August 22, 2007
Eli Extends Olive Branch to Tiki
AP is reporting that Eli Manning has no hard feelings towards former teammate Tiki Barber and is not looking to "start something."Click through for the rest of the story. Eli...
Shopping Under the Influence
Margaritas and shopping may warrant an SUI - But you won't have to worry about buyer's remorse here. LES gem, Honey in the Rough is hosting a wee shindig to...
UPDATE: London, in peril!
CLOCKING OUT: Americans are passing on London -- big time/britannica.com Welcome to the American Revolution version 2.0, baby! London is becoming less and less attractive to American tourists exercising their...
O's Skipper Trembley to Return
By DAVID GINSBURG, APDave Trembley will return next season as manager of the Baltimore Orioles.The Orioles scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to announce that Trembley, who took over...
Rosie Hijacks Her Talk-Show Hopes
Weâre guessing that no one is talking to Rosie OâDonnell about her own show anymore. Why?Because she is again shilling on her website for the tin-foil-beanie, 9/11 conspiracy nuts â...
Reading, eez good for you
Taking a break from the seriousness of the post just below this one... "Halo: Uprising #1" (of 4) is at a comic book store near you today. It's the brand...
Ex-Mets Aide Tells All to Feds: Report
Former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski named names of major league players who bought steroids from him to baseball's chief steroid investigator George Mitchell, SI.com reported Tuesday.Radomski, who pleaded guilty...
Mock draft - Part 1
Enough talk about which guy is going in which round. Let's take a practical look at a draft.I labeled this item a mock, but it is actually the real draft...
'Wire' Star Joins 'Lost'
"Lost" has found another star to add to its cast. Lance Reddick(left) from "The Wire" has been cast as new character Arthur Stevens, TVGuide.com reports. TVGuide.com says Stevens, a capable...
Peca who?
Michael Peca and the Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to terms on 1-year deal.Columbus spokesman Todd Sharrock said today that Peca must pass a team physical. A formal announcement is expected...
Deal of the Day
Check your style with this Belted Herringbone Dress from Kohl's.Mixing textures and plaids is going to be key for fall, so this shirtdress is a great foundation piece to have...
Confessed Roid Seller Talked to Feds: Report
Former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski named names of major league players who bought steroids from him to baseball's chief steroid investigator George Mitchell, SI.com reported Tuesday.Radomski, who pleaded guilty...
AWARDS WEDNESDAY: A-ROD AND DIMAGGIO
Week 20 of awards Wednesday:AL MVP1. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees. 2. Magglio Ordonez, Tigers. 3. Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners. A-Rod has 42 homers, 121 RBIs and 115 runs with just under a...
Marbury Stands Up for Vick
By JENNIFER FERMINO, NYPostAugust 22, 2007 -- Embattled Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick has a friend - and fellow doggie disrespecter - in Stephon Marbury."I think we don't say anything about...
"Today" with Pitt-y
Ann Curry talked to Brad Pitt (right) about his work in post-Katrina New Orleans with an environmental-friendly housing project, Global Green, on the âTodayâ show this morning. We left out...
PIMP YOUR CELL!
PIMPIN' ain't easy, especially when it comes to cellphones. There are plenty of services that will impress your friends and turn your mobile into a portable jukebox or sale-finder. But...
THE SAMPLE LIFE
IF you're planning to hit the Billion Dollar Babes sample sale today or tomorrow, be sure to bring a good book and wear a pair of leggings underneath a slinky...
WHEN SONGS SING
REQUIRED reading for Broadway this sum mer is "The House That George Built," Wilfrid Sheed's quirky, colorful, occasionally cranky look at the Golden Age of American songwriting. Along with his...
SOME GOOD VIBES
LEON Theremin, the Russian inventor of the bizarre electronic music instrument that became a staple of '50s science-fiction films, had a fascinating life. Playwrights Duke Doyle and Ben Lewis relate...
