July 6, 2008
Red Bulls reportedly close in on Gabriel Cichero
By BRIAN LEWISAccording to reports from Venezuela, the Red Bulls haven't completed a deal for Gabriel Cichero, but they're close. The reports say he'll be flying in next week with...
ROTO - Second that demotion?
There used to be a time when it was good to have an ERA that resembled the price of a gallon of gas. Nowadays, that kind of number will get...
MUSSINA SNUBBED FOR ALL-STAR GAME
Three Yankees are slated to play in next week's All-Star Game in The Bronx. Mike Mussina won't be one of them. The righthander was left off of the AL squad...
WAGNER METS ONLY ALL-STAR
PHILADELPHIA -- The underachieving Mets had only closer Billy Wagner named to the NL All-Star team today, but David Wright still has a chance to make it to Yankee Stadium...
Rain delay again in Philly
For the third day in a row, the Mets and Phillies have been delayed by rain. The game was in the bottom of the eighth with the Mets up 1-0...
Old Catskills Movie Houses
Blogging by the lake at the BW parents' house in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. I can see the rear of the Hippodrome Theater on the other shore. It's been closed for...
Shocker: El Duque lives!
Yes, we have an El Duque sighting: Mets right-hander Orlando Hernandez made his first minor-league rehab assignment today in Port St. Lucie in a Gulf Coast League game against the...
Phillies extend closer Lidge
The Phillies created a bit of a stir before today's game by signing closer Brad Lidge to a three-year, $37.5 million extension. It includes bonuses and options that could increase...
Wagner only Met All-Star (so far)
In a bit of a surprise, closer Billy Wagner was chosen over David Wright, Jose Reyes and Johan Santana this afternoon to represent the Mets in the July 15 All-Star...
Game 88: Mets at Phillies
The Mets are hoping their late-inning magic Saturday night carries over this afternoon here in Philadelphia when Oliver Perez (pictured) takes on the Philliesâ Kyle Kendrick at Citizens Bank Park....
Pitching set for Giants series
The pitching matchups are in for the three-game series with San Francisco that starts Tuesday night at Shea Stadium and includes a duel of aces Wednesday when Johan Santana takes...
Santana back to a stiff upper lip
Johan Santana (pictured) had become team player again as he spoke in the clubhouse here in Philadelphia late Friday night, although the stress and frustration still showed in his face.The...
Church will sit as a precaution
The Mets are giving right fielder Ryan Church the day off this afternoon here against the Phillies after he had to leave Saturday night's game in the eighth inning with...
Scene-NYC streets
British fashion student Caia Ryszkowska carries a Luis Vuitton bag that she personalized with fox fur, self-made necklaces along with necklaces from her grandmother, a vintage lace-sleeve dress, an Estee...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets' roller-coaster of a season took an upswing Saturday night when they used a clutch pinch hit from Brian Schneider (pictured) to rally late for a 9-4 romp over...
Miss at your own risk: To the dogs
Highlights for the week of July 6"I Love Money"Train wreck alert: "Rock of Love," "I Love New York" and "Flavor of Love" contestants go to Mexico to compete for $250,000....
Giuseppe Rossi Olympic-bound. What about Jozy Altidore?
Rossi Beijing-bound...for Italy By BRIAN LEWISClifton (NJ) product Giuseppe Rossi is headed to the Beijing Olympics next month _ but not for the U.S. He was picked to play for...
COOL! SMALLEST PLANET SHRINKS
The smallest planet in the solar system is growing smaller. The cooling of Mercury's core has reduced its diameter by about a mile over recorded history, according to the journal...
THUG AIDED BY SLOBBO STOOGE
The lawyer for Serbian bar brawler Miladin Kovacevic is familiar with defending thugs - his rogues' gallery of a client list includes the "Butcher of Belgrade" himself, Slobodan Milosevic. Veselin...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sat.: 213; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Sat.: 5618; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Sat: 979; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Win-4 Sat.: 9777;...
CAROLINE: IT'S NOW MY TIME
It's "her time" to get into the family business. Caroline Kennedy's high-profile appointment to Barack Obama's vice-presidential search team was orchestrated in a deal brokered by her famous uncle, Massachusetts...
