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BECKHAM SHOW... KNOT! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| When Galaxy star David Beckham made his first MLS start last August, the Red Bulls pulled out a nine-goal thriller in front of 66,237 that many call the greatest game in league history. Last night's pulsating 2-2 draw didn't quite match that... |
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BULLS CAN USE A GUY LIKE THIS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| SO FAR, so good, says David Beckham, human cash machine for Major League Soccer, which is hoping someday to be truly major league soccer. "One of the reasons I moved here was to be a part of growing the game," Beckham said Friday. "Attendances are... |
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LEHMANS LAMENT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld may have earned himself a temporary reprieve from the onslaught of bad news buffeting his firm and it just might offer him enough time to decide its fate. In a week when JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup released... |
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ANGELO'S ASHES BURNED US Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| On July 24, 2007, then-Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo jumped onto a conference call announcing the second-quarter results of his company, the largest mortgage provider in the US with a 15 percent market share. At the time, the housing and... |
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CARPET-BOMBING VIDEOS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| MTV is taking the concept of heavy rotation to another level. As part of its new FNMTV programming initiative, the network is now airing clips it exclusively premieres at least a half-dozen times - and in some cases, more - during a single... |
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CHECK-INS OPTING OUT OF PAY-PER VIEW SHOWS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Just like the booze in a mini-bar, renting a recently aired TV show in a hotel room is a pricey proposition. But unlike the $8 can of Budweiser, spending $4.99 to watch last week's 22-minute episode of "The Office" might be even more of a rip-off... |
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FED AS REPO-MAN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Dear John: I would love for you to explain how repos work. Ty Dear Ty: "Repos" stand for repurchase agreements. When the Federal Reserve wants to add liquidity to the monetary system, it repurchases government bonds and securities. Banks will... |
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OFFICIALS MISSED INDYMAC RED FLAGS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| The main regulator responsible for overseeing IndyMac Bank missed at least three chances over the past two years to reel in the failed lender, according to a report. Amid the finger pointing in Washington over who triggered the third-largest... |
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RUN ON THE BANK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| The number of Americans filing for bankruptcy is rising sharply, proving that recent legal reforms are not working, according to a recent report. "The bankruptcy rates are back on the wrong track despite a conscious legislative effort," according... |
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SHORTS GET SHORT SHRIFT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| IT'S an unusual and hum bling experience for US investors to have to look to Pakistan for a lesson in capitalism. But this week provided such an opportunity and it's one that regulators in Washington should have taken very seriously. The... |
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THE WEEK'S WINNERS AND LOSERS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| WINNERS JAMIE DIMON JPMorgan head beats second-quarter profit estimates, breathing life into financial stocks. MAYOR BLOOMBERG Merrill's sale of its 20% stake in his information company pegs its value near $40B. JOHN DONAHOE EBay CEO prevails in... |
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EMBRACED BY AREAL LOVE GURU Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Super Preppy and I are leaning into Amma, the "hugging saint" who's come to visit New York all the way from India - receiving a blessing as a couple. Wearing smart, brightly checkered business attire, SP looks about as out of place in this sea of... |
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MEET MARKET Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Alyson, a 28-year-old client service associate at a hedge fund, has a serious passion for travel. She's covered Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and more, and now she's looking for a guy who's ready to explore New York. Passports required! * Jordan, 23... |
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PASTRY-LOVIN' PALS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Mark, a 38-year-old musician, hoped to strike the right note with Melissa, 34, a public relations account supervisor. Even though the duo enjoyed their dinner at downtown brasserie Steak Frites, something was off-tune. Mark's rock-star lifestyle... |
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DENVER'S HIGH-CLASS HOMELESS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| That must be some classy set of street people out in Denver. Officials in most places with vagrancy problems must wrestle with issues like drug abuse and mental illness. Apparently not so in Denver - which next month hosts the Democratic National... |
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RANDI STEPS UP Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Randi Weingarten has gone to Washington. The long-serving president of New York City's powerful teachers' union was tapped last week to lead the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers - a post from which she'll have ample opportunity to... |
