April 29, 2008

Lineups ready for Mets-Pirates

We've already given you the latest on the Mets’ medical situation. Meanwhile, there’s a game at Shea Stadium tonight, and we have the lineups for the matchup of Johana Santana...

She Said: Carrie Underwood

"Cheese is ruining my life! I'm trying to talk myself into being lactose intolerant. I mean, it's basically moldy milk, and it doesn't smell that great. But it's so good!...

Larry exonerated

By MARC BERMANLarry Brown is back as head coach and humbled, taking the blame for 23-59 at today’s press conference when he didn’t have to. “I was a bad coach,’’...

Giants headed to White House

BY PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants tomorrow will travel by train to Washington, D.C. for the traditional Super Bowl champion ceremony at the White House. The Giants will gather on the South...

A-Rod not in lineup vs. Tigers

APAlex Rodriguez was not in the Yankees’ listed starting lineup for tonight’s game against Detroit.Rodriguez, slowed by a strained right quadriceps, was removed for a pinch hitter in the eighth...

No fracture for Alou, other updates

Heading a lengthy update on Met injuries, left fielder Moises Alou does not have a fractured ankle and hopes to be activated off the DL by the Mets on Friday....

Gwyneth Joins Cannes Star Parade

Gwyneth Paltrow, who's been working the red carpets in hire-me shoes for her surprisingly warm turn as Pepper Potts in "Iron Man,'' will be turning up in Cannes next month....

Mets owner helps Michigan baseball

It looks like Citi Field isn't the only project on Fred Wilpon's docket.The Detroit Free Press writes of Wilpon's $4 million donation to help rebuild the University of Michigan's Ray...

Sunny skies at Shea

It's sunny with barely a cloud in the sky here at Shea Stadium, so there seems to be no danger of a second consecutive rainout. We're still waiting for updates...

Scene: NYC streets

Olga Yarlug carries an adorable Luella Bartley for Target heart-shaped bag, shades her eyes with Forever 21 plastic sunglasses, and wears a BCBG sweater with Sam Edelman shoes."I like to...

Ovechkin, Malkin, Iginla up for MVP

APCalgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin and Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin are the three finalists for the Hart Trophy that is awarded to...

Champions League: Man U v. Barca, Leg 2

Paul Scholes feels the love with a hug from Mikael Silvestre and kudos from Edwin van der Sar for his goal in their win over Barcelona. Manchester United got out...

OBAMA: I'M OUTRAGED BY REV. WRIGHT'S REMARKS

Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged and appalled by the latest comments from his former pastor, who asserted that criticism of his fiery sermons is an attack on...

RANGERS READY TO ATTACK

It's all about attacking; attacking the defense, attacking the net. Sometimes it even includes attacking the opposition's best players. That's been known to happen in the NHL playoffs. Two days...

On SAT day, Serena pencils G

OMFG, G is for Georgina “Compassion?” responds the clever little imp, who gets the best line of the night. Well, yes, but the correct answer is, duh, a boyfriend. As...

AUSTRIAN INCEST FAMILY REUNITED

AMSTETTEN, Austria - Members of the Austrian family victimized by a man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have had an "astonishing" meeting,...

Lider Marmol signs with Chicago

All you Red Bull fans holding out hope of somehow getting Lider Marmol can officially abandon all hope. He signed with Chicago.The Paraguayan defender/defensive midfielder inked with MLS, and will...

She Said: Kristen Bell

"I tucked that away when I was 18. I'm going to wear it on my wedding night."Kristen Bell, the single "Heroes," "Gossip Girl" and now "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" star, says...

GAME 3: PENGUINS AT RANGERS

Maybe the most frustrating part for Tom Renney and the Rangers is that there is no definitive reason why they lost the first two games of their best-of-7 second-round playoff...

ON DECK: TIGERS AT YANKEES

The Yankees return home tonight to take on the Tigers (7:05, YES, WCBS) after playing 18 out of their previous 20 games on the road, but unfortunately some of their...

