May 15, 2006
SOHO OLD GUARD FLEES RISING RENTS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amSome of the last holdouts from SoHo's artsy past are abandoning the increasingly expensive neighborhood to the big retailers that can afford to pay bigger rents. Kate's Paperie on Broadway...
BERGDORF'S BET - LUXE LEADER MULLS HISTORIC VEGAS EXPANSION
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amBergdorf Goodman, considered by many of our wealthy denizens to be the ultimate Gotham store, is evaluating the possibility of opening a location in Las Vegas, The Post has learned....
$1B BUZZ IN NYC ART WORLD
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amNew York's art auction world today is celebrating approaching a record $1 billion in sales in the spring season thanks to rare works coming out of hiding and a dose...
RIPLEY'S GETS NEW TIMES SQ. LEASE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amBelieve it or not, Ripley's Entertainment quietly signed a huge new lease in the Forest City AMC Theater project at 234 W. 42nd St. Orlando, Fla.-based Ripley's, parent of the...
TECH KINKS HAVE NASDAQ REELING
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTechnology may run the world, but on Wall Street it's quickly losing its luster - and tons of cash. Investors expect a rough week ahead for most technology shares following...
'LOST' FINALE TELLS SOME, NOT ALL
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE expectations about next week's finale of "Lost" are ramping up quickly. The season's finale episode will tell fans: * why the plane crashed; * what happens if you don't...
STONED COMEDY
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE most unlikely of sitcom stars is due to be born tomorrow - Mick Jagger. Insiders say that ABC is set to announce that the lead singer of the Rolling...
KICK IN THE AXL - GUNS N' ROSES ARE STILL HARD-ROCKING
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE question of whether Axl Rose has finally satisfied his legendary appetite for self-destruction was on the minds of Tim, Jamie and Jim Bob - three longtime Guns N' Roses...
MET'S 'PARSIFAL' WORTH A LISTEN IF NOT A LOOK
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWAGNER'S "Parsifal," which returned after a three-year absence to the Metropolitan Opera on Friday night, with a great cast headed by Ben Heppner, Waltraud Meier and Rene Pape and conducted...
BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR 'IDOL' VOTE, READ LINDA'S PLEA ... PLEASE, NOT MCPHEE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe second she realizes a camera is near her, she lights up so beatifically, she'd make Mother Teresa look like a scam artist I'M convinced that Katharine McPhee is actually...
STARR REPORT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amAll in the family "Sopranos" alum Federico Castellucci (Furio) joins Dionne Warwick at tonight's Project Sunshine gala at The Waldorf. Proceeds benefit children and their families affected by medical challenges....
DOG TYRA'D - MODEL-TURNED-HOST ON HER FRESHMAN YEAR
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE press were the first people to tell Tyra Banks she was crazy. She had a hit show going for her, "America's Top Model" - why in heaven's name did...
CHECKERED PAST FOR SALE WITH LAST CAB
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJanie - the last Checker cab to roam New York City's mean streets for fares - goes back on the auction block next month. The yellow four-door sedan, with room...
STRIKE BILL TARGET$ MANAGEMENT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - In the wake of last year's transit strike, state lawmakers are considering whether to hold government agencies, such as the MTA, partially responsible for the illegal strikes of...
WRITER KNOWS JIHADISTS DON'T TALK - THEY KILL
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWHEN you get a written death threat pinned to the body of an assassination victim, you tend to take notice. "In the letter addressed to me, the killer wrote I...
SADDAM: 'I'M NOT SCARED OF EXECUTION' - SO, GET ON WITH IT THEN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe Butcher of Baghdad says he's prepared to meet his satanic maker. Saddam Hussein, whose seven-month-long trial is expected to resume today, claimed he is ready for the noose -...
'POSEIDON' REMAKE IS LOST AT SEE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00am"Poseidon" had a disastrous debut at the box office over the weekend, with the catastrophic remake film failing to overtake "Mission: Impossible III" for the No. 1 spot. Tom Cruise's...
PIGEONS FACE FLU SLAUGHTER
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Some 100,000 New York pigeons could find their goose cooked if the bird flu gets here - for they'd have to be trapped and killed. State pathologist Ward...
'BYE' LINES FOR LEGEND TIMES EDITOR
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJournalists and politicians alike paid tribute to former New York Times editor Abe "A.M." Rosenthal yesterday for being a great reporter, friend and family man. "Some have suggested that Abe...