SHOCK AND AWE
CORBIN Bleu says he and his "High School Mu sical 2" co-stars expected the sequel would top the original blockbuster - but not like this. "It's one of those things...
NO CHILD'S PLAY
CBS wants to entertain you with crying children. If you're the kind of sicko who finds this intriguing, then by all means mark your calendar for Wednesday, Sept. 19 -...
OPRAH TAKES ON NYC
OPRAH is taking a bite out of the Big Apple. The first two episodes of the 22nd season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be taped at Madison Square Garden...
'ANCHOR' SINKS TO NEW LOWS
THE best thing you can say about the year's most pathetic TV show is that at least it's being aired in August when the fewest number of people are likely...
JOEY SWEPT ONTO CARPET
'DANCING with the Stars" vet Joey Fat one will go toe-to-toe on the red carpet with E!'s Ryan Seacrest. Fatone, who also hosts NBC's "Singing Bee," will co-anchor TV Guide...
STARR REPORT
Beginning and end The finale of "Ice Road Truckers" snared 4.8 million viewers Sunday night to be come the most-watched tele cast ever on History Chan nel. The episode (10...
INDIE 'STAIRS' TAKES FLIGHT
JOE Shanberg's "Hannah Takes the Stairs" be longs to an exciting new genre of indie Ameri can film called Mumblecore, after its talky but inarticulate characters. The films have skimpy...
SAVE SITUATION
AFTER reading how fearsomely expensive new restaurant Wakiya is, the actual menu - which I pried out of a floor staffer after the publicists bafflingly insisted they couldn't provide one...
DUMBO'S TOWER FOES TEAM UP
Three politically powerful Brooklyn neighborhood groups have rejoined the fight against a DUMBO developer's revived plan to build an apartment tower next to the Brooklyn Bridge - a move that...
CITY PREPS HAMPTONS IN HARLEM
An $8.7 million refurbishment of the Harlem River Parkway Greenway and Esplanade is under way and, by next fall, the waterside park will stretch from 135th to 142nd streets, Mayor...
SHOCKING CRIME SURGE IN SCHOOLS
The number of assaults, robberies and sex offenses reported in the city's schools skyrocketed during the last school year, new figures show. And the number of city schools identified as...
TREE-LOVING BETTE FINED FOR CHOPPING SPREE
Bette Midler may love roses - but trees are apparently a different story. The singer was the wind beneath conservationists' wings when she founded the New York Restoration Project and...
DEM BIG'S 'RUSE' HID PENSION FEE-LOADING
ALBANY - Democratic political consultant Hank Morris had a "handshake" deal with the head of a financial services firm to collect the vast majority of state pension-fund "placement fees" steered...
DA KNOCKS PAPER OVER SPITZ PROBE
ALBANY - Albany County District Attorney David Soares yesterday blasted as "wholly untrue" a report in an Albany newspaper that he found no criminality in his probe of Gov. Spitzer's...
PSYCHO RANT AT GOV DAD
ALBANY - A top political adviser to state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno is being accused of making a bizarre and threatening phone call to Gov. Spitzer's elderly father, it...
D.A. PROBES 'DEATH TRAP'
Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office yesterday launched a criminal investigation into the Deutsche Bank blaze, which killed two firefighters who had waited in vain for water to flow through...
TEARS FOR HERO WHO ALWAYS HAD BAGELS & BLISS
The Catholic priest vividly remembers the joyous day he married Manhattan firefighter Joe Graffagnino and his young bride in 2002. Tomorrow will be another day that Father Caleb Buchanan will...
PROBATION OFFICER'S TRAGIC DEATH PLUNGE
A 20-year veteran probation officer ate his breakfast, placed his badge on his desk and then jumped to his death from his 10th-floor office window in lower Manhattan yesterday morning,...
N.Y. FORECLOSE FRENZY
The nation's housing foreclosure crisis has walloped Manhattan with a vengeance this summer - as the number of filings leaped 184 percent in one month alone, according to new statistics...
