October 17, 2007
Torre Still In Limbo
The AP is reporting that as of today, there is still no decision on Joe Torre."All we're worried about is the process of making sure that we come to the...
Kidd makes (not good) news. Krstic makes start?
By FRED KERBERGotta admit, the Nets make the world an interesting place.The latest, as reported in The Post Wednesday, is that Jason Kidd is again in the front of the...
Fits and Starts
The Rangers head to Atlanta to take on the winless Thrashers, who they thrashed last season in the playoffs four-games-to-none. While the Thrashers' abysmal 0-6 start can be viewed as...
'Office' evolution
The new season âThe Officeâ has transformed boss Michael Scott into more a caricature of a boss than his previous sweet, but bumbling self. In fact, he seems to have...
LIVEBLOG: Pie in the sky
The regional cuisine mined by Manhattanâs chefs for inspiration has headed south â- look to the glut of Aussie-themed eateries that have popped up across the city in the last...
Celeb Clothes
As a rule of thumb, I never, ever shop off of co-workers and celebrities.Well okay, I have been known to buy a thing or two previously seen on Gwen or...
Brutal 'Brutal Legend' CG Video
From the supreme and strange mind of Tim Schafer comes 'Brutal Legend.' It's got axe-wielding, heavy metal, hot chicks and copious amounts of cartoony violence (under 18, do everyone a...
KG is silenced
By MARC BERMANÂÂBOSTON - Say this for the NBA. It really knows how to promote itself.NOT.ÂÂWe get to Boston and learn Kevin Garnett does not speak on game daysanymore -...
Let's play political football
With the presidential candidates in full campaign mode, the Fantasy Tracker thought this would be a good week to get their thoughts on issue of fantasy football:Fred Thompson: We've been...
Gone Jenny Gone
I was so looking forward to telling you that Bennifer might be sharing a marquee for the first time since "Gigli.'' Never mind that Ben Affleck is only the director...
Janet Jackson, Box Office Queen
Most of the credit for the surprising success of "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married'' has gone to Mr. Perry, the most famous cross-dressing auteur since Ed Wood. But...
Deal of the Day
Sure, another plaid shirt, but it's time to stock up on some grungy lumberjack looks a la Matt Dillon's character in Singles.And this Long Sleeve Pattern Shirt is only $9.99...
Starr Report
"Samantha Who?" (Christina Applegate, right) got off to a fast start Monday, averaging a winning 14.4 million viewers on ABC at 9:30 and finish ing second (to "Heroes") in adults...
Things We Lost at the Box Office
Unnamed marketing mavens at Paramount are whispering in Advertising Age's ear that the miserable numbers for "The Heartbreak Kid'' are due to competition from the video game "Halo 3'' rather...
JENNIFER'S SEA LEGS
Sultry-eyed cover girl Jennifer Connelly may look glamorous in this photo shoot aboard a yacht for Vogue's November issue, but the Brooklyn mom of two is trying to do everything...
SHOCKTAILS!
'THE Panty Dropper, please," I shout over the blaring music, wedged at the bar between two men who stare at me in disbelief. The bartender at the trendy Orchard Bar...
GET A 'KICK OUT OF NEW LX
MOVE over Robin, Boo Boo and Garfunkel - there's a new Sidekick in town. T-Mobile's new LX hits stores today. Current customers can get the new phone - $300 with...
YOU MAY LIKE THIS PLAY BUT WON'T LOVE IT TO DEATH
AFTER "Tony n' Tina's Wed ding," "Bernie's Bar Mitz vah," "Grandma Sylvia's Funeral" and others, I've attended more interactive theatrical functions than the real thing. The latest: "Flanagan's Wake," in...
COST OF CLASS STRUGGLE
FINANCIAL papers for the upcoming Broadway musical "Billy Elliot" are making the rounds of investors. This certainly is one expensive dance class. The musical, which will open in the fall...
SHE COMES OUT ABOUT HEALTH PROBLEMS
A thyroid condition, diagnosed only recently, is taking a toll on Oprah. The telegenic talk show queen - who's usually well-coiffed and radiant on her show - has appeared a...
CLAY AIKEN DOES BROADWAY
CLAY Aiken is heading to the Great White Way. Aiken, the former "American Idol" runner-up, will join the cast of "Monty Python's Spamalot" in the role originated by "Frasier" star...
'LIFE' OF ITS OWN
UNLEASH Charlie Crews! That's what I've been thinking every time I've watched the new NBC series "Life," a good show whose ratings have nevertheless slipped every week it's been on...
