March 15, 2006
AMP'D IS PUNK'D; UNIVERSAL/MTV UNIT SUES OVER FAKE E-MAIL
Two disgruntled ex-employees of Amp'd Mobile - a broadband entertainment company owned in part by Universal Music and MTV Networks - sent a fraudulent e-mail to company officials and outsiders...
GAMBLIN' GOLDMAN'S PROFIT HITS WALL ST. RECORD $2.48B
Riding a wave of wild trading, a frenzied merger market and some savvy investments, Goldman Sachs rolled over investor expectations to rack up almost $2.5 billion in profits, the most...
A DUBAI-ING SPREE IN N.Y.
DUBAI may have lost its U.S. port deal, but that hasn't stopped it from snapping up prime New York office buildings. Dubai investment firm Istithmar, which means "investment" in Arabic,...
PARSONS PARSES ATTACK ON BRONFMAN
Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Warner Music is putting it to its critics - including Time Warner boss Dick Parsons. Parsons, who engineered the sale of Warner in late 2004 to a...
ICAHN FUNDS TARGET MICRON DEAL
Pesky investors, including Carl Icahn-controlled hedge funds, are trying to break up Micron Technology's $680 million deal to acquire chip maker Lexar Media in hopes of putting a bigger price...
PUTNAM IS NYSE BIGGEST EARNER
Jerry Putnam may be the new kid at the Big Board, but last year he was its highest paid executive by a mile. Booking almost $17.67 million last year while...
ENRON WORKER LOST ALL, BLAMES IT ON LAY
An Enron pipeline worker - the first victim to testify in the Enron fraud trial - said he lost his entire $500,000 pension because ex-chief Ken Lay told him to...
TANGLED WENNER WEB; BROWNRIDGE STEPS ASIDE WHILE JANN, NYE PLAN FAMILY
IT didn't take long for Jann Wenner to grow tired of his new consultant. Sources say Kent Brownridge is gone from Wenner Media, and this time it may be for...
NEIMAN LAYS SPADE WORK ; LAURA MERCIER ALSO DRAWS INTEREST
Bidding is heating up for Kate Spade and Laura Mercier, two brands that have been put up for sale by their majority owner, the Neiman Marcus Group, The Post has...
JONES APPAREL VET ABRUPTLY EXITS
Anita Britt, a longtime employee of the Jones Apparel Group, who most recently served as executive vice president of finance, has unexpectedly left the company, The Post has learned. Reached...
PARSON PARSES HIS ATTACK ON BRONFMAN
Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Warner Music is putting it to its critics - including Time Warner boss Dick Parsons. Parsons, who engineered the sale of Warner in late-2004 to a private...
ABSENCE MAKES AUDIENCE PONDER
LUISA MILLER The Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000. Next performance Friday; also March 21, 25 and 29, and April 1. SURPRISE, surprise: Both star Italian soprano...
'60'S' MIKE SET TO RETIRE
MIKE Wallace will retire from "60 Minutes" at the end of the season, he announced yesterday. Wallace, the face of "60 Minutes" known for his tenacity, turns 88 in May....
A BEAUTY FROM IRAN
BEAUTIFUL CITY*** (three stars) "Justice" in Iran.In Persian, with English subtitles. Running time: 101 minutes. Not rated (mature themes). At the Film Forum, Houston Street, west of Sixth Avenue. Through...
SOPRANO RETURNS TO 'LAW'
'SOPRANOS" star Michael Imperioli is returning to "Law & Order" in his role as a good-guy detective. Imperioli, who plays wiseguy Christopher Moltisanti on the HBO mob drama, will reprise...
GIBSON A GRANDPA
'GOOD Morning America" co-host Charlie Gibson added another title to his expanding duties: first-time grandfather. His daughter, Jessica, gave birth to Andrew Reece Gibson Rosen yesterday. Jessica and husband Robert...
TART-TONGUED & TALENTED
Reviewing Maureen Stapleton in Neil Simon's 1970 come dy-drama "The Gingerbread Lady," Clive Barnes put his finger on what made her a great - and unique - actress. "The baritone...
