March 3, 2007
Mets and Dodgers
By MARK HALEMike Pelfrey made his spring debut and faced the minimum in his two innings. Pelfrey gave up a single but got a double play. Jason Vargas is on...
IN THE LOOP
There are different ways to find out who is working the hardest in Mets camp.The coaches and manager can fill you in, you can watch the workouts yourself, but with...
Bay Window
If anyone gets an Oscar nomination out out of David Fincher's spawling and surprising thriller "Zodiac,'' it will be Robert Downey Jr., who knocks it out of the park as...
Alumni News
Nora Ephron, flogging her latest book in The Guardian discusses, among other things, how her brief 1960's stint as a reporter for The Post "provided a sort of grungy foundation...
Bold Faced Name
Reading Michael Musto's hilarious recap of Oscar night in his Village Voice column, I was surprised to find he wrapped it up by quoting a shockingly prescient capsule review I...
Day 22: Heading to Met Camp
I will be hooking up with the Mets tomorrow for at least a week and, obviously, I am curious to see some of the obvious stuff such as just how...
What a Drag!
Social Conservatives are getting hot and bothered, or at least just bothered, by all those pictures of gay-friendly presidential aspirant Rudy Giuliani in drag, The Post's Ian Bishop reports from...
BIG DEALS
WHAT good are the sleeveless dresses, straw bags and ballet flats currently filling stores when it's still 40 degrees out? Head to outlying outlets where the likes of Barneys and...
WHAT'S UP
TodayALL ABOARD: You've seen him on Noggin, "Sesame Street" and countless CDs. Now see the wild-haired (and widely hailed) Dan Zanes live when his Catch That Train! tour makes a...
THE REEL DEAL
IF you liked the clip of "The Danish Poet" that flitted across your screen during last weekend's Academy Awards, here's your chance to watch the Oscar winner in its entirety:...
TOP PICKS FOR SMALL-FRY
FORTY-FOUR programs at three locations in six days. Overwhelmed? Don't be - here are four selections guaranteed to please the K-through-fifth-grade set. For details, visit gkids.com. Workshop: Music and Sound...
GOIN' POSTAL
FORMER "Cheers" mail man John Ratzenberger is replacing Vinny "Big Pussy" Pastore on "Dancing With the Stars." The announcement was made on yesterday's "Good Morning America," two days after Pastore...
SO EASY, EVEN ABC CAN DO IT
ABC is turning the Geico caveman ads into a half-hour sitcom. "Cavemen" will revolve around three pre-historic men who must battle prejudice as they attempt to live as normal thirtysomethings...
THE KNIGHT STUFF
THE History Channel manages in two hours to explain what it took 600 years, countless millions of lives, endless war, plague, and pestilence to fall into - the Dark Ages....
N.Y. FINDS $575M
ALBANY - What a difference a month in state government makes - more than a half-billion dollars, in fact. Gov. Spitzer and legislative leaders agreed yesterday that the state would...
S.I. INVASION OF THE BODY PURSE-SNATCHER
A ghoulish purse-snatcher committed numerous grave offenses at Staten Island funeral homes by posing as a mourner and making off with grieving relatives' belongings, police said. Jacqueline Garbutt, 45, was...
GOV GIVES HOSPS BITTER NEW PILL
With his foes sitting just feet away, Gov. Spitzer yesterday launched an in-your-face offensive concerning his proposed health-care cuts, claiming that the current system benefits hospitals and administrators instead of...
RED-HOT 'BAKE'INI
A Long Island woman's Victoria's Secret bathing suit was so hot it was scalding - and not in a good way, a $2 million lawsuit says. In papers filed in...
MIDTOWN MUG SPREE
A single man is responsible for a stickup spree in which nine people were mugged at knifepoint all over Manhattan - including brazen daylight robberies on the busy streets of...
BRAVEST UNION OKS 2-YR. DEAL
Firefighters reached a tentative new contract with the city last night that increases wages by 8 percent over two years and - for the first time - provides bonuses for...
'CUR' LETS DOG FREEZE TO DEATH
A tragic Queens pooch starved and froze to death after his owner left him tied up outside just a few feet from shelter during a bitterly cold spell last month,...
PIED PIPER'S PITCH
A nationally renowned rodent expert was hired yesterday to help root out rats from the Big Apple's fast food restaurants. YUM! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and...
