May 30, 2006
LEVERAGE LOOT - WALL STREET JOCKEYS FOR IPOS IN PRIVATE EQUITY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWall Street's most prestigious investment banks are clamoring to get a piece of the next private-equity firm to float shares in a multibillion-dollar initial public offering. Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and...
LEGAL COUP AT 1540 BROADWAY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amALTHOUGH Paramount Group plans to sell 1540 Broadway, the German-owned landlord is working right up to the last minute to make the most of the 1.1 million square-foot Times Square...
STORMY WEATHER WILL BE A BLOW TO ECONOMY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amTHE hurricanes that are being predicted for this season won't just muss your hair. They'll also play havoc with inflationary expectations, according to the economist who takes care of such...
IT'S BETA TO WAIT - HD DVD MAY HAVE SHORT SPIN
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amI was the first on my block to buy a VHS recorder back in 1977 - but I'm in no hurry to acquire one of the new high-definition DVD players....
MTV COLLEGE DAZE - 'LAGUNA' DIVA L.C. LANDS IN L.A.
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amAS a grown-up, I'd like to put myself in the shoes of the insanely spoiled girls who are featured on MTV's newest reality show, "The Hills." But frankly, I can't...
DIANE READY TO SPLIT: REPORT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWORD has begun to circulate in the TV world that Diane Sawyer may not be long for her "Good Morning America" host job. Sawyer has an out in her contract...
DOUBLES - 'HOUSEWIVES': THE NEW REALITY SERIES
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amCOINCIDENCE? We think not. The ladies on CBS's new reality show "Tuesday Night Bookclub" look freakishly like the ladies from "Desperate Housewives." Almost a little too much like the ladies...
MUSEUM MAY BE HISTORY - 'WOMEN' SITE IN DOUBT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amIf you think Ground Zero rebuilding is going slowly, check out the Women's Museum at Battery Park City More than seven years after it was first proposed, Gov. Pataki's dream...
GREEN'S LAST GASP - SURVIVAL AT STAKE IN DEM CONVENTION
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo and Mark Green are headed for a showdown today in Buffalo, where Democratic delegates will start casting ballots for their state attorney-general pick at the party's convention. "It...
BX. CHEER FOR AILING LEADER - AGENCY CUTS OFF FOUNDER'S CHECKS
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThe man Ed Koch labeled the "poverty pimp" may die broke, shunned by the very taxpayer-funded South Bronx social-service agency upon which he built his political power. Ramon Velez, once...
AIR MORE STINKY, KIDS LESS THINKY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amChildren exposed to high levels of city air pollution while in the womb are nearly three times more likely to have mental deficiencies than other kids, an explosive Columbia University...
SUITE LIFE IN HARLEM - NEW LUXE CONDO BLDGS. FUEL A REAL-ESTATE BOOM
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amUptown is the new downtown - thanks to a real-estate renaissance in Harlem fueled by high-rise luxury condos. One developer behind the trend is Joseph Holland of Uptown Partners, who...
DEAD BY HOOK OR BY CROOK - KISSEL'S LAST NIGHT WITH 'PROSTITUTES & DEALERS'
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amSwindler Andrew Kissel had hookers and coke dealers in his Connecticut mansion days before he was found slain, his personal assistant has told investigators. Carlos Trujillo, Kissel's right-hand man -...
'PHONY' SPUN A-LISTER TALES INTO GOLD
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amParties with Madonna. Gap ad shoots with Eminem and Sarah Jessica Parker. Six-figure deals with Mick Jagger. This was the breathtakingly bizarre fantasy life of accused swindler Alexis Quinlin. The...
NEW 7UP HOPES TO BECOME 'POP' STAR
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amTastes change, naturally - so the original 7UP is 7Out. The maker of the famous "Un-cola" in the green can has altered the soft drink's formula - removing artificial ingredients...
KIDS SHOT IN PLAYGROUND
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA 14-year-old choirboy - who minutes earlier had been shooting hoops with a cop - and a teenage girl were wounded by a gunman pulled up in a car and...
TIPSY TEEN IN CRAZY JOYRIDE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island teen was busted early yesterday after stealing his mom's SUV and taking it on a drunken joyride at more than 100 mph, cops said. The 15-year-old boy,...
FASO BAGS A BIG BACKER
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - John Faso's campaign for the Republican nomination for governor will receive an important boost today with the endorsement of Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, The Post has learned....
A POX ON THE ARUBA BOOBS
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amTHE memories for Beth Holloway Twitty came flooding back. Memories of a beautiful young daughter, Natalee, whose passionate love of life vanished on the island of Aruba exactly one year...
NYPD FORMS ROB SQUAD
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD will create a central robbery unit similar to its Special Victims Unit to keep an eye on crime sprees that go beyond one borough, sources said yesterday. The...
'X'-CEPTIONAL OPENING - SEQUEL SETS HOLIDAY BE$T
May 30, 2006 | 4:00am"X-Men: The Last Stand" cracked "The Da Vinci Code" over the holiday - storming to the largest Memorial Day weekend opening in box-office history. The $120.1 million raked in by...
