June 23, 2008
3 DOWN: Omar, Wilpon and Relief Transformations
1. Omar Minaya said that after Monday he did not want to talk about Willie Randolph's firing any more and really that is good, since he only sounds foolish and...
MANUEL: COMMENTS WERE 'POSITIVE'
Thanks to controversial comments about Shea Stadium fans, Jerry Manuel had to explain and diffuse a swirl of mayhem just hours before his first home game as Mets manager. Sunday...
Scene-NYC streets
Actress Stephanie Silver looks super chic in a well-draped Rachel Pally dress over a James Perse tank with a Betsey Johnson bag and a pair of Christian Louboutins."I'm a California...
TEST SCORES JUMP FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
Cue the trumpets. The city's public school students improved by leaps and bounds on state math and reading tests this year - with the percentage of students meeting or surpassing...
BRUNO WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION
ALBANY - Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, the state's most powerful Republican, announced tonight that he won't seek re-election in November. Bruno, 79, of upstate Rensselaer County, who has been...
ASHLEY DUPRE BREAKS HER SILENCE
Ashley Dupre may be out of the prostitution business after the scandal that ousted ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer from office, but she's still "touched" by her fans. Ashley Dupre Photo Gallery...
Report: Melrose to coach Lightning
ESPN.com reports that analyst Barry Melrose will be introduced as the Tampa Bay Lightning's new head coach at a news conference Tuesday.
Not today, Boy George
Boy George was denied a visa to enter the US yesterday--imperiling his scheduled appearance on NBC's "Today" show July 7."Today" had billed George's recently announced appearance as a "special comeback"...
Orders in for Mariners opener
The lineups are set for tonight's opener of a three-game interleague series with the Mariners at Shea Stadium. And yes, note that sore-kneed Luis Castillo is included for the Mets,...
PERELMAN DAUGHTER: KEEP MOMMY AWAY
Seems like old times for billionaire Ron Perelman and his stunning ex-wife Patricia Duff - the notorious divorcees are duking it out again in court. Perelman, 64, and Duff, 53,...
Giants Cut Lorenzen
The Giants trimmed some fat from their roster cutting five players including backup quarterback Jared Lorenzen.The Giants survived last season with Jared Lorenzen and Anthony Wright as backups because Manning...
STRAHAN TO JOIN FOX PREGAME
Retired from football for only a matter of days, Michael Strahan didn't wait long before jumping into the next phase of his professional life. Strahan has been signed by FOX...
At Least One Italian in the Euro Final
APAt least one Italian has benefited from his countryâs failure at the European Championship.Roberto Rosetti was chosen Monday as the referee for the final.With his country losing to Spain in...
Schilling may throw again by January
APCurt Schillingâs shoulder operation has gone well and his surgeon says he could be throwing off a mound again by January.Mondayâs surgery on the 41-year-old Boston Red Sox right-hander lasted...
Ineffective Attack Costs Italy
APItaly overcame the loss of injured captain Fabio Cannavaro and the huge defensive hole that created. What did the World Cup champions in at the European Championship was an ineffective...
Deal of the Day-Nine West
If itâs one shoe that will transition beautifully into fall itâs these sassy Zanja gladiator shoes from Nine West.Marked down from $89 to $59.99, they can be worn all summer...
Did you watch?
Click here for more photos.It's time to face the facts: No one cares about the Daytime Emmys.Need further proof? Look no further than last Friday's Daytime Emmys telecast on ABC,...
METS OWNER KNEW WILLIE WAS OUT
Mets owner Fred Wilpon knew on Sunday that Willie Randolph would be fired on Monday, after flying to the West Coast to manage one more game. Wilpon said today GM...
'Kit Kittredge' Scores
Bob Berney's Picturehouse, the New Line specialty label set to join its parent in oblivion before the end of the year, is not going quietly into the good night. "Kit...
What's in the box?
The black linen box, contains all the DVDs encased in a laminated, heavy gauge, 56-page hand assembled album. It measures a substantial 8 13/15â x 13 5/8â by 3 3/8â...
George Carlin, 2004
George Carlin died of heart failure last night. He was 71.Watch the comedian on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" below.Check out more George Carlin videos after the jump. George...
Starr Report: Updates...
Steve Berthiaume, Linda Cohn, Josh Elliott, Robert Flores and Chris McKendry will anchor the new daytime editions of ESPN's "Sports Center" starting Aug. 11. They join former "Early Show" co-host...
