March 22, 2007
TEST DRIVE: Farecast
If you haven't been keeping your eye on Farecast, you should be. Maybe it's just us, but with each log-on, it appears there's some new geek toy to play with....
IF ONLY
Saw Reds coach Bucky Dent today in Sarasota and he was talking about how he was once recruited by Bear Bryant at Alabama. Bucky was a 165-pound running back.“If I...
A-Rod mum on opt out
By GEORGE KINGYou may be sick of hearing about Alex Rodriguez' $252 million contract but anything attatched to A-Rod is news and impacts the Yankees future.Judging by the e-mails, Yankee...
Paging Descartes
In honor of LA fashion week, I'm posing the great question that has eluded my rational mind for quite some time...Why would anyone wear Ed Hardy?
Proenza Schouler for... Lancome?
April 1-10, Proenza Schouler fanatics will have the opportunity to bid on a one-of-a-kind gown designed by Lazaro and Jack of Proenza Schouler and inspired by the Hypnôse fragrance from...
Try not to cry yourself to sleep tonight...
Stop the presses! Nicky Hilton will not appear at Miami fashion week.We just got this bad-news-bear email from Miami Fashion Week:"On behalf of Fashion Week Miami I regret to announce...
Vote for Wright's Song
By MARK HALE If you want to vote for David Wright's at-bat song, go on to Mets.com. There are 50 songs on there, and fans can vote starting today. After...
Sleeping with the Enemy
Latest developments in this only in only-in-La-La-Land saga, courtesy of the L.A. Times: "Los Angeles Times Editorial Page Editor Andres Martinez resigned this morning over the paper's decision to cancel...
Sundancing at BAM
"The Savages,'' Tamara Jenkins' critically acclaimed dark comedy starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney as siblings dealing with their father's final months, will open the second Sundance Institute at...
Trading games the easy way
You bought a bunch of video games. You played them. You got bored of them. You're too lazy to go to GameStop to trade 'em in for Gamebucks. They're sitting...
Kill Lucky (and Flo)
The Malaysian Mafia has put a 10 grand bounty apiece on the heads of the MPAA's DVD-sniffing dogs, our sister paper the New Straits Times reports today. The Labrador retrievers...
Deal of the Day
No one can or should say no to another black cardigan, especially if it is only $12.00.Scratched down from $38, this Unisex Solid Rib Black Cardigan from American Apparel is...
Semi-false alarm
By MARK HALEDuaner Sanchez will be okay. The reliever had scar tissue break up from his surgery last August.
Day 41: Is Oliver Perez Trustworthy?
In his last two starts, Oliver Perez has worked 11 innings without yielding an earned run. Now here is something to keep in mind about this time in spring training:...
SANCHEZ SETBACK
By MARK HALEDuaner Sanchez just began to throw his first bullpen session of the spring but must have felt something off.Sanchez threw for four minutes before stopping. He eventually bent...
The Great Man
Universal's second volume of W.C. Fields titles finally hits the shelves, and today I focus on two of them, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze'' (not a circus picture, title...
HOW TO READ YOUR DATE IN 5 MINUTES
IN New York, you don't have an entire evening to waste wondering if your date is The One. But you do have a solid five minutes. So, in the spirit...
HAUTE LIST
Owl boutique is a hoot BRAND-NEW jewel-box-size boutique Owl's Lab is a shining beacon of retail hope in the mall-esque wasteland of the Union Square area. Proprietor Ashley Thompson, an...
SOPRANO RAISES 'HELENA'
RICHARD Strauss' Helen of Troy - a role that can launch a thousand slips - hasn't tempted many sopranos. Luckily, its dangers didn't discourage Deborah Voigt. The commanding soprano, joined...
'SHREW'-D CASTING
SEXUALITY issues, anyone? If so, you'd better steer clear of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where - in the Pro peller company's produc tions of "The Taming of the Shrew"...
ROSIE SAYS SORRY
ROSIE O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck spent a significant portion of Tuesday night writing conciliatory e-mails to each other after O'Donnell lashed out at Hasselbeck on "The View" earlier that day....
