August 27, 2005
SEC PROBES PIXAR SALES
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amPixar animation studio, the movie house controlled by Steve Jobs, said yesterday that it is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said it received "an informal...
FOR SALE? NOT US, VERSACE INSISTS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amVersace said yesterday that it was not for sale and that business was improving so dramatically it would be able to repay all of its debt by early next year....
THE 7% SOLUTION - WHY SOME NYC SELLERS CHOOSE TO PAY THEIR BROKERS MORE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amClimbing commission - Sellers looking to unload homes right now up the ante BACK in May, David She-biro was looking to sell a one-bedroom Upper East drop the $649,000 asking...
GIMME SHELTER
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMurphy trades prices A recently separated Eddie Murphy is becoming a motivated seller now that he's lowered the prices of his New Jersey estate and his Hudson Valley farm New...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB - LIGHT BRIGHT
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amZeba 69 Greene St., at Spring Street (212) 343-8899 Sale: through Sept. 15. Open: Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m./ Mon.-Sat., except Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. All carpets, bedding, dining linens, cushions...
JANUARY GOOD, AUGUST BAD
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amYOU might think that in a real-estate market as hot as this one, it wouldn't matter when you put your home on the market. But even when money grows on...
MY NEW HOME
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amPRO GOLF FAMILY SAYS FORE, THEN CLOSURE THEY BOUGHT: 4-BR HOUSE, $565K SEARCH TIME: 13 MONTHS AFTER a year of stressful house-hunting, a game of golf almost prevented tom Sutter...
'IT'S JUST STARTING'; MORE IN STORE AS '4400' ENDS SEASON
August 27, 2005 | 4:00am"The 4400" Tomorrow at 9 p.m. on USA * * * (three stars) TV is suddenly haunted by the ghosts of Scully and Mulder. The two federal agents played by...
THE EDGE OF NIGHT; 'WANTED' MAN IN ANOTHER GRITTY ROLE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amTNT's bloody cop drama "Wanted" isn't your typical light summer fare. But for series co-star Lee Tergesen, who did hard time on HBO's ultra-violent "Oz" (as Beecher), it's just another...
JESSE IN A JIFFY - A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS FOR MR. PLATINUM
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amHe skis (on water and snow), golfs and plays football and baseball. But the only time you'll probably find Jesse McCartney anywhere near a tennis court is today, when the...
STREET-JAM BIKERS ARRESTED
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMore than four dozen cyclists were arrested last night for participating in the unsanctioned monthly bike-advocacy protest known as "Critical Mass," police said. Bike riders clogged Manhattan traffic for hours...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amAuthorities at the Wilson County Jail in San Antonio, Texas, are trying to figure out how a bank-robbery suspect managed to lock himself up in a cell with eight female...
WIDOW: I WANT MY BABY
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amSurrounded by Chinese-American leaders and women's rights advocates, Jing Kelly made another tearful plea yesterday to be reunited with her young son - whom she once kidnapped to China during...
GOTBAUM: MY STALKER'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amPublic Advocate Betsy Gotbaum refused to comment on her alleged stalker during a second primary debate yesterday. Gotbaum was accompanied by one police detective when she left NBC studios where...
MAFIA DEATH KNELL; SLEEPS WITH FISHES: SCARS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amStar mob turncoat Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo said the traditional Mafia is dead - and all notions of honor and loyalty among mobsters are a "joke." Testifying yesterday at the...
STATE SLAPS HOSPS OVER LEGIONNAIRES
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The New York-Presbyterian hospital system was cited yesterday by the state for failing to take proper precautions during a Legionnaires' disease outbreak this past spring. The Health Department...
$500M 'HEDGE' SCAM; FUND BOSSES VANISH
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amFederal agents seized boxes of records and other material from the offices of a Stamford, Conn., hedge fund yesterday amid fears up to $500 million of its wealthy investors' money...
L.I. DOC 'DOOMED'; COPS FEAR WORST AFTER FINDING TRAIL OF BLOOD BUT NO OTHER TRACE OF UGANDAN
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island doctor active in politics in his native Uganda has mysteriously vanished - leaving only a trail of blood out the door of his apartment, cops and neighbors...
MUSIC MAVEN DISAPPEARS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Rescuers raced against the clock and the elements yesterday in a desperate bid to find a music producer who freaked out and bolted from his Los Angeles...
