February 28, 2008

COVE NECK, LI

There are beach cottages, and then there are beach houses - but this "fabulous" waterfront home (sitting directly beside Long Island Sound) is practically a beach mansion. Built in 1880,...

SCARSDALE, NY

If you were going to build an ideal Westchester home on an acre of ideal Westchester land, this is probably how you would do it. This "spectacular" home measures 11,000...

CHELSEA

If the Village People saw this luxury condo in the landmark YMCA building on West 23rd Street, they might agree that it's a very fun place to stay. With 15-foot...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS

Bedrooms:0 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 630 Maintenance: $824 Livingston Street, we presume, will have everything you require - including access to good shopping, multiple subways and the Brooklyn Promenade. It's...

FINANCIAL DISTRICT

Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 700 Common charges: $568 You can't fight City Hall, but why not wake up each morning with a great view of it? This condo...

KATONAH, NY

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 ½ Square feet: 4,830 This "uncommonly distinctive" Southern Colonial set on 2.84 acres is a suburban family dream, with two master suites, a separate two-bedroom wing,...

FLORAL PARK, LI

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 ½ Square feet: 1,681 Just 35 minutes from Manhattan, this Tudor, on a quiet cul-de-sac in a "picturesque" village setting, features a wood-burning fireplace in the...

KEW GARDENS, QUEENS

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,666 Common charges: $702 With a landscaped "park-like" courtyard and drive-in access, this converted brick prewar condo on Talbot Street feels (almost) like a...

CHELSEA

Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Common charges: $1,330 This "gracious" prewar condo in London Terrace Towers has charms both old (high beamed ceilings and classic subway tiles in...

LIVEBLOG: Why can't Budapest cook?

Backstage at Klassz/Alexander Basek I’ve procured good eats from Tirana to Memphis (don’t drink the water in Tirana and bring fiber supplements to Memphis) but nowhere was I confounded by...

JUST SOLD!

Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $900,000 300 Rector Place Two-bedroom, two-bath corner condo, 1,010 square feet, with windowed kitchen and E/W/S exposures with views of Statue of Liberty; building features doorman,...

LISTEN TO YOUR GUT

What's the difference between a "fixer-upper" and a "gut" job? It's rare to see a real-estate ad or professional broker using the term "gut" job, when the gentler phrase "fixer-upper"...

THE MONN SHOW

Event planner David Monn has lived in everything from a starter studio in Hoboken to a classic six on upper Fifth Avenue to a 10-acre Connecticut estate. Today he makes...

GETTING A CHECKUP

Congratulations, rookie buyer! You've found a home you love. But hold on! Before you submit an offer, you should have the place inspected. A home inspection should cost from $500...

BIG 'FIGER

Round Hill Road will be less fashionable now that Tommy Hilfiger is putting his stately Greenwich, Conn., mansion on the market. The fashion mogul, who will be moving to Manhattan...

SHOPPING SPREE

It's not every building that will give its buyers a free winter wardrobe. But that's basically what Atelier gave first-time New York-buyer Mike Feliton when he bought a one-bedroom condo...

3 DOWN: Mo, Clemens, E-Harmony

1. Mariano Rivera is pretty much on his own program again this spring, limiting his innings and, thus, the wear and tear on his invaluable to the Yankees body. He...

KISSIMMEE ROGER

Just completed Day 2 of the Clemens Watch, the Spring Training Edition of Law & Order. Clemens is getting more grumpy by the minute and was not even acknowledging questions...

Mets shut down by Cardinals

A quick wrap-up from Jupiter after the Mets’ 7-0 loss to the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium:1. The Mets are off to a 0-2 start in the Grapefruit League after...

MLB 2K8 Hands On

I had the chance yesterday to sit down with the final build of MBL 2K8 – and I was impressed.Many of the complaints from gamers in regards to 2K7 (like...

Patience in free agency

By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants are expected to take a similar approach to this year's free agency as they did to last year's free agency. Why not? After all, they won...

