August 9, 2006
FASHION ROCKS TIX SPUR BIDDING WARS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amFASHION Rocks, the annual musical extravaganza staged by Condé Nast at Radio City Music Hall, has sparked tremendous Internet bidding wars for tickets. One Web site last week was offering...
RUN ANGELO RUN - FEDS CLOSE IN ON FUGITIVE FUND MANAGER'S GANG
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amFeds are closing in on a network helping hide a fugitive hedge fund swindler and passing along the chemotherapy medications he needs to stay alive. Angelo Haligiannis, 33, who cheated...
DOLAN IT OUT - CABLEVISION PROBING YEARS OF OPTIONS GRANTS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amCablevision became the latest company embroiled in Wall Street's stock options scandal when the Long Island cable operator said yesterday that its financial results over the last nine years were...
FILMS LEAD NEWS CORP. TO STRONG PROFIT POP
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA day after announcing a blockbuster $900 million advertising and search deal with Google, media giant News Corp. yesterday reported a surge in quarterly and full-year earnings. News Corp., which...
HEDGE FUND'S FLAMEOUT MAY SCUTTLE ABN DEAL
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amDutch banking giant ABN Amro faces up to $100 million in losses from aggressively lending to the decimated hedge fund run by former New York Mercantile Exchange President Robert "Bo"...
PARK AVENUE GETS THE SPIRITS IN DEAL FOR ABSOLUT HQ
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amIN an absolut-ely fabulous deal, the Absolut Spirits Company is relocating its U.S. headquarters to Meringoff Properties' 401 Park Avenue South. The company is expanding to 40,000 feet on the...
EAST END REALTOR IN $40M SALE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Hamptons' largest privately owned residential real estate firm is being purchased by the country's largest real estate broker. Realogy, the recent spinoff of Cendant, has agreed to buy Allan...
ANOTHER WINNING WAGER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Make Us Rich hedge fund, a bogus investment conjured up by columnist John Crudele and Wall Street veteran Bill King, has made two winning bets on the market. The...
STARR REPORT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amLast week I wrote about Don Diamont, whose character, Brad Carlton, has "come out" as Jewish ("George Kaplan") on "The Young and the Restless." "Y&R" head writer Lynn La tham...
HE WROTE THE 'SOUP NAZI' EPISODE, NOW HE HAS A LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW ON FOX ; MEET JERRY'S KID
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amIT was Jerry Seinfeld whotaught late-night's newest talk-show host, Spike Feresten, how to accost people at an ATM. The gag works simply because you'd think Jerry would be the last...
GETTING'ELECTED' NOT THAT EASY
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amTWO of Washington's most powerful and sought-after political consultants, James Carville and Mary Matalin, have been rebuffed by dozens of high-school-age politicians. The pair was supposed to be filming a...
'HILLS'PAIRFIERYSPLIT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHIGH drama is unfolding before the second season of MTV's smash reality show, "The Hills," even begins filming. The show, which revolves around privileged 19-year-old Lauren Conrad, appears to have...
I'M RATHER SURPRISED BY POLL'S OPRAH SNUB
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amYESTERDAY'S Gallup Poll results proved the truth once again: Polls are about as real as Burt Reynolds' latest facelift. No? Remember the 2004 presidential election exit polls - the ones...
JUSTIN TIME FOR A 'FUTURESEX' PEEK
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amNOT that sexy has ever gone out of style, but on "SexyBack," the single from Justin Timberlake's upcoming album "FutureSex/LoveSounds," due out Sept.12, the singer vows to "bring sexy back."...
'XANADU' YOU BELIEVE IT? DISCO FEVER & 'GREASE' IS THE WORD
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amEVERY other movie is being turned into a musical these days, so why not that tacky touchstone of the disco era - "Xanadu"? A musical version of the much-maligned 1980...
TOWERING TALE - STONE'S SURPRISINGLY LIGHT TOUCH SAVES SAGA
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amWORLD TRADE CENTER (three stars) Oliver's twist. Running time: 128 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense and emotional content, disturbing images and mild profanity). At the Ziegfeld, the Chelsea, the First and...
