February 1, 2008
THE HEART TRUTH'S RED DRESS COLLECTION
Red-hot celebrities Ashanti, Joss Stone and Molly Sims donned sexy, sassy crimson-colored dresses at yesterday's "The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection," a show to raise awareness about heart disease. First...
WAYNE SHOW
Air and lightness. Inspired by the feeling of flying, the Wayne collection for fall is a study in body-skimming pieces. This Ecco Domani award winner cites aviatrix Beryl Markham as...
BCBG MAX AZRIA SHOW
That young BCBG girl is having a grown-up moment. For fall, she'll be wearing well-cut longer skirts with classically defined waists. Long, drape-y ruffles adorn these looks, lending an air...
Bernhard Willhelm Interview
Bernhard Willhelm, master of cool prints, avant-garde streetwear inspired sweats, and comfort-clothes, landed in New York this week to present his first-ever Stateside show. I'm a huge fan, so I...
UPDATE: Plaxico a concern
By PAUL SCHWARTZFor the third consecutive day, Plaxico Burress did not participate in any real aspects of practice, an ominous sign that is sure to affect the Giants far more...
Backup sent home after DUI
APInjured backup defensive end Adrian Awasom was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving by Arizona state police early this morning.An officer with the Arizona Department of Public Safety stopped Awasomâs...
Mets give Johan $150.75 million
By MARK HALE and JOEL SHERMANIt took an extension to get the extension done. But it got done, and now Feb. 1, 2008 will go down as one of the...
Mets agree with Feliciano
APLeft-handed reliever Pedro Feliciano avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing today to a $1,025,000, one-year contract. A key member of the bullpen, Feliciano was 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA and...
Oden lookin' good
By MARC BERMANPORTLAND - Let me be the first to predict Portland to advance to the Finals next season.A few of the writers drove up to the Blazers' practice facility...
CHANGE: "to make different...to replace with another..."
By FRED KERBERThank you, Mr. Webster.Well, the Nets are desperately trying "to make different" and to pinpoint some of their players "to replace with another." And they seem to be...
Goodell willing to meet Specter
APIn the face of congressional pressure over destroying evidence from the Spygate scandal, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defended his actions today.Goodell also said heâd be willing to meet with Sen....
The Worst Movie Ever Made?
Film Forum's recent Otto Preminger retrospective didn't include the flops from the end of the director's career, like the notorious "Skidoo'' (1968). I recently saw this on TCM for the...
Court helps Brooklyn cause
APA federal appeals court gave a green light today to the $4 billion, Frank Gehry-designed project that would bring the Nets to a new arena in Brooklyn.The 2nd U.S. Circuit...
Reserved Judgment
I donât like to rush to judgment. For whatever reason, thatâs the way I work as a person and as a fan. And thatâs why I have not shot down...
Deal of the Day
This Flap Hobo from Olivia Harris looks like it could have come from your grandfatherâs attic.The two-toned worn in leather and cool flap lends it a real vintage feel, and...
Blue is the new red
So says Nintendo, who is releasing a cobalt and black version of the Nintendo DS on Feb. 10. This will be the seventh color in the DS family after white,...
Swag Bags Worth Saving
Guess who is going to be in the Baby Phat gift bags tonight?
BELICHICK RAINS ON GIANTS PARADE PLANS
First, Plaxico Burress predicted a Giants Super Bowl win, with a final score, no less. Now, plans for a tickertape parade should Burress' boast come through have been revealed. None...
RKO Tries Again
RKO Pictures, essentially a holding company for the remake right to many of the demised studio's classic (and not-so-classic) properties (not including "King Kong'') has strugling for years to set...
Belichick rains on parade plans
First, Plaxico Burress predicted a Giants Super Bowl win, with a final score, no less.Now, plans for a tickertape parade should Burress' boast come through have been revealed.None of it...
'Lost' Picks Up Where It Left Off... And Leaps Into The Future
After a sad reminder that our favorite rockstar, Charlie, looked fate in the eyes - or should I say Patchy's eye - and accepted his deadly fate, we find ourselves...
