March 5, 2007
MAILBAG MONDAY
Trying to create a rhythm with this blog, so on Mondays, you can always count on me answering your mail from the previous week. And it will be earlier than...
Bracket Update
Here's my latest bracket projection as we enter the big conference tournaments. This was done Monday before any games were played. Syracuse fans are still going to be mad at...
Happytimes!
When a new DVD comes in, I tend to go straight for the special features. When I got "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,''...
Sample Sales!
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Sorry, Dubya's Already Been Cast
We could care less, but we figured some of you might have been wondering about "National Treasure: Book of Secrets,'' December's sequel to the silly 2004 knockoff of "The Da...
"South Park" on the Xbox
After a couple episodes involving Cartman's quest for a Wii, "South Park" is showing Xbox some love. Not that kind though. Starting tomorrow, Xbox Live subscribers will get to download...
The walking wounded
Mr. Berman is off today, so I'm manning the blog. AT practice today, the Knicks injury news was mixed. David Lee and Quentin Richardson practiced. Nate Robison did not. Lee...
Hold off on trading Pavano
By GEORGE KING Watching Carl Pavano work two innings Sunday against the Phillies the mind was allowed to wonder about what the Yankees could get in return for the oft-injured...
"Resistance" is not entirely futile
Yeehaw! If you've been bored to distraction while waiting for a sweet new PS3 game to launch, get out those smelling salts because there's a temporary solution. More content for...
THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT
Turns out that people with high incomes like shows that you and I -- the paycheck people -- could give a rat's patooty about it.Like what? Like "Saturday Night Football,"...
All alone with the memory
We may not be at GDC 07 (Games Developers Conference, going down in San Francisco March 5-9), but that doesn't mean we can't bring you news from it.Without further ado...Microsoft's...
Patrick Division Standoff
As far as Rangers fans are concerned, the consolation for the four cups won by the Isles is that the Broadway Blues are "only" 13 years removed from the greatest...
Deal of the Day
Nieves Lavi's outrageously comfy silk jersey dresses are a personal favorite.With their unmistakably cool prints, these strappy dresses can double as jumpers or solo and sexy.This ultra feminine floral print...
New on Wii Shop Channel
Virtually hitting a Wii near you today...for a price, that is.Elevator Action (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)A multidirectional, scrolling spy action game. Sneak a spy into a building to...
Day 24: John Maine and Tough Love
Willie Randolph enjoys engaging his players. In many ways, this is when the best – or worst – managing is done. While in-game strategy draws the most plusses and minuses...
Hogging the Box Office
Tinseltown is scratching its collective head today over how the high-concept, lowbrow comedy "Wild Hogs'' could open at $38 million, way ahead of expectations and the well-reviewed thriller "Zodiac,'' which...
THE SECOND SHIFT
MONDAY through Friday, Chris Fisher is a typical college grad starting out in the business world, putting in long hours as an analyst in the research department of a fi...
DREAM JOB: DOUG GOODSTEIN
IT'S 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, and Doug Goodstein is hard at work, watching a nubile young woman peel off her clothes. She's one of three porn stars who are...
GO TO GREG
Q. I was recently fired from my job as the manager of a medical office because my boss said she suspects me of embezzling from the company. To add insult...
MOVIN' ON UP
WITH the ink barely dry on your year-end review, it may seem too early to hit your boss up for a promotion. But just as healthy plants rise from seeds...
JOSEPHINE BAKER - DIVA EXTRAORDINAIRE
Today's page looks at the popular American singer, dancer, actress and comedienne who took Europe by storm after fleeing racism at home. Josephine Baker was born Freda McDonald on June...
TOP OF THE POPS
THOUGH their trippy, sultry, harmonic folk-rock-pop debut album, "Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge" doesn't hit stores until March 20, the Pierces - blond Catherine and brunette Allison - are...
