September 17, 2007

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RFK Tonic?

The good thing at least now is that the Mets play the Nationals in Washington, which has been close to a winning lock recently. This year, the Mets have taken...

Kill the Lawyers

In countless surveys, lawyers come out among the least respected professions out there, but that doesn't stop Hollywood from making movies about them. In Tony Gilroy's twisty legal thriller "Michael...

Still Going Strong at 83

Legendary director Sidney Lumet is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a movie director (his very first, "Twelve Angry Men,'' earned him an Oscar nomination) with "Before the Devil Knows You're...

THOUGHTS OUT OF BOSTON

By Joel ShermanA few quick thoughts after getting home from Boston following another Yankee-Red Sox series:--Joba Chamberlain is starting to get hit a little more. He is still an asset,...

Deal of the Day

If you're still in party mode after the beautiful fall weekend, pick up this Confetti T-shirt too keep the celebration going.At $9.99 down from $24, this Urban Outfitters soft cotton...

Starr Report

Now that Steve Wilkos has left him for his own self-titled talk show, Jerry Springer has filled the "bouncer" void left by Wilkos' departure with three off-duty cops - Mimi...

Impossible to Avoid: ‘Good Luck Chuck’

Now that we're over our Emmy hangover, we can get back to things that matter, like the comedy “Good Luck Chuck.” It hits theaters Friday, and the stars swamp the...

AIR SUPPLY: In it for the long haul

Jet off to see Dubai's many exotic Starbucks locations/image via jonrawlinsonThis just in -- all-biz flyer Silverjet (Newark to London-Luton) is gearing up to go long, as in Newark to...

UPDATE: You ponce in expecting to be waited on hand and foot

WAY EAST OF EDEN: London's Eden Plaza, for an unreasonable $140 a night. If you dare.A scant 34 percent of London's many (many!) hotels are accredited, or starred, by the...

OPENING DOORS

Julius Diaz was 55 years old when he lost his job at John Chatillon & Sons in Kew Gardens, Queens. Diaz had worked at the scale company for 25 years,...

DREAM JOB: KATREESE BARNES

THANKS to YouTube, the whole world has heard Justin Timberlake's "Saturday Night Live" song "D - - k in a Box," but until last week few knew that he and...

60 SECONDS WITH PAM LIEBMAN

You negotiated part of the sale of the Corcoran Group on a Ferris wheel. How is that possible? We were in the midst of this deal, and I was spending...

GO TO GREG

Q. My employer is implementing a new policy linking health factors such as excess weight to how much they charge employees for their benefits. Is this legal? A. You think...

POWER POINTS

Take note Sending a thank-you note after an interview can boost your odds - but many job seekers don't do it, says a new survey. Among 150 executives polled by...

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Unofficially known as the Little Corporal and the Corsican, Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the world's greatest military leaders. NapoleoN Buonaparte was born on Aug. 15, 1769, in Ajaccio on...

MET GOES DUTCH

HEDGE-FUND bil lionaires, take note: The giant, gilt names atop the works of those old masters at the Met may one day be your own. Adjust your wills accordingly. For...

SWELL-EVISION

WITH plenty of tube stars strutting style on the screen, we honor small-screen stars with the awards they didn't hand out at last night's 59th annual Emmy Awards. Best model...

PULSE SALES

ALVIN VALLEY 632 Broadway (Suite 602), between Houston and Bleecker streets; (212) 253-0095 Sale: Sept. 19-22. Wed.-Fri., noon-7 p.m./Sat., noon-6 p.m./Sun., noon-5 p.m. Touted as the "King of Pants," the...

STAGING TAKES TALE FROM CAD TO WORSE

EVERYBODY loves a lover - even if he's a cad. Perhaps especially if he is a cad. But the ruthlessly amorous activities of Don Juan aren't the only reason "Don...

RAPPED UP IN FUN DIALOGUE

HIP-HOP theater pioneer Danny Hoch taps into his inner Neil Simon with "Till the Break of Dawn," a raggedly imperfect but surprisingly sweet and funny sitcom of a play that...

