April 19, 2009
LI MAN KILLS STEPMOM
April 19, 2009 | 10:13pmA Long Island woman whose body was found in a Dumpster two days after she was reported missing, was killed by her own stepson, police said yesterday. Nassau County cops...
YANKEES TOP INDIANS, 7-3
April 19, 2009 | 8:43pmIt was initially called a home run by the umpires, and it remained a home run after a review. Jorge Posada's game-turning shot, however, was both nearly caught and nearly...
FATHER OF 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE' STAR TRIED TO SELL CHILD
April 19, 2009 | 7:16pmThe dad of a young "Slumdog Millionaire" actress offered to sell his young daughter for nearly $300,000, claiming his impoverished family "got nothing" from the Oscar-winning flick, according to a...
Tim Howard ends Man United's Drive For 5
April 19, 2009 | 7:02pmManchester United's quest to be the first team to win five trophies in a season is over, and it came to an end at the hands of a former Red...
US BOYCOTTING, IRAN STARRING, AT UN RACISM MEETING
April 19, 2009 | 5:58pmThe United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least five other countries boycotting the event out of concern that...
US BOYCOTTING, IRAN STARRING, AT UN RACISM MEETING
April 19, 2009 | 5:58pmThe United Nations opens its first global racism conference in eight years on Monday with the U.S. and at least five other countries boycotting the event out of concern that...
OBAMA: US JOURNALIST JAILED IN IRAN WAS NOT A SPY
April 19, 2009 | 5:42pmIran's president said Sunday that an American journalist convicted of spying for the U.S. should be allowed to offer a full defense during her appeal, a day after she was...
Stuff for a Sunday - Yankees edition
April 19, 2009 | 4:41pmWhat to do with Wang?What should the Yankees do with Chien-Ming Wang? ( online surveys)Magazine rips CashmanIt's not so much that they ripped him, as much you would think that...
Game 12: Brewers at Mets
April 19, 2009 | 3:43pmIt will be a day of firsts this afternoon at Citi Field as Nelson Figueroa gets his first start in place of Mike Pelfrey and Fernando Tatis (pictured) gets his...
Serie A: The Drop
April 19, 2009 | 3:42pmRelegation time is once again upon us, and like the end of every season, three teams will be demoted to Serie B from the top flight.The current candidates for the...
Coverage in The Post
April 19, 2009 | 2:25pmThe Mets are back over .500 again after Johan Santana was his usual sublime self Saturday, pitching seven innings of shutout ball against the Brewers before J.J. Putz and Frankie...
Who Will Win the Champions League?
April 19, 2009 | 11:28amFour clubs still believe they can win the Champions League. Although all four are praying for good fortune going into the semifinals at the end of this month, only one...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... NICK SWISHER
April 19, 2009 | 11:01amThe Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankee's new fun-loving right fielder.COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG Q: The first time you saw (the old) Yankee Stadium A: "Holy (cow)!" was the...
"I LICK MY CHEESE "
April 19, 2009 | 8:16amDeath, taxes and roommates. They're all unavoidable in New York City. But the last one you can actually argue with -- or better yet -- pen an angry note to...
"FREE-RANGE KIDS "
April 19, 2009 | 8:15amWhen author Lenore Skenazy let her son loose on the subway last year, she was dubbed "America's Worst Mom." She explains why more parents need to let go Tomorrow my...
"NOT BECOMING MY MOTHER "
April 19, 2009 | 8:14amRuth Reichl has long been telling "Mim Tales" -- fantastic stories about Miriam, her larger-than-life manic-depressive mother. Reichl, of course, is the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and the former restaurant...
"ABIGAIL AND JOHN "
April 19, 2009 | 8:13amEdith Gelles writes that her "double biography of Abigail and John Adams" is the first time "any founding couple [has] received attention in partnership." Gelles' goal is to create an...
REQUIRED READING
April 19, 2009 | 8:12amB is for Beer by Tom Robbins (Ecco) Robbins' newest is billed as "a children's book for grown-ups" and "a grown-up book for children." In the 125-page story, 5-year-old Gracie...
