March 4, 2008
'Kids' keep Mets on a roll
March 4, 2008 | 11:46pmA quick wrap-up from Jupiter after the Metsâ 6-2 Grapefruit League victory over the Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium: 1. Mets relievers Pedro Feliciano and Matt Wise both impressed Willie...
DEAD FISH
March 4, 2008 | 10:42pmSaw my favorite thing of the spring today.There is a dead fish on the roof of one of the concession stands here at Knology Park. A big fish. Of course,...
Pace motivated by doubts
March 4, 2008 | 10:32pmAPCalvin Pace hears all the critics who think he might be nothing more than a one-year wonder.Well, keep talking, says the Jetsâ newest linebacker.âYeah, itâs motivation,â Pace said during a...
Igawa part of perfect game
March 4, 2008 | 10:27pmAPAnother perfect game for the Yankees.The franchise that has thrown them the most often recorded another one today, albeit a rain-shortened, five-inning gem. Phil Hughes and three relievers combined to...
Clement out; Woolfolk in
March 4, 2008 | 10:13pmThe Jets have released T Anthony Clement and signed free agent CB Andre Woolfolk. The announcements were made today by general manager Mike Tannenbaum.Clement, a 10-year NFL veteran, signed with...
No fracture for Gotay
March 4, 2008 | 9:04pmPORT ST. LUCIE â- The Mets finally got some positive injury news this afternoon when a CT scan showed that backup infielder Ruben Gotayâs right ankle was just sprained â...
A good Theory put into practice.
March 4, 2008 | 8:58pmIn addition to the charitable effort, since February 8th, Theory's Gansevoort Street flagship has also displayed a three-dimensional installation of yellow water cans to demonstrate water usage in the United...
LONG ISLAND COUPLE HAS TRIPLETS
March 4, 2008 | 8:53pmA Long Island couple who struggled for years to have a baby breathed three sighs of relief after the "miracle" birth of their identical triplet sons. The boys - Logan,...
DiPietro to miss game vs. Rangers
March 4, 2008 | 8:19pmAPRick DiPietro didnât practice with the Islanders this morning, following his grandmotherâs funeral, and coach Ted Nolan said the All-Star goalie wouldnât play tonight against the Rangers.DiPietro left immediately after...
Isiah dodges Marbury issue
March 4, 2008 | 7:52pmAPIsiah Thomas refused to clear up the mysteries regarding Stephon Marburyâs status with the Knicks.Then again, itâs hard to provide much detail in 2 minutes, 9 seconds.Thatâs how long it...
3 DOWN: DUQUE AND A BRENDAN FRASER LOOKALIKE
March 4, 2008 | 7:03pm1. When told that it looked strange to watch him throw from a more conventional windup, Orlando Hernandez chuckled and asked âimagine how I feel?â Hernandez had used the chin...
Harris Starts
March 4, 2008 | 7:02pmBy FRED KERBERNow here's a shocker.Devin Harris is the starting point guard tonight against the Spurs.Lawrence Frank said there's a combo of reasons, including the matchup with Tony Parker. But...
Maine better in second start
March 4, 2008 | 6:46pmJUPITER -â Roger Dean Stadium was a little kinder to John Maine this time around. The Metsâ right-hander, who didnât even last his two scheduled innings here last Thursday against...
Cents and sensibility
March 4, 2008 | 6:36pmWe (I) complain a lot about how we're constantly being clobbered over the head by designer-high-end-low-end mash-up collaborations. Ah, but the British have really nailed it. The Sunday Times Style...
Ann Demeulemeester at Saks.com
March 4, 2008 | 6:29pmIn my never-ending quest to live an entirely hermetic existence, I've just discovered what's probably old news -- that Ann Demeulemeester is now available online at Saks.com. Last week in...
Abreu latest Met to go down
March 4, 2008 | 5:58pmJUPITER, Fla. -â Will the Metsâ run of injuries ever end?You have to wonder after Michel Abreu, a non-roster infielder whoâs been getting a lot of playing time this spring...
