October 29, 2007
goodbye chad, hello kellen
October 29, 2007 | 9:51pmWell, all of the Chad Pennington haters and radio call-in crazies have gotten their way. Pennington is going to the bench and his backup, Kellen Clemens will start Sunday's home...
A trade. Some roster space. But no Houston - for now.
October 29, 2007 | 7:48pmBy FRED KERBERMile, we hardly knew yeAnd if we hardly knew Mile, we didn't know Bernard at all.But it really doesn't matter now because the Nets finally found a taker...
Deal of the Day
October 29, 2007 | 2:57pmSaks was packed yesterday with chicks going through the newest sale duds, like this Clu Cotton Jersey Bubble Dress.Originally $185 and now $138, the drop waist dress is adorably tweaked...
Starr Report
October 29, 2007 | 2:37pmSay what you will about "Grey's Anatomy" - you're either sick of all the cloying "McDreamy" nonsense already, or you still love the show - but there's no arguing its...
CHECKING IN: Palazzo Versace
October 29, 2007 | 12:16pmYour body is a concrete wonderland. Many a journalist has written about Brisbane's sainted Palazzo Versace.Far fewer have actually been to the beachfront retreat, widely renowned as the first full-on...
A-Rod A-Goner
October 29, 2007 | 11:25amWrote this on March 14th in Where's Kernan."Barring a World Series title, Alex Rodriguez is history in New York. And even if A-Rod and the Yankees win the World Series,...
Oscar Watch: Critics Swat 'Bee'
October 29, 2007 | 11:16amJerry Seinfeld and DreamWorks "Bee Movie'' is tracking to open somewhere around $40 million next weekend, but will it be one of the three nominees for Best Animated Picture? Paramount,...
THE WARRIOR
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amWHEN Richard Pimentel graduated from college with a communications degree in the early 1970s, crusading for the workplace rights of the disabled wasn't the fi rst thing on his mind....
TRUTH BE TOLD...
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amAnyone who's ever searched the classifieds for a city apartment knows euphemisms are the coin of the realm. "Cozy"? Bring a shoehorn. "Needs TLC"? Bring a roofer. Employers are no...
DREAM JOB: JOE EDLEY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amIN 1978, while living in San Francisco, free spirit Joe Edley decided to make a double-word "score" in business: First, he'd become the best Scrabble player in the U.S.; then...
60 SECONDS WITH
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amAs the Yankees look for a new manager, they've got big shoes to fill. As a recruiter, what advice would you give a company trying to replace a Joe Torre-type...
GO TO GREG
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amQ. What do you do when the boss seems to give all of the plum assignments and recognition to the office suck-up? A. Buy some ChapStick? But seriously, folks: If...
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG - GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amToday's page looks at the self-made billionaire who heads an international financial company while leading our world-class city. The man who would become New York's 108th mayor was born in...
WET DREAM
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amYOU can shop till you drop, but for young professionals with a wardrobe of suits, maintenance is an expensive pain. Can a suit be wash 'n' wear like your favorite...
PUT ME IN COACH
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amCoach has a brand-new bag - and you can find it at the Legacy Boutique. That's the name of the brand's new store on Bleecker Street. The new digs are...
PULSE SALES
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amHELMUT LANG, RAG & BONE 261 W. 36th St., 2nd floor, between Seventh and Eighth avenues; (212) 947-8748 Sale: Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Wed., Thu., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m....
KICKING HEROINE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLYNDA Carter says she's never used the Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth on her two children, now teens. "I don't think it would work on them. But," referring to President...
THIS 'CINDERELLA' IS AN UGLY STEPSISTER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amSAY Cinderella to opera buffs, and their thoughts will instinctively fly to Rossini's "La Cenerentola." But there is another operatic Cinderella very much worth our attention - Jules Massenet's "Cendrillon."...
CROSS IT OFF THE LIST
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amFOR a show depicting the emotional aftermath of 9/11, "Crossing Brooklyn sure plays it safe. This chamber musical, now receiving its world premiere courtesy of the normally more daring Connelly...
JUDGE DREAD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amCOME and meet more dancing feet - after "Dancing with the Stars" crowns a new celebrity cha-cha champ next month. Unwilling to say goodbye to the sky-high ratings and the...
WELCOME TO L.A.
