March 24, 2008
'I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE'
"I didn't want to die. I continued firing." That was Detective Michael Oliver's reason for unleashing 31 bullets at Sean Bell and two friends - after another cop shouted that...
Is this the Spring/Summer 2008 It-bag?
So far this season, the Yves Saint Laurent Besace bag has already been spotted on the arms of Demi Moore, Gisele Bundchen, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba, Julianne Moore, Kylie Minogue,...
Maine keeps on rolling
FORT LAUDERDALE â- If they handed out awards for spring training, the Mets would have a third Cy Young winner on their hands.John Maine remained in his terrific spring groove...
Deal of the Day-Gap
Put a little romance into your summer wardrobe with this Ruffled puff-sleeve shirt from the Gap.Originally $44.50 and marked down to $22.99, this cotton top will look adorable with some...
3 DOWN: Yank Pen, Inge and Maine
1. Brian Cashmanâs thoughts on how to construct a bullpen have evolved over the years, and these days the Yankee GM has come to believe that spending big money on...
Walsh is leaving Pacers
By MARC BERMANPacers owner Herb Simon decided to end it all today by staging a press conference to announce Donnie Walsh is leaving the Pacers. The press conference is ongoing.It...
A Matter of Pride
By FRED KERBERObviously, there are far more important issues at stake - like the playoffs.But a loss to the Knicks tonight would mean an 0-4 record in the season series...
Diddy Ness
"Making The Band 4" wrapped up its season with a live finale show in MTV's Times Square studios last night.Danity Kane performed "Damaged," Day 26 sang "Got Me Going" to...
The Silliest Survey
By MARC BERMANThere's a survey for season-ticket holders reportedly due today in which they are asked in different ways if won-loss record and "team direction'' are factors in renewing season...
The Sound Of 'Love'
Happy Easter, everyone. Who needs "The Sound of Music" when "Rock of Love" is on?There is a collective sigh of relief that Schitzy Joe has left the premises. The remaining...
You Know You Love Them...
The CW's favorite Upper East Siders reunite for an off-screen night of revelry and debauchery at Hollywood's 25th Annual William S Paley Television Festival.Click here to see Blake, Leighton, Chace,...
MLS: Rapids sign Gomez
The Colorado Rapids needed to revamp a lackluster offense.So, they went out and signed Christian Gomez, one of the most prolific scorers in Major League Soccer.The Rapids locked up the...
KISSEL MURDER POSSIBLY A SUICIDE-FOR-HIRE
It may have been a suicide-for-hire after all. Greenwich cops today left open the possibility that millionaire real estate mogul Andrew Kissel paid his assistant and another man to kill...
Tarver Miffed At Cotto Card
Antonio Tarver isn't happy his April 12 fight against Clinton Woods will compete with Atlantic City card headlined by Miguel Cotto. BY GEORGE WILLISTAMPA--Antonio Tarver is ticked his April 12...
LIKE, OMG - LC and 'The Hills' return
LC MTV's hit "The Hills," which picks up Season 3 tonight after a hiatus of several months, took a fair share of flak when it was revealed that certain aspects...
Starr Report: Expansion team
Howie Mandel The syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal," hosted by Howie Mandel, has been sold in 95 percent of the country. It will air here on Ch. 4...
DEALS: Nantucket for sale!
A sure sign that spring is here: The summer places are brushing off the cobwebs and firing up the furnaces. If you don't mind being spontaneous, there's a great spring...
3 UP: Met Pitching, Yankee Pitching, O.Perez
1. The problem with the uninspiring battle for the fifth starter job with the Mets between Orlando Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey is not restricted to the fifth starter. Let me...
PUCCINI'S SHORTCHANGED
WHERE would the operatic repertory be without those three steadfast Puccini favorites - "La Boheme," "Tosca" and "Madama Butterfly"? This season alone they are providing almost a third of the...
THE NEW MOM & POP
YEARS ago, Amy Miceli left her home state of Nebraska for the offbeat Northern California life and took a job at a flower shop in Humboldt County. Her boss offered...
60 SECONDS WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA
What can a worker glean from Buddha's teachings? That no matter what you want to do with your life - whether you want to make more money, reach up the...
