August 29, 2005
WEINSTEINS WANT MUSIC FUSE-ION
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein are reportedly interested in buying Cablevision's Fuse music network to gain a foothold in the cable-television business. The brothers, who have been busy...
CHINA EYES NYC OFFICE SPACE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amOne of China's largest real estate companies is seeking to acquire space in the city - possibly in the reopened 7 World Trade Center - to use as magnet space...
MONDAY NIGHT LIVE FOR LANDIS - DIRECTOR TO PROMOTE 'BLUES'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amJOHN Landis, once one of Hollywood's top directors, has been pretty much out of the public eye for more than 20 years. But he'll appear in a Q&A session tonight...
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? - TENNIS NO. 1 IS CERTAINLY NO QUEEN OF FASHION; RUSHIN' TO GET DRESSED
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSHE looks like a knockout on court. But once leggy 18-year-old tennis ace Maria Sharapova steps into street clothes - or onto the red carpet - she double-faults and morphs...
BROUGHT BACK TO 'LIFE'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amTHE classic show "This Is Your Life" is coming back - and may even involve its creator, Ralph Edwards, as a producer. No airdate is set, but ABC has ordered...
PEN PAL - 'PRISON BREAK'S' CLEVER ESCAPE PLAN
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amTHINK "THE GREAT ESCAPE" MEETS "THE BREAKFAST CLUB" MEETS "STALAG 17." NO, Dorothy, you're not in "Oz" anymore! Fox's new high-drama series, "Prison Break," is less like HBO's let's-cut-off-the-cellmate's-favorite-man-parts and...
STARR REPORT
August 29, 2005 | 4:00am'Extra' subs surface With Dayna Devon set to go on maternity leave, the folks at "Extra" worked the phones trying to find A-listers to co-host with Mark McGrath next month....
IS ARI OUT OF TINSEL TOWN? - 'ENTOURAGE' AGENT AXED
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amNO actor on TV this summer has been talked about more than Jeremy Piven in "Entourage," and last night was his best episode yet. The self-confident character he plays on...
SLEAZY, STINKY, CHINTZY STREET FESTS ARE MORE FOUL THAN 'FAIR'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amI'M GLAD Mayor Bloomberg made a point of trying to stop designer Marc Ecko from splashing graffiti on fake subway cars at a block party on West 22nd Street last...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amWant to take a little snooze in Minnesota's Mall of America? It'll cost you. A new store called MinneNAPolis in the huge Bloomington shopping center will sell you some shuteye...
COURAGEOUS SUBWAY RIDERS GET BAT OUT OF L
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSubway passengers found themselves in the middle of a "flap" - when a bat flew into their L-train car and tried to wing its way to Brooklyn. "It flew into...
IT'S STENCH WARFARE - DEAD FISH SMOTHER L.I. BEACH
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSomething's fishy in East Hampton. Residents of the tony town's Springs community awoke at the weekend to find hundreds of thousands of dead bunker fish washed up inside Three Mile...
MY KNIGHT OF TERROR - 'PEOPLE SCREAMED FOR THEIR LIVES' AS 'SUGE' GOT SHOT FEET FROM ME
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI BEACH - I had never heard anyone fire a gun before - until somebody whipped one out and shot rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight a few feet away from...
BRUTAL BAT SLAY - SON BLUDGEONED DOC DAD & SLIT HIS THROAT: COPS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe man accused of murdering his strict physician father pummeled the prominent surgeon with a baseball bat and slit his throat as he slept in his Long Island home, police...
STORMY OUTLOOK FOR GAS PRICES
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amGas prices are expected to soar beyond their record highs this week because of Katrina. The hurricane threat to the heart of America's oil and refinery operations in the Gulf...
SCHUMER HELPING DEMS CLIMB IN EMPIRE $TATE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer is using his home turf as a political ATM to set a record fund-raising pace for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Schumer is poised to...
25G SUITE TOOTH AT U.S. OPEN
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amFor $25,000, you can buy an Acura - or rent a luxury suite for one nonprime-time day session at the U.S. Open. While most of the 90 luxury suites -...
'MOMMY, THE BABY'S DEAD'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man beat his girlfriend's toddler to death after he cried for milk - and then left the boy to be found by his frightened 3-year-old brother, who told...
VMAS' MIAMI HEAT - COPS & SECURITY ON HIGH ALERT AT GALA AFTER 'SUGE' SHOOTOUT
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTV Video Music Awards resembled an armed fortress last night as hundreds of nervous cops and private security officers attempted to prevent more violence following the shooting of rap...
MAN KILLED IN B'KLYN BBQ BRAWL
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amA man was shot dead in a brawl at a neighborhood barbecue in Brooklyn yesterday, cops said. Two other people were wounded - one critically - in the Flatlands melee....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A popular hairdresser from Washington Heights was found nude and fatally stabbed in his apartment, cops said yesterday. The dead man's boyfriend discovered his body, police said. The...
