September 6, 2005
LOLLIPOP GROUP'S LICKED - JUDGE RIPS 2 COLUMBUS CIRCLE SALE FOES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTWO new court rulings might be the death blow to preservation activists' increasingly personal campaign against the imminent sale of 2 Columbus Circle, the "Lollipop" building, to the Museum of...
ILL WIND WATCH ; INFLATION FEARS ON POST-KATRINA HORIZON
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amHurricane Katrina will hurt the U.S. economy and cause job growth to slow. Everybody's saying it. But those are the easy - and perhaps not entirely correct - predictions made...
DESIGNS ON MEN ; FASHION SALES RISE AS GUYS GUSSY UP
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amAs if the launch issue of Men's Vogue, which hits newsstands today, was not enough of a harbinger, signs everywhere point to a renewed interest on the part of men...
XM RADIO IS TARGETING Y CHROMOSOMES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt's girl's night out on XM Satellite Radio. XM, the largest of the two main satellite radio players with over 4 million subscribers, is launching a new women's channel whose...
PUBLISHER OF OK! IS KO'D
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amAfter only four issues, Richard Desmond's American version of OK! has been hit with the loss of its first executive. Insiders said they were told that launch publisher Gabriel "Gaby"...
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; YOU CAN ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT WITH STONES CD
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTHE ROLLING STONES"A Bigger Bang"Virgin Records ***½ (three and a half stars) IT was put up or shut up for the Rolling Stones. The greatest rock 'n' roll band in...
END ZONE - 'MNF' KICKS OFF LAST NETWORK SEASON
September 6, 2005 | 4:00am'TURN out the lights,the party 's over.All good things must end. Dandy Don Meredith warbled that tune many times at the end of "Monday Night Football " telecasts. But this...
GET A ROOM! WE PICK 10 SEXY NORTHEAST RETREATS UNDER $200 FOR LEAF PEEPING SEASON
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amDON'T get gouged when you see the leaves this year. inexpensive places to stay. Note: All starting rates are for weekends in September only. 1) THE INN AT SHELBURNE FARMS...
UPDATE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTHERE we were, gearing up to produce our No Holds Barred, We'll Do It Better Than Anyone, Insiders Guide to New Orleans. This is a city beloved by all of...
CO-OP CITY HERO; RISKS LIFE IN RESCUE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe black smoke was so thick that Co-op City peace officer James Keappock could hardly see or breathe as he crawled through a burning apartment until he found an elderly...
BOYS & GIRLS SCANDAL BIG IS LIB RADIO'S LENDIN' LENIN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe former director of a Boys & Girls Club who arranged an $875,000 loan to ultra-liberal radio network Air America was known as "the Lenin of the North Bronx" while...
U.S. SHAKEN BY QAEDA 007; HACKER IS TERROR WEB MASTER
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. counterterrorism authorities have been engaged for months in a shadow war with a computer hacker extraordinaire who is using cutting-edge technology to help al Qaeda and other...
GIRL SLAIN IN BX.; SHOOTING SPARKS RIOT
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old girl was killed last night by a stray bullet fired outside a Bronx park filled with kids - sparking a near-riot when cops tried to hold back a...
FDNY POLICES BRAVEST - USES NYPD SYSTEM
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe FDNY is pulling a page out of the Police Department's playbook to combat lagging response times. Bravest bosses are using a computerized system to give themselves a firmer hand...
A HURRICANE OF BLAME
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMOTHER Nature showed once again that she's the ultimate terrorist. And the hurricane that struck our Deep South has been trailed by a blizzard of excuses, accusations and lies. Let's...
1ST FASHION SHOOTSINCE WAVE HORROR
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amSupermodel Petra Nemcova looked as stunning as ever during her first photo shoot since the tsunami crushed her bones and killed the love of her life. The Czech sizzler -...
SORE SENS. SAY PROBE GAS $OAR
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amSens. Chuck Schumer and Jon Corzine yesterday demanded a federal probe of post-Katrina gas gouging, charging that jumps in pump prices seem to have little to do with scarcity. The...
BUSH PICKS ; ROBERTS AGAIN ; SWITCHES NOMINATION TO CHIEF OF SUPREMES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMoving quickly, President Bush yesterday asked the Senate to promote his Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts, to replace the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist - amid widespread signs that Roberts...
FBI BOOTS 'HARASSER' IRAQI COP
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe first Iraqi police officer admitted to the FBI's elite law-enforcement training facility was shipped back to Baghdad for making a sexual advance on a female classmate, The Post has...
LOAN SHARK NICK ; COLLECTS FOR GAMBINOS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amNicholas "Fat Nick" Minucci, the beefy, bat-wielding racial-assault suspect in Howard Beach, is a loan-shark debt collector for the top bosses of the Gambino crime family, law-enforcement sources told The...
PRINCIPAL BOOTED IN LUNCH-MONEY 'SCAM'
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe principal of one of the city's most respected public high schools has been ousted for urging parents to lie in order to milk the National School Lunch Program for...
