August 28, 2008
Pitching set for Marlins series
MIAMI -- The Mets said today that Pedro Martinez (pictured) will get the start here Sunday against the Marlins after listing that slot as undecided all week in the wake...
MLS, Red Bulls, deny league blocked $200k bid for Macoumba Kandji
Red Bulls and MLS insist league didn't block bid for Kandji By BRIAN LEWISSources from both MLS and the Red Bulls have vehemently denied an internet story that the league...
HANK: IT'S NOT GIRARDI'S FAULT
Life in the honeymoon suite sure is sweet. Hank Steinbrenner today said the entire Yankee organization is at fault for the team's unacceptable showing in the standings, with one notable...
What do do with Delgado?
MIAMI -- Buying out the final year of Carlos Delgadoâs contract seemed like a no-brainer for the Mets as recently as June 25, when the veteran first baseman was hitting...
'Pennant Race Packs' on sale
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets are selling "Pennant Race Packs," available online at mets.com through Tuesday, Sept. 2. The packs start at $497 per upper-box seat at...
'Weeds' Grows a Star
Budding young star Hunter Parrish chats with PopWrap about his "Awakening" B'way debut, spliffy new physique and the buzz on his dealings with the older women from "Weeds."
Bonjour From Montreal
From V.A. Musetto in Montreal: I arrived Wednesday evening at the 32nd edition of the World Film Festival, where 234 features, 13 medium-length films and 208 shorts are unreeling through...
Red Bull Notes
By BRIAN LEWISIâm getting conflicting information on the status of Red Bull target Macoumba Kandji. SBI reported that MLS has blocked the Red Bullsâ potential $200,000 transfer bid for the...
JUNIOR GOTTI PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN FLORIDA
A jovial John Gotti Jr. pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a slew of mob-related charges in Florida federal court that could send him back to the slammer for life....
Takin' 'Runway' to the Streets
Click here for more photosHeidi presides over the aufâing of two models who can go back to eating and wearing shoes. She swings her bag around and tells the designers...
Deal of the Day-Rachel Comey
Classic English brogues are the must have shoes of the fall, and these Pimm Oxfords from Rachel Comey are a feminine update on the look.Yes, the shoes that are $202...
BLAME GAME IN THE BRONX
After you get through pointing fingers at Alex Rodriguez, take the elevator to the Loge Level of Yankee Stadium and finish playing the Blame Game for this wretched season. No...
OBAMA ENJOYS SIX-POINT LEAD ON MCCAIN: GALLUP POLL
Barack Obama enjoyed a six point "bounce" in the polls following the start of the DNC, tracking at 48 percent ahead of John McCain's 42 percent. Gallup reported on its...
CUOMO MAKES FUN OF GOP FOR MAKING FUN OF OBAMA STAGE
DENVER - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo this morning mocked the GOP's criticism of the Olympian backdrop for Democratic nominee Barack Obama's acceptance speech, saying "that's all they have left." Cuomo,...
'Gossip Girl' Sneak Peak
It looks like summer has shaken and stirred the "Gossip" girls and boys that we parted ways with at the end of Season 1: Nate mates with a Cougar, Chuck...
JOHN LEGEND ONE OF MANY CELEBS AT DNC
Singer John Legend is one of many celebrities that made their presence known at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.showvideo("PostEntertainment","1458_371514"); The Grammy-award crooner, however, made an immediate artistic contribution to the...
3 UP: Delgado, Yankee Rotation and Girardi
1. There is talk suddenly arising placing Carlos Delgado into the MVP discussion and that is because of the emotional surge that comes when someone who was not expected to...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets cemented themselves as one of baseball's most resilient teams Wednesday night, bouncing back from their 13-inning disaster the night before with a pulsating, 6-3 comeback win over the...
The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Respect Charlton Heston's Work
My introduction to Charlton Heston came at the tiny Ditmars Theatre on 31 Street under the terminus of the Astoria elevate line in Queens. The movie was "El Cid'' and...
Buzz: Burn After Watching?
"How bad can it possibly be?'' asked one of my colleagues when I noted that opening "Burn After Reading'' wide in mid-September could be interpreted as a lack of confidence...
Turkey Time for Nicole
The fallout from Harry Potter's departing the fall schedule continues with the news that Baz Luhrmann's "Australia'' is has had its opening moved back a week and a half to...
READ THE CUE CARD: MICHELLE LOVES AMERICA
I cannot believe that Kirsten Powers or anyone else believes that Michelle Obama's speech somehow proves that the angry Michelle was just a caricature drawn by the Republicans ("The Real...
