August 8, 2005
AIG WITCH HUNT - EXECS SAY INTERNAL PROBE TARGETED GREENBERG
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amSeveral former AIG executives are alleging that the internal AIG investigation into former Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and a key lieutenant was designed to produce only damning evidence against...
BIZWEEK POUNDED BY NEW AUDIT RULES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amIn what some experts see as the first of many blows for big consumer magazines, BusinessWeek was found to have missed its rate base in 12-month period an average of...
WEB COMIC REALLY COOKIN'
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amLAST week, Dane Cook's CD broke the Billboard Top 5 - a feat no comedy album has achieved for 27 years, back when Steve Martin was a "wild and crazy...
MEAT LOAF YET AGAIN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMEAT Loaf on a Friday night may not sound all that exciting, but after the singer struggled to generate heat for much of his Beacon Theatre opener, he got results....
STARR REPORT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amFlash: Gordon back Fox has picked up a second season of "Hell's Kitchen," with profane chef Gordon Ramsay returning to strike terror into the hearts of contestants on the cooking...
'BRAT' GRAD CAN'T ESCAPE TROUBLE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amONE of the "Brat Camp" kids reverted to form last week - and is now charged with seriously injuring a Boston family in a speedboat accident. Jada Chabot, 15, who...
CREAM TUFFS - BLOND AMBITION TAKES OVER CABLE NEWS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amRITA Cosby, the pugnacious, former Fox New Channel reporter, joins the club tonight. Along with FNC's Greta Van Susteren and Headline News anchor Nancy Grace, Cosby will be initiated into...
MOMMIE DEAREST - STAR MOMS SEX IT UP TO STEAL SOME SPOTLIGHT; GIVE ME A BREAK, MOMMY!
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amHER daughter may be dodging paparazzi, but Dina Lohan made sure they got an eyeful in family court last week. Wearing a slinky, black body-conscious halter dress - and a...
HOW TO BE A STYLISH MOTHER
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amIF mothers of celebrities want to look classy, not trashy, they should take cues from celebrities who are moms, says Lois Joy Johnson, fashion and beauty director of More magazine....
JOHN "JUNIOR" GOTTI'S LAWYER WAS TRAINED BY THE ATTORNEYS WHO HELPED HIS DAD ...
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti's lawyer was trained by the attorneys who helped his dad earn the moniker "Teflon Don." Jeffrey Lichtman, 40, worked nearly six years in the office of Gerald...
'REFORMED' GOTTI'S ACQUITTAL HOPES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti says he's confident he'll beat the rap as his sensational racketeering trial gets under way today, because prosecutors can't prove he continued to do mob business while...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Two thugs spewed anti-gay slurs at a man and pummeled him on a Chelsea street yesterday, in an apparent bias attack, police said. The bigots confronted the 33-year-old...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA California strip-club owner put himself in the middle of a heated dispute after hanging up an ad near Los Angeles International Airport that read, "Vaginas R' Us." "In a...
TRIGGER HAPPY - KID AIMED & 'FIRED' 3 TIMES AT GIRL: COPS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Brooklyn boy who shot his 11-year-old playmate in the face was charged with assault yesterday after detectives discovered he had pulled the pistol's trigger at her three times,...
BRITISH CLERICS FACE 'TREASON'
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amIslamic extremists in Britain who voice support for terrorism could be hit with treason charges, prosecutors said yesterday, as reports indicated that members of one radical group has praised the...
'CLOSE' CALL FOR MIKE & FREDDY
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg came close to marching side-by-side with Democratic rival Fernando Ferrer at a parade in The Bronx yesterday. "If that's where they place me, I'd be thrilled to march...
JIHAD CAMPER IN LONDON
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amBritish authorities arrested a man yesterday on a U.S. extradition warrant that accuses him of trying to set up a camp in Oregon to train recruits to fight in Afghanistan....
LOST AND FOUND - COPS REUNITE KID WITH DAD
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amSix-year-old Anthony Williams always wanted to be a cop - today more than ever. "I want to be a cop. Always wanted to be a cop. It's good," said the...
HE'S COOL UNDER FIRE - HERO CARRIED BLIND WIDOW PAST FLAMES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe call came from just blocks away, but by the time firefighters from Ladder 51's Bronx firehouse had arrived, the three-story apartment building was being consumed by flames. And trapped...
