July 22, 2005
DJ DROPS CNBC DEAL OVERSEAS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amDow Jones is ending an overseas television partnership with CNBC, a divorce that immediately hit the publishing giant's bottom line. Dow Jones is transferring its 50 percent stakes in CNBC...
HOLD YOUR SEATS - NYSE MEMBERS SAY IPO SHORTCHANGES THEM
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAs the historic high-tech transformation of the New York Stock Exchange unfolded yesterday, a bitter battle erupted over claims that the venerable exchange's seatholders are being shortchanged by millions. The...
DRUGMAKERS ON SAME PAGE WITH AD GUIDELINES
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAfter months of debate, the drug industry has agreed on a code for advertising new cures to consumers. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the industry's trade group, said...
PARAJOS FLIES COOP - LATEST SNOOZE FIRING ENDS FAMILY ERA AT TROUBLED TAB
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Foot sie Monster has given the boot to another veteran editor at the Daily News with nearly 40 years at the paper. Louis Parajos, a managing editor/news, was given...
SEND IN THE CLONES - THIS 'ISLAND' ESCAPE ACTION-PACKED, TOPICAL
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE ISLAND (three stars) Well-built product Running time: 138 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, profanity, sexual situations). At the Ziegfeld, the Empire, the Kips Bay, others A product of the sputtering...
ANOTHER 'DANCE' HIT
July 22, 2005 | 4:00am'SO You Think You Can Dance" kicked off strongly Wednesday night. The "American Idol"-style dancing reality show averaged 10.3 million viewers from 8 to 10 p.m., easily winning the night...
SOAP DISH - 'HOUSEWIVES' WANTS KELLY TO SHOW OFF HER MOVES IN THE 'BURBS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amKELLY Monaco, the surprise winner of "Dancing with the Stars," could be waltzing over to a role on ABC stablemate "Desperate Housewives." "I thought she did an amazing job dancing...
'BAD NEWS' ERRS - THERE ARE NO DO-OVERS IN BASEBALL
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amFOR the remake-mad executives at Paramount, it must have seemed an inspired idea to recycle the prototypical kids-and-baseball comedy "Bad News Bears" with Billy Bob Thornton and director Richard Linklater....
TRAILER SMASH
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amVISCERAL, vicious and mangy, "The Devil's Rejects" is a yellow dog of a movie that delights in offending the offendable. It's also a whitesploitation classic, from its menacing sideburns to...
'MARS' ROVES TO CBS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amUPN's "Veronica Mars" will be showcased on big-sister network CBS for a few episodes this summer. Four "Mars" repeats from last season will air on CBS beginning next Friday, July...
STICKIN' IT TO THE MAN
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amIF the Chicago Seven had directed a remake of Truffaut's "Jules et Jim," it might have been something like the German thriller "The Edukators." Three young Berliners - waitress Jule;...
RAPPIN' PIMP WITH A HEART OF GOLD
July 22, 2005 | 4:00am'HUSTLE & Flow" promises gritty street drama but delivers "Pretty Woman" with crunk instead of Roxette. DJay (Terrence Howard) is a prince of a pimp who yearns for a career...
ARTY ROCK STAR SUICIDE - NEVERMIND
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAS pretentious as it is perverse, Gus Van Sant's "Last Days" is "inspired" by the 1994 suicide of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who injected himself with a lethal amount of...
A DASH OF PUNK
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTOM Hyland, a k a Tom Dash, is true to his punk school. The New York rocker shows up two or three times a year with a stack of guitar-furious,...
DIS-'HARMONY' - MANILOW WINS FIGHT OVER SHOW BUT HAS A LITTLE SCARE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE long and bruising legal battle between Barry Manilow and the ex-producer of his musical "Harmony" came to an end last week, but not before taking one last ugly turn....
STARR REPORT
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amYes, you did . . . "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria has broken her silence on being snubbed for an Emmy nomination - while castmates Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher and...
NEW LIFE OF THE 'PARDY - KEN'S PROTÉGÉ AT 13 WINS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHOUSANDS of hours of study, combined with an innovative focus on locating the game's "Daily Doubles," has propelled New Jersey quiz-kid David Madden to a 13-game winning streak on "Jeopardy!"...
