June 28, 2006
SEAN JOHN'S 'ODD COUPLE' SPARKS REVIVAL
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA year ago, Sean John, the clothing label started by the rap mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, was in trouble. Department stores were threatening to cancel orders amid sluggish sales...
VIACOM MAY GIVE MTV UNIT TO GREY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amParamount Pictures boss Brad Grey may be on the verge of grabbing more turf. Grey, the former talent boss who became head of Paramount last year, could add the film...
MET LIFE MULLS 6TH AVE.; INCENTIVE $ AT STAKE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amMET Life may be plan ning on bringing its minions back to high-rent Manhattan from el-cheapo Long Island City, where they have been perched at Bridge Plaza at 27-01 Queens...
WPP TURNS AWAY SHAREHOLDER-CRITIC
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA shareholder angry about being barred from WPP Group's annual meeting contends the ad giant singled him out knowing he planned to grill management. John Fiorilla, an individual investor who...
ESTUPIDO GIGANTE ; GREEDY TELEVISA LETS RIVAL UNIVISION SLIP AWAY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWhen Univision boss Jerry Perenchio decided to sell his Spanish-language media giant to a group of buyout firms, he also delivered a knock-out blow to the hopes of longtime rival,...
OUTRAGE OVER BONNIE'S AMI MILLION$ AS MAG SAGS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE backlash has begun against Bonnie Fuller, the editrix who just inked a lucrative multi-million dollar pact to serve as a senior vice president and editorial director of embattled tabloid...
MAGICAL 'SWAN' SOARS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amSWAN LAKEAmerican Ballet Theatre at Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000. Season runs through July 15. THE words "romantic" and "efficient" rarely cozy up together in the same sentence....
EVITA'S TEARS OF JOY; BRIT REVIVAL CHEERED, BOUND FOR B'WAY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amCOMPOSER Andrew Lloyd Webber is said to be "over the moon about it," while lyricist Tim Rice jokes: "This is a new feeling for me. I'm not sure what to...
'SOPRANOS' SET TO $IGN
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amSEVERAL members from the cast of "The Sopranos" could be getting big-bucks raises today. Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, Steve Schirripa and Jamie-Lynn Sigler are said to be closing in...
PERFECT TIMING - COURT TV RUSHES TO AIR JONBENET SPECIAL WEEK AFTER HER MOTHER DIES
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amCOURT TV is rushing a new special about the JonBenet Ramsey case onto the air this week, in the wake of Patsy Ramsey's death last weekend. The one-hour special -...
HBO MADE-FOR GOES 'BACKWARDS'
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amIN a departure from its usual made-for-TV movies about the rich and infamous, HBO is developing a movie about a homeless person. The movie will be based on a book...
THIS CANDY ISN'T DANDY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amI'M giving "Strangers With Candy" one star for every laugh it gave me. The Amy Sedaris comedy based on the failed TV show isn't the least funny film of the...
MOVING ON UP - IN HARLEM A RENAISSANCE IN FOOD
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amNO one can accuse 125th Street of subtlety. To walk across the Harlem thoroughfare is to submit to a barrage of music-blaring shops, barking street vendors and crowds. But head...
HIGH END DOESN'T MEAN CLEAN
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amFAILED health inspections aren't just limited to vendor carts, bodegas and Dunkin Donuts, as recent citations by the city reveals. Out of the 569 food service operations that failed inspections...
PARENTS GRILLED IN DEATH OF BRUISED B'KLYN TOT
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 3-year-old Brooklyn girl died after she was rushed to a hospital yesterday with numerous bruises and a black eye - and police were questioning her mother and stepfather last...
ABUSE EYED IN BROOKLYN TOT'S DEATH
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 3-year-old Brooklyn girl covered with dark bruises and sporting a black eye died yesterday after being rushed to a hospital - and police were questioning her mother and stepfather...
MADAM'S 'BACK' WOE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe alleged madam who boasted of having a torrid fling with a Time Warner exec is expected to proclaim her innocence in court today - but she'd better watch her...
NETS LOOKING TO TRADE UP
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe Nets may trade up. They made trade down. They may stay put and draft at Nos. 22 and 23. That just about covers all the bases, huh? As they...
