May 30, 2005
PIRATE'S 'AYE'ING, A WALTER BREAKUP
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amHedge fund Pirate Capital is threatening to rally fellow investors to force Walter Industries' board of directors to walk the plank. The Norwalk, Conn.-based fund filed SEC documents late last...
VENDOR BENDER: MACHINES SELL MACHINES
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe next wrinkle in retailing has consumers vending for themselves. A San Francisco tech outfit is rolling out a sophisticated vending machine in airports and hotels that sells everything from...
'I BET IT WAS GOING TO BE ME' - ACTOR KILLED OFF 'HOUSEWIVES' KNEW
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amREX Van De Kamp's death on the season finale of "Desperate Housewives" wasn't a total shock to Steven Culp, the actor who portrayed him. "I had a sneaking suspicion someone...
MCCAIN'S WAR STORY - ANGUISH IN 'FAITH OF MY FATHERS'
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amTONIGHT, A&E presents a story straight out of the Vietnam Era, but without the era. Neither the protests nor the politics surrounding the war are allowed to intrude on this...
THE NEW ROONE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amAMONG the more interesting names being mentioned over the weekend to take over the reigns of NBC News is Dick Ebersol, the head of the network's sports department and the...
TENDER GENDER BENDER
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amTALK about extreme makeovers. The new Viacom gay cable channel says it is producing a show that will follow college students through their sex change operations. "TransGenerations" is scheduled to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA gas-station attendant working the overnight shift scratched $1,400 worth of lottery tickets without paying for them - then wrote a letter to his boss, begging for forgiveness. "I don't...
STEM-CELL BILL FACES GOP BLOCK
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A powerful Senate Republican yesterday threatened to stop a stem-cell bill passed by the House last week over President Bush's objections. The measure would OK the expanded use...
BLOOMY: MAKE POLS KEEP VOWS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amAfter boasting of his administration's success in raising kids' test scores and providing more affordable housing, Mayor Bloomberg had some advice for some Queens voters yesterday - hold public officials'...
ISRAEL OKS RELEASE OF 'TERRORIST' PRISONERS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet voted yesterday to free 400 Palestinian prisoners, amid passionate debate over whether the move would advance the peace process. Those who will be freed were convicted...
RING TONE TOPS UK POP CHARTS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amAn annoying cellphone ring tone - whose cartoon icon is a frog wearing goggles - has shot to the top of the British singles chart, freezing out the rock group...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A man was fighting for his life after he was beaten and stabbed yesterday by four assailants on a street in the Longwood section, authorities said. The...
GIRL, 12, STRANGLES MOM
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA 12-year-old girl has been arrested on Long Island for strangling her mother, police said yesterday. Freeport Town police went to the home of the 45-year-old victim Saturday night after...
SHE BOPS LANDLORD - CYNDI IN LEGAL BATTLE TO SLASH LUXE APT.'S RENT TO $508 A MO.
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amCyndi Lauper is showing her "True Colors" as a New Yorker when it comes to her spacious, rent-stabilized digs. Proving that even millionaire pop queens like bargains, Lauper is demanding...
'WE DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICS. YOU FIGHT FOR FRIENDS - THE GUYS RIGHT HERE'
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amNONE of the city's West Point cadets noticed the plane cutting through the white sunlight that morning, but American Airlines Flight 11 was surely there - and about to change...
BELLE ON WHEELS - SPEED-DEMON DANICA TAKES 4TH AT INDY 500
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amDanica Patrick proved she was built for speed yesterday as she zoomed her way into sports history with the strongest showing ever for a woman in the Indianapolis 500. Leading...
911 GLITCH KILLED OUR DAD: FAMILY
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of an elderly Queens man who died of a heart attack during last year's 911 blackout has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city and Verizon. Charles Grier,...
KEY GOPER VOWS STEM-CELL FIGHT
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A powerful Senate Republican yesterday threatened to stop a stem-cell bill passed by the House last week over President Bush's objections. The measure would expand use of embryos...
HARASS LAWSUIT VS. UPS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA former United Parcel Service worker says the shipping company brought her nothing but humiliation - failing to step in as her male co-workers touched her, whistled at her and...
MAN SHOT NEAR PROSPECT PARK
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA man shot near the entrance to Brooklyn's Prospect Park last night did not suffer life-threatening injuries, police said. The man, whose name was being withheld by police, was found...
MUSCLE WOMAN MAYHEM - 'BEATS HUBBY, BITES COP'
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amPro-wrestling amazon Nicole Bass sent her hubby to the corner - cowering in fear - yesterday after going on a boozy bender and beating him up, then biting the hand...