FBI starts Clemens investigation

APThe FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking steroids, officials said today in the case of another baseball star snared in a long-running...

PETTITTE: JUST LET ME PLAY

TAMPA -- Andy Pettitte doesn't have to move his lips for you to understand how tortured the pitcher is about his role in a possible prison sentence for Roger Clemens....

Carry On Our Wayward Amanda

It’ll be a long — and hopefully sober — ride home for "American Idol" wannabe Amanda Overmyer, when she’s eventually booted from the competition. This decidedly un-"Idol"-like picture of the...

Maine bounced around

JUPITER, Fla. -- John Maine’s spring got off to a rocky start today.The Mets' young right-hander lasted just 1 2/3 innings here in his spring debut against the Cardinals, giving...

Deal of the Day

I adore all of Caitlin Mociun's hand drawn creations. And this Judas and Chocolate MuuMuu Dress (Judas is her cat) is no exception.In fact, I bought it a few weeks...

SEAN BELL HAD ARGUMENT BEFORE BEFORE SHOOTING

A witness testified this morning that Sean Bell was involved in an argument with another man - who possibly had a gun - in the moments before his death in...

Lakeland lineup OK with MLB

Major League Baseball has accepted the Mets' explanation for the star-less lineup they sent to Lakeland yesterday for their Grapefruit League opener against the Tigers.An ESPN.com report this morning said...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Race

By FRED KERBERThe Nets are getting a huge injection for their sprint - or crawl - to the regular season finish line tonight in what is emerging as a bizarre...

Astros may bail on Rocket

APRoger Clemens’ 10-year personal services contract with the Houston Astros could be affected by a possible perjury investigation into whether he lied to Congress about using steroids.Astros owner Drayton McLane...

Pettitte tries to focus on baseball

APAndy Pettitte said today he is trying to focus on baseball, not the investigation into whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress.Pettitte acknowledged the new investigation might mean he’ll be interviewed...

Season Finale Part I: Drape Ape v Human Hair

I don’t know about you guys, but I expected a lot more from Part I of the Season 4 finale. Usually Tim’s jaunts to the designers’ homes are highlights of...

Crazy For Carlys

The ladies, particularly our top four, really held their own last night. Before we go to our rankings, has anyone noticed Simon's habit of putting his right thumb to his...

Starr Report: That's good eatin'

Speaking of hosts, Billy Ray Cyrus will host NBC's "Nashville Star," while Rossi Moreale will host "Can You Duet?" premiering April 15 on Country Music Television. Last, but not least:...

The King Turns 75, But One Of His Buildings Has Left

The latter was originally designed as Rockefeller Center's main movie theater, while the Music Hall, as its name implies, was designed as a live performance venue. But the Depression forced...

3 UP: Pelfrey, Clemens, LaRussa

1. To me the Mike Pelfrey issue is a non-issue. If he deserves to pitch in the majors, he will pitch and pitch plenty. Does anyone really imagine that Pedro...

SHAMEFUL SHADOW CAMPAIGN DECEIVED THE VOTERS

WHO did he think he was kid ding? It was infuriating from the outset, this undeclared presidential campaign by a New York City mayor who kept telling everyone he wasn't...

IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY

The cosmic picture on your birthday will heighten your awareness of how your words and actions can affect those around you. That's good, but don't let it stop you from...

CLONED-MEAT BILL

A Manhattan lawmaker yesterday introduced a bill to ensure that meat from cloned animals is labeled as such in supermarkets. Councilwoman Gale Brewer, whose move comes after a recent federal...

ASSEMBLY COOL TO CONGE$TION

ALBANY - A growing number of Assembly members say it's extremely unlikely their house will support a revised congestion plan backed by Mayor Bloomberg, with at least two dozen now...

GREEN LIGHT FOR MIKE'S GREEN CARTS

After much backroom negotiation and wrangling, the City Council passed a watered-down version of the Bloomberg administration's "green carts" proposal. Administration officials had hoped to flood low-income neighborhoods with 1,500...

