February 13, 2008
Thoughts on Pavlik-Taylor II
February 13, 2008 | 10:26pmHere's my column from ESPN.com on Saturday's rematch between Kelly Pavlik and Jermain Taylor.
Torre: 2004 ALCS started fall
February 13, 2008 | 10:07pmAPJoe Torre said he thinks his situation in New York began to deteriorate when the Yankees blew a 3-0 lead over Boston in the 2004 AL championship series.???It started from...
KIDD GOING TO DALLAS
February 13, 2008 | 9:22pmTORONTO -- It was in December, one opposing coach recalled, that a member of the New Jersey Nets ' front office was talking to him about Jason Kidd . "He...
Look better naked -- at the W
February 13, 2008 | 8:27pmHow to successfully fudge Valentine's Day when you haven't given it a second thought up until now -- W Hotels (there are a bunch around the city) is offering a...
Second-half wrapup
February 13, 2008 | 7:46pmThe congressional hearings involving Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee ended after almost five hours of testimony.The afternoon portion of the hearings saw some shots taken at the Mitchell Report, both...
Hearings make Duncan sleepy
February 13, 2008 | 7:38pmBy GEORGE A KING IIIShelley Duncan took a quick look at a clubhouse television before particpating in a late-morning workout today at the Yankees' minor league complex. The TV was...
Kidd traded to Dallas
February 13, 2008 | 7:21pmBy FRED KERBERTORONTO -- It was in December, one opposing coach recalled, that a member of the Nets' front office was talking to him about Jason Kidd."He said that Jason...
Clemens hearing Part 2
February 13, 2008 | 6:19pm4:31This is my final entry of the day. I'll keep it short because I'm exhausted and I'm sure you are, too.I think the thing Clemens can't get past is the...
Lundqvist 'pretty close' to deal
February 13, 2008 | 6:04pmHenrik Lundqvist today addressed his looming contract extension, likely to be signed soon at six years for between $38-40 million.At an average of $6.5 million a year, Lundqvist would be...
First-half wrapup
February 13, 2008 | 6:00pmThe first half of today???s congressional hearings with Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee in front of the House Oversight Committee about the Mitchell Report and its findings has ended.While much...
Deal of the Day
February 13, 2008 | 5:42pmIf you still haven???t picked out your Oscar viewing party attire, check out these golden Rough Stuff sneakers from Kenneth Cole.A riff on the standard Chuck Taylors, these metallic kicks...
Please sir, I want "Spore"
February 13, 2008 | 4:14pmHurrah! EA and Maxis - makers of the way fabulous SimCity/The Sims franchise - have announced that "Spore" will hit stores on Sept. 7, for PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and...
Buffalo Soldiers
February 13, 2008 | 4:11pmThe upcoming game between the Blueshirts and the Sabres on Saturday is crucial for the Rangers playoff push. Buffalo is far from the same team they were last season, suffering...
SI Swimsuit Issue Premiere Party
February 13, 2008 | 3:58pmIt's a tough job, but someone has to do it. The Post's Don Kaplan caught up with the sexy rookie and veteran models of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue at...
"Mass Effect" to hit the PC in May
February 13, 2008 | 3:54pmGiven the way "Mass Effect's" controls are set up on the Xbox 360 - ie., it feels really natural to change weapons/activate biotics and tech with shoulder buttons and shoot...
Recap: American Idol, Hollywood
February 13, 2008 | 3:30pmThe Post's Melissa Jane Kronfeld (M.J.) and David K. Li blog American Idol, Season 7.Let???s call this: "American Idol: Hollywood, Trial and Error."We credit "Idol" producers, who face sagging ratings...
Starr Report: Baby bump for 'Zoey'
February 13, 2008 | 3:03pmIn all the hubbub over Britney Spears, it's easy to forget that her kid sister, pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, (R) is starring in the fourth season of Nick's "Zoey...
Clemens hearing Part 1
February 13, 2008 | 2:27pm1:24 updateI'm convinved Rep. Davis is wearing a Clemens jersey under his suit. Man, he's bending over backwards to side with Clemens.And now here comes the attack on McNamee .......
AIR SUPPLY: JetBlue to LAX
February 13, 2008 | 12:29pmMany will do a double take reading the latest news from JetBlue, that it will begin JFK-LAX runs on May 21. Don't we already have that?Why no, in fact. We...