IN THE GIANTS' GRILL
The thing about life is that you never know what's around the bend. Jay DiEugenio was playing poker with some buddies about four years ago when he happened on an...
It's A 'Jungle' Out There
We are all just itching in our Manolos for "Sex and the City: The Movie" to premiere this Spring. If you're like me, and have watched the 'SATC' Paris episodes...
Starr Report: On Wendy's menu
More from "Judge Judy" Sheindlin, who I interviewed for a story that ran yesterday. I asked her opinion of troubled young stars like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan."When you're 18...
READ THESE SIGNS
Each state has its own interstate story to tell as I buzz through on my way to the Super Bowl Tailgate Party. Sometimes the buzz is a little slower than...
MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP
The first day of a trip of this magnitude is just like the first play of the Super Bowl. You gotta make an impact. Thatâs exactly what we did, going...
LIVEBLOG: Jumpin' Jerusalem
Tel Aviv may be Israel's city that doesn¹t sleep, but if the coffee culture in Jerusalem continues its fashionable rise, there won¹t be much shuteye in the Old City, either.Three...
CONGRESS, CLEMENS' AGENT TALK
A congressional committee looking into Roger Clemens' alleged steroid use talked to a member of the sports management firm that represents the pitcher yesterday, a source close to the investigation...
YANKS SIGN ENSBERG
Further deepening their pool of first-base options, the Yankees signed Morgan Ensberg to a minor league contract yesterday. The right-handed hitter could start or platoon, considering that he owns strong...
TANGO FOR CA$H
The Mets and Johan Santana's agent agree the ace must be made the highest-paid pitcher ever. The only question appears to be how high the final number will reach before...
OH YES! NO-NO ON WAY
JOHAN Santana has never thrown a no-hitter. Neither has any New York Met. Yet, I believe the moons are aligned for that to change. Now I know how fickle no-hitters...
GET READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
Millions of people are gearing up for Sunday's Super Bowl between our New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Here's a brief look at the history of football in...
WATERS RUNS DEEP
GARY Waters spoke with conviction. His words were proud, powerful and passionate. Though he had every opportunity to say, "I told you so," or to offer up a "How do...
FEDERER VS. SAMPRAS SLATED TO PLAY GARDEN
On March 10, the world's top tennis player will take on the icon he's spent the last few years chasing, when Roger Federer plays Pete Sampras in the NetJets Showdown...
RED BULLS INK STAMMLER
After retaining assistant coach Richie Williams, the Red Bulls re-signed midfielder/defender Seth Stammler yesterday, who led the club in minutes played last year. The club also announced that forward/midfielder Mike...
NEW CENTURY, SAME OL' EVENT
In the 101st Millrose Games tonight (7 p.m., ESPN2), the second century of the Garden's longest-running event will start much the same way the first century went - highlighted by...
E Z DOLLAR FOR BIG A BETTORS
In the second race at Aqueduct, Forte E Potenti, looking to break maiden in 13th start, gunned to the front under C.C. Lopez at 7-1. Set the pace to deep...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Union boss threatens strike Union chief Gene Upshaw defiantly said that if the NFL's owners opt out of the current labor agreement later this year, the players' union is...
DEVS EYE BIG WIN OVER RANGERS
To finally finish their folly against the Rangers, the Devils' best player wants his teammates to do what he can't, "and they haven't much (of), either." "We need to score...
ELI'S BURNING TO BRING HOME TITLE
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Eli Manning, clad in his white jersey, No. 10 in red, began walking away from the hype and the hoopla and the hysteria toward Super Sunday when...
BIG BLUE, BIG THOUGHTS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - You watched Desmond Howard take it to the house and Brett Favre jump for joy, you watched John Elway's helicopter spin for a first down, you watched...
UNITED WE STAND
GLENDALE, Ariz. - It is hard to find a united front in New York. It's a product of how big we are, and how diverse we are. It is a...
