July 26, 2009
Loves: Swarovski gloves / Three As Four
From Colette.
Pedro's first rehab start cut short by rain
Pedro Martinez's first rehab start for the Phillies' Single-A ended after 1 1/3 innings, but still has to be considered a step in the right direction.Martinez, pitching against the St....
MOM: DEVIL MADE ME DECAPITATE SON
Police said they found a 3 1/2-week-old infant stabbed and decapitated in a Texas home on Sunday and his mother screaming that she killed her son after the devil told...
OBAMA TO HAVE BEERS WITH SGT. CROWLEY, PROF GATES THIS WEEK
President Obama's highly anticipated sit-down with Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. over some brews is expected to take place early this week, administration...
Box Office: Half-Blood Prince Dethroned
Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer's special-effects family comedy "G-Force'' (with suddenly hot Zach Galifiankis of "The Hangover'') upset the second weekend of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.'' The latter slid...
Pitching set for Rockies series
HOUSTON -- The pitching matchups are now set for the Mets' four-game series with the Rockies that starts Monday night at Citi Field. Here is the breakdown:Monday -- RHP Ubaldo...
8 DEAD IN TACONIC CRASH
Eight people -- four of them children -- were horrifically killed yesterday when a minivan going the wrong way crashed into an SUV and caught fire on the Taconic State...
SARKOZY HOSPITALIZED AFTER COLLAPSING ON JOG
French President Nicolas Sarkozy collapsed suddenly while jogging Sunday on the lush grounds of the Chateau of Versailles, then was rushed by helicopter to a military hospital where he will...
Live from Cooperstown
Kevin Kernan is providing live updates from the Baseball Hall of Fame.Rickey's speechRickey began speech with "hey, hey"He said he did not like baseball but a high school counselor bribed...
U.S. & Mexico lineups for Gold Cup final
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Here are the lineups for the Gold Cup final:U.S: Ching, Arnaud, Rogers, Beckerman, Pause, Holden, Pearce, Marshall, Goodson, Heaps, Perkins.Mexico: Ochoa, Magallon, Pinto, Torrado,...
Manuel explains sitting Santos
HOUSTON -- Despite going 5-for-8 with two homers in the first two games of this series, catcher Omir Santos isn't in the Mets' lineup today.Jerry Manuel explained his decision to...
PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT MACARTHUR AIRPORT
An Orlando bound airplane made a safe emergency landing at MacArthur Airport Sunday morning after reports of smoke in its cabin, officials said yesterday. Southwest Airlines Flight 695 from Bradley...
Knight released from Buffalo
HOUSTON -- The Mets released right-hander Brandon Knight from Triple-A Buffalo this morning so he can sign with a team in Korea. Knight made four appearances with the Mets last...
COP SHOT DURING STRUGGLE WITH SUSPECT
A Queens cop was shot and wounded when he waded into a heated battle between a transsexual and her ex-con boyfriend today -- hit when a gun accidentally discharged as...
Boxing Champ Vernon Forrest Murdered
Former Boxing champ Vernon Forrest murderedVernon Forrest By GEORGE WILLISAlready reeling from the deaths of Alexis Arguello and Arturo Gatti, the boxing world received another blow Saturday night when former...
EX-BOXING CHAMPION VERNON FORREST KILLED
Former boxing champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed during an apparent robbery in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Atlanta Police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that Forrest...
Gardner goes on DL
APYankees outfielder Brett Gardner was put on the 15-day disabled list Sunday because of a broken left thumb, leaving the AL East leaders without their fastest player.To replace Gardner on...
Who woulda thought
That J.Lo (above) would knock off Margiela (below)?
Game 97: Mets at Astros
(UPDATED: 1:55 P.M.) HOUSTON -- The Mets hope to finish this 10-game trip on a good note today when Livan Hernandez faces the Astros at Minute Maid Park.Hernandez quieted the...
Damon: Yankees like '04 Red Sox
Johnny Damon, who helped the Red Sox come from 3-0 down in the ALCS to defeat the Yankees on the way to winning the World Series, says his current team...
