October 28, 2008
CW EXPLORING NEW 'MELROSE PLACE'
First "90210" -- now "Melrose Place." The CW is "exploring developing" a revised version of "Melrose Place," the popular Fox series that aired from 1992-1999, according to sources. The new...
Deal of the Day-Victoria's Secret
One can never have too many cardigans these days. They're versatile, warm and not horribly expensive.This Boyfriend Sweater from Victoria's Secret is only $27.99 down from $48 and is a...
PHILLIES WIN GAME 5! (IN VEGAS, THAT IS)
It was a rule almost as old as baseball itself, and if it doesn't apply in Philadelphia, it still applies in Las Vegas. Sports books in the gambling capital recognized...
Chatman, Ainge put on IR
The Jets today announced that QB Erik Ainge and RB Jesse Chatman have been placed on the injured reserve list.Ainge, who has a right foot injury, was the Jets 2008...
Maradona to Coach Argentina
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona was named coach of the national side on Tuesday.The 48-year-old -- who almost singlehandedly led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup trophy -- won crucial...
Murphy OK after cut forearm
Daniel Murphy, the Mets' impressive young outfielder who is playing second base in the Arizona Fall League, is expected to return to action in a day or two after taking...
Curry to sit vs. Miami
By MARC BERMANEddy Curry said he was "shocked'' that he had to find out he wasn't playing in tomorrow's season opener from a reporter (me) following today's practice. The bearded...
'Simpsons' Pickup
The producer in charge of "The Simpsons" predicts at least three more seasons for the storied animated series on Fox."The cast is signed for three more years, so I would...
Michelle Obama on 'Tonight'
Michelle Obama talks with Jay Leno about buying her own clothes.Check out another clip from Michelle's "Tonight Show" visit after the jump.
WHAT'S UP: JETS, WEEK 9
If told in the beginning of the season the Jets would be battling the Patriots and Colts for playoff positioning, any fan would have been elated. The Tom Brady-less Patriots...
WHAT'S UP: GIANTS, WEEK 9
Just because the Cowboys are fading, doesn't mean the Giants (6-1) have an open road to the top spot in the NFC. One challenge is coming from within their division.WHAT'S...
Bed Jumping
Scene: Sony BMGChiara apparently slept over at the office last night, judging by her sweats, pajamas and ponytail. She reminds Horsey that Justin Bobby's never interested in her unless there's...
ALT TAKES THE STAND IN DIVORCE TRIAL
Actress-model Carol Alt has testified on her own behalf in a lawsuit over disputed earnings that she brought against her ex-husband, the former hockey player Ron Greschner. The 47-year-old Alt...
Prelude to the Opener
By FRED KERBERTomorrow night the Nets finally kick off the season - darn, don'tcha hate seeing pre-season end? But figure you'll unravel the whole grassy knoll thing before Lawrence Frank...
Every Music Video Since the Beginning of Time...
You want your MTV? Now you've got it.More than 22,000 music videos - nearly every video that's ever been played on MTV - are now available free on one new...
Political Notes From Everywhere
• Barack Obama, last-minute addition to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" tomorrow night 11 p.m. Comedy Central). Don't assume Stewart will give him a hard time, but he's bound...
In Vegas, Phillies won
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reveals that sports books in the city are paying off bets as if the Phillies won Game 5 of the World Series 2-1 over the Rays.The...
Three Little Words
This week, on "Gossip Girl": Lil' J grows a pair (actually, two pairs), Chuck needs new pants, Nate moves in and no one wants to go to the movies.Blair is...
NAVARRETE & ORELLANA
Jorge Navarrete and Gisell Orellana of Brooklyn, NY. We met online by accident and I (groom) convinced her to give me her phone number. After speaking for hours that night,...
ALBRIZIO & SAFOSCHNIK
Michelle Albrizio and Michael Safoschnik of NJ. It all started January 12, 2006-- I was working for a legal company in the city and Mike was doing patrol in the...
