June 11, 2005
PAYBACK TIME; CITI SHELLS OUT $2B TO SQUASH ENRON CHARGES
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCitigroup agreed to pay $2 billion to settle charges that its investment banking work helped Enron defraud investors. It was another blow to the reputation of Citi, which has tangled...
LESS IS MORGAN AS 8 MORE EXIT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley's talent continues to be ripe for the picking, as Wachovia Securities struck hard yesterday, lifting up to eight traders out of the embattled firm's high-profile equity division. The...
SUIT PARES POLO'S PROFIT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amPolo Ralph Lauren's fourth-quarter profit was hammered by special charges, including a $100 million reserve related to ongoing litigation with rival Jones Apparel Group. The reserve and other special expenses,...
JAIL-BOUND BERNIE LOOKS FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amWorldCom scamster Bernie Ebbers is hoping his devout praying and Sunday school teaching will help keep him from spending the rest of his life in prison. The architect of America's...
MARKET REPORT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amFor many new luxe condos, the view's the thing. That's why you'll hear people at parties talking breathlessly about "air rights" the same way they babbled about Yahoo! stock in...
THE BEACH IS BACK - NEW DEVELOPMENTS REVIVE GLAMOUR IN JERSEY SHORE TOWNS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHOUGH you might not know it to look at it now, once upon a time, the Jersey Shore was quite the happening place. Seven presidents lived it up on the...
MY NEW HOME
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amUNDERBIDDERS WIN THE DAY, FINALLY What they bought: Boerum Hill two-bedroom, $575,000 Search time: Seven months HAVING a hard time landing your next apartment? You may want to try Rich...
GIMME SHELTER
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amHiltons take it off HAMPTONITES can breathe a sigh relief: the Hilton family compound has been taken off the market. Kathy and Rick Hilton, the parents of hamburger-hawking hotel heiress...
INSIDE FLATBUSH, $20
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amTOMORROW'S Victorian Flatbush house tour, always the most expansive of the Brooklyn house tours, seems to be expanding itself. The $20 tour, which hits 13 neighborhoods, including Ditmas Park and...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCook and clean Kim Seybert 37 W. 37th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 9th floor; (212) 564-7850 Sale: June 14-15 Open: 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Home accessories normally sold at...
MIAMI GETS MEIER STYLE - CAN'T GET INTO 165 CHARLES STREET? FLY 1,300 MILES SOUTH
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIF he designs it, they will come. In this case, "he" is the celebrated architect Richard Meier, known for the Getty Center in Los Angeles (and a luxury condo coming...
BLONDJUSTICE - NO 'CLOSER' TO REALISTIC COPS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00am"The Closer" Monday night at 9 on TNT * * (two stars) IF TV and movies are any indication, the LAPD must be overflowing with quirky, but brilliant, cops who...
WE'VE GOT GAME
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amBROTHERS IN ARMS: ROAD TO HILL 30 Format: Xbox, PS2, PC Multiplayer: Yes Rated: Mature (gore, profanity) What's it about: A World War II first-person shooter, based on the true...
WHAT'S UP? YOUR BEST BETS THIS WEEKEND AND AFTER
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amTODAY PIER PLEASURES: Catch the first fireworks of the season - plus live music, jugglers, clowns and cameos by Thomas the Tank Engine and others - at Children's Day at...
BOUNCING TO THE BEAT - BLACK EYED PEAS MELD POP WITH RAP IN A FRENZIED SHOW
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe Black Eyed Peas are too pop for hip-hop and too hip-hop for pop, and that made for loads of empty seats at the Apollo Theater Thursday night. But those...
SUPERHERO CITY - HOLY GOTHAM! NYC'S FULL OF MEN IN TIGHTS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amWE live in a town so nice they named it twice. But in the world of superheroes like Batman, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, New York City has become such...
CHEER ON
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS is the second year in a row that NYP Tempo showcases the great contributions of Puerto Rican New Yorkers in our annual Puerto Rican Day Parade special. Last year,we...
GI-SLAY 'CRIME' PROBED ; IRAQ BLAST A PUZZLE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMilitary officials have launched a criminal investigation to determine if American "friendly fire" or another culprit is responsible for the killing of two Army officers at a base north of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA retired forest ranger set off an explosion while he was showing fifth-graders at upstate Lake Placid Elementary School how early American pioneers built fires using flint and a powder...