"FINDING OZ "
April 19, 2009 | 8:11amWhen L. Frank Baum wrote 1900's best-selling "The Wizard of Oz," he based the story's namesake wizard on two real-life characters of his day -- showman and huckster P.T. Barnum,...
IN MY LIBRARY: BRIAN DENNEHY
April 19, 2009 | 8:10amBrian Dennehy has read (and performed) more than his share of the greats, and he has no illusions. "Writing is the ultimate art form," he says. "I've written some screenplays,...
SNIPERS: THE NEW SUPERHEROES
April 19, 2009 | 8:05amFor five days, the massed firepower of the US war machine, embodied by the colossal destroyer Bainbridge, seemed helpless -- unable to do anything against three Somali pirates in a...
SNUFF THEM OUT
April 19, 2009 | 8:04amJacob Sullum's article, "Too-Safe Cigs?" is misguided at best about potential hazards regarding e-cigarettes. Sen. Frank Lautenberg was correct to insist that the Food and Drug Administration pull this unproven...
THE ITALIAN JOB
April 19, 2009 | 8:03amMadeleine Johnson's review of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could be funny to American readers who know virtually nothing about him and Italian politics ("Italy's Ciao Hound, PostScript, April 12)....
NUPS NOT INEVITABLE
April 19, 2009 | 8:03amWhy is it that Kyle Smith and so many of the other people who support changing the definition of marriage are so intolerant of people who don't support changing it...
FOREIGN SMARTS
April 19, 2009 | 8:03amRobert Cringley's article, "Tech Visa Treachery," (PostScript, April 12) about employers who abuse the H1-B visa process is misleading and flawed. The H1-B visa system is a positive legal immigration...
SLINGSHOT STRATEGY
April 19, 2009 | 8:02amI agree with Rich Lowry that US power is indispensable to world peace, but bringing "scholar" Michael Mandelbaum into the mix, with his loony idea that America should become a...
BLOG WATCH
April 19, 2009 | 8:01amTea party edition! "The estimated number of participants in Wednesday's tea parties -- sent in by citizen journalists who entered attendance data from the event they participated in -- currently...
A LESSON FOR TEACHERS
April 19, 2009 | 8:01amIt's an immutable law of New York politics: The mighty teachers' lobby will fight tooth and nail against just about any reform designed to improve the lot of city schoolkids...
PLANET JANET
April 19, 2009 | 8:00amHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she owes an apology to the millions of American veterans she libeled last week as dangerous extremists and potential terrorists. But she's not backing...
FREE FOR ALL
April 19, 2009 | 8:00amA historic, if largely forgotten, chapter of New York history will be celebrated this Tuesday -- the 40th anniversary of a massive protest that shut down City College of New...
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
April 19, 2009 | 7:47amThere's an old saying that high taxes don't redistribute income, they redistribute people. Unfortunately for the hard-working taxpayers of New York, this wisdom seems to be lost on Gov. Paterson...
TORTORELLA: RANGERS CAN'T LOSE FOCUS
April 19, 2009 | 7:46amWASHINGTON -- Two straight to open the playoffs for the Rangers after winning the final three games of the regular season in order to qualify for the playoffs. Coach John...
'FISH EYES' HAS IT
April 19, 2009 | 7:44amTHE eighth edition of the Tribeca Film Festival -- the first under the leader ship of Geoff Gilmore, formerly of Sundance -- kicks off Wednesday. The schedule includes high-profile directors...
RU'S QB RACE LOOKS WIDE OPEN
April 19, 2009 | 7:42amRutgers coach Greg Schiano lauded the maturity of his defensive linemen for understanding that even though they were allowed to sack the quarterback in spring practices and yesterday's spring game,...
SPRING FLINGS
April 19, 2009 | 7:39amSpring style is blossoming everywhere -- and even the pros are going crazy for this season's new looks. We asked 10 of the city's top fashion editors, both men and...
ALEX, PUBLIC WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU TRULY LEARNED YOUR LESSON
April 19, 2009 | 7:36amTO Alex Rodriguez: I hope you have a real friend. I hope there are not just lackey cousins and well-paid mouthpieces. I hope you have someone around who is not...
