December 1, 2008
Gift Guide For the Frugal Fashionista
Nothing says luxury like Tiffany's signature blue, Bendel's cheery brown and white stripes or a classic black-and-white from Barneys.But at a time when price tags can leave you glistening with...
Scene-Mango Flagship Store Party
Patricia Castillejo, a merchandiser for Mango, wears a printed Mango dress and Mango belt with boots by Uterque. "My look is bohemian," says Castillejo. See Castillejo's full look after the...
Scene-Mango Flagship Store Party
- Photo by Elizabeth Lippman
Scene-Mango Flagship Store Party
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld wears a Mango dress, Miu Miu shoes and a vintage belt. "I'm not into brands, but I like mixing high fashion with street fashion for a total look,"...
The Dream Match: De La Hoya Wants Payback
Oscar De La Hoya is still miffed at Manny Pacquiao for signing with Top Rank By GEORGE WILLISOSCAR De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank Inc., headed by...
THE DREAM MATCH: Arum Confident PacMan can win
Top Rank promoter likes his fighter's chances for upset.By GEORGE WILLISTop Rank promoter Bob Arum says he confident his fighter Manny Pacquiao can defeat Oscar De La Hoya Saturday night...
Meeting with Fuentes will be soon
Free-agent closer Brian Fuentes (pictured) plans to meet personally with the Mets at next week's Winter Meetings in Las Vegas or in New York shortly thereafter -- or possibly both...
Giants in discussions about Burress
BY PAUL SCHWARTZTom Coughlin today said he had "no idea about the health status'' of Plaxico Burress, who accidentally shot himself in the right thigh last Friday night. This was...
Death of a 'Gossip Girl'?
In true "Gossip Girl" fashion, rumors are flying that a key character on the show will meet his or her untimely demise tonight.The previews of the show only indicate that...
Arbitration offer only for Perez
From JOEL SHERMANThe Mets were planning on offering arbitration only to Oliver Perez at today's deadline. Perez made $6.5 million last year and probably would double that if he accepted...
Abreu arbitration decision
By JOEL SHERMANThere are few stronger signs about how the downturn in the economy is impacting the market in baseball then the Yankees suddenly wavering -- at least a little...
MET AND YANKEE ARBITRATION DECISIONS
There are few stronger signs about how the downturn in the economy is impacting the market in baseball then the Yankees suddenly wavering -- at least a little bit --...
TODAY'S TEN: WORST MOVIES OF 2008
2008 had some lousy films, really lousy. Here's nypost.com's tribute to the 10 worst films of 2008. We have repeat offenders, Vin Diesel and Larry the Cable Guy, a "Saturday...
Serie A: Inter Takes Six-Point Lead
Inter doubled its lead at the top of Serie A standings to six points after a home win over Napoli on Sunday.Inter's city rival AC Milan was stunned by a...
Agent: Fuentes to visit Mets
The Denver Post reports Rockies closer Brian Fuentes has scheduled a visit to the Mets as part of his free-agent decision-making process, according to the pitcher's agent.The paper also says...
BLOOMBERG SLAMS BURRESS FOR SHOOTING COVER-UP
The NYPD first found out about Plaxico Burress' bone-headed accidental self-shooting with an illegal handgun by watching television reports more than 12 hours after it happened, Mayor Bloomberg revealed this...
Oscar Watch: MGM Doth Protest Too Much At Critical Conclusions From Late 'Valkyrie' Screenings
MGM is not screening Bryan Singer's troubled, delayed $90 million Hitler assassination plot thriller "Valkryie'' for top critics before the New York and Los Angeles film critics vote on their...
A Broncos Beatdown
Welcome back to Earth, Jets fans.The Broncos delivered a heavy helping of "humble pie" as Leon Washignton referred to it with a 34-17 defeat of the Jets yesterday.As we make...
Pulse Sales-Jimmy Choo
JIMMY CHOO716 Madison Ave., between 63rd and 64th streets; 212-759-7078Sale:until all sale items are sold. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m./Sun., noon-5 p.m.30 percent off select styles.HELMUT LANG/RAG & BONE261 W. 36th...
