March 30, 2008
Box Office: Another Iraq War Flop; Did Fanboys Ground 'Superhero'?
Paramount's hugely misleading ad campaign for "Stop-Loss'' -- portraying this dark tale of an Army deserted as an Ambercrombie and Fitch-flavored romp with hunky, barechested soldiers -- didn't fool ticket...
DVD Extra: Bette Davis Centennial
Today in The Post, I celebrate the 100th birthday of the immortal Bette Davis next Saturday (when TCM will have an all-day festival) with a look at two new box...
Opening Day lineup set
MIAMI -- The Mets revealed their Opening Day lineup for tomorrow's 4:25 p.m. start against the Marlins.SS Jose Reyes2B Luis Castillo3B David WrightCF Carlos Beltran1B Carlos DelgadoLF Angel PaganRF Ryan...
Pelfrey named No. 5 starter
MIAMI -- The Mets decided El Duque wasn't healthy enough to be their No. 5 starter out of spring training, naming Mike Pelfrey instead. Pelfrey was tabbed over Orlando Hernandez...
Last bench spot awarded
MIAMI -- The Mets completed their bench with a somewhat surprising move this morning, tabbing Brady Clark. Clark got the last-minute nod over Fernando Tatis, even though the Mets had...
Mets round out bullpen
MIAMI -- The Mets completed their bullpen today, at least until Duaner Sanchez is healthy again.The club told Joe Smith that he has made the roster, winning a spring-training battle...
GOV GOES ONLINE TO RAISE SALES TAX
ALBANY - Online shoppers could soon be paying sales taxes as part of the new state budget being negotiated by Gov. Paterson and the Legislature. Lawmakers are considering a proposal...
HEARING ON AID FOR 9/11'S ILL
Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler will hold a congressional hearing this week on the mounting economic losses of ailing Ground Zero rescue workers - and Mayor Bloomberg's refusal to use a...
BYE THE HORNS
Honk if you hate horns. Residents of one of the city's noisiest neighborhoods are honking mad at hacks who lean on their horns - so they're cooking up creative ways...
WIFE BLEW BLOOD $$
With her mogul husband's murder in 1990 still unsolved and suspicious eyes aimed at her, Barbara Kogan cashed in his $5 million insurance policy and splurged on two plastic surgeries,...
BOLD TALE OF TYKE RESCUE
It began with an e-mail on her MySpace page: "He is fine. He is healthy. I will try to get him back for you." Queens schoolteacher Tiffany Rubin's heart leapt....
MULTI-STAR BLDG. GETS BIG SALUTE
Angela Lansbury called it home. Alicia Keys was born there. Samuel L. Jackson guarded it. And Larry David met Kramer in its hallways. Manhattan Plaza - two federally subsidized apartment...
COPS' 48-SHOT VICTIM GETS NOTHING IN $UIT
Victor Justice had sought $5 million in damages because cops shot at him 48 times - hitting him twice in the back - more than a decade ago. But he...
POTHOLES OVER CRANE SAFETY
The Department of Buildings has six staffers making life-or-death decisions on about 220 cranes operating in the Big Apple, while an obscure mayoral unit employs nearly triple the number of...
KING OF THE DIAMOND
He has four championship rings. He says he broke the news to Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto that he had been voted into the Hall of Fame. He still has a...
PLAN'S PRETTY 'UGLY'
"The stimulus package is garbage." So said Keith Kantrowitz, president of Power Express Mortgage Brokers of Long Island, last week after banks started releasing details of the new mortgage terms...
EATING OUT NOW MUCH HARDER TO $TOMACH
It's enough to give you agita. Hungry New Yorkers are forking over more dough than ever for everything from fine dining to street meat. With the price of wheat surging...
'DAD TEST' BOOT
An over-the-counter DNA paternity test now offers unknowing families peace of mind - in every state but New York. Identigene, a Salt Lake City-based genetics company, released an at-home paternity...
PREZ-KIN RING-SUIT GUY $HAFTED ASSISTANT, TOO
Cheapskate financier Gerald Tsai - who is suing the president's ex-sister-in-law to get his engagement ring back - is no more generous to the little people in his life, according...
