July 3, 2007
Pedro
Important Pedro Martinez update today, one which had a significant development.Pedro threw a three-inning simulated game today, tossing 50 pitches and according to assistant GM John Ricco, "felt great." He's...
Broken "Heart"
Role-playing forward Jed Ortmeyer, dubbed the "Heart" of the Rangers by many fans, was cut out and sent to the gutted Nashville Predators.The Rangers have yet to announce deals with...
Scene
Leana Zuniga wears a burlap-ish canvas dress she made under her own label, Electric Feathers, with a vintage bag and shoes and Electric Feathers cuff. "My stuff that I design...
Deal of the Day
Kicks are the new flip flops, and there are so many cool ones to be had if you dare venture from the general sneaker store variety - like these offbeat...
Isiah will keep Zach straight
By MARC BERMANWhile some Knick fans look at Isiah Thomas as the bubblehead who signed Jerome James, Jared Jeffries and traded for Steve Francis, he is still a cherished idol...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
ON July 4, 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence in which our nation formally withdrew from Great Britain. The Declaration...
SIGHT SPECIFICS....
SHOWTIME: About 9:20 p.m. TUNE IN: If you're watching the show live, tune in to 1010-AM WINS to hear the score to which the show is synchronized. If you're at...
LET'S GET NAUTICAL
EACH year, the Macy's fireworks show finds new ways to elicit oohs and ahhs from jaded New Yorkers. This year, show designer Gary Souza is especially excited about the nautical...
SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE
MACY'S is practically synonymous with New York, but what many people don't know is that the store's annual Fourth of July fireworks display is an international undertaking. Show designer Gary...
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
FIREWORKS won't be the only stars shining tomorrow night. Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular has lined up a constellation of luminaries to celebrate America's big 231. The stellar event...
GO FOURTH AND HAVE FUN
Watching the fireworks may be the best thing to do on July Fourth, but it certainly isn't the only thing. Besides, most of these happenings are either earlier in the...
THEY SHOOT, HE SCORES
THIS year will be Macy's 31st annual Fourth of July Fireworks, the biggest, the flashiest and - according to the American Pyrotechnics Association - the best such display in the...
SPEAKCHEESY
HEAR about the latest top-secret bar in Manhattan, the one tucked away inside an unassuming downtown restaurant, accessed by a secret compartment outfitted with a white phone, a hidden camera...
MPFREES
To download these songs, right click on the links and hit "Save Target As." Mark Ronson, "Stop Me" With a little help from Australian R&B singer-songwriter Daniel Merriweather, Mark Ronson...
SHE'S NOT JUST SELLING OUT CONCERTS
IF everyone has a price, Fergie's is $4 million. The 32-year-old Black Eyed Peas singer is the first global star to consent to product placement in her songs - agreeing...
'LITTLE VOICE' INSIDE TELLS NEW ARTIST TO SING BIG IN SPITE OF IT ALL
DON'T be fooled by the title of her album. Sara Bareilles is anything but a "Little Voice." Like a handful of female, piano-playing, singer-songwriters before her - including Norah Jones...
FRESH SPINOFF IN DJ'S TRACK
DEEJAY Mark Ronson has spun for the most famous parties - including Sean Combs' 29th birth day gala and TomKat's wedding. But when Ronson started questioning his career path about...
'GREY' TO FADE TO BLACK
IT'S scarcely been a month since the Tonys, and even the award winners are dropping like flies. The latest casualty: "Grey Gardens" - which netted awards for both Christine Ebersole...
STARR REPORT
Surely, Hugh kid If it comes as a shock to some fans of "House" that star Hugh Laurie is actually British (he hides his accent extremely well), it might be...
ISAIAH'S PITY PARTY
TROUBLED actor Isaiah Washington wallowed in self-pity from the negative publicity he received following the outbreak of hostilities between himself and his "Grey's Anatomy" co-stars, he admitted last night. "I...
MTV ORDERS 'LAGUNA' 4
MTV has ordered a fourth season of its hit reality show, "Laguna Beach" - but the drama has been forced to move downstream. The show will feature a whole new...
DI TRIBUTE ROCKED
AMERICA still loves Princess Diana. NBC's "Concert for Diana" snared nearly 9 million viewers Sunday night who watched a bevy of performers - including Elton John, Fergie and Tom Jones...