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AGNEDA Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| A pig roasts in Brooklyn; liars get the last laugh; rock out on the streets of the LES; funnyman Will Ferrell has a new 'Step Brother'; and, diets be damned, it's Summer Restaurant Week! Bros before babes FILM, Fri 25 The bright minds behind the... |
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BRIDGE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:29:16 -0400 |
| A NEW player had joined our club - a life master who fancied himself a fine technician. He was playing in a duplicate game with Cy the Cynic and became declarer at today's slam. West led a heart, and South ruffed in dummy and cashed the king of... |
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CHESS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:31:11 -0400 |
| DURING their Colom bian hostage agony, chess was a way of defeating despair for three American kidnap victims - just as it has in several other celebrated cases. Marc Gonsalves, captured by left rebels along with two other US contractors in 2003... |
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GAGS FOR GUIDES Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:25:43 -0400 |
| Joan Rivers is hilarious, but true to the "tears of a clown" legend, the comic has experienced her share of sadness. Still, she manages to turn her own unhappiness into something we all can laugh about and learn from. So, what has this got to do... |
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GET YOUR GAME ON Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii $40; Logitech.com Many users downloaded the Opera Web browser from the Wii online store when it was first released, but relatively few are still using it, primarily because text input with the WiiMote is more... |
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Q&A STEPHEN REA Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Irish actor saddles up onstage with a dead horse and on-screen, puts aside rivalries to play an Englishman Americans can joke all we want about Europeans and their, well, untaxing work weeks - especially in summer - but Irish actor Stephen Rea is... |
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WEB SLINGER Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Western Spaghetti YouTube.com/PESfilm Stop-motion master PES (a k a Adam Pesapane) delivers another tour de force with this utterly inventive depiction of a home-cooked meal. Ingredients include candy corn, Post-It notes, dollar bills and wooden... |
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BUENO BITES Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Mercadito Cantina 172 Ave. B; (212) 388-1750 A fantastic selection of authentic Mexican tacos and fresh fruit margaritas put Mercadito on the map with its first two locations. And now chef Patricio Sandoval is expanding his repertoire of tequila... |
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PROOF POSITIVE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Castries Peanut Butter Cream FOR a nation that buys as much peanut butter as we do, it's surprising we don't look for that same rich, nutty flavor in our mixed drinks. Enter Castries Peanut Butter Cream, among the first peanut-flavored spirits on... |
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CHAMPING AT THE BIT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Never before have the Giants arrived on the campus of the University at Albany as Super Bowl champions, and they've been heading upstate for training camp since 1996. As the start of a new preseason arrives, what, pray tell, can the Giants do for an... |
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SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| The Post's Steve Serby caught up with the recently retired Giants defensive end, who will now suit up on the "FOX NFL Sunday" pregame show. Q: You retired; Jeremy Shockey's unhappy; Plaxico Burress wants more money. Can the Giants repeat? A: Yeah... |
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AQUARIUS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You can try, if you wish, to swing others round to your way of thinking but with both the Sun and Mercury, planet of the mind, moving into your opposite sign over the next seven days you won't succeed if you are heavy-handed about it. You've got to... |
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ARIES Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| A more light-hearted phase will begin when the Sun moves in your favor on Tuesday and after the frustrations and failures of recent weeks that is good news in anyone's language. By all means let down your hair - you've earned the right to be... |
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CANCER Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| The Sun's entry into the money sector of your chart on Tuesday, followed by mind planet Mercury on Saturday, will force you to face up to financial reality. Yes, you've gone a bit mad in recent weeks and now need to tighten your belt a little, or... |
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CAPRICORN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You need to think deeply this week about where you are going, what you are doing and what it all means. Questions like that are never easy but the answers you come up with will help you to make the right personal and professional decisions later in... |
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GEMINI Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You have put duty before pleasure on numerous occasions in recent weeks although you did manage to do a bit of partying as well. This week's cosmic picture will encourage you to go out and have even more fun. 1-900-990-7812*... |
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IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| There will be no denying you over the next 12 months. You have a clear picture in your mind of what it is you want and a common sense plan to get you from where you are now to where you want to be. No one and nothing will deny you... |
