July 24, 2006
JEANS RETAILER SUES FOR $5M OVER BLOCKED VIEW
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amA scaffold is coming between Parasuco and sales of its high-end jeans. The Montreal-based company filed a $5 million lawsuit against the building sponsor - a unit of Leviev Boymelgreen...
HOLDING A SPADE - AUCTION STALLS FOR BAG MAKER AS SALES SLOW
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amFaltering sales at Kate Spade have temporarily derailed the auction for the handbag maker, The Post has learned. The sale process has been put on hold pending an appraisal by...
MUCH O-BLIGE-ED - HIP-HOP QUEEN SHAKES OFF SHAKY START
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amEVERYTHING that's wrong and right about a Mary J. Blige performance revealed itself at the singer's Madison Square Garden concert Friday. This hometown hip-hop queen wrestled with awful sound, an...
DR. DIVORCE IS IN - SAVING MARRIAGES, ONE HIDDEN CAMERA AT A TIME
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amIF you saw the blech-fest "Sexual Healing" - Showtime's reality/documentary show in which regular couples sometimes bare all in a phony, exhibitionist attempt to save their relationships - on Friday,...
'TIS THE SEASON - ADAM'S ANNUAL TOO-EARLY-TO-TELL GUIDE TO THE NEW SHOWS THIS FALL
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amI just had a ball watching the fall pilots. Usually, this annual summer chore is about as appealing as an appendectomy, but so many of the new shows are so...
STARR REPORT
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amCall it Chuck's take These are busy times for Charles Grodin. The actor, former talk show host (CNBC/MSNBC) and onetime "60 Minutes II" commentator has been doing commentary for CBS...
SCENE STEALER - STYLE SLEUTH FINDS, SELLS STAR LOOKS; THEY SHOW, SHE TELLS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amGETTING into Christina Aguilera's pants is a lot easier than you think. Just ask Vanessa Antonelli, the professional shopping sleuth who makes it her business to get you into Christina's...
ANDY FINDS THRIFTY NIFTY
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amAndrew Cuomo, the Democratic state attorney-general front-runner, is winning the money race handily while maintaining a surprisingly bare-bones campaign staff, state Board of Elections filings show. Cuomo, who is well...
TRAGIC NEW RED HOOK 'TREND'
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amFor years, Red Hook was a neglected section of Brooklyn plagued by violence. But angry locals now say its new trendy status has made it deadly in a different way...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A gunman shot two men, one fatally, on a Brownsville street, police said yesterday. The violence took place on Macon Street near Ralph Avenue at about 9:45 p.m....
SPY BALLOON DEFLATES W.
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Russian agents used a white communications balloon to eavesdrop on President Bush's conversations during his recent trip to St. Petersburg, Secret Service agents believe. In fact, the Secret...
'BAND' PLAYS ON FOR PETER THE CHEATER - WEARS CHRISTIE RING AT HIS PARENTS' PAD
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amChristie Brinkley's bed-hopping hubby was incredibly still sporting his wedding ring yesterday, after running home to Mommy and Daddy to try to hide from the marital mess he left behind...
PRINCE OF QUEENS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amWith the death of Queens Democratic Party boss Thomas Manton, talk has already begun about who will succeed him. One name keeps coming up: Rep. Joseph Crowley. Crowley, whom Manton...
P.I. IN SHOCK BUST - POISED FOR SPEECH
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amA celebrity private investigator about to give a speech at a computer-hacking conference was arrested, handcuffed and taken away on witness-tampering charges by FBI investigators in front of stunned convention-goers...
QNS. POL PAID 10G 'FEE' TO COLLEAGUE
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - Embattled Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin used $10,000 in campaign funds to pay legal fees to a colleague, The Post has learned. According to his latest campaign-finance filing, McLaughlin paid...
'DISASTER' AREA - BLACKED-OUT RESIDENTS REACHING BOILING POINT
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amCooler temperatures offered little relief to thousands of Queens residents still without electricity on the seventh day of the Con Ed power outage. Borough residents and politicians remained hot under...
ROCKETS' DEADLY RAIN - BARRAGE KILLS 2 IN HAIFA
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Hezbollah rockets continued to pound northern Israel yesterday, killing two people in Haifa and injuring dozens more as Israeli warplanes sought to rip apart suspected guerrilla strongholds in...
PEACEKEEPER PLAN FOR LEB - NEW PUSH FOR ALLIED PATROLLERS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - World leaders yesterday launched frenetic talks on installing a multinational peacekeeping force - possibly led by NATO - in southern Lebanon, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rushed...
