September 10, 2008
DOO.RI
Doo-ri Chung is in an active state of mind. Her jersey pieces were excellent - that's her forte - and of course she had the requisite harem pants. Her newness...
MARCHESA
Seeing the installation by Marchesa is always a respite during fashion week. You know it's going to be civilized with a controlled crowd, beverages and models wearing dresses on platforms...
Game 145: Nationals at Mets
The Mets look to sweep a two-game set from the Nationals tonight when Mike Pelfrey takes on lefty Odalis Perez at Shea Stadium. Pelfrey is coming off a solid outing...
PopWrap: Start Your Tivos!
Ah, fall - leaves change, adorable jackets get taken out of storage and my TiVo officially remembers why it hates me. Yes, it was kept in pretty good shape during...
NARCISO RODRIGUEZ
Narciso Rodriguez's Spring Summer 2009 collection brings to mind the kind of person who speaks softly, inviting you to get closer. And when you do get closer, you understand why...
JULIE HAUS
Gorgeous "Gossip Girl" Leighton Meester -- in a hot pink Julie Haus halter dress -- made it hard to concentrate on the designer's delicate, ruffled dresses and perfectly tailored shorts...
Albaladejo back on the mound
After going on the disabled list with a sprained elbow ligament back in May, Jonathan Albaladejo has begun throwing again of late with the Staten Island Yankees.Albaladejo threw four scoreless...
'90210' Numbers
The second week of The CW's remake of '90s classic "Beverly Hills, 90210" was a disaster ratings wise. The spinoff lost more than 30 percent of its total audience and...
Staten Island flames out in first round
For the second year in a row, the Staten Island Yankees have gone home after the first round of the New-York Penn League playoffs.While the Yankees dropped last year's series...
SWB knocks around Price, take Game One
Yesterday, we detailed the exploits of Tampa Bay super prospect David Price, pitcher for the Durham Bulls and Scranton/Wilkes Barre's opponent in the first game of the International League playoffs.Well,...
ASSEMBLYMAN SEMINERIO IN $500G SCANDAL
In an unprecedented sting that brought an undercover FBI agent onto the state Capitol floor, a veteran Democratic assemblyman from Queens was busted today for allegedly taking $500,000 in bribes,...
Randy Moss: We're still the One
Patriots receiver Randy Moss, on a national conference call today, took offense to the notion that, with Tom Brady out for the season, New England should no longer be considered...
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christopher Walken Try Comedy Comebacks
From Kyle Smith at the Toronto Film FestivalI was excited to see "JCVD," billed as an action comedy that stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as himself. Jean-Claude is a washed-up action...
"Che" Declares Guerilla War on Todd McCarthy!
From Kyle Smith at the Toronto Film FestivalIn Screen Daily, a trade paper that is widely distributed here at TIFF, the producers of Steven Soderbergh's gargantuan 4 1/2 hour epic...
NEXT UP: RAMS
The Rams can't be this bad. And it could have been worse. The Eagles toyed with the Rams on the way to a 38-3 rout, during which the Eagles benched...
More on "The Hurt Locker"--and Kevin Smith's Comeback
From Kyle Smith at the Toronto Film FestivalI just saw Kathryn Bigelow's movie "The Hurt Locker," an intense and visceral look at bomb-disposal experts in the army in Iraq, with...
NEXT UP: PATRIOTS
The Patriots beat the Chiefs 17-10 Sunday, a score that was overshadowed by a season-ending knee injury to quarterback Tom Brady. NEXT UP: PATRIOTSPLAY POST PICK 'EM It may be...
Zola Named West Ham Manager
Former Chelsea striker Gianfranco Zola agreed Wednesday to become West Hamâs new manager, replacing Alan Curbishley who quit last week after he accused the club of selling off players before...
NANETTE LEPORE
Nanette Lepore is nothing if not romantic. Floral this, floral that is all you see coming and going on her catwalk. It can get a little tiresome to watch, but...