DAY-CARE CUTS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe Administration for Children's Services will slash the budgets of city-funded day-care centers that aren't at full capacity in an effort make them more accountable for their own enrollment practices,...
15G ETHICS SLAP ON FORMER PATAKI AIDE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amALBANY - A former aide to Gov. George Pataki yesterday agreed to pay a $15,000 fine for violating state ethics laws by seeking state money for a failed women's museum...
UFT'S RANDI EYES NATIONAL PREZ SLOT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe road has been cleared for United Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten to go national. The president of the million-member American Federation of Teachers, Edward McElroy, announced yesterday he...
HERALD SQ. DEATH TRUCK
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA garbage truck careened onto a sidewalk near Herald Square last night after its driver suffered a heart attack, killing at least one pedestrian and leaving another clinging to life,...
CANDY MAN CAN'T
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amTimes Square's Naked Cowboy is trying to take a $6 million bite out of a giant candy corporation, charging it stole his identity by dressing an animated blue M&M in...
THEY BEAT IT OUT OF ME
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe kinky college professor who was almost strangled during an S&M session at a Midtown club told The Post yesterday he's deeply ashamed and is finally through with the double...
MTA'S DIRECT ROUTE ON WEB
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe MTA has upgraded its online service that gives straphangers directions around town. The mass transit mapping system that provides walking, subway and bus directions, known as "Trip Planner," was...
NY LATINO POLS 'TROUBLED' BY OUSTER
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amTwo New York Hispanic politicians have told Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that reports her Latina campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, was pushed out are "troubling." Queens Assemblyman José Peralta and...
TIGHT PARKING SPOT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amPark and ride? Dream on. Concern that a plan to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street would turn nearby neighborhoods into parking lots is likely unfounded -...
QUOTA GOTTA GO: KLEIN
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein filed a motion in federal court yesterday seeking to end an "antiquated" racial-quota order that governs admissions at seven Brooklyn middle schools. Under the 1974 court...
NYRA KEEPS REINS IN PACT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amHold your horses. Lawmakers and the New York Racing Association have hammered out a deal to avoid a crippling shutdown of the state's thoroughbred tracks, officials in Albany said. NYRA's...
BIG WHEEL RIDES HIGH IN JERSEY
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThere's some wheely big news across the Hudson - the largest Ferris wheel in the nation is about to be built in New Jersey. The massive ride will rise 286...
THE BEAGLE HAS LANDED
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amNow you can call him Numero "Uno." Barking beagle Uno won over a sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd last night, taking Best in Show at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club...
SHRINK IN SLAY HORROR
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA man went berserk at an Upper East Side psychologist's office last night, hacking her to death with a meat cleaver and critically injuring another doctor who ran to her...
SPITZ AIDE CAUGHT IN MORE 'DIRTY TRICKS'
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amALBANY - A top aide to Gov. Spitzer used his official e-mail to distribute an attack on Republican Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno to "interested New Yorkers" including local officials...
QUINN EYES RENTER AID
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amRenters in the city would get a $300 tax credit under a plan unveiled yesterday by Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In her State of the City speech, Quinn (D-Manhattan), who...
ATTYS' 'RANK' PRANK
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amIn brief, it may have been legal, but it wasn't appealing - at least not to some of the female lawyers unknowingly nominated for "Hottest Female Associate" at the city's...
'SICKENING' CEO SEX SUIT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA Staten Island woman says she was sexually harassed by her CEO boss - and it made her sick to her stomach. In Manhattan Supreme Court papers, Carol Marotta says...
MOB SUSPECT BACK TO FACE RAP
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA popular Brooklyn restaurateur, accused of leading a secret life as a Mafia soldier, was tanned, rested and arraigned yesterday on a $1 million bond after ending an Aruban vacation...
FEDS: PUT KILLER ON DEATH ROW
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amGangbanger James McTier is a danger "to life and limb" and should be put to death for ordering the murders of three people, prosecutors said yesterday on the first day...
$7M SEX SUIT BY LI SCHOOL AIDE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA former administrative assistant for a Long Island school district claims she was sexually harassed by her bosses, who also frequently voiced anti-Semitic slurs, a lawsuit charges. Mineola Schools Superintendent...
