August 18, 2007
WHAT'S UP
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amTODAYACTING OUT: Get a crash course in high culture at a free workshop led by members of the New York Classical Theatre. After brushing up on scene study, vocal projection...
POST POTTER PICKS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amNOW that the Hogwarts epic is over - most of us finished the seventh and last Harry Potter book nearly as soon is it came out - it's time to...
STAYIN' IN STEP WITH MOZART
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amMOZART always makes you feel like dancing - he's the disco king of classicism. OK, I'm being irreverent, but sometimes Mozart can make it hard to stop the feet from...
POT LUCK
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amFEW things go together better than the Three Stooges and marijuana (or so I've been told) and you get both in this Monday's episode of "Weeds." The Stooges are heard...
GOOAALL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amTHE Latino soccer players and fans who've trekked out to Red Hook, Brooklyn, every weekend for decades can't boast of the city's most glorious athletic fields. They lie in a...
DIVIDED KIN HONOR A 'LEADING LADY'
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amWith strains of stirring hymns echoing throughout Midtown's St. Thomas Church, several hundred relatives and close friends sat through a ceremony yesterday that celebrated a life of philanthropy from a...
BECKS HAS BALL IN HIS N.Y. DEBUT
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe Big Apple was bursting with Beckham-mania as the soccer great swept into Gotham yesterday, kicking around with a group of star-struck Harlem kids before he makes his New York-area...
SMASH-DASH CABBY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amA speeding cabby - with a long history of traffic summonses - knocked down a 65-year-old woman on Fifth Avenue yesterday and fled - before a passing driver chased him...
GALS PLAY FOOT-BALL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amIt was heaven on the eighth floor as Saks Fifth Avenue kicked off its new heel mecca yesterday, drawing crowds of shoe enthusiasts, including actress and style maven Debra Messing....
'JOE SMEAR' SUBPOENA
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - The state Ethics Commission has subpoenaed an Albany newspaper reporter as part of its probe of the plot by Gov. Spitzer's administration to use dirty tricks against Senate...
GETTING INTO THE BIDDING SPIRITS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amHigh-end spirits collectors are dusting off their bottles of cognac, whisky and bourbon as city auction houses prepare to put liquor on the block - with rare varieties expected to...
DEATH FAILS TO BRING DY$FUNCTIONAL FAMILY CLOSER
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe New York Public Library is getting ready to fight for a bigger share of Brooke Astor's money. Court records unsealed yesterday revealed that library President Paul LeClerc filed an...
1ST-OF-ITS-KIND $LAP FOR LAZY LOBBYIST
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amA veteran lobbyist was socked with a $10,000 fee for filing five client reports late with the City Clerk - the first time officials have demanded such a penalty, The...
WIDOW'S PIQUE AT KILLER'S RELEASE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe widow of billionaire financier Edmond Safra is fuming over allegations by her husband's newly freed killer that he was wrongfully convicted after a fixed trial. "She is more than...
GUN GUYS SURRENDER TO MIKE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe number of gun-sellers to settle suits with the Bloomberg administration over illegal sales rose to 14 yesterday, as officials announced two more pistol purveyors caved in. John's Gun &...
DAD NAILED IN SICKENING BABY DEATH
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amA father was charged with beating his 2-month-old son to death on Staten Island after an autopsy uncovered a disgusting history of abuse, authorities said yesterday. Joseph Wallace Sr., 21...
TALE OF TAPE IN COP ASSAULT TRIAL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amWhen a jealous police captain argued with his cop mistress on a Greenwich Village street last September, he not only battered her - he threatened to kill her, too, according...
IT'S BETTOR THAN THE PENALTY BOX
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amDisgraced hockey All-Star player and coach Rick Tocchet skated away without any jail time yesterday after a New Jersey judge gave him probation for his part in running an illegal...
