February 7, 2008
Just in case you missed the 1-inch story...
...that ran in the paper today about the CAG/Games for Troops drive (page 17!), here's the full version that's now up on the Post site now.VIDEO AID FOR OUR 'GAME'...
BILL BLASS SHOW
Reviving a label is hard work. And there are several labels working this slippery slope for fall. One of the most anticipated, Bill Blass, made its debut Thursday at the...
NJ moves toward sports betting
APThe New Jersey Assembly today approved asking voters to legalize professional sports betting in Atlantic City casinos, a move opposed by the National Football League and one that would have...
Schilling may be finished
The Boston Herald is reporting that Curt Schilling has a significant shoulder injury that could end the veteranâs season and is causing tension and friction between the player and the...
Cano contract official
The Yankees announced today that they have signed All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano to a four-year contract with two one-year club options, avoiding arbitration.Should the club exercise both options, the...
Spielberg makes blocks go "boom"
Is it wrong to have expected the EA/Steven Spielberg collaboration game to be slightly more involved/elaborate/movie-like than a game involving 30 "wacky" characters stacking and knocking over blocks? Whatever. That's...
DEREK LAM SHOW
Derek Lam cites Isak Dinesen as his muse for fall, and his collection swings between luxury and austerity. The bulk of it was in black; some dresses and gowns were...
MARCHESA SHOW
Marchesa is always about glamour. This season's version incorporates gorgeous little florets as sleeves or sprinkled in cascades down the bodice of several gowns. The hue of red that designers...
ISAAC MIZRAHI SHOW
Precious. Isaac Mizrahi presented his fall collection Wednesday in west Midtown with his usual clever whimsy. The petit fours served at the door set the tone for a menu of...
PHILLIP LIM SHOW
Phillip Lim's collection was much more subtle and restrained than usual. He's so good and so adept at making deceptively simple clothes - yet this collection is, in many ways,...
ANNA SUI SHOW
Pocohantas-meets-Portobello-Road-meets-The-Beatles-in-India was the wild, eclectic vibe at Anna Sui. Her usual, ebullient riot of color was again on display, but the clothes themselves veered from accessible and wearable to costume-y...
NANETTE LEPORE SHOW
What a pleasant environment Nanette Lepore created for her fashion show. The backdrop was lovely with bulbs lit up like a starry night and she had air-filled globes and stars...
VERA WANG SHOW
Vera Wang's fall collection was simply beautiful. But there's so much more to these frocks than meets the eye at initial glance. Wang's fall collection, shown Thursday at the Bryant...
BRIAN REYES SHOW
Pretty boy Brian Reyes is known for producing feminine, wearable pieces, and this season was proof positive that he's on his game. Presenting a collection comprised of rich coppers in...
Murder, murder most foul
Even though I got madly, insanely and psychotically irritated while playing "Hotel Dusk: Room 215" (forgetting to save, asking the wrong question and missing the response is a lethal combo),...
Posada excited by young pitchers
APJorge Posada is expecting big things from a trio of pitchers who are younger than 23.Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy could wind up together in the rotation at...
SPAGNUOLO TO STAY WITH GIANTS
Steve Spagnuolo is staying with the Giants. The excitement of the astonishing 17-14 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII had been followed by trepidation among fans that they...
Next Stop: Tinseltown
The Post's Melissa Jane Kronfeld (M.J.) and David K. Li blog American Idol, Season 7.Let's just start by saying wow! Last night's show was gold, but the beauty of this...
'Project' Diva
This weekâs new episode of Project Runway brought us another lowbrow challenge that had nothing to do with fashion or couture. It wound up being pretty fun, though. At the...
Spagnuolo staying for $2M/year
By PAUL SCHWARTZSteve Spagnuolo is staying with the Giants.The excitement of the astonishing 17-14 victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII had been followed by trepidation among fans that...
What Are You, A Tough Guy?
Marek Malik and Sean Avery dropped the gloves after Avery took exception to a hit the lanky defensemen laid on him during a play in practice, yesterday.Coming down the wing...
Starr Report: News at 10
ABC's "20/20" grabbed its best numbers in nearly a year-and-a-half with Monday's report on "The Final Hours of Natalee Holloway," which averaged 12.7 million viewers. Hosted by Chris Cuomo (from...