BRONX QAEDA ARREST - 'MALCOLM X' LINK
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe son of a lieutenant to Malcolm X and a Columbia med school grad have been busted in a strange plot to provide "material support" to al Qaeda, the feds...
BIKER DIES IN DWI HORROR - 'DRUNK' RAMS VAN INTO CRUISING DUO
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA motorcyclist was killed and his fiancée seriously injured when their bike was struck by a drunken van driver in Brooklyn yesterday, authorities said. The accident occurred on Vandervoort Avenue...
BRONX QAEDA ARREST - L.I. TERROR-CAMP PLOT
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe son of a lieutenant of Malcolm X has been busted along with a Columbia med-school grad in a chilling plot to start an al Qaeda training camp in the...
HARASS SUIT VS. U.P.S. - AXED GAL BLASTS STAFF
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA former United Parcel Service worker says the shipping company brought her nothing but humiliation - failing to step in as her male co-workers touched her, whistled at her and...
MIKE'S STEALTH MEETING WITH GUY'S GUYS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER state Sen. and party boss Guy Velella may be gone from Bronx politics after his corruption conviction and jail time, but that doesn't mean his specter isn't still haunting...
CRIME-TIME TV - COPS PLAN TO CATCH CROOKS ON TAPE WITH HUNDREDS OF VIDEO CAMERAS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amBig Brother really will be watching. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has told top police brass that he wants to put up about 400 surveillance cameras on high-crime and high-traffic streets...
FATAL PHONE GLITCH - 911 CRASH SPARKS SUIT
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of an elderly Queens man who died of a heart attack during last year's 911 blackout has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city and Verizon. Charles Grier,...
NEW JACOBI CHIEF'S MAMMOGRAM MESS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amConey Island Hospital's chief - recently sent to Jacobi Hospital to help steer it through its Pap-smear scandal - had left a medical snafu in his own wake, state health...
MALL FOR THE BETTER - DAZZLING NEW BX. CENTER
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amMove over, Yankee Stadium - there's a brand-new attraction on its way to The Bronx. The Post obtained exclusive renderings of the $394 million Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market...
'CON'-DEMNED - RESIDENTS FUMING AS EX-JAILBIRDS FLOCK BACK TO OLD NEIGHBORHOODS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amEx-cons live all around the $700,000 house Lorenzo Lopez just bought - and he and his East Harlem neighbors are fed up. "This area is infested with these people. Enough...
COMING TO PAY RESPECT
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amABOARD USS PORTER LT. jg. Nathalie Guevara, out of The Bronx by way of Manhattan's Loyola High School and the U.S. Naval Academy, stoops low to the deck deep inside...
JETS' JUDGE-MENT DAY - JURIST HOLDS KEY TO W. SIDE STADIUM: SILVER
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amASSEMBLY Speaker Sheldon Silver says it may be all over for the West Side stadium this week if a much-anticipated judicial ruling goes against the controversial, $2 billion-plus plan. "Obviously,...
FROM $20 MIL TO $250 - NANNY SUIT SETTLED
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA Manhattan mom's sensational $20 million lawsuit against her former nanny has come to a quiet $250 end. That's the tiny amount of money Danica Cordell-Reeh settled for in her...
HAMPTONS DIARY
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amHUNKY Leonardo DiCaprio is hiding out in the Hamptons - basking in the glow of socialites and belly dancers. "He really doesn't want anyone to know that he's here," a...
TEARS AND PRIDE AT HEROES' MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amWE WALKED gently over the luscious lawns of Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, where 20,000 veterans rest and angels never fear to tread. It was the annual memorial service...
PRODIGAL LOOTER RETURNS: COPS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA man suspected of having burglarized a Long Island Catholic church three times last week was arrested early yesterday - outside the same church. David Crump, 38, was caught around...
CALL HIM DEREK PLUNK
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amDerek Jeter pronounced himself as perfectly fine for last night's series finale against the archrival Red Sox, his left shoulder blade just a little sore after getting plunked by Matt...
MAKING A CASE FOR THE DEFENSE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Have we learned any lessons from the playoffs so far? Phoenix, the leading offensive team in the regular season, is on life support. Sacramento, No. 2, is...
ECCLESIASTIC TAKES JAIPUR
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amOn lovely holiday weekend afternoon when favorites won seven of nine races, Old Forester fell head short as 2-1 choice in Grade 3, $100,000 Jaipur Handicap, beaten by Ecclesiastic ($19.60)...
STAN'S 99 PERCENT SORRY
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK AUBURN HILLS - After poking a stick into a hornets' nest by calling Pistons fans "the absolute nastiest people" on Friday, Heat coach Stan Van Gundy apologized yesterday...
