August 17, 2008
MATSUI EXPECTED BACK TUESDAY
Help at the plate and on the mound is within sight for the Yanks. Hideki Matsui might be joining the team as early as Tuesday in Toronto. Then on Saturday,...
MUSSINA GETS CLOSER TO 20 WINS
After a disappointing last season, Mike Mussina went into spring training just hoping to make the Yankee rotation. Now, with their ballyhooed young arms inconsistent or injured or both, the...
TREE SERIOUSLY INJURES QUEENS WOMAN
A 20-foot tree was uprooted today from a sloping Queens street, where it fell and seriously injured a woman, officials said. Parents and their children were enjoying a street fair...
Standings Updates for Mets, Yankees affiliates
With the minor league seasons winding down for all minor league teams (unlike the pros, the minor league regular seasons end in the first week of September), we wanted to...
YANKEES ROUT ROYALS 15-6
It doesn't matter to the Yankees that they played the Royals, who looked like they couldn't get out of their own way in consecutive games and were about as dangerous...
TAXI TERROR
An out-of-control cab flew up onto a pedestrian island this morning after being struck by another taxi, scattering terrified tourists and sending six people - including a 10-year-old boy -...
SANTANA'S GEMS LEADS METS PAST PIRATES 4-0
PITTSBURGH - This was precisely what the Mets had in mind for their $137.5 million. Johan Santana was superb to the point of sublime this afternoon, proving himself worthy of...
Storm changes Church rehab
Tropical Storm Fay that is gaining strength near Florida prompted the Mets to move Ryan Church's minor-league rehab assignment to Triple-A New Orleans today. Church had been playing with the...
Brimstone (FOX 1998-1999)
John Glover as Satan. Need I say more?Peter Horton plays a 1980s New York City cop, Ezekiel Stone, whose wife was raped. He hunts down her rapist and kills him...
Game 124: Mets at Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- David Wright (pictured) is getting a rare day off as the first-place Mets look to extend a five-game win streak here today by taking on former Yankees right-hander...
Mets acquire reliever Ayala
PITTSBURGH -- The Metsâ response to news Billy Wagner could be out a while longer was to complete a waiver trade with the Nationals today for right-handed reliever Luis Ayala....
Coverage in today's Post
Pedro Martinez (pictured) had been the only laggard in the Mets' rotation this season, but that appears to be changing after Pedro was at his craftiest best Saturday night in...
Miss at your own risk: Cheetah Girls' movie
Highlights for the week of Aug. 18OMG, L.C. is backThe can't-look-away MTV series about some young women who are only famous because of the MTV series returns. "The Hills" kicks...
An interview with Phelps' first coach
Tom Himes has known Michael Phelps since the swimmer was barely out of diapers. He was one of Phelps' first coaches. He emailed The Post during last night's race with...
ULTIMATE CHICK FLICK
"Lawrence of Arabia" may be the most famous single-gender film ever: in 3-plus hours, David Lean's 1962 desert epic features zero women in speaking roles. But Diane English's upcoming movie...
TOUGH TEACHINGS
When I attended public school in New York City in the 1940s, I lived in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the city at the time - the West Village...
SAME TASTE?
Is it me, or does John Edwards' paramour, Rielle Hunter, look frighteningly like Camilla Parker-Bowles, another famous "other woman" ("How Dare That Brazen Floozy!" Aug. 11)? Mary Royce, Clifton, NJ
RING CIRCUS
I salute the IOC for the 2008 Olympics, where the athletes are clean but the air and water are dirty ("Cyclists Taken Aback by Gray-jing Smog," Aug. 10). Bob Tufts,...
NO 2ND CHANCE
New York's governor and mayor have announced their respective budget crises ("Gov's Chopping Spree," Aug. 12). There goes the Second Avenue subway for the next several generations. Stan Strauss, Manhattan
COLD CASH
Your editorial lambasting the City Council for passing legislation that would prohibit retailers from running air conditioning with their doors wide open misses the point ("The Clowns Play Nanny," Aug....