'PRICE' WRONG FOR DAN
ESPN's Dan Patrick shot down reports yesterday that he auditioned to host "The Price Is Right." "They called and wanted to know if I wanted to audition. I said, 'No,...
SCARBOROUGH: NEW IMUS
JOE Scarborough is expected to be named MSNBC's new morning man. Scarborough, who's been hosting "Morning Joe" (6-9 a.m.) since Memorial Day, would replace Don Imus - who was canned...
SHORT ORDER
FOR the winners of "Hell's Kitchen," life after their run-in with devil chef Gordon Ramsay has been like throwing fat on the fire. Neither last season's champ, Heather West, nor...
FROM SHELL TO SHE-BANG
Every shell, held together by spiked string, is packed into mortars made of steel and fiberglass ranging from 3 inches to more than 1 foot in diameter. The mortars' sizes...
FEEL THE BURN
FRENCH fries would be the obvious culprit. Perhaps not exercising. Or eating seven meals a day. But a chemical engineer thinks he's found the real reason you're fat - ice....
HE GETS BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM...
Post transit reporter Jeremy Olshan and his wife began in-vitro fertilization procedures five weeks ago. Here's an update on their progress; you can also follow his reports online at blogs.btc365-futebol.com/olshan...
BACK PAIN HITTING YOUNGER ATHLETES
MOST people associate the term "stress fracture" with injuries that involve the foot, ankle and lower legs. But sports medicine specialists around the country are seeing an increase in stress...
CITY'S AUDIT BASHES BIDDER BEATER BETSY
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who acts as watchdog over other agencies, improperly circumvented city purchasing rules on tens of thousands of dollars worth of furniture, computers and office carpet an...
NOISE LAW'S QUIET START
All the loud publicity about the new noise code didn't generate the expected flood of complaints in this cacophonous city. In fact, the number of gripes declined slightly the first...
BARRON'S SUSPENDED AIDE SUES QUINN
A suspended aide to Councilman Charles Barron has filed a $1million lawsuit against Council Speaker Christine Quinn, charging racial discrimination, defamation, harassment and retaliation. Quinn suspended Viola Plummer for six...
SLAIN GIRL'S PARENTS' FURY AT 'TERROR' GANG
The grieving Bronx parents of a slain altar girl said yesterday they want her accused killer to rot in prison, and branded him a neighborhood terrorist. "His mother can go...
T.O. CALLS PENALTY ON NIGHTCLUB
T.O. is p.o.'d. Flamboyant football star Terrell Owens is suing a Chelsea nightclub for $600,000 for allegedly misappropriating his name and likeness for its "Friday Night Lights" parties. In papers...
MR. CHIPS IS KING OF POKER
A Long Island college student majoring in finance has moved to the head of the class after winning more than half a million dollars at a World Series of Poker...
FIGHTIN' WORDS
ALBANY - A furious Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno claimed yesterday that Gov. Spitzer, a self-described political "steamroller," threatened to "knock me down, knock me out" during an angry exchange...
HERO GAL HELPS NAB 'RAPIST'
A plucky teenage sexual-assault victim set aside her own fear and embarrassment to help cops catch a serial rapist who preyed on women in Brooklyn and Queens. Cops said Alvin...
MOGUL TIED TO TRAGIC SITE
A real estate company that owns the decrepit brick storefront that partially collapsed on two young brothers, critically injuring them, is linked to the millionaire owner of Manhattan's swanky Russian...
BIG BIRD'S BIG 'OOPS'
Astoria Studios, the longtime home of "Sesame Street," could use a lesson in good government because it stopped paying its water bills when the city stopped sending them back in...
CIPRIANI AIDE BELLIES UP TO 'BARS'
He used to be the No. 2 man at Cipriani. Now, Dennis Pappas is heading to where the food isn't so good. Pappas, 60, was sentenced yesterday to at least...
WALL ST. FUELS RUN IN APT. SALES
Fueled by record bonuses on Wall Street, sales of Manhattan apartments more than doubled this spring, leaving a third fewer units on the market, a new study found. Buyers scooped...