MAYOR IN STUMBLE ON STADIUM FUMBLE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg has been hit with a sudden and dramatic reversal of political fortune after his West Side stadium dream dissolved, and he's now running neck and neck with three...
WEAPON IS A REAL SCREAM - ISRAELI SOUND CANNON
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel has a new weapon - an ear-splitting sound maker that could be used to disable Jewish settlers who resist this summer's Gaza Strip evacuation. The device, dubbed...
'KILLER' CAT GOES POSTAL
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIt took a 6-pound ball of fuzz to do what the snow, the rain, the heat or gloom of night could not: halt the mailman in his tracks. But the...
UNION 'RAT' TRAP FORCES SILVER TO SCURRY AWAY
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Embarrassed Democrats canceled an important fund-raising event in the city yesterday after union leaders threatened to show up and brand Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver a "rat" for killing...
HER LAST KISS - JURIST'S TEEN SONBUSTED WITH PALSIN ARUBA VANISH
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe 17-year-old son of an Aruban jurist engaged in passionate back-seat kissing with an Alabama honors student on the night she vanished from the Caribbean resort island, according to testimony...
HOLEY WAR ON L.I. ; BID TO BAN PIERCINGS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amExtreme "body art" like branding, skin braiding and tongue splitting - as well as more mainstream fads like nose and tongue piercing - pose significant health risks and should be...
WTC 'FREEDOM' DEBATE ON WEB
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCritics warning that the International Freedom Center at Ground Zero will become a showcase for blame-America politics have taken their crusade to the Internet. A new Web site, takebackthememorial.com, has...
FIREBALL OF DEATH ON L.I. ; 4 KILLED AS HIGHWAY CRASH LEADS TO TANKER BLAST AND PILE-UP
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIt was hell on the Sunrise Highway yesterday when a collision between an oil tanker and a gravel truck triggered a fiery chain-reaction smash-up. Four people were killed and 14...
STREETWISE SCHOOLKIDS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIf their parents never taught them to look both ways before crossing the street, some youngsters in Brooklyn and Staten Island will now hear it from the city. Kids at...
BLOOMY EYES NEW BOOSTS FOR W. SIDE DEVELOPMENT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe city is moving full steam ahead to develop the far West Side using other "catalysts" - besides a stadium - that might include tax breaks, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
COPS HUNT GAY-BASH BEASTS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA callous group of thugs beat a Brooklyn man into a coma in a bias crime, cops said yesterday. Dwan Prince, 27, was taking out the garbage around the corner...
IBUPROFEN MAY HAVE HEART RISK
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIn sobering news for ibuprofen users, a British study says the popular anti-inflammatory drug and similar pain relievers may increase the risk of heart attacks. The finding may confuse millions...
FUNERAL TODAY FOR TRAGIC TOT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA grieving mother thanked readers of The Post for helping pay for the funeral of her 10-month-old son today. Little Jaccob Baker died last week from injuries he suffered last...
FED RAP ON QUEENS S&M SICKO
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens S&M aficionado who ran an ultra-violent Web site was indicted for allegedly sexually torturing a woman he lured into his home and posting the images on the Internet,...
BODY SET AFIRE AT STADIUM
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe body of a man was dumped from a car and set on fire early yesterday in a Yankee Stadium parking lot, police said. The remains of the man, who...
2 FIREMEN ARRESTED IN BAR BRAWL
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amFour people, including two off-duty firemen, were arrested yesterday after a fight broke out between groups of partygoers leaving two Manhattan bars, police said. Authorities said the brawl started around...
TOUCHY PERV SUSPECT IN THE RAW
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amAn accused pervert was caught naked and touching himself in a set of bushes while lurking around a group of children playing in a park just steps from a federal...
MIKE VICTIM OF FRAUD TRY
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA brazen scam artist was busted after trying to cash a check drawn on Mayor Bloomberg's private account at the Bank of America, sources said yesterday. City Hall sources said...
'CROOKED' PBA BIG BOUNCED
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amAn NYPD union trustee has been stripped of his title and is under criminal investigation for allegedly cashing delegates' checks at a Nassau County bar and pocketing the cash, officials...
'NET 'PERV' NAILED
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Staten Island man was busted yesterday after arranging to have sex with a detective pretending to be a 13-year-old girl he met in an Internet chat room, authorities said....
JACKO'S JURORS HEAD TO WEEK 2
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Jurors in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial completed a full week of deliberations without reaching a verdict yesterday, prolonging the culmination of a bitter trial that could...