YANK HIM!
The Yankees have to fire Brian Cashman ("Death Watch," Aug. 12). This failure has had far too many chances so far. Gill Baker, Ozone Park
IMMATERIAL GIRL
A few years ago, when Madonna moved to England and pictures of her appeared looking matronly and elegant in a twinset, she threatened to actually reinvent herself for the first...
BAD NEWS BEAR
The Russian bear is back. Today's Kremlin is cocky, nationalistic, rich and bent on asserting Russia as a great power with distinct interests - not only in its neighborhood or...
TEXTBOOK LIES ABOUT ISLAM
Islam is one of the most important issues of our time, but you wouldn't know it from reading a high school textbook. What students learn makes it almost impossible to...
BLOG WATCH
Russian might? "While Georgian ground forces have been pushed around by the recent Russian invasion, Georgian air defenses have been noticeably more effective. The Russians have admitted to losing four...
2008: THE GREATEST YEAR IN SPORTS?
Go ahead and say it: 2008 is the most electric year in sports history. From the Giants' stunning upset in Super Bowl XLII to Tiger Woods' victory on a bum...
"CITY OF REFUGE"
During Hurricane Katrina's immediate aftermath, author Tom Piazza's book-length essay "Why New Orleans Matters" tried to make sense of the tragedy. Now, three years after the storm, his "City of...
IN MY LIBRARY: KATE MULGREW
Maybe it was her seven years playing a starship commander, but Kate Mulgrew - the erstwhile Captain Janeway of "Star Trek: Voyager" - is a take-charge, no-nonsense reader. "I've stopped...
"LEONARD BERSTEIN, AMERICAN ORIGINAL"
New Yorkers take a forgiving stance toward any celebrity, however flamboyant, who keeps them entertained. And few proved more amusing than Leonard Bernstein-with his great shock of hair, piercing eyes,...
BESTSELLER: "KILLING SACRED COWS"
Sandwiched between the latest "Twilight" vampire book and Obama-bashing tome on Amazon.com is the No. 11 ranked "Killing Sacred Cows," financial advice by entrepreneur Gunderson. It's full of nontraditional ideas...
"HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE"
What most Americans know of Yiddish is some strange sounding words (schnorer, tchatchke, fresser), and concepts like maven (expert), chutzpah (nerve), and kibitz (to look on and offer unwarranted advice...
"MAN IN THE DARK"
"I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American Wilderness." Seventy-two-year-old...
REQUIRED READING
The Bookmaker A Memoir of Money, Luck, and Family from the Utopian Outskirts of New York City by Michael J. Agovino (Harper) A fascinating coming-of-age story, not only of the...
"BEING CATHOLIC NOW"
Being Catholic now is a tragedy. That is, at least, if you read National Public Radio's Cokie Roberts. "I disagree with the church all of the time. There's hardly ever...
CAVING TO TERROR
Two years after much of the American press shamefully kowtowed to murderous mobs intent on censoring allegedly offensive caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, a leading publishing house has handed militant...
SCHOOLS FOR SNOWFLAKES
The usual suspects were up in arms last week over new reports detailing the Department of Education's use of no-bid contracts on teacher training for city schools. But hey, maybe...
CLEMENS, RATLIFF TRY TO TURN '2'
After Brett Favre's handful of plays were complete against the Redskins last night, there were many eyes focused on the next two Jets quarterbacks, Kellen Clemens and Brett Ratliff. Clemens,...
ENJOY THOSE CHEERS, NO. 4
WHEN he trotted onto the field last night as the quarterback of the Jets, they stood and roared, and it must have sounded like Lambeau Field to Brett Favre. No...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH VERNON GHOLSTON
The Post's Steve Serby sat down this past week with the Jets' No. 1 pick from Ohio State. (with SNY blurb) Q: Who has bigger arms, you or Thomas Jones?...