MADONNA & CHILD - MINI-MATERIAL GIRL, 9, IS LOURDES OF HER WORLD
Here's Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, spawn of Madonna, stepping out last weekend in Los Angeles dressed to the nines - which also happens to be her age. When your mom's...
THE PARTY IS OVER - OUT OF THE 'LOOP' WITH SLACKERS
"The Loop" Tonight at 9:30 on Ch. 5 ½ star (one half star) AFTER watching two excrutiating episodes of Fox's new "comedy," "The Loop," I can only pray that I'm...
STARR REPORT
The 'Intent' is there Vincent D'Onofrio and Lou Taylor Pucci, who co- starred on the big screen in last year's "Thumbsucker," are reuniting for an episode of "Law & Order:...
BAD PARENTS - 'DESPERATE' COUPLE BUYS BABY
EVEN babies aren't immune to scandal on "Desperate Housewives." It seems Gabrielle and Carlos (Eva Longoria and Ricardo Antonio Chavira), will finally get a chance to adopt a baby. But...
COURSE CORRECTIONS - RUHLMANN PROVES YOU SHOULD NEVER JUDGE EATERIES TOO EARLY
Brasserie Ruhlmann, the spanking-new, $5 million Art Deco eatery in Rockefeller Center, has mysteriously lost its head chef after just two months, leaving the owners scrambling to replace him and...
DEL POSTO FIGHT HITS COURT TOMORROW
The tenant/landlord shootout at Mario Batali's Del Posto restaurant will resume tomorrow in State Supreme Court. Batali's partner Joe Bastianich tells us he'll present a valid permit of assembly and...
KISS THEM 'BYE - STORIED BLARNEY STONES ARE DRYING UP
TIME was, you couldn't throw a rock in this town without hitting a Blarney Stone. The Irish watering holes were practically as ubiquitous as Starbucks. But instead of a pricey...
WHISKEY'S CIVIL WAR
WHEN you toast St. Patrick on Friday, you may want to think twice about what's in your glass - especially if you're saluting with Irish whiskey. For at least a...
N.Y. GOP CLASS WAR - THE BLUEBLOODS ARE BACK
ALBANY CLASS warfare is erupting in the New York GOP with a fury unseen since a proudly pushy, middle-class suburban, conservative Italo-American took on a polished political icon of the...
A COLLEGE OF DEMOCRACY
WITH the first straw poll done, the 2008 presidential election is under way - and with it, yet another push to abolish the Electoral College, spearheaded by the lead editorial...
L.I. 'KILLER' SPEWS HATE AT JUDGE
A thug accused of impersonating a cop to kill a Long Island banker erupted during his murder trial yesterday - shouting racial abuse and claiming he's being "lynched." Reginald Gousse,...
WTC TALKS CRASH - CONSTRUCTION AT GROUND ZERO ON HOLD
The rebirth of Ground Zero is on hold today - after talks between World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein and state officials imploded late last night following a marathon negotiating...
'IMETTE LAW' FUROR - POL: PUT CAMS IN PUBS
ALBANY - A state lawmaker yesterday introduced legislation to require bars to install security cameras, but the measure was immediately ripped by the pub industry as an overreaction to the...
HILL FOE REGISTERS OFTEN, VOTES RARELY
ALBANY - Just-announced Republican Senate hopeful Kathleen McFarland has repeatedly failed to vote in some elections and is registered at two addresses - a possible violation of state law, The...
THE OLDEST ROOKIE - BOB, 60, JOINS IRAQ GIS AS EMT
Robert Small understands you're never too old to help others. That's why at age 60 he began a brand-new career yesterday as a city emergency medical technician. The oldest "probie"...
GOTTI PAL IN A BIND - PERJURY RAP LOOMS
A mob turncoat who surprised the feds by testifying in support of John "Junior" Gotti could soon face perjury charges as prosecutors gear up for the former mob big's third...