IT'S TIME TO GET TROUT AND ABOUT
THE kickoff to New York's annual fresh water fishing seasons starts Tuesday with the opener of the trout and salmon seasons. The best fishing for this time year usually can...
MADAM-PAL BUST
The alleged second in command at a high-end hooker ring that serviced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was busted yesterday after a night on the lam, officials said. Pretty Bronx brunette...
D.A. 'COVER-UP'
ALBANY - Flip-flopping Albany District Attorney David Soares was blasted yesterday for "a second cover-up" because his new report on the Dirty Tricks Scandal left many key questions unanswered. Soares,...
BILLY EYES MOVIN' OUT ONCE AGAIN
Rocker Billy Joel has launched a new effort to sell his sprawling estate on Long Island's North Shore for a whopping $32.5 million. Joel's 14,000-square-foot Middlesea mansion is now listed...
STIMULUS PLAN IS 'NO HOME REMEDY'
"The stimulus package is garbage." So said Keith Kantrowitz, president of Power Express Mortgage Brokers of Long Island, last week after banks started releasing details of the new mortgage terms...
GERMAN BIGS SKIP GAMES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be attending the Olympics in Beijing - choosing, instead, to boycott the quadrennial event in response to China's crackdown against Tibetan protesters earlier this...
BRANGELINA WED REPORT COULD BE NOPE-TIAL
Reports yesterday said that Brangelina got hitched . . . Cajun style. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got hitched at a super-secret ceremony in a New Orleans wedding chapel yesterday,...
TRULY GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
After a 160-year hiatus, gold prospecting has again become a legitimate profession in California as gold prices soared to above $1,000 an ounce, it was reported yesterday. "This is the...
GORE ROLE REMAINS A MYSTERY TO ALL BUT AL
Even as the rest of the Democratic Party around him takes sides in the epic struggle of Clinton vs. Obama, Al Gore remains inscrutable, silent, above the battle. His gigantic...
HILL BANKS ON PENN. PALS
More calls to end the Democratic primary contest came yesterday as Hillary Rodham Clinton battles Barack Obama for her next must-win contest, Pennsylvania's April 22 primary. With Clinton's lead lessening...
COURTING BRIDEZILLA
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - She's demure in manner, will support his "dietary life," and makes good hamburger steak. And while we still don't know her name, to hear Yankee slugger...
AUSSIE PM SEES 'FUTURE' WITH US
Australia is committed to its alliance with the United States and investing in the future, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said last night in his first address in America since coming...
CREDIT WOES BITE BLDG. BIZ
The nationwide credit crunch is taking a big toll on major development projects in the Big Apple. Of four major projects totaling $20.8 billion, one is fighting to stay alive,...
SPEEDO IN HOT WATER
A new miracle swimsuit is threatening to spark an Olympic-size scandal. Swimming's international governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, announced it is reviewing Speedo's LZR Racer suit after athletes...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * Police are asking for the public's assistance in finding the Flatbush teen pictured above who disappeared with her infant daughter. Kimberly George, 16, and daughter Kaily, 6 months,...
MIKE IN OVERDRIVE
TWO of Mayor Bloom berg's close pals are the largest individual con tributors to a political action fund pushing the mayor's green agenda, including targeting legislators who oppose congestion pricing....
NOW 'GET' THIS! NO MORE DODGING THE HILLARY BULLET
I think we've reached a sig nal point in the campaign. This is the point where, with Hillary Clinton, either you get it or you don't. There's no dodging now....
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 135; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 3889; Lucky Sum: 28 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 752; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 4368;...
A REAL BOOK 'CLUBBING'
* After being admonished three years ago for his tell-all book, "Juiced," that was later proven to be an accurate portrayal of the baseball culture, Jose Canseco claims in his...
COT NOT SO HOT
Kyle Busch may be the best driver in the Car of Tomorrow (COT), but that does not mean he has to like it. Busch sits on top of the Sprint...
BRAVE PLAY FOR HONDO
Carolina came through again for Hondo last night, vanquishing the 'Ville to carry him back into the wonderful world of positive digits at plus 25 smarts. Tonight, the odds seem...
