August 15, 2006
WHY NEW 'CLEAN' DIESEL OIL WILL COST YOU MONEY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amULTRA-low sulfur diesel fuel will be the newest wrinkle in the energy equation, and it could cost consumers a lot of money. Before you turn the page for something more...
OWNERS SEEK $150M FOR BATTERED BALLY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amBally Total Fitness shareholders, who took control of the company last week after ousting its chief executive, are scouring Wall Street for $150 million in fresh capital to get the...
HE'S BUYING TIME - PARSONS ON ALERT AS CARL UPS STAKE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amCarl Icahn is back at Time Warner's gate. The famed corporate raider, who earlier this year very publicly pushed for a breakup of the world's largest media company before backing...
VOICE CHANGES EDITORS AGAIN
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe Village Voice finally named a new editor-in-chief yesterday - and hopefully this one will keep the job. Veteran journalist David Blum was named to the top editorial post at...
YET ANOTHER BIG BONUS SEASON IN WORKS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIts not quite Christmas in August for Wall Street's traders, but rumors of a big bonus season have investment bank employees looking forward to the cold weather more than ever....
D'WNTOWN REBOUNDS - MIDTOWN FIRMS PLOT MOVES SOUTH TO WFC
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE drift of companies from Midtown to downtown, once a faint breeze, has turned to a wind. Two more uptown firms just took the plunge, signing for a healthy 135,000...
BACK TO WOODSTOCK
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amBETHEL, N.Y. - While they may be almost as old as stardust, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were golden when they got back to the garden to play Bethel Woods,...
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL SACKED IN WEEK 2
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amON second down, the new Sunday night NFL game on NBC was thrown for a loss. The first Sunday-night game two weeks ago was a smash hit - the No....
STAR OF NBA ROLE-ING IN 'DIRT'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amFORMER NBA star Rick Fox has snared a recurring role on FX's "Dirt," set to premiere next year with former "Friends" star Courteney Cox. Fox, who's also the ex-husband of...
ONE STEP TO THE LEFT, ONE TO THE RIGHT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amABC is billing its new "Dancing with the Stars" lineup as "spectacular"- but "just plain weird" might be more like it. Jerry Springer, a wellknown political liberal, and conservative MSNBC...
STARR REPORT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amRon Clark should be sending fruit baskets to TNT and Matthew Perry, after Sunday's airing of "The Ron Clark Story" sent sales of his books through the roof. The movie,...
KATIE PLAYS IT COOL - STILL UNDECIDED ON HER NEW LOOK
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIT'S the question everyone is asking: What will Katie wear? The answer: She doesn't know. Katie Couric says neither she nor her bosses at CBS News have given much thought...
I WANT MY L&O TV - NET SURRENDERS PRIME-TIME TO FRANCHISE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWITH nearly 700 hours of the various editions of "Law & Order" floating around, it's only a matter of time before someone turns them into their own cable channel. The...
SKINNY SIZE ME! - HOW TO LOSE 10 LBS. EATING ONLY FAST FOOD; DIET PROMISES A HAPPY MEAL
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amEVERYONE knows about Jared Fogle, the Indiana University student who lost a whopping 245 pounds eating Subway sandwiches every day for a year. But did you know about Merab Morgan,...
AIR CONDITIONING - STAY FRESH EVEN WITH NEW FLYING RULES
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amREMEMBER - if you don't look good, the terrorists win. Sure, the Transportation Security Administration announced yesterday that lipstick is welcome to fly the friendly skies in your purse -...
THIS IS FRESH AIR - BREATHE FREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE; BREATHE EASY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIF you could somehow capture the essence of New Hampshire's White Mountains in little plastic baggies, selling it on the city's streets would make you a trillionaire. That's because inhaling...
PLUTO A PLANET? EITHER WAY, IT'S A SIGN
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPLANET or not, Pluto still looms large, astrologers say. This week in Prague, the International Astronomical Union will vote on the fate of the smallest planet, deciding whether to demote...
HEAT WAVE BURNS EMTS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe city Emergency Medical Services union claims the heat was on medics during the brutal hot spell earlier this month - and that ought to light a fire under the...
JR. GOTTI'S 'GREATEST MOMENT'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amHE WAS back in court yesterday - jury selection for his third consecutive racketeering trial - but John "Junior" Gotti skillfully hid his worries for a man fighting for his...
BX. MART START
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amAnnouncing that the "era of stagnation is finally over," Mayor Bloomberg and a parade of officials broke ground yesterday on a $500 million retail complex at the Bronx Terminal Market....
FIEND EYED 'DARK PATH' TO GRAVE: EX - GAL TELLS OF SHOCK OVER BEAU'S BOMB-PLOT BUST
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The former girlfriend of one of the British terror thugs says he gravitated to Islam after a vicious beating by a Middle Eastern gang, and that he believed...
