July 5, 2005
CNOOC-UNOCAL DEAL COULD BLOW UP HOUSING BUBBLE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE attempt by the Chinese to acquire the American oil company Unocal could pop the U.S. housing bubble. OK, I admit, that statement deserves a big "huh?!" But hear me...
LEVINSON IS ON HIS OWN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amAFTER five years of wearing and juggling two high-profile hats, protean dealmaker-investor David W. Levinson is leaving CB Richard Ellis to devote himself to the real estate investment company he...
NOT SO HOT SAKS - RETAIL LAGGARD TRIES SHAREHOLDERS' PATIENCE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amSeven years after capping a dizzying acquisition spree with the purchase of Saks Fifth Avenue, R. Brad Martin, the chief executive of parent company Saks Inc., appears to be under...
JON STEWART HEADS SOUTH, 2 BLKS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amSARDONIC "Daily Show" anchor Jon Stewart is getting a new home next week - and leaving the sofa behind. The immensely powerful nightly news send-up is moving around the corner...
'DESPERATE' MEETS 'L&O'
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amIS "Desperate Housewives" kid star Cody Kasch - who was busted here last month on charges of misdemeanor marijuana possession - combining business with pleasure for his next trip to...
THIS '70S SHOW - MTV INTRODUCES A NEW GENERATION TO LEISURE SUITS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amYES, gang, it's another unreal-reality show with a twist. This one? Take 12 modern-day, young adults and put them up together in a '70s-style, split-level house complete with green-shag carpeting,...
MAGNIFICENT VIEW AT SWAN LAKE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA couple of weeks ago, millions watched American Ballet Theatre's version of "Swan Lake" on PBS Television with Gillian Murphy in the dual ballerina role of Odette, the Swan Queen,...
WHEELY SEXY! - GIRLS GO GA-GA OVER WILD MEN OF 'MURDERBALL'; KILLER QUAD SQUAD SCORES
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amMARK Zupan is no "woe-is-me gimp." On the court, the tattooed captain of the United States Quadriplegic Rugby team is crass, funny and totally fearless as he slams full-tilt into...
FIRE TEARS THROUGH BX. SHOPS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA four-alarm fire that started in a Bronx tire shop damaged several businesses last night, fire officials said. The blaze broke out shortly after 10:30 on Jerome Avenue near Featherbed...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThree generations of the Krause family can proudly say their claim to fame is worth spit. Brian "Young Gun" Krause, 3, took first place in the kiddie category of the...
CANCER ROBBED MOM OF HER SON
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amJustin Zeitlin was a typical 5-year-old boy who loved baseball when he was stricken with cancer. "We went through five years of going to hospitals," said his mother, Susan Zeitlin....
SUBWAY HERO SAVED WOMAN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTransit worker Marie Treece was just starting her 3:30 a.m. lunch break at a deserted Brooklyn subway station when she heard a scream for help. It was "a bloodcurdling, my-life-is-on-the-line,...
SICK 'MARTYR KITS' - SECRET FILES FINGER BANK IN MIDEAST TERROR PAYOFFS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amSecret documents known as "martyrs' kits" obtained by The Post provide a startling glimpse into the world of suicide bombers, who are recruited with promises that their families will be...
BOMB VICTIMS BLA$T BACK AT INFAMOUS SAUDI MONEY MEN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amMark Sokolow is suing the Arab Bank because it makes life "too easy" for terrorists by letting them open accounts used to pay off families of suicide bombers. Sokolow, a...
DIVORCÉES HAPPY IN SPLITSVILLE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amBreaking up isn't so hard to do after all - at least for women, a new poll reveals. The online quiz of 3,515 adults found that while divorce makes the...
WIENER WIZ SAVED BY A BURP ON WAY TO FIFTH WIN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTakeru Kobayashi showed chew grit yesterday, joining Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong and Michael Jordan in the pantheon of enduring world champions. Kobayashi - aided by a fortunate belch - completed...
CRISIS-APARTMENT PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS TO END SOON
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA controversial program that turns apartments in dilapidated buildings into costly emergency shelters for the homeless will end in December, two years after city officials vowed to halt its use,...
