August 23, 2009
Report: Rockies-Giambi close to deal
The wild-card leading Rockies are on the verge of signing ex-Yankee Jason Giambi to a minor-league deal, according to multiple reports.Giambi returned to the Athletics this season after an unsuccessful...
OBAMAS START MARTHA'S VINEYARD VACATION
OTIS AIR BASE, Mass. -- Hurricane Bill blew out in time for the Obama family to blow in to Martha's Vineyard for the president's first vacation since taking office. The...
LOHAN'S HOME BURGLARIZED: REPORTS
Lindsay Lohan's Hollywood Hills house was burglarized by crooks who ripped a safe out of a wall -- and the starlet's dad believes it was an inside job, according to...
Papelbon: Red Sox don't need Wagner's help
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.Billy Wagner is willing to waive his no-trade clause to join the Red Sox, but a pair of potential...
MEADOWLANDS BIDS FAREWELL TO MUSCLEMAN
Last night, Mr Muscleman, one of the most popular trotters of the last decade, had a retirement ceremony at the Meadowlands Racetrack befitting the champion that he is. Owned by...
Stuff for a Sunday
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVARice says he was misquoted on JeterRecently inducted Hall-of-Famer Jim Rice said he wasn't lumping in Derek...
ELIZABETH EDWARDS OPENS FURNITURE SHOP IN N.C.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The wife of former North Carolina Sen. and presidential candidate John Edwards has opened a furniture store.Get the Full Story From FoxNews.com Multiple media outlets report...
HURRICANE BILL FLOODS NYC-AREA STATE PARKS
Hurricane Bill may be grounding swimmers around the New York City area, but surfers are thrilled. Have good surfing photos? Upload them here State parks spokesman George Gorman says almost...
ONE KILLED IN SHOOTING AT EAST VILLAGE CLUB
One man was killed and two wounded after a shooting outside an East Village bar. Eric Pagan, a bouncer at Forbidden City on Avenue A, was killed just after 5...
Game 124: Phillies at Mets
All eyes will be on Pedro Martinez today when the three-time Cy Young winner and ex-Met takes the mound for the Phillies at Citi Field against his former team. Martinez,...
Coverage in The Post
Overshadowing the 1969 World Series ceremony and the Mets' 4-1 loss to the Phillies was owner Fred Wilpon's exclusive comment to colleague Mike Puma that Omar Minaya is being brought...
SCOTTISH LEADER DEFENDS RELEASE OF LOCKERBIE BOMBER
LONDON -- Scotland's government defended itself Sunday against unrelenting criticism from the U.S. over the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber on compassionate grounds. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi,...
HURRICANE BILL SWEEPS UP NEW ENGLAND COAST
EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- Hurricane Bill turned from a threat to a nuisance in New England on Sunday, keeping many beaches closed but causing little damage. President Barack Obama delayed his...
10,000 EVACUATED AS WILDFIRES CONSUMER GREECE SUBURBS
ATHENS, Greece -- A raging wildfire raced down a mountain slope in Greece toward the town of Marathon on Sunday, nearing two ancient temples while despairing residents pleaded for firefighters...
Serie A: AC Milan Wins League Opener
Kaka who?AC Milan got off on the right foot Saturday, opening its Serie A season with a 2-1 at Siena thanks to two goals from Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato.Milan, who...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
Winners GREGORY REYES Appeals court tosses stock options backdating conviction of the former CEO of Brocade Communications. ROBERT BENMOSCHE New chief executive of AIG bags $7M salary and starts tenure...
BUST BUNGLE IN REALITY-TV SLAY
US marshals seized the wrong man Friday night as the international manhunt continued for a reality-show star wanted in the murder of his swimsuit-model wife. Federal officers pulled a man...
ELECTION RESULTS TELLING TALE OF TWO AFGHANISTANS
ALTHOUGH we may not know the final offi cial results of Thursday's elections in Afghanistan for another week or so, their impact on political developments in the war-torn nation is...