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LEO Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| A new solar year begins for you this week and in a matter of days your mood will have swung by 180 degrees from depression to delight. It's unlikely you ever really had anything to worry about but it's nice to know for sure. Now it's party time... |
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LIBRA Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You have gone as far as you can working on your own - if you want to push beyond your current limits you must work with people whose outlook on life reflects your own. Join with like-minded people this week. Together you can do something special... |
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PISCES Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Keep things simple this week - as simple as it is humanly possible to make them. The fewer details you have to worry about the better, especially on the work front where, if you want to get ahead you must convince authority figures that you can... |
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SAGITTARIUS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You change your ways rarely but with the Sun moving into the most adventurous area of your chart this week you may surprise yourself by how readily you try something new. Whether or not it's good for you is less important than whether or not it's... |
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SCORPIO Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| The Sun's transit of the midheaven angle of your chart this week means you will go to any lengths to get yourself noticed on the work front. Call attention to yourself every chance you get. This is not the right time to keep a low profile. Make a... |
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TAURUS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You can be a bit of a control freak on the quiet and because of that you may not be too happy that a partner or loved one won't do as you tell them this week. You had better get used to it because, like you, they have a mind of their own... |
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TODAY'S HOROSCOPES Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 |
| IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY There will be no denying you over the next 12 months. You have a clear picture in your mind of what it is you want and a common sense plan to get you from where you are now to where you want to be. No one and nothing will... |
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VIRGO Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| No matter how conventional a Virgo you may be most of the time you will be attracted to things that most people regard as "unusual (to put it kindly) this week. Just don't get carried away and get yourself a reputation as a bit of an oddball... |
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LINE FORMS HERE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| When the Jets arrive en masse for the opening of training camp this week, they'll hardly look like a team coming off a 4-12 season trudging into the heat of summer two-a-days. There's a bounce to the Jets' step - a bounce that was evident during... |
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LEE: KNICKS ARE HEADED RIGHT WAY Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Knick forward David Lee, a name in every trade rumor that involves The Franchise Isiah Ravaged, acknowledged he doesn't know his future in New York. But Lee already sees positive change in the Knicks under new coach Mike D'Antoni and GM Donnie... |
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CHIP THEM! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| If the marvels of technology can locate a lost dog 850 miles away and five years missing, how come we never know where our legislators are and what they are doing ("Lost & Hound in Qns.," July 15)? John Brindisi, Manhattan... |
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GOOD MEDICINE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Scott Gottlieb's article about the Medicare bill that Congress passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority plays fast and loose with the truth ("Washington's Health Wars," PostOpinion, July 10). Gottlieb has been an advisor to health insurance... |
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JERSEY BOYS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Is this a politician with a case of bad judgment? There seems to be an epidemic these days ("SI-Bashing Pol a Real Beach Bum," July 17). Or is this just a really savvy marketing guy who wants to get his town in the news? Belmar is far from a... |
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UN-ISRAELI Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Israel releases a known murderer to a hero's welcome in Beirut while all Israel receives in return are the dead bodies of two soldiers ("Monsters' Ball," July 17). The swap was brokered by a UN-appointed German official. What other country in the... |
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WASH & FOLD Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Richard Brookhiser cites George Washington for his "outside the box" method for picking his Cabinet members but neglects to shed light on the ever-so-burdensome Hamilton/Jefferson rivalry he encouraged ("George's Advice for Barack & John,"... |
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LIBS MAKE HERSTORY Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| The red digital readout on Academy Tour Bus No. 1718 flashed 4:59 p.m. when the driver shifted into gear and the Liberty began a historic journey. There was an atmosphere of quiet determination combined with a humbling sense of the importance of... |
