July 17, 2006
EX-GLAMOUR PUSS IS NEW FIT FOR FITNESS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amDenise Brodey is finally fit to be the new editor-in-chief of Fitness. But she clearly is going to have to whip the magazine into shape. The magazine has been without...
REPO MADNESS - CAR LOAN DEFAULTS RISE WITH GAS PRICES
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amTake my gas guzzler, please. With gasoline heading toward $4 a gallon, investors are bracing for a surge of car-loan delinquencies that could deflate Detroit's delicate sales bubble. Delinquencies in...
NEW SECRET BILLBOARD HAS THE SMELL OF TRUTH
July 17, 2006 | 4:00am"If you have the sins, then we have the signs for you!" Maybe that should be the tagline for a new ad blitz for Secret Deodorant that asks women to...
WHY VIACOM WANTS BMG MUSIC
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amCall it DreamWorks redux. Not unlike the stealth maneuvering that Viacom utilized to snatch DreamWorks away from Universal Studios last year, the Tom Freston-led company's emergence as a key player...
THE CITY'S HIS COUNTRY - KENNY CHESNEY HAS LOTS OF TWANG TIME AT GARDEN
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amUNDER his black Stetson and wearing a cutoff Bruce Springsteen tour T-shirt and worn jeans, Kenny Chesney - country's biggest star - wiped his sweaty mug with his hand like...
'AMAZING' STILL - SPIELBERG'S MAGICAL TV SERIES IS BACK
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amWhat with everybody and his brother coming out with DVD boxed sets of old TV shows that are either forgettable, or so lame, you wish we could forget them (think...
STARR REPORT
July 17, 2006 | 4:00am'L&O' spearing Brit? I'm guessing that it's Britney Spears, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, who's the inspiration for an upcoming "Law & Order" episode airing this fall. The show, which...
SLOW BURN - 'RESCUE ME' SAYS JUSTICE IS ON THE WAY FOR CONTROVERSIAL RAPE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amDON'T think you've heard the last of the rape episode on "Rescue Me." Denis Leary's firefighter character, Tommy Gavin, will get his "comeuppance," says the head of the network that...
IRAN'S PREZ: ISRAEL IS THE NEW HITLER
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amIran's fanatical president yesterday charged that Israel's leaders are acting like Adolf Hitler. "The Zionists think that they are victims of Hitler, but they act like Hitler and behave worse...
'CARIBBEAN' ON CRUI$E CONTROL
July 17, 2006 | 4:00am"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" plundered more box-office gold this weekend, feasting on $62.2 million in receipts to bring its U.S. total to $258.2 million. The sequel -...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 4-year-old boy was injured yesterday by a car that struck him when he darted into a Flatlands street, police said. The child, whose name was withheld, was...
ISRAEL'S NEW FEAR - DREADS RISKING ITS TROOPS' LIVES
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amSOMETHING big hasn't happened in the current round of fighting between Israel and its terrorist foes. That absence represents a potentially fatal change in Israeli policy. For all of the...
SAVING THE GOWANUS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amOne smells like fresh-cut grass and the other like an open sewer, but now Central Park, that breathtaking urban oasis, and the long-polluted Gowanus Canal have something in common -...
HUSBAND TOLD TEEN HE'D DUMP CHRISTIE - GAVE LOVER A CAR AND CASH: LAWYER
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amChristie Brinkley's cradle-robbing hubby promised his 19-year-old secret lover that he would dump his supermodel wife for her, The Post has learned. Amorous architect Peter Cook, 47, even plied sexy...
'DR. BOOM' NOW IN NEED OF A TOMB
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThe demented doctor suspected of blowing up his Upper East Side townhouse to spite his ex-wife died before cops could question him about the building collapse. Nicholas Bartha made good...
SON OF SAM: FAITH SHOULD SET ME FREE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amDavid Berkowitz once admitted he wasn't fit to be free - but now the Son of Sam killer wants a shot at freedom. The notorious serial slayer-turned-born-again Christian is hoping...
TWA 800 TRIBUTE - 10 YEARS AFTER AIR HORROR
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amStill-grieving relatives and friends today will mark the 10-year anniversary of the TWA Flight 800 disaster by gathering at a Suffolk County memorial to honor and remember their loved ones....
CELEBS STAR IN RATNER RIP
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThousands of Brooklynites, including some born-and-bred celebrities, rallied in Grand Army Plaza yesterday to protest the $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards project - charging that it would turn Downtown Brooklyn into...
