August 1, 2005
MARTS HAVING A HEAT WAVE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe economy is in store for a summer surprise boost with consumers spending more, hiring expanding and factories getting busier. A batch of new economic reports due this week on...
FASTER AD SLOWDOWN SEEN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amAdvertising spending around the world is slowing down much faster than expected, says a report by ad giant Publicis Groupe SA. Advertising for 2005 will rise by just 4.7 percent...
NOW, EAR'S AN IDEA THAT'S NOT ALL WET
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amNow ear this. It looks like a simple cell phone, but what the gadget is really doing is gently blowing perfect air into your ear. The device, Sahara DryEar, was...
PAUL SHAFFER TAKES FIVE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE British are coming! The British are coming . . . to Times Square. Paul Shaffer, who leads the CBS Orchestra on the "Late Show with David Letterman" is bringing...
DAVE'S THE RAVE WITH ISLAND JAMS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amEVEN though the Dave Matthews Band is an indisputable giant in rock music - and its two super-sized Randalls Island gigs drew a combined audience of just under 60,000 over...
STARR REPORT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00am'360' circles to Africa CNN's Anderson Cooper anchors today and tomorrow from Maradi, Niger in the wake of the U.N. airlift of 44-plus tons of emergency food rations to the...
KATIE RETURN DECISION BY FALL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amKATIE Couric is hinting that she may not stay for another stint as host of "Today." "Everybody needs recharging," she told the New Yorker magazine in a story published today....
AL-NEWS CHANNEL - DEBUT DAY FOR GORE'S NEW CABLE STATION
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER Vice President Al Gore's new cable channel, called Current, is starting today. Officials describe Current - available in New York on Ch. 103 on the Time Warner systems and...
MOVING DAZE - AWARDS LOSE SUNDAYS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amTHE NFL and "Desperate Housewives" are likely to put an end to a Sunday night awards-show tradition. NBC is figuring out where to move the Emmys and the Golden Globes...
'MOM' IS STUCK IN THE 1950S
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amWITH this, the latest, and possibly the most boring reality show in TV history, it becomes crystal clear that NBC has lost it. And they've lost it big time. Why?...
ATTACK OF THE CLONES!; CELEBRITY-OBSESSED NEW YORKERS ARE ... UNDER THE INFLUENCE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amSOMETHING spooky is happening below 14th Street. The edgy, fashion-forward downtown scene that is celebrated for its quirky, trendsetting street style has inexplicably morphed into celebrity-copycat central. We're not talking...
POL COZIES UP TO $CIENTOLOGY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA COUNCIL member who successfully lobbied for city funding of a controversial Scientology medical treatment for 9/11 rescue workers has received nearly $100,000 from L. Ron Hubbard followers, The Post...
TROPICAL 'COLD CASE' HEATING UP - ARUBA MYSTERY REVIVES INTEREST IN N.Y. WRITER
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe anguished parents of a Queens travel writer who mysteriously vanished in the Caribbean five years ago say there are chilling similarities between her case and that of recent missing...
PORN WIFE MORTIFIESMOSCOW
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe beautiful, buxom wife of a powerful Russian banker has stunned Moscow high society by posing naked for Playboy, Penthouse and dozens of other men's magazines. And Olga Rodionova, a...
BOOSTIN' BOLTON - GOPERS RALLY AS APPOINTMENT NEARS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amRepublicans yesterday said U.N. Ambassador-designate John Bolton is just the kind of tough guy needed to give "tough love" to the scandal-plagued United Nations amid hints that President Bush will...
COPS: MAN SHOOTS 25G MUGGER
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe owner of a Brooklyn check-cashing business deposited a bullet in the back of a thief who stole his money as he left a Brooklyn bank, police said. George Richards,...
MIKE'S SCRAPBOOK - PHOTOS BEHIND SCENES
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is sharing some of his personal photos with The Post, offering for the first time a behind-the-scenes look at his years in office. Nearly every move Bloomberg makes...
'CRASHERS' CASHES IN WITH AUDIENCES
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amBare boobs and bed-hopping Romeos conquered the box office over the weekend, as the raunchy comedy "Wedding Crashers" made a surprise jump to No. 1, after two weekends in second...
POWELL GOT EARLY WORD ON PLAME
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell got a memo saying a critic of the war in Iraq was married to CIA agent Valerie Plame weeks before Plame was outed, Time magazine...
GIFF URGES MAYOR TO OK FREE SUNDAY PARKING
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral candidate Gifford Miller yesterday called on Mayor Bloomberg to sign into law a new parking-meter bill that would permit free Sunday parking. The mayor has vehemently opposed the...