BRUNO: GOP WILL WIN SENATE WAR

ALBANY - With their majority hinging on a single seat after losing a crucial upstate special election, defiant Senate Republicans yesterday vowed to cling to power and vehemently denied that...

2ND AVE. SUBWAY RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE

The interminable wait for the first new subway line in decades just got a year longer - and other transit megaprojects are also lagging behind, officials admitted yesterday. The Second...

3 'HIT' $1M JACKPOT OF KIN: COPS

A cash-strapped father and son and their neighbor were busted this week and charged with stealing a cool $1 million lottery jackpot from an elderly relative who kept his winnings...

HORROR NIGHT AT THE PLAZA

It would only take a second, thought Joanna Cutler. Throw out the trash and pop back into her 14th-floor apartment at The Plaza hotel. But while she was in the...

MOST RIP TIMES ON MAC 'SMEAR'

A majority of Americans condemns The New York Times for publishing a story suggesting John McCain had an affair with a female lobbyist eight years ago, according to two polls....

SHAMEFUL SHADOW CAMPAIGN DECEIVED THE VOTERS

WHO did he think he was kid ding? It was infuriating from the outset, this undeclared presidential campaign by a New York City mayor who kept telling everyone he wasn't...

I'M OUT - HEY, WHO LAUGHED

It's over. And this time (we think), he might really mean it. Mayor Bloomberg, who had teased his way through two years of rampant speculation that he was running for...

HERO NY GI IS NOW US CITIZEN

A Jamaican-born Bronx soldier who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan - and will soon enter the Police Academy - became a citizen yesterday. Sgt. Earl Morgan, 27, sworn in...

KERIK JUDGE BLOWS HIS TOP

A judge fumed that Bernard Kerik's criminal case has spun "out of control" - blasting prosecutors yesterday for unfair tactics and ordering the ex-top cop's lawyer to take a hike....

$1M BOND FOR COP-KILL WIFE

The killer wife of a retired NYPD sergeant, who admittedly shot him five times in their Queens home, was granted bail yesterday. "There is no question that my client shot...

CON COULD HAVE A PASSPORT TO PRISON

A Queens convict tried to flee the country on his friend's passport by pasting his own picture on the pal's - but was foiled by an eagle-eyed DMV clerk, law-enforcement...

A LOT OF BREAD!

At first, it was a dollop of money here and there, but with wheat prices skyrocketing, a plain bagel now costs a whopping dollar across the city. At Coney Island...

B'WAY SPLIT GOES DARK

Broadway scion Eric Nederlander's wedding came to a close with a giant fireworks display, and now the marriage is ending the same way. Nederlander - best known as the first...

'BLACK' CARS TO GO GREEN

The Lincoln Town Car that has ruled the "black car" industry may soon be a memory since Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced new fleet fuel-efficiency standards that only hybrids can meet....

SCHOOLS TRY TO CELL LEARNING

School work + good behavior = free cellphone minutes. That's the new equation at seven public middle schools, where about 2,500 students received high-tech cellphones in an unprecedented program designed...

SEX' POL'S DEAL

The Queens district attorney has offered a new plea deal to embattled City Councilman and accused rapist Dennis Gallagher that would keep him out of jail and off the sex-offender...

DEUTSCHE LAWYERS IN FIERY FEUD

A lawyer for a firefighter killed in the Deutsche Bank blaze has accused an attorney who worked with him on the case of trying to shake down the dead man's...

CITY HAS GOT GUNS ON RUN

Gun runners have taken a detour - there are fewer firearms on the streets of New York, officials said yesterday. The number of guns recovered in the five boroughs fell...

LAWYER FOR NIXZMARY'S MOM QUITS

The lawyer for the mother of slain 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown removed himself from her defense yesterday, citing "communication difficulties." Robert Abrams, who has represented accused mom Nixzaliz Santiago since she...

JAILSPACE FOR MUG SUSPECT

A judge who reads The Post threw the book at the MySpace mugging suspect fea tured on yesterday's front page. Victor Hernandez, 16, was hit with $20,000 bail by Brooklyn...