*$% SHIRT GETS ME TOSSED
Cynthia Rodriguez got an intentional pass - I fouled out. I got tossed from Yankee Stadium last night for wearing the same sleazy "F- - - you" shirt that A-Rod's...
DRESSING DOWN MRS. A-ROD
Bombers brass yesterday called superstar Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia, on the carpet after she wore a T-shirt that said "F- - - you" during a game at Yankee...
BLAZE KILLS L.I. TODDLER
A 3-year-old girl died in the bedroom of her Long Island home last night, despite her mother's frantic efforts to rescue her failed, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly...
NO BREAK FOR SLAYER OF RAPIST
A former Queens college student who shot and killed the serial sex predator who raped his girlfriend won't be getting out of prison any time soon. An Albany judge has...
AX-IS OF EVIL
A jealous boyfriend used a ladder to spy on his cheating Long Island lover - then took an ax to her and her lover after catching them in bed together,...
SECTION 8 LANDLORDS CAN'T QUIT
ALBANY - Landlords who participate in a federal rent subsidy program cannot quit the program when a lease comes due in hopes of evicting a low-income tenant and charging higher...
'GAL PAL' SACKED
The alleged girlfriend of New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick can't move her two kids into the $2.2 million Park Slope townhouse he bought for her, a judge has ruled....
SUICIDE-SLAY WRESTLER'S DOC BUSTED IN 'ROID PROBE
Wrestling star Chris Benoit's doctor was busted yesterday and charged with illegally dispensing drugs after a federal probe found the physician had prescribed a 10-month steroid supply to the World...
SUIT OVER JESUS JEW HULLABALOO
A Manhattan member of Jews for Jesus is suing a tony Long Island town for allegedly keeping her from spreading the word, The Post has learned. Susan Mendelson has filed...
PEACOCK KILLER IS CUCKOO: MOM
A Staten Island sicko who landed in the cuckoo's nest after bashing a peacock to death is so mentally ill, his mother says, that she is relieved his victim was...
BOGUS 'CANCER-CURE' DOCTOR A PERVERT: DA
A phony doctor who says he can cure cancer has been busted for giving injections to women with one hand while groping them with the other, law-enforcement sources said yesterday....
SOCIALITE'S LOCKBOX OF CHOCOLATES FOILED HEIST
Millionaire socialite Anne Bass kept just "a couple hundred bucks, jewelry and chocolates" in her dressing-room safe, confounding a trio of robbers during a bizarre home invasion this past April,...
'SIMPSONS' D'OH!NUTS HIT TOWN
Mmmm . . . doughnuts! Hoards of New Yorkers yesterday were using the catchphrase made famous by Homer Simpson while chowing down on the same, pink-sprinkled doughnuts enjoyed in TV...
'DRUNK' KILLS COP
A drunken minivan driver killed a police officer on a Manhattan street yesterday when he swerved into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with the cop's new motorcycle, police said. Officer...
HOSP GOES APE OVER TINY TOT
Beaten by her father, neglected by her mother, 6-week-old gorilla Mary Zwo seemed destined for tragedy - until kindhearted doctors who normally treat human patients fell for the tiny beauty...
BOZO BOMBERS' FAILED PHONES HUNG 'EM UP
The London terrorists called a pair of cellphones six times in a failed attempt to detonate twin car bombs in the center of the city last Friday - and the...
QAEDA QUACKS' BRIT TERROR OP
Six deranged doctors have been rounded up in al Qaeda's London-Glasgow terror plots, bringing to eight the total number of people arrested - and the suspected ringleader is a brilliant...
AFFAIR TALE IS HOCUS: CAMERON
Claims that Cameron Diaz ruined the marriage of TV magician Criss Angel are just smoke and mirrors, her spokesman said yesterday. The flack denied Diaz had an affair with the...
$O$ FROM MCCAIN
WASHINGTON - Nearly broke, John McCain's presidential campaign slashed between 50 and 100 jobs, cut salaries for remaining staffers and announced yesterday its most disappointing fund-raising numbers to date. McCain...