MICHAEL KORS
Michael Kors can't seem to get out of his "Mad Men" frame of mind. He was all about the office girls last season and this season, he's moved onto the...
Starr Report: Ratings and Sightings
Nice start: Rachel Maddow had a strong showing in her MSNBC debut Monday night, snaring 1.5 million viewers to beat CNN's "Larry King Live" at 9 p.m. - both in...
IFC Takes 'Che'
Our distribution sources were right about a deal being imminent on "Che'' but wrong about Magnolia Pictures as the distributor. IFC Films announced the deal today, with a one-week Oscar...
Coverage in today's Post
What more can you say about Carlos Delgado's second-half rebirth? The veteran slugger has put the Mets on his back since late June, as witnessed by his second consecutive two-homer...
ON DECK: NATIONALS AT METS
Carlos Delgado called this Mets team different from last year's. Maybe not the whole team, but Delgado seems prepared to prevent another awful September by himself. Delgado's turnaround started in...
Islanders tickets on sale Sept. 13
From the IslandersIslanders single-game tickets for the upcoming season will go on sale Saturday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. exclusively at the Islanders Team Store at the Broadway Mall in...
Toronto: 'Hurt' So Good
Summit Entertainment has purchased the U.S. rights to Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker'' for an undisclosed sum. This is one of the best films about the Iraq conflict, an edgy...
BIZMAN WHO DATED HATHAWAY PLEADS GUILTY
Arrivederci, Roma. Suave Italian con man Raffaello Follieri today finally stopped telling tall tales of being a top Vatican confidant and pleaded guilty to swindling more than $2 million in...
RANGEL ADMITS HE OWES $10,000 IN TAXES
Rep. Charlie Rangel admitted this morning that he owed more than $10,000 in back taxes from unreported rental income on his Caribbean villa but vowed that the controversy won't force...
Kiwanuka sits out practice
By PAUL SCHWARTZDefensive end Mathias Kiwanuka will not practice today when the Giants hit the field for their first preparation of the week for Sunday's game against the Rams.Kiwanuka hurt...
Delgado's MVP case
From JOEL SHERMANAbout a week ago in this space, I suggested that Carlos Delgado could not be the NL MVP because he is not even the Met MVP. I want...
THE YANKS' WORST NIGHTMARE
FROM JOEL SHERMANIt is not just that the Yankees are going to fail to make the playoffs this season that will bring misery to the organization. It is that the...
3 UP: Yank Dread, 40-Man Stupidity, Delgado
1. It is not just that the Yankees are going to fail to make the playoffs this season that will bring misery to the organization. It is that the Yankees...
STRIDE WEEKEND OFFERS HELPING HAND
STRIDE has always been in the forefront to get those with disabilities, especially our brave soldiers returning from Iraq, to enjoy the outdoors. Blair Reels, Jr., was 24-years-old, positioned in...
WANNA BETSEY?
AS we look around the tents at the fashion pack tottering around on their 6-inch YSL Tributes, it occurs that too much terminal chicness can be about as much fun...
SCHOOL DAYS IN GERMANY
Today's page looks at the school life of students in Germany.If you're like most students, you dread the first day of school. But in Germany, the first day of school...
HI/LO
No really, Blonds actually do have more fun: David and Phillipe Blond live in a tiny two-bedroom, ground-floor flat somewhere in the deepest, darkest East Village with their vast collection...
CARTWHEELIN' & FANCY-FREE
Betsey Johnson's signature post-show cartwheel move has delighted her fans for years - to the point that she now feels compelled to do it. "I did one once after a...
WANNA BETSEY?
AS we look around the tents at the fashion pack tottering around on their 6-inch YSL Tributes, it occurs that too much terminal chicness can be about as much fun...
25 SKILLS THAT MAKE A NYC MAN
When Popular Mechanics' guide to "100 Skills a Man Should Have" hit newsstands yesterday, many New York men greeted it the same way an Alaskan oil-rig roughneck might approach a...