$66M OUTRAGE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amHe was voted "one of the best lawyers in New York City" - but he's apparently not so good with money. Prominent Manhattan real-estate lawyer Ira L. Berman allegedly dipped...
SPIELBERG IN GAMES BAN OVER DARFUR
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amSteven Spielberg says he'll wage a one-man Olympic boycott, pulling his support from this summer's Beijing Games because of the Chinese government's policy on Darfur. "I find that my conscience...
JUDGE TELLS MCCARTNEY: 'NO REPLY' TO PRESS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA British judge yesterday told Paul McCartney and Heather Mills to clam up publicly about their divorce trial, as the court screened home movies in the closed-door legal battle. Justice...
KID HILTON FOLLOWS SIS INTO SLAM
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA booze-fueled joyride landed another silver-spooned Hilton kid in jail yesterday. Cops busted Paris Hilton's 18-year-old brother, Barron, for driving under the influence, officials said. He was released on $20,000...
SHE COULDN'T EVEN HOLD HER 'OWN'
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amHillary Rodham Clinton was trounced last night because she couldn't even hang on to her most reliable supporters - women, blue-collar workers and the elderly, according to exit surveys in...
THREE-SY DOES IT FOR OBAMA
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amWASHINGTON - Barack Obama won stunningly lopsided victories against Hillary Rodham Clinton last night in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, as he extended his extraordinary winning streak to 8-0 since...
MCC: HOW SWEEP IT IS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amSen. John McCain swept the Potomac primaries last night, thumping Mike Huckabee in Virginia, Maryland and DC, and taking another big step toward becoming the Republican nominee McCain defeated Huckabee,...
BEWARE OF 'BABY BUMP' BOMBS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe feds have alerted law-enforcement agencies to the possibility of pregnant suicide bombers and women using prosthetics to fake pregnancy to smuggle explosives - but insisted there's no immediate threat...
A PLAN TO STAVE OFF FORECLOSURE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe Bush administration yesterday announced a new initiative that will give struggling homeowners threatened with foreclosure an extra 30 days to work out a payment plan with their lenders. Dubbed...
BUSH BLING BRAWL
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amA multimillionaire financier, once engaged to President Bush's former sister-in-law, wants his ring back - and he says it's worth more than $400,000. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court,...
BRIT DOESN'T WANT HER KIDS: 1ST EX
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amBritney Spears' first husband reportedly claims the pop wreck doesn't want custody of her children because she can "always have other kids." In Touch magazine quotes Jason Alexander, who claims...
MIGHTY MITE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amHere's one dwarf who could toss you. Indian little big man Aditya "Romeo" Dev, 19, stands only 2-foot-9, but he's recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's...
POLS CLEAR E-PERV LAW
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amLegislation that would make it illegal for sexual predators to chat with minors online cleared the state Senate yesterday, as the city's district attorneys threw their weight behind the measure....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amMANHATTAN Police yesterday were searching for a girl who disappeared from Roosevelt Island. Jaslyn Gonzales, 12, who police sources say is a chronic runaway and lives in foster care, was...
'GIULIANI' GAME PLAN WILL KILL HILL
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amWASHINGTON - What is it with these New Yorkers running for president? First, Rudy Giuliani pins his entire presidential bid on a late-voting, big-state strategy and flames out in Florida...
LOTTERY
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 320; Lucky Sum: 5 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 9427; Lucky Sum: 22 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 273; Lucky Sum: 12; Evening Win-4 Tue.: 7667; Lucky...
THERE HE GOES AGAIN
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amSo much for the kinder, gentler Eliot Spitzer - the governor who, just one month ago, was calling on Re publicans and Democrats to "work together for the common good,...
SUE THE BUMS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amIf there ever was an appropriate target for a big, fat lawsuit, it's New York City's newly revamped public campaign-finance system. Happily, 13 plaintiffs filed just such a suit in...
JERSEY BEING JERSEY
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amNew Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is catch ing hell from Mothers Against Drunk Driving for renaming an Essex County highway in honor of a congressman who once represented the area....
SAVING THE SAILORS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amIN spite of a presidential waiver, last week US Dis trict Judge Florence-Marie Cooper re-issued a January injunction against the Navy's use of active sonar in anti-sub training off southern...
