June 19, 2006
SHOCK FIGHTS FOR SHELF LIFE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amShock magazine, which is being pulled by Borders and Rite Aid, is taking the unusual step of writing to its major retail and distribution partners, urging them not to buckle...
IT'S GOLDEN GULCH IN OFFICE RENTS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amRents for the top floor of the city's two premier office towers have just hit the sky-high price of $175 a foot, becoming the nation's priciest office space. Brokers say...
SIRIUS MAY SEE $$ SOONER
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amSirius Satellite Radio chief Mel Karmazin held out hope that the moneylosing company could turn the corner to profitability sooner than expected. Karmazin said the New York-based company may turn...
CONNIE CROAKS ADIEU
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amTHE ratings-starved Maury Povich and Connie Chung weekend show on MSNBC ended its short, six-month run with a bizarre send-off - sure to live on as a tone-deaf stunt Chung...
STARR REPORT
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amA danger among us With all the talk of athletes using steroids and human growth hormone (HGH), HBO's "Real Sports" takes a look at an unseen enemy affecting younger athletes...
SADDLE SORE - DUVALL WESTERN DODGED A BULLET
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amROBERT Duvall's new western miniseries, premiering next weekend on AMC, almost didn't happen. The actor, who stars in the two-part mini titled "Broken Trail," says he threatened to quit three...
WHERE DEAD TV LIVES AGAIN
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amTV shows that were turned down by the networks just a few weeks ago - never to be seen again - are suddenly finding their way to the Internet. "Nobody's...
NEAR MISS - TRAGIC TALE OF BOY WHO WANTS TO BE A 'GIRL'
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amYOU gotta love Lifetime. Tonight they have the original movie "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story" and next week they have "Not Like Everyone Else." Yeah, they have...
HIDDEN ASSETS - DEMURE BUT SEXY SWIM COVER-UPS; RUN FOR COVER
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWE'VE all had those beach days when you feel more Big Mama than bootylicious. And sometimes, even when you've starved yourself for three days, you don't want to let them...
IT'S A BIRD, A PLANE-IT'S 3-D - 'SUPERMAN' GETS DEPTH WITH IMAX
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amSUPERMAN is boldly going where no superhero has gone before - into a 3-D movie. When "Superman Returns" opens in 90 IMAX theaters June 28, it will feature 20 minutes...
SUIT IN JUDGE LIMBO - 5 RECUSALS SINCE '00
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt's a case that might go somewhere - if the parties could find a judge to take it. A bitter dispute over $20 million between two estranged buddies has languished...
'SON OF SCAM' LAWYER - 'LIES' ABOUT ROLE AS TSUNAMI HERO
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe attorney embroiled in a nasty legal battle with David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz has made a startling false claim to bolster his résumé - that he shares a humanitarian...
A LUCE WOMAN - WIDOW TELLS OF 'BRANDO IN MY BED'
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amSocialite Leila Hadley Luce says she has a hidden past of S&M sex, drugs and high-profile bedmates - including Marlon Brando, according to depositions in a sex-abuse lawsuit lodged against...
WOOD-BE FIX FOR WET SUBWAYS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe MTA wants to waterproof the busiest subway line through Queens - with plywood. And Queens Borough President Helen Marshall is not at all happy with the ultra-low-tech plan to...
GALLOPING GRACIE - TRANSPLANT TOT'S CAROUSEL JAUNT
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amFive-year-old Gracie Harpham, who adores fairy-tale princesses and ponies, rode a palomino horse on a Brooklyn carousel to celebrate a happy ending - her full recovery after a lifesaving bone-marrow...
BOOZY DEATH BRAWL - GUEST HIT WITH BOTTLE AT QUEENS CHRISTENING PARTY
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amA 22-year-old Pennsylvania man who was in town to celebrate his young relative's christening was murdered during a boozy brawl at the family party in a Queens restaurant early yesterday,...
PRAISE THE RAYS! NYERS' DAY IN SUN
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amBeachgoers were treated to a scorching preview of summer yesterday - and the sun will continue to shine, with meteorologists forecasting warm days and balmy nights all week with temperatures...
