT' ON TIME
IN show business they say never go back - well, nearly never. Yul Brynner went back to "The King and I" so often they nearly renamed the show after him,...
THE LUNATIC 'FRINGE'
WADING through the catalog of the New York International Fringe Festival, now in its 11th year, is like panning for gold. Featuring some 190 productions from no fewer than nine...
STARR REPORT
Gwyneth TV Gwyneth Paltrow will star in a "personality-driven" show called "Spain . . . On the Road Again" also featur ing Mario Batali and several others. It'll air on...
TREAD WATER
YESTERDAY'S heavy rains left the CBS "Early Show" scrambling to get on the air after a flood in its midtown studio and control room nearly caused an a.m. washout. The...
CBS HAS CAREY 'POWER'
DREW Carey flashed the kind of audience pull this week that will make CBS think it made the right choice naming him the new host of the "The Price Is...
HEAVEN IN '77
BEFORE New York City became Venice, before apartments became so expensive that rents look like they're being paid in lire, before Times Square became one big M&Ms dispenser, life here...
EX-'VERONICA MARS' STAR GETS 'LOST'
'VERONICA Mars" star Kristen Bell has been approached to play a castaway on "Lost." Bell, who is also appearing this season as the narrator on the CW's upcoming series "Gossip...
'BB8' JEW HATER
OY, vey. A contestant on "Big Brother 8" hates Jews. Amber Tomcavage, a 27-year-old cocktail waitress from Las Vegas, has been caught on camera claiming that the majority of Jews...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
It's okay to have strong opinions and it's okay to express them when and where you see fit. In fact, with communications planet Mercury aspecting larger-than-life Jupiter on your birthday...
BROOKLYN CYCLONE
That's right, Dorothy, you're not in Kansas anymore - you're in Brooklyn! A tornado touched down in the Borough of Kings yesterday, leaving a path of shredded rooftops, splintered trees...
MTA'S RAIN OF ERROR
It took less than two inches of rain in an hour to shut down 90 percent of the subway system, paralyze the commuter rails and generally make it a nightmare...
WET & WILD
One tree that fell in Brooklyn had a very special meaning to the family who owned it. "I planted it 20 years ago when my daughter was born," said Steve...
LIFE FOR BRO'S, DAD'S DEATHS
A Queens man has been sentenced to life behind bars without parole for the 2002 slayings of his brother and his father - which were witnessed by his 5-year-old nephew,...
BIG BRUTE BUSTED AS HERO DRIVER SAVES DAY
A hulking psycho hurled a woman in front of a speeding ambulance on the Upper East Side, but the driver managed to avoid tragedy by swerving, law-enforcement sources said yesterday....
'MILK SLAY MONSTER' ARRESTED
An illegal Mexican immigrant and gang member wanted in the stabbing death of a Brooklyn dad killed on his way home from a milk run on his wedding anniversary was...
GILLIGAN'S 'OY-LAND'
Lost in a fog so thick and dark that they might well have been in the belly of Jonah's whale, six Hasidic fishermen drifted off the eastern end of Long...
FULANI EYES MAYOR RUN
Controversial Independence Party activist Lenora Fulani is launching an exploratory committee for a possible mayoral run in 2009, associates said yesterday. Fulani will make the announcement at a City Hall...
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE GOV STONEWALL
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer's inspector general yesterday abruptly refused to participate today in the Senate Investigations Committee probe of the Troopergate scandal, leading furious Republicans to charge the governor's aides...
S.I. BEEP HAS HEART ATTACK
Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro suffered a heart attack while leaving a press conference yesterday, but should make a full recovery, his spokeswoman said. Molinaro, 76, had just finished...
TRUCK STOP: THROGS NECK BANS SOME BIG RIGS
ALBANY - In the wake of last week's Minneapolis bridge collapse, state officials yesterday announced that oversized rigs will no longer be allowed on the Throgs Neck Bridge at all...
POLS SEEKING SAY ON ARENA
Saying the Atlantic Yards project lacks accountability, many Brooklyn politicians and civic groups want Gov. Spitzer to give the community significantly more input on the $4 billion project. Councilwoman Letitia...
BOOB TUBE TITILLATES E. SIDERS
Call it a tempest in a D-cup. American Apparel, the hip retailer notorious for incorporating sex into virtually every aspect of its marketing and sales strategies, is pushing the envelope...
NYU 'MURDERER' IN 'SORRY' STATE
The man charged with strangling the beautiful daughter of NYU professors during a jealous rage slashed his wrists after begging forgiveness for killing his ex-girlfriend, The Post has learned. "I'm...