CLINTONS TEAM UP
DES MOINES, Iowa - With her husband by her side for the first time on the campaign trail, White House hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a broadside to President Bush...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* A clubgoer was arrested for smashing another patron in the face with a liquor bottle at a Chelsea hotspot, police sources said yesterday. Elliot Mickens, 22, argued with the...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 834; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3151; Lucky Sum: 10 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 652; Lucky Sum: 13 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 9270;...
EX-MOUSE OF EVIL
Tony Soprano seems to have escaped his TV series alive. "Farfour" wasn't so lucky. Last week, the lovable Palestinian Mickey-Mouse doppelganger was beaten to death by an "Israeli" official in...
NEW GOVERNOR, OLD TRICKS
You can take Eliot Spitzer out of the attorney general's office, but you just can't take the AG out of Eliot Spitzer. And that's troubling, because his prosecutorial bullying has...
QUIT PARSING & PARDON
It's about time. President Bush yesterday commuted the 30-month sentence handed down to Lewis "Scooter" Libby, which allows the former vice presidential chief of staff to avoid the unwarranted prison...
'ISLAMOPHOBIA' IDIOCY
LONDON THE car-bomb/suicide-terror operations in London and Glasgow should have provided a fresh opportunity for reminding everyone, especially Muslims in Britain, that terrorism in the name of Islam still poses...
TWO WARS - AND NO LEADERSHIP
WE'RE not fighting a single war against terrorists. We're stuck in two. The past few days saw both conflicts hit the headlines. And we're still not serious about either one....
HILL WILL STILL WIN
IF he's doing so brilliantly, why isn't he doing better? Sen. Barack Obama has just raised more money than any Democrat, ever, in a single quarter - $31 million. Depending...
FUND-RAISING'S FUTURE
THE past and the future dueled with one another over the past six months as the Obama and Clinton campaigns each worked to raise funds for the coming election -...
BRING US YOUR TRASH
Your editorial supporting a waste facility at the Gansevoort Peninsula in the Hudson River Park misstates the facts ("Do It, Eliot," PostOpinion, June 21). You falsely claim that we want...
OFF-FIELD BEHAVIOR: THE RODS FOUL OUT
THE ISSUE: Coarse language on a tank top that Alex Rodriguez's wife wore to Sunday's game. Bravo to The Post on its cover story "F-Rod" (July 2). Undoubtedly, you will...
HEDGE IPO IN WORKS
Och-Ziff Capital Management yesterday announced plans for an initial public offering, the latest in a series of blue-chip hedge fund shops trying to tap public money to manage their private...
TRUMP'S BID TO UNLOAD REELING CASINOS FALTERS
Donald Trump can't seem to find any buyers yet for all three of his debt-laden casinos in Atlantic City, and may sell them piece by piece - or even buy...
HOW I BLEW THE WHISTLE ON VERN & SHIRLEY
VERNON Hill got kicked out as chairman of Commerce Bank late last week. But that's not the most tragic part of the whole situation. Commerce is now going to have...
DOUBLE VISION
Based on its own financial projections, Cablevision is worth a lot more than the $36.26-per-share that the founding Dolan family is offering to take the cable company private. A dramatic...
IBACKLASH
AT&T is hoping to reinvent itself as a cutting edge wireless company with the help of Apple's new iPhone, but service problems already have some customers complaining that Apple picked...
CBOT'S BID WAR DOWN TO THE WIRE
The battle for the Chicago Board of Trade is heading into the final hours as shareholders of the historic exchange size up competing offers from their hometown rival and a...
U.N. CONDOS W/ VIEW
SOME property sales are more interesting on paper than in the real world - but definitely not in that category is a just completed deal, which has implications for all...
WILD WEST DUDS HIT TRUMP PLAZA
Western retailer Billy Martin's USA is moving to new digs in Trump Plaza. The retailer has signed a 10-year lease for a 1,000-square-foot space in the brass-gilded Trump Plaza at...
ISIAH SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE HEADED FOR TRIAL
Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and former executive Anucha Browne Sanders must face-off in federal court and air steamy details of a sexual harassment case in front of a jury after...
BLACK TOP BEAT
Nike Pro City Prime Time 134, Queensbridge 114 Melvin "Problem Child" Creddle put on a dazzling display of scoring, dropping 52 points, and teammate Jermaine "The Contractor" Maybank added 34....
