March 1, 2009
Emptying the notebook
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Assorted odds and ends after the Mets hit three home runs while pounding out a 13-1 win here over the Astros on WBC getaway day: *...
Emptying the notebook
FIFA has ruled that Arturo Alvarez is ineligible for El Salvador's national team, thus ensuring the San Jose midfielder will stay part of the U.S. setup. At the same time,...
No Dooling
By FRED KERBERWhat's worse than facing the Hornets' Chris Paul?Facing the Hornets' Chris Paul without a full point guard complement. Like the Nets are doing tonight.They're going against New Orleans...
Canty latest to sign
BY PAUL SCHWARTZBefore free agency began, general manager Jerry Reese stated the Giants had a few specific players in mind and would try to work quickly to secure their services.Lesson...
OBAMA'S COPTER PLANS TURN UP ON THE WEB
Blueprints for the President's helicopter along with its engineering and communications information were discovered on an Iranian internet address in a potentially alarming security breach, it was reported last night....
Report: Giants turn down Ward
According to a Star Ledger report, the Giants turned down an offer from Derrick Ward that would have paid him $3 million annually.
TiVo Alert: 31 Days of Oscar, Day 30
I'm ending my series a day before TCM's with their Monday offerings, which are devoted to the now-embattled print media. The only title that isn't on DVD is Mervyn LeRoy's...
Nice ride
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Here is a shot of the transportation lined up to take David Wright and J.J. Putz on the three-plus hour ride to Clearwater for the World...
AIG TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL $30 BILLION
The US government is set to dole out an additional $30 billion to AIG, according to people familiar with the matter, raising concerns the insurance giant deemed too big to...
LOST AT SEA
Detroit Lions defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper among boaters missing Sunday off Florida's Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard and Smith's agent said. Smith and Cooper...
Santana's trip canceled
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets this afternoon canceled Johan Santana's planned trip back to New York for tests on his sore left elbow, citing both the bad weather in...
'Watchmen' Brings the Hollywood Twin Cinema Back to Cinematic Life
The first porno iteration of the Hollywood Twin was immortalized in "Taxi Driver,'' a famous black-and-white still from which was used for some posters like this British number. I would...
Box Offices: Jonases Fail to Keep Up With Miley Cyrus
The allegedly recession-proof box office bubble continued over the weekend, with business up 12.7 percent over the same weekend a year ago, even as Disney experienced its second disappointing opening...
NY BRACES FOR SNOW STORM
New Yorkers braced Sunday for a winter storm moving up the East Coast that could bring over a foot of snow to Manhattan. Up to 13 inches of snow was...
Video of Johan's throwing session
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Here is video I shot of Johan Santana's entire bullpen session this morning, as well as his interview with reporters afterward. The session was a test...
Warthen, Santana remain at odds
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Pitching coach Dan Warthen and Mets ace Johan Santana continued to disagree today about the reason for tendinitis in Santana's left triceps, with each side faulting...
Grapefruit: Astros at Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets play their final Grapefruit League game today before 15 of their players depart for the World Baseball Classic, with John Maine getting the two-inning...
SANTANA NO NY EXAM
Johan Santana looked sharp throwing 31 pitches this morning in his bullpen session. Wisely, the Mets said they were sending him for an MRI tomorrow. Later in the day that...
Santana to NYC for tests
PORT ST. LUCIE -- GM Omar Minaya just announced to reporters that the Mets are sending Johan Santana back to New York for tests tomorrow on Santana's sore left elbow,...
TCM's Reagan Salute
With 31 Days of Oscar finally ending on Tuesday, TCM on Wednesday will begin a retrospective salute to the perenially underrated (as an actor) Ronald Reagan. For some reason, TCM...
The Sunday Whacks
This is just a guess, but I'm starting to think the World Baseball Classic still has a ways to go before it captures the planet's attention the way the World...
O PAL KEEPS HOOP ALIVE
Looks like President Obama has a new right-hand man. Five-year-old Nicholas Aiello (pictured) had the president's ear during the Washington Wizards-Chicago Bulls game Friday night at DC's Verizon Center, where...
NY ANGER ON TAXING TURMOIL
President Obama's fiscal policy just isn't their cup of tea. About 150 angry taxpayers held a mock tea party at City Hall Park yesterday, protesting the trillions of dollars in...
