January 15, 2008
AIR SUPPLY: Place in the Sun
Does JetBlue have a lock on your heart, cheap-flight-to-Florida-wise? There are other options, you know. One's brand new. It's on Sun Country Airlines. It started yesterday. It is offered twice...
No good at "Guitar Hero?"
This is the device for you. You know how you have that one friend who poo-poos "Guitar Hero" because he/she is a real guitar player and doesn't think that "GH"...
Scene
DVF designer Mariana Vidal is wearing a shirt by United Bamboo with shoes from Oak in Williamsburg. "In the morning, I open up my closet and just put this with...
Oscar Watch: '4 Months' Fails to Deliver
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,'' the much-touted Romanian abortion drama that took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has failed to make the short list for...
"Rock Band" to get rockin' accessories (maybe)
Seriously, how sweet is this if it actually comes to pass? Apparently, the GameStop site leaked (and then pulled) this image of Performance Design Product's upcoming add-on for "Rock Band"...
SELIG, FEHR SPEAK AT STEROIDS HEARING
WASHINGTON -- Three years after exposing Mark McGwire, a congressional committee is now targeting Miguel Tejada. And Roger Clemens is on deck. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis...
One Year Later
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of this blog, and before I head off to Sundance again, I'd like to thank all of you who have stopped this way and especially...
A Real Jeopardy: Odds 'n Ends, Bits 'n Pieces, Potpourri
By FRED KERBERThe Nets put John Lucas to work again today. Lucas, who worked extensively with Sean Williams after his Boston College misadventures and then again during the transition to...
Just warming up
âGood Day New Yorkâ hosts Ron Corning and Jodi Applegate gave CB R.W. McQuarters him a goodbye gift today: hand warmers for the "big chill" in Green Bay.WATCH THE VIDEO
Recap: Rock of Love 2: Episode 1
It's time for Bret to meet the 20 contestants, who are patiently standing outside of the house in formation. Let's say hello to a few of these harbors of disease,...
Marbury prepares for knife
By MARC BERMANIn his walking boot at this morning's shootaround, Stephon Marbury didn't sound too optimistic that he'll avoid surgery in the coming days. And he didn't sound too broken...
CRUISE DISPLAYS HIS CRAZY IN WEB VIDEO
Not since Tom Cruise jumped onto Oprah's couch declaring his love to now-wife Katie Holmes has the actor appeared so looney. A new video leaked onto the Internet shows the...
Mitchell backs McNamee
Sen. George Mitchell told today's Congressional hearing that Brian McNamee's claims that he injected Roger Clemens with steroids were accurate."We believe that the statements provided to us were truthful," Mitchell...
Rob Dyrdek! In EA Skate!
What's that? This is old news? OK, yes. This game was released back in September. But, I just saw this ad with Rob Dyrdek and, because I love him and...
Mitchell strongly backs McNamee
Sen. George Mitchell told today's Congressional hearing that Brian McNamee's claims that he injected Roger Clemens with steroids were accurate."We believe that the statements provided to us were truthful," Mitchell...
Starr Report
CBS also ordered two other reality shows, "Secret Talents of the Stars" (tangible talents, for some, would be nice) and "Game Show in My Head," a hidden-camera dare show from...
GWYNETH PALTROW ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL: REPORT
Gwyneth Paltrow was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday, according to Us magazine. It's unclear why. "She was slumped over in a wheelchair pushed by [husband] Chris Martin," an eyewitness...
Selig, Fehr on Capitol Hill
Congress had Bud Selig, Donald Fehr and Sen. George Mitchell in its chambers today to talk about the Mitchell Report and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.The first player hit hard in...
WATER - OUR ESSENTIAL ELIXIR
Today's page looks at the one liquid we can't live without. Water is a combination of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen (H2O). Living things on planet Earth can't...
DRINK POSITIVE!
IS New York a city of alcoholics? Well, the glass is more than half-full, according to guidelines from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The group suggests that...
