October 13, 2008
On-Air Proposal
CBS weatherman Matt Laubhan interrupted ABC morning anchor Emily Leonard's newscast to pop the question on-air this morning in Lubbock, TX. Find out if the stunned anchor said yes below.Leave...
COMEBACK
The stock market rocketed to its biggest one-day gain ever today - reversing a recent string of huge losses - as investors began believing that worldwide financial rescue efforts could...
Deal of the Day-Ella Moss
If it's comfort and style that you're after (and no a terry tracksuit does not qualify), pick up this Jersey Skirt from Ella Moss.The rayon jersey skirt hits at the...
California Casanova
Beyond the true-to-life scene of inter-departmental procrastination while the boss is away, the industry issue at play this week seems to be agency ownership. Duck makes a Don-like move (King,...
RANGERS PROSPECT DIES DURING GAME IN RUSSIA
Tragedy struck the Rangers' family today when 2007 first-round draft selection Alexei Cherepanov died after collapsing on the bench late in the third period of a KHL game in Russia....
Ewing still confident he'll make it
By MARC BERMANWhile it's a matter of time before Allan Houston is released, Patrick Ewing Jr. keeps thinking he's going to make it, even if Mike D'Antoni has yet to...
PULSE SALES
WINK 188 Columbus Ave., at 69th Street; 212-877-7727 Sale: Oct. 16-18. Thurs.- Sat., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Snag deals from Alice + Olivia, Jill Stuart and Rebecca Minkoff. THE SHOE BOX...
POLLS: GAP BETWEEN OBAMA, MCCAIN NARROWS
While one poll released today gives Barack Obama a 10-point lead in the race for the White House, other key polls show John McCain is closing the gap between the...
Pulse Sales-10/13
WINK188 Columbus Ave., at 69th Street; 212-877-7727Sale: Oct. 16-18. Thurs.- Sat., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.Snag deals from Alice + Olivia, Jill Stuart and Rebecca Minkoff.THE SHOE BOX1222 Madison Ave., at 88th...
Hunting for a closer
From JOEL SHERMANIn the early editions of today's paper, I wrote a column about how the Phillies began last offseason hoping to add a starter, found the market unappetizing, and...
3 UP: MET CLOSER, TORRE RELIEVERS, BASEBALL DVD
1. In the early editions of today's paper, I wrote a column about how the Phillies began last offseason hoping to add a starter, found the market unappetizing, and decided...
Tony Romo out 4 weeks
ESPN.com is reporting that Cowboys QB Tony Romo will miss the next four weeks with a broken pinkie suffered Sunday against the Cardinals.The Giants face the Cowboys on Nov. 2,...
OFFICIAL: FIRE PLAY CAUSED FATAL BLAZE
Fire marshals believe that a child playing with matches or a lighter accidentally set off the horrific Chelsea apartment blaze that killed five family members and left a 10-year-old boy...
LIVEBLOG: South Dakota is for lovers
It's official. I have now been to 49 of our 50 magnificent states. (Okay, maybe magnificent is pushing it a little - Ohio is on that list.)Until this weekend, it...
Some Like It Hot: Christina Hendricks
"Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks is the sexiest woman on TV today--and with her hourglass curves, she's changing Hollywood's skewed views of females.Meet the whip-smart, funny (and, yes, va-va-voom) charmer...
Starr Report: Caroline in the city
HGTV's Suzanne Whang ("House Hunters," "House Hunters International") hosts the Ms. Foundation's Annual Comedy Hour Wednesday at Carolines (6:45 p.m.) featuring Jane Condnon, Marina Franklin, Katie Goodman, Maureen Langan, Bernadette...
Saints Row 2: More Fun Than GTA
I'm just going to get the inevitable comparison out of the way first. Is Saints Row 2 a better game than GTA IV? Not necessarily. But is it more fun?...
O-JOE BOOST IS BILL-HILL SHOW
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton made their first joint appearance for the Obama ticket by joining Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife yesterday - but the former first...