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DEFLATION ON HILL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| 'WHEN HILLARY Clinton's once- inevitable presidential campaign became this year's Betamax, the anti-Hillary industry was left bereft, its dreams of selling Hillary voodoo dolls and barf bags suddenly dashed," writes James Kirchick in Portfolio... |
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MTA GUNSLINGER TAKES TOUGH TOLL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Beware what you say to that testy toll taker - he has a gun! Last summer, a toll worker pulled his MTA Bridges and Tunnels-issued Glock 9mm pistol on a driver who handed him a wad of crumpled cash. B&T Officer Daniel Bell, 38, was working toll... |
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'BORDELLO' BOSS A BIG BLOWHARD Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| The slovenly owner of an illegal Midtown strip club busted for offering its wealthy, white-collar customers sexual favors often booked the VIP room for himself and treated employees badly, sources said yesterday. "Lou is a scumbag. I hope he burns... |
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'STRANGE' PAL LINK TO SLAIN ATT'Y Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A lawyer gunned down in bed alongside his wife had a curiously entangled relationship with a shady business partner he called a friend but also represented in various legal matters, said an attorney who worked against them. Investigators yesterday... |
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2ND VID CATCHES COP-SLAY SUSPECT'S GUARDED TRYST Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Yet another tape has surfaced showing Rikers Island Correction Officer Kadessha Mulgrav in a questionable position with accused cop killer Lee Woods. Video surveillance shows Mulgrav, 34, standing before Woods' cell as they exchange photos and... |
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9-YEAR-OLD GIRL HIT BY CAR Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:29:33 -0400 |
| A second heartless hit-and-run crash in Brooklyn this weekend left a 9-year-old girl fighting for her life, cops said today. Little Nacirema Brown was hit at 8:47 p.m. Saturday as she was crossing west on Glenmore Avenue at Rockaway Avenue... |
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A-ROD AND HIS FLA. PARTY PALS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Bronx Bomber Alex Rodriguez partied with not one, but two of the other women in his life - brawny stripper Joslyn Morse and buff gal pal Alicia Marie - at a swanky Florida hotel in 2006, according to hotel staff and reservation records reviewed by... |
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B'KLYN BOY, 11, KILLED IN HIT-RUN HORROR Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| An 11-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed by a hit-run driver early yesterday, cops and his family said. Three cars were racing down a Flatbush street as Rondell Grant Jr. was leaving a barbecue at his grandmother's house on East 42nd Street at 1:24... |
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BEEPS' BIG SIS-BOOM-BUCKS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| One has three drivers, a speechwriter and a writer of proclamations - like the one presented to Ms. Full-Figured USA 2005. Another has a "secretary to the assistant to the president" who makes $85,000 - on top of two other special assistants, two... |
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BRUNO RIDING OFF INTO HIS SUNSET Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| ALBANY - Having resigned as Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno calls former Gov. Eliot Spitzer "demented" and contends Gov. Paterson will be "very difficult" to defeat. Bruno, 79, the almost always provocative and personally engaging leader of... |
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CLUB CRUD IS BACK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A young woman sat on the sidewalk down the street from one of the eight nightclubs on far West 27th Street, leaning against a wall, clinging to a bottle of water. A friend rubbed her back, saying, "It'll be OK. Just calm down." "She's just not... |
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DESPERATE SWIM TO SAVE PAL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Swamped by huge waves churned up by a hurricane, Carla Armaza desperately swam out to save her pal from being dragged out to sea. But the force of the surf off Rockaway Beach late Friday afternoon was too strong. She was choking on seawater... |
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FBI 'BIG SHOTS' LEFT OUT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Undercover FBI agents assigned to security detail at Billy Joel's final Shea Stadium concert were left in the lurch Friday night when NYPD officers working the star-studded show inexplicably denied them admission passes and forced them to find their... |
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GIULIANI'S 'LANDING' A NEW BIZ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| His Giuliani Partners firm is creating a fund that invests in commercial and residential properties despite the sagging market, according to those close to the deal. The fund will work with Berman Enterprises, which has agreed to front $50... |
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KABBALAH PARKING PARADISE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on city-issued parking permits doesn't apply to the celebrity-studded Midtown Kabbalah Centre - even as police, firefighters and teachers are having their parking passes yanked. The spiritual home of Madonna, Alex... |
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MY GIRL DIED AS 'GUINEA PIG' FOR GARDASIL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| She loved SpaghettiO's, pepperoni, lilies, listening to her iPod and making her pals laugh. In her senior yearbook, she wrote, "The best things in life aren't things, they're friends." Now that's the quote chiseled into her gravestone. Jessica... |
