March 16, 2008
THE MCGREEVEYS' SECRET
A former driver and aide to former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey yesterday made the bombshell claim that Dina Matos McGreevey must have always known her husband was gay -...
'Hounddog' Trailer
Here's a trailer for "Hounddog,'' which I reported on Friday is set for release in Mid-July by Empire Film Group. Even more incredible than Empire's prediction of a $15 million...
JIM LEYRITZ VISITS YANKEES
TAMPA - Former Yankee Jim Leyritz - who is facing DUI manslaughter charges - received a warm welcome at the clubhouse yesterday. Leyritz bumped into manager Joe Girardi on Saturday...
Pacquiao Wins Split Decision
In a rematch that lived up to its billing, Manny Pacquiao earned a split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS (AP)âAt the merciful final...
Box Office: 'Funny Games' Grosses No Laughing Matter for WIP
Austrian director Michael Haneke told my colleague Reed Tucker last week that he remade his 1997 German-language thriller "Funny Games'' -- shot for shot, in English, with Naomi Watts --...
Miss at your own risk: Sports fans' week
Highlights for the week of March 16The John Adams miniseries starts tonight. And if you're already drifting off, just remember what HBO did for the Wild West with "Deadwood." We're...
NCAA Bracket Projection
Georgia gave us some-last minute shuffling of the bracket. Here is our final projection before the field is announced:Final Four: West vs. South; Midwest vs. EastWest (Phoenix)Played in Anaheim, Calif.1....
Thomas should be scouting
By MARC BERMANINDIANAPOLIS - It's ironic that I'm here in Indy watching the Big 10 Finals today at Conseco Field House - as a fan - and Isiah Thomas will...
HOW PATERSON SEES FIT TO GOVERN
When David Paterson starts his first day as governor tomorrow, he'll find a digest of the morning's headlines waiting on a special extended-length voice mail. As he makes his way...
CARNAGE RAINS DOWN
A massive crane toppled 19 floors at a Midtown construction site yesterday, killing at least four workers and pulverizing a four-story building as it tore through the Manhattan skyline. Rescue...
TRAPPED VICTIM MADE LIFESAVING PHONE CALL
Crane-collapse victim John Gallego was able to call his girlfriend, Luz Maya, yesterday - moments after his East Side building came tumbling down, burying him beneath a mountain of rubble....
'HALT' ORDER IS LATE
Less than an hour before yesterday's Midtown crane collapse, a city building inspector ordered work partly stopped at the construction site because of safety violations - the latest in a...
PUB'S LUCK OF THE IRISH
The owner of the Irish tavern crushed by a massive crane on the East Side had planned to open early yesterday for pre-St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But John LaGreco, 38,...
BUILDER'S FDNY ROOTS
The developer of the ill-fated Midtown skyscraper is a Brooklyn-born retired firefighter. Cited thrice for bravery in the line of duty, James Kennelly, 45, also built a successful second career...
SOHO RESIDENTS RAGE OVER CAR-BAN PLAN
A street fight has erupted in SoHo. Prince Street residents and merchants are up in arms over a proposal to ban cars from a six-block stretch this summer to make...
CHEESED OFF
Joel Klein is a pizza-party pooper. The schools chancellor's food police have put the kibosh on a 20-year-old "Pizza Day" tradition at a Queens elementary school, opening the door for...
HEARTLESS LANDLORD'S PET SCAM
Dozens of Bronx tenants are furious that a heartless landlord who took over eight city-owned buildings is suddenly evicting their pets. If residents don't dump their pets, they'll be evicted...
'GOOD GIRL' PLANNED CATHOLIC NUPS
Only a year before Ashley Alexandra Dupre boarded an Amtrak train to Washington for an illicit tryst with Eliot Spitzer, she was planning a traditional Catholic wedding to the man...
'RINGLEADER' PIMPING OUT A PLEA DEAL
The alleged master pimp behind the escort service that filled Eliot Spitzer's nights with joy is hoping to save himself from hard nights in prison by making a deal with...
