June 13, 2005
WARHOL BLDG. TO CONVERT TO LUXE CONDOS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA partnership between Joseph Sitt and Andrew Heiberger, dubbed Thorwood Real Estate, has purchased two key Manhattan properties, including Andy Warhol's third Factory building - to convert them into luxury...
SIGH OF RELIEF - INFLATION FEARS LIKELY TO SUBSIDE, AIDING ECONOMY
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe jittery markets are likely to get a welcome summer break with new data showing that wholesale prices aren't rising as sharply as expected, a good sign for the U.S....
KEY TO 'WORLD'
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTHE next "Real World" appears to be headed to Key West, Fla. On the eve of the debut of "Real World: Austin" next week come reports that MTV producers are...
IN COLD BLOOD - GUNNING FOR NY-SICILY MOB CONNECTION
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amNATIONAL Geographic Channel must be tired from climbing all those heights and has decided to plumb the depths (and I'm not talking about deep-sea diving). For reasons I hope never...
'SUPER SIZE' GUY RETURNS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amFILMMAKER Morgan Spurlock knows a thing or two about torturing himself and those around him to make a point. "It's definitely a two-way street of misery," he says. In his...
CAMPBELL SPINS WEBB
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amYOU may not know Jimmy Webb by name, but you know his songs by heart. Webb wrote many of the greatest pop hits of the '60s and '70s - things...
BUSTER BUSTED
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTHE PBS kids show "Postcards from Buster" - which caused a stir this spring with an episode about a lesbian couple who were parents - had all its federal funding...
STARR REPORT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTrue Brit: Gordo, BBC Gordon Ramsay's newfound American fans will get the chance to see how the "Hell's Kitchen" star appears to his British audience when BBC America premieres "Ramsay's...
WHY TUCKER HATES TV CRITICS - AND THE 'SITUATION' WITH THE BOWTIE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWHEN I interviewed Tucker Carlson on the phone last week, I was fully dressed. If this surprised him, he didn't let on. I expected him to be stunned. His opinion...
DUMPED TO PUMPED - JEN, HONEY, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON; HEY JEN: FORGET BRAD, GET BAD!
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amFROM victim to victor - that's the move Jennifer Aniston desperately needs to make right now. Yes, we've all been there: Rejected. Dumped. And horribly humiliated. And maybe that's why,...
MOM-TO-BE IN SMASH ESCAPE - BABY ALSO SURVIVES COP-CAR COLLISION
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA nine-months-pregnant woman was recovering at a Brooklyn hospital yesterday after the car in which she was riding collided with a police cruiser, authorities said. Francine Isalo, 21, and her...
TEEN SLAIN IN SCHOOL PARTY FIGHT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA feud between two teens turned deadly in Brooklyn yesterday when a 17-year-old boy was stabbed outside a school graduation party, police sources and friends said. The victim, Ceasar Cruz,...
TEENS HELD IN TOURIST SHOOTING
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTwo 16-year-old Brooklyn residents have been charged in connection with a Midtown robbery that led to the shooting of a tourist from Baltimore, police said yesterday. Christian Campbell was charged...
NEVER-SAY-DIE MIKE IS 'TRYING EVERYTHING'
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSaying, "We're not quitters," Mayor Bloomberg vowed yesterday to keep working on getting a stadium built with the hope of winning the 2012 Olympics. After the state Legislature voted down...
CONEY DROWN TRAGEDY - VICTIM'S FIRST VISIT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 24-year-old man on his first visit to Coney Island drowned yesterday after he and three pals plunged into the water, cops said. The tragedy occurred about 20 minutes before...
2 DROWN SCARES AT CONEY BEACH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 24-year-old man was in extremely critical condition but a 5-year-old girl was doing fine after both were pulled from the water off Coney Island Beach yesterday in separate but...
WEINER A WAL-MART $HOPPER
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amREP. Anthony Weiner, Mr. Anti-Wal-Mart, has taken tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash from businessmen who made fortunes working with the big-box store, finance records show. The sponsor...