SMACKED DOWN; HEROIN FIEND GETS LIFE AS MOM & GAL PAL SENTENCED IN JEWEL SLAY
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amAfter a tearful morning in a Nassau County courtroom, a judge yesterday threw the book at a thieving addict who fatally shot a Long Island jeweler during a heroin-fueled crime...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** An 18-year-old East Harlem man was busted for gunning down two men on a basketball court, police sources said yesterday. Emmanuel Lopez was arrested shortly after he unloaded...
MILITARY 'SPIED' ON RICE; 'ABLE DANGER' TWIST
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon's high-tech intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack was shut down by military officials after it mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of...
SKIN & BEAR IT; SERENA WILL DRESS TO SHOW EXCESS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amNo black knee-high boots this time. Nor skimpy denim shorts. Serena Williams is in her purple period, as she prepares for Monday's U.S. Open and a potential fourth-round showdown against...
SUSPECT DIED OF COKE, NOT TASER: ME
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amAuthorities said yesterday it was cocaine that killed a violent suspect last month - and not the cops who shocked him with a stun gun in a 105th Precinct holding...
CITY SETS UP HS SIGN-UP POINTS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amLooking to register your teen for high school? Don't go to their zoned school. The city Department of Education has set up 14 high-school enrollment centers where teens who are...
FREDDY HITS MIKE ON HEALTH CARE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and Democratic front-runner Fernando Ferrer sparred yesterday over who would provide better health care. Ferrer vowed to enroll 490,000 city children and adults who lack medical coverage into...
1,000 'ADDICTS' SUE MAKER OF OXYCONTIN
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amA whopping 1,000 lawsuits were filed against the makers of the prescription painkiller OxyContin in Staten Island yesterday by patients who claim the drug has turned them into "accidental addicts."...
ANGELINA'S TOT IS MY ANGEL ; GAL'S MOTHERHOOD CLAIM STIRS FURY
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amA new adoption mystery was swirling around Angelina Jolie's supposedly orphan daughter after a British newspaper yesterday reported it had found the girl's birth mother alive. Ethiopian seamstress Mentewab Dawit,...
3 NABBED IN QUEENS HOOPS SLAY
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amThree men have been arrested in connection with a deadly shootout at a Queens basketball game last weekend, police said. The deadly gunplay took place last Sunday at Laurelton's Montbellier...
ARUBA BROTHERS BACK IN SLAMMER ; NEW EVIDENCE VS. NATALEE 'PALS' SPURS LATEST ARRESTS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amTwo brothers who were detained and released in Aruba in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway were re-arrested yesterday on suspicion of having abducted, raped and killed the Alabama honor student....
HEY, NO FARE; TRANSIT BOSS FINED FOR FREEBIES
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amThe president of New York City Transit played golf on private courses, enjoyed gourmet meals and saw a popular Las Vegas show with his family - all on the dime...
DOCTOR IS IN . . . JAIL ; GOODEN IS DENIED BAIL ON DUI RAP
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amTAMPA, Fla. - Dwight "Doc" Gooden will be jailed without bail until an October hearing, a judge ruled yesterday, three days after the former Met and Yankee star fled police...
$500M 'HEDGE' SCAM ; FUND BOSSES VANISH
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amFederal agents seized boxes of records and other material from the offices of a Stamford, Conn., hedge fund yesterday amid fears up to $500 million of its wealthy investors' money...
COP'S SADDLE SORES; SUES OVER HORSE FALL
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amWhoa - a mounted cop is suing the city, charging its shoddy road caused his horse to slip and fall in Times Square. The horse wasn't injured in the fall,...
W'CHESTER HOSP CUTS OUT WRONG KIDNEY
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amState health officials said yesterday that they are probing a Westchester hospital after surgeons removed a healthy kidney instead of a cancer-riddled one from a patient this week. Keith Safian,...
BOY, 4, DROWNS IN FAMILY POOL
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Long Island boy drowned early yesterday after falling into his family's pool, police said. Neighbors dashed into the backyard of Eric and Victoria Eisman's South Farmingdale home at...
TRACH IN BUSINESS ; AMAZIN' STEVE BLANKS GIANTS IN RETURN
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMets 1Giants 0 SAN FRANCISCO - Steve Trachsel was told that surgery could keep him out anywhere from three to 16 months. It was a prognosis that meant Trachsel's chances...