FOXY MOXIE COULD LAND HER IN JOINT
Foxy Brown's campaign of craziness could come to an end today. The raging rap diva has apparently pulled one too many Ill no-no's - and probation officials are going to...
BIDDER UP FOR RECORD BONDS BALL
The Queens man who managed to snag Barry Bonds' record-breaking home-run ball plans to auction the precious cowhide on the Internet. At a news conference yesterday in a restaurant opposite...
VICTIM NAILS 'PERV'
A Brooklyn woman who was stalked and molested by an aggressive subway flasher went from victim to vanquisher with the snap of a cellphone camera, police sources said yesterday. The...
TARGET: NEW YORK
The Big Apple came under harsh attack yesterday from Republican White House hopefuls hunting for votes. Mitt Romney launched a radio ad in New Hampshire and Iowa blasting New York...
QUEEN OF MEAN'S TOMB WITH A VIEW
She lived like a queen, and she'll be laid to rest in her own Helmsley palace. A small private funeral service will be held today for "Queen of Mean" Leona...
NBA'S HIRED GUN
The NBA yesterday disclosed it has hired a former top federal prosecutor to review its anti-gambling efforts - a move the tainted league secretly made weeks ago to deal with...
SHELTERS MIX PERVS & KIDS
ALBANY - City homeless shelters for families with kids have been housing convicted pedophiles, an alarming report due to be released today has found. Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) had his...
SICKO'S LAIR
Here's a look into the Bronx house of horrors where a child rapist kept a bizarre collection of creepy artifacts, including monkey skulls and a human fetus. The spine-chilling collection...
SPELL-TALE SIGNS OF FAKE MA
She's one of three special-ed teachers accused of buying a fake master's degree by handing thousands of dollars to crooked Touro College administrators. Too bad she can't even spell "master's."...
CHICKS WANT KICKS
The Department of Education is coming up a few thousand feet short in providing as many sports opportunities for girls as it does for boys. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum charged...
KNICK STICKS UP FOR VICK
Embattled Atlanta Falcon Michael Vick has a friend - and fellow doggie disrespecter - in Stephon Marbury. "I think we don't say anything about people who shoot deer or shoot...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Police are searching for 15-year-old Nadia Dunne , who disappeared from her Harlem apartment more than a week ago after a fight with her mom. She was last seen...
'CRUELLA' COUPLE IN HOME 'JAIL'
The Long Island couple charged with enslaving two Indonesian servants traded federal lockup for a domestic prison yesterday afternoon as they were finally allowed to enter home detention while awaiting...
PENSION PAIN FOR GOTTI EX
The put-upon ex-wife of jailed mob boss Peter Gotti can't collect the meager city pension she's owed, according to a filing in Brooklyn federal court. After a very public and...
SMOKY STATEN
The Bronx, Manhattan and Queens are down when it comes to the percent of residents who smoke - but Brooklyn and Staten Island are still puffing away, a new study...
EX-BOXER HIT WITH RAPE RAP
A small-time ex-heavyweight boxer lured a young woman to his friend's upper Manhattan apartment, where he raped and sodomized her, authorities said yesterday. Barry Lineberger, 42, of Harlem, approached the...
WOMEN HEED HEALTH ALARMS
Women are taking health warnings to heart, a national survey has discovered. Nearly two out of three women said they were concerned that high cholesterol would be a danger to...
BARBIE HUSSY-FIT OVER CHINA DOLL
Barbie is getting all bent out of shape over a porn star toying with her good name online. Doll-maker Mattel, which has come under legal and financial siege over the...
BARACK: SURGE STEMS VIOLENCE
WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday that President Bush's troop surge was reducing violence in Baghdad, just a day after Hillary Rodham Clinton, too, said the surge was working....
WIFE NOT DISSING HILL: OBAMA
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama said his sharp-tongued wife, Michelle, was not aiming at Hillary Clinton when she recently declared, "If you can't run your own house, you can't run the...
