June 14, 2005
GREENSPAN NEEDS TO GET HIS INTEREST RATE STORY STRAIGHT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amHERE'S what Alan Greenspan said last Monday in China, on why U.S. interest rates refuse to rise: "One prominent hypothesis is that the markets are signaling economic weakness. This is...
BROAD TAKES A SWIG
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amAGGRESSIVE investor Kent Swig beat out a host of eager bidders to win 25 Broad St., the 21-story landmark former office tower that was converted to rentals in 1997 and...
HAD HIS PHIL - MORGAN CEO BREAKS UNDER BARRAGE OF ATTACKS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amRacked by a sagging stock price and poor earnings, embattled Morgan Stanley CEO Phil Purcell quit his job yesterday atop the Wall Street giant. Purcell said the bitter personal attacks...
AD BIZ SPLIT ON P&G
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMadison Avenue appears divided over whether reports that giant marketer Procter & Gamble is slashing its TV ad budget reflect a new shift in dollars or shrewd negotiating tactics. Ad...
IKEA LANDS DEAL TO SET UP BROOKLYN SHOP
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amCapping a three-year quest to establish a home in Brooklyn, Ikea has closed on the $31.25 million purchase of a vast waterfront site in Red Hook, paving the way to...
COURT SPURNS MEDIA APPEAL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Supreme Court declined to hear appeals by the nation's major media companies seeking to ease federal limits on the number of newspapers and broadcast stations a company can own....
SONY SYNERGY - MUSIC LABEL TAPS STERN EXEC FOR TV, FILM, TIE-INS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMusic giant SonyBMG has tapped a former Howard Stern executive to run a newly created television-production unit, The Post has learned. SonyBMG chief Andy Lack has named Jeremiah Bosgang as...
HEDGER NIXES TOPPS BATTLE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe battle over Bazooka Joe is over before it started. A New York hedge fund has called off its proxy fight for The Topps Co. after becoming convinced management is...
MAG DRAWS LINE FOR PAPARAZZI
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amIt may go down as the crash heard 'round the celebrity photo world. On May 31, photographer Galo Cesar Ramirez was arrested in Los Angeles after he crashed his Mercury...
BACKSTREET BOYS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHE title is defiant, but the truth is the Backstreet Boys are in a fight for relevance on their first disc in five years. The "Boys" are older and more...
TYSON'S FINALE REPEAT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA rebroadcast of the fight that former champ Mike Tyson now says was the last of his career will air on Showtime this Saturday. The fight, in which Tyson quit...
DOWNSIZE ME - FILMMAKER: I GOT THIN AT MICKEY D'S
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amAS far as Soso Whaley's concerned, life under the Golden Arches can be one long Happy Meal. After two months of McGriddles, yogurt parfaits and the occasional Big & Tasty...
BOYS ARE BACK
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amAT a time when indie bands and garage-rockers get all the street cred, being a fan of the eternally poppy Backstreet Boys is about as cool as going to summer...
FIRST 'DANCING,' NOW 'SKATING'
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTRYING to take a page from ABC's white-hot "Dancing with the Stars," Fox is going for the gold with a new celebrity ice-skating show. The new program, aptly titled, "Skating...
STARR REPORT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTNT wins 'West' TNT scored big numbers last Friday with the premiere of "Into the West," starring Matthew Settle, Skeet Ulrich, Keri Russell and Michael Spears, among others. The six-week...
THE 'BRAT' PACK - BOOT CAMP FOR KIDS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHE kids are not alright - but they might get better if a stint at "Brat Camp" works out for them. On the new ABC reality show (starting July 13),...
NEW KIDS' CHAMP - 'AVATAR' OF THINGS TO COME
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amNICKELODEON's "Avatar" has come out of nowhere to become one of the hottest kids shows on TV. Even Nickelodeon appears to have been taken by surprise by the Anime-style series...
BALE FORCE - LATEST 'BATMAN' ELECTRIFYING; 'BAT' MAN OF THE YEAR
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amI fell asleep in "X-Men." I fell asleep in "Spider-Man." "Batman Begins" blew me away, and it's a wake-up call to the people who keep giving us cute capers about...
CAN'T FACE THE MUSIC
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amCHRISTINA Aguilera may have a million fans, but probably not among the detainees rounded up in the war on terror and sent to Guantanamo Bay. It's been reported that Gitmo...