BERGTRAUM IN AA FINAL
GLENS FALLS - CeCe Dixon used to come to the state Federation tournament to watch her sister, Lorin, win titles with Christ the King. Today, she will have a chance...
LINCOLN FINDS ANOTHER WAY
GLENS FALLS - Sure, Lance Stephenson is the biggest difference-maker in the city, but he's far from the only thing that makes Lincoln so hard to beat. The Railsplitters' 67-57...
THE RUMBLE
TUCK MEETS PUCK GIANT HITS IT OFF WITH RANGERS CAPTAIN While catching Rangers fever last week at his first NHL game, Super Bowl champion Giants defensive end Justin Tuck met...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Westwood grabs lead In Puerto Banus, Spain, defending champion Lee Westwood shot a 6-under 66 yesterday to take a one-shot lead over three players after the third round at...
FLYERS SHOOT DOWN ISLANDERS YET AGAIN
The list of reasons the Islanders aren't going to the playoffs is long, but somewhere near the top belongs mention of the Flyers. Last night Philly made it seven victories...
THEY'RE BEST IN THE SHOW
AT a time when only the Marines and coffee were doing their best work, the 2008 major league schedule began in the Land of the Rising Season. Rumor has it...
CAP MAP SHOWS SALARIES HEADING NORTH
PITTSBURGH - Cue the small-market soundtrack to the days of whine and lockouts. The cap is increasing again next season, and, according to NHLPA projections presented on Wednesday at a...
GRIZZLY SITUATION
WHY would even the dissemina tors of fabrica tion sense Rick Carlisle is a consequential candidate to replace Isiah Thomas as Knicks' coach? Because he replaced him as Pacers' coach?...
OUR NEW BASEBALL BARONS
TAMPA - Hank Steinbrenner's office overlooking Steinbrenner Field features an assortment of baseball, football and horse racing memorabilia, but look closely and you see the Other Side of Hank. There...
ESPN LETS BUD INJECT 'ROID SPIN
EITHER Bud Selig has become deep-end delusional, or he thinks we have. Either ESPN doesn't know a stunning story when it's dropped into its lap, or its business with MLB...
162 FOR YOU
Ahundred and sixty-two games. A hundred and sixty-two things to look for, cheer for, root for, hope for, beginning tonight: (1) A Subway Series, meaning that both the (2) Yankees...
THESE 'CATS DON'T WANT THE CINDERELLA TAG
DETROIT - Since the moment they hopped and hooted their way off the RBC Center court in Raleigh after upsetting Gonzaga in an opening round NCAA tournament game, the Davidson...
KANSAS GUARD SET FOR 'PRIME TIME'
DETROIT - Stephen Curry's teammates have taken to calling him "Prime Time." What will the Kansas Jayhawks dub Russell Robinson Jr. if he shuts done the hottest player in the...
DAVIDSON IS ON A RUN TO DIE 4
DETROIT - They know it can be done because they watched with awe with the rest of America when George Mason danced on one Goliath grave after another. They watched...
HANSBROUGH, UNC RUN & GUN PAST LOUISVILLE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - They were the exact shots Rick Pitino wanted. "Two shots you pray they're going to take," he said. That prayer was answered, but not for Pitino and...
CALIPARI'S TIGERS WILL ROAR
Each day during the Big Dance, Tim Sullivan offers his best bets: YOU don't take an At lantic-10 team to the Final Four, survive a stint on the bench with...
SHAQ BACK ON THE ATTACK
Shaq is back, in more ways than one. Phoenix center Shaquille O'Neal is returning to vintage Diesel form _ both his game and his mouth. Such is his nature; he...
KNICKS COULD BOOST NETS' PLAYOFF HOPES
There are local ramifications for today's Knicks game - for the Nets. The Knicks are in Atlanta this afternoon to face the Hawks, a team clinging to the eighth spot...
DARRYL WATCHES HIS SON THE SUN
The Mets hired Darryl Strawberry as an instructor during spring training and an ambassador during the season, essentially appointing him a big brother. But there he was at the Meadowlands...
AMAZIN' GRACE
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Mets have as sumed many per sonas across the years, some of them laughable, some of them loveable. This one is laudable. They do not own...
