May 7, 2009
Deal of the Day-Urban Outfitters
Short on cash and sick of your boring old wardrobe?Spend some chump change at Urban Outfitters and pick up trendy jewelry like this Guam by Brian Crumley Necklace to update...
WIFE CHARGED WITH KILLING HUSBAND: HE VERBALLY ABUSED ME
A stunning chronicle of verbal abuse -- including a nasty tirade about her "obesity" -- was presented today at the trial of a wife charged with blowing away her fire-marshal...
RED SOX WON'T COMMENT ON MANNY
The Red Sox declined to comment today on the specifics of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension. "We staunchly support Major League Baseball's drug policy and commend the efforts associated with that...
MTA HEAD STEPS DOWN
MTA chief Lee Sander suddenly quit his job this afternoon after weeks of speculation that he would be replaced once state lawmakers signed off on a financial bailout and reform...
Game 27: Phillies at Mets
Mike Pelfrey will try to beat the Phillies for the second time in less than a week tonight at Citi Field as the streaking Mets pursue their fourth consecutive win...
UEFA Cup: Werder Reaches Final
Werder Bremen scored twice in the second half to beat Bundesliga rivals Hamburg 3-2 on Thursday and reach the UEFA Cup final against Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk.Werder, who went through on...
EA wants to give you $50 grand cash
And all you have to do for it, is come up with a great idea for a viral video related to Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 (out June 16 for...
REPORT: POLICE TALKED TO WESLEYAN SUSPECT AFTER SHOOTING
Connecticut police talked to wig-wearing slay-suspect Stephen Morgan moments after he allegedly shot and killed a Wesleyan student inside the school book store -- but let him go after getting...
Second Fable II DLC hits XBL May 12
Just so you know! Check back on Monday for a preview of what it looks like.
Pitching set for Pirates series
Now that the Mets have put Oliver Perez on the DL and called up Jonathon Niese to take his spot in the rotation, the pitching matchups are in for their...
Mills leaving Knicks
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks announced today Steve Mills, formerly the Garden president, is leaving the organization to work with Magic Johnson and teach a course at Princeton, where he once...
SUTHERLAND TURNS HIMSELF IN FOLLOWING 'ASSAULT'
Hard-drinking "24" star Kiefer Sutherland, who allegedly head-butted a top fashion designer at a celeb-studded party earlier this week, surrendered to police this afternoon. MORE: Sutherland Drama Could Delay '24'...
PORN STAR MAY MAKE SENATE RUN
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Stormy Daniels strode onstage at a downtown Baton Rouge restaurant in a tight black blouse with a plunging neckline and a knee-length skirt in the popular...
REPORT: FAVRE WILL REMAIN RETIRED
True to his word, at last, Brett Favre will stay retired, a source close the situation told Yahoo.com. Favre talked to Brad Childress over the phone sometime in the last...
BOY, 11, PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SHOOTING
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- An 11-year-old western Pennsylvania boy has pleaded not guilty to adult charges that he fatally shot his father's pregnant fiancee at their home Feb. 20. Wednesday's...
Red Bull: On sitting starters and the 4-5-1
So far this year, the Red Bulls sorry attack has been all possession but no scoring, all build-up and no goals; in short, all foreplay and no penetration. And with...
ALBANY PASSES MTA BAILOUT PLAN, SAVING W AND Z LINES
The New York State Assembly and Senate have passed legislation pulling back New York City's mass transit system from the financial abyss, removing the threat of drastic service cuts and...
Adam Lambert: EW's Pain in the Asterik
Are you ready for this?Entertainment Weekly thinks Adam Lambert might be gay!We know, we know. Here's the EW cover that hits newsstands tomorrow - and dig what the mags says...
UEFA Cup: Shakhtar Reaches Final
Goals by Brazilians Jadson and Ilsinho, who scored the winner a minute from the end, put Shakhtar Donetsk into the UEFA Cup final after a 2-1 win on Thursday over...
KELLEN VOWS TO FIGHT FOR JETS JOB
The prevailing thought surrounding the Jets is that the starting quarterback job belongs to Mark Sanchez. Gang Green traded up to the fifth pick in last month's NFL Draft to...
KERREY STEPPING DOWN FROM NEW SCHOOL PRESIDENCY IN 2011
Bob Kerrey is stepping down as president of New York City's New School when his contract is up in 2011 but says it has nothing to do with faculty and...
Wang throws 72 pitches
APChien-Ming Wang, on the disabled list due to weakness of the abductor muscles in his hips, allowed three hits over five scoreless innings in the extended spring training game today....
Guitar Hero to get jiggy with it
Activision has announced that they'll be releasing three new titles this fall: DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.First up, DJ Hero. With the new turntable controller (see above),...
