June 6, 2005
DADDY AS DEEP THROAT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWITH the secret revealed for the world, publishers at the Book Expo America trade show were getting a whole new spin on a book deal involving former FBI agent W....
FUNDS GORGE ON A&P
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amHedge funds, led by stock-trading powerhouse S.A.C. Capital Management, spent the spring loading carts with shares of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company - and made a killing. For...
WHO NEEDS DAVE? - SMASH DVD TAKES PRESSURE OFF RUNAWAY COMIC
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amDAVE Chappelle's return to Comedy Central could be an afterthought, now that the network is reaping millions off DVD sales of "Chappelle's Show." Call it making lots of money without...
KILLERS SLAY
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amDESPITE hailing from Las Vegas, The Killers' distinctly New York sound and attitude made them a near-perfect fit as the headliners for the opening of the Central Park SummerStage series...
'SYLVIA' MATURES WITH GRACE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amBALLET history is littered with the monuments of lost masterpieces. One of these is miraculously revived at the Metropolitan Opera House by American Ballet Theatre: "Sylvia," Frederick Ashton's magnificent ballet...
TONY'S FINAL SHOT IS SHORT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWORD from the the set of "The Sopranos" is that a seventh and final season of the mob opera will be a short one - just six epsiodes. The show...
STARR REPORT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amSome bad credit What is it with the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com) and bogus actors' credits? Last March, Demi Moore's IMDB "credits" included an upcoming (fall) role on Fox's "The...
SUMMER SCHOOL - FINALLY, REWARDS FOR BRAINIACS INSTEAD OF LOSERS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMY secret ambition has always been to write one of those horrible soundbites that are guaranteed to get picked in ads. You know: "The Sopranos is a Gangland Hit!" Or...
CNN SHOW OFF SIXTH AVE.
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCNN's street-level studio on Sixth Avenue appears to be headed for other uses. The last show being produced out of the studio at the corner of 51st Street across from...
A 65-INCH TICKET TO VIDEO PARADISE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe world's first 65-inch LCD TV set - that's five-and-half feet from corner to corner - is going on sale this summer. The set will sell for about as much...
MOSS APPEAL - WHY KATE'S MODEL OF THE MOMENT; MOSS: MODEL AT14, LEGEND AT 31
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amFOR such a small woman, there's something very big about Kate Moss," says Peter Arnold, executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), which tonight will honor...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A gun-toting suspect beat and threatened to kill a man early yesterday in a Bushwick apartment building, police sources said. The assailant, described as a man in his...
U.S. ROOTS OUT BUNKER
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amAmerican forces were still trying to determine yesterday how many insurgents were hiding in a huge underground complex, complete with air conditioning and showers, that was discovered near Baghdad late...
ISRAEL HAILED (& ASSAILED) AT CITY PARADE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amProtests and politics marked the Salute to Israel Day Parade in Manhattan yesterday as Mayor Bloomberg and a host of elected officials marched past demonstrators opposing Israel's planned pull-out of...
YO, DOG(S OF WAR) - JUST CALL IT IRAP
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amU.S. soldiers in Iraq are recording rap in homemade studios - some built with plywood and soundproofed with mattress pads - right on the front, as a way of expressing...
B'WAY'S BEST $CORE - TONY WIN BOOSTS BOX OFFICE, EGO
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amOFFICIALLY, the Tony Awards presented last night signify "excellence in the American theater." Unofficially, they're a marketing tool that can boost the box office and add years to the life...
PIRRO FILLS IN GAPS FOR NO-SHOW MIKE AT FULANI BASH
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg was a no-show at yesterday's reception for Independence Party leader Lenora Fulani, but Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro, seeking statewide office, spent the afternoon working the room. "My career...
2 HELD OVER ARUBA TEEN - FBI ASKED FOR HELP IN SEARCH
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCops on the island of Aruba charged two local men yesterday in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager a week ago. Attorney General Caren Janssen did not specify...
U.S. COUPLE KOS MIDEAST PIRATES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A Massachusetts couple sailing around the world was attacked by pirates in the Red Sea - but fought them off by ramming one of their boats. Joseph Barry...
