August 7, 2005
MORTGAGE RATES WON'T STAY THIS LOW FOR LONG
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amYOU'D better lock in a low mortgage rate while you still can. The Federal Reserve may finally get its wish. The Fed meets this week, and for the 10th time...
TURNER OUT OF TIME? BILLIONAIRE MAY QUIT TW BOARD AFTER SUITS ARE SETTLED
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTed Turner may finally be ready to walk away from Time Warner. Turner, the eccentric billionaire who in recent years has been a sideshow on the media giant's board of...
MUSICAL MONEY PIT - PLAY COSTSBOOM OUT OF CONTROL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amShould I buy the mannequin or rent? When my play, "SUV: The Musical!" was picked to be part of this year's New York International Fringe Festival, I imagined that my...
GOOD DIGS IF YOU CAN GET 'EM
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amWord to the wise, Scott Sullivan: try to get into the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Fla. It's among the cushiest places in the federal system to do time. And...
CAL'S HOME RUN ; RIPKEN SCORES BIG WITH KIDS' LEAGUE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNearly four seasons after he hung up his spikes, Cal Ripken Jr. continues to sparkle on the diamond. The former All-Star shortstop, who played in a record 2,652-straight games during...
CORPORATE EDUCATION IS GETTING HIGH MARKS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amBack to school isn't just for kids anymore. Corporate education programs have skyrocketed in the past year, as companies look to keep employees - and their families - happy. Kaplan...
INSIDE BUFFET'S BUCK BET
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amWarren Buffett's first half $926 million loss from betting against the dollar is among the most misunderstood gambits the billionaire has ever taken, according to one Buffett-watcher. James Altucher, a...
STREET PRODIGIES ; UNDER-30 TRADING WONDERS SEEM SURPRISINGLY SANE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amShe's called "Bond Girl" - but she isn't exactly what you'd expect from a rising star on Wall Street's new list of its best traders younger than 30. "People hear...
N.J. COACH PLEASED TO BE IN UPSTART LOOP
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amDon't get Charles Tamayo going about Cal Ripken Baseball. The vice president of South Orange-Maplewood Baseball, a 1,100-kid league in New Jersey, is ecstatic about its switch three years ago...
POT LUCK - SUBURBANITES GET HIGH ON THE NEW COMEDY 'WEEDS'
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amDon't tune in to "Weeds" expecting to see Cheech and Chong. This new Showtime comedy series about a 40-ish suburban widow (Mary-Louise Parker), who deals marijuana to make ends meet,...
BOURDAIN BOOKS A 'RESERVATION' -
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNEW Jersey isn 't exactly the culinary capital of the world,but bad boy chef Anthony Bourdain still managed to find something appetizing about the state across the river. This week...
REALLY BIG SHOW - 'THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR' - IN BED WITH HEF AND HIS HAREM
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIN his new reality show,Playboy founder Hugh Hefner will offer fans more than a glimpse into the Sistine Chapel of the sexual revolution - his bedroom,a place where TV cameras...
DON'T SEE ANY MOVIE BASED ON A TV SHOW
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amLET 'S get something straight right now before you run off to see the new "Dukes of Hazzard " movie. The original show was a piece of (bleep).In fact,most of...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTRAVEL LIFE AMONG THE BLOODTHIRSTY NATIVES FOR those whose taste for the exotic won 't be satisfied by watching an episode of "Survivor," there 's "Going Tribal," a daring Discovery...
REEL GOOD - LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK'S BEST MOVIES
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHE GODFATHER (1972) Sunday, 8 p.m., SPIKE Fire up the Tivo!It 's not often that this uno perfetto movie is shown naked and not subdivided into two "Godfathers " melded...
COMMERCIALS BREAK FOR MORE ADS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amGET used to it.There 's a TV era arriving that 's going to take plenty of getting used to.Commercials regularly will be interrupted by commercial breaks. For example,a recent "Ellen...
CONVENTION NOT ALWAYS THE RULE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE are conventions and customs of chess that we take for granted and assume to be rules, carved in granite. But there's no rule, for example, that says the two...
HIDDEN GEMS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amEIGHT films by French director Philippe Garrel are unreeling at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn. Philippe who? Good questions. Although a favorite of the international film festival crowd and people...
