July 10, 2008

ALOU LIKELY DONE FOR SEASON WITH HAMSTRING TEAR

Moises Alou's season, and perhaps career, could be finished after an MRI exam today revealed he tore his left hamstring while diving for a ball in the outfield for Double-A...

Report: Giants Sign Olivea

NFL Network's Adam Schefter is reporting the Giants have signed offensive lineman Shane Olivea.Olivea, who played for the Chargers from 2004-'07, was reportedly suspended for four games (the reason was...

GIAMBI MISSES OUT ON FINAL ALL-STAR SPOT

PITTSBURGH - The mustache stays even if Jason Giambi won't be part of the AL All Star team or compete in the Home Run Derby. Giambi's stab at being the...

HBO Talks 'Sex' Sequel, 'Sopranos' Movie

"I think...look, whatever David (Chase) wants to do... look,it's totally up to David," says HBO Co-President Richard Pleper about taking mob hit "Sopranos" to the movie screen. "I spoke to...

POSADA WANTS TO CATCH

PITTSBURGH - Jorge Posada has let Joe Girardi know he isn't satisfied by simply being part of the Yankees' lineup and wants to catch. "I am happy to be in...

Deal of the Day-Antik Batik

If you’re sick of carrying around a cumbersome clutch to all of your pursuits after dark, try out this Antik Batik Rimini Pouch with shoulder strap.The beaded bag will look...

WRIGHT GETS WRONGED BY ALL-STAR VOTE

David Wright was wronged. The Mets third baseman fell short in the fan voting for the final National League spot in Tuesday's All-Star Game, finishing second to Milwaukee's Corey Hart,...

Scene: NYC streets

Teacher Djana Toufeili wears a cute dress from Lux, a necklace she bought from the street, a bag from Colombia and shoes from Brazil."This isn't my normal style. I'm usually...

Wright loses All-Star vote

David Wright came up short to Brewers outfielder Corey Hart today in fan voting for the final NL roster spot in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Wright's loss means...

STREAKING METS WIN SIXTH STRAIGHT

Never mind Fernandomania, this is more like Fernando Maniac. The Mets have received plenty of big contributions during their turnaround over this last week, but the list of credits begins...

Pitching set for Rockies series

Fresh off a three-game sweep of San Francisco, the Mets have set their pitching matchups for this weekend's three-game set with the Rockies at Shea Stadium. Here is the breakdown:Friday...

Alou out with torn hamstring

Omar Minaya just announced that 42-year-old left fielder Moises Alou will likely miss the rest of the season after tearing his hamstring in a minor-league rehab appearance with Double-A Binghamton...

Dancing dozen

Hello, Americker! I have returned from Mexico to find out that Cat Deeley is... homeless? She's so disheveled and looks like she wandered in from a soup kitchen. Before we...

Carol Brady is hot for Denny Crane

Florence Henderson is lobbying for a role on “Boston Legal.” Paging David E. Kelly!At the annual TV Critics Association Press Tour in L.A., the 74 year-old Brady Mom said she’d...

Agent: Bonds Can Be Ready In 10 Days

Barry Bonds' agent Jeff Borris told USA Today the home run king can be ready to play baseball 10 days after being signed by a team.The problem is no team...

ON DECK: YANKEES AT PIRATES

The Yankees are in Pittsburgh on a Thursday night with Mike Mussina facing off against Paul Maholm. Sound familiar? It should. It is the exact matchup that the teams started...

Last NL spot in final stages

David Wright (pictured) will find out tonight if he nabbed the 32nd and final spot on the NL's All-Star roster. The Internet and mobile phone voting for the last spot...

Lincoln Center Braces for Che-Mania as Film Fest Books Commie Epic

Posters for sale in the lobby of the Rose Auditorium! Stogies in the men's room! Cuban-American protesters outside the Rose Auditorium! Looks mighty like Steven Soderbergh's "Che'' will be showing...

