August 20, 2007
DEALS: Roma for six benjamins!
WHO? Get to know Eurofly if you haven't already. It's the freaking Twilight Zone in Italy come August. Everyone -- and I mean everyone -- goes on vacation. For like...
GETTING CONINE IS A GOOD MET MOVE
The acquisition of Jeff Conine by the Mets was good strategy and good emotionally.The loss of Damion Easley, possibly for the year, created a need for a dependable righty bat....
Mets get Conine
by MARK HALE and MIKE VACCAROThe Mets have made a small deal but one that helps their bench, picking up Jeff Conine from the Reds for minor leaguers Sean Henry...
Mets Close to Capturing Conine: Sources
The New York Mets are on the verge of acquiring utility player Jeff Conine from the Cincinnati Reds for two Class-A position players, according to Major League sources, FOXSports.com reported.Conine...
Scene
Grace Fox wears a cute floral dress from a resale place in London, a cap and scarf from H&M, and boots from Italy. "My look is basically 'I'm on holiday...
Vick Accepts Plea Deal
Michael Vick will plead guilty to dogfighting charges as part of a plea deal, the Virginia Pilot is reporting.There is likely a prison sentence as part of the deal to...
Whose Behind? Foster's
The back in this poster for "3:10 to Yuma'' doesn't belong to either of the film's stars, Russell Crowe or Christian Bale. It's actually a posterior view of the actor...
This just in
Talk about killer style -- look what arrived in the mail today...September Vogue!
Deal of the Day
Keep the S&M theme going this Fall with this versatile black Contoured Hip Belt.The fit is low slung, so go a size down to keep it at your natural waist...
LIVEBLOG/LIMA: Will the real pisco please stand up?
Sour grapes at the Hacienda/Kevin Raub The Peruvian city of Pisco is fighting its way back from last week's earthquake. However, that doesn't mean the city's namesake liquor isn't still...
Impossible to Avoid: âSuperbadâ vs. âRush Hour 3â
In the annals of entertainment history, weâre sure the battle between these movies will go down as a fight for true cinematic and artistic greatness. âSuperbadâ hits the talk-show circuit...
LIVEBLOG/LIMA: The wrong time to eat ceviche
Mmm...forbidden nighttime ceviche at the Miraflores Park/Kevin Raub A surefire highlight of any trip to Peru is the country's amazing seafood, but Peruvians, as it happens, are quite particular about...
Top of the Flops
Nicole Kidman, who was Hollywood's highest paid actress last year thanks to the $17 million she pocketed for "The Invasion,'' now has the distinction of headlining one of the summer's...
THE BOND TRADE
ON most afternoons, Corey McCarthy and Antonette Maysonet are hard at work in the offices of Optimedia, a SoHo media agency. Today, though, they're stalking a Greenwich Village sidewalk with...
UNEASY RIDERS
SO your workday is just beginning, and as you walk into your office you're already wilted and weary. Summer commuting in the city! Summer heat can drain you physically and...
RING BEARERS
BRAD, a Manhattan event manager, gets a lot of phone calls during the workday, but there's one caller so dogged she sometimes makes him want to throw his cellphone down...
DREAM JOB: DR. MARC LOWENBERG
Dentist's-office music takes on a whole new meaning at the Central Park South practice of Marc Lowenberg, where a built-in Sonos sound system offers a choice of more than 5...
GO TO GREG
Q. Is there any correlation between the length of an interview and the company's interest in you? A. Job interviews generally range from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on...
VITAL STATS
* Number of companies in survey that reported parents sending resumes on behalf of a child: 31 percent * Number reporting that parents had complained when their child was turned...
CLUED IN
We've done the detective work to find fall's best bags.
THE ONE THAT YOU WANT
SOME of the best dancing at "Grease" isn't on stage, but above it - in the loft where Kimberly Grigsby leads the band. Pelvis rocking, fingers flying - the willowy...
TV-AIDED 'GREASE' FRIGHTENING
WHEN I told someone I was going to "Grease," he thought I meant the country. I should have been so lucky. Then again, Greece was the cradle of democracy -...
JONES FOR NEWS
LAUREN Jones, the leggy bikini model- turned-re ality-show news hound, has pulled a fast one on a small-town Texas TV station. And on the whole TV news industry in general....
HOUSE CALLS
'FLIPPING Out" is a clever title for this new Bravo re ality series about a Los An geles real estate investor who flips houses for a living. But the title...
JORDIN SPARKS DEAL
'AMERICAN Idol" champ Jordin Sparks has a new record deal. Sparks has inked a deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records on the company's Zomba label. She's now the first "Idol" winner...
