June 12, 2006
RIPOFF REDUX AT REFCOFX
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThousands of individual investors, whose accounts have been frozen since trading giant Refco filed for bankruptcy, are outraged at the latest attempt by creditors of the scandal-tarred company to take...
LAUDER LEAVER? - CLAIBORNE MAY POACH CEO FROM COSMETICS FIRM
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amPatrick Bousquet-Chavanne, group president of the Estée Lauder Companies, is a front-runner to succeed Liz Claiborne Chief Executive Paul Charron after he retires at the end of the year, The...
MCGREEVEY CRONY'S COMPANY MULLING $2B REAL ESTATE SALE
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amKushner Cos., whose jailed founder was a key link between former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and his lover, Golan Cipal, is considering offers to sell a piece of its...
SINGLES FRIGHT
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amPERHAPS because desperate times call for desperate women, desperate women and the men they wish would love them are all over the tube like a bad smell tonight. Two shows...
SUMMER STAGE RUSH - SEASONED PERFORMERS STORM IN
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amBETWEEN the shimmy-shimmy, shakes there were plenty of shivers from music fans at the Jones Beach Theater over the weekend when Blondie and the New Cars hit the seaside amphitheater...
'DEAL' FINDS IT'S KIDS STUFF
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amFRANKLY, regular TV holds little interest to kids under 11 years old - who usually can be found glued to "SpongeBob" or "Drake & Josh" on cable. So why is...
MAURY & CONNIE CANCELLED
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMAURY and Connie: The Comeback is kaput. The couple's weekend MSNBC show has been cancelled after six disappointing months on the air - and a lawsuit alleging Povich was at...
RUSSIAN CHOREOGRAPHER SHARES GIFT WITH DANCERS HE JUST MET
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amDIAMONDS turned up trumps again for New York City Ballet, with its latest Diamond Project - a biannual exploration into new choreography - proving to be the company's best friend....
JUSTICE IS BLONDE - FEMALE COPS BUST UP THE OLD ORDER
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amDROP the lollipop, Kojak, TV is now a sucker for lady cops. From "Cold Case's" steely Det. Lilly Rush to deputy police chief Brenda Johnson from "The Closer" - which...
IT'S SHOE TIME! - MEET THE ANKLET AND OTHER WILD FAB FOOTWEAR; BEST FEET FORWARD
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amSTART saving your money - you're going to have one hell of a podiatrist bill this year. We got a sneak peek at the latest in shoes last week at...
'OPEN' $EASON - HOMEOWNERS CASH IN ON GOLF
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe $6.8 million purse isn't the only money to be made during golf's U.S. Open this week - wealthy Westchester homeowners are hoping to cash in as well. Locals say...
BEAUTIES AND THE 'BEAST' - MODELS SUE EATERY BOSS OVER 'SLURS'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThree models, two black and one Asian, who claim a Chelsea restaurateur abruptly canned their lingerie fashion show because he didn't want "ghetto trash" in his chic eatery are filing...
HILL'S RED BRIGADE - GOP-STATE DEMS GIVE HER 'GREEN'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Red just may be Hillary Rodham Clinton's color. The junior New York senator's deep-pocketed Democratic donors in "red states" have made the Republican strongholds highly profitable for her...
FASO IS ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - John Faso once advocated slashing a state teaching program rather than tax skiing. The GOP gubernatorial candidate, then an upstate assemblyman, took that stance in 1989 after then-Gov....
YANKS MUSCLING UP IN SWING AT NEW PARK
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Yankees have two new heavy hitters - a pair of Washington lobbyists drafted to help steamroll bureaucratic obstacles to the team's plan to build the latest incarnation...
FAMILIES IN PARK TERROR
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amCops arrested a masked psycho who charged at two families in Washington Square Park yesterday before climbing atop the jungle gym to smoke a cigarette. "It was totally insane," said...