SANZERA & TAYLOR
Staci Sanzera and Robert Taylor of North Brunswick, NJ. I have had a plethora of funny things happen regarding our wedding: the black carbon hand print the seamstress put on...
DAYAN & ESSES
Raymond Dayan and Linda Esses of NY. It was love at first sight when we met on a singles trip in Athens, Greece. With the romantic backdrop and the sweet...
ARIAS & AVILES
Madelyn Arias & Lee Aviles of Queens, NY Lee and I met through a mutual friend. I didn't think he was my type at first because he was so quiet....
Report: Cowboys' Witten has fractured rib
ESPN.com reports that Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has a fractured rib and his status for Sunday's game against the Giants is in doubt.The report says Witten plans to play...
Minnows Dominate Europe
Imagine Hoffenheim vs. Hull in next season's Champions League final.If that sounds laughable, take a look at the league standings in Germany and England. Playing pro soccer for the first...
NY TEACHER MISSING AFTER GETTING FLAT TIRE
A Long Island teacher has mysteriously vanished - and in a bizarre twist, her dad spotted her abandoned car along the side of a highway as he drove a school...
DVD Extra: Our Gang, Stooges, Bugs, A & C
Today in The Post, I reviewthe first authorized set of all 80 talkies produced by Hal Roach for the series known variously as "Our Gang'' and "The Little Rascals'' --...
DEALS: Encore Las Vegas for $229/nt
Wynn's Encore resort, which adds over 2,000 "suites" to the stable - that's a lotta rooms, Ethel! - is now accepting bookings from January 12. Call (888) 320-7125 or log...
SERB STUDENT WANTED IN BAR BRAWL ARRESTED
The hulking Serbian hoopster who fled the United States after leaving a fellow student in a coma during an upstate bar brawl was arrested in his native country today. American...
NEW RICH HITCH FOR BARACK
Before there was "spread the wealth," there was "redistributive change." A 2001 radio interview unearthed yesterday provided fresh fodder for John McCain's efforts to paint Barack Obama as a radical...
'SPREAD THE WEALTH': IT SURE IS SOCIALISM
Capitalism and socialism, interwoven in America's economic fabric, are vital parts of our society's makeup ("McCain's Socialist Fallacy," Kirsten Powers, PostScript, Oct. 24). Capitalism creates wealth and jobs, but what...
SMEARING PATERSON
My concern is not for the problems Charles O'Byrne is having surrounding his tax obligations; rather, it is the opportunity you take to raise irrelevant factors to demean the governor...
HIS OWN MESS
John McCain's listing campaign has descended into a bout of pre-criminations that is delightful fodder for political reporters. Who can deny that some cretinous McCain aide calling Sarah Palin "a...
DEMS' CAMPAIGN-FINANCE HYPOCRISY
ON the question of public funding of presidential campaigns, we Democrats who strongly support Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy and who previously supported limits on campaign spending and who haven't objected...
OBAMA & THE ARABS
'OBAMA! Inshallah!" - Obama! Allah willing! That slogan, scribbled on walls in Gaza, indicates the hopes that Barack Obama has inspired among Arabs. While Obama has tried to push his...
OBAMA'S IDEAS FOR A RADICAL COURT
IN a 2001 radio interview that's just come to light, Barack Obama discussed the Supreme Court's role in redistributing wealth. Call it Obama's "Joe the Plumber meets Justice Brennan" moment....
RAID KILLS QAEDA BIG
A US commando attack in Syrian territory killed a top-level al Qaeda coordinator who supplied a pipeline of foreign fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, officials revealed yesterday. According to...
BE A FLYING LAB RAT
It sounds like an offer you can't resist: getting $2,500 to take a free four-day trip to France on a private plane. The catch: you'll spend the entire "vacation" in...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 146; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 1979; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 408; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
GRIEF UPON GRIEF
Tears in her eyes, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson yesterday identified the body of her murdered 7-year-old nephew, who was found hours earlier in the abandoned SUV where he had been...