INVASION OF THE CABBAGE PATCHERS
WHEN it comes to Cabbage Patch Kids, Dillon Kramer doesn't mess around. The 34-year-old is not afraid to admit that he once owned 1,000 of the iconic cloth-bodied, vinyl-head dolls....
JUDGE DREAD
LEAVE it to Jeanine Pirro to uncover sex abuse in a small-claims case. TV's newest judge has been flying back and forth to Chicago all summer, taping episodes of "Judge...
STARR REPORT
Nice start: Rachel Mad dow had a strong showing in her MSNBC debut Monday night, snaring 1.5 million viewers to beat CNN's "Larry King Live" at 9 p.m. - both...
NINA GETS SHOW
THIS one is good on so many levels. Fashionista Nina Garcia, recently dumped as Elle's fashion director, will battle her replacement, Anne Slowey, in dueling reality shows. Better yet, Garcia's...
JLO TO JUDGE
JENNIFER "JLo" Lopez will be a guest judge on the finale of this season's "Project Runway," the last season airing on Bravo. Lopez reportedly will tape her appearance this Friday...
INN TROUBLE
MAYBE it's all because of global warming, but seri ously, has everyone suddenly gone dumb? If the new TV season so far is any indication, the answer is a resounding...
NEXT UP AT BAT?
TORONTO - Michael Caine and Philip Seymour Hoffman, here at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting separate films, may soon be working together on the next Batman movie. Or not....
MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
WHEN Daniel Radcliffe made his stage debut in "Equus" last year in London, all the press could talk about was his nude scene. That didn't bother the producers, who were...
FAMILIAR IRAQ ARGUMENTS MAKE 'LADY' A DRAG
IF you hold any political convictions whatsoever, you've probably had the kind of heated debate about the Iraq war that takes place in "Lady," the new play by Craig Wright....
LET'S GO MEX!
If you didn't bring your sombrero last night to Shea, you missed your chance to join Mets ace "liver Pérez in celebrating his homeland. The 29-year-old lefty, who took the...
GAUCHO GRUB
You don't have to travel 5,290 miles south to devour Argentinean steak, grilled chorizo, flaky beef empanadas and enjoy a glass or two of Malbec. Just hope on the subway...
LATIN OUT LOUD
Global Grooves Nothing captures the pulse of a country like its melodies, lyrics and people. Press play and let the CD collection "A Night In . . ." transport you...
LOST BOYS
In his gritty yet graceful new film, "Miracle at St. Anna," Spike Lee has been able to do what legions of war movies and documentaries of past and present have...
LET'S TALK ABOUT SESS
SESSILEE LOPEZ leaped up the famed steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week, her dress flowing in the late summer breeze, looking more like a ballerina - agile,...
A STORIED LIFE
If Danny Serrano, a hot new crime-lit author, told his own story, he might be accused of adding one plot twist too many. The eldest of three sons, he was...
WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
When Word got out at the National Democratic Convention last month that the King of Reggaetón had thrown his fitted cap into Republican presidential nominee John McCain's camp, the reaction...
BOOKIE: BRADY LOSS MOVED LINE 11 POINTS
ATTENTION Jets fans: The bookmakers believe. The experts making the odds have installed the Jets as two-point favorites (they opened as three-point favorites Sunday night) to beat the hated Patriots...
SCHILLING TAKES SHOT AT N.Y. FANS
It's a shame Curt Schilling's contract incentives are based on the pitches he throws on the mound instead of the nonsense that comes out of his mouth. The loudmouth Red...
BIG BROWN SET FOR TURF
Despite winning the Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Haskell on dirt, with his only loss coming when he was eased attempting to sweep the Triple Crown in the Belmont...
