August 22, 2006
THERE MAY BE ANOTHER SURPRISE IN EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amNOW that everyone is convinced interest rates won't be rising, there might be a twist to the story line. It's so clear the economy is slowing that even the Federal...
AOL AXES TECH EXECS OVER SNAFU
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amAmerica Online fired a top executive yesterday who was responsible for the massive data debacle that led to the release of information on more than a half million members. AOL...
NYMEX TO SLASH ITS WORK FORCE BEFORE IPO
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe New York Mercantile Exchange - the world's largest energy market - wants to cut up to a quarter of its work force as part of plan to slash expenses...
GREEN GIANT TAKES SHAPE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amIF the biggest news in Midtown remains Douglas Durst's fast-rising One Bryant Park, the second biggest is across the street, where all eyes are on Equity Office Properties' 1095 Sixth...
NEW SLATE TURNS BLANK FOR FRANK
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amFrank Quattrone, the one-time king of Silicon Valley, is almost free to trade after spending close to three years in a pitched legal battle with the government. In a stunning...
STYLE RACKET - TOP PROS SHOW FASHION; ALONG WITH FOREHANDS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJudging from the players, the promos and the fashion press, style is just as important as a killer serve at this year's U.S. Open. Plenty of players have strutted the...
DRESSING DOWN - FUND PUSHES TO SHAKE UP WARNACO
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe Barington Group, an activist hedge fund that has shaken up companies such as Steve Madden and Nautica, has turned its sights on The Warnaco Group and is pushing for...
JENNINGS LEAVES SAKS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amSaks Fifth Avenue is finally back to its slender self. After operating with what critics called a crowded executive suite, SFA yesterday announced the resignation of Andrew Jennings, its president....
RAINY DAY FOR WEATHER MAN
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amCRAIG Allen, the long-time Ch. 2 weekend weatherman, has been bumped off the station, according to reports. Allen - who will remain on the radio for WCBS-AM - had been...
POST-TONY PLANNING AT HBO
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amPAUL Giamatti will play John Adams, and James Gandolfini will play Ernest Hemingway as HBO begins to prepare for a time after "The Sopranos" and "Deadwood" are off the air....
THE JETS FALL, THE JINTS ROLL IN 'BOWL'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Giants win the Super Bowl! OK, not really, but that's what happened in a hands-off, simulated football game run in EA Sports' new "Madden NFL 07." In honor of...
PICK POCKET - MEREDITH LOOKING FOR LOOSE CHANGE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJust what are Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer trying to tell us about their on-air relationship? This is the new, official "Today" portrait of the earlymorning co-hosts, released late last...
'9021'-OH NO - SHANNEN DOHERTY AS RELATIONSHIP COUNSELOR-THAT'S NO JOKE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amLET's be honest. Why would anyone bother taking relationship advice from a person who's never socked a spouse, or in this case, allegedly tried to run one over? Exactly! That's...
ALL EYES ON 'SNL' - AGAIN - AUDITIONS NEXT WEEK
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWHAT's going on behind the scenes at "Saturday Night Live" this month may be more dramatic than anything you'll see on the two prime-time shows starting this fall based on...
CUOMO RISES WITH 'GMA'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amCHRIS Cuomo is the new Maria Shriver. The youngest member of the Cuomo political dynasty has been named the news anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America." He takes over for...
ROLLIN' IN THE 'ISLE' - A BUDGET-CONSCIOUS SUSANNAH CAHALAN LEARNS HOW 'TO AUTUMN' IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amNOTORIOUSLY uppah-class Martha's Vineyard is hiding something from you. On the island of pink shirts and popped collars - where media A-listers and hotshot politicians famously keep a whopping 75...
LAST CALL - 4 END-OF-SUMMER BLASTS.
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amTAKE A DIP Lake George, N.Y. An erstwhile battlefield (making cameos in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution), the "Queen of the American Lakes" is a...
STUD FINDER - 20 QUESTIONS TELL YOU IF HE'S THE ONE; TAKE THE QUIZ INSIDE!; PUTTING HIM TO THE TEST
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amALLISON Castillo has dated some gems. One ex-boyfriend still owes her $3,000. Another guy, after a wild night, said her flirty e-mails made him uncomfortable. And another one, two weeks...