Game 92: Giants at Mets

The streaking Mets will be in search of their season-high sixth consecutive victory this afternoon when John Maine tries to complete a three-game sweep of the Giants. The 47-44 Mets,...

'N Sync to the Clink

“I don’t know how you wouldn’t be scared singing in prison. I don’t care who you are. Walking in, I was pretty sure none of those guys had any ‘N...

Inflight Movies, RIP

Looks like inflight movies are going the way of free meals, free checked bags and any semblance of service in the financially hard-pressed airline industry. US Airways announced yesterday that...

CYNTHIA TO LET A-ROD SEE KID IN TORONTO

Score one for the Yankee. Cynthia Rodriguez finally has agreed to let her superstar husband, Yankee third basemen Alex Rodriguez, see his oldest daughter tomorrow in Toronto for the first...

Betwixt and Between

By JAY GREENBERGThe only thing more lame than Nenad Krstic has been for two years is the Nets ducks in the Meadowlands swamp Somehow, despite a declining team, intimidating Xanadu...

Raymond Burr: Posthumously Out of the Closet, On a Canadian Stamp

Raymond Burr is one of four Canadian-born Hollywood actors -- along with Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler and Chief Dan George -- honored with these new postage stamps in Canada. Which...

Coverage in today's Post

You know the Mets are on a roll when they finally give Johan Santana (pictured) some run support. Backed by Carlos Delgado and the rest of a rejuvenated offense, Santana...

'Idol' Mikalah: 'You Want Fries With That?'

Some American Idol wannabes go on to Broadway, movies... or Celebrity Rehab.Season four finalist Mikalah Gordon took a turn slinging burgers and beer on Sunset Boulevard.“I tell you, if I...

Gearing Up for Another Season

As we gear up for the start of a yet another European soccer season, here are a few key dates you need to remember as we get things rolling in...

3 UP: Delgado, Farnsworth and Alou

1. How do we know this is the craziest, most topsy-turvy season ever? Because of the following sentence: Carlos Delgado and Kyle Farsnworth are actually helping their teams. OK, 16...

BRINKLEY DIVORCE CASE SETTLED

After days of acrimony in court and a night of intense negotiation going into the wee hours of the morning, Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook settled their contentious divorce case....

UPDATE: Is Hilton bouncing back?

Hell must be freezing over, because I just joined HHonors -- that's Hilton's frequent flyer program. Why the wait? Mostly because, unlike Marriott or Starwood, Hilton has always felt as...

Some Fans Are Better Seen Then Heard

Soccer may be at a virtual standstill in Europe, but that doesn't mean fans aren't making their voices heard this summer. Here is an interesting Reuters article by Mark Meadows...

Why So Sad? 'Dark Knight' Tickets Are Available For Midnight Shows

You might get the mistaken impression from yesterday's NY Times article about theaters adding 6 a.m. showings of "The Dark Knight'' on opening day that most of the midnight shows...

FIFA's 2010 World Cup Plan B

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has spoken to three countries about hosting the 2010 World Cup if a natural catastrophe forces it away from South Africa.This is part of a Plan...

BRINGING ECO-SENSE TO THE 2008 ELECTION

While it may be true that the price of oil would drop almost instantly if we simply announced we would drill in ANWR, it might be only temporary, due to...

'ALL OF THE ABOVE'

NEXT week, I will lead a congressional delegation trip to a cutting-edge renewable energy lab in Colorado and to the northern coastal plain of Alaska. What we'll see during these...

BREW-TIFUL ESSENTIALS OF CIVILIZATION

PERHAPS, like many sensible citizens, you read Investor's Business Daily for its sturdy common sense in defending free markets and other rational arrangements. If so, you too may have been...

WASHINGTON'S HEALTH WARS: YOU LOSE

THE American Medical Association launched an ad blitz last weekend, charging a handful of GOP senators with imperiling the nation's elderly. It worked: The Senate yesterday passed the Medicare bill...

