August 6, 2005
INTERPUBLIC EXEC GOES PUBLIC AGAINST AGENCY
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amAs ad giant Interpublic tries to keep crucial clients in the fold, a top executive with plans to leave has lashed out against the company and its handling of a...
MARKET REPORT
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amAnother week. Another groundbreaking. Another opportunity for buyers to grab a hot Harlem deal. This week's building is the Langston, located at 68 Brad-hurst Ave., across from Jackie Robinson Park....
GIMME SHELTER
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amLauer's lair MATT Lauer's spiffy new bachelor pad at Trump Park Avenue may be a bit small, but there's nothing tiny about the rent he's paying. Sources tell us the...
PLEASE SQUEEZE ME - HOW PETITE IS CHIC ON NEW HGTV SERIES
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amEDITING. It's not just what happened to this story - it's what New Yorkers do when they're forced to squeeze into "luxury co-ops" that are about as spacious as chicken...
WEB INSIGHT - FIRST-TIME BUYER? HOW TO USE THE NET TO HELP YOU HOUSE-HUNT
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amTRYING to buy a home like entering an entirely different world, full of jargon like "points" and "DTI." What's worse, brokers and sellers make you feel like if you don't...
ROAD TESTED - THE SEARCH FOR HARLEM RENTALS: WHAT WORKS - AND WHAT DOESN'T
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amFINDING an affordable rental in Harlem is just about as easy as, well, finding an affordable rental on the Upper West Side, in the Village or in Hell's Kitchen. Read:...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB - DWARFY DEALS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMoMA Design Store 44 W. 53rd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues (212) 767-1050 Open: Sat.-Thurs., 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m./Fri., 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. 81 Spring St., between Broadway and Crosby streets...
HERE'S A SHOW WE HATE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amONCE upon a time, Gloria Steinem took a job as a Playboy bunny so she could write an expose. The concept of women as objects fed into the stereotypes that...
FLEA WHEELING - STAR-STUDDED MARKET MOVES OUT OF CHELSEA
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Chelsea market has flea'd. Today, the famous market that attracted locals, tourists and celebrities from Catherine Deneuve to Andy Warhol will move from Sixth Avenue in Chelsea to 39th...
DOUBLE DOSE OF KONG COMING
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMOVIE director Peter Jackson has gone bananas. Not only is he hard at work finishing the hotly anticipated remake of the 1933 classic "King Kong," he's also lending a helping...
JUST CHILLIN' - HOW STREET-SAVVY KIDS BEAT THE CITY HEAT
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amGet out the water hose. Turn on the sprinklers. It's hot out there! Happily, children all over the city are finding ways to keep their cool. We spotted Upper West...
HUGH SOCIETY - HOP ON OVER TO MANSE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00am"The Girls Next Door" Tomorrow at 9 p.m. on E! * * (two stars) A rich old man. And she won't have to worry. She'll dress up all in lace...
'WE'VE GOT GAME'
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMEDAL OF HONOR: EUROPEAN ASSAULT Format: Xbox, PS2, GameCube Multiplayer: Yes. Rated: Teen (blood, violence) What's it about: In the latest edition of the WW II, first-person shooter franchise, you...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amHoly weirdlock. Jamie Sue Smithhart and William Zentmeyer of Evansville, Ind., want to exchange wedding vows in a local cemetery. And you thought it was supposed to be "until death...
TEARFUL FIANCÉE: HE'S MY HEART, MY WORLD & MY SOUL
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe eyes of James McNaughton's fiancée fill with tears when she is asked about the NYPD cop's death in Iraq. Liliana Paredes - a police officer herself - said yesterday...
MTA'S 'FINE' MESS; TRANSIT OWES FULL 10G
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has blocked NYC Transit from implementing its latest budget cut - chopping in half a $10,000 award to a man who lost his leg in a subway...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A man was clinging to life after being stabbed in a heated argument with two other men, police said yesterday. The victim, 41, whose name is being withheld...
DOWNTOWN HIPSTERS FEEL STAR-BUCKED
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amStarbucks' latest Manhattan outpost - smack in the ultra-hip heart of the Lower East Side - has coffehouse revolutionaries fearing for the neighborhood's soul. "If people support this store, then...