FBI BOSS SLAMS 'MOCKERY'
FBI Director Robert Mueller wrote a letter Friday to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill blasting Megrahi's release. It is excerpted below. Your action makes a mockery of the grief of...
IRAQI PM'S 'VICTORY' VOW IN FACE OF TERROR CARNAGE
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki assured his country yesterday that its forces would defeat terrorism despite the year's deadliest bombings, ignoring remarks from a minister that the government...
'HIGH'-MINDED MEX DRUG LAWS
Dude, you're not hallucinating. South of the border, you won't get busted for possessing small amounts of hardcore drugs, as long as it's for personal use. Mexico's newly minted law...
B'KLYN HERO IS HONORED
A street is being named for a Brooklyn Army sergeant killed in Iraq. City Councilman Charles Barron organized a ceremony yesterday honoring the new Sgt. Kimel Watt Way on Hemlock...
SEX IS OK, BUT WATER IS HOTTER
Men need not make passes at girls who drink glasses. Drinking the recommended daily amount of water is more important to American women than having enough sex, according to a...
BIKER BUSH-WHACKED
This wasn't the kind of smash hit television hottie Sophia Bush was looking for. The "One Tree Hill" star accidentally took out a cyclist on Second Avenue and East 10th...
WHERE'S OUR REUNION, FIEND?!
May he burn in hell. That was the reaction the devastated son of a Pan Am Flight 103 victim had yesterday when he saw sickening photos of the Libyan terrorist...
911 SITE FINALLY COMING ON LINE
The city is building a much-delayed 911 call center in The Bronx -- but only after scaling back the $653.8 million project. The Public Safety Answering Center has been in...
THERE'S INTEREST IN HOUSE PRICING
Dear John: I didn't really start paying attention to the business section of The Post until July of last year when all heck was breaking loose. I thought I would...
ALASKA SHAKES OFF 2ND QUAKE
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska has been rocked by an earthquake for the second time in three days, A magnitude-3.6 quake hit about 45 miles southeast of Cantwell and 53 miles...
RIOTERS WRECK KENTUCKY PRISON
BURGIN, Ky. -- Rioting inmates set fires inside a central Kentucky prison, and damage to some buildings was so extensive that officials were busing many of the facility's 1,200 prisoners...
CLUNKER-CASH WEB SITE A LEMON
AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest auto-dealership chain, said yesterday it hit the brakes on the Cash for Clunkers program three days early because it wants to make sure it can...
HERO'S LEAP OF FAITH
It's a bird! It's a train! No, it's . . . an off-duty firefighter! Superhero fireman Adam Rivera, 30, leaped two subway tracks in a single bound and skipped over...
AIR-STUNT DEATH
LONDON -- A US stunt pilot was killed yesterday when her light aircraft crashed at an air show in England. Vicki Cruse, 40, from Santa Paula, Calif., died in an...
DAVE'S DOWNFALL ALL BUMBLING, NO BIGOTRY
LET'S be clear about a few things. When anxious white cops kill their black colleagues in the line of duty without ever losing so much as a day's pay, that...
PEEVED OBAMA TRUMPS PATERSON'S RACE CARD
President Obama's aides were so furious that Gov. Paterson dragged him into a rant about racism that they sent a message sharply criticizing the governor's comments just hours after he...
PUNY CUNY TUITION A BIG DRAW IN TOUGH TIMES
A sour economy is pushing stellar students like 18-year-old Hyeondo Hwang to choose low-tuition City University of New York over pricier private colleges when he starts school this fall. Hwang,...
SURFERS 'STORM' THE BEACHES
Killer waves kicked up by Hurricane Bill proved to be killer fun for city surfers yesterday. Though the storm was downgraded to a Category One as it churned up the...
VINEYARD IS 'O' SO ABUZZ
MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. -- This seaside community of boldface names is gearing up for the biggest names of all. President Obama, First Lady Michelle and their kids, Sasha and Malia,...