MULLAHS & MISSILES

IT's not unusual for a state to conduct military exercises, but Iran had a lot more in mind when it literally went ballistic yesterday - launching nine medium- and long-range...

OSAMA'S KID A REAL TERROR

It looks like the poison apple didn't fall far from the tree. The 16-year-old son of evil terror boss Osama bin Laden has made his first foray into the family...

IRAN MISSILES IN SHOCK TEST

Iran test-fired nine missiles yesterday - including some capable of hitting Israel - and warned it has thousands of others ready to retaliate for any attack on its nuclear program....

LOTTERY

NEW YORK Midday Nos. Wed.: 808; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 8881; Lucky Sum: 25 / Evening Nos. Wed: 465; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Win- 4 Wed.:...

BAM IN WIRETAP FLIP-FLOP

WASHINGTON - The Senate yesterday sent President Bush a government eavesdropping bill that revealed a deep split between Barack Obama and other Democrats. The bill, which met most of President...

JESSE'S A 'NUT' JOB

WASHINGTON - In a shocking blast at Barack Obama that was caught on tape, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, "I wanna cut his nuts out." He made the astonishingly vulgar...

HILLARY IN NEAR MISS AT FE$T

Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton talked turkey on party unity last night in New York, but the presumptive Democratic nominee nearly forgot a frank appeal to donors to...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

Manhattan A New Jersey man inexplicably attacked a woman with a bamboo stick in Union Square, authorities said yesterday. Lance Ashford, 41, of Newark, was wildly swinging the stick as...

E-MAULED BY E-MAIL HOAX JERK

A misfired e-mail normally goes unread or comes back undeliverable. But for former private-school librarian William "Billy" Hallowell, it resulted in him being mistakenly charged with a demeaning crime and...

A-ROD STRIPPER: I'LL GIVE NAKED TRUTH IN COURT

The busty blond stripper whose liaisons with Alex Rodriguez helped wreck the Yankee superstar's marriage said yesterday she's prepared to testify at his divorce trial. Exotic dancer Joslyn Morse, 32,...

LOSER'S $65M WIN

Here's a guy who figured out how to be both the luckiest and unluckiest man on the face of the earth at the same time. One crazy afternoon in June...

SCALPER SCOLDING

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi told fans yesterday he is "sorely disappointed" that greedy scalpers are hawking tickets to his band's free concert in Central Park this weekend, and indicated he...

BLOOMY EYES SCHWINN-DIG

Mayor Bloomberg is considering bringing a bike-sharing program to the city, despite his doubts last year that such an initiative - modeled after popular ones in Paris, Barcelona and Stockholm...

CLIMB-ATE CHANGE

What's black and white and red-faced all over? The New York Times finally began removing the lower nine feet of the distinctive ceramic bars surrounding its Eighth Avenue building yesterday...

COP'S WIFE CHARGED IN MURDER OF 'KID GROPER'

The wife of a veteran NYPD officer was arrested yesterday for fatally shooting a young Brooklyn man who had groped her 13-year-old daughter last month, The Post has learned. Veronica...

LI TEEN DEATH A HEROIN OD

A teen found dead after a booze-soaked Long Island party overdosed on heroin, police and prosecutors said yesterday. Nassau County cops also announced the arrest of her ex-boyfriend and 11...

PEACE SIGNS IN CHRISTIE WAR

After six days of all-out war, harmony descended on divorce court yesterday - with Peter Cook following estranged wife Christie Brinkley's lead in sporting peace-symbol jewelry. Cook wore peace-sign cufflinks...

BX. COYOTE'S WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

It's not your typical "collar" in The Bronx yesterday as an Animal Care and Control officer reins in a wily coyote pup that had been meandering through a posh neighborhood....

FIRE BOY, 6, WAS DROPPED

A 6-year-old Harlem boy fell to his death when his godfather accidentally dropped the child while holding him on a window ledge to spare him from the inferno that engulfed...