GIFF MUM ON KIDS' SCHOOLS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral candidate Gifford Miller still won't say whether he would send his two young sons to public school - and he doesn't mind if he loses votes over it....
STRONG CONSTITUTION - PRESIDENT PRAISES IRAQI DOCUMENT
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush hailed Iraq's new constitution yesterday as an "inspiration to all" - and urged Iraqi people to work together and convince the country's dissatisfied ethnic groups to...
GUARDS HURT FOILING BOMB BID IN ISRAEL
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amTwo Israeli security guards were critically wounded yesterday by a Palestinian suicide bomber outside a bus station in the first such attack since Israel evacuated settlers from the Gaza Strip....
FEELS LIKE FIR$T TIME FOR 'VIRGIN'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00am"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" scored for the second week in a row - romping to the top of the box office again with a take of $16.4 million. The R-rated comedy,...
BLOOMY EVADES 'NONLOCAL' IRAQ ISSUE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg refused to answer a question about the Iraq War yesterday, saying "it's not a local issue." When asked by a reporter what the mayor thinks of Cindy Sheehan,...
MORGY HAS THE WHITE STUFF: FOE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amManhattan DA candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder charged yesterday that longtime incumbent Robert Morgenthau's senior staff falls short on minority representation. Citing statistics in the directory of the National Association for...
CHUCK: CRACK DOWN ON CHINATOWN BUS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer called yesterday for tighter safety controls on cheap-ticket Chinatown buses, after two Boston-bound coaches caught fire and forced their passengers to flee for their lives. The Chinatown...
DWI VICTIM TAKES GIANT STEP - LEARNING TO WALK AFTER LOSING LEG
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn aspiring second-grade teacher whose leg had to be amputated after she was run down by an allegedly drunken driver is being forced to get a new education - learning...
NEW DRILL NO THRILL AT SCHOOL OF 'CADETS'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's only public middle-school military academy may be going the way of the cavalry. Since 1998, "generals" and "colonels" at Harlem's IS 286, also known as the Renaissance Military...
DURST FINDS HIS HOLY LAND - LIVES, WORSHIPS IN TONY TEXAS 'HOOD
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Six weeks after being sprung from prison, cross-dressing killer Robert Durst has traded his wig for a yarmulke and his jail cell for a town house in a...
DAD GRILLED IN BABY SHOOT
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn 8-month-old Bronx boy was shot in the leg yesterday, police said last night. Authorities did not disclose whether they believe the 6 p.m. shooting was deliberate or accidental -...
'QUEEN BEE' STUNG - DIGS AT LIL' KIM EMBARRASS THE CROWD AT MTV AWARDS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe bizarre reigned at last night's MTV music- video awards in Miami, where rap giant Suge Knight's shooting earlier in the day was ignored - but Lil' Kim's journey to...
'HIGH' AND MIGHTY STUPID
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amA dimwitted Queens man was jailed after he called cops to report that he was being robbed - of his pot, prosecutors said. Jean Mere, 21, allegedly dialed 911 last...
W'CHESTER HOSPITAL IS SUED OVER LOST FINGER
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx man has filed suit against a Westchester hospital, claiming that an emergency-room doctor unnecessarily amputated his partially severed finger following a workplace accident. Robert DeFalco, 36, said a...
QAEDA'S 'HOW TO TRAVEL' TERROR GUIDE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An al Qaeda guide obtained by The Post urges wannabe terrorists to shave their beards, pretend they are going fishing, and bring cash to bribe local police when...
N.Y. RETURNS THE FAVOR AFTER 9/11
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amHands reached across America to help New Yorkers in the dark days after 9/11 - and a grateful Jeff Parness has found a way to "send a little bit of...
KIDS MAY BE SPARED DOUBLE-TEST THREAT
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amCity and state education officials are "optimistic" that a controversial decision to subject thousands of kids to twice as many standardized tests next year to determine whether they'll be promoted...
FUROR AS GUY GIVES 50G TO GOP
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amEx-Bronx state Sen. and disgraced crook Guy Velella is back in the political spotlight. He's given a $50,000 donation to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, new financial-disclosure records show. After...
SAD TO BE AT EASE - SCHOOL LESS MILITARY
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's only public middle-school military academy may be going the way of the horseback cavalry. Since 1998, "generals" and "colonels" at Intermediate School 286 in Harlem, also known as...
LIBERAL PARTY WEIGHS WELD
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amGOP gubernatorial hopeful William Weld, the former Massachusetts governor with dim prospects of winning Conservative Party support, could gain Liberal Party backing instead. "I like him," said Henry Stern, the...
DEM FOES BLAST WEINER'S WAR FLIP-FLOP
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amANTHONY WEINER, the only Democratic mayoral candidate to originally support the war in Iraq, is under fire from opponents for changing his position to satisfy the liberal leanings of city...