BLOOMBERG'S A CATSKILLED PILOT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg hit the campaign trail yesterday - piloting his own helicopter to the Catskills to try to win over Brooklyn's Orthodox Jews vacationing there. "I'm trying to reach out...
ISRAEL WARNS TERRORISTS ON PULLOUT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amIsrael yesterday promised to launch a massive ground operation if Palestinians shoot at the thousands of Israeli settlers leaving Gaza during the much-anticipated evacuation later this month. In the first...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man has been arrested for twice making threats against workers in a Brooklyn councilman's office, authorities said yesterday. The first incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, when...
HUMAN HEAD FOUND IN BED-STUY GARDEN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA neighborhood volunteer tidying up a tiny Brooklyn park stumbled upon a human head stuffed in a black bag, and police think the body part could belong to a torso...
CATHOLIC SCHOOL SCANDAL: SEX TEACH - BANKER'S WIFE 'BEDDED' 4 KIDS; TEACHER SEX SCANDAL AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA sex scandal has exploded at a prestigious upstate Catholic school, where randy teacher Sandra "Beth" Geisel (right) bedded four students - including an underage boy - while administrators tried...
ITALIANS NAB BROTHER IN BRIT ATTACKS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amItalian authorities yesterday busted the second brother of a man held in the London bombings, as British cops arrested seven other suspects. Fati Issac was arrested in the city of...
MOSQUE SPAWNS 3RD LONDON CELL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe terrorist cell suspected of plotting a third wave of bombings on the London subway system reportedly met at the same mosque attended by members of the two cells that...
MIKE'S A CATSKILLED PILOT - FLIES CHOPPER TO STUMP IN RESORTS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg hit the campaign trail yesterday - piloting his own helicopter to the Catskills to try to win over Brooklyn's Orthodox Jews vacationing there. "I'm trying to reach out...
BITING TONGUE ON MENU - CHEF GIVES SCRIBE DRESSING DOWN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amKitchen devil Gordon Ramsay, the world-class chef and star of "Hell's Kitchen," says cooking a simple omelet with me is "like giving birth to a big razor." After spending some...
25G VICTIM SHOOTS ROBBER: COPS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe owner of a Brooklyn check-cashing business deposited a bullet in the back of a thief who stole his money as he left a Brooklyn bank, police said yesterday. George...
BIKE GIRL, 10, HIT BY VAN ON L.I.
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Long Island girl was critically injured yesterday when her bike was hit by a minivan. The girl, whose name was withheld, was riding on Massapequa Avenue in Massapequa...
CARBO, NO! ATKINS GOING BROKE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe company founded by pro-fat, low-carb diet guru Dr. Robert C. Atkins is going belly-up. Atkins Nutritionals Inc., whose diet regime became a national obsession even as some experts dismissed...
TROOP CUT SET FOR IRAQ: MAG
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe Pentagon in recent months has developed a detailed plan to reduce troop strength in Iraq to 40,000 to 60,000 by the end of next year, in an apparent bid...
POT-ARREST 'BRIBE' BID
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA Connecticut man tried to bribe his way out of a marijuana rap on the Lower East Side yesterday - but his plans went up in smoke when police hauled...
BODY IS HIS PRISON - EX-GUARD IN 'COMA'
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA hero ex-correction officer who was "the most likeable guy you'll ever meet" has been trapped in a persistent vegetative state for more than a year after a minor kidney-stone...
HERO BRAVED INFERNO - FIREFIGHTER CARRIED 3 TO SAFETY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe flames were intensifying around firefighter Victor Rosa when he found the little victim - and he was struck instantly by how "familiar" the tiny child seemed. The eight-year FDNY...
ROCK OF WAGES - GROOMS $HELL OUT MORE ON DIAMONDS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amYou've practically gotta be a Rockefeller to buy an adequate rock for your honey these days. The average price for an engagement diamond has soared to a record $2,600. And...
JACKO GOING GULFIN' - BUYS BAHRAIN DIGS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amKing of Pop Michael Jackson has purchased a palatial property in Bahrain, sources told The Post yesterday, making the affluent little kingdom a potential new home for the wandering superstar....
SHUTTLE UNGLUED - LOOSE 'CLOTH' A STICKY PROBLEM
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amHouston, we have another problem. NASA, already bracing for the impact of launch debris on the space shuttle Discovery, said yesterday a couple of unglued fabric strips dangling from Discovery's...
HER MUTT'S NUTS - DOG-BIT WORKER SUES HELMSLEY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amLeona Helmsley's dog apparently has a bite even worse than her owner's bark. A former Helmsley housekeeper whose hand was repeatedly chomped on by the billionaire's little dog Trouble is...