LIVEBLOG: Where else but Vegas?
Last night went kind of like this: Walked into Caesars' Palace around 6pm last night and into Rao's, where I ate lemon chicken and drank Campari in one of two...
INDIANA WANTS ME
There is the Continental Divide, and then there is the Hamburger Divide. At some point in this great country, Carlâs Jr. burger joints give way to Hardeesâs; I passed that...
50 GAMBINO FAMILY MEMBERS ARRESTED
More than 50 members of the Gambino family are in custody this morning, including members of the administration, in what is the largest roundup in recent history. An indictment that...
50 GAMBINO FAMILY MEMBERS ARRESTED
More than 50 members of the Gambino family are in custody this morning, including members of the administration, in what is the largest roundup in recent history. An indictment that...
SANDWICHES -OUR FAVORITE ON-THE-GO MEAL
Our look at healthy eating continues. WE all love sandwiches. Our favorite yummy filling or meat topped with lettuce, tomatoes and maybe onions between two pieces of bread. They are...
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GALS
OPERA is full of fallen women, but most of them fall in very particular ways. Take the eponymous heroines of two current productions at the Metropolitan Opera - Puccini's "Manon...
GUCCI GALORE
Who needs Oscar when you've got Gucci? In this red-carpet starved season, the Italian fashion house and Madonna herself put on the party of the year - a super-glitzy A-list...
HAUTE LIST
Get chic not cheesy this Valentine's Day Chances are things are going to get sweaty. Stop by Saks on Saturday for Twisted Heart's "Glitterati Diamond Expansion Heart Suit," $405, and...
FOCUS ON RETRO
Jennifer Lopez pressed her lips together with the effort, courageously hawling herself up the steep steps in her high heels to the Marchesa presentation at a Chelsea gallery. "Camera Ready"...
BIG BUT STILL BEAUTIFUL J.LO TAKES IN SOME FASHION BEFORE THE BIG DAY
* "I feel good - it's not long now," Jennifer Lopez tells The Post outside Marchesa, wearing a short China blue shift by Marchesa with heels. She was there with...
HAUTE LIST @ THE FRONT ROW
t's the middle of fashion week and we're still standing. And taping, too. Yesterday we caught up with Milly designer Michelle Smith and gabbed about her "unapolgetically uptown girl" collection....
IRAQIS BELIEVED, BUT WE 'BETRAYED'
ASPIRING dramatists are usually advised to write about what they know, and that is exactly what George Packer has done with his debut playwright effort, "Betrayed." Packer, a staff writer...
STARR REPORT
The news at 10 ABC's "20/20" grabbed its best numbers in nearly a year-and-a-half with Mon day's report on "The Final Hours of Natalee Holloway," which averaged 12.7 million viewers....
'REHAB' REJECT
DANIEL Baldwin has checked himself out of "Celebrity Rehab." Baldwin quits "Rehab" following claims that the married father of four - now on his third wife and a new baby...
NATALEE SUSPECTS CAN SUE DR. PHIL
AN LA judge has ruled that two brothers questioned in Natalee Holloway's disappearance can move ahead with their defamation suit against "Dr. Phil" McGraw. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Ferns...
URBAN MISS
ONCE upon a time, there were three girls. No, wait, that's the wrong show. OK, let me start again. Once upon a time (like now) there were three high-powered women...
RANDY TANGOS TONIGHT
WHEN "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" premieres tonight at 10 on MTV, the "American Idol" judge will join the club, at last. Until tonight, he was the only...
'INSIDE NFL' ENDS WITH GIANT VICTORY
'INSIDE the NFL," one of TV's longest-running shows, ended after 31 years last night on HBO with a recap of the Giants' victory in Sunday's Super Bowl. It was the...
PARIS GOES 'L'
PARIS Hilton is get ting in touch with her feminine side. The heirhead is slated to appear on an upcoming episode of the lesbian-themed cable drama, "The L Word."
IRISH PUMMEL PIRATES
The Fighting Irish didn't need any luck against Seton Hall, but the Pirates sure could have used some. No. 22 Notre Dame ran out to a 20-point halftime lead en...