PARAMEDIC 'PERV' NABBED AGAIN
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAn FDNY Queens paramedic, arrested in an Internet kiddie-porn sting last month, has been busted again - this time for having sexual images of young girls on his home computer,...
TAXPAYER DISASTER: A PATAKI '06 RUN
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY IF Gov. Pataki is being truthful when he says he'll do what's best for New York when he decides his political future, he'll decide not to run for re-election...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amVictoria Willmert and Christopher Baker wanted a memorable wedding and got one - though they wish they could forget it. Celebratory candles inside the Lincoln, Ill., church where the service...
IT'S EASY AS 'PI' - BX. TEACHER MAKES MATH FUN
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amBronx math teacher Frank Corcoran built four restaurant booths and installed them at the side of his classroom as a "math cafe," with signs that invite his algebra students to...
VETS' WARNING SHOT OVER ARMORY GRAB - STATE COVETS REGIMENT'S PARK AVE. HOME
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Seventh Regiment marshaled its troops yesterday to go to war. It was not to fight against foreign enemies - well, at least not at this moment. It was, as...
FLOWER FIEND SLUGS GAL IN HOME HEIST
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA fake flower deliveryman tricked a Long Island woman into unlocking her door to accept a bogus bouquet, then pistol-whipped and robbed her, authorities said yesterday. The assault occurred at...
CITY SLAMS HARD-CELL AD 'SCAM'
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe city sued cellphone- service providers Nextel, Sprint and T-Mobile yesterday for running allegedly deceptive ads. The proposed fines of up to $500 per violation could run into millions. The...
WEINER GETS $3,500 IN HAPPY RETURNS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amSix months after returning 29 problematic contributions, mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has accepted 14 checks from many of the same individuals who received refunds. Weiner collected $250 checks from the...
X-POSED DIAZ FOTOG: I'M NO FORGER
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A photographer accused of scamming actress Cameron Diaz over some topless pictures insisted yesterday he didn't forge the blonde's signature on a fake contract. Closing arguments are...
GOP RIPS SPITZER'S 'TAINTED' 25G GIFT
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - State Republican officials yesterday called on Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to return a $25,000 donation from a former Aon official made just three days before Spitzer's office resolved...
'ID THIEF' SOCKS DOCS FOR 200G
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens man swiped doctors' personal information to secure more than $200,000 in bogus loans, prosecutors charged yesterday. Paul Bauers, 60, a medical-equipment salesman, allegedly collected names, Social Security numbers...
SLEAZE GETS MAX - EMBEZZLING EX-RUDY AIDE ADMITS KID PORN
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Giuliani administration official Russell Harding was hit with more than five years behind bars yesterday for possessing child pornography and embezzling $400,000 from city coffers to fuel a lavish...
MIKE NIXES FOOD-AID MEASURES
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday vetoed three measures the City Council had passed that would have made it easier for New Yorkers to apply for food stamps. The bills would have mandated...
BUM RAP FOR JEWS IN SLAY
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian security forces yesterday arrested a Palestinian for stabbing a 12-year-old boy to death in the West Bank - after earlier saying witnesses had accused Jewish settlers of...
PRO-CHOICE GROUP BACKS BLOOMBERG
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amOne of the city's leading pro-choice groups threw its support yesterday to Mayor Bloomberg for re-election. The National Abortion Rights Action League's New York office, which backed Democrat Mark Green...
BURN VICTIM SUES CON ED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA former receptionist who was branded by a steaming-hot manhole cover has hit Con Edison with a lawsuit. Liz Wallenberg, 27, says the power company's "negligence, carelessness [and] recklessness" is...
HOW FIRMS DEAL WITH WORKERS' ONLINE GOSSIPING
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amEmployees are tattling, gossiping and griping about their jobs all over the Internet - and employers are still trying to figure out what to do about it. "There has been...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A Bedford Park woman fatally stabbed her companion yesterday, authorities said. Police arrested Denise Ramos, 27, after the 12:10 a.m. attack yesterday on David Young, 35, in...