SIS BLASTS BRO'S KILLER
"What kind of psychopath are you?" the bereft older sister of a strangled former Rudy Giuliani press aide asked his killer in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday. "You chose to put...
TURN DOWN THE JUICE, BROOKLYN
Electrical cables serving a big part of Brooklyn's power grid failed yesterday, forcing Con Ed to beg people to switch off their air conditioners in the sweltering 95-degree heat. The...
RANDI RIPS 'INTIFADA' PRINCIPAL
Teachers-union boss Randi Weingarten slammed the principal of a new Arab-themed school in Brooklyn yesterday for not immediately condemning T-shirts linked to her that sport the inflammatory message "Intifada NYC."...
MISSING-BOY PLEA
The mother of a 14-year-old boy who ran away from foster care will ask a Bronx judge today to give her sole custody of her son in hopes the teen...
COPS EYE NEWARK SUSPECT
Newark police yesterday pressed for an arrest warrant for a suspect in the execution-style murder of three college kids after a lone survivor of the schoolyard massacre was able to...
BABY-ABUSE BUST ON S.I.
A Staten Island couple abused their baby daughter so badly, she suffered a collapsed lung and head trauma, cops said yesterday. Marlene Medina, 24, and boyfriend Edwin Garcia, 30, were...
$2,500 BAIL IN 'FORGERY' TICKET BLITZ
Four shamed traffic agents allegedly responsible for a paper storm of bogus parking tickets were hauled into court yesterday to face forgery and misconduct charges. Bail was set at $2,500...
'MOB FED' DEFENSE BIDS TO PROVE 'TAINT'
Rogue G-man Lindley DeVecchio faces trial for allegedly feeding the mob information that led to four gangland slayings - but yesterday, it was a former prosecutor who was being grilled...
L.I. EYE DOC ROBBED BLIND
A bookkeeper for a Long Island eye doctor saw stole more than $300,000 from his bank accounts, Nassau County authorities said yesterday. Marcela Martinez, 41, of Queens Village, allegedly began...
JERKY PERV ON LOOSE
A wealthy and violent West Village child molester remains free - and is now going virtually unmonitored - as he awaits the outcome of his probation and public lewdness cases,...
MITT CALLS APPLE ALIEN CITY
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney yesterday accused Republican rival Rudy Giuliani of running a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants as New York City's mayor. "New York City was the poster child...
GRAN'S $LOTS O' LOVE
A Bronx woman made a chance decision to visit Yonkers Raceway and won nearly $100,000 on a video slot machine - and now she plans to use the jackpot for...
MOVIE LINK EYED IN GRISLY FATHER SLAY
A woman suspected of killing and castrating her sexually abusive father gave the "thumbs up" to a movie about a suspected pedophile emasculated by a teenage girl in an online...
TRAFFIC FUNDS
WASHINGTON - The feds won't announce until next week whether New York will win hundreds of millions worth of grants to jump-start Mayor Bloomberg's Manhattan congestion-pricing plan. The Transportation Department...
BOOB-JOB ANNA VID STAYS HID
A California judge has put the brakes on the release of a two-hour video documenting the 1994 boob job done on busty Playboy babe Anna Nicole Smith. Superior Court Judge...
'I'VE WON LOTTO'
A college grad from Queens "won the lottery" when he caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run, and all it cost him was $100, his Mets cap - and a crab...
HILLARY ROMPS IN NEW POLLS
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has widened her lead over rival Sen. Barack Obama in the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio - and she's moved into a dead heat...
'FIXER' REF'S FIT OF PEEK
Disgraced former NBA ref Tim Donaghy peeks out from his Bradenton, Fla., home in the first photo of him since the ''game-fixing" scandal broke. Donaghy is seen after a meeting...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police yesterday were searching for a thief who robbed banks on the Upper East and West sides. The suspect first struck at about 2 p.m. on June 26 at...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 757; Lucky Sum: 19 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 2884; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 437; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win- 4 Wed.:...
TIPS FOR TERROR
The New York Times yesterday presented on its Web site a piece that its author declared to be a "public service" - offering specific ideas on how terrorists with limited...
BOOKS BEFORE BREAKFAST
Only 29 percent of students enrolled in city schools' free and reduced-cost lunch programs also take advantage of the schools' free breakfast, according to a recent report. To hear Gotham's...
ALLIES FROM THE ASHES
Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike meets with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today - the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The strike that ended...
NARCO-INSURRECTION
IMAGINE if our country were so ravaged by drug cartels that the president sent the military into a third of the states to break the terror. That's where Mexico is...
INTEL & TERROR: DEMS IN DENIAL
ONE year ago today, the world dodged a bullet when British authorities arrested 21 "home-grown" radical jihadist terrorists who'd planned to blow up civilian airliners flying from London to the...
