February 18, 2009
Ravens put franchise tag on Suggs
The Baltimore Ravens have placed their franchise tag on linebacker Terrell Suggs.Baltimore Ravens.com reports: "According to general manager Ozzie Newsome, negotiations for a long-term deal for Suggs are still ongoing.'Our...
RICHARD CHAI
There are times when clothing simply speaks to you from the runway. And there were several pieces at the Richard Chai show that screamed "Michelle Obama," to us. She'd look...
Torre: A-Rod 'run of the mill' for N.Y.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Dodgers manager Joe Torre said he caught only a few highlights of Alex Rodriguez's news conference in which he answered questions about banned drugs.The former Yankees manager...
MICHAEL KORS
Michael Kors was a little bit of a lot of things for fall. There was a little bit of serious career woman mixed with some great sculptural design and a...
FIEND'S FECALFEAST FEARS
The bar bouncer accused of murdering John Jay College student Imette St. Guillen is afraid to eat because inmates and guards at the Westchester prison where he's housed have threatened...
NANETTE LEPORE
Nanette girls are hippies at heart, which is why the free-spirited Ohio designer has such a loyal following. But this season, she toughened up her girly crew with small doses...
Comments on Brad Van Pelt
Here are selected comments on the passing of Brad Van Pelt, courtesy of the New York Giants:Lawrence Taylor (Teammate 1981-1983)"One of the greatest players I ever played with. I not...
OIL FALLS BELOW $35
Benchmark oil prices fell below $35 a barrel Wednesday as another dose of bad economic news only raised concerns about the global downturn's impact on energy demand. Economic expectations for...
'BLACK SUNDAY' BUILDING MANAGER DODGES MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION
A Bronx jury convicted a building's owner and manager of criminally negligent homicide today for allowing the construction of a maze of walls that trapped two firefighters, and forced them...
NEW PHOTOS SHOW FRIENDLY SIDE OF YOUNG CHIMP
The out-of-control chimp who went bananas and mauled a Connecticut woman was once a playful little monkey who loved hugging people. In never-before-seen photos, Travis - the 14-year-old, 200-pound chimp...
Report: Brady confident he'll be ready for camp
Forget being ready for Week 1. Tom Brady told NBC Sports that he would be ready for training camp if it started next week."I don't know what my trainer would...
DOMENICO VACCA - MENSWEAR
When Mickey Rourke told us before the show that he wears Domenico Vacca because the designer "has great personal style, and I like him as a person" - - we...
RBNY eyeing Honduran Emilio Izaguirre; El Salvador's Alfredo Pacheco, too?
Now that coach Juan Carlos Osorio has addressed his team's need for speed by assembling RBTC _ the Red Bulls Track Club _ he has been feverishly working to add...
WILLETS POINT REPAVE SHOCKS BIZ OWNERS
In the warped reality of Willets Point — where the sight of roosters prancing through mangled auto parts is not out of the ordinary — little shocks the business owners...
Red Bull re-signs Dane Richards
Dane Richards, the charter member of the RBTC _ the Red Bulls Track Club _ has signed a multi-year contract. The 25-year-old Jamaican National Team standout is coming off a...
RJ Moving?, The Former Captain, Trade Clock Ticking
By FRED KERBERDALLAS - A trade that could occur involving an old Net, Richard Jefferson, would take the Nets out of the running with one potential Vince Carter suitor, the...
MICKEY ROURKE'S CHIHUAHUA DIES IN HIS ARMS
Mickey Rourke is headed to the Academy Awards both as a nominee and a grieving pet owner after the death of his 17-year-old Chihuahua, Loki. A representative for Rourke, Judy...
MAN SHOOTS SELF IN CALIFORNIA CATHEDRAL
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - A man shot himself to death in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller's Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday, church officials said. The man entered...
CITY PLANS WILLETS POINT BUSINESS MOVE TO COLLEGE POINT
In a meeting with Community Board 7 members Tuesday night, the city Economic Development Corp. announced that it plans to move five Willets Point businesses to the College Point Corporate...