BITTERSWEET VICTORY FOR HERO'S FAMILY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amNYPD Detective James Zadroga did not die in vain, his tearful parents said yesterday. Joseph and Linda Zadroga said yesterday they wept with joy when they first heard that Gov....
ON ROAD WITH GUTTER-SNIPE GEORGE - BROOM AND GLOOM FOR A BAD 'BOY'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amHE LOOKS like a Buddha. He sweeps like your gay granny. He curses like a sailor gone off his Lithium. "F- - - off!" Boy George cried, over and over,...
BOUNCERS' NEW 'MATH'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amBars and nightclubs would have to hire a bouncer for every 75 to 100 people they can hold under new legislation being proposed in the City Council this week. A...
HEZBOZOS ARE LOSERS - BUSH MOCKS TERRORISTS' VICTORY CLAIM
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday declared Hezbollah lost the war against Israel, as he mocked the terror group's leader and warned Iran and Syria to butt out. "Hezbollah attacked Israel. Hezbollah started...
'CLOSET' MEANIES - SCHOOL LOCKED KID IN CUBE: SUIT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amEducators at a Long Island school tormented a 9-year-old autistic boy by locking him in a closet-like room as part of a "time-out" punishment, the boy's parents charged yesterday. In...
GREEN 'SMOKES' CUOMO
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amState attorney-general hopeful Mark Green lashed out at front-runner Andrew Cuomo's record yesterday, accusing him of enabling teens to buy illegal cigarettes and saying he can't be trusted to enforce...
9/11 BENEFITS MEAN CUT$, BLOOMY FUMES
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amAn angry Mayor Bloomberg blasted Gov. Pataki yesterday for signing into law several bills to benefit Ground Zero workers - charging that the city will have to close firehouses, limit...
FACE LIFT FOR BIKE PATH
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amAmerica's first known bike path - along Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn - is getting a major overhaul. Construction crews broke ground yesterday on a major renovation plan to make the...
WHO REALLY WON? - NASRALLAH HOLDS THE CARDS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIT was all just words. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the beginning of the war: "In Lebanon, we will insist on . . . expulsion of Hezbollah from the...
COMPUTER PRICES HITTING MICRO LOWS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amRetailers have a nice surprise for parents whose kids are heading back to school - the lowest computer prices ever. As the microchip makers AMD and Intel engage in a...
'FAKE KID' SCAM - ED. CLERK 'STOLE 116G'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA 26-year veteran of the city Education Department who processed payments for special-needs students created a fictitious child and used her own ailing mother to bilk the city out of...
KATE'S MARRIAGE KAPUT - HUDSON CALLS IT QUITS WITH ROCKER
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amActress Kate Hudson and rocker husband Chris Robinson are no longer making sweet music. Hudson and Robinson, lead singer of the Black Crowes, have separated and brought a curtain down...
NUPS PACT SLAY - GRANNY'S KIN BUSTED
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA churchgoing great-grandmother was viciously murdered by her brother-in-law - who got furious when she refused to pay more than agreed for his green-card marriage to her sister, a law-enforcement...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * An off-duty sanitation worker was nabbed for assault after he slapped around his wife on a Bay Ridge street, authorities said yesterday. John Misiti, 31, allegedly attacked his...
ASIAN BASHING - QUEENS ATTACKERS CALLED ME GOOK: VICTIM
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amVictims of a vicious Queens beating joined a local legislator yesterday to say there was no question two thugs targeted them because they are Asian-Americans - and called for "swift"...
BUSH COOL ON JOE'S GOPER FOE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPresident Bush made history yesterday - by refusing to embrace a Republican. White House spokesman Tony Snow refused to say whether the president will back the little-known GOP candidate, Alan...
OFFICER SLAIN IN HIGHWAY HORROR - RUN DOWN BY RAGING DRUNK FIREMAN: POLICE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA drunken driver fueled by road rage killed an off-duty cop - crushing the motorcycle-riding officer with his SUV and dragging him 100 yards on the West Side Highway, officials...
HEAT'S ON MOB COP
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amMob cop Louis Eppolito is having a tough time keeping his cool in prison. The ex-NYPD detective, who is overweight and has a bad heart, took another shot yesterday at...
BURGLARS HIT QNS. POL'S HQ
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amThieves stole $6,000 worth of computer equipment after breaking into a state senator's Queens campaign headquarters, authorities said yesterday. A campaign worker discovered the burglary at 9 a.m. at the...
LO DUCA TRIES SOME PHILLY CHEESECAKE - ME '2,' SAYS BET-PARLOR TEEN
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIt looks like a whopping strike two for soon-to-be divorced Met Paul Lo Duca. Just one week after a 19-year-old Long Island woman told The Post she's been having an...