HOFSTRA CONSIDERS ATLANTIC 10
Hofstra University is seriously investigating the possibility of leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and its first choice is to join the Atlantic 10. The move would affect all of Hofstra's...
FUEL FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION RUNNING LOW
WASHINGTON -- NASA is running out of nuclear fuel needed for its deep space exploration. The end of the Cold War's nuclear weapons buildup means that the U.S. space agency...
JUST BACK: New Orleans
In New Orleans for this year's Ponderosa Stomp music festival - oh, and Jazz Fest, too -- I stumbled across two very interesting museums. First up was the Backstreet Cultural...
BOYLE & COWELL VISIT 'OPRAH'
Internet singing sensation Susan Boyle will appear on Monday's "Oprah" -- but she won't be in the show's Chicago studio. Boyle, who rocketed to fame on Simon Cowell's "Britain's Got...
inFAMOUS demo now up for PS3 play
...assuming you've pre-ordered the game. If not, you'll have to wait until May 21 for the honors.For those not in the know - the PS3 exclusive is an open-world action...
ON GOLDEN POND
50 Cent and Bette Midler are collaborating in Queens. No, not on an album (although we can always dream) -- on a community garden. The Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community...
NABE A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE
A downward spiral is one thing, but crime on the streets of Flatbush is down in six of the seven major felony crime categories and off nearly 24 percent for...
IT ALL ADDS UP FOR NYPD BLUE
A downward spiral is one thing, but crime on the streets of Flatbush is down in six of the seven major felony crime categories and off nearly 24 percent for...
BOROUGH PREZ WADES INTO CONEY DEBATE
This past week saw Borough President Marty Markowitz finally issue his list of conditions for supporting the city's controversial Coney Island redevelopment plan. So when the beep was in Coney...
SWINE TIME LIVE!
It was back to reading, writing and handâ'sanitizing for three Brooklyn schools shuttered last week because of suspicion of swine flu. Rev. Kieran Harrington, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic...
BOOâ'YA! BIG TOP CIRCUS TICKETS GO ON SALE
Squealing schoolkids from P.S. 288 and a performing Asian elephant trucked in from Connecticut marked the official start of ticket sales this week for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey...
A-ROD RETURNS TO YANKEES TOMORROW
Alex Rodriguez will be in the Yankees' lineup as the third baseman tomorrow night in Baltimore. Joe Girardi confirmed the slugger's return, which was first reported by the Post. "We're...
A-ROD ALMOST CERTAIN TO PLAY FRIDAY FOR YANKS
By JOEL SHERMANThe plan is for Alex Rodriguez to be in the lineup as the third baseman tomorrow night in Baltimore, the Post has learned.A conference call was scheduled between...
Chat rewind: May 7
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
TORRE ON GIRARDI: 'THIS KID'S A GOOD MANAGER'
If anyone can relate to Joe Girardi it's Joe Torre. Torre made the playoffs 12 consecutive years and won four World Series for the Yankees and some fans were still...
Time for a slow jam
Only a few weeks to go until we discover R&B diva Ashanti in this year's Encores! SummerStars production of "The Wiz." Quite a few musical-theater types around town were rooting...
ASTOR'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW BREAKS DOWN ON WAY INTO COURT
Brooke Astor's daughter-in-law cried as she entered court in Manhattan this morning -- forced to celebrate her 17th wedding anniversary by watching her husband stand trial for allegedly swindling his...
ANOTHER BIG NAME TAINTED
The fear when you enlist Manny Ramirez is that at points during the season he is going to take emotional and/or physical breaks from the schedule; he is going to...
MANNY ANOTHER BIG NAME TAINTED
The fear when you enlist Manny Ramirez is that at points during the season he is going to take emotional and/or physical breaks from the schedule; he is going to...
Giants work out OL Spencer
By PAUL SCHWARTZOne day before the start of a two-day rookie mini-camp the Giants continued their quest to add some experience to their offensive line depth. Today they brought in...
MCLAUGHLIN, A HUMBLED RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC, AWAITS SENTENCING
Just over a year after pleading guilty to bilking millions of dollars from labor groups, his own re-election committee and the Electchester Little League, court papers paint former Flushing assemblyman...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition (Manny Update!)
After a while, you really do run out of adjectives. That's how good Johan Santana has been. That's how dominant he is. Yes, each of his starts brings an attendant...
Ready for Red Dead Redemption?
Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption, the sequel to 2004's Red Dead Revolver, is about a fella named John Marston, a notorious outlaw trying to survive life in the harsh frontier....
SUTHERLAND DRAMA COULD DELAY '24'
UPDATE:: Sutherland Surrenders to Cops Kiefer Sutherland's legal woes could impact the shooting schedule for "24." Sutherland, who allegedly head-butted clothing designer Jack McCollough at a nightclub Monday night, is...