ROCK-Y YOUTH - CHRIS' NEW SHOW SET IN BED-STUY
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amChris Rock was just a teen when he first pulled a gun on a group of bullies. "The kids were chasing him," recalled David Waters, 44, a friend and neighbor...
B'KLYN SUBWAY 'TERROR' JITTERS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amPolice early today were questioning a Middle Eastern man who they say was carrying maps and sketches of the subway system. He was part of a group of five or...
CHICK THIS OUT - NEW HATCHLINGS MAKE PALE MALE A GRANDFEATHER
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's most famous lovebirds have become grandparents - and fans of Pale Male and Lola are chirping with joy. "It's fantastic news," said Lincoln Karim, a photographer who captured...
REGENTS EXAMINE RACE GAP
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amMore than 100 city high schools with low graduation rates and large racial achievement gaps will be under the microscope this week as the state Board of Regents today begins...
MR. & MRS. SMASH - PITT, JOLIE NO. 1 WITH A BULLET
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWhile their status as real-life lovebirds is in dispute, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proved to be a red-hot item at the box office, as their flick, "Mr. & Mrs....
CITY'S OLYMPIC PLAN B BARED - INCLUDES NEW METS STADIUM
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Mets could get an amazin' new multimillion dollar home in Queens under the city's desperate Plan B to salvage the city's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. "Our revised...
CONEY DROWN TRAGEDY - PALS IGNORED VICTIM
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA 24-year-old man drowned off Coney Island yesterday after pals thought he was just fooling around in the water by pretending to be in trouble, authorities said. The Brooklyn tragedy...
ASH FRAY IN CITY'S PROJECTS - APT. CIG-BAN BID
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Thousands of New Yorkers living in public housing could soon be banned from smoking in their apartments. Brooklyn Democratic Assemblyman Felix Ortiz said his legislation would immediately require...
BOY, 8, CRITICALLY HURT BY MINIVAN IN BROOKLYN
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old boy was critically injured yesterday when he was mowed down by a minivan after he darted into a Brooklyn street, police said. The child ran out from between...
ATLANTA GAMES BIG BLASTS APPLE FIASCO
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe man who ran the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta says he's stunned by how badly New York City has botched its quest to host the 2012 Games. Civil-rights leader...
FOOLPROOF TRACKING FOR AMBULANCES
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's ambulance fleet is about to be equipped with mobile tracking devices that can provide accurate readings even in Manhattan's thicket of office towers. Officials quietly installed the systems...
2 CRUSADERS, 1 CAPED - BIBLEMAN & GRAHAM TARGET KIDS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amRobert Schlipp buckles his Bible belt, puts on his mask - "the full armor of God" - and prepares to battle evildoers. He's Bibleman, a gospel-preaching action hero and super...
FAMED DIPLOMAT SLIPS ON U.N. OIL
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A former United Nations star diplomat was hired to help a U.S. oil firm - whose top executives have been indicted on corruption charges - lobby the Security...
THE HEAT GOES ON IN BAKED APPLE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amIf you still haven't put your air conditioner in yet, better get a move on. New York will continue to double as a steam bath this week as temperatures remain...
4 SLAIN GIS PUSH IRAQ TOLL PAST 1,700
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amFour U.S. soldiers died in separate roadside bombings west of Baghdad, the military said yesterday, pushing the killed in action total over the 1,700 mark. The announcement came amid reports...
ATMS' BORO HAUL - THEFTS EXPAND CITYWIDE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWhat was once considered a steal in Manhattan is apparently just as lucrative in Brooklyn and Queens: On-the-move Big Apple burglars are now ripping off ATM cash machines in the...