DYING GIMMICK
FROM its portentous title to its show-offy style, "Dying City" exhibits the efforts of a playwright trying far too hard. This one-act effort by Christopher Shinn ("Four," "Where Do We...
MET'S 'MEISTERSINGER' IS MEISTERLY STAGED
THERE is a gorgeous pomp and circum stance to Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg." At least there is in the right performance - and it was pretty much a right...
'HEROES' SPRING BREAK
THE creator of "Heroes" is facing a cliffhanger of his own that will leave him in suspense for six weeks. The question: Will his red-hot NBC series take a hit...
CHEST SHOOT ME
I don't want to pick on Pickler, but dear God! Kellie's new look, which she revealed on "Idol" the other night, is a bigger disaster than the Hindenburg! And twice...
BARBARO MOVIE PLANS
HBO has quietly begun production on a full-scale movie about Barbaro, the super-horse that won the Kentucky Derby last year only to break down in the Preakness two weeks later....
CONAN FIGHTS RUMORS
AS far as Conan O'Brien is concerned, he is on track to take over as host of "The Tonight Show" in 2009. "There's a million things that could happen," mused...
STARR REPORT
Secret operation Lisa Ling, the former "View" co-host now globetrotting for National Geographic Channel (and Oprah Winfrey), called to discuss her new special, "Explorer: Inside North Korea," airing tonight at...
POL RIPS BLACKOUT P.R. OVERLOAD
A state assemblyman yesterday complained that Con Ed spent more than a half million dollars on a publicity campaign while stiffing businesses that lost money in last summer's Queens blackout....
$HOCKING! CON ED IN BID TO BOOST CHARGES
Your wallet could be in for a big jolt - electricity prices will surge next year if Con Ed gets its way. While admitting that New Yorkers "probably" pay the...
CITY SHUTS RENOWNED PIZZERIA
John's of Bleecker Street - a Greenwich Village landmark for 78 years - was closed during its dinner rush for a series of "minor" health code violations, the pizzeria's owner...
BEAT-UP PRIEST BACK IN PULPIT
A Queens priest attacked by an ex-con who years ago torched the cleric's church was back at the pulpit yesterday, reassuring parishioners, "I'm OK." The Rev. Christopher Ezeoke didn't mention...
THREAT BY CITY UNION HIT$ HOME
Officials at the city's largest municipal union threatened to halt campaign donations to council members if they don't support a measure to let union workers live outside the city, The...
DIFFERENT DRUMMER
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is openly gay, is saying goodbye to Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade and hello to Dublin's march - because it doesn't discriminate against homosexuals....
CITY PROBES SCHOOLS BIG
City investigators have launched a probe into recent financial dealings of Deputy Schools Chancellor Chris Cerf, the former president of Edison Schools Inc. who hastily dumped his equity stake in...
CORPSE IN SUITCASE ON W'CHESTER SHORE
A woman's torso stuffed into a suitcase washed up in a beachfront Westchester park over the weekend, cops said yesterday. People walking along the shore in Mamaroneck's Harbor Island Park...
MAN SUES MTA OVER TRACK FALL
A Manhattan man has sued NYC Transit, saying he slipped and tripped onto a subway track last spring and was hit by a train - losing three fingers and half...
NO HOSE? NO VISIBILITY? NO PROB FOR FIRE HEROES
A trio of hero Bravest - including a rookie on just his third call - groped blindly through thick smoke and intense heat yesterday to rescue a mother and her...
SCHOOL 'SAFETY'
City high-school students are taking a "Trojan" course - and it's not about ancient Greek warfare. Public high schools ordered 254,000 condoms last year, handing them out to lusty high-school...
KILLER COULD WALK
A lucky break put career crook Terrance Breazil behind bars more than a decade ago for fatally shooting a love rival in the genitals. Now, it'll take another stroke of...
METRO-NORTH TERROR CHECK
The feds are considering sending special security teams on random bag searches of city-bound passengers at Metro-North train stations across Westchester, The Post has learned. Transportation Security Administration officials and...