THE PARTY IS OVER
SPORTS have long specialized in creating fun, family-friendly traditions - then destroying them in service to the never-enough addiction to TV money. The Super Bowl, throughout the 1970s, evolved into...
ARM-ED & READY
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Jessie Armstead remembers Super Bowl XXXV like it was yesterday and still feels the disappointment of the Giants' 34-7 loss to the Ravens in a game he...
ROUT OF THE BLUE
THE Patriots were caught cheating at the beginning of the 2007 NFL season, but there's no way they will be caught napping Sunday night in Glendale, Ariz., in Super Bowl...
'WE ARE GIANTS' IS GREAT THEATER
Actress Kate Mara, who latest film, "Transsiberian," premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week, is the granddaughter of the late Wellington Mara. Her father, Chris, is the Giants' vice...
EASY DOES IT
CHANDLER, Ariz. - There he was, sounding not at all like a grizzled, hard-nosed coach but, dare we say it, a football romantic. Few envisioned the Giants getting this far...
THE UNBEATEN & THE UNFAZED
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The Patriots stand a tantalizing two days away from immortality. History in the form of a perfection no NFL team has ever accomplished awaits this remarkable band...
PAT HAND
There are some things the Giants just can't get from a sensational playoff run or even from cutting out bulletin-board material. "A team like the Patriots ... when you win...
TRENDSETTERS
PATRIOTS (-12) OVER GIANTS In all previous 41 years, the Super Bowl champion has covered at least one postseason game. New England (0-2) has yet to cover a game. ....
ELI CAN PEY OFF IN BROTHER BATTLE
Eli Manning will be compared to older brother Peyton throughout Sunday's Super Bowl. In fact, you can bet on it. Las Vegas casinos have added Manning vs. Manning to their...
THIS ONE'S OVER WHEN IT'S OVER
Adding to his stuffed trophy case, The Wildcat captured first place over more than 50 foes in the 2006-07 edition of Playbook's long-running Wise Guys Contest with an overall record...
KICKING IT 'ROUND
Both Giants coach Tom Coughlin and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had some fun with the media yesterday on the final day of access to the players before Super Bowl XLII...
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR BIG BLUE ROOKIES
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Steve Smith played in two BCS national championships with USC, but the biggest crowd Kevin Boss ever saw at Western Oregon was 6,000 for the annual showdown...
GET THE DROP ON THE PROPS
While the majority of the betting public continues to mull the favorite or 'dog, the over or under, there are the non-traditionalists out there, carefully plotting their plays, knowing full...
KNEE PULLS PLAX FROM PRACTICE
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Plaxico Burress' mouth put him under the Super Bowl XLII microscope this week. Yesterday, it was his sore left knee. The Giants' brash, big-play receiver, who invited...
JINTS INSIST THEY MISS SHOCKEY
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Are the Giants in general and Eli Manning in particular better off and more relaxed without Jeremy Shockey? "What a bunch of baloney," backup quarterback Anthony Wright...
MATCHUP OF THE DAY
Webster won't be given the sole responsibility of stopping Moss, but his performance during the postseason should give him confidence if he finds himself man-on-man against the Patriots' fleet receiver....
5 QUESTIONS FOR...JIMMY JOHNSON
JIMMY Johnson knows something about Super Bowls - he won two of them as coach of the Cowboys. Now a Fox analyst, Johnson talked to The Post's Justin Terranova about...
HONDO IS G-MEN-DOUS!
Hondo took a split the hard way on Championship weekend, getting shut out in Pats-Chargers before rallying with a two-pointer in Giants-Pack to remain only a game behind wilting Wimbish...
ISLES HOME SICK
The Islanders had lost five in a row at home and had several players bothered by the flu, but they also had the league's worst team coming to the Nassau...
ZACH'S BACK!
PORTLAND, Ore. - The boos are expected to rain down on former Trail Blazer Zach Randolph at the Rose Garden tonight with the same fury as the droplets that always...