STARR REPORT
'Who?' by numbers "Samantha Who?" (Chris tina Applegate) got off to a fast start Monday, averaging a winning 14.4 million viewers on ABC at 9:30 and finish ing second (to...
'MAD' ABOUT 'MEN'
ONE of the great things about the "Mad Men" finale to morrow night is that it's not. A final finale, I mean. And that's to the credit of AMC, which...
PSALMWHERE TO GET BIBLICAL BITES
TWO thousand years ago, when the Israelites wanted a miracle, Jesus turned water into wine. Everyone was duly impressed. Jesus was not the Bible's first character to figure out that...
FAILING GRAY'D FOR KUNZ
ON our way out of the brand-new Grayz near midnight Saturday, the joint's greeter/ bouncer/cab-fetcher asked: "How did you guys do in there?" Dude, it's not about how we did...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
A Mars-Mercury aspect on your birthday will make you rather outspoken and almost certainly you will stir things up both at home and at work over the coming 12 months....
LIMPING TO FINISH
Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang didn't make any bold moves to conclude his 100-day strategic review of the company, but third-quarter results that beat lowered expectations gave investors hope that its...
DOLANS SAY THEY WON'T RAISE OFFER
Cablevision boss James Dolan has a message for investors who think that his family's $10.6 billion bid to take the cable and entertainment company private is too low: Take it...
CHINA'S INVESTMENT ARM SAYS IT'S INTERESTED IN BEAR STAKE
Some of the most persistent speculation on Wall Street was confirmed yesterday, when the investment arm of the Chinese government expressed an interest in taking a stake in Bear Stearns....
VALUECLICK SURE DOESN'T
Investors are wondering if there's value in ValueClick. One day the online ad firm's stock will surge on buyout speculation after most of its competitors were acquired. The next it...
AD VIEWS FOR DVRS STACK UP RATINGS
After months of hand wringing, the advertising world got its first real look yesterday at new TV ratings that track how many people stay tuned to commercials. Nielsen's commercial ratings...
GOOGLE'S TECH MOVE WON'T IMPRESS VIACOM
Google has launched a new technology that claims to keep unlicensed clips of TV shows, movies and music videos out of its YouTube viral video service. But entertainment industry observers...
LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE
Washington is abandoning its feel-good outlook and appealing for help from Congress and the financial industry to fix the worsening housing recession before it wreaks more havoc. Treasury Secretary Henry...
WMG DOWNPLAYS MADONNA'S EXIT
Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman Jr. is downplaying the loss of Madonna to Live Nation in part by taking issue with the $120 million that the concert promoter is...
IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel once again is shuffling the deck among the magazine's top brass now that Priscilla Painton, one of his three deputy editors, has opted out. Painton...
SONY, MYSPACE INK DEAL
Sony BMG has entered into a deal to license music videos and select streaming audio to MySpace.com. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. But as part of the...
GOTHAM'S BUILDING BOOM GETS LOUDER
Construction in the city is on a record pace and will reach a staggering $83 billion worth of new projects ranging from office towers to baseball parks over the next...
FED'S LIQUIDITY HELPING FLOOD OIL PRICE MARKET
Massive hedge fund speculation is getting blamed for pushing oil to a new high above $88 a barrel - triggering a chorus of alarms ringing from the White House to...
COUNTRYWIDE $150M CHARGE
Struggling mortgage giant Countrywide Financial, a bellwether for the ailing housing market, said it will take a pretax charge of as much as $150 million related to layoffs and operational...
RAILYARD BIDS PARTNER UP
THE Post's parent company, News Corp., is among the tenants vying for a new headquarters site in the Hudson Yards on the West Side. The Post has learned that News...
YOUNG & POOR HIT HARDEST
ALBANY - Thousands of poor minorities and young Schenectady-area residents will be harmed by Gov. Spitzer's extraordinary action of blocking $300,000 in spending in Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco's district,...
SPITEFUL SPITZ KOS HEALTH $$ IN ID SPAT
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday played vicious hardball with his chief opponent in the battle over driver's licenses for illegal aliens - canceling $300,000 in state-funded health-care and education projects...
TERROR LAWYER SAYS SHE'D 'DO IT AGAIN'
Disbarred terror lawyer Lynne Stewart held court at Hofstra yesterday - unrepentant about the help she gave to a World Trade Center bombing conspirator. Stewart was convicted in 2005 of...
CON ED EYES SUING CITY FOR STEAM BLAST
Holy smoke! Con Ed is looking into suing the city for causing the huge Midtown steam-pipe explosion in July, officials said yesterday. The utility filed a notice of claim with...
