May 24, 2005
NAUTICA'S IN SWIM - UPGRADE OF LINE IS MAKING WAVES
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amNautica is navigating a turnaround. Nearly two years after its acquisition by the VF Corp., Nautica has upgraded the quality of its clothes and refocused on its seafaring heritage. And...
HOSPITAL SIGNS HISTORIC L.I. DEAL
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA former 1.4 million square-foot Long Island industrial complex, and first home of the United Nations, just signed one of the largest deals in Long Island history. i.Park, a Lake...
WESTREICH SCORES 386 PARK AVE. SO.
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe 20-story 210,000 square-foot office building at 386 Park Ave. South was sold to Anthony Westreich of Monday Properties for $71 million last week. "He may keep it for an...
A LOOK INSIDE THE MAKE-BELIEVE CEO SEARCH AT DISNEY
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amDISNEY has sold fantasies since its earliest days, so is it really any surprise that the company was able to skillfully pull off an imaginary search for someone to head...
COLE DENIES DISCRIMINATION CHARGES
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amKenneth Cole Productions denied discriminating against a former employee who has alleged in a lawsuit filed on Friday that she was sexually and racially harassed while working for the company....
VC FUND'S FOLLY - SUIT TIES SOFTBANK TO GLOBAL CROSSING'S FAKE DEAL
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the world's premier financial firms helped a unit of ill-fated telecom darling Global Crossing pull off a $100 million accounting fraud, according to a suit filed in federal...
NOT AD-DING UP - NETWORK AD SALES SEEN FALLING FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YR.
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWith most signs pointing to a soft "upfront" season for selling commercial time, one media guru is predicting falling major network ad sales for a second straight year. Ad expert...
CANTOR MAKES A COMEBACK; CANTOR MAKES COMEBACK
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWITH a simultaneous pair of deals on East 59th Street, Cantor Fitzgerald has grown back into nearly the same amount of space it had at the World Trade Center before...
FED RATE HIKES COULD END BADLY
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amIf Ed Hyman is right, things are likely to get pretty ugly on Wall Street in the not-too-distant future. The top economist has started telling clients that the Federal Reserve's...
TIME WARNER CABLE VS. CITY
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe New York City Comptroller's office admonished Time Warner Cable for being unable to produce thousands of invoices for advertising deals in a recent audit the city conducted. Under an...
AIR LABOR PAINS SPIKE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMechanics at Northwest Airlines feel like they got hit in the head with a wrench. The 4,412 unionized aircraft workers were just told the airline is looking to thin their...
MORGAN EXEC EXIT IN M&A
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amEmbattled investment bank Morgan Stanley lost another key player yesterday when Raymond McGuire, the firm's co-head of its lucrative mergers advisory, appeared headed to Citigroup, sources at Morgan Stanley said....
BIG 3 WOES = FEWER CAR COMMERCIALS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe domestic auto industry's troubles are making the picture murkier for this year's upfront ad-buying season. The "Big 3" are among the largest buyers of primetime advertising. General Motors, Ford...
J.R.'S BACK - 'ONE TREE' DAD TV'S MEANEST MAN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amDAN Scott - the evil epicenter of the WB's "One Tree Hill" - tells his son, Lucas, that Professor Moriarty is his favorite "Sherlock Holmes" character. Lucas reminds Dan that...
STARR REPORT
May 24, 2005 | 4:00am'Anatomy' class Much attention was focused, and rightly so, on Sunday's "Desperate Housewives" season finale. But the show's leadout, ABC's hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy," earned some very impressive numbers -...
'HOUSEWIVES' CLEAN UP
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE season finale of "Desperate Housewives" snared over 30 million viewers Sunday night - the ABC series' biggest-ever audience. Viewership rose about 2 million viewers in the finale's second half-hour,...
KEN 'PARDY POOPED
May 24, 2005 | 4:00am'JEOPARDY!" champ Ken Jennings came out of the first night of the "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" finals bloodied - but still in the hunt to keep his title. Brad Rutter,...
DEATH TRICK IN '24' FINALE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amJACK Bauer saved the world, but lost his lady love. He also died - if only temporarily. It was all in a day's work for Bauer, who, for the fourth...