BRETT AND JETS GET 'DOWN' TO BUSINESS
The 38-year-old arm hardly looked fatigued and the mind hardly seemed overwhelmed with an overload of information. For about two-thirds of the first quarter of last night's 13-10 Jets loss...
KELLER HAS A 'BALL' WITH NEW QB
Not many NFL rookies have to go shopping for a trophy case after their second preseason game, but Jets tight end Dustin Keller is no fool. Even in the emotional...
'PROUD' DAY AT OLD SPA
SARATOGA SPRINGS - It was a race for the ages. Proud Spell and Music Note - the top two 3-year-old fillies in America - hooked up turning for home, locking...
MO WOES KNOT A PROBLEM
In a nearly five-hour marathon, the Yankees called on their bullpen to throw 62/3 scoreless innings and Mariano Rivera in a - gulp - non-save situation. But in yesterday's 13-inning,...
25 BEST YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 6
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadiums. This week, No. 6.Oct. 18,...
NO FORMULA TO JOE'S DECISIONS
JOE Girardi confided yesterday that during troubled times some of the best encouragement comes from his wife, Kimberly. Perhaps one of her pep talks might be useful again after the...
GARDNER KNEW HE'D GET FASTBALL
Brett Gardner knew exactly what was coming from Royals reliever Jeff Fulchino on 3-2. Johnny Damon's presence in the on-deck circle told him so. "Early in the count, I was...
ANOTHER DEREKTION
THE divorce rate in sports is getting higher and uglier, and we are not talking Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia. Happily ever after has become tougher to find. In the last...
NO SWEAT! BRETT DELIVERS IN 13TH
Manager Joe Girardi stressed how much he still believed in his Yankees before the game: It ain't over and all that, despite what the darn standings, the calendar and the...
CAMP'S A GIANT JOKE
ALBANY - Everyone wanted to search for signs that the Giants, coming off their shocking Super Bowl triumph, would somehow be changed or approach training camp differently than in years...
SUNDIN ITCHIN' TO LACE 'EM UP ON BROADWAY
Free-agent center Mats Sundin has declared his interest in playing for the Rangers this season, well-connected sources have told The Post. J.P. Barry, who represents the elite, 37-year-old former Toronto...
KEY TEST FOR RED BULLS
The Red Bulls, who enter tonight's game with 25 points through 19 games, are continue their battle for the MLS playoffs when they play host to Toronto FC at 5...
STARTING TO COOK
PITTSBURGH - Thanks to Pedro Martinez, a Met rotation that already was imposing now looks downright intimidating. The bullpen? Not so much. But at least it seems the Amazin's can...
WAGNER'S RETURN IS DELAYED
PITTSBURGH - Billy Wagner won't come off the DL as scheduled tomorrow and is headed back to New York to have the soreness in his left elbow checked out today....
METS' PROSPECTS MAKING IMPACT
ABOUT a month ago, the Mets had seven of their top prospects - Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Eddie Kunz, Nick Evans, Daniel Murphy, Mike Carp and Bobby Parnell all were...
25 BEST SHEA STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 6
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea Stadium. This week, No. 6.Sept. 24,...
PERFECT GAMES FOR SWIMMING ICON
BEIJING - It was only fitting that his last dip in the Water Cube wouldn't just be a ceremonial victory lap, a for-the-ages glide into history. No, that wouldn't be...
A SILVER LINING FOR SMART
BEIJING - Brooklyn's Erinn Smart helped the U.S. women's foil team to a silver medal with a 35-33 victory over Hungary in the semifinals. Smart's win propelled the Americans into...
LIGHTNING BOLT
BEIJING - Just winning the Olympic men's 100-meter race was not enough for Usain Bolt. The Jamaican runner had to increase the degree of difficulty. So he obliterated his own...