OYSTERS - OPEN AND CLOSED
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amGRACE and Jack Lamb always seem to be tweaking their tiny restaurants: The owners of Jewel Bako and Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar on East Sixth Street have closed Jewel Bako...
ON 10TH, A FEW RESERVATIONS - MORIMOTO, CRAFTSTEAK AND DEL POSTO SUFFER GROWING PAINS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE best restaurant bargain in town may be the Sunday night menu at Del Posto, when you can feast on Mario Batali's creations more cheaply than any other night -...
POP MUSIC IS EVIL! (A SHORT HISTORY)
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amACCORDING to a study released this week by Rand Corp., teens who listen to music with "raunchy lyrics" have sex earlier than those who like John Denver. While a dozen...
MS. POPULARITY - FORMER 'GMA' DUO TOPS SURVEY
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA new Gallup Poll pegs ABC's Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson as TV's most popular personalities. So why didn't Sawyer and Gibson, who were teamed for years on "GMA," overtake...
WATCHING THE WAR - AT THE FRONT, IN A RENTAL CAR
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amKIBBUTZ SASA, ISRAEL IN the battle's lulls you hear the wind sweeping the hilltop. Scented with pine, it chases the heat, reminding the skin on your forearms that you're alive....
KID-PERV SUSPECT ARRESTED - SHOCKING QNS. TAPE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA serial sex pervert was arrested in Queens last night after he was caught on tape fondling a 12-year-old girl, police said. Keith Poladin, 40, is suspected in four separate...
SALUTE THIS IMMIGRANT - B'KLYN GI SACRIFICED LEG FOR U.S.
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amArmy Spc. Noe Santos-Dilone has served his adopted country with honor and valor - even losing his left leg and cheating death last year when his convoy was attacked by...
VOTERS SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE - LOSES DEM RACE BUT VOWS INDY RUN
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amSen. Joe Lieberman lost Connecticut's Democratic primary to anti-Iraq war upstart Ned Lamont in a squeaker last night - but vowed to stay in the race until November as an...
'VICTORY' TWIST HAS EERIE FEEL
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHARTFORD, Conn. - The voters have spoken. But Joe Lieberman isn't listening. I hope he knows what he's doing. It was the quickest concession speech in modern history, and the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * An 87-year-old man was robbed in Peter Cooper Village, police said. The victim, whose name was withheld, was walking through grounds of the upscale development on the East...
MA SOBS FOR SON'S MURDERER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHer beloved 15-year-old son was shot dead on a Harlem sidewalk last summer when a 13-year-old coward pulled the trigger five times on a .38-caliber revolver. Still, when sobbing Bronx...
BOUTON IN SPORTS DISS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amEx-Yankees ace Jim Bouton - who exposed the lives of major leaguers in the controversial book "Ball Four" - is looking to expose plans to build an NBA arena in...
BATTLE OF PARKING ROBOTS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amIt took a robot to start a war between people. A disagreement between Hoboken's Parking Authority and a software company that programmed the giant robotic machine that parks cars at...
SPITZER'S URBAN VOW
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amEliot Spitzer yesterday unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's poorest neighborhoods by kickstarting brownfield development, protecting minority-owned businesses, and luring large "anchor" stores and companies into urban areas. The...
S.I.'S BABY BOMBERS TEAM UP WITH YANKEES
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Staten Island Yankees are taking control of their own destiny - off the field, that is. The so-called Baby Bombers are being sold to their pinstriped major-league parent in...
UNION 'NAY PALM' - SLAP AT NEW CITY SCANNERS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe city has begun installing high-tech "palm scanners" in government agencies to track the comings and goings of workers - touching off outrage among some municipal employees. The futuristic devices...
CROOKED COP MAY GET PASS ON MURDER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA rogue cop who admitted shaking down drug dealers may have skirted murder charges stemming from the death of an NYPD informant, prosecutors said yesterday. "We can't say conclusively one...
'WILD WEST' BAR 'SUMMIT' - QUINN PUSHES PLAN TO TAME CLUBLAND
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amAmid a crisis of crime at city clubs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced yesterday that she is convening a "nightlife summit" aimed at keeping young people safe when they're...