SAD-NEWS DAY - ABC'S PETER JENNINGS LOSES BRAVE CANCER FIGHT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amNews legend Peter Jennings lost his fight against lung cancer yesterday, passing away at his Upper West Side home with his wife and children at his side. "Peter died with...
TOT BADLY HURT IN 2-STORY FALL
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA two-year-old-boy was critically injured last night when he crawled out of the second story window of his Bronx apartment and fell from the fire escape, police said. The child,...
FITTY'S 'FINEST'FRIENDS - COPS ON ALERT AT MSG
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amRapper 50 Cent is hitting Madison Square Garden tonight for a two-day gig - and the NYPD is going to be there to make sure nobody hits him. As one...
ONE FOR THE BOOKS - GIRL READS 100 IN 6 WEEKS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amBy the time you're done reading this, Sristsa Kidkarndee may very well have finished an entire book. The 12-year-old speed-reader from Woodside, Queens, has burned through 100 books since her...
VOICES FROM THE PULLOUT - THE GAZA WITHDRAWAL'S HUMAN SIDE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTWO weeks ago, a farmer in Gadid, on the Mediterranean coast, planted a new crop of sweet peppers. His neighbor asked him when the peppers would come up, to which...
FLAG FAMILY'S STARS & STRIFE - LANDLORD: LOSE OLD GLORY, OR ELSE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA patriotic family is being threatened with eviction for flying the American flag outside their East Side home. Michael and Deborah Privitello are outraged after receiving a letter signed by...
FLICK PUTS UP ITS 'DUKES' FOR BOX-OFFICE KNOCKOUT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amDaisy and her "Dukes" were hazzard-ous to the health of their box-office rivals over the weekend, with the big-screen remake of the '80s TV hit "Dukes of Hazzard" earning a...
'LABOR' PARTY FUROR - INTERN: I GOT $TIFFED
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe union-backed Working Families Party claims to fight to improve pay and working conditions for employees - but one of its own quit in a huff after he didn't get...
TENNIS-POLO MATCH - LAUREN OUTFITS U.S. OPEN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amBall boys and girls at this year's U.S. tennis Open will be stepping out in style - clothed by designer Ralph Lauren. The Post got a first glimpse at the...
PVT. LYNCH: 'I WAS USED'
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJessica Lynch, the Army supply clerk whose rescue in Iraq became a highlight in the early phase of the war, says she was "used as a symbol" to support U.S....
BEAU'S MURDER TORMENTS WOMAN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe woman who helplessly watched her boyfriend murdered in cold blood - allegedly by a jilted ex-beau - said she remains haunted by what she saw. "I'm trying to be...
GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS FROM CONDI
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amAmerican forces are incapable of completely wiping out the insurgency on the battlefield in Iraq, but the United States is beating the terrorists in the equally important "political" war over...
'BANKS' PROVIDE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amGot breast milk? Mothers who run short can go to the bank - one of two "milk banks" now serving the city. The banks, in Delaware and North Carolina, ship...
CROWN HEIGHTS BURGLAR BEATEN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA man who tried to break into an apartment in Brooklyn's Crown Heights last night was hospitalized after he was beaten by somebody inside, police sources said. The injured man...
COPS WOUND MAN FLEEING IN POLICE CAR
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA man wounded by police gunfire - after stealing a state trooper's cruiser to flee an accident scene - was caught after a wild chase yesterday, officials said. Nuccio Lisitano,...
B'KLYN PRAYS FOR SENIOR HIT BY LAWMAKER
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe elderly woman struck by a Brooklyn lawmaker's SUV Saturday remained in intensive care yesterday as family and church members rallied around her. Hariklia Zafiropoulos, 74, had been walking home...
BIBI QUITS OVER ISRAEL GAZA PLAN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly resigned from the Cabinet yesterday to protest the upcoming withdrawal of settlers from the Gaza Strip, saying the plan was an "irresponsible...
MAKE VROOM FOR JACKO
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson is laying down roots in his new home in Bahrain, flying in a shiny new red Ferrari, palace insiders have revealed. Skipping ahead of the tiny kingdom's lengthy...
