July 16, 2005
GIMME SHELTER
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amSOPRANOS $18K HIT THE Sopranos" actual capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses), David Chase, has made an offer his new landlord couldn't refuse. The creator, producer and creative...
MARKET REPORT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThere's a lot of nervousness about the housing market these days: Will New York fall? How about Miami? One magazine has tried to attach numbers to the risks: Kiplinger's, a...
GE BLOWS OFF NBC AD WOES
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amGeneral Electric's profits are so flush it's able to shrug off the fact that its NBC primetime shows are bombing, with a drop-off of $700 million in ad dollars in...
'GODFATHER' DELAY HITS EA
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amInvestors took out their revenge on Electronic Arts yesterday - cutting $875 million from the video game maker's value. The move came 24 hours after EA announced they were delaying...
WALMART.COM ELBOWS ASIDE RIVALS WITH 'POTTER' PRICE CUT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThey're playing for keeps. Walmart.com, the online arm of the nation's largest retailer, is undercutting competitors in an effort to boost sales of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the...
TRUMP GRUMP OVER SUIT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amDonald Trump's Hong Kong partners are firing back at the brash billionaire's allegations that they accepted too low a price for their sprawling property on the West Side. In a...
COMEDY IN 'STORE' ; SHORE LIKE TO YOU LAUGH
July 16, 2005 | 4:00am"Minding the Store" Tomorrow night at 10 on TBS * * ½ (Two and a half stars) AT least Pauly Shore is being honest. At the outset of his new...
'HOOKING UP' TRIPS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amABC's heavily hyped "Hooking Up" failed to attract many viewers Thursday night. The five-part ABC News series, which tracks 11 New York City women pursuing romance via online dating, averaged...
WORD WIZARDS - READ OUR POTTER CONTEST WINNERS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amHope J.K. Rowling continues to be as inventive as The Post's young readers. In response to our third "We're Just Wild About Harry" writing contest, nearly 150 passionate Potter fans...
SIREN CALL FOR OUTDOOR MUSIC FANS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amNOW in its fifth year, the Siren Music Festival has already become a summer tradition in the new Coney Island, as all-American as Nathan's hot dogs, the Wonder Wheel and...
LU: JUST DUET
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amWITH slithery bayou-call vocals, Louisiana country-blues singer Lucinda Williams animated her new double-disc, "Live at the Fillmore," before a packed house of adoring fans at the Beacon Theatre Thursday night....
CUCKOO FOR COCOA STUFF - WHERE TO GO IF WONKA LEAVES YOU WANTING
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA screening of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" comes with a couple of unexpected side effects. First, you get a little creeped out by Johnny Depp's Jacko-esque Willy Wonka. Then...
UPPER EAST SIDE 'BAR' TURNS INTO OOMPA LOOMPA LAND
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe spirit of Willy Wonka looms large today at the Upper East Side sugar wonderland Dylan's Candy Bar, which from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is transforming into the closest...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Brooklynite Bruno Filippelli, a retiree living in Delray Beach, Fla., turned in an old Japanese rifle that had been collecting dust in his closet during a police gun-buy-back program....
GIRL ESCAPES BRONX 'PERV'
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Bronx girl was able yesterday to fight off an attacker who had previously molested three boys, authorities said yesterday. William Rivera, 37, allegedly snatched the girl around 11...
'SATANIC' EXPLOSIVE EASY TO MIX AND HIDE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe explosive believed to have been used in the London attacks can be made easily from cheap hardware-store ingredients - and is so deadly that terrorists call it "the Mother...
GOV'S GAL FRIDAY OUT ; GOP SACKS SERVANT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The $50,000-a-year personal servant hired by the state Republican Party for Gov. Pataki's wife, Libby, has been fired, officials said yesterday. Michelle Stubbs, whose existence on the state...
PATAKI LOSING HIS TOUCH AS TOP STATE FUND-RAISER
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki, once the most prolific fund-raiser in New York political history, took in a paltry $785,811 the first six months of 2005 - or less than 13...