KHADAFY SETS UP CAMP IN NJ - LITERALLY
A leafy New Jersey suburb will soon turn into a seething oasis of outrage when Libyan President Moammar Khadafy plops down a Bedouin tent in the middle of town next...
SWINE FLU MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT VACCINE FOR OBAMACARE
THE October 1976 national roll out of a swine flu vaccine is widely believed to have cost President Gerald Ford the super-close presidential election race the following month. This year,...
MY LAI KILLER APOLOGIZES -- FOUR DECADES LATER
The Vietnam War soldier responsible for the My Lai massacre of nearly 500 mostly unarmed women and children has reportedly apologized -- after staying publicly silent for 41 years. "There...
RABBIS RILED AS NY COURT NIXES RULING
Rabbis may soon have to answer to a higher authority -- state court judges. A New York State Supreme Court judge recently overturned a rabbinical-arbitration ruling, angering rabbis who are...
DENTAL AID FOR FAINT OF 'NERVE'
Kill the drill! A Manhattan dentist is offering panicky patients a handheld device that will let them stop the buzzing immediately with the press of their thumb. "It cuts off...
MIRACLE KID MENDS
Here's the Bronx miracle girl -- remarkable 8-year-old Destiny Antonio -- continuing her extraordinary recovery from a seven-story plunge out a broken window at her Castle Hill apartment. Destiny was...
CYBER-SLIMERS BEWARE
Slammers, prepare to get dunked. After a Manhattan judge ordered Google to identify the anonymous blogger who called a model a "skank" and a "ho," other victims of 'Net slurs...
FILINGS THREATEN RECOVERY
The number of New Yorkers filing bankruptcy has spiked 21 percent in the first half of 2009 -- a clear indication that the still weak job market will continue to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A night that began with merriment ended in tragedy when a teenager was shot dead at a house party in East New York early yesterday. Craig Shelton, 15, had...
STRONG SIGNALS
No CEO, no problem. Absent a leader since Chase Carey resigned in the spring, DirecTV, the nation's No. 2 pay television distributor behind Comcast, continues to gain market share and...
DNA REVEALS MUTTS' MAKEUP
What makes Spot run? New Yorkers who adopt mixed-breed canines are now using doggie DNA tests to gain insight into their pooches' ancestry and personal quirks. "It's a fun test...
MADOFF VICTIMS TARGET BANK
Angry victims of Bernie Madoff opened up a new front last week in their battle to regain some of the $65 billion lost to the epic Ponzi schemer -- they...
NOW PITCHING: A HEDGE FUND
TODD Stottlemyre, the former major league pitcher and the son of Yankees standout Mel Stottlemyre, is hoping to hit a home run moving from the diamond to the hedge-fund world....
WALTER JILT$ HIS GAL PAL
And that's the way it is, Joanna. While former opera singer Joanna Simon was Walter Cronkite's constant companion in the last four years of his life, summering in Martha's Vineyard...
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, considered by many to be the country's most influential and successful bank executive, can add another title to his resume: Accidental media mogul....
JETT IN BATTLE OF THE EX-BAND
Joan Jett has a black heart for a former bandmate. The hard-rocking frontwoman is suing a bassist of her first band, the Runaways, for blocking a film about the all-girl...
1 HAND WASHES ANOTHER
Pedro Espada Jr. cleans up with his own charities. Besides pulling down a $460,000 salary from his Bronx-based Soundview HealthCare Network -- and employing a number of family members --...
GRAND PLAN IS FLOATED FOR MARINA
The long-abandoned Dyckman Marina, at Manhattan's far upper reaches, may make an ambitious comeback next year. An investors group recently snagged a 15-year license from the city to take over...
RED LIGHT ON TRAFFIC-SIGNAL UPGRADE
THE Department of Transportation has fired the company it selected a year ago to bring the computer systems that control the city's 1.3 million traffic signals into the 21st century....