'EM' & 'EM' RULE THE WORLD - EMILY ANDEMMA TOP GIRL NAMES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amTwo similar-sounding monikers are the most widely chosen names for newborns across the English-speaking world. In the United States, Emily and Emma rank 1 and 2. In Australia and England,...
MURDERS SPIKE IN UNSETTLED ISRAEL
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWith police stretched thin by the need to plan security for the Gaza withdrawal, the Israeli murder rate has jumped 35 percent in the first five months of the year....
HELL ON WHEELS - TOWING HORROR STORIES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amSecond of two parts Having a car towed for unpaid parking tickets is not a happy experience for any driver - but for some, it's a nightmare of hellish bungling...
BLOOMY BACKS BILL TO GIVE SCOFFLAWS A BREAK
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is backing a plan that could severely slice into the millions of dollars in profit that city marshals rack up each year towing vehicles owned by parking scofflaws,...
BID TO CAN RECYCLE LAW
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amNew York supermarkets want an end to the state's 5-cent deposit law that requires grocers to collect and store recyclable cans and bottles - claiming it actually leads to higher...
'CHARTER' KIDS OUTPACE OTHER STUDENTS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCharter-school students in the city are more proficient in reading and math than their peers in traditional public schools, according to an analysis of recently released scores on citywide standardized...
SILVER HAMMER SET TO SMASH STADIUM
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWith the deadline for a vote on state approval of a West Side stadium set for this afternoon, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who holds one of the three votes,...
IN LINE OF FIRE - SHOT B'KLYN BOY RELIVES STRAY-BULLET PANIC
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA gutsy 12-year-old boy, grazed by a bullet as he walked across a Brooklyn street, told yesterday how he stared in fear at blood gushing from his body and thought...
'AL QAEDA' DOC A DEADBEAT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA former Harlem physician charged with plotting to aid al Qaeda members is also a deadbeat doc who stiffed Uncle Sam for his medical school tuition, court records show. Rafiq...
MIRROR THEFT A BUST - CAR VANDAL NABBED
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 62-year-old junkyard worker should have used one of the side-view mirrors he allegedly pried off several cars on the Upper East Side yesterday to glimpse an angry owner standing...
WEINER & MILLER ARE YOUTH 'HOSTILES'
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThey both got their start in politics working for members of Congress while in their early 20s, and both went on to become city councilmen. One went on to become...
IT'S 'SPAM' A LITTLE - COPS THREE TONYS; 'DOUBT' IS BEST PLAY
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe hilarious Monty Python spoof "Spamalot" hit the high note at last night's Tony Awards by copping Best Musical, while the gripping drama "Doubt," about a suspected pedophile priest in...
SHE'S ALIVE, BUT SOC. SEC. IS DEAD END
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island woman made a routine trip to her bank - and learned she'd been dead for months. Henrietta Kravis, 77, got wind of her premature demise in March...
WOMAN HURT IN HIT-RUN
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA woman crossing a Brooklyn street was struck and seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver last night, police sources said. The victim, whose name was withheld, was crossing Fourth avenue...
KILLER & THRILLER - MANSON COULD BE JACKO'S JAILMATE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - If Michael Jackson is convicted of kid-sex charges, he could be moonwalking behind bars at a "celebrity state prison." The perverted pop king likely would be...
CAROUSEL COULD BE CAROU-SOLD
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCity officials are scrambling to pony up enough cash to save a beloved Coney Island merry-go-round. The 86-year-old B & B Carousell - the correct Coney Island spelling - is...
SUNY AMONG SUNNIS - GIS HIT THE BOOKS AT 'UNIVERSITY' IN IRAQ
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe State University of New York has opened a special branch 6,000 miles from New York state - just down the road from Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. It has...
ISRAEL MURDERS UP
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWith police stretched thin by the need to plan security for the withdrawal of 9,000 settlers from Gaza, the Israeli murder rate has jumped 35 percent in the first five...
LET'S CAN THE RECYCLING LAW: STORES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amNew York supermarkets want an end to the state's 5-cent deposit law, which requires grocers to collect and store recyclable cans and bottles - claiming it actually leads to higher...
JACKO'S BACKO IN ATTACKO - PAIN LANDS HIM IN HOSP E.R.
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson spent what could be one of his last days of freedom in a hospital emergency room yesterday. The pop star and a bodyguard went...
