June 26, 2004
MANGO SEEKS APPLE STORE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMango, a Spanish retailer similar to Zara and Hennes & Mauritz, is scouting locations for its first U.S. store, The Post has learned. The company is looking for space in...
NOW, PAPER CUTS; AMID CIRC SCANDAL, NEWSDAY LOOKS TO PARE STAFF
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe Tribune Company is about to swing the ax at Newsday. At least 17 editorial department staffers have accepted voluntary buyouts, sources said, but the company was said to be...
NEW CSFB BOSS CALMS HIS TROOPS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amNew Credit Suisse First Boston boss Brady Dougan spent yesterday calling on clients, rallying the firm's shell-shocked troops and calming fears the investment bank will crumble without the Rolodex and...
GIMME SHELTER: HUNGRY AND HOMELESS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Olsen twins are losing more than just pounds: Now they're minus a few thousand square feet. Just when Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were hoping to move into their new...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amIN YOUR CUPS Furnished Quarters 158 W. 27th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 2nd floor (212) 206-8730 Sale: through Sunday Open: Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. New...
'J' PARDY' JENNINGS HITS #18
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amANSWER: He has been an unstoppable "Jeopardy!" champion. Question: Who is Ken Jennings? Jennings fought to another victory - but just barely - last night, bringing his consecutive-night "Jeopardy!" winning...
DAMMIT, HE'S MAD
June 26, 2004 | 4:00am'I use this product called I Can't Believe It's Not Butter," comic Demetri Martin says solemnly. "Because sometimes when I'm having toast, I like to be incredulous." That sort of...
READ 'EM AND WIN!
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amLeave it to the New York Public Library to make summer reading not only a breeze, but a blast - with all kinds of prizes, from sidewalk chalk to Statue...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amCarrie Kolder, an English teacher at Fremd HS in Palatine, Ill., has sent invitations to 3,650 former students asking them to her retirement party in the school cafeteria. There's a...
FIRE CAPT. FOUND DEAD IN MOTEL
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amAn FDNY captain was found dead of an apparent heart attack yesterday in a Brooklyn motel room, authorities said. Eric Dailey, 46, of Port Jefferson, L.I., was found inside the...
KITCHEN FIRE KILLS L.I. WOMAN
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA disabled Long Island woman died in her home after setting herself on fire while cooking dinner, authorities said. Neighbors smelled smoke and heard a smoke alarm coming from the...
SPIKE LOSES FIELD OF DREAMS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMovie director Spike Lee struck out in his bid to build a Little League field in Fort Greene. The plan - which had been progressively losing steam - was proclaimed...
JUDGE VEILS EVIDENCE VS. JACKO
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The judge in Michael Jackson's molestation case threw a blanket of secrecy over evidence yesterday, saying it'd be "very difficult" for the singer to get a...
WARPED SEX DRIVE SINKS SENATE HOPEFUL - 'TREK' GAL'S KINKY CHARGES SINK HER EX'S SENATE RUN
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Republican once married to "Star Trek" actress Jeri Lynn Ryan yesterday quit his race for U.S. senator from Illinois in the wake of scandal created when unsealed...
VEEP: I DON'T @#&*%!ING REGRET IT
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday said he has no regrets about using the F-word to Democratic Sen. Pat Leahy - and in fact "felt better after I had...
'DUI' DAD BUSTED WITH TOT IN AUTO
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA boozing Long Island dad fled cops in a wild high-speed chase with his 2-year-old son asleep in the front seat, police said yesterday. Benjamin Smith, 40, of Medford, was...
HIV-WARY APPLE URGING: TAKE THE TEST
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amOne in four New Yorkers living with HIV are unaware of it, so city health officials are urging everyone to get tested for the virus that causes AIDS and then...
GAL'S DEATH LEAP ; VICTIM'S AUNT TAKES PHOTOS OF CORPSE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amAn anguished Long Island artist leaped from the roof of her aunt's 12-story Chelsea apartment building yesterday - and the aunt, a famed legally blind photographer, snapped pictures of the...
INFANT-TOSS SICKO JAILED
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA Westchester man convicted of tossing his infant daughter out of a seventh-story window was sentenced yesterday to 32 years in prison. Willie Williams, 30, of Ossining, was found guilty...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** A 27-year-old man turned himself in to cops in Harlem after he shot another man in the chest during an argument, police said yesterday. Marvin Morell allegedly blasted...
COP: I LED COKE OP ; ROGUES ROBBED DEALERS OF $2M
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA disgraced former NYPD detective, who fingered cops for ripping off more than $2 million worth of cocaine from dealers to resell on city streets, admitted he helped lead the...
TURK BOMB KILLS 4 BEFORE BUSH VISIT
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA bomb blast killed four people in Istanbul just days before President Bush travels there to attend a NATO summit. Turkish officials said a wanted left-wing militant, Semiran Polat, 29,...