VALLONE'S BILL WOULD LIMIT NUMBER OF POWER PLANTS
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (Dâ'Astoria) is calling on the state Legislature to amend state laws that would prevent communities from being burdened with an overâ'saturation of power plants following...
FAMILY MOURNS CORONA MAN DRAGGED 19 MILES UNDER VAN
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Corona to pay their respects to an Ecuadorian construction worker who was mowed down by an SUV in Corona last week and then caught underneath...
QUEENS HOSPITALS GET READY TO PULL THE PLUG
Preparations are underway for the shuttering of Mary Immaculate and St. John's Queens hospitals, where emergency and elective admissions patients have been turned away and employees are being let go...
Blog poll: Castillo hitting leadoff
PORT ST. LUCIE -- I'm interested in your opinion of Jerry Manuel's stated plan to try out Luis Castillo in the leadoff spot this season while bumping Jose Reyes down...
95 ARRESTED IN LI DRUG SWEEP
Almost 100 people have been arrested on various drug charges in a suburban New York community struggling with a heroin epidemic that came to light last summer with the death...
NY SUPPORT HIGH FOR 'MILLIONAIRE'S TAX'
A new poll shows that if state taxes must be increased, most New York voters would rather see it happen at the checkout line instead of in their pay stubs....
2009 ChivaGirl Auditions
Because it's one of the most highly-anticipated events in MLS, because their talents are undeniable, because...well, just, like, because. Here are the 2009 ChivaGirl Auditions....And yes, comments are welcome. As...
Survivor: Bradenton
The winner of Survivor: Bradenton is Alec Dufty. The rookie keeper is the last man standing from the Red Bulls' latest round of trialists. The team sent Seton Hall's Jerry...
POPE SCOLDS PELOSI OVER ABORTION
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday told U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Catholic who supports abortion rights, that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect...
MATILDA WILL GET HEATH'S OSCAR
And the Oscar could go to . . . ? If Heath Ledger is named best supporting actor at this Sunday's Academy Awards, his 3-year-old daughter Matilda Rose Ledger will...
DEREK LAM
Understated. It's rare when you can size a designer's collection up with one word, but when the shoe fits, why not? Certainly, there are words we could use, like posh...
RODARTE
Sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy may hail from sunny California, but they've built the reputation of their critically acclaimed label, Rodarte, upon a dark, twisted, sinister inspiration: Japanese horror films....
FISHY FIRE AT TRACY MORGAN'S APARTMENT
A faulty fish tank sparked a smoky fire that damaged the Upper West Side home of "30 Rock" funnyman Tracy Morgan, law enforcement sources said. The blaze began today at...
DENNIS BASSO
The Dennis Basso show is always crawling with security -- not because of the monetary value of the showstopping furs Basso sends down the runway, to the delight of his...
BEHNAZ SARAFPOUR
When you think Behnaz, a sense of calm and balance immediately come to mind. And today's collection was no exception: It was luxe sans flash, feminine without being girly. Opting...
Untimely A-Rod ad
The photo speaks for itself with the "Body of Lies" ad above A-Rod. Just a thanks to Deadspin for puting this up in the first place.
Damon: Murder worse than steroids
ESPN's Hannah Storm caught up with Johnny Damon yesterday and Damon said there were "worse things that he (Alex Rodriguez) could've done."Like what, Johnny?"Murdering someone, you know there's plenty of...
UAW DEAL CUTS BONUSES, SOME RAISES
The United Auto Workers' deal with Detroit's three automakers limits overtime, changes work rules, cuts lump-sum cash bonuses and gets rid of cost-of-living pay raises to help reduce the companies'...
Reyes talks order switch
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Here is video I shot this morning of Jose Reyes' arrival in camp and his feelings about potentially moving down in the hitting order. Be sure...
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT FALLS TO DEATH
Officials at the elite Upper East Side Dalton School sent students home early today after one of their classmates shockingly jumped to his death. The 17-year-old junior, whose name was...