DAMON'S THE ONE WHO STIRS UP BOSOX
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amIt is often about his hair or what he said or something that has nothing to do with his baseball. But almost everything the Red Sox finish starts with Johnny...
'ZAPPER' BACK FOR MET MILE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amAmerican racing fans get a rare treat today at Belmont Park when Ghostzapper, 2004 Horse of the Year, returns to the races in the Grade 1, $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap, his...
RENTERIA'S THREE WASN'T FREE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThe numbers stood out in the Boston clubhouse. Edgar Renteria's new No. 3 hung in his locker, while David Wells' freshly sewed No. 16 was in his stall. While Wells...
KAZ STRAINS ON RETURN
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - In the unofficial race between injured Met regulars, Kaz Matsui beat Carlos Beltran by a neck. Matsui (neck strain) returned to the starting lineup yesterday afternoon,...
NO MITT, NO PROB FOR RUSS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amJourneyman Russ Johnson made his first-ever major league start at first base last night - right there in front of the world on national television - at Yankee Stadium with...
BOOMER HAS YANKS' NUMBER
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amDavid Wells heard the boos last night. He heard what he described as "hatred." Then he shut down the Yankees, nearly pitching a complete game in the Red Sox' 7-2...
IN MILLAR'S BOOK, JETER'S THE MAN
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Kevin Millar's respect for Derek Jeter crosses the line between blood rivals. Asked what player he would select if he were starting a team, the Red Sox first...
FIRED-UP HEAT GRAB 2-1 EDGE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 3: HEAT 113 - PISTONS 104 AUBURN HILLS - For much of the night, the Heat were doing it just as they envisioned when they liberated Shaquille O'Neal from...
KOO-BLOOEY - MET RELIEVER DEALS GOPHER BALL TO BURY WIN STREAK
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amMarlins 6 - Mets 3 MIAMI - When Mets reliever Dae-Sung Koo sprinted home from second on a sacrifice bunt in last weekend's Subway Series, he was hailed as a...
WHO'S DADDY NOW?
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Red Sox moved ahead of the Yankees in the standings and pretty much in every other way, as well, last night. If Pedro Martinez were still around, he could...
A-ROD ON FIELD OF SCREAMS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amA fan in the seats held up a sign that read "E-Rod" before the official scorer at Yankee Stadium could retract what appeared to be an eighth-inning error charged to...
MORELLI SHINES AGAIN
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amYesterday's PSAL Track & Field City Championships at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island was another opportunity for Deanna Morelli to showcase her talent as her impressive high school career draws...
JOE'S LINEUP SHUFFLE DOESN'T PAY OFF
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre shuffled his lineup against David Wells, dropping Hideki Matsui from fourth to sixth and elevating Alex Rodriguez from fifth to fourth. Torre also gave Russ Johnson...
EDGAR'S NUMBERS GAME
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Edgar Renteria left Fenway Park a week ago, the new Red Sox shortstop's numbers were ugly. With a $40 million free agent contract weighing on his back, his average...
NIXON: STURTZE GUILTY
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amThey have a history, so it was rather significant when Tanyon Sturtze plunked his old buddy Trot Nixon in the ribs with a pitch to lead off the ninth inning...
DAVID IS GOLIATH
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amIN ANOTHER time it was George Brett who would lug the same sense of inevitability to home plate with him, who by himself could turn a Yankee fan's heart icy...
NO ORDINARY JOE - TORRE AS CALM AS EVER DESPITE 16-RUN LOSS
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amTHE great thing about baseball is that you can manage a game in which your team loses by two touchdowns and a safety and look as calm as a guy...
BLOWOUT LOSS BRINGS CHANGE - MATSUI OUT OF FIELD; TINO, CANO OUT OF LINEUP
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amCompared to the May 3 shakeup, the moves Joe Torre made last night barely register on the meter measuring changes. However, the lineup card that was posted on the Yankees'...
DAVIDS DELIVER; YANKEES QUIVER - WELLS, ORTIZ LIFT BOSOX TO A SERIES VICTORY
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amRed Sox 7 - Yankees 2 Two pitchers traveling in opposite directions planted themselves in the middle of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry last night at Yankee Stadium and traded skins....
STOKE THE STREAK - TORRE HAS NO PLANS ON STOPPING MATSUI'S RUN
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amJOE Torre insists it is not about the streak. The Yankee manager recognizes an international stir would be created if he did not play Hideki Matsui, but that is not...
READY RUSS STARTS AT FIRST BASE
May 30, 2005 | 4:00amJourneyman Russ Johnson made his first-ever major league start at first base last night - right there in front of the world on national television - at Yankee Stadium with...