Report: Red Sox could jump in for Halladay
With the Yankees' reported disinterest in trading for Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay maybe turning to interest, it's reasonable to expect the Red Sox might jump in on the sweepstakes,...
Coverage in The Post
HOUSTON -- The Mets enter today's finale of this 10-game trip on a bit of a high after erupting for double digits in runs and hits Saturday night in a...
A HISTORY OF POISON 'IVY'
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates won't have to travel far to research his planned PBS documentary on racial profiling -- he can start in his own back yard. Gates, whose...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Winners TONY HSIEH The CEO of Zappos sells the 10-year-old Web shoe retailer to Amazon for $800M+. MICHAEL KELLY Former Time Warner exec gets top spot at The Weather Channel....
HIDDEN GEMS OF A LOST CITY
For four years, NICK CARR has been a film location scout in New York City, finding the perfect dark alleys, rooftop getaways and neighborhood bars for Hollywood. Carr, who chronicles...
RICKEY, GORDON, KUBEK HEADING INTO HALL
COOPERSTOWN -- Rickey Henderson knew what was expected every time he batted. So, too, did Jim Rice. "Some way, I was going to scratch to get on base to steal...
POOR OUTING BY ACEVES DRAWS BOOS
Yankees reliever Alfredo Aceves inherited a snake pit. He found the bases loaded and the score tied at 1-1 in the seventh yesterday. So he got Mark Ellis on a...
LACK OF COMEBACK COMES AS SURPRISE
THE EIGHT-game winning streak is history in the wake of yesterday's 6-4 defeat to the A's in The Bronx, which pretty much came out of nowhere after Andy Pettitte carried...
YANKEES' WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT EIGHT
Evidently you can't win them all. But the thought had to enter the minds of at least a few Yankees as yesterday's game progressed into the later innings and a...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A... PHIL HUGHES
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankees' 23-year-old right-handed reliever. Q: What's the deal with the hair? A: I decided I'm just gonna let it grow out, for as...
METS' NEXT MOVES WILL BE MORE OF SAME
I WANT to take you back to Omar Minaya's introductory press conference as we approach the five-year anniversary of his being named Mets general manager.METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERHARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON...
YANKEES HELP CAMP BRIGHTEN SPIRITS OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE KIDS
IT IS a little after 11 p.m. Friday night, which means Katie Mahar, 15, could go outside and play if she so desired. It is some 19 hours after Yankee...
JETS REVVED FOR TREK TO CAMP RYAN
If there's one central theme to the Jets' 2009 training camp, which opens with the first two practices on Friday, it's team-building. This is why, despite having just completed their...
BRADY & BRETT IN SPOTLIGHT WITH NFL CAMPS OPENING
As the summer drags on and the sports world revolves around Roy Halladay, Tony Bernazard and Lance Armstrong, take heart in this football fans -- there are 46 days left...
THE RUMBLE
Harnessing his hatred Devils fan Campbell goin' to Hall with Mess John Campbell (right) is the top driver in harness racing history, and for that career dominance, he will be...
F1 DRIVER HAS SKULL SURGERY AFTER CRASH
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Ferrari driver Felipe Massa underwent surgery on life-threatening skull injuries yesterday from a high-speed crash during Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. He was in stable condition in the...
BLOCK BARACK'S HUNTING HATER
PRESIDENT Obama's pick for a powerful regulatory position in the White House is a big supporter of animal rights and is anti-hunter. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has blocked Cass Sunstein,...
RALLY HISTORIC DAY FOR RAYS
Jason Bartlett hit an RBI double in the 12th inning, capping the biggest comeback in Tampa Bay history, and the Rays erased an eight-run deficit to beat the Blue Jays...
POST'S GUIDE TO RAKING IN BUCKS AT OLD SPA
Economy got you down? Is your 401K now a 201K? Do you need a federal bailout to fill up your gas tank? If so, here's a change you can believe...
WAGE PROBE HITS 'HEIGHTS' BACKER
The Manhattan DA is investigating allegations of undocumented workers and substandard wages at projects headed by Atlantic Development, the real-estate company run by Peter Fine, who produced the Broadway hit...