YOU DOG! IT'S A LAST CHANCE TO CHASE TAIL
Life can be lonely in the doghouse. Gov. Spitzer, expected to resign tomorrow as a result of a scandal involving a high-priced hooker, has only his dog, James, to keep...
CITY HALL JOURNOS DO A SPITZ-TAKE
They were puttin' on the Spitz at the annual Inner Circle Dinner last night, in which a journalist playing Gov. Spitzer sang, to the tune of "Love Potion No. 9."...
ELIOT'S GAL A SHARED ASSET
The high-priced hooker who sunk Gov. Spitzer's political career was a party pal of one of his top financial backers, boozing it up with him at clubs and his palatial...
SECRET STRIFE OF A HURT WIFE
When Eliot Spitzer launched his race for New York governor in 2005, Silda Wall Spitzer met privately with Hillary Rodham Clinton to get the ex-first lady's advice: how could she...
CHARITY MAY PAY THE PRICE
Fallout from Gov. Spitzer's hooker hijinks could curtail contributions to his wife's highly regarded children's charity, experts say. Children for Children has grown into a $1.5 million-a-year operation since Silda...
MIDTOWN MAYHEM AT PRO-TIBET RALLY
Pro-Tibet protesters broke through police barricades and hurled bricks and bottles at cops outside the Chinese Consulate in Midtown yesterday. Cops at 42nd Street and 12th Avenue used pepper spray...
THE INVISIBLE LEASH
Spot can run, but he can't hide. A new global-positioning system for dogs - a pager-sized device fitted into a special collar - can alert you by e-mail or text...
SHAFT DEATH AGONY
Cops thought the battered body they found at the bottom of a Midtown elevator shaft last month belonged to a homeless drunk on a bender. They learned days later it...
SCHOOLS' NEW 'SEXUAL NORMS'
The city is spending $203,000 to make sure all students are learning about the same birds and bees. Until now, the content of sex-education classes was decided by individual schools...
IT'S NO GAME FOR BX. TEACH
While sex education in the city ranges from a few classes to none at all, South Bronx teacher Kelly Doherty is giving her students an intense education. That's because teen...
'SLUMLORD' SLAP AT MTA HONCHO
Tenants and an ex-employee of a posh Central Park South building accuse MTA chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger of being a slumlord and bad boss. The wealthy real-estate developer - one...
CITY'S H2OWE THREAT
Thousands of the city's worst water-bill scofflaws have two months to clean up their act. About 22,000 building owners are such deadbeats that the city might sell their water-bill liens...
'DIET' VEST? WEIGHT AND SEE
It's the fat-proof vest that's more wear-out than workout. A $75 nylon sleeveless shirt is being marketed as the newest, easiest weight-loss tool. The awkward looking "Va-Voom" zip-up comes with...
NEW OLD GOTHAM
Television's newest cop drama isn't just crimes of passion and serial killers - it's an ode to the storied history of the Big Apple. "New Amsterdam," which premiered on Fox...
BERGTRAUM GOAL KRYSTAL CLEAR
Krystal Parnell played with Erica Morrow at Bergtraum last year and before that teamed with former Bergtraum star Epiphanny Prince on the AAU circuit. So though she transferred to the...
I'M PROUD TO SELL MY BODY
I'm a 28-year-old graduate student in the Pacific Northwest working toward my master's degree in gender studies. To pay the bills, I took the same career advice that any business-savvy...
GIRL SCOUTS FIRE 'MARY ANN'
No Samoas for you, Mary Ann. Dawn Wells, the actress who played the bubbly brunette castaway on "Gilligan's Island," has been nixed from a speaking engagement by the Girl Scouts...
'SPLIT' DECISIONS
Barack Obama supporters in Florida are pushing to end the delegate-vote quagmire that could leave the Sunshine State locked out of the Democratic National Convention this summer - even if...
STATE OF WAR OVER SUPERDELEGATE
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is a wanted man. In the latest example of the all-out brawl boiling within the Democratic Party over superdelegates, Mitchell - a party elder...