GET THE MET

GET a sneak peek at the Metropolitan Opera's "Lucia di Lammermoor" - for free. Starting this morning at 10 a.m., tickets to the final dress rehearsal Thursday at 11 a.m....

BURNING QUESTION

H ERE'S a dumb ques tion: what's behind the success of the new hit game show "Power of 10"? Answer: The questions. What percentage of Americans think Mormons should be...

THE BIG EASY-OFF

PERHAPS if I hadn't been a volunteer driver of a trac tor-trailer that brought relief supplies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, I might not find Fox's newest police drama,...

OPRAH GOT O.J. NUMBERS WRONG

OPRAH was wrong when she claimed the Gold man family would get just 17 cents in royalties from each O.J. Simpson book sold. According to the publisher of "If I...

LOCKLEAR HELPS EX

THE one-time im probable couple, Heather Locklear and David Spade, are hooking up again - on TV. Locklear - who has the uncanny ability to juice ratings on limping shows...

STARR REPORT

Springer associates Now that Steve Wilkos has left him for his own self-titled talk show, Jerry Springer has filled the "bouncer" void left by Wilkos' departure with three off-duty cops...

PRIME TIME

Do not adjust your set: Our trio of nominees for red-carpet winners is a primary-color dream at the Primetime Emmy awards. Ali Larter of "Heroes" led the red brigade in...

BUSH TAPS NYER

President Bush today will nominate former Manhattan federal Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, sources said last night. The 66-year-old native New Yorker is widely considered...

WATT THE? CON ED WALLET ZAP

Even without the whopping electric-rate hike Con Ed demands, New Yorkers pay way more to power their homes than nearly anyone else in the nation. Con Ed led major utility...

HORSEMEN SAY: STOP THE MUSIC

The city's hansom cabbies yesterday demanded safer conditions for their horses after one carriage-toting mare became frightened by street music and died crashing into a tree. The Horse and Carriage...

OFFICES HIT BY PIPE-BLAST PLUNDERERS

It was supposed to be a cleanup - instead, they got cleaned out. Tenants of a building closed for more than a month after the massive Midtown steam-pipe explosion say...

N.Y. BRIDGES SAFE: REPORT

All 49 bridges in New York state with structural elements similar to the span that collapsed in Minnesota on Aug. 1 passed an initial inspection ordered by Gov. Spitzer, officials...

CRASH KILLS IRAQ-VET MARINE

A fearless Marine who survived the bloodshed in Iraq, had just gotten engaged, and was "looking forward to his future," was killed on a Brooklyn highway yesterday when his motorcycle...

GLOOM WITH A VIEW AS RITZY APARTMENTS $LUMP

A slump in Manhattan residential real-estate prices is beginning to take place in an unlikely place: the top of the market, where apartments cost more than $7 million. "The high...

NOT ALL GO APE OVER LUCY TOUR

New York may love Lucy, but don't expect a visit anytime soon. The 3.2 million-year-old skeleton had never been seen outside Ethiopia until last month in a Houston Museum of...

$HAKY GROUND

The obscure state agency charged with coordinating about 60 construction projects downtown - including demolition of the former Deutsche Bank building - is going broke, The Post has learned. Not...

9/11 MEMORIAL SHOW HITS ROAD & PASSES HAT

The drive to build a 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center has hit the road, complete with artifacts, films and survivors of the attack, who will try to build...

GIANT HERO EMBARKS ON LONGEST YARD FOR CHARITY

Former Giants star George Martin yesterday set off on a 3,000-mile walk from the George Washington Bridge to the Golden Gate Bridge in hopes of raising $10 million to benefit...

CONEY IS. DOC PROBED IN BILL SCAM

State officials are probing whether a doctor ran a scam out of Coney Island Hospital's laboratory - using its facilities for his private side business while bilking the medical center...