INSURERS OK REBUILDING
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Two of the seven insurers of the World Trade Center site agreed yesterday not to stand in the way of redeveloping the area - prompting Gov. Pataki and...
NEW BORDER HOPE - ISRAEL AND U.S. PRAISE LEBANESE PLAN TO DEPLOY 15,000 TROOPS IN BUFFER ZONE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel and the United States yesterday reacted favorably to a Lebanese plan to deploy 15,000 troops in the south of the country when Israeli forces withdraw. Israeli Prime...
JETBLUE IN 'SECURITY' BIAS SUIT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA pilot says his dream job with JetBlue crashed and burned because he was born in Pakistan. Faisal Baig, 40, is an American citizen who moved to the United State...
KID-GRAB PERVERT HUNTED - QNS. CREEP SHOCKER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amDetectives are hunting a serial sex pervert who has been assaulting and molesting girls as young as 9 in four separate incidents in the same Queens neighborhood, police said yesterday....
PARENTS DIGGING UP DATA ON TEACHERS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amNew Yorkers for years have been requesting background information on their doctors. Now, parents are doing their homework on teachers. Last school year, 395 parents filed paperwork requesting the qualifications...
CATCHER IN THE 'LIE' AS SEXY TRYST TEENAGER CALLS MET STAR A 2-TIMING 'SCUM'
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA sexy Long Island teen revealed in an explosive interview yesterday that she and married Met catcher Paul Lo Duca have been carrying on a steamy affair since April, enjoying...
SLAYER HUBBY COPS PLEA - SAMURAI FIEND FATALLY SLASHED WIFE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA Spider-Man enthusiast who fatally slashed his wife with a Samurai sword because she wouldn't agree to a threesome with a woman he met on the Internet admitted to the...
SCISSOR-SLAY MURDER RAP
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amProsecutors upgraded charges to murder yesterday against a Brooklyn woman arrested Sunday night for hurling a pair of scissors at her stepfather, killing him. Lynda Delaney, 26, was ordered held...
LOVING SALUTE ON TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMore than 200 spouses, partners and "significant others" of victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center will read the names of their loved ones at the...
COMMISH KELLY BLITZES STATE AS LAZY ENFORCERS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe state agency that regulates bars and nightclubs must do a "more effective job" of forcing owners to crack down on underage drinking in the Big Apple and preventing ex-cons...
ASTOR LAWYER'S LAWYER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Brooke Astor lawyer who has a history of becoming close with elderly millionaires and snagging large chunks of their estates has hired a lawyer himself. A call to Francis...
TEACH FLUNK SPIRAL - MORE GET BAD RATINGS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe number of city teachers who received failing grades from their principals inched upward last school year - the latest increase in a trend that has emerged since the Bloomberg...
MIKE'S 9/11 $$ SHOCK - ASKS BENEFITS VETO
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA bill granting generous death benefits to families of retired cops and firefighters who die after working at Ground Zero should be vetoed by Gov. Pataki as too expensive, Mayor...
12 'BLOODS' IN BX. BUST
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors yesterday brought charges of murder, drug peddling and robbery against 12 Bronx men they claimed were members of a ruthless street gang known as the Clay Avenue Bloods....
FRANCE: OUT NOW - DEMANDS IMMEDIATE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM LEB IN U.N. BREAK WITH U.S. STANCE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amFrance's U.N. delegation broke ranks with the United States and joined Arab nations in calling for Israel's immediate withdrawal from Lebanon, it was reported yesterday. The United States and France...
LOVESICKO SLAY - QNS. BEAU BLOWS AWAY EX-GAL PAL & SELF IN BAR
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA jilted lover yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, then turned the gun on himself in the Queens bar where she worked, police said. Louis Vallejo, 38, carried out the...
FDNY TO TAKE CLOSER LOOK AT HEROES' HEALTH
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe FDNY will ramp up its health monitoring of 14,000 firefighters and emergency medics - especially those who inhaled toxic dust and air while responding to the World Trade Center...