TWO TOUGH!
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - In the moments after St. John's humiliating 74-42 loss at Georgetown, their worst defeat ever in the Big East, a seething Norm Roberts vowed to make his...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Ryan to run Texas RangersNolan Ryan was hired yesterday as president of the Texas Rangers. In recent years, the 61-year-old Hall of Famer has been a consultant for the...
NYRA SEES SHUTDOWN NEXT WEEK
Happy Valentine's Day - not! Yesterday, in a letter to its employees and a notice to New York horsemen, the NY Racing Association - staggering under the burden of federal...
RUTGERS' RECRUITS ARE STANDING TALL
After reaching three straight bowls and sending junior running back Ray Rice to the NFL draft, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano was pleased with his recruiting class yesterday. After following a...
THREE WINNERS FOR CONTESSA
Track was fast, harrowed and in a funk following announcement Big A will shut down Feb. 14. Gary Contessa saddled three winners to increase meet-leading total to 46. Bruce Levine,...
SLUGGISH POINT
BUFFALO - While the coaches wonder why the Devils start so slowly, some players wonder why they start so conservatively. The Sabres' 3-2 shootout victory over New Jersey here last...
BIG BLUE BRINGS SOME CHEER TO GLOOMY GARDEN
If the Knicks thought having the Giants on hand would provide some wins, they were wrong. If anything, the Giants have to hope the Knicks' awful play doesn't rub off...
UNDER THEIR 'SKIN
Ever since Joe Gibbs retired on Jan. 8, the Redskins have been in the market for a new head coach. A process that has lasted five weeks - far longer...
SATAN MAY KNEE-D TIME TO HEAL
Miroslav Satan, who aggravated a right knee injury during Tuesday's loss to Anaheim, will miss tonight's game against the Penguins. While he is listed as day-to-day, he could be out...
IS HE KIDDING?
Isiah Thomas has come up with a new excuse for the Knicks' dreadful record - they're the fourth-youngest team in the NBA, and the youngest Knick squad since the 1989-90...
BUM'S RUSH ISIAH MAKES HASTY EXIT AFTER LATEST KNICK FIASCO
Isiah Thomas staged an unheard-of 20-minute morning shoot-around yesterday - the shortest of his two years as Knick coach. Then last night, minutes after another fourth-quarter dud resulted in the...
OMAR: FORGET DUQUE'S BRO'
Reuniting the Hernandez brothers doesn't appear to be in the Mets' immediate plans, and neither does moving El Duque to the bullpen. Omar Minaya indicated yesterday the club isn't likely...
SANTANA HAS A DAY AT SHEA
Queens welcomed a new king yesterday. It was a greeting fit for royalty, too, as the Mets officially unveiled Johan Santana with a glitzy, made-for-TV ceremony at Shea Stadium that...
PEDRO'S PITCH: JOHAN A BETTER PERSON THAN PLAYER
FRED Wilpon already was ebullient. His organization had closed a deal over the weekend with its No. 1 offseason target, Johan Santana. Now, after a lunch made by the mother...
PAYROLL WON'T BE A PROBLEM, WILPON SAYS
If the Mets want to add to their payroll during the season, COO Jeff Wilpon told The Post yesterday there is still room to do it. "Absolutely," Wilpon said. The...
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
ORLANDO - This mess started out just like the Nets' season. It looked good for a little while and then went bad. And when it went bad, it went real...
ROD: NO NEED FOR O'NEAL
ORLANDO - Yes, they called about Shaquille O'Neal and Shawn Marion. But so many of the Nets' trade talks these days lack substance. They have talked to every team in...
BLUESHIRTS HAVE A FIGHT TO FINISH
After four months of inconsistent and underachieving hockey for the Rangers, yesterday at practice the pot finally boiled over. About halfway through the session, the ever-instigating Sean Avery and the...
TRAINER DRAWS FIRST BLOOD
The lawyers for Brian McNamee dropped a bombshell yesterday that may blow up Roger Clemens' denials. McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, has physical evidence that he believes proves Clemens used steroids...