PORK 'CHOP' SET OFF COUP
The Senate coup that jammed up Albany for weeks, costing taxpayers millions and lowering voters' already abysmal opinion of state government, was sparked by Democratic leaders' decision to deny $2...
2-YEAR DEGREE OF GREAT DIFFICULTY
They deserve an A -- for perseverance. Scores of CUNY community-college students struggle for a decade or more to earn associate degrees meant to be completed in two years --...
PROTEST IS A LESSON FOR HUGO
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Police dispersed opponents of President Hugo Chavez's government yesterday as thousands demonstrated both for and against an education law that critics fear will lead to political indoctrination....
TRAGIC PARTY MELEE
A beloved Brooklyn deejay was shot in the head and killed early yesterday when a melee broke out at a party he organized -- an overnight event on a jam-packed...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Mississippi man is learning that chutzpah doesn't give you a free pass with the IRS. Wiley Kuyrkendall challenged the government's authority to tax by suing the IRS for $1.1...
SUPERSTITIOUS RITUALS FAIL TO DELIVER
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- They're very superstitious. Parents and siblings of the South Shore Little Leaguers -- the pint-sized ball players who were undefeated entering the Little League World Series --...
BAT MEN FROM 'ROBINS' HAND S.I. FIRST LOSS
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Despite the "Let's Go New York" chants that ricocheted across Lamade Stadium, the South Shore sticks went silent. Staten Island's unbeaten summer is no more as the...
CALIFORNIA ROLLS WITH 7 HOMERS
U.S. favorite California went deep seven times, including two long blasts by 13-year-old slugger Luke Ramirez in support of ace pitcher Kiko Garcia in a 15-0 victory over Kentucky. Both...
NO. 2'S WOES ARE NO. 1 QUESTION
BOSTON -- These are the issues that leak out of the Yankees' anxiety closet in dribs and drabs and drizzles now, the cautious wisps of worry amid the gales of...
BIG PAPI, RED SOX GET RIGHT IN HURRY
BOSTON -- No matter what problems the Red Sox have had, they now know they own A.J. Burnett at Fenway Park and that David Ortiz is back to being a...
RED SOX BLUDGEON BURNETT
BOSTON -- T-Bone Burnett has a better chance to beat the Red Sox in Fenway Park this year than A.J. does.BOX SCORE Unfortunately for the Yankees, T-Bone is an acclaimed...
WILPONS SHOULD'VE LEVELED WITH FANS
BOSTON -- There are a lot of things separating the Mets from the Yankees this summer, a lot of ways to describe the differences in rooting for the team in...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... RAMSES BARDEN
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Giants' 23-year-old rookie receiver who was selected in the third round out of Cal Poly.GIANTS BLOG Q: You stayed in Mark Sanchez's apartment...
YANKEES' SENIOR CLASS STARRING NOW
BOSTON -- Hey, you look great for your age.BOX SCOREHARDBALL BLOG The Yankees are not only defying their birth certificates but arguably the most compelling trend of recent years: that...
METS SHOULD HONOR GRANT
THE Polo Grounds, until it was abandoned by the baseball Giants in 1957, had a center-field monument "park" of its own. Smaller and lesser known than the shrine in Yankee...
THE RUMBLE
Russ never sleeps Salzberg answers MDA's call again Indefatigable Fox5/My9 sports anchor Russ Salzberg (below), the hardest-working man in show business, is somehow finding time to co-host (with Giovanna Drpic)...
IT'S THE BIG GOVERNMENT, STUPID
It's been a hilarious August, watching media supporters of President Obama's health care package puzzle over the obscure motivations of the noncompliant Americans rallying against it. "Racial anxiety," guessed New...
TIME TO KILL OBAMACARE
Looking back, this must have been the White House health-care strategy: Health care as a subject is extraordinarily sticky, messy and confusing. It's inherently complicated, and it's personal. There are...
HEAVY-HANDED HOUSING
Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano says he had "no choice" but to reach a legal settlement with an advocacy group that will force the county to build hundreds of units...