THOMAS: PLAYOFFS IN DOUBT
PORTLAND, Ore. - Responding to Magic Johnson's wild prediction the Knicks will snatch the seventh or eighth seed and be a tough out, Isiah Thomas agreed just with the second...
TANGO FOR CA$H
The Mets and Johan Santana's agent agree the ace must be made the highest-paid pitcher ever. The only question appears to be how high the final number will reach before...
NO KIDDIN' AROUND
AS widely reported, the Mavericks are the most interested Jason Kidd suitor. The reverse is true, as well. Aside from Dallas being a legitimate championship contender as currently comprised (a...
NETS UPBEAT DESPITE JASON TRADE RUMORS
Jason Kidd might want a lifeboat, but his Nets teammates say the ship isn't sinking. Between the relief of ending a nine-game losing streak and the awareness they are still...
BLUESHIRTS FLYING HIGH
PHILADELPHIA-Last night's Rangers were intelligent, last night's Rangers were aggressive, last night's Rangers were dominant in their 4-0 victory over the Flyers. Problem is, it's all but impossible to forecast...
SUPER PRINCIPAL NOW IN CHARGE
Karen Watts is one of the Big Apple's best principals - and now she's got one of its worst high schools. The Manhattan secondary school principal was tapped yesterday to...
PAT-ENTLY SMUG & SNOOTY
The Patriots are suffering from premature exhilaration. The arrogant New England team has already applied for trademarks on "19-0" and "19-0 The Perfect Season." Three days before they beat the...
CRAZY CRYSTAL BALLS
When trying to predict the future, it may be better to ask an oddball than an oddsmaker. Vegas sports books give the Patriots a 12-point edge over the Giants in...
NANNY SUIT SLAMS FILMMAKER
A producer of the Oscar-winning foreign film "Pan's Labyrinth" paid her immigrant nanny a pauper's wage - and assaulted the woman when she tried to stand up for her rights,...
9/11 'TRYST' TWIST
A married doctor last seen on Sept. 10, 2001, was not the victim of her "reckless" lifestyle and did not run off to start a new life - she was...
MINDS MADE UP IN HARLEM
The hug-fest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton didn't sway any minds among a group of politically savvy Harlem denizens watching last night at a neighborhood bar. "I...
JUDGE RIPS FIELDS OF 'SCHEMES'
A Manhattan judge has called into question a city plan to let private schools construct and rebuild playing fields on Randalls Island. Because of the project's size, the Parks Department...
'STRIP-SEX' COP IN STRIPES
NYPD Detective Wayne Taylor happily played prisoner to gal pal Zelika Brown's cop in this photo, but the despicable duo both could be wearing jail garb for real - and...
NIXZMARY JURY TO SEE VID CONFESS
Prosecutors today will unleash one of the most powerful pieces of evidence against Nixzmary Brown's stepdad - the accused killer's video confession. On the tape, which was pre-screened so lawyers...
GREEN LIGHT FOR FEE
The panel charged with devising a plan to clean up the city's maddening traffic mess yesterday approved a scaled-down version of a scheme that still slaps drivers with an $8...
SOBERING NEWS FOR LEYRITZ BEFORE SLAY TRIAL
Former Yankee Jim Leyritz was ordered by a Florida judge yesterday to blow into a Breathalyzer three times a day as he awaits trial for manslaughter in the tragic drunken-driving...
'60 MINS.' ROBBERY
A burglar posing as a construction worker broke into "60 Minutes" reporter Lesley Stahl's Upper West Side penthouse and carted off more than $100,000 worth of jewelry and electronics, police...
ARAB SCHOOL FIGHTIN' WORDS
Angry opponents of an Arab-themed public school in Brooklyn got into a shouting match yesterday with supporters. Stop the Madrassa Coalition held a City Hall press conference calling for Khalil...
RUSSIAN MOB KILLER WILL ROT
A Brooklyn judge threw the book yesterday at an aspiring Russian mobster convicted earlier this year of orchestrating two gangland rubouts in 1992. Marat Krivoi, 38, remained stoic as Justice...
TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS RIP 'LE$$EN' PLAN
School leaders slammed the city's Department of Education yesterday for its brisk and brash money grab yesterday, a move that erased $100 million from their budgets just 12 hours after...
DELAY OK'D AFTER PIER PRESSURE
A decision not to decide the future of Pier 40 in Hudson River Park gave a glimmer of hope yesterday to a coalition of neighborhood groups who want to preserve...
SCANDAL POL 'DWI' IN ROCKLAND CRASH
A former state assemblyman who resigned his seat in 2006 in the wake of a gay-sex scandal has been charged with drunken driving. Ryan Karben, 33, a Rockland County Democrat...
COPS TRICKED ME: 'KILLER'
An ex-con accused of killing an 81-year-old Holocaust survivor said yesterday that his detailed confession was coerced by investigators. "Why would you confess to a crime you committed?" William Hill,...
WEEKEND SUBWAY GUIDE
1: No trains between 14th Street and South Ferry. Take the 2 or 3 between 14th and Chambers streets. Shuttle bus replaces service between Chambers Street and South Ferry. Trains...
JAVITS JOB IS JUNKED
The ambitious plan to expand the Jacob Javits Convention Center was officially canned by Gov. Spitzer yesterday after more than a decade of political wrangling and more than $100 million...
PEEK-A-'ROO AT ZOO
Delighted zookeepers are jumping for joy since a baby kangaroo who spent two months hiding in its mom's pouch finally peeked out and got its first look at Brooklyn. The...
DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE 'BRACELETS'
ALBANY - A Bronx assemblyman has introduced a bill requiring anyone with an order of protection against him or her to be forced to wear an electronic monitoring device. Democratic...
9/11 SCAM: PAINT MISBEHAVIN'
A painter who ripped off $1 million from a fund for 9/11 victims 'fessed up to federal charges yesterday. Mario Mastellone, 40, concocted a sob story about being unable to...
GOVS I. HAS CLASS: NYU
New York University wants to build a 1-million-square-foot campus on Governors Island, school officials said yesterday. The NYU plan would call for a mix of student and faculty housing and...
OD'D ON WATER
It's not unusual to overdose on booze or drugs - but one British man has overdosed on water, authorities there said. Shaun McNamara, 35, drank himself to death on the...
SEE YOU IN HELL, ABU
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A missile from a US Predator drone struck a terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al Qaeda commander believed responsible for a brazen bomb attack...
PSYCHO WARD FOR BRIT
Britney Spears landed in a Los Angeles booby hatch yesterday after her shrink tried to have the troubled pop wreck locked up for her own good. A caravan of squad...
THE LATEST 'NUDES' ABOUT FITTY
Hip-hop buffs might have been disappointed that 50 Cent wasn't in the buff last night when he hosted a celebrity pingpong tournament in Phoenix. The silver-tongued rapper's co-hosts were the...
SHOWDOWN IN HOLLYWOOD
LOS ANGELES - In their first one-on-one debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama last night professed mutual respect - and then clashed over health care, immigration and the Iraq...
THE GOP DETERMINATOR
LOS ANGELES - John McCain might soon be saying, "Hasta la vista, baby," to Republican rival Mitt Romney after landing the coveted endorsement of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday. McCain...
INTRIGUE 'FOR MAKE BENEFIT' BUBBA
Bill Clinton came under fire yesterday after a bombshell report suggested the former president used his international connections to smooth the way for a millionaire businessman's lucrative mining deal in...
IMPOSTOR DAD CONS HEATH PAL
The impostor pretending to be Heath Ledger's grieving dad called one of the actor's friends and begged him to come to the funeral - while slyly pumping him for more...
FUGITIVE 'DRUG BIG' BACK IN US
A reputed Russian mob big on the run from US authorities was extradited from England last night to face charges that he ran a massive four-continent drug-smuggling and money-laundering operation,...