ON DECK: PIRATES AT METS

Carlos Delgado and Johan Santana have a couple of things in common. Both were big-time trade acquisitions by the Mets (13-11), who are working on short leashes in front of...

Wait, have you heard?

I waited in the rain, now give me my darn game "Grand Theft Auto IV" (PS3 and Xbox 360) is out today.Get yers.In case you were wondering, this is Brooklyn's...

Lauren grabs-a-date with Stephen

Stephen Coletti At Caffe Primo, Not Lauren and Lauren sit out in the cold and discuss all of the fun things they can do now that they live together. Lauren...

Brit's doing it again

Britney Spears continues her career-revival crusade by signing onto another guest appearance of "How I Met Your Mother."The train wreck will reprise her role for an on-screen love affair with...

Mad Mel's Back

Not many actors who get $20 million a picture go seven years between starring roles, but then Mel Gibson has directed two controversial movies ("The Passion of the Christ'' and...

Starr Report: Blue man group

"Gossip Girl" co-star Ed Westwick (Chuck) has a supporting role in Paramount's big-screen flick, "Son of Rambow" (opening May 2). "GG" fans take note: That's not a fake British accent...

TOP 10 TUESDAY: BASEBALL FILMS

It’s Top 10 Tuesday and the subject is Baseball Films. My list includes documentaries as well as movies. These are 10 Baseball Films that I can watch over and over...

Fare thee well, Old Man Riles

By Mike VaccaroI know it's hard for Knicks fans to do this, because it seems as natural as breathing to root against Pat Riley. But if this is really the...

3 UP: Rising Rays, Buchholz and Young Pitching

1. If the Tampa Bay Rays were wearing another uniform and – more important – if you knew nothing of their horrid past, I believe you would watch their games...

A True Fit on Mott

Having shtick can be great for a boutique so long as it actually sticks. And I think True Boutique, a recently opened shop on Mott Street, has the shtick that...

Deal of the Day-J Crew

Here’s a versatile (and inexpensive) striped top to go with the Goldsign shorts.Or channel a casual Riviera chick and wear it with some slouchy cropped khakis and red espadrilles.Regardless of...

Deal of the Day-GoldSign

Whether you’re ready for summer or not, pick up these pleated medium rise Gold Sign Shorts because they're only $52.20 down from $174 at chickdowntown.com.They’ll motivate you to get into...

BEIJING - CHINA'S CAPITAL CITY

Today's page looks at the city set to host this year's Olympic Games. More than a half-million years ago, the area that is present-day Beijing was occupied by Peking Man,...

IF THE SHOE FITS . . .

You've seen them in spa catalogs and specialty stores for years, but you've never actually seen anyone wearing a pair - until now. The Masai Barefoot Technology shoe, or MBT,...

MPFREES

The Waifs, "Sundirtwater" The Aussie rockers' title track off their fifth album is a sultry tune that runs the gamut from folk and jazz to soul and the blues to...

WAIFS WON'T PLAY IT SAFE

WHETHER you happen to be the pope visiting the States or Dorothy dropping in on Oz, nothing makes you feel special like a pair of ruby slippers. That's why singer...

FEIST ALMIGHTY

THANK God Amy Winehouse won the Best New Artist Grammy. Fans of Canadian singer Leslie Feist know the award would've been superfluous; first of all, "The Reminder" is her third...

DOUBLE DOSE OF LAUGHTER BEST RX

COMEDY - the laugh-out-loud kind - is nearly as rare in opera as in Greek tragedy. But there's scarcely been more mirth at any opera house than there was Saturday,...

STARR REPORT

Blue man group: Tonight's "Costas Now" (10 p.m./ HBO) features ex-Giant Tiki Barber and current defensive end Michael Strahan dis cussing "Sports-talk radio" (Strahan) and "Athletes and the media" (Barber)....