PAKISTAN: FAIR ELECTIONS OR BUST
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amPAKISTAN next week may hold its first-ever reason ably free and fair general elections. Initial attempts by elements in the military to exclude some parties have failed, as have efforts...
FINISHING THE JOB
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amHAMADAH, IRAQ THIS small, rural village in the Diyala Province north of Baghdad experienced a rev olution a month ago. It had been controlled by al Qaeda and its band...
THE IMMIGRATION ANSWER
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amON Jan. 1, Arizona became the first state to require all em ployers to confirm workers' legal status via the federal "E-Verify" system. Having survived a federal court challenge last...
HILL-MSNBC 'HO'-DOWN: HANDS OFF MY DAUGHTER
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton found MSNBC reporter David Shuster's "pimped out" comment about Chelsea "incredibly offensive" and demanded an apology ("Chelsea 'Pimp' Fury," Feb. 9). It is offensive, but is...
NY LANDMARK ADRIFT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe Coney Island Parachute Jump illumination is an internationally recognized symbol of Coney Island and Brooklyn - created in close collaboration with NYC's Economic Development Corporation, the Department of Parks...
NO PLACE LIKE ROAD FOR SJU
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amTime to get giddy? Maybe. Riding a three-game Big East winning streak, St. John's has a chance to become the first conference team to win three straight on the road...
NO RACING AT YONKERS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amDue to inclement weather, last night's card at Yonkers Raceway was canceled. Racing resumes Friday night.
SPORTS SHORTS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amBASEBALL: Twins land Livan Right-hander Livan Hernandez agreed yesterday to a $5 million, one-year contract with the Twins that could earn him an additional $2 million in performance bonuses. Last...
CLOCK TICKIN' ON DEVS DEAL
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe beef-up has begun at the top, and the Devils are playing catch-up, waiting anxiously for the trades that appear necessary and inevitable, while the conference-leading Senators have already made...
FEAGLES NESTS WITH JINTS 2 MORE YEARS
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amJeff Feagles was so excited about everything that's transpired with his team and his life that he could not exactly explain what was next on his busy agenda. Today, he...
KNICKS GO GREEN
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amThe Knicks can keep it simple tonight in Boston. Forget trying to win, just score at least 60 points and consider it a moral victory. That shouldn't be too much...
ZACH DENIES ROLE AT PORTLAND PARTY
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amZach Randolph reportedly was named in a Portland (Ore.) police report on Jan. 31 - the night before the Knicks played the Blazers - in relation to a disturbance at...
WILPON EAGER TO SIT ON CITI PORCH
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amMets COO Jeff Wilpon is such a fan of the right field porch at Citi Field that he's going to personally own seats there. Right field may be far away...
NET-WORKING
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amIf Jason Kidd is distracted by the trade rumors swirling around him, he sure isn't showing it. And if he truly wants to be traded, he sure isn't helping. Kidd...
NENAD'S RETURN KEYS RECENT RUN
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amNenad Krstic is 3-for-3 since returning to the lineup. The Nets have won all three games with him starting alongside Josh Boone, and he followed up an eight-point, eight-rebound effort...
JUICY TWIST TO D.C. SHOWDOWN
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amOn the eve of today's dramatic Capitol Hill showdown between Roger Clemens and his accuser, Brian McNamee, Clemens was dealt a knockdown pitch yesterday when potentially damning details of Andy...
TODAY WILL BE SURREAL AND SASSY, BUT ULTIMATELY UNSATISFYING
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amWASHINGTON - If we lived in a perfect world, then the biggest winner this morning would be the truth. If we lived in a perfect world, then by the time...
SHOT & BOTHERED
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amTAMPA - Beyond the eyes that burn with intensity and a competitive spirit that has carried him farther than his tools, Andy Pettitte is exactly like the rest of us:...
WANG WILL NOT GET LONG CONTRACT
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amTAMPA - Chien-Ming Wang's desire to sign a multi-year deal with the Yankees isn't going to be fulfilled. Nor does it look like the ace right-hander and the club are...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 13, 2008 | 7:39amNo wonder education rates are falling. A retired California teacher says he taught for 17 years - without being able to read. John Corcoran admits he cheated his way through...
