When Lakesha Hauser went off to Utica College, her mother warned her against signing up for credit cards.

She didn’t listen.

Without her parents knowing, Hauser loaded up with four pieces of plastic and now she’s paying the price. The 24-year-old East Harlem resident neglected to pay up on one of them, and three years after graduation she’s being hounded by her credit card company.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Signs of the new normal for young adults seem to be piling up like ripe sweat socks in the bedroom of your 20-something son down the hall.

We used to dismiss it as a “slacker” thing- an odd fad, we thought, of a generation that appeared content to take its sweet time before leaving the nest, finishing college, getting married and making commitments their parents began considering at 18.

“William Heydt moves through his subject matter, ‘comme un passion dans l’eau.’ Literally translated, “like a fish in water,” the French use this term to describe a person perfectly suited to his elements.”

William Heydt was born in 1949 and grew up in Westchester, NY.

LOS ANGELES _ Imagine fleeing for your life through the woods. Now imagine doing it barefoot and clad only in red lingerie.

Paris Hilton had that dubious honor for her big-screen acting debut in “House of Wax,” the latest Dark Castle horror remake opening nationwide Friday.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. _ The woman in the long gown and big hairdo stands in the center of the stage, wiping away tears, surrounded by her fellow contestants, watched by millions in television land.

It is the quintessential “Miss America” moment — except that it’s not.