DEADLY CRASH; COKED-UP CABBY KILLS TOP FUR DEALER: COPS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amSeconds after running a red light, a Long Island taxi driver high on cocaine and prescription drugs plowed into a Cadillac, killing a prominent fur dealer and seriously injuring his...
PLANE-STUPID TEENS CHARGED
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amTwo Connecticut teens who allegedly joined a 20- year-old man for a drunken joy ride in a stolen airplane last month have surrendered to cops. Andrew Mentch and Thomas Cascio,...
OIL-SCANDAL AIDE CAUGHT SHRED-HANDED - AGAIN
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A top aide to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan who suddenly resigned after being caught shredding documents related to the oil-for-food probe has been seen at the office shredder...
UNION-RUN SCHOOL'S FINAL OK
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe United Federation of Teachers yesterday cleared the last major hurdle to opening its own charter school in the fall, as State University of New York trustees voted overwhelmingly to...
HEAT'S ON DON & SON; JURY EYES BONANNOS IN SLAY OF RIVAL BOSS' KID
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amReputed Bonanno mob boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano and his son are the subjects of a federal grand jury probe for last year's murder of another Mafia don's son, The...
CAMERON BLOWS HER TOPLESS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Topless-and-proud actress Cameron Diaz literally shook in anger after watching a steamy videotape of herself - calling it "garbage," her lawyer testified yesterday. Attorney Marcy Morris recounted...
MILLER'S MAILER BLITZ IGNITES A FLIER-STORM
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amCouncil Speaker Gifford Miller faced a barrage of criticism yesterday after revelations that he spent $1.6 million on taxpayer-funded self-promotional mailings. "Talk about pushing the envelope - these guys stole...
ALBANY ADMITS IT FLUNKED ON CITY HS FAILURE REPORT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amRed-faced state education officials conceded yesterday they bungled graduation-rate data for a Queens school district - one day after pinning the blame on the city. A breakdown of graduation rates...
DUO'S EVIL SCAM; ROBBED DONORS BLIND
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island scammer and his blind wife stole more than half a million dollars from celebrities and the public while claiming to train guide dogs for blind kids, officials...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** Police yesterday released a photo of a pockmarked bandit who held up a Chelsea bank. The thief (above) walked into a North Fork Bank branch at 100 W....
GOP: ROVE IS OFF THE SPY HOOK
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amRepublicans yesterday claimed President Bush's political guru Karl Rove has been exonerated by the news that reporters - and not top-secret government sources - tipped him off that a Bush...
NUPS ON AFTER WEDDED DISS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amWedding bells will ring today for the California couple left without a venue for their nuptials when a Manhattan restaurant shut down days before the ceremony. Friends say Tom Cross...
GIFF LOSES BID TO 'STAMP' OUT JENNINGS' JABBERINGS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amDisgraced City Councilman Allan Jennings yesterday won a round in his running battle with Council Speaker Gifford Miller. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Lewis Bart Stone ruled that Miller should produce...
MORE MTA COPS; ANTI-TERROR PATROLS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe city will keep hundreds of extra anti-terror cops on rush-hour trains and buses and the MTA will pick up the nearly $2 million-a-week tab, Mayor Bloomberg and transit officials...
MOB SQUAD GETS PROBE OF COLLAPSE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amRackets probers in the Manhattan DA's Office are leading the investigation of an Upper West Side building collapse that injured five people, including a toddler, law enforcement sources said yesterday....
WOMAN OR LATINO LIKELY FOR SUPREMES
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amAnalysts yesterday predicted President Bush will pick a woman or a Latino - not a white male judge - to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor now that...
HIGHWAY CRASH KILLS W'BURG TRIO
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple and a friend were killed yesterday when their minivan swerved into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer in upstate Orange County, police said. Abraham Weisz, 33, and...
GRIEF FOR CLIMBER ; PAL: I LOST 'PART OF FAMILY'
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe traveling partner of a Long Island woman lost on a treacherous Pakistani mountain described yesterday how their eagerly anticipated climbing trip turned to tragedy when he lost "part of...