$5M TRAIN WRECK

Bureaucrats at the cash-strapped MTA are about to have their budgets sliced rail-thin. Executive Director Elliot Sander notified board members this week that the MTA would delay new hires and...

BRO BOOK: SHE'S ALL ME-DONNA

Madonna's first - and only - true love is herself, her dirt-dishing brother claims in a new tell-all about his famous sibling. In "Life with My Sister Madonna," Christopher Ciccone,...

VILE PERV CATCHES BREAK

At age 14, Johnny Rios had already repeatedly raped and sodomized two of his little cousins, both of them only 9 years old. Fresh out of juvenile detention and sex-offender...

NYPD'S PARKING-PERK BLITZ BAGS 1,000 COPS

An NYPD crackdown on illegally parked cars boldly sporting city, state and federal placards on their dashboards has resulted in 2,400 summonses - more than 1,000 of them issued to...

HIGH-WIRE ORDEAL ABOVE BRONX ZOO

Dozens of people on the Bronx Zoo's Skyfari ride were stranded more than 100 feet in the air for about five hours last night when the tram broke down. "My...

DENTIST'S FALSE TEETH BILLINGS

ALBANY - A disgraced Brooklyn dentist, who never should have been allowed in the state's Medicaid program, repeatedly billed taxpayers in a scam in which he claimed he filled every...

SCORES WEST HAS $2M DEBT

Scores West is nearly $2 million behind on its rent. The shuttered jiggle joint's $1,975,845 debt has pitted brother against brother, as landlord Harvey Osher and his company, Westside Realty,...

'RX MADE ME A GAMBLING ADDICT'

The popular drug Mirapex helped a Westchester man combat his Parkinson's disease - but, he claims, it also turned him into a compulsive gambler who lost his multimillion-dollar fortune. In...

IMMELT DOWN MAY STRIKE GE

Jeff Immelt could get tagged as the man who presided over General Electric's spiral into a loser. During his six-year tenure, shares of the industrial giant have lost 35 percent...

CLARIUM RETURNS CLIMB

Everything Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel touches seems to turn to gold. First there was Paypal. Then Facebook. Now add Thiel's latest venture to the list: hedge fund Clarium...

THE GRASSO CASE SPITZER CHOSE NOT TO PROSECUTE

Eliot Spitzer was lazy, and now Dick Grasso can rest easy. Back in October 2004, Spitzer, then New York's attorney general, was the guest speaker at a Forbes Magazine luncheon...

NY TIMES HITS 10-YEAR LOW ON DOWNGRADE

Hours after The New York Times Co. suffered the embarrassment of a third person scaling its Eighth Avenue headquarters in recent weeks, the company got pounded by Wall Street, which...

STAR LINES DODGING STEVE & BARRY HIT

Steve & Barry's bankruptcy filing yesterday didn't take a bite out of Sarah Jessica Parker, whose apparel brand Bitten has been paid its royalties in full, a source told The...

SCRIPPS CEO: I WANT MY FRESTON

FORMER Viacom CEO Tom Freston could be returning to the cable network world. While Freston seems to be enjoying his life outside the limelight, that hasn't stopped Scripps Interactive CEO...

YAHOO! AT A PRICE

A rift is developing among some large Yahoo! shareholders that could affect billionaire Carl Icahn's plans to toss out the Internet icon's board and sell the company to Microsoft, The...

CHARMING'S CEO BERN SQUEEZED OUT BY FUNDS

Women's clothier Charming Shoppes booted CEO Dorrit J. Bern less than two weeks after a pair of dissident hedge funds officially secured seats on the board. Board-level talks to oust...

HOME RUN HOOPLA

With the Big Apple as their playing field, baseball's corporate sponsors are salivating over next week's 79th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Marketers are looking to score big during the...

A FAST CLIMB TO RIKERS?

Early Wednesday morning, one David Murphy climbed up the side of the new New York Times building - the third moron to do so in recent weeks. This stupidity really...