BARACK TIGHTENS RACE IN CRUCIAL OHIO
Barack Obama has nearly closed the gap with John McCain in Ohio, a state that no Republican has ever lost and won the presidency. An Ohio Newspaper Poll released yesterday...
MAC BETTER 'LATE' THAN NEVER
John McCain will appear on David Letterman's "Late Show" Thursday, officials said, presumably to patch up hard feelings left by the GOP candidate's awkward snub of the funnyman last month....
PALIN FALLS PREY TO FEY
Thanks to Tina Fey, Sarah Palin isn't just a target of jokes - she's been swift-butted. Some political scientists contend that Fey's "Saturday Night Live" skewering of the Alaska governor...
HE MUST COME TO TERMS: MIKE'S NOT THE KING
* What is it about two referendums that Mayor Bloomberg does not understand ("Watchdogs Slam Bloomy," Oct. 10)? He seems to believe that he is the only one who is...
THE OUTRAGEOUS 'TERRORIST' SMEAR
Who exactly isBarack Obama? So asks the GOP's Sarah Palin - whom most Americans had never even heard of six weeks ago. Since Palin began maligning the Democrat as an...
AN OBAMA PANIC?
Barack Obama has re mained cool and confident amid the financial melt down, even as John McCain at times has been embarrassing, lurching from one proposal to the next. But...
SPREADING THE VIRUS
TO discover the roots of to day's economic crisis, consider a tale from 1995. That March, House Speaker Newt Gingrich was scheduled to address a meeting of county commissioners at...
CONTINENTAL DRAFT: EURO BIGS UNVEIL CASH-INFUSION PLAN
European leaders tried yesterday to bolster their teetering financial system - and dodge a deep recession - by pledging billions of euros to guarantee bank loans in exchange for ownership...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 946; Lucky Sum: 19 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9418; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 273; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 8924;...
ANGIE'S LIP SERVICE
Angelina Jolie has a cutting-edge way of raising kids - the world-famous beauty recently took son Maddox, 7, shopping for knives. "My mom took me to buy my first daggers...
'CHIHUAHUA' NIPS RIVALS
Leo and Russell proved no match for a little yapping dog, as "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" bit its rivals for a second straight week. The lost-in-Mexico mutt topped the box office...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
MANHATTAN * A thug attacked a man with a broom handle in a Times Square Starbucks, sources said yesterday. August Furcado, 41, allegedly struck the 29-year-old man in the coffee...
3 SMOKING GUNS AMID QNS. BLAZE
Firefighters called to the scene of a minor blaze in Queens yesterday found more firepower than actual fire when they discovered three illegal guns, authorities said. The FDNY quickly doused...
POLICE 'SHIFT' GEARS
Trying to fight a shocking spike in murders and shootings, the NYPD has launched a blue blitz against violent crime by boosting overtime for patrol cops and narcotics detectives, law-enforcement...
HOT-DOG HERO IS PIZZA-CHOMPING CHAMP
He'll take the last three slices to go. Hot-dog eating champ Joey Chestnut downed 45 slices of pizza, nearly six whole pies, in 10 minutes yesterday to win the Famous...
$6.5 MIL FOR MASTECTOMY NIGHTMARE
A jury has awarded a Bronx woman $6.5 million after a doctor at Bellevue Hospital removed her left breast - even though her cancer had been cured, her lawyer said....
$LUMPING THE SHARK
Benny the Loan Shark has something in common with banks - he's made loans to subprime borrowers in danger of defaulting. But he's not likely to get taxpayer money to...
BAG 'MOSQUE' GAG: CHURCH
A pair of graphic designers say they thought it would be funny to misidentify a Russian Orthodox church as "The Mosque" on a tote bag that displays a map of...
TAXI CRISIS LOOMS
Think it's hard to hail a cab now? It's about to get worse, as taxi-fleet owners run their old cars into the ground - because new ones are nearly impossible...
B'KLYN FIRE HORROR
Fire swept through a Brooklyn apartment building yesterday, killing a man and his 12-year-old nephew barely a week after they moved in, devastated relatives said. Shawn Monderson, 33, a bus...
