June 13, 2006
CONDO SITE SET TO SELL - QUICK DEAL SEEN AT E. 29TH STREET
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amSOME development sites are easier to develop than others - depending on such niceties as zoning obstacles, whether tenants are still in place and how much work has to be...
'CARS' COLLISION - STREET SOURS ON $60M START, SENDS SHARES SOUTH
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWalt Disney's "Cars," the first animated film released from Pixar since it was acquired by the Mouse House, fell short of box-office expectations and damaged Disney's stock yesterday. "Cars" had...
NYSE SLIDE MAY SPOOK EURONEXT BID
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA dramatic fall in New York Stock Exchange shares over the past two weeks may undermine its plans to merge with Euronext, a deal that has been hammered by a...
READ MY LIP-GLOSS, P&G TELLS TEENAGERS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA watchdog group is calling on book reviewers to boycott a new teen novel because it includes a product placement for cosmetics giant Cover Girl. Commercial Alert sent an e-mail...
XXX SMACKDOWN - STATE FIGHTS GOOGLE OVER KIDS' ACCESS TO PORN
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amNew York state officials are cracking down on Internet giant Google for letting kids sneak past parental Internet controls to get hours of explicit porn and gruesome violence with just...
ABRAMS GETS TOP JOB AT MSNBC
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amMSNBC tapped legal correspondent and on-air host Dan Abrams as the new chief of the perennial laggard among cable-news networks. Abrams, set to step down as anchor of the nightly...
ANOTHER CHAN-CE - ASIAN DETECTIVE ON DVD
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amAS Charlie Chan once put it, "Optimist only sees doughnut. Pessimist sees hole." Three years after the vintage movies about the globe-trotting Honolulu detective were pulled from TV, the Asian-American...
SOCK IT TO ME, DAVE - PUPPETS TO HOST LATE-NIGHT CABLE TALK SHOW
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWATCH out, Jay and Dave - puppets are coming for your job. TBS, the cable channel, is developing a late-night talk show hosted by puppets interviewing flesh-and-blood celebrity guests -...
TUBE MUCH! - NEW BREAKTHROUGH CAN CUT COST OF THIS HI-DEF TV SET BY HALF
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amOUT of the blue, reseachers have developed a new technology that could put big-screen, high-definition TVs within reach of just about every wallet. The technology, from Canadian tech firm iFire,...
BLACKLISTED - 'I'M BARRED FROM TV,' SAYS MAURY SEX-CASE LAWYER
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amLAWYER Bruce Baron, a frequent guest on MSNBC's "Rita Cosby: Live & Direct," says he's been blacklisted from the network - because he's representing the woman suing corporate cousin "The...
BLUSHING BRIDES - BUT NOT THE WAY YOU THINK
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amHOW desperate for recogni tion must you be to want a camera crew following you and your husband (who's lost interest in you) around recording your miserable, and in some...
STARR REPORT
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amAlec's 2nd chance Alec Baldwin's last radio gig didn't turn out as planned - but he'll try again when he subs for the vacationing Joan Hamburg tomorrow (9-11 a.m.) on...
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT! - 5 WAYS TO TRANSFORM YOUR OFF-RAMP MOTEL ROOM INTO AN ELEGANT FIVE-STAR RESORT
June 13, 2006 | 4:00am* Don't think about what went on in the room before you arrived - just light Red Flower's sexy mini candles ($12 and redflower.com) and say "goodbye, funk!" * It's...
ALTAR-NATIVE REALITY - NEW YORKERS MAKE A NUPTIAL SPLASH WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK; FROM VOW TO WOW
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWEDDING season is upon us, and so are the anti-Bridezillas. Committed to not spending a fortune in a $125 billion industry, these are brides - and sometimes even grooms -...
FIELD OF DREAMS - GET YOUR KICKS - THE WORLD CUP IS TEEMING WITH HOTTIES
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amTHERE is life beyond Beckham. And from where we're sitting, it looks pretty good. They call soccer the beautiful game - and is it ever. Pound for pound the sport...
GRIME TIME TO PRIME TIME - HOUSE IN RED HOOK SELLS FOR $1M-PLUS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amTalk about urban renewal - an East Village couple just shelled out more than $1 million for a two-family walkup in gritty Red Hook, Brooklyn. And while the neighborhood is...
TEENS' GRIM FETE - S.I. SWEET 16 VIGIL
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA Staten Island girl who had just celebrated her Sweet 16 told last night how her joy turned to sudden horror as she saw her best friend mowed down by...
RUSH TO JUDGMENT - HADITHA 'FACTS' GET MURKIER
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWHAT do these items have in common? * Seven Palestinians die when stray military ordnance strikes on a beach in Gaza. Hamas, the terrorist group now running the Palestinian government,...
LAWYER IS OFF 'FAT SAL' TRIAL
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA lawyer for Salvatore "Fat Sal" Scala has been kicked off the case on the eve of trial after he refused to cooperate with an investigation into whether the reputed...
