September 20, 2007
Green, Lo Duca and Delgado
A few small updates:-With Yom Kippur beginning tomorrow night, Shawn Green won't be playing tomorrow night against the Marlins. He'll be available Saturday, though.-Paul Lo Duca, who got hit on...
Getting Through the Doorframe Might be a Problem
Somewhere Helena Bonham Carter is licking her chops....My editor Kelley just sent this to me for a laugh. I ended up cowering in the corner. This frightening look from the...
Time's up for '24'
For those who scoff at daytime TV, we offer â24.â The show with the deadliest, coolest man alive, Jack Bauer, has drawn on the old daytime drama staple of bringing...
Starr Report
'Tween a rock . . . I've written before about the tapings for Disney Chan nel's "Hannah Montana" being the place to be if you're a celeb with a tween-age...
Deal of the Day
Any riff on a striped shirt is a good thing to me even if I do perennially look like a salty fishmonger from Marseille.Old Navy delivered some real goodies like...
BRIDGES - BEAUTY OVER WATER
These architectural marvels allow us to travel safely across water, but the tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota reminds us of just how important and fragile they are. Here's a quick...
SEASON OF THE BITCH
'IT'S important to make a distinction between a bitch who lacks self-control and flies off the handle, and a bitch who won't tolerate disrespect," explains Sherry Argov, who despite the...
A 'SPRING' IN GRAHAM'S STEP
MARTHA Graham was always one for galas, particularly the fund-raisers. So the great lady - who died eight years ago, at 96 - would have been tickled pink at the...
HAUTE LIST
BELIEVE the hype. Downtown skate shop and international fashion label Supreme (274 Lafayette St., [212] 966-7799) rules the streets. And now they've got decks to prove it. The store will...
DREAM COME TRUE
MOST musical variety shows are disorganized nightmares, but the Dream Concert - to raise funds for a Martin Luther King memorial in Washington - didn't disappoint. It completely lived up...
'ROCK' DOESN'T ROLL
ONE of the fortunate if trivial side effects of the end of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland was that, once it subsided, so would the flood of imported plays about...
BARRY: SHORTEST 'VIEW' FEUD EVER
BARRY Manilow and "The View" have buried the hatchet in their short-lived squabble over Elisabeth Hasselbeck. On the air yesterday, co-host Whoopi Goldberg said that the two sides had made...
'WAR' STORY
THIS is the big one. I have spent the better part of my adult life watching TV for a living, and I have never experienced anything more powerful than this....
'24' RAISES DEAD
IT'S official. 'Day Seven' of Fox's monster hit "24" is in production, and you won't believe who they brought back from the dead. Embattled widower and Bauer best-buddy Tony Almeida...
STARR REPORT
'Tween a rock . . . I've written before about the tapings for Disney Chan nel's "Hannah Montana" being the place to be if you're a celeb with a tween-age...
FOOLED 'NATION'
IN one of the more brilliant/heinous marketing moves of the recent dishonest past, CBS let it appear for months that their newest reality series, "Kid Nation," in which 40 kids...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Do you indulge your passions or do you reject them? Only you can decide but you should know by now that going to one extreme is as bad as going...
ASTROLAND RENT DEAL IN SIGHT
A deal to keep Coney Island's Astroland Park open next year is almost in hand, several sources close to the negotiations said yesterday. "It's looking real good," said Councilman Domenic...
PEDICABS TAKE CITY TO COURT
New York's street pedalers filed suit against the city yesterday over the way newly created pedicab licenses are being distributed. Veteran pedicab businesses are losing out to newcomers to the...
'SEX' BACK IN THE CITY
Carrie Bradshaw reunited with Mr. Big yesterday - making out on the Upper East Side - as filming began on the long-awaited "Sex and the City" movie. And Carrie (Sarah...
COFFEE AND A (BANK)ROLL
When a new Starbucks opens next month on East 42nd Street, it will be serving up java next to North Fork Bank tellers. The store will become the first latte-and-loan...
GRANDSON: ASTOR SON HEARTLESS
Brooke Astor's grandson says he never went to his father with his worries about the grand dame's care because he knew they would have fallen upon deaf ears. Anthony Marshall...
FAKE BURNS FDNY
A convicted Brooklyn forger and blaze buff conned his way into getting rides on firetrucks by showing up in stolen gear and claiming he was going to join the FDNY,...
LYRIC'S LEGACY LIVES ON
A promising young actress who was murdered four years ago will have a plaque erected in her honor today to mark her family's dedication to organ donation - and the...