ANGELINA: I'LL ADOPT AGAIN - MAMA-MAD STAR ON HUNT FOR BABY #4
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amAngelina Jolie says she's ready to adopt another baby - only three weeks after giving birth to Shiloh Nouvel. Fresh off the plane from Namibia, the stunning mother of three...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * An off-duty city Correction Department captain was busted in Crown Heights for resisting arrest, police said yesterday. Wanda Jones, 49, was also charged with obstructing governmental administration when...
MURTHA: WE CANNOT WIN
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amDemocratic Rep. John Murtha, the most outspoken advocate of pulling out of Iraq, said yesterday that not only is the United States "losing" the war, but cannot win it -...
FEDS POI$ON APPLE - SUBWAY-CYANIDE PLOT PROVES IT: POLS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe chilling al Qaeda plot to release deadly cyanide gas in city subways makes the federal government's decision to slash anti-terror funding for the Big Apple all the more insane,...
CON TOLD G-MOM OF 'FBI THREAT' BEFORE MYSTERY ASSAULT
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe gutsy G-mom who was nearly choked to death on Friday got a chilling warning before the attack that FBI agents might be targeting her for probing allegedly rogue investigator...
CITY'S COPS WERE KEPT IN DARK ABOUT PLAN
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWhen U.S. intelligence learned of the 2003 terror plot to release deadly cyanide gas into the city's subways, cops were told there was a threat - but not what kind...
SECURITY CZAR WILL JOIN NYPD
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD is getting a new counterterrorism chief - a former homeland-security adviser for President Bush who is well-schooled in biological and chemical weapons. Richard Falkenrath, currently a senior fellow...
TEEN SLAIN 'BY BRO' IN STEREO FEUD
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amAn argument over a stereo led a 17-year-old boy to fatally stab his younger brother with a kitchen knife in their Harlem apartment yesterday, police said. Cops said Gustavo DoSantos,...
SPOOFCARD RINGS FALSE - CON MEN 'ZING' TRUE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThis calling card can reach out and touch someone's wallet. Little-known SpoofCards are sold in novelty stores as the ultimate practical joke. They enable prank callers to change their caller-ID...
'RADIO' DEFENSE IN BLACK SUNDAY TRAGEDY
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe lawyer for one of three suspects charged in the "Black Sunday" blaze that killed two city firefighters last year plans to use the victims' own radio transmissions to defend...
BATHROOM-BIAS SUIT AT MICKEY D'S
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly African-American Bronx woman is suing a Chinatown McDonald's for $900,000, charging that racism was behind a refusal to grant her immediate access to a restroom - leading to...
RIPPER VICTIM IS A 'POP' STAR - TEXAS TWOSOME'S TEARY HUG AT HOSP
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe first victim of an alleged serial psycho stabber yesterday broke his silence from his hospital bed, tearfully wishing New Yorkers a heartfelt "happy Father's Day" - and was rewarded...
N.Y. COPS IN PA. FIREWORKS STAKEOUTS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amUndercover NYPD cops are cracking down on New York buyers of illegal fireworks by staking out Pennsylvania vendors - and, for the first time, seizing the cars of people who...
A MORNING OF MAYHEM
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn neighborhood turned into a war zone yesterday when 10 people were shot or stabbed in less than five hours, police said. The mayhem took place in the 67th...
VAN MA'S PALS DOUBT 'SUICIDE'
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe Staten Island mom who died when her minivan plunged over a cliff - with her two young daughters in the back seat - did not commit suicide, members of...
'CARS' HAS TRACTION AT BOX OFFICE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amDisney's animated "Cars" showed no signs of slowing down over the weekend, finishing first at the box office for the second straight time, while "Nacho Libre" and "The Fast and...
'NET' RESULT: TRAFFIC CHAOS - B'KLYN ARENA CRITICS' FEARS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amOpponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn claim politicians are ignoring the traffic nightmare - on subways and roads alike - that the $3.5 billion development near Downtown Brooklyn...