THE NIGHTMARE LED TO THE 'DREAM'
BEIJING - Everyone knows about Sept. 9, 1972. That's a part of our lore as a basketball nation, the dark stain that never goes away. Let's call it what it...
SECONDS FOR DARA
BEIJING - Let the questions begin. Dara Torres took the silver in the women's 50-meter freestyle last night and brought with it questions of whether she could have possibly done...
MICHAEL PLAYS CRAZY EIGHTS
BEIJING - Like every other opponent at these Olympics, history proved to be no match for Michael Phelps. Phelps and his U.S. teammates won the gold in the 400-meter medley...
IN YOUR DREAMS
BEIJING - Not this time, world. Sorry. Check back in four years. So far, these are the Sure-Thing Olympics. Michael Phelps swimming in the pool. Usain Bolt running like the...
CODE TO NOWHERE
SOMETIMES, better late than never is still way too late. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell last week revealed the league's first Fan Code of Conduct. Designed to reduce the drunken incivility...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Glavine out for season Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is out for the season, and his illustrious career could be over if he needs major surgery on his injured left...
2ND THOUGHTS ON 2ND-ROUND RBS
WELCOME to the bizarro world. Here, we stop, roll and drop. We leap before we look. And we don't have to start our fantasy draft by picking a pair of...
BAD DOG, MIKEY!
* Adios, take care aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnddddd bye-bye to Chris Russo of WFAN. You would have thought the guy died if you listened Friday to the former "Mike and the Mad Dog"...
HARRIGAN A TEEN BASSMASTER
ONE New Jersey angler had the week of his life fishing with some of the top bass anglers in the country. Kyle Harrigan, 18, won his age division last weekend...
JERSEY HITMEN
Boston College's Brian Toal of Wyckoff, NJ, is considered one of the nation's top weakside linebackers. Southern Cal's Brian Cushing of Park Ridge, NJ, is arguably the country's top strongside...
THE BEST OF TOMS
TEN years ago, I was setting up my lap top in a shed in Bristol, Conn., getting set for the Eastern Regional Championship game. Little League baseball had not yet...
ALVAREZ SIGNS FOR 6M BUCS
Pedro Alvarez is finally a pro. The Washington Heights native, who starred at Horace Mann in The Bronx before becoming an All-American at Vanderbilt, signed just minutes before Friday night's...
HONDO BUCS THE ODDS
Hondo's Giant play was nullified last night when Sanchez failed to ascend the hill, which left the earnings holding steady at a crisp 490 candelarias. Today, he'll take a shot...
THE RUMBLE
Warthen's piece Met coach pitchin' wisdom daily Dan Warthen uses conventional ways to help improve his staff; individual bullpen sessions plus use of videotape. But Warthen, who was appointed Mets...
GOLDEN PHELPS WALKS ON WATER
BEIJING - Every Olympics has its forever snapshot, the lasting image that survives eternity, boiling 16 days of sweat, toil and tears into one eternal, evocative icon. There was Jesse...
RUSSIANS QUICKLY RENEGE ON GEORGIA PULLBACK
Russia backtracked on a tenuous peace deal it signed with former Soviet satellite state Georgia, digging in across the country despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces. American...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 716; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 7073; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Sat: 731; Lucky Sum: 11 / Evening Win- 4 Sat.:...
ELLEN TIES THE KNOT
Ellen DeGeneres and her sweetheart Portia De Rossi tied the knot in an intimate backyard bash yesterday at their multimillion dollar Beverly Hills estate, according to published reports. The comedy...
STARS GET READY FOR MILE HIGH TIMES
They're putting the party in Democratic Party. Event planners, publicity teams and sound crews are flocking to Colorado in advance of the Democratic National Convention that kicks off a week...
'HALFSIES' FOR HILL IN DENVER
Half of House Democrats may vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the national convention, claims one pro-Clinton lawmaker. California Rep. Loretta Sanchez told Politico.com that she's voting for Clinton...
LOVE THY PREZ RIVAL!