DAVE POPS UP IN OHIO
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amAWOL funnyman Dave Chappelle has rekindled his American spirit. The Comedy Central mystery man, who ran away to South Africa late last month, was sighted last week in his home...
AMBER'S FLICK NO SMALL FREY
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amFor some reason, too much is never enough in the never-ending Scott/Laci/Amber saga. Yes, the story that wouldn't go away is baaack again. There is probably at least one more...
'WIVES' CLEAN UP
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE season finale of "Desperate Housewives" snared over 30 million viewers Sunday night - the ABC series' biggest-ever audience. Viewership rose about 2 million viewers in the finale's second half-hour...
SING 'MAMMY' - MOTHER KNOWS BEST FOR FINALISTS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" finalists Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood have different singing styles but similar inspirations: their moms. Bice, the long-haired Southern rocker from Alabama, credits his mother, Nancy Downes -...
SEX A-PEEL DIET - NEW REGIMEN MAKES MEN BULGE - IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES; STAND-UP DIET AT LONG LAST
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWHO needs Viagra when you've got a banana? Or, for that matter, cucumbers, carrots and red hot chili peppers? All the above are foods that keep men stoked, says a...
A SIREN ON THE SET
May 24, 2005 | 4:00am'YOU'RE young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives - s- - - happens." That's what Angelina Jolie famously said - and something definitely happens between her and Brad...
READY, SET SALE - CRUISING IS MORE POPULAR - AND MORE EXPENSIVE - THAN EVER. CHRIS BUNTING FINDS IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET A BARGAIN, THANKS TO THESE 15 GREAT ITINERARIES (AS LOW AS $450 FOR 7 NIGHTS!)
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amCRUISES really float our boat - 10.5 million of us set sail in 2004 (a record number). This year is shaping up to be even bigger for seafaring voyages. Cruise...
STUCK UPON THIS ISLAND - SITTING STILL ON THE SOUTHERN STATE? LANGUISHING ON THE L.I.E.? DAVID LANDSEL PICKS THE TOP WAYS TO PASS THE TIME ON YOUR WAY OUT TO THE HAMPTONS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMOST of us who are beach-bound tend to see the traffic-clogged trip from the Cross County Parkway to Shinnecock Hills as something to be endured. Tired of gritting our teeth,...
EXPRESS CHECK-IN - GOSSIP, HOT TOPICS AND OTHER NEWS YOU'LL USE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amTAKE IT OFF GIVING new meaning to the words "Las Vegas Strip," hotels on Sin City's glitter gulch are urging their customers to go topless. First there was Mandalay Bay...
GIRL'S BLOOD & TEARS - BELLEVUE-HORROR TRIAL
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amShe literally cried blood. The 13-year-old victim of a monstrous sex assault at Bellevue Hospital was so pummeled by the fiend who dragged her from her bed last year that...
PHIL HAS BAD-HAIR DAY - TRESSED TO CHILL AT CREEPY COURT SHOWING
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amCall him Phil Spectacle. Looking like a cross between a hippie and a Brillo pad, Phil Spector sat glumly yesterday as a Los Angeles judge ruled that four women who...
SUTTON PLACE DOORMAN ADMIT$ HEAVY LIFTING
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA sticky-fingered ex-doorman at a luxurious Sutton Place complex pleaded guilty yesterday to burglary for stealing more than a quarter-million dollars in watches, jewelry and cash from at least 10...
VOTING FOR DENIAL - GERMANY'S ANGRY ELECTION
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amON Sunday, voters in Germany's Ruhr - long known as the "Red Ruhr" - threw out Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's socialist party after letting it rule for 39 years. A coalition...
SPURNED L.I. TEEN SLASHES EX, 16: COPS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island teenager - upset because his girlfriend broke off their four-month relationship - stabbed her repeatedly and left her to die, cops said yesterday. After a lover's spat...
BX. PARK TO BE FIELD OF DREAMS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe city began a $3.8 million renovation of St. James Park in The Bronx yesterday - making it the first park in the borough to be spruced up in exchange...
W. FEARED FOR LAURA - BUT SHE PLAYS DOWN HECKLERS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush yesterday said she never felt afraid while getting jostled and heckled at holy sites in Jerusalem - but her husband was worried by news...
