March 27, 2009
NOT SO FAST
Hold off on those fare hikes! Gov. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver presented an 11th-hour MTA rescue plan to Senate leader Malcolm Smith this evening that replaces tolls on...
Likely lineup looks very familiar
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jerry Manuel's provocative lineup talk this spring might have been just for show. Manuel said the order he sent out here tonight for Johan Santana's Grapefruit...
Moves put bullpen in focus
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets cleared up their bullpen picture tonight by releasing Ron Villone, reassigning Nelson Figueroa and optioning Carlos Muniz. Barring a late move, Villone's release means...
Not 'Wild' About This Trailer
I loved Spike Jonze's "Being John Malkovich'' and liked "Adaptation'' a bunch, but the trailer for his long-delayed "Where the Wild Things Are'' has me very worried. Is this the...
TRUCK HITS ROAD SIGN, SNARLING WHITESTONE BRIDGE TRAFFIC
A road sign collapsed onto the Queens side of the Whitestone Bridge after a truck crashed into it, injuring two people and snarling traffic for miles along the Whitestone Expressway...
7 INJURED AS TAXI SLAMS INTO NYC PIZZERIA
Seven people were hospitalized, one in serious condition, after a taxi jumped the curb on an Upper West Side street and plowed into a pizzeria, police said. The victims included...
PREGNANT WOMAN DEAD AFTER VAN JUMPS CURB IN MIDTOWN
A pregnant woman was crushed to death by a drunk driver today after his out of control supermarket delivery truck hopped a curb near the Empire State Building and careened...
JETER: LEADOFF SAVES 60 SECONDS
TAMPA -- To Derek Jeter batting leadoff instead of second in the Yankees lineup means only one thing: You are guaranteed no one will be on base for your first...
MONSERRATE PLEADS NOT GUILTY ON CHARGES OF ASSAULTING GIRLFRIEND
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) pleaded not guilty to slashing his girlfriend in the face Friday after a grand jury indicted him on charges, but he will still not...
B'KLYN BODEGA WILL REOPEN -- EVEN AFTER SLAY
The family of a father and son slain in their Brooklyn bodega vowed today to re-open the store even as their murdered kin were laid to rest. "They will reopen,...
SIGN COLLAPSE CLOSES WHITESTONE BRIDGE
NEW YORK -- The busy Whitestone Bridge over New York's East River was shut down in both directions Friday after a large overhead sign fell onto the roadway. The sign...
KERRY KEEPS CUTTING CUTLER
Kerry Rhodes wouldn't roll out the welcome mat for Jay Cutler, but he wouldn't necessarily deck the guy, either. Rhodes was on WFAN this morning and stood by comments that...
STATE RELEASES LIST OF 'STIMULUS' PROJECTS
Federal stimulus money is finally here - but who will get it? The state released a wish list today of 14,000 projects that are vying to get federal stimulus bucks....
Grapefruit: Nationals at Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- David Wright returns to the lineup here tonight against the Nationals for the first time since departing for the World Baseball Classic as Johan Santana makes...
A New Feel in Yankee Clubhouse; CC Mows them down
After traveling around the last month for the WBC, finally getting the chance to spend time in Yankee camp.There is a different feeling in the clubhouse, more relaxed but at...
LIC-BASED 1-800 MATTRESS FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Once a major borough success story, Long Island City's 1-800 Mattress has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to papers filed with the federal bankruptcy court. Dial-a-Mattress Operating Corporation, which...
McDreamy Proposal Could Make 'Grey's' Boring
Long-time fans have been wishing for a "Grey's Anatomy" wedding ever since Meredith Grey scrubbed into Dr. Derek Shepherd's operating room five seasons ago.It took years of "dark and twisty"...
DEALS: Bangkok un-dangerous!
Here I am on a sticky Tuesday afternoon in Bangkok, September 19, 2006. The Royal Thai Army has just pulled off a coup d'état that'd make Qadafi jealous, ousting Prime...
POLL: 1 IN 3 WANT STAR, ATHLETE SALARY CAP
Call it the A-Rod tax. One in three Americans believe the government should make it illegal to pay athletes and movie stars more than $1 million per year, according to...