SHORE FLING FOR SEXY 'HS MUSICAL' LOVERS
While their "High School Musical 3" ignited the box office on its opening weekend, on-and off-screen beaus Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron created some heat of their own on a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A female driver went on a tear in Woodhaven, twice ramming a parking agent and sparking a wild chase, officials said yesterday. Andrea McMillan, of Springfield Gardens, allegedly slammed...
MIKE'S A HYPOCRITE: DEM
State Senate Democratic leader Malcolm Smith suggested yesterday that Mayor Bloomberg was a hypocrite for denouncing one-party rule in Albany while pushing through an extension of term limits in the...
BULLET BARRAGE IN BEAUTY SALON
A wild shooting that began in broad daylight in front of a trendy Brooklyn bakery yesterday ended with bullets flying in a nearby beauty salon, sending petrified workers and patrons...
DA EYES COPS IN SODOMY
Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes will empanel a special grand jury to investigate accusations that a tattoo-parlor worker was sodomized by cops. Hynes said the medical records of Michael Mineo, 24,...
JETS' HIGH FLIER
Meet Mr. Jet. Diehard fan David Findel paid the record $400,000 for the rights to the two best seats at the new Meadowlands stadium, and he says they're worth every...
'HAUNTED HOUSE' HIT MAN GETS LIFE
A Bonanno associate who carried out a ghoulish mob homicide at a Staten Island "haunted house" is headed to the big house for life after a federal jury convicted him...
NEW SHOCK IN DAD'S KID SLAYS
The last thing 1-year-old Kristina Middleton saw from her high chair was her daddy's gun, pointed at her from two feet away, a medical examiner testified yesterday in the gruesome...
MOM CHARGED IN MURDER OF MOP GIRL, 11
The mother of an abused 11-year-old Brooklyn girl who died after being beaten with a mop handle was charged last night with her murder, authorities said. The Medical Examiner's Office...
CALLING KNICKS TOO TOUGH A PILL FOR ISIAH TO SWALLOW
showvideo("PostSports","1458_412348"); Isiah Thomas has all but severed his ties to the Knicks - opting not to contact his bosses since popping too many sleeping pills last week and pinning the...
SIS FAMILY FEUD'S ONE FOR BOOKS
A literary catfight has erupted between a socialite author and her out-of-work sister over an upcoming novel called "Hedge Fund Wives." Writer Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover claims in court papers that...
CITY WORKER HELPED SELF TO $1,500
Gabriel Soto had an advantage over other New York dads paying child support - working for the Human Resources Administration, he could access his own computer file. What he didn't...
BIN THERE, DO THAT: RECYCLE
Recycling in public just got easier with the addition of 105 blue and green bins throughout the five boroughs, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. The mayor called the cost of the...
COPS SHOT 2 IN BACK
Two brothers who came up fatally short in a gun battle with police outside a Brooklyn nightclub early Sunday were both shot in the back, according to the city's medical...
MIKE BACKER OFF THE CLOCK
A Health Department worker who was helping to garner support for Mayor Bloomberg's push for a term-limits extension was not working on city time, according to a time sheet released...
PATERSON WOULD BEAT RUDY: POLL
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's tough talk about slashing state spending in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown is paying off. A poll out yesterday gave him a record-high approval...
BLOODY GLOVES FINGER LILLO, PAL
A "Sopranos" actor and his junkie pal accused of killing an off-duty cop in The Bronx tried to cover their tracks by wearing latex gloves in the burglary gone bad,...
COLLEGES $OAR HERE
The cost of studying at private colleges has surged past the $50,000 mark this year at three schools - two of them local. Bronxville's Sarah Lawrence College is the most...
$TRAPPED-HANGERS
The MTA warned yesterday that riders may be socked with even higher fare increases than anticipated because agency budget planners hadn't foreseen the global economic crisis headed their way. Operating-budget...
