July 28, 2006
SILVERSTEIN DODGES SUIT OVER FAILED WTC LEASE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amLarry Silverstein dodged a legal bullet yesterday when the Chairman of Beijing Vantone Real Estate told The Post he would not be suing the owner of 7 World Trade Center...
SHAKE-UP @ AOL - BEWKES BETS ON COMEBACK FOR TROUBLED DOT-COM
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWhile Time Warner is set to unveil the details on a plan to make many of the features at America Online free, behind the scenes the media giant is weighing...
TOWER POWER $AVER$ - HOT FOR GRID 'GREEN'
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe heat wave hitting today is making some cool profits for hundreds of skyscrapers. Each typical big building that promises to give back juice to New York's strained power grid...
BACK TO BASICS - PRESSLER HOPES NEW FASHIONS RESCUE THE GAP
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe Gap clothing chain is taking baby steps toward regaining its former fashion prominence, but the moves fall short of the giant leap that some analysts had hoped would pull...
INSIDER STOCK TIP THAT WASN'T
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Florida couple and their stock promoter pal were nailed by federal regulators for running a "wrong number" stock-tip scam to dupe greedy victims. The Securities and Exchange Commission said...
THE POST'S SHOPPERS SAY THE FALL LINE IS A FLOP
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amGap may be getting better marks from Wall Street analysts for its back-to-basics fall line up, but The Post received a decidedly less enthusiastic message from a group of young...
AIN'T NO SUNSHINE NOW SHE'S GONE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amAin't no Sunshine at the Corcoran Group, now that its marketing bigwig is gone from the company. The Post has learned that Louise Sunshine, the namesake and Chairman Emeritus of...
TWO MORE BOLT FROM ANN TAYLOR
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amAnother executive has left Ann Taylor, The Post has learned. Eileen O'Connor, the vice president of investor relations, is no longer with the company. Also gone is O'Connor's assistant Margaret...
JUST GOING FOR BROKE - SOURCE CREDITORS' PLAN TO FORCE CHAP. 7 LIQUIDATION
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE tortured tale of The Source, the embattled hiphop magazine, wound its way into bankruptcy court yesterday. Three disgruntled creditors filed an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition against the Source...
SUNSHINE FADES OUT AT REALTOR
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amAin't no Sunshine at the Corcoran Group, now that its marketing bigwig is gone from the company. The Post has learned that Louise Sunshine, the namesake and Chairman Emeritus of...
SEC GETS FRAUD'S NUMBER
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA Florida couple and their stock promoter pal were nailed by federal regulators for running a "wrong number" stock-tip scam to dupe greedy victims. The Securities and Exchange Commission said...
COMMIE PLOT, PLODDING TALE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE ANT BULLY** (two stars) The red ant menace.Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (mild rude humor, action). At the Empire, the Orpheum, the Village East, others. IF "The Ant...
IT'LL BE HARD TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amANOTHER GAY MOVIE *** (three stars) FOUR horny teenage guys set out to lose their virginity in Todd Stephens' cheerfully raunchy "Another Gay Movie," a fabulous and often hilarious variation...
BEAT THE JOCK
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amJOHN TUCKER MUST DIE*** 1/2 (three and a half stars) Varsity-level teen comedy.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (profanity, sexual situations). At the Orpheum, the Kips Bay, the 84th Street,...
WELL-DONE NOIRISH NUMBER
July 28, 2006 | 4:00am13 (TZAMETI)*** 1/2 (three and a half stars)In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (violence, drug use). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth...
PETRIFIED WOOD-Y
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSCOOP** (two stars) Yesterday's news.Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual innuendo). At the Empire, the Lincoln Plaza, the Beekman, others. BACK during his salad days of the '70s and...
STILTED 'SYLVIA' FALLS FLAT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSYLVIASan Francisco Ballet. New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center; (212) 721-6500. Season ends Sunday. FEW ballets have been as anticipated as Mark Morris' version of "Sylvia" for Helgi Tomasson's San...
BEYOND THE MUSIC
July 28, 2006 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" is supposed to be all about the singing. But it's become so much more than that. TV's biggest show now serves as an engine that drives our pop-culture...
BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF - ENJOY A SNORT OF THIS NOIR THRILL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amMIAMI VICE (three and a half stars) Prime crime. Running time: 133 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, profanity, sex, nudity). At the Lincoln Square, the E-Walk, the Kips Bay, others....
APPEALING APPLE; POST-FIASCO FIONA HAS PASSION
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amFIONA APPLE FIONA Apple has a bad reputation here in New York. Six years ago, she melted down on the stage of the Roseland Ballroom, quitting a highly anticipated show...