CHARLIE MURPHY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIN the world of comedy, there may be no greater honor than inventing a catchphrase, like "I'm Rick James, bitch!" - the signature line from Comedy Central's now-defunct mega-hit "Chappelle's...
HOT LIST WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
August 7, 2005 | 4:00am1) 'It' veggies It's hard to tell if they're actually tastier than regular tomatoes or if we're just transfixed by all the swirly, pretty colors. Either way, now is prime...
FEMALE TROUBLE - IN 'PRETTY PERSUASION,' EVAN RACHEL WOOD PLAYS ANOTHER MEAN TEEN
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amHOW does one prepare to play a horrendously cruel, masterfully manipulative teenage girl? Just think back a few years, says Evan Rachel Wood, star of the dark high-school satire "Pretty...
THIS WEEK'S MOVIES
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHE SKELETON KEY New Orleans-set thriller finds Kate Hudson working as a hospice nurse who cares for a stroke victim at his home, where she finds suspicious goings-on. She takes...
HEAR THIS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIN CONCERT * At Mercury Lounge: Swedish poppers the Shout Out Louds alongside the Redwalls today and tomorrow. Indie rockers Army of Me on Wednesday. * Tomorrow: Hey, jealousy! The...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amSinger sks sweetaccompaniment MEET Jannie, a beautiful nursing student who enjoys photography, operatic singing, and cooking soul food. When school's out, she likes to go to lounges, spas and comedy...
PRISON BREAK - JOSEPH FIENNES BACK IN FILMS FOR POW TALE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amJOSEPH Fiennes used to joke around on movie sets - until he joined the cast of "The Great Raid." "If you made a flippant remark, that would cost the whole...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amHOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH "Looking for Lucky" [... 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Vanguard Records MOST hipsters consider Hootie & The Blowfish as poisonous as a plate of Japanese fugu,...
PAPA-PUNKS! - IN THEIR 30S, WARPED TOUR'S 'OLD MEN' ARE ANCIENT IDOLS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE are few summer music festivals more youth-culture obsessed than the Vans Warped Tour. When the traveling skate-punk celebration touches down at Randall's Island on Saturday, typical attendees will be...
REQUIRED READING
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIf you'd like to brush up on your King Kong in the long lead-up to Peter Jackson's movie remake due in December, you're in luck. "Living Dangerously: The Adventures of...
METALLIC MIXUP - AVENGED SEVENFOLD ON WRONG TOUR?
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amOn this year's pop-punk heavy Vans Warped Tour, one of the bands is not like the others. That would be Orange County's unapologetically metal Avenged Sevenfold (A7X, to fans). Sure,...
THE STAR 'SCAR' WITNESS ; TURNCOAT VS. JUNIOR GOTTI READY TO BE MAFIA'S NEXT 'SAMMY BULL'
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAs the final act opens tomorrow in the sordid saga of the Gotti crime family, prosecutors are banking on the testimony of high-ranking former confidant Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS *** Cops investigating an assault in Far Rockaway had a close call early yesterday when their patrol-car window was shattered by a mysterious shotgun blast, police sources said. The...
SLAIN CABBY WAS POLITE TO A FAULT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amModou Diop - the Bronx cabby fatally stabbed after politely refusing to buy a homeless man a cigar - was recalled yesterday as a kindly, religious man who regularly sent...
GIANT ALL-STAR & STRIPES; PATRIOTIC TATTOO FOR SHOCKEY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Jeremy Shockey has been many things during his four years with the Giants: Rebel. Bad boy. Superstar. Now he wants to be considered a patriot. Inked into his...
A NON-CLOWN COUNCIL?
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amWHY would a Columbia-trained surgeon (with a law degree from Yale, to boot) run for City Council? Put it this way: Not for the money. (Unlike other pols.) Joel Zinberg...
THE GIRL WHO WILL BEWITCH POTTER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMeet the girl who makes a magic moment with Harry Potter. This is Katie Leung, the nearly 18-year-old actress who plays Harry's love interest Cho Chang in the much- anticipated...
TEEN & 'DAD' COPE WITH SLAY TRAGEDY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAt times, Nick Ivanov, 18, lacks the will to move on with his life. "It's just not the same," he said. "That ambition that propels you forward, it's just not...