OBAMA'S PROBLEM WITH PRACTICALITY
DENVER THE fact that Barack Obama lost nine of the final 14 primaries might have something to do with the fact that, when he descends from the ether to practicalities,...
EASILY THE DEMOCRATS' BEST NIGHT YET
THIS party is unified. That's the impression you came away with after watching last night's Democratic Convention speeches by vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden and ex-President Bill Clinton, who proved that...
BUBBA COMES THROUGH
DENVER AFTER Hillary Clinton's speech Tuesday night, there was talk of some Democratic "buyer's re morse" about nominating the wrong candidate. Nonsense. The real remorse for Democrats should be that...
RX FOR A BIG BOUNCE
DENVER IF Barack Obama wants to get a serious bounce in the polls from his speech tonight, the gifted speaker should eat some humble pie and copy dull old Al...
EX TUNED OUT CROCKEFELLER
The woman whose phony-Rockefeller ex-husband sparked a manhunt after he kidnapped their 7-year-old daughter couldn't bear to watch his jailhouse TV interview. "It would have been just too much. And...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 890; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 9594; Lucky Sum: 27 / Evening Nos. Wed: 728; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 9528;...
JOEBAMA IN SURPRISE REUNION
DENVER - A triumphant Barack Obama strode on stage at the Democratic National Convention last night for a surprise appearance with his running mate - who had just wowed the...
TEMPLE OF DEM ON MT. O-LYMPUS
DENVER - Democrats will kneel before the "Temple of Obama" tonight. As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he...
POLLS BACK 'SAFE' MAC
Americans feel safer with John McCain in the White House, according to a poll released yesterday that says voters are less confident about how Barack Obama would handle national security...
BUBBA: BARACK IS READY TO LEAD
DENVER - In a rousing speech to the Democratic convention last night, Bill Clinton leaped far past where his wife left off the night before - spelling out in specific,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE '08 DNC
Younger delegates are complaining that most of the songs being piped into the Pepsi Center are not-so-golden oldies from the '80s and earlier. But hip-hop star Big Boi, chronicling the...
MACKENZIE BUSTED
Actress Mackenzie Phillips was busted yesterday for trying to bring heroin and cocaine through metal detectors at Los Angeles International Airport, cops said. After the 48-year-old former "One Day at...
KIDNAP TOT REUNION
An Arizona father was tearfully reunited with his 17-month-old daughter yesterday, more than two months after the baby was kidnapped and taken across the country by her heroin-addicted mother. "Hey,...
HILLARY PUSHES O OVER THE TOP
DENVER - Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday freed her convention delegates to cast their votes for Barack Obama, giving her a gracious exit from the hard-fought presidential primary with a shortened,...
'ASSASSINS' KEPT ON ICE
The three drug-addled Nazi wannabes caught in a hazy plot to assassinate Barack Obama won't have to answer to a federal judge until after the Democratic National Convention, authorities said...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Brooklyn Two thugs shot a man dead in an apparent robbery attempt at a Brownsville video store yesterday, police said. The two killers stormed into the store on Lott Avenue...
PARKING INEQUITY
Teachers who drive and to want to work in Brooklyn should consider PS 21 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Documents released yesterday by the city show that the 648-student elementary school has an...
CITY'S HIV RATE TRIPLE THE NATION'S
New York City remains the "epicenter" of the nation's HIV epidemic, with as many as 4,800 residents contracting the AIDS-causing virus in 2006, according to a new Health Department study...
PIRATES RAID CELEB YACHT
Pirates stormed this luxury party yacht in a daring robbery off Corsica in the Mediterranean, according to published reports yesterday. Four masked men in a speedboat pulled up on Monday...
SEINFELD FREE-SPEECH DEFENSE SHTICKS IT TO 'EM
Jerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday he ought to be the master of his own comic domain. Seinfeld didn't slander the woman who accused his wife of ripping off her cookbook, he...
MA GOTTI DIES AT 96
The woman who spawned some of the most notorious and violent gangsters in mob history died peacefully of natural causes in a Long Island nursing home at age 96, her...
OLD COLLEGE TRIAL FOR THIEF
A Fordham University student's aspirations for a degree have landed him in the big house after he was caught stealing more than $10,000 in computers from the school's Bronx campus,...
A LOT MORE CLASS ROOM
The city has created more than 11,000 new seats for the opening day of school Tuesday - the most in a single year since 2003. More than one-third of the...