KIDS MAY GET NIGHTMARES
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amPARENTS beware: "Batman Begins" director Christopher Nolan has taken the superhero in a terrifying new direction. With its nightmare vision of a Gotham gone wrong - especially its scenes shot...
IT'S A SECRET - IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA, DAVID LANDSEL VISITS THE BEST LITTLE HOTEL YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTHE city of Bradford, Pa., isn't on the hot list of many jet setters. A sturdy, handsome industrial town in the forests of the state's Allegheny Mountains, Bradford has great...
MAN SCALDS HIS WIFE & BABY: COPS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man yesterday threw scalding water at his wife and baby daughter, seriously burning them, police sources said. Miao Lu, 35, became enraged during a fight with his wife,...
'THEY KILLED HIM' - L.I. FAMILY'S FURY AS TRAFFIC-STOP SON IS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA young Long Island man who fell into a coma after a struggle with a Suffolk County sheriff's deputy in a courthouse lockup was taken off life support yesterday by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA 100-pound grouper fish attacked a Florida diver, ripping off his mask, pulling the scuba regulator out of his mouth and trying to tear off his upper lip. "I guess...
TOURIST 'SHOOTER' CAGED
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen charged with the weekend shooting of a tourist during a Midtown robbery gone bad has been ordered held on $10,000 bail. Christian Campbell, 16, admitted pulling out...
TERROR THREAT TO CEASE-FIRE - HAMAS & CO. RATTLE SABERS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian terrorist groups and other factions threatened yesterday to call off their four-month truce with Israel. "A one-sided truce will not be accepted and cannot continue," the 13...
L.I. 'TORTURE' LEOPARD CUBS SPOTTED IN INDY
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTwo leopard cubs - seized from the home of a Long Island tattoo artist accused of torturing his chained wife near the ill-treated pets - have been relocated to an...
TRAGIC QNS. BEACH HERO EULOGIZED
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA beachgoer who suffered a fatal heart attack after he heroically raced into the surf in Rockaway trying to save a teen swept away by a riptide was "always there"...
FIRE-UNION PREZ RE-ELECTED
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amSteve Cassidy yesterday was re-elected president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association. Cassidy beat challenger Thomas DaPalma, 55 percent to 45 percent. "Quite obviously, I'm happy and proud that I have...
DEAN'S VIRTUES - WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED, AFTER ALL?
June 14, 2005 | 4:00am'I REALLY hope Democrats do not wise up and fire this guy. He's priceless." So says a Republican blogger about Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic Party. The blogger,...
DOWNTOWN IS UP - IT'S THE PLACE FOR NIGHTLIFE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amIf you want to sample New York City's hottest nightspots, head south. The new Zagat Survey of more than 1,300 eateries, bars, clubs, lounges and cafés in the five boroughs...
HUMBLE PIE FOR CROOK - JAIL IN CULINARY SCAM
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe former head of the James Beard Foundation apologized yesterday for stealing money from the culinary institute to feed his jet-set lifestyle, telling a Manhattan judge, "I think I was...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (s, lcf) * A protester was arrested yesterday for trying to fly a Puerto Rican flag on a United Nations flag pole. Alberto DeJesus, 46, was picked up at...
'TERROR' BUST A FALSE ALARM
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Middle Eastern man arrested in a Brooklyn grocery store Sunday for carrying phony IDs has no ties to terrorism, authorities said yesterday. Nassr Mohamed was busted in Brownsville after...
LIFEGUARDS PROBED IN CONEY IS. DROWNING
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Health and Parks departments are investigating complaints Coney Island beach lifeguards initially dismissed several people who told them a man was drowning, authorities said yesterday. "Right now, we're just...
OPERA MAN'S 'NOT GUILTY' ARIA
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amFormer philanthropist and opera benefactor Alberto Vilar appeared to hit bottom yesterday at an arraignment hearing where he was still unable to make bail and seemed to be battling his...
$100M - 24 DEMAND PAYOUT FOR HELL CRUISE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTwo dozen passengers sued the Norwegian Cruise Line for $100 million yesterday after one of its ships was battered by a fierce storm while racing back to New York for...
PAPA PATZ WILL BACK MORGY'S RIVAL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe father of Etan Patz - the 6-year-old SoHo boy whose disappearance and presumed death in 1979 riveted the city - has turned against Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau and will...