THE WRIGHT THING TO DO
SO THAT the Mets can say yes to the postseason this season, David Wright has been saying no. Wright, 25, cut back on many possible endorsement deals and promotional activities...
SAINTLY PITCHER HAS DEEP ROOTS
TOVAR, Venezuela - Johan Santana's name echoes through the ca thedral here at least five days a week - six if he's taking the mound. During weekday Masses, the pastor...
METS' PAIR PITCHES PERFECTLY
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Mets received a pair of encouraging pitching performances yesterday in their 3-2 victory over the White Sox in the Civil Rights Game that closed out their...
FADING OUT FAST
They might not have the fork stuck in them just yet, but the Nets are pretty much done. Two games out of the eighth and final playoff spot, three games...
JAGR'S COLD SHOULDER
PITTSBURGH - This afternoon, Jaromir Jagr will play the 420th regular-season game of his career here at the Igloo. The Post wanted to know if he expects to be his...
YANKEES ARE HIGH ON GRITTY CERVELLI
Francisco Cervelli has gotten pretty good at blocking the plate. So good, in fact, that the Yankees minor leaguer has been involved in two massive collisions with runners trying to...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... BOBBY MURCER
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the beloved Yankees announcer who will miss Opening Day at the Stadium tomorrow following a recent health scare related to his 2006 surgery to...
READY FOR A RUN
MIAMI - He has multiple nicknames, plenty of fans in the clubhouse, six years of hard time in The Bronx, an encyclopedia of health issues and one year left in...
PINKY WOE NO WORRY FOR JETER
MIAMI - Of course, he was fine. Isn't he always? After Derek Jeter was lifted in the third inning of last night's 4-2 exhibition win over the Marlins, the question...
CHEER FACTOR
MIAMI - This is Alex Rodriguez's baseball "Cheers." That is the sound he hears when he comes to the plate, where everyone knows his name. They don't scream "Norm!" when...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Cops in Salem, Ore., are on an epic quest - to find out who left a full suit of medieval armor at a bus stop. The suit includes everything from...
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
THERE had to be a flicker of trepidation, even for the great Martin Scorsese, when the Rolling Stones sat down to watch the final edit of his new concert documentary,...
MY NEW YORK: MIMI WEDDELL
"THERE are too many people in the city now. If I stop at a cross street, I stand to theside and take a breath because people walk splayed out like...
MARCH 30 - APRIL 5
This week: Battle of the boozing sexes brews in Chelsea; Vonnegut's son pays tribute to his pop; Human Giant brings on the funny; the Scottish are coming; and the Gen...
WEB SLINGER
"Hillary's '3 A.M. ad' Girl Doesn't Approve of That Message" youtube.com Remember the girl from Hillary Clinton's "It's 3 a.m." ad? The one who grew up to be an active...
ONE FOR THE ROAD
See true colors shine through; new laptop is large and in charge; Smart Toaster is hot, hot, hot; Guitar Hero hits the road; and keep track of your ride. X-rite...
Q&A: JASON SUDEIKIS
'SNL' funnyman whispers sweet '30 Rock' nothings to wife at night; gets old folk to laugh about Bush in Vegas The cast of "SNL" has garnered so much attention in...
LOVE DOCTORS
WHAT makes a great vet? Pet snobs may say he has to be "board certified," meaning he's completed extra years of study to earn a veterinary specialist degree. Others might...
THE CAT LADY
I recently got a call from a woman whose cat was peeing outside the litter box. She told me the cat was destroying her sofa and lounge chair with repeated...
ADOPT ME
Sadie is an amazing black and white Cocker Spaniel, who at the prime age of 7 has a lot of "wiggle room" left in her. Friendly and gentle, she's got...
HOW TO DISS-MISS AN OFFER OF A DRAW
CHESS EVERY player has a "contempt factor." But only computers admit it. "Contempt factor," a technical term in chess-playing programs, refers to the degree to which a computer will refuse...
TALKS OF YESTERDAY
EVEN in the days before Botoxed, airbrushed, faux-tanned TV personalities, it's a miracle Tom Snyder got on the air. He wasn't what anyone would consider a handsome man. And to...
