April 9, 2008
KATIE COURIC LIKELY TO LEAVE CBS EARLY: REPORT
Katie Couric, who left her coveted spot on the "Today" show for the chance to anchor a nightly news program, is likely to leave CBS News well before her contract...
NEW KNICKS BOSS TAKING HIS TIME
As one NBA insider said of new Knicks president Donnie Walsh: "He's very slow and meticulous. You have to slow down with him." Isiah Thomas is still on the bench...
Finding El Duque's replacement
From JOEL SHERMANThe word is that Orlando Hernandez has a strained tendon in his right foot and will be in a walking boot for a while. It is growing harder...
3 DOWN: Replacing El Duque, Victorino, A Book Recommendation
1. The word is that Orlando Hernandez has a strained tendon in his right foot and will be in a walking boot for a while. It is growing harder and...
Rollins out for Phillies
Jimmy Rollins isn't playing now, as it turns out. Eric Bruntlett is at shortstop and batting second for the Phils.
Carnesecca (Arena) to get face lift
APCarnesecca Arena at St. Johnâs will undergo a $5 million interior renovation this summer as part of a multiphase upgrade, athletics director Chris Monasch said today.A new playing surface, a...
Pregame updates
Our Mets man, Bart Hubbuch, is off today so I'm subbing with the blog updates. Here are a few pregame items from Shea:-- Jimmy Rollins suffered a sprained left ankle...
ROSIE DISPUTES ABUSE CLAIMS
"Raging Rosie Bullies Her Boy" shouts the headline of a new article in The Globe that runs alongside photos of Rosie O'Donnell having a seemingly heated conversation with her son,...
Schoeneweis shaken by fans
The boos are starting to get to Scott Schoeneweis. The Mets' lefty reliever, unpopular here after a mostly dismal showing in 2007, was roundly booed during pregame introductions at Shea...
Strawberry added to SNY team
Darryl Strawberry's role with the Mets continues to grow. After announcing last month that the long-troubled former slugger would be an outfield coach in spring training and "special ambassador" after...
METS POISED TO SIGN VARGAS
The Mets are on the verge of signing free-agent right-hander Claudio Vargas to a minor-league contract, and a deal could be done as early as tomorrow, The Post has learned....
Tevez Goal Downs Roma
AS Roma forward Mirko Vucinic absorbs his club's loss to Manchester United. By CLEMENTE LISIManchester United became the third English team to qualify for the UEFA Champions League semifinals today...
RED BULLS STILL AFTER ROJAS & OBSTER
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bull coach Juan Carlos Osorio doesnât give up easy. After missing on three transfer targets, he said heâs still trying to get Venezuelan midfielder Jorge Rojas, Ernst...
RED BULL'S De GRANDPRE QUITS
By BRIAN LEWISRed Bull fans wonât have Marc de Grandpre to kick around anymore. The clubâs managing director quit after a nine-year career with Red Bull, taking a position in...
YANKS SUMMON GONZALEZ FOR SHORTSTOP
KANSAS CITY -- The Yankees don't know how long Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada are going to be out with leg and shoulder problems, respectively. What they do know is...
JUAN PABLO ANGEL 50-50 FOR DALLAS
By BRIAN LEWISThe Red Bulls had to make due in their season-opener without Jozy Altidore, beating Columbus 2-0. Now they may have to play at FC Dallas Saturday minus the...
Stuff -- and Change -- Happens
By FRED KERBERWith the Net season generally regarded about as successful as the Detroit Tigers' start, it is not without reason to think the Nets team you see now will...
Ex-Liberty icon to play for Russians
APWNBA All-Star Becky Hammon will play for Russia at the Beijing Olympics.The former Liberty icon said Tuesday in a phone interview with the AP that she signed with the Russian...
And the worlds collide.....
Karmaloop has my new favorite t-shirt: the India Gwen tee, complete with red bindi and all.And yes, I'm ordering it right now!
EMERGING ROYALTY
The Royals, who haven't made the playoffs in 22 years, are 5-2 and tied for first place in the AL Central. The Yankees, playoff participants for 13 consecutive years, are...
PAST MEANS LITTLE TO RANGERS
Something happens in all sports between the regular season and the postseason that separates the two indefinitely. That's too bad for the Rangers, who beat their first-round postseason opponent, the...