GEORGE MICHAEL'S SEEDY FLING
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amFormer superstar George Michael was caught having a gay ol' time with an unemployed van driver in a seedy London cruising spot. "It wasn't full sex, but it was fantastic,"...
DOZING DRIVER KILLS KID - HAS SLEEP ILLNESS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe driver of a runaway Hummer that fatally mowed down a 15-year-old girl yesterday will not face charges - because he has a sleep disorder that apparently caused him to...
LIRR CALLS DERAILED
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amJeff Weiner is a lawyer and wants to get one thing straight: He has no idea how to run a railroad. Yet he still gets regular calls from Long Island...
TEHRAN TERROR LORD EYED IN SOLDIER KIDNAPPINGS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Master terrorist Imad Mugniyah was in Beirut just days before the Hezbollah kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers - raising strong suspicions that the longtime U.S. foe played a...
UNHINGED COP 'SHOOTS UP' GIRLFRIEND'S DOOR
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn cop fired 11 bullets into the door of his girlfriend's apartment yesterday while the woman and her two children were inside, according to police and a family friend....
OFF-DUTY COP FOILS CAR THEFT
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amTwo car thieves picked the wrong victim in Queens yesterday - an off-duty cop who opened fire when one of them threatened him with a gun, police said. The officer,...
FURIOUS FELLOW REPUBLICANS AD-MONISH 'ELIOT' PIRRO
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amA REPUBLICAN civil war erupted yesterday as top party leaders blasted attorney-general candidate Jeanine Pirro for comparing herself to Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Eliot Spitzer in a new TV ad. Republican...
WTC POLICE WAR - NYPD VS. PA OVER SECURITY
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE NYPD has posted cops in squad cars in front of the gates to Ground Zero in a turf battle with the Port Authority over security, The Post has learned....
ANGEL OF THE STORM - PAID 100G FOR KATRINA AID TRUCKS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amHector Hoyos set the wheels in motion to help New Yorkers send relief supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina last year, organizing and leading a 23-vehicle relief convoy to the...
SPRING US: MOB COP DUO - NEW BID FOR BAIL
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe mob cops hope lightning strikes twice - they'll try to convince the judge who let them off the hook on a technicality to release them on bail once more....
GROUND ZERO ILLNESS CLAIMS TRIPLE
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe number of 9/11 legal actions filed against the city have tripled in the last year - with more World Trade Center emergency responders claiming that toxic air at Ground...
TRAFFIC DEATHS NEW RED HOOK 'TREND'
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amFor years, Red Hook was a neglected section of Brooklyn plagued by crime and violence. But angry locals now say its new trendy status has made it deadly in a...
MTA PUSHING METROCARD ADS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe MTA is stepping up efforts to sell ad space on the back of every MetroCard. With a budget crunch looming, the corporate-sponsored swipes could generate much-needed additional revenue, officials...
JEANINE'S LOVE LINE - FAINT OF HEART ON HUBBY AL
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amTHE question was simple, requiring an answer of "yes" or "no." Do you love him? The words clearly pained Jeanine Pirro, the attractive, accomplished Republican candidate for state attorney general...
COUPLE SUES RADIO 'GURU'
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amOne of WNYC's "Gurus of How-To" ditched testifying against a questionable Long Island developer to instead make a guest appearance on the public-radio station for $2,000, court papers charge. Jack...
HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY - INCLUDES 3G FOR STYLIST
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and...
SUBWAY TO GET A FAR 'SITE' BETTER
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amGetting good subway directions isn't easy, transit officials say, whether it's from station agents, strangers or one of several Web sites that have cropped up in recent years. So the...
RAGE IN TOY LAND - SUIT AT FAMED BLDGS.
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amA real-estate Grinch is toying with the tenants of a prestigious Manhattan building complex, waging a harassment campaign to force them out so their showrooms can be converted into luxury...
ROG: YARD BID WAY OFF TRACK
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amTransit advocates and union leaders are blasting the city's $500 million bid for the West Side rail yards, and urging the MTA to hold out for a lot more. "If...
NEW DOWNTOWN B'KLYN 'HEIGHTS' - FLATBUSH TOWERS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amJust call them the "Lords of Flatbush." Developers are lining up to build Downtown Brooklyn's storied main drag into a billiondollar thoroughfare. At least eight new construction projects are in...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - HELPING OUR GREAT CITY
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amSomeone, somewhere is right now making a difference in a New Yorker's life and we want to know who it is so we can say thanks. We are seeking candidates...