MIKE'S SPENDING 220G A DAY TO KEEP HIS JOB
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is on a campaign-spending spree, burning through $23 million of his own money - nearly $220,000 a day - in a wild bid to win a second term,...
DIAZ BOOB JURORS GET THE BOOT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Two new boobs popped out in the Cameron Diaz topless-photo trial yesterday - and they were kicked off the jury for talking too much. One juror was...
MUGGING VICTIM, 80, STABS 'THIEF'
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA would-be thief picked the wrong victim on a Queens street yesterday - an 80-year-old man who promptly stabbed and nearly killed the 35-year-old mugger as he tried to steal...
CRYSTAL CAN'T RESCUE LIBS AGAIN
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amLynx 64Liberty 60 This time, Crystal Robinson's late 3-point attempt didn't fall and a lackluster performance by the Liberty helped end their three-game winning streak. "It felt good," Robinson said...
MAN GRILLED IN SOHO RAPE CASE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA man was being questioned last night in connection with the attempted rape of an elderly woman in her SoHo apartment this week, police sources said. The would-be rapist entered...
MOB SQUAD TAKES OVER DA PROBE OF COLLAPSE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amRackets probers in the Manhattan DA's Office are leading the investigation of an Upper West Side building collapse that injured five people, including a toddler, law enforcement sources said yesterday....
ISRAEL SLAYS 7 HAMAS THUGS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel killed seven Hamas gunmen yesterday after terrorists launched dozens of rocket and mortar attacks in the biggest threat yet to the five-month Mideast truce. Israeli forces were...
CENTER OF TENSION - SPOTLIGHT TOO BRIGHT FOR MELKY
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amMELKY Cabrera is not ready to play center field for the Kansas City Royals. So he certainly is not prepared to play such an important position for a first-division club...
UNIT MUST COME UP BIG
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The way the sea son has progressed, it's easy now to forget what the Yankees assumed they were getting when they traded for Randy Johnson in January. The...
'WILD THING' TAKES CUTS AT SCHILLING
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Mitch Williams didn't have to see Curt Schilling get spanked by Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez on Thursday night in Schilling's new job as Red Sox...
BEAR ESSENCE - CHEERS, TEARS SEND JACK INTO GOLDEN YEARS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amST. ANDREWS - Golf is a game that, more than any other sport, gives us special !!!moments. The game gives us memorable moments, poignant moments, stunning moments, euphoric moments, somber...
MAJOR STRIDE - TIGER WIDENS LEAD AT ST. ANDREWS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amST. ANDREWS - On the historic day the golf world bid an emotion-drenched farewell to Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods took a dramatic step toward closing the gap on Nicklaus' record...
CLEMENT WEARING SOX WELL
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON -The two won't actually confront each other, but Matt Clement and Randy Johnson will be in indirect competition this afternoon. Yet, even the Boston righty admitted he couldn't compete...
TIME FOR BIG GAME FROM UNIT
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The way the season has progressed, it's easy now to forget what the Yankees assumed they were getting when they traded for Randy Johnson in January. The way...
BERN-ING MAD ; HOPKINS GETS INTO THREE PRE-FIGHT TIFFS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Is Bernard Hopkins getting rattled or is he merely trying to intimidate Jermain Taylor? Clearly, the undisputed middleweight champion was on edge yesterday, nearly coming to blows...
WILD THING TAKES CUTS AT SCHILLING
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mitch Williams didn't have to see Curt Schilling get spanked by Gary Sheffield and Alex Rodriguez on Thursday night in Schilling's new job as Red Sox closer to...
WRIGHT STUFF - METS 3B HAS HAD YEAR TO REMEMBER
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe Thursday coming up is July 21. Or as David Wright referred to it yesterday, "the anniversary." Wright is not married. Rather, "the anniversary" refers to the time when Wright...