PROF'S SHELLFISH ALARM
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amShellfish and coral reefs from Long Island to Indonesia are disappearing, and after five long years of research, a scientist from College Point, Queens, believes he knows why. Marine biologist...
FREDDY'S LATEST FLIP-FLOP: TAX REBATES
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer seems to have had a change of heart over Mayor Bloomberg's homeowner tax rebate. Asked if he supports Bloomberg's doling out of $400 checks the...
EX-TROOPER SHOWED KIDS PORN: COPS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA retired state trooper was arrested on Long Island Friday for exposing neighborhood children to hundreds of pornographic magazines strewn about his home, cops said. Suffolk police officers initially went...
FDNY'S CHIEFS HOSED; TOLD TO QUIT 'VOL' JOBS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amVolunteer firefighters are seeing red over comments by the president of the FDNY chiefs' union, who is telling members not to join their hometown volunteer fire departments, The Post has...
'HIT-RUN' LIMO SLAMS BIKER; DRIVER RAMS 2ND CAR MINUTES LATER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAn out-of-control livery driver yesterday fled the scene of a West Side accident that left one man critically injured, but was busted minutes later after crashing into a vehicle a...
TEARS FOR BIKE-CRASH FIREFIGHTER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amFirefighter Dave Romero was heading to work at his Bronx firehouse after a day of special training at the FDNY Academy when he was killed in a freak motorcycle accident,...
THE STAR 'SCAR' WITNESS; TURNCOAT VS. 'JUNIOR' GOTTI READY TO BE MAFIA'S NEXT 'SAMMY BULL'
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIt was when they went after his son that Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo went after the mob. As early as this week, DiLeonardo will seek to settle the score with...
'HIT-&-RUN' LIMO SLAMS INTO BIKER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAn out-of-control livery driver yesterday fled the scene of a West Side accident that left one man critically injured, but was busted minutes later after crashing into a vehicle a...
CUNY MINORITY ENROLLMENT BOOMING
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMinority enrollment at CUNY schools is surging - despite dire predictions from critics like Democratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer that stricter admission standards would cause the number of black and...
PARCEL SOLUTION: CONDOS IN TRIBECA
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA long-vacant TriBeCa triangle is set to undergo a luxurious transformation. An 8,000-square-foot triangular plot of land bordered by Watts, Greenwich and Canal streets near the Holland Tunnel is going...
BRITNEY PHOTOG GETS HIS 'SHOT'
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA trigger-happy shutterbug was popped in the leg last night by a pellet gun while staking out Britney Spears' baby shower, police said. It was unclear who fired the pellet...
ANGRY EX SLAYS GAL: COPS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx woman who ignored pleas from loved ones to seek court protection from a jealous ex-boyfriend with a history of violence was shot dead by the man as the...
KIDS IN TRAGIC GUNPLAY; BOY, 10, SHOOTS GIRL, 11
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old boy playing with a gun in a Brooklyn apartment packed with kids shot an 11-year-old family friend above her eye, leaving her critically wounded, police said. The shooting...
NO CON FOR CONN. MAN - HE WINS 10G FROM POST
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAfter years of playing the lottery and winning peanuts, James Jackson, 81, figured he'd never meet Lady Luck. The Post changed that last week. The retired engineer, who grew up...
RR-YARD SECURITY IS A JOKE; EASY TO WALK RIGHT IN
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City's subway-train storage yards are rife with security holes that make it shockingly easy for would-be terrorists to sneak into critical areas, a Post investigation found. Meanwhile, twice...
JACKO HOLDOUT TELLS ALL; JUROR'S TORMENT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The last juror who stood between Michael Jackson and freedom said she agonized for days before concluding there's at least a "1 percent" chance his accuser was...
'FLING & RING' TEACH; PHONE CALLS TO BOYS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - A seemingly obsessed and out-of-control Catholic-school teacher may have bombarded the boys she allegedly bedded with phone calls after the twisted trysts, The Post has learned. Sandra "Beth"...
JUICE DEAL'S FEEBLE FRUITS ; BIG SNAPPLE PACT FALLS $HORT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHE loudly heralded deal making Snapple the city's official beverage is forcing city officials to take a big gulp because sales aren't coming anywhere near the lofty projections. In fact,...
HOSP'S DEADLY 'ERROR' ; PARENTS TO SUE CITY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amThe parents of a 25-year-old Queens man stabbed in a feud near a souvlaki stand have filed a $10 million claim against the city after their expert found the medical...