DNA OR DN-NAY, TRUTH WILL COME OUT EVENTUALLY
INVESTIGATORS have the vials, the syringes and gauze pads allegedly containing Roger Clemens' DNA. And Congress may have him by the same throat with which he squealed his innocence for...
YES! CONE BACK ON NETWORK
David Cone officially returned to the Yankees organization yesterday as a member of the YES Network. The Post's Joel Sherman first reported the possibility of the former hurler returning to...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
A solar eclipse on your anniversary makes yours one of the birth dates of the year. Be true to yourself and be positive in your quest for the good things...
DA EYES 200G PS 132 'THEFT'
Bronx prosecutors are investigating shocking allegations that two trusted school secretaries looted $200,000 from the school's education fund to support a lavish lifestyle, authorities said yesterday. Special Schools Investigator Richard...
FAILING MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Middle schools continue to dominate the list of the city's worst public schools - accounting for nearly 72 percent, according to new state data. The number of schools "under registration...
A REAL PAIN IN THE CLA$$
Faced with an order to slash $180 million from their budget, city education officials forced individual schools to shoulder the bulk of the burden while protecting much of their central...
PUSH FOR 9/11 HEALTH $$
The head of the city union for emergency medical technicians yesterday urged more federal health funding to monitor 9/11 first-responders. Pat Bahnken, in urging the City Council to pass a...
DIPLO SCOFFS OWE CITY MILLIONS
Egypt, Kuwait and Nigeria sit atop the heap of the city's diplomatic scofflaws, which have racked up millions of dollars in unpaid parking tickets. Egypt, which tops the list, still...
FLOCKING FOR THEIR ASHES
Thousands of Catholics streamed through St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday in observance of Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season that goes until Easter. Even with 17 priests and deacons...
'$HAKEDOWN' WAS CRIME OF FASHION
In a Fashion Week bombshell, the superintendent of the famed Lexington Avenue Armory has been accused of shaking down designer Marc Jacobs and others for more than $30,000. James Jackson...
68 degrees DAY IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS
The Big Apple baked yesterday as temps hit a record-high of 68 degrees - surprising New Yorkers who thought February was supposed to be the coldest month of the year....
SIX-DRUG COMBO WAS LETHAL FOR HEATH
Heath Ledger accidentally killed himself by abusing a potent cocktail of six prescription drugs - including the active ingredient of OxyContin - and federal authorities want to know how the...
JAIL 'BREAK' FOR MOBSTER
The judge and prosecution agreed on one thing yesterday, Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone is a good family man. They just disagreed on which family. The longtime mob capo was given a...
9/11 HERO'S SON SAVES A LIFE
He's a hero, just like his dad. A second-generation FDNY member, whose father died on 9/11, made his first rescue yesterday, pulling a man from a burning Brooklyn building. Firefighter...
WHY I TOSSED INFANT
As the flames and smoke churned around him, Kamil Kaplan knew there was "one last chance" to save his baby nephew: He kissed him - and dropped him three floors...
BIRDNAPPER LOOSE ON LI
Three parrots and a cockatiel worth more than $1,600 were snatched from a Long Island store by a brazen thief, and now the baby parrots - who need to be...
HURT KID'S KIN $NAP AT 'CROCS'
The parents of a 3-year-old Westchester girl who got her toe mangled in an escalator while wearing a pair of pink Crocs are suing the shoe company for $7 million....
MIKE SPLITS WITH SPITZ OVER JAVITS
Gov. Spitzer's plan to sell a block of state-owned land once slated for an expanded Javits Convention Center ran afoul of Mayor Bloomberg, who said yesterday that would forever limit...
SECOND GIRL SUES MOGUL
A teen who says she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein has filed a $50 million against the financier, the second girl to file suit against the Manhattan multimillionaire in...
NIXZMARY BARELY IN SCHOOL BEFORE HER DEATH
Nixzmary Brown was absent from school nearly 30 times in the 2½ months before she was beaten to death, a school official testified yesterday. The battered 7-year-old missed nine days...
PARENTS TRY TO CELL CASE
A rule barring cellphones from public schools has no educational benefit and could endanger kids, an appeals court was told yesterday. Cellphones are "an important safety device that parents insist...