VAC'S WHACKS
April 19, 2009 | 7:29amYou know who has become one of the best listens in town when it comes to baseball? Paul O'Neill has. I wish he did more games. ***** Why do I...
CITI FIELD FAILS TO SHOWCASE METS HISTORY
April 19, 2009 | 7:28amIT is good that the Mets saw fit to honor Jackie Robinson. It is honorable. It is right that in their new ballpark, the Mets decided to create a permanent...
TAKING A 'CHANCE' ON CHOW
April 19, 2009 | 7:25amI've been ON countless dinner dates, but this is the first time I've been on one with 15 guys at once. This sumptuous swingers set is known as "Chance Dinners,"...
JETS MUST BE IN WIN-NOW MODE
April 19, 2009 | 7:24amThe smell of Mel Kiper's hair gel is in the air. It must be NFL Draft time. The Jets enter this draft with plenty of needs. They spent the winter...
THIS WEEK'S COUPLE
April 19, 2009 | 7:24amMOVIES were the perfect conversation starter for Kris, a 27-year-old TV production assistant, and Blair, a 25-year-old aspiring actress, during their dinner at the Midtown Italian spot Lugo Caffé. But...
MEET MARKET
April 19, 2009 | 7:21amJOHN, a 27-year-old hair salon manager, is a British native-turned-Brooklyn boy now looking for his perfect girl -- a good dresser and over 18, please! Irene, 26, surgical technologist She...
TRADE WOULD GIVE GIANTS QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
April 19, 2009 | 7:20amAdvice is cheap, and opinions are in great supply this time of year, with the NFL Draft arriving next weekend. Some years it's a two-legged leap into the fray, but...
STARS GO BACK TO ROOTS
April 19, 2009 | 7:13amAs the Dow Jones plunges, New Yorkers are going back to their roots. Literally. Local hair-color gurus agree: Easy-to-maintain, graduated color that is darker through the crown and middle, and...
THE RUMBLE
April 19, 2009 | 7:12amJ.J. Putz (right) is going back to college this year. "I have three young children," said Putz, who is just short of obtaining his degree in kinesiology from the University...
Filled to the gills
April 19, 2009 | 7:08amNew York has always been a great port town, which perhaps explains why a culinary ode to the sea is washing over us at a host of seafood spots. These...
ALL-CHSAA TEAM
April 19, 2009 | 7:07amDurand Scott and Rice entered the season with lofty expectations, and they didn't disappoint, playing their best at the end of the year. Though Sean Johnson, Jayvaughn Pinkston, Russell Smith...
SPORTS SHORTS
April 19, 2009 | 7:03amMLB: Lidge blows first save since '07 Brad Lidge blew his first save in 54 opportunities, allowing four runs, including a three-run homer to Kevin Kouzmanoff, and the Padres beat...
ROOKIE DELIVERS AS BULLS STUN CELTS
April 19, 2009 | 7:03amDerrick Rose had a playoff debut like few others and led the Bulls to a victory over the Celtics in the playoffs. Not even Michael Jordan did that. Rose matched...
BRUINS TAKE 2-0 LEAD
April 19, 2009 | 7:03amIn Boston, Marc Savard scored two power-play goals and the Bruins moved two wins away from their first playoff series victory since 1999 with a 5-1 victory over the Canadiens...
WELCOME TO COUGARTOWN
April 19, 2009 | 7:00amIt's a jungle out there. And a certain breed of Manhattan woman is loving every minute of it.PHOTOS: NYC'S 10 HOTTEST COUGARS They're called cougars -- single, sexy, successful 40-something...
HOTCETERA
April 19, 2009 | 6:59amParis is burning -- all over the world! FOREIGN COUNTRIES don't want our automobiles or Treasury bonds, but there is one thing America evidently has no problem exporting: the tabloid-filling,...
Q&A: DAVE GAHAN
April 19, 2009 | 6:53amJUST a few years ago, Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was a rock 'n' roll casualty. A heroin addict, he attempted suicide by slitting his wrists in '95 and a...