PUSH FOR O'S PAPER TRAIL
Chief Clinton campaign strategists Mark Penn and Phil Singer yesterday urged Barack Obama to release all documents and e-mails related to his transactions with disgraced Chicago fund-raiser Tony Rezko. Obama...
BARACK ADDS TO HIS IOWA HAUL
Barack Obama increased his delegate lead over Hillary Rodham Clinton by 11 yesterday, thanks to the Iowa supporters of departed rival John Edwards. Sen. Obama finished Iowa's Jan. 3 Democratic...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN A man was shot dead in East New York early yesterday, police said. The 42-year-old victim, whose name was not released, took a bullet to the chest on Jerome...
'CONGEST' PLAN HITS ANOTHER POTHOLE
THE resignation of Gov. Spitzer couldn't have come at a worse time for Mayor Bloomberg's congestion-pricing plan, which now faces longer odds than ever in Albany, according to insiders. Spitzer...
GREEDY DEATH BLOW TO NEIGHBORHOOD
KATHARINE HEPBURN must be turning in her grave. Shoddy construction by greedy moneymen is destroying the whole Turtle Bay area around Second Avenue, filling the neighborhood she loved with countless...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 874; Lucky Sum: 19 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 7501; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 332; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 2282;...
JARRETT DRIVEN BY STANDINGS IN FINAL GO-'ROUND
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR points championship in 1999 and captured three Daytona 500s in his distinguished career. But he still has one goal left to accomplish in his final...
DIRTY PINSTRIPES
* It didn't take long to figure out no Joe Torre equals no class for the Yankees. Shelley Duncan's dirty slide into second on the Rays' Akinori Iwamura as retribution...
HUNTING BILL'S KID FRIENDLY
A NUMBER of bills re garding both fishing and wildlife will be submitted this year before New York's legislature. Tops on the list, is the Junior Hunter/Trapper Mentoring bill. The...
THE RUMBLE
Making his Marb Steph's neph going for state title The basketball season hasn't been a total loss for the Marbury family, after all. Though Stephon has spent the year feuding...
IT'S SUTTON'S PLACE
Kyrie Sutton sat in the stands a year ago as Boys & Girls lost to Lincoln, 77-50, in the PSAL title game at Madison Square Garden. "It was hard just...
SPORTS SHORTS
HORSE RACING: War Pass suffers first loss Previously undefeated 2-year-old champion War Pass, one of the favorites for this year's Kentucky Derby, suffered his first loss yesterday, finishing last of...
TIGER ROARS BACK
ORLANDO, Fla. - Well, well, things just got verrrrrrry interesting at the Arnold Palmer's Invitational yesterday at Bay Hill. A tournament that had produced a rather sleepy and uneventful first...
BRYANT: NOBODY PLAYING HAS WOODS' 'NUMBER'
ORLANDO - Bart Bryant, who's tied with Tiger Woods and three other players for the lead entering today's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, bettered Woods by six shots to...
PRONGER SUSPENSION: IT'S ABOUT TIME!
TAMPA -So how on earth did Clarence Campbell suspend Maurice Richard for the March 13, 1955, incident that preceded the infamous Richard Riot without a clear, decisive video of The...
VAN OFF POINT
IN Jeff Van Gundy's studied opinion, Rafer Alston was identified during last Sunday's ABC telecast as being near peerless at the point this season, second only to Chris Paul. No...
ONWARD & UPWARD
USUALLY, you can color me conventional when it comes to the business of sports. I liked college football the way it used to be, when there was no faux playoff...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the NCAA tournament-bound coach of Louisville, who led Providence to the Final Four in 1987, Kentucky to the national title in 1996, with stops...
PITT-FOR-TAT
Pitt's Mike Cook holds the Big East tourney championship trophy at the Garden last night after the Panthers' 74-65 win over George town in the title game. The win brought...
