May 28, 2007
Captain Jack's Numbers
As expected, Disney took the Memorial Day Weekend box-office crown (as well as the all-time holiday-weekend championship) with "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' selling a mighty $142 million...
Lindsay Lohan's Wild Ride
Just few hours before wild child Lindsay Lohan crashed her Mercedes and received a DUI summons, it was announced she had joined the cast of a low-budget comedy that was...
Cannes Wrap
The critically acclaimed "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days'' Christian Munguiu's Romanian drama about illegal abortion in the waning days of the Soviet Union, which apparently does not have...
HERE'S PLAN B
SOMETIMES college can feel a bit like musical chairs. You're scrambling to get the grades, declare the major and land the summer internship that could lead to bigger and better...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Kobe may demand tradeKobe Bryant reportedly isn't happy with the Lakers' direction and wants Jerry West back in Los Angeles to fix things. Bryant told ESPN The Magazine he...
INSIDERS RIP REPORT OF WARNER EMI TALKS
Insiders are panning reports that Warner Music Group had held talks about teaming with cash-rich hedge fund Cerberus Capital for a last-minute run at hijacking merger prize EMI Group from...
THE HISTORY THAT ACADEMIA FORGOT
AMERICA as we know it might not exist without the battles of Saratoga and Yorktown, without Gettysburg and Antietam. The world the United States shaped so decisively in the 20th...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Sun.: 915; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Sun.: 5667; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Sun.: 783; Lucky Sum: 18 / Evening Win- 4 Sun.:...
RUDY'S DÉJÀ VU FEELING
Rudy Giuliani's White House campaign has been going retro - getting tangled in issues that haunted his first-ever political run, for City Hall, in 1989, political observers say. Politicians try...
PAUL'S EX 'REGRETS' BREAK-UP
Heather Mills reportedly still wants to hold Paul McCartney's hand - telling a friend that she's sorry she broke up with the Beatle. "Heather doesn't care about the huge load...
PHONES GO 'MAD'
An eyewitness' newly released description of the man who likely abducted 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann from a Portuguese beach resort has spurred hundreds of phone tips to authorities investigating...
GIS' DARING RAID
American forces yesterday pulled off a daring rescue of 42 Iraqis held captive by al Qaeda, U.S. military officials said. The results of the raid, at an al Qaeda hideout...
DA ORDERS THE BOOKS AT CIPRIANI
Famed restaurateur Giuseppe Cipriani forked over financial records to Manhattan prosecutors in their ongoing probe of the dining king, according to a published report. Cipriani's lawyer, Stanley Arkin, told New...
HAIR TOMORROW
"I will grow my hair again." That was the vow yesterday of a Sikh teen whose hair was forcibly cut by other students in a high-school bathroom, in what's been...
UNFLAGGING STARS & STRIPES
It's a banner time for the U.S. flag business. "Our sales are slightly above average," said Dale Coots of Annin & Co., the nation's oldest flagmaker, attributing the bump to...
CRAZY TASER ATTACK ON S.I.
A man walked into a Staten Island McDonald's, zapped the manager with a stun gun and then tried to Taser other workers for no apparent reason, authorities said. Timothy Brosnan,...
BODY BAG 'TORTURE' IN BRONX
A Bronx man who has a history of drug convictions says cops tortured him psychologically by stuffing him in a body bag and then threatening to zap him with a...
JOE FRANKLIN TAXI-HIT PLEA
Famed nostalgia talk-show icon Joe Franklin is looking for witnesses to stroll down memory lane and help him find the hit-and-run taxi that mowed him down on a Manhattan street....
MAN, 86, STABS HIS KIN: COPS
An elderly Washington Heights man yesterday blew his stack with his annoying nephew - stabbing him and then setting an apartment on fire, cops and neighbors said. Angel Carrone, 86,...
HOW SWEEP IT IS!
MIAMI - The Mets came here Friday after losing two of three to the Braves. They left yesterday in a better mood after completing a three-game sweep of the Marlins....
ALOU NOT QUITE SET TO RETURN
MIAMI - Moises Alou said he's almost ready to return, but might not play for a couple of more days. Alou, who's out with a strained left quadriceps, is eligible...
ECCLESIASTIC TAKES JAIPUR
The Giant Killer, Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens, strikes again with another upset. His trainee, 24-1 Ecclesiastic, took the lead in the stretch and edged away to win the...
