August 16, 2005
CANDIDATES TO FILL GREENSPAN'S SHOES (NONE TOO SOON)
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amYOU know that old saying, "In America, any young boy can grow up and become Fed chairman." OK, it's really "president" and not head of the Federal Reserve. And nowadays...
GOLDEN GOOSE - ICAHN, TIME WARNER SET FOR SIT-DOWN OVER STOCK
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amTime Warner chief Dick Parsons agreed to meet this week with Carl Icahn to discuss the hedge fund manager's ideas for goosing the media giant's stock price. Icahn - the...
HARLEM HOT FOR BUILDING
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amTHE frenzy for land to build new homes sweeps through Manhattan like a cyclone on speed. My old gas station on First Avenue and 90th Street is now an apartment...
AILES TO BE CEO AT FOX TV
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amFox News chief Roger Ailes was given the reins of the Fox Television Stations group, including the Twentieth Television program division, yesterday. Fox is part of News Corp., which is...
COUNCIL AIMS AT WAL-MART
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIn the latest move to scare away Wal-Mart, the City Council is on the verge of passing a law that will make ensure that all city grocers and some other...
MACK'S PEP TALK - MORGAN CEO GIVES TROOPS LOOK AT GAME PLAN
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amAs John Mack sees it, the landscape of Wall Street is going to be very different in a few years, and he's going to use Morgan Stanley's heft to its...
CELEB MAGS UP CIRC
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amDespite fierce competition and new entrants, the celebrity magazines continue to pull in readers. US Weekly, People, Star and InTouch all posted circulation gains in the first half of this...
CELEB MAGS INCREASE CIRC
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amDespite fierce competition and new entrants, the celebrity magazines continue to pull in readers. US Weekly, People, Star and InTouch all posted circulation gains in the first half of this...
NEIL DOWN: UNSOLD TIX SHOW DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIT looks like Neil Diamond might be too strong of a believer. The glitter-suit-wearing pop icon booked three shows at Madison Square Garden this week, and the venue is far...
DICK'S 'IDOL' LANG SYNE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amDICK Clark, still recuperating from a stroke he suffered last year, will return to host "New Year's Rockin' Eve" in December - with Ryan Seacrest as his new sidekick. Seacrest,...
FINALE RESTING PLACE - WHY CREATOR KILLED OFF 'SIX'
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amNATE Fisher's unexpected death on "Six Feet Under" a few weeks back was this summer's most-talked-about TV moment - that almost didn't happen. "There was a lot of resistance in...
STARR REPORT
August 16, 2005 | 4:00am'Mind' expansion Comedy Central has ordered an additional three episodes of "The Mind of Mencia," starring Carlos Mencia. Now in its sixth week, "Mencia" is posting good numbers, averaging 1.4...
HIDE ALL THE CO-EDS - TOMMY LEE'S LATEST ROLE: BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amNO more reality. Or at least, please God, no more reality TV. It's a prime-time idea that's way past its prime and is now nothing more than the junkyard for...
BABY ON BOARD
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amFormer White House reporter Kate Snow did a, well, personal segment on "Good Morning America" yesterday on how pregnant women who once hid their swelling tummies under big blouses are...
EVERYONE MUST GO - 10 INCREDIBLE REASONS TO EXTEND YOUR SUMMER THIS YEAR
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIT doesn't matter who you are - even George W. Bush goes back to work right after Labor Day. Which is why leisure travel takes an annual dip each September....
RACE TO UPDATE 9/11 FILM
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amEVEN four years after the World Trade Center fell, 9/11 is still breaking news, especially for the makers of the four-hour documentary "Inside 9/11." Producers say the film - which...
MAKING TRACKS - BEST SUBWAY MUSICIANS GET ALBUM, HIGHER PLATFORM; BEST FOR BUSKING A MOVE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amSCRAGGLY-haired singer and guitarist Theo Eastwind doesn't consider playing his music in the subway begging or even busking - it's community service. "This is the service I give to New...