NIX POLITICS IN GAY-NUPS DEBATE, LAURA SAYS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush warned members of her own party not to use the gay-marriage issue for political advantage. "I don't think it should be used as a...
FINAL DAY TO PICK RX
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe deadline to apply for the new Medicare prescription-drug plan is today - but only one out of 10 seniors in the city have signed up so far, according to...
SENATE TO GRILL NSA BIG BEFORE 'AYE' SPY
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senators are preparing to grill President Bush's nominee for CIA chief about government surveillance - as a new poll shows a majority think the government is invading people's...
MOTHER'S DAY MURDER HORROR -MOM'S NIGHTMARE AS TEEN BEAUTY IS GUNNED DOWN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA high-school senior set to graduate in three weeks - and excited about celebrating Mother's Day with her mom and grandmother - was fatally gunned down by a pack of...
SILVER'S BAD ACT - 'LITTLE HOUSE' STAR' RIPS RAPE LOOPHOLE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTV's original mean girl, "Nellie Oleson," is taking on an unlikely foe: power-wielding pol Shelly Silver, whom she accuses of blocking a vote that would prevent incestuous rapists from getting...
COP 'THIEVES' - GUNS & CASH STOLEN FROM PRECINCT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amPolice investigators have swarmed a Queens station house - where "one or more dirty cops" apparently have swiped as many as five guns and some $5,000, The Post has learned....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amQUEENS * A would-be robber slashed a taxi driver in Jamaica after putting a knife to his throat and demanding money, authorities said yesterday. The cabby, a 34-year-old man, picked...
FUROR OVER PSYCH TESTS FOR TEACHERS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amNearly 300 city public-school educators in the last three years have been forced by principals and superintendents to undergo psychological and physical evaluations that ultimately found them competent to work,...
B'KLYN WOMAN SLAIN IN HOME INVASION
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman was fatally shot execution-style in the back of the head while tied up with her boyfriend in their apartment during a drug-related robbery, the beau told cops...
CLEANING FLUID KILLS MAN, 88
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly man was found dead in his Bronx apartment last night with burns over 30 percent of his body, police said. Joseph Walker, 88, was discovered by his daughter...
B'KLYN MOM RAPED, ROBBED IN HOME
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA brazen intruder raped a Brooklyn woman at gunpoint in her apartment, then swiped her keys, identification and phones - leaving her unable to call for help, police said. The...
A BIKE 'HIKE'
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amBike traffic on the bridges spanning the East River is up 35 percent since last year, and 100 percent since four years ago, says Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group. It's...
BUSH: WE CAN'T BOOT 11M ILLEGALS - TV SPEECH TO PITCH GUEST-WORKER PLAN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In his live, nationally televised address tonight, President Bush will tell Americans that it's impossible to deport the estimated 11 million illegal aliens living here. "We must reject...
ISRAEL KILLS JIHAD BOSS IN GUNFIGHT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIsraeli troops yesterday killed the fiendish mastermind of many Islamic Jihad suicide bombings, hours after the death of his latest victim, a Florida teen. Elias Eshkar - responsible for attacks...
ROGER 'WITCH HUNT' - PICKS 'INNOCENT' SCABS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amOpponents of Roger Toussaint say the transit-union boss has falsely accused them of crossing the picket line during the strike - and they have proof. Derick Echevarria received a letter...
TALK TO TEHRAN - SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Iranian regime is a murderous, anti-Semitic, nuke- hungry, Islamofascist junta headed by apocalyptic nuts who support international terrorists and view their god as a bloodthirsty control freak. So let's...
2 SCARRED WOMEN AP-PEEL FOR LASER LAWS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIt's billed as cheap, safe and effective, but two lawsuits cast the widespread use of lasers in cosmetic surgery in a scary light. Attorney Susan Karten says clients Wanda Kurmemaj...
MOTHER'S DAY MURDER HORROR - 'I'LL NEVER SEE MY DAUGHTER SMILE AGAIN,' CRIES MOM OF TEEN BEAUTY KILLED BY ROBBERS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA high-school senior set to graduate in three weeks - and excited about celebrating Mother's Day with her mom and grandma - was gunned down by a pack of thieves...
'I KILLED MY HUSBAND': KNIFE WIFE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA "hotheaded" woman was charged with murder yesterday after stabbing her husband of 25 years during a vicious fight that left their Bronx apartment awash in blood. "I think I...
JUSTICE ON FAST TRACK
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJudges in the Bronx soon will be serving up fast justice to civil litigants who want speedy trials. Instead of waiting two years for a case to go to trial,...