DA WANTS JA'S DNA

Open wide and say "Ja." Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday they want to swab the cheeks of hip-hop big Ja Rule to see if his DNA matches a sample they've found...

PLEDGE OF PERFECTION

Starbucks has brewed up a syrupy pledge that you'll always get a "perfect" cup of joe - or they'll make you another. So far, the venti of a vow is...

800G RIP-OFF OF 93-YR.-OLD IS HATE CRIME

A woman was charged with a hate crime for taking advantage of a 93-year-old Alzheimer's patient by claiming to be his daughter in order to scam him out of $800,000....

GAMBINO DEAL-ATHON IN B'KLYN

Federal prosecutors passed out plea offers like candy yesterday at the first court hearing for alleged Gambino crime-family members charged in a historic, 62-person indictment earlier this month. "It's the...

RECORD $60M TO SCHOOL

This donor isn't hedging his bets on the future of Stony Brook University. Jim Simons, a former math professor at the SUNY school on Long Island who used his academic...

MEASLES ALERT

Two members of a Brooklyn family have come down with the measles, leading the city Health Department to issue a "routine" medical alert yesterday. "Although measles cases are uncommon in...

WILDING ATTACK IN CITY HALL PK.

A college student was brutally attacked in City Hall Park by a gang of thugs moments after he picked up his diploma from nearby Pace University. Garcia Gonzalez, of Washington...

'DIOCESE LET SCHOOL BIG SLIDE'

The former principal of a prestigious Catholic high school who resigned amid allegations of inappropriate images on his work computer was allowed to stay on the job for nearly five...

'TYPE O' DONORS AT RECORD 1M

Barack Obama reached a fund-raising milestone yesterday with the 1 millionth donor to his campaign - an eye-popping number that has him on the road to a record in political...

DC LAUNCHES A ROCKET ATTACK

Now it's serious. Congress yesterday asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal probe into whether Roger Clemens committed perjury when he gave questionable testimony about using performance-enhancing drugs. Henry...

EXIT, STAGE 'RIGHT'

Conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. - whose keen intellect and knack for debating made him "the scourge of liberalism" - died yesterday at his home in Stamford, Conn. He...

NYPD DIALY BLOTTER

BROOKLYN Police are asking for the public's help in finding the note-passing thief who made off with cash from a Downtown Brooklyn bank Tuesday, police sources said yesterday. The female...

SORRY, ROGER, YOU CAN'T STRIKE OUT THE TRUTH

TAMPA - Sooner or later, they all learn the hard way. Barry Bonds thought he could keep hitting baseballs over the truth. Marion Jones believed she could outrun the truth....

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 542; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 0710; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 408; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 5229;...

WM. F. BUCKLEY, 1925-2008

If Bill Buckley wasn't the father of mod ern American conservatism, he cer tainly gave the movement intelligence, eloquence, charm and wit. Buckley died yesterday at 82, steadfast in what...

A RECRUIT FOR COMMISSIONER KELLY

How's this for smart detective work? Yudelka Polanco, 16, used an In ternet networking site and some old-fashioned quick thinking to nail a violent teen thug who made the serious...

MCCAIN: CAMPAIGNING WITH CLASS

Sen. John McCain demonstrated Tues day that the best way to stop cheap- shot electioneering is to . . . stop cheap-shot electioneering. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee called out...

WFB, TRANSCENDENT

WILLIAM F. Buckley Jr., who died yesterday at the age of 82, was a man of infinite jest, and his delightful bonhomie has already become the central point in the...

A BULLY GOES TO BAGHDAD

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Bagh dad tomorrow for what both sides call an "historic visit." He'll be the Islamic Republic's first president to visit Iraq and only the...

SMALL CHANGE

ALBANY STATE government was rocked to the core Tuesday as the unexpected victory of a little-known Democratic dairy farmer over a scion of Republican wealth and privilege put four decades...

