May 25, 2008
METS FALL AGAIN, WILLIE TO MEET WITH WILPONS
DENVER -- After giving him a brief reprieve yesterday, the Mets put Willie Randolph's job right back in serious jeopardy today. Fresh off a 4-1 loss here to the Rockies,...
RED BULLS ROUTED 5-1
Today, the Red Bulls responded to the biggest tilt of their year with one of the worst showings in their history. Suspended coach Juan Carlos Osorio _ who stoked this...
BROWN NOT IN 'BIG' TROUBLE
Don't panic yet, racing fans, but Big Brown's Triple Crown coronation in the June 7 Belmont Stakes might hang in the balance now that the hero of the Kentucky Derby...
Randolph keeping his chin up
Willie Randolph is feeling confident about his meeting Monday at Shea Stadium with Met ownership and GM Omar Minaya. Asked by The Post today after a 4-1 loss to the...
DIVERS FOUND AFTER 19 HOURS
An American woman and her British boyfriend were plucked to safety in a dramatic rescue after a 19-hour scuba-diving ordeal in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. And now,...
YANKEES RALLY PAST MARINERS FOR 5TH STRAIGHT WIN
Out of the dumpster, and back to respectability. The Yankees' Hillary Clinton-like freefall seems over -- a conclusion reached not only by results but the manner in which they are...
Cannes Prizes: Clint No, Che Semi-Si
The Palm d'Or went a French film, Laurence Cantet's "Class,'' for the first time since 1987. It was the last film shown in competition, after most of the press --...
Marlins pitching matchups set
The Mets have released the pitching matchups for the three-game series with the NL East-leading Marlins that starts Monday night at Shea Stadium. Here they are:Monday -- RHP Ricky Nolasco...
Omar: Pedro getting rehab start
Despite Pedro Martinez's desire to rejoin the Mets' rotation right away, GM Omar Minaya said today the club is still going to require him to make one minor-league rehab assignment....
Red Bulls' lineup vs. Chicago
After much gamesmanship, here is the lineup for the Red Bulls' rivalry game against Chicago _ along with what we believe to be the formation. It's a Christmas Tree variation,...
WILLIE, WILPONS TO MEET MONDAY
Willie Randolph is expected to have his face-to-face meeting with Mets owner Fred Wilpon, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and GM Omar Minaya on Monday, before the start of a...
McCutchen makes first Triple-A start
Daniel McCutchen made his first start for the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees Saturday, allowing four runs (three earned) on 10 hits in 6-1/3 innings to take the loss against Indianapolis, the...
Mets go for series win in finale
Fresh off giving a Willie Randolph a temporary reprieve with Saturdayâs 9-2 win here over the Rockies, the Mets will see if John Maine (pictured) can win them the series...
Around the Bases: Rehab Assignments for Valentin, Karstens
While Jeff Karstens has finished up a rehab stint and been assigned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre, Jose Valentin has started his own at Single-A St. Lucie. Karstens, who has missed...
Wilpons, Willie meeting Monday
Willie Randolph is expected to have his face-to-face meeting with Mets owner Fred Wilpon, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and GM Omar Minaya on Monday, before the start of a...
Mets coverage in today's Post
Thanks to an unheralded list headed by Double-A call up Nick Evans (pictured) and Claudio Vargas, the hot seat under Willie Randolph cooled a bit Saturday with a 9-2 win...
Miss at your own risk: Spelling Bee smackdown
Highlights for the week of May 25See how the Oceanic Six escape. Get off the island"Lost" wraps up one of its best seasons with the big reveal about how the...
Grant Axed
Roman Abramovich won't settle for anything less than a football empire to rival his first name. With no trophies of any kind to boast this season, coming close wasn't enough...
LIVEBLOG: Russia takes it all
It's Day 3 of our live report from the Eurovision song contest -- our man in Belgrade wraps it all up for us:It took a song produced by Timbaland, a...
COACH: THERE WILL BE BAD BLOOD
Today's tilt between the Red Bulls and Chicago (3 p.m., MSG) will have more melodrama than a novella, more subplots than a Robert Ludlum yarn. It's becoming exactly the kind...
GROUND ZERO IS BECKONING
WHAT hath Mike wrought? More than is immediately apparent, but much less than he would have liked. But all is not lost. His mayoralty maintains for 585 more days, enough...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 73-year-old Fort Worth woman wound up shot after she got into an argument with her son because she wouldn't stop walking around the house naked, according to the Dallas...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 827; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 2006; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Nos. Sat.: 782; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 9646;...