TOT SAIL HORROR
A 3-year-old Brooklyn girl taking part in a boat safety lesson drowned when the catamaran flipped over in the choppy waters of Long Island Sound. Alexandra Vitale, the daughter of...
IT'S TANK WARFARE IN SOHO
SoHo residents yesterday blasted a Sanitation Department plan for a garage and fuel-tank center near the Holland Tunnel. "These tanks and trucks will be right in our neighborhood. What if...
MIDDLE-SCHOOL BOOST
A successful one-year program that targeted the city's 51 worst intermediate schools last year was the model for the new middle-school-success plan unveiled by the city this week. With added...
$3M TICKET PRAYS OFF
One person on Long Island just bought a ticket to heaven - by anonymously donating a $3 million winning lottery ticket to his or her church. The mystery miracle worker...
GAY 'KIDNAP' DAD RETURNS
A gay dad who spirited his toddler son away from his estranged partner was back in New York yesterday from Israel, where he had taken the boy. Eric Hyett, 37,...
SLAIN COUPLE 'BROKE'
Slain lawyer Mark Schwartz drew up his snarky, vindictive will as if he were living on Easy Street - but he was actually on Skid Row when he was shot...
PARENTS SLAM 'K' KID TESTING
Angry parents yesterday blasted the city's controversial new testing program that would force kids as young as 4 to trade their Crayolas for No. 2 pencils. More than 12,000 kids...
JOB INTERVIEW RULE NO. 1: DON'T ROB THE BOSS
He would have gotten the job - if only he hadn't stolen the interviewer's wallet. And Marco Marabotto, 31, would have never gotten caught if he hadn't listed his name...
WENNER 'ROLLING' WITH A NEW MAG PUBLISHER
Rolling Stone owner Jann Wenner yesterday tapped William Schenck to be the magazine's fourth publisher in 2 1/2 years just as the title prepares to shrink from its oversize format...
TALBOTS' THREADS ON THE MEND
Shares of Talbots posted their biggest-ever one-day gain after the women's clothier raised its profit outlook, spurring hopes that the struggling company's fashions are finally on the mend. The Hingham,...
THIS GRASS IS A REAL GAS
MISCANTHUS x giganteus could save the world economy. No, I'm not going to start writing in a different language. Miscanthus x giganteus is the Latin name for a type of...
MERKEL IS NO. 1 ON POWER LIST
While women continue to climb the ranks of many industries, they're having to work harder to stay there, according to Forbes' new list of the most powerful women in the...
NEWS EDITOR THROWS A FIT & PHONE; IS SUSPENDED
In the latest turmoil to rock the Daily News newsroom, Ian Bishop, a top political editor, has been suspended for two weeks after tossing a telephone at another editor's office,...
BLACKSTONE'S BOUNCE
It's been a schizophrenic month for a hedge fund run by buyout kingpin Steve Schwarzman's Blackstone Group. The firm's $2.5 billion hedge fund Kailix got pummeled in the first half...
RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Hedge funds have reputations for being shrouded in mystery, but a London-based fund that specializes in investing in Russia finds itself at the center of a story that's a downright...
THE WB'S WEB DREAM
Time Warner's Warner Bros. Television Group yesterday moved to cash in on audiences and ad dollars gathering around shows streaming on the Web with the launch of its new teen...
REAL ESTATE WHIZ BUSTED FOR THEFT
Adam Hochfelder, the 37-year-old hotshot real-estate developer, was arrested yesterday on charges of cheating banks, relatives and friends out of more than $17 million over the last six years. The...
DOUBTS ON NYC'S SCHOOL GAINS
What is the true state of New York's public-school system? SAT scores released this week raise a possible warning sign that all might not be what it seems: Compared with...
CREDIBILITY GAP
Barack Obama makes history tonight: The first African-American major- party presidential nominee will ad dress the nation from Denver - and on no topic does he need to speak more...
STIRRING SPEECH WAS BILL THE THRILL AT HIS VERY BEST
DENVER - For all of Hillary Rodham Clinton's lingering stinginess over her crushing loss to Barack Obama in the hard-fought Democratic primary, Bill Clinton paid out huge last night. He...
'GOSSIP' 411
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_371619"); ARE you a bitchy-witchy Blair or a sexy, stylish Serena? An evil, foppish Chuck or a studly, sporty Nate? OMFG - you so totally wish. Sadly, we can't all...
DO YOU SPEAK 'CREEK'?
IT'S easy to forget that The WB was, for a time, the most promising network on television. Anyone who grew up in the '90s inevitably has fond memories of The...