BIG APPLEHOLICS
NEW YORK, as we take such distinct delight in reminding ourselves, is different. We've got higher "magic numbers" (i.e., the number of sexual partners) than most of the country. Our...
HAPPY SMURFIVERSARY
REST assured, Smurferica, your time has finally come. It's the 50th anniversary of Belgium's bluest, yummiest, most-difficult-to-catch-in-the-whole-enchanted-forest little creatures. Expect ... a new 3-D movie! A new TV series! New...
TRADING SEX FOR POLITICS
WHEN Louis XIV was working on its new album - the follow-up to its much-buzzed-about 2005 disc "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept" - the band known for its sex-laden...
BAZAAR OPENS A METAL GATE
GHETTO metal isn't new, but the innovative music style is being reinvented by its self-proclaimed prince, Bazaar Royale. No Linkin Park or Kid Rock wannabe, Bazaar is breaking the bonds...
MPFREE
Download these free MP3s now through Friday at nypost.com. * Louis XIV, "Guilt by Association" The dance-ready lead single off the band's new album, "Slick Dogs and Ponies," out Jan....
KNOW WHEN TO SAY MEN
BACK in 1987, Peter Martins premiered "Les Gentilhommes," a work he created for New York City Ballet's younger male dancers. Since then, apart from a handful of performances last summer...
SHOW FAITH IN PLAY'S PHILOSOPHICAL NATURE
DAVID Ives' "New Jerusalem" may be set in 1656, but it has much to say about our times. This drama about the interrogation of Jewish philosopher Bar uch de Spinoza...
OLD FOLKS AT HOME
SOME 19-year-olds spend their summers trying to find where the latest "Girls Gone Wild" is being filmed. Some get jobs. And only one that we know of decided to move...
'TERMINATOR' TV SERIES NEEDED NO INTRODUCTION
SO who needs Jack Bauer when butt-kickin' Sarah Con nor is in the house? "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" premiered to 18.3 million viewers Sunday on Fox - making it...
STARR REPORT
Reality bites Has it really come to this? CBS has ordered a new se ries, "America's Top Dog," ostensibly to help fill the gap ing chasm left by the writers'...
IT'S NOT ME'
THOSE are not New York's big apples that appear in a sex tape allegedly featuring Tiffany Pollard, the star of VH1's hit reality dating show, "I Love New York." Clips...
'VIEW' RINGS 'BELLE
'VIEW" co-host Sherri Shepherd went flat- earth again yesterday. Seems she forgot that legendary soul singer Patti LaBelle is black. During yesterday's talk-around - the first few minutes of "The...
ABC BUYS BBC'S 2-HOUR QUEEN SCENE
ABC will air a controver sial documentary on Queen Elizabeth that roiled the waters across the pond in England last fall. "A Year With the Queen" caused a national stir...
BALD FACTS ABOUT TRYING CONDITION
IT'S not just a problem for men. More than ever, women are losing hair - and seeking treatment for it. I know, I know. The mere possibility of hair loss...
SPORTS SHORTS
FOOTBALL: McFadden turning proDarren McFadden isn't sticking around for another run at the Heisman Trophy. The two-time runner-up announced yesterday he'll skip his senior season at Arkansas and enter the...
'D' KEY FOR BOLTS
Except for the crazy dance that linebacker Shawne Merriman does after a sack, you hardly notice the Chargers' defense. The team's entire existence seems to center on running back LaDainian...
PGA WANTS OUT OF W'CHESTER
The 40-year relationship between the PGA Tour and the Westchester Country Club has dissolved into a messy, very public divorce. High-ranking officials at Westchester CC yesterday charged that the PGA...
WEATHER OR NOT THEY EMERGE, IT'S GONNA BE FRIGID
WELL, it could be worse. They could be playing the NFC Championship Game on Saturday in Green Bay, Wis., where the high temperature is expected to reach six degrees while...