Matsui will play in week-10 days
March 4, 2008 | 5:38pmBy GEORGE A. KING IIIDUNEDIN -- Hideki Matsui and the Yankees insist a stiff neck and a surgically repaired right knee arenât going to hold Matsui back from being ready...
UNDERCOVER COP MADE FRANTIC 911 CALL DURING SEAN BELL SHOOTING
March 4, 2008 | 5:20pmAn undercover detective - hearing cops yelling, a car crash, then sounds of gunfire - made a frantic 911 call outside a Queens strip club where Sean Bell was gunned...
'Idol' Contestant's Naughty Xmas Video
March 4, 2008 | 5:03pmMore skeletons are emerging from the 'Idol' closet.Danny Noriega, 18 of Azusa, CA, may not be as sweet as he seems. The camera-friendly finalist, who has been both criticized and...
Keeping the Streak Alive
March 4, 2008 | 5:02pmThe Rangers have been hot of late. They've nabbed points in every one of their last nine games, winning seven of those contests. Excepting their debacle collapse against Montreal and...
New NCAA Bracket Projection
March 4, 2008 | 4:27pmHere's our latest NCAA Bracket Projection as the regular season winds down.This is what we believe the bracket would look like if today was Selection Sunday (through Monday's games). FINAL...
Starr Report: For the benefit of...
March 4, 2008 | 3:58pmStage parents alert: Charityfolks.com is offering the highest bidder a meeting with "Hannah Montana" casting director Howard Meltzer. All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association.NBC, meanwhile, is auctioning off props and...
Deal of the Day
March 4, 2008 | 3:27pmItâs kind of like an haute jogging suit. This Drawn Together drawstring nylon short sleeve dress is a great piece to have for the transition from winter to spring.It looks...
3 UP: Pelfrey, Strawberry, Lowry
March 4, 2008 | 12:57pm1. A scout who was in attendance at the Mets-Brave game Monday disagreed with the assessment I put in this blog yesterday that Mike Pelfrey âdid not show much feel...
STRATEGIES: Get a room in Vegas
March 4, 2008 | 12:34pmBook smart and save on a new room at Mirage As quality has improved on the Strip (see today's print cover story), so too has transparency in the booking process....
JINTS ADD SAFETY IN KNIGHT
March 4, 2008 | 7:30amSticking with GM Jerry Reese's desire to augment rather than revamp the roster in free agency, the Giants yesterday made their first signing, the no-surprise addition of veteran safety Sammy...
RETOOLED O-LINE HAS SUPER LOOK
March 4, 2008 | 7:30amIT took one 4-12 season and one Giants Super Bowl cham pionship and ride down the Canyon of Heroes to transform Woody Johnson from tightwad to spendthrift. Johnson pulled up...
SPORTS SHORTS
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amBASEBALL: Lopes battles cancer Phillies first base coach Davey Lopes has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and team officials said he was expected to make a full recovery. The 62-year-old...
JINTS ADD SAFETY IN KNIGHT
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amSticking with GM Jerry Reese's desire to augment rather than revamp the roster in free agency, the Giants yesterday made their first signing, the no-surprise addition of veteran safety Sammy...
SCORING PUNCH MAY QUENCH DEVILS' THIRST
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amWith just 10 points separating the first and ninth-place teams, any lengthy losing streak could take a team from the top of the NHL's Eastern Conference to being on the...
RETOOLED O-LINE HAS SUPER LOOK
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amIT took one 4-12 season and one Giants Super Bowl cham pionship and ride down the Canyon of Heroes to transform Woody Johnson from tightwad to spendthrift. Johnson pulled up...
JETS GONE WILD
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amWhat does $137.5 million get you nowadays? For the Jets, it had better buy a heckuva lot more victories than the 4-12 disaster of a season they just left behind....
