July 29, 2005
TRADER BEWARE WIFI PIRATES' HOOKS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amDon't make trades on your wireless computer unless you know how to shoot down a new breed of high-tech pirates tracking your accounts, warns the NASD. In a frightening formal...
1800S BLDG. ON THE BLOCK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe white, 1896-era Beaux Arts building at 620 Avenue of the Americas could become a $300 million redevelopment play. The Atlanta-based Jamestown group, which invests for German pensioners, has hired...
MORGAN STANLEY TO AX 1,000
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amMorgan Stanley will dump roughly 1,000 of its 10,000 stockbrokers in a shake-up of its slumping individual investor group, according to an internal memo. Morgan Stanley President Zoe Cruz released...
DAMON'S DESIGNER SOX APPEAL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amBoston Red Sox slugger Johnny Damon is the latest athlete to sign on as a celebrity endorser of Joseph Abboud. Damon, the Red Sox all-star center fielder, joins other famous...
SIGN OF THE TIMES: VERTICAL AD CRAZE SWEEPS CITY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAs home to Madison Avenue and Times Square, New York is no stranger to advertising spectaculars. Every week seems to bring a bigger, bolder concept in an attempt to grab...
AG BID TO LASSO GRASSO E-MAIL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amProsecutors for state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer are trying to get access to an overlooked e-mail account held by former New York Stock Exchange chief Dick Grasso. Yesterday, during a...
DON'T FULL'ER UP - AMI'S BIG BUCKS BONNIE IS DUE FOR A SALARY WHACK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amBONNIE Fuller, the editorial director of American Media, is expected to take a whacking on her salary when her con tract expires. This year the editrix who oversees everything from...
JUDGE RIPS THAIN - NYSE BOSS CITED FOR 'SERIOUS CONFLICTS' ON IPO
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amNew York Stock Exchange Chief Executive John Thain has some serious conflicts of interest in the eyes of a New York State Supreme Court judge. In a hearing yesterday considering...
FEDERATED MULLS L&T
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe future of Lord & Taylor, the upscale department store that catered to the carriage trade in its heyday but has more recently fallen on hard times, remained uncertain yesterday,...
1800S BLDG. TO DRAW 21ST CENTURY CROWDS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe white,1896-era Beaux Arts building at 620 Avenue of the Americas could become a $300 million redevelopment play. The Atlanta-based Jamestown group,which invests for German pensioners,has hired investment guru Douglas...
BOMB AWAY! PLANEFULLY SILLY 'STEALTH' LEAVES ITS MISSION UNACCOMPLISHED
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSTEALTH * (one star) Roboflop. Running time: 121 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence, profanity, sexual innuendo).At the Orpheum, the E-Walk, the 84th Street, others. 'STEALTH" imagines what would happen if...
IT'S PUPPY LOVE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amDIANE Lane and John Cusack have such terrific chemistry together in the genial romantic comedy "Must Love Dogs" that it's a wonder these two veteran performers have never been teamed...
CLOTHES CALL IN 'TONY'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amEIKO looks hot in designer clothes, which is one reason Tony Takitani, in the movie bearing his name, is attracted to her. "She was like a bird taking flight to...
CLASSROOM COMEDY A SCHOOL OF SCHLOCK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amHERE'S a tagline for Disney's "Sky High": "Like Harry Potter, only stupider!" Sky High School is an American version of Hogwarts: All the kids who go there (on a flying...
DIRTY TRICK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTALK about your one-joke movie. "The Aristocrats" presents a who's who of more than 100 top comedians of fering elaborately bawdy variations on a single joke so filthy it's never...
BOYS ARE BACK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Backstreet Boys are catnip for chicks. Radio City Music Hall was packed with women - from the girls with homemade posters that expressed devotion in glue 'n' glitter to...
THAT'S 'LIFE': PARIS STUCK WITH NICOLE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amPARIS Hilton and Nicole Richie will be on-screens pals again this TV season, even if they're in real-life Splitsville. The silver-spoon princesses are committed to a fourth version of "The...
WE DIG BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amANYONE who's seen the flick "Dig!" loves to chat about Anton Newcombe, the erratic leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, whose contradictory actions (singing about love while shoving his bandmates...
