July 15, 2008
DAY AT THE PARADE
July 15, 2008 | 11:26pmThe first day of All-Star madness was spent at the Grand Hyatt and Yankee Stadium, but today I took it to the streets. With nothing but my camera and my...
AC Milan land Ronaldinho
July 15, 2008 | 11:00pmBy BRIAN LEWISRonaldinho will sign for AC Milan tomorrow, according to a release from the Serie A giants. The star will make the same amount he did in Barcelona, and...
DRIVING MR WRIGHT IN THE RED CARPET PARADE
July 15, 2008 | 10:28pmKernan has been a lot of places. But heâs never been in such a place as today.I drove David Wright in the Red Carpet Parade down 6th Avenue. To see...
Oscar Watch: Joker in the Deck
July 15, 2008 | 10:23pmA lot can change between now and next January, but my gut feeling after today's screening of "The Dark Knight'' is that Warners' not-so-stealth Oscar campaign for the late Heath...
Deal of the Day-Nanette Lepore
July 15, 2008 | 10:18pmNothing says sexy like a peek-a-boo back on summer dress. And this My Baby Keyhole Dress by Nanette Lepore shows just the right amount of skin that it doesnât dip...
NYFF: 'The Class' Leads A Temporary Migration to the Ziegfeld
July 15, 2008 | 10:03pmBut the real headline buried in today's press release (on the jump) is that the NYFF is moving to the "historic'' Ziegfeld Theater while renovations continue on its regular home...
Wagner headed to White House
July 15, 2008 | 9:41pmBilly Wagner is having quite a week. After appearing (he hopes) in tonight's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, the Mets closer is scheduled to have dinner along with a group...
Jerry O'Connell is pussy whipped
July 15, 2008 | 9:39pmWhile wife Rececca Romijn was busy at work on "Ugly Betty" in New York, Jerry OâConnell spent his first wedding anniversary in L.A. Monday, dishing to The Post about the...
Brylin likely heading to Russia
July 15, 2008 | 9:09pmBy MARK EVERSONIt appears Sergei Brylin's 13-year Devils' career is all over but the signing in Russia, although sources say ink hasn't met paper yet.After passing up his option for...
Mario signs before camp
July 15, 2008 | 9:04pmBy PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants don't have to worry about the availability of rookie receiver Mario Manningham for the start of training camp. Manningham has signed with the team and thus...
GEORGE STEINBRENNER GETS PREGAME HONOR
July 15, 2008 | 8:40pmGeorge Steinbrenner was honored on the field as part of tonight's pre-All-Star Game festivities. Steinbrenner rode in a golf cart while a video tribute played for the final season of...
Claudio Reyna retiring
July 15, 2008 | 8:06pmCaptain Claudio calls it quits By BRIAN LEWISAccording to a source within MLS, Claudio Reyna is retiring.The Red Bulls midfielder has called a press conference tomorrow at St. Benedict's where...
While Weâre Waiting for the All-Star Gameâ¦
July 15, 2008 | 8:05pmBy FRED KERBERBefore we get to the Nets, a quick thought.What if the National League is winning after eight innings? Wonât that sort of make the whole Rivera vs. Papelbon...
Scene-NYC streets
July 15, 2008 | 7:47pmOptician and student Claire Child wears an A. Cheng skirt, a tank she found on the street, vintage shoes from eBay and sunglasses by Thierry Lasry."I try to always have...
GEORGE INVITES WILLIE TO ALL-STAR GAME
July 15, 2008 | 7:23pmWillie Randolph will be at the All-Star Game after all. The former Mets manager will be at Yankee Stadium as a guest of George Steinbrenner. Randolph was supposed to be...
Red Bulls' Angel an all-star
July 15, 2008 | 7:18pmBy BRIAN LEWISDespite an injury-plagued season, Red Bulls striker Juan Pablo Angel was named to the All-Star game as one of coach Steve Nicolâs five selections. The MLS All-Star Team...
ASG CONFIDENTIAL: Baldelli, Marlins and Mo
July 15, 2008 | 7:08pmTampa has what its GM Andrew Friedman termed âa wild cardâ to solve the Raysâ righty-bat shortcoming: Injury-devastated Rocco Baldelli began a 20-game rehab stint over the weekend in Single-A...