DRIVERS FACE MAJOR MIDTOWN GOP-LOCK
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amGridlock will be the order of the day at this summer's Republican National Convention, as a long swath of Midtown will be closed to vehicular traffic while delegates are in...
GAY PRIDE FOR HARVEY MILK GRADS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's controversial Harvey Milk HS serving gay and lesbian students yesterday celebrated its first graduating class since becoming a fully-fledged high school following a tumultuous year. Department of Education...
MUGGED COP NABS EAST HARLEM PUNK
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop walking from an East Harlem station house managed to capture one of four teens who jumped him and tried to rob him yesterday morning, police said. The...
MARTHA TO GET A BIT MORE FUN IN THE SUN BEFORE SENTENCING
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart is getting an extra week of summer. The judge in the domesticity diva's stock-scandal case yesterday postponed her and her stockbroker's sentencing date by eight days on her...
LOVE IS BLONDE; BRITNEY ENGAGED TO JUSTIN LOOK-ALIKE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amOops, she's doing it again! Less than six months after her infamous quickie marriage to a childhood pal ended in just 55 hours, Britney Spears is headed down the aisle...
GRADUATING TO THE NBA ; TELFAIR SCORES HIS HS DIPLOMA
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amSebastian Telfair looked like just another blue-robed Lincoln HS senior as he and his classmates donned cap and gown for graduation yesterday. The half-million-dollar Maybach limousine he entered after the...
TEARS FOR SLAIN STEPDAD
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amFDNY mechanic Hubert Yarde was remembered as a good colleague yesterday by friends still shocked he'd been shot dead allegedly by his stepdaughter. "I don't know why anyone would want...
JEALOUS RAGE; MAN RAMS SUV INTO EX'S NEW HUBBY
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA deranged Queens pharmacist critically injured his ex-wife's husband by plowing into him with an SUV, police said yesterday. Mohammed Huq, 52, had just dropped off his daughter, Maushumi, with...
TOT TRUCK HORROR - 'SPEEDER' KILLS HIM, PLOWS INTO SIS ON B'KLYN GRAD DAY
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed crossing the street on his way home from a Head Start graduation ceremony yesterday when a tractor-trailer struck him as he held hands with...
FEDS BID TO GET N.Y. 'HIT' DUO FROM INDIA
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA wealthy Manhattan restaurateur was indicted yesterday on charges he plotted to have his fiancée murdered while they were in his native India so he could collect $1 million in...
'CRACK'POT DMX ; COPS: RAPPER HIGH IN JFK CAR CAPER
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amTough-guy rapper DMX was high on crack and had sirens and a billy club in his car when he and a friend were busted at Kennedy Airport trying to pull...
TUNNEL-BLAZE SCARE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amAn SUV burst into flames inside the Lincoln Tunnel last night, causing some panicked motorists to abandon their cars and run out of the tube, while other drivers endured heavy...
TOT TRUCK HORROR; 'SPEEDER' KILLS HIM, PLOWS INTO SIS ON B'KLYN GRAD DAY
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Brooklyn boy was killed crossing the street on his way home from a Head Start graduation ceremony yesterday when a tractor-trailer struck him as he held hands with...
CAREER CROOK NABBED IN VICIOUS B'KLYN SEX ATTACK
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA man with more than 50 arrests on his record in the past 20 years was busted again for brutally assaulting a woman on a Brooklyn street and trying to...
LIGHTNING STRIKES AIRTRAIN IN RAILY SCARY NIGHT AT JFK
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe AirTrain was struck by lightning last night as it made its way through Kennedy Airport, forcing the light-rail link to shut down for two hours, officials said. The Port...
CAT BURGLAR TERRORIZES UPPER E. SIDE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amA high-flying cat thief has burglarized three posh Upper East Side apartments, including a daring descent yesterday where he leaped from a rooftop to a penthouse apartment and stole cash...
MIKE: EVERYONE IN THE POOL!
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg got wet and wild yesterday when he kicked off the opening of the city's pools. "Last one in is a rotten egg!" the mayor hollered as some 20...
MARTHA GETS SOME BREATHING ROOM
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart is getting an extra week of summer. The judge in the domesticity diva's stock-scandal case yesterday postponed her and her stockbroker's sentencing date by eight days on her...
WARPED SEX DRIVE SINKS SENATE HOPEFUL
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Republican once married to "Star Trek" actress Jeri Lynn Ryan yesterday quit his race for U.S. senator from Illinois in the wake of scandal created when unsealed...
LOVE IS BLONDE - BRITNEY ENGAGED TO A JUSTIN LOOK-ALIKE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amOops, she's doing it again! Less than six months after her infamous quickie marriage to a childhood pal ended in just 55 hours, Britney Spears is headed down the aisle...
'SMARTY' RETURNS TO WORK
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amSmarty Jones returned to the track yesterday for the first time since his second-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, jogging a mile at Philadelphia Park. "Just super," said trainer John...
ASHADO HEADS FIELD IN MOTHER GOOSE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amKentucky Oaks winner Ashado heads a field of six 3-year-old fillies in today's Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose at Belmont, the first leg of the Triple Tiara. In her last...