Reyes unloads on Phillies
PORT ST. LUCIE -- After spending all winter biting his lip as the Phillies took shot after a puzzling verbal shot at both himself and the Mets, Jose Reyes fired...
Does the media hate A-Rod?
A reader called the Post this morning complaining that if this were anybody else besides Alex Rodriguez the press would not be out for blood on this steroid issue.The caller...
Brad Van Pelt dies at 57
The Detroit Free Press reports that former Giants linebacker Brad Van Pelt died Tuesday at his home in California.He played for the Giants from 1973-83. He was 57.
OBAMA PLANS $75B TO PREVENT FORECLOSURES
President Obama unveiled a plan today to tackle the country's worsening foreclosure crisis - spending $75 billion in an effort to prevent up to 9 million Americans from losing their...
FACEBOOK CHANGES PRIVACY POLICY -- AGAIN
In an about-face following a torrent of online protests, Facebook is backing off a change in its user policies while it figures how best to resolve questions like who controls...
Oscars on the Big Screen
I was recently invited by AMC to blog (or preferably Twitter, a prospect that fills me with dread) about their annual marathon of all five Best Picture nominees on Saturday...
CYNTHIA STEFFE
Cynthia Steffe's marriage of tough-meets-sweet glamour girl was the runway's version of a slam-dunk. The references were everywhere, namely in the pairing of a ruffled black taffeta coat with skintight...
Vac's Whacks, Wednesday Edition
What Mike D'Antoni said about Nate Robinson after last night's splendid Knicks-Spurs game was one of the best and dead-on descriptions any coach has ever had about any player: The...
Last of Shea coming down
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mets officials tell me that the final remaining section of Shea Stadium should be demolished by this afternoon. COO Jeff Wilpon also told us that the...
DEALS: Lose job, money back!
No doubt looking to reel in the business of folks worried about their future finances, JetBlue is offering a full refund to travelers who book tickets, then subsequently lose their...
PILOT MAY HAVE CAUSED CRASH
Investigators examining last week's Continental Connection plane crash have gathered evidence that pilot commands -- not a buildup of ice on the wings and tail -- likely initiated the fatal...
3 UP: A-ROD PRESS CONFERENCE AFTERMATH
1. By my count, Alex Rodriguez has no less than five different companies advising him on matters of law and public comment. So in between his ESPN interview on Feb....
3 UP: A-ROD NEWS CONFERENCE AFTERMATH
1. By my count, Alex Rodriguez has no less than five different companies advising him on matters of law and public comment. So in between his ESPN interview on Feb....
TIGER NEARLY FIT TO A TEE
Golf world, get ready for the return of the game's greatest player sooner rather than later. There has been growing buzz in recent days suggesting that Tiger Woods will make...
BRAVES SIGN KELLY JOHNSON
By JOEL SHERMANThe Braves signed Kelly Johnson to a one-year, $2.825 million contract, avoiding arbitration, the Post has learned.Johnson had asked for $3.3 million in arbitration and the Braves had...
STARR REPORT
'Yankees' benefitChelsea Handler has been signed to host the annual "A Night at Sardi's" fundraiser in LA, benefiting the Alzheim er's Association. As usual, it'll include a bevy of A-listers,...
SPRINGER STARS IN CHICAGO
NOW we know why Jerry Springer quit "Ameri ca's Got Talent." The talk-show host will be spending his summer in London starring as the crooked lawyer Billy Flynn in the...
'NASH' SUIT
ACTOR Don Johnson is suing the makers of his television series "Nash Bridges" for what he claims could be tens of millions of dollars in profits he was cheated out...
TANTRUM YOGA
ANY fan of "Super nanny" will tell you that Jo Frost, the show's modern-day Mary Poppins star, doesn't straighten out kids - she straightens out parents. After five seasons working...
KIDDIE QUEENS
FOR us east coasters who think beauty pageants mean "Miss America" and "Miss Universe" - wherein statuesque women who want world peace parade around in bathing suits - the whole...