PAIN IN THE GAS
Gasoline prices are expected to spike again soon, and analysts are blaming a shortage of liquid gold. That's what industry insiders call a little-known and expensive gasoline additive that refiners...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx A DNA match linked a man to an alleged rape of a woman inside her Allerton apartment building, police said yesterday. Herbert Williams , 27, attacked the 20-year-old...
HE NEEDED A KO, NOT KID GLOVES
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama last night missed his final chance to deck Hillary Rodham Clinton before next week's mammoth day of coast-to-coast voting in the Democratic primaries. Heading into the...
SNIPES AWAITING HIS 'STAR' TAX RELIEF
OCALA, Fla. - Wesley Snipes doesn't pay taxes.And, suckers, you shouldn't, either. He strutted out of the courtroom as if ready to enter a nightclub, not partake in one of...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Thu.: 315; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Thu.: 5309; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 815; Lucky Sum: 14; Evening Win-4 Thu.: 5325; Lucky...
QUESTIONS ON THE RIDLEY TRAGEDY
If only Andrew Jacobs had taken his meds. That may be the newest layer of tragedy in last week's tragic friendly-fire death of Mount Vernon cop Christopher Ridley in White...
MCCAIN FOR THE GOP
Residents of 21 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, go to the polls Tuesday in what amounts to a national primary election. For Republicans, the choice is clear:...
THE 'MANCHURIAN MULLAH'
AS the "student" arrives in a bulletproof limousine with heavily armed guards, his teachers, ignoring that he's two hours late, greet him deferentially. The scene takes place at the Shiite...
THE FED DOES RIGHT
THE Federal Reserve has cut the fed-funds rate to 3 percent from 5 1/4 percent since last September. Some Fed critics dismiss that as "too little too late." Others suggest...
SAVE THE CITY'S FISCAL LIFELINE
AS New York City faces a potential fiscal crisis, one key reform that got us out of the last one is set to expire. City leaders need to push the...
A MAVERICK WITH LUCK
THE famously superstitious John McCain carries a lucky nickel. It apparently has been working its magic. Since McCain impaled his campaign in the summer on the issue of "comprehensive" immigration...
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT? OH, NO! OH, YES!
THE ISSUE: The Post's endorsement of Sen. Obama for president in the Democratic primary. Your editorial endorsing Sen. Barack Obama is right on the mark, except one thing: You forgot...
BOB WRIGHT TO ADVISE ON MEDIA FOR BUYOUT BIG
Former NBC Universal boss Bob Wright has hooked up with private-equity veteran Thomas H. Lee to hunt for deals in the media sector. Wright, who plans to leave the board...
AMEX'S ANGRY REVOLT
A powerful group of American Stock Exchange members, including a deep-pocketed hedge fund, is trying to block the $260 million takeover of the beleaguered institution by the rival New York...
NEWS' SUPER BRAWL
JUST in time for Super Sunday, the sports department at the Daily News has been roiled by another controversy that pits the paper's top sports columnist, Mike Lupica, against sports...
OUT OF FASHION
Ashleigh Verrier is excited about the start of Fashion Week today, but she admits she's a little nervous, too. The up-and-coming designer's sophisticated, ladylike looks evoke the post-war styles of...
NOT HIGH TIMES
The New York Times Co. - under fresh shareholder pressure to juice its lagging stock - yesterday swung to a fourth-quarter profit, despite a 7 percent drop in total revenue....
AXA SHIFTS 850 TO NJ
French insurer AXA next year will move as many as 850 employees to Jersey City after the insurance provider signed a lease for over 240,000 square feet at Brookfield Properties...
DILLER ASKS COURT TO TOSS PETITION
Calling it an "irresponsible ploy," Barry Diller's IAC/ InterActiveCorp asked a Delaware court to throw out the legal petition filed earlier this week by rival John Malone's Liberty Media seeking...
INVESTOR RIPS BOFA'S COUNTRYWIDE DEAL
British investor Jonathan Wood - who helped push England's government to its economic knees over bungled junk mortgages - is rounding up a hedge fund posse here for a raid...