READY TO RUMBLE
President Obama is ready for an all-out brawl over his bulging budget. Opponents of his $3.6 trillion plan can bring it on, Obama said in a YouTube address yesterday in...
QUEENS GETTING A ROYAL UPGRADE
Welcome to new New York. The Queens waterfront is set to get a vertical makeover by 2020, with dilapidated factories and vacant lots transformed into a Manhattan-like skyline of high-rises...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS DAVID ZASLAV CEO of Discovery Communications sees results swing from a huge loss to a profit. SUMNER REDSTONE Inks deal with creditors of National Amusement to restructure debt. BEN...
MATCH PLAY FINALISTS OGILVY, CASEY IN SAME CLUB
MARANA, Ariz. - One is from Australia. The other from England. But both live in nearby Scottsdale, where they are members of the same elite golf club, Whisper Rock. But...
SIZING UP TEAM USA VS. CLASSIC SUPERPOWERS
The players were unprepared, unappreciative of the competition and maybe even a little unmotivated. Manager Davey Johnson has a checklist of reasons Team USA flopped in the inaugural World Baseball...
HOW METS CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF REJUVENATED CASTILLO
PORT ST. LUCIE - Down is not out. Despised doesn't have to last forever. Dollars do not have to be wasted endlessly. Spring is about hope. About the best-case scenarios....
FIVE COACHING CHANGES THAT TURNED GARBAGE INTO GOLD
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Rangers switched coaches this week, because that's what teams are supposed to do when they are struggling, when they are trying to get themselves out...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... NATE ROBINSON
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the 5-foot-9 Knicks guard about life as a dad, playing the Garden stage, the possibility of defending his slam dunk title against LeBron James,...
THE RUMBLE
Iceman melted hearts Tributes to Pearl River's Joey Pennisi AS captain of the Pearl River High School hockey team, Joey Pennisi knew how to get up from a heavy hit....
$3M SLAP AT FACEBOOK 'BULLIES'
This Facebook group was just for fun, but now a group of alleged Long Island cyber-bullies is facing a decidedly unfunny $3 million lawsuit by the former classmate they supposedly...
BUFFETT: I WAS 'DUMB'
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett admitted to doing some "dumb things" in 2008 - the worst year for his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate in the 44 years he has run it. A...
'TRAP' SET BY BROWN
Battered beauty Rihanna is headed for troubled waters since reuniting with her boyfriend Chris Brown, experts say. The "Umbrella" R&B singer is back in the arms that allegedly beat her,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens * Cops caught up with a teen thug more than a week after he roughed up and robbed a woman in Ozone Park, cops said. Diasia Swanson, 17, and...
SLAY CREEP FEELS THEIR PAIN
The AIDS-ridden crackhead charged with brutally killing his bound-and-gagged girlfriend and her 9-year-old daughter in 1988 said yesterday that he thought of their suffering as cops put him in cuffs....
HARLEM PARENTS DO THEIR HOMEWORK
More than 5,000 Harlem parents fed up with their children's "under-performing" schools waited for more than an hour in a six-block-long line yesterday to attend a school fair at City...
TOP EATERY'S GUT REACTION
Maybe it was the snail porridge. Nearly 40 diners became sick after eating at famed chef Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant outside London - ranked by the Michelin guides as...
SNOWY LION IN WINTER ROARS
March is coming in like a lion. Winter weather is forecast to slam the city, bringing frigid air, sleet and snow today through tomorrow night. Temperatures are expected to dip...
GAME OF BLAME IN BAT SLAY
The lawyer for the laughing ex-con charged with killing an Ecuadorian immigrant in an anti-gay hate attack, tried to lay the blame on the victim yesterday by claiming his thug...
ABOUT THAT PSL
MORTGAGES may not be the only debts being modified. The New York Giants, which started selling $1,000 to $20,000 per-seat personal seat licenses for their new stadium last July -...
TURNING US INTO SQUEEZY RIDERS
The city's new hybrid taxis might be greener, but they're also a lot meaner - giving passengers 34 percent less legroom than the old Ford Crown Victorias. Eco-friendly cabs are...
INTREPID $AILS INTO 'WAR'
A naval legend has hit some rocky waters. The Intrepid Museum is suing an Ohio contractor for failing to finish the renovation of the famed floating museum's hangar deck in...