TRANSLASEAN - SEAN PAUL DECIPHERS HIS HIT-MAKING JAMAICAN SLANG
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amSEAN Paul - Jamaican dancehall royalty - is bringing his famous Kingston beats to Madison Square Garden with Mariah Carey tomorrow night. But while you'll find clubs from Chelsea to...
'INN' THE KNOW - KILLER DEALS FOR SEPTEMBER
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amTHE CHARLOTTE INN Now $350-$950 a night, drops post-Labor Day to $295-$850. Located in Edgartown, the inn reeks of old money. Edwardian furniture and 19-century artwork define the place. Breakfast...
TEEN CHOICES: SEX, DRUGS, BAD ROCK
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amKEVIN Federline's television debut performance may have been cringe-worthy, but it certainly wasn't the most offensive thing about Sunday night's "Teen Choice Awards." Hyper-sexualized innuendo, references to prostitution, pimps and...
ARENA FOES TRY ECO WRECKO
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amOpponents of megadeveloper Bruce Ratner's bid to build 16 skyscrapers and an NBA arena in Downtown Brooklyn are planning a full-court press tomorrow to bring the $4.2 billion plan back...
NOW RATNER FACES BOOT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amFoes of Brooklyn's proposed NBA arena have complained for years that the wrecking ball would knock Prospect Heights residents out of their homes - but now one opponent has the...
KARR'S BEDTIME STORY HAD EVIL TWIST - WOMAN CLAIMS HE ADMITTED ALL IN 2001
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJohn Mark Karr confessed five years ago to killing JonBenet Ramsey - saying he lured the 6-year-old girl to her brutal death after listening to mom Patsy Ramsey tell the...
FALSE PROPHETS OF THE '06 VOTE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00am'Republican slaughter? Don't be so sure.' THERE'S a growing sense among political insiders that Republicans will get blown out of the water in November. GOP politicians have met waves of...
CITY TOUTS FREE PSAT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe city Education Department will offer free PSAT exams to 150,000 public-school sophomores and juniors this fall, officials said yesterday. The $1.2 million initiative is aimed at boosting the number...
MIKE FOR 'CLUBLAND'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe Giuliani administration's decision to flood Chelsea and the Meatpacking District with bars and clubs was the right thing to do, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The Post has reported in...
PEACE TROOPS NOW: W. - PUSHES ALLIES ON LEB
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An international peacekeeping force is urgently needed in Lebanon, President Bush said yesterday, as he announced a $230 million aid package for the war-ravaged country. Bush said an...
PARKING-PERK JERKS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amPrivileged parkers are creating a safety hazard in the shadow of City Hall, brazenly leaving their vehicles in off-limits no-stopping zones on a major thoroughfare leading to and from the...
COUNCIL'S POLICY A HARD CELL
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe City Council isn't going to rein in lawmakers who have sky-high cellphone bills, but will continue to allocate a single pot of money for all office expenses, officials said...
BUSH'S VOW ON IRAQ: NO DEFEAT, NO SURRENDER
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday vowed the United States will not give up in Iraq "so long as I'm the president" and said advocates of a troop pullout do not...
ITSY BETSY JOB - ADVOCATE'S SCHEDULE IS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amShe's the public advocate who's almost never seen in public. The first six months of Betsy Gotbaum's second term were a whirlwind of private lunches, dinners and strategy meetings with...
ISRAELIS BLOW AWAY 3 HEZ MEN: REPORT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli paratroopers killed three Hezbollah guerrillas yesterday in one of the worst incidents in Lebanon since a truce began eight days ago, Arab media reported. The shooting occurred...
GOT-A-LOT GOTBAUM IS ROLLING IN DOUGH
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amExcept for billionaire Mayor Bloomberg, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum is the wealthiest of the city's top officials, according to financial-disclosure records that became available yesterday. The mayor's fabulous wealth has...
BLACKOUT HEAT ON MAYOR
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg chose not to send extra firefighters to Queens during the 10-day blackout, even though he said he was doing everything he could to keep people safe, critics charged...
