April 23, 2006
HOT TIMES FOR BENIHANA AFTER WORKING THROUGH FAMILY CHILL
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThis should be a beautiful time to be Benihana founder Rocky Aoki. One daughter, Devon, is a much sought-after actress/model, his hobby of hot-air ballooning is bringing him and his...
MUSIC, MOVIES SEE A SURPRISING UPTICK
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amRumors of their deaths were extremely exaggerated. The music and movie industries, suffering with dismal sales in 2005, are rebounding nicely - and are reporting sales increases through the first...
OILILY TO BOW SOHO FLAGSHIP
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amOilily, the upscale and offbeat baby, children's and women's apparel retailer - favored by celebrities Cindy Crawford, Marcia Gay Harden and Arnold Schwarzenegger - is opening a U.S. flagship store...
WHEN TO CONVERT AN IRA TO A ROTH IRA
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amDear John: My wife and I currently have a traditional IRA that we don't contribute to since we both also have 401(k) plans that we contribute to at our companies....
IN-GAME VIDEO ADS BOOMING
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe nascent in-video game advertising business will attract an additional $676 million in revenue by 2010, according to a recent report. The report, by the Yankee Group research firm, predicted...
PAYOLA PATSY; 'SCAPEGOATED' MUSIC EXEC TO STAGE COMEBACK
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amTHE SonyBMG executive who took the fall last summer amid Eliot Spitzer's radio payola investigation is close to landing a similar post in radio promotion at one of the other...
COMPETITION - WHAT A CONCEPT!- ON L.I.
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amResidents of one Long Island town are the envy of the television-viewing world - their cable bill actually went down. That's because folks in Massapequa Park became the first in...
THE CABLE GUY; INDUSTRY UNDER SIEGE NEEDS HERO
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThere are many executives in the communications industries who would love nothing more than for cable to just go away. So says Kyle McSlarrow, cable's chief lobbyist, without a hint...
TYCO ART SET TO BE AUCTIONED
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amWhile Dennis Kozlowski stares at the blank walls of his prison cell, a pair of extravagant paintings that once hung in his Fifth Avenue apartment are heading for a more...
DISHING THE DIRT ON 'CLEAN'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amGO ahead, Maggie Cheung. Make my day. I was interviewing the amazing Hong Kong actress about her new movie "Clean," which co-stars Nick Nolte, and wondered quite innocently how she...
NEEM FILLS NEED; SUFFERING DOGS ITCHING TO GET THEIR PAWS ON RX
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSOMETIMES, when big news hits the pet wellness front, it's already centuries old. Neem oil, extracted from the neem tree, has been used as a medicinal salve in India for...
LET THE TOURNEYS BEGIN, SAYS FIDE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSINCE competitive chess began in the 1830s, the title of world's best player has been decided in a two-person match. This tradition is scheduled to end in October. That's when...
STORM CAUSED BY 'WATER'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amDEEPA Mehta was in hot water. The filmmaker was about to start shooting "Water" when a mob of 12,000 angry people stormed her movie set and started hurling pieces of...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amDRAMA Christopher goes Hollywood THERE'S a staff scandal at Vesuvio's, everyone's favorite restaurant on "The Sopranos," which gives owner Artie Bucco (John Ventimiglia) an intense case of agita. Meanwhile, Tony...
COMEDY CENTRAL WISE TO NOT DIS ALLAH
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amStop, look, listen. The reason Comedy Central allows its "South Park" show to have cheap, unholy animated fun with Jesus but not with Mohammed is not a matter of sanctioned...
CUTIE-PIE COURIC A PERFECT CHOICE FOR THE NEWS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSuddenly, everybody's worried about gravitas. What is gravitas? It's defined in the dictionary as "high seriousness (as in a person's bearing or in the treatment of a subject)." The word...
