September 6, 2008
WAGNER 'ENCOURAGED' AFTER WORKOUT
The ominous weather forecast couldn't keep Billy Wagner away from Shea Stadium today. In another step forward, Wagner made throws on flat ground, a day after a 32-pitch bullpen session,...
UCONN TOPS TEMPLE IN OT
This time there was no blown instant replay call that will haunt Temple, just blown opportunities. The Owls, looking to go to 2-0 for the first time since 1981 and...
REYES
Sad are the designers showing in off-the-beaten-track locations on Saturday, particularly during the hours of downpour. Empty seats and a damp, downtrodden crowd can't be good to play to. And...
"The Sixth Sense" Meets...."Groundhog Day"?
From Kyle Smith in Toronto--I hugely enjoyed last night's big gala showing of Ricky Gervais's debut as a movie star, "Ghost Town," in which he plays a nasty, sarcastic but...
Toronto: Nick, Norah and Kat
I pretty much agree with Kyle's post below about "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist,'' though it's pretty hard not to love any movie that prominently features a Yugo. I once...
Toronto Oscar Watch: Nicely, Knightley
Looks like Keira Knightley is going to notch another Best Actress nomination for the first-rate bodice ripper "The Duchess'' (out Sept. 26) as 17th century relative of Lady Di who...
Toronto Oscar Watch: 'Slumdog' Slamdunk?
I like Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire'' a lot but I think Fox Searchlight -- which just made a deal last week with Warner Bros. to distribute in lieu of the...
VENA CAVA
The duo behind the three-year-old Vena Cava line are growing far more assured and daring in its off-kilter take on downtown glamour. The spring line is not for the faint...
Scene-NYC streets
Allie Leung, who does PR for Lush cosmetics, wears a cool graphic print dress from Alice and Olivia with a fuchsia belt, Furla bag, and Louboutins."I love dresses because they're...
HIGH SCHOOL GLITCH
High school students have been stuck in the wrong classes for days because the computer program used to correct schedules is running slow and often crashes, their guidance counselors told...
ABAETE
Laura Poretzky's got biker shorts on the brain. And it's as bad as it sounds. The part-Cher part-Catwomen look - sheer-ish biker shorts jumpsuits with mesh panels paired with everything...
UNITED BAMBOO
It was all airy simplicity and girlish sophistication at United Bamboo: cotton shift dresses in bold solids like pink and green, some with pintucked necklines, some with pleats; light, boxy...
CHARLOTTE RONSON
For her spring 2009 show - her first inside the Bryant Park tents - Charlotte Ronson kept it all in the family. Big brother Mark spun the jams, little sis...
LACOSTE
Blonde model twins, body suits and checkerboard bikinis - Lacoste's crocodile had a good day. Designer Christophe Lemaire's inspiration came from the South of France: crickets chirping, olive trees, cool...
YIGAL AZROUEL
This season, Yigal Azrouel updated old and explored the new. His signature drapery and muted colors dominated the runway, but the introduction of swimwear (bandeaus paired up with high-waisted bottoms)...
WELCOME TO THE PALINDOME
ST. PAUL - Tuesday night, and the despair is calcifying my joints. Will the last voter to leave the Republican party kindly turn out the lights? The Rethuglicans tonight squander...
METS-PHILLIES GAME POSTPONED
Today's rainout was one of those good news/bad news propositions for the Mets. The good news was that the washout gave 36-year-old Pedro Martinez - already battling what the Mets...
Coverage in today's Post
This weekend's pivotal home series with the Phillies got off to an ominous start Friday night with a 3-0 blanking at the hands of Brett Myers' ridiculous curveball. The loss...
Today's game postponed
As expected, today's 3:55 p.m. game with the Phillies at Shea Stadium has been postponed due to Tropical Storm Hanna. It will be made up as part of a split...
Toronto Oscar Watch: Miss Hathaway For Best Actress
Some extravagant claims have been advanced for Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married,'' but I can tell you that Anne Hathaway has likely clinched a Best Actress nomination for her stunning...
UFT'S 'DOT' DATA
While we are proud of the Green Dot partnership with the United Federation of Teachers, we want you to get the facts straight ("Teachers in New No-'Perk'ing Zone," Sept. 4)....
A HERO TO LEAD US: IS MCCAIN REALLY ABLE?
THE ISSUE:John McCain's speech accepting the Republican nomination for president. Here's to John McCain ("Hero's Scars," Sept. 5). I thought his speech was terrific. Analysts keep saying that he should...
SHOW US THE BODIES
COULD our troops be extreme cannibals who even eat the ground-up bones? That's the only conclusion I can reach - if I buy the civilian-casualty tales out of Afghanistan and...