GO TO GREG
Q I recently cried in my boss' office over a difficult situation I'm dealing with in my personal life. My boss was very reassuring and comforting, but I was mortified....
DREAM JOB: DON BERNSTINE
Some lucky people go to a rock concert and leave with a prized memento - say, The Edge's guitar pick. Not Don Bernstine. The 50-year-old rock 'n' roll fanatic goes...
JUSTIN'S EGGSTRAVAGANZA
IF you read last Thursday's lesson (3/20), you learned that not only did the spring season officially begin that day, but that eggs are an important symbol of the season...
GUEST DRESSED
NOTHING strikes fear and panic into a female wedding guest's heart quite like having to pick an appropriate dress for the occasion. While it's no big deal for men -...
PULSE SALES
WEDDING BOX 36-57 Main St., between 37th Avenue and Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens; (718) 359-4477 Sale: until April 5. Mon-Sun., 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Bridal gowns for only $85 (reg. $650-$1,500)...
'RAINBOW KISS' IS A LOT MORE LIKE A SWIFT KICK
DON'T be fooled by the beatific title of this new play by Simon Farquhar, previously seen at London's Royal Court and now being given its US premiere by the Play...
STARR REPORT
Expansion team SNY is beefing up its schedule by adding two new half-hour shows and hiring eight personalities (some of whom are familiar faces to SNY devotees). The two new...
'APPRENTICE' STAR USED TO EAT GUYS LIKE TRUMP
IN his previous life, "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Piers Morgan would probably have skinned Donald Trump alive, splashing the billionaire's dirty laundry and bragging style across the pages of the London...
KATIE COURIC AWAITS PREZ DEBATE
CBS officials say they're "aggressively pursuing" a Democratic primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The debate, to be hosted by Katie Couric, would take place in North Carolina,...
PARIS 'HILLS'-TON
LIKE, OMG - they're finally back. MTV's hit "The Hills," which picks up Season 3 tonight after a hiatus of several months, took a fair share of flak when it...
BIG FAT 'GREEK' DRAMA
PERHAPS the reason the creators of ABC family's charming show, "Greek," named the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University after a part of the world that has been at odds forever, was to...
HUGGIN' IT OUT
WASHINGTON - Want to know how much West Virginia's 73-67 NCAA second-round upset of Duke Saturday meant to coach Bob Huggins? Want to know how much the Mountaineers' Sweet 16...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Ivanovic tops Kuznetsova Ana Ivanovic peppered the lines with accurate groundstrokes to win the Pacific Life Open women's title, taking a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova yesterday in...
ADRIANO UP IN AIR
Going into Saturday's Lane's End Stakes over the synthetic Polytrack surface at Turfway Park, the Grade 2, $500,000 prep didn't promise to alter the standings of the Derby Dozen, given...
FUHGEDDABOUTIT!
MIAMI - It's not over until Tiger Woods says it's over. But the reality is that it almost certainly is. Woods will need a miraculous finish - along with a...
SIZZLIN' STRICKER LIGHTS UP DORAL
MIAMI - No one on the course yesterday was hotter than the streaky Steve Stricker, who fired a 9-under-par 63 in his final round of the CA Championship. Stricker, who...
THEY'RE WAZZU!
WHO are these guys, and what are they doing in the Sweet 16? They toil in the giant Pac-10 Conference shadow of UCLA, USC and Stanford, and even nearby schools...
NO ORDINARY BO
OMAHA, Neb. - They always want the Big Name. That's the first thing they say. They will conduct a "national search." They will find the brightest, the smartest, the sexiest...
CBS CALLS JUST 'MAD'
WHAT the heck happened? All of a sudden Friday, CBS lost both its shooting touch and its ability to rebound. And then it lost a little more paradise yesterday. This...
THE 12TH MEN
TAMPA - Eight days ago people questioned whether Villanova was worthy of one of the 34 NCAA tournament at-large bids. Now, it is one of the 16 college basketball teams...
TOP-SEEDED HEELS BARELY BREAK A SWEAT
RALEIGH - Duke is gone. So is Georgetown. Tennessee needed OT to survive Butler. UCLA edged Texas A&M by 2. Texas beat Miami by 3. And Memphis, which sees dead...