REEL GOOD - LINDA STASI PREVIEWS THIS WEEK'S BEST MOVIES
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amDEATH OF A SALESMAN (1985) Sunday, 11:35 p.m., ABC An exceptional TV movie from Arthur Miller's play, Dustin Hoffman is out of the box here as Willy Loman, the tragic...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - TOM CRUISE MASTERMINDS THE ULTIMATE PUBLICITY STUNT - A HUMAN CHILD - THE SCIENCE OF STARDOM - RIGHT ON TIME, TOM CRUISE DELIVERS TWO HUGE PROJECTS - SURI AND 'M:I-III'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amAs a Level VII Operating Thetan for the Church of Scientology, Tom Cruise can heal disease, communicate with plants and animals, and control people's thoughts. He can even turn a...
MOVIE TOWN - BIG NAMES AND BEST BETS AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amTHE fifth edition of the Tribeca Film Festival opens Tuesday with the world premiere of "United 93," a tribute to the heroic passengers who took on terrorist hijackers during the...
THE BOSS IS BACK
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" (four stars) Columbia ADMIRE Bruce Springsteen for his gritty voice, his guitar prowess and his incredible showmanship that drives fans to ecstasy....
GOODBYE, LARRY - A PHOTOG CREATES ODE TO BIKER BUD
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amINDIAN LARRY Timothy White (three and a half stars) Merrel, $49.95 Sometimes the story of a friendship doesn't have to be told with words. That's the case with photographer Timothy...
RATS RUN AMOK - BLDG. OWNER HIT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens lot where an apartment building burned 18 months ago is still littered with blackened debris - and steering rats toward a neighboring school and church. The owner of...
MEMORIAL 'DEATHTRAP'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe proposed Ground Zero memorial is a virtual deathtrap from which visitors could not escape another terrorist attack, 9/11 family members and independent experts charged yesterday. Designs for the underground...
RIVERA HO$TED JOLLY ROGER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amRoger Toussaint's getting-put-away party Friday night was not paid for by the cash- strapped union boss, but in stead with a little help from his friends, sources said yes terday....
TERROR-FLICK THEME AT TRIBECA
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA host of 9/11 and Iraqi war flicks run this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. More than 63 filmmakers submitted works about terrorist strikes. But just five were honored...
TEENAGE 'TERRORIST' IN COURT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amAn alleged terror-loving teen was marched into a Brooklyn courtroom yesterday to face charges he lied to federal authorities about meeting with Islamic extremists to discuss possible targets for a...
'GOD, GET RID OF THESE GUNS'; TEARY BX. FUNERAL FOR TOT, 2
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA Bronx priest prayed for God's help ridding the streets of guns over the body of a 2-year-old victim of senseless Easter Sunday crossfire. The Rev. John LoSasso, pastor of...
WIFE GIVES EX-COP 'WHIPPING' & A RIPPING; S.I. GAL'S FURY AT BUST
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA tiny mom charged with assault after supposedly pistol-whipping her hulking ex-police officer husband - and fracturing his eye socket and face - said she is being set up by...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amQUEENS *** A Rockaway teenager has been charged with four stickups at borough hotels last week, police sources said yesterday. Clifford Brown, 19, allegedly robbed staffers at the hotels over...
HIGH-TECH BOUNCER; NIGHTCLUB GUARD CAM NEVER FORGETS A FACE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amNew York City nightclubs might employ the world's first "biometric bouncer" - which uses facial-recognition technology to finger bad guys - after the high-tech security system debuts next month at...
HIT-RUN HORROR ON 12TH AVENUE; WOMAN, 21, DEAD AS 4 FLEE 'BOOZE' CAR
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA hit-and-run speed demon plowed into and killed a young woman as she crossed 12th Avenue on her way to retrieve her towed car from an impound lot yesterday. The...
'DWI' DIPLO FREED; RAN OVER COP
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA Russian diplomat who was allegedly stumbling drunk struck and injured a city cop after driving his car up a sidewalk while dodging a construction barrier - and there's not...
WTC SITE CLEANUP A SAFETY 'DISASTER'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amWorker-safety rules were routinely violated at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11, and city officials were frustrated by the failure to enforce them, newly revealed records show. Internal letters,...
WIFE GIVES EX-COP 'WHIPPING' & A RIPPING ; S.I. GAL'S FURY AT BUST
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA tiny mom charged with assault after supposedly pistol-whipping her ex-cop husband - fracturing his eye socket and face - said she's being set up by the one-time accused dirty...