ALTERED IMAGES
April 19, 2009 | 6:36amMANY directors have complained about black-and-white movies being colorized. But Peter Bogdano- vich is the first helmer to get the color removed from one of his old movies. "I really...
REAL 'SOLOIST' TUNES OUT THE PICTURE
April 19, 2009 | 6:34amNATHANIEL Ayers will never see the big Hollywood movie that's been made about his life. He's sat through it, but he's never seen it, because he closed his eyes the...
A LONE STAR BATTLES STATE
April 19, 2009 | 6:32amDURING the days leading up to the 2000 presidential election, things were heating up in Texas -- and not just because of W.'s impending victory. Calvin Beckett, district attorney of...
AGENDA
April 19, 2009 | 6:29amODE TO A NEW YORK CALL GIRLReal-life porn star is pick for Soderbergh flick Coming soon to a downtown theater near you: Sasha Grey, naked onscreen for the first time!...
MY NEW YORK
April 19, 2009 | 6:21am"I can walk along the pier with my dog, go see an opera, or see an off-off-off-Broadway play or the ballet. That's what makes New York so special to me."...
FRANCESA BLINDED BY AMAZIN' SPIN
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amWHEN I was a kid, I would try to get away with answers like those Mets' VP Dave Howard gave to Mike Francesa on Tuesday. And then it was up...
BATTLE-TESTED PISTONS COULD OUST CAVALIERS
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amEXCEPT for creating roughly $20 million in cap space for potential use come July, very little good has happened to the Pistons this season . . . other than meeting...
CHATTY LEAFS GM WON'T STEAL ISLES' TOP PICK
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amWASHINGTON -- The grandstand ing Brian Burke got the attention on TSN and in the Toronto newspapers that he apparently needs the way the rest of us need air to...
THIS SILENCE WAS GOLDEN
April 19, 2009 | 6:14am* About halfway through the second exhibition game at the new Yankee Stadium, there was a stunning occurrence. Suddenly, the fans were surrounded by silence. Either for a test of...
LUNDQVIST LEADS RANGERS TO 2-0 LEAD
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amWASHINGTON -- We live in a republic, not a hereditary monarchy. Still, here in our nation's capital, there he was, standing taller than anyone on the ice. King Henrik. Turns...
SANTANA TOSSES BLANKS AT BREWERS FOR WIN
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amHis numbers have been filthy, but Johan Santana's brilliance isn't just for show. Imagine, for instance, if Santana actually had the gall to allow a run yesterday. Santana's margin for...
SANTANA HAS BACKUP -- WHAT A RELIEF!
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amWHEN Johan Santana sat down for his postgame conference yesterday afternoon, he was asked whether he planned on giving up any more runs this season. With his left arm wrapped...
NO BULL, THIS PEN COMING THROUGH
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amWhat a difference a year makes. Last April, Mets fans would have gone into the eighth inning of a game their team was leading 1-0 holding their collective breath --...
MANUEL GOES WITH FIGUEROA
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amMike Pelfrey wants the ball today, but isn't about to receive it. With it better to be safe than sorry, especially this early in the season, manager Jerry Manuel has...
DEVILS' LANGENBRUNNER WILL MISS KEY GAME 3
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amRALEIGH, N.C. -- With their captain out at least the next two games, and probably longer, the Devils are about to find out if they can do it again, survive...
ONE AWFUL ENTRANCE FOR YANKEES ROOKIE
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amThe dream came true for Anthony Claggett. The call-up to the major leagues, to the Yankees, came Friday. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG But the dream took a decidedly nasty turn...
THIRD TIME THE HARM FOR WANG
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amBefore the game, manager Joe Girardi insisted he had faith in Chien-Ming Wang. "It's two starts," Girardi said. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG Now it's three. Three astoundingly, awful starts. This...
GIRARDI: NEW PARK PLAYS SHORT
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amJoe Girardi has noticed what most fans have noticed. The new Yankee Stadium is playing a bit small. MORE: Complete Yankees CoverageYANKEES BLOG "It seems to be playing somewhat short....