CHARITY BEGETS EDUCATION
THE ISSUE: Philanthropist Robert Wilson's $22.5 million donation to New York's Catholic schools. Robert Wilson's generous gift to New York's Catholic school system was made even larger by his generous...
FREEDOM'S COST
TODAY, in communities across America, some of our citizens will pause to remember men and women who have given their lives in military service to the nation. First known as...
SPECTOR'S BRASH N.Y. LAWYER GETS L.A. SILENT TREATMENT
LOS ANGELES - When will they turn Bruce loose? Bruce Cutler, the hard-nosed New York lawyer, has been sidelined, benched in the Spector trial. "It is somewhat frustrating," Cutler told...
CHARITIES RALLY TO HELP GIS
Americans at home are finding innovative ways to reach out to GIs fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan this Memorial Day weekend, charity-group chiefs told The Post. "The best way to...
'PIRATES' GRABS BOX-OFFICE BOOTY TO WRECK 'SHREK'
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" unburied a treasure over the holiday weekend. The third film in the "Pirates" franchise, with suave swashbucker Johnny Depp, easily landed in first...
COIN LINK IN SLAY OF BRAVEST
The man suspected of murdering a city firefighter who moved to Arizona for treatment of 9/11-related health woes has been identified as 56-year-old local Jeffrey Lynn Bigham. Authorities declined to...
HOOPSTER GUNS DOWN RIVAL: COPS
A 19-year-old Queens man was shot dead by a rival basketball player after a heated, elbow-jabbing game of hoops, police said yesterday. Antwon Alvarez had been feuding with the suspect,...
BEARD'S PARTY IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE
RENOWNED wildlife photographer Peter Beard threw a party for 350 of his closest friends at real-estate powerhouse Janna Bullock's $40 million mansion in Southampton on Saturday night. And everybody knew...
CH. 7 NO-SEE TV AMID FIRE
WABC-TV/Channel 7 went dark for more than two hours last night when a fire at its Upper West Side studios knocked it off the air minutes before the 11 p.m....
CITY AIRPORTS LAND IN LAST PLACE ON DELAY LIST
New York City airports are last in the country in on-time arrivals and among the worst in on-time departures, Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday as he released a report on...
GO TO GREG
Q. What constitutes insubordination and how can an employer deal with it? A. Why, are you planning to see just how much you can get away with? Here's a clue...
HONDO LOOKING PALE
The Indians were givers last night as they tripped the Tigers on Hondo's behalf, which enabled him to move back into triple figures at 135 hoaks above sea level. Today,...
BIG GARAGE SALE
To paraphrase Clint Eastwood's gunslinger character who steps over corpses of bad guys and then spits - "Even vultures gotta eat." In the case of the collapsing housing market, vultures...
A VOTE FOR IMMIGRATION. . . WHEN IT'S LEGAL
THE ISSUE: The debate over a bill that would grant legal status to illegal immigrants. Conservatives are not against immigration. We are against providing amnesty for those who have broken...
THE DEAD WE HONOR
Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: Pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Watch out, Jaws. Humans pose a real threat to sharks - killing 26 million to 73 million each year, according to The Washington Post. Meanwhile, sharks kill only about four...
FAT CAT'S WRATH AT WAKE-UP CALL
A bullying bank boss used his connections to sic a top cop on a Manhattan man who objected to noisy, predawn construction at the bank's Chelsea branch, The Post has...
MOMMY DUMBEST
A Long Island mom was busted for snorting heroin as she pushed her 3-year-old son through a Wal-Mart in a shopping cart, cops said yesterday. Stacy Roe, 35, of Farmingville,...
BAD DECISION HAS THE YANKS SWEEP-WALKING
THE Yankees never figured to have any margin for error yesterday, not facing Cy Young candidate John Lackey, not when Wil Nieves was their best player. And Joe Torre made...
MINOR DELAY
By the time Roger Clemens comes back to the Yankees, most likely a week from today in Chicago, it might be too late for even the Rocket to resurrect this...
HALOS' CABRERA: YANKS FANS 'BAD LOSERS'
Angels shortstop Orlando Cabrera ripped Yankees fans in yesterday's editions of the Los Angeles Times, calling them mean-spirited poor losers who don't appreciate good baseball. Their response - censoring out...
MUSSINA FEELING SHARPER
Mike Mussina was his own worst critic after losing to the Red Sox last Tuesday night, but the right-hander found some positive things in his performance yesterday. "I felt good...