SICKO HAD DREAMS OF DABBLING IN DAY CARE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJust a few years before he was busted on child-porn charges, confessed JonBenet Ramsey killer John Mark Karr said he wanted to open a day-care center so he could baby-sit...
EYE ON CANCER 'ZONES' - PROBE CLUSTERS: POL
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amLong Island Congressman Tim Bishop yesterday pressed the House leadership to push through a bill that would provide more than $150 million to detect environmental causes of breast cancer. The...
FORD GETS HIS TICKER FIXED UP
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former President Gerald Ford was resting comfortably yesterday after receiving a pacemaker at the Mayo Clinic to "enhance his heart's performance," his spokeswoman said. The 93-year-old ex-president was...
NUKE CRISIS AT BOILING POINT - IRAN SLAMS DOOR ON U.N. INSPECTORS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amIran sharply raised the ante in its nuclear showdown with the rest of the world yesterday - by banning U.N. arms inspectors at its top-secret underground facility. Tehran's unprecedented stiff-arm...
RULE OF MA FOR JOYRIDER
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA 260-pound woman who stole a 16-foot-long construction truck and led cops on a drunken, predawn chase through lower Manhattan last March has been exiled to her mother's house in...
SWINDLER IN 'SORRY' STATE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA coldhearted con man - who made a career of bilking elderly homeowners by posing as a city inspector - offered a flimsy apology to his victims yesterday before being...
CURSE OF S.I. 'BAMBINO' - LI'L LEAGUE BIGS RAP KID & COACH
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Little League officials yesterday cried foul at the off-base conduct of a Staten Island player and his coach and threatened to boot both from the ongoing World...
BROOKLYN MAN FOUND SHOT DEAD
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amAn elderly man facing gun-possession charges was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment with a single bullet in the back of his head, cops said yesterday. Relatives called authorities Sunday...
INSIDE THE PLOT VS. SLIWA - RAT: JR. WANTED HIM BASHED, NOT SHOT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA mob turncoat who 'fessed up to driving a stolen cab used to kidnap Curtis Sliwa recounted the chilling order from John "Junior" Gotti to send the radio host to...
TERROR TIGERS IN ARMS BUST
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMore than a dozen members of a Sri Lankan terror group were busted for trying to buy weapons including anti-aircraft missiles from a black-market dealer and attempting to bribe U.S....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police believe this man shot dead a 19-year-old man in Washington Heights last week, sources said. Cops are searching for Juan Anderson (above), 23, who is described as...
RANGEL STANDS UP FOR ANDY
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amHarlem Rep. Charles Rangel threw his weight behind state attorney general front-runner Andrew Cuomo - all but calling on rival Mark Green to bow out and saying Democrats need to...
RHYMES 'CRIMES' - BRONX 'VICTIM' RAPS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe Bronx teen allegedly busted up by Busta Rhymes said the irascible rapper kicked him in the face and tossed his sneakers down the street before leaving him in a...
HIT-&-RUN WIDOW'S TV SHOCK
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe wife of the Canarsie man mowed down by a hit-and-run driver Sunday learned her husband was dead by seeing the aftermath of the gruesome accident on TV, sources said...
THREE ADDED TO HEAT-WAVE TOLL
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe death toll from this month's blazing heat wave has now hit 36. Three more deaths - those of a 46 year-old Bronx man and an 82-year-old woman and 47-year-old...
DWI TEEN IN DEATH CRASH
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA Westchester high-school student, who allegedly was driving drunk and speeding, died and two teenage buddies were injured yesterday when their car careened out of control, smacked into a guardrail...
GOP LICKING CHOPS OVER HILLARY: RUDY
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amPotential GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani yesterday said Republican voters want Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the Democratic candidate "so they can vote against her." "Hillary probably has the...
HILL PREZ RUN WOULD RECHARGE GOP: RUDY
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amPotential GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani yesterday said Republican voters want Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the Democratic candidate "so they can vote against her." "Hillary probably has the...
