August 13, 2005
BKF'S LEVIN OUT AS CEO
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe board fight at BKF Capital Group has claimed its first casualty: John A. Levin, the asset management's firm's founder and long-time chief executive, who announced that BKF is seeking...
OIL ON THE BOIL; PRICE TOPS $67; ANALYSTS SAY $80 MAY BE LIKELY
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe nightmare of $80-a-barrel oil is marching toward the economy for Labor Day thanks to a spate of storms and a speculative frenzy. After a week of crude hitting new...
SUPER SIZE ME - LOVE 'EM OR HATE 'EM, MCMANSIONS TAKE OVER
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amLiving larger and larger - New houses are twice as big as in the '50s. Neat - till they build one next door. SUPERSIZE fries, 64-ounce soft drinks, SUVs the...
GIMME SHELTER
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amGlenn Close-r FORMER Hollywood leading lady (now TV detective) Glenn Close has left the West Village. The multiple Oscar nominee has sold duplex at 140 Charles St. for $1.9 million...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amIt's showtime Space Downtown 276 W. 25th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues (212) 352-9968 Sale: Aug. 19-20 Open: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. This alternative to the New York Gift Show...
MY NEW HOME
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amCOUPLE SUPERSIZES IN SAME BUILDING THEY BOUGHT: MURRAY HILL 3-BR 3-BA condo $2.2M SEARCH TIME: 2 weeks THE present-day New York City real-estate trajectory typically goes something like this: buy...
PAM SLAM - THERE'S SO MUCH TO ROAST AND SO LITTLE TIME
August 13, 2005 | 4:00am"The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson" Tomorrow at 10 p.m. * * * (three stars) LOCK up the children, (or at least the TV), and get set to laugh...
ELLEN TO HOST THE EMMYS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amELLEN DeGeneres will host next month's Emmy Awards, CBS announced yesterday. DeGeneres, host of her own talk show ("The Ellen DeGeneres Show"), hosted the Emmys solo in 2001- when the...
DEEPDALE PRO A CUT ABOVE OTHER LOCALS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amMost professional golfers don't admit to thinking about the consequences during the heat of competition. Darrell Kestner had nothing to hide yesterday. "It was all I could think about -...
SUMMER'S TICKING AWAY - 20 WAYS TO PLAY BEFORE LABOR DAY
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amWAS it Shakespeare who said summer's lease has too short a date? Or was that Eminem? Either way, it was all too true - and time is running out on...
'OUT' GOING - LINCOLN CENTER OPENS ITS DOORS FOR BEST FEST
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amSend in the clowns - and, while you're at it, the skateboarding Texan ballet troupe, Chinese lion dancers and Lincoln Square puppeteers. Nothing's too good - or eclectic - for...
BUTTAFUOCO HIT WITH AMMO RAP
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Joey Buttafuoco is facing some serious jail time after prosecutors slapped him with a felony probation violation charge yesterday for possession of shotgun ammunition. The infamous lothario,...
DOG-DAY ADOPTIONS SLUMPING
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amCity animal shelters have been slammed with thousands more dogs and cats than usual this summer - and fewer New Yorkers are adopting them. As a result, even healthy, friendly...
AL MAKES AN A-PIRRO; HOT-POTATO HUBBY JOINS JEANINE ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amJeanine Pirro's tax-cheat husband Albert Pirro finally came out of the shadows yesterday and appeared for the first time alongside his DA wife Jeanine during her campaign for Senate. Hubby...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe dog was chained in the yard, so the mailman in Houma, La., didn't bother to look up when he heard barking. That's why he wasn't prepared when a barking...
COURT JESTER JUNIOR; GOTTI'S RAPID-FIRE JOKE
August 13, 2005 | 4:00am"I didn't do it!" John "Junior" Gotti shouted out those words yesterday in his racketeering trial - but the alleged leader of the Gambino mob wasn't objecting to anything just...
CLUBBED BY 'WOODS' ; FALLING LIMB HURTS 3 AS TIGER SWINGS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amFans watching Tiger Woods struggle to make the cut at the PGA Championship yesterday scattered in panic when a thick limb broke off a towering oak tree and crashed to...
FERRY JUDGE PUZZLES OVER CRASH DA'S ZEAL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn federal judge questioned yesterday why prosecutors want to "throw the book" at the captain of the doomed Staten Island Ferry but not at the man overseeing the operation....
KIN'S ANGUISH OVER SICK 'RESURRECTION' JOKE
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bronx victim of a sick joke - a midnight text message claiming that her 89-year-old mother had been brought back to life - sued Columbia Presbyterian Hospital yesterday for...
TAILGATE CRASHERS - GIANTS STADIUM SAYS BIG PARTY'S OVER
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe parking lot of Giants Stadium will not be an "idyllic, luxurious place" this season, because while the new $1.4 billion Xanadu retail and entertainment complex is being built, sprawling,...