DIDDY HAS INITIAL P.ROBLEM
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amP.Diddy is changing his name. Yes, again. As of this morning, the personality formerly known as Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, Puffy and P. Diddy wants to be called Diddy. "One...
RELIEVED BROOKLYN MOTHER REUNITED WITH RUNAWAY, 11
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA jubilant mom and her runaway 11-year-old daughter were reunited at a police station last night - three days after the Catholic schoolgirl slipped away from her Brooklyn home. "I'm...
L.I. LAWYER ROBBED CLIENTS TO PAY DOCS: DA
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amAn elderly Long Island lawyer with a failing practice and no medical insurance stole more than $265,000 from clients to pay for his open-heart surgery and his wife's hysterectomy, authorities...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA man wearing only a diaper has been approaching women late at night and asking: "Are there any baby-changing facilities around here?" Police in northeast England said the latest incident...
FOLIC ACID CURB ON ALZHEIMER'S
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amHelping ward off Alzheimer's disease may be as easy as eating plenty of fruits and veggies, a new study suggests. The National Institute on Aging monitored diets over seven years...
POLICE NAB NEIGHBOR IN L.I. TEEN SLAY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island construction worker fatally stabbed his attractive 19-year-old neighbor with a folding knife over the weekend, just hours after the suspect and his wife had gone dancing at...
A GRIM NECESSITY - PULLOUT SERVES ISRAEL'S NEEDS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIN Israel, something heartbreaking is happening. Thousands of people are being forced from their homes, homes they did not want to leave, homes they were encouraged to make by the...
BETTOR OR FOR WORSE - SHEA BOOKIE'S LOVE TAPS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amHe's been convicted of a felony, forfeited $9,000, and is about to lose his $80,000 salary - but at least Dominic Valila will likely keep his wife. The Mets' head...
FATHER-IN-FLAW PIRRO SNAPS AT DAUGHTER
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amPORTSMOUTH, OHIO - Jeanine Pirro's irate husband hung up on his love child yesterday after a story in The Post detailed how he has recently begun paying more attention to...
KOFI ORDERS PROBE OF GRAFT CONTRACTS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ordered a massive investigation of the entire U.N. procurement division yesterday amid growing concerns about corruption and irregularities in the awarding of U.N. contracts....
ST. PAT EXTORT TWIST - PRIEST & GAL'S DA PLAN
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amLawyers for the reputed randy rector of St. Patrick Cathedral's and his sexpot assistant were set to meet with Manhattan prosecutors to file a criminal extortion complaint against her jealous...
JENNINGS EDITED OUT OF 'WORLD NEWS'
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amABC News has changed the title of its evening newscast to reflect the passing of Peter Jennings. Beginning last night, the former "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" is now...
CITY TO WATER DEADBEATS: EITHER PAY UP OR DRY UP
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe well will soon run dry for several landlords who owe the city millions of dollars in unpaid water bills. "We're going to turn off the water if they don't...
COPS: CONEY ISLAND MOM A SUICIDE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA beloved mother and social worker apparently moved a couch against her front door yesterday afternoon, set fire to mattresses in two rooms and leapt from the 17th-floor kitchen window...
CASH DISMISSED - TEACHERS WHO QUIT COST STATE $363M
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amReplacing the nearly 24,000 teachers who are expected to flee the public-education system or transfer to another school could cost the state more than $363 million, according to a study...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A private ambulance driver was arrested last night after cops found three 22-ounce cans of beer in his vehicle and a small bottle of brandy in his pocket,...
AMAZING GRACE - MAIMED L.I. WOMAN FORGIVES TEEN WHO THREW TURKEY AT CAR
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIn an incredible act of forgiveness, the Long Island woman whose face was shattered when a 20-pound turkey was thrown through her windshield came face-to-face yesterday with the prankster who...