BUSH AT HELM ON VETS DAY
President Bush will lead Veterans Day ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Nov. 11 and will receive the 2008 Intrepid Freedom Award, the museum announced yesterday....
EASY TICKET TO RIDE THE GRAVY TRAIN
A culture of fraud and entitlement was so pervasive at the LIRR that retiring employees were told they would be "fools" for not cashing in on easy disability payments, an...
TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK ON THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
REALITY may bite and some times it even barks. But it has to be checked anyway. If you've been reading the newspapers lately you already know that today begins another...
FUNDS' OCTOBER SURPRISE
Hedge funds are once again on track to post their worst monthly return in at least a decade - and the bloodshed this time may exceed the record set 10...
DAZZLING NEW OUTFIT
Activist shareholders in Dillard's demanded the ouster of the regional department-store chain's CEO and his family-led management team, calling their performance "atrocious." In a letter to the Arkansas-based retailer's independent...
SUMNER SQUEEZE
National Amusements, the movie-theater chain that controls Sumner Redstone's interests in Viacom and CBS, faces the difficult task of getting more than 50 institutions to unanimously agree on revised terms...
NEW HOUSING NUMBERS CAN'T SUPPORT MARKETS
Bargain house-hunters are finally offering a ray of hope to the desperate housing industry. Sales of new homes posted an unexpected jump in September when seasonally adjusted, signaling to some...
FRENCH 'STEAK' OUT GOTHAM
DANNY Meyer and Laurent Tourondel, look out - a French restaurant that's a kind of Shake Shack of steak is coming to town. For 44 years, Parisians have lined up...
CLO-SE TO DEFAULT
The last thing a credit-woozy Wall Street needs is another financial shoe to drop, but it looks like that might be happening. Investors in so-called leveraged loans - provided over...
SPANO'S OIL STUNT
Local companies might want to start thinking twice about doing business with Westchester County - given County Executive Andrew Spano's respect for legally binding contracts. Spano has called on 69...
BARACK'S SUPREME GOAL
When Barack Obama talks about wealth redistribution, he really means it. He doesn't just want to spread it around himself, as he so famously told Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher. He...
A STRIKE IN SYRIA
American forces this week moved to halt the trickle of foreign fighters still flowing into Iraq - this time hitting them where they're coming from. In an apparently first-of-its-kind strike,...
ELECTING A PRESIDENT - CAMPAIGN MATTERS
With each presidential election, it seems that the campaigning starts earlier and earlier. This one is surely no exception. It wasn't always that way. At one time, it was considered...
JULIANNE HAS SURGERY TODAY
JUST give her a bullet to bite on. "Dancing With the Stars" hoofer Julianne Hough will have her appendix removed today - after dancing on last night's show. Hough will...
URBAN MYTH
JUST what the world needs now: another "reality" show featuring a (fill in the blank: rapper, rocker, hip-hopper), hanging out at home where we watch him act the part of...
LOVE IN LATE NIGHT
MOVE over John McCain and David Letterman - it looks like Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are going to reconcile this week. On Kimmel's show. Silverman, the stand-up comic who...
SERIES BACK IN GAME
FOX'S World Series ratings rebounded Sunday night - less than 24 hours after Saturday's Game 3 reached historically low viewership levels. Sunday's Game 4 averaged a solid 15.5 million viewers...
'JEOPARDY!' KING AS LIFELINE
ALL-time "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings wants to help you win some money. Jennings will serve as the "Ask the Expert" lifeline on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," hosted by...
'MAD' JUMP
SUNDAY'S "Mad Men" season finale snared 1.7 million viewers. That was up 30 percent from the show's penultimate episode (1.4 million) and was also up 20 percent in households from...
VI-KING
FUN-loving dad Larry King channeled his inner Flavor Flav to cheer on his two sons in a flag football game. The CNN talkmeister, 74, proudly donned a Viking helmet -...