ASG Confidential: The Righty-Hitter Market
July 15, 2008 | 7:07pmThe Mets are hunting for a righty-hitting outfielder with Moises Alou now sidelined for the season. They face a lot of competition for that commodity, including Tampa and possibly even...
Utley's booing backlash
July 15, 2008 | 6:56pmPhiladelphia area blog The700Level.com captured the reaction to Chase Utley's "F*** you" reaction to New York fans after they booed him at Monday's Home Run Derby."Upon viewing Chase being introduced...
You've got to Be Joshing Me?
July 15, 2008 | 6:09pmSo you Rangers phenom launches 28 moonshots in the first round andstill doesn't win the Home Run Derby? How is this possible? Easy: He tired himself out trying to lift...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG: 'DRUNK' COP ACTED APPROPRIATELY
July 15, 2008 | 5:55pmAn off-duty detective who stopped a brutal beating by shooting an armed Queens man "took appropriate action" despite flunking a booze test afterwards, Mayor Bloomberg said this morning. The 44-year-old...
MCCAIN: I'LL CATCH OSAMA BIN LADEN
July 15, 2008 | 5:34pmALBUQUERQUE -- Republican John McCain said Tuesday that he knows "how to win wars" and the strategy of increasing troop levels in Iraq should also be applied to Afghanistan. He...
Coverage in today's Post
July 15, 2008 | 5:32pmOmar Minaya so far is sticking with his oft-stated plans to avoid being a big player on the trade market this month, telling The Post's Joel Sherman that the Mets...
She Said: Blake Lively
July 15, 2008 | 4:29pm"When you make out on the show, it's just an open mouth. Your lips are touching each other, but there's definitely no kissing"- Blake Lively of "Gossip Girl" to Seventeen
Foward Dan Fritsche signs
July 15, 2008 | 4:27pmThe Rangers have agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Dan Fritsche.Fritsche, 23, appeared in 69 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, registering 10 goals and 12...
Rehab Reports
July 15, 2008 | 4:20pmMets OF Angel Pagan went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in his third consecutive with Brooklyn, as he gets closer and closer to returning from a left...
Oscar Watch: Streep for 'Mamma Mia!' - Not!
July 15, 2008 | 2:56pmMeryl Streep's performance in "Mamma Mia!'' is on a lengthy, usual-suspects list of Oscar "front-runners'' (including some films still in production) compiled by Tom O'Neil and Pete Hammond over at...
Jessica's 'injured' ankle is a crock
July 15, 2008 | 2:44pmComfort has reportedly agreed to take Jessica's spot in the Top Ten and will continue on in the competition. It is not known whether she'll also take Jessica's spot on...
Maybe Next, the Weinsteins Will Pay People to Go See Their Movies
July 15, 2008 | 2:29pmHarvey Weinstein dismisses as "rumor and innuendo'' a Hollywood Reporter article that says The Weinstein Company "in an unusual twist, apparently will make an advance 'bonus' payment of as much...
Reality TV Tryouts: Model moms
July 15, 2008 | 11:55amHow to get your 15 seconds of fame."She's Got the Look"The second season of the over-35 model search is suiting up.For more info: Go to tvlandmodelcasting.com.Deadline: Oct. 1, 2008Are you...
DVD Extra: Warners Goes Blue With Jazzmen Whorf and Webb
July 15, 2008 | 10:28amA boozy chanteuse, a nervous breakdown and a gangster are also ingredients in the better known "Pete Kelly's Blues'' (1955) one of four features Jack Webb directed and starred in...
UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amSTORY SO FAR: Wilbur Wright is experimenting with kites and gliders. Needing advice, he has sent a letter to the well-known engineer Octave Chanute. CHAPTER SEVEN Octave Chanute May-September 1900...
BRATT PACK
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amIT took A&E six years to do a new scripted series - with a new show called "The Cleaner" starring Benjamin Bratt. Maybe they shouldn't have rushed into it. The...
INJURY KICKS 'DANCE'
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amONE of the 10 finalists on "So You Think You Can Dance" has had to drop out of the show after an injury, officials said yesterday. Jessica King was forced...