LOGO IS A NO-GO IN TRIBE WAR
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amSouthampton's Shinnecock Hills Golf Course is battling its namesake tribe - and has abruptly removed the Native American image from its logo. While the club declined comment on the sudden...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A woman was wounded yesterday when a stray bullet flew through the window of her Sunset Park apartment and hit her in the leg, police sources said. The...
'WORLDS' CRUISES TO BOX-OFFICE DOMINATION
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amNasty aliens successfully invaded the wallets of moviegoers as "War of the Worlds" easily conquered the box office over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend. The Tom Cruise sci-fi...
CRASH KILLS B'KLYN BIKER
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA 22-year-old Brooklyn man - who was headed to a romantic rendezvous with his girlfriend after her holiday night shift - was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a...
HAMAS NIXES CABINET OFFER
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Hamas has rejected an invitation to join the Palestinian government and share responsibility in the Gaza Strip after Israel's impending pullout, officials said yesterday. The terrorist group snubbed...
HIS GOLDEN ERA - MEGA MILLIONAIRE JUAN LIVES THE HIGH LIFE AT LAST
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amMega Millionaire Juan Rodriguez has embarked on a globe-trotting spiritual quest with his gal pal - riding horses, swimming with dolphins and shopping for designer Italian suits. "You know," he...
W. LAUDS COURAGE OF TROOPS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush marked America's birthday yesterday by hailing the courage of the 136,000 troops on the front lines in Iraq - and vowing that "we will stay until the fight...
CITY PAYS TO HOUSE DEAD AIDS PATIENTS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe city paid hotels nearly $200,000 to house dozens of AIDS patients - even though they were dead, some for as long as two years, a bombshell audit revealed yesterday....
IDENTITY CRISIS - HOWARD BEACH VICTIM CAN'T PICK OUT 'FAT NICK'
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe man beaten in Howard Beach in an alleged hate crime can identify only one of his attackers - and it isn't the suspected ringleader and bat-wielding brute, Nicholas "Fat...
N.Y. SALUTES GOOD 4TUNE - U.S. BIRTHDAY BASH
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amIt was a birthday bash worth boasting about yesterday, as revved-up New Yorkers celebrated America's 229th anniversary as the world's greatest nation. With flag-waving fervor, tens of thousands of New...
STREETS ROIL AS G-8 CONVENES
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amViolent protesters roamed the streets of Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, yesterday and black-clad anarchists taunted police, spoiling for a fight even before President Bush heads to the Group of Eight summit...
IPOD-SLAY SUSPECT GOES FREE - FOR NOW
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amOne of two teens arrested in connection with Saturday's murder of a 15-year-old over an iPod walked free yesterday after the Brooklyn DA's Office declined to formally charge him, authorities...
-ANGEL - MOM RELIVES HORROR OF TRAGIC LITTLE FLOWER GIRL; HELPLESS AMID HORROR - MOM RELIVES LIMO-CRASH NIGHTMARE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe mother of a 7-year-old girl killed in a DWI crash recalled yesterday the unimaginable horror of sitting on the side of the road with her daughter's remains while rescuers...
DEMS WILL USE 'POLITICS' TO FIGHT COURT PICK: POLL
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA huge majority of Americans - 86 percent - say it's likely that Democrats will use "inappropriate political reasons" to try to block President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court,...
2 ARUBAN SUSPECTS SET FREE - 3RD MAN REMAINS JAILED
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTwo brothers held as suspects in the disappearance on Aruba of a vacationing Alabama teen were set free yesterday by a judge who ordered a third suspect kept in custody...
MAN KILLED IN W'CHESTER DELI HOLDUP
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amOne man was killed and two others seriously wounded during an apparent botched robbery at a Westchester bodega, cops said yesterday. Angel Cabrera, an employee at Cibao Grocery and Deli...
PROTESTERS GET JUMP ON SUMMIT
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amViolent protesters roamed the streets of Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, yesterday and black-clad anarchists taunted police, spoiling for a fight even before President Bush heads to the Group of Eight summit....
BX. DUMP POISONED, KILLED KIDS - NOW CITY MUST PAY: RESIDENTS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA group of Bronx residents has been waging a near-decades-long war against the city over a mountain of toxic garbage they say killed their young children and left others sickened...
BAT-BASH VICTIM FAILS TO FINGER 'FAT NICK' AS ATTACKER
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe man beaten in Howard Beach in an alleged hate crime can identify only one of his attackers - and it isn't the suspected ringleader and bat-wielding brute, Nicholas "Fat...