GRAPES OF WRATH
A bottle of red, a bottle of spite - it all depends upon your side of the debate. Gov. Paterson's proposal to expand wine sales in New York - and...
SUSPENDING SPREE
A four-year overhaul of the Brooklyn Bridge starting in June will shut down Manhattan-bound lanes for several weekends, starting next year, The Post has learned. It's the first major rehab...
ED'S GRAVE SITUATION
How'm I dyin'? Former Mayor Ed Koch has made a bizarre dash for the afterlife, propping up his already-engraved tombstone at a Manhattan cemetery although there is nothing apparently wrong...
U2 RAISES THE ROOF
It could be a "Beautiful Day" Friday for Fordham University students and faculty. U2 is expected to perform at the Bronx campus that morning for ABC's "Good Morning America," according...
2 COPS PROBED IN RAPE
An NYPD patrolman has been accused of raping an intoxicated female executive after the cop and his partner responded to a 911 call from her cabdriver, who said she needed...
MEGA JACKPOT AT $212M
The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to $212 million. No ticket sold in any of the 12 participating states, including New York and New Jersey, matched all five winning numbers...
HUNT PICKS UP FOR CLUBGOER
A large search party scoured upstate roadways and wooded areas yesterday for Laura Garza, the 25-year-old Brooklyn woman who went missing from a city club last year. It was the...
MOM POPS TWINS FROM 2 WOMBS
First there was Octomom. Now there's "Womber" Woman. A Michigan mom with two uteruses gave birth to twins, one from each womb - an amazing 1-in-5 million feat. Sarah Reinfelder,...
OBAMA'S MOVES OVER NEXT 60 DAYS ARE CRITICAL
IT'S hard to believe, but today marks President Obama's 40th day in office. Yes, two-fifth's of his precious first 100 days in office have already been spent. And like it...
STOLEN VAN RAMS CAR IN BRONX
A Bronx driver was injured when his car was rammed into a storefront by a stolen van fleeing police, sources said. The high-speed noontime pursuit came to a end when...
TREASURY EYES NEW CAPITAL IDEA
The US Treasury Department is ready to accept warrants instead of common shares in exchange for billions of dollars in financial aid is order to keep Uncle Sam out of...
RADIO LEGEND HARVEY DIES
Talk radio pioneer Paul Harvey, whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died yesterday at the age of 90. Harvey, who worked for more than...
FAN-TASTIC GIG
It's the third quarter, the Knicks have been trailing all night and the fans are booing the defense and screaming profanities at the refs. "They need the crowd behind them,"...
LOWERING MORTGAGE RATES IS NOT THAT EASY
Dear John: Why can't the government lower mortgage rates for everyone to 2.5 percent? Not only would that help honest people, but it would also ease the payments of the...
NICE, SULLY - NOW TRY IT ALL AGAIN
America's most able pilot will need to practice his takeoffs and landings on a simulator before returning to work. Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger may have smoothly landed a plane in...
HOME$ STILL TO FALL
While housing prices have fallen 32.5 percent over the last two years, they still stand well above levels before the bubble and need to fall up to another 20 percent...
THE NEW GOLD STANDARD
Thar's gold in them thar portfolios. Investors, even those that have shunned the precious metal because of its unpredictable and wild price swings, are now jumping into the gold game...
THOMPSON'S 'RICH' SLAP AT BLOOMY
COMPTROLLER Bill Thompson has launched his tough est attack against Mayor Bloomberg, ripping his City Hall rival as someone concerned only with shielding his wealthy pals while giving away the...
NEW PENN STATION TUNNEL MAY BURY BIZ NEIGHBORS
An $8.75 billion plan to build another train tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan may wipe out a dozen Manhattan properties that can be seized through eminent domain, the Port...
MADOFF HOT
Bernie Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme has been good news for at least one businessman. Upper East Side pop artist Alex Gardega, who created a "Bernie in Hell" hot...
FRIAR ESCAPE
Out of the frying pan, into the friary. Forty-five New Yorkers who have lost their faith in the flailing economy want to put their trust in God - and are...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Talk about "Lassie Come Home." A German shepherd named Astro was reunited with his master nine years after he went missing in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Astro's owners, who had...