NORTH DAKOTA BRACES FOR FLOODING
FARGO, N.D. -- The rising Red River broke a 112-year record early Friday and breached one of the dikes fortifying the city, but the mayor pledged to "go down swinging"...
Red Bull's Goldthwaite: "Fit & ready to go''
Defender Kevin Goldthwaite said his sprained ankle feels better, and that he expects to be able to start Saturday's home opener against New England."Ankle's feeling good. I trained today, no...
JAPAN OKS MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEM
TOKYO -- Japan took the rare step Friday of ordering missile-equipped battleships and missile interceptors to protect the northern coast, preparing should a rocket launch by communist North Korea go...
Saint-Cyr Widner joins fellow RBNY academy standout Matt Kassel at Maryland
Now Maryland will have TWO of the Red Bulls' brightest academy stars in their midfield. According to the Washington Post, New City (NJ) native Saint-Cyr Widner has signed a Letter...
INDONESIAN DAM BREAK LEAVES AT LEAST 58 DEAD
CIRENDEU, Indonesia -- Survivors say when the dam gave way in the middle of the night, water surged through their neighborhood outside Jakarta like a tsunami, demolishing hundreds of houses,...
WALL STREET LEGEND IN CENTER OF COURT FIGHT DIES AT 95
Jack Dreyfus, the elderly Wall Street legend who was at the center of a sensational court fight over his care, died early this morning. The 95-year-old Dreyfus Fund founder died...
Report: Jets scouting camp sites
Lohud.com reports that the Jets are scouting upstate sites to hold training camp, despite having spent more than $75 million on their new training center in Florham Park, N.J."Coach Ryan...
Jeff Parke not signing with Seattle
Apparently ex-Red Bull defender Jeff Parke isn't signing with Seattle, either. At least not yet.The ex-Metro mainstay was left unprotected in the expansion draft, largely because of 1) the drug...
Blago Reality Show?
In freaky Friday news, ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich may be getting his own show. Why, you ask? Because when all else fails, why not become a reality TV star?Sources...
SPELLING MANOR ON MARKET FOR $150 MILLION
LOS ANGELES -- The widow of producer Aaron Spelling is placing "The Manor" in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighborhood on the market for a jaw-dropping $150 million, making it by...
CASH-STRAPPED FORMER TV STAR HOLDS GARAGE SALE
Cash-strapped former "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge" star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City. Dozens showed up Thursday at a garage sale at...
FAA TO BLOCK ACCESS TO BIRD-STRIKE RECORDS
Talk about giving airline passengers the bird. After promising to disclose records about how frequently - and where - commercial planes are damaged by hitting flying birds, the FAA has...
Yi Out, Anderson In, Devin Gametime
By FRED KERBERYi Jianlian, the 7-foot ball of offensive invisibility, has been replaced in the starting lineup and the rotation by Ryan Anderson. The change starts tonight against the Lakers."Both...
REPORT: PLAX LOOKING TO MAKE DEAL
ESPN.com reported yesterday that Plaxico Burress' lawyer is trying to resolve his case so the Giants receiver can avoid trial and return to the team as soon as possible. The...
On the 'Chopping Block'
Update: NBC cuts 'Chopping BlockStick a fork in this one.Struggling: ABC's "Better Off Ted" pulled in only 4.6 million viewers Wednesday (8:30 p.m.) -- which wasn't as bad as NBC's...
FDNY TRYING TO LIMIT OVERTIME
The New York City fire department has announced a new policy to curb overtime expenses. Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said Friday that the policy will limit the number of extra hours...
RAPPER T.I. GETS PRISON FOR WEAPONS CHARGE
ATLANTA -- A judge has sentenced rapper T.I. to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges. The 28-year-old, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced...
J. Crawford - not that one - signed
By MARC BERMANThe D-League auditions continue.Guard Joe Crawford has been signed to a 10-day contract. Crawford, a member of the Los Angeles D-Fenders, gets a crack at trying to earn...
LI TEACHER BUSTED FOR PUBLIC LEWDNESS
A Long Island elementary school teacher was busted by police and suspended today after he allegedly was spotted naked in his car fondling himself, authorities said. Joshua Thomas, who teaches...