SHELTER SANITY
Some 14 years after the state set up rules for families in public shelters, City Hall is finally enforcing them. About time? Sure is. The rules spell out minimum (and...
WORTH THE COST
The Post's comment on the $10,000 grant to the Center for NuLeadership at CUNY's Medgar Evers College to study the racial factor in new legislation is both unwarranted in substance...
LOYAL OPPOSITION
Welcome to the club, Jonah Goldberg ("Side With Freedom, Mr. President," PostOpinion, June 17). When we "looney liberals" (or any other clever labels you, on the right, like to bestow...
SQUARE DEAL
Even if the new Broadway plazas were being enjoyed only by tourists, which is not at all the case, The Post should recognize that making Times Square appealing to tourists...
Boulevard of dreams
This story of the Grand Concourse, which wends its four-and-a-half-mile way through the center of the West Bronx, is a sort of birthday present for the boulevard, which will celebrate...
Soul of a dog
Historically, dogs have been workers: hunting companions, sled-pullers, sheep herders. It's only in the last century or so that they've become members of the family, and instead of thinking of...
In my library: Carol Alt
Models, take heart: Carol Alt has your (elegantly knobby) backs. The former face of Diet Pepsi, Cover Girl and more has turned her three-decade career into novel fodder, both in...
HONDO FISHING FOR W'S
Another day, another couple of flush jobs. Slump ing Hondo swirled down the drain with the Mariners and Cubs last night, which caused his deficit to bal loon to 420...
GATORS ARE CLEAR NO. 1 IN AP POLL
As Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators prepare to make a run at their third national title in the last four seasons, the defending champions already have made some history....
PENNINGTON SPARKS FISH
Chad Pennington threw well from the pocket -- and from the flanker position. The wildcat was back last night in Miami, contributing to a strong showing by the Dolphins' first-team...
BROOKLYN'S MALIGNAGGI LOSES TOUGH DECISION
HOUSTON -- Brooklyn junior middleweight Paulie Malignaggi knew the odds were against him fighting Juan Diaz in his hometown. His concerns were validated once the scorecards were read. Despite fighting...
OZ-SOME RUBY SLIPPERS
TUESDAY marks the 70th anniversary of "The Wizard of Oz," the only film that can boast Judy Garland, Technicolor and famous red footwear. Taking a cue from Dorothy, designers sent...
Q&A with Queen Latifah
THERE was a time when Queen Latifah was best known as a rapper. Since then, she's become a successful jazz and R&B singer, sitcom actress, film actress, Oscar nominee, author,...
BUSCH STILL IN CHASE AFTER GUTSY VICTORY
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kyle Busch saved his season last night by winning a gutsy side-by-side sprint to the finish against Mark Martin at Bristol Motor Speedway. Fighting hard for a...
HAMILTON ON EURO GP POLE
VALENCIA, Spain -- Lewis Hamilton took the pole position for the European Grand Prix to lead a McLaren 1-2 in yesterday's qualifying. Hamilton had a best lap of 1 minute,...
LIBERTY TRY TO FEED OFF THRILLING WIN
They do not act like a team that has struggled all season, endured one coaching change and is hanging on to any chance of making the playoffs by broken pink...
NEW COACH CAN'T DO WORSE
Red Bull interim beleaguered Red Bull coach Juan Carlos Osorio quit on Friday, with assistant Richie Williams taking over for his second stint as interim. Today against Dallas (3 p.m.,...
MOOSE DODGES RICE'S JETER SLAM
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Retired Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina, who lives down the road in Montoursville, Pa., was the special guest of the Little League World Series Grand Parade Thursday night,...
INDIANA HONORING KNIGHT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight will be inducted into the university's athletics Hall of Fame nearly a decade after he was fired for violating a zero-tolerance...
RYAN: SANCHEZ COULD WIN QB DUEL IN BALTIMORE
Jets coach Rex Ryan has a healthy respect for the Baltimore defense he used to run -- healthy enough that he says if rookie Mark Sanchez or holdover Kellen Clemens...