CLUTCH HITS HELP S.I. YANKEES
The Staten Island Yankees yesterday did what their counterparts in The Bronx have struggled all year to do: deliver clutch hits. The Baby Bombers were 2-for-4 with runners in scoring...
ON DECK: MARINERS AT METS
And you think the Mets are a mess. Jerry Manuel's Shea Stadium debut as a manager comes tonight against the team with the worst record in baseball, the Seattle Mariners...
PULSE SALES
NANETTE LEPORE 225 W. 35th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues; (212) 594-0012 Sale: June 24-26. Tues.- Thurs., 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. Embroidered silk tops for $150.SHECKY'S 295 Lafayette St.,...
Why's she wearing that?
Ashley's cotton dress is Roxy and her wonderfully large sunglasses are Betsy Johnson
The Weather Outside is Frightful
Okay, okay, so maybe it's the wrong season to finish that off with, "but the fire is so delightful," but the weather is: a. awfulandb. stands no chance at improving...
Pelé mugged
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Coverage in today's Post
Jerry Manuel (pictured) had some colorful things to say about the atmosphere at Shea Stadium this season before the Mets kept the good times rolling with a 3-1 win in...
CHINATOWN BUS CRASH KILLS ONE PERSON
An out-of-control dump truck careened through Chinatown this morning, smashing into the rear of a parked bus that then slammed into a bank and 57-year-old passerby, killing her, police said....
MCCAIN OFFERS $300 MILLION FOR NEW AUTO BATTERY
PHOENIX -- John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The presumed Republican nominee is proposing a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop...
DEALS: 5 nights Waikiki $476/pp
I wrote about the changing face of Hawaiian air travel a few weeks ago, and of course, since we are talking about the airline industry here, the story was outdated...
CASHMAN AND PITCHING
FROM JOEL SHERMANBrian Cashman has messed up on big-time pitching in his term as Yankee GM. He wanted Jeff Weaver and Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa. It is a stain...
3 UP: Cash and Pitching, Felix vs. Johan, Carlin
1. Brian Cashman has messed up on big-time pitching in his term as Yankee GM. He wanted Jeff Weaver and Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa. It is a stain and...
THINK YOU CAN END WAR? TELL US HOW, OBAMA
* Good luck to Ralph Peters in getting any specifics out of Sen. Barack Obama ("Obama vs. Osama," PostOpinion, June 19). I'm still waiting to hear the details of Sen....
REFORM IDA
* Since 1969, taxpayers have been subsidizing corporations through tax breaks by the Industrial Development Agency in exchange for creating good jobs - or so we thought ("Don't Kill NY...
ANTI-TERROR OOPS
SPEAKING without a text in front of him, Barack Obama betrays a troubling lack of knowledge on important issues - such as the law and terrorism. In his ABC interview...
OBAMA'S DUBIOUS CRIME EXCUSES
LISTENING to political talk requires a third ear that hears what is not said. To day's near silence about crime probably is evidence of social improvement. For many reasons, including...
AIDS-FIGHT FOLLIES
AS the Washington establishment and the main stream media paint it, a few conservative senators are holding up the AIDS-relief bill out of ideological crankiness. But the real issue is...
COFFEE KING IS CROWNED
An Irish coffeemaking connoisseur beat out wannabes from more than 50 countries to take home the top prize yesterday at the 2008 World Barista Championship in Denmark. The Emerald Isle's...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 715; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 8165; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Sun: 951; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
BROKAW TO HOST 'MEET THE PRESS'
Welcome to "Meet the Press" with Tom Brokaw. The veteran news anchor will host the top-rated Sunday-morning show in Tim Russert's place through the November election. Brokaw starts next week....
LAUGHTER DIES
George Carlin, the acid-tongued, counterculture comedian famed for his stinging routines about drugs and filthy words, died of heart failure last night, his spokesman said. He was 71.George Carlin Photo...
MOVIEGOERS GET 'SMART'
Would you believe... "Get Smart," blockbuster? The film adaptation of yesteryear's spy spoof topped the box-office charts in a landslide, with $39.2 million over the weekend, nearly doubling the take...
MAC & O'S 'RELIEF' PITCHES
Barack Obama and John McCain offer dramatically different tax plans - and the election could hinge on which of them convinces millions of worried middle-class voters he's their champion. Obama...