REV. MIKE PREACHES ED. REFORM
Looking to stem the growing dissent from parents who say they are being shut out of the education-reform process, Mayor Bloomberg visited two black churches in Queens yesterday to give...
CREEP SLICES DANCER'S FACE AT CELEB CLUB: COPS
A beautiful aspiring dancer was horribly slashed in the face after she spurned a man's advances at a Manhattan nightclub frequented by Lindsay Lohan and Ivanka Trump, cops and the...
'S&M' MARRIAGE FROM HELL
Years before she allegedly began using whips and chains on eager clients of her S&M business, kinky Westchester mansion mistress Sandra Chemero endured the real thing in five stormy years...
HONORED FOTOG FACES PORN RAP
A Queens photographer who hobnobbed with politicians, and posed with celebrities such as Marc Anthony and Al Pacino, is awaiting extradition from Colombia on federal heroin and child-porn charges after...
BID TO CURB ONLINE STEROID SALES
Depraved doctors and crooked pharmacies will continue peddling illicit performance-enhancing pills to amateur and pro athletes across the country unless lawmakers pass tough new anti-drug legislation, a prominent federal lawmaker...
BEAT & BURN ATTACK
"Lady, I'm gonna kill you!" That's what a crazed, 62-year-old woman snarled to an elderly neighbor yesterday before bashing the woman's head with a metal pipe and setting her East...
BRASS EYE 311 ONLINE
The 311 system has been such a runaway success that officials are now thinking about connecting it to the Internet and providing real-time information about how city workers respond to...
DIG IT! 2ND AVE. LINE IS ON TRACK
The second groundbreaking of the Second Avenue subway is only weeks away, MTA officials say. "It's been in the planning for the last 60 years, but it's going to happen...
TRUMP CONDO A NO-NO IN SOHO
A hundred angry SoHo residents yesterday called on the city to block the construction of Donald Trump's planned condo-hotel, saying it violated zoning laws and would de-stroy the character of...
DA BIGS BOOST EX-COP IN SLAY
An ex-cop consultant with the Brooklyn DA's Office who's facing possible manslaughter charges on Staten Island got some high-powered help yesterday. Sources told The Post that the Brooklyn DA's chief...
VIDEO HORROR SHOW
A dramatic video released yesterday shows bound Iraqi security officers saying their final prayers before being gunned down by a Sunni death squad. In the video, masked men chanting praises...
TERROR-LINKED IRANIAN IN 'KIDNAP' PUZZLE
JERUSALEM - A retired Iranian general linked to the killing of five American soldiers in Baghdad vanished mysteriously in Istanbul last month, Israeli media reported yesterday. Arab newspapers are hinting...
TERROR CAMPS GAINING GROUND IN PAKISTAN
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have evidence that al Qaeda and the Taliban are becoming more organized inside Pakistan and are boldly planning more attacks on U.S. interests, The Post...
TV PALS VISIT QUIZ-WHIZ CHUCK
WASHINGTON - New York's nerds will finally get their revenge when 1960s veterans of the high-school TV quiz show "It's Academic" reunite in the plush Capitol offices of their most...
RANGEL LIKES BARACK BUT BACKS YOU-KNOW-WHO
WASHINGTON - Harlem Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel says he will back Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House bid - even though he encouraged her most threatening rival, Sen. Barack Obama,...
HILL, OBAMA IN A 'CIVIL' WAR
SELMA, Ala. - Hillary Rodham Clinton hailed the civil-rights protests launched here 42 years ago for giving her rival, Barack Obama, a legitimate shot at the White House - and...
LISA'S NEW ORBIT
HOUSTON - Here's grounded astronut Lisa Nowak - looking less like a top gun than a scrawny soccer mom as she strides from a building noted for its large number...