MANNY SUSPENDED 50 GAMES
Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games after violating baseball's drug policy. Ramirez tested positive for the female fertility drug HCG, which could be taken by steroid...
CITY STUDENTS' READING SCORES JUMP BY 11 PERCENT
The percentage of third through eighth graders in the city's public schools who scored proficiently on state reading tests catapulted an incredible 11.2% upward since last year -- from 57.6...
Childress not meeting with Favre ... yet
We know no one thing in this Brett Favre saga for an absolute fact -- Brad Childress is not in Mississippi meeting with the ex-Jets and Packers quarterback right now.FOX...
GOV. PATERSON BACKS MAYORAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS
In his strongest comments to date on the subject, Gov. Paterson endorsed extending mayoral control of the schools -- particularly praising Mike Bloomberg for doing a "good job" on education....
EX-DEM FUNDRAISER PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE, MAIL FRAUD
A disgraced Democratic fundraiser pleaded guilty in Manhattan today to 10 counts of wire and mail fraud. Norman Hsu, 58, was indicted in 2007 on charges of cheating investors out...
Coverage in The Post
What more is there left to say about Johan Santana? Arguably the best pitcher in baseball was in prime form once again Wednesday night, overcoming his usual maddening lack of...
POLICE: WESLEYAN SHOOTER TARGETING JEWS, STUDENTS
A wig-wearing man wanted for gunning down a Wesleyan University student in Connecticut threatened her two years ago when they were both students at NYU, authorities said. Johanna Justin-Jinich, 21,...
Jack's Back Just in Time on 'Lost'
Try as he might, Jack Shephard just can't play follow the leader. For years on "Lost," the damaged doctor has grabbed the island by its roots, commandeering his people through...
Rivalry Grows, Thanks to Joba
By KEVIN KERNANThe Yankees and Red Sox rivalry went up another notch this week. Come June 9 in Boston it will be worth watching even more closely, especially if Joba...
Too late to move back?
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAMaybe this is the new Curse of the Bambino, Babe Ruth's revenge for the Yankees leaving his house.Hey, the Red Sox seem to be doing just fine at...
GM POSTS $6B FIRST-QUARTER LOSS
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. lost $6 billion in the first quarter and its revenue was cut nearly in half as car buyers feared the wounded auto giant would enter...
OBAMA SEEKS BUDGET CUTS, HIKE IN DOMESTIC SPENDING
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday to eliminate or trim 121 federal programs for a savings of $17 billion in the coming budget year. Many of the...
STRESS TESTS SHOW BANKS NEED MORE FUNDS
WASHINGTON -- The government's long-awaited "stress-test" results have found that 10 of the nation's 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in new capital to withstand losses...
PATRON FINDS SNAKE HEAD IN RESTAURANT DISH
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. -- A diner at an upstate New York restaurant got a little something extra with his broccoli -- a severed snake head. Jack Pendleton was at T.G.I....
Blunder ref gets death threats, smuggled out of England
Controversial incompetent referee Tom Henning Ovrebo reportedly had to be smuggled out of England by cops after getting a host of death threats. The Norwegian waved off FOUR penalties and...
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE 'IDOL' BOYS
It'll be an all-boys club when the final three slug it out on "American Idol." Despite a more than respectable showing singing hard rock on Tuesday night, Allison Iraheta, the...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition (Manny Update!)
After a while, you really do run out of adjectives. That's how good Johan Santana has been. That's how dominant he is. Yes, each of his starts brings an attendant...
3 UP: GIRARDI'S JOB SECURITY
1. Joe Girardi is on the clock now. And not just with the fans. His time as Yankee manager is tick, tick, ticking away. GM Brian Cashman's policy is not...
3 UP: GIRARDI, SANTANA AND PAVANO
1. Joe Girardi is on the clock now. And not just with the fans. His time as Yankee manager is tick, tick, ticking away. GM Brian Cashman's policy is not...
Box Office: Will 'Star Trek' Stun?
Paramount is trying to manage galaxy-high box-office expectations among fanboys for its "Star Trek'' reboot, which is beaming down simulataneously virtually everywhere in the world, including 3,800 U.S. theaters, starting...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A blade-wielding thug threatened a minivan owner who refused to let him take the vehicle for a test drive alone, authorities said yesterday. Tefsa Melbourne, 29, contacted the 52-year-old...
SPITE DRIVING FAVRE'S RETURN
MILWAUKEE -- For most of his career, he was celebrated as a tough guy playing a man's game with the joy of a little boy. Now Brett Favre stands on...
METS BOTCHING PLAYS THEY LEARNED IN LITTLE LEAGUE
IT WAS a simple question, I understand that. It was a naive question, and a basic one, and probably an altogether stupid one in the broad, big picture. But I...