STRICKEN SWAYZE'S BRAVE FACE
Here's the face of a true fighter. "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze, 55, made his first public appearance since announcing in March he is battling pancreatic cancer. Swayze took time...
GM BUILDING SELLS FOR A RECORD $3B
In the largest single building sale in history, the General Motors Building will be sold for nearly $3 billion, the buyer said in a statement yesterday. As The Post first...
'OVERDOING IT' ON TEST PREP
A union survey of about 1,800 city elementary school teachers found that the majority of classrooms start preparing for state and city English and math tests at least eight weeks...
KENNEDYS FEEL BOBBY-SOCKED
Members of the Kennedy family are incensed over Hillary Rodham Clinton's invoking the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy to explain why she's staying in the race - and they think...
MAC PUTS THE SHUSH ON BUSH
John McCain is ratcheting up his presidential campaign, but one person you won't see by his side is President Bush. The Republican hopeful's campaign has asked Bush, who will be...
WHY $15 A BAG IS JUST THE START
Fifteen bucks to check a bag? Twenty more bucks for a second bag? An extra $10 for a window seat? A soggy sandwich for five bucks? Is there any possible...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN * An off-duty New Jersey police officer and a friend were killed in a motorcycle accident on the West Side early yesterday. Police said the 42-year-old man was driving...
SMILEY-SLAY LINKS
Pennsylvania police are re-examining the death of a man whose body was found in a creek in February as potentially one of the "smiley face" murders - the killings of...
GANG GUNMAN SHOOTS 5 IN QNS.
A gunman shot five people on a busy Queens street yesterday, cops said. Police believe the brazen attack to be gang related. The shooting started at about 11:40 a.m. on...
BOY SLAIN AFTER A SWEET 16
A 15-year-old Harlem boy was fatally gunned down early yesterday as he clashed with a group of thugs while leaving a friend's Sweet 16 party on the Upper West Side,...
HIT-RUN SLAY AND MIRACLE
A hit-and-run driver mowed down a man holding a baby in Queens - but the child miraculously survived after flying from the man's arms, cops said. Yone Auxilly, 28, was...
PLACING BETS ON MURDER
His luck had run out - what luck he had. The mysterious loner was known as the biggest loser making the rounds of the high-stakes tables at the Borgata in...
COP SUES 'LIAR' EX IN SLAP FLAP
A Bronx police detective who lost his relationship, his reputation and his home is suing the person he says cost him everything by fabricating a domestic-violence charge against him -...
BROKEN MAIN SOAKS VILLAGE
Scores of people were evacuated from a tony West Village block when a water main burst last night. More than 100 people in four buildings were rushed from their apartments...
THEY'RE CORPS TO THE CORE
J. Terry Ryan's heart was sick the day he said goodbye to his baby son and headed off to serve his nation as a Marine sergeant in the KoreanWar. "I...
TUMOR TALE FOR KENNEDY
In 1998, Byron Bayles, a 62-year-old metallurgical engineer and father of three, collapsed at his home in Syosset, LI. He was later diagnosed with a brain tumor - a glioblastoma,...
EURO WELCOME
Will that be cash, credit - or euros? Traitorous Hamptons business owners are accepting foreign currency this summer. Throughout the pricey playground, The Post found stores, restaurants, real-estate agencies and...
REPORT BARES CONSTRUCTION-SITE CRISIS
More than 80 percent of building plans submitted under the city's controversial "self-certification" program are plagued with zoning violations like those at the site of the deadly crane collapse, a...
$500M MORE FOR NYPD ACADEMY
The projected cost of a new police academy in Queens has risen to $1.5 billion, up $500 million from the original estimate. The staggering increase was revealed last week in...
CARRIAGE BUMP BREEDS CARNAGE
A bumped baby carriage led to a man being slashed in Central Park's Strawberry Fields yesterday, police and witnesses said. The victim was leaving the park at about 6:30 p.m....
THIS WILL 'RAYS' YOUR SPIRITS
Beachgoers like Raianna Werner, 17, at Jones Beach, wouldn't let a few clouds rain on their holiday weekend parade as they flooded local beaches to work on their tans yesterday....