IT'S 'HOG' HEAVEN
The motorcycle movie was No. 1 over the weekend, keeping its engine running despite bad reviews and making off with $38 million over its three-day debut, according to studio estimates...
NYPD BLOTTER
ManhattanThree thugs robbed a clerk at gunpoint in a Harlem coin laundry, police sources said yesterday. The incident began at 3:20 a.m. Friday at the Soap Opera Laundromat on West...
B'KLYN KINGPIN'S REIGN OF CARNAGE
HE WAS New York's killing machine. John "Bloody Hatchet" Hatcher, the brother of a minister, has admitted to involvement in more than 80 shootings - including 30 homicides - while...
STREET PREACH
IF THINGS continue to accelerate at the present rate, Father Eugene Sawicki - priest, retired New York City firefighter, lawyer, doctor of nursing, judge of the New York Inter-Diocesan Appellate...
CLINTONITES 'EXPLODE' AT NEUTRAL GOV. ELIOT
ALBANY - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign organization "exploded" last week over Gov. Spitzer's refusal to endorse her for president, according to senior Democratic officials. And, in another sign of...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 123; Lucky Sum: 6 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 9061; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 212; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Win-4 Sun.: 3105;...
O CHRISTMAS TREE
Federal prosecutors last week served Gov. Jon Corzine with a raft of sub poenas, aimed at the hundreds of millions in last-minute pork that's added to the New Jersey budget...
HOW FAT IS THE CAT?
Kenneth Raske, top dog at the Greater New York Hospital Association, has a million reasons to derail Gov. Spitzer's efforts to control health-care costs in New York state. More precisely,...
PARLEY'S NO SELLOUT
CONTRARY to the impression left by many, this coming weekend's international conference in Baghdad has nothing to do with last year's Baker-Hamilton panel. It's an idea first launched by Iraqi...
KOREA: A LONG WAY TO PEACE
SOME have gotten a bit giddy - or a bit nervous - about the prospects for vastly improved U.S.-North Korean relations coming out of the bilateral talks that start this...
WHY I'M FIGHTING
IF New York's health-care system were a patient, it would be in critical condition. We spend far more on health care than any other state. And what do we have...
KILLER VIEWS
LET 'em die - just don't mess with our perfect view. That's the message from New York environmentalists who've prevented the construction of cell-phone towers along Interstate 87 in the...
PERILS OF THE GRAVY TRAIN
THE Federal Railroad Administration handed a rare victory to the American taxpayer last week by denying a questionable $2.33 billion loan application by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern (DM&E) Railroad....
MAYORAL CONTROL FAILS NOT-SO-PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THE ISSUE: A recent rally to protest the city's efforts to reform public education in New York. It's time you stopped blaming the ills of New York City's public schools...
DINING FOR $$$
Manhattan restaurant king Stephen Hanson just made the deal of his life, selling all of his popular eateries to Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Capital Group as one of a pair of...
GMAC'S SUBPRIME STAKE MAY HURT CERBERUS
The subprime mortgage market collapse just might give private-equity titan Cerberus a headache for the forseeable future. As the headlines mount about woes in the subprime sector, Park Avenue-based Cerberus'...
A TIME TO EARN
Lost in the media coverage of private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings' $2.4 billion purchase of Reader's Digest Association was the company's simultaneous purchase of Time-Life, which resulted in a roughly...
ADWEEK CROWNS OPRAH MAG QUEEN
Talk show titan Oprah Winfrey now stands atop the magazine business as well. O, The Oprah Magazine was ranked No. 1 on Adweek's magazine Hot List, which the trade weekly...
HOT? MAYBE NOT
Adweek has crowned the hottest magazines in America, as measured by ad sales and circulation growth. When it comes to entertainment value, however, the most recent issues of several leave...
LEATHER IN LIFTOFF LAND
Anyone who's suffered sticker shock while shopping for a new leather handbag recently, take note: pricey bags look set to get even more expensive. Demand for these bags - as...
