May 12, 2007
Rehabilitating Uncle Remus
As we've complained here several times, Disney's "Song of the South'' has been legally unavailable in North America since its low-profile 1986 theatrical re-release. (Fans have had to put up...
Spidey Misses a Record (Or Two)
Lack of competition helps: Steve thinks the Bush-bashing zombie sequel "28 Weeks Later,'' which I gave three stars to today, will be a very distant second with $17 million, while...
DESIGN OF THE TIMES
DESIGN Week technically doesn't begin for a week, but Bklyn Design, the 5-year-old upstart, opens today - leaving you all the more time to obsess over postmodern armoires, space-saving shelves...
MOM'S THE WORD!
WE asked you to tell us why your moms rocked - and boy, did you ever! Readers from the tri-state area and as far away as Florida and California counted...
WHAT'S UP
TODAY BACK ON TRACK: Get fit and have fun at the Youth Track & Field & Wellness Jamboree. More than 2,000 kids are expected to compete in no-pressure track and...
DIMWIT DJ DUO 'SORRY'
XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized yesterday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen...
'DRAMA' CRITIC
A struggling actor, agitated by a negative review and seeking to confront the critic who wrote it, easily forces his way past a receptionist to gain access to the critic's...
PEACE FOR KEN'S 'WAR'
PEACE might be at hand in the war over "The War." Two Latino groups involved in the recent protests against Ken Burns' upcoming PBS miniseries on World War II -...
IT'S BAGH-DUD
LARRY the Cable Guy channels both Moe and Curly in the Three Stooges-go-to-war comedy "Delta Farce." LCG, with a face like raw meatloaf and a body like mashed potatoes, plays...
CITY PADLOCKS CON-JOB AGENCY
A Manhattan job-placement agency had its license yanked and must pony up $20,000 for running scams on people it was supposed to help find work, city officials said yesterday. The...
GOV GIVES DAY-CARE WORKERS UNION LABEL
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday granted tens of thousands of home day-care providers the right to unionize - a move Mayor Bloomberg quickly warned "will lead to reductions in affordable...
GRAFFITI GEEKS STRIKE
It's new-school graffiti - and it's being taught in college. The elite Parsons New School for Design is offering a college course that employs modern, computer-graphic lighting techniques to give...
JUDGE NIXES BAIL FOR ALL SIX JERSEY 'JIHAD' JERKS
CAMDEN, N.J. - Six jihad-loving Muslim extremists busted in an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix were ordered held without bail yesterday. The bearded suspects appeared in olive prison jumpers...
COP PAY A ROOKIE 'MISTAKE'
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, admitted yesterday there's one law-enforcement topic about which he's totally powerless: the low starting salary for new NYPD cops. "I've spoken to everyone I can speak...
'DORM THIEF' CLASS PREZ
Rutgers police said yesterday it reopened a year's worth of unsolved dorm-room thefts after the 2007 class president - who is also the university beauty-pageant queen - and her boyfriend...
MTA SWITCHES TRACKS ON SAFETY
The MTA yesterday began testing portable devices that could alert track workers to approaching trains. Since the deaths of track workers Daniel Boggs and Marvin Franklin last month, transit officials...
COP PUT HIS LOVE THROUGH HELL, THEN HE TOOK HER LIFE: KIN
He was jealous, controlling and domineering. She was stunning, smart and motivated - and that drove him crazy. Harry Rupnarine, the NYPD transit cop accused of fatally gunning down his...
RETIRING SGT. NAILS 'BANDIT'
A quick-thinking police sergeant, who had just filed his retirement papers, capped off his career yesterday by helping nab a serial bank bandit on Staten Island after he spotted her...
S.I. GOP RUSHES TO ENDORSE EX-MAYOR
Rebellious Staten Island Republican Party leaders will endorse Rudy Giuliani for president today - in defiance of state GOP boss Joseph Mondello's edict to avoid backing any candidate before next...
$MOKE SIGNALS
ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg's push to raise the city cigarette tax by 50 cents has received the backing of a powerful state assemblyman. Herman "Denny" Farrell, the Manhattan Democrat who...
CITY TO DUMP ON DUMPERS
The city is launching a crackdown on building owners whose employees flout recycling laws and will issue fines to repeat offenders, officials said yesterday. That could mean hundreds of dollars...
'HEROIN' JIHADIST JAILED
An accused henchman to a powerful Afghani drug lord was hauled into federal court yesterday for allegedly helping his boss wage jihad on the United States by poisoning the streets...