PEDESTRIAN HIT
A Manhattan socialite was hit by a truck while crossing a Midtown street yesterday, police and witnesses said. Jackie Kliot, 72, stepped out of a cab and was about to...
MA IN LIBRARY 'KID DUMP' RAP
The reading room became the romper room. A Bronx mom was taken into custody by cops last night for chronically ditching her three kids at the Morris Park library, witnesses...
'50 SHOT' PALS TESTIFY TO GRAND JURY
The two men who survived the hail of 50 police bullets that killed Sean Bell on his wedding day - and the woman who would have been his bride -...
'RAPED' BOY: IT WAS COOL
He says his first lap rub was in the Upper East Side Montessori school's kitchen. "It's OK; it's normal," the teacher allegedly counseled the boy as she massaged him through...
CLOWNS STAGE A PINK CIRCUS
Anna Nicole Smith was finally laid to rest yesterday amid a spectacular funeral that mirrored her life - with a flashy, pink satin-covered coffin, throngs of admirers trying to catch...
'TODAY YOU ARE GOING HOME TO DANIEL'
These are excerpts from Howard K. Stern's eulogy at the funeral of Anna Nicole Smith, as reported by "ET"/"The Insider." 'The truth, there's only one truth, and it's not what...
GIULIANI TO APPEAR AT SCHWARZENEGGER CONFERENCE
Rudy Giuliani will appear at a high-profile press conference with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday during a two-day jaunt to raise campaign cash on the West Coast. The former mayor...
RUDY DRAGGED DOWN
WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani's liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn't his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed...
UNREEL - SPIELBERG'S STOLEN ART
Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg was unwittingly a raider of the lost art after FBI agents discovered a stolen Norman Rockwell painting in his collection, authorities said yesterday. The artwork, called...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN Police are hoping the public can help find this woman , who's been missing for seven months, authorities said yesterday. Bonita Moss, 45, was last seen leaving her Rockaway...
WACKY D-LIST WEEPAPALOOZA JUST WON'T LET ANNA BREAST IN PEACE
NASSAU, Bahamas - Anna Nicole Smith showed up for her fu neral - in a church perched inside a shopping mall - with her coffin decked out in what looked...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 949; Lucky Sum: 22 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 5651; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 000; Lucky Sum: 0 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 6979;...
KEEP FIRING 'EM 'TIL THEY GET IT
"I am disappointed that some in the Army have not adequately appreciated the seriousness of the situation pertaining to outpatient care at Walter Reed." - Defense Secretary Robert Gates,after announcing...
FOXY WALKS AGAIN
Let's start off by stating the obvious: Rap singer Foxy Brown has a danger ously nasty temper. So why is Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson the only one who...
SPITZER NAMES NAMES
New Yorkers got a neat glimpse of their steamroller in action yester day, when Gov. Spitzer spoke in Manhattan: To say he kicked butt would be understatement. Spitzer took on...
COUNCIL'S TABOOED SLURS WILL TROUNCE FREEDOM
Why is the City Council so concerned about banning use of the n- word ("Council Goes Slur Crazy Over N- Word," Feb. 27)? While at it, why not ban any...
A LEAP OF FAITH
I understand that James Cameron, who says he found Jesus' tomb, has challenged others to disprove this. But that's not how science works ("Christ's 'Bones' Uproar Hits N.Y.," Feb. 27)....
REDSTONE RECANTS RANT ON CRUISE FIRING
Six months after booting Tom Cruise off the Paramount Pictures lot, media mogul Sumner Redstone is denying he fired the kooky, couch-hopping movie star. "What happened was, I just gave...
STOP THE MUSIC
It took EMI less than 24 hours to reject the latest acquisition proposal in what is becoming an increasingly ugly takeover battle with Warner Music Group. Early yesterday WMG, which...
BERNER TO HELP DIGEST
The Reader's Digest Association brought down the curtain on its rocky, 17-year ride as a public company when private equity gaint Ripplewood completed its $2.4 billion buyout yesterday and installed...
ANOTHER EDITOR OUT AT VOICE
It's another wild shootout at the Village Voice as Editor-in-Chief David Blum has been run off the ranch after less than six months on the job. Blum was let go...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Plummer balks at trade to Bucs Jake Plummer's status with the Broncos is in limbo. The quarterback, who lost his starting job during the 2006 season, reportedly would rather...