SLAIN IN COLD BLOOD; JEALOUS EX'S RAMPAGE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx woman who ignored pleas from loved ones to seek court protection from a jealous ex-boyfriend with a history of violence was fatally shot by the man as the...
PARCEL SOLUTION: CONDOS SET FOR TRIBECA
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amA long-vacant TriBeCa triangle is set to undergo a luxurious transformation. An 8,000-square-foot triangular plot of land bordered by Watts, Greenwich and Canal streets near the Holland Tunnel is going...
NEW SPIN ON QNS. SPHERE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's most famous globe is getting a million-dollar overhaul. The 12-story steel Unisphere - one of the few remaining relics of the 1964 World's Fair - is set to...
CHELSEA PANTY RAVE - 'STRIPPERS' PARTY AT HOT SPOT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amThey came. They saw. They stripped down to their skivvies and shook as much booty as humanly possible. So went the weekend for more than 3,000 partygoers looking to beat...
FDNY CHIEFS HOSED - TOLD TO QUIT 'VOL' JOBS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amVolunteer firefighters are seeing red over comments by the president of the FDNY chief's union, who is telling members not to join their hometown volunteer fire departments, The Post has...
LIBERTY WON'T MASK RESPECT FOR SEATTLE SUE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amLike any good superhero, she wears a mask. But Long Island's Sue Bird isn't trying to hide her identity. Like Detroit's Richard Hamilton, Bird wears a plastic facial mask to...
HASKELL PITS 'KING' VS. 'RULER'
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amAt the beginning of this year, Sun King, Roman Ruler and Afleet Alex all ranked among the top threats for the Triple Crown. Afleet Alex more than justified his ranking,...
LANDMARK BEATEN BY A NOSE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - 1ST RACE - You knew how this was going to end on far turn, when Landmark, dropping into 50G claimer for Frank Brothers and favored at 6-5...
GREEN MAKES BLUE SEE RED ; BAD BLOOD BOILS AS JETS, GIANTS BRAWL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY -There was Jeremy Shockey, taking a swing at virtually anyone at arm's length wearing Jets green. There was Tom Coughlin, trash-talking with Donnie Henderson, the Jets' emotive defensive coordinator....
THE PHOTO IS 'VIVID' ; HAMMER'S HORSE TAKES HAMBLETONIAN
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amIt was a Photo finish in the $1.5 million Hambletonian as Vivid Photo bested Classic Photo by 23/4 lengths in 1:52 3/5 yesterday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Co-owned, trained and...
ROBERTO GETS SOME REDEMPTION
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amRoberto Hernandez sang his redemption song yesterday. Entering the game in the eighth inning yesterday with runners in scoring position, Hernandez was heavily booed when he emerged from the bullpen...
MADDUX CAN'T WIN IT ALONE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amGreg Maddux did it all yesterday. He hit, he ran and he pitched well, but in a 2-0 loss to the Mets, he was out-manned, out-gunned and pretty much on...
AMAZIN'S ISHII-WASHY WITH SEO
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amISHII, we hardly knew ye. Not our fault. After 48 walks, it was more than time for Kaz to take a walk and bring back a man who needed no...
LIGHT OF JAE ; METS BLANK CUBBIES IN RETURN OF SEO
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMets 2Cubs 0 When Jae Seo batted for himself with two outs in the seventh and the Mets only leading by two runs yesterday, it made an unmistakable statement. To...
MIENTKIEWICZ RESTS ACHING BACK AGAIN
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Doug Mientkiewicz tried to run yesterday, but he said his sore lower back and tailbone prevented him from cutting loose. So the Mets' first baseman didn't play in...
UNIT LOOKS BLUE ROCKY RANDY ROUGHED UP BY JAYS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8 Yankees 4 TORONTO - The Yankees' sojourn into a dark October is coming into focus. Watching Randy Johnson get punished by the Blue Jays in an 8-5...
CHAD KEEPS IMPROVING
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK ALBANY - One baby step for Chad Pennington, one baby step for Jetkind. "Every day I'm making progress; I'm not even close to where I want to be yet,"...