TERROR-JAIL BLITZ - ISRAELIS SEIZE WANTED KILLERS AFTER 10-HOUR BULLDOZER SIEGE
JERUSALEM - Israeli tanks and bulldozers blasted into a West Bank fortress holding a terrorist leader and other wanted killers yesterday, touching off riots and kidnappings of foreigners in other...
HS UNCLE BUSTED IN HOOPS RAGE
The uncle of a Queens Catholic high-school basketball star was arrested yesterday on charges he slugged a referee following his nephew's championship game in The Bronx, police said. Warren Davis,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
BROOKLYN * Police yesterday were searching for a mentally ill Flatlands man who ran away after he went to a park with his father. Regan Charles (above), 40, and his...
'SPIDER-MAN' SAVES BABY
A fast-acting correction officer has earned the nickname "Spider-Man" after saving the life of a baby who had crawled out of his Bronx apartment window onto a fifth-floor fire escape....
CHAPLAIN SUSPENDED 2 WKS. BUT KEEPS JOB
The top chaplain of the city's jail system was slapped with a two-week unpaid suspension yesterday for delivering a speech in Arizona in which he referred to "Zionists of the...
$4M BUST IN THE BAG AT JFK
Kennedy Airport customs inspectors found a secret compartment in a woman's suitcase that hid more than $4 million worth of heroin, authorities said yesterday. Doris Martinez's hard-sided suitcase seemed to...
TOM: ELIOT'S BEHIND SUIT
Tom Suozzi yesterday accused Eliot Spitzer of masterminding a lawsuit filed by a police union, charging the Nassau County executive retaliated against it because its leaders didn't endorse him. The...
DEATH PILOT DEJA VU - CRASH AN EERIE ECHO
The Staten Island pilot whose small plane crashed a quarter-mile short of a New Jersey airport Sunday, killing himself and his wife and critically injuring their two children, had a...
FOR ALL HIS LOYAL YEARS OF SERVICE, A HIT ORDER
GRANDPA Burton Kaplan gives a new meaning to the old cliché that no good deed goes unpunished. Yesterday, Gramps, 72, a career criminal, gave evidence for the prosecution. Jail for...
FLOATING BUS A HULLUVA GOOD IDEA
A Long Island father and son have come up with a ferry nice idea - a bus that floats. Uses of the amphibious vehicle, which can do 50 mph on...
RUSS RIPS DEM FOES OF CENSURE
WASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) accused fellow Democrats of "cowering" under political pressure instead of censuring President Bush for "breaking the law" - as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton dodged...
PREZ CHEERS SHOOTING STAR - HOOPS IT UP WITH AUTISTIC KID
President Bush yesterday gave a huge hug to Jason McElwain - the autistic high-school basketball manager in upstate New York who became a national hero when he scored 20 points...
CHILD POET: I WAS WRITE ON
Autum Ashante, the 7-year-old poetry prodigy whose work sparked an uproar in a Westchester County school district, made no apologies yesterday, saying she did the right thing. "I feel good...
9/11 DEATH-PENALTY CASE GETS GO-AHEAD
An angry judge decided yesterday to allow the death-penalty case against 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui to continue - but without testimony from aviation officials that the prosecution says is half...
KID-RAPE QNS. FIEND COPS PLEA
A father of two girls pleaded guilty yesterday to brutally raping two teens he snatched off Queens streets at knife-point. Jofre Bautista, 34, was arrested following the October 2005 rape...
BOW TO IMAM SHOWS MIKE IS NO RUDY
THERE was a time when a dangerous thug like Imam Umar Abdul-Jalil would get tossed out of this city on his head. He would be fired. Disgraced. Forbidden from ever...
TWO-TRACK MTA TALKS
The MTA and the Transport Workers Union met with mediators yesterday, but they didn't meet with each other, sources said. Neither side would say whether any progress had been made,...
'NET FOUL ON RATNER
New Jersey Net owner Bruce Ratner has filed a $150,000 federal lawsuit against opponents of his planned basketball arena in Brooklyn - all he needs is a defendant. The developer...