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amBILLED as "LA's latest im plants" Drs. Sean and Chris tian (Dylan Walsh and Juilan McMahon) have migrated from Miami to LA and opened a new and shiny practice complete...
OPRAH BACK IN TO AFRICA
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA tearful Oprah Winfrey begged parents to for give her for an alleged abuse scandal at her girls' school in South Africa. "I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry. I'm so...
JUMPIN' JIM
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amJIM Cramer - the bombastic host of CNBC's "Mad Money" - will be one of the boardroom advisors on the celebrity version of "The Apprentice." Broadcasting & Cable, the trade...
STARR REPORT
October 29, 2007 | 9:00am'Grey's' goosed Say what you will about "Grey's Anatomy" - you're either sick of all the cloying "McDreamy" nonsense al ready, or you still love the show - but there's...
POLS GOING POSTAL OVER MAIL PLAN
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amSen. Charles Schumer is urging the U.S. Postal Service to halt a planned merger of Bronx and Manhattan mail-processing centers that would add nearly 117 new daily truck trips between...
N.Y. ELECTRIC $HOCK
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amState rules aimed at curbing electric rates are instead shocking New Yorkers' wallets, sending the price of power surging by 18 percent, a new study says. Electric deregulation cost New...
METEOR NO $TAR ON BLOCK
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA piece of one of the world's most famous meteorites went on auction yesterday - but failed to draw out-of-this-world bids. A 30-pound hunk of the Willamette Meteorite had been...
HIGH-FLIER A-ROD BUYS 'MOB' JET
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amIf Alex Rodriguez takes flight from the Yankees, he can do it aboard a luxurious jet he just bought from a hotel operator whose family allegedly had been linked to...
RX FOR DISASTER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amAbout five days before his death, the Brooklyn middle-school student killed by a deadly "superbug" was treated for skin lesions at Kings County Hospital - and discharged with nothing more...
ANOTHER STAB
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA Connecticut lawyer still insists that his daughter was molested by the neighbor he fatally stabbed - and believes the police investigation that cleared the dead man was a cover-up....
LABOR DIS-'BURB-ANCE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLabor leaders will begin a public campaign today aimed at forcing the City Council to approve a measure that would allow thousands of city workers to live outside the boroughs....
DON'T 'OVER'-DO IT
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amCops did a good job this year reducing crime in New York City. Too good. So, instead of keeping the pressure on and reducing the crime rate even further, the...
QNS. DOC MURDER SHOCKER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA Queens orthodontist who had recently been awarded custody of his 5-year-old daughter was fatally gunned down in cold blood in front of the screaming child yesterday as they entered...
POLS WANT STORES TO BAG PLASTIC
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThe City Council is looking to force supermarkets to dump plastic bags that can't be recycled, sources told The Post. After months of keeping their plans shrouded in secrecy, Council...
MARATHON BY METROCARD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amOn your mark. Get set. Please swipe again. Riding the New York City Marathon on the city's mass-transit system was almost as grueling as running it. It took seven buses...
COP DUO'S FIRE VALOR
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTwo of New York's Finest turned bravest yesterday when they rushed into not one, but two burning houses in The Bronx to help evacuate residents. Officers Michael Welsh, 41, and...
SUBPRIME LENDERS IN POL'S 'HALL OF SHAME'
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amArmy Staff Sgt. Sandra Rolon came back from Iraq and hoped to have the American dream of owning her own home in The Bronx. Instead, the veteran has become one...
OUT OF BOUNDS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA former football coach at a Manhattan college has accused school brass of duping dozens of his recruits with empty promises of housing, meal stipends, free MetroCards and books. Coach...
POT SHOTS AT CHENEY UPSTATE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amResidents of upstate Dutchess County, where Dick Cheney plans to spend today hunting pheasants, spent yesterday firing off a barrage of jokes about the vice president's visit and his aim....
FATAL LAST CALL IN BX.
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amFour thugs, angry at being denied entry to a Bronx bar early yesterday because it was past last call, shot and killed a bouncer - who left behind a wife,...
FIVE DYING HOSPITALS CLINGING TO LIFE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amFive of the six local hospitals ordered by the state last year to shut down are still struggling for survival, either through restructuring or lawsuits. Just one hospital directly complied...
FDNY FIRE FOOLS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTwo of New York's Bravest were busted last night on charges of torching the door of a Midtown firehouse, authorities said. An investigator described the bizarre blaze - which broke...