IN KNEED OF HAMILTON
It has been an excruciatingly painful four-year trek for St. John's to make it back to the Big East Conference Tournament. How fitting that St. John's will have to wait...
MCMORRIS PUSHES KENNEDY TO SEMIS WITH 20-POINT GEM
Tatiyiana McMorris' debut at Madison Square Garden came years ago, as a kid playing during halftime of a Liberty game. As much as she enjoyed that, the Kennedy senior would...
'BIZ' HITS ROAD BUMP
What took a bigger hit last week: The stock market when it fell 400 points, or Nobiz Like Shobiz's standing as the early Derby favorite after he finished a puzzling...
A ROUGH SPILL AT BIG A
Ugly one-horse spill in seventh race could have been much worse. LC Tornado, a New York-bred 5-year-old mare making 15th start, off at 14-1, was driving to lead inside final...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Texans, Green reach deal The Texans agreed to terms with free agent running back Ahman Green. The 30-year-old former Packer will likely become the starter for a team that...
DEVILS DOWNER
The return of their record goal-scorer didn't snap the Devils out of their latest drought. Now they're skidding as they hit the road for nine of 11. In their last...
BIG BLUE STILL IN RB MARKET
The Giants yesterday went another day without a signing in free agency. At least they are making inquiries into finding a running back. They played host to Dominic Rhodes of...
GUARDED OPTIMISM
After 61 games, the Knicks have come full circle. They are back to where they started in training camp: optimistic the backcourt tandem of Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis can...
HUMBERSTRUCK
FORT LAUDERDALE - Facing Ramon Hernandez yesterday, Philip Humber threw a wild pitch. Later in the same at-bat, Humber hit Hernandez. Humber - the Mets' second-best pitching prospect - was...
SLOW LEARNER
FORT LAUDERDALE - Tom Glavine is more than the guy John Maine plays catch with every day. Glavine is Maine's off-speed guru. He will lecture on the whens and whys...
WRIGHT: I'D MOVE OVER FOR A-ROD
FORT LAUDERDALE - When the Yankees traded for Alex Rodriguez, he switched positions. If the Mets get A-Rod after this year, David Wright wouldn't mind doing it himself. A-Rod has...
COMEBACK KIDDING
PHILADELPHIA - In the wake of their loss to Boston on Saturday, one of the most bitter defeats in their often tortured history, a reminder was scrawled prominently on the...
BIG NIGHT NO BIGGIE FOR KIDD
PHILADELPHIA - Jason Kidd achieved a personal best last night with his 10th triple double of the season. His reaction? Big whoop. "I didn't pay any attention," Kidd said of...
RANGERS NEED TO MUSCLE UP
SO who's going to be will ing to take a game misconduct the first time Brendan Witt, Sean Hill or any other Islander runs Jaromir Jagr tonight? Who's going to...
JIM'S GARDEN GROANS
NOT that you needed reminding, but as big as Madison Square Garden is, it's run by the smallest big shot in town. Even when Jim Dolan tries to take the...
CARL TAKES A SUNDAY DRIVE
CLEARWATER - Johnny Damon sliced through the garbage that surrounds Carl Pavano's re-entry into the Yankees' universe. Tagged the "American Idle" for missing all of last year and the second...
JOE NO! TORRE DODGES SAILING BAT
CLEARWATER - Joe Torre and special assignment instructor Rob Thomson came very close to getting hit in the head when Shane Victorino lost his bat on a swing in the...
YANKS REACH OUT TO MURCER
CLEARWATER - Reggie Jackson and Gene Michael were talking about Bobby Murcer Saturday at Legends Field when Jackson suggested he phone Murcer at home in Oklahoma. "I said, 'Not now.'...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It's a couch potato's dream come true. Recent Duke University grad John Cornwell has invented the Beer Launching Fridge, a remote-controlled device that tosses cans of beer. It starts with...