April 29, 2006
SLIM'S PICKIN' GIANT BIG BET ON UNIVISION
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amMexican telecom honcho Carlos Slim Jr. - son of the world's third richest man - has made a bet on Hispanic broadcasting giant Univision that could quickly turn into a...
BAWAG LOAN SCAM SKIM
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amBawag, the Austrian bank at the center of the Refco scandal admitted yesterday that its hidden loans to Refco were secretly guaranteed by up to 27 percent of the collapsed...
PAM RIPS MONKEY BUSINESS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amAfter condemning the fashion industry for fur coats and a fast-food chain for chicken abuse, curvy animal-rights activist Pamela Anderson has a new gripe: Madison Avenue's monkey business. The former...
OFF 'TOON - TV FUNHOUSE OUTSHINES REGULAR 'SNL'
April 29, 2006 | 4:00am"The Best ofSaturday TV Funhouse" Tonight at 11:30 on Ch. 4 (four stars) IF the thing you love the best about "Saturday Night Live" (or the only thing you still...
TRIBECA JR. - BEST FILM-FEST SCREENS FOR KIDS AND TEENS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amWANT a sneak peek at "Over the Hedge"? How about getting a leg up on the latest "Lassie"? You can catch both - weeks before they open anywhere else -...
EXCLUSIVE! LASSIE UNLEASHED
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Post's Barbara Hoffman caught up with Lassie in Palm Springs via e-mail (her trainer did the typing) just before the long-haired lovely hopped a private plane for New York...
STYLE COUNSEL - WEB SITE REFINERY29 UNEARTHS N.Y. SHOPPING GEMS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amIf Fodor 's had a one-night stand with Vogue at the Rivington Hotel,the product would be Refinery29.com, a well-edited guide to New York 's most unique shopping destinations for both...
POLS BACK NEW DUBAI DEAL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two New Yorkers who helped kill the Dubai ports deal - Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Pete King - yesterday voiced cautious support for President Bush's decision to...
'DWI' DIPLO SUED
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe allegedly drunken-driving Russian diplomat who smashed his car into an NYPD officer may have escaped arrest, but he's facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in federal court. Ilya Sergeyevich Morozov, 28,...
HILL LAUNCHES GAS ATTACK
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amWith soaring gas prices driving motorists crazy, price gouging should be made a federal offense, Sen. Hillary Clinton said yesterday - at the same time Mayor Bloomberg was busy defending...
ADIDAS BITES TONGUE ON 'RACIST' SNEAKER
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amAdidas' hottest new sneakers are being kicked to the curb. The trendy sportswear line released a sneaker with a slant-eyed, bowl-cut, bucked-tooth caricature of an Asian man popping off of...
STERN TONE FROM MIKE
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA testy Mayor Bloomberg sounded off on cellphones in city schools yesterday, lumping them in with guns and knives as items that are inappropriate for the classroom. "We're not going...
9/11 HEALTH CHIEF VOWS DEATH PROBE
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amNew 9/11 federal health czar John Howard came to New York yesterday and vowed to investigate deaths that might be linked to exposure to Ground Zero. He also called "very...
GIRL, 9, DIES IN SHOWER HORROR ; HOSE TANGLES & CHOKES HER IN B'KLYN
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA young Brooklyn girl suffered a mysterious and bizarre death while showering, after apparently strangling herself accidentally with the hose of her handheld shower nozzle. Gabriella Allias, 9, was found...
ROGER'S INGRATE ESCAPE; THIS LOSER LEARNS LITTLE
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amAT least the food in jail agreed with him. That's more than I can say about the people of this city. Roger Toussaint emerged yesterday from the place I now...
BUGGED GAL SUES HOTEL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA stay at the Milford Plaza last summer left an Australian tourist itching to get out of town - bitten "head to toe" by bedbugs, a million-dollar lawsuit charges. Helen...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** Nine men were charged yesterday with operating a drug ring in Washington Heights apartment buildings, authorities said. Undercover investigators in the nine-month "Operation Hudson View" probe made 11...
W. SAYS SING IT IN ENGLISH; NO 'SPANISH' ANTHEM
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said the only way to proudly hail "The Star Spangled Banner" is to sing it in English - and turned thumbs down on a new...
'VAMPIRE' BLOG AN EERIE SITE
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amSomething's very creepy about a Goth Web site an alleged child predator used to arrange kinky sex with someone he thought was a 13-year-old Long Island girl. The site, VampireFreaks.com,...