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
Google reported fourth-quarter results yesterday that disappointed Wall Street, fueling fears that the red hot online ad space is cooling along with the rest of the US economy. The search...
REFINANCE BOOM AT INTERSTATE
THE recent and dramatic rate reductions have resulted in mortgage rates that are at or near 2003 levels and have caused a dramatic rise in refinancing activity at Interstate Home...
1ST REPUBLIC FREE SEMINARS
1st Republic Mortgage Bankers is offering the FHA credit secure presidential initiative. This program is providing relief to Homeowners who need assistance to refinance. Even if you are as much...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Goodwill store in South Salem, Ore., accidentally sold a BMX bicycle belonging to a 13-year- old boy after he parked it inside the showroom. Cody Young's bike went for...
BIG APPLE CHOWDER RULES
THE Giants aren't the only underdog in New York. Manhattan clam chowder isn't known as a favorite either, but that doesn't mean it can't beat its northern competition, that ubiquitous...
COVERING THE SPREADS
All-American cheese dip Recipe courtesy of Whole Foods Market Serves four or More 1 can (14 ounces) organic diced tomatoes 1 small can diced green chilies, mild or hot 8...
THE POST'S SUPER PIGSKIN PIG OUT
FOR those of you who think Super Bowl sans classics (wings, Colts) is like Thanksgiving without turkey, our "Traditional" Super Bowl menu is for you. Speaking of which, according to...
PRAISING THE BAR
With the Giants going to the big dance, there's no doubt that Super Bowl celebrations in New York this year will draw bigger crowds than ever. For many, this means...
WINTOUR DE FRANCE
EACH season, the most closely observed character at New York Fashion Week (which begins, again, today) is a small, slight Frenchwoman who has never had any formal fashion training, wishes...
REDESIGNING RIHANNA
REIGNING pop queen Rihanna hopes H&M consumers will shower their support for H&M's Fashion Against AIDS line, which hits stores today. The "Umbrella" singer designed her tank top - part...
CELLPHONES A BIG HANG-UP
ASK not for whom the cellphone warning tolls - it tolls for thee. And if your fellow theatergoers are lucky, maybe you'll actually turn the damn phone off. But some...
LET'S NOT GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE
DESCRIBED as "a dance for the 21st century," Christopher House's "Timecode Break" with the Toronto Dance Theater proves a sometimes interesting, sometimes irritating, interplay between dancers and their video images....
TO HAL AND BACK
LEGENDARY Broad way director and pro ducer Hal Prince suffered what close friends are calling a "minor stroke" Sunday afternoon. He was released from the hospital Wednesday - his 80th...
INNER GIRLIE MAN
A "Renaissance geek," according to Paul Stroili, is a straight man who's fine-honed his sensitivity and aesthetic instincts, the better to attract women. In "Straight Up With a Twist," he...
STARR REPORT
On Wendy's menuWendy Williams is team ing with Barc (skin-care products for African-Ameri can men) in a fundraising ef fort to benefit Morehouse College in Atlanta in honor of Black...
STRIKE GOLD
SO who needs writers, any way? Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who returned during the ongoing writers' strike without their scribes, haven't suffered much in terms of viewers....
'24' BUN IN OVEN
MARY Lynn Rajskub, other wise known as surly com puter whiz Chloe O'Brian on "24," is having a baby. Rajskub, 36, and her live-in boyfriend, Matthew Rolph, who's 27, announced...
MARY JO 'MEAN' TO ME
LONG Island loud-mouth Joey Buttafuoco says that his ex-wife Mary Jo - who once took a bullet in the head for him - is "the meanest person on the planet."...
ELLEN'S 'BACHELORETTE'
ELLEN DeGeneres is responsible for getting DeAnna Pappas a new job - as the star of "The Bachelorette" this summer. Pappas, 26, and one other finalist were dumped last year...