NOW THEY'LL TAKE YOUR LAPTOP
NOW might be a good time to buy some FedEx stock. International travelers are sure to be shipping a lot of laptops on overnight delivery to avoid losing them for...
AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ENEMY: WOMEN
IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two decades later,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 627; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 1219; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 167; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 8439;...
PHELPS' SMOOTH STROKE
Now we know how Michael Phelps touched the wall first to win a gold medal by .01 seconds in Beijing - he practices his technique in the off season on...
IT'S A TV LANDSLIDE FOR MAC
John McCain is the newest "American idol" after winning the presidential ratings race. The Republican presidential nominee edged Democratic challenger Barack Obama to become the most-watched speaker in convention history,...
PALIN CLUBBED BY OPRAH SNUB
Oprah Winfrey is giving Sarah Palin the cold shoulder. The GOP vice-presidential nominee may have wowed delegates in Minnesota, but Winfrey decided yesterday to freeze her out - saying she...
'PIT BULL' BEATS BIG DOGS IN POLL
She's America's newest sweetheart! GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is more popular than both Barack Obama and John McCain - viewed favorably by 58 percent of voters, according to a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Two security-staff members were wounded while fighting with a trio of unruly patrons at Home nightclub in Chelsea early yesterday. Police said the melee broke out inside the club...
COPS FLOCK TO BIRD'S 'HELP ME!'
Cops in Trenton, NJ, got their feathers ruffled this week when they broke into a home to stop a bloody murder in progress - only to find that the cries...
BURGLARS NAB 'BUGLER'
There was a sour note at the Saratoga race meet this year - brazen crooks stole a $6,000 oil portrait of racetrack bugler Sam Grossman. Artist Terry Lindsey was working...
PAUL CURRAN DEAD AT 75
Paul Curran, a former Manhattan US attorney, state assemblyman and special counsel to the Justice Department, died of cancer Thursday. He was 75. Curran became a national figure when he...
JUDGE SACKS EX-GIANT
After failing yet again to show up for his sentencing, former New York Giant wide receiver Mark Ingram got slapped with a bench warrant yesterday in Central Islip, LI. Ingram,...
PLAYING THE TAX ANGLES
Rep. Charles Rangel's lawyers say he can claim a tax deduction on the decreasing value of his swank Dominican Republic villa - but tax experts yesterday said the amount depends...
BUSTED BRAVEST A MAN OF 'STEAL': FEDS
A pistol-packing Queens firefighter was busted yesterday as part of an alleged robbery ring whose members specialized in home invasions and ripping off successful business owners. Ricardo Louis, 30, was...
YOGA RAGE AT ROCKERS
The owners of a Chelsea yoga studio are bent out of shape over their not-so-Zen upstairs neighbors - a hard-rock band. Joschi Body Bodega's Web site promises customers they can...
CHARLIE'S TROPICAL DEAL
Controversial Rep. Charles Rangel, already under fire for not paying taxes on income from a beachfront villa he owns in a Dominican resort, also got an interest-free mortgage on the...
SORRY, YOUR FERRARI
At $550,000, its price was so low that this old car just had to be stolen. Car enthusiasts say the classic 1958 Ferrari is worth $4 million to $5 million...
HARLEM BOY SLAIN
A 13-year-old boy was shot to death and two older teens injured last night on a Harlem street. Scotty Scott was standing on West 144th Street near Adam Clayton Powell...
WEB SEARCH FOR LOST TEACH
The search for a Harlem teacher who disappeared a week ago continued yesterday as more than 1,400 people joined a Facebook site appealing for information. But family members said cops...
DAVE'S BALANCING AX
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson, seeking to cope with a looming $5.4 billion budget gap, ordered state agencies yesterday to submit zero-growth budgets for the fiscal year beginning next April 1...
A REAL BEEF WITH SCORES
A former Scores dancer filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the bosses at the lap-dance mecca routinely groped her, tried to get her to fool around with patrons and once even...
SILVER'S 'REZONE' DEFENSE
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was blasted yester day by a Democratic primary opponent for allegedly failing to oppose the Bloomberg adminis tration's sweeping rezoning plan for the Lower East Side....
TELLER 'COPS' TO BANK HEIST
A teller yesterday admitted helping a transit cop to twice hold up the Sovereign Bank branch she worked at on the Lower East Side. Christina Dasrath, 21, pleaded guilty in...
HOW LEGAL MISCUES LED TO SLAY
A crackhead accused of fatally punching and stomping a Queens man should have been locked up - but a series of screw-ups may have allowed the alleged killer to walk...
SUMMER OF SCAM
Joba Chamberlain's Jersey Shore look-alike may not be a Yankee - but he's still a major-league player. Ryan Ward, 29, an unemployed Asbury Park resident, says he used the striking...