PHILLIE-BUSTER NEEDED
Six games into the season and the Mets are already reeling from a nine-game losing streak. The Mets, 2-4 and in last place in the NL East, have dropped nine...
And the MTV Movie Awards host is...
Yea, baby! "Love Guru," Mike Myers."Hosting the MTV Movie Awards is like a party, but without having to do beer runs in your mom's minivan; we do beer runs in...
ELS GETS 'LEAD' OUT, HIRES BUTCH
AUGUSTA - Ernie Els yesterday said he has axed David Leadbetter as his swing coach and replaced him with Butch Harmon. The Big Easy started working with Harmon after Els'...
Deal of the Day-Alice Ritter
If you're in the market for a great spring/summer staple, pick up this Alice Ritter Silk Plaid Dress.The shirtdress, which is $187.50 down from $375 at La Garconne has an...
A lackluster night
Where is the "wow factor"? But somehow, none of the songs really connected with us. Judges, who had the benefit of sitting feet away from the performers, kept saying over...
Around the Bases: St. Lucie drops to 0-6
Garry Bakker allowed six earned runs on three hits and two walks while failing to get out of the first inning in St. Lucie's sixth-straight loss to open the season,...
Lifetime's 'Project'
Heidi and Tim signed on to Lifetime. What will be the pret (a porter) effect of the network switch for your everyday, average, rabid, fanatical Runway viewer, assuming it actually...
Give 'Em Something To Talk About
New ads for the return of "Gossip Girl" "Gossip Girl" has always pushed the envelope with its realistic depiction of teen life today (drinking, drugs, sex, back-stabbery) but does this...
What is wrong with the Mets?
From JOEL SHERMANWith the Mets do you just say this is six games? Do you look at the big picture, 156 left and a clearly talented roster? Or do we...
3 UP: Met Ills, Oliver Perez and Forgiveness
1. With the Mets do you just say this is six games? Do you look at the big picture, 156 left and a clearly talented roster? Or do we deal...
First Look: 'Wall-E'
I unfortunately had to leave after an hour of Disney's big animation dog-and-pony show yesterday at NYU's Skirball Center -- to catch a screening of Morgan Spurlock's inane "Where In...
BLAME MIKE, NOT SHELLY
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is ev erybody's bad guy in the untimely de mise Monday of congestion pricing - Mayor Mike's plan to charge a fee to drive in Manhattan...
A MESSAGE FOR DEMOCRATS
Few minds on either side likely were changed by the congressional testi mony yesterday of Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Democrats, predictably,...
PATERSON'S PRESCRIPTION
Gov. Paterson yesterday picked up on his theme from last week, stressing fiscal prudence in a time of eco nomic uncertainty - even as state lawmakers raced to finalize a...
ALBANY'S BUDGET PUSH: ALL SMOKE & MIRRORS?
It's a pleasure to hear a governor take charge in a positive way and not resort to steamroller tactics to get results ("The Gov Gets Real," Editorial, April 5). I...
GUNS: FOR CRIMINALS ONLY
Thomas A. Reppetto's article, "Murder Spike: NYPD's Needs," (PostOpinion, April 7) fails to mention that the Sullivan Law does more than forbid "unlicensed persons to possess a handgun." It forbids...
WHAT NOW?
We've tracked the story of global warming through 14 lessons and many activities. Hopefully, you understand the issues more clearly. Are there questions you have that are still unresolved? Below...
THE ART OF THE MATTER
WHAT'LL it be, museum-goers: Do you opt for pop culture or drop from sensory overload? In the next couple months, the Met and MoMA will be duking it out, outdoing...
'VODKA' VIXEN
OH, the life of Chelsea Handler - picking fights with preteen girls, taking care of a drunk midget and, of course, smoking some high-grade Costa Rican weed with Dad. These...
APRIL SHOWERS BRING SPRING GIGGLES
SOME serious comedic heavy hitters are heading to New York this spring, giving you the chance to chuckle your way right into summer. Check out these stand-up highlights happening in...
STAR DATE: 2008
TO those out there dying to bag a celebrity, the odds are in your favor. In years past, the chances of a normal person hooking up with a celebrity were...