THE MTA'S LATEST DISASTER

THREE years after work began on the Fulton Street Transit Center, the MTA has made zero progress on what it's long touted as the project's most crucial component - "untangling"...

A LESSON FROM EL LOCO

Leftists often use other countries as examples of things that we should do. Other nations have a government-run medical system; so we should have one, too, they say. If other...

PICTURE HIM AS PREZ: OBAMA'S SET TO SERVE

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's desperate, last-minute attempts to derail Sen. Barack Obama's growing momentum will backfire and only strengthen his support ("The Mystery Smear," Editorial, Feb. 26). The rumors circulating...

DEFENSIVE BEN

Ben Bernanke is shooting blanks in his battle with inflation, leaving him powerless to protect the greenback from getting clobbered. The Federal Reserve chief defended his inflation-fighting policy before a...

EU'S $1.35B FINE SMACKS DOWN M'SOFT

Now that's an expensive mistake. Microsoft Corp. has been fined a record $1.35 billion by the European Union for ignoring a 2004 order to stop overcharging for technology licenses. That's...

MILBERG TO COURT ON FRAUD

Milberg Weiss and the law firm's co-founder, Melvyn Weiss, failed to win dismissal of charges that they illegally paid clients to file lawsuits that yielded $216 million in fees. US...

AN EXTRA DAY OF WORRY AS MARKET TRIES TO END SKID

YOU probably can't hear Wall Street saying this, but I can: "Damn, why does this have to be a Leap Year!?" And the annoyance is understandable. It just so happens...

DIAMOND CUTTER

Struggling mega-jeweler Zale Corp. said it will close stores and cut jobs - cost-cutting moves that gave a boost to its shares, as well as to the profile of activist...

DOLLAR GRAB

Facing concerns about slowing growth, Google is quietly rolling out a new feature that would use up search marketers' unspent ad budgets. The feature, called Automatic Matching, is only in...

YAHOO! CHIEF'S YIN, YANG ON M'SOFT BID

Rarely accused of being a decisive leader, Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang is having trouble making up his mind about whether Microsoft's unsolicited $42 billion bid has galvanized or distracted his...

NIELSEN SHAKES UP WITH NEW PUBLISHER

Nielsen Business Media has shaken up the ranks at some of its prized trade magazines, naming former Variety group publisher Gerry Byrne as head of the company's new entertainment group,...

CBS RADIO DAZE

Shock jock Howard Stern may be long gone from CBS, but his absence continues to haunt the financial performance of the company's struggling radio division as it attempts to reinvent...

READERS' PIX BOOST NATGEO

As magazine publishers battle the notion that they're fighting for the crumbs of the Internet advertising pie, an unlikely source offered up a solution that's reaping rewards. National Geographic, known...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Who knew there was a black market for Nutella? Robbers busted into an Israeli warehouse and made off with nearly 100 tons of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, police said. A spokesman...

BEAST IN SHOW

NEW York's most famous tourist of all time is turning 75 on Sunday. We're talking about King Kong, the 50-foot ape from the South Seas who tore down a piece...

FATHER OF HARLEM REAL ESTATE

The famed Village of Harlem did not become the black capital of the world overnight. An overextended real-estate market and the ingenuity of Phillip Peyton, Jr. provided its surge. NEWYork's...

NO!

IF I say that I can't see your band on Wednesday night, please leave it at that. Do I ask you to come and see me at work? And if...

IT'S BRAD BY PITT-ANCE

MAYBE now Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will finally start getting some press coverage. Word broke last week that the pair is set to marry later this year in New...

MEXICAN TROUPE'S PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

THE Ballet de Monterrey saved the best for last at its New York debut Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater. The final two pieces were easily the most rewarding of...

BEAST IN SHOW

NEW York's most famous tourist of all time is turning 75 on Sunday. We're talking about King Kong, the 50-foot ape from the South Seas who tore down a piece...

HAUTE LIST

FANCY waking up with your game face on, but can't commit (or too scared) to tattoo your eyeliner and brows? As someone who, every day for two years, glued on...