XXXTORTION RAP FOR CYBER 'PERV' - SCAMMED COEDS FOR NUDIE PIX: DA
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Brooklyn man has been using the popular college-community Web site Facebook.com to con and extort coeds around the country, forcing them to turn over nude pictures of themselves...
SEX ED, PLEASE - GIRLS PETITION BX. SCHOOL
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amTeach us about the birds and the bees! That's the overture from 10 seventh-grade girls at PS 218 in the South Bronx who say they're tired of relying on raunchy...
EATERY'S UNLUCKY STRIKES - RISKS CIG SHUTDOWN
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt's two more strikes (of a match) and you're out - for the first bar shut down for repeatedly violating the city's smoking ban. Byzantio, in Astoria, Queens, was cited...
TRAUMA OF 9/11 SENT EVEN TOTS TO SHRINKS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amAbout one of every six downtown preschoolers alive on 9/11 has received mental-health counseling as a result of the attacks, a study shows. These children, mostly age 3 to 5...
PATAKI'S 'CENTER' STAGE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amGOV. Pataki has told friends he could emerge from the Iowa caucuses as the only "moderate" Republican in the 2008 presidential race. High-ranking Republicans and longtime Pataki backers who have...
GERALD R. FORD - 38TH PRESIDENT, 1974-1977
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amGerald Ford is the only person to hold the offices of vice president and president without being elected to either one. GERALD Rudolph Ford Jr. was born on July 14,...
MENSCH IN TIGHTS - SUPERMAN IS A SUPER JEW: RABBI
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amHE'S the ultimate American icon - tall, built, brave. And hot. But now, as Superman is set to fly onto the big screen next week, bringing truth, justice and rippling...
'CARS' LEAVES RIVALS IN DUST
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amDisney's animated "Cars" showed no signs of slowing down over the weekend, finishing first at the box office for the second straight time, while "Nacho Libre" and "The Fast and...
MORNING OF MAYHEM - 3 SLASHED, 7 SHOT IN FLATBUSH
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn neighborhood turned into a war zone yesterday when 10 people were shot or stabbed in less than five hours, police said. The mayhem took place in the 67th...
N.Y.'S RICHEST REPS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Women rule the roost when it comes to personal wealth among New York's members of the House of Representatives, recently released federal records show. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan)...
HAAS CHASIN' CHI CHI - LOOKING TO MATCH RODRIGUEZ'S MARK AT IKE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amNow that it's over, Jay Haas can view this little Winged Foot outing as a warmup for his chase of Chi Chi Rodriguez's 19-year record next weekend in Nassau County's...
SABELLINA WINS MOUNT VERNON
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amFirst time father Javier Castellano came with a furious rally in the stretch aboard Sabellina and they were able to catch Finlandia at the wire to win the $114,700 Mount...
LEFTY IS LEFT WITH A DISAPPOINTED PHILLING
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amTHE last segment of the self-immolation came with a whimper, a sad chip shot out of the famously thick grass at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course. This time, it...
MONTHS OF PRACTICE LEAVE LEFTY WITH A SICKENING PHILLING
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amHE wouldn't have to wait a few days to let the horror of what he'd just done sink in. He wouldn't need the perspective of time. Phil Mickelson understood what...
FORTUNES FRUSTRATE FURYK
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt may be a little harsh, but Jim Furyk should know the international sign for choking is to raise the hands to the throat and wait for help. "It was...
PAGING FAIL MICKELSON - FRAGILE PHIL RESURFACES
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amGenerally on the 72nd and final hole of a U.S. Open, or any other major championship for that matter, the lasting TV replay moments are displays of emotions like joy,...
GEOFF GETS MAJOR GIFT - OGILVY NETS OPEN TITLE AFTER MICK SLIPS LATE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amQuick quiz: And the winner of the 105th U.S. Open is ... ? You'll be tested again tomorrow and next week and next month at the British Open. No, it...