ROCK TAKES THE ROLL
AT midnight on a recent Saturday, musician Stew was lying on the stage of Webster Hall screaming the lyrics of "Public Image," the 1978 punk-rock hit from ex-Sex Pistol Johnny...
THE HOME OPENERS
IT'S still a little too early for outdoor concerts, but that doesn't mean you can't catch some great shows this spring. As the weather warms up, the concerts kick off,...
PLIMPTON IS A WOMAN ON 'TOP'
SOME people have bad hair days - Martha Plimpton has bad hair plays. A flurry of Shakespeare and Stoppard roles have forced the pixie-ish 37-year-old into some pretty bizarre 'dos....
CURTAIN'S UP!
BIG stars and classic stories make this season's theater premieres must-sees. Get your tickets now for these shows starting in April and May. A heavy-hitting cast including Morgan Freeman, Frances...
BLOODY GOOD SCOTTISH PLAY'S SPOT ON
THE nasty, brutish production that opened on Broadway last night is not only a "Macbeth" to remember - it's a "Macbeth" you'll never be able to forget. It leaves you...
THE PLAY'S NOT THE THING
IT'S hardly news that a play goes through plenty of revisions before opening night. Scenes are cut, dia logue is rewritten, characters dropped, entire acts jettisoned. All that is to...
STARR REPORT
Book 'em ESPN's Kenny Mayne will sign copies of his new book, "An Incomplete and Inaccur ate History of Sport," April 30 at Borders (Wall Street, 1 p.m.) and later...
OSCAR-WINNER AND THE ELIOT SPITZER SCANDAL
THE Eliot Spitzer hooker scandal is getting the documentary treatment. And from an Oscar winner, no less. Filmmaker Alex Gibney, who won a 2007 Academy Award for "Taxi to the...
PROTEST NUDE MODEL SHOOT ON 'ANTM'
'AMERICA'S Next Top Model" has come under fire from The Parents Television Council. The PTC has filed an indecency complaint with the FCC over the March 26 episode of "Model,"...
SINGLE MOMS GET THEIR TURN AT REALITY TV DATING
HERE comes "The Bachelor" - for single mothers. A new show, "Single Moms," is based on a popular European format and will start airing this June. It will follow three...
CAN 'RUNWAY' WALK WITHOUT MAJOR CHANGES?
LIFETIME execs are insisting that "Project Runway" will not change when the show comes to their network, despite glaring differences between the audiences and program styles of Lifetime and Bravo....
OPRAH PREPS DR. OZ
OPRAH Winfrey is developing a talk show for Dr. Mehmet Oz to debut late next year, according to a report in today's Broadcasting & Cable magazine. Oprah has been grooming...
PHIL'S A PILL WITH BIASED WAR DOC
LAZY, shallow and repetitive, Phil Donahue's "Body of War" is one of the most incompetent documentaries to emerge from the Iraq war. Donahue and co-director Ellen Spiro film a wounded...
OLD IS AS OLD DOES IN WARM FILM
ANYBODY who thinks the Rolling Stones are old should check out the charming documentary "Young@Heart," which features a group of rock performers whose average age is around 80. Neither the...
LURID PULP REDUCED TO DULL BOOK REPORT
THE Israeli documentary "Stalags," by Ari Libsker, should be subtitled, "How To Turn a Sexy Subject Into a Boring Film." The stalags of the title are lurid pulp novels in...
READY, WILLING, & TABLE?
USED to be, if you wanted to nab a reservation at the restaurant du jour, you simply called and asked for one. OK, so maybe there were a few more...
SEATS DON'T FAIL ME NOW
Momofuku Ko 163 First Ave. Why it's hot: Chef David Chang's daring, pork-centric dishes - crispy pig tails, anyone? - draw crowds of foodies to his downtown eateries Momofuku Noodle...
NY OFFERS MAPS OF HUDSON
THE Hudson River of fers great boating and fishing opportunities and accessing them was made easier by New York through maps the state has created. With new maps developed by...
HONDO SCRATCHES OUT 'W'
The winless Tigers were back in action yesterday, which meant another automatic winner for Hondo as the Bosawx breezed in Fenway Pahhhk to push the earnings back up to 580...