KEYSHIA COLE
KEYSHIA Cole has arrived. Her latest single, "I Remember," is currently sitting atop three Billboard charts and is closing in on surpassing the success of her first record, 2004's "The...
FILM BYTES
Flame off. Chris Evans, who played Johnny "The Human Torch" Storm in the first two "Fantastic Four" movies, tells MTV that a third installment appears unlikely. * Those itching for...
VINING AND DYING IN MEXICO
Director Carter Smith has an uncannily good handle on what creeps us out. His debut feature film, "The Ruins," is an adaptation of Scott Smith's novel about five college kids,...
BY GEORGE, HE STILL GOT IT?
Aside from those few regrettable mullet years, George Clooney can seemingly do no wrong. This guy's become such a big star that even lending his voice to a crap Budweiser...
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BETTE
BETTE DAVIS PLACED second to Katharine Hepburn in a 1999 American Film Institute list of the greatest female stars of all time. But in truth, Davis was a far more...
A CUT ABOVE
TIM BURTON THINKS HIS SON will grow up gay because girlfriend Helena Bonham Carter plays him too many musicals. The amount of fake blood that bursts forth from the average...
'FRAGMENTS' JUST PART OF IT
HONG KONG - It's a weekday afternoon, and I'm watching a movie in a United Artists theater in Times Square. But it's not New York's Times Square, it's the one...
TALKING SOUP
Ippudo 65 Fourth Ave.; (212) 388-0088 New Yorkers have passionate opinions about many things: baseball (Mets vs. Yankees), football (Giants vs. Jets), politics (Clinton vs. Obama), and, well, ramen (Momofuku...
PROOF POSITIVE: AVERNA SAMBUCAS
SICILY'S oldest licensed spirit, Amaro, has some new additions to the family - and the youngsters taste nothing like the black herbal booze made by the Averna family for nearly...
MAKING THE SCENE...BACARO
136 Division St.; (212) 941-5060 The owners of SoHo's Peasant restaurant have struck again, with a sophomore effort as subtle, rustic and, we dare say, even more romantic than their...
RICCI, 27, AND TRIVELASA, 32
Feb. 22 - The day Peter Trivelasa proposed to Janel Ricci was dramatic, to say the least. After surprising her that morning with an extravagant La Perla gift, he hand-delivered...
HAMILTON, 40, AND LLOYD, 40
Feb. 29 - After 16 years together, Katrina Lloyd and John Hamilton can read each others' minds. A week before Leap Day, they were debating how to celebrate their dating...
KATZ, 24, AND ACKERMAN, 25
March 8 - NYU medical student Marra Katz is used to making life-changing decisions on the fly, but a surprise proposal left her speechless. "I wasn't supposed to see him...
KELLY, 32, AND MCQUADE, 34
Feb. 22 - "Kissing him goodnight every evening and seeing him every morning is what makes marriage so special," says Colleen Kelly about her new husband Declan McQuade. The Greenpoint,...
MAC'S MORTGAGE RX
Democrats, led by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, are falling all over themselves to see who can come up with the most expensive proposal to bail out the troubled...
WHO'S MINDING THE NUKES?
The story would almost be amusing - if it wasn't so deadly serious. A red-faced President Bush last week told Chinese President Hu Jintao that America had made a "mistake"...
WOMEN'S LIBERATION
Now that 140 women are graduating from college for every 100 men, it's become laughable to argue that girls are getting short shrift in school. Ladies are getting long shrift...
AN ALL STAR, FOR HOOPS AND HIPSTERS
Half the history of Converse is about basketball, and the rest is about something far more complicated, about the ways a plain sneaker is consistently adored by anticonsumer consumers. A...
PATRIOT ACT
What would John Adams have made of television? What would any of the Founding Fathers - that quarrelsome band of politicians, lawyers, soldiers and gentleman farmers who founded the American...
TAKE ME OUT
Washington's first major league baseball team, the Senators, was owned by Clark Griffith, who, in the democratic, give-the-people-what-they-want spirit of the city, said: "Fans like home runs - and we...