WRITERS DONE WRONG

F. SCOTT Fitzgerald and Ernest Heming way were two of the most important literary figures of the 20th century, but you'd hardly know it from "The Jazz Age," Allan Knee's...

SEW NEAR THE FINISH

AS HEIDI KLUM says at the be ginning of every episode: It's the chance of a lifetime. And now it's "sew time." In last night's episode of "Project Runway," the...

STARR REPORT

That's good eatin'! All you believers in high- protein diets might want to indulge in Travel Channel's promotion for its up coming se ries called "Bizarre Foods" - edible crickets....

EAR, DOGGY

SIMON Cowell took his ongoing feud with Ryan Seacrest up a notch yesterday, comparing the "American Idol" host to an "annoying chihuahua" that uses his leg like a sex toy....

RYAN HAS CHANCE TO WIN EMMY

REALITY show hosts like Ryan Seacrest and Jeff Probst may finally get some recognition from the Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will reportedly add a category...

VALERIE GETS OWN TALK SHOW

VALERIE Bertinelli's career resurrection is adding another chapter. The ex- "One Day at a Time" star, who's out hawking her new autobiography, has signed a deal to develop a syndicated...

DEBATES BEAT ALL BUT 'IDOL'

POLITICS finally win. For the first time in memory, a candidates' debate - on cable, no less - outranked nearly everything on TV from 9 to 10:30 p.m. when nearly...

SPORTS SHORTS

HOCKEY: Senators fire coach The struggling Ottawa Senators fired coach John Paddock yesterday, with just 18 games to go in the season. General manager Bryan Murray will take over as...

FEMALES RULE CUP ON FRIDAY

In a sharp departure from previous championship days, the 2008 Breeders' Cup, which celebrates its 25th anniversary Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita, will card all five races on Friday exclusively...

TOUGH START FOR DOMINGUEZ

Strange doings in today's fifth race for 16G claimers. Just Le Facts, 9-year-old gelding entered to make 37th start, was eased in both of his last two races; comment in...

SNOWBOARD STARS DESCEND ON NY

MARCH Madness isn't limited to college hoops. With Tuesday's storm adding close to a foot across the Catskills and Green Mountains, we'll have great skiing and boarding well into spring....

LOU SCORES COUP IN LANDING BLUE

Disappointed Devil fans can take solace that the one deal Lou Lamoriello pulled off was something of a coup. They may soon marvel that he landed Bryce Salvador for Cam...

BIG BLUE MAY TURN 'CORNER'

There's not a whole lot of down time for Giant GM Jerry Reese, but when he pushes aside the work, he enjoys watching nature shows. Invariably, what he sees on...

END NEAR FOR VILMA

Jonathan Vilma's stay with the Jets is nearly over, and he could be sent packing as soon as tomorrow, when NFL free agency begins and it's open season on trades....

'CHANCE' MEETING LINKS KIKI TO KNICKS

Kiki Vandeweghe, currently the special assistant to Nets team president Rod Thorn, gets linked to the Knicks and any potential front office opening for obvious reasons - he grew up...

CHANGE OF PLANS

Stephon Marbury, don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out. That was Isiah Thomas' cold message last night before the Knicks routed the Bobcats 113-89...

FORMER MET ENJOYING GREEN-ER PASTURES

Shawn Green anticipated that it would happen. Now it's a done deal. The right fielder, who played with the Mets for the last year and a half and spent parts...

ONE-MAINE SHOW

PORT ST. LUCIE - John Maine wasn't mad that a cross-dressing impostor tried to sully his good name last November. If anything, the Mets' young right-hander was flattered. "I thought...

WILLIE 'SURELY DIDN'T' KNOW MCNAMEE RISK

LAKELAND, Fla. - Willie Randolph admitted he unknowingly pushed the Mets to hire Brian McNamee last season before McNamee became a centerpiece of the Mitchell Report. Confirming yesterday's exclusive report...

