June 24, 2006
SLIMMED-DOWN ATKINS ON BLOCK
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amTroubled diet company Atkins Nutritionals - slimmed down and out of bankruptcy - has landed on the auction block and sellers are hoping to fetch up to $150 million. Atkins,...
MATT COOPER ADDING 'EDITOR' TO HIS PORTFOLIO
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe war between magazine publishing powers Condé Nast and Time Inc. is intensifying. Yesterday, the new financial magazine Condé Nast Portfolio raided Time magazine to hire Matt Cooper as Washington...
PEQUOT DENIAL ; HEDGE FUND FOUNDER FURIOUS AT SEC CHARGE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe founder of Pequot Capital Management, a giant in the world of high-flying and mysterious hedge funds, angrily denied his financial powerhouse profited from insider information about a major corporate...
BIDDER BAILS ON UNIVISION
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amUncertainty surrounded the bid by Mexico's Grupo Televisa for rival Hispanic broadcaster Univision yesterday, after Venezuelan mogul Gustavo Cisneros pulled out of Televisa's bid at the last minute. The exact...
NOVASTAR SUES BIG BANKS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amMortgage company Novastar Financial is suing some of Wall Street's largest firms for helping short sellers batter its stock for the past three years. In its lawsuit, St. Louis-based Novastar...
BOSS HAS BRASS . . .
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amBRUCE SPRINGSTEEN CALL it a lark, a music holiday from E Street - and Bruce Springsteen reveled in every minute he tripped the folk fantastic at Madison Square Garden Thursday....
A MUST SEE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amClaudine Spiteri in "Garden of Earthly Delights," portraying a dying woman who elects to spend her final days in Venice. Directed by Polish cult auteur Lech Majewski, the film is...
BLOND FURY - BEAUTIFUL 'BANSHEE' HAS A WAR CRY THAT COULD BEAT ANY GUY
June 24, 2006 | 4:00am"Banshee" Tonight at 8 on Oxygen (two and a half stars) IF you're bored with middleaged male action anti-heroes and are looking for something different, you might try "Banshee," Oxygen's...
ABC VOTES FOR 'CHIEF' MOVIE: DAVIS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE series was a spectactular failure but, nevertheless, a "Commander in Chief" DVD set comes out on Tuesday - and a two-hour TV movie is in the works. Series star...
FRIEND IN AS 2 NEWS DIRECTOR
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amDAVID Friend has been named VP/news director at Ch. 2. He replaces Dianne Doctor, who was canned back in April. Friend was most recently at CNBC, where he was senior...
LAW OF JUNGLE; PERV RAP VS. 'TARZAN' DAD IS FALSE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00am"Tarzan's" feuding folks aired more dirty laundry in their bitter custody battle yesterday, with accusations flying that the child star's mother tried to railroad the father with false reports of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** Police yesterday identified the man whose burned body was found in Eastchester two days ago. The body of Matar Cham, 21, was discovered inside a trash bin...
DOPEY DADDY MARIO ECHOES ANDY GAFFE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amMario Cuomo has revived son Andrew's disastrous "coat holder" comment about Gov. Pataki's role in the 9/11 response, insisting it was a "very accurate" description of the governor's performance. The...
'CIRCUS' ACT
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amAnimal-rights activists want to change the official dictionary definition of "circus" - to "animal cruelty." PETA is petitioning the publishers of Webster's Dictionary to alter the definition of "circus" to...
HILL HAILING DEM 'WAR'
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton angled to turn a political weakness into a strength yesterday by insisting the Democrats' split over the war in Iraq "is a tribute" to...
FITNESS-BUFF DOC FIGHTS FOR LIFE IN CYCLING TRAGEDY
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA fitness-focused Manhattan doctor was clinging to life yesterday after being knocked off his bicycle on a busy bike path along the West Side Highway by an NYPD tow truck,...
DROWNED-TOT MOM'S AGONY; BLAMES SELF FOR TRAGEDY
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA distraught Queens mom is said to be wracked with guilt yesterday over the accidental drowning a day earlier of her 2-year-old daughter - who wandered into their backyard pool...
FAMILY'S GRIEF ON BIRTHDAY OF BROOKLYN HERO
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amNicholas Whyte's family in Brooklyn should have been celebrating his 22nd birthday yesterday - but instead they were mourning the Marine's death at the hands of an Iraqi sniper. Whyte,...
DEPT. OF ED. BACKS DOWN
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amFacing a lawsuit and mounting pressure from parents, the city Department of Education yesterday abruptly dropped plans to force a gifted public school known as NEST to share its Lower...
'FIREBUG' FIEND TO STAY IN JAIL
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe homeless man accused of setting a massive fire that devoured the Greenpoint Terminal Market will remain behind bars without bail, a Brooklyn judge ruled yesterday. Justice Albert Tomei watched...