STARR REPORT
ABC-ya later? It could be time to say goodbye to "George Lopez," now that ABC has announced a slew of pickups for next season - which don't include George Lopez's...
SHIRLEY'S MOVING IN
'LAVERNE & Shirley" are moving back in to gether. Nick at Nite is developing a loosely scripted show featuring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams playing themselves, reports the industry trade...
GRILL-SEEKER FOREMAN JUDGE ON 'INVENTOR'
MOVE over Thomas Edison - the inventor George Foreman is joining Simon Cowell's "American Inventor" as a judge. The former heavyweight champion is better known these days for his "lean,...
JACK BLACK SHOW HITS NY STREETS
MANIC movie madman Jack Black is bringing his act to TV. Black's new VH1 show, "Acceptable.tv," will be in Manhattan today and tomorrow looking for people to participate in the...
SANJAYA A SURVIVOR
NO ONE ever said "American Idol" voters are always fair. Sanjaya Malakar - the love-him-or-hate-him "Idol" wannabe - survived another week on the Fox reality show as viewers last night...
WHO'S THE CRYING GIRL?
MEET the crying girl. She's 13-year-old Ashley Ferl of Riverside, Calif., who stole America's heart Tuesday night when she was caught on camera in the studio audience of "American Idol"...
FRESH HARVEST OF FIELDS IN NEW DVD
THOUGH many regarded him as the greatest comedian of pre-World War II Hollywood, W.C. Fields has slipped into undeserved semi-obscurity since enjoying cult popularity in the late 1960s. The second...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
You may be independent by nature but your birthday chart indicates that you will gain more in the long-term if you work with others as part of a team. Creative...
NAOMI HAULS IN HUNK
Naomi Campbell drew a smile from her Sanitation "bag man" yesterday, and appeared to make amends for turning the burly cop into her flunky. Then the supermodel left her workday...
AUDIT CHOPS 'WASTEFUL' PRE-K $$$
Thousands of dollars earmarked for pre-kindergarten services in Staten Island and Brooklyn were spent on karate uniforms, a playground revamp and an air conditioner for a non-pre-K location, says an...
BIG HOME RUN
Tenants in a Midtown high-rise won a court battle that will keep them from being tossed from their rentals even as the building converts to a luxury condo tower -...
D.A. 'BOTCHED' RAPE-SLAY BAIL
The beautiful young woman whose throat was slit by the sadist who raped her two years ago might still be alive if Brooklyn prosecutors had done their jobs, it was...
BLACK BABY IS BORN TO WHITE PAIR
A Park Avenue fertility clinic's blunder has left a family devastated - after a black baby was born to a Hispanic woman and her white husband, the couple charges in...
STEAMED VETS: CITY COOKED UP FOOD FIGHT
Outraged military veterans yesterday blasted the city Health Department for shutting down a revered Brooklyn American Legion hall for not having a food license. Some of the complaining vets admitted...
S.I. BOY, 13, IN ABDUCTION ORDEAL
A knife-wielding pervert abducted a 13-year-old Staten Island boy, then handcuffed him to a tree yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. Although the teen claimed to be the victim of a random...
'$80 BRIBE' RAP AGAINST FORMER COP
A former NYPD officer who turned in his badge to become a firefighter was busted for taking a bribe from a street vendor when he was a cop in Manhattan,...
RATS SHUT DOWN FABLED 'DOG JOINT
The city's food cops shut down the Papaya King hot-dog shop on the Upper East Side a day after a TV program showed rodents on the premises. The Health Department...
CACHE 'N' CARRY
It's called "flipping drugs for guns," and cops say three enterprising hoods had it down to a moneymaking science. For at least a year, cops say, three men nicknamed "Pete,"...
KID AGENCY IN BIG SHAKEUP
The city's foster-care system is about to undergo a radical makeover, forcing 650 desk-bound case managers to scramble for new jobs, officials disclosed yesterday. The Administration for Children's Services said...
THUG SHOOTS DELI WORKER, MISSES BOY
A Queens deli clerk on just his third day at work was clinging to life last night after he was shot by a bandit - who then fired at a...