'FAT JOCKS' LAWSUIT FILED
A $100 million lawsuit for civil-rights violations was filed in federal court yesterday against former Gov. Spitzer, the New York Racing Association and others by former NYRA clerk of scales...
ROOKIE HURLER STIFLES ANGELS
ANAHEIM - What you see in March and September can't be trusted. Unless, of course, it's Derek Jeter passing the greatest player ever on the all-time Yankees hit list. How...
PUDGE EXPECTED TO BE SUSPENDED FOR SCUFFLE
ANAHEIM - The Yankees expect Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez to get suspended for his role in Monday night's altercation with Angels outfielder Torii Hunter. "We get guys suspended for less," GM...
BIG BLUE LETDOWN NOWHERE IN SIGHT
THE theme for this week around the Giants is simple: no letdown. Given what we've seen from this collection of athletes, there's little need to worry. There is only so...
SHANNY IN WAIT MODE
Glen Sather, Rangers' president, general manager and . . . doorman? "The door is open," Sather reported in an e-mail response to the Post's inquiry regarding the status of the...
HONDO HIGH ON JAYS
Hondo's Monday night loss with the Indians was blunted by the Jays last night as they burned the Chisox to put the earnings at an even-steven 700 stones. Tonight, he'll...
SPORTS SHORTS
CYCLING: Lance makes return officialLance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record...
AMAZIN' SUPERMAN BEATS EVIL DEMONS
THE Nationals, dead and buried again in the NL East, reached up from the grave for the Mets' throats for a second straight September, and Carlos Delgado swatted their shivery...
TEARY CLOSER VOWS RETURN FROM SURGERY
Billy Wagner's thoughts always have been something of an open book, and yesterday the Mets closer became emotional while vowing that today's Tommy John surgery won't end his career. Asked...
MAINE MAY RELIEVE IN PLAYOFFS
Manager Jerry Manuel doesn't expect John Maine to return for the regular season, but left open the possibility of the injured righty being on the roster should the Mets make...
DELGADO, BELTRAN BLASTS BOOST AMAZIN'S
With a man on first and one out in the sixth inning last night, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado were coming up. And Nationals lefty Charlie Manning was coming in....
YI SHAPES UP FOR NETS
Last year, an enthusiastic Yi Jianlian showed up two days before the start of his first NBA training camp. Last year, he pretty much was burnt toast two months before...
VANDERBILT'S BILLINGER REMEMBERS CLOSE CALL
ALMOST every day on the practice field, which is located adjacent to Vanderbilt Medical Center, Commodores defensive tackle Greg Billinger II hears the thump-thump-thump of the rescue helicopter as it...
THE TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The Post's Top 25
HAVING MCCAIN'S BACK: THE POST GETS IT 'RIGHT'
THE ISSUE: The Post's endorsement of John McCain in the upcoming presidential election. I'd like to commend The Post for endorsing John McCain, the only intelligent choice in this election...
KOREAN CONUNDRUM: WHAT IF KIM'S KAPUT?
NEWS reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has had a stroke could certainly be true. At 66, he's no spring chicken, especially considering his reportedly colorful lifestyle. In...
MCCAIN'S DOUBLE-TEAM STRATEGY
Barack Obama, a famous fan of pickup basketball, must recognize his plight: It's two-on-one now. John McCain drafted Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the star point guard from the Wasilla Warriors,...
WHY BAM'S FLAILING
IF it suddenly seems like the Obama campaign doesn't have any idea what it's doing, maybe that's because it doesn't. Barack Obama has never run a campaign against a real...
DANCING 'ROUND AIR SECURITY
A dancer with the celebrated Alvin Ailey dance company was detained by Israeli airport security because of his Muslim name - and had to perform steps before he was allowed...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 740; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 7958; Lucky Sum: 29 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 701; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 6924;...
FIGHT CHAMP DIES HIKING
A champ of mixed martial arts died in the Southern California desert, succumbing to days of triple-digit heat, officials said yesterday. Rescuers found former Ultimate Fighting Championship title-holder Evan Tanner,...