'BOOZY' P.R. PARADE COPS IN GROPE PROBE - 127 GANG BUSTS, OFFICER'S STABBING MAR JOYFUL DAY
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTwo on-duty Queens narcotics detectives were suspended for drinking at yesterday's Puerto Rican Day Parade - and are also under investigation for allegedly groping women at the celebration, The Post...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A man was shot dead by two thugs yesterday on a central Harlem street, cops said. The 31-year-old victim was shot several times at East 113th Street and...
POP QUEEN'S HITS TORMENT GITMO THUG
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Soldiers used an unusual tactic to torment a top al Qaeda prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay - pop hits by sex siren Christina Aguilera. In addition to blaring...
SEX, LIES & PARIS MA'S TAPE LESSON
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amParis Hilton's mom found the raunchy sex tape of her daughter painful, but said it taught her a lesson. Kathy Hilton, speaking of the tape shot by the sex kitten's...
BEATEN 'BRAIN DEAD' - KIN BLAME COP
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island man was in critical condition last night after a Suffolk County sheriff's deputy beat him into unconsciousness while he was in custody, the man's grief-stricken family charged...
SUICIDAL JACKO CRACKOS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Cops fear the most distraught wacko Jacko backers might hurt - or even kill - themselves, if their beloved King of Pop is convicted of child...
STEPHON, YOU CAD - KNICKS STAR ROLLING OUT SUPER-LUXE AUTOS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amNBA superstar Stephon Marbury is going from king of the court to Cadillac king with a new line of super-luxury custom cars. "This isn't about a rich basketball player who...
ATLANTA BIG HITS FIASCO IN APPLE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe man who ran the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta says he's stunned by how badly New York City has botched its quest - at least so far - to...
SAVAGE BEATING - COP LEAVES MAN BRAIN DEAD AFTER L.I. TRAFFIC STOP: KIN
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island man was in critical condition last night after a Suffolk County sheriff's deputy allegedly beat him into unconsciousness - while he was in custody for a traffic...
JACKO-CRACKOS SUICIDE WATCH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Cops fear the most distraught Wacko Jacko backers might hurt - or even kill - themselves, if their beloved King of Pop is convicted of child...
NICO-FIEND TENANTS FUMING OVER PROPOSAL
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amNo butts about it - the proposed no-smoking law targeting the city's housing projects shouldn't pass, say those who live and smoke in them. "If I'm paying rent, I should...
THE LOW-DOWN - W. VILLAGE PLAN CURBS BUILDING HEIGHTS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe city has announced tentative plans to restrict the size of new buildings in the West Village - a partial victory for preservationists who have waged an ongoing battle against...
DEMS TALK UP 'MAYOR' SILVER
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWILL Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the man who killed Mayor Bloomberg's West Side stadium last week, run against Bloomberg in November? That's the startling possibility that has been floated among...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amTwo eighth-graders, who spent seven months on a science project to prove how dangerous BB guns can be, were disqualified from the Massachusetts middle-school science fair. The reason: BB guns...
LIKE MOM, BUY-BINGE DAUGHTER SQUANDERS 9/11 CASH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe daughter of a 9/11 widow who has burned through $5 million in victim compensation money is battling the same destructive shopping addiction as her mom. Jessica Trant, 22, said...
WHY THEY HAVE URGE TO SPLURGE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amKathy Trant and her daughter, Jessica, think of it as "blood money." Shrinks say some relatives of 9/11 victims feel guilty about getting large amounts of compensation money very quickly....
BILL-DING A BA$E - HILL'S HITTING UP HUBBY'S PALS FOR CASH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is tapping into her husband's massive fund-raising network to build her own national organization in preparation for a possible 2008 White House bid, The...
LIVING THE SMARTY LIFE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSmarty Jones' racing days may be over, but this horse is still living the good life. The Belmont Stakes is over and we'll have to wait until next year for...
DETROIT'S DIGS DON'T VEX SPURS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - Bruce Bowen clamps down on Richard Hamilton in Game 1 of the NBA Finals and the Pistons star says he just missed shots, nothing...