THE NEW WORLD ORDER
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amOur series, "GlobalWarming," continues. THE map on the right illustrates the results of computer model predictions of changes in climate patterns by the year 2025. It represents soil moisture patterns...
SCHWING TIME!
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amIT'S Valentine's Day tomorrow, and anyone looking to goose the ol' libido has options aplenty - besides, that is, the usual route of creepily staring in the window at Crunch....
AUDUBON: LORD OF THE WINGS
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amPITY the passenger pigeons. When John James Audubon painted them 150 years ago, the big-beaked birds flew in flocks so thick they'd block the sun. Now? They've flown the coop...
CAST SEARCH ISN'T OGRE
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amDREAMWORKS lifted the curtain - just a tad - the other night on "Shrek: The Musical," set to open on Broadway in October after an August tryout in Seattle. On...
STARR REPORT
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amBaby bump for 'Zoey' No such thing as bad pub licity? In all the hubbub over Brit ney Spears, it's easy to forget that her kid sister, pregnant, 16-year-old Jamie...
SIMPLY SIMON
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amTHE final 24 "American Idol" semi-finalists have at least one thing in common - they all look like Simon Cowell. By tonight, we'll know exactly who they really resemble, when...
WIFE SUPPORT
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amANDY Warhol was so wrong. In the future everyone will not be famous for 15 minutes. Some people will be famous for one minute only - which is about 59...
'IDOL' BUMPS 'JEZEBEL'
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amAN expanded "American Idol" results show has bumped the premiere of "Jezebel James," to a few nights later. "Jezebel," the new series from "Gilmore Girls" co-creator Amy Sherman Palladino, was...
CHILDHOOD IS MURDER
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amTHE gun that 6-year-old Ezra is holding on the screen isn't a toy - it's real, and it fires real bullets. Ezra, you see, is one of the world's countless...
FAST-FOOD NOTION
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amSO, you forgot to score a reservation at one of the city's famously romantic restaurants this Feb. 14. You know, the kind that jacks up its prices and squeezes in...
THEY WILL DO WINDOWS
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amTHE new restaurant planned to replace Windows on the World won't be as big as the original. It won't be quite as high. And it's still at least five years...
DOWN UPFRONT
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amWith the writers' strike nearing a resolution, NBC has started reaching out to advertisers about alternatives to the annual dog-and-pony show known as the "upfront." Among the options NBC has...
BUFFETT'S BOND PLAN GIVES MARKETS A LIFT
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amWarren Buffett rode back into Wall Street as a long-absent white knight just in the nick of time. He managed to pledge a relatively measly $5 billion of startup cash...
TEMPORARY POSITION
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amBUSINESSWEEK, the McGraw-Hill flagship magazine that was rattled by pre-Christmas layoffs in the editorial department, has pushed another 20 people with contracts closer to the door. Last Friday, Executive Editor...
SYMS FLIP-FLOPS ON PLAN TO DELIST & DEREGISTER SHARES
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amBowed by angry shareholders, off-price clothing retailer Syms said it will reverse recent moves it has taken to delist and deregister its shares under federal securities laws. The Secaucus, NJ-based...
ALPHA MOM BLOG GETS CASH INFUSION
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amAlpha Mom, the popular parenting blog that was the subject of a New York magazine cover story a few years ago, has sold a minority stake to Fahrenheit 212 in...
WWE FOCUSES ON FILM DIVISION; PROFITS SOAR
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amWorld Wrestling Entertainment's fledgling film business started to produce revenue for the first time last year, but profitability for the expansion effort remains stuck outside the ring as the company...
YAHOO! 'LEGG' WORK
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amYahoo!'s second-largest shareholder wants to see the struggling Web pioneer merge with Microsoft, but thinks the software giant will have to sweeten its offer to get the $44.6 billion deal...
ATLAS (CAPITAL) SHRUGGED
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amAN office condo build ing located at 100-104 Fifth Ave. on the northwest corner of West 15th Street is in contract for just more than $150 million. The approximately 270,000-foot...
LIZ BRAND MAY FETCH $50M
February 13, 2008 | 6:12amLiz Claiborne is close to selling its Ellen Tracy brand to a private investment group for $50 million, The Post has learned. Private-equity firm Radius Group and apparel firm Windsong...