'MADONNA POL' URGED TO RESIGN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amIsrael's foreign minister, under fire for trying to oust his ambassador to Washington because of the "Madonna scandal," was told to quit during a heated parliament session yesterday. Foreign Minister...
FERRY LAWSUITS PROCEED
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amVictims of the Staten Island Ferry crash can move full steam ahead in their suits against the city now that two key officials have pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Magistrate Judge...
PA. MAN TRIED TO SELL QAEDA A BOMB: FEDS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man was busted in an FBI sting operation for trying to sell a bomb to a terrorist group connected to the al Qaeda network, federal...
BUSH TO TALK TOUGH TO ABBAS: RICE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush will tell Yasser Arafat's successor on Thursday that he must dismantle all terrorist networks in Palestinian areas, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. Rice told the American...
MILLER'S OUR MAN, SAY QUEENS DEMS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amGifford Miller's lagging bid for City Hall got a huge boost yesterday when the powerful Queens Democratic Party threw its backing behind the City Council speaker, snubbing Fernando Ferrer. "Miller's...
CLEAN COLLAR - B'KLYN LAUNDRY BANDIT NABBED
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA robber tried to knock over a Brooklyn laundry, but couldn't get away clean, thanks to the fearless store owner and two court officers who hung him out to dry,...
PIRRO AIMS HIGH - QUITTING AS DA IN BID FOR STATE OFFICE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWestchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced yesterday she won't seek re-election this year so she can run for a statewide office in 2006. Pirro, 53, a GOP shining star,...
UFT CHARTER SCHOOL MAY GET LEFT BACK
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe United Federation of Teachers' ambitious plan to open its own charter school in Brooklyn this fall received a serious setback yesterday, when some state officials charged with granting the...
'ANGEL' DOCTOR NEEDS MIRACLE - CANCER MEDIC WILL DIE WITHOUT LIVER TRANSPLANT
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA selfless doctor who has devoted himself to saving the lives of young cancer patients now needs help to save his own life. Dr. Michael Harris is dying of hepatitis...
MERCEDES LOVE SPAT ENDS IN FATAL CRASH - TWO DIE IN BROOKLYN 'DWI' HORROR
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn driver having a boozy argument with his girlfriend lost control of his car, sending it flipped over and over, killing her and another passenger yesterday, police sources said....
ALARMING - MAID: KID WOULD HAVE TRIPPED DEVICE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMichael Jackson's ex-maid testified yesterday that the wacko pop star had an alarm in his bedroom that sounded loudly whenever somebody entered the suite. Maria Gomez told the jury the...
'KILLER' QUACK IS BEHIND BARS HERE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA quack plastic surgeon suspected of performing a deadly cosmetic procedure on a New York investment banker and then concealing her corpse in a concrete coffin under his home was...
DRUGS, GUN FOUND IN VILLAGE DEATH APT.
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA large quantity of crack cocaine and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol were found inside a posh East Village apartment where an ex-con was shot to death, authorities said yesterday. Christopher...
'WHEN WE TURNED, IT FELT LIKE ... WE WERE FALLING, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T.' - CONEY CRASH GIRL MELISSA RELIVES ORDEAL
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe teen tourist who dodged death by begging off a sightseeing plane that later crashed with her two best friends aboard grimly recalled yesterday the final chilling words from her...
PATIENTS HAIL 'SAINT' WHO HEALED THEM
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amTo his patients, Dr. Michael Harris is "a saint," "an angel," "a second father." "I probably owe him just about everything I have," said Mallory Garvin of Wood Ridge, N.J.,...
PERVS' VIAGRA NIXED - PATAKI ORDERS BAN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday ordered a total ban on Viagra for all city and state sex offenders on parole - even if they pay for it themselves - amid outrage over...
JUNE 6 IS STADIUM D-DAY: BLOOMBERG
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA clearly frustrated Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that New York shouldn't give up on the West Side stadium plan. "When did New York walk away from taking shots and trying...
W. FEARED FOR LAURA - BUT SHE PLAYS DOWN JEERS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush yesterday said she never felt afraid while getting jostled and heckled at holy sites in Jerusalem - but her husband was worried by news...