PERILOUS 'GUESTS'

Here's some scary news: Hundreds of terrorists nabbed overseas had spent time in America - and even com piled criminal records while here. What were they doing here? Do they...

JERSEY POLS' PUSH FOR $10 GAS

How's this for tone-deaf? With fully two-thirds of Americans in favor of lifting the federal government's decades-long moratorium on off-shore oil drilling, a trio of cynical New Jersey Democrats is...

PAINED C-ROD: I STILL LOVE HIM

CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ loves her man. Cynthia Rodriguez has no malice. Cynthia Rodriguez spoke to me yesterday. A-Rod's wife wants no publicity. She does not want to speak out. She wants...

ALL PIG WANTS TO DO IS FEED AT THE TROUGH

WHY is Peter Cook so happy? Hint: He's got his grubby paws on the one thing he loves above all else. Money. Cook could hardly contain his glee - or...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

If all criminals were this dumb, the police in Hartford, Conn., might as well call it quits. Max Minnifield called cops to report that he had been robbed - while...

UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

STORY SO FAR: Wilbur Wright has developed an idea for how to control a flying machine. He is ready to test his theory. CHAPTER SIX Twisting and Turning July 1899-May...

PRIMP MY PIMP!

THINK of him as Emily Post in Berluti shoes and a floral pocket square - and a smile that makes the ladies think some decidedly unladylike things. Fonzworth Bentley (né...

FONZWORTH'S GENT-ESSENTIALS

HE looks cool, feels hot and works a pocket square unlike any man we've ever seen. Here are Fonzworth Bentley's style Top 5:1. Tie clip. "It was my great-great-grandfather's, the...

BLING FIT FOR A KING

LONG before Lamborg hinis, McMansions and trophy wives, there was pietre dure. Literally meaning "hard stones," it was Renaissance Europe's ultimate in opulence - a labor-intensive melding of semiprecious stones,...

HEEL RACERS RUN WITH SOLE

Heel yes! Five hundred fly-heeled women sprinted in their stilettos yesterday in a frantic 150-yard dash in Central Park. Chioma Aduba, 25, of Sunnyside, Queens, crossed the finish line first...

TRICKS OF THE TRADE-UP

GO from dud to stud with Fonzworth Bentley's Gentlemanly Top 5:1. Girls, girls, girls. "Get into treating the ladies right. Going up stairs, walk behind her in case she falls...

CHASE WHACKS 'FAMILY'

THE notion of a "Sopranos" movie officially sleeps with the fishes. "I spoke to ['Sopranos' creator] David Chase about it a month ago, and he said no," director/actor Peter Bogdanovich...

GREG'S 'DAY' BREAK

GREG Kelly is the new co-anchor of "Good Day New York." Starting Monday, he joins "GDNY" co-anchor Jodi Applegate, who'd been working with a rotating roster of co-hosts - including...

THE YANKEE CLIPPER

BROADCASTER/voiceover artist Les Marshak will give New Yorkers a treat this Sunday on "Mike'd Up," hosted by Mike Francesca (11:35 p.m./Ch. 4). Marshak, a Bronx native and lifelong Yankees fan,...

FLO: BRADY 'SON' BAMBOOZLED

TV mom Florence Henderson claims VH1's "My Fair Brady" was a setup. "The Brady Bunch" star believes VH1 execs pressured Christopher Knight (AKA Peter Brady) into marrying "America's Next Top...

PUP STARS

A few years ago, in a quandary about what to give the Love Interest for his birthday, I happened upon the best gift ever: A week at Camp Gone To...

SHOWTIME BUGS OUT

SHOWTIME will try to rid itself of bugs, rats and other vermin by turning an edgy comic book about exterminators into a new TV series. The project was first reported...

TORI'S STORY GRABS WOMEN

ADD this one to the "go figure" department: "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," is on a ratings roll. The Oxygen reality series, starring Tori Spelling and hubby Dean McDermott,...