SILVIO'S 'SOBER' SUMMER
ROME -- Scandal-plagued Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is hoping to spend a "sober summer" that will include a visit to the shrine of a popular saint. In the wake...
A BURST OF 'POP' ART!
It's not Harry Potter hocus-pocus or a supernova -- these stunning pictures capture a soap bubble bursting. With a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second, fotog Richard Heeks took...
'LOSER' RETIREE FUNDS GO GAMBLING
The city's cash-bleeding pension funds have begun investing in risky "distressed" bonds sold by companies in financial trouble. Four of the city's five retirement systems have sunk a total of...
LONELY MALONEY
Rep. Carolyn Maloney is facing a lonely path as aides say she's gearing up to announce a Democratic primary bid against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, with much of the Washington and...
7 TERRORISTS SENT TO ALLAH
KABUL, Afghanistan -- For the second time in a week, Taliban fighters wearing suicide-bomb vests attacked a provincial capital in Afghanistan. Yesterday's assault on Khost spurred battles that left seven...
SPOTLIGHT ON FED RULE SHIELDING 'CONSCIENCE' WORKERS
A Brooklyn nurse's claim she was forced to assist in a late-term abortion despite her religious objections could become a lightning rod in an increasingly stormy national debate. MORE: NURSE...
KOREAN CONFLICT
A COUNCIL candidate hoping to become the city's first Korean-American legislator is calling for the removal of American troops from South Korea, and admits he made a speech three years...
NURSE 'FORCED' TO HELP ABORT
A Brooklyn nurse claims she was forced to choose between her religious convictions and her job when Mount Sinai Hospital ordered her to assist in a late-term abortion against her...
WALL IN THE FAMILY
An Upper West Side couple are feeling decidedly fenced in after a neighbor turned their ritzy digs into a virtual "shantytown," they claim. The rear of Jeffrey and Michelle Feig's...
LATEST TARGET AT AIRPORTS: WORMS
Keeping deadly birds off airport runways might be as simple as passing the Grey Poupon. Federal wildlife officials studying ways to prevent potentially fatal bird strikes, such as the one...
J.LO'S THE NEW 40
J.Lo turned the big 4-0 on Friday -- and she enjoyed a birthday night out in New York with her hubby, Marc Anthony. PHOTOS: JENNIFER LOPEZ TURNS 40 Here's a...
RUSH ON OBAMACARE DRAWS PARALLELS TO IRAQI INVASION
WHAT'S the rush? It's a question a lot of Americans have been asking themselves of late as President Obama presses for swift passage of a health-care reform bill that will...
'ORGAN-SELLING' RABBI'S $$ LINK TO MADOFF
The alleged organ-selling rabbi busted as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe headed a Brooklyn charity that received dirty donations from yet another disgrace -- Bernard Madoff. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum,...
MADOFF VICTIMS' SELL-OFF
A cash-strapped Philadelphia socialite family that lost $30 million to Bernie Madoff is auctioning off its artworks and rugs at the Four Seasons in Southampton today. Included will be paintings...
HEARTBREAK HOTELS
Bob Sillerman, the billionaire entertainment mogul who owns the rights to Elvis Presley's Graceland, Muhammad Ali and a big share of Simon Fuller's hit TV show "American Idol," is getting...
SHOCK SLAY TAINTS NY SCHOLAR
Too white for Bed-Stuy, too black for Harvard, Chanequa Campbell struggled between two worlds. In their senior-year tributes at her Ivy League university, black classmates last April voted her "Most...
SUN CAPITAL ECLIPSED
Sun Capital Partners, which just a couple of years ago was among the hottest private-equity groups in the country, has fallen upon hard times of late -- a victim of...
VILLAGE 'BANDIT' BUSTED
A New Jersey man has been charged with mugging elderly residents -- including a 91-year-old man -- in a terrifying robbery spree through Greenwich Village and the East Side. Robert...
'IDOL' HIT-RUN DEATH
A former "American Idol" contestant was found dead on a Jersey Shore street -- the apparent victim of a hit and run, according to published reports. Passersby in Seaside Heights...
'RETARDED' HOUSE BILL
The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers to mentally disabled people as "retarded" -- a term advocates, relatives and physicians find outdated and offensive. The bill refers...