BUSCH NOT RULING OUT FORMULA ONE
LAS VEGAS - Formula One was never on Kyle Busch's radar as he chased his dream of being a NASCAR superstar. That doesn't mean he wouldn't consider a legitimate opportunity...
GOOD TIME FOR AN EXPO
THE biggest of the out door expos sets up camp this week in Suffern, N.Y. offering us break from this never-ending winter. Hunters, fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts get a reprieve...
BARRIER REEF WINS AGAIN ON INNER DIRT
If races such as the Woodward, Jockey Club Gold Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic were run over the inner dirt track at Aqueduct, there's a good chance Barrier Reef would...
SLATS ALL
* As a lifelong Rangers fan, I was genuinely angry and disappointed to see Tom Renney fired as coach this week. The vultures have been circling for weeks, assigning blame...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Beltre won't play in WBC The Mariners told Adrian Beltre he can't play for his native Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic because he hasn't fully recovered...
ADOPT ME
Melanie is a 2-year-old female, spayed, gray and white kitty who would make a great only cat! She came in with her kittens, and now they have all moved out...
THE FLYING FELINE
My beloved Yang Yang, Yin Yin's twin brother, died at the beginning of February. Yin Yin was a larger-than-life cat and I had no trouble writing about her when she...
AN UNMATCHED SET
CARLTON Hobbs LLC is an antique furniture dealer favored by some of the world's top interior designers. Located in the former Vanderbilt Mansion on the Upper East Side, this swank...
TORTORELLA COULD K.O. ORR'S IRONMAN STREAK
On Feb. 17, 2007, Colton Orr was scratched against the Flyers, who, coincidentally or not, ran roughshod over the Rangers without fear of reprisal all afternoon in their 5-3 victory...
TAKING A CHANCE
For two and a half minutes near the end of "Taking Chance," the new HBO movie about the body of a young Marine returned home for burial, there is no...
KEEPING THE FAITH
They were "climactic times." There was "a lot of good, creative, vibrant, promising movement . . . all prompted by the genuine call for reform." But there was also "a...
PRIME TIME
Best Oscar Night Coverage Performance goes to . . . Ryan Seacrest, E! Network! Seacrest, just outside the Kodak Theater, last Sunday, trying to interview six kids who appeared in...
DEAD END STREETS
When Mayor Bloomberg said last week, "People avoid Times Square because the traffic is so terrible and people are getting pushed out into the streets," it recalled Yogi Berra's oxymoronic...
BLOG WATCH
4% solution "In the midst of the recent stimulus debate, an innovative Republican proposal emerged that would allow banks to refinance mortgage loans at fixed interest rates as low as...
... WHILE ROLLING IN THEIR CASH
Meanwhile, if Frank, Kerry & Co. truly want to do something about wasteful spending by banks that got TARP money, maybe they ought to look at their own campaign donations....
TEEING OFF AT BANKS...
Want to know why Americans fret so much about government meddling in the private sector? Just consider Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Barney Frank's recent rantings over a bank's sponsorship...
FIGHTING HUNGER
The provision in President Obama's stimulus package extending food stamp benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) is designed to address hunger during a time of high unemployment ("Sticking With...
LESS THAN HERO
FIVE days from now, director Zack Snyder will either be the most beloved man in pop culture, or he will be dead - murdered by a chubby guy with bad...
TOP SHELF
"Fat in the Libraries" (Editorial, Feb. 24) misses the mark. The vast majority of library retirees receive, on average, pensions of between $19,000 and $24,000. To single out these two...
TAX THE RICH
My colleague Kathryn Wylde is correct to say that New York is in the midst of a serious fiscal crisis and should look into long-term cost-saving reforms wherever possible ("Worse...
HEALTH SCARE
"The Cowardly Bully" (Editorial, Feb. 23) is a rash distortion of the health-care debate. When money is taken from our already fragile health-care system, it hurts not only patients and...
IN MY LIBRARY: JOYCE CAROL OATES
To the chorus of those mourning the loss of the brilliant and prolific John Updike, add the equally prolific Joyce Carol Oates. He was "one of our great contemporary writers...
THE ASSOCIATE
As a top law student, Kyle McAvoy's future looks promising. John Grisham fans see promise too: A sizzling ride full of sex, crime and money as the celebrity author delivers...
