September 25, 2006
LIVEBLOG - Day 2, Monday
September 25, 2006 | 5:06pmLate last night, still fighting jet lag, I was clicking around the TV and landed on an old newsreel on the Queen Mary. It showed dignitaries, stars, starlets and other...
PUMP THIS: REGULAR GAS AT ONLY $2.42 A GALLON
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amGas pumps got more friendly this weekend as a gallon of regular edged lower to $2.42, marking the biggest seasonal decline in more than a year. The national average for...
COMMODITY JANE ; EDITRIX EXTRAORDINAIRE TO LAUNCH IN SIRIUS ORBIT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amJane Pratt, the founder and former editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, has finally landed her own radio show on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network. Sirius is expected to announce today that...
LAW FIRM RETURNS DOWNTOWN
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amIn another sign of healing, Twin Towers refugees are returning to downtown offices. The law firm Harris Beach has just sealed a deal to move into 46,171 feet at the...
NOTHING BUT NETS FOR VONAGE
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amLike the incessant "woo hoo, woo hoo hoo" refrain in its ads, Vonage is making it hard for people to ignore its wide-ranging sponsorship of the New Jersey Nets. The...
THE GLORY THAT WAS 'GREASE'; INSIDE LATEST WRINKLE ON 'AMERICAN IDOL'
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amTHE old show-biz cliché - "You're going out there a nobody, but you're coming back a star!" - suddenly doesn't sound so corny. By this time next year, two young...
JUST-US LEAGUE - WHEN SUPER 'HERO' POWERS ARE DEALT TO REGULAR JOES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00am"Heroes" Tonight at 9 on NBC/Ch. 4 (three stars) TV has a new Hiro. He's Hiro Nakamura - a paunchy, young Tokyo office worker who is one of the heroes...
SHE'S BILEGAL - SPANISH-TV STAR HOLDS 'COURT' EN INGLES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amON the streets of New York, only Hispanic people seem to notice Cristina Perez, the sassy judge who presides over "Cristina's Court," the new daytime court show. The reactions of...
STARR REPORT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amRhimes with . . . Filming on the new pilot from "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes has been put off until the end of this year/early next year, says "Grey's"...
COLD CASE - NEW FALL SWEATERS FOR THE OFFICE CHILL
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amAMONG work wardrobe offenses, it is more widespread than the visible panty line, more insidious than the muffin top and has escaped the notice of policy handbook writers everywhere. It...
HEVESI FOE EYES 'CRIME'; GOPER TO SEE DA
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amEMBATTLED state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's Republican opponent will file a criminal complaint today with the Albany County district attorney, alleging New York's top auditor stole public money by using a...
WIFE'S TRIALS GO ON; SLAY-SENTENCE DELAYS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA struggling single mother of four has paid to fly to New York on three separate occasions this summer to see her husband's killer sentenced - only to return each...
'L' OF AN ADDITION
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amService will increase next year on at least one subway line. Two additional morning and evening rush-hour trains will be added to the L line, at a cost of $200,000,...
TOUSSAINT RIVAL VOWS A BRAWL
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amThe battle for control of the Transport Workers Union will be "pretty brutal and pretty public," TWU Vice President Ainsley Stewart said yesterday, announcing his campaign to unseat President Roger...
SUBWAYS' SPEAKERS ALL MGFFLRD
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amWhat was that? Only 20 percent of announcements made at subway stations were understandable and correct during the first half of this year, according to the twice-annual report card NYC...
FRAUD PROBE HOUNDS RESCUER
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA celebrated Ground Zero volunteer who claims that his dog "made the only live finds" at the site is being investigated over $16,000 FEMA gave him to live in a...
IRAQ A MUST WIN: MCCAIN
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A classified intelligence document blaming the war in Iraq for increasing the number of anti-U.S. terrorists does not diminish our need to win over there, Sen. John McCain...