SLEEP-APNEA DRIVER NODS OFF & KILLS L.I. GIRL
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe driver of a runaway Hummer that mowed down a 15-year-old girl in front of her horrified sister yesterday will not face charges - because he suffers from a sleep...
POP STAR'S GAY TRYST REVEALED
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amStruggling ex-superstar George Michael was caught having a gay ol' time with an unemployed van driver in a seedy cruising spot in a London park last week - involving him...
TIME FOR GUTSY GATTI TO RETIRE
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Arturo Gatti was trying to play the part of the gracious host. He chatted with well-wishers, took pictures and smiled as much as he could. But there...
SAVE YOURSELF FROM STATISTICS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S OFFICIAL. We've all gone nuts. Just as the bells cost Quasimodo his hearing, the numbers - stats and their misapplication - have cost us our sanity. Saturday, during Astros-Mets...
ROOKIE MISTAKES - PELFREY LOSES HIS FIRST AS ASTROS RIP LISTLESS METS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amAstros 8 - Mets 4 One moment Mike Pelfrey looked perfect, and the next he couldn't get the opposing pitcher out. It was a maddening day for the rookie right-hander,...
NOTHING BUT A MOUND DOG - NO ANSWERS FOR YANKS AS JAYS POUND PONSON
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amBlue Jays 13 - Yankees 5 TORONTO - Before taking Sidney Ponson off the street, the Yankees were assured he eliminated alcohol from his life almost a year ago. One...
BOMBERS' ABREU BID REJECTED
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amTORONTO - The Yankees have made an offer to the Phillies for outfielder Bobby Abreu that was immediately turned down because it didn't include major league-ready talent or top prospect...
A-ROD HOPING TO GO ON ROLL
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Alex Rodriguez refuses to drown in the sea of negativity surrounding him. While fans blame the third baseman for everything wrong in the Yankees' universe, he...
THINGS AREN'T PITCH BLACK YET
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S never easy, Willie Randolph, manager with a 12 1/2-game lead, keeps telling us, but two innings into yesterday's game, who was left to believe him? Two days after John...
OUTHUSTLED HEILMAN SHAMED BY 'SCREW-UP'
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amAaron Heilman's embarrassment was so obvious that Willie Randolph didn't think words were needed. By not hustling on a fielding play and costing the Mets a run in the eighth...
ACHING BELTRAN WON'T TAKE DAY OFF
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Willie Randolph was willing to give Carlos Beltran a break, but the Mets center fielder said no thanks. Randolph initially kept Beltran, bothered by right knee tendinitis, out...
WOODS IS BACK ON TOP - RIGHT WHERE HE BELONGS
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amHOYLAKE, England - It's time the doubters stopped doubting when it relates to Tiger Woods. All right, he missed the cut at the U.S. Open. He was fresh off losing...
IT'S FATHER'S DAY IN JULY - EMOTIONAL TIGER WINS 11TH MAJOR FOR DAD
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amHOYLAKE, England - This was a Tiger Woods we had never seen before. Sure, we've seen him win major championships - as he did yesterday in methodical, surgical form en...
DENNY DOMINATES - HAMLIN AND HIJINKS REIGN AT PENN 500
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amLONG POND, Pa. - Here's what everyone saw for four hours of yesterday's Pennsylvania 500: Denny Hamlin dominating. Again. Here's what everyone will remember: Tony Stewart vs. Clint Bowyer and...
ALL IN THE FAMILY - GRIEVING DIMARCOS STEAL HEARTS IN HOYLAKE
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amHOYLAKE, England - Chris DiMarco didn't come to Royal Liverpool to win any consolation prizes, but like it or not, that's what he left with - and deservedly so. An...
LOUSY LIBERTY STARING AT SUN
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amComing off the worst loss in franchise history and mired in the worst losing streak ever by a Liberty team, the road doesn't get any easier. Losers of 10 straight...
A SUNDAY SWOON FOR SERGIO
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amNOTES HOYLAKE, England - Sergio Garcia, Tiger Woods' playing partner, began the day one shot behind Woods and wilted faster than the green grass turned brown during this week's local...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 24, 2006 | 4:00amThe sun also sets. Chris Storm, 55, a Texas real-estate developer, won the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West, Fla., after singing new lyrics to Johnny Cash's "Folsom...