INDIES SWING TO MCCAIN IN NEW POLL
Independent voters have rushed to presidential nominee John McCain after seeing Sarah Palin named to his ticket and watching the duo speak at last week's GOP convention, a poll released...
WRIGHT GAL GOT AX 'FOR A BAD JOB'
A Dallas church worker who claims she had a sexual affair with Barack Obama's fiery mentor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was fired for her lousy job performance, her former boss...
HILLARY PRE$$URES SERB TEAM
The sponsors of the Serbian basketball league allowing the fugitive Binghamton bruiser to play should pull the plug on their affiliation, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday. "You may already...
GRAMPS SUES FOR NOT DYING
A 72-year-old grandpa who was told he had six weeks to live gave away all his money and even arranged his own funeral. Now, a year later, he's still alive,...
ANNE'S SCAM MAN IN CAN
Anne Hathaway's ex-heartthrob is headed to prison - and it won't be one in his native Italy, which the con artist so desperately wanted. Raffaello Follieri, 30, is expected to...
HOLY SOW!
showvideo("PostElections","1458_378469");Barack Obama stuck his foot in his mouth yesterday when he said "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig"- which the angry McCain campaign immediately...
O.J. JUROR FUROR
A prospective juror in O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas kidnapping and armed-robbery trial tore into the disgraced grid great yesterday, bluntly declaring: "I felt he got away with murder!" The spirited...
JOE STEM-CELL SLAP AT SARAH
Joe Biden yesterday took a swipe at Sarah Palin - who has a child with Down syndrome - for opposing stem-cell research, an attack that provoked howls of protest from...
SHE'S MEDIA'S NEW DARLING
GOP veep pick Sarah Palin shoved media darling Barack Obama out of the limelight last week, according to a new study. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that Palin,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops are hunting for a vicious sex fiend who attacked a woman in the vestibule of an Upper East Side apartment building Monday, cops said. The 30-something man followed...
WHITE ELEPHANT
Eloise may be very lonely. As many as 25 apartments in the world-famous Plaza are back on the market, with many owners struggling to sell their units in the problem-plagued...
CITY BANS 'UNSAFE' UN TOURS
The city has urged the United Nations to stop all public tours of the East Side complex until fire dangers are dealt with - and is stopping public-school tours there,...
MET HURLER BEAT ME: GIRLFRIEND
A Mets minor league reliever was charged with beating up his girlfriend in a hotel and bragged that cops would do nothing to help because he's a baseball player, authorities...
BEATLE GAL PAL'S EX IN MAYOR RUN
Add another name to the list of mayoral contenders - Republican Bruce Blakeman, whose estranged wife is hot and heavy with Paul McCartney. After months of sounding out would-be supporters...
9/11 SHRINE SCRAMBLE
The window for completing a World Trade Center memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks is closing fast, as three teams of engineers scramble to redesign the almost...
NEW MET BOSS A WORK OF ART
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced yesterday that Thomas P. Campbell - a curator with a specialty in European tapestry - has landed the most coveted job in the art...
RANGEL HAS A BAD CHAIR DAY
Embattled Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel is facing possible ouster from his powerful committee chairmanship as he scrambles to file new tax returns in a desperate bid to hold on to...
SHE'S A GOLD MODEL-IST
Wheaties, schmeaties. The place for Olympians to be seen is on a catwalk at Bryant Park. Yesterday morning, medal-winning swimmer Amanda Beard completed yet another milestone in stages of public...
$23M FOR FERRY MAN
A man left paralyzed by the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash was awarded $22.9 million yesterday by an advisory jury in Brooklyn federal court, but a judge will decide what...
COLLEGE'S 2 HEROIC TOP GUNS
A masked man carrying a rifle panicked students at St. John's University last September - just six months after a gunman had killed 32 people at Virginia Tech. But thanks...