PROTEST ON 'PRINCIPAL'; SIX BUSTED AT B'KLYN SCHOOL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amFive students and a guidance counselor at a Brooklyn high school were arrested yesterday during a raucous protest over the recent removal of the principal. The Rachel Carson HS for...
STILLER'S ACHING HEADLINE ACT
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amDoctors used staples to repair the head gash he sustained in a run-in with a New York taxi this week but, true to form, funnyman Jerry Stiller is keeping everyone...
SKY-DIVING NO LIMIT IN EMPIRE STATE THRILL JUNKIE'S HUNT FOR HIGHS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThis guy really does have the need for speed. Daredevil Jeb Corliss, 30, who was busted Thursday while trying to parachute off the Empire State Building, has made a life...
SUOZZI DEFIES CONVENTION
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amDemocrats won't have Tom Suozzi to kick around at the state convention next month in Buffalo. The underdog Democratic gubernatorial candidate announced yesterday he won't be attending the confab, where...
'WALKOUT' DAD WANTS HIS SHELTER KIDS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA slumlord-busting city lawyer whose own family has been living in a homeless shelter after he allegedly abandoned them went on the offensive yesterday, filing for custody of his five...
'KILLER' MA'S POISON PEN
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amTragic 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown's mother has written to her five surviving kids from her Rikers Island cell - but her letters have been kept from the children because they contain...
MOB COP'S FREE LAWYER
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA public defender has been assigned to represent mob cop Stephen Caracappa, whose former lawyer had filed a letter complaining that Caracappa could no longer pay him. Caracappa, who gets...
HORSE HITS PARK CYCLIST
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA horse bolted from its carriage and crashed into a Central Park cyclist yesterday afternoon before a mystery hansom-cab driver bravely jumped into its path and got it under control,...
HOW SLICK TOUSSAINT GAVE TOMBS THE QUICK SLIP
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amRoger Toussaint's premature ejection from jail yesterday was accomplished using a crafty manipulation of the law and the calendar long favored by criminal-defense lawyers. The transit union boss' lawyers ensured...
IT BROKE HIS HEART, NOT HIS BODY
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe sneaky "adrenaline junkie" who donned a fat suit in a bid to evade security and boldly parachute off the Empire State Building said yesterday it broke his heart that...
SKY-DIVING NO LIMIT IN; EMPIRE STATE THRILL JUNKIE'S HUNT FOR HIGHS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThis guy really does have the need for speed. Daredevil Jeb Corliss, 30, who was busted Thursday while trying to parachute off the Empire State Building, has made a life...
THE SENATOR AND THE SATMARS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amHere's Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton walking the line between two Satmar Hasidic factions yesterday as she paid her condolences to the family of Grand Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum. "He was just...
FRAUD ON FAST TRACK - GOLD MEDALIST BUSTED
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe law caught up with Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery yesterday,as the feds nabbed the star sprinter for his alleged role in a multimillion-dollar bank-fraud and money-laundering scheme. Montgomery,31,is accused...
GOTTI KILLS DEAL - IMMUNITY DEMAND NIXES 3-YR. OFFER
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amA plea offer that would have put John "Junior " Gotti behind bars for less than four years is now off the table after the former mob leader demanded protection...
COP SUES 'DWI' DIPLO
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe allegedly drunk-driving Russian diplomat who smashed his car into an NYPD officer may have escaped arrest,but he 's facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in federal court. Ilya Sergeyevich Morozov,28, was...
CLINTON IN STAMAR SHIVA CALL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amSen.Hillary Rodham Clinton paid her condolences yesterday to two Satmar Hasidic factions, then refused to be drawn into the battle over which son should succeed Grand Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum. "He...
BUSTED TEEN MADE D.C. 'SPYING' TAPES
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amAn alleged terror-loving teen recorded a sinister series of "casing videos " in Washington - including the World Bank and the U.S.Capitol - intended to be sent to "overseas brothers,"...
FED UP - NEW TOP QAEDA COP QUITS NYPD
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amOne of the nation 's foremost al Qaeda experts abruptly quit his new NYPD post because Commissioner Ray Kelly 's top anti-terror intelligence czar launched into a foulmouthed tirade against...
HE'S 5 AND 'DRO - PEDRO PREVAILS AS METS MOVE UP 6 IN EAST
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amMETS 5 BRAVES 2 ATLANTA - In 2005, the Mets only won one game in this haunted house known as Turner Field. Behind last night's scintillating performance from Pedro Martinez...