KIEFER SO 'LUCKY' TO BE BACK
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amKIEFER Sutherland is grateful to be back at work after a 30-day stint in jail for DWI. "I made a really dumb mistake, and to be able to get back...
BACK ON 'TREK'
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amTHE question stopped him cold for a moment. I was talking on the phone with William Shatner, actor, author and professional wiseass about his new autobiography, "Up Till Now," when...
HERE COME THE JUDGES
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amA-list guest judges rule the roost on this season's "Project Runway." Here's our tip sheet on who's on when.PHOTO GALLERY: 'Project Runway' Season 5 JudgesWednesday: Austin Scarlett has the last...
A STELLA GOOD TIME
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amON the new season of "Project Runway," girly frocks and polka dots haven't got a chance - not if contestant Stella "Barbarella" Zotis has her say. The Greek-American Queens native...
HERE THEY KLUM!
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amBEFORE Heidi Klum bids a ruthless auf Wiedersehen to any of this season's contenders, 16 new designers will get at least one hour of fame when "Project Runway" premieres on...
ROCKERS REDUX
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amEVERY summer, musical acts that seemed like they were gone for good suddenly get together for one last hurrah (Led Zeppelin last year, the Police this year) or to try...
MORE O.A.R. FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T KU-WAIT
July 15, 2008 | 8:10am'PEOPLE don't want to be forgotten about," says O.A.R. singer and songwriter Marc Roberge, when discussing what he learned on the band's September 2007 USO tour of Iraq and Kuwait....
MPFREES
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amO.A.R., "What is Mine" While this sounds like typical O.A.R. - upbeat, island-flavored and jammy - the song's lyrics reveal the band's intriguingly darker and grittier side. Danger Radio, "Broken...
NOT JUST HORSEPLAY
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amTHERE are moments during Sam Shepard's new play when the title feels all too apt. A slight one-act, virtually a monologue, about a New York art dealer stuck in the...
MEN: KEEP A WATCH ON BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amNARY a week goes by, it seems, without another fertility advisory for women. One of the more dire in recent memory, an op-ed piece in a Boston paper, exhorted all...
LIBERTY TAKE ON SUN
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amIf the Liberty hold true to recent form, they will lose tonight's road game against the Connecticut Sun (7:00, ESPN2). That's because the Libs have alternated wins and losses for...
HOUSE RUTH BUILT IS THE REAL STAR
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amThis time it counts - for the ghosts of Babe, Joe D. and Mickey, too. The star power on hand for tonight's 79th All-Star Game is immense, but the leading...
YANKEES AND METS EYE GARCIA
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amThe Yankees and Mets are among at least nine teams monitoring the progress of Freddy Garcia as he intensifies his workouts to come back from shoulder surgery. Garcia will begin...
9TH IS MO'S - CASE CLOSED!
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amTERRY Francona whiffed on his easiest assignment as the AL's All-Star manager yesterday when he named a starting lineup, a starting pitcher, but refused to name his closer. He said...
SAX SAVORS HIS STAR MEMORIES
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amEvery player who has set foot on the diamond at Yankee Stadium remembers the first time they were there. Former Yankees second baseman Steve Sax recalls vividly how the fans...
TORRE: GIRARDI HAS THE MO-JOE
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amJoe Girardi has seen his Yankees under-perform and be hurt by injuries, had a veteran player express his displeasure with his role and an owner occasionally spout off. His predecessor...
PLAYING FOR LEAGUE PRIDE AND A SHOT AT HOME-FIELD
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amFOR all of them, there will be distinct segments to the evening's festivities. There will be the wide-eyed gaze all of them will take onto the field with them, the...
A-ROD ENVIES DEREK, MUM ON MADGE
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amAlex Rodriguez claims his days of taking himself too seriously are behind him. This is a new A-Rod. Maybe. Rodriguez spoke with reporters for nearly an hour yesterday, seeming at...
BRADSHAW RELEASED FROM VA. SLAMMER
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amGiants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, a late sensation as a rookie last season, was released from Southwest Virginia Regional Jail yesterday after serving a 30-day sentence for what has been...
