May 18, 2008
Shout-outs to Pelligrini, Bonaventure baseball
As we prepare for the return of The Week In Review after missing last week, we wanted to take a minute out to tell you about a couple of things...
Lineups set for Yankees finale
Itâs still ugly outside, but at least the rain has cleared enough here in The Bronx to get in tonightâs Subway Series finale between Oliver Perez (pictured) and the Yankeesâ...
LIBERTY LOSE OPENER
It was the season opener for the Liberty and man were they ready with excuses. Excuse No.1: the team hadn't had adequate time to gel because starting center Janel McCarville...
NEW BETTER THAN OLD
Past yielded to the future today, the retiring legend left behind by the Succession March of Lorena Ochoa. In what stands to be her last-ever Metropolitan area tournament, Annika Sorenstam...
Yankee Stadium soggy again
It's raining steadily here in The Bronx 3 1/2 hours before the scheduled first pitch, but don't look for the Yankees to call this one as quickly as they did...
HELP IS ON THE WAY
TAMPA, Fla. -- A spirited Alex Rodriguez put himself through a tough workout here today and then pronounced himself "ready to go" when it was done. The Yankees third baseman...
ON DECK: METS AT YANKEES
The delayed start of the Subway Series could be the beginning of something the Mets (21-19) have been waiting for all season. Jose Reyes' seventh-inning home run off Kyle Farnsworth...
Miss at your own risk: Finale countdown
Highlights for the week of May 18Harrison Ford's all over talk shows Indiana Jones and the talk shows In case you hadn't heard, there's a new Indiana Jones movie that...
Report: Grievance against Mets
According to The Denver Post, the players' union has filed a grievance against the Mets for those mysteriously failed contract talks with Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba (pictured) over the winter....
Mets coverage in today's Post
Willie Randolph is breathing a little easier -- just a little, mind you -- after Johan Santana, Billy Wagner and a suddenly revived offense powered the Mets to Saturday's much-needed...
Inter Title Three-peat
By CLEMENTE LISIInter Milan won its third consecutive Italian league title today -- and 16th overall -- following a 2-0 win over Parma.Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned from a six-week...
Cannes: Indy's Back and Fans Will Love It
It's an hour after the screening and I'm working on a review for tomorrow's Post. The bottom line, for those of you who absolutely can't wait, is that "Indiana Jones...
Waiting for the Champions League Final
Here are a few facts relating to the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea, which will be played Wednesday in Moscow:â The all-English final will be the third...
Cannes: Half an Hour To Go
God knows how much the Internet access is costing, but I'm writing from inside the massive Grand Auditorium Lumiere, where "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' will...
SCARLETT & CRUZ'S FRENCH KISS BLISS
CANNES, France - Only here could Woody Allen and Mike Tyson serve as the opening acts for the return of Indiana Jones. As the fest prepared to host the world...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 063; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 3522; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 244; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 1716;...
QUIET LIFE OF AN 'X'-ASSASSIN
Five days a week, Thomas Hagan lives an almost anonymous life in Sunset Park, working in a fast-food restaurant, going home to his wife and kids and following the primary...
SONGBIRD ASHLEE VOWS 'EM WITH ROCKER BEAU
Ashlee Simpson and her rocker fiance Pete Wentz tied the knot last night, according to reports. "We're delighted to confirm that [they] were married this evening in front of family...
LOHAN 'ADULT' ANTICS ON TV
Welcome to the bizarro world of so-called "mother of the year" Dina Lohan. There's Googling of yourself to do - or rather to have your assistant do. There are a...
MAC'S 'MATE' MIKE
In what could have been a mate date, GOP presidential candidate John McCain shared a Manhattan breakfast yesterday with a "good friend" and perennial political dark horse: Mayor Bloomberg. The...
NO. 2 PICKS: NO. 1 PRIORITY
With John McCain's age and Barack Obama's inexperience, experts say they need to tap respected running mates. Obama and McCain need general-election running mates who share one particular quality: presidential...