SCORER'S LEGACY
Steve Burtt Jr. has a tough act to follow. His father - who played parts of four NBA seasons with the Warriors, Clippers, Suns and Bullets - has cast an...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL: Nylander, Ortmeyer gone The Rangers lost Michael Nylander and Jed Ortmeyer to free agency yesterday, but both moves were expected. Nylander signed a four-year, $19.5 million deal with the...
SUMMER LEAGUE FOR UNDRAFTED PRIDE STAR
Five days after digesting the disappointment of going undrafted, the picture brightened a bit for Loren Stokes. Stokes, a guard who finished his Hofstra career as the Pride's second all-time...
HONDO'S DOUBLE-FLUSHER
Hondo plunged deeper into the abyss last night when the Rangers and Pirates failed to perform to expectations, causing the deficit to mushroom to 250 murtaughs. Tonight, he'll go with...
SCOTT NOT A TRAITOR TO EX-MATES
Their former teammates don't blame Scott Gomez or Brian Rafalski, but they don't have to like it. "It's definitely weird. It's tough to picture Scott in a Ranger uniform, but...
THE ZEKE-ZACH SHOW
EVEN after a few months away from the glare, away from the sideline, it doesn't take Isiah Thomas long to ratchet up the charm, to turn the smile on to...
'NEW' YORK SLATE
If Zach Randolph has a troublemaking entourage, they did not attend yesterday's introductory press conference at the Knicks' Westchester practice facility. And hopefully, if this reputed entourage exists, they will...
DEAL MAY OPEN DOOR FOR ISIAH TO MAKE A RUN AT ARTEST
Armed with two new trade pawns in the expiring contracts of Dan Dickau and Fred Jones, the advent of free agency and a new edict that character no longer matters,...
A ROCKY NIGHT
DENVER - The home run was really all the Rockies needed last night. Unfortunately for Tom Glavine, it was just the opening act for a big third inning. Glavine took...
METS GET GOOD REPORT ON ALOU
DENVER - Moises Alou received positive news yesterday, as he was examined and is slated to head to St. Lucie next week for rehab. Alou has been out since May...
PEREZ IS PUT ON DL
DENVER - The Mets' rotation is 40 percent weaker. Oliver Perez has joining Jorge Sosa on the disabled list. The left-hander, who is having a terrific season, has been bothered...
'BIG' ARRIVAL
Right after Sean Williams was kicked off the Boston College basketball team for another problem involving marijuana, he received other orders. He wanted his diploma anyway but to erase any...
BLUE CHIPS
THE Rangers exercised their power as a revenue-generating machine to be able to sign both Scott Gomez and Chris Drury on Sunday's first day of NHL free agency, you bet...
ABREU'S SLEEPING BAT WAKES FOLLOWING LONG NAP
It turns out that Bobby Abreu is capable of pulling pitches, not just disappearing acts. Or was that a bazooka Abreu used to launch a Boof Bonser slider into the...
BACK AND FORTH
Kyle Farnsworth was unavailable to pitch from the bullpen on Sunday because of a bad back and was questionable for last night, Joe Torre said. But that's not the story...
THE AGONY OF VICTORY
While the Yankees don't believe Alex Rodriguez's strained left hamstring is going to force him out for an extended period, they have their fingers crossed their cleanup hitter and best...
OCTOBER TRIP MAY RIDE ON DEGREE OF ALEX'S PAIN
EVERY pre-game, about a half-hour before Yankees batting practice, Alex Rodriguez goes through a 20-minute training regimen emphasizing core strength and agility with conditioning chief Dana Cavalea. It is the...
PLUM-STRUCK
THE morning was misty as we crossed the bridge from the manicured perfection of Newburyport, Mass., to the ramshackle beauty of Plum Island. Not to be confused with the government's...
HISTORIC FLORIDA!
BACK in the 16th century, you were nobody until you were pillaged by pirates - bonus points if one of those pirates was Sir Francis Drake. On May 28, 1586,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Love hurts - and costs. An Illinois jury has ordered a man named German Blinov to pay $4,802 to a husband whom he had cuckolded. "This guy ruined my life...
Series pick
It's a belated one -- sorry, busy pregame and we're now in the bottom of the third. But it's scoreless, so I think I'm okay.The Mets have to go with...