CELL-EBRATION
Subway riders will finally be able to telecommute now that the MTA is moving ahead with plans to install cellular and Internet service on subway platforms. Six stations will be...
JUST SHOVE YOUR WREATH
That was the response when the Iranian Mission to the United Nations asked city, state and federal officials if Holocaust-denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could lay a wreath at Ground...
HIGH-TECH WARNINGS
In the aftermath of the Deutsche Bank fire and the Midtown steam-pipe explosion, city officials yesterday announced they will begin testing rapid-alert programs to rush text messages to New Yorkers'...
TILL DEATH, OR ABOUT 8 YEARS
Most couples take a trip down the aisle, but it's short. The average first marriage that ends in divorce lasts only eight years, the U.S. Census Bureau reported yesterday. While...
QUEENS COW IS IN FARM'S WAY
She's earned her greener pastures. A Queens bovine who turned city cops into cowboys is heading for her new home - the sprawling Farm Sanctuary in upstate Watkins Glen. "Their...
FINALLY, A FIRE PLAN FOR DEADLY DEUTSCHE
It took the tragic deaths of two firefighters, but the cursed Deutsche Bank building finally has a fire-safety plan, according to documents obtained by The Post. Robert Beddia and Joseph...
THESE CITY KIDS ARE WELL-READ
Hundreds of New York City kids go for broke today to show off their reading skills. Mayor Bloomberg and Grammy winner Wyclef Jean will join the kids to break the...
L.I. BANK '$TACHE
The meticulous disguise was almost perfect - hair, makeup, outfit. But cross-dressing bank robber Aston Barth didn't fool anyone - after he forgot to hide his mustache in a Citibank...
SCHOOLS 'HIDING' ATTACKS
The city's public high schools are underreporting violent and disruptive incidents, an audit released yesterday claims. City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. said nearly 21 percent of school incidents - including...
KNICKS ARE PLAYING OFFENSE
An MSG boss said a fired Knick exec never complained about sexual harassment until her job was on the line - and then she barraged him with horrifying e-mails citing...
TEEN SHOT DEAD
Two teens were shot, one fatally, outside a Brooklyn housing project last night, cops said. A 16-year-old was confronted by three thugs and shot in the neck in front of...
DOGGY DUATHLON A RUFF RACE
On your bark, get set, go! A plucky bunch of New Yorkies will become "lap" dogs, as canines and their caretakers race through Gotham in the first Doggy Duathlon next...
PROTESTERS 'TRUMPED'
Donald Trump yesterday thumbed his nose at protesters who fought to halt the construction of his 46-story luxury tower that is steadily rising in SoHo. During the glitzy, red-carpet launch...
ESCAPEE SNARED
A Brooklyn robbery suspect who escaped from police custody last month has been nabbed in Boston, authorities said yesterday. Ezekiel Edwards, 17, was collared by NYPD detectives and Boston police...
HEROES CLIMB LADDER
Fifteen Fire Department heroes were promoted to lieutenant in a Randalls Island ceremony yesterday. "The transition from firefighter to lieutenant is perhaps the most challenging of a firefighter's career," Commissioner...
APPLE'S RAT PACK
Health inspectors, embarrassed by the bungling that allowed rats to overrun a Greenwich Village KFC/Taco Bell, are now flunking one out of every four restaurants they visit, according to figures...
STATE IGNORED RENT SCANDAL
The state agency that oversees all Mitchell-Lama apartments failed to monitor the program, allowing some residents to get subsidized housing although they earned several times the income limit and to...
HEART ATTACK SPURS LIVERY NIGHTMARE
Clutching his chest and convulsing in his SUV, a livery driver in the midst of a heart attack hit his gas pedal and rammed into three cars in Midtown yesterday...
CHARTER-SCHOOL AUDIT FLUNKS CITY
The city's Department of Education is failing to properly monitor the performance of charter schools and must improve its process for renewing their contracts, according to an audit released yesterday...
NEW BALLGAME FOR STEM CELLS
New York researchers yesterday said they might be able to use stem cells taken from testicles instead of the controversial practice of using those harvested from embryos. Dr. Shahin Rafii,...
SLAVE-DRIVING 'ALL IN THE FAMILY'
A daughter of the wealthy Long Island couple charged with enslaving two Indonesian servants helped her mother dish out abuse, according to a new federal indictment. While she hasn't been...
TAXI WAR IN COURT
Since the two-day taxi strike failed to convince the city to renege on its plan to put credit-card payment and GPS systems in all 13,000 yellow cabs, drivers are trying...