MODELS 35 AND OVER
WHO says a supermodel has to be a reed-thin twentysomething? TV Land is partnering with Wilhelmina Models to find the next supermodel - but one who's 35 or older. It...
STARR REPORT
State of 'Montana' Lost in all the hubbub over the record-shattering pre miere of "High School Musi cal 2" last Friday night (17.2 million viewers!) was the per formance of...
PULSE SALES
PRADA The Fuller Building, 57th Street at Madison Avenue; (212) 307-9300 Sale: Aug. 21-23. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Past and current season samples and stock, including shoes and accessories, will be...
DOUBTS ON PROBERS GETTING JOB DONE
ALBANY - The state Ethics Commission investigative team probing the Spitzer administration's dirty-tricks scandal is made up of a former food inspector, a retired Navy officer and a just-transferred employee...
HEALTH-AIDE SCAM
ALBANY - The state Attorney General's Office is in the midst of an investigation into widespread Medicaid fraud in the home health-care industry, The Post has learned. The probe, dubbed...
TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE
They never had a chance. Groping their way through "a smoke-filled hell" and plagued by radio problems, the two firefighters killed in the roaring blaze that tore through the gutted...
9/11 'LIES' HANG IN THE AIR
Angry lower Manhattan residents who find themselves reliving the 9/11 nightmare say reassurances about air quality following the weekend blaze at the Deutsche Bank building are simply not enough. "Residents...
2 HEROES SNARED BY FATE
Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino had a lot in common. They were both fun-loving, outgoing men. They both were renovating their homes. They both had two jobs. And they both...
SOCIAL STAR'S MA IN 'POOR' HOUSE
The ailing, elderly mother of New York socialite Emily "Pemmy" du Pont Frick is being warehoused in a dreary nursing home in Pennsylvania where most residents are destitute, The Post...
CITY IS LITTER BUGGED
Sidewalks are looking more like landfills these days, as the city struggles to keep up with overflowing litter baskets. The wire receptacles are meant for litter, but more and more,...
IT'S DAMAGE COMPTROL
Overturned fire hydrants, improperly cut trees and a Central Park gate wrecked by a car are among the damages to city property that the comptroller has doggedly pursued and recovered...
MARATHON $WIMMER
A swimmer from the Dominican Republic looped twice around Manhattan in an exhausting fund-raiser for young cancer victims back home. Marcos Diaz, 32, began his swim at the Dyckman Marina...
SICK AS A DOG IN BROOKLYN
Brooklyn kennels that are dogged by an epidemic of a dangerous canine illness are turning away scores of pooches - and, in some cases, closing their doors - to prevent...
IMETTE TRIAL LULL PUZZLES EXPERTS
The accused killer of Imette St. Guillen will be tried for a separate Queens kidnapping and assault before facing the music for the slaying of the pretty co-ed - a...
BIKER KILLED IN QNS. CRASH
A Long Island motorcyclist looking forward to becoming a grandfather for the third time was killed yesterday by an SUV in Queens. Leon Van Hatten, 47, of Inwood, was stopped...
'FINE' & DANDY
The notorious Brooklyn landlord who owns the Greenpoint Terminal Market that burned down under mysterious circumstances last year continues to push new development projects even while facing millions of dollars...
GEM FIRM SUES B'KLYN DA
A Diamond District jeweler has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Brooklyn DA, claiming prosecutors seized more than half a million dollars from its bank account but never charged...
SHE TELLS HURT VETS: RUN FOR IT!
She's a stunning model, but when Mary Bryant heads to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to recruit wounded veterans to enter marathons, she's the picture of a gung-ho drill sergeant....
WHO'S THAT GIRL?
"Elegant" Elliot Offen, the whack jogger and onetime Howard Stern flunky, is determined to stretch his 15 minutes of fame - one block and one insult at a time. The...
RETIRED POLICE INSPECTOR DIES
Retired NYPD Deputy Inspector Robert Cividanes, 65, died Saturday after a brief illness. Cividanes had worked in the department for 37 years before retiring in 2000. He had served in...
U.S. HUNTS IRAN TEAM INSIDE IRAQ
American forces are tracking about 50 members of an elite Iranian force that infiltrated southern Iraq to train Shiite militia fighters, a top U.S. general said yesterday. Maj. Gen. Rick...
CORRECTION
A Muslim leader's comment in Thursday's Post about the appointment of Danielle Salzberg as principal of the new Arabic-themed Khalil Gibran school was mischaracterized. The remark by Zein Rimawai was...
'SUPERBAD' $UPERGOOD
It's not a bird, it's not a plane - it's "Superbad." The teen laugher landed in the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, with a $31.2 million take....
CHRISTIE 'HOMES' IN ON $30M
Christie Brinkley has a new life and a new price tag on her stately Bridgehampton mansion . The model mama, who split from fourth husband Peter Cook last summer after...