2 NYERS WHO DIED FOR U.S. ARE PRAISED BY BUSH - SAYS HE'S 'IN AWE' OF FALLEN HEROES
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday hailed two fallen soldiers from New York at a Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery, saying, "I am in awe" of the troops who die to...
'IRAN' ROCKETS THREATEN ISRAEL
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Iran has armed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon with rockets capable of hitting all of Israel's major cities, it was learned yesterday. The rockets have a range of about...
VICTIM DIES IN PA'S ARMS
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA man gunned down on a quiet Crown Heights street died on the doorstep of the home where he grew up, cradled in the arms of his father, who kept...
UPTOWN 'NOT THE RIGHT PLACE TO RAISE' CHILDREN
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amUptown moms were stunned to hear that city pollution may stunt their kids' mental acuity. "This is not the right place to raise kids," concluded Debra Pichardo, 25, of Washington...
SHIP WIFE: IT WASN'T A SUICIDE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amHe was not trying to kill himself. So says the distraught wife of the Doylestown, Pa., man who ended a loud, public argument between the two - reportedly over his...
ELIOT SPITS VENOM AT 'FAILED' LMDC
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amAttorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday blasted the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation as "an abject failure" in its rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. But Spitzer, a Democratic candidate for...
BRIT PROFS SLAP ISRAEL
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amBritain's largest college teachers union yesterday voted to boycott Israeli academics because of what it called "apartheid" policies toward the Palestinians. The British government quickly expressed its regret over the...
PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA - RAPPER'S MA FIRED BACK
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThe correction-officer mom of a G-Unit rapper whipped out her pistol and started shooting during a wild gunfight at a Queens barbecue that left an innocent bystander paralyzed, law-enforcement sources...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * An elderly man plunged to his death from the roof of his West Side apartment building yesterday. The man, who lived in the 18-story Camelot apartment building at...
GANGS' TERROR IN PARK - PROSPECT ROB BLITZ
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amTeenage wolf packs have mugged nine people in and around Brooklyn's Prospect Park in the past six weeks - and three in 10 days, police said yesterday. Most of the...
FIRE STOPS ELEVATORS
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA day after a fatal fire, elderly residents in a 22-story Upper West Side building found themselves trapped in their steamy apartments yesterday when its two elevators were shut down....
SUBWAY SLEEPER SACKED
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amRip van Wiggins has gotten a rude awakening. The MTA has fired station agent Wayne Wiggins, 37, who earned $77,000 sitting - and sometimes snoring - in his booth, transit...
ENRAGED EX-BOYFRIEND KILLS L.I. WOMAN IN STAB SPREE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island woman was viciously stabbed to death yesterday by her ex-boyfriend, who couldn't stand the thought of living without her, cops said. Violet Karagiannis, 54, was stabbed more...
HOLIDAY'S MEANING IS LOST: HONCHO
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThousands of New Yorkers laid wreaths, held parades and shed more than a few tears yesterday to honor those who paid the ultimate price to keep their nation free. Still,...
BAGHDAD BLAST HITS CBS CREW - NEWS GAL DOZIER HURT, TWO CO-WORKERS SLAIN
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amVeteran CBS foreign correspondent Kimberly Dozier was critically injured and her cameraman and sound man killed yesterday when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad as they were doing a story...
BARBERS' FEUD TURNS FATAL
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn barbershop owner suspected of fatally shooting a rival hair stylist surrendered to authorities yesterday, police said. A deep-rooted grudge ended in a deadly showdown on Saturday when Manuel...
CON ED BOX SHOCKS S.I. GIRL, 8
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old Staten Island girl was shocked yesterday when she stepped barefoot on a Con Ed electric box just after she'd gotten out of a neighbor's Jacuzzi, police said. Brianna...
MAN DIES IN FATHER'S ARMS AFTER SHOOTING
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA 21-year-old man gunned down on a quiet Crown Heights street died on the doorstep of the home where he grew up, cradled in the arms of his father -...
NYPD TO FORM ROB UNIT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD plans to create a central robbery unit similar to its Special Victims Unit to keep a closer eye on crime sprees that go beyond one borough, sources said...
GIRL, 14, SAVES KIDS FROM INFERNO - GRANNY DIES, TOT CLINGS TO LIFE IN B'KLYN HORROR
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA heroic 14-year-old Brooklyn girl rescued her three sisters and her infant daughter yesterday from a fire that killed her grandmother and left another young sister fighting for her life....
FUROR AS DIPLOS GET TO FLY PAST AIRPORT SECURITY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A State Department program that allows visiting government ministers to bypass security lines at airports has gotten out of control - and is possibly putting air travelers at...
NEW 7UP MAY BE POP STAR
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amTastes change, naturally - so the original 7UP is 7Out. The maker of the famous "Un-cola" has altered the soft drink's formula - removing artificial ingredients from the 77-year-old beverage...
BACK-FROM-IRAQ GI A LOTTERY HERO, TOO
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amHe's a hero to his country after serving in Iraq - and now, a Long Island woman would also like to a pin a medal on his chest. Army Sgt....