CHECKERED PAST FOR SALE WITH CAB
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJanie - the last Checker cab to roam New York City's mean streets for fares - goes back on the auction block next month. The yellow four-door sedan, with room...
THEY'RE BACK! - BEST & BRIGHTEST FUEL CCNY REVIVAL
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amOver the last six years, CUNY's four-year schools - especially City College - have begun competitive admissions. The school is now living up to its nickname as "the poor man's...
SURGERY MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJust before Greg Marshall was wheeled into the operating room for a six-organ transplant, his lead surgeon again warned him and his wife that there was "a reasonable likelihood" he...
AP-PEELS FOR LASER LAW
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIt's billed as cheap, safe and effective, but two lawsuits cast the widespread use of lasers in cosmetic surgery in a scary light. Attorney Susan Karten says her clients Wanda...
MIRACLE DAD GETS SIX NEW ORGANS AT ONCE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amCall him the Miracle Man. A dying Greg Marshall got an amazing six gifts of life - a half-dozen transplants all at once - last year after suddenly receiving a...
CHIMNEY BURGLAR A BAD SANTA
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA bungling burglar had to be rescued by police yesterday after he tried to squeeze down a chimney in a West Side apartment building. "I woke up and I heard...
CHECKERED PAST FOR SALE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJanie - the last Checker cab to roam New York City's mean streets for fares - hits the auction block next month. The yellow four-door sedan, with room for five...
WOMAN FOUND BOUND & SLAIN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe bound, half-naked body of a woman was found in the bedroom of her Brooklyn apartment yesterday, cops said. Denise Gibbs, 32, was discovered lying in a pool of blood...
HERD ABOUT THE BX. BI$ON?
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIf you're bonkers for bison and have at least $100,000 to burn, your name could forever be linked with the herd that repopulated the West. The Bronx Zoo is auctioning...
CITY COLLEGE HONORS MOM DID IT WITH CLASS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amDebbie Wolf (right) is proof that City College can be the start of big things, no matter what you have to overcome. The Honor College English major is on her...
VICTIM'S SIS TO SUE COPS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe half-sister of a 12-year-old girl struck and killed last year by an off-duty cop will file a civil suit against the city today, charging she was wrongly busted for...
HEROES' BREATH TOLL - 9/11 SUCKS 12 YRS. FROM BRAVEST LUNGS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amFDNY rescuers who sucked in toxic air while working at Ground Zero lost the equivalent of 12 years of lung function after the World Trade Center attacks, a bombshell health...
MTA'S CHIEF MAY BOARD HILL'S TRAIN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amMTA Chairman Peter Kalikow, one of New York's biggest and best-known Republican contributors, says he may soon endorse Democratic U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for re-election. Kalikow, a longtime fixture...
MAKE YOURSELF HERD
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIf you're bonkers for bison and have $100,000 to burn, your name could forever be linked with the herd that repopulated theWest. The Bronx Zoo is auctioning off the right...
AIR'S A SMALL WONDER
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amLovable little gal Valentyna Pahlevanya sure is light on her feet. The 40-something diminutive diva steals the show at Cirque de Soleil's trippy new production on Randalls Island as she...
WIFE BUSTED IN GRUESOME BX. MURDER
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amA "hotheaded" woman was charged with murder yesterday after stabbing her husband of 25 years during a vicious fight that left their Bronx apartment awash in blood. "I think I...
EMPTY FEELING - JINTS' WILKINSON MISSING HIS MOM
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThis is an exciting time for Gerris Wilkinson, embarking on his NFL career in this weekend's Giants rookie mini camp, joining a team thrilled to have him, a team that...
FLOYD GETS MINI-REST
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Cliff Floyd didn't start again as Willie Randolph indeed opted to give his leftfielder two days on the bench. He started Jose Valentin for a second...
DEVS ON THIN ICE - ONLY ONE LOSS FROM SAD END TO SEASON
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amRALEIGH, N.C. - Jousting at windmills in Hurricane country last night, the Don Quixote Devils resumed their quest for the improbable dream after a Dixie airport welcome back from the...
ERICKSON PULLS ON PINSTRIPES
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWhen the Yankees signed Scott Erickson to a minor-league contract and invited him to spring training, he had no idea whether he'd make the team. When they sent him to...
BARBARO SCARIN' EM
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThey're not exactly coming out of the woodwork yet, but yesterday another possible starter emerged for Saturday's 131st Preakness, Diabolical, trained by Steve Klesaris. Diabolical is coming off an 81/4-length...