PERFECT UPSET
THE beauty of the college game is you get to cherish teams like Pittsburgh. Teams that do not have the McDonald's All-American's, and don't care, because they have all the...
LOSING A HAB-IT FOR ISLES
MONTREAL - The Islanders' disastrous nosedive continued last night with a 3-0 loss to the Canadiens - the Isles' fifth straight defeat, one short of their longest skid of the...
LEE MAKING STRIDES
With Eddy Curry out with season-ending right-knee surgery, and the Knicks' just 19-46 coming into tonight's game with Atlanta, the best thing that can be said about this abysmal campaign...
PEDRO ON MARCH
PORT ST. LUCIE - Today, Pedro Martinez can begin making up for a lost time on the mound. Martinez is slated to make his spring training debut this afternoon at...
WAGNER: ROLLINS ONLY HALF RIGHT
PORT ST. LUCIE - Billy Wagner agrees to disagree with Jimmy Rollins. The Mets closer has no problem with Rollins proclaiming the Phillies are the team to beat in the...
FRANK PUTS WILLIAMS IN HIS FIVE
Sean Williams' month in exile ended last night with his insertion into the Nets' starting lineup for ailing Nenad Krstic. As Krstic continues to battle a respiratory infection, coach Lawrence...
THE JAZZ ZINGERS
There's actually signs of life in the Jersey swamplands. On the verge of a maddening defeat, thanks to a Booze binge by Utah, the Nets rallied last night for maybe...
LOST WEEKEND
TAMPA - The Rangers are advised to pay heed to the words of the great Satchel Paige, who once said not to look back because someone might be gaining on...
TOUCH 'EM HALL?
THERE is a Cooperstown South tinge to Yankee camp. Special instructors Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson already are enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and Goose Gossage will be part...
REGGIE LOSES HIS PINSTRIPES
TAMPA - Major League Baseball has ordered Reggie Jackson out of uniform for the remainder of spring training games after the Hall of Famer was on the field during this...
YANKEES RAYS HAVE NICE DAY
TAMPA - Peace, love and understanding never looked so boring. Alex Rodriguez had run through a Bobby Meacham stop sign and was clearly going to be out at the plate...
A LITTLE FIGHT IS ALL RIGHT
TAMPA - Joe Girardi has never managed one regular-season game in pinstripes, but he has already established enough of a track record that one can draw inferences. For instance, we...
BOMBERS TO DISCUSS JOBA'S ROLE
TAMPA - Joe Girardi and his staff will meet soon to discuss what pitchers fit into what roles. There will be other names on the table but the one who...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Randolph, Iowa, has rescinded a $5 bounty on wild cats. Instead, the town of 200 has agreed to work with animal-rescue groups on a "catch, neuter and release" program. The...
DON'T MISS LIST
Category: Comedy Comedy Tonight Three CBS comedies return with their first new episodes since the writers' strike. First up: "The Big Bang Theory." Penny (Kaley Cuoco) tries to convince Sheldon...
PEOPLE ON TV NEED TO GET OVER HIGH SCHOOL
Somebody please tell me about the trauma of high school because the concept is alien to me. Unless I'm in some sort of deep-seated denial, my own memories of high...
PATRIOT FLAMES
When Tom Hanks told David McCullough he wanted to adapt his bestselling biography "John Adams," the Academy Award-actor had to prove he was not just another Hollywood producer. The author...
SKIN GAME
Earl Monroe truly was ahead of his time. Playing today, the mesmerizing basketball star would have been a "SportsCenter" sensation, one of America's most popular athletes. Monroe, now 63, says,...
REEL GOOD
DELIVERANCE (1972) Tuesday, 12:05 p.m., Cinemax Director John Boorman takes James Dickey's bestselling novel - about four guys (Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox) who decide to...
'STYLE' QUEEN
There are three great reality show prizes: A million bucks. A new career. Or your very own TV show. And HGTV's newest "Design Star," Kim Myles has hit the jackpot...