MIRACLE DOC'S 'THANKS' ; HEALING WITH NEW LIVER AND PRAISE FOR DONOR
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amRelatives of Dr. Michael Harris, the selfless cancer doctor who miraculously got his desperately needed liver transplant, yesterday thanked the anonymous donor who saved his life. "Thank you, thank you...
BETTOR LUCKS OUT; LATEST 10G POST WINNER
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Ovchinnikoff came home from a trip to Atlantic City last weekend a loser - but then found out he was a big $10,000 winner with The New York Post....
ARABS RAGE AT FUNERALS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Arabs yesterday mourned the deaths of four innocent people slain by a crazed army deserter whose family couldn't find a plot in which to bury him before...
MOTORCYCLING BRONX FIREFIGHTER KILLED
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amAn off-duty Bronx firefighter was killed when the motorcycle he was riding slammed into a car making an illegal U-turn near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Dave Romero, 34,...
CITY SETS SOLEMN PLANS FOR 9/11 ANNIVERSARY
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amNew York will commemorate the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center site in the same unadorned way it recognized earlier anniversaries -but with siblings reading...
PIRRO POISED TO KEEP THE PUNDITS GUESSING
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has set Wednesday on the state Capitol's steps for what could be a major announcement on her political future, officials said yesterday. The...
QNS. TEEN DROWNS IN POCONOS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens teenager drowned in his Poconos hotel swimming pool as his friends looked on helplessly because they couldn't swim, cops said. Tareek Mohamed, 17, was vacationing at the Super...
'FINE' DINING: EATERIES $HUTTERED
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amSome of Cobble Hill's most beloved outdoor dining spots were shuttered this week after the city went on a summons-writing rampage in the hip Brooklyn neighborhood. Ten gardens on Smith...
COUNTERFEITER GETS REAL TIME
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amA chronic counterfeiter who forged ahead in Queens after fleeing a jail sentence in Ohio now faces hard time in both states, police said yesterday. Marcus Hayes, 41, was arrested...
GRIN AND FARE IT; CABBY CHARM SCHOOL FOR CITY'S ROUGH RIDERS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amIS THIS city ready for plain-vanilla cabdrivers - guys and girls who take it easy on the cologne, lose the loud foreign music and seem eager to drive (gasp!) to...
FOXY'S MOXIE; LOOKS TO NAIL A PLEA
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amRapper Foxy Brown may be on the brink of copping a plea in her manicure-mayhem case. "We're so close," lawyer Joseph Tacopina told a Manhattan Criminal Court judge yesterday, the...
STATE PROBES 'KID' LOAN TO LEFTY RADIO
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday opened an investigation into the Bronx social-services agency that made $875,000 in bizarre loans to Air America radio, The Post has learned. "We are...
$TILL CLOSE; CORZINE & EX-FLAME IN SAME BLDG.
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMultimillionaire Sen. Jon Corzine and his union-boss ex-girlfriend are such good friends that they still live in the same Hoboken building - two floors apart. Corzine and the woman, communication...
PLAZA INSTITUTION CHECKS OUT AT 84
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amJoe Szorentini, who met the Beatles, got big tips from Jackie Gleason and befriended Richard Nixon during his 53 years as a doorman at The Plaza, has died, said his...
PHILLIPS GETS START VS. LEFTY
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Trying to get as many right-handed bats into last night's lineup against lefty Gustavo Chacin, Joe Torre gave Andy Phillips a rare start at first base....
NO SMALL RETURN ; BARGAIN RIGHT-HANDER STIFLES BLUE JAYS AS YANKEES GAIN ON SOX
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6Blue Jays 2 TOTONTO George Steinbrenner allocated $118 million to upgrade his starting rotation this past winter when he landed Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright. To be...
SPOTLIGHT'S ON LIAM IN WHITNEY
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper retired after winning the Met Mile, and with Pimlico Special winner Eddington also gone due to injury, today's Grade 1,...
ASMUSSEN HITS 3,000 MARK
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Steve Asmussen notched his 3,000th career victory, sending out Forest Music to gate-to-wire romp in Grade 2, $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap for fillies and mares at...
EXPECT DUELING 'PHOTOS' IN TODAY'S HAMBLETONIAN
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt should be a Photo finish in today's $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands. Classic Photo, the 6-5 morning-line favorite, and Vivid Photo, the 7-2 second choice, have stamped themselves...