EAST SIDE SHOWS IT LOVES A PARADA
Lavish costumes and pounding beats reigned at yesterday's 44th annual Hispanic Day Parade on a sunshine-filled afternoon on the East Side. Mayor Bloomberg and two Spanish-language soap-opera stars led the...
ELDERLY MOM, SON FOUND DEAD
The badly decomposed bodies of an elderly woman and her son were found inside their Washington Heights apartment yesterday, police said. A neighbor, Jenny Ferrer, told The Post she had...
THAT'S THE TICKET, ER, TIP
Cops are plastering parked vehicles in Williamsburg with fliers that look a lot like parking tickets as part of a new campaign to thwart would-be car burglars. The inside of...
STATE'S OTB REVENUES PULLING UP LAME
The action is way down at the Off-Track Betting Corp. since the state took it off the city's hands in June, The Post has learned. Officials are projecting that OTB...
BRIDES LIFT VEIL ON SEX FANTASIES
Saying "I do" doesn't mean the passion's kaput - at least according to a majority of brides-to-be, who think sex will get steamier after they marry. A survey by brides.com...
'JUDGE' FINANCES PROBED
The winner of September's primary race for surrogate judge in Manhattan is under investigation for allegedly disguising $270,000 in 11th-hour contributions as a transfer from her own assets, The Post...
WEINER FEARS BANK WITHDRAWAL
Poor neighborhoods could lose bank branches because of the takeover of Washington Mutual by JPMorgan Chase, Rep. Anthony Weiner warned yesterday. A study by Weiner's office found that 37 percent...
DEVIL FINDS WORK
A man who served time in the brutal rape and torture of a Harlem nun nearly 30 years ago has shockingly forged a new life helping to pick judges and...
PARALYZED REV. THANKS GOD
The beloved Brooklyn pastor and Grammy-nominated gospel singer who survived a horrific Fourth of July car crash was cheered by some 2,500 followers yesterday at the Javits Center. Paralyzed from...
CHARTERING NEW COURSE
These aren't your older siblings' charter schools. Ten years after state law was amended to allow for the creation of independently run public schools, charter proposals in New York are...
CHELSEA SOLE SURVIVOR, 10, IN 'DIRE' SHAPE
Ten-year-old Jonzan Valdez was clinging to life yesterday, as friends left tears and flowers at the scene of the Chelsea fire that killed his parents and three little sisters. Maschay...
NURSE ROBS WOMAN, 92, BLIND: POLICE
A Manhattan home health-care aide swiped $8,500 from two victims, including an elderly blind woman, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Jasodra Mohan, 40, grabbed a blank check from Marian Butler's apartment...
QUINN NOW IN MIKE'S CORNER
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn yesterday did an about-face, embracing legislation to extend term limits for city officials and all but endorsing Mayor Bloomberg for a third term, citing the...
MAGS ON MAIN $T.
OK, the economy's come unglued and Wall Street is in the throes of a historic makeover. But that doesn't mean there aren't other business stories out there worth reading -...
SHARPER IMAGE FOCUSES ON EXPANDING GLOBALLY
Sharper Image's new owners have cut a half-billion-dollar deal to catapult the brand out of bankruptcy into a global business. The high-tech purveyor of nose-hair trimmers and massage chairs shuttered...
BON-TON HEARS TOM-TOMS OF BAD NEWS ON HOLIDAY HORIZON
The economic crisis is threatening a new victim in the department-store sector - Bon-Ton Stores. Bon-Ton - which operates a slew of regional mall anchors in the Northeast and Midwest...
SPAIN'S BANCO BLAST
Pennsylvania's Sovereign Bancorp Inc. could announce as early as today a deal to be acquired by Spain's Banco Santander for just over $2.5 billion. The two sides were in advanced...
OBAMA'S HOT AYERS
Barack Obama blasted John McCain last week for focusing on the Democratic nominee's links to shady char acters instead of the economy. Actually, McCain's said plenty about the economy. But...
BEEPING MARTY
A New York City borough president's main, if not only, responsibility is to be a cheerleader. But for his borough, not for himself. Brooklyn's Marty Markowitz, for example, is a...