SKATER TONYA'S RAPE SHOCKER
In a new tell-all book, "The Tonya Tapes," dis graced figure skater Tonya Harding recalls in a taped interview the night that rival Nancy Kerrigan was viciously bashed in the...
TED RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
Sen. Ted Kennedy, the last surviving brother of the country's most famous political dynasty, was rushed to a Boston hospital yesterday after suffering a seizure at the family's Cape Cod,...
'SNL' E'QUIP'PED WITH MCCAIN
Sen. John McCain popped up on "Saturday Night Live" taking shots at the battle between the Democratic presidential rivals. "I want to give you this piece of advice, Democrats," McCain...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
QUEENS * A Rockaway man was busted for DWI after cops caught him asleep at the wheel. Cops found Manuel Moreno, 45, in the driver's seat of his 1990 Lincoln...
SUICIDE NOTE IS SEIZED
ALBANY - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo quietly subpoenaed the suicide note written by a retired top State Police official who hanged himself while under scrutiny in at least two...
SOUR NOTE IN 'GREEK TRAGEDY'
A big fat contract dispute between a popular Greek band and a wedding singer has left dozens of heartbroken couples going "bouzoukis." The Queens-based band, Power Station, claims it had...
VITO'S SCHOOL FLING
Before he fathered a lovechild with a Beltway mistress, Rep. Vito Fossella led a double life in law school, lying about his marriage while dating a fellow student, sources said....
TERRIFYING 'STAT!' ER OVERSTUFFING IS FATAL
Overcrowding in the city's emergency rooms has become so acute that ambulances are steered elsewhere and patients warehoused for hours in what doctors say is a deadly wait for beds....
'HIT' CHARGE LOOMS VS. '90 WIDOW
A grand jury is weighing an indictment of a millionaire widow for the murder of her husband on the Upper East Side 18 years ago, The Post has learned. Barbara...
3 SAVED FROM SURF AT CONEY
Firefighters made a daring rescue off Coney Island yesterday when they plucked three people from the choppy ocean waters. A man and two women who had been swimming were swept...
DEFIANTLY FUELISH ON VEGGIE OIL
City drivers - some ecologically inclined, others feeling the pinch of rising gas costs - are retrofitting their diesel cars to run on vegetable oil, despite an Environmental Protection Agency...
COOKOUT INDOORS BURNS BOY
An 8-year-old boy burned during a Manhattan children's party was the victim of a tragic indoor campout. David Kavee, son of dentist Rhonda Kavee, was burned over 70 percent of...
BX. KIDS REPLANTING 9/11 TREES
Five months after some heartless vandals ripped out a small grove of 9/11 memorial trees from a Bronx park, the boughs are now blooming again. The "Friends of Ferry Point...
BROWN'S CROWN IS NEARING
Big Brown is coming home a winner. The Long Island stallion galloped away with a stunning win at the Preakness yesterday after a nail-biting start to the race, putting him...
REALLY BEAT COPS
A shocking 70 percent of cops at a typical Brooklyn station house are illegally moonlighting night and day - clocking grueling hours and jeopardizing their performance on the job. In...
'KILLER' SKETCH
This man is wanted for questioning in connection with murder of Kyung-Sook Woo, 52, found face down Friday inside Eden Dry Cleaners on 10th Avenue in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Cops...
COPPERS TURN GREEN
Call them NYPD Green. Staten Island cops will be hauling the bad guys into the city's first $51 million eco-friendly station house. The futuristic "green" 121st Precinct station house slated...
SHOCKING TEEN-HIV RISE HERE
The number of city teens diagnosed with HIV has skyrocketed almost 30 percent, according to the latest statistics available - and one lawmaker is calling for action before "the uptick...
POST PRICE INCREASE
The weekday price of the New York Post will rise to 50 cents starting tomorrow as a result of increased production and transportation costs. For hard-hitting news, world-famous gossip, and...