TRAIN-PUSH DUO SAVED

A pair of cops saved the lives of two terrified straphangers after grabbing a violent maniac who tried to throw the riders onto the subway tracks in lower Manhattan, police...

ISIAH TRIAL GOING TO VIDEOTAPE

Jurors weighing sex-harassment charges against Isiah Thomas will hear the words of the Knick president and coach for the first time this week. But the plaintiff's lawyers won't be calling...

B'KLYN MOM DEAD FOR CARING

A Brooklyn mom unwittingly sealed her fate when she bailed out her homicidal boyfriend from jail three weeks before he shot her dead in front of her screaming 4-year-old daughter,...

P.O.'D GRANDSON SAYS: GRANDMA'S GRAVE DOWN TOILET AGAIN

A Brooklyn man who claims he caught a graveyard worker urinating on his grandmother's final resting place says the cemetery is taking a fresh dig at the beloved old woman...

CUNY, ARMY AN OFFICE ODD COUPLE

The door on the left leads to a stairwell lined with posters advertising the benefits of joining the U.S. military. The doors on the right bear the letters "CUNY" and...

HE'S ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD

He spent 20 minutes on top of the world - then a night in jail. A rascally Rollerblader climbed his way to the top of the giant globe outside the...

EX-COP LIVID OVER POLICE STUN-GUNNING OF SON

An ex-NYPD lieutenant charges that his former colleagues brutalized his teenage son, placing the boy in an illegal chokehold, stun-gunning him several times and leaving him burned and traumatized. Alexander...

THANKS, YANKS, FOR A GREAT GUY

The baseball gods smiled upon Ray Negron when he was a troubled teen. Now he's the true "pride of the Yankees," devoting much of his time to kids with cancer....

COP WIDOW GOT DYING MESSAGE

The widow of slain cop Dillon Stewart is expected to be among the first on the stand to testify against his alleged killer today, and will recount a heartbreaking phone...

$165 MIL FROM MIKE

Mayor Bloomberg handed out $165 million to charities in 2006 - the most he's ever given in a single year. "As he's been financially successful . . . he has...

IT'S A GOOD READ

They're starting to sound like a broken record, and it couldn't be for a better cause. Organizers behind the largest "shared-reading experience" are calling on people nationwide to help set...

FURY OVER NAIL SALONS

Immigrant nail-salon employees yesterday protested alleged slave-like working conditions and urged the city's Health Department to conduct tests on chemicals they use that might prove harmful to them and their...

A 'MOB' SCENE AT THE EMMYS

Hollywood sent a message to David Chase and "The Sopranos" last night at the Emmys: We loved the finale. The legendary HBO mob series won the Emmy for Best Drama...

VICTIMS' KIN GRIN AS 'MONSTER' IS CAGED

The wounds are fresh for Fred Goldman, and his blood still boils at the mention of the name he still refuses to utter. Goldman, whose son, Ron, was brutally murdered...

PROBE 'RUINED MY WEDDING,' FRIEND CLAIMS

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson was best man at the Saturday-night wedding of his best friend - who now finds himself ensnared in the latest criminal case involving the shamed...

CUFFS & THE CLINK FOR O.J.

A smirking O.J. Simpson was handcuffed and hauled off to jail last night to face multiple felony charges for allegedly busting into a Vegas hotel room with five other men...

GATES TO MOVEON: SHOVEOFF!

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday slammed the MoveOn.org ad targeting Gen. David Petraeus, which has become a heated issue in the presidential campaign. "I thought the ad was...

CLINTON TO UNVEIL NEW HEALTH PLAN

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton revisits a defining and treacherous issue from her political past in Des Moines today when she unveils a plan to provide universal health coverage...

HILL BILL FOOTED BY HSU

Members of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign staff got a nice payoff last year for their work to get her re-elected - a trip to Las Vegas funded by her...

$WEET REVENGE FLICK FOR JODIE

"The Brave One" was empowered at the box office over the weekend. The revenge thriller starring Jodie Foster grossed $14 million during its three-day debut, according to studio estimates released...