I love you, man! Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain reached across the aisle in a shockingly giant man hug last night in their first joint appearance of the...
INSIDE 'BIG HOUSE' OF LORDS
It didn't quite feel like prison for Lord Conrad Black until he endured his first full-body cavity search. It was shortly after the dethroned newspaper baron had settled into his...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * A Clinton Hill shooting victim was fighting for his life yesterday. Cops said the unidentified 20-year-old man was locked in an argument outside the Sputnik bar on Taaffe...
CITY DOORMAN IS NOW ON O TEAM
A Manhattan doorman who became the symbol of Big Apple support for Barack Obama has landed his dream job working for the presidential hopeful. Gregory Smith started as a Colorado...
NYPD CHOSEN GUNS
Didja hear the one about the cop who walked into a doughnut shop and asked for a bagel and a shmear? You will soon. The NYPD is adding 10 Orthodox...
$KY-HIGH OFFICE
THE legislator with the worst attendance record in the City Council is also renting the most expensive district office. Records show that Maria Baez (D-Bronx) is paying $56,400 a year...
THE $45M CLUB
Meet the $45 million club - a group paying at least that much for a new stratosphere of city properties. At the top of the heap is mega-developer Harry Macklowe,...
BACHELOR'S PADDED
It gives a whole new meaning to the term B.S. Hundreds of current and former residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut purchased high school diplomas and college degrees...
DIRTY DOC A ONE-MAN HEP-IDEMIC
A sloppy city anesthesiologist infected 14 patients with hepatitis B and C - and probably spread the liver-attacking viruses to at least 10 more, The Post has learned. Dr. Brian...
MAD DOG ESCAPE LONG IN PLANNING
Chris Russo, the Mad Dog of radio's "Mike and the Mad Dog," admitted yesterday he'd been plotting his exodus from WFAN for the last five months, saying he needed a...
TRAGIC BLDG. TO STAND 1 YR. MORE
It has blighted lower Manhattan for seven years since 9/11, and the doomed and darkened Deutsche Bank building is likely to be around for at least another year. All work...
911 OPERATOR IN KID-PERV BUST
An NYPD 911 operator - who called himself "Dirty Old Ira" - was busted for allegedly arranging to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex. Ira Shimshi,...
PARKING RULE PUTS CITY ECO EFFORT IN REVERSE
New York is undercutting its own plan for a greener, cleaner city with a policy that requires residential developments to build off-street parking for occupants, a new report charges. About...
FIREFIGHTER UNION BOSS URGES 'NO WATER' RADIO ALERTS
A simple change to FDNY protocols could help avert another disaster like the one that claimed the lives of two firefighters last August, says Uniformed Firefighters Association head Steve Cassidy....
PRINCESS ROYAL 'PAIN'
A Jordanian princess has launched a "relentless campaign" to seize legal control of incapacitated Wall Street titan Lionel Pincus from his sons and is suing his estate for a $50...
SOUTH BX. BOXING STAR SHOT DEAD
An undefeated pro boxer and three-time Golden Gloves champ from the South Bronx was shot dead yesterday after an early-morning argument at a bodega. showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_366618"); Ronny Vargas, 20, and five...
SCOTTRADE EATS A $1,000 ERROR
Dear John: Last October, Scottrade posted a $1,000 credit to my margin account. The posting only had the initials CRM next to it. When I researched this it was the...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSBILL ACKMAN Pershing Square chief's 8.8% stake in Longs Drug Stores pays off with CVS' $2.6B buyout offer. BRIAN HUNTER Disgraced former Amaranth Advisors energy trader clocks winning bets this...
NO RECORD SALARIES
Music industry executives have lost more than just the power to generate million-album sellers and higher CD sales - gone too are the hefty salaries the free-spending music business used...
NO WOO HOO AT WAMU
Once a small West Coast savings and loan, Washington Mutual, under the leadership of Chief Executive Kerry Killinger, embarked on an unprecedented raft of acquisitions beginning in the 1990s that...