SCAPEGOATING THE ADMIRAL
A SADDER but wiser J. M. (Mike) McConnell, director of national intelligence (DNI), told a senior GOP House member last weekend that the next time he dealt with congressional Democrats,...
RESIDENTS TO CORY: BOOK THE CRIMINALS
Shame on those blaming Mayor Cory Booker for the senseless murders that occurred in Newark ("3 Students Blown Away," Aug. 6). It is time for people to accept the fact...
TERROR TOTS IN TRAINING
I'm your average dolt - I watch "Jeopardy" with my mom and get two questions right, usually of the $200 variety. That said, even I know what the word "intifada"...
DOLAN DOLLARS
It appears as if Cablevision's founding Dolan family could finally have their day. Tepid second-quarter financial results combined with the constricting credit markets appear to have made Chuck and James...
BARNEYS SUITOR UPS ANTE TO $942.3M
The bidding war for luxury clothing chain Barneys New York intensified yesterday after Dubai investment firm Istithmar won approval for a sweetened $942.3 million takeover offer. The new offer puts...
HEY, HANK, LET'S SIT DOWN AND CHAT ABOUT THINGS
THERE'S news in my fight to get secret information from the U.S. Treasury Department. Hold onto your seats. Last week, the Treasury acknowledged that it got my latest letter. Yep,...
SOOTHING MUSIC
Warner Music Group investors were singing a new tune yesterday following a report by The Post that the company's private-equity backers are considering taking the company private for a second...
CHINA HOLDS ALL THE CARDS IN TRADE WAR
With help from some Western spin doctors, Beijing is learning how to answer American threats about trade sanctions - shut up, or we'll cut off credit to both Uncle Sam...
SAFE HAVEN STRIFE
Money market funds, long seen as the safest of safe havens for investors big and small to park their cash, are heavily invested in sectors of the bond market that...
NEWS CORP. OUTLINES PLAN FOR DOW JONES
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch yesterday outlined in broad strokes his strategy for The Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones, calling the company arguably the world's most prestigious and powerful...
BLOCKBUSTER BUYS MOVIELINK
Blockbuster Inc., the world's largest video-rental chain, said it acquired Internet movie provider Movielink LLC to offer video-downloading services to customers. Blockbuster is also acquiring rights to show the films...
ADVISER CLEARED IN FRAUD
A well-known hedge fund consulting firm that advised clients to invest in a fund that proved to be fraudulent has won an important victory in its battle to clear its...
CREDIT CRUNCH THIS!
Buyout titan The Blackstone Group, run by billionaire mega-financier Stephen Schwarzman, yesterday officially closed the doors on its record $21.7 billion global-buyout fund and said it had already deployed over...
POLICE MAKE ARREST IN NEWARK SHOOTINGS
Police arrested a juvenile in connection with last week's schoolyard execution-style shootings, which left three college students dead and one seriously injured and rocked the Newark community, authorities said. Newark...
RISE & SHINE
IF you're in the window business, you might want to consider sending a thank-you note to architect Richard Meier. After all, he's the guy who, with his celebrated and controversial...
FUNNY GIRL
You might assume that Caroline Hirsch, founder of the legendary Carolines on Broadway comedy club in Times Square, would be funny. But the funny thing about Hirsch is that she...
CAREY ME HOME
Fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger has a little extra traveling money after renting his East Hampton estate to Mariah Carey for $350,000 - for just Aug. 1 through Labor Day. Sources...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Chelsea $1.4 million Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,500 Maintenance: $917 Billed as a "cottage within a metropolis," this prewar co-op on West 29th Street might be charming, but...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $1,349,000 377 Rector Place Renovated two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,350 square feet, with balcony, eat-in kitchen, dining area and wall-to-wall windows with panoramic views of Hudson River...
DREAM HOMES
Orient, L.I. $2.6 million Considering that this Contemporary home is currently owned by an interior designer and a photographer - and was redesigned 10 years ago by noted architect Richard...
'ECHO' MAKES NOISE IN DEFEAT
SARATOGA SPRINGS - NYRA president Charley Hayward and racing secretary P.J. Campo came to press box yesterday to address recent gate mishaps, two of which resulted in even-money favorites being...
ORSAY IS IN 'MIX'
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Six steeplechasers line up for the A.P. Smithwick Stakes today, but only one is a Grade I winner. Only one is the leading candidate for the 2007...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle for bragging...
HONDO A BRAVE MAN
Formerly hot Hondo cooled off quickly last night when the Tribe failed to close the deal in Chicago, which boosted the deficit to 330 davalillos. Today, he expects Old Man...