SAFETY $LASH AT BEACHES
Lifesaving patrols on city beaches have been slashed by FDNY number crunchers, a union said yesterday. The cuts mean New York's seven beaches will lose specially trained emergency medical technicians,...
LUNCH CROWD BANDIT
He's serving up larceny for lunch. A well-dressed, well-coiffed daytime purse-snatcher has been targeting unsuspecting women as they lunch at Midtown tourist spots, The Post has learned. The thief seems...
SCHOOL REPORTS MOM AS 'ABUSER'
Bronx HS of Science senior Michel Dussack has a "B" average, an 1890 SAT score and an almost full college scholarship for the fall. But Dussack's mother was accused of...
BEER 'BLAST' CASE A MATTER OF COORS
Forget about whether that beer tastes great or is less filling. The real question is, will it blow up? A Queens man claims in a lawsuit he was seriously injured...
TEEN BEATEN IN B'KLYN CELL
A teen was clinging to life last night after he was pummeled during a fight in a crowded Brooklyn jail, sources said. The 16-year-old, whose name was not released, suffered...
PROM-RAGE GAL'S DANCE WITH ARSON
Maybe hell really doth have no fury like a woman scorned. A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged with burning down the home of a Trenton, NJ, former boyfriend -...
THE BOOK ON BLOOMBERG
HE came in bold and business-minded - a political outsider with deep pockets (read: no allegiances) looking to propel an aching city forward. Seven years and several major lost battles...
BIKINI SAMARITAN SUES OVER BUST
A bikini-clad good Samaritan attempting to help lifeguards with a Labor Day rescue in the Rockaways last year found herself barefoot in jail after scolding an ill-tempered cop, according to...
SARGE UNION'S SNEAKY 'FAKE' PARKING PERMITS
JUST weeks after the city is sued new official parking placards, the union representing police sergeants is handing out redesigned, homemade parking permits that use the same layout and design...
LIBERTY BRACE FOR A SHOCK
It's bad enough for the Liberty that the Detroit Shock handed them their first and last losses of last season. It's even worse because Detroit's Bill Laimbeer has proven to...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 18
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week: No....
ARMED FOR FUTURE
THE Yankees dream. That is why Joba Chamberlain is being groomed now as a starter. The team's main executives envision a day soon - in their fondest imagination, perhaps as...
JOBA DOES HIS PART TO PROTECT KYLE
RAUL Ibanez tapped Joba Chamberlain's 3-2 gas weakly to Derek Jeter to end the seventh inning and, at 40 pitches, Step 2 of The Conversion. Chamberlain, walking off to another...
TAKE 2: YANKS WIN!
You sometimes hear about a false start, but what about a false finish? The Yankees and Mariners got just that yesterday, the result of plate umpire Larry Vanover calling out...
YANKS' BATS IN A NEW YORK GROOVE
There is the underbelly of the schedule, and there is facing the Mariners. But who cares about fair fights at this point? The Yankees need wins and gladly will take...
CANO AND GIAMBI FIND 'GOOD LUCK'
The science of hitting. It can be as difficult as quantum physics, as frustrating as square pegs for round holes. Witness Jason Giambi and Robinson Cano contributing to the Yankee...
WHY THE RUSH?
* What if the Maras and Tisches had bowed to public and media demands to fire Giants coach Tom Coughlin? What if Eli Manning had been driven out of town?...
NO-NO, NOT TODAY
I Had spent the day in the Boston Public Library, lost in a time warp, lost in a black-and-white baseball world, and I was tired and I was cranky and...
LAND OF THE LOST
The 11 winners of the Triple Crown form the most elite fraternity in thoroughbred racing, with Big Brown poised to make it an even dozen on June 7. But we've...
PROSPECT SHAKES OFF SOME RUSTICH
IF NUMBERS decided whether or not a base ball prospect was drafted, Brant Rustich wouldn't have had a chance after sporting a 9-11 record and 6.10 ERA in 72 appearances...
RUSSIAN LEAGUE GIVING NHL RUN FOR ITS MONEY
THIS from an agent who represents an impending free agent who this week received a staggering offer from a team in the seriously emerging Russian Super League: "I'm telling you,...
SPORTS SHORTS
BOXING: Hatton retains title In Manchester, England, Ricky Hatton prevailed in a lopsided decision over Juan Lazcano yesterday to retain his IBO light welterweight title and restart his career before...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q &A WITH...