Box Office: Katzenberg's Folly
Along with all the usual puffery, the press notes for the awful "Monsters vs. Aliens'' -- which Steve Mason is predicting will do just over $60 million this weekend ---...
QUEENS STATE SENATOR ARRAIGNED
Kissing and making up isn't going to make Hiram Monseratte's troubles go away. Both the shameless state senator and the gal pal whose face he is accused of slashing with...
DEAL STRUCK ON ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson and legislative leaders announced a deal this morning on a drug law overhaul that would divert thousands of offenders from prison to treatment - a move...
SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS SCORES IN PAKISTAN
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber demolished a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers attending Friday prayers close to the Afghan border, killing at least 48 people and injuring scores...
Met rotation depth
From JOEL SHERMAN There was a sense in the offseason that the Mets were building up some starting pitching depth to avoid the shortcomings that have hit them the past...
3 UP: YANKEE LINEUP, SABATHIA IN OPENER
1. I think lineup construction is probably the element spoken about the most in the game that matters the least, especially compared to how much it is discussed. In general,...
3 UP: YANKEE LINEUP, SABATHIA, MET ROTATION
1. I think lineup construction is probably the element spoken about the most in the game that matters the least, especially compared to how much it is discussed. In general,...
JOBA'S HEATER STILL IN COOL ZONE
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- While scouts continue to be unimpressed with Joba Chamberlain's velocity, Ryan Howard offered a reason the speed guns aren't being taxed. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG "His velocity...
SPOTLIGHT ON HEDGE FUNDS, VC FIRMS
The Treasury Department has a message for hedge funds and private-equity and venture-capital firms: Get ready for your close-up. What many in this shadowy part of the investment world have...
PALACE FIT FOR BASEBALL KINGS
Take a look at Derek Jeter's new office. Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at the new, $1.3 billion Yankee Stadium, a more luxurious version of the original House that Ruth Built....
BORDER BLOODBATH
WHILE Washington fo cused on terrorists half way around the world, a narco-terror crisis exploded -- with 8,000 dead in two years -- along our border with Mexico. Were we...
DAVE'S LAYOFF DELAY
NEW York's sinking economy still hasn't hit bottom. The state bud get gap continues to grow as tax revenues collapse into a black hole the size of Wall Street. As...
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: CAN IT EVER BE WON?
As an Army officer with three tours in support of the fight in Afghanistan, I'll tell you that anyone, including Rich Lowry, who offers a menu of Band-Aids for Afghanistan...
VAMP-Y CAMPUS
The headmaster of a prestigious Boston school is trying to drive a stake through rumors that vampires roam the campus. Lynne Mooney Teta yesterday denied the presence of vampires in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx A Bronx bank bandit was nabbed yesterday as cops spotted him pulling off his second heist of the day, just 25 minutes his first one, police said. Mark McNulty,...
WHY IS THE PREZ SNUFFING OUT HOPE?
BARACK Obama wrote a book about hope and be came president promising it. So why's he doing everything in his power to snuff it out? Think about it: In Obama...
FORGETTING THE COPS
As the father of two NYPD officers, I am appalled that The Post would relegate the shooting deaths of four Oakland, Calif., police officers to a small article on Page...
YOU WRECKED THE CAR? HERE, TAKE THE KEYS
I feel like Rush Limbaugh now, because I really want certain people to fail: George W. Bush's former economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, Nobel Prize-winning economists Paul Krugman and Columbia University...
CITY SUFFERS WORST JOBLESS HIKE EVER
New York City had the highest month-to-month increase in unemployment on record last month, climbing to 8.1 percent from 6.9 percent in January, the state Labor Department said yesterday. The...
HOT DRINKS' CANCER LINK
Drinking hot tea may cause throat cancer, Iranian researchers said yesterday, suggesting people should let steaming drinks cool before consumption. Drinking scalding tea was linked with an eight-fold increased throat...
ALPHA MALES MEET THE AX
ALPHA Media has shut down the print edition of music magazine Blender, and axed about 30 people in the whole company, including highly regarded co-CEO Glenn Rosenbloom and Maxim Editorial...