DOWN 'TOWN
RALEIGH, N.C. - There was one, and only one, guarantee going into this year's NCAA tournament. Davidson's Stephen Curry, the best player most college basketball fans hadn't seen until this...
HERE'S THE 'TOPPER: WKU ALIVE
TAMPA - Western Kentucky likes to make its games interesting. The Hilltoppers saw a 15-point lead vanish in the second half against San Diego yesterday in the second round of...
DEVS' OFFENSE COLD AS ICE
Heading into the first half of their home-and-home with the Penguins in Pittsburgh Saturday night, the Devils had big visions for their final eight games of the season. Sitting in...
SLOWING THE PACE
Donnie Walsh is not out of the Knicks' picture, but they have become his fallback choice. It's clear Walsh prefers to return to Indiana, and the Pacers CEO indicated that...
OPEN AT 5
PORT ST. LUCIE - Equally ugly outings by Orlando Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey forced Willie Randolph to leave the fifth and final spot blank when he revealed the Mets' starting...
PEDRO, JOHAN IN MINOR MOVES
PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets aren't giving their first two regularseason opponents any more free previews. Johan Santana was in line to make his final Grapefruit League start here...
NETS, COACH GETTING DESPERATE FOR WINS
Grim. Desperate. Not at all chipper. Pick your word or phrase. They all adequately sum up the Nets' current position for the playoffs. The Nets maintain a stiff upper lip,...
POWERLESS
Unrealized have been Scott Gomez's worst fears of a rib fracture resulting from his wipeout into the boards Friday night in Philadelphia. But even bruising in the rib cage makes...
HENN MAY GO ON DL
BRADENTON, Fla. - Sean Henn opened camp as the leading candidate to be the only left-hander in manager Joe Girardi's bullpen and quickly was passed by Billy Traber, who isn't...
BACKTRACKING
BRADENTON, Fla. - Saturday Andy Pettitte said he felt well enough to play catch but didn't. Yesterday, the left-hander couldn't play catch and wouldn't predict if his balky back would...
THERE'S NO NEED TO RUSH PETTITTE
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte stood in the hallway outside the Yankees clubhouse yesterday and said his ailing back had not improved overnight. Pettitte is the optimistic type and always thinks...
COUNCIL'S 95G LEGAL 'GUARDIAN'
Speaker Christine Quinn has quietly turned to a "white-shoe" Manhattan law firm for advice and representation in connection with a federal and local probe of the City Council's inner workings,...
DROPOUT CRISIS AT POLICE ACADEMY
The NYPD can't recruit 'em - and it can't keep 'em. The number of NYPD recruits dropping out of the Police Academy has skyrocketed since the department lowered its starting...
ACTION VS. SI CRIME SURGE
Alarmed by a 27 percent spike in Staten Island crime, NYPD brass is assigning more cops to what is generally the quietest borough, The Post has learned. The surge -...
COP CADET'S GREAT-GREAT HONOR
An NYPD cadet is set to join New York's Finest wearing a heartfelt tribute: a badge with the number his heroic great-great-grandfather cop had when he was killed in the...
HISTORY HOMES IN ON BROOKLYN
About 250 elegant early-20th-century Brooklyn homes are now protected from overzealous developers - as the borough's latest historic district. "The tree-lined streets, generous lawns, and large, eclectic homes make this...
YANKEES & METS WANT THEIR CUT$
The Yankees and Mets are in secret talks with the city to buy their old ballparks before the wrecking balls hit - so they can plunder them for lucrative memorabilia...
PATERSON'S INN TROUBLE
ALBANY - Despite owning a house less than 20 minutes from the state Capitol, Gov. Paterson, as lieutenant governor, routinely used taxpayer money to stay at nearby hotels, The Post...
SPITZER WAS A 'PEEP' DATE
Former law-and-order Gov. Eliot Spitzer took surveillance to a whole new level when he indulged in watching couples getting it on, a Brazilian madam said yesterday in an exclusive interview...
CONGEST GROUPS' $$
They might want to save their money for tolls. Both pro- and anti-congestion-pricing activists are greasing the wheels of government with a pedal-to-the-metal lobbying spree before the plan to charge...