CYBER CROOK ALERT

The federal government has issued a nationwide alert to millions of job seekers whose confidential personal data may have been stolen by cyber crooks, officials said. The U.S. Office of...

BOB'S DUPLI-CATE

Cate Blanchett may play Bob Dylan in the new film "I'm Not There," but the Oscar-winner looks just like a woman - a hot one - as she strikes this...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Manhattan Two muggers were arrested after swiping a man's Blackberry and pummeling him on a Greenwich Village street, sources said yesterday. Daniel Lynch, 22, and David Piediahita, 18, both from...

CAB POOL TO GET BACK AT HACKS

IT'S NICE to have your prayers answered. Ten days ago, a wimpy taxi strike gripped this city, and a funny thing happened - traffic declined to 1950s levels, and people...

PUTTING 'PRO' INPROBE

STATE Senate Republicans, step ping up their in vestigation of the dirty-tricks scandal that has rocked Gov. Spitzer's administration, will hire a "national class" special counsel as soon as this...

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 015; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 4955; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 936; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...

AN AMERICAN ALLY, R.I.P.

Score one for the bad guys. Last week, a bomb attack killed Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, the charismatic leader of the coalition of Sunni tribes responsible for driving al Qaeda...

SPITZER'S CHALLENGE

New Yorkers who questioned the abil ity of the state Ethics Commission to probe Team Spitzer's Dirty Tricks scandal may have even more doubts when a successor commission takes over...

TEHRAN'S CAMPUS CRACKDOWN

AS millions of Iranians prepare for the new school year, the scene is being set for what could be a long hot autumn on university campuses across the nation. President...

UNFAIR PRESS POWER

LAST week saw an outcry over the unfairness and content of MoveOn.org's New York Times ad belittling Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us." But the episode also illustrates a...

TO SOAK THE RICH

MEETING reporters at breakfast last week, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson set as his tax priority a "patch" to slow the runaway Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The former investment...

WILL'S WRONG-HEADED 'WAR OF CHOICE'

In "A Bitter War of Choice" (PostOpinion, Sept. 11), George Will discusses the difference between "wars of choice" - Korea, Vietnam and Iraq - and World War II, which we...

RENTERS' RIGHTS

"Guests in Own Homes" (Sept. 12) leaves out an interesting difference between housing in New York and in the rest of the country: rent stabilization. If you add the stabilized...

REMEMBER 9/11 WITH A FIGHT

Yes, "We Remember Them" (Sept. 11). But do we honor them? I wonder. For, after six years, what have we learned? I fear not much. We still don't seem to...

LONE VOICE WARNED OF SUBPRIME MESS

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has spent part of his summer sprinting to the rescue of financial markets, injecting fresh cash into the system to ward off a threatened credit crunch...

IT'S SHOWTIME

Premium cable channel Showtime, having already narrowed the gap in terms of programming buzz, is making an aggressive pitch to do the same with subscriber numbers as well, The Post...

BETTING THE AD BUDGETS

With the new fall TV season starting this week, buyers of commercial time who have billions riding on the broadcast networks will soon find out which shows are hits and...

SPIRALFROG BLENDING ADS & ONLINE MUSIC

The piracy-ravaged record industry has a new offer for consumers who want to download songs, but not pay for them: advertising-supported music. SpiralFrog.com, a New York-based company that lets users...

NOBODY HOME

Now that the summer is over, it's time to start thinking about your home. This week, Media City takes a look at some of the magazines devoted to freshening up...

PITCHING A HARLEM HOLIDAY

Coming this winter: It's Christmastime at the Apollo. Harlem's famed Apollo Theater has its sights set on gobbling up some of the lucrative holiday business dominated by Radio City Music...

CHILL FACTOR

Top music downloads 1. Beautiful Girls, Sean Kingston 2. Bartender, T-pain 3. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie 4. Make Me Better, Fabolous 5. Big Things Poppin', T.I. 6. Shawty, PLIES...