HILL WILL BE TOUGH: GOP BOSS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The national Republican Party boss warned his troops yesterday not to take the "very effective" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton too lightly if she runs for the White House...
'JIHAD' DOC DITCHED TUITION LOAN
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA former Harlem physician charged with plotting to aid al Qaeda members is also a deadbeat doc who stiffed Uncle Sam for his medical-school tuition, court records show. Rafiq Sabir,...
SHE'S ALIVE, BUT SOC. SEC. IS A DEAD END
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island woman made a routine trip to her bank - and learned she'd been dead for months. Henrietta Kravis, 77, a retired technical illustrator, had been getting $469...
2 CHARGED IN ARUBA 'VANISH'
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amPolice on the island of Aruba charged two local men yesterday in connection with the disappearance of an Alabama teenager a week ago. Attorney General Caren Janssen did not specify...
DON'T 'A'-LIST ME ON BALLOT: GIFFIE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amGIFFORD MILLER has his own "scarlet letter" - and he wants to get rid of it. In a letter to the Board of Elections last week, Miller asked that his...
BEACH NIGHTMARE - RESCUER DROWNS, KID MISSING IN ROCKAWAYS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA day in the sun turned into a nightmare at Rockaway Beach yesterday when a good Samaritan drowned trying to save a teenager, who was swept away and is also...
NO 'DOUBT' ABOUT IT - COPS BEST PLAY & 3 OTHER TONYS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00am"Doubt," John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a suspected pedophile priest, left no doubt that it would go down as one of the great American plays last night after...
MARINES UNEARTH HUGE TERRORIST ARMS BUNKER
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amAmazing photos released yesterday by the Marines show an entrance to a vast underground bunker filled with hundreds of weapons stockpiled by terrorists. The photo above shows some of the...
DEM FOES ARE YOUTH 'HOSTILES'
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThey both got their start in politics working for members of Congress while in their early 20s, and both went on to become city councilmen. Before turning 35, one was...
PIRRO FILLS IN FOR NO-SHOW MIKE AT BASH FOR FULANI
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg was a no-show at yesterday's reception for Independence Party leader Lenora Fulani, but Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro spent the afternoon working the room. "My career has been [about]...
EX-SUFFOLK BIG EYES GOV RUN
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney has quietly told friends he's interested in running for governor next year if, as expected, Gov. Pataki doesn't seek re-election, The Post has learned....
COPS: MAN'S CAR-MIRROR THEFT A BUST
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 62-year-old junkyard worker should have used one of the side-view mirrors he allegedly pried off several cars on the Upper East Side yesterday to glimpse an angry owner standing...
FBI SET TO NAB MORE EXTREMISTS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe FBI plans to arrest more Islamic extremists, after a Bronx jazz musician and Florida doctor were caught allegedly volunteering to join Osama bin Laden's holy war against the United...
HORRORS HAUNT CITY'S DEADLIEST BEACH
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amDangerous currents and vicious riptides have made Rockaway Beach the deadliest strip of oceanfront in the city. The popular beach has claimed at least 17 lives in the past decade....
SOC. SOC. KILLS OFF VERY-MUCH-ALIVE GAL
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island woman made a routine trip to her bank - and learned she'd been dead for months. Henrietta Kravis, 77, a retired technical illustrator, had been getting $469...
HERE A WINNER, THERE A WINNER AND NO 'LOST' CAUSES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amEVERYBODY got a prize! Broadway spread its goodies, the Tonys, around last night, a fitting response to the four nominated musicals that had as many detractors as they had champions....
TRAGEDY AT ROCKAWAYS - BRAVE RESCUER DROWNS & TEEN MISSING
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA day in the sun turned into a nightmare at Rockaway Beach yesterday when a good Samaritan drowned trying to save a teenager, who was swept away and is also...
'COCAINE' FIREMAN GETS SLIDE IN CRASH
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx firefighter who tested positive for cocaine after his rig collided with another fire engine shouldn't be disciplined because the incident doesn't qualify as a "major accident" under FDNY...
MARTHA TALKIN' TURKEY - BID TO SELL CONN. PAD
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt looks like Martha Stewart is unloading more of her property - with word she's looking to sell the Westport, Conn., home she's owned for more than 30 years. Sources...