INDIANS: HISTORIC 14-RUN INNING WAS 'FUN'
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amThe 45,167 in attendance at Yankee Stadium yesterday had never seen their team surrender 14 runs in an inning. The reason? Well, no one had. MORE: Complete Yankees CoverageYANKEES BLOG...
TRIBE'S 14-RUN 2ND SPARKS RECORD ROUT
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amTalk about your Bronx bummers! Chien-Ming Wang was dreadful again in his third start of the season and the Indians pasted the Yankees with a record-shattering, 14-run second inning --...
HONDO'S WINGING IT
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amHondo came up with even more change HondoNa tion can believe in last night when he connected with K.C. to raise the runaway earnings to 315 ret tenmunds. Today, he's...
RED BULLS GET OFF SCHNEID
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amFirst the Red Bulls broke their season-long scoring drought last night; then, despite playing almost a half-hour a man down, they gutted out their first win of the campaign with...
YANKS' BETANCES HAS BIG-LEAGUE POTENTIAL
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amTHE Lakeland Flying Tigers, Detroit's High-A affiliate in the Florida State League, defeated the Tampa Yankees 4-0 Thursday night. But after hearing Lakeland manager Mike Guerrero talk about the losing...
SOME PARTY BOATS WILL FLOUNDER THIS SUMMER
April 19, 2009 | 6:14amTHE summer flounder season in New York may not be as bad for some party and charter boats as it will be for others. There is a little known program...
I, TOO, WAS SOCKED BY TEHRAN'S IRON FIST
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amIN 2001, I was a 57-year-old mom of two young daughters when the Iranian government derailed my life. That January, I was sentenced to four years in solitary confinement in...
OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amAward-winning Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano was a lefty journalist in 1971 when he penned the fiery polemic "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent."...
ONE SMART COOKIE
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amOnly in New York, kid! At a bake sale that would make Mayor Bloomberg proud, a 10-year-old Upper West Side girl displays the calorie count of homemade oatmeal raisin cookies...
HATRED FILLS THE STREETS OF MY HOMELAND
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amI left my native Venezuela in 2000, about a year after Hugo Chavez became president. Later, my friends said to me: "You got out at the right time." When I...
PRIDELESS YANKEES SHAMED
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amWhat a waste! The new Yankee Stadium was spotless and the weather stunning, but the Bombers stunk it up in The Bronx yesterday, subjecting their fuming fans to a putrid...
SAVE US FROM GRANDPA: KIN
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amAn 80-year-old Long Island businessman has become such a crazy old coot that he's actually a threat to national security, his family claims in court papers they filed against him....
MD. DAD KILLS FAMILY & SELF
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amMIDDLETOWN, Md.--A father killed his wife and their three children before fatally shooting himself in a Maryland home, leaving a gruesome scene discovered yesterday by the kids' grandfather, authorities said....
SHOWDOWN ON WTC $LOWDOWN
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amThe Freedom Tower could be the only building actually constructed within what is now the Ground Zero pit -- at least for a few years -- according to a shocking...
IRAN HITS NEWS GAL WITH 8 YRS.
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amSo much for trying to deal with the Islamo-loons in Iran. An American beauty queen-turned-journalist was convicted yesterday of spying on the Iranian government and sentenced to eight years in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amA man who posted an ad on Craigslist offering cellphones for sale was robbed at gunpoint when he met a potential buyer in East New York, police said. Jason Cannaday,...
BOOZE BIGS ARE AWASH IN SCANDAL
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amA licensing chief for the State Liquor Authority allegedly handled applications submitted by his own nephew, and they jointly gave gift cards -- including $300 for a swanky steakhouse --...
POURED WALK
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amUnder the rockwalk, we'll be havin' some fun . . . City officials are pushing a plan that would replace the tropical hardwood that supports and covers the 86-year-old Coney...
CONVICTED SI RACIST BULLIED GAL: COPS
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amA white teenager convicted of beating a black man into a coma on Election Day in a racism-fueled rampage has been busted again -- this time for terrorizing a female...