NYPD BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * A 22-year-old man was busted for assaulting two cops during an argument over a parking ticket in East New York, authorities said yesterday. Sylveste Moore confronted an officer...
CORREC-SHUNNED
Heartless city jail officials forced a former correction officer to choose between her health and her job, pressuring her to report to Rikers Island despite pregnancy complications that led to...
GIRL'S HS NIGHTMARE
A 13-year-old Staten Island honors student who was sexually assaulted at her high school had insult added to devastating emotional injuries when officials kept the classmate suspected of the attack...
'WIK' STUDENTS FLUNK EXAMS
A Scottish parent/teacher advocacy group blamed Wikipedia for high school students' failed exams. The Scottish Parent Teacher Council urged students to stop relying on Wikipedia after inaccurate information from the...
SUMMER JOBS: KIDS VS. ADULTS
Getting a summer job is much tougher work for students this year - because adults are snatching them up, experts say "The jobs that are out there are for anybody...
WHIPPING UP CASH
Proving that naughty girls, too, need love, members of the Big Apple's S&M community gave an ounce of flesh last night at a fund-raiser for six dominatrixes who lost their...
NEW-TRIAL HOPE FOR STAB CON
A Queens man who has served 13 years behind bars for a murder he says he didn't commit may get a second chance this week. Supreme Court Justice Joel Blumenfeld...
BIDDER UP FOR BABE
For decades, Broadway star Tessa Kosta's friends guarded an amazing artifact: the bat Babe Ruth used to help forge baseball's fabled Curse of the Bambino. Now one of the few...
IKEA BERTH PANGS
Four years after the Bloomberg administration allowed IKEA to turn a historic dry dock in Red Hook into a parking lot, a new study has found that the city desperately...
HASID BID FOR HISTORY IN COUNCIL
A Brooklyn man who has long served as spokesman for Brooklyn's various Orthodox groups said yesterday he wants to be the first Hasidic Jew elected to the City Council. Isaac...
DEATH OF SI POL ROCKS GOP
Frank Powers, the wealthy Wall Street retiree tapped to run for disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella's congressional seat, died yesterday - send ing shock waves through the already reeling state GOP....
BRINKLEY HUBBY'S LOVE BOAT
Looks as if supermodel Christie Brinkley's philandering husband is counting on some "Sweet Freedom" as he hangs with a shapely new girlfriend while preparing for his upcoming divorce trial. A...
'HORROR RAPIST'S' HISTORY IS ROOT OF 'EVIL'
Let go, the girl screamed. Let go. Little Bobby Wil liams had his classmate by the arm, and even when she started to cry, he would not relax his grip....
PSYCHO CYCLIST STABS WOMAN ON QUEENS STREET
A Queens woman was fighting for her life yesterday after she was stabbed in the chest in front of her 13-year-old daughter by a man on a bicycle, cops said....
NEW MANAGER RIPS DUNG-HO MET FANS
DENVER - Angry Mets manager Jerry Manuel ripped Shea Stadium fans yesterday, comparing them to cow manure for booing beleaguered reliever Aaron Heilman. Adding to his fast-developing reputation for making...
NY'S DEADBEAT DEMS
WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of New York state's House Democrats haven't paid their annual dues to the party election committee. The names of Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn), John Hall (D-Hudson Valley)...
CRASHING 'PARTY' IN BROOKLYN
Brooklyn community activists think they've found a small-bore way to bring about big changes in city politics. They're putting up candidates for the borough's Democratic county committee - a possible...
PROSECUTOR'S SHOCKER: I THREW MURDER CASE
A former Manhattan prosecutor threw a murder case because he was convinced the two defendants were innocent, he told The Post last night. Daniel Bibb shockingly admitted that in 2005,...
GOOD GUY WHO HATED GUNS SLAIN
A Queens man was fatally shot early yesterday after telling a teenager to stop flashing a gun, relatives of the victim said. Kevin Macklin, 41, was sitting on his stoop...
JET-SETTER HOWLS OVER L$D ARREST
A Manhattan jet-setter accused of laundering millions for an LSD ring is complaining about the charges against him - and their gritty consequences. In papers filed in federal court in...
LI TEEN KILLS BROTHER IN GUN TRAGEDY
A Long Island teen shot and killed his younger brother while showing off his new shotgun, cops and friends said yesterday. Sean Clark, 18, of Port Jefferson Station, was displaying...