BUS BOY'S ORDEAL
Ten-year-old Evan Bongirne lives in the East Village and goes to school on the Upper West Side - but it takes him nearly two hours to get home. That's because...
KINDERGARTEN-TEST PRINCIPALS
One in seven elementary school principals want their schools to participate in a controversial pilot program to test kids in kindergarten through second grade for math and reading skills, education...
LOCAL TV CHANNELS WILL ALL DO THE RITE THING
Tomorrow's memorial marking the seventh anniversary of 9/11 will be shown on virtually every channel on New York's TV dial. All four network affiliates, Channels 2, 4, 5 and 7,...
MISSING TEACH 'WIGGED OUT' OVER BAD SCHOOL
A Harlem teaching fellow who vanished nearly two weeks ago may have gone into hiding because she was afraid to return to the troubled school where she was assigned, sources...
TAXI OWNERS SUE OVER HYBRIDS
A group of taxi-fleet owners that contends hybrid cabs are unsafe is suing the city to stop fuel-efficiency standards from going into effect next month. The hybrid cabs, such as...
LI FACING 4% HIKE IN PROP TAX
The economic crunch is about to squeeze Long Island homeowners - hard. Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi is ready to propose a 3.9 percent property-tax hike for next year. "I...
PILL-PUSH PENALTY
A Manhattan pharmacy, sued by the feds for filling thousands of diet- and sleeping-pill orders for shady, prescription-drug-on-demand Web sites, has agreed to pay $250,000 in penalties, the US Attorney's...
KARAN'S KILLER KIN
The stepson-in-law of designer Donna Karan copped a plea in a Long Island courtroom yesterday to being drugged up when he got into a car wreck that killed a woman....
DAVE AND MIKE PUT TAX HIKES ON TABLE
New Yorkers got a double dose of dire economic news yesterday with both Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg warning that tax increases might be necessary to close enormous deficits facing...
SHOPKEEPER SLAIN IN BX.
A Bronx store owner was shot to death in a botched robbery last night, cops said. The victim, identified by relatives as Amou Fall, was shot in the head by...
ENOUGH NJ ROAD GAMES!
As the Jets and Brett Favre ramp up for Sunday's home opener at Giants Stadium, seething New York football fans say they're being forced to tackle a "nightmare" public-transit switch...
HEAT'S ON SILVER'S BRAVEST
The FDNY said last night it's looking into a YouTube video that shows firefighters carrying boxes of food into Sheldon Silver's campaign office on the Lower East Side yesterday. The...
SILVER'S GOLDEN IN PRIMARY WIN
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver fended off a pair of primary challengers last night, while two incumbent state senators and an assemblywoman were defeated in upsets. Silver, faced with his first...
MOM'S KILLER: 'I MISS HER'
The sad story of 86-year-old Bernice Keller reached a final chapter yesterday when her schizophrenic son was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing her to death as she...
HARLEM PATSY'S WINS FOOD FIGHT
The owners of famed Harlem coal-oven pizzeria Patsy's won a protracted court battle yesterday when a federal judge said they were free to expand and set up franchises without interference...
SLIMMED-DOWN JOBS, IPOD AT APPLE LAUNCH
A still noticeably thin Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday poked fun at lingering concerns about his health as he unveiled a refreshed fall lineup of iPod portable media players and...
LEHMAN'S BEAR(ING)
The clock is ticking for Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld after the beleaguered investment bank saw its shares lose nearly half their value yesterday amid news the bank's talks with...
PATAKI JOINS PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM
George Pataki has joined the executive board of private-equity firm MidOcean Partners - the latest business the former New York governor has become involved with since he left office two...
FANNIE CEO PAY BLASTED
If Washington has the will, it can legally yank the more than $24 million in bloated perks about to be paid to two ex-CEOs involved in the decline and crash...
ROTHSCHILD WELCOMES EX-BEAR SCHWARTZ
Ex-Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz has landed at European investment bank Rothschild - only, the move doesn't appear to be permanent. Sources tell The Post that Schwartz has set up...