DAD BROKE TOT'S SKULL: COPS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amAn Upper West Side man has been charged with viciously attacking his 3-month-old son, authorities said yesterday. Peter Trivino, 23, allegedly fractured the baby's skull, as well as several other...
RAZING RAGE IN HARLEM
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDozens of angry residents and business owners turned out in Harlem yesterday to protest a redevelopment plan that will demolish 16 local stores. Sigfeld Group and Kimco Realty Corp., a...
LATEST 'ROLL' ON BROADWAY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThey call it the Broadway Bomb - a mostly illegal and definitely dangerous skateboard race that sent a hundred daredevils rolling along Broadway from 116th Street to Bowling Green yesterday....
MOLL'S IN D.A. COURT
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThe only person still alive who prosecutors say can conclusively link ex-FBI Agent Lindley DeVecchio to the four brutal gangland murders he is accused of orchestrating is expected to take...
'MADDIE SOLD BY PERV RING'
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amA new private investigative team is convinced that a ruthless Moroccan pedophile gang ordered the kidnapping of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann. The Spanish Metodo 3 detective agency, which has a reputable...
AMY FISCHER'S SEXY VIDEO
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThe world soon could be seeing more of the Long Island Lolita - a lot more. A sex tape of Amy Fisher and her husband, Lou Bellera, is in the...
GIULIANI'S FIRM PLAYS SILENT PARTNER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amRudy Giuliani's self-named consulting firm is in a "holding pattern" as his campaign for the White House pushes forward, sources told The Post. Giuliani Partners has "a client base [predating...
OBAMA MUM ON FIRED FAN
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama isn't intervening on behalf of a Bryant Park Hotel doorman who got canned - although the presidential hopeful has reached out to him before. Gregory...
RUDY FOE GETS BOO$T FROM HILL
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has steered $200,000 in federal funds to a research center that will study the city's response to the World Trade Center attacks and other disasters -...
'SAW' IN OUT-GROSS OF RIVALS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amVampire fangs couldn't match the teeth of "Saw IV" at the weekend box office. The latest saga in the torture series had the best horror opening of the year with...
11M NUTTY ALLERGIES
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amPeanut allergies are among the primary threats to the 11 million Americans who suffer from various food allergies - and it's only getting worse, published reports say. For children under...
ALIENS SLAM GOV. FLIPSER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amImmigration advocates yesterday were feeling betrayed by Gov. Spitzer after it became clear he was backing off his original plan to provide driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Speakers yesterday gathered...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amManhattan Police nabbed a Wisconsin resident who allegedly stabbed another man in the face and back on the Lower East Side, authorities said yesterday. Jamie MuÑoz, 25, attacked the 20-year-old...
YOUNG MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS SUPERDAD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amMATTHEW REEVE was 15 when the man the world knew as Superman - but whom he called Dad - broke his neck in a devastating spill off a horse. On...
SPITZ STYMIE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amGov. Spitzer and his aides are claiming "executive privilege" in an effort to limit the Public Integrity Commission's ongoing probe of the Dirty Tricks Scandal, a source close to the...
LOTTERY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 653; Lucky Sum: 14 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 1463; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 560; Lucky Sum: 11; Evening Win-4 Sun.: 0577; Lucky...
CUOMO VS. MEDICAID FRAUD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amState Attorney General Andrew Cuomo seems to be proving the worst fears about Medicaid fraud all-too-true: For prosecutors, it's a target-rich environment. And Cuomo has just started to scratch the...
AL QAEDA'S QUAGMIRE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amFor evidence of how quickly the tide of war can turn, look no further than Osama bin Laden's latest epistle to his al Qaeda underlings in Iraq. The theme of...
RANGEL'S KNIFING OF NEW YORK
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amWHAT does Rep. Charlie Rangel have against his hometown, anyway? Anyone who didn't know better would think the "mother of all tax reforms" unveiled last week by the House Ways...
MOVING MERRILL
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amSO, Merrill Lynch has its heart set on moving north to the Pennsylvania Hotel site - yanking its long-time headquarters from Downtown and taking thousands of high-paying jobs with it?...
BHUTTO'S SAFETY: MUSHARRAF'S TEST
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amBENAZIR Bhutto, back in Pakistan after eight years in exile with plans to tour the country seeking voter support, is holed up in Karachi after the near-miss attempt on her...