BOMBERS TURN ATTENTION TO ROTATION
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With center fielder Carlos Beltran off the market for now, the Yankees can focus on improving a suspect starting rotation. George Steinbrenner wanted Beltran, who went from K.C....
REYES TAKES LEAD
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe Mets' leadoff hitter was prepared to to return to the lineup last night. But Kaz Matsui wasn't going to be hitting leadoff. Jose Reyes was. For the second time...
TRACHSEL MUST BATTLE ROAD WOES
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amNobody can figure it out. At home this year, Steve Trachsel has been Cy Young. On the road this year, he's been Jeff Weaver in pinstripes. It's a mystery, plain...
FAMILY MAN JOSE ANXIOUS TO START OVER
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amLet's admit it right now: The best part of Jose Contreras' day tomorrow will come after he finished pitching against the Mets. For the first time in the U.S., he'll...
HIGH-FLYIN' METROS VISIT THE BASEMENT
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amM'STARSatREVOLUTIONTonight7:30 - MSG WADO (1280) They're still riding the good vibrations of consecutive wins over the Los Angeles Galaxy, including Wednesday's 3-0 win over the offensive powerhouse out West, but...
LOOPER'S BEEN THERE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amBraden Looper stood in front of his Yankee Stadium locker in the visitors' clubhouse last night and surveyed the scene. "We had just won the World Series the last time...
PRADO ENOYS 4-WIN AFTERNOON
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe Big Apple Triple begins today with the $100,000 Mike Lee for 3-year-old New York breds going seven furlongs at Belmont. Any horse that can sweep the Mike Lee, the...
KAZ READY TO RECORD SOME HITS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES After his first missed game in 1,213 contests, Kaz Matsui is feeling pretty good about getting back in the lineup, even if he has to wait another day...
DAY-NIGHT DOUBLEHEADER SET FOR TOMORROW
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amSo what if the players don't get jacked like they did seven years ago when the Subway Series was introduced to New York baseball fans? In the days leading to...
NOW, JOSE NEEDS ANSWERS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amTHE kicker came in the morning, the first morning they were together in their first American home. That was when the younger daughter, Naylenis, tapped Jose Contreras on the head,...
KNICKS GUARDED ABOUT NEXT MOVE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMaybe the best thing to happen to the Knicks at the NBA Draft on Thursday wasn't their second-round selection of UCLA freshman small forward Trevor Ariza, but the draft-day doings...
RANGERS: DRAFT DOUBTS ; ISLES HAVE QUALIFYING PLAN SET
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amRALEIGH - While intrigue and uncertainty surround the Rangers here this Entry Draft weekend (Will they use the sixth overall selection on Al Montoya if, as now seems unlikely, the...
A-ROD IN CENTER OF N.Y. STATE OF MIND
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe Beastie Boys just released an album entitled, "To The 5 Boroughs." As far as Alex Rodriguez is concerned, you could subtitle the Subway Series in the same fashion. At...
RISING SONS - JAPAN'S GIFT TO SUBWAY SERIES: MATSUI VS. MATSUI
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amHIDEKI Matsui playing against Kaz Matsui makes the Subway Series big news in Japan. But it offers local followers another reminder about the free-agent fortunes of the Yankees and the...
ERICKSON BATTERED IN MINORS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES With each start in Norfolk, Scott Erickson continues to lessen the belief that he can return and help the Mets. Erickson, who's rehabbing a strained left hamstring, made...
A-ROD UNDERSTANDS N.Y. STATE OF MIND
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThe Beastie Boys just released an album titled "To The 5 Boroughs." As far as Alex Rodriguez is concerned, that could be the subtitle for the Subway Series. At his...
SUBWAY OPENER A REAL WASHOUT: DAY-NIGHTTWINBILLSET FORTOMORROW
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amThey came with rain slickers, hats and a wish to see the Yankees and Mets open what, for some New York baseball fans, is a six-game season. Instead, many of...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR STARTERS
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amAl Leiter doesn't pay attention to the weather. So the Mets' veteran left-hander had no idea about yesterday's forecast and the predicted downpour. "I just assumed we were playing," Leiter...
BRONX DOESN'T BOTHER BRADEN
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amBraden Looper stood in front of his locker and surveyed the scene in the visitors' clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. "We had just won the World Series the last time I...
RUN, REYES, RUN ; JOSE'S NEW GAIT STILL OUT OF TUNE
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amIn five games back, Jose Reyes has three hits: a double, a triple and a homer. It's a measure of the 21-year-old phenom's dazzling talent that each of his three...
RISING SONS: JAPAN'S GIFT TO SUBWAY SERIES: MATSUI VS. MATSUI
June 26, 2004 | 4:00amHIDEKI Matsui playing against Kaz Matsui makes the Subway Series big news in Japan. But it offers local followers another reminder about the free-agent fortunes of the Yankees and the...