UPDATE: All that's missing is you
Welcome to The Dead Zone. Welcome to the weeks between the hours of Thanksgiving and Christmas, where, like, nobody travels. A magical time of year, this - one, where even...
Spare the hardball tactics
By MARC BERMANAs Stephon Marbury and Players' Association attorney Hal Biagas meet with Donnie Walsh today to resume buyout talks that began 18 days ago, I'm not sure where the...
Oscar Watch: 'Forrest Gump' and 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button' -- The Aphorism Connection
I like "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' a lot more than he does, but I got a chuckle from Mr. Glenn Kenny's post compiling what he terms "greeting-card platitudes''...
3 UP: Met Starters and Closer
1. I have spoken to many Met officials, including GM Omar Minaya, and each has told me essentially the same strategy: That they would like to add a quality starter...
Late Night Trip Re-Cap and More on Devin
By FRED KERBERPHOENIX - Where do you want to start?The Nets won in three cities where their success rate in the past was basically that of the Republicans on election...
JETS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
PLAY OF THE GAME Eric Mangini got creative for no apparent reason early in the first quarter, and it cost him. He lined up Brad Smith in the shotgun formation...
DEVILS LOOK TO WORK RETURNING PLAYERS INTO MIX
Their month of making-do is done and the Devils survived. Now coach Brent Sutter faces another challenge - returning important players to his team without upsetting the desirable dynamic of...
GIANTS: BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
A look back at the Giants 23-7 victory over the Redskins:PLAY OF THE GAME: It's been five years since Amani Toomer caught a touchdown pass longer than the 40-yarder he...
CHILL FACTOR
Top music downloads 1. Can't Believe It, T-pain 2. Right Now, Akon 3. Whatever You Like, T.I. 4. If I Were a Boy, Beyoncé Knowles 5. Let It Rock, Kevin...
GOV FEELS HEAT TO FILL SEAT ASAP
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson plans to name a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly, now that her selection as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state "appears to be inevitable."...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man ripped off a woman's fingernail during a fight that began when she started snapping pictures in their Hell's Kitchen apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Jacoby Fenner,...
BILL GRILL FIRED UP FOR HILL
Hillary Rodham Clinton will face tough grilling about her husband's foreign fund-raising before she becomes secretary of state, the top Republican on the Senate committee that will quiz her said...
OBAMA PLATES GIVE LI THIEVES LICENSE TO STEAL
A Long Island Obama supporter scored vanity license plates bearing his presidential hero's name - now, if he could only use them. Jonathan Lifschutz, 50, of Great Neck, got his...
HOT SPOT TOO HOT
The nightclub where Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself is no stranger to gunplay. Its past even includes at least one celebrity-involved shooting that turned fatal. In December 2004, one man...
NEW PENALTIES FOR ILLEG-ALIENS
Until now, thousands of illegal aliens deported after committing crimes didn't hesitate to sneak back into the New York area, knowing that if they were caught, their "punishment" would be...
JOCK, STOCK AND BARREL
Experts say pro athletes like Plaxico Burress often arm themselves - legally or illegally - to protect the sudden wealth that accompanies a sports career. MORE: Plax Bid To Keep...
MED STUDENT DIES IN 'DWI'
A pre-med college student home for the holidays died early yesterday when a convicted drunken driver smashed his SUV head on into the victim's convertible, Nassau County police said. University...
PLAX BID TO KEEP HIS SHOT IN THE DARK
Trouble-prone Giants receiver Plaxico Burress desperately tried to sidestep the law after shooting himself in the leg with an illegal handgun he carried into a Midtown night club -- getting...
SPORTS SHORTS
GOLF: Choi wins Skins Game In Indian Wells, Calif., K.J. Choi holed an 11-foot birdie putt worth $270,000 on the 18th hole yesterday to win the 26th Skins Game with...
HARRIS SIZZLES WITH 47 POINTS
PHOENIX - They say it's better to be lucky than good. Well, last night, the Nets were lucky. And good. But Devin Harris was great. After directing the Nets to...