POL GETS TESTY OVER 'TWO' MANY EXAMS FOR KIDS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amIf the state education commissioner won't prevent city schoolchildren from sitting through two rounds of high-stakes tests this year, lawmakers will, the head of the state Assembly Education Committee said...
STORM TROUPERS' POWER PLAY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amEmergency crews were working around the clock to restore electricity to thousands of homes following the fierce storms Sunday and early yesterday that toppled dozens of trees onto power lines....
GETTING OUT OF 7TH GRADE JUST GOT HARDER
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amNote to the seventh-graders: It's time to put on your thinking caps. Mayor Bloomberg's plan to hold back failing seventh-graders sailed through the approval process last night, despite protests from...
'SAVE ME! SAVE ME!' - CHILLING CRIES HAUNT DROWNED BOY'S BRO
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe grief-stricken older brother of a Queens altar boy whose body was recovered yesterday off Long Beach told relatives, "All I keep hearing is, 'Save me! Save me!' " as...
NIKE BUTT BLITZ - ADS FEATURE FAT-BOTTOM GIRLS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amNike is kicking butt big-time in a new campaign that challenges the bulimic-is-beautiful message of the advertising world. Jumping onto the reality bandwagon - right behind the folks at Dove...
MIKE'S HOT POTATO - AIR CONDITIONING DIES AT 'COOLING CENTER' EVENT
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe heat was on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday as he visited a cooling center in Queens - only to find out that the air conditioner was broken. Hizzoner stopped by the...
WEINER BLASTS 'OUT-OF TOUCH' FERRER TAX BID
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe gloves came off in the Democratic mayoral primary yesterday, with Anthony Weiner saying front-runner Fernando Ferrer was an out-of-touch tax-and-spend liberal. Weiner - who is trailing the pack in...
SETTLERS GET FINAL WARNING - HALF HAVE LEFT, BUT HUNDREDS VOW TO FIGHT ISRAEL'S FORCED EVICTIONS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel served eviction notices on thousands of Jewish settlers yesterday as it began a historic pullout from the Gaza Strip to reinforce its security and revive the U.S.-backed...
MORGY STILL BATTLING 'GLADIATOR'
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amRussell Crowe is still on the hook for criminal assault charges, despite a report that he had agreed to pay $11 million to the victim of his infamous phone-throwing tantrum....
MOM FRANTIC OVER RUNAWAY, 11
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amAn anguished Brooklyn mom pleaded with her 11-year-old runaway daughter last night to come back home. "She doesn't go anywhere without me," an emotional Sosamma Saji, 37, told The Post....
MIDTOWN STABBER RECEIVES 30 YEARS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA homeless man who went on a two-day stabbing rampage in Manhattan was sentenced to 30 years behind bars yesterday, despite his polite request to have his prison time cut...
MISSING-PILOT MYSTERY - CRASH 'MESSAGE' BARED AS HOAX
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWhere was the captain? That's the question authorities were looking to answer yesterday in the mysterious crash of a Cypriot airliner that went down in the mountains north of Athens,...
'BAD BATCH' EYED IN O.D. DEATHS - PROBERS FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF TEEN GALS' KILLER DOPE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA $20 bag of bad drugs bought outside a Lower East Side bar may have been what killed two bright co-eds found unconscious in an apartment after a day of...
GOTTIS' PRISON DON-VERSATIONS - DAPPER DAD SCOLDED JR. FOR LETTING FEDS GRAB 358G WEDDING STASH
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amJurors got a tender look inside the Gotti clan yesterday, as prosecutors at John "Junior" Gotti's trial played a video of his father, the late Gambino boss John Gotti, weighing...
CO-EDS DOOMED BY THE 'HIGH' LIFE - 'BAD DOPE' EYED IN OD DEATHS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThey were the life of the party - until the party ended their lives. Maria Pesantez and Mellie Carballo were lively, beautiful co-eds known for the kind of smarts that...