RESERVE CLODS ; GIANTS QBS STUMBLE IN WIN
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amGiants 15Jets 14 Look at the bright side, Tom Coughlin said prior to last night's preseason game against the Jets. Eli Manning's sprained right elbow would give the Giants' reserve...
S.I., CYCLONES SPLIT TWINBILL
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amThe Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones split a doubleheader at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island last night, with the Baby Bombers winning the first of the seven-inning...
LITTLE BIT OF CHAD NEWS ; PENNINGTON AWFUL IN JETS' LOSS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amAt some point this morning, when Herman Edwards becomes brave enough to break down the film from last night's epic struggle between the Jets and Giants at the Meadowlands -...
BAFFERT CONFIDENT 'RULER' WILL PREVAIL
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - When trainer Bob Baffert sent out eventual Horse of the Year Point Given to win the $1 million Travers Stakes four summers ago, "It was like bringing...
TEAMS WERE JUST FIGHTING BOREDOM
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amNOTES The fisticuffs that low-lighted the combined Giants-Jets practice three weeks ago in Albany were to be expected, according to Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce. In his first year with...
LIBS ARE LOOKING TO CLOSE ON HIGH NOTE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amBecky Hammon doesn't know how much the Liberty have to gain when they visit Indiana tonight in their regular-season finale, even though the teams will meet again on Tuesday to...
JETS PLAY GESSNER GAME ; ROOKIE VIES FOR 5TH RECEIVER SPOT
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amIt might not be the sexiest position battle of the Jets' preseason, but it is one of the most wide open and one they'd like to fill from within. As...
ROUNDED CORNER ; DELOATCH REACHING HIGHER
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amHe sticks out because he sticks out. When the Giants' cornerbacks gather for drills, there's a certain sameness to the size of almost all of them. Then there's Curtis Deloatch....
KC BATS HIGH ON SCHILLING
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMike Sweeney wasn't sure what to expect from Curt Schilling when the Royals faced the Red Sox on Thursday night in the right-hander's first start since being moved out of...
'GRAVEYARD' CLAIMS ASHADO
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It happens very year at "Graveyard of Champions." This time, they buried Ashado in Grade 1, $400,000 Personal Ensign. Off at 2-5 for Todd Pletcher after winning...
CAIRO, BELTRAN GO COLD
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Not everybody in the Mets' lineup has been scorching the ball lately. David Wright, Jose Reyes, Victor Diaz, Mike Jacobs, Cliff Floyd and Ramon Castro...
SLUMPING SHEFF FEELS SAFE AT HOME
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES For Gary Sheffield, the ballpark is a sanctuary. After his uncle, Dwight Gooden, became a fugitive on Monday, Sheffield went into a three-game, 0-for-11 slump. Historically, though, the...
SWINGING AWAY ; METS AIM TO SUSTAIN ROAD RESURGENCE
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The Mets' road uprising was set to continue last night at SBC Park where baseball's hottest club opened up a three-game set against the Giants - a...
BELTRAN'S HOT BAT NOW COLD
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Not everybody in the Mets' lineup has been scorching the ball lately. In his first three games after coming back from his collision with Mike...
LAW MAKES LENGTHY DEBUT
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT-JET NOTES Cornerback Ty Law made his debut in a Jets' uniform last night against the Giants, starting and playing into the third quarter. Law spent most of his night...
FINE & RANDY; UNIT SHOWS HIS STUFF; BERNIE BLASTS 2 HRS
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 5 Royals 1 Bernie Williams evoked memories of several years ago, looking in his prime with a glorious two-homer game that rocked Yankee Stadium last night. Randy Johnson also...
WILLIAMS BACK IN OLD FORM
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bernie Williams of a month or so ago didn't look too good. His bat had slowed, he seemed to be running in mud in the outfield, and his arm...
YANKEES DEAL FOR CUBS' LAWTON
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees are about to shake up their outfield - again. Late last night, the club acquired 33-year-old outfielder Matt Lawton, a left-handed hitter, for Staten Island righty...
BOTTOMS UP - YANKEESS NOT AT THEIR BEST VERSUS WORST
August 27, 2005 | 4:00amIt's time for the Yankees to stop futzing around against the American League's weak sisters. For most of the year, the Bombers have struggled against Tampa Bay and Kansas City,...