ROSS IS LATE ENTRY IN RACETRACK SWEEPS
Real estate billionaire Stephen Ross is heading to Aqueduct with hopes of quietly picking up where billionaire Kirk Kerkorian walked away and left behind a gaming empire-in-the-making. Ross, head of...
NEW YORK-D.C. FEUD RATTLES CLINTON CAMPAIGN
'SERIOUS tensions" exist between U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Washington-based presidential campaign staff and those working on her campaign in New York, Democratic insiders say. "Her New York crew is...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Convicted drug dealer was shot to death near his home in East Harlem during a fight with three mystery men early yesterday, police said. Delvon Hairston, 27, was apparently...
GIULIANI PUTS PRICE ON ACCE$$
Rudy Giuliani's campaign team will reward top fund-raisers from across the country with special access at a New York "leadership conference" that will include golf and other recreational events, The...
GET YOUR MA TO REHAB, TOO
Lindsay Lohan's dad says the out-of-control starlet needs to head back into rehab - and take her hard-partying mom with her. "She needs to go, and my ex-wife should go...
FBI ACADEMY BOOTS 'BOGUS' AFRICAN COP
The FBI's famed National Academy recently expelled a student from a troubled African nation after learning he was not a cop, as he had claimed, The Post has learned. The...
SIZE MATTERS
Yes, size matters - and some guys with small packages may be hung up on huge Hummers. That's one of the high-octane findings in an online poll of 1,000 people...
IRAQ GI SALUTES CITY ARAB SCHOOL
As resistance in Brooklyn to a public school focused on Arabic language and culture persists, a U.S. soldier has emerged as its unlikely champion. Army Sgt. Patrick Kowalchuk, 28, who...
HONORING HEROES
As waves of New Yorkers hit the beaches, Mayor Bloomberg joined two Memorial Day parades in Queens yesterday to hail four heroes killed in Iraq. "There's nothing we can do...
ALL CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY
Today, for Memorial Day: * Government offices, post offices, libraries, schools, banks, and stock exchanges are closed. * There is no mail delivery and no garbage pickup. * Parking-meter rules...
SUPPORTING TROOPS - 1 COOKIE AT A TIME
This Memorial Day, a Freeport, L.I., couple won't frolic on Jones Beach or kick back at a barbecue. Instead, they'll hand out fliers and keep tabs on items contributed for...
ID THIEF SCAMMED OWN PARENTS & SONS: FEDS
Even family wasn't safe from a career con man who stole his elderly parents' and grown sons' IDs and charged up a storm, the feds say. Steven Genovese, 57, of...
CIVILIANS A NEW WRINKLE IN GROUND ZERO CLAIMS
Seven city workers who weren't first responders on 9/11 have been out with injuries and receiving workers'-compensation benefits since the day of the attacks, officials told The Post. According to...
DOOR-TO-DOOR POWER DEALS JOLTING BUYERS
Utility-company workers are peddling electricity and gas door to door with promises of deals that could actually cost you more than regular Con Ed service. Con Ed's request for a...
PULSE SALES
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WHINE & CHEESE
I'M mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! There are two - count 'em two - premieres this week, "The Ex-Wives Club" and "The Starter Wife,"...
ROSIE SPEAKS - STILL DOESN'T GET IT
SIPPING beer from a bottle, a glum Rosie O'Donnell spoke publicly for the first time over the weekend about her angry explosion last week and leaving "The View." In a...
SUMMER DAZE
MAY Today: "Central Park Tours: Block House," for free, where you can walk along a landscape and go inside the old structures; 1 p.m.; (212) 628-2345. Tomorrow: The Bravery at...
HOT PROSPECTS
BECCA Nagorsky will visit Europe and the Middle East this summer for a grand total of zero dollars. She's not a contest winner or jet-setter, just a guide leading a...
JOE HEARS THE BRONX CHEERS
Good thing the Yankees are leaving town for 11 days - it will take at least that long to fumigate the Stadium from the rancid odor left behind by the...
YANKS BAFFLED BY DEAD WOOD
The Yankees' 4-3 loss to the Angels yesterday looked maddeningly similar to most of their other losses this season - full of late-game, tension-packed at-bats in which they simply can't...
The Hottest Movie in New York!
Okay, not really, but maybe "Barry Lyndon" will beat "Georgia Rule" at the Manhattan box office! I hiked over to Lincoln Center tonight only to find that Stanley Kubrick's gorgeous...