PLAYING POLITICS
The mayor of New York City fidgeted, then blurted out: "This is awesome because I can bring up issues and improve New York!" No, not Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Rather 14-year-old...
'FALL' GUY SUING GISELE
She's an ace on the catwalk, but Gisele Bundchen's stairs are downright dangerous, claims a worker suing over his fall in the supermodel's Manhattan apartment. Bronx carpenter Martin Marrero said...
WOMAN HAILS SUBWAY HERO
A pregnant woman harassed by a crazed, homeless ex-con on a subway platform is thankful to the man who risked his life defending her, saying, "We need more men like...
JAILED THUG'S 2-BIT SUIT
Someone has a beef with the film "The Infamous Times of the Original 50 Cent" - and it isn't the rapper. Leonard Hinton, of Brooklyn, who is currently serving 12...
'CONFLICTED' BOARD
THE Conflicts of Inter est Board is allowing elected officials to get away with way too much, according to one government watchdog calling for a dramatically higher bar on ethics...
LIBERTY SEEK ELUSIVE TITLE
Shameka Christon, the closest thing the Liberty, a blue-collar team, has to a star, pondered the question that has consumed team general manager Carol Blazejowski and tantalized thousands of diehard...
FORMER YANKEE ELLIS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE
Dock Phillip Ellis' voice reveals how much pain he is in. The former pitcher speaks slowly, haltingly about his battle with cirrhosis of the liver. "It's pretty bad," Ellis said...
TABATA REBOUNDS AFTER GOING AWOL
TRENTON - After hitting above .300 in his first three years of pro ball, outfielder Jose Tabata hovered around .200 in his first few weeks with Double-A Trenton. Those struggles...
AMAZIN'S GUN DOWN YANKEES
In the middle of May, a manager at Yankee Stadium strongly hinted his struggling club had entered a must-win situation. His team had staggered through the turnstiles into the Subway...
CASHMAN: NO REGRETS REGARDING SANTANA
Brian Cashman steadfastly has defended his decision not to trade the Yankees' potential future for Johan Santana during this past offseason. But with the last-place Yankees seeing Phil Hughes winless...
AIMLESS & ANDY
WHEN Andy Pettitte agreed to return in December, it set off a chain reaction that notably dismissed Johan Santana from the Yankees' plans and fully invested the Yankees in young...
JORGE BACK SOON?
So much has been made of how much the Yankees miss Alex Rodriguez that not having Jorge Posada has been overlooked. Though Rodriguez, who played in an extended spring training...
REYES BESTS JETER
Derek Jeter may have won the battle of the New York shortstops yesterday - at least statistics-wise - but Jose Reyes helped win the game. "I'm just hoping and praying...
MURCER'S DRAMATIC BATTLE WITH CANCER
In his new autobiography "Yankee For Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes" (HarperCollins, $24.95), which goes on sale Tuesday, beloved Yankees player and broadcaster Bobby Murcer recounts his inspiring struggle...
KYLE'S NOT SO AMAZIN'
Afterward, manager Joe Girardi downplayed yesterday's performance from Kyle Farnsworth. But the fact is, the reliever's seventh inning was pretty abysmal. Farnsworth was hammered in the Yankees' 7-4 loss to...
GIAMBI SINGS NEW THONG
Maybe it was the thong working its magical powers. A day after it came out that Jason Giambi sometimes dons a sensual, golden undergar ment to shake out of batting...
A-ROD HOMERS IN FIRST REHAB START
ST. PETERSBURG - The smile on Alex Rodriguez's face as he crossed home plate told the story - the Yankees third baseman felt just fine, thank you. A long home...
BOLD CALL ON BASES BACKFIRES ON YANKS
Bobby Meachem was well aware when he sent Johnny Damon home there would be a play at the plate. "I knew it was going to be close," the Yankees third-base...
GIRARDI: JOBA MAY NOT START IN '08
Joba Chamberlain's transition to the rotation might be on season-long hold.In a revelation that was neither confirmed nor denied by general manager Brian Cashman, manager Joe Girardi admitted yesterday that...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 19
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadium. This week, No. 19.July 18,...