LAVERNE, SURELY
NO wonder everyone wants to work for P. Diddy. Capricorn Clark, who is director of marketing for Sean John, Sean "Diddy" Combs' clothing line, started out as his personal assistant....
RUBEN BROKE?
'American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard owes nearly $200,000 in back taxes, according to published reports. Court records show liens have been filed on the former Idol's properties for unpaid federal...
HB-OBAMA
HBO is reportedly on the verge of buying a behind-the-scenes documentary on Barack Obama that has quietly been filming for nearly two years. The film is being produced by movie...
HIL ROCKS DNC
HILLARY gets ratings. Hillary Clinton's rip-roaring speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver gave all three of the networks covering the event a boost. Overall, more than...
LATE-NIGHT FIGHT OVER 1ST PHELPS
YOU win this round, Mr. Leno. Michael Phelps - 14-time Olympic gold medalist - will appear on "The Tonight Show" before appearing on David Letterman's "Late Night." The two late-night...
HAUTE LIST
Click here for Haute List photos A little hippie and a little rocker, flirty fringe is ideal for late-night twirling at your favorite dance spot or standing draped demurely against...
VENERABLE ROCKER WORTHY OF IDOL WORSHIP
WITH all his major hits written and recorded more than 20 years ago, Billy Idol might seem like more of a rocking-chair guy than a rocker. Wrong. Tuesday at the...
WHEN ACTIVIST WAS ACTOR
EVEN Charlton Heston's family concedes his reputation as an actor was less known than his politics. During the last decade of his life, Heston was an outspoken conservative and president...
SUB JETS GO 'FOURTH'
The fourth NFL preseason game. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing . . . unless you're a second- or third-string player trying to secure a roster spot. Other than...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle...
DREAM TRIP FOR CAGEY GIRL
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Sunset racing tomorrow, final Friday of the meet; first post 2:45 p.m. Monday, Labor Day, is "Fan Appreciation Day" with free clubhouse and grandstand admission. In $80,000...
BE CERTAIN ABOUT TURF WRITERS WIN
SARATOGA SPRINGS - And the finale. Steeplechasing wraps up its Saratoga stint with the Grade I New York Turf Writers Cup, today's eighth race. The $150,000 stakes lured a mixed...
HANK: CHANGES COMIN' AS YANKS GO QUIETLY
With the Yankees' postseason hopes slipping away, Hank Steinbrenner made a rare appearance in The Bronx last night and issued a warning. "There's going to be a lot going on...
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR A-ROD
Alex Rodriguez got the boo birds off his case last night, but the stench from his performance a day earlier was still prevalent in the Stadium. Two doubles, too little...
TIME TO LOOK TOWARD '09
JOE Girardi walked toward the mound to remove Jose Veras in the eighth inning last night, and those among the 55,000-plus who could work up the energy and passion booed...
ANOTHER NAIL IN YANKEES' COFFIN
The Steinbrenner family and Jack Nicholson saw last night what a lot of other people have been looking at for a while: The end of the baseball world as a...
BOMBERS GIVE UP STRONG HOLD
THERE are as many ways to win in sports as there are extortion victims who choose to pay exorbitant fees to attend games in new stadiums funded by public money....
PAVANO AVAILABLE TO OTHER TEAMS AFTER ONE START
Could "The Idle" be moving? Carl "American Idle" Pavano is scheduled to start tomorrow night against the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium - unless another team wants him. The Post...
BUSINESS AS USUAL
The Giants heard it throughout a joyous offseason, as they came across NFL players anxious to offer a slap on the back or one of those accepted man-hugs. They experienced...
CHANGES LOOM FOR WEIS, UNLUCKY IRISH
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - If nothing else, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is a straight shooter. That endears him to those who appreciate brutal honesty and it's a turnoff to...
REPLAY IT ALL, REVIEW IT LATER
THE ridiculous argument most often rolled out against deploying instant replay is that you don't want to remove the human element from the game. The human element? We are not...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Alvarez doesn't sign with Bucs Pedro Alvarez, who seemingly had agreed to a $6 million signing bonus with the Pirates just before the midnight deadline on Aug. 15, never...
HONDO BEARING DOWN
That's the change you can believe in. Hondo con tinued his post-slump bump in good fortune last night at his 'dog show, scoring with the Indians and Nats to send...
WALKING THE WALK
CONSIDER the time-tested, winning elements the University of Michigan lacked last season, and tradition isn't likely to head the list. Tackling? Sure. Depth? Absolutely. Leadership? You bet. The Maize and...