GENERAL: SOME TROOPS CAN COME HOME SOON
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The top military commander in Iraq says some U.S. troops could return home in the "coming months" if Iraqi security forces can step up to take on the...
ATTENTION-DEFICIT ADULTS FAIL TO GET HELP
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMore than half the people suspected of having adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are so disorganized that they fail to seek treatment two years after being urged to do so,...
CLINTON HITS IOWA SPEED BUMP
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was defeated by former Sen. John Edwards in an early Iowa poll - a rare blow to Clinton's front-runner status for the 2008 Democratic...
CONS' DNA SUIT - SLAM GOV'S ORDER
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Three parolees - two with extensive criminal backgrounds - are suing to stop the Pataki administration from expanding the state DNA databank without legislative approval, The Post has...
BUNGLER COP RED IN FACE - MUG MIX-UP PUTS SLAY CASE IN PERIL
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amIs he lying or just incompetent? A veteran Brooklyn detective is in hot water - and a major homicide case is on the verge of collapse - after he admitted...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police said yesterday they have charged a would-be robber and his victim in connection with a stabbing near Central Park. Melvin Grady, 32, was charged with third-degree robbery,...
NEW 'CARS' A STAR 'VEHICLE'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe cartoon "Cars" clicked on all cylinders at the weekend box office, burning rubber and blowing past all competitors while raking in $62.8 million in its debut. If the numbers...
USE FUND ON COP OT: REP
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD should be allowed to use more than 10 percent of the Homeland Security funds it gets to pay for police overtime, Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday. Weiner said...
QAEDA VOWS VENGEANCE - ZARQAWI PALS PLOT NEW TERROR
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amAl Qaeda in Iraq yesterday vowed to "shake the enemy" with major retaliatory attacks for killing its leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The terrorist group said in an Internet statement that...
STRIKE IT! GIULIANI'S AIDES DENY CUBS BID
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani's handlers say he has no interest in owning a piece of the Chicago Cubs. Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel yesterday vehemently denied a Crain's Chicago Business story, which The...
ISRAEL HITS BACK AFTER AIR ATTACKS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amGAZA CITY - Israel killed two Hamas terrorists in an air strike yesterday as the militant Islamic group bombarded southern Israel with homemade rockets and a 16-month-old cease-fire unraveled further....
SPITZERS' SWEET CHARITY
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe multimillion-dollar charitable trust run by Eliot Spitzer's parents handed out $2.6 million in grants and paid "penalties" of $51,768 during 2004, federal tax records show. The largest grants made...
ENRAGED DELI MAN BEATS BANDIT IN TUSSLE OVER NECKLACE
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA bodega owner handed over hundreds of dollars to an armed robber - but when the thug demanded his necklace he not only refused, but wrestled the pistol-packing bandit to...
UN DIA PERFECTO FOR A PARADE - PUERTO RICAN PRIDE ON FIFTH
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amFlag-waving revelers jammed Fifth Avenue yesterday to celebrate the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade - and strain to catch a glimpse of one of the most talked-about twosomes in showbiz....
THE FORGOTTEN REFUGEES
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amOK, politics makes for strange bedfellows - but the pairing of lefty Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) and righty Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has got to take the cake. The cause?...
GAY-BASH VICTIM VOWS TO KEEP SINGING
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA drag-queen singer savagely beaten by gay-bashers said a wired jaw won't keep him from getting back on stage. Kevin Aviance, 38, whose songs have topped the Billboard dance chart,...
BX. BEEP DECKS ANTI-STADIUM BOARD
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amBronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión is playing hardball with the community board that tried to block his pitch for a new Yankee Stadium. Four of the nine members of Community...
GAY-BASH SINGER VOWS COMEBACK - 'CRYBABY' & PALS BRAGGED OF ATTACK
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA drag-queen singer savagely beaten by gay-bashers on the East Side vowed a wired jaw won't keep him from getting back onstage - and as the victim talked tough, it...