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NEW SNAFU AT B'KLYN 'LEFT TO DIE' HOSP Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| The family of a Brooklyn man who died at Kings County Hospital Center says the staff misidentified him - despite repeated pleas to fix the goof - and sent him to the morgue under the wrong name. It happened at the same hospital where last month... |
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NJ MAYOR SHORE LIKES 'BENNY' $$ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| It's all about the Bennys, baby. The foot-in-mouth mayor of Belmar, NJ, Ken Pringle, yesterday apologized to beach-lovin' guidos and bottle blondes and what he called "Bennys" - a slightly derogatory Garden State term for New Yorkers. Sporting a... |
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ONE GEM OF A GARBAGE HAUL FOR SI COUPLE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| The city's trash was this man's treasure. A Staten Island jeweler found his wife's $20,000 diamond earrings, which had been inadvertently tossed in the trash, after digging through a mound of garbage at the Fresh Kills landfill. Haya Sharon, 56... |
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SI MAN DROWNS IN UPSTATE RIVER SWIM Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A college student from Staten Island enjoying a camping trip upstate drowned while trying to cross the Delaware River, authorities said yesterday. Salvatore Valenziano Jr., 20, was swimming with four childhood friends Friday evening near Minisink... |
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THE MEMBER-ABILIA AMONG US Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Treasure-troves of "member-abilia" - Napoleon's privates, Einstein's eyeballs and other morbid collectibles - are being kept under lock and key, prized like family heirlooms, right in our own back yard. An elderly New Jersey ophthalmologist owns... |
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METS ON THE TAKE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| CINCINNATI - The Reds celebrated their Hall of Fame last night, but it was the Met batters who looked like they belonged in a museum. Three times Met hitters stood like statues as strike three flew past them, killing potential rallies and... |
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25 BEST SHEA STADIUM MOMENTS: NO. 10 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| As both baseball stadiums prepare to close, The Post looks back at the 25 most memorable moments in the history of Yankee and Shea stadiums. This week, No. 10: Shea Stadium Oct. 8, 1973 Buddy Harrelson endeared himself to Mets fans and Pete... |
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METS BEAT REDS TO MOVE ON TOP OF NL EAST Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:59:03 -0400 |
| Third baseman Edwin Encarnacion hit one of Cincinnati's three homers off Mike Pelfrey, then made a throwing error in the 10th inning that helped the Mets rally for a 7-5 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series. The Mets have won 11 of... |
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METS' KNIGHT OLYMPIC-BOUND Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| BRANDON Knight began 2008 pitching in Bridgewater, N.J., as a member of the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League. He will end the season after pitching for Davey Johnson as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team. Knight, who signed... |
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PEDRO PUSH-BACK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| CINCINNATI - Pedro Martinez rejoined the Mets yesterday, but don't expect to see him on the mound before the end of the week. Martinez threw 33 pitches in the bullpen during last night's 7-2 Mets loss to the Reds, but none at full speed. It was... |
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HEY, MR. 'SPACED' MAN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| You know you've got yourself one crazy comedy when a man who plays video games suddenly finds himself shooting real zombies and a woman breaks up with her boyfriend while wearing melodramatic Gatsby-esque apparel. Considering that one of the minds... |
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THE TRUTH IS NOT OUT THERE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| The guiding principle of "The X-Files" was always that "the truth is out there." But when it comes to the new film based on the series, out Friday, the truth is harder to untangle than one of agent Fox Mulder's rambling conspiracy theories. In... |
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'TV FUNHOUSE': KIDDIE SHOWS TURNED SICK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| ROBERT SMIGEL has created an entire career lampooning the TV shows of his youth. His "Saturday TV Funhouse" clips on "SNL" launched cult favorites such as "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," "The X Presidents" and "Fun with Real Audio," and his notorious... |
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'WATCHMEN' IS UNVEILED WITH 'THE DARK KNIGHT' Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| THINK MOVIE FANS are geeking out over "The Dark Knight"? Wait'll they see the first trailer for "Watchmen" , director Zack Snyder's faithful adaptation of what is widely considered the greatest superhero comic of all time. It's screening with the... |
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HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| HIGH SCHOOL survival tip No. 1: If you are low on the social totem pole, do not forward a topless photo of yourself to the best guy friend of the most popular girl in school. The result will traumatize you. Case in point: When Warsaw Community... |
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NEW ROLE FOR THE ZIEGFELD Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| THE New York Film Festival has a new, temporary home. Most of the prestigious event usually un reels at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, but it is shut for renovations. So movies that would nor mally run there will be at the Ziegfeld, on West 54th... |