'OBSESSED' ROVE HITS HILL
WASHINGTON - Outgoing Bush guru Karl Rove yesterday delivered the latest in a round of shots at Hillary Clinton, prompting the Democratic candidate to fire back that the president's alter...
DEMS GANG UP ON JOHN
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrats in the chase for the White House yesterday attacked former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards about his financial dealings with a company that invested in...
'OUI' CAN'T DO IT
The lack of even minimal foreign-language instruction at some public schools has critics gasping, "Mamma mia!" Members of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's task force on middle schools said last...
HOW TO KEEP A 401-OK
As the stock market swings between scary losses and mind-boggling rallies, financial pros are warning investors that it's the perfect time for a "gut check" to figure out how much...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx A man was fatally shot and another critically wounded yesterday after a gunman opened fire on their car at a red light, police said. Francisco Delacruz, 27, another...
FULTON'S STEAMBOAT SENSATION
MONDAY, Aug. 17, 1807, was another hot summer day in New York City, and most of the women of fashion on the Hudson River pier, arms linked to laced and...
FEMINISTS' HOT AIR
TO thunderous acclaim from the liberal intelligentsia, a team of feminist icons - including Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda - last year launched a women-run radio network. The mainstream media...
UNLIKELY ALLIES
BENAZIR Bhutto arrived in New York three weeks ago, shortly after meeting secretly in Abu Dhabi with Gen. Pervez Musharraf. She leaves this week, without having heard again from Pakistan's...
COURAGE RUNS IN BLOODLINES AT THE FDNY
EIGHTEEN-year-old Harry Ford last week took the written test for the Fire Department so he can join the ranks when he turns 21. "It's in his blood. He can't break...
PADILLA: WE GOT LUCKY
JUST about everyone agrees that the recent conviction of Abdullah al-Muhajir, a.k.a. Jose Padilla, is a good thing. The Brooklyn-born American citizen and al Qaeda operative allegedly planned to detonate...
STANDARDS AID CUNY STUDENTS
THE recent decision by City University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein to raise admission standards at the senior colleges - in particular, in mathematics - will once again move...
GOV'S DIRTY-TRICKS COLONEL
INVESTIGATORS say a controversial state offi cial with strong ties to Gov. Spitzer and former Gov. George Pataki is a key figure in the ongoing dirty-tricks scandal, The Post has...
LOOKING FOR A FEW BAD BOYS
GOD, I miss the boys. Whatever hap pened to Johnny Depp? Where is the guy who a decade ago heroically trashed a $2,200-a-night suite in New York's Mark Hotel -...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 126; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 6741; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 025; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
ONCE MORE, THE HEROES
Once more, the muffled drums, Once more, the skirling pipes. Once more, the tears. Once more, the heroes. How much pain can the Fire Department of the city of New...
MENACE TO SOCIETY
So, one more time - how long before rapper Foxy Brown seriously hurts someone? The former Inga Marchand was picked up last week after allegedly hitting Prospect Heights neighbor Arleen...
RX FOR SICK HEALTH COSTS
Health-care costs are climbing every where. Why does it seem things are worse in New York? The Post reported last week that HMO premiums had in some cases skyrocketed to...
HEY, PARENTS: ANTE UP
I don't care if even the Grand Rabbi of Jerusalem became the principal of the Khalil Gibran school ("Islam Prof Is 'Zion'-Hearted," Aug. 15). Yeshivas are paid for by Jews,...
A HILLARY PRESIDENCY? SHE SHOULD BE INVISIBLE
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is way off base with her remarks about "invisible troops," especially since she voted recently against the war in Iraq with the Mideastern terrorists ("Hillary Ads...
FIRMS DIG FOR RIGHTS TO DEAD CELEBRITIES
The business of digging up dead celebrities to pitch products is getting cutthroat, with management firms now taking a much more aggressive approach to licensing and marketing the iconic images....
FASTEN SEAT BELTS
Despite Friday's welcome rally, market observers expect at least another several weeks of wild swings in the market. The Fed's dramatic intervention with a cut to the discount rate it...
JPMORGAN BEAR QUITS
As the bull rally for stocks sputters, one of Wall Street's biggest bears is leaving his job for a gig at a rival firm. Abhijit Chakrabortti, JPMorgan's chief global equity...
IT'S THE LOST BOYS
With the number of so-called "lad mags" dwindling - Stuff will become the latest to shut down following the publication of its October issue - we thought it high time...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Beautiful Girls, Sean Kingston 2. Bartender, T-pain 3. Pop Lock & Drop, Huey 4. Buy You a Drink, T-pain 5. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie 6....