STARR REPORT
July 29, 2005 | 4:00am'Over' scores for FX Steven Bochco's Iraq War drama, "Over There," got off to a strong start Wednesday on FX, averaging 4.1 million viewers at 10 p.m. That's good enough...
SUNSHINE GIRLS - 'BEACH' PALS MIX SOAP AND SAND
July 29, 2005 | 4:00am'BEACH Girls," the new two-hour Lifetime movie premiering Sunday night and continuing for the next four Sunday nights, is this decade's "Beaches." It's soapy, it's sappy, it's silly and yet...
PICK UP THE BILL - POLITICAL COMIC BACK TILTING AT WINDBAGS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amBILL Maher has an oversized head. I'm serious. You can see for yourself if you watch his new standup special premiering tomorrow night on HBO. Look at how slender his...
PETA: DUMP THE MONK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amANIMAL activists and scientists say folks who dress up chimps to appear in TV shows and movies are a bunch of chumps. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has...
DOG-DEATH SUIT - COUPLE BLASTS SHELTER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island couple says a "no-kill" animal shelter in the Hamptons promised to find a home for their beloved pooch, but instead euthanized the healthy animal, causing a tremendous...
ANGLER FIGHTS FOR LIFE AFTER HOWARD BEACH PLUNGE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA 55-year-old Queens man was clinging to life last night after falling into the water while fishing in Howard Beach, police said. The man, who was not immediately identified, was...
ASTRO-BATIC FLIP - SHUTTLE 'BELLIES UP' TO STATION
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amIn an unprecedented aerial ballet 200 miles above the Earth, the space shuttle Discovery did a majestic back flip yesterday before docking at the International Space Station. The spectacular aerobatics...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Kansas teen convicted of battery for vomiting on his high-school Spanish teacher has been given a gross but appropriate sentence - he must spend the next four months cleaning...
L.I. CONVENT BUYER INKS $35 MILLION SISTER PACT
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amCall them pennies from heaven - $35 million worth. The Sisters of the Order of St. Dominic announced that they've gone to contract on their sprawling Hamptons convent, the Siena...
FERRER FALTERING AMONG HISPANICS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral front-runner Fernando Ferrer's backing among Hispanics is down 25 percent from four years ago - but he would still beat Republican incumbent Mike Bloomberg by 2 to 1...
'IDOL' SEX STORY PROBED
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Fox officials revealed yesterday they've hired an independent counsel to probe allegations that "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul had an off-stage, between-the-sheets relationship with a former...
'PUP WITH PEOPLE' ACT - ANIMAL LOVER'S 'ADOPT-MOBILE'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amJoanne Yohannan sat inside an adoption center on wheels a few months ago, cuddling Harry, a homeless 12-year-old Lhasa Apso mix who looked "so sad, just so depressed" - when...
KEY LONDON BOMB SUSPECT BUSTED IN ZAMBIA
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA veteran al Qaeda operative suspected of playing a commanding role in the London transit bombings has been arrested in Zambia in a major break in the investigation, U.S. and...
RICE STILL REIGNS - TAKES TOPS (AGAIN) ON LIST OF MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amIt's official: Rice rules the world - or at least half of it. For the second year in a row, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has topped Forbes magazine's list...
CELL DOOR SLAMS ON NBA STAR'S BLACKMAILER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA second man was sent to prison yesterday over a hairbrained $3 million extortion plot against NBA star Carmelo Anthony. Jason Pabon, 27, of The Bronx, got 1 ½ to...
SNOOZE 'DRAWING' CRITICISM
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe Daily News tried to repair the damage from its botched Scratch n' Stiff game with a special $1 million drawing yesterday - but failed to placate people who want...
THOMPSON SET TO ENDORSE FREDDY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amComptroller William Thompson, the city's top black elected official, has decided to make an endorsement in the Democratic primary for mayor - and insiders are pointing to Fernando Ferrer. Thompson...
DOWNTOWN WINGS IT - $2B RAIL HUB FOR WTC SITE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amLower Manhattan's bird-like transit hub took flight yesterday when the Port Authority approved final designs for the $2.2 billion project that will be the first permanent structure to rise at...