BANNISTER PLACED ON 15-DAY DL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Brian Bannister's right hamstring strain landed him on 15-day DL yesterday, and the Mets will probably dip into the minors for his replacement. Bannister, who was...
LAST DAY TO SMELL THE ROSES
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - With the 132nd Kentucky Derby just a week away, the main track at Churchill Downs this morning will be busier than Grand Central Station at rush hour with...
GIANTS LOOKING AT LINEBACKERS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amRarely does the feel of an NFL Draft change so dramatically as it did this past week for the Giants. Once hell-bent to get a linebacker, they now can scan...
KIDD MUST BE DA MAN ; NETS NEED JASON TO STEP UP BIG
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The Nets are sliding toward the brink, desperately looking to apply the brakes. Consistency is a faded memory. Sometimes good, more times bad, the Nets are in danger...
HENRIK'S SILENCE COSTLY - GOALIE HID INJURY FROM RANGERS
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amYES, it's true, it most certainly does seem as if Sandis Ozolinsh not only brought a dark cloud with him when acquired from Anaheim at the March 9 NHL trade...
YANKEES PITCHERS START TURNAROUND
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe key to the Yankees' run of four wins in five games this week is no mystery. The team has gotten a strong outing from its starting pitcher in each...
JERMAINE: IT'LL BE TOUGHER
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amNET NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Remember the old adage about "be careful what you wish for." The Nets wanted Jermaine O'Neal shooting jumpers. They got what they wanted in Game 3....
IRIKI GIVEN 50-GAME BAN
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - Well, Yusaku Iriki won't be starting for the Mets in place of Brian Bannister on Tuesday. Iriki was suspended for 50 games, effective yesterday, for testing positive for...
RAISE HELL IN A HURRY!
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe Rangers still dare to dream. The faintest glimmer of hope to make history remains, courtesy of the schedule maker. "It is Mission Important and Mission Possible. I have no...
DAMON ALL SET FOR FENWAY
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As Johnny Damon conducted a television interview in front of the Yankees' dugout before last night's game with the Blue Jays, Derek Jeter yelled, "He doesn't know what...
BERNARDINI MAY BE BEST
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amToday's feature at Big A, run as third race on 10-race program, is 127th running of Grade 3, $150,000 Withers, which drew field of four 3-year-olds not good enough to...
BERNIE BOTH GOOD AND BAD
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amBernie Williams' performance last night could be a microcosm of what the aging outfielder can give the Yankees this season: An occasional highlight sandwiched between a couple of failures to...
YANKEES' OFFENSE TAKES A HALLADAY
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amBlue Jays 7Yankees 2 Maybe the focus should not just be on Monday at Fenway Park. The AL East may not be a two-team division anymore, with the Yankees and...
STEVE HOWE KILLED AT 48 - PICKUP CRASH CLAIMS EX-YANK
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amAmple foreshadowing of the early death of Steve Howe did not prevent an audible gasp through Yankee Stadium when it was announced before last night's game against the Blue Jays....
IT'S TOM TO CHANGE - GLAVINE, METS AIM AT BRAVES
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - If it's going to happen this year, it has to happen here. And Tom Glavine needs to be a big part of it. If the Mets are going...
TEXANS TOAST WILLIAMS - HOUSTON SHUNS BUSH, MAKES DE NO. 1
April 29, 2006 | 4:00am"Why not me?" N.C. State defensive end Mario Williams asked Thursday at an NFL interview session. Williams was not being conceited or confrontational. In an NFL Draft with more questions...
TEXANS MAY BYPASS BUSH - CONSIDERING N.C. STATE'S WILLIAMS AT NO. 1
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe NFL has picked the perfect site for today's Draft. Radio City Music Hall is home to The Rockettes, the famous dancing girls who kick their legs above their heads...
GANG GREEN GUNNIN' FOR DRAFT DAY DEAL
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amReggie Bush a Jet? Stunningly, that became a possibility last night after the Draft Day Eve signing of North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams by the Texans. Houston added...
GANG GREEN ISN'T SET TO GO TO MATT
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amBrace yourselves, Jets draftniks. Fasten your seatbelts for what might be the most anticipated draft in team history. If you're planning to be at Radio City Music Hall for the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 29, 2006 | 4:00amThink big when you steal big. That 's what a Cincinnati couple should have done before breaking into an appliance store and stealing a big-screen TV. The two were nabbed...