MOGUL HAS BLAST AGAIN
The cost was astronomical, but two years after his first blastoff into space, US billionaire Charles Simonyi yesterday took his second trip into orbit. The software mogul who helped build...
NEW BOSS ON WALL STREET
Timothy Geithner has a very clear warning for Wall Street -- playtime is over. That was the message the Treasury secretary sent yesterday as he provided the House Financial Services...
NEW ERA OF SPEND & BLAME
FOR a guy who talks so much about wanting a new era of re sponsibility, President Obama spends an awful lot of time blaming Republicans for all the wild and...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
GDP falls The US economy shrank at a 6.3 percent annual pace in the fourth quarter, the worst per formance since 1982, in what may be the depths of the...
MART'S RALLY WON'T QUIT
US stocks rallied yesterday, extending the market's best monthly gain since 1974, on better-than-estimated earnings at Best Buy and prospects for lower labor costs at General Motors. Best Buy, the...
'BOSSNAP' EXEC OUI BIT SORRY
The French executive who was "bossnapped" by a mob of laid-off workers says he isn't angry after he caved in to their demands and won his release. "My personal case...
TEJADA PROBATION
WASHINGTON --Miguel Tejada, the all-star shortstop who admittedly misled Congress, was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation. The former American League MVP, now with the Houston Astros, pleaded guilty...
GEITHNER'S DERIVATIVES FIX IS A TOUGH FIT FOR MARKETS
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner may have to navigate some rocky terrain if he wants to tame the Wild West nature of derivatives trading. Yesterday during testimony to the House Financial...
SENATE'S DEM TAXMAN BIDS TO KEEP BUSH CUTS
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top tax writer yesterday proposed an extensive bill that would make some Bush-administration tax cuts permanent. The legislation, introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus...
COP KEEPS NFLER FROM DYING IN-LAW
DALLAS -- A Dallas cop has been benched for keeping an NFL player from his dying mother-in-law's hospital bedside until after she had died. Officer Robert Powell is on paid...
WHAT A BRAZIL NUT!
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was stunned at a press conference yesterday when Brazil's president told him "white people with blue eyes" caused the world's financial crisis. "I am not...
BILLS ARE 'EVIDENCE' OF ATM SCREW-UP
It's evidence, all right -- of a screw-up. Two customers who withdrew money from different Chase ATMS on different days received $20 bills that had been evidence in NYPD cases....
2ND FDNY POT ARREST
A second New York City firefighter was hauled into court yesterday for running a major pot operation out of a Queens basement, officials said. Matthew Cody, a six-year FDNY veteran,...
THIS IS NOT THE FREEDOM TOWER
Freedom is out of fashion at Ground Zero. Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic...
SKAKEL JUDGE FINDS APPEAL TALE 'COMPELLING'
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A claim that implicates two men in a 1975 murder that sent Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to prison is "pretty compelling," a Connecticut Supreme Court justice said...
'SPIDEY' SENSES TINGLING
WHAT do you call a $40 million theatrical extravaganza that features gigantic, perspective-skewing sets, 3-D projections, more aerial acrobatics than Cirque du Soleil, a cast of heroes and villains from...
HYBRID CABS 'FINE' - TLC
Go green -- or it will cost you some green. That's the message to garage owners from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, which yesterday unveiled a system of fines for...
MADOFF STOLE BACK HIS OWN 20G TRUST-FUND GIFT
Bernie Madoff giveth -- and Bernie Madoff taketh away. The imprisoned Ponzi king and his wife gave a $20,000 gift to the grandson of a close friend -- but Madoff...
CUOMO LOST IN CREDIT-DEFAULT SWAMP
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's probe into the millions in bonuses given out at American International Group veered into the thicket that is the credit-default swap market as he...
BRONX BAKER FEELS HEAT
A mob-connected former cop was busted for forcing staff at his Bronx bakery to work long days for less than minimum wage and no overtime, officials said. Walter Galiano, 57,...
TOKE OF THE 'TOWN'
Policy-minded potheads besieged President Obama with questions in his first "town hall"-style meeting on the Internet -- but the commander-in-chief was quick to call their plans to legalize weed half-baked....
