THESE NEWBIES IN TUNE WITH '09

By DAN AQUILANTEand MAXINE SHEN

IT'S a new year - which means a whole new crop of musicians vying to be this year's Hot New Artist. Here are a half-dozen fresh faces, all releasing albums in the next six months, to...more >

By DR. KEITH ABLOW

NEW Year's resolutions are heady things. They invite goals that would sweep away bad habits the instant midnight strikes. Yet while "out with the old, in with the new" is a catchy...more >

By LOU LUMENICK

BESIDES being a legendary Led Zeppelin recording, "Stairway to Heaven" is the more upbeat US release title of a 1946 romantic fantasy known in Britain as "A Matter of Life and Death...more >

Here are some tips that made my weight loss, if not easy, at least less difficult. - K.S. 1. Prepare to win. Make sure you are stocked up on healthy foods. When there's "nothing to eat...more >

BIG-TIME LOSER SHARES ALL HIS SLIMMING SECRETS

By KEVIN F. SHERRY

A year ago, like millions of other Americans, I made a resolution to lose weight. I was porked out and tipping the begging-for-mercy scales at more than 200 pounds - and I'm only 5-foot-7....more >

By MARINA VATAJ

IF you absolutley have to have a fad diet, here is the latest crop of diet books: n "The 9-Inch Diet," by Alex Bogusky with Chuck Porter The claim: Your dinnerware is making you fat...more >

By MARY HUHN

The final weigh-in for three Rosenberg-Kolb family members was the week before Thanksgiving, so The Post checked in after the holidays. How'd did they do? Fantastic. During the festive time...more >

REAL-LIFE NYC FAMILY GETS DIET MAKEOVER

By MARY HUHN

SO you made it through the first Monday of the new year, and your diet's still intact. Great. Now get ready for the rest of your life. If only you had someone to guide you, to tell you what to...more >

REAL-LIFE NYC FAMILY GETS DIET MAKEOVER

By MARY HUHN

SO you made it through the first Monday of the new year, and your diet's still intact. Great. Now get ready for the rest of your life. If only you had someone to guide you, to tell you what to...more >

BRUISED BUT UNBOWED, MUMBAI BOUNCES BACK

By RAAKHEE MIRCHANDANI

FIRST came the peace marches. Next up, the "I love Mumbai" novelty T-shirts. Now comes the healing. It's been exactly a month since the attacks on my city, a month since terrorists...more >

* ROME $899 per person: RT air from NYC and 4 nights at the River Palace Hotel. Price includes breakfast, taxes and fees. Travel 4/1-31, book by 1/19 (tourcrafters.com). * HAWAII $115 a...more >

FLY SOUTH ALL winter long, you can fly nonstop from JFK to the scubarific Dutch island of Bonaire, courtesy of Delta. It leaves each and every Saturday (10:35 a.m. to be exact). Flight time's...more >

IN ITALY'S FAR NORTH, SKI IN STYLE (FOR LESS)

By MARK ELLWOOD

IT was the fur coats that did it. Walking through Cortina d'Ampezzo on a winter's day, there were as many full-length minks as CP Company puffy coats - yes, even sometimes on the men...more >

By MAXINE SHEN

Gin Wigmore, "These Roses" Make mine a Gin Wigmore. No, that isn't a trendy frou-frou drink - she's New Zealand's latest musical export. The 22-year-old platinum-blond...more >