EVEN DEAF HEAR THIS BRONX CHEER
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amAt the new Yankee Stadium, deaf fans can experience "everything" -- even the boos. This photo from Thursday's opener shows the attention to detail of the closed-captioning system, which projects...
NYPD IS SLOWER TO SHOW
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amCops are taking longer to respond to serious crimes, police stats show. More than half the city's 75 precincts saw increased response times to "critical" calls from 2007 to 2008,...
FIENDS CAUGHT BUT RELEASED
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amDutch commandos captured seven Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa yesterday -- but because of the clog-loving country's lax maritime laws and NATO policies, the buccaneers were set free....
PAIN COMES AT HIGH PRICE
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amSO, you plunked down $2,625 for a ticket to yester day's game at Yankee Stadium and then watched the Indians put up 14 runs in the second inning, the worst...
OKSANA IV MEL'S 'REAL PASSION'
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amIt looks like the real Oksana can finally stand up. Property records tying sexy singer Oksana Grigorieva to soon-to-be-divorced Mel Gibson indicate she is the star's mystery mistress. The last...
BAM'S NEW BFF HUGO
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amIt's springtime -- and Hugo Chavez says love is in the air between himself and President Obama. Left-wing wacko Chavez gave Obama his personal stamp of approval yesterday, along with...
GUN THREAT FORCES LI JET TO LAND
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amAn airplane headed to West Palm Beach from Long Island was forced to turn around yesterday after a passenger threatened another claiming to have a gun, authorities said. Southwest Airlines...
MADONNA REIN PAIN
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amMadonna was one "Lucky Star" yesterday, miraculously suffering only minor injuries after taking a nasty spill while horseback riding at a celebrity photographer's Hamptons manse. EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Madonna Falls Off...
AMBULANCE KILLS BROOKLYN BIKER
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amA motorcyclist and married father of one was killed in Brooklyn last night on his way to work when he smashed into an ambulance rushing to a hospital with a...
MEET THE BARKERS
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amMeet the worst dogs in New York: a Jack Russell terrier named Cavo and his three Pomeranian cohorts, Hunter, Peanut and Casey. To their Upper East Side owner, they are...
38G STUDY NOT WORTH ITS SALT: POL
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amThe city is spending thousands of tax dollars to study a major menace to the city: table salt. The Department of Health is planning to pay $38,000 to a consultant...
EAST END IS NIGH
April 19, 2009 | 6:07am* God's house will soon have one less mansion -- as a palatial waterfront retreat owned by Roman Catholic priests on the East End of Long Island has been put...
FEDS HIT REV. AL WITH RECORD 285G ELEX FINE
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amThe Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have been slapped with a record $285,000 fine for violating a slew of federal election rules during his 2004 bid for...
BIG 'F' ON EMT ADVANCEMENT EXAM
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amIt was a massive medical failure for hundreds of FDNY medics who hoped to get promoted, as a measly eight out of 721 city Emergency Medical Service workers passed the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 19, 2009 | 6:07amSo that explains the weight gain. A Michigan man got a surprise delivery last week when he helped his wife give birth to a baby boy, despite not knowing she...
ADOPT ME
April 19, 2009 | 6:06amDaisy Mae is a 3-year-old beagle mix who loves people and other dogs. She enjoys sniffing around, car rides and country living! Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....
JOINT SESSIONS
April 19, 2009 | 6:06amDEAR DR. FOX: Do you have any recommendations for dogs with joint problems? My black Lab/husky is 12 and having a hard time walking and getting up. -- T.J.D., Fargo,...
BARACK STABBER
April 19, 2009 | 6:04amMANY dog lovers who voted for President Obama, this reporter included, are saddened by the choice of first pet: a Portuguese water dog named Bo, selected for the Obamas by...
TOURNEY SCANDAL
April 19, 2009 | 6:00amIT'S hardly on the Ber nard Madoff level, but an international tournament was canceled after one round earlier this month amid suspicions that the organizer was a scam artist. Gabor...