VICE SQUAD'S BIG 'NET LOSS
The NYPD quietly shut down its highly successful Vice Squad operations on Craigslist without any explanation to the officers, The Post has learned. The move came after five years of...
CHECK OUT RIHANNA'S GAT-TOO
Rihanna now has a violent side -- her right rib cage, to be exact. In just seven weeks since being beaten allegedly by boyfriend Chris Brown, the "Umbrella" singer has...
ALBANY POLS BUS-TED
Show us your MetroCards! Only one of the state senators holding out on the plan to reduce drastic fare hikes for bus and subway riders could produce a yellow-and-blue MetroCard...
PORTRAIT OF $88M 'SCAMMER'
Disgraced Manhattan art mogul Lawrence Salander was dragged to court in handcuffs yesterday -- unshaven, unkempt and unable to post bail -- to face charges he stole an astounding $88...
DNA NAILS IT: 13-YEAR-OLD WEASEL NOT A POP
LONDON -- A DNA test reportedly has proven that a 13-year-old boy is not Britain's youngest father after all. Four-foot-tall Alfie Patten -- who supposedly impregnated 15-year- old Chantell Steadman...
STANFORD DENIES PONZI
Billionaire R. Allen Stanford denies running a Ponzi scheme and claims US regulators caused investors to panic, creating a fatal run on his financial empire, his lawyer said yesterday. Stanford,...
PARIS METRO IS BIDDER $WEET
An art nouveau remnant of the Paris subway system has sold for $27,500 at a New York auction. The cast-iron entrance rail of a Paris Metro stop from around 1900...
MAKING NYC PAY FOR HIS PROMISES
Brooklyn state Sen. Daniel Squadron wants a shiny new waterfront park for his district -- he just doesn't want the high-rise luxury condos needed to pay for it. So he's...
PEACE THROUGH MEMO
Think V-T Day. The War on Terror is over, and we won. What, you missed the story? That's because the war wasn't won on the battlefield. It ended, well ....
FIRST, FREE THE FELONS?
They can't balance a budget or save the $2 subway fare, but Albany lawmak ers are close to a deal to spare drug felons undue prison time. That's right: As...
REDSTONE MOVIE BIDS DUE
Sumner Redstone's National Amusements sent out sales books for its US and UK theater chains in early March, and a first round of bids is due in three to four...
NO LOOT FOR YOU
The cash-strapped New York Times Co. is asking its workers to take mandatory pay cuts for the rest of the year in exchange for more vacation days. The company said...
SILVER TAX HIKE TARGETS 300G EARNERS
ALBANY -- New Yorkers with incomes as low as $300,000 a year could see their taxes rise under a plan pushed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in budget negotiations with...
AGENCY'S BOND RATING SHAKY
A major bond-rating agency is threatening to lower the MTA's credit -- forcing it to pay more interest on money it borrows for capital programs -- because Albany hasn't moved...
MADONNA NEAR MALAWI TOT #2
The Material Mom is poised to adopt a second child from Malawi in a deal that could be sealed as early as Monday, officials in the United States and the...
ISRAEL IN SUDAN STRIKE
Israel's air force destroyed a convoy of Gaza-bound arms smugglers in an African desert -- 1,000 miles away from home, it was reported yesterday. Sudanese officials confirmed that "foreign warplanes"...
2,000 TEACHERS FACING AX: KLEIN
They're still on the firing line. Despite a hefty financial boost from the federal government, as many as 5,000 of the city's public-school staffers -- including 2,000 teachers -- could...
'WHY GRAB OUR BABY?'
The father of a baby allegedly kidnapped by the wife of an ex-Yankee minor-leaguer wants to know why his child was targeted. "We haven't done anything to anyone or owe...
RAGE AT NJ GIRL'S SELF-PORN
The mother of the girl whose sex slaying led to Megan's Law is blasting the arrest of a 14-year-old suburban New Jersey girl who got hit with child-porn charges for...
SLAIN GROCER WAS TO MARRY
The teen slain with his father during a botched robbery in their Crown Heights bodega was about to get married, grieving relatives said yesterday. Abdul Abuzaid, 18, who came to...