COLDFEAT
ONLY a blind man cannot see what the Giants have become, and only a fool would bet against them going to the Super Bowl now. The message now, from all...
PLAYOFF PROGRESS
QUARTERBACKS A You think Eli Manning (12 of 18, 163 yards, 2 TDs) is getting the hang of what it takes to win this time of year? Came out firing...
PACKERS B-WARE
GREEN BAY - Tony Romo can now go on a longer vacation, but Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin isn't planning to take the week off just because the Giants are...
VENOM FOR BRETT IS FAVRE-FETCHED
The Giants last week embraced the fact that, as linebacker Antonio Pierce so succinctly put it, their playoff game with the Cowboys was a case of "the All Pros vs....
WIN-CHILL FACTOR
Underdog status. Check. Road game. Check. Biggest star on other sideline. Check. Additional injury depletions. Check. The list is nearly complete. The lone missing ingredient to be unearthed this week,...
ISLES' WITT IFFY
Islander defenseman Brendan Witt is listed as day to day after an MRI on his sprained right ankle came back negative yesterday. Witt, who is scheduled to see the team...
'MAR' DRAMA FOR KNICKS
Another day, another Stephon Marbury drama. After sitting out a rare Knicks victory with a sore left ankle, the team captain will spend the next three days in a walking...
THE FALSE 'HOOD
WHEN Isiah Thomas talks, people diss him and polygraphs dismiss him. Like the last four or five days when every word (as opposed to every other word) emitted by the...
KRSTIC IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
Nenad Krstic may be back at the end of the month for the Nets. The team may bring Krstic and physical therapist Matt Gibble on the western trip that starts...
NIGHT TO FORGET
Remember how good the Nets looked for three quarters against the Celtics? Yeah, those glorious 36 minutes were something. If you follow these Nets, that may be all you want...
TEAM ROGER VISITS DC IN 'ROID PRELIM
WASHINGTON - A day before baseball Commissioner Bud Selig returns to Capitol Hill, Roger Clemens' lawyers yesterday made the trek there to meet with members of a congressional committee that...
STILL PLAYING
The Yankees haven't abandoned the idea of landing Johan Santana, despite whispers that suggest otherwise, but the Twins may have to initiate the discussions. Yesterday, in dismissing an Internet report...
HOT LINKS
THE Internet as travel-planning tool is still a relatively new concept. And yet, in a remarkably short span of time, the way we travelers use the Web has changed dramatically....
THE RATINGS GAME
THE line has been crossed. Last week's announcement by Visit London could be the start of something big. Take your typical tourism board promotional website. Glossy pictures, florid copy, everything's...
HOT DEALS
* ATLANTIC CITY $59/night at the Trump Marina Hotel & Casino 1/21-22 + 1/27-1/31 (trumpmarina.com). * ST. KITTS $292/night at the Marriott Resort, $100 resort credit and 2 rounds of...
GET A READ
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO. Seattle Find this bookstore in Seattle's Pioneer Square district, once the city's Skid Row but now known for nightclubs, galleries, sports arenas and architecture - including...
NEWS + NOTES
* HELP IS HERE Passport woes at JFK? Head to a new 24/7 help desk in Terminal 4, staffed by expeditor-to-the-stars ItsEasy.com. Need pages?Expired?New passport? They'll make it happen. The...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
At times you will find it impossible to express yourself properly, and at times you will express yourself a little too clearly for some people's tastes. It would be nice...
DOZEN CITY CHARTER SCHOOLS SET FOR OK
A subcommittee of the state Board of Regents paved the way yesterday for the approval of a dozen new city charter schools, and the final green light is expected from...
BROOKLYN BOMBSHELL
A dredging plan to create a Brooklyn waterfront waste-transfer station could have explosive repercussions, as it could set off anti-aircraft shells lost by the military in Gravesend Bay over 50...