TALE OF BUSTA'S 'CRIMES'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe Bronx teen allegedly busted up by Busta Rhymes said the irascible rapper kicked him in the face and tossed his sneakers down the street before leaving him in a...
BOOT JOE: DEM GROUP
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA group of Connecticut Democrats is pushing to have Sen. Joe Lieberman dumped from the rolls of the party's voters in New Haven because of his run as an independent...
YANK SON MAKES A 'POP' FLY - MET PICK SHOVES HIS BOMBER DAD: COPS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe baseball-playing son of former Yankee slugger Jesse Barfield got his first hit since being drafted by the Mets last spring - he knocked his father down a flight of...
MAN NABBED FOR SLAY IN '76 - WHEN HE WAS 13
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA man has been arrested for a 30-year-old New Jersey slaying committed when he was just 13, authorities said yesterday. Thomas Atkinson, 43, of The Bronx, faces murder charges for...
BILKER'S SORRY STATE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA coldhearted con man who made a career of bilking elderly homeowners by posing as a city inspector offered a flimsy apology to his victims yesterday before being sentenced to...
KT'S KID BUSTED - GOPER SUSPENDS RUN
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amEmbattled GOP Senate hopeful Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland took another nasty public spill yesterday - she put her campaign on hold after her daughter was charged with going on a...
'HIPSTER' BANK ROBBERS ARE CROOKED SIBS: COPS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA pair of hipster-looking bank bandits - who turned out to be a brother-sister robbery team - were busted yesterday for three heists in Manhattan, sources said. Joe Kirby, 23,...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - TIP YOUR HATS TO HEROES
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThere are men, women and young people all over our town who lead lives of quiet humility - all the while improving the lives of those around them. And if...
YANK SON MAKES A 'POP' FLY - MET PICK SHOVES HIS BOMBER DAD DOWN STAIRCASE: POLICE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe baseball-playing son of former Yankee slugger Jesse Barfield got his first hit since being drafted by the Mets last spring - he knocked his father down a flight of...
DEM FACTION: SACK JOE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amA group of Connecticut Democrats is pushing to have Sen. Joe Lieberman dumped from the rolls of the party's voters in New Haven because of his run as an independent...
JET-GIANT SUPER BOWL - 'MADDEN' MATCHUP A REAL 'RUSH'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe Giants win the Super Bowl! OK, not really, but that's what happened in a hands-off, simulated football game run in EA Sports' new "Madden NFL 07." In honor of...
KT'S RACE ON HOLD AMID KID'S ARREST
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Embattled GOP Senate hopeful Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland took another nasty public spill yesterday - she suspended her campaign after her teenage daughter was busted for allegedly...
TOM'S TERRIFIC - SOURCE: TEST SAYS GLAV CAN RETURN IN WEEK
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amTom Glavine will be taking the mound again. A source told The Post last night that the Mets' All-Star left-hander - feared done for the season, maybe even for his...
DUTROW STRIKES 'GOLD'
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Track was fast, turf good; first, fourth races taken off grass. In $70,000 Union Avenue at six furlongs for fillies and mares, Sweet Sweet ran much-improved race...
MICHELETTI EYES MSG JOB
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMSG Network has settled on Joe Micheletti as its top choice to be its Rangers TV analyst, The Post has learned. If final negotiations end smoothly, then Micheletti will replace...
WIN, OR GO HOME - STATEN ISLAND ON THE BRINK AT LLWS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Staten Island's Frank Smith wants the ball in today's do-or-die Little League World Series game against Phoenix. Smith hopes manager Nick Doscher allows him to pitch in...
KARSTENS TO START VS. MARINERS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Jeff Karstens didn't have to open his mouth to let you know what he was feeling. The 23-year-old right-hander was informed yesterday by manager Joe Torre...
BOBBY SOX IT TO 'EM - BOSTON COULD USE ABREU'S BIG BAT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - The furor over the Red Sox's inactivity at the trading deadline has been raging here as Red Sox Nation watched its team get swept in five games by...
PLENTY OF REASONS TO FEAR THE BRONX
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - The season's first 4 ½ months passed in a peaceful blur, and always the conversation seemed to revolve around somebody else: The Tigers. The White Sox. The Red...