CHARGE! THE 49G ELECTRO-CAR
She's sleek and curvy -- and definitely plugged in. And Tesla Motors hopes that this all-electric, five-door sedan -- unveiled yesterday at the California rocket factory where it was designed...
CHEATS BACK IN 'STILE'
It'll be a fare-beating free-for-all. Fare hikes and the MTA's plan to eliminate nearly 600 customer-assistance agents at 150 subway stations is "an invitation" for turnstile jumping, transit advocates warned...
OBAMA: TALIBAN, AL-QAIDA MUST BE STOPPED
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has declared that the United States must "disrupt, defeat and dismantle" the al-Qaida terrorist organization and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Announcing plans for...
'SERIAL BANDIT' BUST
The FBI and New Jersey State Police say they have arrested a man they believe is the "Commuter Bandit," wanted for robbing 17 banks in Philadelphia and New York. Thirty-nine-year-old...
ACTS VS. BLDGS. 'HATE CRIMES'
You can commit a hate crime against a building, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. Upholding the conviction of a Muslim man, Mazin Assi, for trying to firebomb the Adath...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This is what happens when you try to go boom-boom with a vroom-broom. Jason Savage, 29, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for performing a sex act with a...
FIELDS SHOWS PITT HOW TO SURVIVE & LEVANCE
"I'm a leader. I understand time and possession and the game, whether people notice it or not. I know for my team, I do exactly what I need to do....
MIZZOU ENDS MEMPHIS' RUN
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There's an awful lot of Missouri folks who thought they would see hell freeze over before they would see their Tigers in a Final Four. Now, they...
IN TURNCOAT 'ACC' CITY, VILLANOVA SENDS DUKE PACKING
BOSTON -- Some wounds don't heal. Some wounds, when inflicted, cut so deep, hurt so bad, leave such a scar that they can never heal. That's the kind of scar...
UCONN'S THABEET TOO MUCH FOR PURDUE
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It isn't a bad thing to remember the way things used to be in this wonderful game. It isn't a terrible thing to occasionally return to the...
TWO TOUGH TEAMS WITH FINAL FOUR DREAMS
BOSTON -- Wildcats versus Panthers. An Elite Eight Cat Fight between two growling beasts of the rampaging Big East tomorrow at the TD Banknorth Garden of dreams. Jay Wright versus...
NO HOPE IN MOPE POPE
PASTY-FACED and pudgy, Morrissey -- who will be 50 in a few weeks -- summed up his position in life after introducing the band: " . . . and I...
OUT OF TOON
HEAVILY touted as an industry breakthrough for 3-D, DreamWorks Animation's clunky and wildly unimaginative "Monsters vs. Aliens" really doesn't have a clue what to do with the technique. Even watching...
'WILD THINGS' TAMED
IT'S the perfect storm of hipness: a movie written by Dave Eggers, directed by Spike Jonze, starring a child actor wearing Chuck Taylors, scored by Karen O of the Yeah...
IT'S RUSH HOUR!
WHILE he's been known as a stage animal for decades in his native Australia, Geoffrey Rush is only now making his Broadway debut. Based on his performance in "Exit the...
TOUGHER RULES FOR FLUKE FISHING
The good news is that New York's winter flounder season opens on Wednesday; the bad news comes from Albany about the new regulations for the summer flounder. Forced to comply...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
HAIL TO THE CHEF CHOW, 27 Bravo's "Top Chef" puts the pedal to the metal and foot to the floor today and tomorrow when it begins its 21-city promotional tour...
THE CROSS
THE documentary "The Cross" is not going to displace "The Ten Commandments" as the official movie of the Easter season. Arthur Blessitt has been carrying a cross big enough for...
GUEST OF CINDY SHERMAN
CINDY Sherman and Paul H-O (that's what he calls himself) seem like unlikely lovers. She is a respected artist and film director (the comic thriller "Office Killer" in 1997), cute...
THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE BANKS
'THE Education of Charlie Banks" wants to be "The Great Gatsby" of college movies. It falls a tad short. Jesse Eisenberg plays the nerdy title character, a student at an...