ARAB SCHOOL PRINCIPAL EYES SUIT
Supporters of a controversial new Brooklyn academy focused on Arab culture and language said yesterday that the public school's former principal is considering legal action in the wake of her...
GOP'S NEW HIRED GUN
ALBANY - State Senate Republicans, in an escalation of their probe into the dirty-tricks scandal enveloping the Spitzer administration, yesterday hired a top-flight former federal prosecutor to handle the investigation....
ISRAEL TARGET: SYRIA NUKES
An Israeli airstrike on Syria earlier this month targeted a building that was believed to house nuclear equipment and came just three days after a North Korean ship docked at...
DAN'S POKE IN THE EYE
Dan Rather is angrier than a rabid raccoon trying to scratch its way into a closed garbage can, accusing his former bosses at CBS of trashing his reputation and using...
'BAD DREAM' TEAM OF LIGHTWEIGHT DEFENDERS
The first time O.J. Simpson faced life in prison, he hired a legal dream team to get him off the hook. But that was millions of dollars ago. Now, Simpson...
MARCIA'S BACK AND NOW SHE'S A BOMBSHELL
What a difference 13 years make! Marcia Clark, the former Los Angeles prosecutor who was propelled to fame for trying O.J. Simpson in 1995, has undergone a dramatic physical change....
O.J. CUTS AND RUNS TO FLA.
LAS VEGAS - Freed jailbird O.J. Simpson posted bail, rushed out of the pokey and hightailed it home to Florida yesterday. And, by the way, no hard feelings Vegas, the...
W. SPOOKED BY THREAT TO SPY LAW
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday urged Congress to permanently expand the government's domestic intelligence laws to better go after terrorists. "Every day, our intelligence, law-enforcement and homeland-security professionals confront enemies...
GIULIANI: IT'S WAR IF TEHRANIS GET BOMB
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani - invoking international icons Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill in London yesterday - vowed to attack Iran if necessary to prevent the Islamic...
FRED HITS 'SCARY' HILLCARE
WASHINGTON - Fred Thompson lashed out at Hillary Rodham Clinton's proposed government-mandated health-care plan yesterday, calling it "scary enough to make you sick." In a statement on his Web site,...
PETRAEUS ADS TO SUPPORT
WASHINGTON - MoveOn.org's ad in The New York Times, accusing Gen. David Petraeus of betrayal, may have caused self-inflicted wounds for the left-wing group, but it did nothing to hurt...
RACIAL SHOCKER
WASHINGTON - The Rev. Jesse Jackson slammed presidential candidate Barack Obama for "acting like he's white" because he failed to take a tough enough stance on the prosecution of six...
TEAM HILL READIES RUDY MUD
A top campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton says Rudy Giuliani's stormy personal life will be fair game should he win the Republican nomination for president. "There's a lot that...
SPECTOR JURY BACK TO START
The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial yesterday decided against allowing the deadlocked jury to consider a lesser charge against the legendary producer, a day after holding out that possibility...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN An NYPD school-safety agent and a teenager were busted for roughing up another teen and stealing $100 from her in Brownsville, authorities said yesterday. Genea Carter, 24, assigned to...
NOWHERE MAN FLIES HOME IN SEAT 4D
ABOARD US AIRWAYS FLIGHT TO FORT LAUDERDALE - The passenger in Seat 4D was the biggest deal on Flight 888 - but he didn't act the part. US Airways had...
GARDEN HONCHOS FIELD THE WHINING TEAM
THIS is the best they've got? They could have ended it. Madison Square Garden desperately needed to halt the gush of bimbo eruptions, bitch-loving bosses, and clueless owners that have...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 587; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 4630; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 147; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 6124;...
A'JAD'S OBSCENE 'RESPECTS'
Here's one for the ages: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the bloody handed Iranian provocateur and abettor of terror in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, sought permission to visit Ground Zero...
PROTECTING TERRORISTS' PRIVACY
Congressional Democrats have set their sights on limiting the government's power to conduct warrantless eavesdropping of foreign terror suspects - despite the pleas of the nation's intelligence chief that doing...
A MONSTER WITH CHUTZPAH
GIVE Iranian President Mah moud Ahmadinejad credit for chutzpah: He has asked for permission to visit Ground Zero while he's in New York for a U.N. session. In other words,...
LOSE THE MERCENARIES
PICTURE foreign diplomats racing through Midtown - in armored SUVs, with automatic weapons bristling from the windows. It's up to you to get out of their way. Then a car...