HAUTE LIST

SEEING is believing - and we're hard-core believers in See by Chloe's debut accessories collection. From gorgeous colored leather - red! eggplant! teal! - to reversible canvas to soft leather...

CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH LIVE CRUE

MOTLEY Crue lived up to its reputation for excess Tuesday at Jones Beach, headlining the hard-rock extravaganza tagged Crue Fest. The freewheeling seaside 90-minute concert had deafening volume, dizzying lighting,...

WITTY 'MARITAL' BLISS

THE title of James Braly's one-man show, "Life in a Marital Institution," which opened last night, promises a general dissection of the trials and tribulations of matrimony. But those looking...

IT TAKES 10 FOR HAIR-RAISING WIN

The pinstriped coffins ordered last weekend haven't been cancelled even though the Yankees rode a four-game winning streak out of The Bronx yesterday. All two wins over AL East rivals...

RAYS NOT THROWING IN TOWEL

The Rays left The Bronx yesterday two games up on the Red Sox and 6 ½ games up on the Yankees after a pair of losses at the Stadium. But...

HAL'S NOT HAPPY WITH YANKS' START

According to Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi, the meeting was routine, but Hal Steinbrenner emerged from a lengthy, closed-door session with his general manager and manager yesterday to say he...

GIAMBI GROWTH GROWS ON FANS

The mustache might not get Jason Giambi to the All-Star Game and it certainly won't win him any beauty contests, but it has taken on a life of its own....

QUESTIONS REMAIN AS DEADLINE NEARS

HAL is the one Steinbrenner who speaks in sentences rather than headlines. Yesterday, following a lengthy pregame meeting in the manager's office with Joe Girardi and GM Brian Cashman, Steinbrenner...

A-ROD ALTERS TRAVEL PLANS

As his teammates jumped into dress slacks and shirts with buttons for a flight to Pittsburgh late yesterday afternoon, Alex Rodriguez donned jeans, a T-shirt and bolted the Yankees' clubhouse...

RED BULLS CARRY ON

The Red Bulls finish a marathon month tonight in Kansas City (8:00, MSG), having played eight games in 32 days, seven of them on the road. Forward Juan Pablo Angel...

SPORTS SHORTS

BASEBALL: Tiger Stadium coming down Demolition crews smashed the historic walls of Tiger Stadium yesterday in Detroit, punching through to the interior of the ballpark that stood for decades. Outfield...

HONDO'S RED-FACED

The Reds had Hondo making some off-color re marks last night when they gummed up the works in Wrigley to lower the earnings to 455 blasingames. Tonight, the price seems...

DONNIE DODGES STEPH QUESTION

On the day Donnie Walsh welcomed Chris Duhon to the Knicks at a Garden press gathering, the team president didn't say the magic words - that Stephon Marbury will be...

BULLPEN RACKS UP FOUR INNINGS OF ZEROES

When the rain stopped, Aaron Heilman knew the ball was coming his way. Johan Santana had pitched five innings of beautiful baseball but a 42-minute rain delay ended his night...

JOHAN IS METS' ACE IN THE ROLL

Johan Santana could have received less support during his six-game winless streak, but only if he pitched without a jock strap. Last night the Mets gave their $137.5 million prized...

VOTE WRIGHT WAY

David Wright needs you. He needs your vote today. This is the day that will determine if Wright is an All-Star for the third straight year or is left out...

MOISES SUFFERS ANOTHER SETBACK

Moises Alou's rehab is on hold, after the 41-year-old outfielder felt "cramping" in his left hamstring while diving for a ball last night while playing for Double-A Binghamton. Alou will...

NET ROOKIES CON-VINCE-ING

ORLANDO - There were the three draft picks - Brook Lopez, Ryan Anderson and Chris Douglas-Roberts, along with the rest of the Nets' summer league team. And then, sitting behind...

LEBRON-TO-NETS IS MATTER OF WAIT-&-YI

ROD Thorn brought the Nets out of the wilderness once, so is trusted by Bruce Ratner to do it again. But it's not the owner, actually LeBron James, who will...

