September 5, 2005
UPSCALE PARENTS SET TO GIGGLE ON WOOSTER ST.
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMoms and babies are giggling with delight as Alison Wing brings her upscale San Francisco-based baby shop to Manhattan. Giggle, which bills itself as an environmentally conscious one-stop shopping boutique...
ESPN REPORTER SUICIDE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER ESPN reporter Adrian Karsten, facing a prison tax rap, was found dead, an apparent suicide, in his Wisconsin home, officials said yesterday. Cops declined to provide details but Karsten's...
GRETA DID IT BETTA - WHAT MADE GARBO GREAT?
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE TCM documentary "Garbo" opens with arresting images, shot from above, of the screen icon Greta Garbo - her legendary screen presence still intact - crossing a street in Manhattan,...
'ROME' ALONE - STILL STANDING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amLAST week's total devastation in New Orleans makes this special about Rome's still-surviving structures - some of which were built 20 centuries ago - seem all the more extraordinary. These...
SCHOOL PROBES UP - 50 PERCENT JUMP IN INVESTIGATIONS INTO TEACHERS & OFFICIALS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amProbes into alleged wrongdoing by city school employees rose by nearly 50 percent last year. But the man responsible for nabbing pervert teachers and dirty janitors, Special Schools Investigator Richard...
HMO PREMIUMS SOARING
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - New York's health-insurance rates continue to climb sky high, with two-thirds of its 12 HMOs having jacked up their premiums by as much as 25 percent in the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man who was recently shot in Brownsville has died, police said yesterday. Shawaun Shaw, 20, who died Friday in Brookdale Hospital, was shot on Aug. 24, when...
'SEX CHEAT' MINISTER MISSED AT HIS CHURCH
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amWorshippers at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church voiced disappointment yesterday in Rev. Thomas Tewell over his alleged sexual involvement with a married church volunteer - but added that they missed the...
MIKE HOLDS FIRE - WRIST-SLAPS FEDS AS CITY PITCHES IN
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday criticized the feds' response to Katrina - but stressed that now is not the time to "Monday morning quarterback." "It would appear, and I think the president...
CHIEF JUDGE LOST MORE FIGHTS THAN HE WON - MANY SOLO DISSENTS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amWilliam Rehnquist was known as a man who would bet on anything - even taking wagers one day from fellow Supreme Court jurists on how much snow had piled up...
$23M WATER BILL DRIES UP
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe city Water Board has written off more than 95 percent of a $23 million bill owed by one of its biggest debtors - and still hasn't collected the remaining...
MTA OFF TRACK - BRITS REJECTED CAMS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority's much-ballyhooed $212 million counterterrorism plan relies heavily on an "intelligent" surveillance system that was rejected by officials running London's subway system. After testing in London, transit...
LA. MISSTEPS AND D.C. SPATS BOGGED DOWN RESCUE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amLouisiana and New Orleans officials gravely stumbled before and after Katrina's deadly slam into the Gulf Coast - and a strange paralysis reportedly gripped the White House in the devastation's...
TORN ASUNDER - B'KLYN NATIVE SPLIT FROM KIN IN GAZA CHAOS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The military rushed in to evacuate Anita Tucker's family from their five-room villa, and in the chaos, the former Brooklyn woman and her loved ones were separated. "I'm...
ACTIVISTS RESCUE SETTLERS' ABANDONED PETS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amAnimal activists are desperately trying to rescue hundreds of animals abandoned by Israeli settlers leaving the Gaza Strip. Soldiers recently escorted rescue groups onto the strip, where they captured more...
BUSH PLEDGES SWIFT JUSTICE - VOWS REHNQUIST SUCCESSOR SOON
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amPresident Bush vowed yesterday to move "promptly" to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Chief Justice William Rehnquist's death, while praising the late jurist for his "superb leadership" as...
STATES TRY URGENTLY TO HELP REFUGEES
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amStates as far north as Minnesota are opening their doors to Katrina's refugees - straining to keep the welcome mat out even as aid centers threaten to burst at the...
ONE DEAD, 5 HURT IN W. INDIAN PRE-PARTY
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amA 24-year-old Brooklyn man was killed and five other people wounded in separate incidents during pre-dawn celebrations leading up to today's West Indian Day parade, law enforcement sources said. Winfield...
PAUL: I HEAR JOHN'S VOICE IN MY HEAD
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amRock legend Paul McCartney says that when he's writing songs, he sometimes hears the voice of his late writing partner, John Lennon. "When I write, there are times - not...
HYNES' 80G LINKED TO KID KILLER HE GAVE DEAL
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn DA Joe Hynes' campaign coffers have swelled from donors connected to the scion of a wealthy family given a sweet plea deal after mowing down two young sisters, The...
WOOING GIFFORD - FILES REVEAL LOBBY BIDS BY DINKINS, THOMPSON
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amTwo high-profile figures - former Mayor David Dinkins and Comptroller Bill Thompson - lobbied City Council Speaker Gifford Miller to fund pet projects during the city's budget deliberations, according to...
CONSERVATIVE'S STOP-WELD BID
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S called "The Quotable William Weld" - but it's really a new effort to derail the former Massachusetts governor's chances of winning potentially crucial Conservative Party support. George Marlin, a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amA topless dancer in San Diego stabbed a customer after he refused her offer of a lap dance. Lawanda Dixon, 24, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon shortly...
BOMBERS ACTING LIKE WINNERS AGAIN
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Perhaps this weekend was as much a reminder to themselves as to the other baseball teams who would impede their pathway to October. For five full months the...