A TEXAS-SIZED FIASCO
IT would be easy to blame the BCS for this latest mockery but that would be like making fun of Sarah Palin. Old news. Today's fiasco falls at the feet...
REB DEM SNUBS TOP REPUBLICAN
THE leader of the renegade Democrats known as the "Gang of Three" has bluntly told Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that he can't back him for re-election in January. Tough-talking...
DEVILS IN MUMBAI
AS few as 10 terrorists armed with simple weapons tormented one of the world's most vibrant cities for three days, inflicting 500 casualties - nearly 200 of them dead. No...
SAMARITAN VS. 'JUSTIN'
The former busboy suing Justin Timberlake's Upper East Side restaurant for stiffing him is the stand-up employee who happily accepted a $200 tip for returning a $200,000 watch a guest...
LATEST CANCER TREATMENT FOR NYERS ON THE GO
In the time that it will take you to read this story, you could have received a potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. A 72-year-old retired art director has become the first...
WAS THE REAL TARGET INDO-PAK PEACE?
IN the wake of the terror attacks that killed more than 180 people (including at least six Americans) and wounded another 300 in Mumbai, India, last week, the burning question...
BLOND JUSTICE
A busty blond model who has graced the covers of dozens of romance novels created real-life melodrama at her soon-to-be ex-husband's fraud trial when she got into a catfight with...
THEY'RE BA-A-ACK
IN a recent Satur day Night Live skit, a lip-biting Bill Clinton (Darrell Hammond) told the audience, "I'm here to make a very important announcement. After the holiday, Barack Obama...
'FIT' FOR OFFICE
WASHINGTON - Welcome to Charlie Rangel's personal gym. It may look cramped, but while members of Congress are forced to shoehorn office staff and equipment into windowless closets and other...
YOU DA H-BOMB!
The future of Detroit's reeling car industry is riding on a new technology already rolling across New York City and its northern suburbs - a vehicle that uses no gas...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man ripped off a woman's fingernail during a fight that began when she started snapping pictures in their Hell's Kitchen apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Jacoby Fenner,...
YOUR PAIN?!
YOLANDA ROSA never thought anything could hurt as sharply as losing her little brother, Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui, to a murderer's gun. But Yolanda was furious - steaming! - to...
REESE IS THE WORD AT MOVIES
When Americans weren't at the mall over the long weekend, they were at the movies - ticket sales were up 4 percent over last year, led by the comedy "Four...
SCHOOLS FIXED GRADE SURVEYS
More than 60 principals were urged to keep surveys rating their schools away from "toxic" students who might bring the results down, according to a smoking-gun document obtained by The...
TINA OPENS UP ABOUT FEY-MOUS SCAR
Tina Fey has revealed the secret behind the scar on her face - barely visible here. The beautiful funnywoman vamps it up for the January edition of Vanity Fair, where...
WATER COOLERS TAPPING OUT CITY: POLS
Bottled water and water coolers are draining taxpayer money and should be banned from city offices, two councilmen say. "Water is one resource we have plenty of [and] is essentially...
'HELL'S' BELLES!
"Hell's Kitchen" star Gordon Ramsay has kept a cupboard full of off-the-menu gal pals for years, and even flaunted his infidelity in front of his wife, the chef's kiss-and-tell mistress...
WAL-MART HERO
A part-time security guard trampled to death during a Black Friday stampede at a Long Island Wal-Mart died while trying to help a pregnant shopper caught in the crush, a...
SHOPPERS PUT WIND IN RETAILERS' SALES
It might not be a Christmas miracle, but brisk sales of toys, electronics and clothing spurred weekend receipts that kept retailers from going over the edge - at least for...
DOLLARS TO DOUGH NUTS
'Tis the season to give - but New Yorkers might want to think twice before opening their wallets to four area non-profits that got lousy ratings from a top charity...
SPIKE IN CITY WELFARE ROLLS
More New Yorkers signed up for welfare checks in October than in any other month this year, in keeping with an annual trend, records show. An additional 5,607 city residents...