HILL ON ROBERTS: 'WADE' AND SEE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton seems to be hedging on her 2000 campaign vow to make support for legalized abortion a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. Asked yesterday...
MARIO: BIG-SPENDER GEORGE WAS LUCKY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki will be remembered only as "the guy who beat Cuomo," former Gov. Mario Cuomo said yesterday - a day after Pataki announced he wouldn't seek a...
IRISH IN SUSPENSE - IRA PLEDGE RAISES HOPES AND DOUBTS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The British and U.S. governments yesterday reacted with cautious optimism to the Irish Republican Army's pledge to lay down its arms and end its 30-year armed struggle. But...
DEADLY SPEED DEMON - CATSKILLS KIDS' KILLER DID '107'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe maniac camp counselor who drove five youths to their deaths in the Catskills had her license suspended for speeding at 107 mph - and climbed behind the wheel even...
MOB-BUSTERS LASSO 'HORSE'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAfter a long career as a Genovese capo, Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello was corralled yesterday by local and federal mob probers who aim to stable him in prison for...
$TICKY MESS IN 9/11 AID - STAMP RULES BUNGLED
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amCritics are blasting new rules for the distribution of more than $10 million - raised through the sale of "Heroes" postage stamps - to families of 9/11 rescuers killed or...
QAEDA SHEIK TELLS JUDGE OF LOVE FOR U.S. - BUT HE'LL ROT FOR 75 YEARS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00am"Your honor, what have I done?" a Yemeni sheik cried out in court yesterday as he was hit with a maximum sentence of 75 years for funneling millions to terrorist...
6 MONTHS FOR POST 'BOMBER'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side newsstand owner will serve six months in jail for threatening to bomb the New York Post circulation offices after the paper ran pictures of Saddam Hussein...
UNION RAILS AGAINST MTA'S PLANS FOR SURPLUS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA transit-union official called on the MTA yesterday to use its $833 million surplus to halt projected fare hikes to give workers "fair" raises - instead of building a giant...
BUDGET WATCHDOGS WARN MIKE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg got high grades yesterday for his handling of the city budget, but top fiscal watchdogs cautioned that looming multibillion-dollar deficits are "real" and have to be dealt with...
BIG ON THE APPLE: TOURISTS FLOCKING TO CITY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTourists are flying into New York and sleeping in its hotels in record numbers, tourism officials giddily announced yesterday. The hotel-occupancy rate normally hovers around 80 percent for New York...
BUSH'S CHOICE FOR B'KLYN COURT
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday tapped veteran federal prosecutor Joseph Frank Bianco - a terrorism and organized-crime specialist - for a judgeship in Brooklyn federal court. Bianco, 38, from Flushing,...
BRITS KEPT U.S. FROM NABBING 'FIFTH BOMBER'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn Al Qaeda operative, identified as the "fifth man" in the July 7 London transit bombings, could have been captured by U.S. authorities weeks before the carnage - but British...
TASER VICTIM'S AUTOPSY ADDS TO MYSTERY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn autopsy performed on a Long Island man who died after being zapped with a police stun gun in a Queens station house offered no clues as to the cause...
'JOHN' $EX APPEAL - FILES LAWSUIT OVER 40G ESCORT BILL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSo many women, so little memory. A Manhattan man says he got once, twice, eight times more ladies than he asked for from a Queens escort service - along with...
N.Y.'S OPEN ARM$ - RECORD TOURISM
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTourists are flying into New York and sleeping in its hotels in record numbers, tourism officials giddily announced yesterday. The hotel-occupancy rate normally hovers around 80 percent for New York...
'FIRE' STORM IN DWI - 32 DAYS FOR FDNY KILLER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA former firefighter who was driving drunk when his Jeep killed a Brooklyn teen was sentenced yesterday to just 32 days behind bars - a punishment that left prosecutors crying...
CON CHARGED IN OLD BX. SLAYS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA man serving time in an upstate prison for armed robbery has been charged in the stabbing deaths of three teenage girls in The Bronx 15 and 17 years ago,...
N.Y. POST 'BOMBER' GETS SIX MONTHS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn Upper East Side newsstand owner will serve six months in jail for threatening to bomb the New York Post circulation offices after the paper ran pictures of Saddam Hussein...