'NANKING' IS MOST DEPRESSING TV SHOW EVER

WITHOUT a doubt, the "Cinemax Reel Life" documentary "Nanking," making its television debut tonight, is one of the most horrifying and startling documentaries ever presented on TV. And right upfront...

LOUGHLIN ON '90210'

BELOVED '80s sitcom star Lori Loughlin is a mama - on the new "90210." Loughlin, best known for the long-running comedy "Full House," will play Celia Mills, a former Olympic...

JORDIN SPARKS: I'LL BE FINE

'AMERICAN Idol" Jordin Sparks says that her vocal cord injury was never career threatening - even though she admits if she had kept singing her voice would have been ruined....

'BROTHER' CHARITY TWIST

'BIG Brother" winner Adam Jasinski is promising to donate $100,000 of his half-million-dollar prize to the Florida-based United Autism Foundation, which fired him while he was competing. Jasinski, 29, whose...

MIKE MOVES TO WOR

RADIO scion John R. Gambling is returning to WOR-AM, Donna Hanover will leave, and Mayor Bloomberg will bring his weekly call-in show to the station. That's the scenario radio-industry sources...

OPRAH GRILLS TOM CRUISE

IT'S risky business when ever Oprah Winfrey gets together with Tom Cruise, but the talk-show diva takes on the toothy actor in a two-part interview, reportedly grilling him about Scientology...

POOP-DE-DO0!

HOLY crap! Enough with "normal" beauty routines such as placenta and kitty litter - New Yorkers can now add nightingale No. 2 to their beauty regimens. For just $216, Shizuka...

OVERALL HEALTH BEGINS WITH ONE BITE

THE hipbone's connected to the thighbone. Yup, as it turns out, that old folk tune was true. In fact, these days, researchers and medical providers are learning that it's all...

DASILVA AND AFFRUNTI AT DERBY SEMINAR TODAY

New York Post ace handicappers John DaSilva and Anthony Affrunti will join Dave Johnson of Sirius Radio and the Daily Racing Form's Dean Keppler and Dan Illman at Gallagher's Steak...

HONDO GOES 1-0-1

Hondo's O's and A's plays weren't quite letter-per fect yesterday as his Oriole investment was wiped out in Chicago due to excessive wetness in the 12th . How ever, on...

SPORTS SHORTS

NBA: Riley quits as Heat coachPat Riley resigned yesterday as coach of the Miami Heat, though he'll remain team president. Former assistant Erik Spoelstra, a 37-year-old who started in the...

'BAR' EYES PREAKNESS

LOUISVILLE - The field for Saturday's Kentucky Derby firmed up at 20 yesterday when Behindatthebar, who wasn't considered a Derby candidate until he won the April 19 Lexington Stakes, dropped...

ROUSSEL AIMS TO RECAPTURE GLORY

LOUISVILLE - Twenty years ago, trainer Louie Roussel came to the Kentucky Derby with Risen Star, a colt he co-owned with fellow New Orleans Cajun Ronnie Lamarque. "I thought I...

ASMUSSEN UP IN AIR OVER DUO

LOUISVILLE - If there is one horse in Saturday's Kentucky Derby who has everyone confused and frustrated it is Pyro, the winterbook favorite for the classic but now everyone's favorite...

PYRO BACK ON TRACK

LOUISVILLE - Hoping to rebound from his 10th-place finish in the Blue Grass over Keeneland's Polytrack, former Derby favorite Pyro worked a half-mile in :49.4 yesterday at Churchill Downs for...

WE'RE FINALLY HERE

LOUISVILLE - We're finally here, babe, and the adrenaline is starting to flow. It means a whole lot, coming to the Kentucky Derby for the first time. I don't know...

I'LL TAKE RAP FOR SAM SLAM

ONLY one thing is worse than getting something dead wrong, and that's not correcting the mistake immediately. A story in Sunday's column regarding the readiness of the Raptors for a...