BEAUTY'S BEASTLY RANTS
Liars! Haters! Evil-doers! Gorgeous Brazilian brothel babe Andreia Schwartz was sentenced yesterday as a million-dollar coke and flesh peddler - but not before giving Manhattan prosecutors a piece of her...
CO-ED RAPE NIGHTMARE
A 400-pound ex-con held a terrified college student captive for nearly 10 hours in Brooklyn and raped her at knifepoint, police sources said yesterday. Ryan Frison, 41, was charged Tuesday...
SUBWAYS' BIG RISE IN RIDERS
Subway ridership climbed in 2007 to the highest levels in more than 50 years, NYC Transit announced. Last year, there was an average of more than 5 million weekday trips...
GIMME SHELTER!
Here's what home might look like for thousands of displaced New Yorkers in case of calamity. It's disaster housing capable of sheltering entire neighborhoods in a hurry if a major...
PEDRO'S FOWL BALL
A sickening video of New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and legendary Hall of Famer Juan Marichal laughing at a gruesome cockfight in the Dominican Republic was posted - and...
NICARAGUA POOR GET PAT*S T'S
The Giants may be America's Super Bowl champs, but there will still be one place in the world where the Patriots' sorry dreams of a perfect season live on: Nicaragua....
AXIS OF SHE-VIL
Iran has been called many things, but a progressive nation isn't one of them. But while bearded morality police race around the nation condemning homosexuals to death and flogging women...
VIDEO AID FOR OUR 'GAME' GIS
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Shane Neuhaus, deployed as a "sand sailor" in Iraq, is collecting old video games to dole out to fellow troops. He says playing games helps...
GI ARRESTED AS EGYPTIAN RELIC RAIDER
An Army helicopter pilot has been busted on federal charges of trying to sell stolen Egyptian artifacts that were looted from a museum while he was based in Cairo. Edward...
AMY ON GRILL OVER 'DOPE' PIX
British police grilled troubled "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse about photos that appear to show the Grammy nominee smoking crack, authorities said yesterday. The song "Rehab" details the addled chanteuse's previous...
PSYCH OUT FOR BRITNEY
Britney Spears was sprung from a Los Angeles psych ward yesterday - and her parents said they now fear for her life. Her release ended nearly a week of forced...
CALL FOR FLA., MICH. DO-OVERS
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is pushing Florida and Michi gan to hold new elections so their delegates can get seated at the national party convention - an act...
OBAMA ISSUES 'SUPER' THREAT TO TOP DEMS
Barack Obama fired a warning shot over the heads of lawmakers who get to cast crucial votes at the party's convention as uncommitted "superdelegates" - saying they shouldn't override the...
HILLARY WILL GO FOR BROKE
Hillary Rodham Clinton person ally lent her cash-strapped cam paign $5 million late last month, and some top staffers are now going without pay, officials ac knowledged yesterday. The moves...
GOOD HUCK CHARM
Mike Huckabee said yesterday that his surprise bounce-back on Super Tuesday gives him every reason to stay in the race, as it looks like he might play kingmaker for the...
MCCAIN TO CONSERVATIVE CRITICS: 'JUST CALM DOWN'
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain yesterday urged his right-wing critics to "calm down" as he tried to persuade wary conservative activists to back his candidacy. "I do hope that at...
55 DIE AS TWISTERS BLITZ SOUTHERN STATES
Fighting back tears, Seavia Dixon stood in the yard of her shattered rural Arkansas home, holding muddy baby pictures of her son, now a 20-year-old soldier in Iraq. The only...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN A man tried to kidnap an 18-year-old girl off a Bensonhurst street corner, police said yesterday. He drove his Jeep to the corner of New Utrecht Avenue and Bay...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BARACK'S THE FRONT-RUNNER
Barack Obama is now the clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination - leading a movement to "throw the bums out." Or, in the case of the Clintons, keep them from...
HIS PALS ARE GUILTY - AND SO WAS HE
THERE is nothing noble or beautiful about the so-called accidental death of Heath Ledger, a man with everything to live for - a beautiful daughter, a blossoming career, and a...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 064; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 2262; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 701; Lucky Sum: 8; Evening Win-4 Wed.: 4640; Lucky...