HARLEM TOO BIG FOR ONE WEEK; FEST KICKS OFF SUNDAY
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE first thing you should know about Harlem Week is that it isn't a week. More like a month . . . and a few days. And that is a...
ALARM SOUNDS FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S oldies week here at Playlist, as many of this week's picks have been around for decades. Also, free shows in the great outdoors continue, so try to keep up....
STARR REPORT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWOR is launching Ellis Henican and Lynne White into national syndication beginning Monday - even though they've struggled, thus far, to find an audience. "Henican & White" finished 25th in...
MELTDOWN - FOX 5'S APPLEGATE BLOWS HER COOL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00am'GOOD Day New York" anchor Jodi Applegate had an on-air meltdown yesterday when a pair of Internet pranksters simulated an unexpected powertool mishap on the live show. Casey and Van...
'IDOL' ELBOW - FILM HINTS PRODUCERS WANTED FANTASIA TO QUIT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amEVERYBODY loves a rags-toriches tale. And when that rags-to-riches tale happens to include a winner of "American Idol" - well, oh baby! So you can just imagine how beside myself...
MARY'S HOT PICK
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWHEN gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt (right) famously teamed up in jazz with virtuoso violinist Stephane Grappelli in the '30s and '40s, the world exploded with the duo's hot swing sound....
FILM PICK
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amUnless the sight of George Clooney's bare butt is a turn-on, it's best you skip his remake of "Solaris'' and instead see the 1972 original by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky....
CASINO BEAT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amNEW JERSEY * Tween queen HILARY DUFF is live onstage tonight at 8 p.m. in the Mark G. Etess Arena. Tickets: $50. The soulful sounds of SMOKEY ROBINSON fill the...
WAR KIDS' SAVIOR - S.I. WOMAN BRINGS HOPE TO MAIMED YOUNGSTERS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWhen a 7-year-old Iraqi boy lost his right arm and eyesight after being caught in the crossfire between American forces and guerrillas, a U.S. Army major in Baghdad called Elissa...
TARGET: HEZBOLLAH - WHY THE FIGHTING IS SO TOUGH
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amYESTERDAY, Israel's government overruled its generals and refused to expand the ground war in southern Lebanon. Given the difficulties encountered and the casualties suffered, the decision is understandable. And wrong....
'THREAT' ALERT IN COURTS - JUDGES TARGETED
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThreats to harm judges have reached historic levels - increasing steadily since 2003 - and they're on track to set a new record this year, the government reported yesterday. The...
KLEIN IN D.C.
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein appeared before a House panel yesterday, lobbying lawmakers to factor students' continuing academic improvement in judging schools under the No Child...
GRANNY-SCAM FIEND GETS JAIL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA swindler who befriended two elderly ladies and then scammed them out of nearly $300,000 will get off with less than three years in prison - but only if she...
LAW WILL KEEP GUN CONS IN CITY SIGHTS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amCrooks convicted of committing crimes with guns will have to report to the NYPD every six months, under groundbreaking legislation signed into law yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. "This is the...
BEAM-ING WITH PRIDE - HOT METAL FOR WTC ROLLS OUT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe Freedom Tower began taking shape this week, as the first beams for the building's foundation began rolling out of a foundry in the tiny Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, famous...
BILL A HILL SHILL IN IOWA
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Clinton looks like the surrogate-in-chief for wife Hillary, with a star turn in the first presidential test state of Iowa, where he'll headline a Democratic dinner on...
WHY SUOZZI SANK
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY NOT so long ago, Tom Suozzi was a rising Democratic star. His spectacular flame-out as a candidate for governor can be chalked up to many things: Unbounded hubris, bordering...
TOM TUNES OUT MARIO
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Democratic gubernatorial long shot Thomas Suozzi yesterday rejected an attempt by longtime friend Mario Cuomo to get him to drop his primary battle against Eliot Spitzer. Suozzi, standing...
'FAKE COP' KILLER HAS A BEEF WITH B'KLYN ROBBERY RAP
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amHomicidal cop impersonator and bandit Reginald Gousse took the stand in his own defense yesterday and summed up his opinion of the case by asking a Brooklyn jury, "Where's the...
IS IT REALLY WAR THEY HATE?
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amMY column on Tuesday posed a series of questions about whether America and Israel have achieved such a high level of civilization that we cannot do what is necessary to...
DJ IS A LUCKY 'STAR' - BEATS KID-THREAT RAP
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA foulmouthed former hip-hop radio disc jockey - who threatened a rival DJ's wife and young daughter on the air - cut a deal with prosecutors yesterday to dismiss the...