YANKS SHOVE SOX INTO BOX - BOMBERS' FLYIN' HIGH AFTER FIVE-GAME SWEEP
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox have another accessory to go with those 2004 World Series rings: 2006 AL East toe tags to identify their bodies in the morgue. Any hope...
BOSOX BATTLING SWEEP-INDUCED NIGHTMARE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - When the carnage was finally over, as the ragged Red Sox left for the West Coast a season-worst 6 ½ games behind the Yankees, David Ortiz summed it...
THE DREAM TEAM
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre thanked his players as they departed the field at Fenway Park yesterday afternoon and made the rounds in the clubhouse, as well. He even took the...
LEFT FIELD OF DREAMS - OF SPOT GROWING BUMPER CROP OF SURPRISES
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amLIKE the Yankees with Melky Cabrera, a host of teams is enjoying success from out of left field. Literally. No position has offered more surprises. Alfonso Soriano moved from second...
CORY STORY HAS HAPPY ENDING
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle may have been the most well rested man at Fenway Park yesterday. Lidle had missed the Yankees' first three marathon games with the Red...
WAITING GAME - TESTS WILL TELL IF GLAVINE CAN RETAKE MOUND
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amTom Glavine won't know if he can pitch again this season until he gets the result of tests on his left shoulder. The Mets' All-Star left-hander is slated to be...
TOUGH LOSS HITS WELLS EXTRA HARD
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - David Wells momentarily put his glove to his mouth and contemplated the standing ovation. Terry Francona had just removed him against his will and was satisfied that the...
GIONTA MIGHT BOYCOTT CAMP
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amLoyal. Not loony. Don't count on Brian Gionta to attend Devils training camp without a contract, invited by Lou Lamoriello or not. The Devils' goal-scoring record-setter is pondering not reporting...
ALEX GETS MITTS ON NEW GLOVE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amBOSTON - Maybe it's the glove. Alex Rodriguez broke out new leather yesterday against the Red Sox and it helped him make two stellar stops in the Yankees' 2-1 victory...
BUM KNEE SLOWS CASTRO'S RETURN
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Ramon Castro has been on the disabled list with a sore left rib cage. He's also now developed an ailing left knee. The Mets' backup catcher was slated...
SPLITTIN' TIME
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amAmerica's best ballers are in Japan at the World Championships on a mission to prove that Team USA will again be the world's best. As Team USA answers its global...
RYDERS ON THE STORM - VERPLANK, CINK COMPLETE AMERICAN TEAM LOOKING TO END DROUGHT
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amMEDINAH, Ill. - Saying he wanted a team of "tough, strong guys that will never give up," Tom Lehman yesterday added Scott Verplank and Stewart Cink to the U.S. Ryder...
CHAD RETURNS, SHAKES RUST WITH A LOT OF REPS
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES Chad Pennington returned to practice yesterday after leaving the team to be with his father, Elwood, who was hospitalized in Tennessee last week. "I'm glad to be back,"...
WORKING MAN - ELI'S HABITS COULD BRING BREAKTHROUGH SEASON
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - The Giants chart every one of the hundreds of Eli Manning passes and break down the success or failure of each throw into one of four quadrants on...
BETTING ON BARLOW - MANGINI NOT WORRIED ABOUT NEW RB'S BACKGROUND
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amHe may have had problems with teammates and coaches while he was in San Francisco, but the notion that Kevan Barlow is a bad guy, someone who won't fit into...
COUGHLIN SAYS HE GETS BAD RAP AS BAD GUY
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Tom Coughlin does not like the characterization of himself as a coach who doesn't care to forge relationships with his players, although he admits the chain...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 22, 2006 | 4:00amRandy Bailey wanted fast food, and when he didn't get it fast enough at the Burger King three blocks from his St. Paul, Minn., home, he allegedly smashed the drive-through...
Get armed & ready for draft
August 22, 2006 | 1:40amWith the NFL season fast approaching, fantasy nuts are going nuts - gauging players worth, formulating draft projections, gameplanning draftroom strategy.The Fantasy Tracker is here to streamline the process for...