CARDINAL WILL RULE OVER OSU
Including the 1997-2007 seasons in The Post, Cat's 13-year record in print stands at 354-295 (54.5 percent) against the spread. TONIGHT STANFORD (+3) over Oregon State: Bullying Beavers have had...
CRUSHING CARLOS CARRIES TEAM
PHILADELPHIA - The Mets will tell you they don't think about 2007. But their noses grow in inverse proportion to the one by which they lead the NL East by...
WAGNER'S ELBOW IS IMPROVING
PHILADELPHIA - Billy Wagner is back in New York and playing catch at Shea Stadium while reporting improvement in his swollen left elbow. GM Omar Minaya said Wagner could be...
IT'S AN AMAZIN' REBOUND
PHILADELPHIA - When it comes to the Phillies, the Mets have this bounce-back thing down pat. Showing incredible resiliency once more against their hated NL East rivals, the Amazin's reclaimed...
DAVENPORT SHOOTS FOR BIG RETURN
Outside Ashe Stadium, a life-sized, cardboard cutout of Lindsay Davenport stands tall, hawking a skin-gel rejuvenator, "Juvederm." During this Flushing fortnight, Davenport is looking for a rejuvenator for her tennis...
DJOKOVIC: ANKLE'S OK
In the third set, Novak Djokovic's left ankle needed a quick break. But he insisted he's fine. The third-seeded Serb was a straight-set winner in his first-round match yesterday at...
RODDICK ROARS
Andy Roddick's super-sonic serve forced Frenchman Fabrice Santoro to surrender, literally, last night in the U.S. Open at Ashe Stadium. After being pelted by Roddick's rockets across the short night,...
GO FOR JOKER
Heath Ledger's last known residence is officially for rent. The loft apartment in SoHo where the "Dark Knight" co-star died in January - and where Mary-Kate Olsen's bodyguards curiously arrived...
TAKE 5
Blip, what blip? Forget the rest of the housing market, the developers of the most luxurious product in Manhattan are still living in their own little "We're not affected" bubble....
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $1,207,500 125 W. 21st St. One-bedroom, two-bath condo, 962 square feet, with eat-in kitchen, marble baths, washer/dryer and central AC; building features doorman, roof deck and storage. Common...
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,300 Common charges: $1,209 -- This penthouse condo loft on Fourth Avenue makes clever use of space, with a home office tucked into the...
HAMPTON BAYS, LI
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 Square feet: 3,000 -- So it's not quite your own bay, but it will feel like it from this "beautifully landscaped" property with 278 feet of...
CHELSEA
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 1/2 Square feet: 1,606 Common charges: $1,590 -- If you enjoy hosting dinner parties - especially the "most glamorous" kind - the entertaining space, terrace and...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 620 Maintenance: $772 -- While the Henry Street views from this third-floor co-op with high ceilings and casement windows are "pretty," it gets even...
BEDFORD CORNERS, NY
Now you can live like old money in Westchester's "premier enclave" but in a brand-new "custom" estate home. Set on 4.83 private landscaped acres, the 6,800-square-foot spread features five bedrooms...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,238 Common charges: $636 -- This brand-new waterfront condo on Purves Street features Brazilian-wood plank floors, a private balcony off the master bedroom and...
FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN
In a neighborhood that has already become synonymous with up-to-the-minute gentrification, the brownstone bonanza is on. Million-dollar homes? Forget it - this multimillion-dollar four-story residence, just renovated by noted designer...
SUTTON
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 933 Maintenance: $1,545 -- It's like a vacation in your own home! This renovated "tropical paradise" of a co-op (with a "tropically themed" living...
CLINTON
The term "off-Broadway" doesn't usually conjure big-budget visions of grandeur, but this "supreme" condo, high atop a "five-star," full-service building, just off Broadway on 56th Street, offers plenty of space...
METS RALLY TO BEAT PHILLIES, RECLAIM FIRST PLACE
Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking double after Carlos Delgado's second solo homer had tied the game in the eighth and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 6-3 on Wednesday night...
HILLARY FREES DELEGATES TO UNITE BEHIND OBAMA
DENVER - Hillary Rodham Clinton today freed her convention delegates to cast their votes for Barack Obama, giving her a gracious exit from the hard-fought presidential primary with a shortened,...
BILL: OBAMA 'READY TO LEAD'
In a rousing speech to the Democratic convention last night, Bill Clinton leaped far past where his wife left off the night before - spelling out in specific, enthusiastic detail...