READ FIRST, SHOP LATER
AS the world's largest department store, Macy's is like a retail nation unto itself. While chances are you'll find whatever you're looking for, navigating the millions of square feet can...
DEPARTMENT SCORE!
WE love New York for its boutiques and quirky shops, but sometimes you just need a good old-fashioned department store, with everything under one roof. And it doesn't get more...
MPFREES
Lady Gaga, "The Fame" Snazzy synths are paired with rich vocals to poke fun at being famous - while kind of being in love with the idea of it. Catch...
SETTING HERSELF APART
IN the wake of her divorce from motocross racer Carey Hart, Pink has the blues. But the sassy pop singer isn't boo-hooing her way through a box of Kleenex -...
ROCKING RESPONSIBLY
A recording studio is like a cauldron; sometimes, the desire to make the best album can create enough band friction to heat tempers to the boiling point. So why would...
SHE DOES IT HER WAY
LADY Gaga is the future of pop - and not just because that's the term she uses to describe her own music. With her electro/dance/pop debut record "The Fame" dropping...
UNCUT SPANKY? OH-TAY!
SHORTS running 10 to 20 minutes were regularly shown in theaters with feature films into the 1950s, when many of these series began turning up on television. One of the...
THERE'S GOOD REASON TO SEE 'SOMETHING'
IT'S a testament to mono logist Mike Daisey's ir reverence that his recent show about regional theater was ominously titled "How Theater Failed America" while his current one - about...
STIMULATING HAPPINESS
THERE'S another weapon in the war against major depression: transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, which the FDA recently approved to treat patients who have failed to respond to antidepressant medications....
MORE SLOPPY PLAY WON'T FLY VS. BILLS
First, the damning numbers for the Jets: * In three games since their bye week, playing against the NFL's bottom-feeders (a combined 4-17 record), the Jets are just 2-1 and...
JETS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Jets' 28-24 win over the Chiefs this Sunday. REPORT CARD GALLERYMORE: Complete Jets Coverage
CHATMAN APPEARS FINISHED
The Jets appear to have lost reserve running back Jesse Chatman for the season with a left knee injury. "I would say with Jesse, it doesn't look real good," coach...
DEVILS' CAPTAIN IMPROVING
Jamie Langenbrunner couldn't practice for the Devils yesterday, saying he "wasn't good enough to skate yet." The captain, believed to be suffering from a charley horse, missed Saturday's game against...
DOCKERY OUT AT LEAST TWO WEEKS
Cornerback Kevin Dockery will be out at least two weeks with a fractured transverse process in his back. It's a similar injury to the one that kept rookie linebacker Jonathan...
NO MATTER WHO PLAYS, GIANTS-'BOYS A WAR
For a team coming off the highest of highs after outlasting the rugged Steelers, there's nothing more intoxicating than the chance to finish off the despised Cowboys. That's the next...
ROMO-LESS COWBOYS USING BLUE-COLLAR STRATEGY
A FUNNY thing happened on the way to Sunday's showdown between the Giants and Cowboys at Giants Stadium. The once high-scoring, made-for-TV Cowboys have taken on the personality of the...
GIANTS REPORT CARD
Here are the grades following the Giants' 21-14 win over the Steelers this Sunday: REPORT CARD GALLERY
DIPIETRO COVER-UP CONTINUES
Rick DiPietro missed another game last night after being examined by a doctor during the day. He was listed as being "day-to-day" with "a lower body injury" that he suffered...
HENRIK SAVES SLEEPWALKING RANGERS
It was another night on which the Rangers appeared dozy through the first 30 minutes, another match in which they allowed the opposition to dictate terms for far too long....
HONDO'S TENN. WALTZ
Hondo will always remember the Titans for their fabulous performance against the Colts last night, which increased the earnings to 345 mahaffeys. Today, he'll stand pat with his Series investment...