RUTGERS GETS HIGH MARKS
As the Rutgers football program made its painful transition from the outhouse to the full-service luxury condo, one of the most contentious issues was the battle between the academic community,...
WHY CITY WORKERS DESERVE BIG PENSIONS
I am deeply saddened after reading "Million-Dollar Babies" (PostOpinion, April 28). Nicole Gelinas portrays uniformed city workers as individuals who are draining the city's pension system and making lots of...
ALBANY'S UN-FARE SUBWAY DEAL
New York taxpayers have now been tasked with paying for the MTA bailout so the riders would not have to ("Capital Gains," Editorial, May 6). If this isn't socialism, I...
$2M SLAP IN WAL-CRUSH
Wal-Mart agreed yesterday to pay $1.9 million and improve safety at its 92 New York state stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the...
PAK SLAMS TALIBAN
MINGORA, Pakistan -- Helicopter gunships and mortar teams pounded terrorist strongholds yesterday, killing dozens outside emerald mines, the military said, as Taliban reinforcements poured from their mountain hideouts and seized...
SWINE-FLU HYSTERIA: WHO DUNNIT
NOW that the H1N1 swine-flu outbreak appears to be waning, it's time to draw important lessons from what happened. First, the pronouncements from the World Health Organization, a United Nations...
SITTING DOWN WITH BLOODY DESPOTS
IF the Obama administration really wants to improve human rights, it's taking the wrong approach in seeking a seat on the seriously flawed United Nations Human Rights Council. The best...
MAINE OKS GAY I DO'S
BOSTON -- Maine's governor signed a bill yesterday legalizing same-sex marriage, making the state the fifth to allow gay unions. Maine's Senate voted 21-13 for a bill that redefines marriage...
JUST WHAT THE DOC ORDERED
A city doctor who tried to help uninsured patients by charging them a low monthly fee might get some help from Albany. State Sen. Andrew Lanza introduced a bill allowing...
CROSS YOUR FINGERS
AFTER six months of Albany drama, is the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority fixed? In the long term, no. In the short term, a pessimistic maybe. Gov. Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
CHARITABLE MIKE: GIVE GENEROUSLY
ATLANTA -- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday urged more people to donate charitably during tough times, in an address on philanthropy. In his keynote address to the Council on Foundations annual conference,...
SORCERER'S CURSE
Take two! "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has been hit with more bad luck -- a second car accident early yesterday on the Times Square set of the Nicolas Cage movie sent...
CHECK HER OUT! MRS. O'S A NY MONEY MAGNET
When Michelle Obama speaks, people do more than just listen. The founder of a New York City nonprofit that buys teaching supplies for public-school kids said that after the first...
THERE'S PLENTY OF STRESSING OVER BANK TEST LEAKS
ARRRRGHHHH! I don't know about you, but I'm ready to scream. If Washington keeps pounding me with bad news then I will be the one who needs the stress test...
EBAY'S SKYPE COULD FETCH $2B IN IPO: CEO
EBay Inc.'s initial public offering for Skype could value the Internet-calling service at more than $2 billion, Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said. "Two billion dollars would be a great...
NY'S ARTFUL DODGER
PRESIDENT Obama this week began cracking down big- time on tax havens -- and he's enlisted Rep. Charles Rangel to help. Will this dynamic duo be swift and fair in...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Marts gain US stocks advanced to a four-month high. The S&P 500 index added 15.73 points, or 1.7 percent, to 919.53, and the Dow Jones in dustrial average gained 101.63,...
MORGY'S IRAN BOMBSHELL
WASHINGTON -- Iran is building weapons of mass destruction faster than government officials realize, according to Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau, whose office uncovered Tehran's efforts to obtain dangerous materials. "It's...
TORTURE AUCTION
No pain, no gain. A Manhattan auction house will put on the block a collection of medieval torture devices ranging from an iron maiden to pincers used to remove tongues...
O GREETS ALLIES VS. TERRORISTS
WASHINGTON -- President Obama met with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House yesterday and stressed that the security of all three nations is at stake in...
METS' NEW JUNK YARD
The Mets are striking out with Wall Street's bond investors after the credit rating of team's new home Citi Field got slammed with a threat of being downgraded to junk...
WEINER'S A PUCKING GOOF-OFF
Rep. Anthony Weiner played hooky last week from the House of Representatives -- and then played hockey in Manhattan, The Post has learned. The puck-loving pol, who is considering running...
GLOBE'S GUILD IN PAY DEAL
The Boston Globe reached a tentative deal with its largest union on pay cuts that could help prevent the closure of the 137-year-old newspaper by parent New York Times Co....