SCHOOL 'RAPE' JANITOR FREE
A Brooklyn school janitor accused of raping an 8-year-old girl was freed without bail yesterday after prosecutors found inconsistencies in the girl's story, officials said. Francis Evelyn, 58, arrested Monday...
'DEADLY CAT FOOD' SUIT LOOMING
A broken-hearted Queens woman who watched her beloved cat Teddy Jr. die a painful death from allegedly eating tainted pet food is considering filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer. Elena...
VILLAGE MUGGER SWINGS & MISSES
A homeless mugger attacked a woman with a heavy piece of concrete in the West Village last night. The frightening violence took place on Sixth Avenue near 12th Street at...
JURY SAYS BROS' WATER BIZ ALL WET
Two brothers with ties to the entertainment industry couldn't wheel-and-deal their way out of a securities-fraud conviction yesterday in Brooklyn federal court. A jury convicted Lennox and Lester Parris of...
240 YEARS
An angry Manhattan judge slammed a violent, racist wacko with an amazing 240-year prison sentence yesterday - punishment for a 2002 rampage in which he held an East Village bar...
SLAIN HERO IS HOME
A New York-born soldier who gave his life for his country in Iraq was buried in his native Brooklyn yesterday as family and friends said their broken-hearted goodbyes. Army Spc....
BOARD NIXES DWI-SLAY COP'S FIRST PAROLE BID
Ex-NYPD Sgt. Joseph Gray - who has served nearly five years for the drunken-driving slayings of a pregnant Brooklyn woman, her son and sister - was denied parole yesterday. "Your...
GAME OVER FOR B'KLYN PLAYSTATION THIEF: COPS
A video-game fiend ran into a bit of a glitch when he was arrested for stealing thousands of dollars of Sony PlayStations from the same store in three stickups, police...
STATEN GROWS ON US
The Big Apple didn't get much bigger since the last official census - but Staten Island is beginning to burst at the seams. According to new population estimates released by...
COP-ON-COP ATTACK IN S.I.
A veteran NYPD Emergency Service Unit detective has been suspended for punching out a fellow ESU cop while on duty inside a Staten Island station house because he did not...
LETTERMAN'S 'LARRY BUD' DIES
Brooklyn native Calvert DeForest, better known to David Letterman fans as clueless Larry "Bud" Melman, died Monday in Babylon, L.I., after a long illness. He was 85. DeForest rocketed to...
MOO GOO GAI PANNED
The food police have a Mongolian beef with many meals served at Chinese restaurants. A typical menu is full of sodium - some dishes are loaded with more than an...
N.J. WOMAN MURDERED SON, 9: COPS
A New Jersey woman stabbed her 9-year-old son to death and then tried to take her own life, authorities said yesterday. Kathlene DeMichele, 46, of Manasquan, was in critical condition...
QUEENS HOSP-DEATH TRIAL
An energetic 79-year-old woman checked into a Queens hospital with a urinary-tract infection - only to die of complications from unplanned surgery after her wrists and ankles were broken in...
JUDGE 'TAPE' WORM
The Brooklyn DA's investigation into disgraced former judge Gerald Garson was going nowhere until a shady lawyer buddy agreed to help get the goods on him, the lead detective on...
VILLAGE KILLER'S BODY RELEASED
The body of David Garvin, the gun-wielding madman who last week killed a bartender and two auxiliary cops in Greenwich Village before police shot him dead, was released Tuesday, the...
9 CONTRACTOR BRIBE BUSTS
Nine private contractors for the Parks Department have been arrested for trying to cover up under-payments to their workers by paying bribes totalling $18,500 to an undercover agent posing as...
BUSH CALLS DEMS' BLUFF OVER ROVE SUBPOENA
WASHINGTON - The White House threatened yesterday to block Karl Rove and other aides from cooperating with Congress as a House subcommittee voted subpoenas for them in the fitings of...
COLLEGE STUDENTS FACE MU$IC OVER DOWNLOADS
College students who have been illegally downloading music will now have to pay the piper as well as the bursar. The Recording Industry Association of America yesterday announced that it...