PENGUINS INVADE GOTHAM CITY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the city's swankiest hotels turned into a cold-sheets motel last night for a pair of pint-sized penguins flown in from Florida to promote the documentary "The March of...
DROWN TEEN'S PLEAS - 'SAVE ME!' HAUNTS BRO
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe grief-stricken older brother of a Queens altar boy whose body was recovered yesterday off Long Beach told relatives, "All I keep hearing is, 'Save me! Save me!' " as...
NEIGHBOR NABBED IN L.I. TEEN SLAY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island construction worker fatally stabbed his attractive 19-year-old knife over the weekend, neighbor with a folding just hours after the suspect and his wife had gone dancing at...
BABY-SIT 'SLAYER' WAS CALM
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe man who allegedly hammered a Brooklyn baby sitter to death in front of her 2-year-old niece appeared "calm and cool" only hours before he flew into his murderous rage,...
WEINER BLASTS FERRER
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe gloves came off in the Democratic mayoral primary yesterday - with Anthony Weiner calling front-runner Fernando Ferrer an out-of-touch, tax-and-spend liberal. Weiner, who is trailing the pack in most...
DEALERS BUSTED IN BRONX SWEEP
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA slew of suspected drug dealers was busted yesterday for running a narcotics operation in The Bronx, police sources said. Nearly a dozen people were pulled out of a three-story...
BX. DEALERS BUSTED IN HEROIN RAID
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA slew of suspected drug dealers was busted yesterday for running a heroin-processing operation in The Bronx, law-enforcement sources said. Thirteen people were arrested in a three-story brick house on...
STORM VICTIMS IN DARK
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amEmergency crews were working around the clock yesterday to restore electricity to thousands of homes following the fierce weekend storms. Hardest hit was Bergen County, N.J., where early last night,...
MAYOR COULD WIPE 'GRAFFITI PARTY'
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amA controversial Chelsea block party hosted by a company that sells a video game promoting graffiti will not happen if Mayor Bloomberg gets his way. The Aug. 24 event on...
LIBS FACE TOUGH STRETCH
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWe're about to learn just how tough this Liberty team is. With their best player, center Ann Wauters, on the bench for most of the last two games against the...
PONDER KNOWS BLAMING HIM IS ONLY 'FAIR'
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Next time, he'll listen to himself the first time. Willie Ponder led the NFL in kickoff-return average last season and is trying to add punt return...
SILENT . . . BUT DEADLY - JINTS' JOSEPH LETS GAME SPEAK FOR HIM
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - It was hardly a ringing endorsement. Prior to training camp, Giants defensive coordinator Tim Lewis was asked what he thought of defensive tackle William Joseph, the former first-round...
HERM: WE'LL BE MORE VERTICAL
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Herman Edwards was asked about the increased number of deep throws Chad Pennington attempted in yesterday's morning practice and took the opportunity to clarify the changes in this...
KNICKS EYEING DUO - ONE WILL GET OFFER AS SOON AS TODAY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWith ailing Allan Houston officially spared at yesterday's amnesty deadline, Knick president Isiah Thomas is on the verge of signing a live body who may actually contribute this season. The...
SHUG TIPPED OFF POST READERS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amRousing Victory, Stage Call and Muqbil were all 5-2 on tote at start of yesterday's $65,000 John's Call, with Rousing Victory slight favorite, and at finish of mile-and-five-eighths over Mellon...
HOU: I'LL RETIRE, IF ...
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amAllan Houston yesterday confirmed The Post's report he'll retire soon after the season opener if he's not healthy enough to compete. It was those words to James Dolan, and Larry...
CHAD PASSES CRUCIAL TEST
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amYesterday was the first big test of Jets training camp, the first time the torn rotator cuff in quarterback Chad Pennington's right shoulder that had been surgically repaired on Feb....
MERCER'S LATEST NET TO EXIT
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets, as expected, yesterday waived Ron Mercer and designated him as their amnesty player to avoid luxury-tax payments, as permitted by the new collective-bargaining agreement. Mercer thus became the...