REPORT: VICK ISN'T PLAYING PRISON BALL
Federal prison officials yesterday shot down a published report in which Falcon owner Arthur Blank said Michael Vick is playing organized football in Leavenworth. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, prison...
POWER OF TENN.
TAMPA - Tennessee became a repeat winner in women's college basketball last night by copying the M.O. that has won all of its record eight titles. "I have always preached...
TIGERS LET IMMORTALITY SLIP AWAY
SAN ANTONIO - John Calipari and his players repeated the same thought with a catatonic look on their faces. "We were 10 seconds away from the national championship." And by...
WANTED: A CHALLENGER WITH GUTS
AUGUSTA - There is a question whether golfers are really athletes, considering the majority of their physical activity involves walking. Heck, bowlers exert more energy lifting heavy balls frame after...
SMART MONEY SAYS TIGER
AUGUSTA - Even money. As preposterous as it may sound for a golf tournament that has 92 world-class players in the field, these are the odds some bookmakers have listed...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Venus takes indefinite leaveVenus Williams will be sidelined indefinitely, though she did not say why she will be out of action. The six-time Grand Slam champ said last week...
MARK CANNIZZARO'S MASTERS PICKS
TIGER WOODS: An obvious pick, but the guy is only the best in the world. PHIL MICKELSON: His ball-striking has been fantastic. GEOFF OGILVY: The Aussie 2006 U.S. Open winner...
BIG NIGHT FOR ISIAH
AUBURN HILLS - Isiah Thomas, cheered the loudest, was treated like royalty last night at The Palace. But reality beckons today when he could be relieved of his coaching duties...
LIBERTY PLAN FIRST OUTDOOR GAME
The girls are going outdoors. The WNBA's New York Liberty will play the first regular-season professional basketball game outside, The Post has learned. Billed the Liberty Outdoor Classic, the Libs...
IT'S DEJA BOO
WILLIE Randolph tried to downplay this series with the Phillies even before the first pitch on the last Opening Day at Shea Stadium. "If we lose this series, and hopefully...
DELGADO'S THROW A BACK-BREAKER
After batting .258 last season, the pressure is on Carlos Delgado to have a rebound year for the Mets. Yesterday, he came through at the plate. It was in the...
FELICIANO ARRIVES IN 7TH INNING
Reliever Pedro Feliciano faces possible discipline from the Mets after failing to arrive until the seventh inning yesterday. Feliciano was excused by Willie Randolph on Sunday to use Monday's off...
BROKEN CLUTCH
In the seventh inning alone, the Mets tried to start two different rallies. Brian Schneider opened with a single, but got erased on a double play. Jose Reyes then singled...
PHILS STILL ROLLIN' ALONG
If the Mets - particularly their tormented bullpen and tortured fans - have nightmares, surely they must be of Phillies doing what they do: mounting heartbreaking rallies against their team....
PHILS HAVE THEIR SHEA WITH METS
New year, same story: The Mets still can't beat the Phillies. A sun-splashed day that began with such cheer for the Mets ended with a ninth consecutive loss to their...
IT COULDN'T START MUCH WORSE THAN THIS
THIS was supposed to be a day of pleasant nostalgia. But by the end of yet another Mets loss to the Phillies, their ninth in a row, all that was...
NETS NEAR EXIT
The Nets could be officially eliminated from the playoffs with a loss in Cleveland tonight. Only a Memphis Tigers-style collapse by both Atlanta and Indiana would allow the Nets to...
DEVILS WILL SURVIVE IN 6
THIS is what I want to know. How did the Rangers go 7-0-1 against the Devils during the regular-season in winning the series on points 15-5, yet still manage to...
THE TOP 5 MOMENTS BY LARRY BROOKS
May 25, 1994, Game 6, East Finals The most famous Back Page preceded the most famous game in New York hockey history. "We'll Win Tonight," Captain Courageous proclaimed before Mark...
RANGERS-DEVILS: THE MATCHUPS
So much is so even except the trend that suggests the Devils are burned out, and the reminder the Rangers still won 7-of-8 between the two. The upset will be...
DEVILS GOAL: SOLVE LUNDQVIST
Starved for scoring, the Devils have devised a secret strategy for beating Henrik Lundqvist, and thus, they hope, the Rangers. Whether it works could decide this fifth Battle of the...