BLOOMY A CHARITY CHAMP
Mayor Bloomberg increased his charitable donations last year by nearly 25 percent - to a whopping $205 million, according to the latest compilation of the nation's top philanthropists. The Chronicle...
TRUMP HORROR
High-rise scaffolding laden with heavy, wet concrete yesterday collapsed at the violations-plagued site of Donald Trump's future SoHo hotel-condo complex, sending one worker plummeting 42 stories to his death and...
OAK-Y DOKEY
The Plaza hotel has finally found a new proprietor for its famed Oak Room and Oak Bar. Sources tell The Post that Arthur Emil, whose Night Sky Holdings formerly operated...
AIR-TRAFFIC FEES EYED
Congestion pricing is coming to an airport near you. In an effort to combat flight delays, the US Department of Transportation yesterday unveiled a proposal that would give airports, including...
AL PROBE EXTENDED
Aides to the Rev. Al Sharpton are getting more time to comply with federal subpoenas, sources said yesterday. As many as 10 of his confidants were served on Dec. 12...
KLEIN BIDS TO END TO SCHOOL RACE QUOTAS AMID SUIT
Hours after an Indian couple filed a class-action suit challenging the racial quotas that kept their daughter out of an elite Brooklyn public school, the Department of Education announced yesterday...
DEUTSCHE BLDG. FIRE PIPE PAINTED WRONG COLOR
The standpipe of the ill-fated Deutsche Bank building was likely removed because it was painted the wrong color, The Post has learned, leaving firefighters without any water to combat the...
MOMS PACK JURY OF 'SLAY' DAD'S FEARS
When the beastly stepfather of tragic schoolgirl Nixzmary Brown goes on trial tomorrow for allegedly beating the emaciated 7-year-old girl to death, he'll likely find few sympathetic faces in the...
BROOKLYN MOB-TRIAL TRANSLATOR VANISHES
A veteran Russian translator who worked on sensitive mob cases in Manhattan and Brooklyn federal courts mysteriously vanished four months ago after she left her Brighton Beach apartment for an...
WOMAN STRANGLED AT HOME
A 69-year-old woman was found brutally beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled in her East Harlem apartment, police sources said. Helen Abbot was discovered by her daughter at 3:49 p.m. Sunday...
HEY, CHECK OUT SMART CARTS
Microsoft's new souped-up supermarket shopping carts may do for the grocery list what GPS did for driving directions. A box of cereal will be scanned as it's tossed in the...
BODY DUMPED IN GREENWICH
The body of a man was found sprawled on a roadway in ritzy Greenwich, Conn., yesterday. Cops said the black man was the target of a hit and he may...
GIRL SCOUTS TAKE 'LO-CAL' COOKIES FOR A SPIN
There may be nothing thinning about Thin Mints, but the Girl Scouts are doing their part to preach moderation by selling certain cookies in 100-calorie packs. Fifteen Cinna-Spins come in...
COMA TEEN'S PARENTS FEUD
As the fate of a Bronx teen hung in the balance, a judge decided yesterday which of her parents could pursue a suit against Montefiore Medical Center, which they claim...
STRIPPER DUO 'RAPED GIRLS'
A pair of married strippers lured two teenage girls to their Queens home through MySpace, got them drunk and then raped and sexually abused them, prosecutors charged yesterday. Julio Rojas,...
SUSPECT IN QUEENS DENTIST SLAY NY-BOUND
A Russian immigrant suspected in the playground murder of a Queens orthodontist last October has exhausted all attempts to fight extradition from Georgia and will be brought back to New...
PAY POTTY IS DOING BRISK WHIZ-NESS
The city isn't exactly getting flush with cash, but its first automated pay toilet has seen a steady stream of customers since opening Thursday. To date, 374 people have plopped...
OVERAGE 'GRAD' TIDINGS
Overage students on whom the school system had once "given up" are graduating in record numbers under a special program launched in 2005, Mayor Bloomberg reported yesterday. Bloomberg said he's...