SILVER SCURRIES AWAY FROM UNION 'RAT' TRAP
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Embarrassed Democrats yesterday canceled an important fund-raising event in the city after union leaders threatened to show up and brand Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver a "rat" for killing...
BLAST PUZZLE IN IRAQ ; GI-SLAY 'CRIME' PROBED
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMilitary officials have launched a criminal investigation to determine if American "friendly fire" or another culprit is responsible for the killing of two Army officers at a base north of...
FED JUDGE BEGS TO DIFFER ; ORDERS CITY TO LET LOOSE JAILED PANHANDLERS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that the unconstitutional prosecution of peaceful panhandlers must stop and directed lawyers for the city to see that all pending cases are dropped and any...
RAPE MA HAS SICK EXCUSE; GIRL 'SEX-OBSESSED'
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island mother accused of enabling the rapes of her teenage daughter and young friend by two men at a White Plains hotel told investigators she thought the tryst...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** Police are looking for a hooligan who drew swastikas on 11 cars in Midwood yesterday. The vandalism was found on parked cars near East 24th Street and Avenue...
FIREBALL OF DEATH ON L.I. ; 4 KILLED AS HIGHWAY CRASH LEADS TO TANKER BLAZE AND PILE-UP
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe Sunrise Highway turned into a scene from hell yesterday when an out-of-control oil tanker crashed into several vehicles, killing four and injuring three others. Fourteen vehicles were burned and...
KILLER PAIN KILLER - IBUPROFEN ALARM
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amIn sobering news for ibuprofen users, a British study says the popular anti-inflammatory drug and similar pain relievers may increase the risk of heart attacks. The finding may confuse millions...
JACKO'S JERKO ERUPTS - FLAKY FAN DENIES HARASS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA restraining order couldn't stop Jacko's most wacko fan from blowing his top yesterday - as jurors deciding the King of Pop's fate finished a week of deliberations without a...
FED RAP ON S&M SICKO
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens S&M aficionado who ran an ultra-violent Web site was indicted for allegedly sexually torturing a woman he lured into his home and posting the images on the Internet,...
FED JUDGE BEGS TO DIFFER - ORDERS CITY TO LET LOOSE JAILED PANHANDLERS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that the unconstitutional prosecution of peaceful panhandlers must stop and directed lawyers for the city to see that all pending cases are dropped and any...
GIAMBI LOOSER, BUT NOT BETTER
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - A trip to Joe Torre's chiropractor Thursday straightened out Jason Giambi's back and allowed him to return to the lineup last night against the Cardinals at Busch...
KAZ FOR ALARM; ANGELS ROUT ISHII, LAST-PLACE METS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amAngels 12 Mets 2 Willie Randolph continues to show faith in left-hander Kaz Ishii, and the pitcher's spot in the Mets rotation is not in jeopardy. But a few strong...
RE-E-EVOLTING ; TORRE ERUPTS AFTER LATEST STUMBLE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCardinals 8 Yankees 1 ST. LOUIS - The final out of an embarrassing loss was barely registered before Joe Torre ripped into his lifeless team and questioned the Yankees' effort....
WANG HUNG OUT TO DRY
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - Chien-Ming Wang has pitched better than he did last night. But it's impossible to win when your fielders treat the baseball as if it were...
CARDINAL SINS ; BUMBLING BOMBERS HIT BOTTOM OF BARREL
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amYOU DON'T have to be a card-carrying member of the baseball historical society to recognize that something is terribly, terribly wrong with the 2005 Yankees. They aren't simply in a...
BAFFERT: IT'LL BE TWO-STAR RACE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amBOB Baffert, the trainer- handicapper extraordinaire who told Post readers to bet the bank on Smarty Jones in the Preakness last year, said today's Belmont Stakes is a toss-up between...
GARDEN CARD BETTER THAN PAY-PER-VIEW BOUT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amBoxing fans get a rare opportunity tonight to take their very own IQ test. For the ridiculous sum of $44.95, they can watch a freak show disguised as a boxing...
DUQUETTE VYING FOR MLB VP SPOT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMets senior vice president Jim Duquette interviewed Thursday for the job of senior VP of baseball operations at the Commissioner's Office, and is considered a front-runner for the job, The...
STEWARDS LET ONE STAND
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amStewards made borderline call deciding not to disqualify Prince Rahy from second in Grade 3, $100,000 Hill Prince Stakes yesterday. In three-way brawl through final furlong of mile-and-eighth turf race,...