REMEMBER TO TOTAL ALL ASSETS
Dear John: Last summer my wife and I saw fuel rising and the stock market going to hell. We stopped putting money in our 401(k)s and started putting it into...
COOL! CITY ENJOYS JULY CHILL-OUT
Swap the suntan lotion for a sweater. According to the National Weather Service, this is the chilliest July since 1888 -- when Grover Cleveland lived in the White House. Temperatures...
JACKO'S 'FUTILE DREAM' HOUSE
Cash-strapped Michael Jackson desperately wanted to buy a sprawling 10-acre Las Vegas estate he named "Wonderland" -- complete with secret tunnels, a 20-car garage and a backyard waterfall for the...
TV CHEF BOILS OVER
Culinary whiz David Burke pounded his chauffeur like a veal cutlet, punching him in the face and slamming a car-trunk hood on his head after the driver asked to go...
CITY $OCKS TAXPAYERS OVER 'ART'
Art, schmart. That's what one critic thinks about the city's "Percent for Art" law, which mandates 1 percent of public construction budgets be earmarked for artwork -- a rule that...
CRASH PADS FOR PILOTS
They sleep eight to a room in cramped apartments that can get so out of control that they'd put a frat house to shame -- making getting a good night's...
QNS. DRIVER DIES IN GA. CRASH
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Queens man died yesterday when a pickup truck barreling the wrong way on I-95 smashed into his minivan, cops said. The truck was headed north in...
THE PORK AUTHORITY
Port Authority salaries have been cleared for takeoff. The payroll for the bloated bi-state agency that runs the three airports, the bus terminal and six bridges and tunnels saw the...
KID COASTER CRASH
Bronx church festival-goers were treated to a hell ride last night when the kiddie coaster they were riding flipped off its rails, injuring 11 people, including nine kids and a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * Police are searching for this teenage girl who vanished from her Bedford-Stuyvesant home. Kai Wilderbrathwaite, 16, got into a livery cab on Decatur Street near Stuyvesant Avenue on...
HONDURAN PREZ BACK AT BORDER
LAS MANOS, Nicaragua -- Deposed President Manuel Zelaya returned to the Honduran border yesterday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force...
DEAD VET ROTTED IN HIS ROOM
A Vietnam veteran was found dead in his Brooklyn home yesterday -- months after neighbors began complaining to the city about an unbearable smell coming from the apartment. James Gales,...
OFF AGAIN, INN AGAIN
Could they be making sweet music again? Just days after Chris Brown publicly apologized for his February beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the two spent the weekend at the same luxury...
CRAMER'S 'MAD' ANTICS
Sloppy stock picks and childish temper tantrums are nothing new to Jim Cramer. The host of CNBC's "Mad Money" alienated co-workers with his erratic stock trades and furniture throwing as...
DIVORCE BATTLE PUTS PE FIRM VALUE IN SPOTLIGHT
Marc Leder, the co-founder of private-equity powerhouse Sun Capital Partners, has had better years. Not only has he had to deal these last 12 months with a weakened portfolio of...
Vivendi's new safari
NBC Universal sale conspiracists were intrigued by Vivendi's decision last week to suspend talks to acquire a controlling stake in African mobile phone business Zain, believing the move is further...
COP TAKES BAM'S CALL IN TOWN PUB
A normally bustling lunch crowd of about 100 stood quiet as a mouse inside Tommy Doyle's Irish Pub in Cambridge, Mass. Bar regular Sgt. James Crowley was about to take...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Outraged Florida parents are making war, not love, over a piece of nude art. The statue -- outside a shopping center and near an elementary school -- portrays a family...
OBAMA LOSES TOUCH
This is big, what's happening. President Obama appears to have misstepped on a major initiative and defining issue. He has misjudged the nation's mood, which itself is news: He rose...
NYC PREP: SOPHOMORONIC
Rich kids on the prowl in New York City! Parties! Snubs! Parents and school administrators up in arms! It should be so compelling, but it ends up being a tepid...
WHY WOMEN ARE FRENEMIES
I've had a chip on my shoulder about the same "friend" for almost 15 years. Needless to say, she's beautiful, with flawless skin, perfect breasts and a mane of chestnut...
CZAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACES
If you can't beat 'em, czar 'em. This is the standard operating procedure in Obama World. The time-honored Senate confirmation process proved to be a dangerous landmine for one too...
WHY IT'S HARD TO FIGHT OBESITY
A few days ago, I had my first McGriddle. While I usually try to avoid McDonald's meat products -- that's the benevolent influence of my wife, who rightly insists on...
REGRETS, THEY HAVE A FEW
Team Obama is now famous the world over for its practice of foreign-policy-by-apology -- or what some would call its sorry form of diplomacy. And though it may be too...
LEFT COAST'S LESSONS
California lawmakers, whose financial woes are even worse than New York's -- if you can imagine that -- finally reached a budget deal with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week. Though...
FEDEX'S FAST ONE
George Will accuses UPS of "bending public power for private advantage" because it believes that FedEx's workers should have the same right to organize as their peers at other package-delivery...
TOM TERRIFIC
There were two trophies awarded at the British Open last Sunday ("Watson Bogey's 18 To Miss Shot at History," July 20). One was the claret jug rightfully won by Stewart...
SHIP SHAPE?
John Lehman's piece about the current state of the US Navy is the most myopic article I've ever read ("If You Wish for Peace," PostOpinion, July 21). He laments the...
SNUBWAY
Another delay in the 2nd Avenue subway ("2nd Ave. Flubway Delayed 'til 2017," July 22)? When contemplating the capabilities of both the Port Authority and its evil counterpart, the MTA,...
REQUIRED READING
Curing the Blues with a New Pair of Shoes by Dixie Cash (Avon) In this summer-appropriate hoot-and-a-half of a story, a thief not only steps on Elvis' blue suede shoes,...
THE ISRAEL TEST
The central issue in international politics, dividing the world into two fractious armies, is the tiny state of Israel. The prime issue is not a global war of civilizations between...
THE SNAKEHEAD
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1993, a rusty fishing boat called the Golden Venture ran aground in the waters off of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. The...
AN IRREVERENT CURIOSITY
Post-Vatican II Catholics may not be well-acquainted with the cult of relics -- or as some irreverently call them, "praying tackle." They might be the bones of a saint (a...
IN MY LIBRARY: J.A. JANCE
"Writing well really is the best revenge," says J.A. Jance. The best-selling author never forgot what it was like to be shut out of the University of Arizona's creative writing...
NYPD CONFIDENTIAL
On a rainy Palm Sunday night in 1984, 10 women and children were gunned down execution-style at a house located in Brooklyn's 75th Precinct. It was a drug-related massacre that...
FAST TIMES AT POCONO
LONG POND, Pa. -- I have a bit of a street cred problem in my family. It seems they think I'm somewhat of a slow driver, or at least that's...
COACH EXPECTS SECOND-HALF SURGE
No one said this was going to be easy. In fact, long before training camp opened, Liberty GM Carol Blazejowski and coach Pat Coyle said this was going to be...
OILERS SHOULDN'T BE HOT FOR HEATLEY
LISTEN, it's time for the good folks from Edmonton to get up off their knees and withdraw their proposal of marriage to Dany Heatley before the reluctant groom actually says...
WARRICK, DAVIS ON NETS' RADAR
Two power forward free agent names have resurfaced on the Nets' landscape, Hakim Warrick and Glen "Big Baby" Davis. The Nets have made strong inquiries about both players. Now, if...
CONTADOR SET TO CLINCH TOUR CROWN
MONT VENTOUX, France -- Alberto Contador all but sealed his second Tour de France title yesterday, keeping the yellow jersey after a punishing mountain ride in the next to last...
FLUSHING THE SEASON
* Mets fans are disgusted by the pathetic self-pity echoing from the fleeced Wilpons, general manager Omar Minaya, who enjoys a guaranteed contract, and high-priced millionaires such as Francisco Rodriguez,...
NFL COMMISH ALLOWS CHIEFS TO FLEECE FANS
"Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?" -- Groucho Marx asProf. Wagstaff in the 1932movie "Horse Feathers." THERE is no rise in unem...