'SUICIDE' GUN-TUTOR DISARMED
The NYPD has yanked the credentials of an instructor at a Chelsea firing range for "failing to supervise" a UN staffer's 20-year-old son before the young man shot himself in...
STORE WON'T FURNISH NUMBER OF RED HOOK STAFFERS
Wanna know how many Red Hook residents work at the neighborhood's new IKEA? Fuhgeddabout! IKEA's biggest selling point four years ago when it convinced officials to approve the controversial superstore...
TAKE-MY-LIFE EBAY-ER ALL $ET
It's the yard sale of a lifetime. And when the cyber-hammer falls next Sunday on British ex-pat Ian Usher's eBay auction of his life - house, hot tub, hobbies, friends,...
3-D DAY FOR FILM
The number of movie theaters capable of offering Hollywood blockbusters in 3-D is about to jump into the next dimension. Beverly Hills, Calif.-based RealD, a leading supplier of 3-D technology...
ENERGY POLITICS' SLIPPERY SLOPE TO $5-A-GAL. GAS
Despite many moves to boost oil flow, cartel producers and corn-fed ethanol distilleries might not be able to block a gallon of gas from reaching $5 in coming days. Regular...
STRESS BEATERS
If you're going to sweat this summer, you may as well have fun. This week's sports mags tell you how. You don't have to be an eight-minute miler to read...
BIG FUTURES PLAYER TO EXIT NYMEX FLOOR
In another sign that trading on the floor of the nation's stock exchanges isn't what it used to be, futures-brokerage giant R.J. O'Brien & Associates is exiting the floor-trading business...
FELONS ON THE LOOSE
Here's an unexpected consequence of the sex scandal that toppled Eliot Spitzer: Almost 600 convicted felons could walk free, with thousands more no longer subject to parole supervision - unless...
DOWNTOWN DEBACLE
By next Monday, Gov. Paterson wants a frank assessment of Ground Zero progress, costs and timetables. If the Port Authority delivers it by then, it would mark one of the...
GOV NIXED GOP'S SECRET TAX-CAP OFFER
GOV. Paterson has turned down a secret offer to have Senate Republicans pass his controversial cap on runaway school-property taxes - thereby putting enormous pressure on the Democratic-controlled Assembly to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They ain't heavy, they're just twins. Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard weighed a total 23 pounds and 1 ounce when they were born last week at a North...
COME AGAIN?
You're sailing through the big interview - you've aced every question, your joke about the priest and the banker got a laugh, and your poise and erudition are making William...
BEYOND QUESTION
Tell me about yourself. Where do you see yourself in five years? What are your strengths and weaknesses? In job interviews, these queries are as predictable as the lunar cycle....
COLOR MY WORLD
BY her own account, Rose D'Ercole works in a dying profession. She's a stained-glass artist, a line of work she started in at the age of 10. Back then, she...
GO TO GREG
QI've spent 17 years at an investment bank that's gone through a takeover and is making major layoffs. My options are to accept a voluntary severance package that would pay...
ABSTRACT'S INFANCY
THE Guggenheim's having a paint sale - sort of. While repainting the place for the blockbusters of summer, it's offering half-price admission to a little gem of a show. Small...
BLAKE IS LATEST CANNED 'IDOL'
BLAKE Lewis, the "American Idol" run ner-up to Jordin Sparks last year, is the latest to lose his record contract, according to reports. Lewis, the beat-boxing singer who was a...
STARR REPORT
Steve Berthiaume, Linda Cohn, Josh Elliott, Robert Flores and Chris McKendry will anchor the new daytime editions of ESPN's "Sports Center" starting Aug. 11. They join former "Early Show" co-host...
'MEN' AT WORK
IF you've been slathering your hair with Brillcreme and chain-smoking Lucky Strikes in anticipation of the return of"Mad Men," you're not alone. "We've definitely found a rabid audience," star Jon...
SHRINK SHOW MOVES TO NY
HBO renewed "In Treat ment" for a second season after agreeing to move the production of the series from LA to New York. The shift was made at the request...
JONAS MOVIE 'ROCKED'
THE new Jonas Brothers musical movie, "Camp Rock," drew the kind of audience cable TV hasn't seen since . . . the last Disney Channel musical. An average 9 million...
VH1 GETS NOSTALGIC FOR EARLY 2000S
WHAT'S a network to do once it runs out of decades to love? Love the one you're in, yes! And that's just what VH1 has done - given us instant...