FIAT CEO SET TO RUN CHRYSLER IN 60 DAYS
Fiat SpA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne plans to take charge of Chrysler LLC after it emerges from bankruptcy within the 60-day time frame set by President Obama's administration. "Chrysler...
HIRAM TAPE STAYS
A Queens Supreme Court judge yesterday refused to release a tape allegedly showing state Senator Hiram Monserrate dragging his bleeding girlfriend out of his building. Justice William Erlbaum said the...
DALAI DISSED BY PATERSON
ALBANY -- No love from the gov for the Lama! The Dalai Lama was snubbed by Gov. Paterson yesterday during a daylong visit to Albany during which he addressed the...
DOW INDEX MAY DROP GM
General Motors Corp., facing a bankruptcy or reorganization that would all but wipe out shareholders, will probably be removed from the Dow Jones industrial average after almost 74 years, said...
DOOBIE-OUS COURT MOVE
What a dope. A man in a Long Island courtroom reached into his pocket to produce a summons yesterday -- and yanked out a bag of weed as well, authorities...
LANDLINE CELL-OUT
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, the number of US households opting for only cellphones outnumber those that just have traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession....
B'KLYN LOONY RUNES
Sieg heil -- uh, what? Even ardent neo-Nazis would have a hard time figuring out the bizarre graffiti cops are investigating in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (above). It seems to be written...
CONTROL-FOE POL BLIND TO HARLEM'S SUCCESS
Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins claimed this week that mayoral school control has been a "failure," but test data tell the real story: Students in his district have improved significantly...
B'KLYN FED JUDGE FALLS ILL ON BENCH
Brooklyn's chief federal judge was wheeled out of the courthouse on a gurney and hospitalized for testing after he fainted on the bench yesterday. Judge Raymond Dearie was delivering instructions...
SALE OF DRAKE LOAN WILL STAY IN A HOLE
Gotta hate the Drake! The giant hole where the Drake Hotel stood will remain a vacant lot for the foreseeable future after iStar Financial, the senior noteholder on the Macklowe...
LAST PICTURE SHOWN
The last pictures ever snapped of Marilyn Monroe are being hawked by pianist Buddy Greco, who's asking online bidders to pony up a lot more than a song for the...
A PRETTY UGLY WAR
Get your own hot chicks! Ford Models is accusing Next Management of stealing away "the next Cindy Crawford," and yesterday got a temporary court order to keep the rival agency's...
CARJACKED COP NAILS SUSPECT
A Port Authority cop chased down a punk who stole his BMW yesterday in Queens, police said. After Officer John Castro had a flat fixed at a shop on Linden...
JACKO FLACKO FIGHTS BACKO
WASHINGTON -- Michael Jackson's publicist and general manager has filed a $44 million lawsuit against the pop star claiming he has not paid her for deals she's made. Raymone Bain,...
BRISTOL URGES ABSTINENCE
America's best known single teenage mom yesterday advised young girls not to follow her example. Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, said some girls think...
KEEP MIKE AT HEAD OF THE CLASS: LAW'S CREATOR
The co-author of the 2002 state law giving Mayor Bloomberg control of the city schools said the experiment should be extended -- with minor revisions. "On balance, mayoral control has...
ASNESS DEFENDS BLAST AT OBAMA OVER HEDGES
Wealthy hedge-fund boss Clifford Asness admits he might have to start watching his back after telling off President Barack Obama for vilifying hedge funds last week on national TV. Obama...
PREZ EYES $17B CUTS
WASHINGTON -- President Obama wants to slice $17 billion from the budget by cutting 121 government programs next year, an effort to glean some modest savings from a $3.6 trillion...
KINDLE-ING FOR PAPERS
The lifeline that Amazon has extended to embattled newspaper publishers like the New York Times could very well help strangle them. That's because Amazon, which yesterday introduced a large-screen version...
STOP, KIEF! STAR BUTT-HEAD WILL GET BUSTED
Hard-drinking "24" star Kiefer Sutherland, who allegedly head-butted a top fashion designer at a celeb-studded party, will "own up" and surrender today to be charged with assault. MORE: Sutherland Drama...
MCCALL, RUDY PAL IN PENSION SCORE
ALBANY -- The names of former state Comptroller Carl McCall and ex-First Deputy Mayor Peter Powers surfaced for the first time yesterday in the "pay to play" scandal involving politically...
NEWS CORP. REPORTS Q3 INCOME OF $2.7B
News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, reported net income of $2.7 billion, or $1.04 per share, in its fiscal third quarter, driven by a one-time gain of...
CITY'S ACID TEST
The City Council is cracking down on vandals who use etching acid to mark glass. The council passed a bill yesterday that requires anyone buying etching acid to show ID...