PACKER OUT AT CBS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amCBS yesterday confirmed a report that Billy Packer, synonymous with college basketball on CBS the last 28 years, is no longer with the network. Clark Kellogg will replace Packer as...
HONDO LOVES AL
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amHondo asks that all residents of HondoNation join him in giving a shoutout to Anthony Affrunti, the Post's Puny Pony Picker (if that darn diet works), who sent Mr. Aitch...
SPORTS SHORTS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amCYCLING: Aussie leads TourCadel Evans of Australia took the yellow jersey yesterday at the Tour de France after Leonardo Piepoli of Italy won a punishing climb through the Pyrenees to...
FOR STARTERS, LEE VS. SHEETS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amWhen Ben Sheets' teammates kept pulling for him, he began to understand what starting tonight's All-Star Game might be like. "I think the more they asked me, the more I...
SOFTBALL HEROINES HONORED IN BRONX
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amOn a night that highlighted home runs, here is a story of one incredible homer. Sara Tucholsky, 22, a senior for Western Oregon University, homered April 26 against Central Washington....
MR. SHOWMAN!
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amBefore playing in the American Basketball Association this past season, Gordon Malone spent two years with the Harlem Globetrotters. It shows. This summer, Malone is living up to his showman...
COURAGEOUS JOSH A WINNER IN DEFEAT
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amEARLIER in the day, Josh Hamilton said it was possible to hit a baseball clear out of Yankee Stadium. He nearly did it three times last night in his legendary...
UNWANTED ALL-STAR
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amBarry Bonds' agent looked around the room of National League All-Stars and wondered why his client wasn't there. "Barry's situation is that he is sitting home," Jeff Borris said at...
THRILLING NIGHT FOR HURLER, 71
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amIt seemed impossible, but Clay Counsil's second visit to Yankee Stadium was even better than his first. The 71-year-old served as Josh Hamilton's Home Run Derby pitcher last night, and...
HAMILTON'S POWER LIGHTS UP STADIUM
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amThey don't call him The Natural for nothing. In a jaw-dropping display of might that awed the fans and his fellow All-Stars alike, the Rangers' Josh Hamilton single-handedly revived the...
DIPIETRO DISS WAS FINAL STRAW
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amTED Nolan fired himself the first week of March when he picked against Rick DiPietro for both ends of a home-and-home series against the Rangers. Forget any and all of...
GET OFF THE ISLAND
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amGarth Snow didn't hire Ted Nolan as coach and their differences grew during the pair's second season together with the Islanders. Yesterday, the team announced that Nolan won't be coming...
HOLLWEG SHIPPED TO LEAFS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amThe next time Ryan Hollweg commits a bad penalty at the Garden, the Rangers will be the beneficiaries, not the victims. For Hollweg, the 25-year-old fourth-line winger who displayed a...
ROOK NOT 'HALF' BAD
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amLAS VEGAS - Knicks rookie Danilo Gallinari can stand to eat a few canolis. In the most illustrative play of Gallinari's mixed-bag debut, Cavaliers center Tractor Traylor backed in on...
PELFREY NL'S TOP MAN
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amMets starter Mike Pelfrey's recent Cy Young impression earned him National League Player of the Week honors yesterday. showvideo("PostSports","1458_350270"); Pelfrey went 2-0 and did not allow a run in one...
AMAZIN' PLANS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amTHE METS are more seriously considering promoting from within (Fernando Martinez for the outfield, Jon Niese for the rotation, Bobby Parnell or Eddie Kunz if a bullpen arm is needed)...
THE LUXE LIFE
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amBETWEEN summer hurricane season and a sinking real-estate market, Miami's hurting. But the city's loss is your gain, and Miami is in overdrive, tempting travelers with bargain-basement prices galore. Book...
NEWS + NOTES
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amEXHIBITIONISTS! THE Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans has spun off - to Florida's Panhandle, of all places. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art @ WaterColor had its...
TO THE EXTREME
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amGAS prices got you down? Tank up on adrenaline. Triathlon biking in the Adirondacks, hang gliding in the Catskills, and hot-air ballooning in the Hudson River Valley are some of...