'1984' HILL-SLAM WEB MAN FIRED
WASHINGTON - An Internet whiz with deep ties to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been unmasked as the creator of the powerful "1984" video that skewers Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
REGIS RETURNS HOME AFTER OP
Regis Philbin has been resting comfortably at home since Monday following heart bypass surgery last week. Kelly Ripa, Philbin's co-host on "Live! With Regis & Kelly" told viewers yesterday that...
ANNA EYED AS SUICIDE
Florida cops are reportedly examining the possibility Anna Nicole Smith took her own life. In an Oct. 6 e-mail from Smith to an unidentified friend, she lamented the loss of...
I KILLED MY NAG WIFE
"Hold on, I'll see if she's alive." That's what a Texas man calmly told a police dispatcher after fatally shooting his wife in the stomach because he was tired of...
DR. MIKE DUNS D.C. OVER 9/11
WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg urged the Senate yesterday to help pay for Ground Zero workers' health care and reopen the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund to help the city avoid long...
NYPD BLOTTER
Queens A man was caught on tape holding up a Richmond Hill gas station, police said. The bandit entered the office of the Getty station on Hillside Avenue last Thursday...
KICK HER IN THE CAN
GET this woman out of her chinchilla - and into a blue canvas jumpsuit. Surly supermodel Naomi Campbell has proven incapable of rehabilitation or shame. With a sneer on her...
AL-MIGHTY PREACHER RUNNING OUT OF POWER
AL GORE went to do his preacher- scientist-prophet thing yesterday on Capitol Hill - and he said unto the elected politicians listening to his testimony that they must "walk through...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK- Midday Nos. Wed.: 345; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 9601; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 558; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win-4 Wed.: 5069;...
NO MORE MR. NICE PREZ
President Bush tried to meet Congress halfway on that trumped-up federal prosecutor nonsense - and got his hand slapped away. No surprise. So why did he even bother? On Tuesday,...
WHAT DID JOE HYNES KNOW?
The details of the murder are horrific enough: Last Thursday morning, He mant Megnath allegedly grabbed 20-year-old Natasha Ramen and viciously slashed her throat; she died Saturday. Police say Megnath...
A GOOD IDEA FROM THE COUNCIL
Proving that even a blind pig can find an acorn at least once, a member of the New York City Council has proposed an idea that actually makes sense. That's...
AL'S WARMING LIES
AL Gore was born and spent most of his life in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, he returned to the fever swamp to show he's forgotten none of his old political tricks....
'SOCIAL JUSTICE' HYPOCRITES
HERE'S a good one, even by New York standards: A group that claims its mis sion is to prompt better conditions for restaurant workers may itself be sued soon by...
HONORING EVIL
NEW York University has trumpeted its acquisition of a large cache of materials donated by the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) to its Tamiment Library. A...
OUR GREEDY GOVERNMENT
AMID all the media hysteria over the price of gasoline and the profits of "Big Oil," one simple fact has been repeatedly overlooked: The oil companies' earnings are just under...
PLAME GAME: WAS SHE COVERT?
REPUBLICAN Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly be lieve what he heard last Friday on TV as he watched a House Oversight and Government Re form Committee hearing. Rep. Henry Waxman,...
THE UNITED FEDERATION OF RUBBER-ROOM TEACHERS
"Randi and the Rubber Rooms," (Editorial, March 19) correctly points out that teachers who have done terrible things don't belong in teaching and should be removed. But what about students...
A DANGEROUS LINE OF DUTY
Any auxiliary officer who puts his life on the line to protect the community deserves a protective vest as well as a weapon ("Volunteer Cops Left Exposed," March 18). To...
GRR-RATE RALLY
Hints that the Federal Reserve may leave interest rates intact for the next few months sent stocks soaring yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average zoomed 159.42 points higher to end...
SEC OPENS FOREIGN EXIT ON WALL ST. 'ROACH MOTEL'
Wall Street will no longer be a dreaded "roach motel" for foreign companies that have become so deeply entangled in regulatory red tape here that they could never leave the...