SLAIN IRAQ GI'S MOM COLLAPSES
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe mother of a Manhattan soldier killed in Iraq collapsed in grief during his funeral yesterday as she was presented with his final medal - the Purple Heart. More than...
EDWARDS HEDGE FUND $OAKS 'CANE VICTIMS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amEmbarrassed presidential hopeful John Edwards promised yesterday to take millions of dollars of his own fortune out of a hedge fund tied to subprime lenders who foreclosed on victims of...
ALL ABOUT JENNA'S 'BUSINESS' PARTNER
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe president's future son-in-law is an MBA student and ex-Eagle Scout who met Jenna Bush while working on her dad's 2004 re-election campaign, Henry Hager's romance with the blond twin...
LOHANS' PEACE PACT
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amLohan vs. Lohan reached a merciful conclusion in a Long Island courtroom yesterday as Lindsay's famously warring parents finally agreed on a divorce settlement. Lawyers for both sides in Nassau...
NOT-YET-RUNNING THOMPSON STUMPS IN IOWA
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - Fred Thompson wandered very close to getting into the 2008 presidential race yesterday in his first foray here - riding a wave of political celebrity but...
SADDAM-BRIBE OILMEN GUILTY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amTwo Texas oilmen 'fessed up to conspiring to grease Iraqi officials' palms with millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks in order to profit from the U.N. oil-for-food program. David Chalmers,...
COURT SOCKS SHOCK-JOCK SUIT VS. POL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amA federal judge yesterday pulled the plug on foulmouthed DJ Troi Torain's defamation lawsuit against a city councilman who had called the radio personality a "sick pedophile loser" and had...
MYSPACE KIDS DO HOMEWORK
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amNo really, mom, we were only talking about school. Nearly 60 percent of kids said they used sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com, and text- or instant-messaging services to chat about...
GIANT 'PURSE SNATCH' BUST
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amFormer Giants wide receiver Mark Ingram's latest grab has landed him behind bars, authorities said yesterday. Ingram, a member of the 1991 Super Bowl champion Giants, has been arrested on...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amMANHATTAN Police are looking for two stickup men whorobbed banks on the Upper East Side and in the Baychester section of The Bronx. The first heist took place on Aug....
VICK PALS ADD TO SIC-ENING DOG SAGA
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amTHE hope is what it always is, that there are young kids with big talent watching what's happening to Michael Vick now, that they are learning from the predicament he's...
LOTTERY RESULTS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 669; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 2518; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 009; Lucky Sum: 9/ Evening Win- 4 Fri.: 0115;...
WHAT DID THE T-U KNOW?
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe Albany Times-Union is girding for battle, now that its lead "Dirty Tricks" reporter has been subpoenaed by the state Ethics Commission. To hear the paper's lawyer tell it, no...
WEIGHING 'EVILS': TERROR VS. TOBACCO
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThe NYPD report proclaiming that more than 24 "clusters" of possible homegrown terrorists threaten millions of New Yorkers throws into sharp relief a proposal by City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Queens),...
IRENE MORGAN KIRKALDY, 1917-2007
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amFor far too long, Irene Morgan Kirkaldy's name was lost to the dustbin of history. But more than a decade before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on...
TAMING THE TRIBES
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amIN September 1898, an outnumbered British-led army battled the forces of a Muslim fanatic in Omdurman, Sudan. The Brits unleashed machine-gun fire and artillery on the primitive warriors and suffered...
DEMS DEBATE PICK FOR VEEP
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amANTICIPATING that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, some supporters are beginning to argue against her principal rival - Sen. Barack Obama - for vice president....
HOOPSTER'S IMUS SUIT: SHE'S SELLING HER DIGNITY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amHowever heinous his "ho" remarks, Don Imus' settlement with CBS and his imminent resurfacing represent a triumph over the tyranny of hypocrites, namely the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson,...