JINTS GIVE DT A SHOT

After adding seven draft picks to a roster already well-stocked off a Super Bowl triumph, the Giants knew they did not need to sign as many undrafted free agents as...

NO GIANT SHOCK-ER

THE 2008 Giants draft list contains seven names and no one can be sure if it's a class to remember or forget. Still, it is not too soon to already...

JETS WAIVE TWO

The Jets yesterday waived tight end Joe Kowalewski and fullback Stacy Tutt to make room on the roster for some new rookie free agent signings. Kowalewski, who made it from...

GANG GREEN'S BIG GHOL

OK, admit it Jets fans. You really wanted Darren McFadden or Matt Ryan. McFadden could have injected instant energy into the Jets' plodding, one-first-down-at-a-time offense. And Ryan could have provided...

DONNIE EYES D'ANTONI; SILAS WANTS LOOK

Despite his reputation as a mediocre defensive coach, Mike D'Antoni is on Donnie Walsh's radar for the Knick opening if D'Antoni is fired by the Suns after the first round,...

DELGADO NOT BUYING BOOS

With Mets fans still in an uproar over Carlos Delgado spurning Sunday's curtain call and rejecting their olive branch, the oft-booed star insisted the decision had nothing to do with...

CURTAIN SNUB DESERVES CHEERS

IF the Mets were looking for a turning point to their season, they've found it. It was the moment Carlos Delgado rejected his curtain call on Sunday after his second...

THUMB'S DOWN FOR SCHNEIDER

Mets catcher Brian Schneider remains in the hospital with a staph infection in his left thumb, unsure when he'll be able to return to the team. "It's frustrating," Schneider told...

PASSING GRADE

When in doubt, shoot, unless your triggerman is shooting holes in that theory. "When you look at Pittsburgh, they don't shoot the puck," said Jaromir Jagr, who has scored 23...

PERFECT PENGUINS SHOWING 6 APPEAL

Uh-oh, 6-0. It has failed only once in 40 years. Tonight, the Rangers must end that Penguins playoff perfection or they'll be at a brink from which hardly anyone ever...

BULLPEN FOURSOME TURNS IN MASTERFUL EFFORT

CLEVELAND - Kyle Farnsworth has lost his nickname, "The Mop." Jonathan Albaladejo has effectively replaced Brian Bruney. And Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera continue to be the premier late-game duo...

QUAD A PROBLEM!

CLEVELAND - How much longer can the Yankees keep winning while stud players vanish from the lineup? The Yankees hung a 5-2 loss on the Indians last night at Progressive...

SECOND TEST FOR JORGE SHOULDER

CLEVELAND - Jorge Posada had his barking right shoulder examined by Dr. James Andrews yesterday in Birmingham. That was as much information the Yankees were giving out about the situation...

SOUTHERN SUN

YES, campers. It really is that impressive up close: Table Mountain, Cape Town's flat-topped, horizon-spanning backdrop, is jaw-dropping at first glimpse. Tourists press their faces against plane windows to witness...

IT'S '#1'

HBO is swapping Carrie and cosmos for Precious and palm trees. The network's next major show is a mystery-dramedy based on "The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency" novels, starring wacky P.I....

ACCESS GRANTED

IS it possible to fit one more thing to do into Myrtle Beach? Apparently - this month, the buzzed-about Hard Rock Park (the first theme park to open in the...

HOT DEALS

ASPEN from $63/nt at St. Moritz Lodge, good through 5/31 (aspenchamber.org). CANCUN 25% OFF rooms, food, bev & spa at Aqua Cancun. Book by 8/31, travel by 9/16 (feel-aqua.com).LOS ANGELES...

REINS DOWN IN AFRICA

I'M staring down the muzzle of a 2,000 pound cape buffalo. It's the size of a Hummer. (OK, maybe I'm misspeaking. But he's at least as big as a Ford...