'HIT-RUN' JAG DRIVER TURNS HERSELF IN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe driver of a hit-and-run Jaguar that plowed into a young Brooklyn woman Sunday night - mangling her leg so badly that it had to be amputated - surrendered to...
KILLER BOTCH 'DOC' FINALLY BACK IN N.Y.
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA quack plastic surgeon suspected of performing a deadly cosmetic procedure on a New York investment banker - then concealing her corpse in a concrete coffin under his home -...
LAST-DITCH DEAL AVOIDS JUDGE-WAR SHOWDOWN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Senate moderates yesterday cut an 11th-hour deal to avert a bitter showdown over President Bush's stalled judge nominations by letting three get confirmed, blocking two and allowing the...
MOM KILLED, TOT HURT IN QNS. HIT-RUN NIGHTMARE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens mother was killed and her 2-year-old son severely injured last night when they were mowed down by a hit-and-run driver along a busy strip in Corona, police said....
PRESIDENT COULD END UP THE BIG WINNER
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The real winner in the Senate judge deal could be President Bush - because it opens the way for Congress to finally start getting things done. Right after...
SPURNED TEEN STABS GIRL: COPS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island teen - upset because his girlfriend broke off their four-month relationship - stabbed her and left her to die, cops said yesterday. After a lover's spat on...
PA. MAN IN QAEDA 'BOMB SALE' BUST
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man was busted in an FBI sting operation for trying to sell a bomb to a terrorist group connected to al Qaeda, federal prosecutors said...
NATURE'S FLOATING RAINBOWS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amSpring means flowers and flowers mean butterflies. Classroom Extra takes a look at these fanciful creatures. THERE may be no more beautiful sign of spring than butterflies, who seemingly float...
RUDY & THE RIGHT - A PRO-LIFE PROBLEM FOR THE '08 RACE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amSOMETHING very interesting happened on Friday in Baltimore: Rudy Giuliani showed up and got a standing ovation. Now that doesn't sound surprising, given the wild popularity of the former New...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn * A 15-year-old thug was arrested for twice trying to rob a man at gunpoint on a Flatbush street early yesterday, authorities said. The teen, whose name was withheld...
GUN RAP FOR OTHER 'DEREK JETER'
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amDerek Jeter has a rifle in his arm - a real rifle, prosecutors charge. A man with the same name as the Yankee shortstop is on trial in Manhattan federal...
MERCEDES LOVE SPAT SPARKS FATAL CRASH
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn driver, having a boozy argument with his girlfriend, lost control of his Mercedes seconds before it flipped over and over, killing her and another passenger yesterday, police sources...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amSee if you think Chris MacIntosh deserved to win the Dodge Dakota Ultimate Guy contest, which honors America's toughest, hardest-working man. The 33-year-old Michigan man took the top honor after...
DOORMAN ADMIT$ HEAVY LIFTING
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amA sticky-fingered ex-doorman at a luxurious Sutton Place complex pleaded guilty yesterday to burglary for stealing more than a quarter-million dollars in watches, jewelry and cash from at least 10...
FLOYD GIVES METS SCARE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Just what the Mets need - Cliff Floyd getting injured. But fortunately for the Mets, their slugging left fielder appears to be OK. Floyd provided a...
DICE ON ROLL WITH PISTONS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - When Antonio McDyess was a free agent last July, he said, his agent Andy Miller received a few inquiries from Knicks president Isiah Thomas. The Knicks...
ROAD KILL - INTERFERENCE CALL CRUSHES METS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amBraves 8 - Mets 6 ATLANTA - There's no way to know what could have happened or would have happened had the eighth inning continued. The Mets never got the...
DOUG PUTS THE BLAME ON HIMSELF FOR DEFEAT
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amSurrounded by reporters in front of his locker after last night's game, Doug Mientkiewicz very calmly blasted himself. After an 0-for-4 effort last night that included two double plays -...
LIKE A HEAT WAVE - MEN OF MOTOWN STUN SHAQ, WADE AND CO.
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 1: Pistons 90 - Heat 81 MIAMI - The Heat's problem is not only Shaquille O'Neal's bruised hip, but also Dwyane Wade's bruised ego. After all the fuss, O'Neal...