PRINCIPALS ORDERED TO DIP INTO 'POOL' FOR TEACHERS
In the face of major budget cuts,education officials are forcing principals to hire teachers from within the school system and from a pool of 1,400 educators who have been cut...
THIS TINY HERO HAS BIG HEART
ONE is not accustomed to thinking of a su perhero as standing 5-foot-2 under a bouffant hairdo and weighing 80 pounds after a soaking rain. But Annette de la Renta,...
CHINESE TAKEOUT
The Chinese are about to embark on a shopping trip of epic proportions. Hoping to take advantage of cheap prices on struggling American businesses, a group of 400 executives from...
CROOKED POL AN ALCOHOLIC
Disgraced labor leader and former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin (right) spent his time drying out after years of "substantial misuse of alcohol" since his indictment for stealing more than $2...
VOUCHING FOR KIDS
WASHINGTON -- President Obama wants to keep paying for private-school vouchers for students receiving them in the District of Columbia, an administration official said yesterday. Obama is proposing to spend...
CHECK THEIR NUMBERS, TOM
First, Gov. Paterson boasted of a "comprehensive" plan to skirt steep mass-transit service cuts and fare hikes. But then Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith said, in effect, not so fast...
CASH OVER KIDS
The best grassroots movement money can buy was up in Albany earlier this week, singing heartily for its supper. And plenty of city-based pols were more than happy to hum...
GRADED ON A CURVE
As the government prepares to release the long-awaited results of the bank stress tests, the people who were involved in the testing process are raising doubts about the rigor of...
EX-NCAA ATHLETE SUES EA
Electronic Arts Inc. and the National Collegiate Athletic Association were sued by a former college football player who claims athletes' images are used in videogames without their permission and in...
CHOKE ON THIS, CHARLENE
Brooke Astor suffered delusions of poverty and sometimes couldn't remember her closest friends -- but she still had enough sense to keep her bling away from her daughter-in-law. "I don't...
FRANK INTRODUCES WEB WAGERING BILL
Rep. Barney Frank introduced a bill yesterday aimed at reversing a three-year-old ban on wagering on the Web. The Internet Gambling Regulation Consumer Protection & Enforcement Act would establish a...
BERNIE'S SWIPERS
Talk about living high on the hog! Relatives and employees of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff routinely charged tens of thousands of dollars a month on his corporate American Express...
PICA$$O EASES VICTIM'S PAIN
A footwear mogul who took a $150 million kick in the wallet thanks to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme earned back some bucks last night when his Picasso painting of a...
FOWL! KFC CHICKENS OUT ON DEAL
KFC patrons were left finger-licking furious after a Manhattan restaurant refused to honor coupons entitling diners to a free feed yesterday -- and thousands of angry customers were blocked from...
WOODY IS SPARED A MIA SCENE
A real-life courtroom scene featuring Woody Allen, his ex-love Mia Farrow, and Farrow's adopted daughter -- and Allen's wife -- Soon-Yi Previn seems headed for the cutting-room floor. Dov Charney,...
DEATH DRIVER ADMITS BOOZING
A van driver who fatally ran down a pregnant woman walking near the Empire State Building told cops he'd had "three or four" beers and a shot of cognac beforehand,...
COW ON THE LAM IN QNS.
A condemned cow made a desperate bid for freedom yesterday, bolting from a slaughterhouse and leading cops on a wild chase through the streets of Queens. "I was chilling in...
FARE DEAL OK'D
The money train is rolling in from Albany. Assembly and Senatelawmakers approved a $2.3 billion MTA bailout plan last night that includes new taxes and fees, but clears the rails...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This was stunningly poor judgment. Officers at three prisons in Florida were reprimanded for demonstrating on youngsters how a stun gun works at "Take Your Kids to Work Day." The...
EX-SCOUT SUES YANKS
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Yankees' former scouting director in this baseball hotbed has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the team for firing him amid a probe of...
TEIXEIRA HERO & GOAT IN LOSS TO RAYS
Mark Teixeira did what he repeatedly has fail to do in the early stages of his Yankees career: come through in the clutch, with men in scoring position. At least...
YANKEES GIVE UP WINNING HR IN 10TH
From the manager's office to the clubhouse lockers, there is a belief the Yankees will emerge from the dog days of May in good shape. "When it clicks, it will...
HONDO BUCS ODDS
Hondo's financial opportunity with the Tigers was rinsed, but he made a fine score last night with the Snakes, who rattled the Pods to raise the earnings to a solid...
JETS GM: I WISH YOU WELL, BRETT
In the "where-there's-smoke-there's-fire" department, Brett Favre seemingly took a step closer to returning to the NFL yesterday when Vikings head coach Brad Childress traveled to Mississippi to visit the Hall...
