July 9, 2005
JOB NUMBERS FIRE UP STOCKS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amStocks staged a global rally in defiance of London's terror attacks, while the economy here produced the best jobs picture in four years. All three stock indexes here surged, with...
DISNEY STOCK JUMPS ON TRUCE WITH ROY
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amAfter waging a two-year battle to oust Michael Eisner from Walt Disney, studio heir Roy E. Disney has called for peace. Disney stock jumped 2 percent in aftermarket trading yesterday,...
CHRYSLER CRITICS: LEE WHO?
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe last time Lee Iacocca appeared in ads for Chrysler in the 1980s, the automaker was on the brink of financial ruin. More than two decades later, he's back in...
THE REAL DEAL? POKER ACE BRUNSON SAYS $700M BID IS NO BLUFF
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe producer of the top-rated World Poker Tour TV series is working to determine whether poker icon Doyle Brunson is bluffing or if he truly holds the reins to a...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amGarden party Chelsea Garden Center 455 W. 16th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues (212) 929-2477 499 10th Ave., at 38th Street (212) 727-7100 Sale: through July 30 Open: Sun.,...
MY NEW HOME
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amCOUPLE WALKS - UP, AND INTO, PARENTHOOD THEY BOUGHT: UES 2-BR, $663,000 SEARCH TIME: 3 months WITH a baby on the way, Josh and Juli Saitz figured it was time...
DOWNTOWN ON THE UP - IT'S LESS ABOUT OFFICES AND MORE ABOUT HOMES
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amBATTERY PARK NEW YORK, New York, it's a helluva town. The Bronx is up, and the Battery - well, it's up, too. Housing prices in Battery Park City have increased...
OMAROS-NO! IT'S A FULL LOAD OF REALITY - AND THEN SOME
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amJOSE Canseco's bathroom habits are something you never thought you'd ever think about, much less hear about on a TV show (or read about in a wholesome newspaper such as...
FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - CITY'S SUMMER FAVES AREN'T THE SAME OLD PLACES
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amCHANGE is afoot at some of your favorite day-trip locales. Whether you've already "done" The Cloisters or City Island - or you've still got Wave Hill on your must-visit list...
WE'VE GOT GAME!
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amDESTROY ALL HUMANS! Format: PS2, Xbox Multiplayer: No. Rated: Teen (violence, language, sexual themes) What's it about: Turning the familiar "blast aliens to smithereens" concept on its head, you play...
LEGAL CUP-CAPER; LAWSUIT ALLEGESBAKERY FAKERY
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amCall it the Cupcake War. Two local bakers are squaring off in a titanic legal battle over whether an upcoming Brooklyn shop is a knock-off of an existing Manhattan sweet...
ZETA'S DISSY FIT; FEARFUL ACTRESS TONGUE-LASHES 'EVIL' JAILBIRD STALKER
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Catherine Zeta-Jones got her revenge yesterday, slamming her convicted stalker with Hollywood's most crippling cutdown. "You will never be famous," Zeta Jones told Dawnette Knight, 33, in...
SLAY VICTIM'S SCHOOL HONOR
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amFriends and family of a Brooklyn woman murdered in the Berkshires are planning a scholarship fund to honor the slain labor activist. One grad scholar at Baruch College will receive...
CITY DISMISSES 1,152 UNLICENSED TEACHERS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amMore than 1,100 city teachers got their walking papers in the past week, as the Department of Education carried out a state mandate to rid the school system of uncertified...
SLAYER OF GIRLFRIEND & HER SON GETS LIFE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amA man who strangled his pregnant girlfriend and then drowned her 6-year-old son in the family tub will spend the rest of his life in prison. "I would like to...
OLYMPIC EFFORT COST $50M: MIKE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe cost of New York's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics was $50 million, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - emphasizing that every penny was raised privately. But that's still 40...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amA new report finds the Chinese are extremely ignorant about how to have sex. "In the survey we conducted, not only youngsters but many grown-ups are sex idiots, which is...
LUTHER'S LEGACY OF LOVE; TEARS AND SONG FLOW FOR LEGEND VANDROSS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amIF you're judged by the size of the crowd at your funeral on a rainy day, then count Luther Vandross among the greats. Yesterday, 3,000 grieving fans, friends and family...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 9, 2005 | 4:00am* THE BRONX *** (s,l) A body was found floating in the Bronx River yesterday, police said. A passer-by at the New York Botanical Garden discovered the body in about...
GIFF RIPS RIVALS OVER 'EXPLOIT'
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller criticized two of his Democratic rivals yesterday for "trying to capitalize" on the London subway terror attacks. "I don't think that this is a good...
'9/11' THE MOVIE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amAcademy Award-winning director Oliver Stone will direct a movie on 9/11, Paramount Pictures announced yesterday. The movie, based on a real rescue, will tell the story of the last two...
IPOD MOM'S TEARFUL PLEA
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe mother of a teenager slain in Brooklyn for his iPod last Saturday spoke out at the wake for the 15-year-old yesterday - declaring that she would fight to make...
'DROP IT! PLEASE!'; SHOT COP PLED WITH THUG BEFORE THE BULLETS FLEW
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe hero cop wounded in a wild shootout in a Harlem housing project pleaded with the gunman to drop his weapon before the violence erupted. "I told him to drop...
DOCTORED FLIER, FLYING DAGGERS; FIRED AIDE: FIELDS KNEW OF PHOTO FLIMFLAM
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amJust hours after being abruptly sacked by C. Virginia Fields over a doctored campaign photo, consultant Joe Mercurio fired back yesterday - charging that the mayoral candidate had known in...