BRIDGE
April 19, 2009 | 6:00amUNLUCKY Louie is still banging his head against Wall Street. He recently bought stock in three companies: One markets fancy feathers, one manufactures light switches, one makes writing implements. "How're...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
April 19, 2009 | 5:54amWINNERS JOHN MADDEN The 30-year TV football commentator hangs up his cleats and telestrator wand at the top of his game. ERIC SCHMIDT Google chief announces good earnings in a...
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENCY
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amSome investors looking for a better return than the failed buy-and-hold market philosophy are turning to currency trading as the new coin of the realm. Turned off by steep losses...
I-BONDS OR CDS
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amDear John: I've been taking a lot of flak from a friend of mine because I buy Series I Savings Bonds. To me they are, in many ways, a better...
PLASTIC OH NO BAN
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amAmericans strapped for cash by the economic downturn won't be able to pull out their wallets and shop their way out of their malaise on the backs of credit cards....
CONSUMER PRICES IN A COMPLETE AND HISTORIC FREEFALL
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amIT wasn't long ago -- exactly this time last year -- that Americans weren't protesting taxes at "tea parties," they were protesting sky-high fuel prices. Be careful what you wish...
WENNER'S HEART LEAVES SAN FRAN
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amThe venerable San Francisco office of Rolling Stone will close, leaving the music and culture magazine without a Bay Area presence for the first time since the21-year-old Jann Wenner started...
WEB SOCIAL STUDIES
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amMarketers are all a-Twitter over social media Web sites. Some corporate Web sites are being neglected in favor of building a brand on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites...
WWW.SALESTAX.GOV
April 19, 2009 | 5:28amThe days of buying online to avoid paying sales taxes may soon be over. A bill is expected to be introduced to Congress this week that would force retailers like...
VOGUE'S WEB OFFER IS BAG TO THE BONE
April 19, 2009 | 5:28am'8MONEY'ANNA Wintour's Vogue Magazine, the bible of high fashion, seems to be -- to borrow an expression -- half in the bag. The tony monthly was offering new subscribers a...
Red Bulls score...and actually win!
April 19, 2009 | 5:10amThe Red Bulls' Search For Scoring is over. As is their search for a win.First they snaped their season-long scoring drought last night; then, despite playing almost a half-hour a...
HEAVEN CAN'T WAIT
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amShe's going out with a bang. After five years of playing shapely, saucy, unscrupulous Wisteria Lane vamp Edie Britt, Nicollette Sheridan is leaving Desperate Housewives" - feet first. Edie Britt...
SCHOOL CRAZE
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amFans of Fox's irreverent Sunday night animated comedies - "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "American Dad" - should eat up the network's new entry: "Sit Down, Shut Up" from "Arrested Development"...
REEL GOOD
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amSTAND BY ME (1986), Sunday, 10 a.m., AMC Rob Reiner's brilliant take on Stephen King's semi-autobiographical story about four adolescent boys in the 1950's who set out to find the...
DIAL A FOR ACTION
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amWhen it comes to Justin Timberlake's performances or seeing him up close-and-personal, sweaty palms and an erratic heartbeat are pretty much de rigueur. No surprises then, that it'll be more...
PRIMETIME
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amScam I Am: Over the last 20 months it must have struck many as odd that Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports' highly respected studio host and game-caller, was doubling as a...
DON'T MISS LIST
April 19, 2009 | 4:00amMADE-FOR-TV NATALEE HOLLOWAY, Sunday, 8 p.m., LMN The true 'Holloway' story - It's a mystery that rattled the nation: In 2005, teen Natalee Holloway vanished without a trace during a...
INDIANS' 14-RUN SECOND DOOMS YANKEES
April 19, 2009 | 12:18amThe Cleveland Indians set the bar for Yankee Stadium's new record book Saturday, scoring 14 runs in the second inning of a 22-4 victory. Asdrubal Cabrera hit a grand slam...
Serie A: Inter and Juve Fit To Be Tied
April 19, 2009 | 12:02amCzech defender Zdenek Grygera headed home a stoppage time equalizer to give 10-man Juventus a 1-1 draw against league leaders Inter Milan on Saturday.Despite the draw, the Milan-based club maintained...