SERBS JAIL THUG-FLEE DIPLOMAT
The Serbian diplomat accused of slipping an illegal passport to a thuggish compatriot in New York has been tossed in jail back home while officials investigate whether he took a...
HANNA BARBARIC
Hanna, no longer a hurricane but still a very wet tropical storm, will soak the city today as it blitzes its way up the East Coast. "It's a fast-moving storm....
CYCLIST GETS TO RIDE FREE
Cycling advocates claimed victory yesterday after all charges were dropped against a Critical Mass rider videotaped as an NYPD rookie shoved him to the ground - but they are not...
GLOOM AND DOOM
Surging job losses and the highest rate of mortgage delinquencies in 29 years combined to send new recession chills through the economy. A surprising jump in unemployment to a five-year...
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING TIMES FEELS THE 'PINCH'
The New York Times yesterday said it will cut back the number of sections it has in the daily paper it sells in the metro New York area beginning next...
MORTGAGE BIGS' BAILOUT LOOMS
The US Treasury may be ready to throw a long-awaited life jacket to floundering mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - a move that may spell bad news for...
TAX-WRITER, TAX-DODGER
Maybe the House of Representatives should set up a separate ethics committee just for Rep. Charlie "Cash Cow" Rangel. It certainly would be busy. Late Thursday, the Manhattan Democrat skulked...
OUTRAGED 'ORGANIZERS'
Let it be known: America's community organizers are not amused. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, delivered a spirited defense this week of her performance as mayor of tiny Wasilla,...
LONG 'TO DO' LIST FOR THE BIG 4
ST. PAUL, Minn. - With just eight weeks to go before the election, here's what each of the four candidates must do: Barack Obama: Widely favored to win, Obama ironically...
JETS' LOWERY A ROOKIE IN NAME ONLY
For NFL quarterbacks, opposing rookie cornerbacks are usually like chum in ocean waters for sharks - there to be devoured. When Chad Pennington looks across the line of scrimmage tomorrow...
LIBERTY PLAYOFF-BOUND
Power defenders Shameka Christon and Tiffany Jackson were on the inactive list, but the Liberty had Atlanta wishing they were elsewhere, beating the Dream, 82-71, and clinching a playoff berth...
M'S MORROW STIFLES YANKS
SEATTLE - What happens when a gas-throwing stud faces an aging team that took a six-hour flight from Tampa and is forbidden to dip into the amphetamine jar? A pitcher...
REGGIE: ALEX HOME-RUN QUEST 'SPECIAL' TO ME
SEATTLE - Reggie Jackson congratulated Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mark McGwire when they passed him on the all-time home run list. Yet, when Alex Rodriguez blows by Jackson,...
ONLY TYNES WILL TELL WHEN KICKER RETURNS
It doesn't appear Lawrence Tynes is going to be back kicking for the Giants any time soon. Tynes tested his injured left knee yesterday for the first time in a...
SKINS' SAMUELS 'WAS OUT OF LINE'
It's a long season, with plenty of time and games between now and Nov. 30, but you can be sure Mathias Kiwanuka will be counting the days until he meets...
GIANTS REPORT CARD
QUARTERBACKS: B Great start, not-so-great finish for Eli Man ning (19-of-35, 216, 1 INT), who did not throw a scoring pass but did show some nifty footwork on bootleg TD....
PIGSKIN PROFIT
OREGON ST. at PENN ST.3:30 p.m. ESPNLine: Penn State by 16 1/2. Angle: If anything might drive coach Joe Paterno from the sidelines (besides poor health), it is the continued...
RED BULLS LOOK FOR PLAYOFF PUSH
For most of this season, making the playoffs for the Red Bulls was more a pipe dream than a reality. But when they head to Chicago tonight (8:30, FSC, WADO)...
TEMPLE, UCONN PLAY IT AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA ? Despite being in the minority, this is how strongly opposed to instant replay this reporter is: It shouldn?t even be used in adult films. It shouldn?t be used...
HONDO WEAVES WEBB
Formerly sizzling Hondo cooled off slightly last night when the Tigers endured a vicious beating in Minne sota, which resulted in the earnings to drop to 715 careys. Today, the...
SPORTS SHORTS
BLOTTER: Jones runs out of pen Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones was released yesterday from federal prison in San Antonio after completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about her...
HALL CALL A BIG PAT ON BACK FOR EWING
MICHAEL Jordan can't steal it with one of his double-nickel performances, and Reggie Miller can't take it away by raining down 3-pointers that cut like daggers. Even Hakeem Olajuwon is...
AMAZIN'S BLANKED BY MYERS, PHILLIES
This one had nothing to do with pregame taunts from Mike Schmidt or last September's collapse - though the ghosts of '07 were never far from the minds of Met...