HIT-RUN KILLS CLUBGOER, 21; 4 FLEE 'BOOZE' CAR ON 12TH AVENUE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA hit-and-run speed demon plowed into and killed a young woman as she crossed 12th Avenue on her way to retrieve her towed car from an impound lot yesterday, police...
B'KLYN POT FARM SMOKED OUT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amBrooklyn cops found a high-tech pot farm in a warehouse with an elaborate lighting and ventilation system. Police discovered the indoor marijuana farm at 6 p.m. Friday after neighbors of...
EAST ELMHURST CAUGHT IN PERV PANIC
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA group of Queens residents says state officials terrified them when they posted an online list showing a 135 sexual predators living in East Elmhurst - and didn't make it...
MAN STABBED DEAD IN PROSPECT PARK
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe body of a middle-aged man who had been fatally stabbed was found yesterday in a secluded wooded area of Brooklyn's Prospect Park known as a gay hangout. The Hispanic...
GRID TEAM RETIRES SLAIN COP'S JERSEY
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD football team, after a lopsided victory over the semi-pro Long Island Panthers yesterday, retired the No. 20 jersey of fallen cop Eric Hernandez. The game attracted several hundred...
GANG STABS BX. MAN TO DEATH
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA gang stabbed a Fordham man to death on a Mount Hope street corner, police said. Antonio Wooden, 28, of East 194th Street was in front of 301 E. Tremont...
MAN SHOT DEAD & SET ABLAZE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA man who had been shot in the back and set on fire was found dead at an East Elmhurst building yesterday, police sources said. The victim was found in...
RATS RUN AMOK FROM RAZED BLDG
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens lot where an apartment building burned 18 months ago is still littered with blackened debris - and steering rats toward a neighboring school and church. The owner of...
BASEBALL'S BURY, BURY GOOD TO HIM
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amFRANK RUSSO stumbled through Greenwood Cemetery in West Long Branch, N.J., at least 20 times before he found what he was looking for - Mike Donlin's grave. Donlin, an outfielder...
LIFE INSIDE WITH BULLYING & PERVING PETER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amCreepy sex-fiend suspect Peter Braunstein - sent to Bellevue on a suicide watch after he plunged a knife into his neck - spends his days bullying fellow inmates, ogling female...
SURF'S UP FOR CITY STAFF ; JUDGE OKS 'NET IN SLAP AT MIKE POLICY
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amAN administrative law judge has declared that city employees have the right to surf the Web during their workday - contradicting the policy at some agencies and Mayor Bloomberg's own...
MORE BOSSES WEB-WATCHING YOU
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amEmployees surfing the Web from work had better look out - more than ever, your bosses are watching. Corporations are monitoring employee Internet usage and e-mail to stop online goof-offs...
'STICKS THAT DRUM UP BIZ
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSome lucky buyer will soon snare the world's largest collection of autographed drumsticks - including sets from legendary percussionists Ringo Starr and Phil Collins - but it won't be for...
LOOKING DOWN ON WORKERS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe Housing Authority is considering technology that would enable the agency to monitor employees' whereabouts through their cellphones and walkie-talkies. The agency is "looking into" global-positioning-system (GPS) technology that can...
RIVERA HO$TED 'GUILTY' PARTY
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amRoger Toussaint 's getting-put-away party Friday night was not paid for by the cash-strapped union boss,but instead with a little help from his friends,sources said yesterday. Dennis Rivera (left),president of...
JAGR TRADE DOOMED PATRICK WITH PENS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amCRAIG Patrick had one terrific run in Pittsburgh when he constructed and maintained a powerhouse throughout much of the 1990s. But if pride goeth before the fall, the ultimate descent...
EX-HOOP STARS STILL CHASE DREAM
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amP.J. Cline planned on going to Madison Square Garden last night for the Jordan Classic. He wanted to see just how good the players were on both the All-American team...