'MONEYMAN' CLERIC TO ROT IN U.S. PRISON FOR HIS BID TO BOOST QAEDA
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge threw the book at a Yemeni sheik convicted of trying to funnel cash to Osama bin Laden's terror network - sentencing him to the maximum of 75...
HOUSE FOR SALE, BODY INCLUDED
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amA Realtor showing potential buyers around a Queens home found it to be furnished with a dead body, cops said. The 29-year-old-man, whose name was withheld by cops, was discovered...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (s, lcf) * A 26-year-old father and an elderly Upper West Side man he met on a telephone chat line were busted yesterday for allegedly both sexually assaulting the...
DEADLY SPEED DEMON - CATSKILLS KIDS' KILLER BUSTED AT 107 MPH
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe maniac camp counselor who drove five youths to their doom in the Catskills had her license suspended for speeding at 107 mph - and climbed behind the wheel even...
STUN STUMPER - TASER VICTIM'S AUTOPSY ADDS TO MYSTERY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAn autopsy performed on a Long Island man who died after being stun-gunned inside a Queens station house offered no clues as to the cause of death, the city Medical...
'JOHN' IN $EX APPEAL - HIT WITH 40G ESCORT BILL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSo many women, so little memory. A Manhattan man says he got once, twice, eight times more ladies than he asked for from a Queens escort service - along with...
WASTED EFFORT - PEDRO PITCHES WELL, BUT METS BLOW LATE LEAD
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amAstros 3 - Mets 2 HOUSTON - Pedro Martinez worked eight strong innings last night and left the game with it tied. The man who replaced him faced three batters...
NETS WANT KENNY TO SAY YES - TNT VET FIRST CHOICE FOR ANALYST
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets and YES continue to think big in their search for NBA analysts. With Mark Jackson's ESPN contract keeping him from working for YES, the Nets and YES now...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTo: Dick Ebersol, NBC Sports ChairmanFrom: Andrew MarchandRe: Marv AlbertCC: John Madden Dear Dick: With Al Michaels off to ESPN, you have been trumpeting Tom Hammond as the man on...
5 QUESTIONS FOR BOB COSTAS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, "NYP TV Sports' " Andrew Marchand spoke to NBC's and HBO's Bob Costas. Costas, 53, signed a new contract this week that, in addition to keeping him as...
NHLPA'S GOODENOW IS BOUGHT OUT
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe NHL Players Association bought out Bob Goodenow yesterday, after selling him out the past few months. Goodenow stepped down after 13 years as executive director of the union, a...
HOLIK MAY STAY; RAFALSKI MAY GO
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amWhile the Rangers were still mulling their choices, the Devils may have made theirs. Sources indicated the Rangers yesterday were leaning towards keeping both Bobby Holik and Darius Kasparaitis, although...
PSST, TIGER . . . OVER HERE!
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amWHILE no one within TV's golf world would ever mess with meal ticket Tiger Woods, CBS's golf folks won't allow Woods to mess with them. Or so it seems. Two...
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE ANGLERS' BEST FRIEND
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amHERE we are in the middle of what is supposed to be the dog days of summer, yet inshore fishing continues at a blistering pace. Those chasing bluefish and fluke...
'HENNY' PROVES 'SPECIAL'
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - What was billed as a two-horse slugging match between Henny Hughes and Master of Disaster turned into a first-round knockout as Henny Hughes easily kicked away from...
NOTHING CANO CAN'T DO
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amROBINSON Cano is a name that sounds like a baseball player, and a baseball player making a name for himself, and that isn't just a mouthful, it's a fact. Really,...
BROWN BACK ON THE DL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Kevin Brown was placed on the disabled list yesterday afternoon, but the Yankees didn't immediately announce their corresponding roster move. It's based upon whom they decide to start...
SMALL COMES UP BIG FOR YANKEES - JOURNEYMAN GETS 2ND WIN
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Twins 3 In describing Aaron Small, Joe Torre mentioned yesterday that the 33-year-old righty has "been around the block a time or two." That's usually not a...
COACH CAN ONLY SEE RED
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSO many Knick coaches have been introduced at so many Garden press conferences with big pedigrees and bigger contracts. Larry Brown looks up to the ceiling and both literally and...