PAINT MISBEHAVIN'; ASTOR SON'S TAXERROR ON ART
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amThe $172,000 bill of sale for Brooke Astor's famed Childe Hassam painting was kept in a clearly marked file at offices she shared with her son - who wound up...
CLINTON: 'GUT' SAYS HILL WINS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton would capture the White House if she decided to run, former President Bill Clinton predicted yesterday. "My gut is that she would win," said Clinton,...
'KNOT' SO FAST! ID THEFT NIXES NUPS ; CITY TELLS BRIDE-TO-BE: YOU'RE ALREADY MARRIED
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amIn 2004, after living with her companion for 25 years, Bronx resident Carol Cordero decided it was time to tie the knot. But she received the shock of her life...
AFGHAN MONEY WOES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amAfghanistan's president yesterday called for more money - claiming that his embattled nation would be "in heaven in less than a year" if it got what the Bush administration's spent...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A thug was arrested for fatally stabbing a man during an argument at a Flatbush party, police said yesterday. Sean Hamer, 36, clashed with Rawle Sampson, 29, at...
RENT-FEUD CHEMICAL REACTION
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA man locked in a bitter rent battle with his landlord claims he was sprayed with a noxious chemical while sleeping in the buff with his gal pal in his...
DOUBTS ON DEATH OF OSAMA
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSaudi Arabia yesterday said it has "no evidence" that Osama bin Laden was dead, throwing water onto a leaked report that said the 9/11 mastermind may have died in August....
COPS' FATAL MISTAKE; FAILED TO SEE PAL WAS DRUNK: POLICE
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amFour rookie policewomen were downing Sex on the Beach cocktails during a night out - before they made the fatal misjudgment that DWI-suspect colleague Danielle Baymack was sober enough to...
HOMELAND SECURITY BOO$T FOR CITY'S PORT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York's port is getting a huge boost in federal money for equipment to deter terror attacks. The Department of Homeland Security plans to award the port $26...
SOUR NOTE FOR EATERIES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSeveral posh Manhattan eateries could be singing the blues today as restaurant workers plan to picket them on "opera night" - one of the year's busiest. Disgruntled workers from the...
PUB 'POUND'ED; 3RD WAITRESS WEIGHS IN WITH HARASS RAP
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA third waitress has come forward to charge that managers at a popular East Side bar forced her to get on a scale - and then ordered her not to...
$ERIOUS JACK FOR 'JACKASS'
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amHee-haw! The "Jackass: Number 2" gang stampeded over the rest of the male-movie pack this weekend - kicking its way to the No. 1 spot at the box office with...
FLAP OVER SCHOOL COMPUTER DUMP
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amThe sight was a virtual nightmare - tens of thousands of dollars' worth of computer equipment dumped outside a Brooklyn middle school, abandoned in the pouring rain. Administrators at Walt...
CONEY DAD KILLS GIRL, 7, AND SELF; COPS LOSE DESPERATE RACE TO STOP HIM
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA despondent Coney Island dad shot his 7-year-old daughter dead and then blew himself away - moments after calling the child's mom to tell her exactly what he planned to...
MOB JAIL HISS AND TELL
September 25, 2006 | 4:00am"The Snake" is still slithering. As this exclusive photo shows, reputed Colombo boss Carmine "The Snake" Persico, 73, may seem right at home at a federal prison in North Carolina,...
ALL HAIL MR. POSITIVE; FAB CABBY IS A TRUE PRO
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amTHINK of it as therapy on wheels. Paul Hintersteiner rolls up in his taxi - a large, jovial man in a black chauffeur's cap straight out of a 1940s movie....
100G QNS. HEIST
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amAn armed guard carrying $100,000 in cash was robbed at gunpoint in a Queens building yesterday. The 45-year-old guard, who works for Dunbar Armored car service, was accosted by a...
HAUNTED BY KATIE; DARK THOUGHTS DISTURB FAMILY
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amThey are a busy, handsome Long Island couple with a houseful of cute kids they love - and yet, they are both looking forward to death. Jennifer and Neil Flynn...