WHACKED-OUT WINDOW CRASH - BOOZY MIDTOWN DEATH PLUNGE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA talented young musician suddenly went berserk after a night of boozing and smoking pot in a ritzy Midtown apartment - slapping his girlfriend and pals before leaping through a...
BACK ON TRACK - AMPUTEE HERO JOGS WITH BUSH
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A soldier who lost both legs in Iraq got a chance to make good on his vow to outjog President Bush, as they took a turn on the...
MIKE HAMMERS OUT $53B BUDGET DEAL
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWith just days to the deadline, Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council last night reached an agreement on a $53 billion budget that puts more cops on the streets, provides...
TO THE RESCUE; DUO DUG OUT AFTER B'KLYN COLLAPSE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amQuick-working fire heroes dug deep yesterday to rescue two immigrant construction workers buried in a wall collapse in Brooklyn. Manuel Vergara, 33, and co-worker Heriberto Bergada, 27, were both in...
NYPD BRASS MISSES THE YOLK IN BROOKLYN COPS' EGG FIGHT
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA veteran sergeant at the Brooklyn precinct that leads the city in shootings was suspended without pay for organizing an on-duty water balloon and egg fight, The Post has learned....
FLAG-BURN VOTE FAILS IN SENATE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning was narrowly defeated in the U.S. Senate yesterday, falling just one vote short of the 67 needed to send it to states...
HORROR SHOW AT OLD FOLK'S HOME
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amStaten Island's Eger nursing home is a horror of sexual, physical and verbal abuse for patients - and top administrators never told authorities what was happening, a bombshell state report...
VIAGRA FOR RAPIST; CITY GAVE 'TOP GUN' ATTACKER FREE RX
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA rapist whose victims included "Top Gun" actress Kelly McGillis got taxpayer-funded Viagra for years, despite his fiendish history, it was revealed yesterday as he was sentenced to 50 years...
GREEN COMIC IN LAUGH-GAFFE JAB AT ANDY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA comedian doing a warm-up routine at a fund-raiser for at torney-general hopeful Mark Green (left) entered politically dangerous territory with a borderline ethnic joke about the race's Italian-American front-runner,...
COSTLY BILL GOV-BOUND
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Nearly 50,000 workers who care for the disabled would see higher paychecks under a bill on its way to Gov. Pataki that ultimately could cost the state and...
XMAS 'GRINCH' DUE ON B'WAY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amYou're a mean one, Mr. Grinch - but are you tough enough for Broadway? We'll find out this fall, when "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" - the musical - opens...
GOTTI IS TRYING TO BURY MURDER EVIDENCE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amFaced with an onslaught of new charges, John "Junior" Gotti is fighting to keep damaging evidence of his alleged role in a double murder and a money-laundering scheme away from...
SUNY CHIEF: LET'S KICK ASH
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe State University of New York wants its students to get their butts out of the dorms. SUNY Chancellor John Ryan yesterday ordered the Board of Trustees to devise a...
DIAL C FOR CHEAT - HS KIDS USED CELLS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amStudents at two prestigious Brooklyn high schools text-messaged themselves into a heap of trouble when they were caught using cellphones and a portable e-mail device to cheat on Regents exams,...
JUDGE HAILS 2ND MAFIA COP'S ATT'Y
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA big-shot lawyer got a big-time boost yesterday from a federal judge who praised his defense of mob cop Stephen Caracappa as "highly professional." It was the second straight day...
W. BENCH PRESS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush today will nominate Gov. Pataki's lieutenant governor, Mary Donohue, for a federal judgeship in upstate New York, The Post has learned. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** (lcf) A deranged man slashed a cop with a large hunting knife in Bath Beach after asking him for directions, police said. The man lunged at the officer,...
'BETRAYED' BABA BLASTS JONES - WALTERS LIVID THAT STAR QUIT 'VIEW' ON THE AIR
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA furious Barbara Walters said yesterday she was blindsided and "betrayed" by Star Jones Reynolds when the formerly corpulent commentator quit "The View" in the middle of a live telecast,...
THUG GETS TIME TO MAKE DONUTS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man convicted of slashing an off-duty cop during a doughnut-shop stickup last year got some leniency yesterday when he was sentenced to just 13½ years in prison. Shron...