NETS RUN WORKOUT FOR FOUR
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amKobe Bryant's cousin, the NCAA's leading shot blocker, the Conference USA Player of the Year and a third-team All-ACC power forward were the draft hopefuls who auditioned for the Nets...
DO BOOS AWAIT JASON IN BRONX?
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The last time the Yankee Stadium denizens saw Jason Giambi, they booed him as if he were a Red Sox. When Giambi was called out looking in the...
BIG BEN: DON'T BELIEVE SHAQ
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - Pistons center Ben Wallace was amused by the hubbub regarding whether the Heat's Shaquille O'Neal would play in Game l of the Eastern Conference Finals last...
SERGIO FEELS AT HOME
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWestchester Country Club is not located in Spain, though the way Sergio Garcia plays the beautiful, old Walter Travis-designed layout you'd think he grew up on the fifth fairway. Garcia,...
SHEFF: GET THAT SHOT OUT OF HERE!
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amKnowing that a cortisone shot would likely force him to miss a third straight game tonight, Gary Sheffield refused the spike yesterday to calm an inflamed tendon in the left...
DICE ON A ROLL - EX-KNICK ENJOYING REBIRTH IN MOTOWN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - When Antonio McDyess was a free agent last July, he said, his agent Andy Miller received a few inquiries from Knicks president Isiah Thomas. The Knicks, who wound...
EPIPHANNY ACQUITTED
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amIt wasn't a complete victory for Epiphanny Prince, but it was close. The Bergtraum basketball star was acquitted of the two most serious charges in her assault trial yesterday, but...
KNICKS NEED LOTTO LUCK
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amWhen Isiah Thomas took over 17 months ago and within two weeks traded away two first-round picks and two European prospects in the Stephon Marbury blockbuster, he said the Knicks...
ROAD KILL - AMAZIN'S BEGIN CRUCIAL TRIP
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - That may have been exciting. But this is meaningful. Sure, the Mets just wrapped up this past weekend's dramatic Subway Series against the Yankees. But it's the seven-day...
NATE TALKS NUKED
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Knicks' chances of getting a sit-down with Nate McMillan imminently took a blow yesterday. Seattle president Wally Walker said he won't grant permission to other teams to talk to...
MO BETTER? MAYBE NOT
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amTHE 76ERS had little choice yesterday but to cut Jim O'Brien loose (with $8M guaranteed left on his 3-year contract) in favor of Maurice Cheeks. Too many factors weighed against...
STRICKLAND BECOMES FREE AGENT
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - It looks as if Scott Strickland's Met career is over. The Mets decided not to promote Strickland, and the righty reliever exercised his option to become...
JETS SIGN OL BROOKS
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amThe Jets yesterday did what they opted not to do in the draft: add offensive-line depth. They signed veteran guard/tackle Ethan Brooks as well as quarterback Bill Whittemore. Brooks is...
LIKE A HEAT WAVE - SHAQ & CO. GET MOTOWN SURPRISE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amGAME 1: Pistons 90 Heat 81 MIAMI - The Heat's problem is no longer Shaquille O'Neal's bruised hip, but Dwyane Wade's bruised ego. After all the fuss, Shaq played, though...
INJURY BUG NEARLY GETS TO FLOYD
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Just what the Mets need - Cliff Floyd getting injured. But fortunately for the Mets, their slugging left fielder appears to be OK. Floyd provided a...
DICE ON ROLL IN MOTOWN
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amHEAT-PISTONS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - When Antonio McDyess was a free agent last July, he said, his agent Andy Miller received a few inquiries from Knicks president Isiah Thomas. The Knicks,...
OUT OF UNIT-FORM - RANDY HASN'T BEEN HIMSELF SO FAR THIS SEASON
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amRandy Johnson hasn't been a $57 million bust or gone from "Big Unit" to "Big Salad". Yet, the season is 25 percent finished and the Yankees are waiting for Johnson...
JETS SIGN BROOKS FOR OFFENSIVE LINE
May 24, 2005 | 4:00amNFL NOTES The Jets yesterday did what they opted not to do in the draft: add offensiveline depth. They signed veteran guard/tackle Ethan Brooks as well as quarterback Bill Whittemore....