A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS IN CAPE TOWN RIGHT NOW

1) HIT THE BEACH (DUH!) The whole of the promontory's rimmed with sandy enclaves (no wonder locals are so outdoorsy). The best picks: the clean, rarely busy beach in Llandudno,...

EXOTIC DANCE

I've always liked to walk on the wild side. I suppose that's how you explain why I spent a recent vacation in Oklahoma. Africa would have been better. (My husband...

NEWS + NOTES

ICH BIN EIN LIMBURGER THERE are those who'll say there is way more to Wisconsin than cheese (us, for instance). But the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board doesn't really have anything...

METRO FORECLOSE RATE SOARS 34%

The number of New Yorkers losing their homes to foreclosure jumped by a third compared with a year ago, a study has found - and experts are warning that the...

BRUNO SLAPS SILVER OVER JUDGE REVOLT

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is to blame for the rule-book slowdown enacted by state judges angry over their stalled pay raises, his arch political rival charged yesterday. As The Post...

GIULIANI CATCHES HOLY HELL

An irate Edward Cardinal Egan yesterday blasted abortion backer Rudy Giuliani for breaking a long-secret promise to him by taking Communion at the pope's recent Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral....

CLOSE SHAVE

New York University has just the diet for those wanting to shave off a few extra pounds - razor blades buried in a muffin. A student at the school found...

AL'S JAG TOWED

Dude, where's my car? The Rev. Al Sharpton may have felt something like the stoners in the film of that title when he emerged from a meeting in Queens yesterday...

LI CO-ED: SORORITY A HELL HOUSE

A Long Island college freshman says she has been hounded by vengeful sorority girls who verbally and physically attacked her and threatened to "slit her throat" when she decided she...

OLD MCDONALD HAD A CONDO...

There's fowl play going on in the basement of a tony East Side high-rise that dozens of diplos call home. Building super John Hyranyaz, 62, has been mail-ordering batches of...

CITY SCHOOLS BURDENED BY $UBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Teachers who can't find positions after they've been cut from closing schools are becoming a huge economic burden, according to a report. Changes to the 2005 teachers' contract created nearly...

GOV HEAPS LUV ON TOP GOP RIVAL

ALBANY - Gov. Paterson stunned state Democrats yesterday as he heaped praise on Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a Republican whom former Gov. Eliot Spitzer worked overtime to destroy. "Of...

UNION SQUARE MEALS ON HOLD

A Manhattan judge has given the city the green light to renovate at least some of Union Square Park. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon yesterday said the city can...

SON-IN-LAW SHOT IN FAMILY FEUD

A bitter divorce battle led an irate dad to shoot his soon-to-be-ex son-in-law in the face on a Midtown street, police sources said yesterday. Michael Kane, 55, of Manalapan, NJ,...

HARD HATS REMEMBER THEIR FALLEN

Thousands of construction workers raised their hard hats yesterday during a memorial at St. Patrick's Cathedral to honor comrades who died on the job. Bricklayers, plumbers and ironworkers put aside...

YOUTUBE OK'D FOR DIVORCE

She has to find a new set - but all the World Wide Web can still be scorned socialite Tricia Walsh-Smith's stage. A Manhattan judge yesterday barred the peeved play...

FAILING TO 'CUT' CLASS

Nearly half the city middle and elementary schools that received state money earmarked for class-size reduction failed to shrink classes this academic year, according to a new report. Of the...

KILLER GANG DROWNS 40: SLEUTHS

Two ex-NYPD detectives doggedly probing the drowning of two New Yorkers believe they were murdered by a nationwide gang of psychopathic serial killers who have drowned 39 other young men....

POL: PROBE BURIALS OF TRAGIC VETS

A Queens councilman yesterday called for an investigation into the number of unclaimed veterans' bodies buried in mass graves at a potter's field. Councilman Hiram Monserrate, chairman of the council's...