GOV BLOWS OUT APT.-CIG BAN
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday snuffed out the idea of banning smoking in people's apartments. Pataki wouldn't comment on the specific bill being introduced by Assemblyman Felix Ortiz to outlaw...
TIMELY TOME TO HELP CITY KIDS PICK A HS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amYoungsters going into the eighth grade at city schools this fall will, for the first time, have the option of taking on a summer research project that they might not...
OLYMPIC SPRINT - MAYOR RACING OFF TO AFRICA WITH 'PLAN B' AS GAMES MARATHON HITS HOME STRETCH
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amWith a new stadium plan in hand, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday he's undertaking a weekend trip to Africa to pitch the city's revised 2012 bid to key Olympic officials. "I...
MAN BUSTED IN COLLEGE GIRL'S SLAY
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amCops busted a man yesterday for allegedly killing and raping a White Plains co-ed last month, after an eagle-eyed tipster - who recognized the suspect on a video surveillance tape...
'GROPING' COP WAS TOO DRUNK TO STAND
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amTwo Queens detectives under investigation for allegedly groping women at the Puerto Rican Day Parade were so smashed, one of them could barely stand when they were deemed unfit for...
BRIDGE WORKERS GRAND OLD FLAGGED
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amWorkers renovating the Williamsburg Bridge placed an American flag on one of its towers yesterday, the day before Flag Day, but the city ordered it removed, citing public-safety issues. "I...
WISEGUY BLASTS EX-MOLL POL - SHE TOOK HIM FOR $1.2M, HE TESTIFIES IN COURT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA New Jersey wiseguy yesterday took the stand against his lawyer ex-fiancée - who's on the ballot today for a City Council seat in Jersey City - claiming she blindsided...
'CONFLICTED' ED. PANEL PARENTS ARE EXPELLED
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amSix ambitious parents who won seats on their community education councils - panels that replaced local school boards - have been disqualified from serving because of a conflict of interest,...
GIFF'S A SCREAMING HIT WITH DEAN SUPPORTERS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amNew York "Deaniacs" yesterday endorsed Gifford Miller for mayor. Miller won 59 percent of the votes of members of Democracy for NYC - an offshoot of Democracy for America, founded...
SHOCK VERDICT CLEARS JACKO OF KIDDIE SEX - AND CROWNS DA TEAM THE KINGS OF FLOP
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson moonwalked off scot-free from kiddie sex-abuse charges and every other rap against him yesterday, as even jurors cried clearing him in the sensational, months-long case. "We had a...
FLACKS TELL HOW HE CAN RETUNE HIS CAREER
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson can revitalize his career - if he cleans up his act. That's the word from New York's top p.r. minds who say Wacko Jacko must stop snuggling up...
'CROOKHAVEN' BUST - L.I. INSPECTOR FACES BRIBE RAP
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island building inspector at the center of a political corruption probe has been indicted on bribery charges. Vincent Dragone, suspended Brookhaven chief building inspector, was arraigned yesterday on...
DRAT, FOILED AGAIN - TENACIOUS TOM'S LATEST, GREATEST EFFORT ENDS IN SPECTACULAR FAILURE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amCrushed anti-Jacko crusader Tom Sneddon buried his head in his hands when the verdict was announced yesterday. The Santa Barbara district attorney had just lost the case of his life...
JURORS POINT FINGER AT MOM - HATED ATTITUDE, DOUBTED HER CREDIBILITY AND MIFFED SHE LET SON SLEEP WITH JACKO
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe mother doomed the case. Janet Jackson, whose 13-year-old son accused Michael Jackson of molesting him, angered jurors by staring and snapping her fingers at them. "I disliked it intensely...
JACKSON JURORSFURIOUS AT THE WRONG WACKO CULPRIT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - For God's sake, woman, what in hell were you thinking? The juror with the kind, green eyes is a mother of three boys, two of whom,...
JACKO JURORS SLAMMED THE WRONG SON OF A &ó#!
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - You made your choice, people. Now live with it. The citizens of this tiny community shoved between billionaires' ranches and ceaseless cow pastures yesterday invited Michael...
MICHAEL JACKSON MAY NOT HAVE CRACKED A SMILE AT HIS NOT-GUILTY VERDICT ...
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson may not have cracked a smile at his not-guilty verdict, but scores of late-night-TV viewers found plenty of humor in the jury's decision. "Good news for Michael Jackson:...
SNAP JUDGMENT ON BOY'S MAMA - JURORS RIP INCREDIBLE WITNESS AND ASK: HOW DARE SHE LET KID SLEEP WITH JACKO?