UNDRAFTED WESTERMAN IMPRESSIVE
Rex Ryan clearly has a soft spot for unheralded lunch pail-type players, the underrated overachievers who will run through a wall -- or an opponent. Those are the players he...
WINS 'BAMA BY 11 LENGTHS
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Now we know why Rachel Alexandra didn't run in yesterday's Alabama Stakes. In a very Rachel-esque performance, Canadian invader Careless Jewel pressed the early pace set by...
METS FANS GET STIFFED AGAIN
BOSTON -- Fred Wilpon came out of seclusion and media silence to infuriate his fan base. What is next? Jimmy Rollins Night at Citi Field? BOX SCOREMETS BLOG The patriarch...
SOBER REMINDER: BLOWOUT MUCH LIKE 2004 ALCS
BOSTON -- Just about the only downside for the Yankees in Friday night's blowout of the Red Sox was how much it was reminiscent of their Game 3 victory in...
WILPON: MINAYA, MANUEL BACK IN '10
Omar Minaya evidently won't be the scapegoat for the Great Flushing Train Wreck of 2009. BOX SCOREMETS BLOG Mets owner Fred Wilpon broke his extended silence yesterday, just long enough...
RAYS SLIP BY RANGERS
In St. Petersburg, Rays slugger Carlos Pena homered twice and drove in the winning run with an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Rays to a pivotal...
DAMON KNEEDS SOME MORE REST
BOSTON -- Hours before the Red Sox crushed the Yankees 14-1 yesterday at Fenway Park, Johnny Damon didn't sound like he would be ready to play tonight in the finale...
JAPANESE PITCHER TAZAWA STYMIES YANKS
BOSTON -- Trailblazer Junichi Tazawa is determined to have success in the majors and yesterday he gave the Red Sox a glimpse of what could be a promising future. BOX...
CHICAGO DOMINATES BIG BLUE STARTERS
CHICAGO -- It was unseasonably cool and predictably breezy by the shores of Lake Michigan, 63 degrees at kickoff as autumn made a surprise appearance at Soldier Field. GIANTS BLOG...
WIE, KERR SAVE TIE IN SOLHEIM
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. -- Cristie Kerr nearly took the head off of a fake swan, and Michelle Wie overshot the green. And they still managed to halve the hole. Kerr...
SPORTS SHORTS
TRACK: Third gold for Bolt In Berlin, Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships yesterday when Jamaica won the men's 400-meter relay but the team failed...
ALFORD CARTED OFF FIELD
CHICAGO -- The Giants got out of their first preseason game with a victory and no injuries, the perfect combination. GIANTS BLOG They weren't as fortunate in last night's 17-3...
NOSTALGIA FOR '69 METS NO BALM FOR '09 MESS
LAST night at Citi Field, the Miracle Mets were overshad owed by the Miserable Mets. BOX SCOREMETS BLOG A night honoring the 1969 championship team just underscored how awful the...
WRIGHT MAKING PROGRESS
In an encouraging development for the Mets, David Wright said yesterday that he's been doing physical activity for the last three days and could begin doing baseball drills today or...
UNWELCOME MAT TO GREET PEDRO
Pedro Martinez is champing at the bit, but he probably shouldn't expect a hero's welcome today at Citi Field -- especially after the Phillies' 4-1 win over the Mets last...
THEY'RE NOT ALL LOSERS AT 'BINGO'
WITH a 47-75 record in the Double-A Eastern League, the Binghamton Mets have been a disaster. But despite their struggles in the win-loss columns, two prospects in particular, first baseman...
SALMON MAKE COMEBACK IN SALMON RIVER
AN AMAZING discovery in New York's Salmon River has anglers and scientists ec static. Scientists recently discovered wild young Atlantic salmon in the river, the first time in more than...