Steve Serby chatted with jockey Kent Desormeaux who is looking to ride Big Brown to the Triple Crown with a victory in the 140th Belmont Stakes on June 7. Q:...
THE RUMBLE
Don't feel Blue O'Hara gives Ward leg to stand on Giants running back Derrick Ward is on the mend from a broken left leg and is sure he will be...
WHAT A CARD!
Today's tilt between the Red Bulls and Chicago (3 p.m., MSG) will have more melodrama than a novella, more subplots than a Robert Ludlum yarn. It's becoming exactly the kind...
MANHATTAN CUP A BIG SUCCESS
IT was a normal day for the Manhattan Cup - good fishing, a great party and terrible weather. It was a steady, cold rain and with northeast winds, the conditions...
DUTROW: 'BROWN' DOING JUST FINE
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who will saddle Big Brown when he bids for the Triple Crown in the June 7 Belmont Stakes, leaned against a bench in the Belmont Park...
PUT THESE VETERANS 'INDY' TRADE MARKET
LEGENDARY hero In diana Jones returns to the screen this week. Chances are, it will be a somewhat bittersweet adventure. We expect Indy will tease us with the possibility this...
NO SURRENDER
WHEN defensive lineman Charrod Taylor was with the Giants in training camp last summer, he would say a prayer every night. Taylor didn't make it to the NFL and now...
MEDIA LESSON 101. . .
COLLEGE graduation season. Lots of com munications and broadcast journalism majors, young men and women, soliciting job leads and career advice. But all I can provide is a lesson in...
HONDO: A'S LEAD TO W'S
Hondo zipped his way to an easy victory yester day in Toronto as Litsch pitched in and blanked the Royals to increase the bankroll to 355 lumpes. Today, he'll test...
TORONTO COULD MOVE BURNETT
One player who could be a huge difference maker and traded before the July 31 deadline is Toronto's A.J. Burnett. The righty can opt out of the final two years...
TAKE YOUR PICK!
I HAVEN'T the foggiest notion whom the Knicks plan to draft. At the same time, I guarantee Donnie Walsh will not surrender his first rounder (No. 6, overall) for the...
WILLIE RESIGNED TO THE FINAL CUT
DENVER - Despite some encouraging words from his boss, Willie Randolph sounded like Dead Manager Walking yesterday. GM Omar Minaya made a surprise visit here Friday to give his embattled...
VARGAS MAKES PITCH TO STAY
DENVER - Claudio Vargas yesterday gave himself a chance to stick with the Mets a little longer. The veteran right-hander, recently called up to fill out their rotation until Pedro...
METS' YOUNGSTER IS 'DOUBLE' THE TROUBLE IN MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT
DENVER - The blissful ignorance of youth came in handy for the Mets yesterday. Nick Evans admittedly knew nothing of the Mets' plight or Willie Randolph's shaky job security when...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 18
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. 17.Oct. 17, 1999...
'KISS OF DEATH'
DENVER - Despite some encouraging words from his boss, Willie Randolph sounded like Dead Manager Walking yesterday. GM Omar Minaya made a surprise visit here Friday to give his embattled...
RANDOLPH WINS A REPRIEVE - FOR NOW
DENVER - These are the kinds of scenes that would drive a lot of people to the brink of their wits if they could walk into a baseball clubhouse late...
SUBMARINE WAR
Stephen Johnson's assault on "All Hands Down" began almost the day of its sale to Simon and Schuster was announced in a publishing trade magazine ("10,000 Leagues Under Reason," PostScript,...
WEB SLINGER
Wilfred IFC.com Imagine you're a dog, owned by a young, single woman and every suitor represents a challenge to your territory. That's the premise of "Wilfred," a dark buddy comedy...
LOVING 'CARE'
FIRST, the bad news: New York's crisis of homeless pets is reaching epidemic proportions - and the majority of animals entering our city's shelter system are pit bulls. Yet, while...
MAY 25 - 31
This week: Donate, then dine in the Meatpacking District; Shakespeare in the Park debuts; Fleet Week brings on the funny; flashback to the '80s with Duran Duran; and 20-something shutterbugs...
BRIDGE
IF you're a procrastinator, you may have to put off some things a dozen times before you completely forget to do them; but it's certainly a good idea to delay...