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe mother doomed the case - even for a juror who believes Michael Jackson is a pedophile. The 12 panel members who acquitted the King of Pop of child molestation...
BLACKOUT HITS E. SIDE BLDGS.
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amResidents in a dozen buildings on the East Side lost power after a fires broke out in manholes last night. There were no reports of people trapped in elevators for...
WOMEN AT THE WHEEL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amWith the recent great performance at the Indy 500 of Danica Patrick, today's page takes a look at women who've made history behind the wheel. Alice Ramsey and three friends...
COMING UP SHORT - NO PERCENTAGE TO REYES IN MET LEADOFF SPOT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amIn his first at-bat of the Mets' 4-3 loss to the Angels on Sunday, Jose Reyes watched six straight pitches and struck out. In his next at-bat, he lined out...
NO CHANGE IN PSAL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amWith the disparity of talent among basketball teams in the PSAL, there has been a rising sentiment in recent years of creating a separate division for the traditional powers. After...
YANKEES MUST MAKE A STAND - NEXT 13 GAMES IN BRONX HOLD KEY TO SEASON
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amRise from the ashes of a brutal stretch or be buried in The Bronx. With the next 13 games at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees' season hangs in the balance as...
MANU OF THE HOUR
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - Mike Tyson called "Next Town" Larry Brown yesterday; he advised him to quit during the fourth round while he's behind. Poor, Larry; in the course of a couple...
BULLDOG! - DIMARCO STILL HAS MAJOR GROWL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amPINEHURST, N.C. - Chris DiMarco won't have to squint when he steps to the first tee for Thursday's opening round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 to be...
OUTBURST MAY COST PIAZZA
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza considers himself fiscally conservative, but his liberal use of expletives after Sunday's ejection could cost him some dough. Piazza and other Mets criticized the umpiring of...
MOTOWN MISERY - PISTONS LOOK LIKE LOST CAUSE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - In all the intangible areas, the Spurs have outplayed the Pistons so thoroughly that after two games, it looks as if the NBA Finals might not go...
SEAT IS RESERVED FOR BOSS
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES A very disappointed George Steinbrenner is leaving the cover provided by Tampa for New York, but don't expect him to talk about the Yankees' struggles. According to the...
BOMBERS COULD SKIP TO LOU
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amOVER the weekend in St. Louis, Joe Torre assumed responsibility for the Plight of the Yankees so often and convincingly, you almost wanted to read him his Miranda rights and...
BROWN: WE NEED BIG FIX
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK SAN ANTONIO - Ask coach Larry Brown what the Pistons need to do better to jump back into the NBA Finals and he'll give you a straightforward...
MATSUI OK AFTER SPILL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bad News Yankees received a positive vibe from an MRI tube yesterday concerning Hideki Matsui. According to club spokesman Jason Zillo, the test done on Matsui's twisted right ankle...
GIANTS, JETS SET PRACTICE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Giants report to training camp in Albany on July 28, practice for the first time the next day and soon after will be able to determine where they stand....
RORY SUPPORTED IN SPEED SPAT
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES PINEHURST, N.C. - Fallout from Sunday's late-round spat between Rory Sabbatini and Ben Crane at the Booz Allen Classic at Congressional was the talk of the practice round...
'ZAPPER' CAREER ENDED BY FRACTURE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amAny hope for a dream showdown between horse-of-the-moment Afleet Alex and reigning Horse of the Year Ghostzapper went up in smoke yesterday when trainer Bobby Frankel announced that Ghostzapper has...
MATSUI IFFY AFTER SPILL
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bad News Yankees received a positive vibe from an MRI yesterday concerning Hideki Matsui, whose status for tonight's game against the Pirates at Yankee Stadium remains in doubt. According...
METROSTAR SHAKE-UP
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amThe MetroStars yesterday promoted general manager Nick Sakiewicz to a corporate post and named former Rutgers and MetroStar player Alexi Lalas to replace him as GM. Sakiewicz was named president...
CALL IT PAYNE-HURST - MEMORIES OF STEWART HOVER OVER OPEN COURSE
June 14, 2005 | 4:00amPINEHURST, N.C. - Juanita Ferguson of nearby Charlotte was standing behind the 18th green at Pinehurst's famous No.2 course yesterday, staring somberly at a bronze statue called "One Moment In...