LIEBERMAN'S LOSS: SMALL TENT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amSO it turns out that it's the Democrats, not the Republicans, whose tent isn't big enough to include anyone who fails to toe the party line. There is no mistaking...
INCUMBENT TUMBLE LETS THE NUTS IN
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Lieberman loss ends the bipartisan consensus on the war in Iraq. You read that right. I said "bipartisan consensus." There has been one, though you probably missed it. Yes,...
PRINCIPLES COST HIM ELECTION
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHARTFORD, Conn. - Democratic voters came out in record numbers to tell the esteemed Sen. Joe Lieberman - a man with experience, heart and integrity - to stuff it. He...
GARDEN-VARIETY GUN NUT NABBED IN QNS.
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amPolice yesterday busted a Queens man who's a "guns and roses fan" - he's a gardener with a cache of nearly 40 high-powered weapons, they said. Robert Roma, 67, was...
HARDHAT IN FATAL TUMBLE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA 62-year-old construction worker died after falling off of scaffolding attached to a building under construction in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, police said. Sal Spiritoso was working on the brick exterior...
HARD DAY'S SPITE - MCCARTNEY LOCKS OUT EX
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHeather Mills says hello and Paul McCartney says goodbye - by changing the locks. This photo shows what happened when the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. McCartney stopped by Sir Paul's London mansion...
FDNY TO THE RESCUE - BOOSTS 9/11 HERO AID
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Fire Department will ramp up its health monitoring of 14,000 firefighters and emergency medics - especially those who inhaled toxic dust and air while responding to the World Trade...
BEAU KILLS LOVER, SELF
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amA jealous lover yesterday killed his ex-girlfriend then himself in the Queens bar where she worked, police said. Louis Vallejo, 38, carried out the grisly murder-suicide in front of shocked...
LOVING SALUTE ON 9/11 - ANNIVERSARY PLAN
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMore than 200 spouses, partners and "significant others" of victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center will read the names of their loved ones at the...
JOE JOLTED BY DIRTY HACKER TRICK - 'NET 'SABOTAGE' ON CONN. PRIMARY DAY
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amDemocratic Sen. Joe Lieberman was clinging to his political life last night as Connecticut's primary voters went to the polls amid charges that supporters of challenger Ned Lamont had hacked...
YANK PEN LETS ONE GET AWAY; MO BLOWS SAVE; SCOTT TAKES LOSS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00am11 INNS. / BOX: P. 68White Sox 6Yankees 5 CHICAGO - Their staff ace was mortal. And their Hall of Fame closer proved he is human by giving up a...
ZORAN OUT, ILIC IN
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amThe Nets bench is about to get younger. Much younger. The final touches are expected to be applied by the Nets today to the contract buyout of guard Zoran Planinic,...
PRIDE HEAD TO ALASKA
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amHofstra, fresh off a 26-7 season which ended in the NIT quarterfinals, will play in the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage Nov. 23-25. The Pride, who could well be ranked...
KNIFE GROUP MAKES THE CUT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amJUST about every threatened sport or product in this country has an advocacy group that represents the industry. Well, if you are a collector of knives, man's oldest tool, you...
LIBERTY GUNG-HO FOR NEXT SEASON
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amLong since erased from the WNBA playoff picture - out for just the third time in history - the Liberty have been playing to salvage their dignity and salve their...
ROID TEAM WILL QUIZ YANKEES
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMembers of former Senator George Mitchell's investigation team will interview members of the Yankee organization near the end of this month, The Post has learned. Mitchell, who was appointed by...
CHAD'S SOLID IN WORKOUT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES Jet coach Eric Mangini did not name a starting quarterback for Friday's preseason opener in Tampa, though Chad Pennington appears to be the leading candidate after another strong...
FOR METS, DAWN OF A NEW LEDEE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Ricky Ledee's exit from New York helped the Yankees win a World Series. Six years later, he's back in the Big Apple to try to help the Mets...
DREADFUL NIGHT FOR LOUSY LIBS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amFever 77Liberty 44 Last night wasn't quite the worst offensive performance in Liberty history, or even their most lopsided loss of the year. But that's more an indictment of their...