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BY GEORGE, HE'S BACK! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Last month, George Michael performed in Los Angeles for the first time in 20 years. A sold-out crowd gave him a hero's welcome - and a cake. It was his 45th birthday, and a happy one. This year has seen a remarkable turnaround in a career that... |
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BUDDY GUY SHOWS 'SKIN' Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:32:40 -0400 |
| Guitar legend Buddy Guy redefined Chicago blues in the '50, smashed the mold with his distinctive Chess Records work of the '60s and inspired blues-rock greats such as Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, who has long cited Guy as his key... |
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NYPD DAILY BLOTTER Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| BROOKLYN * A 17-year-old was found slain in Bedford-Stuyvesant. A 911 call reporting gunfire at 7:30 p.m. Friday directed cops to Myrtle Avenue near Throop Avenue, where they found the youth slumped outside the Sumner Houses. He had been shot... |
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'NET HINT OF HILL 2012 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Former Clinton advisers have reserved the Web address HRC2012.com. HRC2012.com was bought by the Markham Group on June 8, according to the Atlantic Monthly's Marc Ambinder. Greg Hale of the Markham Group was a key Clinton campaign aide... |
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BAM IS IN THE ZONE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| His first-ever trip to Afghanistan and Iraq is the initial leg of a campaign-season tour of that's expected to also take him to other parts of the Middle East this week. After touching down at Bagram Air Base in Kabul, the congressional... |
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BIG DAY FOR 'KNIGHT' Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| "The Dark Knight" already broke one box office record - and is on track for the highest-grossing opening weekend of all time. Heath Ledger's eerie portrayal as the psychotic Joker helped the movie earn $66.4 million Friday, topping the $59.8... |
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MIDDLE EAST MINEFIELD FOR BARACK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| It's not going to be all rousing cheers and adoring accolades. Obama is traveling with a team of advisers and experts and will likely try to stick to prepared remarks to avoid any missteps. But Israeli officials - with whom he's reportedly... |
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DOOLING TO JOIN NEW-LOOK NETS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Any program from a Nets' game this past season already is horribly dated. And it's going to get worse within a few days when Keyon Dooling is added after a sign-and-trade deal with Orlando is finalized. Dooling, 28, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, will... |
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'CELEBRITY' KABBALAH GOD COMPLEX Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| THE kabbalah of A-Rod and Madonna, of the gossip columns, is far from synonymous with the theosophical doctrines developed under that name (kabbalah literally means "received tradition") by Jewish mystics in medieval Spain. It is a vulgar... |
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COMPTROLLER HOPEFULS ARE FINE $$ FRIENDS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| THE 2009 race for comp troller is shaping up as the most competitive in years, but developer Peter Fine is almost certain to line up with the winner - because he's backing four of the five Democratic candidates. Campaign filings show that Fine -... |
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AN IRAQI'S SECOND LIFE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| "Alsarmady Eel" is the name used in the online world of Second Life by an arts professor who lives in Babylon, Iraq. Last year he joined Second Life because he decided the Internet was, as he puts it, "the 8th art," allowing "people from anywhere ... |
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BLOG WATCH Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:17:00 -0400 |
| Oil's well Ed Morrissey at hotair.com notices a spectacular cause and effect: More oil means lower prices. "The Bush administration didn't waste much time after its lifting of the executive ban on off-shore drilling to make its second big gesture... |
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ESCAPE TO NEW YORK Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Want to get us out of what's looking like a capital "R" Recession? Defibrillate the suburbs - if you can. The tenets of suburban life are the oxygen in the economic bloodstream, and the nation is suffering hypoxia. The reason a lot of folks think... |
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JOEL VS. SPRINGSTEEN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| It does not happen often, but once in a while the urge comes upon me: I want to rock. So I went to see Billy Joel at Shea Stadium. Also, I went with my mom, who could not rock if you handed her a bottle of Jack, a Stratocaster and a live bat... |
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RUN OUT ON A RAIL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Ask around onboard almost any Amtrak train, and you'll get a pretty short list of reasons why people ride the rails. In the café car, chugging along one of the country's oldest routes, I counted four types of passengers. There are thrifty ones... |
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SHORTER WORK WEEK? 10-4 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| On Friday, Aug. 8, 17,000 government employees in the state of Utah will have the day off. Jealous? How about now: Those same employees will have every Friday off for the next year - without a pay cut - as the state tests out a pilot program... |