TOP GOPER RIPS GOV'S 'BETRAYAL'
SENATE Majority Leader Dean Ske los is privately describing Gov. Paterson as a double-crossing liar, saying the governor has betrayed a personally delivered pledge not to seek the defeat of...
CLOUDS ON O-RIZON IN SUNSHINE STATE
TAMPA, Fla. - Polls show that Barack Obama has over taken John McCain in this state of ex-New Yorkers and snowbirds. But deep, lingering reservations about Obama indicate his support...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Connecticut homeowner has been busted for sending her real-estate agent to the hospital - after he unknowingly took a bite of her ginger cake made with pot, cops said....
GO TO GREG
I'm a sales director who oversees a staff of 50 ad sales representatives for a trade magazine. To say that times are tough is an understatement, particularly in our line...
MONKEY BIZ
IT really is a zoo in there. Male bosses who swagger around the office, bark out jargon, wear bright ties and browbeat their charges are asserting their place in the...
60 SECONDS WITH...
Daniel R. Solin, author, "The Smartest 401(k) Book You'll Ever Read: Maximize Your Retirement Savings . . . The Smart Way!" The stock market is giving people fits. How does...
THEY'LL TAKE A LIFELINE
When you think about economic downturns, barbershops aren't usually the first businesses that come to mind. People always need their hair cut, after all. But these days CityLife Barbers in...
STARR REPORT
Caroline in the city HGTV's Suzanne Whang ("House Hunters," "House Hunters International") hosts the Ms. Foundation's Annual Comedy Hour Wednesday at Carolines (6:45 p.m.) featuring Jane Condnon, Marina Franklin, Katie...
CAN'T GET NO SATIS-FASHION
SAYING you are sorry goes a long way - even in the catty world of "Project Runway." That's what Jerell Scott, 28, the bling-king who was booted from the popular...
SIMON $ALARY ENVY
WHAT has been long suspected about bad blood among the judges on "American Idol" over money was confirmed over the weekend. Nigel Lythgoe, the former executive producer of "Idol," says...
SPLIT-TOON
IF you were given the choice of having a split personality - and the two lives that go along with it - would you? Could you? That's Christian Slater's problem...
IT'S ABOOT TIME
Click here for a Photo Gallery of Fall Foot FavesPhotographer: Victoria Will Fashion Editor: Serena French Stylist: Anahita Moussavian Model: Caitlin Thorne Designed by: Julie Frady
SAN FRANCISCO TREAT
EUROPE has a strange attitude to America's three major classic dance companies - New York City Bal let, American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet - nowadays often giving...
MARRIED COUPLE'S BOND CAPTIVATING
THE new Plat form Theatre Group makes an auspicious debut with its revival of Lee Blessing's "Two Rooms." This intense drama about the bond between a hostage and his grieving...
THOMAS THE TANK RUNS ON ALL CYLINDERS
The Jets had put on a passing clinic in their last game, but their high-flying aerial attack was nearly grounded yesterday against the Bengals. The game was far more hard...
RB'S 3 TDS POWER GANG GREEN TO UGLY WIN
It wasn't a work of art, but it was close to priceless for the Jets, who absolutely, positively could not afford a loss to the Bengals yesterday at Giants Stadium....
ALERT COTCHERY CUTS 'EM DOWN
Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery, during some film sessions last week, saw some tendencies in the Cincinnati defense that allowed him to gain critical yardage in yesterday's 26-14 win over the...
FAVRE FROM PERFECT, BUT GOOD ENOUGH
It was Favre from pretty; in fact, it was downright ugly, an anxiety-riddled reminder that Brett Favre won't be riding in on his green-and-white horse to throw six touchdown passes...
DEVS GM: NO 'I' IN TEAM
Lou Lamoriello didn't quite quote Roger Neilson's "You don't want superstars," line, but . . . "Teams win championships. Individual players win games," the Devils' GM told The Post, giving...
SPAGNUOLO: STATISTICS MEAN NOTHING
CLEVELAND - The numbers are in and they're spectacular. The Giants are the third-ranked defense in the NFL heading into this weekend and were in the top five in virtually...