TRAFFIC BLIGHT

New Yorkers are much more worried about congested traffic than crime in their neighborhood, a new survey shows. The annual Quality of Life survey by the Citizens Committee for New...

ALL BETS OFF FOR LI GAMBLE HALL

A Long Island man's luck ran out when he was arrested for running an illegal gambling hall and high-stakes poker games, police said. Suffolk cops responding to neighbors' complaints said...

CREEPY & SCRAWLY FOR UMA

He sent screen star Uma Thurman a photo of a bride standing alone on a desolate road - her head ripped from the picture. He sent her a vintage postcard...

BODY-PART HARVESTER CONVICTED

A former mortuary assistant sat as stiff as death yesterday as a Brooklyn judge convicted him of helping run an anatomical chop-shop, carving up corpses, forging consent forms and sending...

SHARPTON RAPS OBAMA

Barack Obama made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict - infuriating the Rev. Al Sharpton, who accused the presidential candidate of trying to "grandstand...

ELIOT'S GAL FILES TO SUE PANTS OFF 'WILD'

The hooker who brought down ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer has slapped "Girls Gone Wild"-maker Joe Francis with a $10 million lawsuit for allegedly plying her with booze when she was 17...

THE NUDIE BLUES

Billy Ray Cyrus suffered an achy breaky heart when he saw the seminude shots of his superstar daughter, Miley - a k a "Hannah Montana" - that were taken after...

ROVE'S 'WINNING' TIPS FOR BARACK

WASHINGTON - Karl Rove, the Republican political strategist formerly known as President "Bush's Brain," offered some unsolicited advice yesterday in an open letter to Democrat Barack Obama on how best...

GAS TAX FUELS HILL'S NEW ATTACK ON RIVAL

Hillary Rodham Clinton blasted Barrack Obama yesterday for opposing a plan to suspend federal gas taxes this summer. "My opponent, Sen. Obama, opposes giving consumers a break from the gas...

FIERY REV. O'S CROSS TO BEAR

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's worst nightmare, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, yesterday delivered his most brutal wallop to his pal's campaign as he hailed hatemonger Louis Farrakhan and accused the United...

CLEMENS GAL'S COMEBACK PITCH

Country singer Mindy McCready "spilled the beans" about her decade-long, secret relationship with pitching ace Roger Clemens because she has moved on and is intent on reigniting her once-hot career,...

LI WEEPS FOR HERO MARINE

Residents of Sag Harbor, LI, gathered in grim unity yesterday to mourn a local Marine who died a hero in an Iraqi suicide bombing. Hundreds filled the First Presbyterian Church...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Brooklyn Police are asking for the public's help in finding this Borough Park teenager, who has been missing for more than a week. Paula Fragoso, 15, disappeared after leaving her...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 543; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 4675; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 812; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...

SIGN RACHEL'S LAW

It's hard to think of anything more criti cal these days than information about terrorists, and a bill on Gov. Paterson's desk would help keep it flowing. The Libel Terrorism...

JUDGES ON STRIKE

Judges on strike? Only in New York! The Post's Bruce Golding reported Sunday that state judges are waging a "rule-book slowdown" in hopes of winning a pay raise. Sounds wacky....

DAVE'S INDIAN CHALLENGE

Gov. Paterson says he's worried about Albany's deteriorating fiscal for tunes. Well, he could start collecting hundreds of millions in new revenue tomorrow by putting his foot down on Indian...

HIGH-PRICED OIL: THE REAL COSTS

EVERYONE is blaming the current round of inflation on high oil prices. Wrong: High oil prices can indeed force consumers to spend more on gasoline, at the expense of other...

TIME TO CLEAN UP

RECENT headlines have ex posed gaping flaws in the city's budget process: The tradition of letting local elected officials "earmark" modest amounts of funding for neighborhood groups - little leagues,...

