July 13, 2005

EASY AS A-B-C - SIRIUS BOSS KARMAZIN EYES DISNEY RADIO BID

Mel Karmazin appears to be nostalgic for his traditional radio days. Karmazin, as chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio, is considering a bid for Disney's radio unit, The Post...

CBS NEWS GIVES WEB SITE HIGH-SPEED TUNEUP

CBS News is revving up its standard Web site, turning it into a 24-hour news network that will cater to high-speed Internet users. The revamped CBSNews.com will draw on the...

NO MEANS YES - EX-NYSE SEAT HOLDER SUES OVER MERGER DENIAL

A New York Stock Exchange seat owner is accusing Big Board boss John Thain of lying to her about its merger with Archipelago Allison Wey, who filed suit in New...

DUBAI GROUP TO BUY ESSEX HOUSE

In a surprise to hotel-watchers, Strategic Hotel Capital LLC has signed a contract to sell the Essex House to Dubai Investment Group for an undisclosed price. Privately held Strategic -...

RELATED BLDGS. SOLD - LEVY BEATS A DOZEN OTHERS FOR RIGHT TO CONVERT RENTALS

YAIR Levy coughed up more than $165 million to beat out an eclectic field of bidders to scoop up two condo conversion targets from the Related Cos. Bruce Beal, a...

BRUNSON BLUFFED IN POKER BID

It looks like legendary card player Doyle Brunson folded in his bid to take over the producer of the Travel Channel's popular World Poker Tour series. Brunson's bid was considered...

PERKS PLEASE MIN - US WEEKLY EDITRIX COURTED WITH GADGETS FOR STAFF

US Weekly Editor Janice Min may be without a contract - her old two-year pact expired in early July - but both sides are still talking about inking a new...

FLA. AG IS LIT UP OVER GAS

With gasoline nearing $3 a gallon here, consumers are hoping officials will probe our pump gouging the way Florida's attorney general is cracking down in a criminal probe. Charlie Crist...

PEPSI'S POP STAGGERS COKE IN COLA WARS

Pepsi at last is claiming victory in its century-old war with Coke. For the first time, Pepsi's parent PepsiCo has solidly outgunned Coca-Cola Co. across the board in profits, sales...

BOLLORE UPS CONTROL OF HAVAS BY NAMING PAL CEO

Corporate raider Vincent Bollore tightened his grip on ad firm Havas yesterday after the company's board named him chairman. Havas also appointed former banker Philippe Wahl - believed to be...

'ROCK' SHOCK

MARK Burnett's newest reality show, "Rock Star: INXS," got off to a wobbly start Monday night. The CBS reality show averaged only 5.6 million viewers - finishing fourth (9-10 p.m.)...

'STAR' TAKES SWING AT VOTE

'DANCING with the Stars" runner-up John O'Hurley says there was a hidden "agenda" behind "General Hospital" star Kelly Monaco's surprising victory on the ABC reality show. "I did think we...

KIDS' AFTERNOONS NOW IN 'ER'

THE docs from "ER" have pulled the plug on "Pokemon" - at least on weekday afternoons. The daily two-hour WB Kids! afternoon programming block, seen here on WPIX/Ch. 11, will...

SEEING 'PURPLE'; B'WAY HOPES FOR HELP FROM OPRAH

IS Oprah Winfrey going to put the power of her media empire behind the Broadway- bound musical "The Color Purple"? That's what theater people who attended a reading of the...

LOWER DECK - WORSHIPPING AT THE ALTAR OF MANTLE

MICKEY Mantle was a drunk who cheated on his wife, neglected his children, wrecked his own health and acted belligerently toward fans who approached him to say hello or ask...

STARR REPORT

'Murder': Killer #s "Murder in the Hamptons" snared nearly 5 million viewers Monday night - tying "Odd Girl Out" as Lifetime's top-rated original movie of the year. The movie, built...

BATTLE OF THE BULGE - 'FAMILY GUY' TAKES ON HOMER

'FAMILY Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is taking some shots at "The Simpsons" - after a "Simpsons" episode mocked "Family Guy" patriarch Peter Griffin. "I have to be very careful what...

SAY IT AGAIN,TOM - A LOVE STORY OF FEW WORDS, REPEATED AD NAUSEAM; LANGUAGE OF 'LOVE'

HOW do Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes love each other? Let us count the ways. Well, not that many ways, it turns out. Though the "smitten" duo has blabbed plenty...

HOT MEX FARE DUE AT DIABLO

BOB Giraldi - movie director and longtime business partner of Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez - is opening two new restaurants this summer with restaurateur Jason Hemmings. Private tastings are...