PERFECT GIANTS LOOKING FORWARD TO PRIME-TIME
CLEVELAND - The sweat was not even dry on the brow of Amani Toomer as a 44-6 demolition of the Seahawks was barely 30 minutes old, but the veteran receiver...
JACOBS WON'T BITE AT BROWN BAIT
IF Corey Williams succeeds in his intention to knock Brandon Jacobs' head off tonight, it will roll around Cleveland Browns Stadium with its mouth sealed. Meanwhile, Ahmad Bradshaw and Derrick...
SHANAHAN STATUS ON ICE FOR UNBEATEN RANGERS
The crux of the summer argument against signing Brendan Shanahan was that bringing him back would stand in the way of young wingers Petr Prucha and Nigel Dawes. But 4-0-0...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Johnson wins 4th title In San Antonio, Zach Johnson won the Texas Open yesterday for his fourth PGA Tour title, following his third-round 62 with a 64 for a...
L.A. ROARS BACK INTO SERIES AFTER BENCHES CLEAR
LOS ANGELES - The NLCS finally has a pulse. Any thoughts the Dodgers would exit meekly and quietly from the stage after two quick losses were fast dispelled last night....
HONDO: GO BOSAWX!
The Dodgers took advantage of an old man last night, beating up on Moyer to cut Hondo's collection of hard-earned disposable dead presidents to 465 peskys. Tonight, he'll lay the...
GM GILLICK STRIKES GOLD WITH LIDGE
LOS ANGELES - The Phillies did not want the best closer in the National League. That is how last offseason began. They were quite content with Brett Myers' transformation from...
MONDAY NIGHT FOOL-BALL
I'D like to report that there's a TV alternative to tonight's Giants-Browns game. If only I could. Monday Night Football on ESPN is particularly aggravating for fans of the teams...
PAYBACK'S A PITCH
LOS ANGELES - Remember all of those years, Yankee fans, when Red Sox pitchers were doing target practice on Derek Jeter or Alex Rodriguez, and you screamed for Joe Torre...
MANUEL BLASTS KURODA
LOS ANGELES - Charlie Manuel called out Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda after last night's near-fight in Game 3 of the NLCS. The Phillies manager accused Kuroda of intentionally throwing over...
RAYS REFUSE TO GO AWAY
BOSTON - They are the gum you can't completely pull off your shoe, the peanut butter you can't scrape from the roof of your mouth, the third cousin who asks...
LESTER NEEDS TO TRUMP GARZA IN GAME 3
BOSTON - Many people pray that Curt Schilling's right shoulder never throws another pitch. Josh Beckett is hurt or going through a rare October glitch. In other years the lack...
NO JOSHIN': BECKETT FEELS FINE
BOSTON - Josh Beckett is clearly tired of being bugged about being injured. Yesterday at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox held an optional workout, Beckett was asked if a...
KNICKS' CURRY LIKELY TO SEE FIRST ACTION
It has been a tough start for Eddy Curry. He has missed training camp because of a bacterial infection and missed both preseason games because of conditioning and unfamiliarity with...
NETS UNBEATEN IN TWO-COUNTRY TOUR
Two games. Two countries. Most importantly for the Nets, two wins. Yes, it's preseason so the Nets' 2-0 record, courtesy of yesterday's 94-92 victory over Miami in London, coupled with...
PLAYOFFS BETTER OPTION THAN BCS
LET the debate begin. Again. Playoff or no playoff in college football? Let's condense what has become a rite of fall: Those opposed to a playoff say it will diminish...
BROOKLYN FIRE HORROR
Fire swept through a Brooklyn building today, killing a 33-year-old man and his nephew barely a week after they moved into the apartment, devastated relatives said. Shawn Monderson, a bus...
Spain and England Both Win
APEuropean champion Spain won 3-0 at Estonia to extend its unbeaten streak to 25 games, and England outplayed Kazakhstan 5-1 in another World Cup qualifying game Saturday after being booed...
STATE'S OTB REVENUES PULLING UP LAME
The action is way down at the Off-Track Betting Corp. since the state took it off the city's hands in June, The Post has learned. Officials are projecting that OTB...