TOMATO SQUEEZE - MUM 'VICTIM' STALLS SHOOTING CASE
Prosecutors have an extra month to make a reputed wiseguy sing against the retired cop accused of shooting him at a Staten Island Top Tomato store. The case against ex-NYPD...
GROUND ZERO HOUR - PA PUTS HEAVY PRE$$URE ON LARRY
In intense hardball negotiations yesterday over the future of Ground Zero, Gov. Pataki and the Port Authority were wielding a big stick to pressure developer Larry Silverstein - huge state...
GIRL SNAPS 'PERV' PIC
Police yesterday were searching for a pervert whose picture was snapped by a quick-thinking teenage girl after he exposed himself to her on a Queens subway train. The incident took...
HOW 'HELPFUL' FED LAWYER BLEW IT BIG-TIME
The lawyer whose massive bungling may have blown the death-penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui is a 51-year- old veteran transportation attorney. Carla Martin - the $120,000-a-year government lawyer at the...
FAILING TEACHER ADMITS RINGER TOOK TEST FOR HIM
A public-school teacher who flunked a state exam twice confessed yesterday to hiring his mentally unstable tutor to take the test for him. Wayne Brightly, 37, pleaded guilty to offering...
HEALTH AIDE HELD IN ROB OF WOMAN, 89, WHO DIED
A home health aide has been busted for allegedly stealing from an elderly Manhattan woman whose crumpled body was found at the bottom of a stairwell inside her posh Midtown...
CONVICT TRIES TO KILL MORGY'S CREDIT
A convict spent his time in an upstate prison trying to destroy the credit rating of everyone who'd put him behind bars, including Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau and two state...
HOW 'BOUT A HUG FOR DAD - SHOT COP GOES HOME TO HIS ADORING SON
Hero cop John Antonacci got the welcome home of his life yesterday when his elated little boy jumped into his arms during a tearful reunion a day after a crazed...
POLICE HOPE OVERALLS WILL LEAD TO SEX FIEND
Police hope this picture of a pair of overalls a serial rapist forced a victim to wear will lead to the sicko's capture. A teenager who was attacked in Hudson...
THISCLOSE ROGER WANTS REDO
Roger Toussaint wants a deja vote. The transit-union boss yesterday said he'd like to give bus and subway workers a second crack at ratifying the contract they rejected by seven...
'SPIDEY' SAVES BABY ON FIRE ESCAPE
A fast-acting correction officer earned the nickname "Spider-Man" yesterday by saving the life of a baby who had crawled out of a Bronx apartment window onto a fifth-floor fire escape....
I PAID MURDER $$ TO COPS - GO-BETWEEN MOBSTER TELLS JURY OF CHILLING CONTRACTS
A 72-year-old convict canary - the feds' star witness against two reputed mobbed-up killer cops - yesterday delivered sensational testimony detailing his alleged role as the secret link between the...
REV. AL INVITES KERRY
The Rev. Al Sharpton is inserting himself into the 2008 presidential race - giving John Kerry a major platform by inviting the Massachusetts Democrat to speak at his annual Midtown...
TIMES IS CAUGHT IN ABU BOO-BOO
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is challenging the accuracy of a New York Times story that identified the hooded Iraqi detainee who became the symbol of the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse scandal,...
DON HIRED ARYANS TO HIT INMATE: FEDS
LOS ANGELES - Late mob boss John Gotti contracted the bloodthirsty Aryan Brotherhood gang to whack an inmate who brawled with him behind bars, prosecutors charged yesterday. In opening statements...
TODDLER'S INJURIES SUSPICIOUS
A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was discovered unconscious in her crib by her mother, who claims she was injured in a fall in their Brooklyn apartment....
'SPIDEY' RESCUES BX. BABY
A fast-acting correction officer earned the nickname "Spider-Man" yesterday by saving the life of a baby who had crawled out of a Bronx apartment window onto a fifth-floor fire escape....