INJURED 'ALEX' OUT OF HASKELL, TRAVERS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Afleet Alex, the spunky little colt who was knocking on the door to superstardom after surviving a near-spill to win the Preakness, then galloping away with the...
SHEFFIELD WIELDING HOT STICK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amGary Sheffield hits balls so hard that physicists should be consulted, because his shots defy logic and maybe even science. Yesterday, in the first inning, Twins starter Joe Mays fired...
MANNY TRADE ABATE - SOX STUCK WITH SULKY SLUGGER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amTHE RED SOX won the World Series last year. They are in first place right now. Manny Ramirez leads the majors with 92 RBIs. He is owed $57 million over...
NETS BOLSTER BACKCOURT WITH MCINNIS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amThe local team with the new coach got all the attention. But the local team with all the talent got even better yesterday. The Nets, who already have added Shareef...
DOUG DOESN'T GET START
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Doug Mientkiewicz didn't start last night against a right-handed pitcher. And with left-handed pitchers scheduled to throw for the Astros the next two games, there's no...
NEW SEASON, NEW JETS - EDWARDS ENTHUSIASTIC AS CAMP OPENS
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amArriving slowly throughout the day, but with a definite glint of enthusiasm in their eyes, the Jets gathered yesterday for the start of their 2005 training camp at Hofstra University....
COUGHLIN CHANGES JINTS' SCRIPT
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Year No. 2 is already off to a better start for Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, who, unlike last summer, yesterday navigated his way up the Thruway without...
DYNAMIC DUO BACK ON TRACK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Following Wednesday's scratch of Purge, detention barn claimed another victim yesterday in fourth race when Bobby Frankel's filly Lady Pegasus came unglued in D-barn, arrived in paddock...
KNICKS GOING BROWN TOWN - LARRY'S DREAM JOB BECOMES REALITY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amSitting on the podium, Larry Brown got misty-eyed and felt chills in the back of his neck in the early moments of yesterday's monumental Garden press conference when a video...
AMAZIN' CHUNK OF TRADE TALK
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - As discussions with the Rangers involving Alfonso Soriano cooled, the Mets yesterday inquired about another power bat, Manny Ramirez. But it was a righty power arm...
'ODD' BROWN SCORES POINT WITH MARBURY
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amStephon Marbury referred to Larry Brown yesterday as "absolutely crazy" and "odd" but he meant it as a compliment. Brown's biggest challenge is turning Marbury into a winner while walking...
TRADE FOR CHACON COMPLETE
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amDetermined to shore up a rotation with at least one gaping hole, the Yankees acquired Colorado righty Shawn Chacon for two Double-A righties, a source told The Post last night....
BROWN BACK ON DL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Kevin Brown was placed on the DL yesterday afternoon, but the Yankees didn't immediately announce their corresponding roster move because GM Brian Cashman was finalizing a trade for...
HERB FEELS LOVE - GETS KUDOS AND TOP ASSISTANT JOB
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amOne by one, the Garden and Knicks hierarchy showered lavish praise on Herb Williams. They extolled his class, dignity, and team-first spirit. Yup, virtually everything a man could want to...
TWO ON THE TASK - BROWN, ISIAH CAN WIN TOGETHER - AND MAYBE AVOID BAD ENDING
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amBENEATH the exterior of the softspoken New Yorker who won't ever forget washing down a Nathan's hot dog as a young dreamer at the old Garden with a Nedick's soda,...
THOMAS HAD TO CLOTHES THIS DEAL
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amIt was the passion. It was the demand for perfection. It was the enthusiasm. And it was the crisp collars and color coordination. Knicks president Isiah Thomas came clean yesterday....
MET SWAP SHOP - AMAZIN'S MAKE IT KNOWN THEY'LL DEAL CAMERON
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Days before the trading deadline, the Mets may be willing to explore moving a member of their starting lineup - Mike Cameron. "They're letting it be known that...
TRADE ABATE - SOX LIKELY STUCK WITH SULKY SLUGGER
July 29, 2005 | 4:00amOmar Minaya has an infatuation with Manny Ramirez's bat, so when the Mets learned the slugger wants out of Boston they called yesterday to inquire about his availability. But just...