'CANE NIGHTMARE FOR DISABLED TOURISTS
A group of disabled tourists from Newark was left stranded on the island of Jamaica without electricity and vital supplies - including medication - in the wake of Hurricane Dean....
CIA: WE BLEW IT
WASHINGTON - The CIA's top leaders failed to use their powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al Qaeda, and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 715; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 0236; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 596; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
LEONA HELMSLEY, 1920-2007
'One of a kind" is what Donald Trump called his rival for hotel and head line hegemony, Leona Helmsley, on her passing Monday at the age of 87. One of...
THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Manhattan District Attorney Bob Morgenthau late yesterday announced a criminal investigation into the deaths of two firefighters at the Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero. That's welcome news - as...
IRAQ'S RE-LIBERATION
GEN. David Petraeus' Baghdad office reflects the man: It's spartan. There are no giant flat-screen TVs or I- love-me photos on the walls. There's no spectacular view, just no-nonsense wall...
MONUMENT TO THE PILE
THE Deutsche Bank building - tall, dark, forbidding and, in the end, deadly - was a Ground Zero afterthought right from the beginning. Shattered on 9/11, it was abandoned shortly...
WTC, PAST & FUTURE: HALTED AGAIN?
NEW Yorkers who care passionately about the future of the World Trade Center site - those who understand that Downtown's fate still depends on that, despite the area's current boom...
NASA: REACH BEYOND THE STARS
THE ISSUE: Steve Dunleavy's examination of the cost of NASA's space program versus its results. Steve Dunleavy is correct in has assessment of NASA: It is a bunch of overpaid,...
COUNT CORZINE OUT: CRIMEFIGHTING IN JERSEY
THE ISSUE: New Jersey's response to the execution-style murders in Newark. Your editorial, "Jersey 'Justice' " (PostOpinion, Aug. 19), is a grand slam, as common sense is not too common...
HOLDERS OK $8.2B TRIB BUYOUT
Tribune Co. shareholders, who as expected voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve an $8.2 billion buyout led by Sam Zell, are happy to take the money and run. But for employees...
MIXED SIGNALS
Wall Street is hoping Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke will blink. Bernanke told Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson yesterday that the Fed was...
TV CRITIC CANCELED
MORE turmoil in the ranks of Mort Zuckerman's troubled New York Daily News. David Bianculli, a TV critic who has been at the Daily News for 14 years, is about...
TOPPS DISSES UPPER DECK
Iconic baseball card maker Topps reaffirmed its $385 million takeover by former Disney chief Michael Eisner yesterday and said a higher offer from rival Upper Deck was a "sham" designed...
WAL-MART TAKES BITE OF APPLE MUSIC SALES
Apple Inc.'s iTunes is no longer the only game in town for consumers who want to buy major label music for their iPods. Wal-Mart, the nation's biggest CD retailer, yesterday...
MACY'S CARD SHARKS
Holders of Macy's credit cards that have been inactive for two years can expect a surprise in the mail: a Citibank MasterCard that will replace their store card. The switch...
STARWOOD'S 'GRAND' PLAN
BARRY Sternlicht's Starwood Capital is this close to scooping up the landmarked Steinway Building next to the Ritz Thrift Shop site on West 57th Street for about $1,000 a foot,...
'SHOCK' STOCK
No "Grand Theft Auto," no problem. Embattled Take-Two Interactive Software saw its stock surge 8.5 percent to $14.55 on a strong jolt of buzz for "BioShock" - a new title...
NOT FORE!-GOTTEN
THE day-long rain yesterday that turned Westchester Country Club into Lake Westchester wasn't exactly timely. And the withdrawal of Tiger Woods from The Barclays wasn't good news, either. But even...
BARCLAYS LAUNCHES NEW ERA
Tiger Woods' unfortunate apathy (and absence) notwithstanding, this week's Barclays at Westchester Country Club hopes to launch a new era in golf with the FedEx Cup playoff series. The Barclays,...