14 YEARS LATER, YANKEL'S FAMILY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amNORMAN ROSENBAUM prays that this week will be the beginning of the end of an agonizing chapter that has tormented his family since Aug. 19, 1991. That was when Williamsburg...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amFrom the Pressing Your Luck Department, a man who was ordered to court in Durham, N.C., for not complying with his drunken-driving sentence stumbled up to the judge - while...
'MADAGASCAR' ZOO ZAPS 'SITH'
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA lion, a zebra, a giraffe and a pregnant hippo ruled Hollywood over the weekend as "Madagascar" rocketed to No. 1 at the box office - knocking "Star Wars" out...
MYSTER METAL PLATE SMASHES INTO CAR
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 3-pound metal plate smashed through the windshield of a car on the Tappan Zee Bridge, nearly killing the driver. James Gulezian, 27, a Con Ed inspector, was returning from...
HILLARY NO PUSHOVER: RNC
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Republican Party boss warned his troops yesterday not to take the "very effective" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton too lightly if she runs for the White House in...
FINEST FILLET PHILLY
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe NYPD team beat Philadelphia 37-0 to become the repeat champs of the National Public Safety Football League. Police Officer Randy Litrell, who scored the initial touchdown in Saturday's game...
SAFE AT HOME: CRIME NOSEDIVES IN N.Y. STATE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCrime plummeted statewide for the 11th consecutive year in 2004, particularly in violent categories such as murder, rape and robbery, officials said. Overall crime from Buffalo to Brooklyn fell 3.6...
GETTING OFF THE GROUND
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amEver wonder how a big metal airplane shares space with the sparrows? Read on to see how these winged marvels make it in the air. Man envied the birds for...
LET'S CAN RECYCLING LAW: STORES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amNew York supermarkets want an end to the state's 5-cent deposit law, which requires grocers to collect and store recyclable cans and bottles - claiming it actually leads to higher...
MYSTERY METAL PLATE SMASHES INTO CAR
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 3-pound metal plate smashed through the windshield of a car on the Tappan Zee Bridge, nearly killing the driver - who still can't figure out what happened. James Gulezian,...
MIRACLE MODEL'S 2ND ACT - PLANS RETURN TO CITY A YR. AFTER SHOOTING
June 6, 2005 | 4:00am"Miracle Model" Monica Meadows is finally set to return to the Big Apple - a year after fleeing in the wake of the horrific subway shooting that left her an...
MELHOR AINDA STAYS PERFECT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amBudding grass star Melhor Ainda, favored at 2-5, remained unbeaten and untested through four starts yesterday, charging from off the pace under John Velazquez to win the Grade 3, $100,000...
AFLEET WEEK BEGINS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCAN he take the town by storm? Can he pick up where Smarty Jones left off and light a fire under New York? Afleet Alex, the muscular little hero of...
TRIPLE TRUMPED - DERBY LOSS COST 'ALEX' CROWN TRY
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amFor the first time in four years, there will be no Triple Crown on the line Saturday in the 137th Belmont Stakes. Given the crushing heartbreak of Smarty Jones' defeat...
GIACOMO FEELS THE BREEZE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amKentucky Derby winner Giacomo, the only horse in this year's Belmont field ever to finish in front of Afleet Alex, turned in his final major workout for Saturday's "Test of...
TORRE'S SOLD ON WANG
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - How impressed is Joe Torre with Chien-Ming Wang? Enough to consider not skipping him in the rotation like he did the last time so Randy Johnson...
MARLON SECOND TO NONE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Miguel Cairo was still missing from the Mets' lineup because of a left hamstring injury, but Kaz Matsui still didn't start yesterday's doubleheader opener at second base. Instead,...
LIBS GET IN A ZONE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amLiberty 61 - Mystics 58 Now if the Liberty can play Washington every game this season, they'll be OK. Bouncing back from a heartbreaking overtime loss in Detroit Friday, the...
CTK'S DAVIS SET TO PICK
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amLarry Davis, who during his junior year at Christ the King, has become one of the top basketball players in the city, is expected to announce his college intentions today....
BELTRAN HEARS JEERS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe Mets brought in Carlos Beltran to be the $119 million center of their franchise and their outfield, the Gold Glove star to make all the plays they'd expected of...