'BODIES CAME FROM THE SKY' ; ANGUISHED WTC HEROES TELL OF HAYWIRE SIGNALS & LAST FAREWELLS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amIn dramatic new accounts of 9/11 released yesterday, hundreds of New York firefighters describe in their own painful words the horror, heroism and hell of the World Trade Center rescue...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** Authorities have nabbed a 17-year-old for killing a man during a robbery attempt at a Bedford-Stuyvesant gambling den, police sources said yesterday. Terrance Lessane and an accomplice who...
COMA-CRASH GUY GETS 16 YRS.
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amA drunk driver who smashed his car into an SUV filled with kids was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court to 16 years in prison. Ramon Melendez's drunken smash-up last...
LAWSUIT DRAMA AT NEW SCHOOL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amNew School University duped students into paying tuition with false promises they would be trained at the venerable Actors Studio, five drama students have charged in a class-action lawsuit filed...
MAYORAL DEMS RUN IN THE RED FOR MONTH
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Democratic mayoral contenders released their latest financial records yesterday, showing they all spent more than they raised over the last month. Anthony Weiner said he took in $106,000 between...
LAY PERSON EYES LEGAL EAGLE; 'RANDY' REV. SECRETARY FIGHTING FOR HER JOB
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe shapely aide to St. Patrick's Cathedral's alleged randy rector has contacted a lawyer specializing in sex discrimination and harassment after learning she may get the boot amid claims she's...
PAULA STAYS AFTER BEING CLEARED OF 'IDOL' SEX RUMORS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amPaula Abdul will keep her job on "American Idol" after being cleared of alleged hanky-panky with a former contestant. Corey Clark, an "Idol" contestant in 2003, accused Abdul of romancing...
PARTY'S OVER FOR TAILGATERS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amTailgaters will be facing tough times at Giants Stadium as venue bosses limit the amount of space for their parking-lot parties while a $1.4 billion retail and entertainment complex is...
KILLER PUMPS DRIVER FULL OF LEAD AT TRAFFIC LIGHT
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amA motorist was murdered in Brooklyn yesterday after a wild scene in which he was shot almost a dozen times and his car collided with a city bus, cops and...
CRUEL PRANK ON KIN; 'MOM RESURRECTED'
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bronx victim of a sick joke - a midnight text message claiming that her 89-year-old mother had been brought back to life - sued Columbia Presbyterian Hospital yesterday for...
9/11 PANEL: ATTA TALE WAS BUM TIP
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe 9/11 commission yesterday defended its decision to ignore a Navy officer's report that military spies targeted lead hijacker Mohamed Atta more than a year before the attacks - and...
CURSES! CH.2'S ON-AIR TEXT FLUB
August 13, 2005 | 4:00am$#!t happens. Channel 2 News apologized last night after showing an obscenity-laced text message during a story about the woman tormented by a sicko prankster posing as her late mother's...
TEARS FOR QUEENS GI
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens National Guardsman killed by insurgents this week in Iraq was remembered yesterday as friendly jokester who joined the military after working in the World Trade Center until 9/11....
DOWN . . . & OUT? MIKE HAS SURGERY; CARLOS MAY HIT DL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - On the day after their horrific head-smashing collision, Carlos Beltran was found to have new injuries while Mike Cameron began getting his fixed. After receiving the results...
'WARRIOR' GAVE IT HIS ALL - G.I. COP EULOGIZED FOR VALOR
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amTHE body of Staff Sgt. James McNaughton was borne by six of his brothers of the New York Police Department, but I pray and hope he will be revered by...
GOING AL OUT ; LEITER GRINDS OUT WIN AS 'PEN STOPS RANGERS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 6Rangers 5 In reality, Joe Torre didn't have an option. When he decided Tom Gordon and Mariano Rivera weren't available last night, Torre's bullpen was very short. So, when...
400G ASSURED IN PICK FOUR
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A pair of stakes will be run here today - the Grade 2, $200,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at six furlongs and the Grade 1, $500,000 Sword Dancer...
FAVORED LATICE TAKES WAYA
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Latice, winner of last year's French Oaks, making first U.S. start for new trainer Jonathan Sheppard since Dec. 12 Hong Kong Cup, circled field on far turn...
BOY TO MANNING ; JINTS ANTICIPATING ELI'S MATURATION AS A SOPHOMORE
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - A year ago, it was big news when Eli Manning was told he wouldn't be starting and would instead be working with the second team in his preseason...
DEVS GET BUSY WITH RASH OF SIGNINGS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amWhile the Devils were announcing the signing of four prospects yesterday, they quietly added Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Gionta and Viktor Kozlov to their roster of the signed and sealed. Langenbrunner,...