THIS TIME, LIBERTY FEEL TREY-MENDOUS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amLiberty 72 - Shock 69 The Liberty had already been burned twice this year by late 3-pointers. A Chandi Jones' trey sent their game against the Detroit Shock on June...
'BOSS' TOPS $1,209 EXACTA
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe first steeplechase of year in New York, the Grade 2, $75,000 Meadow Brook Hurdle Stakes, lit up tote as Paradise's Boss won by five lengths at 34-1, with 24-1...
'ALEX' EYES HASKELL, TRAVERS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amAfleet Alex emerged from his seven-length romp in Saturday's Belmont Stakes none the worse for wear, trainer Tim Ritchey said yesterday, and will likely make his next start in the...
POPOVICH SPREADS THE PRAISE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - Manu Ginobili had the points. Tim Duncan had the rebounds. But Robert Horry, Bruce Bowen and Tony Parker had an awful lot of praise...
THE METS BOOT, THE HALOS LOOT - WRIGHT ERROR ALLOWS ANGELS TO STEAL VICTORY
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amAngels 4 - Mets 3 David Wright said he's been playing with tension. He wasn't alone yesterday. Mike Piazza had veins bulging from his neck before, during and after an...
INJURED CAM CAN'T FINISH NINTH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Willie Randolph described Mike Cameron as "a little banged up" before yesterday's game and waited for Cameron to report before writing him in the lineup. The Met right...
COTTO A-WEIGHTS NEXT BIG FIGHT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amBob Arum and his gang at Top Rank are trying to do it again. They think they've found another Hispanic fighter with movie-star looks, professional poise and ring talent to...
YANKS BURN ON BLUNDER ROAD - OLD FARMHAND BOPS BOMBERS TO CAP 3-9 TRIP
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amCardinals 5 - Yankees 3 ST. LOUIS - The nightmare rages on for the Yankees. Desperately needing to build on Randy Johnson's gem the day before, the Yankees instead watched...
CASHMAN WON'T PASS BUCK
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - With the world waiting for George Steinbrenner to do something about the underachieving Yankees, Brian Cashman doesn't believe he can get anymore effort out of...
STERN WARNING: LOCKOUT WILL KILL CBA OFFER
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - In a generally pessimistic, sometimes optimistic and often perplexed address on the league's labor negotiations, NBA Commissioner David Stern last night said the current offer on a...
ZACH SAVES THE DAY
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amM'Stars 0 - D.C. United 0 The MetroStars traded for Ante Razov Tuesday to give them the pure finisher they've lacked for years. Someday, he may give them that, but...
METROSTARS HOPING TO ANTE UP OFFENSE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amIn Bob Bradley's two-plus seasons as MetroStar coach, he's paraded a host of disappointing forwards through the Meadowlands: from the traded Cornell Glen, to the released Andrzej Juskowiak, Jaime Moreno...
COMEBACK KIDS - NO PLAYOFF HOLE TOO DEEP FOR PISTONS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - Chauncey Billups was cast aside by five previous teams. Richard Hamilton was unwanted by Michael Jordan in Washington. Orlando, of all teams, had no use for Ben...
SLUMPING SHEFF TAKES DAY OFF
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. LOUIS - Manager Joe Torre said Gary Sheffield's dwindling numbers had nothing to do with the All-Star right fielder getting yesterday off. Early this month, Torre devised...
MANU ON FIRE - GINOBILI'S 27 PUSH SPURS TO 2-0 FINALS LEAD
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 2: Spurs 97 - Pistons 76 SAN ANTONIO - After they surrendered 69 points and 38 percent shooting to Detroit in the NBA Finals opener, the Spurs were asked...
ADVANTAGE POINT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amSPORTS TV's bird-brained application of technology should not be blamed on the technology, but on the applicator. ESPN and ABC put a radar gun on 11-year-old Little League pitchers, and...