'FEE' SPEECH FLAP FOR ANDY
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amAttorney-general hopeful Andrew Cuomo should return $36,000 he received for speeches made to two groups that received funding from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development when Cuomo ran...
SHE HAS NOTHING TO HEIDI
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amModel and TV host Heidi Klum plays fashion minimalist as she lays on a shag carpet wearing just a simple cardigan and heels. In a cover story titled "Project Heidi"...
TEL AVIV ROCKET ATTACK FEARED - * ISRAEL RUSHES TO RAISE DEFENSES * HEZBOLLAH RAINS DEATH ON HAIFA
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amHezbollah rockets yesterday killed eight Israelis in the strategic northern city of Haifa amid new fears that the next round of missiles could be headed for Tel Aviv. Officials believe...
SCHOOL TO BECOME HOUSING
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amAs the city Department of Education awaits a multibillion-dollar court-ordered windfall to ease overcrowding in schools, it has rejected revamping a storied East Harlem school building - claiming the neighborhood...
TRUE-LIFE ORDEALS OF 'WTC' MOVIE'S REAL STARS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amBATTERED and bloodied, Port Authority cop Dominick Pezzulo was fading fast, but he refused to quit before he got off his last words. He was trapped in this particular life...
B'KLYN POL IS GOING 'POSTAL'
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amState Sen. Carl Andrews is raising eyebrows with a string of self-promoting voter mailings paid for by his Senate office in the midst of his campaign for a Brooklyn congressional...
VESTS 'SUITABLE' FOR FINEST DETECTIVES
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThe NYPD is testing sleeker bulletproof vests specifically designed for detectives to wear with suits and other business attire, The Post has learned. The move is part of a program...
RUG RIVAL HUNTED IN SHOOTING
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA dispute between two carpet sellers in Brooklyn turned violent yesterday when one of them was ambushed and shot outside his apartment, his wife said. Mohammad Khan, 41, was returning...
WOMAN HIT IN COP CROSSFIRE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA Harlem woman, caught in the crossfire between cops and a possible gang member, was recuperating yesterday after being grazed by a bullet, police said. Denise Williams, 50, was caught...
B'KLYN STARS COME OUT TO RIP RATNER
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThousands of Brooklynites, including some born-and-bred celebrities, rallied in Grand Army Plaza yesterday to protest the $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards project - charging that it would turn Downtown Brooklyn into...
GIVING VETS PEACE - WRITE STUFF HEALS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amRick Curry is raising the curtain on his theatrical workshop's newest project - a summer writing program for disabled vets home from Iraq and Afghanistan. "It's imperative that we hear...
MICE ON A N.Y.-L.A. PLANE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amSnakes on a plane might be a good idea - if they eat the mice. Maintenance workers found 17 mice aboard an American Airlines jet that regularly flew between Kennedy...
LAWSUIT IS 'ROYAL' PAIN
July 17, 2006 | 4:00am"Make her go away!" That's what two Madison Avenue jewelers are saying about the city's wackiest credit-card scammer - pretend Saudi princess Antoinette Millard. Even as she sits in jail...
TOLL 'GAIT' SUIT - GIMPY GAL VS. TBTA
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens woman claims the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority shortchanged her by yanking a job offer because she didn't meet the physical standards - to be a toll collector....
DEM TO SURLY SUOZZI: COOL IT
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA TOP Democrat is blasting Tom Suozzi for his increasingly shrill attacks on gubernatorial front-runner Eliot Spitzer - and warning that Suozzi will soon face a set of tough attacks...
WALDORF WAITERS' SEX SUIT
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amTwo waiters in a fancy Waldorf-Astoria restaurant say sexual harassment was on the menu - and the famous hotel should pay $150 million for allowing them to be degraded. In...
13 SUE LEADING BX. DOC - 'LOST MY NIPPLE'
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThirteen patients have active malpractice suits against the head of plastic surgery at a prestigious Bronx hospital, The Post has learned. They include a woman who claims Dr. Berish Strauch...
HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HEAT
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amSome like it hot - including young Steven Echevarria, who positively flips for yesterday's scorcher, thanks to a cooling spray from pop Esteban in Washington Heights. And for others who...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - THEIR TURN TO SPARKLE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amAltruism is in the blood of many citizens, and we now want to recognize their achievements. We are seeking candidates for the fifth annual New York Post Liberty Medals, and...