HOMING IN ON PROFITS
The value of bank-owned, foreclosed homes has dropped so low that the smart money - including a sovereign wealth fund - expects to pocket a whopping 45 percent profit on...
COLUMBIA CHIEF SINGS THE BLUES
COLUMBIA Records Chairman Steve Barnett must get nauseous watching The Jonas Brothers and Katy Perry emerge as two of this year's hottest music acts. That's because both acts toiled in...
VERY UN-APP-EALING SITUATION FOR JOBS, IPHONE
Steve Jobs may have created his own monster. When the Apple impresario opened up the Apple iPhone to all developers for the first time earlier this year, the incredibly popular...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Maybe they should have kept it as a source of federal funding. The National Park Service destroyed an elaborate marijuana farm worth nearly $48 million inside Washington state's North Cascades...
KING OF COMEDY
Perhaps Cloris Leachman, the 82-year-old Oscar-winning actress, said it best when considering Comedy Central's roast of Bob Saget: "What am I even doing here? Who cares about Bob Saget?"Or more...
BLESS ME, FATHER
Colin Hanks badgered "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner for a year to get a role on television's hottest show. "When I first saw it, I said, 'I can be on...
STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS
Every four years brings the revival of a great American tradition. And I don't mean the election of a new president either. I'm talking about that other great American pastime:...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: MADE-FOR-TV 'Lost' and found After a fire rages through her Philadelphia home, Luz Cuevas (Judy Reyes) believes that her daughter Delimar is dead. Six years later, Luz sees a...
Q&A MARGARET CHO
Margaret Cho's 1994 ABC sitcom, "All-American Girl," marked two notable firsts. It was the first sitcom ever to center on an Asian-American family, and, most likely, the first to ever...
PRIMETIME
Two plus two equals three. Or five. Every day, in almost every way, the correct answers are removed, replaced with those that defy common sense. Not for nothing, but if...
'HILLS' ANGEL
Lauren Conrad finds herself in a strange situation. MTV's chronicle of the vapid party kids of Southern California, "The Hills," has made her famous, yet she's not an actress or...
REEL GOOD
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004) Sunday, 8 p.m., Comedy Central Original to the point of brilliant, this offbeat comedy is like nothing you've ever seen. Napoleon (Jon Heder) a high school student...
SEX IN CENTRAL PARK!
t's been a busy year for New Yorkers - in bed! Over the past few weeks, we've asked hundreds of New Yorkers to let us in on what's been going...
WEB SLINGER
The Art of Relaxating YouTube.com Preview "Napoleon Dynamite" director Jared Hess' new "Gentlemen Broncos," and its lead, smug sci-fi author Dr. Ronald Chevalier, played by Jemaine Clement. Stretching never seemed...
Q & A WITH LUKE WILSON
Whattaya know? A god in LA who has nothing to do with L. Ron Hubbard. In "Henry Poole Is Here," Luke Wilson plays the title character, a depressed alcoholic who...
'RED'-EMPTION
WHEN a movie about a dog has a primary color in its title, prepare yourself to be very upset. Consider "Old Yeller," the infamously wrenching tale of a boy who...
PUTTING 'THE OC' IN NYC
OMFG. Did you miss the tinted-window Town Car that was the first season of "Gossip Girl," the CW's attempt at filling the void created when "The O.C." went off the...
TECHNOLOGY
Epson P-7000 Multimedia PhotoViewer $799, epson.com It was originally designed for professional photographers, but the P-7000 should look mighty attractive to anyone who's completely addicted to their digital SLR. An...
AGENDA
Get the scoop on making ice cream; put on your dancing shoes and earphones; catch some half-hour entertainment; 'Open Your Heart' and celebrate Madonna; and watch some on-screen swimming inside...