EVIL EXPOSED
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTHE trial of four key figures with the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development ended last week with a hung jury. Holy Land's defenders and allies are trumpeting the...
FIRST SIGN OF SMOKE,DEMS FIRE ON BUSH
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amIt's beyond the pale for anyone to actually believe that President Bush is responsible for the San Diego fires when it's been the likes of hippie environmentalists who've protested any...
PRESSING PLANNED PARENTHOOD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amHow many parents have been deprived of their offspring by Planned unParenthood, and all in the name of choice ("Abortion War's Newest Front," Robert D. Novak, PostOpinion, Oct. 25)? The...
BOOOOOOTED!
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amStan O'Neal, Merrill Lynch's embattled chief executive, has decided to step down after losing the confidence of his board. The word of O'Neal's departure this afternoon caps a frenzied weekend...
TERRA FIRMA ON SHAKY GROUND WITH EMI
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTerra Firma is already trying to trim its equity stake in EMI amid a major strategic review of the music company's business that could result in big changes, including a...
AD AGE NAMES MOSS ITS EDITOR OF THE YEAR
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amBOCA RATON, Fla. - The American Magazine Conference kicked off last night with New York magazine Editor-In-Chief Adam Moss snagging the coveted Ad Age editor of the year award. Moss...
POKER FACES WEAK HAND
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amPoker players who descended on Capitol Hill last week face long odds in trying to convince Congress to legalize playing the card game on the Internet. But one wild card...
READS FOR ROAD TRIPS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTravel magazines are for people who can actually take a vacation. Media City's bosses are of the opinion that relaxation is for slackers and think time is better spent reviewing...
CHILL FACTOR
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amTop music downloads 1. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 2. Bartender, T-pain 3. Beautiful Girls, Sean Kingston 4. Big Girls Don't Cry, Fergie 5. Cyclone, Baby Bash 6. Ayo Technology, 50...
BATTLE OF THE VIRTUAL BANDS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amHarmonix CEO Alex Rigopolous is at the center of a high-stakes battle between video game rivals Activison and MTV Networks, as the two companies square off this Christmas with titles...
DUCK! CHENEY ON UPDATE HUNTING TRIP
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amVice President Dick Cheney went hunting this morning in upstate New York, where some avid sportsmen gave him a piece valuable advice -- don't invite them. Knowing full well that...
MEDIA INK: KEITH KELLY LIVE FROM AMERICAN MAGAZINE CONFERENCE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amBOCA RATON, Fla. - Jason Binn, president of Niche Media, again stole the show opening night at the American Magazine Conference with his now famous dinner party, drawing media reporters...
MCCARVER BACK IN CLASSIC FORM
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amOLD dog, old tricks. Tim McCarver, throughout this postseason, reminded us of good ol' Tim McCarver, the one who had gone missing the last few Octobers. Not only was he...
PUTTING AN END TO BASEBALL AS WE'VE KNOWN IT
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDENVER - It ended without drama, without trauma, with just a fleeting trace of anxiety thrown into the mild Colorado night. At 10:05 p.m., Mountain Time, Jonathan Papelbon threw one...
A RAY OF SUNSHINE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amOCEANPORT, N.J. - If ever a racing state has an albatross around its neck it's New Jersey. Its thoroughbred industry has been in steep decline for 10 years because the...
SHORT WAIT FOR BOSOX THIS TIME
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDENVER - This time it took three years, not 86. David Ortiz stood on top of a table, wearing goggles to protect his eyes from flying champagne, in the victorious...
CLASSIC PERFORMANCE FROM TRIPLE CROWN TRIO
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amOCEANPORT, N.J. - In the wake of Barbaro's tragic breakdown - which followed the premature retirement of top colts like Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex due to injury - everyone...
ETCHED TAKES NASHUA STAKES
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amUnder a confident ride by Alan Garcia, Etched won his route and stakes debut to win the Grade 3, $105,800, Nashua Stakes by 6½ lengths over Anak Nakal. The Kiaran...
BIG BUCKS FOR HONDO
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amRudy's Red Sawx came through twice last night for Hondo, sending him to the winner's circle for both Game 4 and the Series. That left Mr. Aitch - and all...