EXPERTS NOT BUYING A-ROD'S LATEST STORY
Parts of Alex Rodriguez's confession yesterday don't ring true to steroid experts. The Yankees third baseman admitted at his Tampa news conference yesterday to using "boli," believed to be a...
HALL WON'T KICK RODRIGUEZ FROM EXHIBIT
The Hall of Fame is not going to do anything with Alex Rodriguez's lone item in Cooperstown to recognize his drug revelations. According to Hall of Fame Director of Communications...
HE MUST THINK WE'RE ALL FOOLS
TAMPA - Let's start by playing angel's advocate, by giving Alex Rodriguez every benefit of every doubt. Let's say he was being truthful when he said it took him a...
HOOTON: ALLIANCE WITH ALEX IS 'TAYLOR' MADE
TAMPA - After watching Alex Rodriguez admit to steroid use on TV last week, the Taylor Hooton Foundation reached out to the tainted superstar to help raise awareness about steroid...
A-ROD LEAVES A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED
TAMPA - It wasn't as bad as R. Budd Dwyer's last press conference 22 years ago, when the Pennsylvania treasurer shot himself to death on national television. But yesterday's performance...
REPORT: FEDS WANT MORE FROM ANDY ON ROCKET
A year after his performance-enhancing drug confession, Andy Pettitte is still dealing with the fallout of his involvement with doping. The Associated Press reported the Yankees pitcher was interviewed in...
THE TRUTH BE TOLD, A-ROID JUST CAN'T
TAMPA - This was the new story. This should not be confused with the old story, which was just eight days old, but was now treated by Alex Rodriguez and...
CARTER UNFAZED BY RUMORS
HOUSTON - The trade deadline is tomorrow, and the number of teams rumored to be interested in Vince Carter virtually exceeds his scoring average. But Carter maintains he wants to...
FOUL FINISH HAS A SWEET OUTCOME
If last night turns out to be the final Garden game for David Lee - the subject of trade rumors - his last act as a Knick was fouling out....
LEE COULD STILL BE SENT PACKING
David Lee is not out of the woods yet. According to a league source, the Blazers have made another late play for Lee. Sources say Knick president Donnie Walsh has...
PAGAN FACES 'CHALLENGING SITUATION' TO MAKE ROSTER
PORT ST. LUCIE - Much has changed since Angel Pagan flipped over a rail at Dodger Stadium last May, and none of it appears good for Pagan. The switch-hitting prospect...
BELTRAN AIM: 'KILL' HAMELS
PORT ST. LUCIE - Carlos Beltran drew a bull's-eye on Cole Hamels yesterday. Adding yet more fuel to the ongoing war of words between the Mets and Phillies, the Met...
ISLES COACH HAS NO FEAR
After beating the Penguins on Monday in Pittsburgh's first game since coach Michel Therrien's firing, the Islanders visit the Rangers tonight. And once again, the Isles will play a team...
DESPERATE RANGERS NEED A HOME RUN
The Rangers are glad to be back at the Garden. After Monday night's 2-1 loss in St. Louis, the Blueshirts have lost eight of nine, including seven straight on the...
D'AN PROVING TO BE THE MAN
IT is games like the Knicks played last night that makes you believe Mike D'Antoni is the right man for this job. Yes, it was Bill Parcells who said, "You...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Union memo: 'Be careful' Baseball's players union distributed a memo at spring-training camps yesterday with information about 2003 drug testing and telling players "to be careful" answering "questions sparked...
BRODEUR RETURN PUSHED BACK
SUNRISE, Fla. - Every few weeks, the Devils remind us how very mortal they can be. Last night's face-plant was that stark contrast to their preceding pair of rousing triumphs...
ROBINSON TURNS INTO SUPERMAN VS. SPURS
Nate Robinson was no longer "Krypto-Nate" last night. Back from the desert, Robinson was Superman himself at the Garden, leaping over Tim Duncan and the Spurs in carrying the Knicks...