HIGH MARKS: GREEN WINS UNION'S NOD
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe union representing 85,000 doormen, superintendents and security guards endorsed former Public Advocate Mark Green for attorney general yesterday. "No one has worked harder in office and outside of office...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police want to identify this man (above), who allegedly robbed a Greenwich Village boutique. The suspect walked into a clothing shop on East Eighth Street near University Place...
KELLY: IRAN'S SPYING ON US, NOT STICKS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amIran has an "aggressive" spy program targeting New York City, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned yesterday as he protested the slashing of federal homeland-security funds. "They [Iran] have an aggressive...
SCOUT MA'S FURY AS PERV GETS JAIL
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA heartbroken mother yesterday called the sick Scout leader who molested her son the "personification of evil" just moments before a judge sentenced the Queens man to 20 years in...
YEARBOOK TRIGGERS NAZI FLAP
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe principal of a Long Island high school has apologized to outraged parents after two students put quotations by Adolf Hitler underneath their senior yearbook photos. The school will offer...
ELIOT OFFERS $6B CUT IN PROP TAX
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Days after his party leader said tax cuts were not a top priority, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer yesterday unveiled a $6 billion, three-year, school property-tax...
PALESTINIAN CIVIL WAR - ABBAS POLICE TORCH HAMAS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA virtual civil war broke out among Palestinians yesterday as hundreds of policemen went on a rampage against the Hamas-led government, torching and trashing the parliament and Cabinet buildings in...
SHARPTON ASKS GOV TO TACKLE HATE CRIMES
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amCiting a recent spate of hate crimes, the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday urged Gov. Pataki to launch a task force to combat the violent acts. "In the wake of numerous...
FIRST TRIAL IN BRONX'S 'FAST COURT'
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amTalk about speedy trials. Norberto Rodriguez waited six years for justice after a car accident in The Bronx - and got it in one day in court yesterday. Rodriguez, a...
MOB COPS' ROLE IN HIT ON GOTTI'S CHAUFFEUR
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe sensational rubout of John Gotti's trusted chauffeur was one of the underworld's great mysteries for 15 years - but now his widow and the feds have finally unraveled the...
OFFICIALS CLASH AS CITY SCHOOL VIOLENCE SPIKES
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amNearly five times as many violent and disruptive incidents took place in city public schools during the last school year than in 2003-04, according to state Department of Education data...
'TOP GUN' RAPE FIEND CONVICTED
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe sadistic thug who raped actress Kelly McGillis in a terrifying knifepoint attack said yesterday he's "sorry" he attacked the "Top Gun" star - as a jury convicted him of...
GRIPES AGAINST DRIVERS SOARING
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amComplaints against reckless, speeding cabdrivers nearly tripled between 2003 and last year, city figures reveal. There were 9,074 such complaints filed with the Taxi and Limousine Commission in 2005, up...
WTC SHRINE MAY GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amAs the deadline approaches this week for a revised World Trade Center memorial plan to trim the staggering cost, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that designers may have to start from...
CITY SCHOOL EMPOWER PLAY
June 13, 2006 | 4:00am"Empowerment schools" will be added in the city after principals showed strong interest in joining the program, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The schools are exempt from reporting to a superintendent,...
MAYOR'S 'DENIAL' HINTS AT PREZ RUN
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amAfter months of steadfastly dismissing rumors that he's exploring a White House run, Mayor Bloomberg over the weekend openly mused about mounting an independent presidential candidacy. Asked if he's contemplating...
NEIGHBORS MUST INVEST MORE IN IRAQ REBUILD: BUSH
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday called on Iraq's neighbors to do more to help in its reconstruction and vowed to press nations around the world to make good on aid...
'ARTIE' DWI DEAL - 'SOPRANO' MULLS PLEA
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe actor who plays the chef on "The Sopranos" could eat humble pie by copping to DWI and a minor drug charge stemming from his arrest in Brooklyn last month,...
HAIL THE QUEEN OF DRAG - CALL FROM JANET JACKSON AS HATE VICTIM LEAVES HOSP
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe popular drag-queen entertainer who was severely beaten in the East Village last weekend left Beth Israel Hospital yesterday - after a call of support from pop star Janet Jackson....
N.Y. POLS GIVE PAL$ A TIMES-LY ASSIST
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York Reps. Charles Rangel, Gary Ackerman and Carolyn McCarthy yesterday came to the defense of indicted class-action law firm Milberg Weiss - a huge donor to Democrats...
ACTRESS' RAPIST: 'SORRY'
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe sadistic thug who raped actress Kelly McGillis in a terrifying knifepoint attack said yesterday that he's "sorry" he attacked the "Top Gun" star - as a jury convicted him...
PREZ POLS' APPLE $AUCE
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe Republican presidential battle of the dollars began in Midtown last night, with Sen. John McCain holding a big bucks event the evening before Rudy Giuliani headlines his first fund-raiser...