BRITNEY SPEARS IN COURT FOR CUSTODY HEARING

Britney Spears better be spending some quality time with Sean Preston and Jayden James this morning. The fallen pop star and mother of two will face off with ex-husband Kevin...

TRANSCRIPT OF O.J.'S ALLEGED BREAK-IN

Transcript of audio from O.J. incident obtained by TMZ.com. OJ: Don't let nobody out of this room. Motherf---ers! Think you can steal my s--- and sell it? Unknown: No. OJ:...

REPORT: FBI INVESTIGATING HIT ON KEVIN FEDERLINE

There's reportedly a hit ordered on Kevin Federline. ET Online reported that the FBI and LAPD are investigating leads on a contract to kill Fed-Ex. The FBI has been trying...

BRITNEY'S BODYGUARD BOMBSHELL

Pathetic pop tart Britney Spears yesterday took it on the chin from a beefy ex-bodyguard in her child-custody battle, as he warned the judge she had serious "nudity . ....

ISIAH'S DOUBLE DRIBBLE

White men better not call a black woman "bitch''around Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, but if black men do it well, that's fair game. "I'm sorry to say, I do make...

GARDEN DEFENSE: WE'RE LOUSY

FASCINATING stuff, this Anucha Browne Sanders vs. Madison Square Garden case. Even if defendants Isiah Thomas, Jim Dolan and the Garden win, their defense is largely built on a self-indictment,...

GW VARSITY GRID SEASON KO'D

George Washington's varsity football season has been cancelled and the program instead will play a junior varsity schedule. The Manhattan school dismissed its head coach from a year ago, Jessica...

DAVE CAPTURES COLE

Is unstoppable Barclay Tagg the new Todd Pletcher? After winning Noble Damsel and Futurity on Sat., Tagg saddled two more winners yesterday to give him five for first eight days...

INJURED 'RAGS' OUT UNTIL '08

Superfilly Rags to Riches, who suffered her first defeat in six starts this year when she was second as the 2-5 favorite in Saturday's Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park, emerged...

SPORTS SHORTS

AUTOS: Bowyer cops NASCAR winClint Bowyer raced to his first Nextel Cup victory yesterday, starting from the pole and leading all 221 of the 300 laps to win at the...

HONDO DOES A SPLIT

Hondo collected with the Rangers yesterday but gave it right back last night with the Chargers, who were unable to figure out how Belichick was cheating, so the earnings held...

SURGERY LIKELY FOR JAMIE

TRENTON - While the Devils open 40 days of pre-Newark nomadism here tonight, vital winger Jamie Langenbrunner is taking a trip on his own, expected to result in sports hernia...

WOEFUL GIANTS 'PACK' IT IN

Eli Manning was back yesterday, ignoring his bruised right shoulder, not only playing, but playing well, making the throws he needed to make, supposedly injecting some inspiration into the Giants...

NO DEFENSE FOR BIG BLUE MESS

THE Giants all know the tradition, because it stares them in the face every day. A shrine to Lawrence Taylor, with his gold nameplate (#56, 1981-93) sits between the lockers...

NO SEPARATION ANXIETY FOR ELI

THE Giants' biggest sepa ration problem yesterday was the separation between Donald Driver and Sam Madison. The separation in Eli Manning's throwing shoulder became immaterial, as will any measurement of...

FAVRE STILL FEELS THE JOY OF VICTORY

After each of his three touchdown passes yesterday, Brett Favre jumped and celebrated like he was seven years old, not 37. The winningest quarterback in NFL history showed not only...

INJURIES KEEP MOUNTING

Injuries continue to mount for the Giants. The fears are that rookie receiver Steve Smith sustained a fractured shoulder blade after he made a 10-yard catch in the first quarter...

JETS RAVEN ROAD 'KELL'

BALTIMORE - Scattered amongst the equipment bags, scraps of athletic tape and other accoutrements that litter the visitors' locker room after an NFL game was a distinct air of conflict...