MANHUNT FOR CHILD-PERV
Cops are hunting a depraved attacker who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old boy in Washington Heights. The suspect preyed on his victim last Monday at 9 p.m. when he followed the...
BLACK SUNDAY FIRE WIDOW SLAMS SUSPECTS
The widow of a firefighter killed in the city's infamous Black Sunday blaze appeared in a Bronx court yesterday to angrily confront the suspects accused of causing the inferno. Jeanette...
HIT-RUN VAN KILLS L.I. MOM
A Long Island mother was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she took out her trash, just before her nightly stroll with her husband, cops and kin said...
LIDLE LAWSUIT
An East Side architect is suing Cory Lidle's estate, saying he suffered "extreme terror and fear for his life" when the Yankee pitcher's plane crashed into his apartment. "It's had...
'DOM' DI DUM DUM
Federal jurors yesterday found Gambino capo Dominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia guilty of plotting to kill the Bonnie-and-Clyde couple who robbed his social club - but not of actually shooting them....
MANHOLE BLOWS UNDER QNS. VAN
A manhole exploded under a van carrying a family of four in Queens last night, nearly destroying the vehicle and leaving the occupants with minor injuries. To add insult to...
SHELL-BENT IN CENTRAL PK.
A tenacious snapping turtle climbed a flight of stairs and made a half-mile trek to Central Park's Wollman Rink yesterday, to the delight of parkgoers. The 20-pound turtle, determined to...
TOLKIEN INTEREST
Frodo Baggins, meet al Qaeda. A former New York doctor on trial for terrorism turned to Tolkien as he tried to fend off suggestions that he plotted to wage jihad...
HEY IRAN, DON'T MESS WITH DICK
Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a tough new warning to Iran yesterday - from the deck of an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf in a show of U.S. strength....
IF MIKE'S NOT RUNNING FOR PREZ, WHY IS HE STUMPING IN TEXAS?
HOUSTON - Sounding very much like a presidential candidate, Mayor Bloomberg came to the nation's energy capital yesterday to rip members of Congress as "hypocritical panderers" for not moving quickly...
OBAMA-BRITNEY 'COVER-UP'
WASHINGTON - There was no way White House hopeful Barack Obama was going to let Britney Spears do it again! At an Obama fund-raiser at a Virginia art gallery last...
RUDY'S 'MORAL' STANCE
Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that he believes abortion is "morally wrong" but that he still supports a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. Giuliani restated his support of abortion rights...
SPACE STALK
The pathetic NASA moonbat charged with plotting to kidnap a romantic rival lay in wait for hours at the Orlando airport for her target to arrive, then followed her to...
MOORE: I'M HIDING MY 'SICKO' FILM FROM FEDS
Bush-bashing moviemaker Michael Moore is so spooked by a federal probe of his recent trip to Cuba with ailing 9/11 heroes that he has moved the master copy of his...
REV. AL AND IMUS GUY IN HO-DOWN
The Rev. Al Sharpton and fired shock-jock Don Imus' longtime producer, Bernard McGuirk, faced off on Fox News Channel last night in a fiery "debate." "Let's get ready to box...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan* An elderly woman was struck and killed by a passing train in a Harlem subway station in an apparent suicide yesterday morning, police said. The 78-year-old woman, who was...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 126; Lucky Sum: 9 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 4552; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 050; Lucky Sum: 5 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 0842;...
SPITZER VS. THE POOR
"Increasing the cost of providing day care without increasing state funding for day care will lead to reductions in affordable child care for working New Yorkers . . . Our...
A PRESENT-DAY BIGOT
It's as predictable as the swallows returning to Capistrano: A new campaign year arrives with a dose of toxic rhetoric from the Rev. Al Sharpton. Surprise, surprise! Not. In a...
ODDO GOES BATTY
New York City's high-school baseball players are now free from the hazards of aluminum bats, vague and undocumented as they are. For this, all hail the City Council - and,...
BOOKSTORE APARTHEID
IF Rachael Ray had been black, there are bookstores where her cookbook would not be displayed in the same section with all the other cookbooks. It would be displayed off...
DANGEROUS WARNINGS
CONGRESS may soon increase the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of pharmeceuticals. I certainly don't think we should simply trust what drug companies tell us, but I have my worries...
OBAMA OOPS HELPS HILLARY
SEN. Hillary Clinton's upward bump in Democratic presidential polls is viewed by insiders as a delayed reaction to Sen. Barack Obama's mediocre performance in the opening debate April 26. Not...