FEAR DL FOR JORGE, DEREK
KANSAS CITY - Jorge Posada's eyes told the story louder than his potent words, delivered in a quiet voice. "I am not 100 percent," said the Yankee catcher, who was...
LEATHER WHIZ EYED AS JETER FILL-IN
KANSAS CITY - Shortstop Alberto Gonzalez was lifted from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre's game against Louisville last night and is a good bet to be with the Yankees in time for...
IF TODAY IF YOUR BIRTHDAY
You don't lack for potential but up until now you have lacked for an obvious outlet for your talents. That will change over the next few months as the planets...
GOV PUTS $$ HEAT ON MTA
Former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch will lead a blue-ribbon panel to examine the transit agency's finances, Gov. Paterson announced yesterday. Paterson said he's particularly concerned that the MTA borrows more...
MIKE LOSES TEACHER-TENURE FIGHT
ALBANY - In another blow to Mayor Bloomberg, state leaders yesterday agreed to a controversial plan that will make it easier for teachers to get tenure. City Schools Chancellor Joel...
PATERSON: I'LL SLASH BUDGET BY $12 BIL
In the most forceful speech of his short tenure, Gov. Paterson declared yesterday that he intends to reduce next year's state budget by 5 to 10 percent - up to...
SHADY CHARACTER'S REAL-ESTATE 'RACKET' FALLS FLAT
A brazen realtor who was fired after his boss realized he didn't have a license kept right on pushing properties, pulling off a series of scams with customers to whom...
HOW'S TRICKS?
The Spitzers haven't called it quits - at least yet. The most famous former first couple of New York yesterday made a surprise appearance in public - together - as...
'PARK' SHARK BUST
A crackdown by the NYPD on illegally parked cars with city, state and federal placards on their dashboards resulted in 178 tickets - along with the arrest of a retired...
POLICE IN FOR A 'ROID AWAKENING
The NYPD will begin random steroid tests of cops in the wake of a sensational scandal that tainted as many as 27 officers and led to a Brooklyn druggist blowing...
B'KLYN POL CONVICTED OF BRIBERY
Four-term Brooklyn Assemblywoman Diane Gordon was convicted yesterday of accepting a promise of a free house in return for helping a crooked developer win a contract to build on city...
COUNTY EXECS JOIN GUN BATTLE
A third group of elected officials is joining the war on illegal guns - county executives, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. He said he and Westchester County Executive Andy Spano have...
QUEENS DA CUTS SLACK FOR BABY-HOAX HACK
A livery driver who was hailed as a hero for rescuing a baby girl left in the back seat of his cab before admitting it was all a hoax won't...
SKEEVY IVY 'SCAMMER'
A man claiming to be a Columbia student duped Yale University into enrolling him and then bilked it out of thousands in financial aid before being outed - by his...
MORE CITY HS'S MAKE THE GRADE
The number of city high schools that flunked state benchmarks dipped slightly since last year to 125, or less than one in three, state education officials said yesterday. Twenty formerly...
KIN TO CLAIM SLAIN STUDENT
The Chinese parents of a Columbia grad student killed by an SUV while fleeing a young thug could be headed for New York as early as today to claim his...
LOWE: OUR 'RAUNCH HOUSE'
Rob Lowe's personal chef and two nannies ran amok in his California manse for years - doing drugs, having wild sex, raiding the medicine cabinets and breaking security cameras, court...
BELL EXPERT IS TRIGGER UNHAPPY
A key defense expert said yesterday that it "took a lot of effort" for undercover cops to pull the trigger during the 50-shot barrage that killed Sean Bell on his...
PHANTOM BUCKS STOP WITH ME: QUINN
Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday took responsibility for the shady bookkeeping scandal that has engulfed her office after the revelations that her aides squirreled away millions in taxpayer funds by...
PURSE CURSE
It seems Naomi Campbell's habit of breaking the law is contagious. The Sanitation cop photographed last year serving as the notorious maid-beating catwalker's handbag carrier while she served community service...
$1M BAIL IN GAL-PAL SLAY
A 19-year-old Staten Island man was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail yesterday on charges of murdering his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a shallow grave in...