MA SEMAINE: CARLA BRUNI SARKOZY
Lundi I am a new woman. Avant, je was la petite friend of many, many rock stars, et renowned across la France as le vélo du village. But now, je...
BLOOD BROTHERS
The Arab millionaire is charming but determined. He has made a bet to persuade four young Christian women from four different Western countries to become his wives simultaneously in accordance...
6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS, 19 DAYS
It's now more than six years since the 9/11 attacks, yet al Qaeda's leader Osama Bin Laden remains at large. A slew of video and audiotapes, referencing current events and...
BLOG WATCH
'80s flashback Hillary Clinton is over and out? DW, a commentator at talkingpointsmemo.com, begs to differ. "Of course your readers are correct to point out that we are only in...
SUBSIDY BLUES
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer - i.e., sucker - dollars have been dedicated to the Mets, Yankees, Bear Stearns and "entitlements" for illegal aliens ("Don't Cut Cops," Editorial, March 25)....
HILL UNDER FIRE
Shame on you, anti-Hillary fanatics ("Shot to Pieces," March 26). Any thinking person would have realized by now that the so-called 8-year-old Bosnian girl was really a dangerous sniper in...
GOV. JOHN DOE
How much does it cost to replace all those "Welcome to New York; Eliot Spitzer - Governor" signs all over the state? With the new knucklehead we have, whose tenure...
B-A-D I-D-E-A
Neither Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer nor I supports social promotion "Spellings' Standards," Editorial, March 23). We voted to oppose a poorly conceived, primarily test-based retention policy that fails to...
CLEAN BREAK
If Max Schulz was actually concerned about lowering energy prices and increasing reliability for New Yorkers, he'd recognize that greater investment in clean and renewable energy is an absolute must...
TRENCH WARFARE
When people die in the course of building something, we inevitably ask, "Was it worth it?" Just witness all the hand-wringing after the recent crane disaster in Midtown. This is...
CAPED CRUSADERS
Lurking in the bowels of Old Gotham, there once was a mad doctor named Frederic Wertham who devised the following theory: If (a) juvenile delinquents like comic books, then (b)...
REQUIRED READING
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf) "Eagerly awaited" is a phrase used too often to hype a new work. But in the case of the latest from Brooklyn resident Lahiri...
HARD PILL TO SWALLOW
Melody Petersen has a drug problem. Not illicit ones, mind you, but prescription drugs. According to her new book "Our Daily Meds," the marketing of medicines has led people to...
GOOD NIGHT & GOOD RIDDANCE
Roger Mudd is best remembered as the guy who didn't get the job. Even though he had been Walter Cronkite's longtime substitute anchor on the CBS Evening News, he was...
FLOCKING TOGETHER
"I was at lunch in Manhattan in late March (12 years ago) when I overheard a man say 'The warblers will be coming through Central Park soon.' Somehow, for reasons...
X-MEN UNITED
"Do you want to change the world?" If you answered, "Yes, and I'm proud to say we did it, man," then - according to Jeff Gordinier's new book, "X Saves...
MIND OVER MATTERS
The mind-body dichotomy has been debated for centuries. As Herbert Feigl wrote in the 1950s, "Tough-minded scientists tend to relegate the mind-body problem to the limbo of speculative metaphysics. Perhaps...
$400M CON JOB
Troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers may have been taken for as much as $400 million in a swindle in which con artists used forged documents from one of Japan's largest...
BUSH MORTGAGE BAILOUT IN WORKS
The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds,...
WORLD'S 14TH RICHEST MAN GETS A TAX BREAK
LOS ANGELES - To some, Larry Ellison's $200 million reproduction 16th-century Japanese emperor's estate in the hills above Silicon Valley sums up everything wrong with America's out-of-control real estate market....
'OFFICE' POLITICS
A battle to shake up embattled Office Depot is about to get nasty, with both sides poised for mudslinging. At the center of the upcoming spat are a pair of...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS MEL KARMAZIN Sirius boss all smiles after $5B merger with XM gets Justice Dept. approval after 13 months. CARL ICAHN Shareholder activist takes victory lap after Motorola agrees to...