OCHOA LEAVES PAST BEHIND
Challenge accepted, and raised. LPGA No. 1 Lorena Ochoa served notice yesterday that sentiment and script won't be enough for Annika Sorenstam to regain the LPGA's top spot before she...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Dredge grabs lead In Duluth, Ga., Charles Howell III shot a 5-under to take a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry after the third round of the AT&T Classic. An...
DEFENSE KEY FOR RED BULLS
A man down and a goal down, the Red Bulls pulled out a 1-1 draw with Kansas City. Despite a decimated midfield _ missing two starters and having another sent...
'BIG' FELLA A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION CHAMP
BALTIMORE - Horses are not machines - except, maybe, just maybe, Big Brown. The horse of the decade who won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago like a NASCAR racer,...
PLAN FOR FLOUNDER
THE American Sport fishing Association has come up with a plan that they say will improve fisheries management in this country. The ASA is recommending a six-point plan of action...
MY MONSTER HORSE WILL FINISH JOB
Rick Dutrow Jr. trains Big Brown, the undefeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, who's in line to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. This week, he shared...
RUTGERS PICKS UP EX-GATOR
Jonathan Mitchell became the latest basketball star to commit to Rutgers and coach Fred Hill. The 6-foot-7, 243-pound Mitchell was a New York Mr. Basketball at Mt. Vernon and won...
RATS GNAW AT BATS
THE first round of interleague play concludes today and one storyline that accompanied this initial wave essentially goes like this: wow, look at the National League. The weekend began in...
THE RUMBLE
Mets' war of words Pitchers battle enormous puzzle Each day in the clubhouse, John Maine, who will try to solve the Braves on Tuesday in the opener of a day/night...
COLORS OF BETH PAGE
Sure, everybody knows how great the Black Course is at Bethpage State Park. Everybody knows it's one of the nation's top-ranked courses and, yeah, it's going to host the 2009...
JOCKS HEAP 'BIG' PRAISE
BALTIMORE - What the jockeys said after Big Brown's victory yesterday in the Preakness: Julien Leparoux (2nd, Macho Again) - "We just got beat by a monster. He just might...
RED BULLS RALLY FOR 1-1 DRAW
A man down and a goal down, the Red Bulls pulled out a 1-1 draw with Kansas City. Despite a decimated midfield _ missing two starters and having another sent...
BIG SCORE FOR HONDO
Hondo missed at the Preakness yesterday with Yankee Bravo but nailed a hefty longshot at Wrigley with the Pirates, which goosed the earnings signifi- cantly to 285 mcdowells. Today, Mr....
LONGSHOT 'PAYS' IN DIXIE
BALTIMORE - Longshot bettors cashed big time on the Preakness undercard when 19-1 Pays to Dream made a lightning, worst-to-first move under Javier Castellano, driving to the lead in midstretch...
STOPGAPS FOR YOUR ROTO TEAM
WHO knew Robert Downey Jr. was tougher than many baseball players. After all, Downey is, in fact, Iron Man. Too bad diamond stars can't fortify themselves with metal suits and...
NO WILL TO WIN
* Thank you for Joel Sherman's column concerning Willie Randolph ["Un-Met goals put Randolph in jeopardy," The Post and nypost.com, May 16]. I am a Mets fan who lives in...
IT'S TWO DOWN ONE TO GO FOR 'BROWN'
BALTIMORE - Roll out the red carpet, New York. Big Brown and his band of renown are heading home for the June 7 Belmont Stakes, and they're bringing a chance...
'BROWN' OWNERS REACH STUD DEAL
BALTIMORE - An agreement to stand Big Brown at stud was announced yesterday between the colt's owners, IEAH Stables, and Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Ky., located in the heart...