. . . NO, COMMISH GOT THIS TOUGH CALL RIGHT
PHILADELPHIA - Bud Selig faced nothing but bad options and made the best - or maybe more appropriately the least worst - of a horrible situation. We have become addicted...
OMAR'S PLATE PHILLED
PHILADELPHIA - Omar Minaya has watched the World Series and recognized the competition in the NL East has been growing tougher by the victory. With last night's Game 5 suspended...
DOWNPOUR FORCES SERIES SUSPENSION
PHILADELPHIA - Bud Selig wasn't about to let the World Series end on a technicality last night. Major League Baseball's commissioner insisted the Phillies and Rays would have waited "until...
HORNETS BETTER THAN LAKERS
APPROPRIATELY, the defending champion Celtics jumpstart the 2008-09 season tonight against a shimmering Cavaliers edition they are all but guaranteed to meet in mid-May or in the Eastern Conference finals...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Players being investigated Six to eight players are under investigation by the NFL for violating the league's drug policy by taking a weight-loss diuretic that is considered a masking...
GAME'S IN BULLPENS' HANDS NOW
PHILADELPHIA - Whenever Game 5 resumes - tonight, tomorrow night or Thursday night - it likely will be decided by the bullpens. One thing is certain: When the rain stops...
SELIG DROPS RAIN-SOAKED BALL . . .
PHILADELPHIA - When we submit the final summation of Bud Selig's time as commissioner, we would do well to remember this soaking, sopping, surreal night in Pennsylvania, when the commissioner...
MADDON ALTERS RAYS' LINEUP
PHILADELPHIA - With his team batting .187 going into Game 5, Joe Maddon last night shook up his lineup. After batting the left-handed hitting Carl Crawford fifth in the first...
KNICKS' NEW REGIME PAYING BIG, BUT TO WHAT END?
The Knicks have reclaimed the No. 1 spot. According to an NBA source, the Knicks, with rosters finalized yesterday, have the league's highest payroll, at $97.7 million. That figure is...
SON SETS AT GARDEN: KNICKS CUT EWING JR.
It was the right basketball move, but the wrong public-relations move. In a move that will be met with distaste from a shrinking fan base, Knicks president Donnie Walsh made...
THORN SCALES BACK EARLY EXPECTATIONS
When training camp began, team president Rod Thorn declared he expected the Nets to make the playoffs. Then he watched the Nets in preseason, and specifically saw them defend and...
ROAD TRIP: ROUTE 66
WHEN people talk about Route 66 road trips like they were the greatest thing ever, I hear two words: unnecessary and hardship. A whole week - maybe two - of...
HOT DEALS!
* ST. BARTS $136 for a double room at the soon-to-reopen Hotel Le Christopher, good Nov. 10-Dec. 20. The hotel will be running with limited staff during this time period,...
TERROR, PHILLY STYLE
PHILADELPHIA claims about 20 colleges and universities within its storied city limits, from Drexel, Temple, and Penn, to everything in between. But if you meet an alumnus of "Eastern State,"...
NEWS + NOTES
BLACKJACK! MORE than 250 Hyatt Hotels & Resorts are 21 percent off from Oct. 31-Feb. 1; must book between Oct. 27-Nov. 5. This is a pretty big deal for them....
TRIP OR TREAT!
1) HUGUENOT CEMETERY St. Augustine, Florida Little wonder the oldest city in America (or so St. Augustinians are obsessed with claiming) has one of the most haunted cemeteries. Back in...
2 BROTHERS KILLED BY COPS SHOT IN THE BACK
Two brothers who came up fatally short in a gun battle with police outside a Brooklyn nightclub early Sunday were both shot in the back, according to the city's medical...
CUOMO: LIRR ENCOURAGED FRAUD
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_411899"); A culture of fraud and entitlement was so pervasive at the LIRR that retiring employees were told they would be "fools" for not cashing in on easy disability payments,...