PICK OF THE TWITTER
SOME people do it 19 times a day. Others do it at work and even on the sidewalk. And the voyeurs? They follow their every move. They just like to...
Walsh wants action
By MARC BERMANAfter tonight's overtime win over San Antonio, the Knicks stand one win away from matching last season's total, at 22-31 record.With a playoff run in mind, Knicks president...
THE MOLLUSK'S THE THING
BART Chezar has a message for all the toxins in New York Bay: Shuck off! Chezar has been leading an effort to repopulate a patch of water off the coast...
NO FREE LUNCH, BUT DINNER'S FREE
IN a climate where almost every restaurant in town is offering deals and concessions once unimaginable - bring your own wine to Alto, leave the tie home for '21' -...
NOSH-TALGIA MERCHANTS
It was only a matter of time before somebody got nostalgic for the '90s. The 1890s, that is. Perhaps it's not surprising that the city's dining and drinking establishments are...
DAYTONA WINNER FEELING 'GRAND'
Matt Kenseth entered the NASCAR season as one of the least buzzed-about contenders on the Sprint Cup circuit. Now his grandmother is getting interview requests. That's what winning the Daytona...
BAT MAN WALKS
FALMOUTH, Mass. - A Massachusetts man accused of hitting a New York tourist three times with an aluminum baseball bat because he thought he was a Yankees fan will not...
ABUSED PUPS LOOKIN' FOR LOVE
Forty-three dogs rescued from a Tennessee puppy mill have been brought to New York City for adoption. ASPCA spokeswoman Emily Brand says the terriers, Shih-tsus, Chihuahuas, Pekingese and poodles are...
ARABS PUT SPIN ON ISRAELI BAN
Organizers of a $2 million tennis tournament in Dubai yesterday said they banned an Israeli woman player for her own good - because of threats to her safety. But they...
JOLIE EYE ON WASH. HTS.
Angelina Jolie yesterday checked out an apartment in Washington Heights, igniting speculation that she, partner Brad Pitt and their six kids might be looking for a Manhattan pied-à-terre. Brangelina has...
LAW CUTS IDLE TIME
The fumes from idling taxicabs and delivery trucks can be so bad outside city schools that teachers race to close their classroom windows at certain times of the day. A...
NYU $LAPS BERNIE'S HEDGE PAL
Hedge-fund founder Ezra Merkin engaged in "deliberate ignorance" to benefit from investing client money with Bernard Madoff, a lawyer for NYU, which is suing Merkin and his funds, charged yesterday....
BIZARRE COMET COMING
WASHINGTON - An odd, greenish, backward-flying comet is passing by Earth this month. The comet is called Lulin, and there's a chance it can be seen with the naked eye...
SAUDIS SNARE EX-GITMO THUG
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who became an al Qaeda commander in Yemen surrendered to Yemeni authorities who turned him over to the Saudis, TV reports...
ISRAEL 'HITS' NUKE FOES
Israel is waging a secret war of sabotage and assassination of top scientists to delay Iran's developing of nuclear weapons, it was reported yesterday. The Israelis adopted new tactics because...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A Brownsville woman was arrested after smashing her husband in the face with an iron, authorities said yesterday. Lisa Duke, 36, got into an argument with her 45-year-old husband...
LIVERY CABBY SHOT
A livery cab driver was shot and left for dead on the street early yesterday by a pair of thugs who stole his car. The driver, William Mojica, 46, was...
TALESE'S 'NOVEL' PITCH FOR POOR
Legendary author Gay Talese has begun his own campaign to help the poor benefit from President Obama's stimulus plan. He's handing out signs to the homeless and needy that, referring...
DAVE HAS SECOND THOUGHTS ON PAY HIKES
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson was on the defensive yesterday as he all but conceded he shouldn't have given secret pay hikes to top aides in the midst of a fiscal...