EASY PENANCE
Conan O'Brien's creepy stalker priest got off yesterday with a slap on the wrist. The Catholic priest, who menacingly stalked the carrot-topped TV host from California to New York to...
'LADDER' DAY SAINTS PULL MAN FROM INFERNO
Trapped by a terrifying blaze on the eighth floor of an East Side highrise, this man was just seconds from a death leap yesterday when firefighters swept in and plucked...
LIRR BULLY BEATS LATEST RAP
Rail on, Trainiac! Self-appointed Long Island Rail Road etiquette enforcer John Clifford lit a victory cigar outside a Manhattan courthouse yesterday - cleared of charges of harassment, attempted assault, attempted...
NY GOES 'HIRE' IN GROWTH
New Yorkers are so far weathering the country's economic problems better than folks in most other regions, new government job statistics show. Employment in the city is up 1.3 percent...
LUNATIC 'RAPIST' IS SANE: COURT
He told shrinks he was born on Pluto. But the insanity "charade" won't help Robert Williams, the homeless ex-con charged with the rape-torture of a Columbia grad student, a judge...
GOV AXES COMMISH
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday dumped state Human Rights Commissioner Kumiki Gibson, a former counsel to then-Vice President Al Gore who was the subject of human-rights complaints herself. Patersonannounced Gibson's...
3RD STUDENT CAUGHT WITH GUN
For the third time in nine school days a student has been busted with a gun - this time, a Bronx 13-year-old. Cops arrested the IS 318 student - whom...
MIKE: HERE COMES THE SUN
WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced plans to broaden the use of solar energy in the city. "Congestion pricing was important, it was new, and it was controversial . ....
GRILL FOR SURGIN' GEN.
The top US commander in Iraq yesterday told senators - including the three running for president - that there should be a 45-day pause in troop withdrawals once the "surge"...
OBAMA EDGES CLOSER IN KEY(STONE) CONTEST
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama is closing in on Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania - a state that Clinton's backers consider essential to her political survival, according to a new poll yesterday....
TRADER BILL'S 800G IN COLOMBIA GOLD
Bill Clinton voiced "support" for a controversial Colombia free- trade pact that his wife has fiercely opposed - and he accepted $800,000 in speaking fees from a group boosting the...
DIRTY COP IS NOW A 'BAG MAN'
LOS ANGELES - A remorseful ex-Beverly Hills cop told jurors yesterday that he plunged from respected detective to humble grocery clerk after taking bribes from crooked gumshoe Anthony Pellicano. Former...
WIDEST RICH-POOR GAP
WASHINGTON - The gulf between the rich and poor is wider in New York than in any other state, according to a report released yesterday. The top 20 percent of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A man who failed his road test was busted for assaulting three DMV workers, authorities said yesterday. After Sylvan Tehe, 25, was told he failed the test to get...
PAUL'S $HAMELESS GAL
SIR PAUL sure knows how to pick 'em. Nancy Shevell has a family fortune worth half a billion, and the richest Beatle in Christendom serves as her arm candy. And,...
DOOMSAYER HILL REFUSES GOOD NEWS
WASHINGTON - As he did six months ago, Gen. David Petraeus came before Congress yesterday to describe successes in Iraq that were truly unimaginable not very long ago. Progress is...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 260; Lucky Sum: 8 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 1379; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 615; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 2114;...
ALBANY'S BUDGET PUSH: ALL SMOKE & MIRRORS?
It's a pleasure to hear a governor take charge in a positive way and not resort to steamroller tactics to get results ("The Gov Gets Real," Editorial, April 5). I...
GUNS: FOR CRIMINALS ONLY
Thomas A. Reppetto's article, "Murder Spike: NYPD's Needs," (PostOpinion, April 7) fails to mention that the Sullivan Law does more than forbid "unlicensed persons to possess a handgun." It forbids...
VETS SHARING 'GROUND TRUTH'
TODAY, New York City will host a handful of America's 21st century patriots - bona fide combat heroes of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They'll be visiting TV and...
MEMORIES OF A HERO
APRIL 2006: I was embedded as a photo-journalist in the meanest part of the meanest city in Iraq - Ramadi. Here the bad guys ruled. Leaving your base camp virtually...