FEDS' WARNING SHOT
GARDASIL - a new cervical-cancer vaccine heavily marketed to young girls in ubiquitous ads on TV and in movie theaters - is under investigation for possible links to paralysis, seizures,...
BARACK A MOVIE MAN OF 'ACTION!'
Barack Obama is ready for his close-up. Documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," trailed Obama last week to gather footage for the Democratic...
'BRAINWASHED' KABBAL-PLAYER
MIAMI - Alex Rodriguez's heartbroken wife Cynthia believes her hubby has been "brainwashed" by kabbalah-pushing pop icon Madonna and lured away from his family, an A-Rod confidant said yesterday. UPDATE:...
MADONNA'S BRO DISHING MATERIAL
Madonna's troubled marriage to moviemaker Guy Ritchie is hanging on by a thread - thanks only to the intervention of a rabbi, the Material Mom's brother reveals in an explosive...
JACKO'S DOC A 'WHACKO'
Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon has apparently gone wacky himself, checking into a California psych ward after being sued by two business partners, according to a lawyer involved in the case....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * Three men were stabbed - one fatally - in an early-morning brawl yesterday in East New York. Cops said the fight broke out at Ashford Street and Liberty...
RAIDERS OF THE 'LOST' PARKS
Drug dens, homeless shantytowns and prostitution are rampant in New York City's parks, a Post investigation found. Comparing the manicured lawns of Manhattan's Central Park to the barren, rat-infested eyesore...
BRAVEST HARBOR HEROICS
Firefighters from the FDNY Marine Unit made a daring rescue in violent waters on the Fourth of July when a party boat of revelers watching fireworks ran aground on a...
DROWNED KID A COP'S SON
An 8-year-old boy who drowned at a Queens relative's backyard pool during a Fourth of July party was the son of a cop, authorities said yesterday. Justine Almonte, who died...
THE SEVEN BLUNDERS OF GROUND ZERO
Problems? They have a few. Here are seven factors that led the Port Authority last week to scrap its timetable for rebuilding Ground Zero - and that may explain why,...
GAS $UCKERS A DRAIN ON CAR OWNERS
High gas prices have sparked a fight for fuel straight out of "Mad Max" - as thieves equipped with hoses and siphon-pumps are stealing gas from cars. A thief siphoned...
DAD: HOW I COOKED THE CREEP
Supermodel Christie Brinkley's hubby Peter Cook is a deviant who repeatedly ignored warnings to stay away from teen Diana Bianchi, the girl's stepfather says. Speaking out for the first time...
NY COP KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
A veteran NYPD cop has been killed while serving in the military in Afghanistan, police brass confirmed yesterday. Lt. Daniel Farkas, 42, of Brooklyn, was on extended military leave serving...
FEDS FAULT WTC FUND
Federal officials say the city has not broken the law by fighting the illness claims of thousands of Ground Zero workers, but they cite a lack of oversight of the...
STICKING PETER INTO 3-WAYS
Peter Cook admitted to having an online porn habit - and it apparently also included attempts to arrange lesbian, three-way sex romps. Christie Brinkley's cheating soon-to-be ex trolled sex sites...
YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS!
Two truck trailers stolen in Delaware full of bananas were recovered in The Bronx yesterday, with no fruit to be found. About $40,000 worth of bananas were heisted, cops said....
CRIME DIP AT SCHOOL
School safety got straight A's this year. There were 1,020 crimes in city schools from July 2007 to June 2008, an 11 percent drop from the 1,142 crimes committed over...
ROOFTOP 'SUICIDE SAVE' DRAMA
A disturbed young woman dangled herself from the roof of an East Harlem building yesterday morning before police hauled her in. Three times the barefoot woman hung by her arms...
GI SLAIN AT B'KLYN BARBECUE
An active-duty Army sergeant was shot dead early yesterday in a dispute over a woman at a Brooklyn Fourth of July barbecue, police and relatives said. Kidson George, 27, was...
WTC COSTS SOARING ON HUB'S CLIPPED 'WINGS'
The Port Authority has spent $150 million on plans for the new World Trade Center transit hub - and last week's decision to scrap the retractable roof could add another...
CONFESSIONS OF AN EX SCORES STRIPPER
My audition at Scores West called for putting on a slinky polyester outfit, fake hair and too much makeup, and then slithering around a small stage half-undressed while a belching...