CITY'S YARDS-WORK
The city's long-sought plan to transform the Far West Side into a new commercial and residential district takes a step forward today, with the launch of a search for firms...
ALARMING 'RATE' OF OVERTIME
Electricians repairing underground wiring for the Brooklyn fire-alarm system got a jolt of overtime last year, with some surpassing $200,000 in total earnings, The Post has learned. A dozen FDNY...
DOOMED-SCHOOL CHAOS
A Brooklyn elementary school that's closing in June isn't going down without a fight - literally. Parents and teachers at PS 304 in Bedford-Stuyvesant say the school's violence has spiraled...
LI FATHER'S TRIBUTE TO HIS 'DANO'
The father of a white Long Island teen gunned down by a black man during a racially charged confrontation drove his dead son's car to the grave site yesterday to...
ELIOT DEEP IN DIRTY TRICKS, REPORT SAYS
Disgraced ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was up to his neck in his administration's dirty tricks aimed at discrediting State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, it was reported last night. Albany District...
EYE ON 17 WTC CRANES
With fears rising over crane safety since the disaster in Midtown, the Port Authority plans a crane-inspection process at the World Trade Center that far exceeds city standards. By early...
EASTER FEST A REAL HAT PARADE
Hats off to Peeps and MetroCards. Both figured prominently yesterday as New Yorkers showed off their finery - and their quirkiness - at the city's annual Easter Parade, which has...
DEFENSIVE DRIVER
The chauffeur long suspected in millionaire real- estate mogul Andrew Kissel's murder was "relieved" to be arrested, his lawyer said yesterday. Carlos Trujillo, 47, will be arraigned today on conspiracy...
TINY PAYOUT FOR CAB NIGHTMARE
A Manhattan woman found out the worst way imaginable that city taxis have to carry only a minimal amount of insurance. Donna Smith was crippled and her husband Paul killed...
RUFF GUYS TO RESCUE
Beloved bulldog Clara - snatched outside a Midtown supermarket - has been returned to her grateful family, thanks to the efforts of some burly, tattooed volunteers from a Long Island...
IT'S A SUITE LIFE FOR NET NUTS
Basketball fans with deep pockets can be treated like kings while watching the Nets play in their new Brooklyn arena. Renderings by renowned architect Frank Gehry and obtained by the...
MOM LOSES KIDS AFTER EX-HUBBY GOES NUTS
The city's child-welfare agency removed two kids from the home of a Bronx mother shortly after her ex-husband murdered their oldest daughter, the outraged family said. Joselyn Balbi, 30, was...
LOHAN GRANNY HURT IN CRASH
Lindsay Lohan's grandmother suffered minor injuries yesterday afternoon when she drove her car into a tree and a pole on Long Island, her son, told The Post. Marilyn Lohan, 67,...
JUST DESSERTS
Two sons of a woman who died of starvation after a gastric-bypass operation have been awarded more than $16.8 million in damages for their loss. But that won't replace their...
PS DEAN BROKE MY ARM: KID
A Brooklyn school dean broke a student's wrist and cut his chin after putting him in a wrestling-style hold and tripping him to the floor, according to court documents. In...
LOTTO HOT SPOTS
All you need is a dollar and a dream - and to buy your lottery ticket in Queens. Five stores in Queens were among the Top 10 to dole out...
PAUL VISITS AILING '5TH BEATLE'
Paul McCartney reportedly flew to New York to comfort the man sometimes called "the fifth Beatle," now hospitalized at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Neil Aspinall - who controlled the vast...
WENDY'S GOT A SCREW LOOSE: SUIT
A Bronx man is suing Wendy's, claiming he chipped his tooth when he bit into a screw that had been cooked into his burger. Steven Encarnacion, a 36-year-old barber who...
CORRECTION
A picture in Friday's Post incorrectly identified another officer as NYPD Detective Gescard Isnora, who is on trial with two other detectives for firing 50 shots at Sean Bell outside...
TAKE MY LIFE . . . PLEASE
Attention, party animals. A life in the Las Vegas fast lane can now be yours for one low price - all you have to do is put up a bid...
DRONES OF DOOM VS. TERRORISTS
The United States is ramping up its use of killer Predator drones against al Qaeda camps in Pakistan with the tacit approval of the host nation, a published report said...