NYPD 'ROID SHOCK
As many as 30 cops were rounded up last night and ordered to an NYPD medical facility in Queens to take drug tests as part of a steroid investigation that...
MIKE'S 'HOUSE' CALL: CITY REAL ESTATE TO $LIDE
Mayor Bloomberg provided the answer yesterday to the question that's on a lot of New Yorkers' minds: Are housing prices here going to drop? Yes - with an important qualifier...
THE 2007 LIBERTY MEDALS
Let's give them a big hand! The New York Post is delighted to announce the finalists for our sixth annual Liberty Medals, which honors the hometown heroes whose creativity, courage...
NYU GUARDS' SUICIDE DUTY
Desperate to curtail a rash of suicides that have plagued its Greenwich Village campus, New York University is now posting security guards on the roofs of some buildings to keep...
MAILER BACK IN HOSPITAL AS KIDS KEEP VIGIL
Legendary writer Norman Mailer has been hospitalized for the second time in as many months for severe respiratory problems, and his children are now holding daily vigils at his bedside...
GAL-GROPE GRIPE VS. NETS' KIDD
A woman has accused New Jersey Net star Jason Kidd of groping her in a trendy Manhattan nightclub, sources told The Post yesterday. Kidd was partying inside the club Tenjune...
OLD FERRY REBORN AS GOVERNORS I. SHUTTLE
A ferry that transported passengers between Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod for more than 50 years will be offering free service between lower Manhattan and Governors Island by the summer...
SUBWAYS OFFER NEW SENSE OF DIRECTION
The city is installing sidewalk compasses so confused tourists will no longer have to ascend from the subway to the street with little more to go on beyond The Bronx...
TWIST IN ARABIC HS FIGHT
The former principal of the city's controversial Arabic school launched an 11th-hour effort yesterday to get her old job back - and then announced a free-speech lawsuit against her employer....
I'M FIGHTING BACK VS. 'DIDDY'
It's looking like mo' money, mo' problems for his Diddyness as the man he allegedly punched in the face over the weekend said yesterday that their legal fight is definitely...
BLOOMBERG BOMBS ON BROADWAY
Mayor Bloomberg made a dramatic entrance in the talks to keep Broadway from going dark yesterday, but received a cool reception from stagehands who are threatening a strike. Bloomberg contacted...
FACEBOOK SAFETY 'NET AGREEMENT
Online fave Facebook.com has started a safer chapter for its younger users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The popular social-networking Web site has settled with the attorney general,...
BLAST FROM PAST
Alleged FBI rogue Lindley DeVecchio lifted a technique right out of "The Godfather Part II," using a loud TV to provide cover for a sensitive meeting with the mob informant...
COP-UNION BREATH SUIT
A sobriety test that all cops are required to take after shooting someone is "unconstitutional" and "violates the NYPD's own rules," according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by three law-enforcement...
JFK STAFFERS BUSTED AS DRUG SMUGGLERS
Federal agents yesterday busted a ring of JFK Airport workers who smuggled cocaine and heroin into the country on flights from the Dominican Republic, authorities said. Customs agents arrested 18...
RANDI RADIO DAZE
Liberal talk-show host Randi Rhodes suffered painful facial injuries Sunday night when she slammed to the ground in an murky incident alternately described as a mugging, a fall, a drunken...
DA TOSSES LILLO 'FESS
Prosecutors announced yesterday they were forfeiting a statement "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato made to cops shortly after he allegedly helped kill a cop - just as pretrial hearings were set...
DISSING COUSINS: OBAMA, CHENEY, BUSH RELATED
Who says Barack Obama doesn't have what it takes to be president? Turns out, he's a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush. The vice president's wife, Lynne...
9/11 'GRAN' SLAM
The parents of a 9/11 victim have lost visitation rights with their dead son's children following a bitter court battle in which they were accused of striking one of the...
CASH ACT A CLASS ACT
All you need is a dollar and a student ID. Kids at Theodore Roosevelt HS in The Bronx now have their own bank branch right on campus - and it's...
PAYBACK TIME FOR POL QUINN
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has refunded $2,917 to city coffers for the use of her SUV for personal and political events in the first six months of the year,...
SERIAL BANK THIEF SOUGHT
Cops are hunting for this elusive bespectacled bank robber who has struck 17 times - mostly in Midtown - avoiding police while scoring more than $20,000 in the past year...
PENSION TENSION
ALBANY - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, saying he is "deeply concerned" about allegations against his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, yesterday released a letter he sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission...