68'S PRIORITY ONE
JAROMIR Jagr wasn't joking when on breakup day he said his first choice was to play next season for the Rangers. And Glen Sather wasn't kidding, either, those times the...
ROSE-Y OUTLOOK
Mike D'Antoni always is smiling, even when carping at referees. That smile will be pasted on all summer if the Knicks win the lottery Tuesday and assure themselves of selecting...
STEPH-ING IN IT
SPECULATIVE stories, for the most part, are best left unaddressed for fear refer encing them will give them credibility. Nevertheless, last week's report that Mike D'Antoni wants to trade Stephon...
D'ANTONI'S WIFE MODEL OF SUCCESS
When The Post asked former fashion model Laurel D'Antoni if she had any pictures from her days in front of a camera, she quipped, "With clothes or without?" Laurel has...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 19
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week, No. 19.Oct. 26, 2000...
BILLY CLOSES OUT YANKS, COMMENT CONTROVERSY
ALL the Mets were accountable yesterday. In their first game after Billy Wagner let his frustration get the best of him, the closer said the Mets played with the kind...
HAUNTED HOUSES
THEY get away with this stuff in the movies all the time, so why not a harmless little newspaper column? Patrick Swayze's ghost is the big star of "Ghost." Warren...
BIG CY OF RELIEF
Johan Santana was worth every penny of his $137.5 million salary yesterday. The beleaguered Mets forked over that club-record payout for Santana to be their stopper, and the ace left-hander...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the new right fielder who leads the Mets in homers and RBIs. Q: Your kid brother Matthew went back Tuesday to Iraq; emotionally, how...
MET LOAF ALWAYS ON MENU
THE Mets, since at least the Mike Piazza days, have been a minimal ist team. It's the least they can do. And though it's a recidivist and self-evident truth, what...
NETS SEEK MORE DEPTH
The odds are slim - 1.1 percent to be precise - but the Nets always can hope. Hey, they cashed in with a 4.4-percent chance in 2000 and landed the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An 8-year-old boy stole a car and took it on a joyride. The outlaw tyke slipped out of his Pontiac, Mich., home and found a car running with nobody inside....
KIM CATTRALL
The actress responsible for most of the sex in 'Sex and the City' talks cougars, monogamy and 'Being a Girl' Each of the leading ladies from "Sex and the City"...
WORK THAT WII
A big screen goes green; fitness the Wii way; the BlackBerry gets a makeover; video cam for YouTubers; and an all-in-one pretty printer. Creative Vado $99.99; us.creative.com With its 2-inch...
BRIDGE
YOU'RE the declarer at six hearts. West leads a low spade. How would you operate at matchpoint duplicate? At rubber or party bridge? Playing in a duplicate game, South finessed...
MAY 18 - 24
This week: Gear up for bikinis and booze at Bloomie's; celebrate the "birth" of the Brooklyn Bridge; Latin dancers take Manhattan; learn how to mix it up at home; and...
WEB SLINGER
Green Porno SundanceChannel.com Apparently, Isabella Rossellini is into bugs. So much so that the veteran actress conceived, wrote and co-directed eight mini-films explaining their sexual habits. She re-enacts their mating...
THE UNSEEN CHINATOWN
For three years, photographer Thomas Holton documented the day-to-day life of a Manhattan Chinese-American family, enmeshing himself in the life of the Lams, a hardworking clan of five - two...
KIM CATTRALL
The actress responsible for most of the sex in 'Sex and the City' talks cougars, monogamy and 'Being a Girl' Each of the leading ladies from "Sex and the City"...
READY, SETS - GO
FORGET about oil fu tures. Now's the time to invest in chess sets. Avid collectors bid tens of thousands of dollars for beautifully crafted sets in an extraordinary auction in...
STAR 'TREAT'-MENT
IN their owners' eyes, all dogs deserve red-carpet treatment, but in our celebrity-obsessed culture, it's the star K9s that actually get it. Case in point: At a recent launch event...