SPINNING INTO BUTTER
SARAH Jessica Parker lets fly with the N-word in the racism drama "Spinning Into Butter," in which frank talk about racial grievances leads to a shrug. The movie, which has...
THE PERFECT SLEEP
YOU have to give Jeremy Alter, a for mer location manager for David Lynch, props for his ambition: Alter's directing debut, "The Perfect Sleep," is a spoof of film noir...
PREP STAR JOINS DAD IN TOURNEY H.S. HOOPS
Brian Voelkel was in the Glens Falls Civic Center a year ago, watching his father's Collegiate squad in the New York State Federation tournament. And though the Iona Prep standout...
TV NEEDS LESSON IN GOLF LINGO
WITH golf season here and the Masters in two weeks, this one's for those who don't play golf. It's particularly important for you folks to know this about those of...
GIRARDI TINKERS WITH TOP OF YANKEES ORDER
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Joe Girardi is toying with an idea that flies in the face of normal thinking. Having liked what he saw of Johnny Damon hitting second behind Jorge...
DEVILS MUST FIGHT LATE-SEASON BLAHS
In their final 12 regular-season games last year, plus their five playoff games, the Devils won exactly once in regulation. They've started this final dozen 1-3, and they're desperate to...
JOBA'S HEATER STILL IN COOL ZONE
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- While scouts continue to be unimpressed with Joba Chamberlain's velocity, Ryan Howard offered a reason the speed guns aren't being taxed. "His velocity was better [in Tampa...
DONE WITH LEBRON, NETS TAKE ON KOBE
The Nets could get Devin Harris back tonight, but they get no break from the schedule as they complete their four-game, eight-night tour of leading MVP candidates. Although they may...
DESPITE CRITICS, KELLEN MOVES FORWARD
Kellen Clemens, as much as he tries to close his ears to all of it, cannot help but hear the litany of negative opinions and analysis about the Jets' unsettled...
THIS LINEUP FLIP WON'T BE A FLOP
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Too often last season, Joe Girardi and the Yankees sat back and watched bad things happen. This is a different year. Girardi announced a significant lineup change...
MAINE FINALLY LOOKS LIKE OLD SELF
JUPITER, Fla. -- John Maine's rediscovered wide stride passed its first real test yesterday. No, this wasn't a thing of beauty, but compared to where the Met right-hander has been...
EDDY READY TO GIVE IT ANOTHER GO TONIGHT
In yet another sign that the Knicks' playoff quest is over, that the 11 games left in this season are really about next season, forgotten man Eddy Curry will try...
CHUBBY CHARGE HARD FOR OLLIE TO SWALLOW
JUPITER, Fla. -- What do you mean not in shape? Oliver Perez yesterday took exception to the notion he's "out of shape," an assertion made by Met pitching coach Dan...
CAVS GUARD GOT BIG ASSIST FROM SLOAN
First of two parts CLEVELAND -- Five and a half years removed from the episode, there's still alarm in Mo Williams' voice when describing his introduction to Jerry Sloan's methods...
A 'RICH' LIFE IS RECALLED
Family and friends gathered on the Upper West Side yesterday to pay their respects to Arthur Richman, a celebrated baseball lifer who spent decades working for the Mets and Yankees....
FOR OPENERS, IT'S CC
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- To the surprise of nobody, Yankee manager Joe Girardi told CC Sabathia he will start April 6 on Opening Day in Baltimore. Sabathia also is penciled in...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNFL: Giants sell all non-club PSLs The Giants say they have sold all personal seat licenses for non-club areas in their new stadium in the Meadowlands. The team says...
RANGERS LOSE IN SHOOTOUT
ATLANTA -- Would you like to know why John Tortorella bypassed Nikolai Zherdev for all six rounds of last night's shootout in which the Rangers were blanked? NHL STANDINGS Would...
ISLES WEIGH MOVE
While the Islanders flew off to Detroit to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings, ownership tried to drum up interest in keeping the team on Long Island last...
GONZAGA RELISHES ROLE AS UNDERDOG
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Gonzaga has gotten used to lofty expectations. Ten years ago it was the little team from Washington that crashed the Elite Eight. Now, the Bulldogs are expected...