LEONA'S MUTT'SNUTS, SAYS EX-STAFFER
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amLeona Helmsley's dog apparently has a bite worse than her owner's bark. A former Helmsley housekeeper who was bitten by the billionaire's little dog, Trouble, is in such bad pain,...
CITY SUED OVER GUN 'THREAT'
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amShe asked for heat - but not for a man packing it. A Bronx woman has sued the city for unspecified damages, saying she dialed 311 and reported no heat...
WEIGHT-LOSS BIZ FACES $2M SUIT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx woman is suing LA Weight Loss Centers for $2 million, claiming workers ignored that she was diabetic with heart problems and allowed her to go on the diet,...
DIVORCE FROM HELL - EXES' 20-YEAR WAR OVER HALF-MIL SUPPORT BILL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amARTELIA COURT has waged what's been called "The Mother of All Divorces" in Manhattan Supreme Court - a bruising, 20-year struggle to win child support from her former husband. But...
HOLY CASH COW! - '$CAM' PRIEST SUED
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA priest accused 11 years ago of misappropriating $450,000 in funds belonging to a small East Village church is now battling for control of a Brooklyn church that has only...
DA WANTS 'BURGLAR' TO TAKE A FALL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amProsecutors say they'll try again to indict a Manhattan man who claimed that cops threw him out a sixth-floor window - and who not only survived, but also avoided being...
'PAY TO PLAY' DRAMA - ACTRESS' BRIBERY SUIT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amActors and actresses seeking bit parts in New York-area TV, movie and commercial shoots need to bribe agents to get work, a New Jersey performer claims in a sensational suit...
STATE LOTTO SALES PLUMMET BY $44M
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Lotto sales are in free-fall - dropping 22 percent through July 24 over the same period last year. Lotto sales totaled $157.4 million, down dramatically from the $201.7...
FURY IN 'RACE' FOR GOV - GOP BIAS CLAIM
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA TOP aide to Secretary of State Randy Daniels has suggested that the head of the Republican Party opposes Daniels' candidacy for governor because the longtime Harlem resident is black....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA Missouri woman cruising along a busy highway opened her door to spit - and fell out. Robbin Doolin, 31, tumbled onto U.S. 71 in Kansas City and, to the...
MAG: U.S. HAS PLAN TO CUT TROOPS IN IRAQ
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe Pentagon in recent months has developed a detailed plan to reduce troop strength in Iraq to 40,000 to 60,000 by the end of next year in an apparent bid...
BOY ACTOR SOUGHT (CLOVEN HOOFS OK)
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amWanted: the most evil-looking 5-year-old boy in the world. Hollywood is seeking a kindergartner with a devilish grin to play Damien the anti-Christ in a remake of the horror classic...
HARLEM WEEK VANDROSS TRIBUTE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA tribute to crooner Luther Vandross drew the crowds to Harlem yesterday as the neighborhood's annual festival kicked off at Grant's Tomb. Thousands of New Yorkers flocked to the nearby...
HILLARY A RADICAL FEMINIST: POL
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A conservative GOP senator yesterday charged that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a radical feminist. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), asked by Bill Clinton aide-turned-commentator George Stephanopoulos if he...
SHUTTLE BUGS - DISCOVERY NEEDS MORE FIXES
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amHouston, we have another problem. Anxious NASA officials, already bracing for the impact of launch debris on the space shuttle Discovery, said yesterday that crew members might have to inspect...
DOCS PUMPED UP ON MUSCLE-CELL STUDY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amA type of cell found naturally in the body could hold the key to new treatments for muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy, scientists say. A new study in the...
TAKING A FLIER - SPEEDY MILLER GOOD RISK FOR GANG GREEN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amIn 1995, the Jets selected tight end Kyle Brady in the first round of the NFL Draft instead of Warren Sapp because Sapp had become an unattractive option when he...
TREVOR'S ANXIOUS TO CHAT WITH LARRY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amTrevor Ariza flew back to his native Los Angeles yesterday, preparing for a meeting with the Knicks' grand wizard, Larry Brown. "I just want to tell him in the meeting...
AUSSIE PUNTER GETS HIS KICKS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES One of the more intriguing stories at Jets camp is that of Ben Graham, an Australian-rules football star who is competing to be the team's punter. Graham gave...
SAFETY GLANCE - WILLIAMS MUST TURN SOME HEADS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - As he thought back to a time before his health became a huge concern, Shaun Williams recalled he was held in high regard. "I know before my injury...
DEVS KEEP KOZLOV, NOT HRDINA
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThe Devils barely left themselves room to sign Scott Niedermayer by tendering forward Viktor Kozlov a qualifying contract offer yesterday. They cut loose faceoff man Jan Hrdina by not offering...