HE'S 'IRON' MIKE - WOULD WIN DEM RACE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg would win the Democratic primary for mayor if he were allowed to enter it, according to a poll released yesterday. Bloomberg, a Republican convert, would demolish Democratic front-runner...
'TRANSPORTER' VIOLATES 'VIRGIN'
September 6, 2005 | 4:00am"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" couldn't get lucky for the third straight weekend, as "Transporter 2" nailed the top spot, with receipts of $20.25 million over the Labor Day weekend. "Virgin" comedian...
HE'S FOLLOWING IN MENTOR'S FOOTSTEPS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe man being tapped to succeed Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court is his former protégé. John Roberts worked for Rehnquist between 1980 and 1981, and credits the...
B'KLYN MAN SHOT DEAD 'BY MISTAKE'
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 32-year-old office manager at a Manhattan law firm was fatally shot in Brooklyn yesterday - and pals believe it was a case of mistaken identity. Deshawn Dixon had been...
LET'S HEAR ABOUT THE HEROES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amKATRINA created so many hurricane heroes, but we hardly hear about any of them. Start with the amazing Coast Guard rescue teams who dangled from the sky to pluck thousands...
DEATH TOLL MAY HIT 10,000 - MAYOR'S GRIM ESTIMATE AS BODIES FLOAT
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday said it had completely closed one major gap in the levees breached by Hurricane Katrina - as New Orleans' mayor...
DJ KILLED IN CRAZED ATTACK
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe body of a part-time disc jockey - who was nearly decapitated in a crazed knife attack - was found dumped on a Brooklyn street yesterday, police said. The victim,...
BLOOMBERG SLAMS FEDS FOR LETTING DOWN THE POOR OF N.O.
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg ripped into the federal government yesterday, asking, "How could this have happened in the richest nation on earth?" The billionaire mayor, who has donated his own money to...
POLS FIND A SOAPBOX AMID THE FLOATS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and the four Democrats vying to replace him marched in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn yesterday - and talked about Hurricane Katrina. City Council Speaker Gifford...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** A dispute between a couple on the Grand Concourse ended with a man being arrested, police said yesterday. Selena Livingston, 25, was talking on her cellphone at...
CRACKDOWN SOBERS FDNY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amBooze-related misconduct for New York's Bravest has plunged in the last year, after penalties were stiffened in the wake of two sex- and alcohol-fueled incidents in 2004. With new rules...
METS FAIL TO GET ON TRACH; CHIPPER HR LEADS TO LATEST BITTER LOSS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amBRAVES 4 METS 2 ATLANTA - With a runner on first and one out in the eighth inning of a tie game, Willie Randolph and Steve Trachsel had a discussion....
FBI BOOTS IRAQ COP FOR 'HARASS'
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe first Iraqi police officer admitted to the FBI's training facility was shipped back to Baghdad for making a sexual advance on a classmate, The Post has learned. "Two people...
FDNY IS 'POLICING' BRAVEST
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe FDNY is pulling a page out of the Police Department's playbook to combat lagging response times. Bravest bosses are using a computerized system to give themselves a firmer hand...
HIGH DRAMA ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amIn a dramatic rescue (above), Emergency Service cops yesterday climbed the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge to save a man threatening to jump. He agreed to come down after "we...
BLAKE'S 'WILD' STREAK ; SOARS TO QUARTERS AT OPEN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amWith his blond bombshell girlfriend cheering him on, James Blake yesterday continued his giant-killing run at this year's U.S. Open tennis tournament. By bulldozing 19th-seed Spaniard Tommy Robredo yesterday, the...
DEATH TOLL MAY HIT 10,000 ; GRIM ESTIMATE FOR NEW ORLEANS ALONE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amNEW ORLEANS - The Army Corps of Engineers yesterday said it had completely closed one major gap in the levees breached by Hurricane Katrina - as New Orleans' mayor said...
PATIENT OPENS FIRE - QNS. MED WORKER SHOT
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amA disgruntled patient turned a Queens kidney dialysis center into a bloody shooting gallery yesterday, walked into the medical facility and shooting a female technician before fleeing, police said. When...
BARBARA: HOUSTON SHELTER IS 'WORKING VERY WELL' FOR POOR
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amFirst Mom Barbara Bush yesterday walked past rows of poor and ailing refugees at the Houston Astrodome, then said, "So many of the people here . . . were underprivileged...
STRAY SHOT KILLS BX. GIRL, 10
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amA 10-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet fired by a hooded gunman in a Bronx park last night - sparking a near riot as cops tried to keep...
CINDER-FELLA ; BLAKE KEEPING OPEN DREAM ALIVE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTwo storybook runs will collide at the U.S. Open tomorrow night when the Cinderella Man, James Blake, faces the old man, legendary Andre Agassi. After Agassi held on yesterday for...
BLOOMBERG WINS DEM PRIMARY: POLL
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg would win the Democratic primary for mayor if he were allowed to enter it, according to a poll released yesterday. Bloomberg, a Republican, would demolish Democratic front-runner Fernando...
PATIENT OPENS FIRE; QNS. MED WORKER SHOT
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amA disgruntled patient turned a Queens kidney dialysis center into a bloody shooting gallery yesterday, critically wounding a female technician before fleeing, police said. When detectives went to the suspect's...