SHULMAN US CHAMP
YURY Shulman, who came to America nine years ago thanks to a chess scholarship in Texas, dominated the 2008 US Championship with a 7-2 winning score on Wednesday. Shulman, the...
HEAVEN'S DOORBELL
Digital ding-dong; Netflix streams to your TV; a better Jawbone; microwave to go; and a super-smart pen Roku Netflix Player $99.99; roku.com/netflixplayer The Netflix Player streams DVD-quality movies to subsribers'...
ODE TO A HOSPITAL
THE title of the new Spiritualized CD, "Songs in A&E," might seem to us Americans like an odd reference to a cable network. But in England, A&E is short for...
PREACHER'S SOUL
Soul legend Al Green is a spiritual, mystical, and at times somewhat maniacal (but in a good way) sort of man. So it's no surprise that when he's asked why...
DREAM WOMAN
THE Lincoln Plaza usually devotes its six screens to new (mostly subtitled) fare. But Dan Talbot, who runs the theater and New Yorker Films, is temporarily trying something new: He's...
RADHA MITCHELL
Sultry star of 'High Art' talks about keepin' it PG with her sexy co-star in 'The Children of of Huang Shi' The first time most Americans saw Radha Mitchell, she...
BIG 'FOOT' ON FILM
Will Ferrell has a simple goal: "The blood of the yellow-eyed wolf will run down the streets and into the movie theaters to provide top-notch entertainment to the audiences." That's...
SEXCAPADES
IT'S hard to play favorites when it comes to "Sex and the City." With six seasons, 94 episodes and countless Cosmos, picking only 10 great moments is like picking a...
LOVE HAS A PRICE: CARRIE'S WEDDING
The "Sex and the City" movie's major moment is the mega-wedding of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Fantasy sequence or not, one thing's for sure: This...
SPIKE DOES RIGHT THING BY MJ
Spike Lee is set to shoot a documentary about Michael Jordan, he announced at Cannes. Lee hopes to have the film ready for next year's festival. * Sony is in...
'WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?'
Last Christmas, the anti-shopping indie "What Would Jesus Buy?" made this reporter's day. Entire season, really. So a DVD packed with more manic "Shopocalypse" goodness is a welcome release. The...
NEW RELEASES
Darfur Now *** (Warner, $4.99) In the past decade, so many awful things have happened to the people of Sudan that it's hard for outsiders to fathom the suffering caused...
BLOOD OF THE 'RAMBO'
With John McCain invoking the memory of Ronald Reagan every chance he gets, it only makes sense that the greatest movie hero from the Gipper's golden years is back in...
MAKING THE SCENE...
Salon de Ning 700 Fifth Ave.; (212) 956-2888 The Peninsula Hotel celebrates its 20th birthday this year, and it's doing so by getting, as it were, a new hairdo -...
PROOF POSITIVE
Three Olives root beer vodka We're over the ever-growing crop of flavored vodkas. Coconut, strawberry, caramel? Bleh. So when enticed to try a bottle of Three Olives Root Beer vodka...
PARLOR TRICKS
Abigail 807 Classon Ave., Brooklyn; (718) 399-3200 Local music, poetry readings, free WiFi, and a great kid's menu make this all-day café, wine bar and restaurant quintessentially Brooklyn. Owned by...
CISCART, 32, AND VIERA, 34
April 25 - It was a family affair when Matthew Ciscart proposed to Priscilla Viera in February 2008. "He and my son cooked for me and they both got down...
FINK, 33, AND ROSEN, 29
April 5 - Alexander Fink and Beth Rosen may have been pronounced "husband and wife," but "king and queen" would've worked, too. Rosen, a sales director at Anzie Accessories, prepared...
BECIDYAN, 27, AND BROUSSARD, 26
April 26 - Sometimes you've got to ignore the signs. "We were in an amazing courtyard, when I suddenly heard a scuffle," says Vane Becidyan of the Maison de Ville...
RODRIGUEZ, 30, AND MALNAR, 30
April 5 - What's a Longhorn love connection? Just ask John Malnar and Laura Rodriguez, who met in 1996 at the University of Texas at Austin. "Three years of innocent...
ANIMAL CRACKERS
George Will writes about the polar bear being placed on the endangered species list ("Trojan Bears?" PostOpinion, May 22) the same day we read about the plans for St. Vincent's...
EXCELSIOR!