US, UK, SPAIN . . . INDIA JOINS TERROR LIST
*** May our thoughts be with the victims of the India blasts ("Mumbai Massacre," Nov. 28). The cowards who did this will never put fear in people's lives. Instead, we...
ROMANCE IS SHATTERED
A Boston University student from Long Island snapped yesterday while arguing with her engineer boyfriend - and stabbed him in the neck with a broken beer bottle at an East...
CITI TRIES TO SAVE FACE WITH JAPAN SALE
Citigroup is beating a retreat in Japan. Scrambling to stabilize its teetering finances, the banking giant aims to sell NikkoCiti Trust & Banking - a small Japanese business that deals...
FRIEDEN'S AIDS BLINDNESS
Today is - as an activist-driven media blitz has been reminding the public - World AIDS Day. So it's appropriate to take stock of the status of HIV-AIDS here in...
DON'T CUT COPS
Give Police Commissioner Ray Kelly points for going before the City Council last week and staunchly defending his boss' budgetary policies. Loyalty is important. The fact remains, however, that Mayor...
SUBWAYS REALLY A FARE DEAL
Even when the subway and bus fare goes up from $2, New Yorkers won't get taken for a ride - at least compared with commuters in other major world cities....
SUPER BOWL HIT
The turmoil on Madison Avenue has crept into television's biggest showcase for advertising: the Super Bowl. Far from being recession-proof, the big game is contending with sluggish ad sales, automotive...
MAG 'BUY' RATINGS
With making do with less the order of the holi-day, lifestyle mags are knocking themselves out trying to point you to the best value in gift giving. Here's a look...
'RUNWAY' WINNER FINDS A GOOD FIT WITH PAYLESS
Christian Siriano's career in high fashion has just begun, and he's already courting the mass market. The "Project Runway" winner - noted for coining terms like "fierce," "tranny" and "hot...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Chinese man woke his wife from a 10-year coma by biting her toes. The hubby said he had tried everything since his wife of 27 years sustained a head...
TIME TO BLAME SCHOOLS FOR RECRUITING BAD GUYS
PLAXICO Burress, raised in Virginia, was successfully recruited to Michigan State. At age 31, he gets in all kinds of trouble; he allegedly even carries, and carelessly, a loaded gun....
'RITA' IS 'TAUK OF TOWN
Cold, wet, miserable day at Aqueduct, compounded by broken starting gate that delayed post time of eighth race, Montauk Handicap, by half-hour and caused cancellation of ninth race - according...
FACE DEADLINE TODAY ON ANDY ARBITRATION
The Yankees will be forced into a decision before midnight tonight, one they didn't believe was an issue two months ago: Whether to offer Andy Pettitte arbitration. At the end...
WARNINGS ABOUND IN BLUESHIRT BUMMER
It would be a mistake to declare that the sky is falling on top of the Rangers in the wake of yesterday afternoon's 4-0 defeat to the 28th-overall Panthers. But...
STEPH STILL ZINGING COACH, TEAMMATES AS BUYOUT NEARS
On the eve of today's Westchester buyout summit with team president Donnie Walsh that is expected to put an end to his turbulent five-year Knicks career, suspended Stephon Marbury yesterday...
ALL BUSINESS IN SWAMPING 'SKINS
LANDOVER, Md. - Much like the passes he fired through the mist and rain, Eli Manning was on target in his assessment of how the mighty Giants would handle the...
MARBURY GIVES DUHON KUDOS
Chris Duhon, Stephon Marbury's successor at point guard, always spoke respectfully and poignantly of Marbury's exiled state. Marbury, in turn, has nothing but respect for Duhon, and said he thinks...
OVERWHELMING WIN DISPLAYS BLUE FOCUS
LANDOVER, Md. - This is how much the Giants missed Plaxico Burress yesterday: On their seventh play from scrimmage, Eli Manning lofted a perfectly thrown lob that plopped right into...
PIERCE MUM ABOUT LINK TO PLAX SHOOTING
LANDOVER, Md. - It came as a surprise when the Giants, following yesterday's 23-7 victory over the Redskins, announced that Antonio Pierce would be headed to the podium to address...