GRIM MINORITY REPORT CARD ON CITY TEACHERS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amNearly three out of four students in the city public-school system are black or Hispanic - but they are increasingly unlikely to have new teachers who look like them. Despite...
HERO 'ABANDONED' BY THE CITY; 9/11 MEDIC'S ORDEAL
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amLt. Rene Davila - hailed as a hero after he became the first EMS supervisor to respond to the World Trade Center on 9/11 - feels like a zero now....
PA 'NICKEL-AND-DIMING' 1993 WTC VICTIM
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA survivor of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing says she's being victimized 13 years later - by the Port Authority. A jury last year found the agency negligent for...
THE DEVIL'S APT. BROKER
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA Manhattan millionaire had a devil of a time selling his Upper West Side apartment after his real-estate broker trashed it in a "satanic" frenzy, court papers claim. Daniel Farash...
COUNCIL MONEY MAKERS; GET OUTSIDE BOO$T
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSome City Council members don't have to worry about getting a raise this year - because they're pulling in six-figure incomes from outside jobs, according to their latest financial-disclosure forms....
BLABBERMOUTH; MCG MIGHT BE 'BOOKED'
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amJim McGreevey may have blabbed too much in his tell-all autobiography - and not just about his sex life. It's "not inconceivable" that the gay former gov's confessions about New...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - LECH WALESA - THE FATHER OF SOLIDARITY
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amLECH Walesa was born on Sept. 29, 1943, in Popowo, Poland. He graduated from vocational school and became a car mechanic. He served for two years in the army, rising...
SERIOUS JACK FOR 'JACKASS'
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amHee-haw! The "Jackass: Number 2" gang stampeded over the rest of the malemovie pack this weekend - kicking its way to the No. 1 spot at the box office with...
'TERMINAL' CASE - OUTCRY OVER DUMPED SCHOOL COMPUTERS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amThe sight was a virtual nightmare - tens of thousands of dollars worth of computers equipment dumped outside a Brooklyn middle school, abandoned in the pouring rain. Administrators at Walt...
GIAMBI PUSHING FOR QUICK RETURN
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Jason Giambi is trying to accelerate his return from a cranky left wrist. While the Yankees' plan is for Giambi to hit off a batting...
NO MIRACLE FINISH FOR U.S.; EUROS' RECORD-SETTING RYDE CONTINUES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSTRAFFAN, Ireland - Miracles come once in a lifetime, not twice in seven years. That's why what transpired in the 1999 Ryder Cup at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.,...
SNOOZE CONTROL ; POST-CLINCH HANGOVER STILL DOGGING YANKS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amDevil Rays 11Yankees 4 ST. PETERSBURG - Mike Mussina said his right thumb was, outside of being a tad sore, OK. So much for the good news coming out of...
DEVS RIDDLED BY CAP
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amNothing else quite matters in Devils camp until Lou Lamoriello gets his cap sorted out. If he doesn't win an unlikely victory, allowing him to cross off the $7.1 million...
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS FOR VICTORS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSTRAFFAN, Ireland - This wasn't about a lack of camaraderie or passion or all the other intangibles that have been used as excuses when the United States gets whipped in...
RIDING SMOOTH RHODES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amORCHARD PARK - Jets safety Kerry Rhodes saw Bills quarterback J.P. Losman during warm-ups yesterday and reminded him of what happened when the two met in college. In 2003, when...
JETS BEGINNING TO TAKE FLIGHT; GET BETTER OF BILLS IN POSITIVE IDENTITY CHECK
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amJets 28Bills 20 ORCHARD PARK - The Jets' defense allowed 475 yards. The offense failed to make a first down in the first quarter. Bills running back Willis McGahee and...
LEFTY KEEPS SKIDDING
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSTRAFFAN, Ireland - Has anyone seen Phil Mickelson lately? Mickelson, it would be safe to say, cannot wait for 2006 to end and 2007 to begin. That, based on the...