NO POINT TO KNICKS FEUD
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amIS it just me or does it seem insane that after the Giants' incredible Super Bowl run, after the Mitchell Report and Roger Clemens going before Congress, after Super Tuesday...
MAR-BUDDY: STEPH WAS NOT INVITED
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amIsiah Thomas told the media Stephon Marbury would be back at the Garden for last night's kickoff to their four-game homestand. The Knicks' injured point guard did not show. Last...
SEVENTH HELL
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amOn another dysfunctional day in Knickland, revolving around the soap opera swirling around the Stephon Marbury-Isiah Thomas feud, the Knicks managed another disgraceful milestone - clinching their seventh straight losing...
EL DUQUE'S LEG LIFT KICKS THE BUCKET
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amPORT ST. LUCIE - Orlando Hernandez has used his signature high leg kick to deceive hitters and bring a unique flair to his delivery. Now, though, "El Duque" admits he...
PEL OF A START
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amPORT ST. LUCIE - The starting rotation the Mets will take into the season moved closer into focus yesterday. Pedro Martinez stayed on track for his spring debut Thursday with...
GRASPING AT STRAW
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amPORT ST. LUCIE - Darryl Strawberry returned to the Mets clubhouse yesterday as a cautionary tale, and not for what you think. Sure Strawberry is a living, breathing "just say...
LOOKS LIKE BAD BREAK FOR GOTAY
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets' clubhouse looked more like the waiting area of an emergency room yesterday. While right fielder Ryan Church was nursing a black eye and woozy...
FRANK'S SURVIVAL IS REAL MYSTERY
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amMY staph infection, not to be confused with my E coli workforce, bravely sat through Spurs 93 @ Nets 83 Sunday night, and left ponderously perplexed about how Lawrence Frank...
MARCUS: POINT TAKEN
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amMarcus Williams received his wakeup call, first from Nets teammate Richard Jefferson and then yesterday from coach Lawrence Frank. The message? Even if Williams isn't getting his image splashed across...
NEW DEAL NOT LIKELY FOR AVERY
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amSean Avery will be able to find another team that will meet his price this summer if the Rangers won't. The fans in the Garden blue seats who have been...
MCNAMEE, ROG TEAMS IN COURT
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amThe legal battle between Roger Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee, takes another step today in a federal court in Houston. McNamee's lawyers will file a motion to have Clemens'...
THIRD-CLASS FRIENDSHIP
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amTAMPA - They are New York rivals, but Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Mets counterpart David Wright have formed a budding friendship. Think of the two third basemen as this...
MURCER WAITS FOR RESULTS OF BIOPSY
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amKISSIMMEE, Fla. - The results of yesterday's biopsy on former Yankees player and current YES broadcaster Bobby Murcer's brain won't be back until tomorrow at the earliest. "Bobby is doing...
MOOSE: BAD OUTING NO WORRY
March 4, 2008 | 7:16amKISSIMMEE, Fla. - Mike Mussina doesn't know where you live but he is very aware you are out there. He understands all about Yankees fans who doubt he can bounce...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA brilliant Mars influence on your birthday this year bodes well for anything that requires energy and ambition. Push yourself forward at every opportunity and don't ever think that your...
CITY GIVES POOR CREDIT
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amIn the Bloomberg administration's continuing effort to combat poverty, officials have identified thousands of residents eligible for some $15 million in Earned Income Tax Credits, but who never claimed the...
COOL RECEPTION FOR FROZEN SENIOR FARE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amCommissioner of Aging Edwin Mendez-Santiago told skeptical lawmakers yesterday the frozen meals the city is considering for seniors aren't the average TV dinner. "It's not the same as when we...
CONGESTION MOVE VS. NJ
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amCity lawmakers want New Jersey drivers to pay up under the mayor's plan to charge motorists to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. Currently, Garden State commuters are exempt under...
MIKE TUNED OUT
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amMayor Bloomberg's radio days are over - at least for now. His weekly appearance on WABC has been canceled, after six years, in the wake of the firing of radio...