CRACKDOWN SOBERS FIREMEN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amBooze-related misconduct for New York's Bravest has plunged in the last year, after penalties were stiffened in the wake of sex- and alcohol-fueled incidents in 2004. With new rules and...
HILL'S EXPAN$ION; TURNS D.C. HOME INTO FUND-RAISE PAD
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is spending nearly $1 million on an expansion and renovation of her swank Washington mansion, as she prepares a fund-raising bonanza for her re-election...
EMOTIONAL ELI READY TO RETURN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThere are always challenges and the one that Eli Manning confronts today will be unlike any he's faced before. As the Giants take the field for their first practice with...
'NOLES 'SNAP' SKID - FINALLY TOP MIAMI AS 'CANES BOTCH TYING FG TRY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amFla. State 10 Miami BD+>7 TALLAHASSEE - Florida State has known the excruciating pain of Wide Right and Wide Left. Miami now knows the unbearable agony of Bad Snap. With...
SAINTS GAME SEPT. 19
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants' game against the Saints, originally scheduled for the Superdome in New Orleans, will be played at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 at Giants Stadium. The Saints,...
TALE OF ONE CITY - 'CANE-'NOLE RIVALRYHAS BEEN ALL MIAMI
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTALLAHASSEE - When is a rivalry in danger of no longer being a rivalry? When one team (in this case, Miami) has won six straight over its foe (in this...
KIM SET TO TAKE ON VENUS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amU.S. OPENNOTEBOOK Tonight's quarterfinal between Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters pits the reigning Wimbledon champion, Williams, against the tour's hottest player, Clijsters, who whipped Venus to win the Stanford event...
SPILL SENDS DAVILA TO HOSPITAL
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amSECOND RACE: Trumpster, 8-year-old son of Holy Bull making 56th career start, was racing mid-pack mid-stretch when he suffered "cardiovascular collapse" and fell, dead, pitching jockey Mike Davila to track....
SUCKED IN BY ESPN ATTITUDE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amYA never know. Perhaps this will be the week ESPN announces that everything it has done to ESPN and everything it has tried to do to sports and to sports...
PLETCHER AND PRADO TAKE SPA CROWNS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Ending the two-year reign of John Velazquez, Edgar Prado won the riding title at the Old Spa with 44 winners. It was the second time Prado topped...
JETS WANT SMOOTH RHODES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTo hear the way veteran cornerback Ty Law put it yesterday when asked about rookie safety Kerry Rhodes starting alongside him Sunday in Kansas City, it seems there might be...
'SHARK' SCORES AT 16-1 IN CANE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amThe $346,000 Cane Pace was won by 16-1 longshot Royal Flush Shark by 13/4 lengths over American Ideal in 1:52 4/5 yesterday afternoon at Freehold Raceway. Royal Flush Shark, driven...
STEVE DESERVES SPIN IN ROTATION
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - Almost, almost, yesterday became something for Steve Trachsel to write home about in application for a start every sixth day. Never mind a letter could have been mailed...
CELESTIN BACK WITH HIS FAMILY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Oliver Celestin's life off the field has calmed down considerably in the last few days. The Jets' safety, a New Orleans native who lost contact with grandparents, uncles,...
AGASSI'S BACK ; VET'S HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN WIN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt's all paying off now: The cautious schedule Andre Agassi embarked upon in the weeks leading up to the U.S. Open. The rigorous weight-room sessions with his longtime trainer Gil...
CINDER-FELLA - BLAKE RALLIES TO ANOTHER VICTORY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amTwo storybook runs will collide at the U.S. Open tomorrow night when the Cinderella Man, James Blake, faces the old legend, Andre Agassi. After Agassi held on for a five-set...
BACK IN BUSINESS ; AGASSI'S HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN VICTORY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amIt's all paying off now: The cautious schedule Andre Agassi embarked upon in the weeks leading up to the U.S. Open. The rigorous weight-room sessions with his longtime trainer Gil...
CAMERON SHOWING SIGNS OF PROGRESS
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Mike Cameron, who lives just outside of Atlanta, visited the Mets yesterday and watched the game from the dugout. Beforehand, the injured rightfielder chatted with reporters...
YANKEES CAN'T LET RAYS HAVE THEIR DAY
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If the Yankees don't make the postseason, they will undoubtedly look at losing nine of the first 13 games against the Devil Rays as the reason. So, that's...
'WASTED' - METS MISSED OUT ON CHANCES
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - The first thing that Willie Randolph mentioned after the game was "a lot of wasted opportunities." The Mets left 10 men on base in yesterday's 4-2 loss to...
DOWN ON CROWN - A-ROD FOCUSING ON WINS, NOT TRIPLE CROWN
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amHe is in position to win a Triple Crown and a second MVP award. Yet, to Alex Rodriguez and Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, if the Yankees don't win the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 6, 2005 | 4:00amNever steal chickens in Romania. A 51-year-old man learned that lesson the hard way when he tried to return to his country after four years away, and border guards stopped...