MY ABANDONMENT
How many people live off the grid in hidden, transient makeshift homes? Elizabeth Smart's bizarre capturers escaped notice in their little forest hovel. And in January a 52-year-old German woman,...
NYLANDER FIASCO HAUNTS RANGERS
IT ALL began to change forever for the Rangers on that day in March of 2007 when Michael Nylander's agent, Paul Theofanous, struck a handshake deal with Glen Sather on...
STARTING LINEUP SOLIDIFIES WITH HUGHES
MIAMI - Mike D'Antoni hopes this is the final starting-lineup change of the season. Larry Hughes made his first start last night as a Knick and followed his 25-point reawakening...
METS WOULD BE WISE TO HOLD THEIR HORSE
PORT ST. LUCIE - Alex Rodriguez swallows the spotlight. The Back Page this spring has been dominated by A-Roid. There is another baseball story out there that should have New...
ELBOW SORENESS PUSHES BACK SANTANA'S SPRING SCHEDULE
PORT ST. LUCIE - All eyes this morning are on Johan Santana's sore left elbow. The Mets won't admit it, but rest assured they will hold their collective breath when...
NELSON'S WARRIORS LEADING LEAGUE IN TAKING NIGHTS OFF
WHILE many Californians are unemployed, Don Nelson is ordering as sorted healthy Warriors to take a night off from work, with pay, while fans' fees for tickets remain at full...
MO OF THE SAME WORKS FOR YANKS
TAMPA - The letters pour in every day, mis sives from every corner of the Yankee empire. Packages, too. Every day, they arrive and get placed in a U.S. Mail...
A STRONG SPRING IS A PAGAN RITUAL
LAKELAND, Fla. - Don't look now, but Angel Pagan is at it again. After coming out of nowhere in spring training last year to carve out the Opening Day job...
UP TO HARRIS TO MAKE HIS POINT AGAINST HORNETS' PAUL
Devin Harris rates himself among the top five point guards in the NBA and judging by the season he has carved out, that is more reality than conceit. As an...
POSADA SCRATCHED WITH A 'SORE' RIGHT SHOULDER
TAMPA - One hour before yesterday's game against the Twins, manager Joe Girardi scratched Jorge Posada from the lineup because of a sore right shoulder. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG Though...
JOBA WORKS ON FASTBALL - AND GETS POUNDED
TAMPA - Even when the fastball is in the upper echelon of major league pitchers, it's hard to survive with just it. Yesterday at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Joba Chamberlain...
A-ROID, MLB MEETING LIKELY ON HOLD
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez plans on boarding a 9 a.m. bus today headed for Sarasota and playing against the Reds. That means unless Rodriguez and a team of MLB investigators...
DEAL FOR EAGLES' SHEPPARD GIVES REVIS STAR SUPPORT
The Jets have been incomplete at cornerback for too long, but after trading for Eagles' Pro Bowler Lito Sheppard, they hope they've found a solution to that dilemma. Darrelle Revis,...
SIMMS: PLAX'LL BE BACK
Phil Simms believes Plaxico Burress will return as a Giant if he somehow avoids jail. "If the court case goes great, he'll be a member of the New York Giants,"...
KNICKS TORCHED BY WADE AS THEY BLOW 16-POINT LEAD
MIAMI - Danilo Gallinari did not mean to kick a sleeping dog, but he did so anyway. With the Knicks comfortably in control, the Italian Stallion knocked Dwayne Wade to...
CHIEFS CAPTURE PATS' CASSEL, VRABEL
The Patriots sent Matt Cassel to the Chiefs and a message to their own fans: don't worry about Tom Brady's knee. One question, though, remained. How could the Patriots obtain...
BOLEY, BERNARD MEAN GIANT UPGRADE ON DEFENSE
On the second day of NFL free agency, the Giants believe they greatly enhanced their defense with the additions of linebacker Michael Boley and defensive tackle Rocky Bernard. Boley will...
HOFSTRA SHOWS PRIDE IN OT WIN
Charles Jenkins scored a career-high 35 points, including six in overtime, to help Hofstra beat UNC-Wilmington 88-81 yesterday in Hempstead. Cornelius Vines, who made five of 11 3-pointers, had 17...