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TREADMILL TO OBLIVION Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Most New Yorkers have yet to feel the brunt of the nation's economic woes. Bad home loans and foreclosures are more common out west, and the weakness of the dollar has brought in waves of foreign tourists who have kept spending - as well as real... |
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BIZ SCHOOLS MADE FOR LAUGHS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A HUMOROUS new guide to succeeding on Wall Street is unlikely to leave America's top business schools laughing. "I figured it was time that a real banker stepped up to educate the world on the important realities," says money wiz Amit... |
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COMEDY IS ANN'S THING TODAY Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| ANN Curry has been moonlighting as a stand-up comic. The soft-spoken "Today" show host shocked the audience when she walked onstage at Caroline's on Broadway the other night and performed a set. "She had a camera crew from the show with her," said... |
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HEAVY RESEARCH Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| ANNE Hathaway's scheming ex, Raffaello Follieri, is about to get the Vanity Fair treatment. A local source contacted by one of the magazine's writers said "I worked with Follieri for like a month several years ago. That's it. I stopped working with... |
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LEGENDS WAIT OUTSIDE, PLEASE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| SELF-described hip-hop "legend" Fab 5 Freddie got no respect from unschooled door muscle at Meatpacking District club TenJune the other night. "It was incredible," a disgusted Freddie, born Fred Braithwaite, told us. "I went there to grab a drink... |
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LESBO JOY RIDERS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| HOT new couple Courtenay Semel and Casey Johnson don't need a girl-on-girl liplock to cause a scene. Last week at a party for Intermix/VH1 Rock honors, the lovebirds drove off in a Mercedes convertible that didn't belong to them. Our source said... |
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NO FAIR, HE SAYS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A CATERER who worked for the prestigious ArtHamptons art fair says he's had to fight to get paid. Rick Friedman runs the fair, which bills itself as "the Hamptons' premier art event" and features a VIP lounge for fund-raisers. Mark Fahrer claims... |
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QUICKIE BREAKUP Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| THE love affair between British bachelor Matt Grant and his pneumatic nymph, Shayne Llamas, has ended. Just two days after Page Six reported Lamas had cheated on the "Bachelor" star with Las Vegas media mogul Justin Weneger, Lamas phoned Grant and... |
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SHORE PATROL Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| OSCAR De La Hoya's niece, Daisy - also known as the surgically enhanced, airheaded runner-up on Bret Michael's reality skankfest, "Rock of Love" - is now dating Dave Navarro, but the show's done nothing for her career. The former stripper had hoped... |
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SIGHTINGS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| A SOBER Richie Sambora sipping club soda while his Bon Jovi bandmates guzzled 1985 Sassicaia Cabernet during dinner at The Spotted Pig . . . JENNIFER Hudson buying five pairs of shoes at Steven by Steve Mad den on Ludlow Street . . . REAL estate... |
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STILL SINGLE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| DID Uma Thurman marry her hot French businessman in secret? Rumors are swirling that the private engagement party the super-private actress and fiancé Arpad "Arkie" Busson held on July 9 was really a wedding celebration, and their current trip to... |
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WEB BURNOUT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:26:00 -0400 |
| Ricky Gervais has had it with online idiocy, reports The Post's Mandy Stadtmiller. At Madison Square Garden's packed show at the WaMu Theater the other night, he joked: "The Internet must be the greatest resource of information the world has ever... |
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"BLACK AND WHITE AND DEAD ALL OVER" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Former Timesman John Darnton's spritely mystery "Black and White and Dead All Over" is not about the death of a newspaper, even in these trying times for the publishing industry. Rather it' s an amusing roman a clef that has corpses turning up all... |
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"ERNIE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Veteran character actor Ernest Borgnine has a reputation of being one of nicest guys in Hollywood, and nothing in his memoir "Ernie" will dispel the notion. Though he won an Oscar for "Marty" and starred in everything from "The Wild Bunch" to... |
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"GOVERNMENT PIRATES" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| "June 23, 2005 was a very dark day in our nation's history," Don Corace writes at the beginning of his new jeremiad defending property rights against rapacious government buttinskis. That was the day the Supreme Court handed down its shocking 5-4... |
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"NEVER SURRENDER" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| During my time as a regular officer in the US Army, I met many men that personify "an officer and a gentleman" - soldiers of integrity, honesty and modesty. There were, however, others, whom one gave a wide berth. Frequently these men were... |