QB SHOWS POISE IN FIRST START

BALTIMORE - There was only so much you could expect from Kellen Clemens yesterday afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium. Making his first career NFL start on the road against linebacker...

PENNINGTON: 'I WAS READY TO GO'

BALTIMORE - Chad Pennington made it perfectly clear with the look on his face and with his words after yesterday's 20-13 loss to the Ravens. He was ready to play...

COTCHERY CATCHES ON

BALTIMORE - Jerricho Cotchery played the game of his NFL life yesterday. Too bad it came in a loss. Cotchery, the Jets' quiet but highly-productive receiver, caught seven passes for...

PAIN-PHIL SWEEP

Meet the MEEEEEETS. The so-called best team in the National League put six errors up on the scoreboard yesterday in a 10-6 loss to the Phillies that was embarrassing, excruciating...

TRIPPING TO THE FINISH

IN the third inning yesterday at Shea while pitching to Jayson Werth, Oliver Perez tripped over his own two feet while issuing the fourth of the six walks he would...

PHILS: RACE NOT

After completing a sweep of the Mets, including a finale in which their rivals looked more like a beer league softball team than World Series contenders, the Phillies acknowledged the...

DUQUE OUT; LAWRENCE TO START

As expected, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez will not be on the mound in Washington tonight for the Mets. The veteran right-hander was scratched from the start yesterday after he was...

DRURY BRINGS WINNING WAYS

Chris Drury is known for being a winner. He was the MVP and winning pitcher of the 1989 Little League World Series championship team from his hometown of Trumbull, Conn.,...

YANKS DER-EK TO DREAM BIG

BOSTON - Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth inning of last night's game moments after his right arm went numb when hit by an errant toss that came from the Red...

JETER CAN STILL DELIVER AMAZING MOMENTS

BOSTON - He's officially entered that portion of his career where it's more fashionable for folks to focus on the things he can't do, on the narrowing width of his...

MAGIC MO-MENT

BOSTON - Of course. At some moment late last night that thought entered the mind of everyone involved in the game at Fenway Park. Eighteenth and final matchup between the...

A CURT RESPONSE

BOSTON - Curt Schilling threw a splitter that didn't split, and Derek Jeter made the ball split from Fenway Park. "I was trying to bounce that ball in the dirt,"...

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...

JOBA WELL DONE . . . DESPITE HOME RUN

BOSTON - How did Joba Chamberlain react to giving up his first big league earned run on a homer by Mike Lowell in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 4-3...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

A Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary said he learned how to break into houses by watching the Discovery Channel show "It Takes A Thief." Still,...

Halo Theme...With Mario Paint

Here's an early morning 'huh?' moment for everyone.The poster writes/admits that it has 'bad editing,' but give it a chance. It's awesome.Via halo.bungie.org

Week 2 Analysis

The first week of the NFL season can be written off an an abberation is many cases.Week 2? Well that's where either streaks begin, or the truth reveals itself.So where...

EMMYS: GET THE LOOK

Chanel makeup artist Monika Blunder tells you how to get the glamorous red carpet look she gave Katherine Heigl:Beauty Inspiration: Monika describes Katherine’s look as “Old Hollywood Glamour with a...

EMMYS: VERDI'S VERDICT

"You work so hard, you look at your girl - I know it sounds like she is a horse going in to a race - but you look at her...

EMMYS: NAILING IT

Red lips, check.Red nails, check.Cute husband, check.Looks like both Kate Walsh and Heidi Klum got the memo.

EMMYS: BACKSTAGE BEAUTY

Our favorite Australian beauty guru Napoleon Perdis - makeup sponsor for the evening's show - called us from inside the Shrine Auditorium to tell us about the beauty trends he...

EMMYS: HAIR DO'S

And don'ts.Note to Sandra, Ellen and Kate: Heidi rocked the tousled tresses knotted in to the perfectly messy updo.You did not.Please try again next time with more hairspray and a...