LET THE BUYING BEGIN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amThis mass of class is meeting the buyers' market. The next step in the new (unimproved?) NHL opens today when a horde of free agents vying for cap-limited contracts becomes...
RANGERS MUST WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amNOBODY really knows what to expect when the first capped free-agent market in NHL history opens today at noon. But here's what not to expect: a rush of unrestricted upper-end...
WHEN IT COUNTS, BUCK STOPS HERE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amFOX Sports' Joe Buck is so good on big moments because it is not about Joe Buck. At these times, it seems as if Buck wears a bracelet that says,...
FEELY GIVING 'EM THE BOOT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - The first live kicking drills of training camp yesterday allowed Jay Feely to put on display his strong right leg. He sent many of his kickoffs...
ALL QUIET FOR OMAR, AMAZIN'S
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - There are no new Mets today. Yesterday's trade deadline passed, and the Mets were one of the clubs that stood pat. Barring a major move before...
WEALTHY CHELSEA DEADLOCKS MILAN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES OF SOCCER: Chelsea 1 - AC Milan 1 There is a team in one of the world's biggest cities that buys seemingly every superstar it wants, funded by...
ZONE HELPS LIBS GET 'MUST' WIN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amLiberty 67 - Fever 53 Some how, some way, the Liberty had to stop to the bleeding yesterday. "We need to win this game," said veteran forward Crystal Robinson. "For...
STILL A MET, CAM CLOUTS - MIKE'S BAT HELPS SNAP SKID, KICK ASTROS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMets 9 - Astros 4 HOUSTON - The trade deadline passed at 4 p.m. yesterday. Less than an hour later, Mike Cameron showed why it may be a good thing...
FINALLY, BELTRAN DELIVERS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Yesterday morning Carlos Beltran went to church, and according to the Mets center fielder, the message was "always expect good things to happen." In the Mets'...
RIVERA REJECTS KAY GESTURE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amYES play-by-play man Michael Kay wanted to close the book on his colossal mistake from last week, but word in the Angels clubhouse was that Juan Rivera refused to let...
JOLTIN' JASON SLUGS 300TH
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt looked as if Jason Giambi wouldn't notch his 300th career homer in 2005, considering he needed 14 when July began. In fact, he only hit five longballs before Independence...
JOLTIN' JASON SLUGS 300TH HOMER
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amIt looked as if Jason Giambi wouldn't notch his 300th career homer in 2005, considering he needed 14 when July began. In fact, he only hit five longballs before Independence...
WIN WAS GIFT FROM ANGELS - YANKEES CASH IN ON CABRERA'S MISPLAY
August 1, 2005 | 4:00am11 INNINGS: Yankees 8 - Angels 7 If flexing more muscle than the other guy is the dangerous avenue the Yankees are going to travel for the final two months...
SLUGGISH JOHNSON BAILED OUT AGAIN
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amDid Randy Johnson give his team a chance to win yesterday? Look at the score. Or the lineup Johnson pitches for. Although the obvious answer is yes, a lesser team...
SANDBERG SET THE STANDARD AT SECOND
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amCOOPERSTOWN - Ryne Sandberg wore a plain brown wrapper around his complete package. A soft-spoken .285 career hitter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in only his third...
NO RABBIT IN CASHMAN'S HAT
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amBY THE 10th inning yesterday, Brian Cashman was in his box overlooking home plate, a spectator like anyone else at Yankee Stadium. It was after 4 p.m. - after the...
GM CASHMAN LISTENS, BUT DECIDES TO PASS
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The closest the Yankees came to making a deal before yesterday's 4 p.m. deadline was getting outfielder Larry Bigbie from the Rockies. In the end, it wasn't that...
DESPERATE YANKS MAY STEAL RUBEN RIVERA
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Unable to land a center fielder via trade prior to yesterday's 4 o'clock deadline, the Yankees are contemplating signing Ruben Rivera to a minor league contract and sending...
DYNAMIC DUO - BOGGS' DREAM COMES TRUE
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amCOOPERSTOWN - The game slowed down for Wade Boggs, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday because of 20-12 eyesight and an ability to identify pitches by their spin...
DUTROW BACK WITH A BANG
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - 1ST RACE - He's baaaack! Rick Dutrow Jr. was back on track after serving 60-day suspension for medication positive, and wasted no time finding way to winner's...
ASHADO, VELAZQUEZ TAKE SPA'S 'WAND'
August 1, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The 4-year-old filly Ashado turned in the most dominant performance of her championship career yesterday at the Old Spa, winning the Grade 1, $250,000 Go for Wand...