'SHOBIZ' CENTER STAGE IN FOUNTAIN
Today at Gulfstream Park, ballyhooed 3-year-old colt Nobiz Like Shobiz finally gets the chance to put his money where trainer Barclay Tagg's mouth is. "If you could sit down and...
FOUR FOR CONTESSA, DOMINGUEZ
Track was sloppy, sealed. Gary Contessa saddled four winners, including sweep of early double, boosting meet-leading total to 60. Ramon Dominguez rode four-bagger, three of those for Contessa. FOURTH RACE...
HIT THE RHODES
The player most deserving of the MVP award in Super Bowl XLI was running back Dominic Rhodes, who rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown as the Colts beat the...
IONA ENDS AT 2-28
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Jeff Ruland has been around basketball almost all his life, from eight years in the NBA to a dozen more on the Iona bench, but he'd never...
COLDS HEATING UP
St. Raymond's had overcome a nine-point first-half deficit, but with the game in the fourth quarter, the Ravens couldn't put away Bishop Loughlin. Finally, Gerald Colds did it for them....
MURCER RECUPERATING AT HOME
ST. PETERSBURG - Bobby Murcer has completed treatment for a brain tumor at a Houston hospital and is resting at his Oklahoma home. "Six weeks of chemo and radiation were...
DEVIL OF A HIT SPARKS LEAFS
The Devils walked the walk, then fell on their faces. On a night that harkened to hockey of 30 years past, the Devils' brutal hitting only served to incite their...
HOT ISLES FACE CAPS
The Islanders have been staking their claim to the New York hockey pie - and to a playoff spot - by winning six of their past eight games, including victories...
JETS RELEASE BACKUP QB RAMSEY
On the first day of NFL free agency, the Jets made a subtraction, not an addition, finally releasing backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey. Ramsey's departure has been a forgone conclusion because...
STEPH MAKES GARDEN GLOW
Life does go on without Jamal Crawford. With Crawford out for the season, Stephon Marbury realizes it is time for him to change his game and change his name. Welcome...
JAMAL MAY RETURN FOR PLAYOFFS
The chances of Jamal Crawford potentially returning for the playoffs - if the Knicks make it - increased yesterday after he underwent successful surgery on his ankle. "He'll be back...
MARDY MAKES MOST OF MINUTES
The Knicks have done without Mardy Collins 30 times this season. Last night, they couldn't have won without him. With 3:56 remaining and the Knicks trailing by one, Collins stripped...
ACE ON PACE
PORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez saw Duaner Sanchez and didn't miss the opportunity to rib him a little. "I was making fun of Sanchez," Martinez said of the rehabbing...
HE'S NO AVERAGE JOE
JUPITER, Fla. - So I walk up to side-arming Joe Smith, and playing the part of the wise guy, say, "Joe Smith. That's the most common name in America." "I've...
STUCK IN PARK: CHAN HO'S A NO-GO VS. CARDS
PORT ST. LUCIE - Chan Ho Park was slated to pitch against the Cardinals yesterday, but the Mets righty wasn't permitted to do so. Park doesn't yet have his work...
SURGING NETS: EVERY GAME A 'MUST WIN'
Think back on all the games the Nets lost by one measly point. Or the eight games they led by double-digits before going belly-up and losing. Reverse even half of...
IT'S CODE BLUE FOR RANGERS
The Rangers are officially fighting for their playoff lives. Eighteen games remain for the Blueshirts, who were five points shy of the eighth and final playoff position in the Eastern...
RUNNING HOT & COLD
ST. PETERSBURG - A colossal heat pad smothered Derek Jeter's left elbow while he sat listening to tunes in the visitor's clubhouse at Progress Energy Park yesterday. Following the Yankees'...
PETT PROJECT
ST. PETERSBURG - Don Zimmer isn't shocked that Andy Pettitte has returned to The Bronx. What the baseball lifer is miffed at is that Pettitte's sidekick isn't a Yankee. "The...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The Missouri Department of Health seems to have its wires crossed. A bookmark it handed out to teens advertising a hot line for HIV/AIDS information accidentally was printed with the...