COURT BARS SLAIN-TOT KIN'S T'S
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe family of a 2-year-old Bronx boy shot dead on Easter Sunday showed up in court yesterday wearing memorial T-shirts featuring the toddler's picture - only to be told by...
JESSICA SONG GETS PERSONAL
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amYour dreams came true - Jessica Simpson will serenade you by name. Starting July 17, online buyers will have a chance to personalize her new song "A Public Affair," substituting...
CYBER-CREEP: IT'S A GUY THING
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe cyber-sicko who used the popular Web site Facebook.com to con and extort coeds around the country into sending him nude pictures of themselves says he was just being a...
KILLERS OF 'BLACKMAILER' JAILED
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo Pakistani immigrants were sentenced to long prison terms yesterday for brutally killing one of their family members who'd been blackmailing the wife of one of the defendants. Farhan Ahmed,...
ISRAEL CAPTIVE CRISIS HITS 'HOUR OF TRUTH' - TROOPS MASS NEAR GAZA AS NEGOTIATIONS FALTER
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel blew up a bridge in central Gaza and thousands of Israeli troops massed along the border waited for the order to invade as negotiations to save a...
DNA BOTTLES UP SUSPECT
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amIn a case worthy of TV's "CSI," Connecticut detectives tracked down a suspected jewelry thief using a water bottle he left behind - five years ago. Fabian Roa, 28, robbed...
HOP TO IT, MOS DEF TOLD
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge yesterday urged rapper and actor Mos Def and his estranged wife to settle their acrimonious divorce case out of court. "Work it out, right now," Justice Sarah...
ISRAEL CAPTIVE CRISIS HITS 'HOUR OF TRUTH' - TROOPS MOVE INTO GAZA AS NEGOTIATIONS FALTER
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli tanks, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the Gaza Strip early today in an attempt to find an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants. Tanks rolled into...
NAOMI IS ALL THE 'RAGE' ON A DIVA'S DAY IN COURT ; WEARS HEELS AND A SCOWL
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amNAOMI CAMPBELL sashayed into court in 4-inch spike heels and a scowl, wearing a black, sheath cocktail dress too tight to conceal a cellphone. Lucky for us. The raging supermodel...
'LAWYERS BROKE LAW'
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe city's Law Department isn't following the city's own laws. The agency - which handles all of the city's legal matters - is being accused of splitting contracts into smaller...
TEACHER 'UNION BUSTED'
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA teacher at a Brooklyn charter high school charged yesterday that she was illegally fired for attempting to organize colleagues to seek higher wages. Nichole Byrne Lau said the Williamsburg...
L.I. DRIVER 'CLUBS' COPS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island woman led police on a wild 110-mph chase for more than 30 miles yesterday - and then beat the three officers with the ubiquitous steering-wheel lock "The...
'BIN LADEN' PERV RIPPED
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA mother blasted the Queens pervert who molested her child as "no better than Osama bin Laden" yesterday - after a judge sentenced him to 23 years for sexually abusing...
TIMES DAMAGE REPORT IS DUE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday asked America's top spy to assess the damage done to the nation by New York Times leaks of top-secret intelligence....
WEB SITES' 'FARE' DEALS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA new Web site is getting ready to help summer travelers avoid one of the most annoying parts of the flying experience: watching the price of your ticket drop just...
GALS 'FESS TO AFFAIRS WITH BOSS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA surprising 5 percent of women confess they've had a fling with their male boss - and even more fantasize about it, a new poll revealed. The Lifetime Cable Network...
RAI$ING A RENT RUCKUS - TENANTS GO NUTS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amAmid total pandemonium, the Rent Guidelines Board last night voted to hike rent-stabilized rents by 4.25 percent for one-year leases and 7.25 percent for two-year renewals - infuriating tenants who...
THE END OF THE WORLD (ALMOST); ASTEROID WILL BE A NEAR MISS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amAn asteroid will have a very close encounter with the Earth next week - speeding past on an eyebrow-raising flyby that will bring it nearly as close as the moon....
BABA BLASTS STAR - SAYS SHE'S 'BETRAYED' AS JONES QUITS 'VIEW'
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA furious Barbara Walters said yesterday she was blindsided and "betrayed" by Star Jones Reynolds when the formerly corpulent commentator quit "The View" in the middle of a live telecast,...