BX. POL STEERS $1.5M TO NEPHEW'S SCHOOL
A BRONX legislator under scrutiny for channeling $82,000 last year to a group that had ties to her relatives has allocated $1.5 million in capital funds this year to a...
MOOSE SOCKS SOX
This was not the Mike Mussina the Red Sox saw in April. That Mike Mussina gave up 15 hits and nine earned runs in 8 2/3 innings over two games....
SOX MARVEL AT SANDMAN'S GREAT ESCAPE
The Red Sox will take those odds virtually any time. Down one run in the ninth, bases loaded, nobody out. "More times than not we're still playing," said manager Terry...
MO MUZZLES SOX AFTER MEGASCARE
Sitting in the clubhouse, Mike Mussina understood very early in the final inning that Mariano Rivera was going to take everybody in the Yankees Universe for a bumpy ride. Game...
JETER, A-ROD START
The Post has learned the identity of every All-Star Game vote winner from the AL and NL for the July 15 game at Yankee Stadium and the starting pitchers. Major...
STOP THE PRESSES!
ALL HELL was breaking loose around Mickey Morabito in that summer of 1978 when the man who ran the Yankees' public-relations office encountered the single greatest break in the entire...
TURNS OUT, YANKS ARE 'SET'
JOBA Chamberlain starts tonight against the Red Sox, and it is not that big a deal. Part of the reason is that this will now be his seventh major-league start....
JOBA SET FOR BOSOX SLUGGERS
Although he didn't face the Red Sox coming out of the Yankees bullpen this season, Joba Chamberlain went up against them three times last year and gave up one run...
RIVALRY TAKES HIT, OR SEVEN
Just how lacking in intensity was this Yankee-Red Sox series before yesterday's ninth-inning drama? Seven players got hit yesterday - tying a major league record - and not only were...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT YANKEE STADIUM: NO. 12
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee Stadium. This week: No. 12. JULY...
MOOSE DESERVES A STAR-ING ROLE
NO big deal, said Mike Mussina, if he doesn't get to pitch in an All-Star Game in his home stadium, because it will give him a chance to go to...
C.C. YA IN '09
THE Yankees appear no more than interested bystanders in the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes - for now. The Yanks would love to acquire a starter before the July 31 trade deadline...
GARDNER CHIPS IN WITH ARM AND RBI
Dustin Pedroia had a chance for an early extra-base hit yesterday when he singled to left and tried to take second. But Brett Gardner gunned him down. It was a...
JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO LANDING ON DL
If Johnny Damon doesn't feel better today, he figures he'll be placed on the disabled list. Damon is in injury limbo. The Yankees leadoff man believes how he feels today...
TERRY NO OFFICE POACHER
Red Sox manager Terry Francona told Yankees manager Joe Girardi he doesn't need to vacate his spacious Yankee Stadium office for the July 15 All-Star Game so Francano can use...
JETER, A-ROD WILL BE AL ALL-STAR STARTERS
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are expected to be named AL All Star Game starters today when MLB announces the teams for the July 15 spectacular at Yankee Stadium. A...
RIVERA SAVES MORE THAN JUST A GAME
SUDDENLY, for the first time on this July Fourth weekend, it felt like Red Sox-Yankees. It felt tense. It felt thrilling. It felt like something vital was on the line....
GREAT ESCAPE
Mike Mussina did his best to make two weak runs stand up. Ditto Jose Veras and Kyle Farnsworth. So when the Yankees turned a two-run lead over to Mariano Rivera...
IAN STRUGGLES IN TRIPLE-A START
Though it won't count in his statistics, Ian Kennedy hit a speed bump on his path back to the majors Thursday night. Kennedy allowed one run on two hits (a...
SHOULD YOU SECOND THAT DEMOTION?
THERE used to be a time when it was good to have an ERA that resembled the price of a gallon of gas. Nowadays, that kind of number will get...
COUNT YOUR 'BLESSING'
Track was muddy, sealed; of four turf races on 10-race card, only one - $75,000 Mariensky overnight stakes - stayed on grass, which was yielding. There were four late scratches...