'DANCING' FEVER EXPLODES
STEVE GUTTENBERG Age: 49 Calling card: The nostalgia factor of his '80s hit film franchises, "Police Academy" and "Three Men and a Baby." Why he wants to dance: After the...
MY NEW YORK: STEVE MADDEN
"New York is very much a part of who I am. I don't think I could live anywhere else."EVERYONE from mall-shopping moms to trendy city slickers have literally walked many...
MARCH 16 - 22
This week: The Cyclone rides again; dancers get dolled up for a cause; opera rocks out; artists expose themselves; and the circus comes to town - via the Midtown Tunnel....
Q&A: ADAM CAROLLA
HE'S a morning radio host, a TV star and, unlike his good friend Jimmy Kimmel, he hasn't been anywhere near Ben Affleck's junk. He's Adam Carolla, and Friday the comedian...
FOCUS FEATURES
WHEN DIGITAL cameras first debuted, manufacturers were locked in an arms race to see who could cram more megapixels into the smallest body. But the market has since evolved tremendously,...
EXTRAS!
Eye-Fi $99.99; amazon.com This 2GB wireless SD memory card - now with battery-saving "Smart Boost" technology - automatically uploads pictures to your computer, printer or the Web through your Wi-Fi...
IT'S A PAW-RADE
As certain as Irish eyes are smiling, dog-loving spectators at tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day Parade will be keeping an eye peeled for marchers from New York's 69th Regiment. That's because...
ADOPT ME
Charlie is a 10-year-old neutered belly-rub-loving Pomeranian. This very sweet little fellow always has a pep in his step and a smile on his face. Meet him from 11 a.m....
THE CAT LADY
Last month, I read about a study conducted at the University of Minnesota's Stroke Research Center suggesting that cat owners may be less likely to die from heart attacks, strokes...
GETTING THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM
CHESS PLAYERS who hate "mate-in-three-moves" problems because they look unrealistic are often intrigued by construction tasks. The typical task is to find the moves that lead from the normal starting...
HUSTLIN' AND FLOWIN'
UNLIKE countless rappers, Rick Ross isn't just flapping his gums when he says he's a hustla. The Miami native, born William Roberts, feverishly pieced together his debut album, "Port of...
PUMP UP THE 'VOLUME'
SHE'S played a '70s teen whose love of music drives her to leave home in "Almost Famous" and was signed to play Janis Joplin in an ill-fated biopic of the...
SAINT MISBEHAVIN'
CERTAIN public figures have such well-defined images that it's shocking when they don't behave as we expect - like when a morally crusading governor pays $4,300 for a hot brunette...
THE 'EYES' HAS IT
ARE you ready for one of the greatest horror movies - ever? Then journey to Anthology Film Archives in the East Village for "Eyes Without a Face" (1959), the centerpiece...
FILM BYTES
After the success of last year's surprisingly excellent "Gone Baby Gone," Ben Affleck is sticking with crime. Miramax has acquired the rights to "The Blade Itself," a gritty whodunit novel...
LUST IN TRANSLATION
Thanks to "Once," the charming Irish indie that just won the Oscar for Best Song, we've recently learned to love the realist movie musical. But will we still love it...
BUSTIN' A MOVE DECADES LATER
Somewhere, break-dancing pioneers Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones and Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers are smiling. As it turns out, break dancing isn't a lost art form - it's just advanced since the...
NO MAN'S LAND
IF you're sick to death of the congested madness of New York, two new DVDs will show you a potentially better, and emptier, world. "I Am Legend" features Will Smith...
MAKING THE SCENE...
Bar Boulud 1900 Broadway; (212) 595-0303 Don't let the name fool you. While Daniel Boulud's latest creation is indisputably a shrine to wine - complete with vaulted ceiling and limestone...
PROOF POSITIVE: JAMESON RAREST VINTAGE RESERVE
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Jameson offers this limited-edition addition to its classic line of Irish whiskeys. A blend of spirits averaging 23 years old, this Reserve is...
GET READY TO VEG OUT
Broadway East 171 East Broadway; (212) 228-3100 Omnivores are often at a loss when dining out with vegetarian friends. They want their tofu and vegetables, and we want some meat....