VELAZQUEZ OUT A MONTH
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amJockey John Velazquez, who broke his shoulder blade and cracked a rib when his mount, Up An Octave, broke down and fell on him after winning the Forerunner Stakes at...
METS NEED BELT; AMAZIN'S HAMSTRUNG UNTIL CARLOS CAN PLAY FIELD
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran's MRI result is in, and it is now essentially Beltran's call when he wants to return. Beltran, who has been suffering from an ailing right...
WATCH LIST LONG FOR CANO
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amEven with Robinson Cano's fast start, he still slows down to take it all in and learn. One moment, Cano is noticing how Alex Rodriguez doesn't waste one moment to...
SHEFF FEELS DOC'S PAIN ; GARY HELPING GOODEN BATTLE DRUG DEMONS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amGARY Sheffield knows the phone call will come when he's on the road with the Yankees. It always comes after a game. If Sheffield goes three-for-four with a home run,...
HUGE DAY FOR 'MAGNOLIA'
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amMagnolia Jackson, 4-year-old NY-bred filly trained by Gary Contessa, ran her record to seven wins in 11 starts yesterday at Big A, scoring biggest victory of her career in Grade...
POSADA'S BACK WITH BIG UNIT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Randy Johnson and Jorge Posada will be reunited today. Because Kelly Stinnett caught yesterday's 6-1 victory over the Orioles and the Yankees have a scheduled off-day tomorrow, manager...
ROOKIE UNFAZED BY PITCH COUNTS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - In his last two games, Brian Bannister has struggled with high pitch counts through a low inning total. Bannister said Friday night that he didn't...
MATSUI HAS MOMENT OF REDEMPTION
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amHideki Matsui seems like the type of Yankee who would have fit in with the championship teams of the late '90s. He has that consistent quality that makes you believe...
POWER-LESS TO STOP 'EM ; RANGERS ROUTED BY DEVILS IN PENALTY-FILLED OPENER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThis was a demoralizing return to the playoffs for the long-absent Rangers. They were blown out of their first playoff game since 1997, and Jaromir Jagr suffered an apparent left-arm...
BELTRAN REMAINS VAGUE ON RETURN
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran's MRI result is in, and it is now essentially Beltran's call when he wants to return. And Beltran said yesterday he is not set to...
SHAWN MOWER ; CHACON STRONG AS YANKS SILENCE O'S
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 6Orioles 1 Shawn Chacon hadn't pitched since April 12, and he admitted scuffling through his previous two starts. In the grander scheme, the Yankees entered yesterday searching for consistency...
METS NEED BELT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - The first two Padres who faced Pedro Martinez last night struck out. The last two did, too. As did seven more in between. Martinez was outstanding last...
POWER-LESS TO STOP 'EM ; RANGERS ROUTED BY DEVILS, JAGR HURT IN OPENER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThis was far more Rangers disaster than Devils delight, a devastating injury possibly piled atop a worst-ever insult. Some games, some plays, do mean more than others. Some turn a...
RENNEY ON EMPTY
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amOF ALL the mistakes committed yesterday by the Rangers, the most significant was made by Tom Renney, who, with fewer than five minutes to play and the first game of...
BULL CHEWED UP, SPIT OUT BY D.C.
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amD.C. United 4Red Bull 1 After a disruptive week of front-office upheaval, Red Bull resisted firing beleaguered coach Mo Johnston on Thursday. One has to wonder if a few more...
SIN-BIN RANGERS COME UP 'SHORT' FOR LUNDQVIST
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amHenrik Lundqvist will have to wait for his second NHL playoff game, tomorrow night, to actually see one live. On the Devils' first goal, Patrik Elias nailed a pinpoint riser...
MARV-BASHERS REALLY DON'T KNOW JACK
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amLAST week, Chris Carlin, the latest wise guy/ sports guy on Don Imus's show, declared to a national TV and radio audience that Marv Albert is both an "overrated" play-by-play...
PEDAL L.A.-MONTAUK FOR INJURED VETERANS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amYOU might remember the story about a guy who rode his bike across the country to gather support for wounded veterans. Well, the bike ride is still going. Soldier Ride...