L.I. CHEF $TEAMED BY HIS WIFE'S HOUSE 'SCAM'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island chef claims his wife moved out of his bed and, behind his back, refinanced their home, allegedly using a male friend to forge his signature to pocket...
MERCEDES CRASH KILLS 3
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThree men were killed and another injured in a head-on crash on Long Island yesterday, cops said. The accident occurred at 3:15 a.m. when a limo driven by Anthony Verdecchia,...
A J.LO-VELY DAY - PUERTO RICAN PARADE GETS SUN & STARS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amFlag-waving revelers jammed Fifth Avenue yesterday to celebrate the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade - and strained to catch a glimpse of one of the most talked-about twosomes in showbiz....
JULIA-OPRAH SHOW - TOP STARS AT CENTER STAGE FOR TONYS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe lights on Broadway's biggest night were powered by megastars Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey - as the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" and the play "The History Boys" scored big...
WINNING 'JERSEY' A JUKEBOX HERO
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amTHE jukebox musical lives. By bestowing the Tony Award for Best Musical on "Jersey Boys," Broadway certified that shows built around old baby-boomer favorites - in this case, the songs...
OPRAH-JULIA SHOW - IN SPOTLIGHT AS 2 'BOYS' COP TONYS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe lights on Broadway's biggest night were powered by megastars Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey, as the "Boys" - "Jersey" and "History" - took top honors for musical and play...
GOTTI GOTTA SELL - 'VICTORIAN' MANSION'S PRICE SLASH
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThey're not mobbing her to buy it. Victoria Gotti, unable to unload her Long Island mansion for the $4.4 million asking price she set a year ago, has lowered her...
NURSING BEDS ARE 'UNMADE'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA dozen nursing-home operators are reinventing themselves by eliminating a total of 831 unneeded patient beds and instead offering more services for the elderly in the community or at home....
CLASSROOM SPACE - 2 TEACHERS JOIN NASA MARS STUDY
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMars ain't the kind of place to raise a kid - but it's perfect to teach a classroom full of them about science. That's what New York City teachers Ed...
GROUND ZERO HEAT ON BUSH
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amHundreds of workers who claim they got sick breathing toxic fumes at Ground Zero are demanding a meeting with President Bush to press for medical assistance. The workers, with a...
BILL WOULD BAR CIRCUS ANIMALS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00am"The Greatest Show on Earth" would be barred from showcasing elephants, zebras and big cats in the Big Apple under legislation proposed by a City Council member. "It's just wrong,"...
ELIOT'S SILVER TARNISH - CONVENTION SLIGHT
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amGUBERNATORIAL front-runner Eliot Spitzer secretly blocked Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver from introducing him at the Democratic Convention because he didn't want to be associated with the state government's dysfunctional status...
WIFE A HOUSE 'LOUSE' - L.I. CHEF $TEAMED
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island chef claims his wife moved out of his bed and, behind his back, refinanced the home they shared, allegedly using a male friend to forge his signature...
FREE AID FOR 9/11 KIDS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amColumbia University is offering mental-health screening and free counseling to kids of emergency responders to the Sept. 11 attacks, thanks to funding provided by the Red Cross. A recent Columbia...
CONCERTS PLANNED TO FILL EMPTY B'KLYN POOL WITH CASH
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA run-down public swimming pool that's been empty for more than 20 years is making a splash again this summer - as a concert venue to help spur interest in...
GIANT'S HOME GAME - STRAHAN AIDS 1ST KIDS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amGiants sack star Michael Strahan, body-slammed by his former mother-in-law's claim that he abandoned two children from a first marriage, revealed he has finally contacted the kids - and even...
SUV-STRUCK WOMAN DIES
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe Long Island woman who was run over by an SUV in Massapequa as her horrified mother watched died yesterday. According to police, Deanna Gentile, 28, and her mother, Adriene...