$30M EMPIRE JUMP SUIT
The dopey daredevil who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building is coming down on the landmark with a $30 million lawsuit. In the suit, which is expected to...
'BERNIE'S' PALS GET OFF EASY
There was some good news yesterday for the "Weekend at Bernie's" bunglers caught wheeling their buddy's corpse around Hell's Kitchen in an office chair last week: no grand jury indictment,...
ISRAELI WARNING
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday issued his strongest warning yet that he is prepared to use military force to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. "All options are on...
MA RAGED AT 'WHORE' DI
Just weeks before her fatal car crash, Princess Diana was denounced by her mother as a "whore" for dating Muslims, bombshell court testimony revealed yesterday. The Princess of Wales severed...
ABOUT THAT SECRET . . . THE BUTLER HID IT
Testimony at the inquest into Princess Diana's death ended with a cliffhanger yesterday - as her former butler clammed up over a "secret" the princess was purportedly keeping. After a...
GULF BOATS FRAUDCAST
The threatening radio message that brought US and Iranian ships to the brink of a shootout in the Persian Gulf last week may have been a hoax by a notorious...
'IDOL' HOPES TO RIDE MEAN STREAK
Apparently there's never been a crueler edition of "American Idol." Despite jabs last year from critics and fans that the talent show's judges, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson,...
RUDY SWAMPED IN FLA.
Rudy Giuliani's must-win Florida strategy to catapult him toward the GOP presidential nomination is in trouble, according to a poll that yesterday showed John McCain pulling slightly ahead of "America's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE ON THE TRAIL
Few candidates have the chance to bump into people whose weddings they performed - and get them to promise their votes - but that's just what happened to Rudy Giuliani...
MITT, MAC NECK & NECK
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney is campaigning for his presidential life, hoping that his birth state of Michigan will finally give him a primary victory today. Polls have the former Massachusetts...
TRUCE IN PREZ 'RACE'
Barack Obama yesterday called for a cease-fire in the racial battle that's erupted between him and Hillary Rodham Clinton, just as she was hit with boos at a Martin Luther...
POP TART CUTS & RUNS AT HEARING
Pop wreck Britney Spears freaked out and fled yesterday from an LA courthouse, where cops testified about her mental meltdown and a judge affirmed his visitation ban against her. Spears...
CHEERS FOR POST'S 'DOUBLE'-DEALING
Giants fans have nothing but Big Blue love for Jessica Simpson lookalike Lynsey Nordstrom. Supporters from all over the city yesterday urged Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo's pseudo-bad-luck-charm Nordstrom to visit...
BRRING IT ON, GIANTS
It's so cold in Wisconsin that cheeseheaded Packers fans don't even shower if they're going to the game - it keeps protective oils on their skin to prevent windburn. That's...
'RAT' PUTS O.J. BACK IN SLAM
O.J. Simpson and his pals are furious at the "rat" bail bondsman who squeezed The Juice, and forced him into a Las Vegas jail. Simpson is scheduled to appear before...
COURTING STARS
Tough-guy actor Wesley Snipes may pull out the big guns - famous pals including Tom Brokaw, Barbara Walters and Sly Stallone - to testify on his behalf at his tax-fraud...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
THE BRONX Police are asking for help in finding these two young men, who allegedly stabbed another man in Morrisania. The victim, a knife in his back, was found on...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 087; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 5254; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 250; Lucky Sum: 7; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 3370; Lucky...
OBAMA, CLINTON & RACE
When Democratic candidates hurl ac cusations of racial insensitivity, the target is usually a Republican. Not this year. The ugly brawl now under way between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and...
THE MILKMAN COMETH
There is no such thing as free milk. That's a vital lesson coming out of Chuck Schumer's latest Sunday press conference. The senator notes the northward spiraling of milk prices...
JOHNNY PODRES, 1932-2008
For one brief shining moment, on Oct. 4, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers and their ever-loyal fans stood atop baseball's championship summit. After decades of disappointment, "next year" had finally arrived:...