$8.2M FED FLU GRANT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe city has received an $8.2 million grant from the federal government to prepare for a flu pandemic. "We've already began using these resources to supply hospitals with ventilators and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man standing on a stoop in Brownsville was shot to death last night, cops said. Travis Lee, 20, went to his aunt's apartment on Eastern Parkway because...
DEAL GIVES BABY-KILLER JUST 15 YRS.
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amOver the objections of prosecutors, a judge yesterday allowed a Brooklyn man accused of savagely beating his girlfriend's toddler son to death to plead guilty in exchange for the minimum...
KICK IN ARSENAL - 100 'MILITARY' ARMS SEIZED FROM DUO
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amCops in Queens and Long Island busted two weapons freaks and seized enough firepower to outfit a small army, officials said yesterday. Officers, tipped by an informant, raided the homes...
PA'S TUNNEL VISION - $1B FOR N.J. RAIL, PLUS LIRR AID
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe Port Authority is on track to become the region's new railroad baron. Yesterday, officials not only pledged $1 billion for a long-planned Hudson River rail tunnel, but said they...
GOV VETOES BRIDGE DI$ABILITY
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vetoed two bills that would have granted the city's bridge and tunnel officers the presumption that any lung or heart disease they suffer is a...
CHUCK & HILL WAVER ON BOLTON
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton are hedging on whether they still oppose U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, amid signs he'll finally win Senate confirmation. A senior source...
ISRAEL ORDERS A TROOP BOOST - * CALLS UP 45,000 RESERVE SOLDIERS * POISED TO PULVERIZE 'HEZ' VILLAGES
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel will call up 45,000 reserve troops for war duty and intends to flatten deserted villages in southern Lebanon, officials said yesterday. Israel's defense Cabinet decided to mobilize...
CON ED IN NEW SWEAT - HEAT-WAVE STRESS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amWith sweltering temperatures due to roast the city in the next few days, nervous Con Ed officials say they'll be monitoring the city's power supply to make sure electric wires...
FUEL-FED AIRFARES TAKE OFF
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe skies are 10.3 percent less friendly than they were a year ago - to passengers' pocketbooks. An airfare increase announced yesterday is the largest since the Department of Transportation...
GREEN'S MOB AD TRASHED - RUDY AIDE RIPS BOAST
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Attorney-general candidate Mark Green says in a new TV commercial that he drove the mob out of New York's carting industry - but a former top aide to...
GRAND OL' SEX PARTY - POL'S DAD, 81, BUSTED
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe father of Brooklyn-born U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman was busted having sex in a car outside a pizzeria, police said yesterday. Norm Coleman Sr., 81 - who used to run...
DOOMED TEEN'S CHILLING CALL - 12TH AVE. STALKER 'WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE,' SHE TOLD BEAU
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amIn a final, frantic call, a terrified teen told her boyfriend she was being followed down a Chelsea street by a drug-dealing maniac - who cops say raped and murdered...
AGING HEIR: I NEVER PUT MA AT ASTOR RISK - 'SHOCKED' BY HIS SON'S NEGLECT SUIT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amBrooke Astor's embattled blueblood son, Anthony Marshall - who has been accused by his own son of neglecting the legendary society matron - insisted yesterday that he would never mistreat...
'THREATS' ON JUDGES SKYROCKET
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThreats against judges have reached historic levels - increasing steadily since 2003 - and they're on track to set a new record this year, the federal government reported yesterday. The...
HE-SHE LOOKS TO PURSE-UE APPEAL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSometimes a man who dresses as a woman has to stand his ground. A grizzled gender-bender skipped a deal with prosecutors yesterday while he mulls an appeal of a higher...
CRAMPING SWIMMER DROWNS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA man drowned off Jacob Riis Park in Queens yesterday after he went into the water while suffering from a cramp, police sources said. Julian Croban, 40, of The Bronx,...
DAVID HASSEL-QUAFF - 'DRUNK' AT HEATHROW
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amHere's The Hoff getting hassled. One-time "Baywatch" stud (inset) David Hasselhoff looked like a garden variety geriatric getting a ride with airport security in London after stumbling his way through...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - GIVE THEM THEIR DUE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThey are the hidden heroes of our city - and now, at last, it's time to give them their moment in the spotlight. We are seeking candidates for the fifth...
BROOKLYN'S POWELL FIGHTS FOR HEIGHTS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSechew Powell grew up watching fellow Brownsville resident Mike Tyson rule the boxing world. "I've never met him, but he's one of the big reasons why I went into boxing,"...
STRAHAN STANCE: 'I'M NOT TALKING'
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Michael Strahan arrived yesterday at Giants training camp, no doubt looking forward to getting back to football and escaping from the tabloid wars surrounding his bitter...
