July 10, 2004
GIMME SHELTER - BARKIN'S BUYING
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMOTHER-TO-BE Julia Roberts has already sold one of her cribs - after going to contract on her Greenwich Village apartment. Convinced she needed more space, the willowy actress, who's expecting...
LEFTOVER TREASURES - HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TURNS TRASH INTO A HOME
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSAY you're walking down the street and you happen to notice some leftover plywood from that new condo building, or, perhaps, a "gently used" armoire that someone just kicked to...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB: BRIGHTEN UP
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSaigoniste 186 1/2Spring St., between Sullivan and Thompson streets (212) 925-4610 Sale: until merchandise sells out Open: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m. The store's fall-winter collection is marked down....
EISNER AIRS DISNEY'S DIRTY LAUNDRY IN GRIPE SESSION
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSUN VALLEY, IDAHO - Disney honcho Michael Eisner apparently is still smarting over losing his chairmanship earlier this year. In a closed-door gathering yesterday, Eisner told execs in attendance that...
BUYOUT FIRM WINS DANA UNIT
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe Cypress Group announced yesterday that it would buy Dana Corp.'s automotive replacement parts business for $1.1 billion. The acquisition gives the New York-based buyout firm control of one of...
MISTRIAL FREES MICHAEL RIGAS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amJust one day after his father and brother were convicted of looting the Rigas family's cable TV company, Michael Rigas walked out of court with a mistrial. The five-month trial...
CSFB'S CFO IS LATEST TO FLEE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Credit Suisse First Boston chief John Mack's loyalists are heading for the hills. CSFB's chief financial officer Barbara Yastine is expected to leave the firm in the next month,...
MAXIM NABS ROLLING STONE EDITOR
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amOnly hours after staging a celebrity gala here for John Kerry's ticket, Jann Wenner got a surprise vote of no-confidence from his top editor at Rolling Stone. Ed Needham, the...
GWYN & BEAR IT - MY CUPPING TREATMENT SUCKED - BUT THAT'S THE IDEA
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amI've been cupped - and it isn't pretty. With all the furor over Gwyneth Paltrow's polka dot-spotted back - which she exposed at the "Anchorman" premiere on Wednesday night -...
HAMPTONS CONDUCTOR IS TRAINED
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThere are two dozen good reasons to get off the Hamptons beaches this summer, and Lukas Foss is conducting most of them. But at tonight's Music Festival of the Hamptons...
A MUSICAL LANDSLIDE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amCONCERT FOR KERRY WHETHER you're trying to free Tibet, save a sea otter or put a Democrat in the White House, the first rule of a fund-raising rock concert is:...
'WRONG SPERM' FIASCO - FERTILITY DOC SUED
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Connecticut woman is suing her fertility doctor after he artificially inseminated her with the wrong sperm - and now refuses to help her find out the donor's medical history....
'LYING' RAP VS. POLICE - DRIVER: I WAS BEATEN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThree Brooklyn cops who reported that an African immigrant attacked them while being issued a traffic ticket have been indicted for perjury and assault, according to law-enforcement sources. The indictments...
U.N. COURT TO ISRAEL: RAZE FENCE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe World Court yesterday declared Israel's anti-terror fence along the West Bank to be illegal and demanded it be torn down. But Israeli officials said they would ignore the non-binding...
COLLARS RUN IN FAMILY - COP'S 1ST-DAY BANK BUST
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amRookie Police Officer Bradley Gore's lucky numbers are 1-2-4-6-4. They're not lottery numbers, they're the numbers on the shield that belonged to his grandfather, his uncle - and now him....
SHEIK'S LYING AIDE GETS MAX
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe driver of an alleged terror financier was hammered with the maximum prison term for lying to the feds after a Brooklyn federal judge found he had concocted his fibs...
TATTOOED ANGIE'S THAI OF THE TIGER
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amAngelina Jolie has a tiger on her tail. The lush-lipped actress shows no signs of pain as renowned Thai tattoo artist Sompong Kanphai (above) inks a ferocious feline (right) on...
'ROID RAGE ROLLS ON ; CASTS SHADOW ON TRACK TRIALS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Marion Jones is running from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Chryste Gaines is running to the Court of Arbitration for Sports. Two-time Olympic champ Gail Devers, Torri Edwards...
TOT DEATH PLUNGE; BOY, 3, PLAYING WITH AC FALLS FROM MIDTOWN APT.
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA 3-year-old boy lost a short battle for his life last night after tragically falling four stories out of his family's Midtown apartment, police sources said. The toddler - whose...