CLUTCH FAILURE - METS STRAND 13 IN 10-INNING LOSS
May 15, 2006 | 4:00am10 INNINGS: Brewers 6 - Mets 5 MILWAUKEE - The Mets left too many men on base yesterday. They left 13 runners on in 10 innings against the Brewers at...
NOTHING EXTRA, JUST ORDINARY
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amWILT Chamberlain once famously said that nobody loves Goliath. That may or may not be true, but it is incontrovertible that nobody much cares about a Goliath who has been...
NETS IN A HOLE LOTTA TROUBLE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 4: Heat 102 - Nets 92 And now it is a must-win situation without question. The Nets, who stressed he importance of Game 3 but insisted it was not...
UNIT IN NEED OF OVERHAUL - 'FRUSTRATED' JOHNSON 'STILL NOT THERE'
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amAthletics 6 - Yankees 1 Grey clouds hung over Yankee Stadium all afternoon. Meanwhile, the black cloud is still hovering over Randy Johnson. The 42-year-old lefty had previously lost his...
TANYON'S SHOULDER NOT FEELING GRAND
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Tanyon Sturtze is hoping a cortisone shot does the trick. Sitting on the disabled list, the right-hander is scheduled for an MRI on his sore right shoulder today...
DAVE TAKES KINGSTON 'CAP
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amLast summer at Saratoga, NY-bred gelding Dave, then trained by John Hertler, proved himself one of top state-bred grass horses, winning two races on Spa lawn including West Point Handicap....
BONDS SHOWS HE'S NO HOMER - ENDS STAND ONE BEHIND BABE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amDodgers 6 - Giants 3 SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds returned home a week ago one home run away from tying Babe Ruth. He leaves home today in the same...
DINGERS HURT PEDRO
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES MILWAUKEE - Pedro Martinez gave up four runs yesterday thanks to two home runs. "It seems like every time I make a mistake, it's a home run," Martinez...
KNICKS MAY PURSUE DEAL FOR GORDON
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe Knicks and Bulls recently held trade discussions focusing on UConn star Ben Gordon, The Post has learned. According to sources in Chicago and a source close to Gordon, the...
DON'T BLAME LOSS ON KRSTIC
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amNET NOTES Nenad Krstic admitted he felt he had let his team down in the previous two games. So he responded with one of the finest games of his young...
HEAT FEEL ALL RIGHT IN SWAMP
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amAfter two straight wins in the Swamp and three in a row against the Nets, the Heat don't want to see the Meadowlands until next season. "We just want to...
ALL OVER FOR DEVS - STORMING 'CANES RUIN JERSEY'S DREAM FINISH
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amGAME 5: Hurricanes 4 - Devils 1 RALEIGH, N.C. - The Devils' Impossible Dream proved to be both. Now they begin a summer that could further break up their dwindling...
END OF LINE FOR LARRY - KNICKS HOPE TO CLOSE BROWN ERA BY NEXT WEEK
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amLarry Brown underwent another bladder surgery last Friday and now this week he's expected to get cut again. By the Knicks. Yes, Brown's days as Knicks coach are numbered. According...
RILEY: THOMAS CAN'T DO IT ALONE
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amHeat coach/president Pat Riley said if Isiah Thomas assumes the Knicks coaching duties, he will have to give up most of his presidency duties. In his first stint and now...
KIDD'S HEROICS ALL FOR NAUGHT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amFirst, Jason Kidd found Nenad Krstic for an open jumper to get the Nets to within three points early in the fourth quarter. He followed that by hitting Richard Jefferson...
KIDD'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE ALL FOR NAUGHT
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amJason Kidd would undoubtedly rather have had a win yesterday rather than a triple-double and a loss. But that's what he got. And while he's had 75 of them in...
KAY STRAYS FROM SAME OLD SHTICK
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amIN MICHAEL Kay's world, games are no longer classified as "manageable or unmanageable." When promoting YES' website, he has stopped recommending that viewers should "buy a computer, plug it in...
ISIAH HAS BEST CHANCE TO SAVE ISIAH
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHIS is how it had to be, right from the start, from the moment James Dolan handed Isiah Thomas the keys to his kingdom and told him "You're my guy."...
NOT TOO BRAD - VERSATILE SMITH COULD BE A STEAL FOR GANG GREEN
May 15, 2006 | 4:00amBrad Smith may be excused for being a bit confused or daunted at the moment. When you leave a major college program having performed as such a prolific star at...