TOOMER EAGER TO GET BACK ON FIELD WITH BURRESS
LANDOVER - Amani Toomer holds every significant Giants receiving record, but the past few years he has been supplanted by Plaxico Burress as the team's big-play threat. Still, after a...
GANG GREEN ALLOWS 484 YARDS IN DEFEAT
Put those Super Bowl plans on hold. In a sloppy, mistake-filled game, the Jets lost 34-17 to the Broncos at Giants Stadium yesterday, ending their five-game winning streak and putting...
NO RAIN MAN: BRETT LOOKS ALL WET
WE are led to believe that it rained all night on both quarterbacks and both teams, but the Subway Super Bowl talk derailed in a hurry yesterday because the old...
CUTLER GETS THE BEST OF ELAM, DBS
The Jets' run defense has been their heart, their porous pass coverage their Achilles heel. Denver mercilessly attacked that weakness yesterday, shredding Gang Green's secondary in a 34-17 rout at...
BRONCOS 'INJURIES' HURT JETS
The one time the Jets got some momentum going offensively during yesterday's 34-17 loss, the Broncos broke that momentum in a strange way - by getting injured. Three Broncos stopped...
MORE BOX FOR YOUR BUCKS
Nothing says luxury like Tiffany's signature blue, Bendel's cheery brown and white stripes or a classic black-and-white from Barneys.PHOTOS: Frugal Fashionista Gift Guide But at a time when price tags...
Jersey teacher trades PATH for kayak paddle
In a sinking economy, one Jersey commuter has found a way to stay afloat - by paddling across the Hudson in a kayak to his Manhattan teaching job. Each weekday...
BETWEEN THE LINES
THESE are depressed times economically, but you wouldn't know it by all the exclamation points in the Classified pages. "Easy Money Now!!" "$100K To Start!" "Get Rich Working at Home!!!"...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB?
What does a dietetic technician do all day? Working under the supervision of a registered dietician, dietetic technicians help patients plan meals and menus that follow the dietician's guidelines. They...
GO TO GREG
Q THE company I work for recently hired a new senior manager. I do not report to this person, but I do work in IT and support an application that...
A CRACKERJACK PRODUCTION
NEW York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker" is back for its annual monthlong season, potently blending states of reality in ways that only ballet can. What seems like a perfectly normal...
LOOKING FOR NEXT OPRAH
CBS says it is hunting for someone to replace Oprah, if she quits her show in 2011 when her current contract is up. "Whether Oprah stayed or doesn't stay, it's...
STARR REPORT
The sounds of musicCh. 13 offers a little bit of dance and song tonight, with "Finding Billy Elliot," a back stage look at the casting of the Broadway musical, airing...
DOESN'T CATCH THE LUNACY OF HELLER CLASSIC
J.D. Salinger apparently had it right: His rule of refusing all requests to dramatize "The Catcher in the Rye" should probably be applied to "Catch-22" as well. The failed attempts...
HOMEMADE
WHEN my daughter was little, she decided to videotape her grandmother - my mom - cooking her favorite recipes while she told family stories of growing up on a ranch...
'AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS'
WE'RE here today to mourn the death of an old prime- time friend: The catch phrase. Back when there were only three networks, it seemed barely a week went by...
A look back on Giants 23, Redskins 7
BY PAUL SCHWARTZA look back at the Giants 23-7 victory over the Redskins:PLAY OF THE GAME:It's been five years since Amani Toomer caught a touchdown pass longer than the 40-yarder...
TODAY'S TEN: NEW YORK SPORTS NEWCOMERS OF 2008
2008 was a season of big change in the New York sports world. Many new players and coaches and even new management joined the ranks of the Big Apple sports...
LI GAL TRIES TO KILL BOYFRIEND WITH BROKEN-BOTTLE
A Boston College student from Long Island snapped today while arguing with her engineer boyfriend - and stabbed him in the neck with a broken beer bottle at an East...
RANGEL'S SECRET WORKOUT ROOM
Welcome to Charlie Rangel's personal gym. It may look cramped, but while members of Congress are forced to shoehorn office staff and equipment into windowless closets and other tiny corners...