HARRINGTON: CUP STARTING ON RIGHT COURSE
Familiarity breeds conquest, the now-rested British Open champ Padraig Harrington says. Harrington is a Westchester Country Club fan, or at least has been, when the Barclays Classic was much earlier...
'ADRIAN' 9-5 IN YR TROT
Elimination winners Adrian Chip (9-5) and Primary AS (3-1) drew post position Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, for Saturday night's $644,770 final of the Yonkers Trot. The 53rd Trot, second...
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...
'STREET' IS SMOKIN' IN TRAVERS WORKOUT
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Street Sense, the first 2-year-old champion to win the Kentucky Derby in 28 years, always has been a fast workhorse, and his morning drills always have translated...
SPORTS SHORTS
BLOTTER: Offerman challenges bat attackJose Offerman's attorney said his client should not have been arrested and charged for last week's attack in which Offerman struck Bridgeport pitcher Matt Beech and...
HONDO'S THREE-FOR-ALL
Hondo posted a modest gain last night when he had the good splitter working as he hit with the Ti gers and missed with the Royals to put the number...
ELI FIRES BACK AT TIKI
ALBANY - Did Tiki Barber inadvertently unleash dormant leadership qualities in Eli Manning that Barber accused Manning of lacking? Clearly determined to make a forceful point with more conviction than...
FIRST STEP TO BEING THE MAN
IT IS terrific news that Eli Manning has a pulse, that he sounded more like Peyton Manning when he lashed back at NBC's Tiki Barber for questioning his leadership skills,...
PLAXICO'S IN HURRY TO CATCH BACK UP
ALBANY - Early during yesterday's Giants practice, three passes were thrown in the direction of receiver Plaxico Burress, one after another. It was the first time Burress had a football...
CENTER STILL GOOD AS GOLD
NFL teams are supposed to get it right when they have a top 10 draft choice, unless, of course, you're the Houston Texas and bypass Reggie Bush for Mario Williams....
KNICKS MULL NICHOLS' FUTURE
Rookie shooting guard Demetris Nichols refused the Knicks' request to play this season in Italy to solve their roster crunch - a denial that could shorten his Knicks career. However,...
MAGIC METS PULL IT HOFF
The Sandman became the Mudman, but it was Trevor Hoffman who really ended up all wet last night. "It's an ugly way to win," Billy Wagner said after watching the...
SHEA FAITHFUL WARMING UP TO BOOMIN' BELTRAN ... FINALLY
THE game ended in a joyful blur, the Mets touching the untouchable closer for one hit after another, with the remaining few thousand brave souls left at Shea Stadium throwing...
CASTILLO SECOND TO NONE
Marlon Anderson had barely crossed home plate when Jose Reyes crossed the diamond, making a beeline straight for first base. Straight for Luis Castillo. Reyes and the rest of the...
CONINE'S PINING FOR 3RD RING
Jeff Conine is 2-for-2 in his career when it comes to the postseason, and isn't in a hurry to see that streak end. The first baseman/outfielder, acquired by the Mets...
PECA AND BLUESHIRTS BREAK OFF TALKS
The Rangers' pursuit of two-time Selke Trophy winner Mike Peca ended in a flurry of head-shaking and disappointment last night. Peca's agent, Don Meehan, returned to Toronto from Vancouver last...
HELL'S ANGEL
ANAHEIM - The stench coming off Mike Mussina's stuff last night invaded your nose like low tide. And the rest of the Yankee hurlers reeked, too. With the Red Sox...
A-ROD'S BIG 4-0
ANAHEIM - The home run milestones change, but Alex Rodriguez' reaction to reaching them remains the same. Monday night he clubbed his 40th homer in a heartbreaking 7-6, 10-inning loss...
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...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man rode his mule 1,500 miles in search of gainful employment - all for nothing. Hearing that they were hiring in Wyoming, Rod Maday - whose driver's license was...