GREAT EXPECTATIONS - GREEN MACHINE READY FOR BIG SEASON
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amTHE first full-pad hits in anger won't take place until shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday in Kansas City, where the Jets will open their 2005 season of enormous promise against...
'IDEAL' TRAINER HOPES TO MAKE CANE HISTORY
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amLabor Day may be Ladies' Day at Freehold Raceway as Casie Coleman looks to become the first female trainer to win the $346,000 Cane Pace. Coleman sends out the 9-5...
WIDE & SEEK - FSU KICKER READY TO BOOT HISTORY ASIDE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amTALLAHASSEE - Perhaps Bobby Bowden should open the nation's first chapter of Kicker's Anonymous. He could gather Gerry Thomas, Dan Mowrey, Matt Munyon and Xavier Beitia and have them raise...
THE THIN MAN - SLIMMER STRAHAN AIMS TO FATTEN UP ON SACKS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amHe has no plans to write a book that could be appropriately titled "The Sack Master's Diet." Nor will he make appearances on Oprah or Dr. Phil to talk about...
HEWITT DENT-ED, BUT NOT BROKEN
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amAfter surviving the relentless net attacks of American Taylor Dent and posting a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 7-5 third-round win yesterday, Aussie Lleyton Hewitt thought the hard part was...
OPEN MIC - GROUP ON TENNIS SONG BINGE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Binge, a pop-rock group whose lead singer hails from Hoboken, continues to pound out offbeat tennis tunes. Binge gained acclaim in 1997 when it came out with the...
NETS, PADGETT AGREE ON PACT
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets finally have their free-agent power forward. In the wake of failed physicals by Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Robert "Tractor" Traylor, the Nets, according to a league source, have reached...
SKED SHAKES OUT IN BOMBERS' FAVOR
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The Yankees have learned the hard lesson all across this season, time, and again: No one is ever going to feel sorry for them. Pitching staff is in...
FEELY KICKS DOWN THE STEREOTYPE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amYou know the stereotype. Jay Feely does. "The kicker being a non-athlete with a long name," the new Giants kicker said, laughing. Feely's name fails that litmus test. As far...
JAMBALAYA ROLLS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amCanadian shipper Jambalaya became one of several out-of-town invaders to win graded stakes at this meet, pressing pace under Jono Jones, then battling gamely down stretch to defeat 8-5 favorite...
JARET SAYS HE'S FEELIN' ALL WRIGHT
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - One day of playing catch and a bullpen session has Jaret Wright believing he can start Wednesday against the Devil Rays at Yankee Stadium. And pitching...
UNDERDOG MIRZA CAN'T STOP MARIA - SHARAPOVA TOO TOUGH FOR FAN FAVORITE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amIt's one thing to be popular, it's another to be Maria Sharapova. If Sharapova were a normal 18-year-old, she surely would be the most popular girl in school. It tends...
GIAMBI HELPS A'S COACH
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Jason Giambi donated $20,000 to A's third base coach Ron Washington, who lost his house and his mother's house in Hurricane Katrina, and is attempting to find housing...
COUGHLIN'S WAY - COACH MOLDS GIANTS IN HIS IMAGE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amIt takes more than one year for a new coach to shape the roster to where it is a perfectly molded representation of what he wants in a team. As...
CURTAIN FALLS - HOW SPA MEET SHAPED UP
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Time for our annual look back at the peaks and valleys of the six-week "Groundhog Day" meet at the Old Spa. In no particular order: * It's...
YANKEES PASS TEST OF WEST - ZAP ZITO, A'S, TAKE WILD-CARD LEAD
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Athletics 3 OAKLAND - Many of the shirts the Yankees wear under their uniforms have "Grind It" printed across the chest. The shirts were brought into the...
VENUS RISING - SUBDUES SIS SERENA IN STRAIGHT SETS
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amIt took more than three years, but Venus Williams has officially regained her spot, displacing her younger sister Serena as the family's best tennis player. Sure, Serena Williams is hurting....
ONE FOR AGES - 33-YEAR-OLD ADVANCES AFTER 4-HOUR MARATHON
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amAfter the final point in what was probably the best match of the tournament, Davide Sanguinetti - the second oldest man in the tournament - and Paradorn Srichaphan met at...
AARON EFFORT WASN'T SMALL - CAME UP HUGE WHEN YANKS NEEDED HIM MOST
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If the Yankees make it into the postseason, they will have no trouble locating the game that propelled them into the playoffs. Sept. 3, at Oakland. Winning Pitcher:...
JAE WAS SEO CLUTCH AGAIN - SEO FRIES FISH AS METS AVERT THE SWEEP
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMets 7 - Marlins 1 MIAMI - The ball was handed to Shingo Takatsu on Saturday night, a poor decision that looked worse when the new Met reliever served up...
CARLOS BELIEVES HE CAN RISE IN THE FALL AGAIN
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI - Face it, the Mets are wacky and so is this wild-card race. Are they wacky enough to win the wild card? Probably not, but they're wacky enough not...
INJURED PIAZZA IMPROVES
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Yesterday Mike Piazza turned 37 years old. And for a birthday present, he's getting an improved left hand. Recently the news on the broken bone in...
MATSUI MAKES LATE CHARGE
September 5, 2005 | 4:00amMIAMI -With Miguel Cairo struggling at the plate, the Mets need somebody to produce at second base. Lately, Kazuo Matsui has been doing that. Matsui had another strong game in...