'QUEEN OF MEAN' LEONA HELMSLEY DEAD AT 87.
Hotel and real estate empress Leona Helmsley died today at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., her long-time publicist announced this morning. She was 87 died of heart failure. For...
VICK TO ACCEPT PLEA DEAL IN DOGFIGHTING CASE
Michael Vick's lawyer says the Atlanta Falcons quarterback will plead guilty to a dogfighting conspiracy charges. There is likely a prison sentence as part of the deal to avoid additional...
TO ESPN, RIZZUTO'S DEATH A CHANCE FOR SELF-PROMOTION
NOT that we should be surprised, but even Phil Rizzuto's death was seized by ESPN to promote ESPN. And, Michael Kay, while working on ESPN's New York radio station, 1050,...
'RAGS' IFFY FOR TRAVERS
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Superfilly Rags to Riches, nearing her first start since winning the June 8 Belmont Stakes, "will run in the Travers, and Angel Cordero Jr. is going to...
REVVED UP ROCKS ON IN JOHN'S CALL STAKES
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Revved Up, 9-year-old gelding still going strong for Christophe Clement, notched 18th win from 39 starts coming from off pace under Kent Desormeaux to take $80,000 John's...
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...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Federer bags 50th title Top-ranked Roger Federer reached another measure of tennis greatness, winning his 50th tournament title by beating James Blake 6-1, 6-4 in the Western & Southern...
HONDO ON THE MARC
Hondo 'wauked the 'wauk yesterday in Milwau kee, coming from way back with the Reds to raise the remuneration to 65 gullets. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will try to write another...
BLACK AND BLUE
BALTIMORE - The Giants last night did not abide by the first rule of the preseason - stay healthy - in their 13-12 victory over the Ravens at M&T Bank...
SMITH SHAKES OFF CONCUSSION
BALTIMORE - For a time, Steve Smith could not remember his first touchdown catch with the Giants. After he hauled in a 10-yard pass last night from Eli Manning in...
ROOKIE REVIS FINALLY PRACTICES
After a lengthy holdout, dwarfed only by his large contract, cornerback Darrelle Revis finally took the field yesterday for his first practice as a Jet. The rich rookie took some...
DISGRUNTLED KENDALL PLAYS GUARD, CENTER
There was more offensive line drama yesterday at Jets camp. After struggling Adrien Clarke started at left guard but rotated with Pete Kendall in Friday's 37-20 preseason loss to the...
LIBERTY EARN PLAYOFF SPOT
At yesterday's 4 p.m. tipoff, the Liberty knew what they had to do. They had to win to earn a berth in the WNBA playoffs. They did just that. Shameka...
BROOM TOWN
WASHINGTON - The display wasn't impressive for seven innings. Just a couple runs, a bunch of missed opportunities and a tie game. Then came the onslaught. The Mets shattered the...
BELTRAN BELTS 2 MORE HOMERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Carlos Beltran is in a groove at the plate right now. "I feel good," he said after yesterday's 8-2 win over the Nationals. "I'm seeing the ball...
MOW DOWN MOTOWN
Call them fire and ice, young guns or simply Joba and Edwar. Whatever their moniker, Joba Chamberlain and Edwar Ramirez were the hit of the party yesterday with a 1-2...
YANKEES WIN GAGNE STAKES AFTER ALL
THE Red Sox may have one victory too many against the Yankees this season. Boston beat the Yanks to Eric Gagne, a win that is a loss, so far. The...
IN AWE OF JOBA
The Tigers have seen it before, just last year in fact: The rookie human bull entering in relief to throw lightning bolts with an assortment of tornado-like breaking balls added...
WANG WINS DESPITE STRUGGLES
Chien-Ming Wang didn't have the good stuff, not by a long shot. And both he and Joe Torre agreed: The right-hander was pretty much here, there and everywhere with his...
S.I. HURLER UP AND ADAM
It may have taken him 10 starts, but Adam Olbrychowski finally earned his first win in pro ball yesterday in the Staten Island Yankees' 4-1 victory over the Brooklyn Cyclones...
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...
WHILE JETER RESTS, BETEMIT DRIVES IN FOUR AT SHORTSTOP
Derek Jeter? Who's Derek Jeter? Though Wilson Betemit isn't going to turn yesterday's start at shortstop into another Wally Pipp story, he gave the Yankees a jolt with a 2-for-5...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Rhode Island pet owners are on alert now that nasty "fisher cats" have reappeared in the state after an absence of 200 years. The creatures, part of the weasel family,...
WR POOL HAS SOME DEEP THREATS
Every season, there's a substantial, unexpected breakout performer at wide receiver: Steve Smith, Drew Bennett, Anquan Boldin, etc. Wideouts can go from obscure to essential in one short season. They...