EYEBROWS RAISED OVER TRADE PULLED BY SOROS
IT was, by all indications, a big do-over when one of George Soros' funds tried to execute a huge $44 million trade under suspicious circumstances last week. Last Thursday, Perseus-Soros...
'I'M NO JAY GATSBY'
CHICAGO - Conrad Black claims he's no Jay Gatsby. The dethroned newspaper baron fired off a letter to The Times of London to dispel the notion that his world has...
RONNY LOSES ROUND
In a slap at billionaire Ron Perelman, a Florida appeals panel, temporarily blocked his whopping $2 billion award for being cheated by Morgan Stanley in a failed takeover. The legal...
WPP BUYS STAKES IN HOLLYWOOD
After conquering Madison Avenue, WPP Group chief Sir Martin Sorrell still has dreams of breaking into Hollywood. Sorrell, a controversial advertising executive with a tight grip on WPP, has been...
LEGAL MEDIA ON SALE
A decade after buying American Lawyer, Lazard boss Bruce Wasserstein is ready to bail on the legal publishing business. Wasserstein & Co. ended months of rumors and conceded yesterday it...
CONDÉ PROMOTES GOURMAND
Condé Nast yesterday lifted Gourmet Publisher Amy Churgin to senior vice president of its Media Group - filling a big hole in the wake of high-level raids by Reader's Digest....
SATELLITE PLEADS BY CITING DIVERSITY
Programming diversity and a la carte channel selection were held out as key consumer benefits to a satellite radio merger in documents filed yesterday by Sirius and XM with the...
L.I. SWINDLER
A Long Island financial adviser who is accused of stealing at least $50 million from dozens of area retirees is being linked to mortgage fraud, according to the lawyer who...
STARBUCKS SIGNS SIR PAUL
As expected, Starbucks yesterday announced at its annual meeting that the next album from Beatles legend Paul McCartney will be the first release under its brand new Hear Music record...
SILICONE RALLY
With the return of silicone implants, breast jobs have put nose jobs in the shade. Breast enlargement operations topped nose reshaping procedures last year for the first time since The...
JUDI GIULIANI'S SECRET HUSBAND REVEALED
Rudy Giuliani's wife Judith revealed a shocker yesterday - the thrice-married Republican White House hoepful isn't her second husband, he's her third. "Something I will share with you is that,...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
Livingston, N.J. $1.749 million Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 5 Square feet: 4,072 Do you love to entertain? Then this custom Colonial was designed with you in mind. Set in the exclusive...
DREAM HOMES
Vero Beach, Fla. $33.5 million It's a common problem among people who own 14 cars - where oh where to put them? Fortunately, we've found the solution in this "spectacular"...
$26M MAN
Jon Bon Jovi is about to become one of SoHo's newest residents after finally signing a contract to buy a "trophy penthouse" at the New Museum building on Mercer Street...
PATCHES OF GREEN
Slowly, our concrete jungle is turning green. Since 2000, when the Battery Park City Authority announced that all its new developments needed to be energy-efficient and eco-friendly, Battery Park has...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $1,140,000 555 W. 23rd St. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,034 square feet, with washer/dryer, wall safe and Hudson River and Empire State Building views; building features concierge, valet, two-story...
IT'S EASY BEING GREEN
Seventh Generation paper towels? Check. Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap? Check. Stocking your pantry with green products is a start, but there are plenty more ways you can make your home...
SUN HOUSE
Seth Neubardt acknowledges that he is a gluttonous American consumer. So when he bought a 1910 Colonial home in Westchester that needed a total renovation, he tried to go as...
INJURED RAVEL OFF DERBY TRAIL
Ravel, ranked No. 7 in the Post's Derby Dozen and one of many Kentucky Derby candidates for Todd Pletcher, has been taken out of training with a possible fracture of...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Artest faces arraignmentRon Artest faces four misdemeanor charges stemming from a dispute with his wife at home earlier this month. The charges were filed late Tuesday. The Sacramento forward...
ST. JOHN'S DUO SEEKS TRANSFERS
One transfer was expected, the other was not. St. John's coach Norm Roberts announced yesterday that swingmen Ricky Torres of The Bronx and Avery Patterson of North Carolina will transfer....