QNS. TEACHER IN SEX STING - INTERNET 'TEEN' WAS A COP
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA veteran Queens music teacher was busted in an Internet sex sting - and brought his 14-month-old son to his rendezvous with the undercover cop he believed to be a...
SCHUMER'S A 'SPORT' TO ROBERTS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts had a chummy powwow yesterday with Sen. Charles Schumer - where they talked more about Harvard sports than judicial issues. Schumer and Roberts...
NO SLIWA FANS ON GOTTI JURY
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA federal judge in the case of John "Junior" Gotti said yesterday she would likely bar members of Curtis Sliwa's radio audience from being jurors. "The presumption is they've already...
DA: JACKO'S RANCH IS A PAINKILLER PARADISE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch was a feel-good getaway filled with painkillers, syringes and prescription drugs, prosecutors said yesterday. The revelation came in a routine hearing to determine...
CRACKHEAD ADMITS SOHO RAPE BID
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA bottle-blond Brooklyn beast has admitted he beat and tried to rape a 74-year-old SoHo grandmother and said he was on a crack bender, sources said yesterday. Ralph Gardella, 35,...
POST REWARDS BRAVE KIDS WITH NEW PLAYSTATION
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx mother yesterday praised her two young children who were viciously slashed trying to protect her from a man she accused of stealing their video-game system. "They were very...
'MOB' COPS OUT OF SLAMMER - FREED ON HOUSE ARREST WEARING ANKLE BRACELETS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAccused mob cops Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, each fitted with a monitoring ankle bracelet, were sprung from solitary confinement yesterday and released on $5 million bail - "free" to...
INSULT TO INJURY - DOC'S TAUNT TOWN DISSES ALL NYERS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amManagers of the Albuquerque bar where a black Big Apple heart surgeon claims he suffered racist treatment and physical abuse by cops said yesterday the doctor was a typically arrogant...
BLOGGER BOOTED - MAG EDITOR OUSTED AFTER BEING OUTED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amNadine Haobsh became the poster girl for the blogger generation yesterday. The formerly anonymous wit behind the beauty blog "Jolie in NYC" lost not one, but two enviable publishing jobs...
ASHANTI HITS A $OUR NOTE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amPop star Ashanti must fork over $630,000 to a former producer whom she used to get her fledgling career off the ground and then dumped without so much as a...
CRACKDOWN CAN STALL BOMB FIENDS: EXPERTS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amEven if cops never touched a backpack or briefcase, the mere possibility of searches is enough to improve security in the subways, experts said yesterday. "Anything they're doing that's proactive...
SUBWAY RIDERS GET SEARCHED - NYPD: OPEN UP BAGS FOR SECURITY
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amCall them freedom frisks. In New York City's toughest initiative yet to protect its transit system from terrorists, police are now randomly searching passengers' bags on subways, buses, commuter trains,...
PARENTS OF VAN TOT ARRESTED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens couple was arrested on child-endangerment charges early yesterday for leaving their toddler daughter unattended in their van on the West Side, police said. Cops on patrol at 59th...
630G $OUR NOTE - JURY SLAPS ASHANTI
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amPop singer Ashanti must pay $630,000 to a former producer whom she employed to get her fledgling career off the ground and then dumped without paying a penny, a jury...
'I GOT AX OVER PIC OF BUSH' - L.I. TEACHER'S SUIT
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Long Island elementary-school teacher who is active in Republican politics claims she was canned for hanging a portrait of President Bush in a classroom display featuring him with several...
KIN BATTLING TO LEARN HOW QUEENS GI DIED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens-based soldier was killed when he was shot in the head in Kuwait, his grieving and puzzled family said yesterday. Staff Sgt. Jefferey Farrow, 29, out of Fort Totten...
GIFF DODGES E-MAIL MESS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller disavowed an e-mail sent out by his campaign team asking council staffers if they want to volunteer in their off hours to promote his mayoral...
COURTNEY IN QUICK HOSP VISIT
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Rock singer Courtney Love was taken to an L.A. hospital Wednesday night after she nearly fainted, her spokeswoman said yesterday. Love, 41, was attending an entertainment-industry party...