UN INKS OPTION FOR MORE SPACE
THE United Nations is expanding by another 65,791 feet. As previously revealed, the global peaceniks have to leave their main administrative building on the East Side, the Secretariat, while it...
WINKLER LOOSENS GRIP
MATT Winkler, the micromanaging editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, is relinquishing some of his responsibilities at the news service he helped launch with Mayor Bloomberg. Known for his bow ties, tough...
YAHOO! TAPS BRADFORD AS TOP AD EXEC
In another shakeup of its online ad business, Yahoo! has snagged a former top Microsoft executive, Joanne Bradford, as its new ad sales chief. Bradford, who left Microsoft after seven...
STREET RETREATS FROM FANNIE, FREDDIE RALLY
Market schizophrenia slammed stocks yesterday as investors quickly got over their joy from the rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to focus instead on the next potential disaster. News...
. . . AND BRITAIN'S TERROR TANGLE
British prosecutors this week got a good look at what happens when the War on Terror gets tangled up in the civilian criminal-justice system. It's not a pretty picture. The...
PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMATIC PREZ . . .
Nuclear-armed Pakistan's political crisis has taken a none-too-surprising turn, as the country's electoral college chose a new president to succeed recently ousted strongman Pervez Musharraf. Their pick: Asif Ali Zardari,...
TWO-FACED TOM
Talk about hypocrisy. Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, the self-appointed grand poobah of New York's property-tax-cap movement, is seeking to hike Nassau's levy by nearly 4 percent. Say it ain't...
TRIUMPH OF THE USELESS & UNDEAD
IN THE end, despite some real opposition and fervent enemies, Sheldon Silver couldn't be killed. The big boys and girls rolled out to bow at the Assembly speaker's feet last...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Well, this stolen object wasn't hard to find. An 8-foot mechanical gorilla that was ripped off from in front of a Maine store has turned up hundreds of miles away...
DISNEY'S SWEET SIXTWEEN
SHE CUT HER TEETH alongside a talking dinosaur on "Barney and Friends." Now Selena Gomez gets out of homework with a wave of her wand. Life is magical for the...
VIVIENNE TAM
It was a nod to her countryman. And she made them proud. Vivienne Tam took the peony, China's national flower - she says it symbolizes prosperity, good fortune and happiness...
Forbes digs into ML$ finances
By BRIAN LEWISAnybody that has even a passing interest in MLS finances should check out solid piece in Forbes, which has finally put values to the league's teams. Solid reporting,...
BCBG: MAX AZRIA
It's amazing Max and Lubov Azria have time to sleep - the designing duo handle three separate collections each season (BCBG MaxAzria and Herve Leger), finishing with yesterday's Max Azria...
MARC BY MARC JACOBS
It was hard to tell who was wearing more of the host designer's pieces at the Marc by Marc Jacobs show: the models or the crowd. Imitation might be the...
SILVER'S GOLDEN IN PRIMARY WIN
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver fended off a pair of primary challengers last night, while two incumbent state senators were defeated in upsets. Silver, faced with his first Democratic primary contest...
RBNY to offer Matt Mbuta (updated)
Cameroon U-23 Matt Mbuta impressed in trial with the Red Bulls By BRIAN LEWISAndongcho "Matthew" Mbuta apparently impressed the Red Bulls during his trial, with the club negotiating to acquire...
HATHAWAY EX-BOYFRIEND HEADED TO US PRISON
Anne Hathaway's ex-heartthrob is headed to prison - and it won't be one in his native Italy, which the con artist so desperately wanted. Raffaello Follieri, 30, is expected to...
'HE GOT AWAY WITH MURDER'
A prospective juror in O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas kidnapping and armed-robbery trial tore into the disgraced grid great today, bluntly declaring: "I felt he got away with murder!" The spirited...