UPTOWN GAL HIT BY COPGANG SHOOT
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA Harlem woman, caught in the crossfire between cops and a possible gang member, was recuperating yesterday after being grazed by a bullet, police said. Cops said Denise Williams, 50,...
YA GOTTA BELIEVE - WRIGHT STARS IN AD FOR FAITH HEALER
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amTO LIFT a line from The Doors, strange days have found us. So it's Saturday afternoon and we're watching the Mets on Ch. 11. They're playing the Cubs in Wrigley,...
SILVER TRAIN WINS TOM FOOL
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amRick Dutrow's Silver Train continued his remarkable dominance at Belmont Park yesterday, battling War Front length of stretch to post gritty neck victory in Grade 2, $150,000 Tom Fool Handicap,...
DAMON'S STYLE IS CRAMPED
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES On Saturday afternoon, Johnny Damon was cracking jokes about his muscled calves. He left that game after six innings due to cramps, but nobody wanted to make a...
A LITTLE BELT-RAN IN METS' LINEUP
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - Even with a left-hander on the mound, Carlos Beltran was in the Mets lineup for last night's 13-7 win over the Cubs. Beltran flew out twice...
DEREK'S DINGER DROUGHT IS DONE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amGood things happen to those who wait. Derek Jeter waited 189 at-bats for yesterday's first-inning home run - the second-longest dry spell he has ever had between homers in one...
WRITERS ROUGHED UP IN BOSS STAKEOUT - STEINBRENNER'S SECURITY MEN GET PHYSICAL WITH PRESS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amIt's getting to be a dangerous job on the Steinbrenner Stakeout. For the second time this season, it got physical. While waiting for George Steinbrenner following yesterday's 6-4, series-sweeping win...
A-ROD STARS, BOLTS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amThe ultra-sensitive Alex Rodriguez darted out of Yankee Stadium yesterday without speaking to the media. Had he stuck around, he would have answered all sorts of hard questions about things...
PEDRO COMEBACK CONTINUES
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Pedro Martinez's comeback from both food poisoning and an ailing hip advanced yesterday, as the hurting star threw 45 pitches off the visitors' bullpen mound at Wrigley Field....
SUMMER SLAMS - METS CLUB CUBS WITH TWO-GRANNY INNING
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amMets 13 - Cubs 7 CHICAGO - The sixth inning was so absurd that Cliff Floyd began talking to the Cubs about it. "You walk up to the plate and...
REYES READY FOR HIS RETURN
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - Jose Reyes couldn't start in the final three games before the All-Star break or the first three games after it. The Mets shortstop, though, believes his...
YANKEES ARE DOMINATING DOG DAYS
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amTHE STANDINGS tell you the Yankees still trail the Red Sox by a half-game in the AL East and the White Sox by three games in the wild-card, and the...
BELTRAN LEFT IN WILLIE'S LINEUP
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES CHICAGO - Even with a left-hander on the mound, Carlos Beltran was in the Mets lineup last night. Beltran, who suffered a sore right knee on Friday and...
A SWEEPING SOX-CESS - RIVERA GETS NO. 400; BOMBERS HALF-GAME BEHIND BOSOX
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 6 - White Sox 4 Mariano Rivera can't recall anything about his first career save on May 17, 1996, the memories having receded like his hairline over the years....
BULLPEN IN HAND - RECOVERING PEDRO TOSSES FROM MOUND
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Pedro Martinez's comeback from both food poisoning and an ailing hip advanced yesterday, as the hurting star threw 45 pitches off the visitors' bullpen mound at Wrigley Field....
SCHIANO, RUTGERS PREPARE FOR ACT II
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amNEWPORT, R.I. - For an instant, it seemed as if Greg Schiano had forgotten that last season was the most successful one in the modern era of Rutgers football. "This...
BARBARO 'COMFORTABLE'
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amBarbaro, fighting for his life at the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., made it through another restful night Saturday without further complications developing in the foot that was...
REYES: I'M READY TO RETURN
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Jose Reyes couldn't play in the final three games before the All-Star break or the first three games after it. The Mets shortstop, though, believes his absence from...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 17, 2006 | 4:00amA five-hour standoff between police and an allegedly suicidal woman in Washington state ended peacefully because, well, the woman wasn't there. Port Angeles cops surrounded the woman's house for most...