PRIME COULD USE SOME BEEFING UP

WHEN does a restaurant formula start to feel tired? Not when you're tired of the formula, but when the formula itself begins to lose its fizz. BLT Prime's great executive...

TASTERS' CHOICE - JAVA, OKRA & RARE SPICY PEPPERS AT FOOD SHOW

IT takes a lot to stand out from 5,000 other vendors at this week's Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center. One company parked a Hummer in its booth. Another...

MAMA MIA! ARGENTINIAN 'ALIAS' STUNNER STORMS THE BIG SCREEN THIS SUMMER

DAZZLING bombshell Mia Maestro is often seen kicking butt as a secret agent on "Alias" but she's no match for the brutal body snatchers in the upcoming flick "Secuestro Express."...

STAND-'OUTS' - THREE YOUNG STARS DAZZLE IN NEW INDIE FILM ABOUT TEENAGE GIRLS IN PRISON

AGGRESSIVE, disturbing and brutally honest, "On the Outs," the new indie film that opens today at the New York Film Forum, makes audiences cringe with revulsion and sadness. "I'm glad...

VITAL VENUES - MIX AND MOSH AT THE CITY'S COOLEST AND MOST ECLECTIC LATIN ROCK DESTINATIONS

AS the laws of supply and demand would have it, while Latin rock slowly but surely approaches the surface of mainstream popularity, more venues are finding creative ways to cater...

ROCK THE CASA - HUGE MUSIC SHOWCASE GATHERS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN ROCK EN ESPA-OL

WANT to see the Big Apple transformed into a gigantic mosh pit this summer? Well then keep your eyes on the Latin Alternative Music Conference as it comes rumbling Latin...

MARC OF EXCELLENCE - THE SUPERSTAR SINGER OPENS UP AS HE PREPARES FOR HIS NEW YORK HOMECOMING

THOSE who know great music are hip to the fact that Marc Anthony was a bona fide A-lister way before he married the superstar formerly known as J.Lo. He is...

HER SCIENCE PROJECT - BRILLIANT LATINA DOCTOR USES HER BRAINS TO HELP IN THE BATTLE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL TERROR

LIKE a star actor in a hit terror TV show like "24," only real, Cindy Maria Quezada, 34, is doing her part to fight terrorism - as a scientist studying...

TERROR AT ISRAELI MALL - 3 DEAD IN HOMICIDE BOMBING

JERUSALEM - A Palestinian teenager blew himself up at an Israeli mall yesterday, killing three women and reviving fears of a new wave of suicide bombings after a nearly five-month...

SIKH-HATE SUIT - MAN BEATEN OUTSIDE QNS. 'GOTTI' EATERY FILES CLAIM

The Gotti name was dragged into another hate crime yesterday when a Sikh victim announced he was suing a Queens restaurant once favored by the Teflon Don. A year after...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Officials in East Chicago turned off a streetlight after hundreds of people began crowding around it, claiming it cast the shadow of Jesus Christ. "The city respects everyone's religious beliefs,...

BLEAK INDIVIDUAL LOOKS AT THE BRIGHT SIDE

MINUTES after he copped a plea and agreed to serve 90 days in jail on heroin charges, Robert Chambers sighed with resignation and said, "It's better than getting life." The...

DEFY DEMS, W: NAME NINO

Speculation remains rife that Chief Justice William Rehnquist will follow Supreme Court colleague Sandra Day O'Connor into retirement this summer, giving President Bush the rare opportunity of naming two justices...

ELIOT SPITS OUT HIS COMPLAINTS

ALBANY - State Attorney General and gubernatorial wannabe Eliot Spitzer yesterday criticized the MTA, chastised fellow Democrats in the Assembly for not passing anti-terrorism legislation, and called for more charter...

OUT TO LAUNCH - TAPED-ON PIECE RIPS SHUTTLE TILES; SHUTTLE DAMAGED

Less than 24 hours before the space shuttle Discovery was set to launch today, a window cover -held in place with tape - fell 60 feet from the fuselage, damaging...

PERV ATTACKS B'KLYN MOM

A young Brooklyn mother was molested in her apartment by a grocery-store deliveryman, authorities said yesterday. The attack took place at 6 p.m. on July 8, when the 25-year-old woman...

L.I. TEEN DIES IN BAHAMAS CRASH

A Long Island teen celebrating his high-school graduation with classmates in the Bahamas was run over and killed by a truck while his horrified friends looked on. Eric Chon, 18,...

WELFARE JOBS A BU$T: REPORT

The city's program to find jobs for welfare recipients has been a $130 million failure - with less than one in 10 finding employment in six months, it was charged...