MIND GAMES
TULSA - After his devastating loss at the British Open last month, an emotional Sergio Garcia talked about not only having to play against the rest of the field, but...
RORY SHOOTS DOWN TIGER TENSION TALK
TULSA - When we last heard from Rory Sabbatini, he was leaving the Bridgestone Invitational last week an unhappy man after being overwhelmed by Tiger Woods in the final round...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Padres to cut David WellsDavid Wells is finished with his hometown Padres, and it's possible that baseball has seen the last of the boisterous left-hander known as Boomer. San...
BARRY DEBATE ROID-RAGES ON
THAT Barry Bonds would break the all-time home-run record was inevitable, so we all had plenty of time to decide what we think of this accomplishment. Except I admit I...
CLASSY HANK STEPS UP
SAN FRANCISCO - On Barry Bonds' record-setting night, the man he passed stole the show. Hank Aaron's message played on the center-field scoreboard Tuesday night after Bonds hit homer run...
CLEAR OPINIONS ON BONDS CREAMING NO. 756
I saw your headline in [yesterday's] paper about Barry Bonds hitting his 756th home run. I noticed the numbers were made from needles suggesting Bonds' steroid use. I believe one...
BASEBALL NEEDS ALEX TO BE CLEAN
METS fans barely can stomach the mere thought of Chipper Jones, and last night he reminded everyone at Shea Stadium why, driving in two runs and nearly kick-starting a devastating...
BANGED-UP BLUE TAKES BREATHER
ALBANY - The schedule is all-important to Tom Coughlin, but he made an adjustment yesterday morning, taking the pads off his Giants and putting the team in walk-through mode for...
GIANTS' FULL-TIME JOB
ALBANY - You get no visions of grandeur from Robert Douglas, who at the moment is the only true fullback in training camp with the Giants - and hoping it...
JETS' BACKS TO THE WALL
Missing two cornerbacks, the Jets' secondary already was going to be undermanned for tomorrow's preseason opener vs. Atlanta. The last thing they needed to see was another defensive back lying...
HOLY MOISES! A DIFFERENT ENDING
CRAZY game, baseball. One minute, you are a Mets fan, sitting in the boiling blast furnace known as Shea Stadium, watching your team lose the same game they've been losing...
ROUGH START FOR PEDRO
Finally Pedro Martinez made his first rehab start last night, but his outing was far from dominating. Martinez, pitching for St. Lucie (Single-A), went three innings against Lakeland, giving up...
A RALLY GOOD SHOW
This victory was a drama in three acts - staged in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. And what do you know? The Mets finally fashioned an ending where they...
VINCE SAYS JERMAINE FITS NETS
Vince Carter insists he doesn't follow NBA news, in season or offseason. But, yes, he heard something regarding Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal. Carter's basketball camp clued him in on that. "Nothing...
CHIPPER SHOCKER
As if Alex Rodriguez didn't have enough to worry about . . . Chipper Jones popped off yesterday afternoon, declaring that Rodriguez will be the next slugger tainted by the...
YANKS TAKE IT ON CHIEN
TORONTO - When Chien-Ming Wang resembles a blend of Kei Igawa and Matt DeSalvo, the Yankees' chances at victory are Kate Moss slim. And when Roy Halladay faces a lineup...
JOE, ROG MAY HAVE TO TAKE A SEAT
TORONTO - According to multiple sources close to the situation, Roger Clemens and Joe Torre are going to be suspended for their actions Tuesday night when after the benches were...
AILING A-ROD GETS A TENSION BREAK
TORONTO - Watching the Blue Jays punish Chien-Ming Wang last night made it difficult to believe that if the Yankees played with Alex Rodriguez they would have avoided absorbing a...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
CLEMENS, TORRE SUSPENDED
Roger Clemens and Joe Torre have been suspended for their actions Tuesday night in Toronto when after the benches were warned Clemens drilled Alex Rios in the back and was...
BORAS: DON'T QUESTION A-ROD'S PROWESS
EXCLUSIVE Alex Rodriguez's homer production has remained lofty and consistent from when he was lean and in his early twenties until his present incarnation and, because of that, his agent,...
IN FLIGHT: Virgin America VX34 SFO-JFK
Smiles all around. And I mean smiles. Everyone was super friendly.So it is here, it happened, stop press, we have a new airline. A new and potentially interesting airline, more...
LIVEBLOG/SF: Party like a Virgin
Just in from the San Francisco Virgin America launch, where you'd think they were celebrating the second coming. Then again, I can report that any event involving Richard Branson tends...
Fast 'Cash'
If it seems like people have less time to rack up the dollars on âCash Cab After Dark,â which premieres tonight at 10 on the Discovery Channel, than the daytime...