SMEARING SOLDIERS
THE New York Times is trashing our troops again. With no new "atrocities" to report from Iraq for many a month, the limping Gray Lady turned to the home front....
BLINKING AT THE ECONOMIC ABYSS
NEW York state is on the edge of an economic abyss. Citibank, which will write off about $18 billion, has announced that it will lay off more than 30,000 employees...
TIME FOR EDWARDS' EXIT
THE Democratic nomi nation for president will likely be decided by the subtle pulls of ego against duty that tug at the conscience of John Edwards. He manifestly can no...
ECONOMIC FAIRY TALES
THE housing market is caught in a downward spiral that might last the rest of this year, and banks are struggling under a staggering burden of bad loans that has...
SALUTING THE SURGE: PETRAEUS' IRAQ TRIUMPH
Bravo to your editorial, "Petraeus' Victory" (Jan. 11). In it, you praise two political leaders who promoted what is now viewed as the widely successful surge and who refused to...
ED'S SOFTER SIDE
As the profits and shares of Sears Holdings plummet, so does the reputation of its chairman, hedge-fund billionaire Eddie Lampert. The downtrodden retailer's stock hit a 3-year low yesterday after...
KKR BREATHES EASY AS HARMAN'S VALUE TANKS
Billionaire Henry Kravis and Goldman Sachs are thanking their lucky stars that they walked away from the buyout of high-fi stereo maker Harman International. Harman, which makes the JBL and...
S&P 500 NEEDS A BOOST FOR BETTER '08 RETURNS
HISTORY says the Standard & Poor's 500 index had better move up another 52.11 points in the next two and a half weeks or we are in for a gloomy...
PANDIT'S GAMBIT
In a sudden and late gamble, smart money began gobbling up Citigroup stock late yesterday on hunches that new CEO Vikram Pandit may pull a rescue rabbit out of Citi's...
'GLOBES' DEBACLE HAUNT$ NBC
NBC's coverage of Sunday's celebrity-free Golden Globes "press conference" averaged only 5.8 million viewers. That's the lowest-rated Globes telecast ever, and marks a dramatic drop-off from last year's star-studded telecast,...
HANDS' PINK SLIPS
Critically acclaimed but commercially challenged rock band The Thrills has been dropped from EMI ahead of new owner Guy Hands' restructuring of the record label, The Post has learned. Hands,...
MACWORLD DEBUT: ITUNES FILM RENTAL
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is about to set off a scramble for supremacy in the digital video rental business. Jobs today at the MacWorld conference is expected to introduce a...
MOVEMENT IN MIDTOWN
EMBATTLED Wall Street firms might need to shed space sometime in the future, but the mighty Midtown leasing market just got a lift from a giant new law-firm lease. International...
MARKET SURVEY HAS GRIM AD NEWS
Although Madison Avenue is optimistic that it will escape an ad recession in 2008, a new study suggests marketers are already bracing for a slowdown. The survey by the Chief...
WARMING UP TO SAKS
An Icelandic investor who has voiced interest in buying Saks says he's unbowed by recent weakness in luxury retailing, and told The Post that Saks shares, which have been hammered...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Switzerland's popular cervelat sausage could be sliced off the menu by the end of the year because of a shortage of a key ingredient - cow intestines. The Swiss wolf...
CONEY I. CARNEY MURDER
A troubled carnival worker at Coney Island's Astroland, who told friends he was about to skip town, was shot in the head execution-style and dumped in front of a Brooklyn...
Cruel Intentions
Iâm confused. Why, after the Rangers have gone 6-10-3 since Dec. 3 and plummeted from first to last in the division, would the NHL make them come out against the...
Deal of the Day
Bought a three-quarter sleeve coat this winter and don't know how to make up the inch difference of bare arm?Check out these Hoss Intropia Elongated Wool Gloves for only $45...