9 HURT IN BRONX BUS SMASH
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amNine people were injured last night after a city bus and a car collided on a Bronx street, authorities said. Fire Department officials said several ambulances were needed to take...
'SO ARROGANT' - N.M. LOCALS RIP BUSTED SURGEON
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amManagers of the Albuquerque bar where a black Big Apple heart surgeon claims he suffered racist treatment and physical abuse by cops said yesterday the doctor was a typically arrogant...
KIN BATTLING TO LEARN HOW QNS. GI DIED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens-based soldier was killed when he was shot in the head in Kuwait, his grieving and puzzled family said yesterday. Staff Sgt. Jefferey Farrow, 29, out of Fort Totten...
'BRANDING' VICTIM SUES CON EDISON
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA former receptionist who was branded by a steaming-hot manhole cover has hit Con Edison with a big-bucks lawsuit. Liz Wallenberg says the power company's "negligence, carelessness [and] recklessness" is...
JUDE'S EX HIRES 'MRS. DOUBTFIRE'
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amThis will keep him from sleeping with the nanny! Jude Law's ex-wife has hired an elderly, pleasantly plump child-minder to take care of their three kids. "The replacement is a...
CRACKHEAD OWNS UP TO SOHO RAPE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amA bottle-blond Brooklyn beast has admitted he beat and tried to rape a 74-year-old SoHo grandmother and said he was on a crack bender, sources said yesterday. Ralph Gardella, 35,...
HELL'S ANGELS - GUERRERO SLAM BEATS GORDON, YANKS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amAngels 6 - Yankees 5 ANAHEIM - The advertised pitching clinic between Randy Johnson and Bartolo Colon lasted for two-thirds of last night's Yankees-Angels game at Angel Stadium. Then Johnson...
DANGER ZONE - PITCHERS, BEWARE: VLAD CAN SLUG FROM NOSE TO TOES
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amFriday, Yankees at Angels, 10 p.m., WWOR-9 Vladimir Guerrero's hitting zone is about as big as his team's name. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim star is the reigning AL...
MARCHAND'S MEMO OF THE WEEK
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTo: WFAN's Sid Rosenberg and Joe Benigno From: Andrew Marchand Re: Vacation CC: Wally Pipp Dear Sid and Joe, Don't take anymore more vacation! It is not good for first-teamers...
5 QUESTIONS FOR KENNY SMITH
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with TNT's Kenny Smith about potential Knick coach Larry Brown and other NBA matters. Like Brown, Smith hails from New York and...
BOOOO-YA! SCOTT TAKES LOW ROAD - ON RED CARPET, HE WORKS BLUE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amIf you combine Stuart Scott and the ESPYs, you are just asking for unprofessional behavior. On Sunday's ESPY Awards pre-show red carpet, Scott jokingly flirted with a scantily clad Serena...
BOO MOOD - THEY'D RATHER JEER THAN CHEER
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amESPN's Dan Schulman said a borderline silly thing Saturday. In doing so, he also spoke the most important words that any sportscaster has said this year. Schulman was working ESPN...
DOUG'S HR GETS ROUT STARTED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amDoug Mientkiewicz wasn't sure he'd see his name in yesterday's Mets lineup, coming off Wednesday's dreadful 0-for-4 showing the first baseman described as "probably my worst game of the year."...
CLASSIC MARILYN FINALLY WINS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amFollowing conference call Wednesday among representatives of N.Y. Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, State Racing and Wagering Board, N.Y. Racing Association and Dr. George Maylin of drug-testing lab at Cornell U., NYRA...
FLUKE ARE BITING EVERYWHERE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amDESPITE the dog days of summer, fluke have been wagging their tails in a big way with a healthy number of keepers being taken along the South Shore. Sheepshead Bay...
ISHII DOES IT IN AN EASY WIN - METS' BIG BATS PUSH KAZ PAST PADRES
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amMets 12 - Padres 0 For the Mets, it may be more than just sweeping a series, getting their fourth win in a row and playing their best baseball in...
DAVEY'S DEVASTATION - DEATH OF DAUGHTER HITS JOHNSON HARD
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amEAST HADDAM, Conn. - In Davey Johnson's mind, his daughter Andrea always will be a teenager loading her surfboards into her red Ford Mustang on her way to the beach....