NO MOVEMENT IN B'WAY TALKS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amContract talks between Broadway actors and producers ended yesterday with no resolution with both sides making what each side calls a "final offer." Actor's Equity has not authorized a strike...
2ND 'SPURNED LOVER' FIREBOMBING
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man threw a firebomb at the Freeport home of a girlfriend who dumped him - in an attack eerily reminiscent of a fatal firebombing that took place...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amYou've heard of restaurants with blue-plate specials. Well, Gary's Uptown Restaurant Bar in Lodi, Calif., has a bald-pate special. On Wednesdays, customers are charged according to the amount of hair...
JUDGE GIVES GABBY JACKO A WHACKO
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - A judge rebuked alleged child molester Michael Jackson yesterday for violating a gag order when the singer commented recently on an embarrassing 1994 civil settlement with...
DEMS' @#%! COVER-UP ; KERRY HIDES VID OF FILTHY WHOOPI
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush's campaign yesterday demanded that John Kerry release the full video of his New York fund-raiser, where Whoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant that turned Bush's name into a...
SENATE SLAMS CIA ; WMD PROBERS BLINDED BY 'GROUP THINK': REPORT
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - CIA intelligence analysts were crippled by a rigid "group think" mentality that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, skewing their conclusions and propelling the United States to war,...
GUN HORSEPLAY KILLS MAN IN HARLEM APT.
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amHorseplay with a gun apparently led to the death of a 20-year-old man, who was shot as he and some pals passed the weapon around in a Harlem apartment, cops...
TORCH SLAYING IN BROOKLYN DRUG DEN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amTwo drug dealers in a Brooklyn dope den poured gasoline on a fellow druggie and set him on fire early yesterday, killing him and sending three others to the hospital,...
THE SENATE INTEL REPORT: SO MUCH FOR 'BUSH LIED'
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Senate Intelligence Committee report on the intelligence failures governing run-up to the Iraq war is a devastating document - for those who might have thought the sole reason to...
B'KLYN POL DEMANDS NEW ARENA $$ STUDY
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amTo clear the smoke from dueling studies of the planned NBA arena in Brooklyn, a city lawmaker wants an independent fiscal watchdog to referee. Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) wrote a...
U.N. COURT TO ISRAEL:RAZE FENCE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe World Court yesterday declared Israel's anti-terror fence along the West Bank to be illegal and demanded it be torn down. But Israeli officials said they would ignore the nonbinding...
UNSUITABLE PRANK; WOMAN LOSES COURT CASE OVER DOC'S 'PERV' NOTE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a woman who says she lost her job because of a demented doctor's perverted prescription. While Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Sherry...
KIN'S TEARS IN VACATION SLAY
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amFriends and family gathered in The Bronx yesterday to remember a New York man slain on vacation in the Dominican Republic, possibly by his own brother-in-law. Harry Sanabria, an Air...
MY POTHEAD PETS ; CANNIBAL: CRITTERS CRAVED CANNABIS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe notorious Butcher of Tompkins Square was a real cut-up in court yesterday, leaving jurors in stitches with his fond memories of his marijuana-loving menagerie of house pets. His dog,...
BUSH KICKS MASS. OVER GAY MARRIAGE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amOn a rural bus tour, President Bush yesterday pointed to Democratic challenger John Kerry's home state of Massachusetts to explain why he backs a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage....
MARINE TALE LOOKING MORE PHONY
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun is believed to have made phone calls during the period he went missing in Iraq - raising serious doubts among investigators about whether...
'LYING' RAP VS. POLICE ; DRIVER: I WAS BEATEN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThree Brooklyn cops who reported that an African immigrant attacked them while being issued a traffic ticket have been indicted for perjury and assault, according to law-enforcement sources. The indictments...
SCHOOLS 'SCORECARD' BIG SHOT SKIPPING OUT
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's education-accountability guru is stepping down after less than a year on the job, officials said yesterday. Jim Sailer, head of the school-based Accountability Initiative, is leaving to take...
FORBES BIG WHACKED ; GUNMEN AMBUSH MAG'S MAN IN MOSCOW
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition was gunned down execution-style in Moscow yesterday, the magazine said. New Yorker Paul Klebnikov, 41, was shot four times in the head as...
MARTHA: TREAT ME SPECIAL
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amFirst Martha Stewart was convicted of bending the rules to make money; now, she wants a judge to ignore the rules that will decide her prison sentence. With the domestic...
FIX-UP CLOSES SUBWAY STATION
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amBronx subway riders who take the Nos. 2 and 5 trains will have to do without the Freeman Street station for three months starting today because of a massive rehabilitation...