VILLAGE FIEND HUNTED
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA sex fiend went on a terrifying 15-minute spree in the West Village - attacking two women, trying to claw off their clothes and smashing their heads against the sidewalk...
CHEK OUT YOUR PLAN AT WORK
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amNew Yorkers who use the TransitChek program should "chek" with their employers to find out if they have to fill out new paperwork because of the MTA's fare hike. Under...
TRANSIT RIDERS CRY: PAY WHAT!?
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThere's nothing like a little confusing arithmetic with your commute. On its first business day, the MTA's fare hike yesterday baffled mass-transit travelers - who had conniptions over the higher...
OBAMA-FEST BAR GETS A 'BLACK' MARK
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA Manhattan hotspot that hosted a primary-night party for Barack Obama supporters has been sued by the state Attorney General for discriminating against black patrons. The AG's office accused the...
2ND AVE. 2ND THOUGHTS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe MTA will re-evaluate a planned entrance to the Second Avenue subway slated for East 72nd Street in the wake of two lawsuits filed by area residents, their lawyer said...
NY DEMS SPLIT ON EXIT STRATEGY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amALBANY - New York Democrats are closely divided, 41-43 percent, on whether Hillary Rodham Clinton should abandon her presidential bid if she loses today's Texas and Ohio primaries to Barack...
BELL PAL WEAPON 'THREAT'
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amOne of Sean Bell's friends shouted, "Go get my gun!" twice during a heated argument outside a Queens strip club just moments before detectives unleashed a hail of 50 bullets...
'TRAILER PARK' DJ SAYS SORRY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA Long Island radio DJ apologized to residents of a Suffolk County town yesterday after bashing the area as a white-trash haven last week. Randy Spears, a morning radio host...
SI COPS INDICTED FOR H'WEEN TRICK ON KID
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amTwo "vigilante" Staten Island cops were indicted yesterday on charges they punished a 14-year-old Halloween prankster last year by stripping and abandoning him in a desolate swamp. Richard Danese and...
BREAK FOR HIP-HOP 'HOMIES'
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA Bronx building considered the birthplace of hip-hop has been saved from a plan that would have changed it from affordable to market-rate housing. Yesterday, Sen. Charles Schumer, who interceded...
THE BLACK HOLE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amWelcome to the Big House of Lords, Conrad Black. The fallen media mogul yesterday was chauffeured in a blue Cadillac Escalade from his lush Palm Beach estate to the minimum-security...
KORAN DEFILER FECES THE MUSIC
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA former Pace University business major won't be going to jail after admitting yesterday that he twice dumped copies of the Koran into toilets at the school's Lower Manhattan campus....
QNS. BOYS MAULED BY PIT BULL
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amTwo 13-year-old Queens boys were attacked on the way home from school yesterday by a pit bull who charged out of a house and viciously bit them. "The dog looked...
JAMES $ACKED NEWARK FOR YOUNG MISTRESS: FEDS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amSharpe James literally sold out his city to make his mistress a pile of cash, a federal prosecutor said yesterday at the opening of the 72-year-old former Newark mayor's fraud...
ONE WILD AND WIKI BREAKUP
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amIt's sure to become a footnote on Wikipedia. The co-founder of the popular Web encyclopedia dumped his New York pundit girlfriend in a bizarre public announcement on the site over...
TRUE TO A SCHOOL
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amGas cost just 29 cents a gallon on Madeleine Brennan's first day as principal at IS 201 in Brooklyn. Yesterday, Brennan walked up the steps of the Dyker Heights school...
MASSEUSE: I WAS RAPED
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA Manhattan woman who advertises her services as a masseuse on the Web site Craigslist told police she was raped and robbed of $2,000. The 32-year-old woman, who was attacked...
ENGINEER LIED ABOUT BX. FATAL-FIRE BUILDING: DA
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amAn elderly engineer was arraigned yesterday on charges he lied under oath when he said steel was used to construct a Bronx building that collapsed in an inferno, killing two...