MAN, 20, DROWNS AS KAYAK FLIPS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Westchester wrestling champ who had been partying all night with pals at a private lake drowned early yesterday when his kayak capsized, police said. Mauricio Michelena, of Cortlandt...
L.I. MAN SHOT IN HEAD BY PROWLER
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island man was fighting for his life after being shot point-blank in the head by a gun-wielding prowler who had just broken into the garage of his secluded...
CELL CHEATS; HS KIDS SENT TEXTS DURING REGENTS EXAMS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amStudents at two prestigious Brooklyn high schools text-messaged themselves into a heap of trouble when they were caught using cellphones and a portable e-mail device to cheat on Regents exams,...
A HO LOT OF TROUBLE FOR MADAM
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amAn alleged hooker working for accused high-end madam Andrea Schwartz may be cooperating with prosecutors. Marta Nogrega, 37, yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges she worked at the West 58th...
GALS 'FESS TO BEDDIN' BOSS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA surprising 5 percent of women confess they've had a fling with their male boss - and even more fantasize about it, a new poll reveals. The Lifetime Cable Network...
A 'FARE' DEAL ON THE WEB
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA new Web site is getting ready to help summer travelers avoid one of the most annoying parts of the flying experience: watching the price of your ticket drop just...
PARENTS GRILLED IN TOT DEATH
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 3-year-old Brooklyn girl with numerous bruises died yesterday after she was rushed to a hospital - and police were questioning her mother and stepfather last night, law-enforcement sources said....
CLASSROOM EXTRA - READY, SET, GO HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER! YOU'VE WORKED HARD ALL YEAR, NOW IT'S TIME TO ENJOY YOUR VACATION.
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amSUMMER'S here and there are endless possibilities for you and your family and friends to enjoy the fun. Don't sit in front of the TV all day. Get out and...
POINT-BLANK - L.I. MAN SHOT IN HEAD BY PROWLER
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Long Island man was fighting for his life after being shot point-blank in the head by a gun-wielding prowler who had just broken into the garage of his secluded...
W'CHESTER MAN DIES IN KAYAK FLIP
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Westchester wrestling champ who had been partying all night with pals at a private lake drowned early yesterday when his kayak capsized, police said. The dead man, Mauricio...
YANKS ARE MET FANS FOR 3 NIGHTS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Necessity makes for strange bedfellows. With the Red Sox holding a 21/2-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East when last night's action started and hosting the...
IT'S TIME TO STAMP OUT POSTAL PLAN
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amIT is hard to believe, but the U.S. Postal Service is going to allow an anti-hunting and anti-fishing group to place its rhetoric on postage stamps and use money gained...
BULLS BOOT MO; ARENA EN ROUTE?
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe struggling Red Bulls yesterday fired coach Mo Johnston just 15 regular-season games into his stint. Johnston, who replaced Bob Bradley with three games left last year, gives way to...
'IT'S RIDICULOUS' ; BROWN'S AGENT DISPUTES DOLAN
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amLarry Brown's agent fired back at owner James Dolan yesterday for his devastating allegation that the Knicks' former coach only wanted to coach here one season despite signing a five-year...
DRAFTER-THOUGHT; PROTESTS PLANNED IN BROWN'S WAKE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amOn the eve of moderating the NBA Draft at the hostile Garden theatre, commissioner David Stern proclaimed he's taken it upon himself to mediate the Knicks' Larry Brown mess. It's...
CANO DL'D BY TORN HAMMY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amRobinson Cano has been an All-Star caliber second baseman, but he's out through the All-Star break and won't play in the Mid-Summer Classic. Cano was placed on the disabled list...
A PICK SIX FOR UCONN
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe first player taken in tonight's NBA Draft could be Connecticut's Rudy Gay. The first point guard taken could be Connecticut's Marcus Williams. One of the first centers taken could...
ESPN'S GAMMONS SUFFERS ANEURYSM
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons suffered a brain aneurysm yesterday and underwent surgery at a Boston-area hospital. The 61-year-old Gammons was stricken near his Cape Cod, Mass., home and was...
BOMBER BATS A HORA-SHOW ; RAMIREZ SHUTS DOWN HOBBLED YANK LINEUP
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBraves 5Yankees 2 The smoke reeks and the mirrors have developed cavernous cracks. After using smoke and mirrors to make up for losing Hideki Matsui and Gary Sheffield, the Yankees...