JETER GETS 'REST' IN DH ROLE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - In a perfect world, Joe Torre would love to get Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield a day off. But dangerously close to being...
UNIT IN NEED OF BIG FINISH - YANKS HOPE FOR VINTAGE RANDY WHEN IT COUNTS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Randy Johnson stood in left field during batting practice last night at Tropicana Field. At the same time, Carl Pavano talked about his cranky right shoulder in...
DOUG READY FOR REHAB ASSIGNMENT
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Doug Mientkiewicz apparently is feeling well enough to get back on the field and start a rehab assignment. The Mets first baseman, who has been on the disabled...
CARLOS' CHOICE - BELTRAN TO DECIDE ON FACIAL SURGERY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amAfter being examined yesterday in New York, Carlos Beltran has a decision to make. According to a Mets press release, tests conducted on Beltran at the Hospital for Special Surgery...
JARET BACK ON WRIGHT TRACK - RETURNS FROM DL TO STYMIE D-RAYS
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Devil Rays 2 ST. PETERSBURG - As it turned out, the Yankees made the Wright move. When the Yankees deleted Aaron Small from the rotation to make...
A-ROD'S LEADER OF THE PACK
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Alex Rodriguez learned last year the devilish exchange of being a Yankee in this era. There are riches and fame, but also a level of expectation that...
UNIT'S TURN TO SHINE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Jaret Wright's strong performance last night was a bonus for the Yankees. Tonight they must have a sharp Randy Johnson who is coming back from...
BJORN SETTLES FOR 2ND
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWell, at the very least, Thomas Bjorn made a very popular champion sweat. Phil Mickelson had seen the number besides Bjorn's name switch from a "2" to a "3," meaning...
NEW MAJOR ON MICK'S MANTLE - PHIL BAGS TITLE WITH BIRD ON 18
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amPhil Mickelson knew exactly what he needed to do, but there was something else he wanted to do first. Needing birdie to win his second career major, Mickelson's tee shot...
LEFTY TIPS CAPS TO BALTUSROL'S HEAD PRO
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amPhil Mickelson was very gracious in victory yesterday after capturing the PGA Championship at Baltusrol's Lower Course, dishing out thank-you messages to everyone from the people of New Jersey to...
DR. PHIL - MAGICAL MICK SAVES BELEAGUERED BALTUSROL
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWITH a dramatic chip and a tap-in putt for birdie on the 18th hole, Phil Mickelson assured storied Baltusrol Golf Club of another favorable chapter in golf history. No one...
KNICKS EYE INDY SUB - JONES MAY SIGN OFFER SHEET TODAY
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amWith ailing Allan Houston officially spared at yesterday's amnesty deadline, Knick president Isiah Thomas is on the verge of signing a live body who may actually contribute this season. The...
BALLER OF THE WEEK: KEITH SPELLMAN
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amKeith Spellman is a shy 14-year-old who lives with his father, Sam Coleman, in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn. Lawrence Pollard, his assistant coach on Team Hersh in the Conrad McRae League,...
LET THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - October has come early to the Yankees. They have gone into playoff mode with seven weeks left in the season in an all-effort to make the actual...
HOW IRON-IC! PHIL'S CADDIE SAW TROUBLE COMIN' ON 16
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amPGA NOTES When Phil Mickelson's caddie, Jim "Bones" MacKay woke up yesterday morning he sensed trouble for his boss' round. He realized the wind had shifted from Sunday night to...
ELK'S 18TH HOLE: PAR FOR CURSE
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amSteve Elkington knew he probably needed a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to win the 87th PGA Championship or at least get into a playoff. Tied with Phil Mickelson...
THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AN ADMIRABLE CHAMP
August 16, 2005 | 4:00amTHE men from the PGA wanted to steer Phil Mickelson away and spirit him off to hobnob with the corporate suits, maybe take a couple of grip-and-grins, but Mickelson had...