LOPEZ, LEZCANO FACE DECISIONS
2ND RACE -- Despite the wide trip, favored Boowoogeemalia took the lead nearing the stretch and drew off for the victory. Decorated Court was caught behind a wall of tiring...
PENGUINS' GOAL IN OT TIPS CAPITALS
The Penguins finally solved Simeon Varlamov, finally controlled Alex Ovechkin for most of a game and got the victory they needed to get back into their playoff series against the...
BABY BOSS CUTS STRUGGLING TEAM SLACK
Hal Steinbrenner was in town Tuesday and yesterday and again demonstrated he isn't wired the same way his father is when it comes to reacting to an underachieving baseball team...
HOUSE, CELTICS GET EVEN VS. MAGIC
Rajon Rondo had 15 points, 18 assists and 11 rebounds for his third triple-double of the playoffs, and Eddie House scored a career high-shattering 31 points to lead the Celtics...
SPORTS SHORTS
BLOTTER: Point-shaving case Six former University of Toledo athletes and two Detroit-area businessmen have been charged in a 20-count federal indictment in what prosecutors describe as a point-shaving scheme. The...
DODGERS SET HOME RECORD
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers broke the modern major league record for home winning streak to start a season with their 13th straight victory, 10-3 over the Nationals last night....
PEREZ HEADED TO DISABLED LIST
Oliver Perez can take his sweet old time getting his act together. Rather than letting the beleaguered lefty work out his troubles in the bullpen, the Mets turned to the...
PHILLIES' ERROR SENDS METS HOME HAPPY
The Phillies had to be thrilled. Chan Ho Park had matched zeroes with Johan Santana for six innings last night at Citi Field. A mismatch on paper had turned into...
FANS JUMPING ON GIRARDI TOO SOON
JOE GIRARDI and Joe Mad don sat in opposite dugouts last night at Yankee Stadium, guiding two teams that have thus far failed to live up to expectations. But though...
'PEN PALS GET IT DONE FOR METS
Though this was the second consecutive night Francisco Rodriguez took the mound in the ninth inning to close a game, he was ready and able last night. He insists you...
ONE RUN ENOUGH FOR JOHAN, METS
The best investment in Mets' history doesn't know failure, only the pit-of-your-stomach uncertainty of run support. Johan Santana eventually got his run last night, letting him fully enjoy the pageantry...
BETTMAN FEELS ISLANDERS' PAIN
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Islanders owner Charles Wang had every right to publicly claim last weekend that he regrets buying the financially ailing club eight years ago. "He regrets...
SELIG: PRICE RIGHT FOR YANKEES, METS TICKETS
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday the prices are right. Selig said he will not recommend to Yankees or Mets ownership a new pricing structure on tickets for their new...
RUSSELL: KNICKS MAY HAVE 'DAMAGED' STEPH
Bill Russell believes Stephon Marbury can continue to help the Celtics in the playoffs -- if he's able to get over what the Knicks did to him. "If it's up...
BOY, SHE'S GOOD
Will Rachel Alexandra, the best 3-year-old filly in America -- many say, the best of her crop from either sex -- take on the boys, including improbable Kentucky Derby winner...
SAWGRASS REMAINS TPC'S MAIN COURSE
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Even with the strongest field in golf, The Players Championship is among the few tournaments where the biggest star is the golf course. The Stadium...
A-ROD COULD PLAY TOMORROW
Alex Rodriguez and manager Joe Girardi both sounded uncertain about A-Rod rejoining the Yankees tomorrow. But the Yankees skipper certainly was optimistic that the star's return is on the immediate...
DELGADO'S LONGEST HOME RUN
THERE were 37,600 fans inside Citi Field; they all leapt to their feet now, spilling beer, spilling peanuts, spilling mustard on their shirts, screaming incoherently because they knew they were...
HAUTE LIST
TO celebrate the launch of Dior's summer collection, It girl and Dior house dee jay Harley Viera-Newton spins at Sephora Times Square on May 15 from 1 to 4 p.m....
YO, MAMA!
Stumped for a Mother's Day gift? We asked some moms on the street what their dream gift is -- and then we asked what they'd be happy with. * Marie...
KNOCKED UP
A couple of years ago, Christine Coppa could never have imagined she'd be celebrating Mother's Day -- in her own honor. But now it's Happy Mother's Day every day. Get...
ALARM CROCK
WHEN swine flu broke out a few weeks ago, one man in particular reacted with, in his words, "considerable excitement!" He is Simon Briscoe, morbid Brit, statistician and co-author of...
UPPER EAST SIDE
Yes, you read that number right. With a government-bailout-sized price tag, this 6,200-square-foot Park Avenue duplex penthouse atop the Trump Park Avenue pleasure palace comes with valet parking, maid service,...