QUESTIONS FOR MUKASEY
MICHAEL Mukasey, the retired judge nominated to be attorney general, is called a "law and order" conservative. That description is, however, not especially informative now that the Bush administration's sweeping...
CUOMO CRACKS DOWN: MEDICAID ON THE MEND
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is attempting to combat Medicaid fraud, and it appears that the database would be a good start ("Monitoring Medicaid," Editorial, Sept. 16). However what is more...
SALLY FAR AFIELD WITH WAR TALK
Michelle Malkin is right: There are two kinds of moms, but she's wrong about the animals we represent ("Sally the Sheep," PostOpinion, Sept. 19). Sally Field is not a sheep...
MACK DOES CARD TRICK FOR MORGAN STANLEY
John Mack used his Discover card to help ease Morgan Stanley's big write-off of nearly $1 billion in shoddy loans from the mortgage meltdown mess. It was the toughest crisis...
GREENSPAN FOOLED US ALL
ALAN Greenspan should be held in contempt of Congress. Like everyone else, I just thought the former Federal Reserve chairman was a bad communicator. All those dense, unintelligible hours he...
MART PARTY: DAY 2
The stock market bulls spent a second day rampaging up and down Wall Street in celebration of the Federal Reserve's unexpectedly large interest rate cut. But day two of the...
LENDER'S PRICE IS CUT RATE
Struggling subprime mortgage lender Accredited Home Lenders agreed to be acquired by Lone Star Funds at a sharply reduced price, putting an end to a bitter legal dispute. Accredited, based...
UBS UNLACING SNEAKER DEAL
UBS continues to try to back out of financing the $1.5 billion merger between rival shoe retailers Genesco and Finish Line, in another sign that the global credit crunch continues...
BAZOOKA BUBBLE BURSTS: EISNER WINS TOPPS OK
Former Disney boss Michael Eisner yesterday won his months long battle to take control of iconic baseball card maker Topps after a majority of shareholders approved the $385 million takeover....
LEHMAN, MORGAN DODGING A BULLET
A quirk in the accounting rules for Wall Street firms like Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers has enabled them to book hundreds of millions of dollars in paper profits that...
FED UP WITH CRUDE
Oil's gaining ground in its dreaded march toward the $100-a-barrel mark, thanks to a weaker dollar and bold speculators. Investors and analysts differ on when the historic gouging may strike,...
PROTESTERS TARGET CARLYLE CHIEF'S SPEECH
Two dozen protesters picketed a high-profile private equity conference yesterday to support an effort by Congress to raise taxes on buyout firms like The Carlyle Group. The protesters, chanting, "It's...
VERIZON'S BET
Coming this fall, it will be all about the small screen. Literally. Verizon Wireless will test the boundaries of just how small a screen is suitable for watching full-length television...
NBC GOES ALONE ON PROGRAMS
Forget paying for downloads of NBC's "The Office" and "Heroes" through iTunes or even Amazon. The Peacock Network yesterday said it plans to begin offering downloads of its hit shows...
HILLARY: CHENEY IS WHITE HOUSE'S DARTH VADER
Hillary Clinton pulled out her light saber last night at a fundraiser in New York as she called Vice President Dick Cheney "Darth Vader." "Vice President [Dick] Cheney came up...
IRAN PREZ: I DON'T GET GROUND ZERO UPROAR
Thick-headed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told CBS News' 60 Minutes today that he was "amazed" by the negative reaction to his potential Ground Zero visit. Apparently clueless as to the...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $392,000 300 Albany St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 530 square feet, with updated bath and balcony; building features concierge. Common charges $985, taxes $325. Asking price $399,000,...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Riverhead, L.I. $355,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Lot square feet: 13,068 With a porch out front and a patio out back, this 1934 vintage Cape - "a gem of a...
FORGING AHEAD
MICHAEL Aram knows a thing or two about metal. For nearly two decades, the noted metalsmith's creations, ranging from table- tableware to furniture, have been ware top sellers in high-end...
DOWNSIZE IT!
Back in 2004, I invested in a condo loft during its pre-construction phase. Instead of renting it out or flipping it, I decided to move in. It was large, and...
LAND OF PLENTY
I HAD spent my entire life on New York's pedestrian-jammed streets lined with restaurants, cinemas, kooky boutiques, ethnic groceries and independent bookstores. I had no penchant for vanilla, no desire...
PINK PALACE
All in all, Roger Waters has bought more than just a brick in the wall. In fact, the Pink Floyd co-founder has bought an entire townhouse of bricks from Coach...