WEATHER WORRIES
If the Mets' game this afternoon at Shea Stadium with the Phillies is rained out by Tropical Storm Hanna, as expected, the teams would play a split doubleheader tomorrow. The...
WAGS NEARER TO RETURN; MIGHT NOT CLOSE
Billy Wagner is closing in on a return to the Mets, but not necessarily as their closer. Manager Jerry Manuel made that clear yesterday, saying how Wagner performs in a...
LOSS NO BIG DEAL
THE Mets have come along way this season, and the greatest example occurred last night when they lost a series opener to the Phillies in September and it felt like,...
SHEA WHAT? FAMER'S PEP TALK STIRS POT
Mike Schmidt is full of it. At least that was the Mets' interpretation of the Hall of Fame third baseman's motivational e-mail to the Phillies yesterday. In a message that...
SCHMIDT TO PHILLY: 'METS KNOW YOU'RE BETTER'
MIKE Schmidt never did get to see what a real rivalry with the Mets could sound like, feel like, look like from up close. During his most dominant years, the...
MYERS IS TOO MUCH
Tropical Storm Brett blew into Shea Stadium last night and not just doused the Mets, but left them underwater. In maybe the most dominant performance by a starting pitcher the...
TEMPER RUNS IN SAFINA'S FAMILY
Just last week, after his first round win over Vince Spadea, Marat Safin talked about controlling his temper. That victory was marred by his outburst in which he swore at...
FEDERER-NADAL III MATCHUP IN SIGHT
Rafael Nadal raced off the practice court yesterday after a two-hour session and signed the Sports Illustrated cover featuring himself and Roger Federer. The cover picture showed the two rivals...
EMOTIONAL JANKOVIC SHOOTS FOR FIRST SLAM
Jelena Jankovic always has shown her feelings on the court, and yesterday was no different. Jankovic, the No. 2 seed, was elated after the most seminal moment of her career,...
SERENA CRUISES INTO FINAL
The anticlimactic U.S. Open women's semifinal concluded yesterday with the expected result. Even Venus Williams, who showed up at Arthur Ashe Stadium to root on her sister, yawned on match...
WEATHER OR NOT
Because today's Tropical Storm Hanna potentially could wipe out Super Saturday at the U.S. Open, the USTA announced it would hold its men's final Monday at 5 p.m., if necessary....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
In Texas, Big Brown just keeps on delivering. UPS deliveryman Brent Boyd clocked his 1 millionth mile on his van - the one he's been driving for 22 years. The...
BURCH DRESSES DOWN GOP
Diane von Furstenberg was at last night's launch of new mag WSJ. She said there is certainly something missing from fashion coverage and who better to fill the gap than...
BCBG MAXAZRIA RUNWAY
This was the perfect kick-off to Spring 2009 Fashion Week. The collection - as expected - was pretty, soft, and well-edited. The designer worked in mostly neutral palettes (mauves, whites,...
RAG & BONE
Any show that rocks out to Joy Division is guaranteed to be a good one. And this season, Rag & Bone didn't disappoint. Taking inspiration from the British youth of...
WHO'S THAT 'GOSSIP GIRL'?
The success of a show this Fashion Week will be measured in terms of "Gossip Girl" sightings - and so far, Leighton Meester's the It 'Girl.' She got Fashion Rocks...
OPENING DATE
SUMMER weekends might be a wash, with so many people out of town - but now that fall is around the corner, it's all about the Saturday date. So guys,...
ARTS & MINDS
BEACH trips, water parks, sleep-overs . . . no doubt you've made sure that summer was good to your kids. But after three months of playing cruise director, you probably...
EAST VILLAGERS READY TO HOWL
THE East Village knows how to party - always has and, thanks to the Howl Festival, it always will. The annual free festival returns for its fifth year, filling the...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY TEEN TURTLES: No, not mutant ninjas, but the young playwrights and actors behind the Turtle Tales Teen Play Festival. Expect six short new comedies about crazy aliens, klutzy explorers,...
MMM BRAIN CELLS
IF Homer Simpson had any brain cells, he would be proud. A unique experiment found that a specific, individual brain cell fires when a person watches episodes of "The Simpsons"...
BIGGS DEAL!
'AMERICAN Pie" star Jason Biggs is in negotiations to star in a TV series from "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz. The untitled sitcom revolves around a family that "loves too...
STAR QUALITY
IS it real or is it "Entourage"? The answer is not always clear. Like NBC's "30 Rock," HBO's Hollywood-based comedy series about a young, handsome, laid-back (and fictional) movie star...
ERIN FEATHERSTON
Erin Featherston is a highly stylized woman. Her personal look - long, blunt, platinum bangs - is almost theatrical, so it should come as no surprise that her collection for...