ROOKIE SOUNDS CONFIDENT
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES CLEVELAND - Rookie Corey Webster missed the first five practices of training camp before he signed and reported. In his estimation, however, "I never thought I was really...
PALMEIRO'S TEST RESULTS GO TO FEDS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amMajor League Baseball turned over documents relating to Rafael Palmeiro's failed drug test to a congressional committee yesterday. The House Government Reform Committee, which has introduced steroids legislation, requested the...
RECALLED DIAZ GETS NOD IN RF
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - For the second time this year, Victor Diaz will be replacing an injured Mike Cameron in rightfield. Diaz was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to replace...
ALLAN COULD SIDESTEP 'HOUSTON RULE' SNUB
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amAllan Houston appears safe, The Post has learned. The Knicks are expected to let Monday's amnesty deadline pass without waiving Houston, a league official said. The Knicks are talking about...
BACKBONE OF METS TOOK BIG HIT, TOO
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - This was 11:30 Thursday morning. The Met clubhouse was filled with laughter. Mike Cameron, as usual, was leading the fun bunch. He paraded out of the trainer's...
DOWN . . . & OUT? BELTRAN MIGHT JOIN CAMERON ON DL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - On the day after their horrific head-smashing collision, there were more medical updates for both Mike Cameron and Carlos Beltran. And the news for Beltran in particular...
BARKLEY: TIGER TOO TOUGH
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amCharles Barkley thinks conditioning could decide whether Phil Mickelson is able to maintain his current lead and go on to capture the 87th PGA Championship. "It'll be interesting to see...
LOVE FINALLY IN CONTENTION
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amPGA NOTES Davis Love III, who stands at 4-under-par after two rounds at the PGA Championsip, is tied with Lee Westwood and Rory Sabbatini for third. He has not been...
BOSS AND JOE PITCH WORDS AT EACH OTHER
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner's displeasure with Joe Torre does not appear to be going away anytime soon. Three days after criticizing Torre's use of his makeshift rotation, The Boss took a somewhat...
DESIGNATED SITTER ; GIAMBI GETS NIGHT OFF AS WILLIAMS IS DH
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre didn't start Jason Giambi last night against Rangers right-hander Chris Young. Instead, the Yankees manager used Bernie Williams as his DH. Considering the Rangers are starting...
BACK ON TRACK ; AILING JOHNSON AIMS TO MAKE TUESDAY START
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThe Yankees' soap opera "As Randy Turns" took another twist yesterday. Roughly 60 minutes after Joe Torre said Randy Johnson "probably wouldn't pitch Tuesday," the manager said the result of...
TIGER CUTTIN' IT TOO CLOSE ; BIRDIE ON 18 KEEPS WOODS ALIVE; LEFTY LEADS
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amThis had to be Tiger Woods' worst nightmare. His rival, Phil Mickelson, was reclining comfortably in air conditioning - and perhaps with a cool beverage in hand - after carding...
STILL WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amTHE drama surrounding Tiger Woods trying to win a major championship is only rivaled by the tension created when he is in danger of not making the cut. It speaks...
STADIUM MAY GET STAR SENDOFF
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amWith the Yankees set to move into a new Yankee Stadium in 2009, MLB officials have formulated an exciting send-off for the current Yankee Stadium: the 2008 All-Star Game. According...
UNIT BACK ON TRACK ; JOHNSON NOW PLANS TO PITCH TUESDAY
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As Randy Turns took another twist yesterday. Roughly 60 minutes after Joe Torre said Randy Johnson "probably wouldn't pitch Tuesday," the manager said the result of a discussion...
FIEDLER'S THRILLED TO BE HERE
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Welcome home, Jay Fiedler. "It's great coming out here and seeing a green-and-white uniform on me on the big screen in the pregame," Fiedler of Oceanside, L.I., said...
WILLIAMS, DIAZ HEED THE CALL
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - The Mets had only one of their usual starting outfielders last night, so to replace the injured Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron, manager Willie Randolph...
JETS ON RIGHT RHODES ; ROOKIE SAFETY SAVES GANG GREEN
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amJets 10Lions 3 Rookie safety Kerry Rhodes batted away a last-second end-zone pass to Mike Williams to preserve the Jets' 10-3 victory over the Lions in a sloppy preseason opener...
TURNAROUND KEEPS KELLY IN HUNT
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amJerry Kelly had a tough two-hole stretch just eight holes into his PGA Championship. He took a bogey 5 on the par-4 seventh hole on Thursday, and followed that with...
FOR LEFTY, IT'S LIKE PLAYING HOME GAME
August 13, 2005 | 4:00amHe is from Arizona, which is notable mostly because we've never much cared for Arizonans around here. We howled with delight when Todd Pratt made the Diamondbacks disappear in 1999,...