THE CRADLE DOES ROCK
FOR TWO DECADES, the steel-cage Van Halen slap-down match has always been the who's-better battle between singers Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth - not any more. The question now...
THOSE LIPS CAN SING
FOR an actress not known for singing, recording a CD can be the equivalent of painting a bull's-eye on your back and handing critics a shotgun. So when Scarlett Johansson...
OUT THIS WEEK
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets (Walt Disney, $34.99) Nic Cage and his crew of document chasers do their best to keep this "Da Vinci Code" tribute alive.24: Season One...
RETURN OF 'LIVING DEAD'
GEORGE A. Romero's 1968 horror classic "Night of the Living Dead" was made using mostly amateur actors, at a budget that probably wouldn't cover catering for today's average Hollywood production....
RAIDERS OF THE LOST STORY ARC
Hollywood's best dreamed up dozens of new plots for Indy. Few survived in 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' LIKE Harrison Ford, you could grow old waiting for the next...
TAKE THE B(LOOD) TRAIN
JAPANESE director-writer Sion Sono's "Noriko's Dinner Table" (2006) " - due soon on DVD - is a prequel to Sono's shocking "Suicide Club" (2002). That one sent a bunch of...
DUFF FIGHTS IN NEW 'WAR'
FOR a young woman just under 21, there are a couple ways around that whole legal drinking age thing. One is to "spend a lot of time in Canada," says...
MAKING THE SCENE...
Bowery Wine Company 13 E. First St.; (212) 614-0800 WHEN this boxy nouveau wine lounge (and the sterile luxury condo complex that houses it) replaced a longtime, unkempt Bowery lot...
PROOF POSITIVE
Barefoot merlot Don't look at the price when you buy a bottle of Barefoot merlot. Just try it with a hearty meal, as I did, of pesto tortellini and chicken...
FISH AND SIPS
Savarona 420 E. 59th St.; (212) 371-6300 If residents of Greece owe Anthos chef Michael Psilakis a debt of gratitude for elevating their humble peasant fare to haute cuisine, then...
EGAN, 25, AND FREYER, 26
April 26 - Allison Freyer and Patrick Egan were blinded by love. Well, almost. One year after being set up on a blind date by a mutual friend, Egan, a...
ORTIZ, 31, AND LIPSCOMB, 27
April 25 - An exhausting summer evening at Webster Hall in 2006 became Andrea Lipscomb's lucky night. "My friends were dancing while I was resting my feet. A bouncer approached...
NAPOLITANO, 29, AND BAUER, 30
May 3 - Popping the question can be stressful. Just ask Christopher Bauer, a senior trader at Avenue Capital Management, who was so busy preparing to propose to Kristina Napolitano...
REEMER, 26, AND FIELD, 26
March 22 - Samantha Field and Jeff Reemer know the real meaning of wanderlust. The two became friends in high school and traveled on a European teen tour together. Years...
GREY ANATOMY
I cannot believe the callous statements made by E.J. McMahon in his article "Union Health Ripoff" (PostOpinion, May 12). This is the first time I have ever heard of basic...
SEX & THE PITY
Fictional Carrie Bradshaw's hat made the front page of The Post, followed by two or three pages devoted to the European opening of the "Sex and the City" movie ("Star's...
READY, AIM, DRAW!
Michael Ramirez has been fired by the Los Angeles Times, sweated by cops, denounced by politicians and pursued by the Secret Service. He gets death threats. But it comes with...
NO FUND INTENDED
You can vote as much as you want (and in Chicago, some people do), but the sad truth is that money probably has a greater influence on our democracy than...
HE WAS NOT A CROOK
Swarmed by photographers, former Attorney General John Mitchell - once President Nixon's closest adviser, an awesome figure, with his wintry demeanor and trademark pipe, throughout the capital - emerged shaken...
BLOG WATCH
Oh, snap! The Cato Institute (cato.org) has put out its spring letter, and P.J. O'Rourke is in it. "There is only one thing that gives me hope as a Republican,...