DREAM DIES FOR FERRIE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amComic books and fairy tales didn't make a screenplay. The Brit with the Superman belt buckle couldn't finish his Cinderella story. If he had, Kenneth Ferrie would be the first...
OGILVY THE LAST MAN STANDING
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amPOOR Geoff Ogilvy. Sure, he came away with the treasured hardware yesterday. Sure, he's $1.225 million richer. Sure, he's now exempt on the PGA Tour for the next five years,...
GLAVINE IMPROVES WITH AGE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWillie Randolph labeled Tom Glavine a winner and one of his "big boys." Pitching coach Rick Peterson called the veteran left-hander a "mental giant," comparing his artistry to watching a...
NO MO, NO 'W' - NATIONALS ROLL AS WANG GIVES UP WALK-OFF HOMER
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amNationals 3 - Yankees 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ryan Zimmerman watched ChienMing Wang take the mound for the ninth inning instead of Mariano Rivera and a thought hit the Nationals'...
NADY RUSHES BACK TO SHEA
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Xavier Nady was one of the first Mets in the clubhouse yesterday morning, thanks to a 7:40 a.m. flight from Norfolk on a prop jet with seats that...
ALL'S WRIGHT - DAVID SLAMS DOOR ON TWO-GAME SKID
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amMets 9 - Orioles 4 On the night when Anna Benson ran her mouth, David Wright had the most important thing to say. After the Mets had lost their second...
MISSING OPEN SHOTS NOT JUST FOR GOLFERS
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amIF ANYONE can find Phil Mickelson's second shot on No. 18 yesterday, please return it to Rockefeller Center. NBC apparently lost it. Before that, NBC was cruising this weekend. Analyst...
MIXED EMOTIONS FOR BOWA
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES WASHINGTON, D.C. - When Larry Bowa walks into Citizens Bank Ballpark for tonight's game against the Phillies, a lifetime of fond Philadelphia memories will be locked inside. However,...
BRENT MUS DO BETTER RESEARCH
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWHENEVER ABC Sports' Brent Musburger has been at the crossroads of hype and accuracy, he has consistently chosen the wrong path. So it was unsurprising that Musburger, in an attempt...
EUROS TRASHED - CAN'T BUST OPEN DOOR
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK The European contingent, which looked to have such a great chance to capture a U.S. Open for the first time since Tony Jacklin's win in 1970, faltered once again....
PADDY WHACKS HIS SHOT AT OPEN TITLE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amThe way it turned out, Phil Mickelson wasn't the only one to throw away the U.S. Open on the last three holes. "Three pars to win the U.S. Open. It...
HAAS IS CHASIN' CHI CHI
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amNow that it's over, Jay Haas can view this little Winged Foot outing as a warmup for his chase of Chi Chi Rodriguez's 19-year record next weekend at Nassau County's...
EUROS FAIL TO BREAK 36-YEAR HEX
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES The European contingent, which looked to have such a great chance to capture a U.S. Open for the first time since Tony Jacklin's win in 1970, faltered once...
BOOK ON MEL: HOW ABOUT THAT!
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amMEL ALLEN was much more than voice of the Yankees. "Mel was bigger than the Yankees," former Yankee second baseman and broadcaster Jerry Coleman tells me from his home in...
'DISASTER' FOR GRATE SCOT
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amCOLIN Montgomerie tried to smile, but it didn't disguise the hurt. No doubt as the days and weeks drag on, what happened at the 18th hole yesterday in the final...
COURSE MADE 'EM CRINGE
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amIt was no Massacre, but it was pretty close. Two strokes, actually - and that's a number that doesn't include all the strokes Winged Foot gave the field at this...
WILLIE'S WORKING MAGIC AT SHEA
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amAND for his next trick, Willie Randolph will create peace at the Garden by acting as marriage counselor for Larry Brown and Isiah Thomas. Hey, why not, considering the magic...
A-ROD GETTIN' BACK IN SWING
June 19, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Torre believes Alex Rodriguez has completely escaped Hitters Hell. A-Rod says he might be clear of the flames, but is doing it one small step at...