SHATTERED DREAMS
EUGENE, Ore - Tyson Gay won three gold medals at last year's World Championships and was bidding for three more in Beijing; but he saw that dream dashed in one...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Former Charger Kiel, 27 Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving in San Diego, police said yesterday. Kiel,...
SPARE THE A-ROD
* Alex Rodriguez is a great baseball player with a ton of stats, an effortless swing, a good glove and good baserunning instincts. He excelled on poor teams like the...
SEE-LIG NO EVIL
BUD Being Bud: Bud Selig never fails to pass on an opportunity to prove he's the Commissioner of Baseball. He never fails to remind us that the only thing that...
DRAGONS GET THEIR SOULS RIPPED OUT
The New York Dragons' season ended last night in a heartbreaker in Philadelphia. They had a five-point lead in the final seconds of their Arena Football League Eastern Conference divisional...
WEST WORLD FOR HONDO
The Tigers showed no interest in helping the citi zenry of HondoNation last night in Seattle, a costly decision that slashed the earnings to an even-Ste ven 500 mosebys. Today,...
LONG ISLAND NATIVE RUNNING WITH PURPOSE
EUGENE, Ore - Anthony Famiglietti's Olympic experience four years ago left the eclectic Long Islander dismayed and disillusioned. But after a wire-to-wire 8:20.24 win in the 3,000 steeplechase at yesterday's...
THE RUMBLE
WINGS OVER FLUSHING Jets set to take final bow at Shea The Jets and Mets were like one big, happy family when the teams shared Shea Stadium for 20 years....
HE'S THE BEST - FOR SHORE
THE International Game Fish Association's celebrated catch-and-release tournament is called the Super Bowl of inshore fishing with 32 anglers from around the world stalking the Florida Bay waters for bonefish,...
WILD BLUESHIRT YONDER
WHILE wondering if Michal Rozsival and Petr Prucha were quite who the NHL had in mind when imposing upon the Blueshirts to open their 2008-09 season in Prague: The Rangers...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH...DANILO GALLINARI
The Post's Steve Serby sat down with the Knicks' No. 1 draft pick. Q: You're not afraid about the whole world watching while you play [the big stage]? A: No,...
BATTERED FAN SUES THE METS
A Mets fan has put the city on notice that he intends to file a $5.5 million lawsuit for a Aug. 8, 2007, flying-bat incident at Shea Stadium that left...
RYAN HAS ANOTHER DIZZY DAY
PHILADELPHIA - Despite two concussions and a bout of post-concussion syndrome already this year, Mets right fielder Ryan Church said his sudden exit last night was due to a long...
SCHNEIDER PROVIDES PUNCH IN PINCH
PHILADELPHIA - This was your grand mother's secret recipe for calamity laid out in front of you at Citizens Bank Park, all of the ingredients thrown in this bandbox blender,...
WRIGHT NO-GO FOR HR DERBY
PHILADELPHIA - If the speculation proves true and David Wright is the Mets' lone All-Star representative, don't look for him in the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. Wright finished...
A FUL-PHILLING NIGHT AT LAST FOR AMAZIN'S
PHILADELPHIA - Knowing just how much of a daily yo-yo this season has been for the Mets, the eighth and ninth innings last night probably should have been expected. Game...
25 BEST MOMENTS AT SHEA: NO. 12
As both New York baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Shea. This week: No. 12. June 21,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An angry German lost his head and decapitated Hitler at the opening of Madam Tussauds' Berlin branch. The furious Fuhrer-hater shoved two guards, jumped over a table and "ripped off...
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"Send SOS," one of the Titanic's radio operators supposedly said to another after the famous ship struck that infamous iceberg. "It's the new call and besides this may be your...
WEB SLINGER
MUTO BluBlu.org It's the most audacious public art you'll ever see. The Italian artist "Blu" used walls in Argentina and Germany to animate an ever-evolving being as it transfigures its...
BRIDGE
IF you asked me how success is packaged, I'd say it comes in cans. Failure comes in can'ts. When today's South leaped to seven spades, he was hoping for a...
THE TAKING FIFTH
Here's a hot real-estate tip for anyone out there with a few million extra dollars lying around (which at this point is Warren Buffett and that's pretty much it). Go...
JULY 6 - 12
This week: Totally garbage movies; dump your ex all over again; San Fermin flamenco and food; art that kills; and a major-leage exhibition Seeing fallen stars Bellwether Gallery, 134 Tenth...