KID-RAPE DAD COPS PLEA IN QUEENS
A father of two girls pleaded guilty yesterday to raping two teens he snatched off Queens streets at knife-point. Jofre Bautista, 34, of Brooklyn, was arrested following the October 2005...
N.Y. TIMES IN AN ABU 'BOO-BOO'
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is challenging the accuracy of a New York Times story that identified the hooded Iraqi detainee who became the symbol of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse...
J.R. RIDES AGAIN - TRAVOLTA, J.LO EYED FOR 'DALLAS'
No, you're not dreaming. A big-screen version of the classic prime-time TV soap opera "Dallas" is in the works, as Hollywood prepares to once again shoot J.R. - but this...
REV. AL GETS KERRY'D AWAY
The Rev. Al Sharpton is inserting himself into the 2008 presidential race - giving John Kerry (left) a major platform by inviting the Massachusetts Democrat to speak at his annual...
NETS REVVED UP FOR STRETCH RUN
The Nets don't want to get carried away. They've seen this before: win some, then lose lots. So while they are coming home with two road wins that were chiseled...
QB SHUFFLES MIGHT LAND LEINART ON JETS
There was a dramatic chain reaction involving quarterbacks in the NFL yesterday - one that might lead to the Jets landing the best QB in the draft, USC's Matt Leinart....
RAHMAN VS. TONEY BETTER BE SLUGFEST
IF Hasim Rahman versus James Toney Saturday night in Atlantic City turns out to be a dud, then the heavyweight division can R.I.P. And I don't mean Rise In Popularity....
JINTS MAKE SECONDARY OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
The Giants yesterday continued to add depth to their secondary and special teams, signing cornerback Jason Bell and obtaining another corner, Brandon Williams, off waivers from the Falcons. Those moves...
DAMON TOO SORE TO FIELD
WBC NOTEBOOK FULLERTON, Calif. - Johnny Damon is out of the outfield for at least a week with a sore shoulder, and Barry Bonds could be in for the WBC...
RAILSPLITTERS FIND A WAY TO ADVANCE
PSAL SEMIS / 2 OTLincoln 67Canarsie 62 Lincoln has rarely had a harder time getting there, but the Railsplitters are headed to Madison Square Garden for the fifth straight time....
PEDRO'S LAGGING BUT NOT NERVOUS
MET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Asked yesterday where he is now compared to where he usually is at this time, Pedro Martinez tried to explain that he's not alarmed....
RENNEY THIRSTS FOR MORE PUNCH
RALEIGH - Tom Renney has bemoaned his team's recent inability to re-establish the puck-pressure, down-low, cycle game that marked much of the Rangers' pre-Olympic success. He's wondered why that important...
CTK'S DAVIS STILL BARRED FROM FINAL
Larry Davis learned yesterday his suspension from school was over, but he'll still have to sit out Christ the King's CHSAA AA state semifinal against St. Dominic's tomorrow as punishment...
JASPERS MOVIN' ON THANKS TO WINGATE
NITManhattan 80FDU 77 Jason Wingate scored six points in the final two minutes as Manhattan advanced to the second round of the NIT last night with an 80-77 win over...
ISLES DUMP DEVS AGAIN
Islanders 6Devils 1 Outsiders looking in, the Islanders are looking up. The Devils are just looking lost. The Devils' playoff berth is suddenly less than certain, and an Islanders postseason...
RANGER SKID HITS SIX
'Canes 5Rangers 3 RALEIGH - Throughout the losing streak that reached six with last night's 5-3 defeat here to the Hurricanes, Tom Renney has stressed the need for the Rangers...
FRANCIS STRUGGLING OFF BENCH
KNICK NOTES With Steve Francis aboard, Knicks brass feels it can easier afford to ship out Stephon Marbury. But after nine games, Francis has been a bust, struggling with Larry...
Q, JAMAL AGREE WITH LARRY: WE NEED 'D'
Whether it's the Garden crowd's chants, or almost a season of Larry Brown's prodding, at least some of the Knicks are starting to understand the fans and their coach want...