METS' OFFENSE ERUPTS FOR NIESE
HOUSTON -- A squadron of pigs flew over Minute Maid Park last night. Not really, but that seemed about as likely as the Mets scoring 10 runs in one game...
CALC HITS RECORD 9 STRAIGHT BIRDIES
Greg Norman shot a bogey-free 6-under 64 yesterday to grab the lead by a stroke heading into the last round of the Senior British Open in Sunningdale, England. Norman was...
STRUGGLING A'S LEFTY HAS GAME OF HIS LIFE IN BRONX
Oakland's Gio Gonzalez had just surrendered the only run he would yield to the powerful Yankees in 6 2/3 innings yesterday. After the sixth inning, Athletics manager Bob Geren went...
YOUNG MIDFIELDER READY TO HOIST CUP
When the young U.S. team steps on the Giants Stadium field for today's 3 p.m. Gold Cup final against archrival Mexico, they'll step into a swirling cauldron of emotions, a...
HANK-ERING FOR HALL TO USE ASTERISKS
COOPERSTOWN -- No one is more respected in baseball than Hank Aaron, and he made it clear yesterday that if known steroid users make it into the Hall of Fame,...
WEST ALL-STARS CASH IN
UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Swin Cash and Nicole Powell helped the Western Conference get back on the winning track at the WNBA All-Star Game. Cash set an All-Star Game record with...
'INTENSE' BRADLEY DESERVES RESPECT FROM U.S.
NEVER mind Michael Bradley can play. Dad is the coach, so he can't really be a good coach, just one looking to get his flesh and blood some playing time...
CCA OAKS HAS A 'FUNNY' ENDING
The 3-year-old filly Funny Moon, beaten 23 lengths in her only previous stakes attempt when she ran eighth in the Acorn on Belmont Stakes Day, stretched out to a mile-and-a-quarter...
MITRE'S SEEKING HIS 'A' GAME TODAY
Sergio Mitre would like to give the Yankees better than a "C" performance today. The right-hander gave himself that grade when he was asked yesterday to evaluate his performance in...
HALOS JOIN PHILS AS ROY FAVES
Halladay shopping is coming down to the wire. Although the Phillies are still considered the frontrunners to acquire Roy Halladay from the Blue Jays, an Internet report yesterday indicated the...
METS TALK SHEFFIELD ONTO SHELF
HOUSTON -- It took some doing, but the Mets finally got Gary Sheffield to accept his trip to the disabled list yesterday. The move seemed to be long overdue with...
SPORTS SHORTS
AUTO: Martin earns pole at Brickyard Mark Martin won the pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, posting a lap of 182.054 mph to edge 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya...
HONDO'S TRIPLE PLAY
That's just about enough winning for Hondo, who re turned some of the loot he gained Friday by losing with the Bucs last night to fall 385 brecheens in the...
YOU'VE GOT SALE
There may be a recession going on, but that doesn't make it any easier to quit the shopping habit. In fact, with all of the amazing summer sales happening right...
Mexico's Aguirre rips U.S. style, ignores El Tri's woes: "That's a dangerous cocktail''
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The U.S. has dominated Mexico recently heading into today's 3 p.m. clash for the Gold Cup title. But don't expect El Tri coach Javier...
MEET MARKET
Tim, a 21-year-old student from San Diego, is in NYC for the summer. He keeps busy as an intern on Wall Street, but would love to meet a local lady,...
VIRGIN DIARY
Like Liz Lemon on "30 Rock," I was a high-school virgin. And a college virgin. And even, for five or six years after, a New York City virgin. I take...
CULINARY COHORTS
Tasty treats were the topic of conversation during Anne-Marie and Chris' date at Italian spot Via dei Mille in SoHo. The 24-year-old project manager and 24-year-old writer/model chatted about everything...
THE COLOR OF 'FUNNY'
Actors have done plenty of crazy things in the name of getting into character. Robert De Niro packed on 60 pounds. Christian Bale ate maggots. Now Adam Sandler and the...
TURN THE AC ON!
A YEAR AGO, the Hamptons were the destination of choice for New Yorkers with weekends to waste and money to burn. Fast-forward a summer and add a recession, plus the...