DOG-EARED PAGES
It's summertime and the reading is easy, thanks to a litter of great new animal books. This year's Broadway Barks, the annual star-studded pet-adoption event in Shubert Alley co-hosted by...
TIES BOUND TO IRK
IF you ask two chessplay ers what the best way to break a tie is, you'll get at least three answers. One view is the players should play additional games...
FLOWERY FRIEND
Ultimate garden gadget, self-powered luggage, an electo-broom, happy hard drives and a personal driving spy. Live Luggage Power-Assisted Rolling Suitcase $1,365; us.LiveLuggage.com Rolling suitcases have been saving the shoulders of...
I'M NO. 1
'I Kissed a Girl' puts her lips in big leagues Katy Perry's lesbian daydream keeps getting hotter. The blue-eyed California stunner's single "I Kissed a Girl" currently sits atop the...
WILLIE & WYNTON
It's surprising that jazz icon Wynton Marsalis and country legend Willie Nelson have recorded a CD together, and even more surprising that the music is neither jazz nor country. But...
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
Batman's new lady friend dishes on the secrets of 'The Dark Knight' Is Maggie Gyllenhaal the thinking woman's Katie Holmes? Pieces of evidence like her early work ("Donnie Darko" vs....
EDDIE DONE WITH STARDOM
The trailer for "Meet Dave," Eddie Murphy's latest movie, is most remarkable for what it doesn't feature: namely, Murphy in a fat suit or in drag, or both. Instead, "Meet...
DEMON SPAWN!
Remember those quaint, innocent days when a superhero with a simple back story (usually involving radiation) would wake up, throw on a colorful, waistline-flattering costume and head out to fight...
GROWING UP IN A BROTHEL
'SAKURAN," a Japanese melodrama set in a 1700s brothel, is everything the 2005 "Memoirs of a Geisha" isn't. The Japanese courtesans are played by Japanese, not Chinese, actresses; and its...
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Sony, $19.98) Julien Temple's acclaimed documentary looks at the impact of the Clash's pioneering punk rocker and activist through archival footage and contemporary interviews...
REV UP THE BAT-CYCLE!
ADMIT it: With the July 18 release of "The Dark Knight" so close - and yet so far - you're breaking out in night sweats. With Christian Bale in that...
FILM BYTES
New Bond clip is a real trip The first trailer for "Quantum of Solace," the James Bond follow-up to 2006's "Casino Royale," was released online last week. Lean, mean, grief-stricken...
PROOF POSITIVE
Siembra Azul aÑejo tequila Philadelphia restaurant owner David Suro-PiÑera has dedicated his career to fine tequilas, and his meticulously crafted Siembra Azul line reflects his passion for the spirit. Now...
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Forge 134 Reade St.; (212) 941-9401 Talk about a pressure cooker: Marc Forgione, 29, is the son of famed Larry "An American Place" Forgione. Luckily, he's taking it in stride...
MAKING THE SCENE...
Clover Club 210 Smith St., Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; (718) 855-7939 ARTISAN cocktails have arrived in Cobble Hill with the recent opening of the eminently classy Clover Club. Named after a...
WREN, 28, AND MARCHESANO, 31
Wren, 28, and Marchesano, 31 March 22 - When Toni Marchesano and Patrick Wren met as friends in 2002, they never guessed they'd be married six years later. The pair...
TURNER, 31, AND YOUNG, 32
June 8 - Courtney Young knows how to carry a love tune. Jami Turner's groom burst into song at their reception, serenading his new bride and their guests with Frank...
SCHLAPFER, 28, AND VILLANUEVA, 36
June 21 - There's no place like home for bride Noelle Schlapfer. The trading assistant at First New York Securities and her husband, NBC meteorologist Steve Villanueva, may reside in...
BURKUS, 28 AND PEISER, 27
June 13 - Who says you can't find love in a bar? Meredith Burkus, formerly a bartender at the Dead Poet on the Upper West Side, hit it off with...
... ISN'T JUNK
We want to make clear that we do not support "no-questions-asked benefits" for anyone claiming a 9/11-related illness ("9/11 Junk Science," Editorial, June 29). Peer-reviewed scientific papers and federal investigators...