GIRL, 9, WHO 'KILLED' PAL COULD TAKE PLEA DEAL
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe 9-year-old girl accused of stabbing to death Queen Washington is mulling taking a plea deal that would keep her from having to go to trial, the girl's lawyer said...
DUBYA SHARES BRITS' ANGUISH
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush went straight to the British embassy to pay tribute to Britain's "great strength of character" last night after flying home from the G-8 summit in Scotland, which was...
JUSTICE REHN'QUITS' MUM ON THE RUMOR
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amSupreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist played it coy yesterday amid mounting speculation that he had delivered his resignation letter to the White House a week after Sandra Day O'Connor...
SLAUGHTER IN LONDON - MISSING - FAMILY'S ANGUISH FOR BRONX 'VICTIM' - NEW YORK'S MISSING MAN
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amA globetrotting Bronx man is still missing in the London terror attacks and feared dead by friends and family who waited in vain yesterday for word of his fate. Michael...
'SPIDEY' VOICE GIVES HIM AWAY
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe "Spider-Man" rapist underwent several "voice line-ups" yesterday in the basement of a Manhattan Criminal Court before he was charged with raping three women, law-enforcement sources said. Reginald Swinton, 49,...
ROACH-BOMB BLAZE; 5 HURT AS GADGET SPARKS BRONX FIRE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amFive people - including three kids - were injured when roach bombs set a Bronx kitchen alight yesterday. The pilot light in the stove ignited six roach foggers set off...
EVIL 'KIN' KILLER GETS LIFE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amA father-to-be who murdered his pregnant girlfriend and then drowned her 6-year-old son will spend the rest of his life in prison. "I would like to say to the family...
BOMBER MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED ON BOARD
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the passengers on the double-decker bus that was destroyed in Thursday's terror bombing said he saw an "extremely agitated" man in his 20s just before the explosion -...
VATICAN SACKS SIX PERVY N.Y. PRIESTS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe Vatican has defrocked six priests from the Archdiocese of New York - including one who paid for sex with an underage boy and another who was convicted of sodomizing...
LICENSE YANKED 204 TIMES
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amTalk about hell on wheels: Suffolk County cops have busted a driver whose license has been suspended 204 times. Salvatore Geha, 44, was collared Wednesday for drinking a beer in...
BLOOMBERG: GOING FOR THE OLYMPIC GOLD COST $50M
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe cost of New York's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics was $50 million, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - emphasizing that every penny was raised privately. But that's still 40...
DEVS SEEK COACH TO REPLACE AILING BURNS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amWith Pat Burns recovering from surgery on a second cancer, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said yesterday he will hire a new coach this month. "He will remain with the...
YANKEES' NEW CALL: MAY DAY
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amIronically, the newest Yankee is expected to get his first start today when the team celebrates Old Timers Day. Darrell May, who was acquired from the Padres for Paul Quantrill...
TIME FOR METS TO MAKE UP GROUND
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - When things have gone very badly for the Mets at times this season, that's when they've suddenly started to play well. When they've played well for a while,...
NHLPA'S SEEKING CAP HELP
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amNHL Players' Association negotiators have been in constant communication with their counterparts at the NBA Players Association over the last week, seeking advice on how to include specific language in...
HOMER HEAVEN ; BALLS BLASTING OFF BOMBERS' BATS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 5 Indians 4 Entering last night, the Yankees had hit 11 homers over their previous three games. If you're looking for a name, it's called Maul Ball. The Bombers...
'STYLE' HEADS FIELD IN PRIORESS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amA field of eight 3-year-old fillies is entered for today's Grade 1, $250,000 Prioress Stakes at six furlongs, headed by Sense of Style, winner of last year's Spinaway and Matron...
ROBINSON'S BIG HOPES FOR KNICKS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - During Thursday's summer-league win over Orlando, Knick rookie Nate Robinson intercepted a pass at midcourt and got wrapped up immediately. Robinson wasn't done. After the whistle, he...
ANOTHER REST FOR PIAZZA
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES PITTSBURGH - After getting a day off Wednesday, Mike Piazza returned to the Mets' lineup Thursday and got three hits and two RBIs. Then he got another rest...
GORDON CAN GO - MRI EXAM SHOWS MILD TENDINITIS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES An MRI exam on Tom Gordon's right shoulder yesterday revealed mild tendinitis, which wasn't enough to dampen the Yankees' setup man's enthusiasm. "I feel good, and I am...
THROWN FOR A LOOPER ; METS BLOW 5-1 LEAD IN 9TH, LOSE IN 10TH
July 9, 2005 | 4:00am10 INNINGSPirates 6Mets 5 PITTSBURGH - It was maybe as disastrous, as ugly and as incredible a loss as the Mets have had in recent memory. And it happened last...
GORDON CAN GO ; MRI EXAM SHOWS MILD TENDINITIS
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES An MRI exam on reliever Tom Gordon's right shoulder yesterday revealed mild tendinitis, which wasn't enough to dampen the Yankees' setup man's enthusiasm. "I feel good, and I...
WANG'S RIGHT; GRITTY EFFORT SPARKS YANKS TO SIXTH STRAIGHT
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 5Indians 4 When Chien-Ming Wang's first pitch was struck for a homer last night and the Indians tacked on another run in the second, it was hard to imagine...
RED-HOT GIAMBI OK AFTER STUMBLE
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amJason Giambi and the Yankees received a slight scare last night when the slugger slipped sprinting out of the batter's box in the third inning, running out on an RBI...
JERSEY SCORES ON SHAREEF TOUR
July 9, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets wanted to impress Shareef Abdur-Rahim on his two-day tour of New Jersey. It certainly sounds like they succeeded. "It went real well, I thought. Everyone was so nice...