CONEY TRAGEDY - MAN DROWNS AMID HOLIDAY REVELRY
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amA man drowned off Coney Island last night in front of thousands of horrified holiday beachgoers, authorities said. Another man swimming with him was rescued by police divers. The unidentified...
CRASHES KILL TWO BIKERS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTwo motorcyclists - a 22-year-old Brooklyn man who was heading to see his girlfriend and a Queens father of nine - were killed when their bikes were struck by cars...
POLL: DIVORCE IS HARDER ON MEN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amBreaking up isn't so hard to do after all - at least for women. An online poll of 3,515 adults found that while divorce makes the vast majority of adults...
ESPN RESEARCH FAR FROM PERFECT
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE are mistakes, then there are mistakes, the tell-tale kind, the kind that cry out for attention and help. To that end, it's time that ESPN wonder boy/boss Mark Shapiro...
FRYE: I'M NO SOFTY! - NEW KNICK NIXES KNOCK
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amChanning Frye defends himself against the "soft" label with the same vigor he defends the lane against a penetrating point guard. Frye, the Knicks' new 6-foot-11 center, has been touted...
'I WAS DEAD TIRED' - SPOT-STARTER STURTZE FIZZLES IN FOURTH
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amBefore yesterday's game, Tanyon Sturtze had no idea how long he'd be able to go in his first start in almost a year. He didn't know how many innings or...
SKAGWAY PUTS 'EM AWAY
July 5, 2005 | 4:00am5TH RACE - Terahedron, Jorge Chavez up, set pace pressed by Deputy Indy, in hand under Javier Castellano, with 3-5 favorite Desert Breeze tracking pace outside for Pletcher-Velazquez and Skagway...
ANOTHER FIRST-BASE CASUALTY
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES WASHINGTON - Doug Mientkiewicz is already on the disabled list, leaving the Mets with a slew of fill-ins playing first base. Now one of those fill-ins is hurting...
OUT OF ORDER - METS' NEW LINEUP SETS OFF FIREWORKS IN WIN OVER NATS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amMets 5 - Nationals 2 WASHINGTON - Through six innings yesterday, Willie Randolph's new Mets lineup had produced zero runs and only two hits. Meanwhile, the visitors found themselves down...
HERB CONFIDENT HE'LL STAY
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amHerb Williams has a message for Bill Laimbeer: Don't be so cocky. If Larry Brown and the Pistons don't divorce, Williams said, he believes he will remain as head coach...
KAZ FOR CELEBRATION - 'AGGRESSIVE' ISHII TURNS IN SOLID START
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Late in the Mets' 5-2 win over the Nationals yesterday, the reconfigured batting order knocked some big hits, and the bullpen delivered 3 2/3 scoreless frames. But early...
ON 2ND THOUGHT, UMPIRES AWARD SHEFF HIS BASE
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES When Baltimore's Todd Williams nailed Gary Sheffield on the right thumb with a pitch in the fourth inning yesterday, plate umpire Adam Dowdy originally ruled it a foul...
'ROMAN' RULES DWYER STAKES
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amRoman Ruler, a $500,000 Fusaichi Pegasus colt who as a 2-year-old last summer was hailed a budding superstar before going off form, returned to the races in smashing fashion yesterday...
GIAMBI BREAKS OUT VS. BIRDS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amOn the day they remembered Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech at the Stadium, it was appropriate that a Yankee first baseman would do something special once the game began. Jason...
A CRAZY EIGHTH CARRIES YANKS - BOMBERS RALLY LATE TO BAIL OUT BUMBLING BULLPEN
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 13 - Orioles 8 A six-run lead should've been safe yesterday, even after only two innings. And even when Tanyon Sturtze was forced into an emergency start. But on...
BALLER OF THE WEEK: "HOMICIDE"
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amThis week's Baller of the Week is Corey "Homicide" Williams. In his first two games this summer as a member of Bowens Basketball at Dyckman, he dropped 46 and 30...
YANKEES PILING UP THROWBACK WINS
July 5, 2005 | 4:00amWHO COULD ever have conceived that the bridge to the Yankees' highfalutin past would have been paved by day-laborers called Scott Proctor, Wayne Franklin and Jason Anderson? Who could have...