LOST IN AMERICA
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A 'COUPLE' WORTH THE COMMITMENT
IN her last play, "Hunting and Gathering," Brooke Ber man explored the romantic confusion of a group of 20-somethings. With "A Perfect Couple," she's moved on and up - proving,...
LIBERTY FINALLY PASS CENTURY MARK IN WIN
The roaring Garden crowd rose with less than 2½ minutes left in yesterday's Liberty game to witness a rare occurrence: a professional basketball team was about to score 100 points...
SMASH PUTS FARNSWORTH IN STITCHES
The two shortest time frames on the planet, according to most scientific research, are how long it takes for a hard-batted ball to get back to a Major League mound,...
A ROUSING REVIVAL FOR GIAMBI
IT wasn't just that Jason Giambi was struggling, of course. He was done. He was Done, capital D. He was D-U-N. You wondered if he had to ask the clubhouse...
PETTITTE QUIETS THE RED MENACE
You couldn't categorize this as "must win," but just say the Yankees avoided becoming Red with embarrassment yesterday. For that, they can mostly thank Andy Pettitte, who wasn't about to...
JUNIOR GOES OUT WITH BANG
As the rains pelted the tarp, outfield and fans brave enough to endure the weather or dumb enough to disregard shelter, the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium flashed a highlight reel...
PONSON MIGHT START VS. METS
Joe Girardi wasn't ready to officially name Sidney Ponson a starting pitcher for Friday's split doubleheader against the Mets, but the veteran right-hander solidified his positioning with a respectable start...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Cink wins in HartfordStewart Cink held off late charges from Tommy Armour III and defending champion Hunter Mahan to win the Travelers Championship by a stroke yesterday at Cromwell,...
TIGER-CRAZY TV EXECS GETTING JUST DESERTS
ITmade for sad farces, last week, to read the laments of TV big shots who were freaking out over the loss of Tiger Woods. My ratings! They're ruined! Well, boys,...
RUTGERS LANDS SOUTH JERSEY STAR
Rutgers kept rolling toward its first Top 25 recruiting haul when they landed Paulsboro's Gerald Hodges, regarded as one of South Jersey's top stars in the Class of 2009. The...
HONDO: BREW CAN DO
The Giants were unable to preserve a seven-run lead in K.C. yesterday, which prevented Hondo from preserving a plus-500 bottom line. Today, with the earnings down to 455 butlers, Sheets...
BLUESHIRTS AWAIT JAGR POW-WOW
If, as he said Saturday, Glen Sather hopes to meet face to face this week with Jaromir Jagr, the Rangers GM had best hop a flight across the pond. "I'm...
MARBURY SPEAKS
Stephon Marbury is happy to look ahead to a Mike D'Antoni future, not an Isiah Thomas past. Marbury said he feels he has a new lease on his Knicks career,...
GOSSAGE SAYS WILLIE GOT GOOSED BY METS
Hall-of-Famer to be, Rich "Goose" Gossage does not think that his former teammate - and good friend - Willie Randolph was treated fairly by the Mets. "Willie is one of...
MANUEL SAYS MOISES MAY BE FINISHED
DENVER - Interim manager Jerry Manuel says Moises Alou might not return to the Mets this season and could decide to hang them up at age 41. With Alou already...
ROCKY WEEK ENDS WITH MET WIN
DENVER - Willie Randolph might have been on to something. Randolph predicted just days before his firing last week that the surging Phillies would come back to earth and let...
STAFF SHARES AMAZIN' NEW ATTITUDE
DENVER - A spur-of-the-moment decision by Jerry Manuel last week is turning into a tradition for the Mets' pitching staff. After Manuel - in a move straight out of Little...
LAUGHTER DIES
George Carlin, the acid-tongued, counterculture comedian famed for his stinging routines about drugs and filthy words, died of heart failure Sunday night, his spokesman said. He was 71.George Carlin Photo...
Euro '08: Semifinals Set
The European Championship will have its first break of the tournament and will resume Wednesday with the first semifinal. The second semifinal will be played the following day.Here is the...
FRANK POWERS DIES
Frank Powers, the wealthy Wall Street retiree tapped to run for disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella's congressional seat, died Sunday- send ing shock waves through the already reeling state GOP. News...
LIBERTY REACH TRIPLE DIGITS FOR FIRST TIME
The roaring Garden crowd rose with less than two and one-half minutes left in today's Liberty game to witness a rare occurrence: a professional basketball team was about to score...