HELLO AGAIN - MIKE DESERVING OF WARM WELCOME
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE amazing thing to see was how genuinely surprised Mike Piazza seemed to be, and how genuinely touched. Piazza had just spent a few minutes chatting in the third-base dugout...
METS STILL ONE-RUN WONDERS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amIt was near-perfect symmetry. Mike Piazza received the warmest return imaginable last night at Shea, a goosebump inducing ovation in the second inning that was partial payback for Piazza's eight...
HELLO AGAIN - SHEA GIVES MIKE WARM WELCOME
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amTHE amazing thing to see was how genuinely surprised Mike Piazza seemed to be, and how genuinely touched. Piazza had just spent a few minutes chatting in the third-base dugout...
LEDEE BACK IN APPLE, THIS TIME WITH METS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amRicky Ledee's exit from New York helped the Yankees win a World Series. Six years later, he's back in the Big Apple to help the Mets earn a championship. Ledee...
WE'VE MET BEFORE - SHEA GREETS PIAZZA WITH ROARING DELIGHT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMETS 3 PADRES 2 As Mike Piazza got into the batter's box in the sixth inning last night, a fan held up a sign that read, "WISH YOU WERE HERE."...
YANKS PUT IN CLAIM ON ANDRUW
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - According to several sources, the Yankees were one of four teams to put in a waiver claim on Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. The Yankees had...
GIAMBI'S DOG DAYS ON ROAD
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Jason Giambi could finish the season as the third player in baseball history to have more RBIs than hits. He is the only Yankee who has his dog...
WE'VE MET BEFORE - PIAZZA GETS AMAZIN' GREETING
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMETS 3 PADRES 2 As Mike Piazza got into the batter's box in the sixth inning last night, a fan held up a sign that read, "WISH YOU WERE HERE."...
WE'VE MET BEFORE - FLUSHING GREETS PIAZZA WITH ROARING DELIGHT
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMike Piazza heard the cheers in pregame last night when he returned to Shea. "Way to go, Pizza Man!" one fan yelled. Piazza's reception last night began early, as the...
MO BLOWS SAVE; SCOTT TAKES LOSS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00am11 INNS. White Sox 6 Yankees 5 CHICAGO - The fastball to Paul Konerko was supposed to be away. Not go away. Yet, the instant Konerko put wood on Mariano...
BATTING SEVENTH WITH .325 AVERAGE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Alex Rodriguez spotted Robinson Cano across the room and shouted a greeting in Spanish that led to a big hug. Derek Jeter affectionately tapped Cano's head twice while...
JACOBS' LADDER - BRANDON KEEPS CLIMBING IN SOPHOMORE SEASON
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - In his record-setting 2005 season, Tiki Barber touched the ball a staggering 427 times, yet his greatest contribution, his single most significant moment, quite possibly was a play...
SHOCKEY NOT A HAPPY CAMPER
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Jeremy Shockey yesterday called the way NFL teams run training camps a "debacle" and insists the rugged two-a-day practices serve mainly to get players worn down...
GOOD AS GOLD; NEW YORKER GOODELL WILL REPLACE TAGS
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amAfter spending the last 24 years working in league operations for the NFL, Roger Goodell has received his final promotion. Goodell, 47, was chosen to succeed Paul Tagliabue as NFL...
ACHY LEG KEEPS CLIFF IDLE AGAIN
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Cliff Floyd's ailing left Achilles tendon kept him out for what was basically a third straight game last night. Floyd exited Saturday's game against the Phillies in the...
BOOK OF ISIAH: 6-11; THOMAS' MASTER PLAN - AND FRONT LINE - GROWS WITH JEFFRIES
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amIsiah Thomas has had this vision for the Knicks. The problem for the everyday world was not everyone could see it. That whole 23victory mess last season clouded matters. But...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 9, 2006 | 4:00amCops in Richland, Wash., took a bite out of crime in record time after learning that a delivery truck full of doughnuts had been hijacked. Minutes after an all-points bulletin...