CRYSTAL LOOKING TO KEEP ROLLING
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amCrystal Robinson went six games without scoring in double digits, shooting 33 percent in that stretch. It wasn't something the six-year Liberty veteran was accustomed to. "It was definitely a...
JOE'S SHORT-STAFFED
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - As of 5:30 last night, the Yankees didn't have a starter for tomorrow night's game against the Red Sox. Nor were they sure about a chucker...
VETERANS WILL GO 'BOWLING'
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amA well-matched field of 11 turf veterans takes center stage today in Grade 2, $150,000 Bowling Green Handicap at mile-and-three-eighths at Belmont. Expect improvement from Bobby Frankel's Exterior, rallying fifth...
HEALTHY FLOYD HAPPY AT LAST
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amAbout this time last year, Cliff Floyd was a 6-foot-4 heap of unhappiness, counting down the days until the Mets' season was over. He said yesterday he had wrestled with...
MO, TOM PROVIDE SPARKS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - Most of us see the results Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera produce, and the dynamic Yankee relievers often make the job look easy. With another hitless inning on...
HORSEMEN PUT NYRA'S HAYWARD ON FIRING LINE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amNew York Racing Association president and CEO Charles Hayward met with a large group of concerned, in some cases irate, horsemen yesterday morning at Belmont Park, the day after his...
HERB'S THE GUY IF IT ISN'T LARRY
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amWith the Knicks' hopes of landing Larry Brown fading, the franchise continues to make steps toward naming Herb Williams their permanent guy and ending their exhaustive three-month coaching search. Knicks...
YANKS LOOK FOR ARM TO PITCH IN - LEITER MAY BE AT TOP OF LIST
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - This is what the Yankees' pitching situation has come to: They make moves because they have to, not because they want to. If the Yankees wanted to, Tim...
KAZ LEFT OUT ; GETS BUMPED TO BULLPEN
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES The next time Kaz Ishii will start a game is unknown. For now, the Mets' left-hander will be in the bullpen. Ishii has not necessarily lost his starting...
TORRE LEFT SHORT-STAFFED FOR TOMORROW
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - As of 5:30 last night the Yankees didn't have a starter for tomorrow night's game against the Red Sox. Nor were they sure about a chucker...
CENTER OF TENSION
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amWE learn a little something about Melky Cabrera almost every day. Before the All-Star break, we found out he cannot catch a ball in the sun or directly over his...
SMOLTZ GETS THE BEST OF GLAVINE
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amThere wasn't any horseplay last night when Tom Glavine faced his good buddy, John Smoltz, for the first time ever. Instead, it was cold-blooded business as usual at Shea with...
NEED A CURE FOR STAFF INFECTION
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - If you happen to be especially masochistic, if you fill your hours scouring omens, then the numbers on the scoreboard last night were a glutton's delight. Red Sox...
YANKEES TRY TO FIND LEITER SIDE ; AFTER RED SOX ROUT, TEAM TURNING TO AL
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amRed Sox 17Yankees 1 BOSTON - Barring a last minute snag, Al Leiter will start for the Yankees tomorrow night against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Prior to last...
BAD-HOPPING MAD ; SINGLE OFF REYES' HAND BEATS METS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBraves 2Mets 1 The ground ball came Jose Reyes' way, and the Mets' shortstop figured the play was going to be easy. "That's a routine ground ball for me," Reyes...
BANNED BOOMER UNFAZED
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - It hasn't been a surprise to see David Wells pitch well. But seeing Wells apologize for being rude? About as rare as his perfect game. The 42-year-old lefty...
KAZ LEFT OUT; GETS BUMPED TO BULLPEN
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES The next time Kaz Ishii will start a game is unknown. For now, the Mets' left-hander will be in the bullpen. Ishii has not necessarily lost his starting...
BERN- ING MAD: HOPKINS GETS INTO THREE PRE-FIGHT TIFFS
July 16, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Is Bernard Hopkins getting rattled or is he merely trying to intimidate Jermain Taylor? Clearly, the undisputed middleweight champion was on edge yesterday, nearly coming to blows...