MOB PUTS UP $250,000 TO WHACK FBI'S GAMBINO INFILTRATOR
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE FBI is warning New York's top Mafia bosses to scuttle a shocking $250,000 murder contract taken out on an undercover agent who infiltrated their hierarchy, The Post has learned....
NASA EYES LANDING & CROSSES FINGERS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe seven Shuttle Discovery astronauts and their Mission Control team kept the Columbia tragedy in mind yesterday as they prepared for today's scheduled landing in Florida. "I have had a...
MIKE DEFENDS $OUR SNAPPLE DEAL
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg defended the city's $106 million deal to make Snapple the city's official drink - even though it's now projected to net much less than that. The Post reported...
GAY POL WARNS LOPEZ - $CIENTOLOGY SLAM
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amAN OPENLY gay female state lawmaker warned Councilwoman Margarita Lopez not to take money from Scientologists because of what she saw as the group founder's hostility toward homosexuality, The Post...
DE KALB RESIDENTS SAY CITY PLAYS DIRTY WITH SIDEWALK-SWEEP TIX
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA citywide sanitation law has residents of one tony Brooklyn street crying foul. Emily Wasserman, of 151 De Kalb Ave., was shocked to find a pink violation ticket near her...
PIRRO ZEROS IN ON SENATE RACE AGAINST HILLARY
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amWESTCHESTER District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has put running against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "back on the agenda," while former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld is again eyeing the race for governor,...
PROBED CO. GAVE GOV 25G - 'PREDATORY' LENDER
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki has taken a $25,000 contribution from a powerful California company hoping to end a New York investigation of its alleged "predatory" lending practices, The Post has...
NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE - CORZINE'S CUTIE KNOWN AS TOUGH UNIONIST
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe woman at the center of New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine's latest political brouhaha is no shrinking violet - she's a well-educated, hard-driving, tough-talking rabble-rouser. But one thing Carla Katz,...
MIDTOWN GAS-ATTACK TESTS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amScientists will be releasing gas over Midtown Manhattan this morning-but don't worry. It'll be harmless. The gas release at several locations, including Rockefeller Center, will be part of an experiment...
JENNINGS TAKES TURN FOR WORSE; FRIENDS FEAR FOR GRAVELY ILL JENNINGS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amNews legend Peter Jennings, gravely ill with lung cancer, has taken a turn for the worse, friends and ABC insiders said yesterday. The 67-year-old anchor of "World News Tonight" has...
'FAILING' PRINCIPALS DUE 777G BONUSES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amPrincipals of 89 city schools deemed failing under state and federal standards - including two that are being forced to close - are in line for $777,000 worth of bonuses,...
BIBI BAILS ON SHARON - QUITS CABINET TO PROTEST GAZA PULLOUT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly resigned from the Cabinet yesterday to protest the upcoming withdrawal of settlers from the Gaza Strip, saying the plan was an "irresponsible...
PIRRO ZEROS IN ON SENATE RACE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amWESTCHESTER District Attorney Jeanine Pirro has put running against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "back on the agenda," while former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld is again eyeing the race for governor,...
FDNY'S SUPER TRUCK
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe FDNY has purchased three more advanced-technology trucks that it will use to rescue people trapped in collapsed buildings - and now has one of the vehicles stationed in each...
POLS: TELL CHEATING MLB PLAYERS GOOD 'ROID-ANCE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A baseball Hall of Famer-turned-senator threatened yesterday to drag baseball All-Stars back to Congress next month as lawmakers move to put some teeth into anti-steroids regulations. Hall of...
THE NOT-SO-FABULOUS SPORTS BABE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE wife of Dodger pitcher Derek Lowe and the husband of Carolyn Hughes, a Fox Sports Net-West sportscaster who covers the Dodgers, last week openly acknowledged that their spouses are...
OUT OF PRACTICE - MEAN GREEN SENT BLUE MESSAGE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - After the bruises to their bodies and their pride heal, the Giants may look back on their turbulent Saturday with the Jets as a necessary and well-timed reminder...
PAVANO SUFFERS SETBACK
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - The Yankees' hopes that Carl Pavano could help them down the stretch took a serious hit yesterday when Joe Torre said the right-hander would visit Dr....