SOONERS' GRIFFIN TOUGH MATCHUP FOR ORANGE
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Syracuse basketball team has overcome plenty of hurdles on the way to the Sweet 16. First, the Orange had to deal with the early season distraction...
SPARTANS TOO TOUGH FOR KANSAS
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, the Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays of the day. THEY aren't a No. 1 seed. They aren't from the mighty Big East. And...
JAYHAWKS RELOADED FOR ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP RUN
INDIANAPOLIS -- As luck would have it, the Miami Heat were in town Wednesday night to face the Pacers and members of the Kansas basketball team took in the game...
PITINO CONSIDERED CANDIDATE FOR 'ZONA
INDIANAPOLIS -- Of course Rick Pitino's name has surfaced, because if you are running a big-time college basketball program and there's a coaching vacancy there is no one more adept...
CALENDER
*BROADWAY*"BLITHE SPIRIT": **½ Angela Lansbury and Jayne Atkinson prevent director Michael Blakemore from completely smothering Noel Coward's comedy. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200. "GOD OF CARNAGE": *** A...
CZECH OUT UNEXPECTED FINALE
LIFE down on the farm isn't as boring as you might think. This is especially true in the Czech drama "The Country Teacher." Directed by Bohdan Sláma, it deals with...
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SHE was a pretty Polish Catholic girl who trained as a nurse and wound up as an interior decorator in California. But not until the '70s did Irena Gut Opdyke's...
DEEP ORANGE BRACE FOR OKLAHOMA'S LONE-STAR SYSTEM
When Syracuse won its national championship in 2003, it was freshman freak Carmelo Anthony leading a team that had some quality players to support its star. In the title game,...
STARR REPORT
Struggling: ABC's "Better Off Ted" pulled in only 4.6 million viewers Wednesday (8:30 p.m.) -- which wasn't as bad as NBC's "Chopping Block," which averaged a dreadful 2.6 million viewers...
WEB WATCHING MADE EASY
CREATING original Web con tent for favorite TV series is easy -- the hard part is finding where all of it is socked away online. Today's launch of the TV...
'HAUNTING' A REAL CONN. JOB
CONNECTICUT: not very haunty. In "The Haunting in Connecticut," I was expecting cursed lacrosse sticks, undead Saab dealers, homicidal waffle-knit sweaters. "Honey, this cab sauv has a wicked finish." Noooooo!...
AN EMBRACING ROMANTIC FARCE
I don't know a lot about French director-writer Emma nuel Mouret, but judging by his romantic farce "Shall We Kiss?" I'm willing to bet that he's seen a lot of...
'AMERICAN SWING': THE REAL SEX AND THE CITY
MANHATTAN's pre- AIDS debauchery at its high (or low, depending on your point of view) 30 years ago is celebrated in "American Swing," a lovingly documented look at notorious Plato's...
NO KNOCKOUT FILM ACTING BY WWE STAR
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HE'S FARE GAME, THEN THE RIDE GETS BUMPY
RAMIN Bahrani, who in cisively depicted the immigrant experience in New York City with his first two documentary-style dramas, returns to his native Winston-Salem, NC, for "Goodbye Solo." The new...
REALITY TV ROADKILL
IF Monday's shocking season finale of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is any indication, this is one marriage -- and a show -- teetering on the brink. The wear and...
BLAME PASSED FOR SYFY NAME CHANGE
THE advertising firm hired to come up with a new name for the NBC-owned SciFi Channel is now swearing they weren't the ones who invented Syfy. The new name is...
'LADIES' NIGHT
FEMALE amateur sleuths have been working in interesting places since Miss Marple snooped in St. Mary Mead, Nancy Drew solved crimes in River Heights and Jessica Fletcher was kept busy...
OIL-SLICK 'IDOL' SINGER SLIPS OUT OF CONTENTION
TEXAS oil-rigger Michael Sarver faced a near-impossible situation last night on "American Idol" -- he had to sing, hoping the judges would save him from going home, and he had...
5 QUESTIONS FOR ... BOBBY OJEDA
SNY will have some new faces in its studio for Mets pregame and postgame shows this year, as Bobby Ojeda and Chris Carlin are taking over for Matt Yallof and...