BIT OF THIS
July 15, 2008 | 8:10amWhat's your favorite place to vacation? I love to go skiing in Canada. I love Banff and Whistler. When in doubt, I go to Europe. I'm just lazy that way....
ANOTHER POL FOR RENT: RANGEL'S GOOD-TIME DEAL
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amIt looks like Rep. Charlie Rangel is one of those "do as I say, not as I do" politicians ("Charlie Rangel's Deal," Editorial, July 12). He's had everyone in Harlem...
PUTTING TEHRAN TO THE TEST
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWe all know of Iran's intentions, but what I don't understand is what we're waiting for to stop these threats ("Mullahs & Missiles," Peter Brookes, PostOpinion, July 10). By the...
OBAMA & IRAQ: A DANGEROUS DODGE
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amBarack Obama's op-ed in yesterday's New York Times begins with a major misundestanding and follows with a dangerous pirouette. His first paragraph reads: "The call by Prime Minister Nouri Kamal...
MIKE'S MISSTEP
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amDESPITE the fanfare attending Mayor Bloomberg's new way of measuring poverty, the effort is largely irrelevant to the most crippling burden a poor child in the United States can face...
PLANNING TO IGNORE THE FACTS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amAT some point, Democrats decided that facts didn't matter anymore in Iraq. And they nominated just the man to reflect the party's new anti-factual consensus on the war, a Barack...
FANNIE & FREDDIE: BREAK 'EM UP
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWe need more than just stop-gap measures. WITH the Treasury and Federal Reserve in effect promising to keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac afloat, the mortgage giants' crisis seems to...
LOTTERY
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 084; Lucky Sum: 12 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 2867; Lucky Sum: 23 / Evening Nos. Mon: 087; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
TOXIC MORTGAGES SPARK FEARS OF MORE COLLAPSES
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe stunning federal seizure of insolvent IndyMac Bank has everyone from Wall Street pros to mom-and-pop depositors fearing that a wave of small-bank failures could be the next financial disaster...
YIKES! SURFER SHARK FANGS 10
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWhoa, pretty gnarly, dude! Surfers splash around at a Florida beach yesterday, oblivious to a leaping shark in their midst. Wave rider Kem McNair had finished surfing for the day...
MCC RIPS O TIMETABLE FOR 'DEFEAT'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWASHINGTON - John McCain charged Barack Obama with dangerously waffling on Iraq, and warned that recent gains there would vanish if the Democrat stuck to his timetables for withdrawal. "We...
NO MERCY FOR 'MOM'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA Florida woman who adopted 11 special-needs New York kids in a mail- and wire-fraud scheme and then tortured them may be sentenced today to more than a plea-bargained six...
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOM PANIC
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWashington raced to contain the mortgage-crisis wildfire yesterday while hundreds of panicked customers of a major bank hurried to clean out their accounts before it runs out of money. Democratic...
BUSH ENDS DRILLING BAN
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amPresident Bush lifted an 18-year-old executive ban on off-shore drilling yesterday - putting pressure on Congress to drop its own ban and permit increases in supply in the hope of...
I'M EVICTING MYSELF
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday he will give up one of his four rent-stabilized apartments, for which he has paid about half of market rate for more than...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amManhattan A burglar was captured after he left his backpack and ID at the Kips Bay crime scene, authorities said yesterday. James Massareo, 44, and an accomplice allegedly broke into...
LOST & HOUND IN QUEENS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWhen her beagle, Rocco, squeezed himself under the backyard gate and disappeared into the streets of Queens, 5-year-old Natalie Villacis refused to believe - as her parents reluctantly told her...
3 GOTTI KIDS WISH DAD MARITAL DISS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe Gotti boys are mama's boys. Victoria Gotti and Carmine Agnello's three sons are "indifferent" to the fact that their father remarried without telling them, Gotti said yesterday. "The kids...
MOURNING AND 'KNIGHT'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amHeath Ledger's "Dark Knight" co-star Michael Caine said at the film's world premiere on the Upper West Side last night that he wished the troubled star was around to enjoy...