THE BEST TEAM MONEY CAN BUY
* So, the Yankees are on a roll. What a shock. After buying the three biggest free agents this offseason, and increasing their payroll to over $200 million, they're in...
Turn over a new leaf!
Nothing says summer like a fresh salad. But a plate of leafy greens, tomatoes and cucumbers topped with house dressing is the stuff of amateurs. Stay cool while the heat's...
MY NY - BRIAN WILLIAMS
says Brian Williams, anchor of "NBC Nightly News." "Because when I travel to other cities, I'm the only guy walking in the street. We all have that kind of GPS....
POP UP IN VIDEO
I have, at times, jokingly admonished friends with a quick, "Put ... that coffee ... down," channeling Alec Baldwin's irate salesman in "Glengarry Glen Ross." Or attempted to intimidate with...
BAD HAIR DAYS
Woodstock: It was a time of free love and even freer grooming habits. For director Ang Lee and the people behind Wednesday's "Taking Woodstock," one of the biggest challenges was...
'Sunny' side up
For most couples, Danny DeVito doesn't equal romance. But the actor -- and his "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" co-stars -- were just the thing to ignite a spark between...
Meet market
London transplant Rafi is a stylist with a dancing addiction and soft spot for sushi. Naturally, the 25-year-old is looking for a girl who can chow down and get down!...
SEXLESS AND THE CITY
If Carrie Bradshaw and her "Sex and the City" cohorts ever felt lonely in their single-gal lives, at least it was because they actually lived alone. But in Amy Sohn's...
AGENDA
* SHOP THIS: Starting at 2 p.m. today snatch up cool vintage threads and creations from new visual artists at the BK PoP Shop at the Dumbo Loft (155 Water...
PARK RAVING MAD
A group of East Siders has a bone to pick with its neighborhood dog run. When the East 63rd Street large-dog run opened last fall, area residents complained that the...
TRUE BLUE
In sports fandom, there's a fine line between obsessive and just plain creepy. Painting your entire body in your team colors, even as a grown adult? Obsessive. Trying to meet...
HE'S 'WALKING'
IN the run-up to Fri day's New York re lease of Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Still Walking" (2008), BAM Rose Cinemas has mounted a retrospective of the Japanese helmer's work. Some of...
BRIDGE
FRANZ Kafka wrote about a man who waited beside the doors to Paradise for an eon, and then when his attention was diverted for a moment, the doors silently opened...
WALK ON, WALK ON
HISTORY-MAKING re cords don't last long these days. Six months ago, a Bulgarian grandmaster broke into the Guinness Book of World Records by playing 360 games in the biggest-ever simultaneous...
PRIMETIME
If only the worst of our politicians -- those conflicted-by-interests, double-dealers and flat-out thieves --showed some patience, they wouldn't have to worry as much about being caught. Consider the men...
REEL GOOD
THE LODGER (1944),Tuesday, 8 p.m., TCM A dark and moody take on Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in London. Here, a landlady who resents having to rent out rooms...
DON'T MISS LIST
Don't miss list CATEGORY: COMEDY Hed: Vince (Adrien Grenier) and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), who's going back to school at UCLA for business management, decides to arm themselves after a break-in....
NOT YOUR MOTHER'S OPRAH
The girl can talk. Ask Wendy Williams any question about anything and she'll go on. And on. She might not actually answer the question, but she'll certainly entertain you in...
OFF TO SEE THE 'WIZARDS'
Being a teen star puts a serious crimp in your Twitter-style. Just ask David Henrie, star of the Disney Channel series "Wizards of Waverly Place." He posted a Tweet when...
WHAT TO DO ABOUT PAULA?
Suddenly the whole world--ok, the showbiz world--is wondering what's to become of Paula Abdul. The former "American Idol" judge, who parted ways with the show over a contract dispute, is...
THE REAL REASON AMERICANS ARE ANGRY
It's been a hilarious August, watching media supporters of President Obama's health care package puzzle over the obscure motivations of the noncompliant Americans rallying against it. "Racial anxiety," guessed New...