KIDS' HEART OPS BARRED AT HOSPITAL
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amThe state Health Department yesterday ordered Long Island's Stony Brook University Hospital to suspend its pediatric cardiac surgery programs following the deaths of three children there since May. "The hospital...
SO LONG, LASTINGS? - MILLEDGE COULD SKID HIS WAY BACK TO MINORS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - There are still a few issues the Mets need to address with 45 games to go in the regular season. Yesterday, Willie Randolph indicated Lastings Milledge could be...
OFFICER SLAIN IN HIGHWAY HORROR - MOWED DOWN BY DRUNK & RAGING FIREMAN: POLICE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA drunken volunteer fireman - fueled by road rage - rammed an off-duty cop, tossing him from his motorcycle and pushing the bike 1,000 feet along the West Side Highway,...
NUPS DEAL LED TO GRANNY SLAY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA churchgoing great-grandmother was viciously murdered by her brother-in-law - who got furious when she refused to pay more than agreed for his green-card marriage to her sister, a law-enforcement...
HEIST AT POL'S HQ
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amThieves stole $6,000 worth of computer equipment after breaking into a state senator's Queens campaign headquarters, authorities said yesterday. A campaign worker discovered the burglary at 9 a.m. at the...
'CLOSET' MEANIES - SCHOOL LOCKED L.I. KID IN CUBE: SUIT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amEducators at a Long Island school tormented a 9-year-old autistic boy by locking him in a closet-like room as part of a "time-out" punishment, the boy's parents charged yesterday. In...
GOP FOE OF JOE IS DEALT W. BLOW
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPresident Bush made history yesterday - by refusing to endorse a Republican. White House spokesman Tony Snow refused to say whether the president will back little-known GOP candidate Alan Schlesinger...
T'PIKE NIGHTMARE - QNS. FAMILY ALL BUT WIPED OUT AS TRUCK SPARKS HORROR CRASH
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amA vacationing Queens couple and their 2-year-old daughter - who was strapped in a child safety seat - were crushed to death on the New Jersey Turnpike yesterday in a...
SLUGGER, 12, SENDS STATEN I. TO SERIES
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIn one heart-stopping swing of the bat last night, 12-year-old Frank Smith hit a game-winning home run and stamped his Staten Island team's ticket to the Little League World Series....
S.I'S BABY 'BOOMER' - HOMER PUTS TEAM IN SERIES
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIn one heart-stopping swing of the bat last night, 12-year-old Frank Smith hit a game-winning home run and stamped his Staten Island team's ticket to the Little League World Series....
HILL HAMMERS TAX CUTS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amCOLONIE, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday picked up a major union endorsement and railed against President Bush's tax cuts "for the millionaires." "These tax cuts for the millionaires,...
WHITES DECLINE IN CITY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The number of whites in New York City has been shrinking the last five years, while the Asian and Hispanic populations have been climbing, according to new figures...
IT'S NO GREAT SHAKE - TRENDY EATERY FILTHY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amManhattan's hippest snack bar is also its dirtiest. The Shake Shack in Madison Square Park - famed for stellar reviews and airport-length lines - has been hit by the city...
NATURE'S FLOATING RAINBOWS
August 15, 2006 | 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...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - WORKING FOR US ALL
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amHeroes come from all walks of life, and most do their good deeds away from the spotlight. We are seeking candidates for the fifth annual New York Post Liberty Medals,...
4 KILLED IN MONSTER TRUCK CRASH ON N.J. PIKE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amFour people were killed - including a 5-year-old girl strapped in a child's safety seat - when an outofcontrol 18-wheeler hauling bricks on the New Jersey Turnpike flipped over and...
LABOR'S GAL HILLARY IN BUSH BASH
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amCOLONIE - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday picked up a major union endorsement and railed against President Bush's tax cuts "for the millionaires." "I have nothing against rich people," she...
LATEST CENSUS FINDS FEWER WHITES CALLING N.Y. HOME
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The number of whites in New York City has been shrinking the last five years, while the Asian and Hispanic populations have been climbing, according to new figures...
ONE ... AND DONE - PHILLIES ROUT METS AS PEDRO INJURES CALF
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPhillies 13 - Mets 0 PHILADELPHIA - Pedro Martinez's right calf suddenly has become important to the Mets. The right-hander pitched only one inning last night in the Mets' 13-0...
NAUGHTY NEW YORKER WINS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Pat Kelly has replaced Barclay Tagg as hottest trainer on grounds. Sunday, P.J. sent out NY-bred filly Homerette to win Irish Linnet at 15-1. In yesterday's $70,000...