PARK, 30, AND PHOENIX, 37
Feb. 29 - On a day that only comes once every four years, Mary Park and Chris Phoenix had a once-in-a-lifetime wedding on a private Caribbean island. Park, a media...
TRAYNOR, 30, AND SCHIELE, 24
Feb. 29 - With his proposal, Stuart Traynor wanted to appeal to Rachel Schiele's inner child. "He sent me an urgent e-mail saying that I should meet him at the...
ASA, 36, AND MULKEY, 42
Feb. 29 - Turns out you really can find love in an elevator. Kimberly Asa met David Mulkey while the two were working at the Public Theater in November 1996....
LLOYD, 27, AND EGAN, 29
Feb. 9 - From courtship to engagement, Caitlin Lloyd opted for a no-frills approach to dating. "I'm not even sure we had a first date," laughs Lloyd, an account executive...
DEMS' RACE MESS
There was Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at midweek, trying to apologize for the latest race-and-gender dust-up in the Democratic presidential race. This came as former New York Congresswoman and vice-presidential...
EAST RIVER FISH ATTACK
Score another one for the fish. East River fish, to be precise - whose alleged aversion to shaded water is set to send back to the drawing board a key...
ERIN GO BLAAUGGHH
Tomorrow is one of the few times when I won't need to check my appointment book to figure out what day it is. Wake up at the crack of 2...
NUTHIN' BUT A 'G' THING
Are there more atheists and agnostics in this country than is commonly supposed? This month's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey from the Pew Forum suggests so. It notes that the percentage...
THE JOY OF SPINSTERS
"It is probably true that most people have more fun in bed than anywhere else, and we are not being vulgar. Even going to bed alone can be alluring. There...
THE SURE DING
"Fear not, for the worst is yet to come" has never had a more optimistic ring, at least for Republicans. To be sure, the GOP has had a long winter....
VEEP OF FAITH
Were it not for the 12th Amendment, ratified on June 15, 1804, presidential nominees could, and probably would prefer to, run alone, without being saddled with pesky vice presidential running...
DON'T JUDGE SILDA'S SILENCE
If Silda Wall Spitzer made her own statement to the press right now, it would probably be a polite version of: "Get out of my marriage." And she'd be right....
A WOMAN SCORNED
By now it's part of our visual vernacular: that morbidly iconic American tableaux of the wronged political wife, head up, dazed yet ennobled in her suffering, standing astride her disgraced...
STOP STANDING BY YOUR MAN
Elliot Spitzer is the one who decimated his career, shamed his family and forever soiled his reputation, yet the media can't stop talking about his innocent wife, Silda Spitzer, who...
BLOG WATCH
Tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen (blog.pmarca.com) likes Obama: "Early in 2007, a friend of mine who is active in both high-tech and politics called me up and said, let's go see...
OH, SHUSH
Liz Houghton, 22, who grew up in the suburbs and lives in the East Village, advises those of us who don't appreciate the "all night party scene" to stop complaining...
SIN CITY
Holy Moses! The Vatican, after 1,500 years, has decided to add another seven deadly sins to the list ("Vatican Unveils More Sins," March 11). We had seven sins named by...
MONSTER MASH
The Clintons know no shame ("Obama Slays His Monster," March 8). In the sage words of Samantha Power, Sen. Hillary Clinton is a monster who will stop at nothing to...
BOMB-ING
Barely a week on the job, and Joe Girardi has already proven himself perfect for the job by whining like a true Yankee ("Joe's Got Their Back," March 10). If...
BAG IT!
Does The Post have any idea who its readers are ("I Want Arm Candy," March 10)? Any woman wacko enough to shell out thousands of dollars for a handbag needs...
SILVER STREAK
Adam Brodsky is way off base ("Letting Silver Slide," PostOpinion, March 7). While Democratic Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver is not a criminal or a slime, like GOP Senate Majority Leader...
BRING IT ON!