IT'S EASY PICKIN'S FOR BLUES AND BASS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amTHE saltwater fishing pic ture has a lot of black and blue in it for bluefish and black sea bass. We also have porgies, weakfish are back in the picture...
MANY HAPPY RETURNS FOR PRADO, MASCOT
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - THIRD RACE: Going mile-and-eighth on Mellon turf, Kent Desormeaux hustled 30-1 Bon Marie out of gate to clear field into clubhouse turn, drop over to rail, open...
PHILS' LIDLE IN CENTER OF TRADE RADAR
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Having already completed a minor deal that transported backup catcher Sal Fasano from Philly to The Bronx, the Yankees remain interested in more Phillies. And while Bobby Abreu...
WRIGHT RIPS IT UP AGAINST BRAVES' RAMIREZ
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - The Mets should hope they have runners on board when David Wright comes up against Horacio Ramirez tonight in the opener of a three-game series in...
DEVS TALK TO DUNHAM
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amA battle to be Martin Brodeur's backup is brewing. This one stands to be decided at the bargaining table when Lou Lamoriello decides which free agent to sign - the...
SCAT DADDY CAPTURES SANFORD
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Sanford Stakes, run yesterday at the Old Spa for the 92nd time, is noted for producing one of the greatest upsets in racing history, when Upset,...
NETS ACQUIRE MOORE HEIGHT; TRADE '09 DRAFT PICK FOR 7-FOOTER
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe Nets added one big body yesterday while shrinking the chances they will bring another from Europe. With the need to find size that can help immediately instead of down...
BIG-TALKIN' BRAVES READY FOR 1ST-PLACE AMAZIN'S
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - They are an optimistic lot down here. Every fly ball is a just-miss home run if you believe the roars that spill from the grandstand. No deficit is...
MET TRAGIC - MANY DEALS LESS THAN AMAZIN'
July 28, 2006 | 4:00am* The Yankees have interest in the Pirates' Craig Wilson and Roberto Hernandez. The Mets are enticed by Hernandez and perhaps starter Kip Wells. The New York teams, among others,...
PEDRO RETURNS TO THE MOUND TONIGHT IN ATLANTA
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTA - A dozen is how much the Mets are up right now. They lead the Braves by 12 games heading into tonight. But they still have three games this...
STARTING 'OUT' - MARTIN IS PUT ON PUP LIST AS CAMP OPENS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amOn the eve of Eric Mangini's first day of training camp, the Jets already appear to be facing a mini-crisis. Curtis Martin, their top running back and one of the...
EMBARRASSING DISPLAY MARS 1ST DAY
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amIF THE Jets perform on the field the way their operation performed yesterday during the players' arrival at training camp, it's going to be a long, calamitous season. The Jets...
MAKE HAY-ROD - ALEX: 'I KNOW I'M GOING TO PLAY WELL'
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amAlex Rodriguez returns home tonight and as hard as it is to believe, he brings 24 other Yankees with him. Joe Torre and the coaches, too. Really, there are other...
ARRING' IT OUT - LAVAR TALKS REVIVAL UPON ARRIVAL
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The way LaVar Arrington figures it, the Giants are the right team for him, the appropriate place for him to rejuvenate his career. Arrington and the Giants? Perfect...
THERE'S A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR REYNOLDS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amIF HAROLD Reynolds is going to work as a baseball television analyst again, he is going to have to convince broadcasting executives that he is not delusional. Reynolds cannot go...
PUNCHER'S CHANCE - NL WILD-CARD RACE GIVES BRAVES HOPE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThere probably is nobody more qualified to talk about amazing division comebacks than Lou Piniella. Not only was Piniella a member of the 1978 Yankee team that overcame a 14game...
CALL IT THE WAYNE EVENT - CHREBET EYED FOR SNY JET SHOWS
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amSportsNet NY is on the verge of signing Wayne Chrebet for its Jet preand post-game coverage this season, NYP TV Sports has learned. "We have had discussions with Chrebet and...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amTO: YES & SNY Executives From: Andrew Marchand Re: David Cone CC: Ed Hearn Dear Execs: David Cone should be on one of your networks. He again showed why during...
5 QUESTIONS FOR DARREN WOODSON
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN's NFL Live's Darren Woodson. Woodson, 37, played 13 seasons and was a fivetime Pro Bowler. Q: As a former Cowboy,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 28, 2006 | 4:00amNote to bomb-threat letter writers: Don't sign the letter. New Jersey prisoner Donald Ray Bilby, 30, made things a bit easier for authorities when he included his name and inmate...