DEMOCRATS' DANGER
Sen. Hillary Clinton was supposed to be basking in the post-Super-Tues day sunshine today, the clear winner of America's first national primary election and well on her way to the...
MCCAIN & THE 'TRUE BELIEVERS'
In stark contrast to the deadlocked Dem ocrats, John McCain's victory in nine contests Tuesday - including the major prizes of California, New York, New Jersey, Missouri and Illinois -...
ANSWERING PAKISTAN'S PERIL
"All of a sudden what had been a nuisance is becoming a threat to the existence of the government. The Pakistani army is an army that essentially has been trained...
A MODERN MESS
LOS ANGELES FOREWARNED, Democrats now are forearmed - not that they'll necessarily make sensible use of the gift. Tuesday's voting armed Democratic voters with the name of the candidate that...
THE PORKSTERS VS. MCCAIN
MISSISSIPPI'S top two Re publicans took sharply dif ferent views of Sen. John McCain as he moved toward the presidential nomination. Gov. Haley Barbour went on the Fox News Channel...
OBAMA'S OUTLOOK: HE'S STILL ON A ROLL
IT'S the spin, stupid. Most news outlets were ef fectively spun into reporting Super Tuesday's Democratic results as a "split" with no clear winner. Hats off to the Clinton campaign...
BARACK'S ROAD TO VICTORY
IS Hillary Clinton bicoastal? Can she win in America's heartland? These questions surface in the wake of her victories in New York-New Jersey-Massachusetts and in California-Arizona and her defeats everywhere...
MAKE LYNNE STEW IN HER OWN TREACHEROUS JUICES
Terrorist-coddling attorney Lynne Stewart deserves a lot longer than 28 months in jail; hopefully, the appellate judges will show some sense and send her away until they have to carry...
KEEP KIDS OFF (LEGAL) DRUGS
No one should be surprised that children are being overmedicated ("Medicaid Kids in Psych-Rx $urge," Feb. 3). Parents prefer "quiet" children because they make their lives easier, and the therapeutic...
HOMEWORK HURTS
The next time John DiPaolo plans to attack a proposal, he should do his homework ("Overworked Schoolkids?" PostOpinion, Feb. 4). DiPaolo criticizes my resolution, which calls on the Department of...
YAHOO! WHINERS
When it comes to the state of mind of his employees, Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang might need a reality check. Contrary to Yang's view, the rank-and-file at Yahoo! have been...
DELAY FOR DILLER OVER LIBERTY ROW
IAC/InterActiveCorp boss Barry Diller yesterday said his fight with Liberty Media chief John Malone is only in the second round, but it could delay IAC's break-up by a month. "Realistically,...
THIS DOG WAS BULL
Warner Music Group has dumped its position in Bulldog Entertainment Group less than a year after quietly acquiring the high-end event promoter for a reported $16 million, but the controversial...
'TIME' FOR ACTION
New Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes yesterday laid out a strategic vision for the media giant that includes splitting - and possibly selling - pieces of its AOL online unit....
AOL'S AD PLATFORM NOT ON RIGHT TRACK YET
AOL, Time Warner's struggling Internet business, is facing growing pressure to show that its advertising network can revive growth and keep pace with competitors after reporting lackluster results yesterday. At...
FUEL PRICES WILL MAKE AIRLINE MERGERS TAKE OFF
DELTANORTHWEST Air lines? UnitedContinental? AmericanUSAir? You may soon have to learn some new airline names. Stung by high jet fuel prices and worried about what a recession will do to...
FUTURES SHOCK
Concerns raised by antitrust regulators about the trade-processing practices of the nation's futures exchanges hammered shares of CME Group and the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday, but likely won't derail...
BAUER CUTS RATE BASE AT 2 MAGS
In the latest sign of trouble in the celebrity-magazine field, In Touch and Life & Style both announced significant rollbacks in the number of copies they expect to sell on...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Apparently there's such a thing as "voting envy." With all the talk of Super Tuesday having been the first "national" primary, many citizens in states that didn't vote called officials...
Isiah knows it's time
By MARC BERMANIsiah Thomas is not an idiot. He knows he should not be coaching the team any longer, that it is a lost cause with him in charge. His...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Greenwich Village $1.375 million Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,000 Maintenance: $1,126 The streets of the Gold Coast (such as this stretch of East 11th Street off Fifth Avenue)...