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"THE NIGHT OF THE GUN" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Imagine James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" on a dose of truth serum, suffuse it with some cynical humor and a good handful of self-deprecation, and you get David Carr's remarkable and immensely readable memoir, "The Night of the Gun." Memory is... |
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"TIGER, TIGER" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Galaxy Craze's exquisite new novel keeps you glancing at the author pic on the jacket: a strawberry-blonde beauty with a slightly pained expression, as if she were seeing the world for what it really is - not always pleasant - but seeing it with... |
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"LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA" Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Shock value - miming masturbation on stage, posing on a cross, kissing Britney - is what made Madonna famous and is keeping her there, thanks to A-Rod, as she's approaching the ripe old age of 50. But it's the last thing Demi Moore and Ashton... |
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BLOG WATCH Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Oil's well Ed Morrissey at ">hotair.com notices a spectacular cause and effect: More oil means lower prices. "The Bush administration didn't waste much time after its lifting of the executive ban on off-shore drilling to make its second big gesture... |
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IN MY LIBRARY: LAURIE ANDERSON Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Voracious! That's how Laurie Anderson - performance artist, love of Lou Reed's life - describes her reading habits. "I'm just a complete bookworm," the ethereal violinist/poet/composer tells The Post's Barbara Hoffman. "I love touring because I can... |
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REQUIRED READING Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life by Adam Nimoy (Pocket Books) Adam Nimoy says it was tough winning an argument with his famous father. "Have you ever argued with a guy who can cause a frenzy among thousands at a convention hall simply by... |
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A BRIDGE TO 4 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| ALREADY there have been small protests, pockets of organized anger sprouting up all over the state of Wisconsin. Already there have been letter-writing campaigns designed to clog of the letter boxes and e-mail inboxes of executives and coaches of... |
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ANGELS RALLY OVER BOSOX Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| Pinch-hitter Erick Aybar hit a bases-clearing triple to highlight a four-run seventh, and the Angels rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox yesterday in Anaheim. Los Angeles pinch-hitters were just 6-for-38 with five RBIs this season before... |
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BATMAN GIVES HAND TO OWNERS Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| YOUR fantasy league trade deadline likely is approaching faster than the Dark Knight on the batpod. If you're trailing in the standings, you might need to make a deal worse than the Joker needs a plastic surgeon. Perhaps you need a heroic move to... |
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BIG M PACE A WORK OF 'ART' Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| The hottest thing at the Meadowlands last night wasn't the weather. It was Art Official, who captured the $1.1 million Meadowlands Pace in a world-record 1:47. Trained by Joe Seekman and driven by Hall of Famer Ron Pierce, Art Official (11-1) had... |
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CURTIS CLIMBS INTO THE HUNT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| SOUTHPORT, England - The round of the day belonged to 2003 British Open winner Ben Curtis, who made the turn in 3-under and finished with an even-par 70. That left Curtis, who won at Royal St. Georges, at 7-over-par and not out of contention at... |
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DON'T LET 'CANE KICK YER BOAT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| THOUGH Bertha is now just a storm heading toward the North Atlantic and no threat to land, I'm starting to think we are overdue to be hit. This could be the year a major hurricane makes its way up the coast, and there is no time like the present... |
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FAVORITES STRUGGLE AT BIRKDALE Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:48:39 -0400 |
| By MARK CANNIZZARO SOUTHPORT, England - Phil Mickelson left yet another British Open quietly and well out of contention today, closing out with a final-round 71 to finish 14-over. "I didn't play to the level I would have liked,'' he said... |
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FIRE FORCES SHUTDOWN OF BELMONT GRANDSTAND Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| NYRA Nation was forced temporarily to evacuate Belmont Park yesterday morning because of transformer fire, second one in nine days. Track re-opened at 11:15 a.m. and first post went off as scheduled. Grandstand, however, was off-limits and will... |
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FRIERE TAKES 14TH; SPONSOR BAILING OUT Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:16:35 -0400 |
| DIGNES-LES-BAINS, France - Oscar Freire closed in on the sprint title at the Tour de France by winning yesterday's 14th stage, and Australia's Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey in the doping-battered race. The Spaniard prevailed in a mass sprint... |
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HARRINGTON WINS ANOTHER OPEN Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:46:45 -0400 |
| SOUTHPORT, England - All week this looked like Greg Norman's British Open. Norman, with his stunning fountain-of-youth performance at age 53 positioning himself with a two-shot lead entering today's final round, dominated the back pages of the... |