BEYOND RACE BAGGAGE

NOW that the war between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has rolled into Indi ana, more and more pundits are openly discussing whether Obama can overcome a major liability -...

THE REAL REV. WRIGHT

REV. Jeremiah Wright has taken Barack Obama's criti cally acclaimed race speech in Philadelphia, ripped it into bits and tossed it in the air to serve as confetti for his...

THE SEAN BELL VERDICT: CASE OF JUSTICE FOR ALL?

As the proud wife of a police officer, I want to thank Heather Mac Donald for calling Sean Bell's death what it is - a blood-curdling tragedy ("Justice Served," PostOpinion,...

SCREEN SAVER

Beleaguered video chain Blockbuster is in talks to infuse cash into the new pay-television channel from Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate in return for an equity stake and distribution rights,...

MERIWETHER'S TROUBLED FUND OFFERS EARLY EXIT

Following months of steadily declining returns in his hedge fund, John Meriwether is offering some investors an early out. Investors of the JMW Global Macro fund, the smaller of the...

WASHINGTON'S OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF JOBS GROWTH

AMERICANS may be as gloomy as they've been this decade but the people in Washington who keep tabs on job growth are giddy with optimism. Yep, things couldn't get much...

SUNDAY MASSACRE

The New York Times took it on the chin in the circulation wars, posting the biggest drop in Sunday circulation of the nation's top 10 dailies. Circulation of the Sunday...

BLACKROCK CEO'S $41M

WASHINGTON, DC - BlackRock Inc Chairman and CEO Laurence Fink received $41.87 million in compensation in 2007, a 27 percent increase from the prior year, filings revealed. Fink, who co-founded...

FORD HAS 9.5% POP ON KIRK'S INTEREST

After making killings on woes at Chrysler and General Motors, 90-year-old billionaire Kirk Kerkorian is now circling Ford for a third-time charm. Kerkorian said yesterday he's amassed 100 million shares...

FUND EXEC SUES TO GET HIS BONU$

A former hedge fund portfolio manager is suing his former employer claiming he was stiffed on his compensation at a time when he needed cash to care for his cancer-stricken...

CANDY IS DANDY

In helping to finance the $23 billion merger of Wrigley and Mars, Warren Buffett is doing his part to try to knock the world's largest candy maker - Cadbury Schwepps...

STRIPPED OF HIS CROWN

THE Times Square area's once-raunchiest location is up for lease or sale, possibly spelling an end to what's left of porn king Richard Basciano's Show World Center at Eighth Avenue...

FLAGSHIP MAKEOVER

Off-price clothing retailer Syms quietly has taken steps to redevelop its flagship store in Manhattan's financial district as a high-rise building, The Post has learned. The Secaucus, NJ-based chain -...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

You may now kick the bride. A newly married Pennsylvania couple spent their wedding night in separate "honeymoon suites" at the Allegheny County jail after authorities said they got into...

Mitchell's Raptors are done

By MARC BERMANThe Raptors are the first team to be bounced out of the playoffs, losing in five games to Orlando. Sam Mitchell is officially on the hot seat and...

Three cheers for Delgado

From JOEL SHERMAN Good for Carlos Delgado. Take the ballplayer out of this. Imagine being roundly criticized over and over again in the most public forum for poor work results....

Taking in 'The Zen of Bobby V'

From JOEL SHERMANOn Sunday night at the Tribeca Film Fesitval, I saw the premiere of "The Zen of Bobby V."It is an 86-minute documentary that uses the chronology of last...

VIDEO OF RAZOR ATTACK LEAKED

A disturbing video of a razor-wielding felon attacking a female prosecutor last month has surfaced on YouTube and other Web sites after it was leaked by someone in the US...

EPL Round 36: Sunday Fixtures

Everton 2 - 2 Aston VillaEverton's Leon Osman vies for the ball with Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker. It goes without saying that the Toffees, like any club in any...