MANHASSET, LI
When the part of town you live in is called "Strathmore Vanderbilt," you know you've made it. This "spectacular" Colonial sits on 1 acre in this prime territory and includes...
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,216 Common charges: $1,078 -- Riverside Boulevard is where you'll find this 35th-floor condo, located in the "ultra-luxurious" Trump Place. It boasts "glorious" views...
HUNTINGTON, LI
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 1,958 -- This "beautifully maintained and updated" 1999 Colonial gets high marks for its high ceilings. The eat-in kitchen opens up to a big...
NORTH STAMFORD, CONN.
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 2,145 -- With a new kitchen, new bathrooms, new windows and even a new front door, this renovated 1969 Colonial is now in immaculate...
FINANCIAL DISTRICT
Bedrooms: 1+ Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 1,477 Maintenance: $2,328 -- How lucky for you that this "architect's dream" of a co-op on Hanover Square is available to you, a simple...
GRAMERCY
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,050 Maintenance: $2,718 -- Lower Park Avenue plus a higher-floor location equals "unobstructed city views." Other positives from this particular equation include a split-bedroom...
JUST FAUX FUN
ONCE, when I was in Venice buying a great knockoff purse for $10, a patrol boat rushed up, a bunch of copsjumped out with guns drawn and started yelling "arresti...
CLARK DEBUTS AT NEW BANDSTAND
UPSTAIRS at Sardi's, New York's newest cabaret, opened last week on an ap propriately effervescent note -- with Patty Clark, a one-time "Champagne Lady" for "The Lawrence Welk Show." On...
TEXTBOOK CASE OF TEDIUM
'HAPPINESS is a cran- blueberry bong hit," says one of the morally and emotionally challenged characters in "Sophistry." More of the same might help you enjoy Jonathan Marc Sherman's 1993...
KATE STANDS BY JON
'JON & Kate" mom Kate Gosselin is standing by husband Jon -- as more seamy details of his alleged affair were revealed yesterday. Kate and Jon sat side-by-side for an...
FAMED FOODIE GETS SERIES
'SATURDAY Night Live" comedian Julia Sweeney -- who played the gender-inspecific Pat on the show -- is writing a TV series based on famed restaurant critic Gael Greene. No network...
RIP PLASMA TV
THE plasma TV isn't dead yet -- but it looks like it's not long for this world. Like the Betamax videotape format and laser disc DVD before it, the plasma...
'DATING GAME' BACK FROM DEAD
CBS could replace "Guiding Light" with revivals of two classic game shows, "Let's Make a Deal"and "The Dating Game." "Light" ends its historic run in September; CBS is considering ordering...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $910,000 450 W. 17th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 611 square feet, with open kitchen, through-the-wall AC and northern exposure; Caledonia building features doorman, garage, gym, garden, deck, playroom...
HIDE & SEEK
INSTEAD of looking for rocks to crawl under, some disgraced CEOS have gone shopping for their own private islands off the Florida Keys. The pricey pieces of paradise could be...
GOLD COAST TARNISH
EVEN in this current downturn, Long Island's tony Gold Coast seems like the last place you should worry about. Boasting nine of the country's 25 wealthiest towns (according to a...
JUMBO JET
"STAY on your feet. That's all I can ask," is the mantra offered by Nicole Woody to her high school sweetheart and husband of 10 years, New York Jets offensive...
HATHAWAY HOME
They were living it up in a $37,500-a-month Trump Tower penthouse rental and spotted making out in front of a $22 million townhouse they talked about buying in August 2007....
LONG HAUL
Selling real estate in the Hamptons right now is a little like being in the middle of an extremely high-stakes game of chicken. As the summer approaches, most sellers have...
Live chat: 2 p.m. Thursday
I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. EST. So be sure to check back then and have your...
Famed foodie gets series
'SATURDAY Night Live" comedian Julia Sweeney -- who played the gender-inspecific Pat on the show -- is writing a TV series based on famed restaurant critic Gael Greene. No network...
Perez to the DL, Niese recalled
The Mets finally gave a nod to common sense in the whole Oliver Perez drama tonight, putting him on the DL with tendinitis in his right knee after a 1-0...
RUNAWAY TRAIN
It won't be long before the MTA is back in Albany begging for money again, transit advocates said Wednesday even as state legislators were preparing to vote on a $2.26...
SANTANA STRIKES OUT 10, METS EDGE PHILLIES 1-0
Johan Santana extended his dominant start to the season, striking out 10 in seven innings of two-hit ball, and the New York Mets scratched out a run Wednesday night on...
KIEFER TO BE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Hard-drinking actor Kiefer Sutherland, who inexplicably head-butted a top fashion designer at a celeb-studded party, will surrender to cops tomorrow to be charged with assault.Designer: Kiefer Was 'Vicious', 'Violent'PAGE SIX:...