US REALLY NEEDS TO GET A (SEX) LIFE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe nation's abstinence-education programs may be working a little too well. Only 53 percent of Americans are having sex at least once a week, according to an annual survey by...
BELOVED SHOW DOG SWIPED FROM CAR
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA 170-pound, prize-winning pooch was swiped from a car in a New Jersey parking lot but put up a mighty fight against her abductor - struggling so hard that she...
WWII WIDOW'S LOVE LETTER TURNED INTO SONG
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA love letter that a Rhode Island woman wrote to her husband before learning that he had been killed in World War II is part of a choral piece that...
GROCERY 'KILLER' GOT JAIL FOR MA ATTACK
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe violent ex-con fugitive wanted for butchering his former sweetheart in the East Village supermarket where they worked had done time for brutally beating his mother, police sources said yesterday....
DRIVER DIES IN FIERY NIGHTMARE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amA driver was burned to death yesterday after his oil tanker overturned off the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens and exploded in flames. Nearly 300 firefighters responded to the 12:14...
DAD RECKONING
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe aunt of the infant girl dumped at a Queens firehouse by a livery driver begged the baby's fugitive dad to surrender yesterday - as cops headed to Maryland to...
IRAN PREZ LOSES FACE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amIran's radical president ended a red-carpet visit to Baghdad yesterday without getting the photo-op he desperately wanted with Iraq's most powerful cleric. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had wanted to visit the holy...
BIG GUNS JOIN BLOOMY'S ANTI-FIREARM PUSH
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mayor Bloomberg opened a new front yesterday in his battle against illegal guns by enlisting six state legislators from around the country to form a coalition to...
FROM K-FED TO OVERFED
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amIn one month, K-Fed became K-Fat. Pound-packing, hip-hopper wannabe Kevin Federline lost his dancer's edge if this photo - taken over the weekend at a Los Angeles golf course -...
REZKO TRIAL BUOYS HOPE FOR HILLARY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amWASHINGTON - A Barack Obama friend and fund-raiser went on trial for corruption yesterday - and Hillary Rodham Clinton's camp was hoping the Chicago courtroom drama would help save her...
MAC NEARS MARK
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amJohn McCain was "guardedly optimistic" yesterday that he would clinch the GOP nomination for president by sweeping today's primaries. McCain has been acting as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer, focusing on...
O'S BIG NO TO MEETING HAMAS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amSAN ANTONIO - Barack Obama - who has said repeatedly that America must meet with its enemies, including the tyrants who lead Iran, North Korea and Cuba - drew the...
BARACK GOES FOR HILL KILL
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amBEAUMONT, Texas - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton fought furiously yesterday in Ohio and Texas as voters head to the polls today in both states - possibly to determine...
COLLEGE CON GIRL BULKS UP
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amGREENVILLE, SC - Esther Elizabeth Reed must have been living off the fat of the land while on the lam from the feds. The co-ed con artist - who's accused...
UNPLUG MOB SHOW: FEDS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe son of late mob boss Joseph Colombo needs a reality check if he thinks he can skip prison to star in his own TV show, the feds argue in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amMANHATTAN A shoplifter who swiped two chocolate Easter bunnies from an East Side store was nabbed, but not before a police sergeant who was chasing him was nearly hit by...
REAL OFFENSE IS MAKING TRAGEDY A CRIME
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amWAKE me when the prosecut ion starts. Detective Hispo lito "Hip" Sanchez is 200 pounds of don't-mess-with-me muscle, combined with zero sense of humor and even less tolerance. I'm scared....
LOTTERY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 524; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 9045; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 669; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Win- 4 Mon.:...
QUESTIONS OF CANDOR
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amDemocrats in four states - Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont - head to the polls today to vote for a presidential nominee, and the stakes are huge. Question is,...