TO CHANGE NY
Adapted from Gov. Paterson's remarks yesterday to the Association for a Better New York. WE have to take a re alistic view of New York state's budget. The budget presented...
HILL & LOBBYISTS: MORE THE MERRIER
WHEN Hillary Clinton professed to be furious about Mark Penn's lobbying for the Colombia Free Trade Pact, did she realize that she's up to her ears in lobbyists for foreign...
BLAME MIKE, NOT SHELLY
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is ev erybody's bad guy in the untimely de mise Monday of congestion pricing - Mayor Mike's plan to charge a fee to drive in Manhattan...
A MESSAGE FOR DEMOCRATS
Few minds on either side likely were changed by the congressional testi mony yesterday of Gen. David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Democrats, predictably,...
PATERSON'S PRESCRIPTION
Gov. Paterson yesterday picked up on his theme from last week, stressing fiscal prudence in a time of eco nomic uncertainty - even as state lawmakers raced to finalize a...
WAMU RESCUE NOT ENOUGH, SHARES FALL 10%
Washington Mutual may have staved off a buyout with its multibillion-dollar capital injection but the cash-strapped savings and loan is far from home free. The Seattle-based bank saw its stock...
IT'S MY PROJECT!
The Weinstein Co.'s decision to take "Project Runway" away from NBC Universal comes down to the same two factors that conspire to destroy every successful entertainment-industry relationship: money and ego....
IM CHAT NOT JUST DOMAIN OF AOL
Don't expect AOL to be LOL over Facebook's new push into instant messaging. Time Warner's struggling online unit could be the big loser if the surging social networking service's new...
OH, SHEA IT AIN'T SO
ENTREPRENEUR Media, pub lisher of Entrepreneur magazine, is on the block for $200 million, as longtime owner Peter Shea finally appears to be ready to cash out. Yesterday, Entrepreneur President...
IMF: $1T IN SUBPRIME LOSSES
The world's financial markets stand to lose nearly $1 trillion from Wall Street's junk mortgage debacle, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. Some economists have been painting an even grimmer...
PASSING THE GAS
A former board member of the New York Mercantile Exchange and six others were busted yesterday for bilking commodity investors out of millions of dollars in a scam that involved...
CHAPMAN FACING INNER TURMOIL
Activist hedge fund investor Robert L. Chapman Jr. is notorious for raising trouble with companies. Now, there are questions brewing about whether Chapman's firm is running into some problems of...
MADISON AVE. BLOCKBUSTER
SENDING a sigh of relief through the investment sales community, Ashkenazy Acquisitions and The Carlyle Group closed their deal for 650 Madison Ave. on Tuesday night for $680 million. It...
DOOM & GLOOM
John Mack is baring his deepest fears in 40 years on Wall Street - that the economy's the worst he's ever seen it and will be on the skids for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Police in Galesburg, Ill., thought they had stumbled on a bloody crime scene when they began probing a boxcar rail robbery, but it seems their investigative instinct had to play...
LB should've been there tonight
By MARC BERMANAUBURN HILLS â The Pistons public relations staff said Larry Brown was not invited tonight for the franchiseâs 50th anniversary celebration because only one head coach was permitted...
JORGE POSADA HURT
KANSAS CITY - Jorge Posada's eyes told the story louder than his potent words, delivered in a quiet voice. "I am not 100 percent," said the Yankee catcher, who was...
Wise move causes another Zephyr promotion
The Mets placed reliever Matt Wise on the disabled list today, and New York summoned New Orleans closer Carlos Muniz from their Triple-A affiliate. Wise, who was placed on the...
BLOOMBERG LOSES TEACHER-TENURE FIGHT
ALBANY - In another blow to Mayor Bloomberg, state lawmakers finalized the state budget tonight, including changes that will make it easier for teachers to receive tenure. The revisions sought...
SURGIN' GEN. PETRAEUS
The top US commander in Iraq today told senators - including the three running for president - that there should be a 45-day pause in troop withdrawals once the "surge"...
Project Runway winner Christian Siriano's trawling Craigslist for an assistant. Don't we all.
From: Christian SirianoDate: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:44 AMSubject: Assistant/Intern Position - Interview RequestedTo: xxxxxxxxxDear all,Thank you for your interested in the Assistant/Intern position posted recently posted on Craigslist....