DE-KLEIN-ED
Your editorial would have been more to the point if you had stated "UFT = Success" ("UFT v. Success," June 30). Yes, we teachers evaluated Chancellor Joel Klein's performance as...
WTC SCIENCE ...
The NYS September 11th Workers' Protection Taskforce and its rigorous and balanced efforts are mischaracterized by Jeff Stier ("Exploiting 9/11," PostOpinion, June 26). Contrary to Stier's assertions, the Taskforce used...
WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN?
It is a telling sign of where American politics is now headed that last week several leading conservative voices proclaimed Barack Obama had seen the conservative light and many leading...
OBAMA ALIENATES HIS FRIENDS
Barack Obama's flip-flop on issues, and conservative views on everything from the Supreme Court ruling on guns (he supports it) to public financing (he's against it, at least has far...
SLAP SHOT
A stifling cloud of sadness hangs over me as I write these words. Can you taste the despair? All across this great land of ours, from Saskatchewan to Manitoba, the...
IT'S A BUST
Kandahar, Afghanistan - The prison cells that once held Taliban sit almost empty, with little remaining except rubbish: plates of rice ready for meals never eaten, and sandals discarded by...
BLOG WATCH
Half 'Cocked Pam Meister at pajamasmedia.com on the burdens of liberal celebrities. Will Smith is the latest overpaid navel-gazer to join the 'Embarrassed to Be a Rich American Celebrity Tour.'...
A FINAL SALUTE
"The curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know." - Maj. Steve Beck, U.S. Marine Corps Sometimes Beck would linger in his vehicle in...
"WASHINGTON: THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CAPITAL"
Shady land deals, cost overruns, arguments over design - long before Ground Zero, there was Washington, D.C. This Independence Day, it may be comforting to know some things never change....
"QUICK, BEFORE THE MUSIC STOPS"
Betty Friedan called it "the problem that has no name" - that feeling of married life as meaningless, women sublimating themselves for the betterment of their families. The wife's plea:...
"THE RIDICULOUS RACE"
Here's a race only two idle TV writers could devise: Start at the same point (in this case Los Angeles), travel in opposite directions, traverse every line of longitude on...
"LOOKING FOR TROUBLE "
Retired Army intelligence officer Ralph Peters lives by a creed: To seek what "no academic texts or intelligence documents can give you: the scent of daily life, the temper of...
REQUIRED READING
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster) The Pulitzer-winning author of "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show" and 26 other novels is a renowned book collector, with a...
"STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE"
Stuff white people like, according to "Stuff White People Like" (Random House): Film festivals, yoga, gifted children, snowboarding, expensive sandwiches. Also: Plaid, music piracy, beards, high school English teachers. First...
"SEX IN CRISIS"
Pity poor Dagmar Herzog. "This book was an agony to write," she tells us. Dutifully, as part of her high calling as a sexual historian and professor of same at...
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"Send SOS," one of the Titanic's radio operators supposedly said to another after the famous ship struck that infamous iceberg. "It's the new call and besides this may be your...
DOWN THE 'TUBE
It's going on two years since Google brainiacs Sergey Brin and Larry Page plunked down a jaw-dropping $1.65 billion to buy YouTube - and they still haven't figured out how...
LEHMAN'S STOCKINGS ARE FULL, ITS COFFERS, NOT SO MUCH
WHO said there's no Christ mas in July? Why, this summer one has to look no further than that strange canyon of skyscrapers known as Wall Street. The stockings are...
APPLE'S BAIT & SWITCH
WHEN Steve Jobs announced in May that the price of the new 3G iPhones would be slashed to $199, every soccer mom and high-school tech-head started dreaming of a summer...
HEDGE FUND REPORT: BEAR BUYOUT COULD COST TAXPAYERS
Taxpayers are all but certain to take a hit on the securities the Federal Reserve accepted as part of JPMorgan Chase's takeover of Bear Stearns, according to a report by...
POWERED FOR PROFIT$
To generate investment profit in today's turbulent market environment, it is important to focus on long-term fundamentals and select stocks that are well positioned for long-term growth. In addition, when...
POST GURU HOT IN '08
The Post's stock picker, Hilary Kramer, is leaving the competition in the dust. Kramer's 14 stock picks this year are up an impressive 7 percent while the Dow Jones industrial...