Kudos to Professor Tom Lammers for catching the un-credited iconic Jack Kirby image on the New Yorker cartoon featured on their Web site ("Drawing Criticism," May 22). I, too, immediately...
AIRLINE HIJACK
It will be a cold day in Hades before I ever fly American Airlines again ("Skyway Robbery," May 22). The latest sham about charging $15 for luggage that should be...
A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
Dear Summer, Welcome to the world. Thanks for coming along. I was pretty much out of column ideas. At present you know me as the seemingly irrelevant figure lurking somewhere...
MAIL PATTERN BADNESS
Angelo Mozilo, CEO of embattled mortgage lender Countrywide, received an e-mail Tuesday from a homeowner who couldn't keep up with his loan. Angry that the letter's wording seemed coached, Mozilo...
THE PROUD, THE FEW
For the American Left, there are many reasons to withdraw from Iraq: we're caught in the middle of a sectarian civil war, the Iraqi government is a perfidious ally, Iraq...
GROVELING FOR OFFICE
It's hard to say what it takes to be president, but it's easy to figure out one thing you don't need: Shame. From Hillary Rodham Clinton's and John McCain's stilted...
CLINTON IN DENIAL
This week, before Tuesday's primaries, an unnamed Clinton intimate divulged Hillary's reason for staying in the race, despite Obama's lead by every conceivable metric: She and Bill, said the source,...
MAN UP, HILL
Hillary Clinton complained again this week that sexism has been a major dynamic in her unsuccessful bid for political dominance. She is quoted by the Washington Post's Lois Romano decrying...
BLOG WATCH
Chinese checker Strategypage.com on what the earthquakes shows about China and its military. "The army has recently received new combat/work uniforms, so they looked good on TV. Every little bit...
SUMMER BOOKS: WHAT I WANT TO READ
"I expect to read two of Arthur C. Clark's masterpieces. The first is 'The City and the Stars,' written in 1956 near the beginning of the grand master's novelistic career....
SUMMER BOOKS: NOVELS
1. The Condition by Jennifer Haigh (Harper, July 1) In the summer of 1976, scientist Frank McKotch makes a dramatic discovery - his only daughter, 13-year-old Gwen, has Turner's syndrome,...
SUMMER BOOKS: TRUE TALES OF WONDER
1. Rome 1960 The Olympics That Changed the World by David Maraniss (Simon & Schuster, July) Just in time for the Beijing games comes the story of this pivotal Olympics,...
SUMMER BOOKS: WHAT YOU WON'T READ
Nearly 20 years ago, Katherine Dunn published that rarest of novels: a mass-market bestseller that went on to become, and remains, a cult classic. A true American original, "Geek Love"...
SUMMER BOOKS: POLITICS
1. What Happened Inside the Bush White House and What's Wrong with Washington by Scott McClellan (Perseus, June 2) Scott McClellan came from Texas to join Bush in Washington as...
SUMMER BOOKS: GUILTY PLEASURES
1. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster, May 27) "The Devil Wears Prada" writer drops another brand name into her new New York story. The cast includes...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSSTEVEN ROSS Related Cos. boss buys 19-acre West Side rail yards property from MTA for $2B.MARKUS DOHLE Industry outsider tapped to become new CEO of Random House.GLENN MURPHY Gap sees...
DAME LIZ'S LOST LUSTER
IF there is one thing Elizabeth Taylor is supposed to know, it's diamonds. But three years after the 76-year old Hollywood legend lent her name, image and expertise to help...
OH, YOU'RE A BIG TEASE
With talk that the credit crunch is easing and markets are up noticeably from their March 10th lows - the S&P 500 has added 9.6 percent and the Dow Jones...
STOCK PICKS FOR THIS TURBULENT MARKET
The stock market has been very cruel to investors this year. It has become increasingly challenging to find the stocks that will be tomorrow's winners. Currently, two areas that are...
NYET, THANKS
Nearly three-quarters of financial advisers polled by InvestmentNews.com said they lacked confidence to invest clients' money in Russia. When asked if they would invest the money in Russian stocks and...
GM BUILDING SELLS FOR A RECORD $3B
In the largest single building sale in history, the General Motors Building will be sold for nearly $3 billion, the buyer said in a statement yesterday. As The Post first...