LAIMBEER, ISIAH HUDDLE AGAIN
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amBill Laimbeer remains a longshot to become the next coach of the Knicks, but Isiah Thomas' interest in his former Detroit teammate is serious enough that he had a three-hour...
TALKING POINTS DO NOTHING TO KEEP 'EM SHARP
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - If meetings and speeches were the elixir they're often represented, then why is it that only bad teams or teams playing badly feel the need for them?...
NOT ALL RIGHT FOR MATSUI
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Given a choice, Joe Torre would limit Hideki Matsui to one spot in the outfield, and that would likely be left. However, with Torre juggling Tony Womack...
BLIND GOLFERS KEEP IT STRAIGHT
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amHandicaps were merely a golfing term related to a player's scorecard at yesterday's 28th Annual Ken Venturi Guiding Eyes Golf Classic. In some ways blind golf can give a player...
STUCK IN NEUTRAL - AS CONSTITUTED, METS TOO MEDIOCRE TO WIN CONGESTED NL EAST
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amBetween the chants of "Pedro, Pedro" and the obligatory boos of Kaz Matsui, the Mets played a losing game at Shea yesterday, and rightfully lost. They failed to capitalize on...
THROWN FOR A LOOP - BRADEN LOOKS TO UMP AFTER BLOWN SAVE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amBraden Looper could look to blame his teammates. On Saturday, Doug Mientkiewicz's error ninth nearly did Looper in. Yesterday, David Wright's error pinned a loss on Looper. But the closest...
MODEST RITCHEY ECLIPSED FOES WITH TERRIFIC PLAN
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amAFLEET Alex has been draped in carnations, his jockey Jeremy Rose has been canonized and now it's time for the real human star in this outfit to take a bow:...
TYSON'S FINAL TRUTH - 'I CAN'T DO THIS NO MORE'
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - "I might be bizarre sometimes, but I'm very rational." That's how Mike Tyson described himself while announcing the end of a compelling 20-year boxing career that will be...
YANKS SUNK BY OLD FARMHAND - BOMBERS BOPPED BY SEABOL HR TO CAP 3-9 TRIP
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amCardinals 5 - Yankees 3 ST. LOUIS - You know it's not your year when Scott Seabol beats you. That's right, Scott Seabol. Don't remember him, Yankee fans? He got...
EDWARDS WINS POCONO - TOPS HENDRICKS FOR SECOND TITLE OF YEAR
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amPOCONO 500 LONG POND, Pa. - Carl Edwards didn't want another Atlanta. No matter how enjoyable, it was entirely too heart-stopping. No, the driver of the No. 99 car left...
THIS SOUNDS LIKE TEAM THAT STINKS ON ICE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The Yankees have now devolved to the stage where they talk about good losses and bad losses, where they sift through the rubble searching for grains of...
FIRST TIME'S THE CHARM - EDWARDS WINS POCONO IN INITIAL APPEARANCE
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amPOCONO 500 LONG POND, Pa. - Don't compare Carl Edwards' victory yesterday in the Pocono 500 with his first NASCAR Nextel Cup victory in Atlanta in March. It wouldn't be...
INJURED HIDEKI'S COVERING ALL FIELDS
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Given a choice Joe Torre would limit Hideki Matsui to one spot in the outfield and that would likely be left. However, with Torre juggling Tony Womack...
EVEN WITH PEDRO, METS A VULNERABLE BUNCH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amAS THE ball bled into the outfield, as the third Mets run scored, as Pedro Martinez reached first base with a grin as long as the LIE, there was this...
PERTURBED PIAZZA EJECTED IN THE FIRST INNING
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amIt was a muggy 88 degrees yesterday at Shea, but nothing was hotter than Mike Piazza. After being ejected five outs into the Mets' 4-3 loss to the Angels, Piazza...
CAMERON PULLED IN THE NINTH
June 13, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Willie Randolph described Mike Cameron as "a little banged up" before yesterday's game and waited for Cameron to report before writing him in the lineup. The Met right...