BERNANKE BUNGLED BEAR'S BAILOUT
I want a do-over. No, not a re-vote of the broken Democratic primaries, but a do-over of the badly bungled salvage operation of Bear Stearns. Two weeks after Federal Reserve...
NOT NEAR A BOTTOM
US stock markets, sagging under a weakening economy, are no way near a bottom as credit-strapped consumers start to pull back on spending, likely leading to a second stock market...
BANK ON US BONDS YIELD
Dear John: I am 80 years old and I have EE Savings Bonds from 1981 to 1988. Should I cash them in and claim the interest? Are they still earning...
IAC VERDICT: STATUS QUO
Don't feel too bad for John Malone - all the Delaware court's ruling against Liberty Media in its case versus IAC/InterActiveCorp did was maintain the status quo. Though Barry Diller...
MEET MARKET
Chad, a 31-year-old IT project manager, is a romantic at heart who would definitely kiss on the first date if the feeling were right. He's looking for a gal to...
TOP 5 REASONS TO DATE SOMEONE YOUNGER
According to audience members at the Upright Citizens Brigade "Nights of Our Lives" show "Younger guys are such puppy dogs. They're all over you and eager to please." - Katie...
MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DON'T?
Morgan, a 24-year-old assistant editor, was searching for a sarcastic, chatty dude who would push her to be even more spontaneous. Bennie, a 24-year-old photographer, seemed like he might be...
LOVE IN THE FAST LANE NOT WORTH THE MILEAGE
"LONG ago I figured out the path to having a great relationship," my remarkably confident, maddeningly wise, six-times-proposed-to Aunt Deb tells me on the phone from her home in Portland,...
CRY ME A RIVER
The Kennedys of oceanography. Patriarch Jacques Cousteau, who died in 1997, created a mainstream consciousness of the world's waterways through his award-winning documentaries. Today, his son Jean-Michel and grandchildren Fabien...
STAYING ALIVE
There are 84,000 Americans who are 100 years old or older. If that fact surprises you, Barbara Walters has more of them up her sleeve in her new ABC News...
DON'T MISS LIST
CRIME-TIME TV A popular deaf teen is discovered in a storage room at a high school. COLD CASE Sunday, 9 p.m., CBS DAVID (Joe Mantegna) revisits an unsolved case -...
MCCAIN TRUMPS OBAMA ON TV TELEGENICS
Who's the most telegenic presidential candidate? The answer is not as simple as you might think. To most people, the obvious choice would be Barack Obama. He's so young (46),...
REEL GOOD
THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) Sunday, 1:30 p.m., ABC Family A good one for fans of Adam Sandler and bad wedding singers. Robbie (Sandler) earns his keep singing 1980's hits at...
PRIMETIME
No one likes to ruin a good story, especially those that include the great absolutes of simple storytelling: Good vs. evil, wrong vs. right, clean vs. dirty. With that in...
KING LEER
In matters of the heart - and matters of state - you have to be careful what you wish for. At the start of the second season of "The Tudors,"...
FUNNY LADY
If you want to talk to Tracey Ullman, be prepared to converse with several other people. Because you'll also be talking to an Indian pharmacist who turns the warnings on...
TONI BRAXTON HOSPITALIZED
Toni Braxton was rushed to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Las Vegas Monday night after complaining of chest pains. The Grammy-winning singer is in "good condition," according to a statement...
Avery's Coin Flip
By BRETT CYRGALISTrying to make sense of this blooming Sean Avery/prostitution ring story is difficult. Hell, trying to make sense of Sean Avery is difficult.Of course, Avery has denied all...
Mets still talking after finale
The Mets were still contemplating the roster as they completed their spring schedule with a 3-2 win over the White Sox this afternoon in Memphis in the Civil Rights Game....
Eighth-inning song vote set
The Mets announced that they will open the voting process Monday on their Web site to decide the eighth-inning âSing-Along Songââ for Shea Stadiumâs final season. Here is the ballot...
SHAQ READY FOR NETS
Shaq is back, in more ways than one. Phoenix center Shaquille O'Neal is returning to vintage Diesel form - both his game and his mouth. Such is his nature; he...