ISIAH HIGH ON FRYE ; KNICK PREZ LIKES 'ZONA CENTER
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCHICAGO - When Isiah Thomas spent four days in Tucson six weeks ago interviewing folks about 6-11 Arizona center Channing Frye, the Knick president was overwhelmed by the rave reviews...
GINOBILI STEALS DUNC SPOTLIGHT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The NBA Finals darling of the day is San Antonio's Manu Ginobili, after he erupted for 15 fourth-quarter points, made some moves deemed damaging to your health...
BOUT OF DOUBT - TYSON, MCBRIDE BOTHHAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Be careful what you wish for. That's the lesson Kevin McBride might learn tonight when he faces Mike Tyson in a 12-round non-title fight that Tyson desperately needs...
JAX SURPRISES LAKERS' GM
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amLakers GM Mitch Kupchak was surprised to hear Phil Jackson claim on national TV he'd make his decision "in a day or two." Jackson indicated the Lakers were the frontrunners....
ANGEL MVP VLAD TO BE BACK ; RETURN BRIGHTENS SCIOSCIA'S DAY
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe Angels activated Vladimir Guerrero from the disabled list before last night's game against the Mets at Shea Sta dium and manager Mike Scioscia pen ciled him in as the...
AS GOOD AS IT BETS ; 10 HORSES TAKE AIM AT FAVORITE AFLEET ALEX
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amThere will be no "Funny" stuff in today's 137th Belmont Stakes, no "Smarty Party." Instead of the three-ring circus the Belmont became the past three years when War Emblem, Funny...
OLD HABITS DIE HARD
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - So Kevin Brown's bad shoulder was iffy enough during the week for Joe Torre to give the ball to Chien-Ming Wang here last night for the opener...
TOP RACES FILL DAY ON UNDERCARD
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amToday's Belmont Stakes anchors one of the year's strongest racing days in New York, with five graded stakes preceding the $1 million "Test of the Champion" worth an additional $1,350,000...
JOHNSON GLAD LIU IS IN FIELD
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amLiu Xiang was just 11 in 1995 when Allen Johnson won his first of a record seven world titles in the hurdles. Now, a decade later, the young star may...
'LOOSER' GIAMBI RETURNS TO LINEUP
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - A trip to Joe Torre's chiropractor on Thursday straightened out Jason Giambi's back and allowed the ailing Yankee first baseman/DH to return to the lineup last night...
PIAZZA'S SORE WRIST IMPROVING
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES For the second straight night, Ramon Castro started at catcher for the Mets. But Mike Piazza, who has been out with a left wrist contusion, is getting closer...
DEAD BAT CLUB: SHEFF, YANKS MUST PICK UP STICKS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCardinals 8 Yankees 1 ST. LOUIS - Wanting to protect the slumping Gary Sheffield, Joe Torre batted Alex Rodriguez cleanup for the second straight game and dropped the ice-cold Hideki...
PACKED PEN; GRAVES SIGNING WILL FORCE DECISIONS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amAny day now, Danny Graves should go from being an unofficial Met to an official one. And whenever that day comes, the Mets are going to have a few decisions...
TORRE'S KEEPING HIS FAITHIN UNIT
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - Joe Torre sounds like a vinyl record with a deep scratch when he talks the day before Randy Johnson pitches. "I hope I continue to...
SAYING HALO AGAIN ; ANGELS' MVP VLAD TO BE BACK IN LINEUP
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amFor the first time since he signed with the Angels - and not the Mets - two winters ago, Vladimir Guerrero visited Shea Stadium. But his post-game interview began with...
RE-E-EVOLTING - BLUNDERING YANKS STINKING FAST
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amCardinals 8Yankees 1 ST. LOUIS - Rock bottom for the Yankees arrived on the banks of the Mississippi last night. At least it better be as low as it gets,...
KO'D BY OWN HANDS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - It's difficult to imagine a bigger embarrassment than this. Difficult to imagine the Yankees ever could soil themselves or their heritage to any greater extent than they...
KAZ FOR ALARM ; ANGELS ROUT ISHII, LAST-PLACE METS
June 11, 2005 | 4:00amAngels 12 Mets 2 On Thursday, Mets manager Willie Randolph insisted that left-hander Kaz Ishii would not lose his spot in the rotation to Aaron Heilman with a bad pitching...