IMMELT ON GE HOT SEAT
Jeff Immelt, the embattled GE chief executive, has got six months to save his skin. That's the message coming from investors just days ahead of the troubled industrial giant's second...
TIME TO REAP REWARDS ON PARENT'S AT&T STOCK BUY
Dear John: I am in possession of seven AT&T stock certificates totaling 152 shares. One of the certificates is dated April 29, 1966. The others are around that date. They...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERSSHAKIRA Singer said to be close to $70M deal with Live Nation.DICK GRASSO It's over. Former NYSE boss KOs Spitzer suit, keeps $190M pay package.RUSH LIMBAUGH Radio talker signs massive...
MOGULS BLOGGING FOR EGOS
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has become one of the wealthiest Americans by successfully agitating companies he feels are poorly run. At 72 and worth roughly $14 billion and with...
... AS GREENIES HOLD UP SOLAR
Meanwhile, a land-use controversy out west proves yet again that, even with "renewable" sources of energy, there's no such thing as a free lunch. The Bureau of Land Management announced...
DRILL, & SAVE, NOW ...
Funny how quickly $4-a-gallon gas can smoke out hypocrites - as last week's Pew Research poll, citing a dramatic spike in the share of Americans demanding more energy sources and...
HALF DATE, HALF CONSULTATION
He said *** "She is definitely cool by my standards." She said *** "I expected someone totally crunchy and earthy." [but] he wasn't like that at all.." Don't be fooled...
MEET MARKET
Tom, a 26-year-old film and TV production associate, hopes to meet a foxy film buff who knows as much (or more) about movies as he does. Let's take a stroll...
TOP 5 MOST SUGGESTIVE TEXT MESSAGES:
According to text fiends at Hudson Hotel bar "Up 4 a l8 nite snack?" - Sean "Want 2 hang n b - - -?" - Doug "I just got out...
HOW I GOT A SIZE 2 SORORITY EGO
ONE year ago, I was e-mailing Super Preppy with an invite to a swanky penthouse party for July Fourth and nervously dropping $800 at Banana Republic in my attempt to...
ROBOT ON 'NOTICE'
Carla, the character played by red-hot Tricia Helfer on the second season of USA's slick action drama "Burn Notice," is so mysterious that even the actress doesn't know exactly who...
PRIMETIME
We're starting to grasp what qualifies one to be named Keith Olbermann's nightly "Worst Person In The World" on his MSNBC show: Anyone who takes a shot, big or small,...
TOP CHEF
The fire and brimstone atmosphere that permeates Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" - which is taped in a fake restaurant created inside a Hollywood sound studio - doesn't hold a candle to...
DON'T MISS LIST
CATEGORY: TRIBUTE Early checkout The day that talented Australian actor Heath Ledger, soon to be seen in "The Dark Knight," died from a toxic ingestion of drugs was a genuine...
REEL GOOD
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007) Sunday, 9 p.m., HBO They said it couldn't - or maybe it shouldn't - be done, but the Simpsons movie is a terrific walk on the...
MR. DAD
Stephen Collins was one of TV's quintessential dads. As Eric Camden on "Seventh Hand," he lent a steady hand and a calm presence to a popular, long-running family drama that...
CHANNEL 4 NEWS SHOULD EXPLORE GALAXY OF FACTS
Google the name "George Takei" and you will come up with nearly 830,000 hits. And you don't have to scroll through each one of them to double-check the spelling of...
NO BANANAS!
Two truck trailers stolen in Delaware full of bananas were recovered in The Bronx Saturday with no fruit to be found. About $40,000 worth of bananas were heisted, cops said....
Rain stops Mets-Phillies
Tonight's game here at Citizens Bank Park has been delayed by the threat of rain with two outs in the top of the ninth inning with the Mets holding a...
Church leaves with dizziness
Right fielder Ryan Church, who has suffered two concussions this season and recently spent more than three weeks on the DL because of post-concussion syndrome, left tonight's game in the...
Maine exits with arm cramp
Tonight's starter, John Maine, was just removed with two outs in the fifth inning of a 3-3 tie with the Phillies because of a cramp in his left (non-throwing) forearm....