SPORTS SHORTS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amCOLLEGE: UConn cracks Top 25 Connecticut (7-1) moved into the Associated Press' Top 25 rankings, checking in at No. 16 after Saturday's 22-15 victory over South Florida. Ohio State stayed...
GIANTS PASS ENGLISH TEST
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLONDON - The end of a grueling and historic four days could not come soon enough for the Giants, who were grinding to the finish of a wet and muddy...
ONE BLOODY AWFUL GAME
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLONDON - If this is the best the NFL has to offer its European fans then they would be wise to stick with their own version of football. Well, maybe...
SEUBERT MAKES A SAVE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLONDON - There is nothing normal about a game in which guard Rich Seubert makes perhaps the most athletic play of the night for the Giants. Strange but true. Seubert...
OFFENSE GETS STUCK IN THE MUD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amLONDON - When the Giants got their first glimpse of Wembley Stadium, they immediately noticed the grass was unlike the green stuff they're accustomed to playing on back in the...
PENN RUNS DRY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThe Chad Pennington era is over, The Post has learned exclusively. The scores of booing Jets fans and angry radio talk show callers will get their way next Sunday when...
SOME CLEMENS-CY FOR JETS BOOBIRDS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amWITH 3½ minutes left in Bills 13, Jets 3, the course of the future of the Jets franchise irrevocably changed. On the sidelines, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer was informing a...
MANGINI'S MAGIC HAS DISAPPEARED
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amAT 1-7, Eric Mangini ap parently has as few answers for his team as he is willing to give the media. "The [Bills] had a really good plan," said Chad...
REVIS LETS ONE PLAY GET AWAY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDarrelle Revis turned the tables on the Bills for nearly the entire game yesterday, only to have them turned right back on him in the end. After saying all week...
ELLIS: BOOING JUSTIFIED
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amJets are completely bewildered by their 1-7 start, and the sounds from the locker room after yesterday's 13-3 loss to the Bills echoed that. As usual, the Jets sprung more...
JUST WIN, ISIAH!
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amIT is time for Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas to stop feeling sorry for himself and start winning basketball games. Only then will the booing stop. Only then can he watch...
NO KIDDING, NETS MORE VERSATILE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amJason Kidd said he was pleased with what he saw during Friday's "dress rehearsal" against the Knicks. "It went well," Kidd said of the Nets' last preseason game before they...
SHANAHAN: 'HAVE FAITH,' RANGERS FANS
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amThe Rangers are hockey's collective version of the stud baseball player who opens the season 2-for-25 and has to look at his .080 batting average plastered a mile-high for all...
OPTION OFFENSE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDENVER - Oct. 28, 2007 is now certain to live in Yankee infamy - the Red Sox won their second World Series in four years and Alex Rodriguez told the...
UNTIL THE END, IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT A-ROD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDENVER - In the end, this is the most appropriate way this latest twist in the Chronicles of A-Rod had to go. From the moment he first donned Yankee pinstripes...
JOE HOLLYWOOD
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amIf divorce proceedings between Grady Little and the Dodgers go the distance, as many expect, The Post has learned Joe Torre has been targeted as the manager to heal a...
GIRARDI AWAITING YANK NOD TODAY
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amJoe Girardi was so impressive during a 10-hour interview last week in Tampa that he is likely to receive an offer to manage the Yankees today. When Brian Cashman makes...
A-ROD NEWS SHOCKS LUCCHINO
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDENVER - In the World Series-winning clubhouse, Red Sox president Larry Lucchino was soaked in champagne, joy and shock. He knew his club was a world champion for the second...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 29, 2007 | 9:00amDrought is a serious problem in Woodstock, Ga. - but its weekend rain festival wasn't the solution. There was no rain and not many people. "Not much of a turnout,"...
PICK A TEAM, ANY TEAM
October 29, 2007 | 5:41amI’m sure the NFL would love to sell more jerseys in Europe, but judging from the crowd at Wembley Stadium on Sunday the market might already be flooded. I’m sure...
MISSED THE STREAKER AGAIN
October 29, 2007 | 5:31amIt’s not that I want to see a man running around wearing only a G-string. But..... It’s not that I want to see a man running around wearing only a...
A-ROD OPTS OUT
October 29, 2007 | 2:56amAlex Rodriguez opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday in what appears to be the end of his career with New York.Rodriguez's decision, announced...