TAKING IT TO THE MAXI
By Kyle Smith Cute young women get away with a lot. And well they should. They brighten up a room, a subway car, a restaurant, this city. And their cuteness...
ADOPT ME
Raquel is a beautiful, friendly 4-month-old kitten who's got a sister and two brothers that are equally lovable! Meet them from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humane Society...
GOING BARKERS
DEAR DR. FOX: My daughter had a baby about four months ago, and her 13-year-old female mixed black Lab Shelby has been bonkers ever since. What could we do to...
PORT-ABLE PET LAND
It's tough to find a dreamier destination for dogs and the people who love them than Portland, Oregon, which earned the title "Dog Town USA" from Dog Fancy magazine. JetBlue...
AGENDA
* PLAY THIS: Bring your steady, Jenga-playing hands to Brooklyn's Union Hall on Monday, when the Board Game Olympics get under way at 7:30 p.m. The fierce competition between "Operation"...
Brit perspective on Beckham
Here's a decent read on David Beckham from the British perspective from London Times writer Jonathan Northcroft, who spent some time with Goldenballs. A solid read, and also noteworthy. Northcroft...
SAVING THE JAY
T HERE was no joy last Monday, for the Beasties had bowed out. After being touted as Friday's opening-night headliners for the All Points West Music and Arts Festival at...
BORN TOO LATE
BEING a prodigy isn't what it used to be. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France was 14 years and 4 months old when he became an international grandmaster. Had he done that...
BRIDGE
IF I'm asked what qualities define a successful player, I cite desire, technical knowledge, judgment, and empathy for partner. Maybe the most important attribute is absolute concentration: An average player...
BLOOD ON THE ALTAR
YOU'LL want to stay out of a dark confessional with Father Sang-hyun. He is, you see, a vampire with a thirst for human blood and female bodies. His story unfolds...
MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
The majority of people who recognize me either think they've seen me in something, or think I went to school with their brother or sold them car insurance," says Gary...
PEACHES AND SCREAM
Can any reality show top Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey," whose season climaxed with a vulgar cat-fight made infamous by a glass-shattering table flip by Teresa Guidice who shrieked...
PRIMETIME
If Walter Cronkite was America's first TV news anchor, he also was among the last to escape full-blown political labeling and name-calling. In 1968, when Cronkite, dispatched to report from...
DON'T MISS LIST
COMEDY10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC Family Good girls gone bad - This week's episode -- titled "Don't Give a Damn About My Bad Reputation" --...
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD!
"The Barefoot Contessa," Food Network, B+ The Contessa, Ina Garten, makes preparing an afternoon picnic of tartines and shrimp cocktail for friends in her beautiful East Hampton kitchen seem like...
REEL GOOD
MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (2008), Sunday, 8 p.m., Showtime 2 Oscar-nominated Anne Hathaway knocks it out of the park as a young woman on a leave from rehab who wreaks...
CHAOS IN THE 'KITCHEN'
Gordon Ramsay has an identity crisis. The star of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," now in its sixth season, is the best-known chef in the world, but his cooking empire, which includes...
MEXICO WINS GOLD CUP, ROUTS US 5-0
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Vindication. Satisfaction. Domination. After finally earning a win against the Americans on U.S. soil, Mexico's players used all of those words Sunday to describe the...
Niese talks comeback, 10-3 win
HOUSTON -- Here is video I shot of Jonathon Niese discussing his comeback trail from Triple-A Buffalo and his seven strong innings of one-run ball tonight in a 10-3 win...
PALIN SAYS GOODBYLE TO ALASKA
Gov. Sarah Palin gained fame - and to some infamy - since she embarked on a vice-presidential bid less than a year ago. Her surprising departure from Alaska's top office...
WHY WOMEN ARE FRENEMIES
I've had a chip on my shoulder about the same "friend" for almost 15 years. Needless to say, she's beautiful, with flawless skin, perfect breasts and a mane of chestnut...
WHY IT'S HARD TO FIGHT OBESITY
A few days ago, I had my first McGriddle. While I usually try to avoid McDonald's meat products -- that's the benevolent influence of my wife, who rightly insists on...