BIG LET-UP IN SET-UP - YANKS HAVEN'T REDISCOVERED MIDDLE MAGIC
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amJOE Torre trusts Kyle Farnsworth so much that he has stated repeatedly that the $18-million investment will share the eighth inning with Tanyon Sturtze, owner of the worst career ERA...
METS NEED BELT - AMAZIN'S HAMSTRUNG UNTIL CARLOS CAN PLAY FIELD
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Carlos Beltran 's MRI result is in, and it is now essentially Beltran 's call when he wants to return. And Beltran said yesterday he is not...
FAN-TASTIC! PEDRO NOW 4-0 AFTER 11-STRIKEOUT GEM
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amMETS 8 PADRES 1 SAN DIEGO - The first two Padres who faced Pedro Martinez last night struck out. The last two did, too. As did seven more in between....
LUNDQVIST READY FOR HIS DEBUT
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe Rangers finished the regular season poorly and wound up with a matchup against the hottest team in the NHL. They are dangerously overly reliant on one scorer,and might turn...
A RIVALRY RENEWED
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amIT 'S the hole in their resume the Devils have learned to live with quite comfortably, thank you very much,the way a Fortune 500 CEO can accept not having made...
6 SHOOTER- PATRIK'S PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE RANKS AMONG DEVILS' FINEST
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amPatrik Elias could barely get out of bed six months ago,crippled and weak with a case of Hepatitis A he caught overseas during the lockout.The illness forced him to miss...
NO SWEAT - NETS WILL WIN WITH EASE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amBY THIS time, we've got to be stuck on stupid if we don't know how the NBA's after-party turns out. Though there's a remnant of rebellion in the air, logic...
LUKOWICH AIMS FOR CUP NO. 3
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Brad Lukowich was informed he was traded from the Islanders to the Devils the morning of this season 's deadline,he admits he was "choked up " and that he...
ACES OF PACE - JERSEY NOT WORRIED ABOUT SLOW TEMPO
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amIf they could have their way, the Nets would turn their first-round series with Indiana into a track meet while the Pacers would prefer to play in sludge. Either way,...
$49M FOR LAVAR ONLY IF HE STARS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThere was a time when LaVar Arrington was thought to be the next great linebacker to enter the NFL, perhaps even the next coming of Lawrence Taylor. Now Arrington gets...
THE WAITING GAME - GIANTS LIKELY TO LET THEIR MAN COME TO THEM
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amFrom where the Giants sit they can be interested observers to the high drama that is sure to unfold next Saturday afternoon with the first handful of picks in the...
WIZARDS OF 16W - LAMORIELLO & THORN BEST LEADERS IN TOWN
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amEVERY now and again, it's easy to forget that we aren't really submerged in incompetence, it only seems that way. Yes, we have too many Maalox moments around here, too...
HEAD TO HEAD
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amFourth-and-gold Post Jets writer Mark Cannizzaro and columnist Steve Serby slug it out over what the Jets should do with the fourth-overall pick Mark Cannizzaro: I'm well aware that my...
HELP FOR THE NEEDY - JETS HAVE MANY HOLES - AND OPTIONS
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amThe Jets have so many needs as they prepare for next weekend's NFL Draft that they look more like an expansion team than one just a single season removed from...
NETS WON'T EXIT EARLY AGAIN
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amLast year, the Nets finished on a marvelous high, forged a 42-40 record and marched into the playoffs. And they promptly responded like a 42-40 team, getting swept away by...
HE'LL HUFF AND HE'LL PUFF ...
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amDEFENSIVE BACKS Come draft day, defensive backs who can cover - or even those who might be able to cover - become hot commodities. It's not easy to find athletes...
IT'S NO BULL, MO'S FEELING LOT BETTER
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amSecurity is often linked with power. It's hard to have the former without the latter. It was Red Bull's veto of Mo Johnston's trade for Jean-Philippe Peguero Wednesday that convinced...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 23, 2006 | 4:00amBoo, matey. A group of specialists from the Rhode Island Paranormal Research group is investigating whether a 150-year-old whaling vessel at Mystic Seaport in neighboring Connecticut is haunted after several...