RADICAL TEACH
MORE than 400 New York City high-school math teachers and education professors gathered in Brooklyn late last month for a three-day conference on "Creating Balance in an Unjust World: Math...
IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL
THE ISSUE: The use of a Disney-like character to teach kids that Islam will "dominate the world." The Walt Disney company is never mousy when it comes to protecting its...
NEWS CORP. JOINS WAR AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING
THE ISSUE: News Corp.'s announcement of its plans to be carbon-neutral by 2010. I would like to commend Rupert Murdoch for his foresight, courage and leadership in transitioning News Corp....
INFIELD INFAMY
Why would you publish photos of the jerk who ran onto the field in Wednesday night's game at Yankee Stadium ("Yankee-Doodle Dolts," May 10)? Television cameras have avoided giving these...
A CBOT BUYING FRENZY
A fierce bidding war has erupted for The Chicago Board of Trade just as computers are increasingly replacing floor traders on the nation's exchanges. Yesterday, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange bumped...
WCI TWISTS ICAHN'S ARM FOR MORE CASH
Still smarting from his defeat for a board seat at Motorola, investor Carl Icahn is now getting squeezed to boost his bid on another target - Florida's ailing luxury home...
P/E FIRMS CIRCLE VALENTINO
The Valentino Fashion Group said yesterday that it has been approached by several private equity firms interested in buying a stake in the Italian fashion house, but said it had...
BEST DEFENSE
Tonight's Dodge Avenger 500 is Greg Biffle's last chance to race on the current Darlington Raceway, and it could be his best opportunity to derail Hendrick Motorsports' run of domination....
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Source: Nowitzki is MVPDirk Nowitzki has been chosen as the NBA's MVP for leading the Dallas Mavericks to one of the best regular seasons in league history, a team...
NYRA OPENS ON-LINE WAGERING
NYRA went on-line with Internet wagering midway through yesterday's card, available only to New York residents with a NYRA Rewards or NYRA One account. NYRA's Internet program offers a full...
HONDO DIGS THOSE CATS
It's been quite the stinko de Mayo so far for Hondo, who went belly up with the Brewskis last night for his sixth straight setback and saw his once bulging...
ZITO AND LUKAS AIMING AT PIMLICO
A field of 10 or 11 still seems likely for next Saturday's 132nd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, with final decisions on Chelokee and CP West expected this weekend. If CP...
DEVS' ELIAS SUES FORMER AGENTS
Attorneys for Devils captain Patrik Elias are asking $2 million in damages in a suit filed in Bergen County, N.J., against Elias' former agents - claiming fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach...
MINI HAPPY RETURNS
Although training camp is more than two months away, there is always an air of excitement when the players who comprise the Giants' new draft class take the field for...
AT FIRST SIGHT
The wait is over for Jets coaches who have been anxious to see their prized draft picks perform on the field as professionals for the first time. It has been...
WRECKING BREW
Nice job, but seven months too late. The Mets last night finally beat Jeff Suppan. Too darn bad it doesn't compensate for the misery he inflicted on them when it...
SO FAR, SO GOOD FOR SOSA
Jorge Sosa went 13-3 for Atlanta two years ago, and he said he's as confident now as he was then. The results don't lie. For the second straight start, the...
WAGNER SAVING PRAISE OVER START
Billy Wagner sure made it look easy last night, retiring all three Brewers he faced. That doesn't mean the Mets closer was happy with his performance. After the Mets' 5-4...
SHORT SIGHTED
With a roster devoid of Curt Schilling, David Ortiz and bloody socks, the Nets see an 0-3 series deficit to the Cavs as about as warm and fuzzy as a...
THORN: CAVS SERIES WON'T DETERMINE ROSTER MOVES
If a second-round loss occurs, it doesn't necessarily mean Nets management will nuke the roster. The results of the best-of-7 series with the Cavaliers, which resumes today, certainly will be...
WANTED: PAVANO PLAN IN WRITING
SEATTLE - If Carl Pavano avoids Tommy John surgery it will be a huge surprise. However, the "American Idle" isn't being prepped for the operation that will likely end his...
DOWN & SHUTOUT
SEATTLE - The way Jarrod Washburn toyed with the vaunted Yankee hitters last night, it made no difference if it was Darrell Rasner or Roger Clemens on the mound. Facing...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A would-be robber used a pair of women's underwear as a mask and a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter at a West Virginia convenience store. When the clerk took one look at...