CRASH CABBY A 'FLIRTY FOOL' - TRIED TO IMPRESS GIRL IN DEATH WRECK: DAD
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA reckless cabby with only a month's experience was "flirting" with one of his pretty passengers and trying to impress her moments before his speeding taxi spun out of control...
COUNCIL TO EXPAND HARASSMENT RULES
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe City Council will vote today to add two new rules explicitly barring all forms of workplace harassment, discrimination, and using public property for personal use. Current rules bar only...
JUDGE BACKS 'ARTIE' - RIPS SOPRANO DWI DEAL
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amHere's one offer he should refuse, acording to a judge, of all people. The actor who plays the chef on "The Sopranos," busted for DWI and a minor drug charge,...
LUCE FAMILY'S SECRET SHAME OF 'SEX ABUSE'
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amOn the surface, the two sisters had everything: a glamorous globetrotting mother and a wealthy stepfather who was heir to a great publishing empire. But they shared a dark secret...
LETHAL BULLETS FLY IN BRONX
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amA 26-year-old man was fatally shot in the face, and three others were wounded, when a gunman opened fire on a Bronx street last night, police said. Cops were scouring...
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - 34TH PRESIDENT, 1953-1961
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe general-turned-president was a champion of world peace. DWIGHT David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. Raised in Abilene, Kan. Eisenhower was a gifted athlete. He...
PATIENCE KEY TO CONQUERING WINGED FOOT
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThey expect Hell, with the heat turned up. "It's not only a U.S. Open course, it's a very tough U.S. Open course," David Toms said yesterday of Winged Foot Golf...
LIBS TAKING 'BABY STEPS'
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe Liberty are just 2-6, but they have steady hands at the helm in GM Carol Blazejowski and head coach Pat Coyle - a stark contrast to that other hoop...
GIANT RELIEF ... AND CONCERN
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amIf the Giants had not been able to pull off the mega-trade for Eli Manning on the day of the 2004 NFL Draft they most likely would have selected Ben...
KNICKS INVITE LARRY TO DRILLS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amLarry Brown, the Knicks' designated $40 million pre-draft workout specialist, has been invited back to Westchester tomorrow for more drills, even though he is not expected to coach the Knicks...
'ROID RAT SUSPENDED 50 GAMES
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amIf Jason Grimsley considers ever returning to baseball, his comeback will be delayed. Major League Baseball suspended the embattled relief pitcher yesterday for 50 games, less than a week after...
WELCOME BACK - FANS GREET TIGER AS HE RETURNS TO ACTION
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe tee sheet, posted near the Winged Foot clubhouse, had Tiger Woods teeing it up at 1:14 yesterday afternoon off the 10th for a U.S. Open practice round with John...
SERGIO'S BUM BACK ON MEND
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amHe's back already, but the legendary rough will ask Sergio Garcia if his back is really all ready for a U.S. Open. Only four days after pulling out of the...
EARNING HIS PAY - YANKS' SEASON DEPENDS ON CASHMAN
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amWhat Brian Cashman does between today and July 31 will play a colossal role in the success or failure of the 2006 Yankees. It's not a reach the GM is...
NETS CHECKING OUT PROSPECTS
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amDepth up front and at the point. Those have been the Nets' quest for several seasons. And the search to plug those gaps continues this week as the Nets pre-draft...
TORRE: A-ROD'S PRESSING
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Because he will always be a magnet, all eyes are watching to see if Alex Rodriguez can snap out of a funk at the plate and in the...
BELTRAN'S BREAKTHROUGH WEEK DRAWS NL HONOR
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Carlos Beltran has gotten a prize for his week. Beltran was handed the NL Player of the Week award yesterday after his tremendous seven-game run against...
SERIES COULD MET RESULTS - AMAZIN'S CAN MAKE A STATEMENT IN PHILLY
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - One hundred games are left in the Mets' season, and through the first 62, they have launched themselves into an ideal situation. Tonight, the Mets try to keep...
HE'S THE MINAYA - OMAR'S MOVES NO LONGER QUESTIONED
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amTHE METS traded Kaz Matsui for Eli Marrero last week and I missed the outrage. After all, Marrero is Cuban, so Omar Minaya had acquired yet another Latin player. Or...
NO DEAD HEAT - STILL TOO EARLY TO ASSUME MAVS TITLE
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amDELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Larry Kay of Fort Lee, N.J., marvels at how Pat Riley has positioned himself to swell his current record of two Finals sweeps and how clairvoyant...
SLOWLY, WILLIE'S CREW IS STEALING THE CITY BACK
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amYOU never can tell when exactly these seismic shifts take place. One day, you walk down a street in your neighborhood and everyone has a Yankees cap on their head,...
AMERICAN PROBLEM ATTITUDE, NOT ABILITY
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amThe best men's soccer team this country has ever had turned in likely the biggest soccer disappointment this nation has ever suffered. They arrived at the World Cup buoyed by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 13, 2006 | 4:00amTalk about chutzpah! A man sentenced to 18 years in prison for robbing an auto-parts store in upstate Rochester is suing two of the shop's employees for assault and battery...