KISSEL 'HOOKER' TWIST
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amSwindler Andrew Kissel had hookers and coke dealers in his Connecticut mansion days before he was slain, his personal assistant has told investigators. Carlos Trujillo, Kissel's right-hand man - who's...
BEACH BABES FLIP OUT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amSunbathing beauties Esther Marin (left), Hannah Goldstein (upside down) and Alyssa Ciccarelli are head over heels for yesterday's weather at Tiana Beach in East Quogue, L.I. Long Island sun worshippers...
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - 32ND PRESIDENT, 1933-1945
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amThis architect of the New Deal was elected to four terms - longer than any other president. He is considered one of the greatest. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on...
ENVOYS SKIP AIRPORT SECURITY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A State Department program that allows visiting government ministers to bypass security lines at airports has gotten out of control - and is possibly putting air travelers at...
DEADLY INFERNO - GRANNY DIES, TOT HURT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA grandmother was killed and her year-old granddaughter was clinging to life after a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment yesterday, authorities said. The blaze broke out in the family's...
GAP IN TRAVEL SAFETY - DIPLOS SKIP SECURITY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A State Department program that allows visiting government ministers to bypass security lines at airports has gotten out of control - and is possibly putting air travelers at...
DAVE DELIVERS AMAZIN' FINISH - WRIGHT DRIVES HOME REYES WITH WINNER
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amMets 8 - D'backs 7 It's a good thing Jose Reyes couldn't get a sacrifice down. Reyes fouled off two bunt attempts following Endy Chavez' leadoff double in the ninth...
VALENTIN MAY WIN KAZ'S JOB
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amLast night was the second game of the ABK Era - Anybody But Kaz - at second base and the night Jose Valentin had at the plate made it an...
BELL KEEPS RINGING UP SOLID PERFORMANCES
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Heath Bell has become a veteran of the New York/Norfolk shuttle. It's a trip that's always enjoyable in one direction and excruciating in the other. "I like being...
CONWAY UNSURE ABOUT HIS FUTURE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amRob Conway knows he will be playing for Xaverian for at least two more games, since the CHSAA double-elimination intersectional playoffs begin tomorrow. After that, he has no idea. The...
IRONHEAD GAVE IT OLD COLLEGE SIGH
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amCRAIG "Ironhead" Heyward, an NFL running back for 11 years, passed Saturday from a brain tumor. He was 39. While Heyward's death wasn't a big story in terms of time...
'TRAIN' COMES IN ON TIME
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amMET MILE Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.'s colt Silver Train has raced at four different tracks in his 14-start career, and at three of them he's been ordinary at best. But...
'FINANCE' ON TRACK FOR RUN AT BELMONT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWith none of the horses already definite for the June 10 Belmont Stakes scaring anybody away, the 128th "Test of the Champion" has another likely starter, High Finance, swelling the...
'I WANT TO DIE A KNICK' - MARBURY SAYS NO TRADES NEEDED FOR 'GREAT TEAM'
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amWhile Knicks captain Stephon Marbury declined to discuss the ongoing Larry Brown saga, the star point guard from Coney Island was very clear about his own future, saying he wants...
SECOND THOUGHT - VALENTIN, WOODWARD GET CALL IN KAZ' SPOT
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amJose Valentin made his second consecutive start at second base last night, so Kaz Matsui was on the bench again. "I'm going to match up guys the way I see...
SUNS SETTING IN WEST
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amAS they say at OPEC and in Mick Jagger's household, "The Suns are gas, gas, gassed!" Oh, those unforced errors and that dramatic fastbreak-points slippage; 32 in Game 1, 21...
HALL CALLS ON TAP TODAY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amFIFTH RACE: Habsburg was well-bet at 5-1 in April 8 debut at Gulfstream, was off slowly under bug boy, finished last beaten 25 lengths. Dismissed at 10-1 off that lone...
LIKE DEREK, DAVID HAS 'AURA FOR CLUTCH'
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amJUST call him Mr. Clutch. Once Memorial Day passes, it's game on. The Mets played their 50th game of the season last night, against the Diamondbacks in a battle of...
JAMMED HAND WON'T SLOW JETER
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amDETROIT - Seeing Miguel Cairo at shortstop in the fifth inning yesterday wasn't a comfortable sight for the Yankees. After all, Hideki Matsui could be out for the season, Gary...
THE SEASON'S REAL . . . AND IT'S SPECTACULAR - YOUTH, EXPERIENCE DRIVE BEST RECORD IN CITY
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amNOW IT'S for real. Once you pass Memorial Day, it's game on. The Mets played their 50th game of the season last night against the Diamondbacks at Shea Stadium in...
NO TALL TALE: RANDY DANDY - JOHNSON JUST SUPER AS YANKS ZIP TIGERS
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Tigers 0 DETROIT - On a day Randy Johnson painted the black on each side of the plate he also was on target with an assessment of...
POSADA PASSES TEST BEHIND PLATE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Catcher Jorge Posada returned to the lineup yesterday after missing the previous four games due to a torn left hamstring tendon. "Today will tell us how...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 30, 2006 | 4:00amA Dallas high-school student said he thought putting marijuana into bran muffins served up in a teachers' lounge was just a harmless senior prank. But it turned into an FBI...