REGGIE: JEW STEW ISN'T FAIR
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amYankee legend Reggie Jackson yesterday insisted he doesn't have a problem with Jewish people - and said there was nothing derogatory about his comments to an artist as they haggled...
JFK PLANS FOR HAPPY LANDINGS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe FAA is looking to revamp how takeoffs and landings are coordinated at JFK in response to two near-collisions in less than a week at the airport, the agency's top...
TOWN IS NJ'S BIT OF PARADISE
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA New Jersey town that's just an hour from Manhattan ranks fifth on Money magazine's list of the nation's 100 best small cities. Franklin Township snagged the honor after the...
UNION HITS 'RUBBER ROOM' PRINCIPAL
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe teachers union has filed a lawsuit charging that a Brooklyn principal violated state whistleblower laws by punishing a teacher who had made complaints about her. MS 393 Principal Marian...
SANIT SANDBAGGING US: CITY
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe Sanitation Department's vacant-lot-cleaning division claims it removed tons of debris from places where it didn't exist, city Comptroller Bill Thompson charged yesterday. Thompson said 31 of 76 lots reported...
TRIGGER COP WAS 'LOADED'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amAn off-duty detective who shot an armed thug to halt a brutal beating has become the first police officer to run afoul of new NYPD rules requiring cops to take...
'RAPE KITS' FOR SUSPECTS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amForensic kits to collect evidence from rape victims have become routine, but now the city is going to start using similar kits to get the goods on suspects, too, Mayor...
MAD HATTER BUYS BABE CAP FOR 328G
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA sweat-stained baseball cap once worn by Babe Ruth was auctioned for a record $328,000 yesterday. The Navy-blue, flannel cap , which was from the 1920s or '30s, had been...
EDITOR WOULDN'T CHANGE HIS 'TOON
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe New Yorker magazine's editor yesterday defended a controversial cartoon cover featuring a turbaned Barack Obama fist-bumping his wife, Michelle, who sports an Afro and an AK-47, as "extremely incisive"...
BAIL IN TOT SLAY
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe godfather accused of fatally beating 3-year-old Kyle Smith has a shot at freedom after a Brooklyn judge yesterday granted him $100,000 bail. "The allegations are both sensational and disturbing,"...
GOPER TAPPED FOR VITO SEAT
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amStaten Island GOP leaders last night picked former Assemblyman Bob Straniere to run for the congressional seat held by scandal-scarred Vito Fossella. A committee voted, 4 to 1, for Straniere....
POSTERS RUB MTA WRONG
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amCity transit officials have prepared a campaign to combat deviants who grope or molest women on the subway - but have been sitting on it because of fears the ads...
WIFE'S PLAYING 'TAPS' FOR A-ROD
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amScorned baseball wife Cynthia Rodriguez wants to know if her estranged hubby, A-Rod, had her wiretapped and secretly tailed, according to explosive new court documents. MORE: Alex Caught Looking At...
SENATE DEM SWINGS BOTH WAYS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amALBANY - In a move that clouds Democrats' hopes of ending four decades of Republican control in the state Senate, family-values Sen. Rubén Díaz Sr. announced yesterday that he's running...
HOOK BOOK CLOSED
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amThe hippie hooker booker who helped make sure the love was anything but free at Eliot Spitzer's preferred escort service is taking a deal from the feds. Tanya Hollander, 36,...
ALEX CAUGHT LOOKING AT A 'CURVE'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA-Rod kept his eyes in the zone - in this case, the backside of a brown-maned beauty - as he strolled through Midtown yesterday. The slugger eventually caught the eye...
A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA New Jersey bishop who spent five years in Rome under Pope John Paul II sold his beach house to Raffaello Follieri last year, even as the accused con man's...
RUDY BLOWS BLOOMY AWAY IN GOP GOV POLL
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amALBANY - Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani would crush Mayor Bloomberg in a Republican primary for governor but would then be defeated himself in the general election by either Gov. Paterson...
PA HIRES MTA 'BRIBE' EXEC
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA former MTA executive who was fined $10,000 for taking gifts from a contractor doing business with the agency has landed a consulting job at the Port Authority to provide...