WULFF NOT CRYING AT OIL PRICES
GASOLINE prices in overdrive, an unpopular president in the White House, a heated election on the horizon, inflation stirring and Iran looming as America's No. 1 nemesis - the summer...
PICKING UP 'SPEED'
Warner Bros. is hoping sex really does sell. The Time Warner-owned film studio suddenly has a lot riding on the box office performance of "Sex and the City" after the...
MORTGAGE HAS VALUE
Dear John: Countrywide holds our mortgage and is in financial trouble. How will this affect us? Will we lose our mortgage or have it recalled? G.S.Dear G.S.: Countrywide was wobbly...
BUYING IN AS MOST STAY PUT
As the markets continued their months-long tumble from their October highs, most investors ran for shelter. But in every downturn, there's also a select group of money men who make...
BAM'S GI POSTURING
For a good illustration of just how vulnerable Barack Obama apparently feels on national security, look no farther than the fight he picked with John McCain on the Senate floor...
WILL SILVER TRASH NY?
The Senate has given Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver another chance to put the city's interests before his own, voting to let Mayor Bloomberg use a West Village pier for recycling....
TOP 5 PERSONALIZED* PORN NAMES
According to sexy fashionistas at the GenArt Style Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom "Magic Arrow." - Ameerah "CeCe Q." - Claire "Bunny West." - Derek "Spike Buckskin." - Jill "Gigi Scarlett."...
SEXYTIME WITH REAL CHUCK BASS
"I was locked in a sex dungeon with a dead horse, two underage Thai hookers, some methamphetamines and an industrial-sized tub of Vaseline," the Legendary (and Might I Add, Well-Respected)...
THE CHILL FACTOR
He said **** "Our spirited dialogue drew looks from nearby diners." She said *** "He was fun, but not quite letting go." John, a 30-year-old actor, impressed us with his...
MEET MARKET
Cesar is a 29-year-old personal trainer who's looking for a soulmate. The right woman would enjoy cuddling and hand-holding, but also have a sexy side. Naughty 'n' nice gals apply...
BJ Wins, Tito Loses at UFC 84
BJ Penn retained the UFC lightweight title while Tito Ortiz may have lost his final fight for UFC.BJ Penn retained the UFC lightweight championship Saturday night at the MGM Grand...
MOMMIE DEAREST
It's only a few minutes in to the first episode of "Living Lohan" before Dina Lohan, 45, takes on two perpetrators of tabloid fodder. The first is a Web site...
REEL GOOD
M*A*S*H (1970)Sunday, 8 p.m. AMC The movie that eventually became one of the most successful TV shows of all time. Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould are a couple of young...
KILLER VIRUS
Just in case pending economic disaster, ongoing war in the Middle East and the inability of the Democratic party to settle on a candidate isn't causing enough stress, A&E has...
SOCK IT TO ME
CBS will try to punch up its Saturday night ratings with extreme fighting. This week's two-hour fight card, live from Newark's Prudential Center, represents a milestone for the hand-to-hand and...
CSI: 2000 ELECTION
Hanging chads. Punch-card ballots. Butterfly ballots. Dimpled chads. If these phrases bring back memories - or nightmares - of the 2000 presidential election and the 36 days when Americans didn't...
NEWS BLOOPERS FIND ETERNAL LIFE ON YOUTUBE
Sue Simmons' f-bomb earlier this month was posted on YouTube about 10 minutes after it occurred. That speed might have been a record-breaker but it is inevitable today that TV...
PRIMETIME
"Grand Theft Auto IV" this month blew away, er, broke the record for sales of a video game in its first week in stores. The gangland game grossed $500 million....
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: REALITY Housewives' lost episode The janitors at Bravo have swept the cutting room floor and assembled a "lost" episode of "The Real Housewives of New York City." There will...
GOODBYE, CHARLIE
Denise Richards - one-time Bond Girl and Neve Campbell's lesbian hookup in "Wild Things" - hopes people will fall in love with who she really is through her new show,...
DAD: LOHAN, RONSON IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
Is she or isn't she? After photos last week showed Lindsay Lohan and Sam "She's Just a Friend" Ronson sharing some intimate moments on a boat in Cannes, rumors regarding...
Paulie, Hatton Win In England
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'KISS OF DEATH'
DENVER - Despite some encouraging words from his boss, Willie Randolph sounded like Dead Manager Walking today. GM Omar Minaya made a surprise visit here Friday to give his embattled...