CAM-PHONE GALS SNAP SUBWAY GROPERS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amCamera phones are becoming the frontline defense for women to stop subway perverts in their tracks, experts say. Self-defense pros say the power to humiliate flashers and gropers by exposing...
JUNIOR'S 'HEFTY' $TASH
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amProsecutors told a federal judge yesterday they suspect John "Junior" Gotti has stashed away vast sums of money - even as the former Gambino leader claims he's too broke to...
'BEACH' BUM BUSTED; DRUG RAP ON '86 HOWARD COWARD
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amOne of the three white teens convicted in the fatal 1986 Howard Beach racial attack was arrested on a drug charge early yesterday. Jason Landone, who was 17 at the...
GOV NAMING MORE 'HACKS'; PATRONAGE 'PARADE'
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Lame-duck Gov. Pataki's patronage machine shifted into high gear yesterday as the names of dozens more politically connected friends and associates - including the wife of CNBC host...
NEW GLORY UNFURLED IN B'KLYN
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amBrooklyn homeowners targeted by flag burners gave proof through the night yesterday that their flags were still there. Eight Marine Park homes whose flags were set afire by arsonists early...
GOV TELLS INSURERS: COUGH UP WTC $$
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amWarning that "our patience is wearing thin," Gov. Pataki threatened yesterday to sue insurance companies that won't commit to pay off on policies on the World Trade Center now that...
MOB COP'S DEFENSE IS OFFENSIVE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amKiller mob cop Louis Eppolito appeared in court yesterday supposedly to argue how his lawyer screwed up because he didn't let him take the stand - but instead went on...
LOTTERY-WINNER GRANNY'S A $POILER
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA North Babylon, L.I., woman has money to lavish on her 21 grandkids and two great-grandkids - thanks to the New York Lottery. "I'm going to spoil my entire family...
MENINGITIS-SHOT SHORTAGE LOOMS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThere is a shortage of a vaccine against potentially deadly bacterial meningitis this summer - just as kids head off to summer camp and college freshmen get ready to move...
MISFITS LOYAL ONLY TO AN IDEA: JIHAD
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - They were a bunch of misfits, religious zealots and petty criminals who were members of a weirdo black separatist cult called the Moorish Nation. But the feds say...
TEAM 'NETS' $100M IN AID
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The New Jersey Nets got an assist yesterday from the state in their bid to move across the river to Brooklyn. A budget agreement approved yesterday contains $100...
PETA GROWLS AT DICTIONARY
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amActivists want to change the official dictionary definition of "circus" - to "animal cruelty." PETA members are petitioning the publishers of the Webster's Dictionary to alter the definition of circus...
NYERS CATCH BREAK ; TAX GIVEBACK DUE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - New Yorkers can look forward to a tax break under a cash-giveback deal reached by state lawmakers yesterday. Homeowners in the city will average a $58 school property-tax...
PURSE THIEF ON BICYCLE HIT BY CAR
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA serial purse-snatcher was critically injured last night when he was struck by a passing car moments after he stole a woman's pocketbook on a Chelsea street, authorities said. The...
BAKERY GOES BOOM
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amFive people were injured last night when a Brooklyn bakery blew up - shattering windows and showering glass onto the street, police said. The explosion at 9:30 p.m. at Kingly...
TOUGHER GUN CRACKDOWN
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - For the second time this year, the Legislature yesterday acted to crack down on illegal guns. The Senate and Assembly passed a bill that makes possession of just...
NYERS CATCH BREAK; TAX GIVEBACK DUE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - New Yorkers can look forward to a tax break under a cash-giveback deal reached by state lawmakers yesterday. Homeowners in the city will average a $58 school property-tax...
'MOBSTER' FED LAWYERS LOBBIED DA
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amEven as a secret grand jury heard evidence against alleged rogue FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio, the ex-fed's lawyers were lobbying prosecutors, court papers made public yesterday reveal. The lawyers, tipped...
B'KLYN RAPE FIEND IS CAPTURED
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA 23-year-old Brooklyn man wanted on suspicion of raping and savagely beating a hairstylist in a beauty salon last month has been captured in Florida and extradited to New York...
WINNER'S A $POILER
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA North Babylon, L.I., woman has money to lavish on her 21 grandkids and two great-grandkids - thanks to the New York Lottery. "I'm going to spoil my entire family...
SALON RAPE FIEND NABBED: COPS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man wanted on suspicion of raping and savagely beating a hairstylist in a beauty salon last month has been captured in Florida and extradited to New York to...
DOC IN BICYCLE TRAGEDY - CLINGING TO LIFE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amA fitness-focused Manhattan doctor was clinging to life yesterday after being knocked off his bicycle on a busy bike path along the West Side Highway by an NYPD tow truck,...
'WORKING' DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amManhattan may be the center of the human universe, but some of its office buildings were strictly for the dogs yesterday, as people lugged their pooches to work along with...