STATES HAVE GOV'T WORKERS IN FIRING LINE
State budget crises from New Jersey to California forced officials yesterday to weigh massive furloughs, layoffs and freezes in public-works projects. New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said he may have...
FLU, NOT MENINGITIS, KILLED GIRL
A 10-year-old Long Island girl whose mysterious death sparked a meningitis scare at her elementary school actually died from the flu, health officials said yesterday. The fifth-grader at Northside Elementary...
FEDS' SAFETY STALEMATE
The Federal Aviation Administration said it can't implement all safety recommendations made in the wake of the fatal Flight 3407 crash near Buffalo. "We generally agree with the safety intent...
APPLE TEMPS ON THE CLIME
The city's average temperature could rise by as much as 7.5 degrees this century, and once-in-a-century storms may occur as often as every 15 years, a climate-change panel said Tuesday....
'LIQUID TERROR' 8 ON TRIAL
LONDON - Eight British Muslims plotted to kill thousands of civilians by blowing up at least seven trans-Atlantic passenger planes in midair with homemade liquid bombs disguised as soft drinks,...
RATNER BIDS FOR FED $$
Brooklyn's flagging Atlantic Yards project took another hit yesterday when Metropolitan Transportation Authority honchos confirmed the agency won't dish out any of its allocated federal stimulus funds to aid developer...
NEW PENNIES TO HONOR ABE
WASHINGTON - As festivities marking the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth continue, the US Mint has released the first of four new Lincoln pennies that will go into circulation...
BRONX SAMARITAN SLAIN
A Bronx student was fatally shot after trying to break up a bodega fight, cops and store workers said yesterday. Joseph Vega, 21, a Bronx Community College student, walked into...
CANCER HOPE
CHICAGO -* A new screening test may give patients a better shot at surviving colorectal cancer. The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that a genetic test that looks...
B'DAY BOY'S HISS-STERIA
A Brooklyn birthday boy playing on a sofa with his pal got the terrifying surprise of a lifetime yesterday when a 4-foot snake that had sneaked into the house slithered...
JEN'S KISS BEFORE FLYING
Jennifer Aniston heated up the Bahamas with a steamy airport smooch for beau John Mayer after the on-again couple shared a romantic Valentine's Day holiday. Aniston turned 40 last week...
O'S AFGHAN 'SURGE': 17,000 GIS
WASHINGTON - President Obama, in his first major military decision, has authorized the Pentagon to send an extra 17,000 troops to Afghanistan to tackle worsening insurgent violence, the White House...
ONE-TRACK-MIND RIDER LUCKY TO SURVIVE FALL
It was one tight squeeze on the No. 4 train. A 52-year-old man was centimeters away from being crushed by the uptown express yesterday, because he was so focused on...
CLASS SIZE HAS GROWTH SPURT
Despite a dip in enrollment and an infusion of state funds, the city's public schools saw class sizes increase this year in almost every elementary- and middle-school grade for the...
TEFLON DON'S LUCKY CHARM
A pint-sized Irish mob underling said he became John Gotti's lucky charm after he fixed a jury for the mob Don and helped him become "Teflon." Mafia turncoat Kevin McMahon,...
ARMANI TAILORS $1M ED. GRANT
Swanky fashion got really classy yesterday when the city's Fund for Public Schools got a $1 million donation from Giorgio Armani. The high-end designer announced his contribution, which will fund...
MORGAN STANLEY 'EMBEZZLE'
Talk about a costly vacation: Morgan Stanley discovered one of its execs was stealing when probers reviewed his books while he was on a holiday he'd financed with his ill-gotten...
CATHOLIC-SCHOOL ROBBERY SPREE
Two brazen thugs preying on Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens have now struck 11 institutions, cops said yesterday. The string of thefts, first reported by The Post, began Nov....
PATERSON POUNDED BY 32 PTS. VS. ANDY: POLL
Gov. Paterson was on the ropes yesterday after a stunning new poll showed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo clobbering him by 32 points in a primary matchup. Cuomo - who sources...