POLL: HILL WOULD BEAT OUT BOTH LAURA AND CONDI
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - America is ready for a Madam President - and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the clear female front-runner in the 2008 run, besting First Lady Laura Bush by...
FIVE MORE JURORS PLAN JACKO BOOK
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Five Michael Jackson jurors are the latest to plan a deliberation-room tell-all book. The four angry women and one angry man - Eloise Aguillon, Tammy Bolton, Paulina...
ELI'S THOUGHTS ARE BACK HOME
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe ailing elbow that will keep Eli Manning out of Thursday's preseason finale is his second concern today. Instead of a sports news channel, the injured Giants QB is turning...
COUGHLIN DESPERATE FOR GOOD PR
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES A "Help Wanted" sign isn't posted, but it could be. The Giants are seeking a punt returner. "We'll be interested in anyone that's done it," Tom Coughlin said...
NHL ON OLN LOOKS A-OK - NO BLACKOUTS ON CABLEVISION
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amDespite repeated OLN claims to the contrary, the NHL's new cable network partner does not have the contractual right to black out games carried by Cablevision on a digital subscription...
FOOL ON THE SHILL
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amCALLING the California-Hawaii Little League World Series game on ABC Saturday, Brent Musburger, you could tell, was trying to behave. These were, after all, kids at play, thus there was...
COACHES RUNNING REVERSE - QUIT PROS FOR COLLEGE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amCall it the Pete Carroll Syndrome. He wasn't the first coach to go from the NFL to college, just the most successful. The former Jet and Patriot coach has Southern...
FLOWER ALLEY MAKING PEOPLE FORGET 'ALEX'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - There was much hand-wringing and hair-wrenching at the start of this meet when word came that Afleet Alex was injured and would not run in the $1...
BAD LUCK FOR CONNIE BELLE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSoggy, sticky day at Old Spa; track was muddy, sealed, bordering on sloppy; first, fifth races came off turf; eighth race was switched from inner course to Mellon. Gary Stevens...
TANYON'S NOT GRAND, SAYS JOE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre wasn't thrilled by the Yankees' relief work yesterday. "I thought we got behind in the count too often," the Yankee manager said. Tanyon Sturtze, Alan Embree...
NOT QUITE OPEN AND SHUT - WOMEN'S TITLE UP FOR GRABS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe Williams sisters' tennis careers will likely be spectacular but relatively brief. They are well-rounded individuals who enjoy fashion design, modeling and writing more than striking a tennis ball. Papa...
FEDERER ODDS-ON TO RETAIN HIS CROWN
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe U.S. Open will begin tonight with aging Andre Agassi playing under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, but likely will end in two weeks in the Flushing Meadows...
ROTATION WILL SKIP TRACHSEL
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - The Mets have finally figured out their starting pitchers for the next six games they play, and Steve Trachsel is not one of them. Over...
CHAD STILL DIGESTING NEW JET 'O'
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Two days removed from his alarming sub-par preseason performance against the Giants, Chad Pennington yesterday indicated that his digestion of the new system has perhaps held him back....
KICKIN' BACK - AUSSIE PUNTER GRAHAM BEATS ODDS WITH JETS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amBen Graham was taking in the popular movie, "The Wedding Crashers," on Saturday night when he noticed eight messages on his cell phone. The news was good. Graham's brave journey,...
METS GO FROM BOLD TO COLD - BATS FIZZLE AGAIN AS GIANTS BOP BENSON
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amGiants 4 - Mets 1 SAN FRANCISCO - After Saturday's loss, Tom Glavine said, "I think tomorrow is going to have a lot to do with how we feel about...
HOMERS COSTLY TO KRIS
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The Mets' road trip was unblemished until it crashed at the end. So was Kris Benson's start yesterday. For five innings yesterday against the Giants at SBC...
ROTATION SKIP IRKS TRACHSEL
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The Mets have finally figured out their starting pitchers for the next six games, and Steve Trachsel is not one of them. And the Mets may have...
YANKEES CONTINUE TO 'GRIND IT' DOWN STRETCH
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amTHE journey has taken 129 games but as they head to Seattle and September, the Yankees are where they want to be - both emotionally and physically. That was evident...
GIAMBI ROYAL PAIN FOR K.C. - JASON HITS TWO HRS, DRIVES IN SEVEN IN WIN
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 10 - Royals 3 As if the Yankees weren't already on a tear, now Jason Giambi is hitting homers again. In contrast to his torrid teammates, Giambi slumped through...
THIRD DEGREE - LEITER SCOOTS OUT OF TROUBLE IN 3RD INNING
August 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe pivotal pitches for Al Leiter - if there can be pivotal pitches in a 10-3 Yankee blowout - came in the third. With the Yankees having already supplied two...
STRUGGLING CANO MAKES ROOKIE MISTAKE
August 29, 2005 | 4:00am'That is just inexperience.' - Joe Torre When the final is 10-3 in your favor, you can smile about being embarrassed in front of nearly 55,000 people. You can promise...