JOSE'S UP TO SPEED
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amJOSE Reyes grounded a ball that nicked off Giant starter Brett Tomko directly to Deivi Cruz to open the bottom of the first inning. The veteran Giants shortstop never hesitated,...
STORM SHOW TRUE GRIT
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amLess than 24 hours after a battered St. John's staff got a primer in the importance of starting pitching in post-season play, Anthony Sullivan gave the Red Storm exactly what...
HEAT'S ON WADE - PISTONS EXPECT DWYANE TO TAKE FLOOR IN GAME 7
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - There is little doubt Dwyane Wade will pull on the Heat's white and red home uniform tonight, just like Willis Reed did 35 years ago in Game 7...
BELTRAN REDEEMS HIMSELF
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amIn the first game of last night's doubleheader, Carlos Beltran misplayed a fly ball that opened the door for a four-run Giants inning and a 6-3 loss. In the nightcap,...
BROWN PULLS OUT ALL STOPS
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - Before Saturday's Game 6, Larry Brown reminded his Pistons about their backs-against-the-wall success, showing them a video montage of last season's championship run. Last spring, Detroit...
DOUBLE TROUBLE - FOUR-RUN SIXTH DOOMS METS IN OPENER
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 1: Giants 6 - Mets 3 Carlos Beltran isn't supposed to misplay balls in center field. And Kaz Ishii certainly shouldn't allow three-run doubles to fellow pitchers. But if...
CLIFF FINDS HR STROKE ON VIDEO
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amAfter Cliff Floyd had ended the third inning by fanning against Jason Schmidt, he came into the Mets clubhouse and looked at a videotape of his at-bat. Floyd saw himself...
SPLIT DECISION - METS ROLL IN NIGHTCAP AFTER AWFUL OPENER
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe NL East is as backed up as the LIE is on a summer weekend, and the Mets couldn't unsnarl themselves from the traffic jam yesterday. Had they pulled off...
SUPER-SUB MARLON SECOND TO NONE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Willie Randolph feels Marlon Anderson is one of the top bench players in the majors, but he had only started Anderson three times before yesterday's Shea doubleheader. He...
N.Y. FINEST CRUSH PHILLY
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe NYPD football team blew out their Philadelphia rivals 37-0 at Lincoln Financial Field Saturday to become the repeat champs of the National Public Safety Football League. Starting quarterback Police...
MOORE'S LANIGAN GETS EVEN WITH XAVERIAN
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCHSAA: Moore 6 - Xaverian 1 Bobby Lanigan had a chance to pitch Moore Catholic into the CHSAA final round last year, but lasted just three innings against a powerful...
SCHNURR COMPLETES TURNAROUND
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amCHSAA: St. Francis 3 - Stepinac 1 What a difference a few days made for St. Francis Prep pitcher Robert Schnurr. On Wednesday, Schnurr started the CHSAA playoff game against...
BROWN'S CIGAR CERTAINLY NOT A VICTORY ONE
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - He has become the face and the soul of these Yankees, in a perfectly perverse kind of way. For one thing, Kevin Brown sits on the wrong side...
YANKS CAN'T FIND THEIR WAY DOME - BATS, BROWN BURN OUT AS TWINS TAKE SERIES
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - One hundred and one. Any combination of Yankee losses and Oriole wins gives the Birds the American League East title the Yankees have had a chokehold on the...
TRICEPS HAMPERS GORDON
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed the discomfort Tom Gordon felt in his right triceps isn't serious. The problem was severe enough yesterday that Joe Torre announced...
CLASSIC ANNIKA - SORENSTAM ROLLS TO FIFTH WIN THIS YEAR
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amGALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - When the 38-foot putt for eagle rolled across the 18th green and dropped into the center of the cup, it provided an exclamation point on another...
ESPN SPOILS CAM'S CANDID CATCH
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amLOOKALIKES: ESPN and Eddie Haskell. Like Haskell, the incurable showoff on "Leave It To Beaver," ESPN doesn't learn, no matter how many times it's bent toward playing the wise guy,...
OREGON ST. KOS SJU
June 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt took a closer making his first start in two years and a starter throwing the first complete game of his college career for St. John's to set a single...