LEHMAN LOOKS HARD AT TAKING FIRM PRIVATE
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amLehman Brothers' CEO Dick Fuld is seriously mulling a way to take itself private and out of the public eye, The Post has learned. According to sources, talks internally centering...
SEC RUMOR WATCH DRAWS SKEPTICISM
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amWall Streeters who suspect that hedge funds are behind false rumors about Lehman Brothers and other banks say they're skeptical that regulators will be able to find and punish those...
FANNIE COVERINGS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amEven in dizzying turmoil, there's quick money to be made in the mortgage crisis gripping Wall Street. A case in point was yesterday's widespread betting and trading in the two...
STEALTH BALLMER
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amContrary to his actions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is no dummy. Sources close to the Microsoft-Yahoo! deal talks, as well as some Yahoo! shareholders, believe Ballmer is intentionally making offers...
AD BUCKS HOOPLA
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amFor fans of the New Jersey Nets, China's Yi Jianlian could be either the next Yao Ming or a marketing ploy. With the Beijing Olympics less than a month away,...
AMMOS EXPANDS TO FAR WEST
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amTHE owners of Ammos, the thriving Greek restaurant on Vanderbilt Avenue, are branching out big-time. Jack and Charlie Trantides have signed a lease for a new eatery at the Helena,...
EBAY TOPS TIFFANY IN FAKE-GOODS RULING
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amEBay won a closely watched court battle against luxury jeweler Tiffany, easing Wall Street's fears that the online auctioneer might face a costly revamp of its business model to police...
TOMORROW'S INFLATION REPORT WILL BE A REAL DOOZY
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amAS if it didn't have enough to worry about, Wall Street tomorrow will have to deal with the latest consumer inflation report. And it might not be pretty. Back in...
3G IPHONE SELLS OUT 1M UNITS
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amNew 3G iPhones flew off store shelves around the world over the weekend despite stories of slow-moving lines and nightmarish activation glitches that sent buyers home without working phones. Apple...
ONE STEP CLOSER TO CHEAPER OIL
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amCongressional Democrats are now the only ones holding up exploration for an estimated 86 billion barrels of American coastal oil. President Bush yesterday lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling...
THE MAYOR'S MYTH
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amNearly one of every four New Yorkers lives in poverty, says Mayor Mike. How does he know this? Well, Team Bloomberg spent a year calculating the cost of four necessities...
A NICE GOV TO WORK FOR
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amHey, Big Spender! That would be Gov. Paterson. The New York Sun reports that Paterson, since succeeding Eliot Spitzer in March, has expanded his payroll to the point where it's...
NEXT CRISIS MAY BE IN THE 'CARDS'
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amALREADY bored with the housing market's woes? Get ready for the next great financial uncertainty: credit cards. That, at least, is what Washington is now worried about (in addition to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 15, 2008 | 7:32amA Texas minor-league baseball team will hold an "A-Rod & Madonna Night" promotion tomorrow. The Grand Prairie AirHogs will sell $1 tickets to any couples coming to the game claiming...
Man United reportedly land Barbatov
July 15, 2008 | 7:30amBy BRIAN LEWISManchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson blew off an olive-branch visit to Cristiano Ronaldo to negotiate for Dimitar Berbatov _ and if the Telegram is to be believed, the...
Kennedy has another rough outing
July 15, 2008 | 5:55amA fairly routine pattern seems to be developing here. Every five days, Ian Kennedy steps on the mound for Scranton/Wilkes Barre, and proceeds to struggle through five or six innings....
Chandler making Isiah look good
July 15, 2008 | 5:05amBy MARC BERMANLAS VEGAS - Isiah Thomas may have left Donnie Walsh a nice parting gift - 2007 first-rounder Wilson Chandler.While the focus was on Danilo Gallinari's summer-league debut, the...
BUD: TIE NOT AN OPTION
July 15, 2008 | 4:00amCommissioner Bud Selig insisted that last night's All-Star Game was going to be played until a winner was determined regardless of how long it would take - and regardless of...
RANGEL: I'M EVICTING MYSELF
July 15, 2008 | 1:22amRep. Charles Rangel said today he will give up one of his four rent-stabilized apartments, for which he has paid about half of market rate for more than a decade....