TOT RAIL PRECOCIOUS
A rambunctious 3-year-old Queens boy, who had just gobbled down a Happy Meal, gave his mom a giant tummy ache yesterday when he wandered off and took a four-mile subway...
WEINER TAKES IN COOL $207G
Likely Democratic mayoral hopeful Rep. Anthony Weiner raised $207,000 in contributions last year from people who gave to his congressional account after giving the maximum to his mayoral campaign, records...
ROMAN MIGHT RETURN
A judge refused to throw out Roman Polanski's 1977 child-sex conviction yesterday - but strongly suggested the self-exiled director might still return to the United States without fear of jail...
LANDMARK CRUSADE
The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a series of public hearings this spring to determine the fate of a crumbling, 116-year-old church on the Upper West Side, the agency...
CALORIE-MENU WIN
A Manhattan federal appeals court yesterday upheld the city's regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus and menu boards, saying the rule is a reasonable bid to...
WHY CHIMP WENT BANANAS ON GAL
Each night, Sandra Herold and her beloved chimp, Travis, would share a glass of wine before snuggling in bed together. The Connecticut widow says she still cannot fathom how that...
GAL AMONG 'BB VICTIMS'
A decorated EMS officer struck at least seven co-workers - including a female lieutenant - with his BB gun at their Brooklyn headquarters, a source said. Probers from the city...
CAR WRECKS WANT $22B MORE
WASHINGTON - Struggling automakers yesterday went begging for almost $22 billion more in taxpayer bailout cash, as General Motors said it plans to cut 47,000 jobs, 19 percent of its...
CHAOS IN CLUELESS ALBANY AT WINDFALL
ALBANY - With the federal stimulus bill now signed into law, Gov. Paterson's administration still has no idea how it will spend more than $4 billion in infrastructure and transportation...
DRUNK RIDES GRAVY TRAIN
He got so drunk that he fell into the path of a subway train - costing him his right leg - but a Manhattan jury still awarded him $2.3 million...
FACEBOOK INFO FUROR
Tens of thousands of Facebook users are protesting new policies that they say grant the social-networking site the ability to control their information forever, even after they cancel their accounts....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This is just a bad idea. The San Antonio suburb of Castle Hills has passed an ordinance that says residents will get only one free call to 911 a year....
DETROIT HOUSE PARTY
LAST week Jason Stollsteimer said he'd skip a Madison Square Garden debut for his band, the Von Bondies, and happily play small clubs for the rest of his career. If...
JUSTIN TIME FOR PARTY
Justin Timberlake jumped into the deejay booth at the W Hotels Lounge for an impromptu remix of "SexyBack." He told staffers there that he and gal Jessica Biel are staying...
DADDY'S GIRL
Like father, like daughter: Nepotism is alive and well in the fashion industry. The daughter of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, is a creative director who launched her...
WAR & PIECES
For fall Narciso Rodriguez explored a bunker mentality. His theme seemed to be war, or more accurately a statement against it, through the lens of the anti-war, anti-nuke '80s. Paying...
RAISING IBSEN TO NEW HEIGHTS
TO say that director Lee Breuer's take on "A Doll's House" is "high concept" is putting it mildly. Back in Brooklyn, where it opened last night after a five-year international...
ORDER OUT OF 'ANARCHIST'
WHILE big-budget musicals may be on the wane in this tricky economy, straight plays (with stars) are rolling off the assembly line. Thirteen comedies and dramas are scheduled to open...
BUFFETT SELLS SOME STOCKS
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reduced stakes in health-care firm Johnson & Johnson and consumer products company Procter & Gamble as he found high-yielding investments elsewhere, and suffered big...
LIBERALS CALL IT FAIRNESS: HA! TRY IN-DOCTRINE-ATION
THE ISSUE: Whether the Democratic-backed Fairness Doctrine will foster balance in the media. *** It is not surprising that Democrats want to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine ("The 'Shut Up' Doctrine,"...