GOV: 'FREE' MEMORIAL MAKES NO SENSE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday said he expects to squash a move by state lawmakers to keep the 9/11 memorial free of charge to the public. "It just doesn't make sense to...
LIBS SHOOTING FOR ROAD SUCCESS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amOn the heels of Wednesday night's 72-66 win over the Washington Mystics, the Liberty hope to string together consecutive wins for the first time this season as they travel to...
EX-JAY DELGADO CHEERED
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES TORONTO - Carlos Delgado heard loud cheers and received a standing ovation when he came to the plate in the first inning last night. Delgado reciprocated the gesture...
END OF AN ARENA? COULD BE OVER FOR U.S. COACH
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amNow Sunil Gulati's job truly begins. In the wake of a humbling three-and-out World Cup, U.S. Soccer's president will begin charting the next four years of his sport in this...
SHOW HIM THE MONEY; THOUGH DOLAN OBJECTS, BROWN LIKELY TO BE PAID
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amAfter Larry Brown showed no remorse for his alleged antics across the Knicks' 23-59 disaster, owner James Dolan stormed out of Thursday's meeting in a huff, saying, "We're not paying...
TBS MAY AIR PART OF LCS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amIn what would be a landmark move, Major League Baseball is in serious negotiations with TBS Sports to put a portion of baseball's league championship series exclusively on cable television...
DUANER: 'I'M NOT WORRIED'
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES TORONTO - Top Mets set-up man Duaner Sanchez had to leave last night's game against the Blue Jays in the bottom of the eighth inning after he felt...
ELEVENTH HOUR ; METS EXTEND STREAK WITH GLAVINE ON MOUND
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amMets 6Blue Jays 1 TORONTO - If you figure Tom Glavine has approximately 17 starts left this season, figure the Mets have at least 17 more guaranteed wins. For the...
CHEER LEAGUE; STADIUM SOUNDS GOOD TO A-ROD, YANKS IN WIN
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEES 6 MARLINS 5 With Derek Jeter on second and two out in the second inning, Alex Rodriguez ripped a liner to left field. Jeter's quick legs and heady baserunning...
ROSE: WE NEED 'FRESH VOICE'
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Knicks imposed a gag order on their players from talking about the Larry Brown firing and Isiah Thomas' appointment as new coach. But Jalen Rose spoke on Sirius Satellite...
SHOW HIM THE MONEY ; THOUGH DOLAN OBJECTS, BROWN LIKELY TO BE PAID
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amAfter hearing Larry Brown show no remorse for any of his antics across the 23-59 Knicks season, owner James Dolan stormed out of Thursday's meeting in a huff, saying "We're...
PEGUERO WANTS TO REMAIN A RED BULL
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe Red Bulls head into tomorrow's game in Chicago at their most confident, with red-hot forward Jean Philippe Peguero on one of the league's most torrid scoring runs and proclaiming...
ARGENTINA LOOKING GOOD
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amNoble Stella, Angara and Asi Siempre, turf mares that ran 2-3-4 in May 27 Sheepshead Bay Handicap, hook up again today I Grade 2, $250,000 New York 'Cap at mile-and-quarter...
DOTEL GETS GOOD NEWS ABOUT ACHING ELBOW
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Octavio Dotel feared the worst about his Thursday meeting with James Andrews. Dotel - who had Tommy John surgery in June 2005 before signing with the Yankees -...
DIAL WANG DISTANCE - CHIEN-MING'S 7 FRAMES A REAL RELIEF
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amChien-Ming Wang's line wasn't overly impressive, except for one number - seven. That is the amount of innings Wang pitched last night in his 6-5 win over the Marlins at...
OCTAVIO: 'I FEEL GOOD'
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Octavio Dotel feared the worst about his Thursday meeting with Dr. James Andrews. Dotel, who had Tommy John surgery in June 2005 before signing with the Yankees, was...
GIRARDI CATCHES ON - FINDS SUCCESS AS MARLINS MANAGER
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amFor 15 minutes yesterday afternoon, Florida manager Joe Girardi and Joe Torre chatted in the Yankee Stadium weight room. "He was working harder than I was," Girardi quipped. Even if...
SHAWN PATROL - CHACON MUST RESCUE YANKS
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amLast year, Shawn Chacon was the surprise solution for the Yankees. This year, he has been part of the problem. So as Chacon heads into his start today against the...
STILL SWINGING: AGELESS FRANCO REMAINS ABOVE AVERAGE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amTORONTO - Who is leading the Mets in batting average these days? No, it's not David Wright, it's 47-year-old Julio Franco. But although Franco has the Mets' best average, he...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 24, 2006 | 4:00amThis bank robber will probably strike again - just to get even with FBI agents who've dubbed him "The Enormous Ears Bandit." To date, the Dumbo Dillinger has struck seven...