We Hardly Know Yi But Summer League...

By FRED KERBERORLANDO -- Here's a typical conversation with Nets swingman Chris Douglas-Roberts:"Hey, Chris. Howya doing?""I got drafted 40th.""So, been kinda wet and muggy down here, huh?""Fortieth. You believe that?...

EAST VILLAGE

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,450 Maintenance: $730 -- This penthouse co-op in a prewar townhouse really is an oasis, inside and out. Set on a tree-lined stretch of...

MURRAY HILL

Bedrooms: 0 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 450 Maintenance: $661 -- This "fully renovated" corner co-op high above East 35th Street may be a studio, but it's big on features. Wall-to-wall...

CHAPPAQUA, NY

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 1,411 -- Set on a quarter-acre property, this "charming" renovated Colonial full of "vintage details" and "custom built-ins" also has room to grow (the...

CHELSEA

Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 700 Maintenance: $736 -- Set in the Gallery District on West 25th Street, this "chic" duplex is quite a show: The first level features...

CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,226 Common charges: $647 -- It's the TriBeCa of Brooklyn! This "impeccable loft" condo on Kent Avenue features 13-foot ceilings, 8-foot windows, a "wonderful"...

DREAM HOLMES

The search for a high-end Manhattan rental continues for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Wife-bot/actress Holmes recently showed up at Trump Park Avenue, where she spent over a half-hour perusing...

JUST SOLD!

Manhattan CHELSEA $1,920,000 214 W. 17th St. Prewar two-bedroom, two-bath loft co-op, 1,850 square feet, with renovated kitchen and bath, fireplace and washer/dryer; building features elevator. Maintenance $1,488, 65 percent...

TEST SITE

EVERY once in a while, some of us will wander mischievously into a Mercedes-Benz dealership and ask to take the most expensive car on the lot out for a test...

REALITY BITES

What a difference a year makes. Last August, Predential Douglas Elliman marketing director Whitney Gollinger was quoted in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle talking up the family-friendly features of Downtown Brooklyn...

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

This incredibly successful mystery writer, whose 40-plus books have sold more than 85 million copies in the US alone, released her most recent title, "Where Are You Now?," in April....

BRING BLING TO THE BATHROOM

Even if they aren't from Tiffany's, showerheads, towel rods and faucets can be thought of as the jewelry in your bathroom. Replacing an old, leaky "compression" faucet with a modern...

GREENWICH VILLAGE

Now you can live like a rock star, pop icon or music mogul! We mean that literally, insofar as this "exclusive" newly renovated penthouse in the Silk Building has been...

UPPER EAST SIDE

Have you ever noticed how every other apartment available in Manhattan seems to present "a rare opportunity"? Well, we're not sure how "rare" this 3,335-square-foot prewar condo on East 63rd...

RUMSON, NJ

The brochure on this 5,400-square-foot home, "two minutes" from the ocean, claims it's perfect for "beachgoing enthusiasts" who want "country-club living . . . in a wonderful area." If this...

ON DECK: ROCKIES AT METS

With the news yesterday that left fielder Moises Alou is likely lost for the season, mixed with the lingering uncertainty of right fielder Ryan Church, the suddenly-hot Mets (48-44) will...

Prospect Report for Tuesday, July 8

We've got an abbreviated prospect report for Tuesday's games, with four players making the Baseball America report. Binghamton (Mets) OF Fernando Martinez went 2-for-3 with a run scored, and Trenton...

BRINKLEY REACHES OUT TO HORNDOG

After six days of bloody war, harmony descended on divorce court Wednesday- with Peter Cook following his estranged wife's lead in sporting peace-symbol jewelry. Peter Cook wore the delicate peace-sign...

Rain delay at Shea

Play has been delayed here at Shea due to a thunderstorm last seen in the movie "The Perfect Storm." Johan Santana got Randy Winn to hit a fly ball to...