BRING ON THE MONSTER
MIAMI - When we last saw Tiger Woods, he was looking a lot like a discombobulated amateur trying to find his game on a difficult golf course. His bogey, double-bogey,...
1 MORE LOSS FOR RULAND: HIS JOB
The long-simmering feud between several prominent Iona College boosters and basketball coach Jeff Ruland has ended as those things usually do. The guys with the money won. Ruland has been...
BUDDY SYSTEM
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jamie Dixon's mother used to have a letter from Ben Howland she would break out from time to time to show Howland. It read: "We are...
UPSTART SALUKIS LOOK TO UPEND JAYHAWKS JUGGERNAUT
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The tradition at Southern Illinois does not compare to the one at Kansas. The Salukis don't have any national championship banners. They don't have Adolph Rupp...
CASH CATS
EACH day during the NCAA tournament, hoop maven Tim Sullivan, the Post's two-time defending Saturday's Heroes champion, will offer his plays of the day:Memphis (+3) over Texas A&M: The Aggies...
JESSIE'S GIRL
The sweetest sound Theresa Perry has ever heard - and this is a woman who regularly sings in her church choir - is the laughter that bursts out when her...
PELLEY EARNS HIS PAY-CHECK
TAMPA - It's baptism by fire, a seven-game NHL vet against Mats Sundin and tonight probably Vincent Lecavalier. Rookie Rod Pelley has his hands full trying to perform one of...
CRAWFORD: PLAYOFFS POSSIBLE
Saying the playoffs were "a very, very strong possibility," Jamal Crawford said he believes he can return to the Knicks sometime during the first round but not for Game 1....
M*A*S*H UNIT
With the injuries mounting, turning the Knicks into a medical mess, an emboldened Isiah Thomas got as close as he's come to guaranteeing a playoff berth. "We have a pretty...
FIVE ALIVE
VERO BEACH, Fla. - Paul Lo Duca said he believes Mike Pelfrey's trail to being an elite pitcher might not be a very long one. "He's very, very close to...
ANOTHER GOOD OUTING FOR OLIVER
VERO BEACH, Fla. - Oliver Perez isn't serving up many hits in his outings. Perez was stellar in the Mets' 6-2 win over the Dodgers last night, permitting one unearned...
NETS HOPEFUL 8TH IS ENOUGH
Wiggle room grows increasingly small. Margin for error is near non-existent. Basically, four teams are engaged in Eastern Conference musical chairs with two playoff seats remaining. "It's wide open," Nets...
TOUGH GUY ORR DELIVERS TRUE KNOCKOUT PUNCH
TOM Renney, who regretted not dressing Colton Orr while Flyers' Todd Fedoruk and Ben Eager were taking 20 penalty minutes in the first period of a 5-3 Philadelphia victory at...
SHAN-TO-HAND COMBAT
This was payback for the battering Jaromir Jagr took from the Flyers in general and Todd Fedoruk and Derian Hatcher in particular when they last came to town in that...
PHILLIPS STILL IN HUNT FOR SPOT ON ROSTER
TAMPA - Andy Phillips had his hand wrapped with tape on Tuesday, the blisters still sore from the extra hitting he's done. "They're getting close," Phillips said. Soon, Phillips' blisters...
NO MOOD FOR FIGHTING
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez is seemingly one step closer to walking away from New York, because Yankees general manager Brian Cashman reportedly made it clear that he won't issue a...
A-ROD WILL RUN THE OPTION
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez is as good as gone. I've been saying that since word first surfaced about his opt-out. The Yankees know what's going on and that's why when...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The Monroe Historical Society in Connecticut has an unusual need - a very old safe cracker. That's because no knows the combination to the pair of 300-pound antique safes found...
Team play leads to rout of the Flyers
Antero Niittymaki hangs his head dejectedly.After missing 15 games, Shanahan came back and looked as though he'd missed nothing; he was still sharp, playing both ends of the ice and...
Fight...for their right...to fight
The last time the Rangers and Flyers got together for a renewal of their Mutual Loathing Society, a 5-3 Flyers win, the lasting memory was a horrific on-ice collision between...