KILLER BEAU GETS LIFE
A man who fatally bludgeoned and stabbed his ex-girlfriend in her home was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison yesterday. Roger Crique "mutilated" and killed Cheyenne Patricio and...
SLAY COP PROBED BY GRAND JURY
A special grand jury was convened yesterday to consider whether criminal charges should be lodged against an off-duty cop who fatally shot an unarmed man after the victim drunkenly crashed...
CONDO HERE FOR PURCHASING POWELL
Colin Powell is snapping up more property on the Upper West Side. According to city transfer records, the former secretary of state has paid $2.76 million under "The Colin L....
BAD TO THE BONE
The self-styled "nicest dog-walker in NYC" is actually a mutt who got his grubby paws on $57,000 of an elderly neighbor's money, prosecutors said yesterday. Daniel Natale, 34, befriended 84-year-old...
'CHECK' OUT THIS SWINDLE
Quit while you're ahead. A Long Island man who allegedly cashed a $95,000 bogus check blew all the money - and more - on bad stock-option picks before the bank...
AXIS OF SLEAZEBAGS
A smiling Vladimir Putin was warmly greeted by a beaming Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday in a showcase summit designed to prove Russia is standing by Iran in any confrontation...
JAZZ AGE 'FOX'-TROT BY JOLIE
Who's that fabulous flapper? She looks so . . . familiar. It's none other than Angelina Jolie, though you might have trouble recognizing her decked out in her '20s-style ensemble...
WIRETAP BATTLE
WASHINGTON - The White House yesterday threatened to veto a new federal wiretapping law poised for a approval by House Democrats today because it "falls far short" of giving the...
GIULIANI GETTING GOOD VIBRATIONS
Rudy Giuliani said yesterday he now puts his cellphone on vibrate mode - meaning he won't take calls from his wife, Judith, during important speeches. He revealed his new phone...
HILL RELIVES HER TRIALS AS MOM-TO-BE
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday proposed a big boost in government-guaranteed leave time for new parents and sick workers, citing her own experiences toiling at a high-powered law firm...
IMUS GETS STATIC FROM REV. AL
Don Imus and the bosses at WABC Radio may think his campaign of repentance paved the way for him to return to the airwaves - but the Rev. Al Sharpton...
RUDY'S PL-NO BOAST
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that his controversial decision to boot Yasser Arafat out of Lincoln Center shows he's a more decisive leader than his chief rivals in either...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
STATEN ISLAND A crazed motorist has been arrested for ramming into a woman during a road-rage incident, authorities said yesterday. Eugene Janowski, 32, was driving at Clove Road and Victory...
JAIL TAKES TOLL ON DOWDY CELL-EBRITY FOXY
WHAT a tragic sight. The used- to-be rapper known as Foxy Brown walked into the Brooklyn courtroom wearing no hair extensions, no makeup, no Christian Louboutin stilettos. She also carried...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 338; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 5032; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 458; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win- 4 Tue.:...
IRAQ: SAVE THE CHAMPAGNE
Evidence that U.S. forces are making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq is, by this point, nothing new. Still, the latest news from the people running the conflict is...
BRIBING BIOTECH
A question for Mayor Bloomberg: If bio tech is really a "major growth indus try," as he noted at Monday's groundbreaking of the East River Science Park, why are taxpayers...
BACK TO INTIFADA HIGH - NOT
Debbie Almontaser, who resigned as principal of the Khalil Gibran Arabic culture academy, wants her job back. No way, says Schools Chancellor Joel Klein. Good for Klein. Almontaser yesterday formally...
LAWYERS FOR TERROR
HERE'S a new twist in the Blackwater story: A legal group with a four-decade record of aiding and abetting terrorists, spies and cop-killers is suing the company. Joining it is...
A CANCER NON-EPIDEMIC
WE have an epidemic of dis belief about cancer in this country - but it's the op posite of what you probably expect. Cancer death rates have been falling for...
PANDERING TO SELF-PITY
EXPLAINING a simple pro posal to help people squirrel away gold for their golden years, Hillary Clinton said that a person "should not require a Ph.D. to save for retirement."...
OBSCENE 'OUTRAGE'
ON Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on a measure to override President Bush's veto of a massive government-subsidized health insurance entitlement expansion plan. I agree with the Democrats...
GRAY LADY'S BLIND SPOT: NEGLECTING A HERO
The reprehensible decision by The New York Times to forgo coverage concerning the posthumous awarding of the Medal of Honor to Navy Seal Michael Murphy for his heroic actions in...
A SPECIAL-ED SHAKEDOWN?