CITY FINALLY RID OF 110 LIVINGSTON

Two years after the $45 million sale of Board of Ed headquarters in Brooklyn was announced, the city has finally shaken the monkey from its back. Delays in the plan...

LANDMARK BOOST FOR REHAB AT THE PLAZA

The Landmarks Preservation Commission awarded landmark protection to The Plaza hotel's most famous public rooms yesterday - and simultaneously gave the new owners a green light to create more stores...

CADDY KING IN CAN - TRADE-IN SCAM RAP

In his heyday during the '80s and '90s, he was a political rainmaker, one of the most successful minority Cadillac dealers in the country, and a man who counted the...

PATAKI CLOSES ETHICS LOOPHOLE

ALBANY - State officials will no longer be able to escape ethics investigations by quitting their jobs, under a measure signed into law yesterday by Gov. Pataki. The new law...

PROJECT PRESERVES TRAGIC MEMORIES

A new studio that opened near Ground Zero yesterday for people to record their experiences on 9/11 was an instant hit with victims' families, survivors and visitors. "I feel like...

POT PLANTATION AT L.I. COLLEGE

A contractor made a bizarre discovery while doing work at a Long Island college - a surprisingly sophisticated marijuana farm concealed in underground water tanks. The secret garden at SUNY...

LAURA'S COURT APPEAL - SURPRISES W. WITH CALL FOR WOMAN

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday got some Supreme Court advice from his best-loved adviser: wife Laura urged him to pick another woman to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. "I would really...

CITY TO PAY WIDOW OF BRIDGE DWI VICTIM $1M

The city will pay $1 million to the widow of a Brooklyn construction worker fatally mowed down by a cop on the Throgs Neck Bridge six years ago, thanks to...

PLAYBOY PRINCE REIGNS - ALBERT ASSUMES THRONE

Monaco's Prince Albert II, the royal rake who scandalized his country with an illegitimate child and endless affairs with models and starlets, ascended to the throne of the 700-year-old dynasty...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

QUEENS * Cops yesterday released the photo of a man they say sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl in Flushing. The suspect (above) was posing as a customer when he allegedly...

WEINER IN DEEP DOO-DUE$

WASHINGTON - Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is a deadbeat congressional Democrat who hasn't paid a dime on his $100,000 party membership dues, it was reported yesterday. Weiner has shirked his...

BRIT MUSLIMS RIP FIENDS

The English city of Leeds, the sudden focus of the London bombing investigation, has a thriving Muslim community whose leadership reacted to Thursday's terror attacks by expressing solidarity with the...

SEX-RAP POL SUES MILLER

Sex-harass City Councilman Allan Jennings slapped Speaker Gifford Miller with a lawsuit yesterday for refusing to fund a mailing of his newsletter. In court papers, Jennings said Miller is blocking...

DOCTOR TO IMUS: TAKE A CHILL PILL

UNLIKE Don Imus, the foul-mouthed pseudo cowboy who dabbles in radio, Dr. Howard Pearson is not one to brandish weapons, spew profanity or threaten another man's life. But don't push...

WOMAN SLAIN AT QUEENS PARTY

A woman was shot and killed during a booze- fueled party in a Queens apartment early Monday morning - and three men were seen running from the building, police sources...

MIKE: CALL ME BUT DON'T WAKE ME UP

It's like 311. Only better. If you have a problem, you can call Mayor Bloomberg - at home. Bloomberg let New Yorkers know yesterday that the telephone number to his...

MODEL BOTTLE - CALVIN KLEIN'S PERFUME AD TO MAKE A SPLASH IN TIMES SQ.

Calvin Klein is delivering a message in a bottle - a really, really big bottle. His fabled fashion house plans to erect a three-story-tall display in Times Square that looks...

B'KLYN BROS HELD IN 'THRAX-HOAX SPREE

Two brothers - both with a history of mental illness - were busted for sending threatening letters, some of which were filled with a white powder they claimed was anthrax,...

POKER PROTESTERS HEADING 'STRAIGHT' FOR POLICE HQ

Flushed with anger, a bunch of poker-playing protesters plan to literally put their two cents into the controversial NYPD crackdown on card rooms by playing Texas Hold 'Em for pennies...

N.Y. TUNNEL CELLPHONE BUNGLE A BIG WORRY

The sudden shutdown, and restoration, of cellphone service in the city's tunnels happened because government agencies weren't talking to each other - a bureaucratic bungle that could wreak havoc during...

PACK FOR JAIL, 'PREPPY' - CHAMBERS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS ON DRUG RAP

It's back to jail for the Preppy Killer. On the brink of going to trial - and apparently chickening out after seeing the strength of the Manhattan DA's case -...