BLOCKBUSTER IS CLOSING IN
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amBlockbuster's push into online rentals and video-on-demand is piquing the interest of Wall Street at the same time the video retailer wages a price war with rival Netflix. Shares in...
LENDING LIFELINE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came to Wall Street's rescue yesterday with a surprise intervention that sent stocks soaring. For the first time since turbulent 2001, the Fed acted between...
REALTY BIGS BUY VIRGIN MEGASTORES
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amTwo of New York's biggest real estate developers, the Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust, have jointly inked a deal to buy Virgin Megastores North America. The deal, which is...
LAZARD BOSS BETS THE HOUSE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amLazard boss Bruce Wasserstein bought roughly $17.5 million of the storied investment bank's shares this week - a sign he thinks the market may have oversold his precious firm. Wasserstein...
GOLDEN BOY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amDavid Beckham arrived at Manhattan's posh (no pun intended) Barclay Hotel to a crush of flashbulbs and paparazzi, and left via a shrewd escape through the kitchen door. The iconic...
SUMMER OF '77
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amRemember 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...
OCTAVE FAVE IN 'BAMA
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Shuvee and Mom's Command both are in the Racing Hall of Fame. Open Mind and Sky Beauty should be. Those four fillies share an achievement: They all...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amPost 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...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amNFL: McNabb impressive in return In Philadelphia, playing his first game since tearing a knee ligament last November, Donovan McNabb completed 6 of 9 passes for 138 yards, including a...
TIGER DISSES TOUR
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amSHAME on Tiger Woods' selfishness. Woods yesterday delivered a damning message, with the piercing force of one of his "stinger" drives, right through the heart of the PGA Tour, an...
HONDO'S ALL RED
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amHondo's faith in Harvard-educated Post intern Jonathan Lehman was rewarded last night when the D'backs d'stroyed the Braves to lift the earnings to 65 bostocks. Obviously, this young man's financial...
BOMBERS SHOULD THANK SELIG, MITCHELL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amIT WOULDN'T be a stretch to thank former Sen. George Mitchell and baseball commissioner Bud Selig for the Yankees' 6-1 triumph over the Tigers last night at the Stadium. They...
ROSS READY FOR BIG BLUE DEBUT
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amALBANY - After sitting out the preseason opener, rookie cornerback Aaron Ross is expected to make his Giants debut tomorrow night against the Ravens in Baltimore. It's been three weeks...
CHAD TO WORSE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amEric Mangini could not have slept well last night - if he slept at all. Sure, the Jets' 37-20 loss to the Vikings last night before an apathetic, sparsely populated...
VERY EASLEY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - You have to shake your head at the season Damion Easley is having. It has been magnificent, starting in April and continuing through last night. Easley is one...
CASTRO LIKELY TO GO ON DL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - Ramon Castro's bad back regressed yesterday, and the catcher said he believes he's headed to the disabled list. Castro has been suffering from back arthritis, but on Thursday...
TEARS, CHEERS FOR PHIL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amYankees legend Phil Rizzuto touched many lives, but perhaps none more than Eddie Lucas'. Lucas met Rizzuto in 1951. Just days earlier, Lucas had been pitching in a sandlot game...
FINE & ANDY
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amThere are three mortal locks in life: Bill Clinton lying, Tom Coughlin getting fired and Andy Pettitte winning in August. When the Yankees needed the veteran left-hander the most last...
NO PHIL-IN: BIG NIGHT BEGS MORE STARTS
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amAs each day in August passed, Andy Phillips' role on the Yankees seemed to diminish. Last night, Phillips made his case for that to change. This month, the 30-year-old saw...
STADIUM IDOL
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amJoba Chamberlain learns quickly. In his first big league game, the right-hander admitted to not knowing who was coming up for the Blue Jays. Last night, he was aware the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 18, 2007 | 9:00amIt was lunch - on the fly. A helicopter pilot and his woman passenger landed on a grassy patch in a commercial corridor of Midland, Mich., to dash into an...