"THE BEST GAME EVER"
Record-shattering television ratings accompanied the Giants' Super Bowl victory in February. But if it wasn't for a championship game the G-men lost, it's possible that nobody would have noticed. According...
"THE DRUNKARD'S WALK"
Harvard rejected a record 91 percent of applicants this year. This doesn't mean those turned down were unworthy - perhaps just unlucky. Randomness rules our lives more than we'd care...
"A WRITER'S PEOPLE"
"I very early became aware of different ways of seeing because I came to the metropolis from very far," laments V.S. Naipaul. "Another reason may be that I don't, properly...
REQUIRED READING
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif (Knopf) Turmoil-wracked Pakistan is on the front lines of the battle against the terrorism, so, of course, it's ripe for satire. First-time...
"THE ENCHANTRESS OF FLORENCE"
TV mannequin Padma Lakshmi really did a number on Salman Rushdie, who takes their separation out on the women of his new novel. They are nagging wives, slave girls, all-powerful...
"DIARY OF A BLOOD DONOR"
It sounds absurd: a parable about Stalinism and Soviet nationalism disguised as a comic retelling of the Dracula story, set in Estonia in the mid 1980s. But Mati Unt has...
"THE LAST CAMPAIGN "
"Bobby Kennedy was no saint," writes historian Thurston Clarke - but you'd be hard-pressed to reach a different conclusion after reading this book. As Clarke tells it in "The Last...
"BOTTLEMANIA "
To understand the differences between Evian and Ethos you have to speak to an expert. So, in her new book "Bottlemania," journalist Elizabeth Royte consulted a water connoisseur whose refined...
"ALL HANDS DOWN"
Dust off the tinfoil hats: the 40-year-old USS Scorpion conspiracy theory has been revived. The Scorpion was a nuclear submarine launched in 1959 to play cat-and-mouse with the Soviets at...
IN MY LIBRARY: CHRISTINE BARANSKI
If you've caught her black-and-white-and-Chanel-all-over look in Broadway's "Boeing, Boeing," you won't be surprised to know that Christine Baranski is cuckoo about Coco. And a well-read one at that. "Every...
TVT CREDITORS TURNING UP THE HEAT
THE battle over the bankrupt TVT Records intensified last week after creditors claimed a financing deal between owner Steve Gottlieb and hedge fund D.B. Zwirn was aimed at diverting assets...
$QUEEZE IS ON FOR WORKERS
US workers are facing a nearly unprecedented belt-tightening as real wages are likely to fall for the eighth straight month in May while declining home values and a lackluster jobs...
WHERE IS PMI FOR HOUSING CRISIS?
Dear John: The mortgages I am familiar with require an additional payment if the borrower puts down less than 2 percent of the home's value. Seems like all of the...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSTERRY LUNDGREN CEO of Macy's sees stock get boost from better-than-expected results, deal with FAO Schwarz.JAMES KEYES Turnaround continues at Blockbuster as CEO outguns Wall Street estimates.MARY ELCANO Red Cross...
PANDIT SPREADS THE WORD
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit is so committed to his controversial vision for keeping the banking giant united that he's telling everyone - even people who don't likely care. Citi's credit...
WHY IS CONGRESS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF FARM AID?
WHICH species is more threatened - the polar bear or the principled lawmaker who will make tough decisions in the face of his or her own political interests? If you...
SEARCH AND DESTROY
Concerns are mounting among Yahoo! investors that Carl Icahn's rebel campaign will lead to Microsoft picking up the troubled Web company on the cheap. Eric Jackson, the dissident hedge-fund manager...
STOCK IN TRADE
There's a power struggle brewing at Bloomberg LP. The media and financial data company, which has grown into a $5.4 billion powerhouse chiefly through the leasing of its must-have computer...
MYGA$.COM
With gas prices rising almost daily, drivers are searching for the lowest possible price - and a handful of Web sites that offer the lowest prices in your area are...