COMMENTATOR WINS WHITNEY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A glorious summer afternoon at the Old Spa that began in the dumps for Nick Zito ended on a sky-high note when the 57-year-old trainer, who'll be...
NORTHERN EXPOSURE - BIG UNIT LOOKS BLUE IN TORONTO
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8Yankees 4 TORONTO - Let's get one thing straight right from the top. Randy Johnson's back wasn't the reason he stunk yesterday at Rogers Centre. Yes, according to...
THERE'S NO SHEFF RIFT - TORRE: MAG ARTICLE NOT BIG DEAL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Joe Torre's best managerial skills are handling players and knowing the pulse of his team. So, in the wake of Gary Sheffield's New York magazine story...
LIBS TOPPLE STORM
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amLiberty 79Storm 67 Like any good superhero, she wears a mask. But Long Island's Sue Bird isn't trying to hide her identity. Bird wears the plastic facial mask (see Detroit's...
BASEBALL; A FEW FIRECRACKERS ARE STILL IN THE ARSENAL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHE past couple of weeks have produced an array of faces and names that can be thrown immediately onto your fantasy roster. The surprisingly quiet trade deadline brought little excitement...
CUTBACKS AND QUOTAS STILL SMELL PRETTY FISHY
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS HAS BEEN one of the better summer flounder seasons in recent memory and the stock seems to be getting stronger every year with many anglers taking their entire allotment...
STEPHEN A. NNOYING ; FULL OF HOT AIR, BRIMSTONE
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amHAS anyone seen a copy of ESPN's plan? Surely, there has to be some rhyme and/or reason as to why ESPN and ESPN Radio have chosen Stephen A. Smith to...
JETS DROOLING OVER LAW
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK ALBANY - The Jets can't wait for Ty Law to join them. "He's a guy who you can depend on to get the job done," Curtis Martin said. "I...
MO-MENTUM - RIVERA'S RUN INSPIRES YANKEE MATES
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - You think Mariano Rivera is pitching at a high level? Wait till you hear what the people who see him every day are saying about the Yankees' closer....
JOE WON'T STIR SHEFF
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO _ Joe Torre's best managerial skill is handling players and knowing the pulse of his team. So, in the wake of Gary Sheffield's New York Magazine story...
IT'S NO PIAZZA CAKE DOING WAIVER DEAL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza hasn't been put on waivers yet, an industry source told The Post yesterday. But if the Mets seek to trade their 36-year-old catcher during the waiver...
THE PRETENDER - 'ROIDS ASIDE, PALMEIRO'S NO HALL OF FAMER ON MERIT
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amRAFAEL Palmeiro was not a Hall of Famer even before the revelation that he is the lone member of the five hundred-one club; that is homers and steroid-related suspensions for...
COOL 90 AT HOT BALTUSROL - POST HACKER SURVIVES PGA MONSTER
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amBefore delving into my intermittent brushes with greatness that all too often morphed into spastic moments while attempting to tackle the famed Lower Course at Baltusrol in PGA Championship conditions,...
'I DON'T WANT TO BE A NET' - ANGRY SHAREEF LOOKS TO NIX DEAL
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets have bigger problems than the condition of Shareef Abdur-Rahim's right knee. The team's handling of medical concerns growing from his physical have alienated the power forward to the...
COLLINS THRILLED TO KERRY ON WITH RAIDERS
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNAPA, Calif. - Several things have made Kerry Collins more comfortable at the outset of his second year as a Raider. For starters, he's been in the offensive system for...
CROSSING JORDAN - LAMONT HELL BENT ON EMERGING FROM CURTIS' SHADOW
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amNAPA, Calif. - As LaMont Jordan made his way across the Napa Valley Marriott banquet room on his way to lunch, a big-screen TV in the corner showed scenes from...
JAE SO STRONG METS BLANK CUBBIES IN RETURN OF SEO
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amMets 2 Cubs 0 When Jae Seo batted for himself with two outs in the seventh and the Mets only leading by two runs yesterday, it made an unmistakable statement....
BLASTS FROM THE POST - A LOOK BACK AT GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS: AUG. 7-13
August 7, 2005 | 4:00amBILLY: NO. 1'S DONE - MARTIN VOWS HE WON'T MANAGE YANKS AGAIN AUG. 10 1986 Billy Martin says the No. 1 jersey that was officially retired yesterday by the Yankees...