FRANCIS STRUGGLING COMING OFF BENCH
KNICK NOTES With Steve Francis aboard, Knicks brass feels it can easier afford to ship out Stephon Marbury. But after nine games, Francis has been a bust, struggling with Larry...
UCONN GREAT CHALLENGE FOR DANES
A few of the guys were joking around, posing this question to Will Brown, the youthful coach of the Albany Great Danes, who on Friday night make the first NCAA...
LARRY HITS HIS BOILING POINT - COACH COMPARES HIS CREDENTIALS TO DISGRUNTLED GUARD'S
With the boxing gloves still off, Larry Brown delivered the knockout punch yesterday, flooring Stephon Marbury by raising the issue of each other's credibility. Brown pointed out the track records...
NO COMMENT - BLUNT BOSS SIDESTEPS DAMON INJURY
TAMPA - George Steinbrenner tried to toe the line yesterday, repeatedly telling reporters that he had "nothing to say" regarding Johnny Damon's injury. In two different encounters with the media,...
STRONG EARLY, UNIT FADES OUT
YANKEE NOTES TAMPA - For four innings yesterday, Randy Johnson's fastball looked great and his slider was tilting like a top. The Big Unit looked ready for Opening Day. Until...
BRIAN'S SONG IS SWEET SO FAR
PORT ST. LUCIE - With three outings and nine spring innings now, Brian Bannister has pitched the equivalent of one complete game. And it's been a gem. Bannister, the righthander...
MAKE IT LASTINGS - MATURE MILLEDGE HOPES TO STICK AROUND
PORT ST. LUCIE - Every year, a fresh batch of names prosper in the fertile soil of spring training, planting themselves in the back of the brain. They are the...
TEAM USA STEP CLOSER TO DOOM
ANAHEIM - Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter could be "home" in Tampa by Friday. Team USA moved a step closer to elimination last night when Japan walloped Mexico,...
BONDS ON DECK IN WBC?
FULLERTON, Calif. - Barry Bonds might be asked to join Team USA to replace Johnny Damon, if the U.S. makes it to the final round. "At this point I think...
BOOKED AGAIN! 2ND BARRY TOME DETAILS MORE 'ROID TALES
'I had a helluva season last year, and nobody gave a crap. Nobody. As much as I've complained about McGwire and Canseco and all of the bull with steroids, I'm...
WAITING GAME - U.S. PUMPED TO PLAY - IF IT GETS CHANCE
FULLERTON, Calif. - Alex Rodriguez and a bunch of his World Baseball Classic buddies stayed for extra hitting yesterday after practice. They can only hope they get the chance to...
BRODEUR NOT TIRING TYPE
Fatigue, be it physical or mental, has become a Devils issue. Martin Brodeur just doesn't believe it applies to him. For the 27th straight game, and 48th of 50, Brodeur...
BOOKED AGAIN! - 2ND BARRY TOME DETAILS MORE 'ROID TALES
Another week, another Barry Bonds steroids book. Just a week after Bonds shook off reporters about "Game of Shadows," a tell-all by two reporters from the San Francisco Chronicle, another...
LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR FDU'S FAITHFUL
Talk about a weak consolation prize. It's a good thing Fairleigh Dickinson was playing Manhattan last night in the opening round of the NIT while last night's NCAA Tournament play-in...
JETS, REDSKINS STUCK IN RAMSEY STALEMATE
There was a dramatic chain reaction involving quarterbacks in the NFL yesterday and - surprisingly - the Jets weren't involved. The Dolphins traded a second-round draft pick to Minnesota for...
DOHERTY: HAVEN'T YET CAST MY NET
Several reports coming out of the Midwest have mentioned Long Island native Matt Doherty as a possible candidate for two coaching openings in the Big 12 Conference. But if Missouri...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man living at a nudist park in Fort Pierce, Fla., wishes he hadn't slipped on a pair of nylon shorts before starting the generator in a motor home. The...