MAJOR MYSTERY - QUESTIONS ABOUND IN TIGER'S FIRST TOURNEY SINCE POP'S DEATH
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Tiger Woods arrives to Winged Foot sometime around dawn this morning for his first U.S. Open practice round of the week, it'll mark the first time since the Masters...
UP TO SPEED AT BELMONT - TRAINER SENT JAZIL ON PERFECT RIDE
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amTHE charm and frustration of betting on racehorses is the sheer perversity of the game. Just when you think you've got it by the throat, it jumps up and smacks...
MAJOR MYSTERY - HOW WILL POP'S DEATH AFFECT TIGER?
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Tiger Woods arrives to Winged Foot sometime around dawn this morning for his first U.S. Open practice round of the week, it'll mark the first time since the Masters...
BANNISTER NOT ASSURED SPOT
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Brian Bannister is not assured of coming back to the majors when he is healthy enough. The rookie right-hander is on the 60-day disabled list with...
GOOD DAY FOR 'WALLSTREET'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amFIRST RACE: Track was fast, turf good. Redefined, dropping back in for 35G tag after setting pace, tiring vs. allowance company, was 2-1 favorite going mile on grass; he opened...
GIAMBI MAY MISS ANOTHER GAME
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES When Joe Torre walked through the trainer's room yesterday morning, Jason Giambi's left hand was in ice water. Giambi, who was hit by a batted ball and then...
LONG SHADOW - BARBARO MISSED AT BELMONT
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amA Triple Crown that began with so much fanfare ended not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with something in between, as Jazil's victory in Saturday's 138th Belmont...
A'S ZITO MASTERS YANKEES AT LAST
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThe Yankees have battered Barry Zito the past few years. The unusually-errant Athletics ace didn't pitch that well yesterday, but finally got a win over the Bombers, a victory he...
SWEEP MUSIC - METS STOMP SNAKES FOR 5TH STRAIGHT WIN
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMets 15 - Diamondbacks 2 PHOENIX - The Mets' bats could not be stopped. Even in the eighth inning yesterday, up 11 runs, the Mets added two more. They scored...
HOPKINS EXITS IN GRAND STYLE
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Bernard Hopkins was leaving Graterford Prison in 1988 after serving 56 months for assault and still facing nine years of parole, he told a guard upon his exit: "I'm...
PRACTICE PAYS FOR VIJAY
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amDarkness was falling on the Westchester Country Club grounds early Saturday evening and the cold blustery wind that sabotaged so many players' Barclays Classic third round was still bending the...
FROM GREAT SCOTT TO GOOD GRIEF!
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amThirteen may be the unluckiest number. But for Adam Scott, 14 and 16 were just as bad - if not worse - in the final round of the Barclays Classic...
HAMLIN RULES AT POCONO
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amLONG POND, Pa. - Denny Hamlin's a rookie? Does a rookie win the pole in his first visit to the odd Pocono Raceway layout? Does a rookie bolt out to...
PEDRO'S WAIT FOR '6' IS OVER
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - After a 42-day wait, Pedro Martinez has his sixth win of the year. Martinez snared the victory yesterday, his first since April 28, in the Mets'...
TIME TO FACE FACTS: A-ROD SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE 'IT'
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amTOM Brady and Adam Vinatieri have IT. Peyton Manning and Mike Vanderjagt don't. You don't have to be one of the greatest players to have IT. Sam Cassell, for example,...
A'S COMPLETE THE SWEEP - TORRE'S MEETING YIELDS FEW RESULTS
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amAthletics 6 - Yankees 5 The Yankees held yesterday's pregame meeting in the most appropriate place possible - the trainer's room. In addition to the glut of injuries - Jason...
LUIS LITE - HE'S NO LONGER GOING, GOING, GONZO
June 12, 2006 | 4:00amFRIDAY on SNY, as the D-Backs' Luis Gonzalez batted, Howie Rose noted that Gonzalez was nearing 160 consecutive at-bats without homering. Then, in a flat, non-judgmental tone, Rose added that...