GUERIN SITS OUT AS ISLES TRIUMPH
It appears that Bill Guerin's days with the Islanders are over. The only action that really matters to the Islanders the rest of the season will happen before Wednesday's trade...
BRODEUR AN EASY RIDER AS DEVILS ERUPT
They're going to ride Martin Brodeur again today, or more precisely, let Brodeur ride this Devils juggernaut. After yesterday's 7-2 rout of the visiting Panthers, coach Brent Sutter said Brodeur...
RANGERS CREDIT NEW STAFF FOR AVALANCHE OF GOALS
These were the Rangers who burst out of the gate to a 10-2-1 October. These were the Rangers who were greater than the sum of their parts for the first...
MEDIA OVERDOES WOODS' COVERAGE
WE - meaning we, the media - can never take some thing special, report it, then just leave it as self-evident. We always have to take it to some point-of-no-return...
ST. JOHN'S TOPS DEPAUL
ROSEMONT, Ill. - D.J. Kennedy scored 17 points to lead St. John's to its first Big East road win of the season, 84-63, over DePaul. Paris Horne had 17 points...
ADRIEN, THABEET LEAD HUSKIES TO VICTORY
Jeff Adrien had 25 points and nine rebounds in his final home game, and No. 2 Connecticut held off Notre Dame 72-65 yesterday in Storrs, Conn. Hasheem Thabeet added 16...
PANTHERS RUN LOOSE IN HALL
The Big East already lost one star player late in the season to injury. Last night it almost lost another - and a shot at two No.1 seeds in the...
CHEWIN' THE 'FAT'
Fat Hippo 71 Clinton St.; 212-228-0994 True to its name, after dining on cheese-fondue burger sliders ($12), chocolate-glazed spare ribs ($8) and pan-fried mozzarella balls ($6) at chef Ten Vong's...
PROOF POSITIVE
Premier wine regions: Bordeaux, Napa, Tuscany ... Bulgaria? It's time to discover Domain Menada Winery's stellar - not to mention inexpensive - quintet of wines under their Tcherga line, which...
MAKING THE SCENE...
101 E. Second St.; 212-673-8908, marfanyc.com. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 6 to 11-ish p.m. (bar open later) Luaus are out and rodeos are in on the East Side - sort of. What...
STAY HUNGRY & WIN
BEFORE Veselin Topa lov's first move in his world championship qualifying match began two weeks ago, his manager sized up the opposition, Gata Kamsky. "When Gata was young and hungry,...
UNENDING 'PANE' OF JFK SLAY
DALLAS - Yesterday, like every day, dozens of tourists aimed their cameras at the spot on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building where Lee Harvey Oswald...
ROCCO, 33, AND ORTIZ, 43
Feb. 18 - What's a man to do when rain dampens plans for an outdoor proposal? If you're Dominic Rocco, you take a cue from Aerosmith. "He had planned on...
CHEN, 23, AND INGLIMA, 26
Jan. 18 - Lila Chen and Nicholas Inglima's wedding is sure to go down in history. The duo exchanged vows at the 200-year-old Christ Episcopal Church in Tarrytown, NY. "The...
FARQUHARSON, 31, AND BYRD, 31
Jan. 26 - Kasmira Farquharson danced her way into Seth Byrd's heart. The Brooklyn duo met after the bride-to-be noticed Byrd laughing at her dancing with headphones on. Three years...
MYKONIATIS, 38, AND RETIRO, 37
Jan. 11 - Joyce Retiro and George Mykoniatis know the early bird catches the worm or, in this case, the wedding. The Manhattan duo wanted a quiet wedding in one...
MEET MARKET
HER mother may not be happy with her choices, but Fleur, a 25-year-old dancer, should be able to find the guy she's looking for at Meet Market - where there...
ROCKY ROAD
When Ryan, a 30-year-old bond trader, met up with Amy, a 25-year-old associate television producer, sparks failed to fly. The duo had no problem chatting about their personal passions -...
OUT, DAMNED BART!
IN 1994, Canadian actor Rick Miller played Murderer No. 2 in a Montreal-based production of "Macbeth." At the moment in the play when Macduff discovers that Duncan has been murdered,...
TV'S NEW ROOTS
After 17 years on the road, hip-hop stalwarts the Roots may finally park the tour bus for good. Debuting Monday as the house band for "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,"...