SCRAMBLED UP
Raymond Mignone, a financial planner in Little Neck, has a client whose daughter needed $40,000 for a down payment on a house. Without any other choice and not wanting to...
AT ANN TAYLOR, EVERYTHING MUST GO
There's a little something extra on sale at the Ann Taylor Loft store on 34th Street beside the madras plaid halter dresses and patent-leather sandals - the entire 20,136-square foot...
CSX'S LOCO MOTIVE
A string of donations by railroad giant CSX Corp. to organizations linked to key lawmakers is raising questions about whether the company is using political connections to fend off a...
FOOD FOLLY
New federal numbers confirm what most Americans already know: The price of food is going up - fast. The Labor Department announced last week that its cost-of-food index rose fully...
RANK ALLEGATIONS
Memo to cops: When the guy you plan to question turns out to be your superior officer, best not to mouth off. Officer Michael Granahan may have forgotten that when...
A CLUELESS CITY COUNCIL
Lest anyone think that the City Council - so distracted by not reforming the corrupt member-item pork process now under federal investigation - might have forgotten what's really important, the...
EMBRACING MY INNER STILETTO
'LITTLE Mandy," Super Preppy says, touching my face as we wake up in the morning. "Little, little Mandy." "That joke never gets old, does it?" I ask. "Nope," he says,...
MEET MARKET
John is a 30-year-old actor looking for a fun, fit girl who will hang out in the park and do push-ups with him. Her exercise abilities, however, shouldn't make him...
TOP 5 WAYS TO LAND YOUR OFFICE CRUSH
According to happy- hour office mates at the Rock Rink Bar "Organize a group of co-workers to get drinks, then sequester him away for yourself." - Lisa "Ask if she...
AGE INAPPROPRIATE
Mike, a 26-year-old chiropractor, wanted an outgoing, physically fit gal to take out for a night on the town. He chose Mariana, a 33-year-old project manager who loves witty banter...
I'D RATHER NOT CARRIE ON WITH 'SEX'
"Sex and the City"? Again? Those that know me will confirm that I'm not one to look backward very often. They'll tell you I am always among the first to...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: REALITY America has spoken Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are the two most successful winners of "American Idol." This week, another aspiring recording star potentially joins their ranks as...
OFF THE 'RUNWAY'
Season five of "Project Runway" - coming in July - will be its last on the New York catwalks before the show gets an overhaul by changing networks (Bravo to...
VIEWERS AMBUSHED BY CROTCH-GRABBING PROMOS
We've made the offer for years. And it still stands. Thus far, though, no takers, not even one. It's simple: If network and advertising shot-callers are so bold as to...
REEL GOOD
KNOCKED UP (2007) Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO When a gorgeous TV personality (Katherine Heigl) gets hammered and has a one-night stand with an out-of-shape slacker (Seth Rogen) she finds herself...
SPRING TRAINING
Two tabloid divas-Lindsay Lohan and Naomi Campbell-help "Ugly Betty" close out its second season on ABC this week. Lohan plays Kimberly, a mean girl from Betty's past who resurfaces in...
STRIPPING FOR 'HOUSE'
It took a trip to a professional to teach "House"'s Lisa Edelstein how to pull off a pole dance. In the top-rated show's two-part season finale, Edelstein, 41, who plays...
Cannes: 5 1/2 Hours Hours to Indy
"I'm really eager for this train to leave the station,'' said Harrison Ford yesterday. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' will premiere here in less than six...
Former NY Mr. Basketball headed to Rutgers
By BRIAN LEWISJonathan Mitchell became the latest basketball star to commit to Rutgers and coach Fred Hill. The 6-7, 243-lb. Mitchell was a New York Mr. Basketball at Mt. Vernon...
JUAN CARLOS OSORIO (AND DAVE VAN DEN BERGH) OUT FOR CHICAGO
By BRIAN LEWISFans of the Red Bulls and Chicago Fire waiting to see Juan Carlos Osorio _ Public Enemy No. 1 around the offices and amongst the fans of his...