JESSE MCCARTNEY SCORES GROWN-UP HIT
To quote Vince Vaughn, Jesse McCartney is "all growns up." Armed with a legal-to-drink driver's license and a mature and sexy new album, "Departure," the New York native is enjoying...
MILEY MANIA
For every parent who couldn't score a ticket to the biggest kiddie event of 2008, the Miley Cyrus tour, there was February's limited-release cinema classic "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus:...
BROOKLYN'S QUEEN OF VINTAGE SOUL
Soul singer Sharon Jones made a mistake that millions of women would kill for the chance to make - because she made it in front of dreamy Denzel Washington. Washington...
FILM BYTES
We knew something was up when Warner Bros. hadn't released a trailer for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" until a couple of weeks ago. And sure enough, the release...
LIMP BIZKIT RAPPER DIRECTS DRAMA
Fred Durst has traded the nookie for a box of Kleenex. The brash lead singer of Limp Bizkit - currently on extended hiatus - is actually a closet mush case...
GETTING EVEN
'AS you suffer through another summer, don't take it out on your fellow pedestrians or subway passengers - come in, cool off, and let fictional vigilantes settle your score." That's...
HIS BRITISH INVASION
IF you can take your eyes off of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface when you see Ben Stiller's war-flick spoof "Tropic Thunder," you'll notice the film-within-a-film's spectacularly inept director, Damian...
PROOF POSITIVE
Popular in the 1800s but banned in the US since the early 1900s, the mystical absinthe has resurged since regaining legal status last year. But don't be fooled by its...
ALL-AMERICAN PIE
Opus 1574 Second Ave., near 82nd Street; 212-772-2220 If you're allergic to gluten (or have a favorite meal companion who is), mark Opus as your next dinner spot. Chef Giuseppe...
LANDO, 28, AND PFEFFER, 26
July 6 - It was déjà vu all over again for Brian Lando and Nicole Pfeffer, who held their wedding at the same Puerto Rican resort where they got engaged...
STILES, 27, AND TAYLOR, 34
Aug. 2 - Tara Stiles and Michael Taylor always knew there were benefits to practicing yoga - they just didn't think finding love was one of them. Stiles' sweet tooth...
GRELLER, 30, AND BLUMBERG, 32
July 27 - Kandace Blumberg and Mark Greller received a lesson in love four years ago, when they met at PS 154 in Brooklyn. The Cobble Hill duo, both elementary...
LOCKE, 29, AND SMITH, 24,
June 28 - Robert Locke's proposal was the perfect end to a miserable day for Melissa Smith. In June 2007, she was in tears over a nightmarish day at the...
MURDER/SUICIDE IN HAMPTONS
A elderly East Hampton man shot his wife in the head today and then turned the gun on himself on a street of million-dollar homes, police said. After getting 911...
DUMPSTER DIVING FOR DINNER
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_367329"); They hit the streets after midnight, in all five boroughs, after most stores close and have put out their trash. Digging through the garbage on a nightly basis,they often...
METS SIGN AL REYES
The Mets today tried another avenue to upgrade their bullpen by signing Al Reyes, who was recently waived by the Tampa Bay Rays, to a minor-league contract, The Post has...
MEET MARKET
Bridget may be all business as an attorney development assistant, but outside the office she knows how to yuk it up. This 22-year-old has a killer sense of humor and...
SOFT-ROCKIN' SWEETIES
Adam, 26, may be an associate film and television producer, but he describes himself as a "rock star." So when he chose Lauren, 24, an associate editor who's also a...
PHELPS WINS 8TH GOLD MEDAL, BREAKS TIE WITH SPITZ
BEIJING - Like every other opponent at these Olympics, history proved to be no match for Michael Phelps. Phelps and his U.S. teammates won the gold in the 400-meter medley...
TOUCHDOWN
The arm hardly looked fatigued and the mind hardly seemed overwhelmed with an overload of information. For about two-thirds of the first quarter of tonight's preseason game against the Redskins...