O EMPOWERS UN'S NEW ISRAEL-BASH
THE Obama administration is legitimizing the UN's Durban Review Confer ence - a gathering that is guaranteed to become an orgy of Israel-bashing, filled as well with denunciations of the...
IT'S UP TO ALBANY
WITH record speed, Washington has adopted a $787 bil lion "federal" spending-and-tax-cut package that's intended to jump-start the nation's economy and lay a foundation for future growth. But read the...
WHY THE GOV IS IN FREE-FALL
ALBANY GOV. Paterson was being described as a dead man walking yesterday by even some of his closest advisers, who said the devastatingly low ratings in a new Quinnipiac University...
LEGAL WOES SLOW WAL-MART PROFITS
Wal-Mart's quarterly profit fell 7 percent despite a modest sales gain as the company settled a string of class-action lawsuits from employees. The world's largest retailer - which said in...
CREDIT CARDS 'RATE-JACK' USERS
Credit-card issuers, including Citigroup, Bank of America and American Express, are drawing jeers from customers and lawmakers alike for passing their financial burdens on to good-paying borrowers by slamming them...
WALL ST. PANS BAM
ON the day that President Obama signed the much- hyped "stimulus bill" into law - one of the largest spending plans in US history, billed as nothing short of a...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Oil deal China will lend Rus sian oil companies $25 billion in return for sup plies from huge new East Siberian oilfields that will power its econ omy for the...
WHERE'S BOTTOM?
The worry gripping Wall Street took a fresh toll yesterday, as concerns the recession is here to stay - despite President Barack Obama's signing of the massive stimulus plan -...
POLO GROWS ON W. 39TH STREET
POLO has renewed and expanded its showrooms at 25 W. 39th St. to a total of 48,780 feet. The space is the current outpost for Lauren Dresses. When the dress...
SIRIUS CASH LIFELINE
Liberty Media's half-billion dollar investment in Sirius XM provides the satellite-radio operator with a much-needed lifeline, but it stops short of being a full-fledged rescue. While the deal helps Sirius...
STANFORD & FRAUD
Wealthy Texas businessman Sir R. Allen Stanford ran a "massive, ongoing fraud," scamming unsuspecting investors out of at least $8 billion by luring them in with unrealistically high returns on...
SLIMMER NEWSWEEK HAS MAG STAFF STEAMING
NEWSWEEK staffers have yet to simmer down after last week's stunning announcement that it was going to radically downsize its circulation, first to 1.9 million by July, and then ultimately...
THE OTHER HEROES ON THE HUDSON
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Na politano and US Coast Guard Com mandant Thad Allen will honor NY Waterway ferry crews today for their exemplary job last month rescuing the passengers...
. . . AND DAVE'S DUBIOUS DODGE
Meanwhile, Gov. Paterson yesterday tip-toed up to the line separating pride from sound public policy, but he couldn't quite make himself cross it. At issue were the improvident raises he...
NY'S STIMULUS LOTTO . . .
It's official: President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan is law - and New York state's take comes in at a cool $25 billion. Yet somehow Mayor Bloomberg forgot to pop...
BILLIONAIRE SCHMOOZED SPORTS BIGS, POLS
R. Allen Stanford spends the bulk of his time in the Caribbean, owns plush estates in St. Croix and the US Virgin Islands, has an impressive Rolodex of A-list athletes...
BANK EXPERT BOVE'S BACK IN THE GAME
A dispute over how to handle a lawsuit has led prominent Wall Street bank analyst Richard Bove to leave his post at Ladenburg Thalmann and join Rochdale Securities. Bove has...
JUSTIN TIME FOR PARTY
**Justin Timberlake may be in fashion mode, but that didn't stop him from jumping into the deejay booth at the W Hotels Lounge for an impromptu remix of "SexyBack." He...
Humble Beginnings For Kate Walsh
File this one under, "Before they were famous."Like "Seinfeld" and "Sex and the City," "CSI" is one of those dramas where any star from the C-list all the way to...