SARKOZY EX'S RUSH TO ALTAR
It was a "revenge wedding" to remember as France's former first lady last night married her rich boyfriend at Midtown's glitzy Rainbow Room, just seven weeks after President Nicolas Sarkozy's...
'POTTER' AUTHOR: I WAS ONCE ON BRINK OF SUICIDE
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has candidly chronicled her dark days of depression before her meteoric rise to fame, but only recently revealed how shockingly close she came to taking...
MAC: 'SI, WE CAN'
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain - wildly popular in his home state of Arizona, on the Mexican border - has vowed to win a sizable chunk of the crucial...
RICHARDSON TAKES JIBE AT 'JUDAS' JAB
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson shot back at Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign after one of her allies called him a "Judas" on Good Friday. "You know, that's typical of many...
'WHO' TWO FOR BOX-OFFICE CHAMP
For the second week in a row, it was "Who" on first. "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" - the animated adaptation of the beloved children's book - was champ...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Daniel Brown is suspected of fatally shooting a man in Brownsville, police said yesterday. Brown, 27, allegedly shot Robert Morgan, also 27, in the torso on Christopher Avenue near...
SURPRISE FINDINGS ON A SUCCESSOR
STATE lawmakers are researching who will succeed Gov. Paterson if he has to resign - or possibly be impeached - should new personal disclosures further compromise his ability to function...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 678; Lucky Sum: 21 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 6692; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 369; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 9185;...
LAWYERS GONE WILD
If Lady Justice had a faint smile on her face the other day, who could blame her? It was entirely in order. After all, onetime super-lawyer Melvyn Weiss, the so-called...
JUICE FOR NEW YORK
With Gov. David Paterson promising a new day in Albany, is it too much to ask for a rethinking of his prede cessor's feckless energy policies? The signs aren't good....
DEMS' DILEMMA
Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the race...
PERILS FROM ACROSS THE POND
IF asked, most Americans wouldn't say that Europe is going to be a big chal lenge for the next president, especially in comparison with the hotspots that splash across the...
ALBANY'S UNTAPPED CASH
NEW Yorkers are only begin ning to feel the effect of a national economic down turn that's bound to get worse before it gets better. At the same time, some...
GOV'S POWER WOES
ENERGY was one of the few issue areas in which David Paterson was allowed at least briefly to play a visible role during 14 months in the shadows as New...
BEAR MARKET, BARE CUPBOARDS
The recent collapse of Bear Stearns was caused by the insatiable and callous greed of Wall Street ("Weathering Wall Street Woes," Nicole Gelinas, Post- Opinion, March 18). As a result,...
AMERICA'S WAR IN IRAQ: MCCAIN WILL WIN IT
Thank you, Ralph Peters, for telling the truth so openly ("Shock and Awful," PostOpinion, March 20). With any luck, Sen. John McCain will be elected and steer the war to...
UNIVISION $NAPS UP YOUNGER VIEWERS
Spanish stalwart Univision has been gaining on its English-language rivals for years, but this season it almost caught them in the race for younger viewers. While ABC, CBS, NBC and...
DIGITAL DESTINY
MySpace's plan to launch a digital-music joint venture with the major record companies is picking up steam, as the social networking giant nears deals with Sony BMG and Warner Music...
ZOOM AND GLOOM
With the New York International Auto Show in full swing, we at Media City thought it would be a good idea to see what's happening in the world of cars....
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. No One, Alicia Keys 2. Cyclone, Baby Bash 3. With You, Chris Brown 4. Low, Flo Rida 5. Sweetest Girl, Wyclef Jean 6. Apologize, OneRepublic 7....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man's excuse for speeding through a small Connecticut town takes the cake - or, at least, the cookie. A state trooper who stopped the BMW says its driver, Justin...
WALSH COMING TO KNICKS
By MARC BERMAN Though contract negotiations are far from over, a source who spoke to Donnie Walsh today told The Post the Pacers CEO is indeed New York-bound after the...
EPL: Round 31: Easter Sunday
Only two matches today, but both were big, important fixtures. Arsenal faced off against Chelsea in the battle for second place, while Manchester United looked to go clear at the...