STARKS INDEBTED TO COACH
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Starks was an unsigned free agent out of Oklahoma State when an assistant coach at the school placed a call to former Kansas coach Larry Brown after Brown left...
D KEY FOR DEVILS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amHOCKEY NOTES TORONTO - Devils GM Lou Lamoriello opened his longshot bid to keep unrestricted defensemen Brian Rafalski, Scott Niedermayer and Scott Stevens by admitting yesterday that he won't be...
JET BACK - REHABBING CHAD SET TO SHOULDER THE LOAD
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe voice on the other end of the telephone line yesterday was that of Jets quarterback Chad Pennington. The tone sounded as if he was ready for a game right...
NETS HAUL IN SHAREEF
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets got their guy, almost on their terms. The Nets and Blazers yesterday reached agreement on a sign-and-trade that sends 6-9 free agent power forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim to New...
DYNAMIC DUTCH TREATS FATTEN UP U.S. BOOTERS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amU.S. midfielders DaMarcus Beasley and John O'Brien are very different players, but they have much in common. Both play in Holland, both are coming off leg injuries, and both are...
CASTRO'S BAT STILL SMOKIN'
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES In his last two games, Mike Piazza has four hits and three RBIs. If he keeps it up, maybe his surge can equal his backup's. Ramon Castro started...
TIRICO HEADS TO NFL BOOTH
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amIn a move that could potentially have major implications on the NFL sportscasting landscape, Mike Tirico will not only call a preseason game this year, but also two regular season...
ABRAHAM NO-SHOW EXPECTED
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES With the opening of the Jets' training camp a week away, all signs are pointing toward a no-show from defensive end John Abraham, who has refused to sign...
WRIGHT CELEBRATES HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amWhile David Wright may carry himself like someone who's been around for much longer, the 22-year-old third sacker celebrated the one-year anniversary of his call-up from the minors yesterday. And...
MINAYA'S THE KEY TO PENNANT CHASE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amOMAR Minaya is on the clock now. He has nine days to validate the pitch that seduced the Wilpons. Minaya sold himself as a great salesman, as an aggressive dealmaker...
STAYING HOT - EXHAUSTING TRIP CAN'T COOL OFF YANKS
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Since they sent him to California early, Randy Johnson may have been the only man in a visiting uniform not exhausted last night when the Yankees opened a...
AARON, AL BUY CASH A BREAK
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Just because the Yankees won games started by Al Leiter and Aaron Small doesn't mean they have stopped searching for a starting pitcher. GM Brian Cashman has many...
LOOKING TO IMPROVE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Brian Cashman comes from a family with horse connections, but handicapping doesn't run in his blood. Asked to handicap his chances of making a deal before...
BROWN, ISIAH HOLD SUMMIT - BUT FAMILY CONCERNS CAUSING LARRY TO PAUSE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amIn one of the nation's toniest locales, a Hall of Fame player met with a Hall of Fame coach last night in what could prove to be the most significant...
HOCKEY PUTS PAST ON ICE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - The NHL resumes business today with a wish and a prayer against a background of grumbles from both sides of the owners' triumph. The Board of Governors' ratification...
NO LINE ON A TRADE
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Brian Cashman comes from a family with horse connections, but handicapping doesn't run in his blood. Asked to handicap his chances of making a deal before...
USA WINS IT JUST IN TIME
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amGOLD CUP SEMIFINAL: U.S. 2 - Honduras 1 For 85 minutes last night, the U.S. beat their heads against a proverbial brick wall named Honduras, getting upset at Giants Stadium...
U.S. FIGHTS BACK JUST IN TIME
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amGOLD CUP SEMIFINAL: U.S. 2 - Honduras 1 For 85 minutes last night, the U.S. beat their heads against a proverbial brick wall named Honduras, getting upset at Giants Stadium...
LEAGUE'S DEAL WITH PLAYERS BASED ON OWNERS' ... EMPTY PROMI$E
July 22, 2005 | 4:00amTORONTO - The league, whose CBA victory speech prominently features the pledge that a new era of hockey marketing is just around the corner, seems to have neither a marketing...