MATES GIVE CHATHAM NEEDED RELIEF
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES ORCHARD PARK - Jets LB Matt Chatham gave an exaggerated wiping of his brow after Bills QB J.P. Losman's final pass fell incomplete. Chatham gave the Bills new...
PLUCK OF IRISH AMAZES WEIS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSTUNNING, unbelievable, immortal. How other ways are there to describe Notre Dame's fourth-quarter rally Saturday night at Michigan State? Down 37-21 with 8:18 left, the Irish used three Spartans turnovers...
GARCIA TALKS A GOOD GAME
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amRYDER CUP NOTES STRAFFAN, Ireland - Sergio Garcia was rather chatty in the European press conference after the Ryder Cup matches were over. "The Presidents Cup, with all due respect,...
'GUY' BAGS BONGARD
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amFor trainer Tim Ritchey, best known as the trainer of 2005 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Afleet Alex, it was a successful return to the track of his biggest victory...
PLAXICO PAINED BY DEFEAT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES SEATTLE Plaxico Burress took his yanking in stride. "I let my team down," Burress said after Seahawks 42, Giants 30. "I went out there and had two turnovers....
RUTGERS EARNS RANKING
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amBrian Leonard looked up to the ceiling, shrugged his shoulders and put on a half-smile as if to say "How many times do I have to answer this question?" "It...
HISTORICAL MATCHUP OF RBS
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES SEATTLE - Tiki Barber vs. Shaun Alexander. The Giants-Seahawks game yesterday marked the first time in NFL history that running backs who each rushed for more than 1,800...
COMEBACK DOESN'T MASK EMBARRASSMENT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSEATTLE - For too long yesterday, the Giants shamed themselves and disgraced the uniform yesterday. Even over the deafening roar of the notorious 12th Man here, you could hear the...
CHANGEUP NEEDED - PEDRO SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING WILLIE OFF THE HOOK
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amSteve Trachsel, the likely Game 4 starter for the National League's overwhelming favorites, yesterday gave up eight hits and three walks in five-plus innings to a Washington team 14 games...
IT'S AWASH. NATS GET TO TRACHSEL; BELTRAN 'FEELS BETTER'
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amNATIONALS 5 METS 1 Carlos Beltran arrived at Shea Stadium around 10 a.m. yesterday and hitting coach Rick Down walked over to his locker to get a status report on...
WARM WELCOME - HUMBER HAS HOT STUFF IN MLB DEBUT
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amLast July, Philip Humber was getting beat around in Single-A ball, pitching poorly and feeling even worse. The major leagues were so far off his mental radar, the reconstructive surgery...
MILLEDGE COULD BE MR. OCTOBER
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES Willie Randolph is warming to the idea of putting Lastings Milledge on the playoff roster. A few weeks ago, Randolph didn't foresee Milledge being on the roster simply...
LOU'S ANALYSIS ANYTHING BUT SWEET
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amTHE GOOD, the bad, the usual. Saturday on Fox's Nats-Mets broadcast, analyst Lou Piniella, yet another big-name hire just thrown into a booth, watched Nick Johnson collide with teammate Austin...
'GUY' BAGS BONGARD STAKES
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amFor trainer Tim Ritchey, best known as the trainer of 2005 Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Afleet Alex, it was a successful return to the track of his biggest victory...
DEVS MUST SOLVE SALARY-CAP RIDDLE
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amNothing else quite matters in Devils camp until Lou Lamoriello gets his cap sorted out. If he doesn't win an unlikely victory, allowing him to cross off the $7.1 million...
NILSSON, NOKELAINEN ON ISLANDER BUBBLE
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA week ago, Robert Nilsson and Petteri Nokelainen seemed poised to advance their NHL careers and were likely candidates to be on the Islanders' opening-night roster. But after a week...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 25, 2006 | 4:00amA suspected prostitute in upstate Syracuse met her match when she supposedly pretended to be a cop in front of her potential client - an undercover police officer who was...