LOVE 'EM OR LEASE 'EM
All talk of mortgage rates aside, New York, at its heart, remains a town of renters. Record-setting condo sales might be what set tongues a-wagging, and a $2,000-per-square-foot penthouse no...
PRICE CHECK
The following are the mean (average) monthly rental prices for Manhattan, according to the Real Estate Group of New York's January 2008 report. We'll let you crunch all the numbers...
FINDERS KEEPERS
I am the casualty of a cohabitation breakup. After year one of a two-year lease, hearts were broken, boxes were packed and penalty fees were paid. To make matters worse,...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan EAST HARLEM $499,000 232 E. 118th St. Open loft, one-bath condo, 815 square feet, with radiant floor heating, washer/dryer, kitchen with quartz countertops and 345-square-foot terrace; Casa Brava building...
'SUPER' POWERS
You've heard the phrase "You break it, you buy it." But for apartment renters, sometimes "You break it, you fix it" is the best course of action. (After all, the...
LIFE AFTER LEDGER
It didn't take long for Heath Ledger's rental apartment in SoHo to go back on the market. We hear that the fourth-floor loft at 421 Broome St., where the actor...
DREAM HOMES
Upper East Side $11 million Talk about a deluxe apartment in the sky - this full-floor home atop a prewar co-op on a prime Park Avenue block offers sunny, open,...
LOVE 'EM OR LEASE 'EM
All talk of mortgage rates aside, New York, at its heart, remains a town of renters. Record-setting condo sales might be what set tongues a-wagging, and a $2,000-per-square-foot penthouse no...
FINDERS KEEPERS
I am the casualty of a cohabitation breakup. After year one of a two-year lease, hearts were broken, boxes were packed and penalty fees were paid. To make matters worse,...
PRICE CHECK
The following are the mean (average) monthly rental prices for Manhattan, according to the Real Estate Group of New York's January 2008 report. We'll let you crunch all the numbers...
'SUPER' POWERS
You've heard the phrase "You break it, you buy it." But for apartment renters, sometimes "You break it, you fix it" is the best course of action. (After all, the...
LIFE AFTER LEDGER
It didn't take long for Heath Ledger's rental apartment in SoHo to go back on the market. We hear that the fourth-floor loft at 421 Broome St., where the actor...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan EAST HARLEM $499,000 232 E. 118th St. Open loft, one-bath condo, 815 square feet, with radiant floor heating, washer/dryer, kitchen with quartz countertops and 345-square-foot terrace; Casa Brava building...
UPPER EAST SIDE
Talk about a deluxe apartment in the sky - this full-floor home atop a prewar co-op on a prime Park Avenue block offers sunny, open, 360-degree views through oversized arched...
GREAT NECK, LI
This custom-built home in the exclusive Kings Point area promises that it has "every amenity." And we might just agree. Measuring 6,000 square feet with five bedrooms and 5 1/2...
SOUTH MERRICK, LI
This custom, neo-classic Colonial on the bay does the Gold Coast proud, thanks to the state-of-the-art (and, yes, top-of-the-line) amenities throughout its 10 rooms (including the four bedrooms and 3...
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,000 Maintenance: $1,126 The streets of the Gold Coast (such as this stretch of East 11th Street off Fifth Avenue) might not be paved...
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 1/2 Square feet: 2,260 This two-family townhouse on Tompkins Avenue has been "tastefully" renovated and given an open "Mediterranean feel." The owner's duplex offers three large...
TRIBECA
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,900 Common charges: $1,658 What will you get if you buy this prewar condo loft on Franklin Street, besides a great location? How about...
ROSLYN ESTATES, LI
Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 3 1/2 Lot square footage: 21,780 This 1930s-era Colonial proves that newer doesn't always mean better. With a classic layout, large rooms and old-world details (including two...
NOLITA
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 870 Common charges: $470 From Skid Row to Easy Street: On a now- stylish stretch of the Bowery is where you'll find this brand-new...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,360 Common charges: $361 This former factory building on Lincoln Place is proving to be very productive as a condominium - as you can...