U2'S EVENT 'HORIZON'
THERE'S never been a learning curve to U2's music. All it takes is one spin to know if Bono and the boys nailed it . . . that is until...
WEB SLINGER
Bar Refaeli Sports Illustrated Swimsuit video SportsIllustrated.CNN.com/2009_swimsuit/video Look, we know the Web is crawling with videos of women in various states of undress. But we're talking about Leo DiCaprio's girlfriend...
LOCK & LOAD WITH 50 CENT
You'd think getting shot nine times would make you a little squeamish about gunplay, but then, you're not 50 Cent. Last week, the rapper released "Blood on the Sand," a...
AGENDA
No strings attached CULTURE - Tues, 3 The Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St.; 212-715-1258, japansociety.org Ready for something twisted? Welcoming the mind-blowing Awaji Puppet Theater Company, which returns to...
MY NEW YORK
FOR Walt "Clyde" Frazier, nothing says New York like the Knicks. The 63-year-old NBA Hall of Fame player and former Knicks' starter has been, as he says, "moving and grooving"...
FRENCH KISSES
FRANCE'S Philippe Garrel is one of the last filmmakers you'd expect to make a ghost story, but his "The Frontier of Dawn" (2008) is ex actly that. Just don't go...
BRIDGE
ACCORDING to Cy the Cynic, the only difference between getting married and being the guest of honor at a funeral is that at a wedding you can smell your own...
STAY HUNGRY & WIN
BEFORE Veselin Topa lov's first move in his world championship qualifying match began two weeks ago, his manager sized up the opposition, Gata Kamsky. "When Gata was young and hungry,...
Knowing how to lose
By MARC BERMANMIAMI - Isiah Thomas used this phrase during his reign. It's called "knowhow.''And Isiah used to talk about teams like the Spurs,who have "knowhow''. and that's why they...
REEL GOOD
WAITING TO EXHALE (1995), Monday, 10 p.m., Bravo Forest Whitaker takes the reigns as director here showing a pretty good understanding of women and their love/hate relationship with the men...
YOU LOVE 'TWO AND A HALF MEN'
When everyone else gathers around the water cooler on Tuesday mornings, loudly expounding on how much of a wickedly fabulous bitch Blair is on "Gossip Girl" or what Jack Bauer's...
SPRING PREVIEW
Last year at this time, we were forced to survive on a diet of "American Idol," procedural repeats and cheap reality shows. This year - due to the delay of...
ONE FOR THE GIPPER
RONALD Reagan - whose Hollywood career is often dismissed as a mere steppingstone to The Gipper's presidency - could occasionally score as an actor, a month-long retrospective on Turner Classic...
REAGAN IN MARCH
Here are some other notable Reagan films showing on TCM: "Dark Victory" (1939) - Reagan as an ascot-wearing playboy who tries to romance dying socialite Bette Davis. Humphrey Bogart turns...
DON'T MISS LIST
MARATHON TOP GEAR MARATHON, Sunday, 1 p.m., BBC America Get in 'Gear' - If you still haven't gotten aboard the "Top Gear" train yet, here's your chance to find out...
BOLEY, BERNARD MEAN GIANT UPGRADE ON DEFENSE
On the second day of NFL free agency, the Giants believe they greatly enhanced their defense with the additions of linebacker Michael Boley and defensive tackle Rocky Bernard. Boley will...
MOM POPS TWINS FROM 2 WOMBS
First there was Octomom. Now there's "Womber" Woman. A Michigan mom with two uteruses gave birth to twins, one from each womb - an amazing 1-in-5 million feat. Sarah Reinfelder,...
STICKS & STONES
Brooklyn kid Bill German loved The Rolling Stones so much that he published a fanzine about them, called Beggars Banquet, from 1978 to 1996, trailing the band around the world....
JOBA WORKS ON FASTBALL, GETS POUNDED
TAMPA - Even when the fastball is in the upper echelon of major league pitchers, it's hard to survive with just it. today at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Joba Chamberlain...
POSADA SCRATCHED WITH A 'SORE' RIGHT SHOULDER
TAMPA - One hour before yesterday's game against the Twins, manager Joe Girardi scratched Jorge Posada from the lineup because of a sore right shoulder. Though the club and catcher...