ZITO SET TO MARCH INTO HALL
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Nick Zito enters the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame this morning. As with many accomplishments in his 33-year career, he's doing it in dramatic...
WILLIE'S BEHIND BELTRAN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES When Mets manager Willie Randolph looks at some of the struggles that Carlos Beltran has had this year, he sees shades of Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez and, reaching...
NETS SET TO LAND SHAREEF
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe roller-coaster courtship between Shareef Abdur-Rahim and the Nets seems to be headed toward a happy ending, and both sides can only hope the marriage is more stable than the...
'SANTANA' STUNS 'EM
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Santana Strings, never far back under Eibar Coa, accelerated into far turn to engage front-running Storm Surge for lead, dueled with him to mid-stretch, edged clear final...
VICTOR-IOUS - METS' ZAMBRANO OUTPITCHES HIS CUB COUNTERPART
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMets 6 - Cubs 1 The Mets' Victor Zambrano and the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano are unrelated - as were their respective performances last night. Victor fired eight innings of one-run...
FLOYD'S BAT FLAILS CUBBIES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amWillie Randolph said before last night's 6-1 triumph over the Cubs that he would love for any of his players to heat up during these dog days of August, and...
WILD DREAM JUST AN ILLUSION
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Mets, who never get hot, never turn completely cold, make practically everyday into Groundhog Day. Two weeks ago they swept San Diego and took two out of three from...
REYES ROLLIN'
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amJose Reyes is closing in on Mets history. Last night, the young shortstop extended his hitting streak to 20 games, four shy of the franchise record of 24, co-held by...
LAW'S READY TO JOIN JETS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThe Jets' secondary just got a whole lot better, and their defense a whole lot more dominating. Ty Law, a three-time Super Bowl winner and four-time Pro Bowler, is set...
BIG UNIT'S BACK ACTS UP AGAIN
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - The back Randy Johnson said wasn't the reason he absorbed a savage beating from the Blue Jays Saturday is the reason Johnson's availability for his next start was...
DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN - METS HEAD BACK WEST WITH WILD DREAMS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amAT the decision of ESPN, Pedro Martinez Bobblehead Day turned into Pedro Martinez Bobblehead Night, not that anyone who has watched the Mets uncannily cling to .500 should be able...
LEITER SHOWS AL-STAR FORM - LEIT STIFLES JAYS AS YANKS EARN 3-3 TRIP
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Blue Jays 2 TORONTO - Go figure. Aaron Small and Al Leiter beat the Blue Jays and in between Randy Johnson took a spanking. However, these days...
BAD BACK HAS DOUG ON BENCH
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Doug Mientkiewicz can't hit or run. For that matter he can't even sleep. For the fourth straight game, Mientkiewicz didn't play because of his bad back. Still, the...
STREAKY HITTER - PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE FOR RED-HOT REYES
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amAs Jose Reyes closes in on the longest hitting streak in Mets' history, he is still learning how to hit; especially when the count is in his favor. "What he...
JERSEY LOCALS BASK IN MAJOR'S SPOTLIGHT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE were plenty of moments during their younger years when Mike Sparks, Mickie Gallagher III and Dan Pasternak would fantasize about standing on an 18th green when a trophy was...
MEMOR-LEE - BACK AT BALTUSROL, JANZEN RECALLS A MAJOR FEAT
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amA lifetime of memories will flood Lee Janzen's mind as rides up the driveway that leads to the sprawling, stately Baltusrol clubhouse today. Janzen, of course, remembers changing his life...
D-LIGHTFUL - JET DEFENDERS TURNING HEADS
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amLost in all the frenzy over the Jets' joint-practice brawl against the Giants - and overlooked in the talk of a possible signing of Ty Law - is the fact...
FORMER MATES WARY OF EL DUQUE
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - With Yankee Stadium packed and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez on the mound tonight for the best team in baseball, it will seem like old times. Of course, the...
SLIPPING LEE STILL FOCUSED
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amThere hasn't been a Triple Crown winner in baseball since Carl Yastrzemski finished the 1967 season with more home runs, RBIs and a better average than anyone else in the...
CAIRO IN 2ND CITY
August 8, 2005 | 4:00amKaz Matsui will return to the Mets this week, but the starting job at second base will still belong to Miguel Cairo. If Matsui has any ideas of returning to...