MA OUT TO SUE HOSP OVER DROPPED TOT

A Queens mom is trying to sue Jacobi Hospital, saying someone at the Bronx medical center dropped her newborn daughter in 2003, leaving her brain-damaged. "She cannot walk or talk...

'LIRR' WIDOW SOBS AT SUSPECT'S TRIAL

The stricken widow of a 37-year-old Lynbrook dad brutally slain in a botched robbery broke down and sobbed during yesterday's closing arguments in the trial of one of his accused...

BUST WON'T CHANGE BIAS-CRIME CASE: COPS

Law-enforcement officials yesterday said they have no plans to drop the hate-crime charges against two thugs busted in last month's Howard Beach baseball bat attack - despite the recent arrest...

TIME MAN 'BURNED' ROVE, SAYS ATTORNEY

WASHINGTON - White House political guru Karl Rove was "burned" by Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper after the two had a "double super secret background" chat concerning CIA operative Valerie...

'KILLER' FINDS ODD ALLIES

An aging real-estate mogul charged with murder for fatally stabbing his wife in their Upper East Side townhouse had some interesting allies in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday - the couple's...

WE WON'T LET 9/11 FUNDS PAY FOR 'HOT-BUTTON' DISPLAYS: WTC BIGS

No funds raised for a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero will go toward a pair of controversial culture centers until the issue over their contents is resolved, officials said yesterday....

TEEN HAILS NEW 'COP'

A New Jersey teen yesterday saluted one of New York's finest police recruits - who saved her from a knife wielding mugger just two days before he officially became a...

TEACHER HAD KID PORN: COPS

A popular Brooklyn high-school teacher was busted yesterday for allegedly trafficking in kiddie porn. Craig Roffman - a 29- year-old English teacher at James Madison HS - was charged with...

'SIGN' OF MIKE'S GOP POPULARITY

Mayor Bloomberg collected nearly 24,000 signatures from registered Republicans to appear as the GOP standard-bearer for re-election this fall - three times the minimum necessary to earn the ballot line....

STAB VICTIM DIES - 3 YEARS LATER

A woman stabbed three years ago in an Upper East Side supermarket has died as a result of the attack - and her assailant may face murder charges, authorities said...

JEWEL-SLAY GAL GUILTY

The female junkie who scouted out jewelry stores for a mom-and-son robbery duo wept yesterday as she copped a guilty plea for her role in a heist that turned deadly...

SHUTTLE SPACE JAM - TILES SMASHED AS TAPED PART FALLS OFF

Less than 24 hours before the space shuttle Discovery was set to blast off today, NASA was dealt an embarrassing setback when a window cover - held in place with...

PLAYBOY PRINCE TAKES 'REIGNS' IN MONACO

Monaco's Prince Albert II, the royal rake who scandalized his country with an illegitimate child and endless affairs with models and starlets, ascended to the throne of the 700-year- old...

B'KLYN SUBWAY BOMB 'HOAX'

With New Yorkers still nervous about the safety of mass transit in the wake of last week's London terror bombings, cops are investigating a bizarre incident in which a man...

JEWELRY-SLAY JUNKIE GUILTY

The female junkie who scouted out jewelry stores for a mom-and-son robbery duo wept yesterday as she copped a guilty plea for her role in a heist that turned deadly...

NASA LAUNCHES HOPES - SPACE AGENCY'S FUTURE RIDES ON WINGS OF FIXED SHUTTLE

For the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, NASA has done a nuts-to-nosecone overhaul of the program - adding extra protection to the ship, extra cameras to detect...

TIME MAN BURNED ME, SAYS ROVE

WASHINGTON - White House political guru Karl Rove was "burned" by Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper after the two had a "double super secret background" chat concerning CIA operative Valerie...

A GRATE DAY FOR MARILYN - 'BILLOW' TALK HASN'T STOPPED 50 YEARS AFTER FAMED SCENE

The subway grating at the southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street looks like hundreds of others, but it's different - it's where Marilyn Monroe made movie history...

KIDS GET TIX FROM BELTRAN

All-Star Notebook DETROIT - Carlos Beltran had a 20-person entourage at Comerica Park last night, but it's not what you might think. The Met center fielder left 20 tickets for...

AL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL ... AGAIN

DETROIT - Face it, the National League may never get the home-field advantage again in the World Series. For those whining that it's an unfair advantage for the American League:...

ROCKET LOYAL TO 'STROS

DETROIT - The trail Roger Clemens has blazed is historic - and now it looks certain that there will be no Yankee Rocket reentry. "I don't see it," the seven-time...