DREADFUL LIBS WASTE CHANCE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amSting 73Liberty 67 First Becky Hammon missed an open 3-pointer that would have given the Liberty the lead with 27 seconds left, and then Cathrine Kraayeveld's effort from beyond the...
YANKS ROOTIN' FOR METS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Necessity makes for strange bedfellows. With the Red Sox holding a lead over the Yankees in the AL East and hosting the Mets at Fenway Park, the Yankees...
FENS FANS DO RIGHT BY MARTINEZ
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - They gave him a preview of what he can expect tonight just as the first inning closed shop. It was quiet at Fenway Park when the first few...
MAJORITY WILL LAUD MARTINEZ, AND RIGHTFULLY SO
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - They're going to do right by him tonight. Not all of them, maybe. There is a segment of sports fan that will cut you off the moment you...
SLOPPY SECOND - DESPITE IT ALL, THEY'RE STILL IN THE RACE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amTwo corner Yankee outfielders, both yearly 120-RBI producers, have been gone now 43 games. Alex Rodriguez, failing repeatedly in the clutch, hardly has picked up the slack. Randy Johnson, though...
HAMMY FORCES ROBBIE ONTO DL
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amRobinson Cano has been an All-Star caliber second baseman, but he's out through the All-Star break and won't play in the MidSummer Classic. Cano was placed on the disabled list...
METS BASHED - AMAZIN'S STUMBLE, BUMBLE IN BOSTON
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amRED SOX 9 METS 4 BOSTON - Overall, it wasn't the Mets' poorest game this year. But their fourth and fifth innings last night might have been their two worst...
AWOL IN LOSS - AGGRESSION LEADS TO REGRESSION FOR STRUGGLING A-ROD
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amROBINSON Cano went on the DL yesterday with a hammy almost as bad as the moon risen over The Bronx. Two corner Yankee outfielders, both yearly 120-RBI producers, have been...
FAULTY BATTERY SPITS SPARKS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amAn unexpected slider led to an embarrassing episode for the Yankees last night, in which Kyle Farnsworth and Jorge Posada ultimately contradicted their manager. Posada was crossed up by a...
PEDRO PARTY; GIDDY MARTINEZ GREETS FANS, TWEAKS OWNERS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - A carton of Presidente beers and a bottle of Cristal rested on Pedro Martinez's chair in front of his locker in the Met clubhouse yesterday. "See," Martinez said,...
BRAVES LEFTY STYMIES HOBBLED YANKEE LINEUP
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBRAVES 5 YANKEES 2 The smoke reeks and cracks run through the mirrors. While lefty Horacio Ramirez was impressive last night when he pitched the putrid Braves to a 5-2...
OH, CANO! HAMMY PUTS ROBBIE ON DISABLED LIST
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amRobinson Cano has been an All-Star caliber second baseman, but he's out through the All-Star break and won't play in the MidSummer Classic. Cano was placed on the disabled list...
PEDRO 'REFRESHED' TO BE BACK AT FENWAY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES BOSTON - A carton of Presidente beers and a bottle of Cristal rested on Pedro Martinez's chair in front of his locker yesterday. "See," Martinez said, "that's what...
BRUISED LO DUCA RETURNS TO ACTION
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES BOSTON - Catcher Paul Lo Duca returned to the Met lineup last night after missing the previous game and a half with a left hand bruise. Willie Randolph...
YANKS ROOTING FOR METS
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Necessity makes for strange bedfellows. With the Red Sox holding a 21/2-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East when last night's action started, and facing the...
BECKY'S KNEE NO PROBLEM
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amBecky Hammon says she only thinks about her surgically repaired right knee when someone asks her about it. And since she went into last night's game against the 2-11 Charlotte...
BRIGGS CHASING BLOOD MONEY
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThere have been movie roles and endorsement deals, but nothing pays quite like boxing. And for a guy who has aspirations of making "hundreds of millions of dollars," Shannon Briggs...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 28, 2006 | 4:00amThey've got drinking water with quite a bite to it in Jamestown, N.D. Or at least they did - until a woman fishing in a local reservoir caught a piranha....