INEXCUSABLE ABSENCES
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amNew York's elected officials must have been really busy last weekend. Otherwise, their mass absence at the christening of USS New York in New Orleans is inexcusable. New York -...
JOEL KLEIN'S CATCH-22 PRIZE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein last week showed off fancy new cellphones that are part of a pilot program to encourage excellence in school. A Klein statement said: "Students will earn...
DOCS ON THE ROCKS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amTHERE is a real good chance you won't be able to see your doctor today: He or she may well be in Albany, along with 1,500 of our colleagues who...
RUSSIA CHOOSES CHAINS
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amRUSSIAN paranoia is im measurable, with malice toward all and charity toward none. And outgoing President Vladimir Putin has been an exemplary Russian, his suspicions of the West intensified by...
'INCONVENIENT' HILL
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amHillary Clinton ceased to be the Democratic front- runner weeks ago, humilia tingly enough for her formerly inevitable campaign. But it was only after her drubbing in the Wisconsin primary...
INSIDE OBAMA'S MACHINE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amSEN. Barack Obama was once widely dismissed as "Obambi," an idealistic young politician, inexperienced in national politics, naively going up against the powerful Clinton machine. What a difference a few...
RUST BELT NO FAULT OF NAFTA
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amIT'S fascinating watching pols say how they're going to rescue the "rust belt" regions where jobs are disappearing and companies are shutting down or moving elsewhere. The North American Free...
IT'S 3 A.M.: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR CANDIDATE IS?
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amWasn't it Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who berated President Bush for preying on fear to get reelected ("Desperate Hill 'Rings' Alarm," March 1)? Do we want a president, once again,...
OUT IN THE COLD
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amThe biggest buyer of ads on billboards and other outdoor spaces is proposing a controversial new payment system that critics charge will boost the company's bottom line at the expense...
GENESCO SHOE MERGER DEAD AT FINISH LINE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amStruggling shoe retailers Finish Line and Genesco agreed to scrap a merger that was to be financed by Swiss bank UBS, ending a closely watched legal battle on Wall Street....
TIME TO BRING PAUL VOLCKER OUT OF RETIREMENT
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amSAVE the dollar! Fire Ber nanke! There have been a lot of folks attacking Ben Bernanke lately. Most are steamed that the chairman of the Federal Reserve isn't cutting interest...
HEDGING & HAWING
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amClaiming his hedge fund's Web site is treated like pornography, hedge fund chief Phil Goldstein is declaring war on the Securities and Exchange Commission for freedom to land new investors...
DISNEY'S DESTINY
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amWalt Disney's Hollywood Records is stripping EMI of its European distribution rights to 'tween pop rockers The Jonas Brothers and giving the business to Universal Music Group. The move could...
NBCU'S DIGITAL DIVIDED INTO 3
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amNBC Universal said it will divide digital, research and marketing duties among three executives after the departure of integrated media boss Beth Comstock, who is headed back to parent General...
NO BROADWAY OPENING
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amJARED Kushner did not "strike again" after all - and maybe it's because Harvey Weinstein had a change of heart, too. Kushner, the 27-year-old owner of The New York Observer,...
CABLE DIVES ON LIVE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amCablevision's plan to buy an estimated 35 percent stake in touring giant AEG Live is hitting a sour note with investors. Shares in the company sank 4.7 percent yesterday to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 4, 2008 | 7:05amTexas farmers are saying thank goodness for the flying cockroach. The airborne insects known as Asian cockroaches don't gnaw on leftover pizza or last week's trash - but rather wipe...
Morris must play
March 4, 2008 | 6:21amBy MARC BERMANIt was a bizarre way to introduce center Randolph Morris into the season, but what the heck.Letâs see these kids play. Isiah Thomas threw Morris into the fire...
RIO DE JANEIRO - THE MARVELOUS CITY
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amToday's page looks at the city famous for beautiful beaches, beautiful people and Carnival. The first Europeans to discover the site that would become Rio de Janeiro were the Portuguese,...