"Give me an E, give me a Z, now E-K-I-E-L 25:17!" That's right: Before Samuel L. Jackson was a Bible quoting, cinematic badass, he had another activity occupying his school...
UNORIGINAL SIN
Meet Tristan Brodsky and his grandson Tris Freedman. In Adam Mansbach's "The End of the Jews" we witness the literary birth, death and resurrection of the novelist Brodsky alongside Freedman's...
GONE BABY GONE
If Grover Norquist is to be believed, all the Republican Party needs to regain its dominance of the American political scene is to wait for more freedom lovers to be...
REQUIRED READING
How Can I Keep From Singing The Ballad of Pete Seeger by David King Dunaway (Villard) Pete Seeger, now 88, has always been courageous - and entertaining. In an interview...
IN MY LIBRARY: ANDREA MARTIN
"In Frau Blucher's library," says Andrea Martin, to the sound of whinnying horses, "you will find the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe." And no one knows Blucher - neiighhhh!...
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
Is there any question that the United States is a profoundly religious country? A 2002 survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project found that this was the only developed country...
APPLIED SCIENCES
Waiting for a response to your college application can sometimes be more painful than getting rejected, especially for the current crop of high school seniors, who have been repeatedly warned...
SPOILED MILK
In August 1890, peasant woman Amalia Bagnacavalli traveled from her mountain village to Bologna in northern Italy to meet with Augusto Barbieri, a 28-year old lawyer. Their meeting spawned an...
CAN'T BEAR IT
A chill of fear set in for Wall Street's investment bankers and traders yesterday, as layoffs loomed following the unnerving bailout of one of the industry's biggest banks. As the...
THE FED TO THE RESCUE
COULD it happen here? Well it has. And it was none too pretty a picture as it unfolded on Wall Street this week. What I'm referring to, of course, is...
ONLY IN YOUR DREAMWORKS PHILIPPE DAUMAN
MOVIE industry insiders were chuckling last week after Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman expressed optimism that the company's rift with DreamWorks could be smoothed over. Speaking at a Bear Stearns investor...
DILLER'S STILL TEA-ING IT UP
Barry Diller is fond of saying, "When you are on the side of the angels, sometimes a fight is good for the soul." And while the IAC/InterActiveCorp CEO took his...
DOES NOT COMPUTE
When Circuit City, the embattled electronics retailer, entered into a $1.3 billion revolving credit agreement earlier this year, it knew the growing credit crunch wasn't going to be kind. Banks...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS VIKRAM PANDIT Citigroup CEO pocketed $165.2M last year after bank giant purchased Old Lane LP, the hedge fund he ran, for $600M. RICHARD CLARK Merck & Co.'s top dog...
CON EDISON BILL 'DOUBLE' TAKE
Dear John: I just received my Con Edison bill, which for the first time lists and explains all charges. So I found out that Con Edison is charging consumers a...
GREEN BROWN-OUT
Green stocks haven't exactly been putting the green in investors' wallets lately. Since Jan. 1, exchange- traded funds that invest in a basket of green, or alternative energy and clean...
MEET MARKET
Mark, a 22-year-old freelance producer, considers himself cultured, creative and charming. He's looking for a savvy, stylish woman who can give him a run for his money in the extroversion...
SHANGHAI SURPRISE
WHEN Josh, a 26-year-old martial arts instructor and Ultimate Frisbee enthusiast chose Lauren, a 26-year-old administrative assistant and coincidentally, also a Frisbee fanatic, for his date at Mr. Chow's famous...
TOP 5 DRUNKEN COMMENTS FROM A LOVER
According to boozehounds at Langan's Irish pub "You're not as heavy as you look." - Tim "Is that all you've got?" - James "You smell like peanuts and mold." -...
NORMAL GUY DOESN'T HAVE TO FINISH LAST
"CONGRATULATIONS," the card attached to a gorgeous display of red, pink and yellow roses reads. "You're going to Jamaica!" Is it for me? Dude, I wish. No, it's for my...