NETS STILL ON SHAREEF FENCE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amUnless one of the medical experts looks at reports of Shareef Abdur-Rahim's right knee and tells the Nets in no uncertain terms they should sign the 6-9 power forward, Rod...
PRACTICE VS. BIG BLUE MADE VILMA BELIEVE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amJonathan Vilma was an unproven rookie when he boarded the Jets' team bus a year ago and headed to Albany to face the Giants in an intersquad practice. "I didn't...
LIBS STAYIN' OUT LATE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amIn the city that never sleeps, many of the fans who attend tonight's Liberty game at the Garden against the Seattle Storm (ESPN2, 8:00) might be tempted to leave early....
RESTED & READY ; EX-JET MCKENZIE EAGER TO DUEL FROM GIANT SIDE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - This time around, Kareem McKenzie will get to sleep longer, which is a good thing for the Giants offensive lineman. A year ago, McKenzie was the right tackle...
JETS ADJUST TO LINE LOSSES
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES John Abraham is still not in camp and the Jets are trying to overcome the loss of free agent defensive lineman Jason Ferguson, but Bryan Thomas thinks the...
GUEVARA CLEARED TO RETURN
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amThis week has been a roller-coaster ride for the MetroStars, from getting upset Wednesday by a USL club in their U.S. Open Cup opener for the second straight season, to...
DUAL WORKOUT HIT WITH TEAMS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Any break in the numbing routine of training camp is welcomed by coaches and especially players, which is why today's dual practice sessions with the Jets...
METS SAY IT'S SEO AS ISHII DEMOTED
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amKaz Ishii has finally been replaced in the Met rotation. Before last night's Mets-Cubs game, manager Willie Randolph declared Jae Seo will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to start today...
SITTING IN DUGOUT PAINFUL FOR DOUG
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Even though his condition has improved, Doug Mientkiewicz could not play again last night, due to his sore lower back and tailbone. Maybe that's because even though he's...
NO SMALL RETURN ; BARGAIN RIGHT-HANDER STIFLES BLUE JAYS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6Blue Jays 2 TOTONTO - George Steinbrenner allocated $118 million to upgrade his starting rotation this past winter. In return The Boss landed Randy Johnson, Carl Pavano and Jaret...
BAT TO THE FUTURE ; METS' OFFENSE STAYS HOT, CLUBS CUBS
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMets 9Cubs 5 Lately you haven't had to wonder whether the Mets were going to score one or two runs in a game. The mystery has been whether they're going...
GLAV TO SEE YOU
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe Met bullpen didn't flush a third straight game last night because Tom Glavine never gave it a chance. Glavine went eight innings on a night Willie Randolph needed his...
CUBS' STARS RETURN - WOOD, GARCIAPARRA COME OFF DL
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amKerry Wood was activated from the disabled list yesterday, and the Cubs will deploy the power pitcher out of the bullpen likely for the rest of the season. Wood will...
METS SAY IT'S SEO - WILL START, WITHSTRUGGLING ISHIIBULLPEN BOUND
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amKaz Ishii finally has been replaced in the Mets' rotation. Before last night's Mets-Cubs game, Willie Randolph said Jae Seo will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to start today instead...
MIENTKIEWICZ SITS AGAIN
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Even though Doug Mientkiewicz's condition improved, the Mets' first baseman could not start again last night against the Cubs. That's because even though he had improved, he still...
PAVANO'S NOT QUITE READY FOR HIS RETURN
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO -On second thought, Carl Pavano won't come off the DL and start Tuesday night against the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. Thursday, Joe Torre said organizational pitching guru Bill...
HANDIN' IT TO ANDY
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Trying get as many right-handed bats into last night's lineup against lefty Gustavo Chacin, Joe Torre gave Andy Phillips a rare start at first base. And...
BELIEVE IT, OR NOT? SHEFFIELD ERUPTS AT UPCOMING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - Gary Sheffield called New York Magazine a liar yesterday when asked to explain a controversial article that hits the newsstands Monday, only to have the article's author offer...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT? SHEFF ERUPTS AT UPCOMING ARTICLE
August 6, 2005 | 4:00amLighter side of Sheffield comments:Sheff erupts at upcoming article TORONTO - Gary Sheffield called New York magazine a liar yesterday when asked to explain a controversial article that hits the...