AMERICAN IDOLS ADD TO STREAK - UNBEATEN IN 9 VS. NL SQUAD

American 7 - National 5 DETROIT - Many people consider Miguel Tejada the best all-around player in baseball. That's debatable, but last night the Baltimore shortstop earned All-Star Game MVP...

NHL AND UNION STILL HAVE LOTS TO SETTLE

The light at the end of the tunnel is the onrushing train hurtling down the tracks at hundreds of players and their agents who, with each day that passes without...

SHARK WAS A WINNER, NO CONTEST

THERE was a shark tournament at Montauk over the weekend and a very big shark was caught, but one had nothing to do with the other. Unfortunately for the anglers...

CONGRESS INTENT ON CLEANING MLB

Nearly four months after a nationally televised congressional hearing on steroids in baseball, Jose Canseco is now a reality TV star, Sammy Sosa is speaking English again and Mark McGwire...

TIME FOR SOME ALL-STAR GAZING - YANKS, RED SOX PUT RIVALRY ASIDE

DETROIT - For first-timers and old-timers alike, it was a midsummer night's dream. Last night was the 76th edition of the sporting world's only relevant All-Star Game, and the charm...

'HANOVER' ALL READY TO ROCK

Rocknroll Hanover seeks his second $1M victory in a month as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the 29th edition of the Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night at The Meadowlands....

MCENROE: BIG PROPS TO ROG

Roger Federer's third straight Wimbledon crown took his streak to 36 consecutive victories on grass. The win also put him in league with a legendary list of three-time winners of...

SHAREEF ON HOLD, SO NETS COURT SWIFT

What the Nets want to give, the Blazers don't want, and what the Blazers want, the Nets won't give. So Nets brass, while still placing Shareef Abdur-Rahim atop its power-forward...

ROCKET LOYAL TO ASTROS

DETROIT - The trail Roger Clemens has left is historic, and right now it looks as if there will be no Yankee Rocket re-entry. "I don't see it," the seven-time...

BOMBERS KEEP EYES ON BURNETT

DETROIT - Mark Buehrle started last night for the American League in the 76th All-Star Game. There were 11 other pitchers on the AL squad. One of them was a...

COLLINSWORTH 2ND TO LEAVE FOR NBC

Cris Collinsworth is leaving Fox Sports to join NBC's 2006 Sunday Night NFL package, network executives told The Post yesterday. An official announcement is expected today. Collinsworth is the second...

PIAZZA TAKES IN THE SCENE

DETROIT - As Mike Piazza left last night's All-Star Game, the Mets catcher took a moment to reflect. Sporting dwindling numbers that haven't lived up to his own expectations this...

BUD HAS WORLD VIEW

DETROIT - The crusade to eradicate steroids from baseball currently fuels Bud Selig, and he spends time every day thinking about the subject. But the commissioner has a new pet...

BOMBERS EYE BURNETT

DETROIT - The Yankees have clawed their way back into the AL East race, but unless the Bombers' starting pitching reaches All-Star quality the in the second half, they will...

COULD BE FINAL BOW FOR PIAZZA

DETROIT - As Mike Piazza left last night's All-Star Game, the Met catcher took a moment to reflect. Sporting dwindling numbers that haven't lived up to his own expectations, Piazza...

BATTLE OF BUNKER HELL - AT ST. ANDREWS, TRAP TORTURE IS PAR FOR COURSE

ST. ANDREWS - They lurk like booby traps all around the Old Course at St. Andrews. Most all of them are penal. Many of them have names, some of which...

YEAR OF THE TIGER (& THE BEAR) - WOODS, NICKLAUS TAKE CENTER STAGE AT OPEN

ST. ANDREWS - The contrast between the two most prolific champions the game of golf has ever seen was absolute yesterday. Jack Nicklaus, who at age 65 is finished winning...

COLLINSWORTH JUMPING TO NBC

Cris Collinsworth is leaving Fox Sports to join NBC's 2006 Sunday Night NFL package, network executives told The Post yesterday. An official announcement is expected today. Collinsworth is the second...

GONE IS THE WIND - LACK OF BREEZE COULD LOWER SCORES

NOTEBOOK ST. ANDREWS - The weather for this week's Open Championship at St. Andrews is a hot topic of conversation amongst the players - and it has little to do...

BUD'S WORLD VIEW - CLASSIC, STEROIDS TOP COMMISSIONER'S LIST

DETROIT - The crusade to eradicate steroids from baseball currently fuels Bud Selig, and he spends time every day thinking about the subject. But the commissioner has a new pet...