HIL-MARK
SEN. Hillary Clinton has bought an hour in prime time on the women's-oriented Hallmark Channel the night before next week's Super Tuesday primary election. The cost of the unusual block-time...
LONGORIA DAY'S JOURNEY INTO BLIGHT
'OVER Her Dead Body," billed as a romantic com edy fantasy, is in reality a mystery: The Case of the Missing Jokes. Eva Longoria Parker, as she is now known,...
MILEY FACE FOR TWEEN QUEEN
FIFTEEN dollars a pop - all times, all venues, even for children - might seem a little steep for a 74-minute (including end credits) concert film, even one in 3-D....
UNINHIBITED LOVERS LIVE PASSIONATELY, DIE YOUNG
THEY should hand out a score card with every ticket to "The Witnesses" to help viewers keep track of who's sleeping with whom. Let's start with Manu (Johan Libéreau), a...
CARAMEL
ARE you ready for a chick flick from Lebanon? It's called "Caramel," and it marks the feature debut of director-writer Nadine Labaki, who previously made commercials and music videos. The...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
A CONFLUENCE OF INFLUENCES February 1 - Music Composer, singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb (pictured) doesn't just fall under the influence of jazz, but pop, rock, avant-garde and classical,...
BROADWAY
"A BRONX TALE": ** Chazz Palminteri stars in his 1993 one-man show of growing up in The Bronx. Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St.; (212) 239-6200. Closes Feb. 10....
LONG-RUNNING
"AVENUE Q": *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "CHICAGO": **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. "A CHORUS LINE": ** ½ Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre....
OFF-BROADWAY
ALMOST AN EVENING": ** A stellar cast, including F. Murray Abraham, has been assembled for this disappointingly slight evening of one-acts by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
HOT CHIP: If this English electronica act is on your playlist, pick up your official hipper-than-thou credentials at this band's show tomorrow at 9 p.m. HighLine Ballroom, 431 W. 16th...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Wednesday: Quest. 315 W. 44th St.; (212) 581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Through Sunday: Italian Women in Jazz Festival. 131 W. Third St.; (212) 475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Through Sunday: Bobby...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Composer Luciano Berio's homage to Leonard Bernstein's "Sinfonia" will be performed today at 11 a.m. and tomorrow at 8 p.m. Lincoln Center, 132 W. 65th St.; (212)...
CABARET
CAFÉ CARLYLE: Through March 1: Judy Collins. 35 E. 76th St.; (212) 570-7189. DON'T TELL MAMA: Monday: Teresa Fischer. 343 W. 46th St.; (212) 757-0788. FEINSTEIN'S: Tuesday through Feb. 24:...
DANCE
COLLEEN THOMAS DANCE: Christopher Lancaster conducts his score to the busy ensemble piece "Catching Her Tears" today and tomorrow. St. Marks-in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St.; (212) 674-8194. JOYCE THEATER: Trisha...
FILM
AMC EMPIRE 25 THEATER: In conjunction with the Museum of the Moving Image, legendary horror director George A. Romero ("Night of the Living Dead") fields questions after screening his latest...
COMEDY
CAROLINES COMEDY CLUB: Through Sunday: Sheryl Underwood. 1626 Broadway; (212) 757-4100. COMIX: Wednesday: Eugene Mirman. 353 W. 14th St.; (212) 524-2500. STAND-UP NEW YORK: Tonight and tomorrow: Laurie Kilmartin. 236...
PREVIEWS
"CRIMES OF THE HEART": Screen siren Kathleen Turner directs this Pulitzer Prize-winning play about three sisters in the Deep South. Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; (212) 719-1300. Opens...
CASINO BEAT
NEW JERSEY * See your favorite celebs when "DANCING WITH THE STARS" cha cha chas its way into the Boardwalk Hall Arena at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets: $49.50-$195; boardwalkhall.com, (609)...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
PARTY SUPPLIES: Stock up on campaign pins, banners and the like just when the march to the White House has started getting muddy at Sunday's Political Collectors Show. Buy, sell...