DREAM HOMES
Midtown East $5.95 million Here in Trump World Tower at United Nations Plaza, you'll find vistas you'd have to climb to the top of the Empire State Building or Chrysler...
HATTON, MAYWEATHER READY TO DANCE
Ricky Hatton would like nothing better than for Floyd Mayweather to be the next winner of "Dancing With The Stars." But Hatton's motives are purely selfish. The final of the...
N.J. GETTING TOUGH FOR CUP
With Breeders' Cup being run at Monmouth Park Oct. 26-27, N.J. Racing Commission has approved two new measures to ensure level playing field: 1) out-of-competition testing for blood-doping agent Epogen,...
BOYS DUO FIGHT PSAL
A year ago at Sheepshead Bay, lineman Clinton Modeste was fielding interest from Division I-AA football programs and Travis Panton had two games in which he rushed for more than...
HONDO GETS ALL WET
Hondo went double-draino off the high board last night, belly-flopping with the Rangers and Royals to slash the earnings to 70 mcgees. Today, a day-night double-delight - 10 units apiece...
BADGERS DUE FOR BIG NIGHT
THEY were one of the chic picks to win it all just four weeks ago. Before USC, LSU, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Florida began throttling opponents, there was big talk...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: N.J. to refinance stadium debt Though New Jersey's two NFL teams are paying for the construction of a billion-dollar stadium in the Meadowlands complex, the state's taxpayers may not...
DEVILS FIGHT WITH INJURIES
The Devils' medical list keeps lengthening. They're hopeful the right-eye injury Colin White suffered in practice yesterday doesn't prove more serious than a massive shiner. "We don't feel that anything's...
SERIOUSLY, FOLKS
The first utterance yesterday out of Tom Coughlin's mouth consisted of one word. "Serious," he stated, when asked about the mindset of the Giants. Serious also would be an apt...
NOTHIN' TO SAY ABOUT THIS DEFENSE
The majority of the Giants' high-profile defensive players have taken to creating their own agendas when it comes to speaking with the media. Suddenly, there is a "we only talk...
CHAD HAS THE KEYS
Order was restored on the practice field yesterday. Chad Pennington was again taking snaps with the Jets' first-team offense. Eric Mangini, as usual, played coy about his definitive plans at...
CHEAT CLAIM BY RAVENS IS BOGUS: VILMA
Jets players, along with Eric Mangini, yesterday scoffed at the accusations made by Ravens coach Brian Billick about their defense illegally barking out cadence signals and forcing his players into...
METS FINALLY DUMP SLUMP
WASHINGTON - The collapse could have continued because there's hardly been much reliability lately in the bullpen. But in an essential spot last night, Jorge Sosa may have saved the...
EX-PHIL BUNNING NOT ROOTING FOR COLLAPSE
WASHINGTON - The air was so thick, so tense with the knotty discomfort of real September stress. The score was Mets 2, Nationals 2, and there was one out in...
GROIN NOT AFFECTING MOTA
WASHINGTON - Guillermo Mota insists that it doesn't affect him while pitching, but the reliever recently has been experiencing discomfort in his groin area. Mota said yesterday that initially it...
NETS LOOK AT HOUSTON
There were some minor drills, some pickup play and apparent interest on both sides. Otherwise, all remains the same with the Nets and Allan Houston. The former Knicks sharp shooter...
AVERY GOOD YEAR
Following a trade from the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 5, forward Sean Avery seamlessly blended with his new Rangers teammates while providing a much-needed spark to a club whose...
GIAMBI FOOT STILL SORE
Jason Giambi had been expected back in the Yankee starting lineup last night, but the first baseman instead took a detour, making a visit to New York-Presbyterian hospital for further...
A-ROD'S CLUTCH SHOWING WEAR
Signs of Fall are everywhere. The temperature has dipped, leaves are beginning to change colors and Alex Rodriguez looks tighter than Britney Spears' pants. The Yankee third baseman went 0-for-4...
BOMBERS' BOUNTY ON BOSOX
Just in case the Yankees need a Gordon Gekko reminder, greed is good, especially when trying to reach the playoffs. Why settle for a wild card when the bigger prize...
JOE THE PRO FEELS WILLIE'S PAIN
It's not as if Joe Torre has exactly been venerated for his calm demeanor since that last World Series victory in 2000, so it's hardly a surprise that so much...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
There were snakes on a plane. Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fined a South Korean man $800 at Atlanta's international airport for trying to smuggle 30 dead...