PELFREY POPPIN'

LAKELAND, Fla. - When it comes to the Mets choosing a No. 5 starter, consider yesterday a bit of foreshadowing. While an ailing Orlando Hernandez was continuing his painfully slow...

NEW KIDD IN TOWN

It would be like following Springsteen at a concert. Or trying to top Olivier's Hamlet in a remake. So the Nets don't want Devin Harris to be Jason Kidd. Being...

HOW SWEDE IT IS!

The European feel in the Ranger locker room is nothing new. What's in flux is the country of dominance. With two new Swedes - forward Fredrik Sjostrom and defenseman Christian...

MOOSE IN LOOP

TAMPA - Mike Mussina doesn't need his high IQ to understand Joe Girardi could have put him in a competition to earn a spot in the Yankees' rotation, based on...

ROG CAN'T PITCH AROUND NOVITZKY

Now, Roger Clemens will face the toughest opponent of his life, and he won't be wearing cleats. That rival is a 6-foot-6 former college basketball player who has become the...

SHAYS: CAN'T LIE LIKE THIS TO CONGRESS

One of Brian McNamee's harshest critics at this month's congressional hearing now believes Roger Clemens lied when he appeared on Capitol Hill. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) blasted McNamee, Clemens' accuser,...

LEGAL STORM MAY WATERLOG PETTITTE

TAMPA - How sticky Andy Pettitte's summer of discontent becomes likely will decide if the Yankees make it into October. With Congress asking the Department of Justice to investigate Roger...

ROGER CAN'T PITCH HIS WAY OUT OF THIS JAM

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Roger Clemens was facing minor league batters yesterday on a back field when word came down that Congress had sent a letter to the Department of Justice...

Curry scoreless, Marbury futureless

By MARC BERMANIt’s not even a big story anymore when Eddy Curry goes scoreless, is benched for for all but 3:47 of the final three quarters and the Knicks win...

SHOPPING SPREE

It's not every building that will give its buyers a free winter wardrobe. But that's basically what Atelier gave first-time New York-buyer Mike Feliton when he bought a one-bedroom condo...

GETTING A CHECKUP

Congratulations, rookie buyer! You've found a home you love. But hold on! Before you submit an offer, you should have the place inspected. A home inspection should cost from $500...

BIG 'FIGER

Round Hill Road will be less fashionable now that Tommy Hilfiger is putting his stately Greenwich, Conn., mansion on the market. The fashion mogul, who will be moving to Manhattan...

THE MONN SHOW

Event planner David Monn has lived in everything from a starter studio in Hoboken to a classic six on upper Fifth Avenue to a 10-acre Connecticut estate. Today he makes...

LISTEN TO YOUR GUT

What's the difference between a "fixer-upper" and a "gut" job? It's rare to see a real-estate ad or professional broker using the term "gut" job, when the gentler phrase "fixer-upper"...

JUST SOLD!

Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $900,000 300 Rector Place Two-bedroom, two-bath corner condo, 1,010 square feet, with windowed kitchen and E/W/S exposures with views of Statue of Liberty; building features doorman,...

HOUSES OF THE WEEK

Chelsea $999,000 Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Common charges: $1,330 This "gracious" prewar condo in London Terrace Towers has charms both old (high beamed ceilings and classic subway...

DREAM HOMES

Chelsea $4.95 million If the Village People saw this luxury condo in the landmark YMCA building on West 23rd Street, they might agree that it's a very fun place to...

JAILSPACE FOR MUG SUSPECT

A judge who reads The Post threw the book at the MySpace mugging suspect featured on yesterday's front page. Victor Hernandez, 16, was hit with $20,000 bail by Brooklyn Judge...

B'WAY SPLIT GOES DARK

Broadway scion Eric Nederlander's wedding came to a close with a giant fireworks display, and now the marriage is ending the same way. Nederlander - best known as the first...

New European Council

Since Jaromir Jagr arrived in New York during the 2003-04 season, this team has been dominated by Czechs. Management has catered to this by bringing in more Czechs to satisfy...