FRANK GIVES THANKS - JINTS' WALKER LOVIN' LIFE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - As he walked off the University at Albany practice field one afternoon, Frank Walker heard a soft voice asking for his autograph. Walker pivoted, bounced over in his...
HOPIN' FOR SUGGS-CESS - JETS MAKE DEAL FOR RB; NOT WAITING FOR MARTIN
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIn an indication of how little faith the Jets have in Curtis Martin's ability to return to the field following off-season knee surgery, the team dealt cornerback Derrick Strait to...
BARRETT RETURNS TO FIELD
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES As one defensive back was subtracted, the Jets also added one to the practice field. On the same day Derrick Strait was shipped to Cleveland in exchange for...
POSADA SLUMP INSPIRES FLIP-FLOP
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Robinson Cano is scorching, while Jorge Posada is frigid. So with Joe Torre unhappy over his team's recent offensive malaise, he flip-flopped the two for last night's clash...
ON THE OUTSIDE, IT'S BARBARO
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIt isn't exactly "The Great Escape," but after nearly three months of being cooped up in the intensive care unit of the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., Barbaro...
ORTMEYER ON ICE WITH EMBOLISM
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amCarrying a time bomb in his chest, Ranger winger Jed Ortmeyer is still aiming to be ready for training camp next month. The 27-year-old yesterday was listed as out indefinitely...
POL: TRACK BIDS MUST COMMIT TO INTEGRITY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Bidders looking to run racing at Saratoga, Belmont Park and Aqueduct starting in 2008 must commit to ensure the integrity of racing and wagering in their proposals,...
POSADA SHOWIN' SIGNS OF BREAKOUT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre was unhappy over his team's recent offensive malaise, and he shook up the lineup last night. Even though he was dropped in the batting order, Jorge...
MILLEDGE ON HOT SEAT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday Willie Randolph indicated that Lastings Milledge's performance was significantly tied to the necessity of the Mets' acquiring a corner outfielder. "Right now, it's too early....
ONE AND HE'S DONE - PHILLIES ROUT METS AS PEDRO INJURES CALF
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPhillies 13 - Mets 0 PHILADELPHIA - Pedro Martinez's right calf suddenly has become important to the Mets. The right-hander pitched only one inning last night in the Mets' 13-0...
WITH ALEX, THERE IS ALWAYS A 'BUT'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amIN HIS third season as a Yankee, there is always a "but" about Alex Rodriguez, even when he drives in the winning run in an important ball game as he...
SHEFF TO FIRST A FANTASY
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amTHE late-season lineup that allegedly sane people envisioned in the flush of the pre-deadline acquisition of Bobby Abreu was fantasy league stuff. It had Abreu in right and Hideki Matsui...
RANDY REACHES MILESTONE IN WIN
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amRandy Johnson, who is about as cuddly as a cactus, got a warm embrace from Yankees fans last night at the Stadium after recording his 4,500th career strikeout. The Yankee...
HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR PAIN - UNFAZED RODRIGUEZ IGNORES INJURY TALK
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWary of being accused of making excuses, Alex Rodriguez yesterday declined to elaborate on the disclosure he made Sunday that he has been playing hurt this season. "I'm not going...
ALEX'S SMALL SACRIFICE - A-ROD SAC FLY GIVES YANKS A TWO-GAME LEAD
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Angels 2 With runners on first and second in the seventh inning of a tie game last night, Joe Torre asked Bobby Abreu to sacrifice for the...
WRIGHT GETS WHIFF OF TOO MANY KS
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - David Wright's strikeout total this season is on pace to be a lot higher than last season. Entering last night, the star third baseman had struck...
PLAYING CATCH-22 - PRESEASON CONSIDERATIONS FOR VETERANS A GIANT HEADACHE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Tiki Barber will play Thursday night against the Chiefs. So will Michael Strahan. Those two veteran stars were given the night off last week in Baltimore...
TWO FOR 'ONE'
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amPRO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP - Nike "E" One 118, Gold's Gym 97 BALLER OF THE WEEK: GARNETT THOMPSON Garnett "Big Ticket" Thompson helped Nike "E" One make history this week, leading...
BORN TO HIT - MANNY WIELDS ONE MEAN BAT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amMAYBE Manny being Manny simply means this: He is the best hitter of the generation. Manny Ramirez had his 27game hitting streak end on Sunday, in part because he did...
MILLEDGE ON THE HOT SEAT
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday Willie Randolph indicated that Lastings Milledge's performance was significantly tied to the necessity of the Mets' acquiring a corner outfielder. "Right now, it's too early....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 15, 2006 | 4:00amWhat a dotty idea! Traffic officials in Lacey, Wash., are reassessing an anti-tailgating plan after it created a major traffic jam on an interstate highway. Under the pilot program, dots...