How dare Andrea Peyser judge the Churchill School and the act that protects those with disabilities from discrimination ("Very Special Ed. Of 'Upper Class'," Oct. 8)? I hope she never...
JEFF EPSTEIN SUED FOR 'REPEATED SEXUAL ASSAULTS' ON TEEN
The big-time Manhattan moneyman who's agreed to plead guilty for soliciting underage prostitutes at his Florida estate is being sued for repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenaged girl in his Manhattan...
QUEENS HEROES SAVE TEENS IN WRECK
Three critically injured teens were rescued from a burning car wreck by quick thinking residents in Beach Channel yesterday, averting a greater tragedy after the car they had stolen smashed...
LET'S PLAY POLITICAL FOOTBALL
WITH the presidential candidates in full campaign mode, the Fantasy Tracker thought this would be a good week to get their thoughts on issue of fantasy football: Fred Thompson: We've...
HERE'S JHONNY!
CLEVELAND - It's all over but the crying, and second-guessing, in Boston. Unless these Indians suddenly decide to use the 2004 Yankees as a role model and stuff neatly folded...
BYRD OF PARADISE
CLEVELAND - Paul Byrd is the most improbable part of this utterly improbable Cleveland Indians run, a soft-tossing right-hander who looks like he has no business being where he is,...
BIG PAPI SAYS KNEE IMPROVING
CLEVELAND - If David Ortiz can do this kind of damage on one healthy knee, imagine if both were healthy. After having serious swelling in his right knee Saturday, Ortiz...
HAPPY HOLLIDAY
DENVER - Even after the clinching, Matt Holliday preferred to savor winning the NLCS rather than look forward to the World Series. "I'm just trying to enjoy the moment," Holliday...
RAGING BULLS
The Tampa area is known for its beautiful beaches visited by some 18 million tourists each year, as the winter home of the Yankees and for one of the greatest...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Harrington leads PGA Slam British Open champion Padraig Harrington shot a 3-under 67 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf...
HONDO BACK ON TRACK
The Indians did a little shake and bake against Wake last night, which caused Hondo to tumble back into the red with a deficit of 25 cauthens. Today, he's venturing...
BRODEUR LOOKS TO GET ON ROLL
Since 1994, when he took home the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's top rookie, the Devils have relied on the play of goaltender Martin Brodeur to help...
BIG BLUE BRUISERS
AS SOON as they lined up, members of the Giant offense Monday night realized the best way to break down the Falcon defense was to throw the ball. And so...
'LOSERS' MENTALITY A BIG PLUS
One of the reasons the Giants have assembled a four-game winning streak after their 0-2 start is that they refuse to view themselves as a winning team on a roll....
BIG BLUE ON MARK
QUARTERBACKS A- Great start by Eli Manning (27 of 39, 303 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs). He also hit 12 straight passes while in wonderful rhythm. Stepped into his throws...
CRISIS FOR ERIC
ERIC Mangini finds him self at the first serious crossroads of his NFL head-coaching career. His Jets are 1-5. Chances of recovering from this hole and making the playoffs are...
FIRST INSIDE LOOK AT KNICKS
Judging by all the intriguing subplots, the Knicks visit to the new-look Boston Celtics tonight will be anything but a routine preseason game. Not only will the Knicks get their...
KIDD'S BACK A WORRY
Nets officials don't want to be alarmist, but there is concern. It's the same among the players. After all, it is Jason Kidd's back that is the topic of conversation....
RANGERS SEEK CONSISTENCY
Perhaps it really is the name on the front of the sweaters that matters, and not the names on the backs. The Rangers (2-3) have several new names on the...
TORRE TENSION DOWN IN TAMPA
TAMPA - Imagine if Joe Torre didn't win four World Series, six AL titles, nine AL East championships and stand second on the all-time win list for Yankee managers? Imagine...
WHILE JOE TWISTS, FRANK SITS
ACROSS the state from George Steinbrenner's mansion where his brother's managerial fate was being debated, Frank Torre waited in his Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., home mixed with anger and hope....
SHOPPING NETWORK
Alex Rodriguez completed his stay at the Southern California home of Scott Boras, departing yesterday with his wife, Cynthia, and also with what his agent believes is the information necessary...
'GATOR' FATE UNCLEAR
TAMPA - Though several Yankees officials insist decisions haven't been made about next year's coaching staff, speculation is growing that Ron Guidry won't be asked back for a third year...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Pennsylvania woman's potty mouth has landed her in deep trouble. Dawn Herb was hit with a disorderly-conduct charge after her neighbor overheard her cursing at her overflowing toilet. She...