BFF YOU!
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amELEANOR and her best friend did just about everything together. They went to the same college, consoled one another after awful breakups - they even shared their shoes. And then,...
AUSSIE SIA TAKES OVER 'FLU' YORK CITY
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amIT was supposed to be a lot of fun. When Australia-born singer Sia released her new album, "Some People Have Real Problems" in January, her marketing people customized a double-decker...
LOVE & ABYSS
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amEVEN in rock 'n' roll - where you're expected to do the unexpected just to get noticed - St. Louis quintet Ludo is a surprise. Just listen to Ludo's single...
MPFREE
March 4, 2008 | 6:01am* Ludo, "Love Me Dead" The power-pop band's lead single from its new disc, "You're Awful, I Love You," is irresistibly catchy and upbeat - largely because of a vitriolic,...
PATTI LUPONE - AND HER ATTITUDE - RETURN TO BROADWAY
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amI'M worried about the future," Patti LuPone says. "I don't garden, I don't knit . . . "What would happen if I lost my voice - which hasn't happened, knock...
FLEXIBLE TROUPE'S THE BEE'S KNEES
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amVARIETY is the spice of Paul Taylor's life - the pepper, salt and any other condiment you care to throw in. For the remarkable thing about the Paul Taylor Dance...
STARR REPORT
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amFor the benefit of . . . Stage parents alert: Chari tyfolks.com is offering the highest bidder a meeting with "Hannah Montana" casting di rector Howard Meltzer. All proceeds benefit...
SECOND HELPING
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amTV'S biggest charitable endeavor this side of the Jerry Lewis Telethon returns next month when "Idol Gives Back" airs April 9 on Fox. Last year's first-ever "Idol Gives Back" raised...
OPRAH'S 'BIG'
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amOPRAH Winfrey made a successful foray into prime-time Sunday night. Winfrey's new eight-episode reality show, "Oprah's Big Give," premiered to nearly 16 million viewers on ABC (9-10 p.m.), easily winning...
DEM RACES OUT OF PRIME TIME
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amTHE broadcast networks will use cut-ins for to night's all-important Democratic primaries - a far cry from their blanket prime-time coverage of last month's "Super Tuesday" primaries. ABC, CBS and...
'I DIDN'T HEAR THE C-WORD'
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amMEREDITH Vieira says she wasn't sure she heard Jane Fonda utter a forbidden expletive on NBC's "Today" show Feb. 14. And Vieira wasn't taking any chances on Fonda repeating the...
2 LIVE 'TUBE
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amTHE Internet is about to take a big leap to ward becoming more like traditional TV. YouTube, the hugely popular video Web site where millions have posted their home movies...
GLAUCOMA PERIL: THE EYES HAVE IT
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amIT'S a leading cause of blindness around the globe. Yet more than half the people who have the disease don't even know they have it. No wonder glaucoma is called...
PEEP THIS!
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amTHERE was a time, not long ago, when finding an attractive guestroom in a casino resort was pretty much an impossibility. Owners refused to bend, insisting that guests hate their...
HAIR AFFAIR
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amIN case you thought Las Vegas Strip hotels had nothing left to update, now they're hoping to make over, well, you. Hotel salons, which historically offered little more than fussy...
PINT-SIZED FUN
March 4, 2008 | 6:01amSOUTH by Southwest kicks off this weekend, and Austin will soon relinquish its downtown to practically every band in the world - this year's roster includes everyone from R.E.M. to...
Caps Destroy Bruins
March 4, 2008 | 2:27amWashington decimated Boston tonight, 10-2. The Capitals took one of the hottest teams in the league and dismantled them. Claude Julien swapped Tim Thomas for Alex Auld, then put Thomas...
Mets win third in a row
March 4, 2008 | 12:09amA quick wrap-up from Port St. Lucie after the Metsâ 3-2 Grapefruit League victory over the Braves in 10 innings this afternoon: 1. The victory was the Metsâ third in...