CRAZED COURTNEY; CRIES OF 'ABORTION' AS SHE'S HAULED TO HOSP
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA weeping and cursing Courtney Love was rushed from her SoHo apartment to a hospital wearing a camisole and handcuffs yesterday on her 40th birthday, after telling cops she had...
IT'S TIME TO CLEAN UP ; BANNING ALL CHEATERS POSITIVE MOVE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - Marion Jones was married to one red-handed steroid cheat, C.J. Hunter. She has been coached both by Charlie Francis, the coach who gave the stuff to the disgraced...
FORBES BIG WHACKED; GUNMEN AMBUSH MAG'S MAN IN MOSCOW
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition was gunned down execution-style in Moscow yesterday, the magazine said. New Yorker Paul Klebnikov, 41, was shot four times in the head as...
SON OF SAM PRAYING FOR PATAKI
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Denied parole last month, Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz says he has been spending his time praying for the families of his victims, American troops in...
DEMS' @#%! COVER-UP ; KERRY HIDES VIDOF FILTHY WHOOPI
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush's campaign yesterday demanded that John Kerry release the full video of his New York fund-raiser, where Whoopi Goldberg delivered an X-rated rant that turned Bush's name into a...
3RD-GENERATION COP COMES IN LIKE GANGBUSTERS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amRookie Police Officer Bradley Gore's lucky numbers are 1-2-4-6-4. They're not lottery numbers, they're the numbers on the shield that belonged to his grandfather, his uncle - and now him....
FEDS OGLING SCORES FOR $HENANIGANS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe accounting practices of the parent company of Manhattan mecca Scores are being scrutinized as part of a grand-jury probe, it was reported yesterday. In a U.S. Securities and Exchange...
FIRE TRUCK HITS SUV IN BRONX
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA fire truck and an SUV crashed into each other at a Bronx intersection this morning leaving one person from the SUV clinging to life, cops and fire officials said....
WHAT A RELIEF! QUANTRILL, RIVERA HOLD OFF D-RAYS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5Devil Rays 4 On a night when relievers proved so critical, Mariano Rivera wasn't the best of the Yankee bunch. Rivera turned out to be subpar after Paul Quantrill...
JASON SAYS HE'S FULLY DE-BUGGED
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi is off antibiotics, and tests indicate his parasite has been killed. The Yankee first baseman arrived in the clubhouse in an upbeat mood yesterday and pronounced...
METS USE TY TO CATCH MARLINS: WIGGINGTON HAS THE WRIGHT STUFF
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMets 6 Marlins 3 MIAMI - Two things seem to be constant in the Mets' world these days: David Wright keeps pounding the ball in the minors, and trade rumors...
SHAQ-TO-MIAMI TALKS HEAT-ING UP
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amShaquille O'Neal's representatives will meet today with Heat boss Pat Riley in an attempt to pave the way to a trade with the Lakers, The Post has learned. The deal...
NUGGETS MAY SNUB KENYON
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amA healthy dash of intrigue was injected into the Kenyon Martin Sweepstakes last night when indications arrived that Denver might not even make an offer to the free-agent forward, fearing...
KENYON SOAP OPERA IN HIGH GEAR
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amEverybody waited. They waited in Atlanta to see if Kenyon Martin would accept the Hawks' reported offer of a six-year, $85 million contract. Martin waited and hoped for the Nuggets...
DOUGLAS MAY HEAD PSAL
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe PSAL will have a new director in September and there's a good chance it will be Donald Douglas. "He's up for the position," said Martin Oestreicher, the Chief Executive...
SILVER TREE LOOKS TOUGH IN POKER
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amWhat does today's Grade 3, $100,000 Poker Handicap over the Widener turf course at Belmont Park have to do with Smarty Jones? Just the fact that six years ago, the...
JOSE MAKES METS A DIFFERENT TEAM - REBOUNDING REYES FINDING HIS STROKE
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMIAMI - The last time wasn't so kind. Not for the Mets. Not in Pro Player Stadium. No, the last time the Mets came to visit the World Champion Marlins,...
BEST SHOT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO - The math doesn't add up. One of the premier U.S. shot putters will not end up in Athens this summer. The U.S. has four of the top shot...
SMOKUME TAKES OSYGIAN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amSmokume came with a wide move on the turn to run past Quick Action and win the Ogygian by 31/4 lengths under Shannon Uske for Hall of Fame trainer Allen...
METROS FACING MUST-WIN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amNot all games are created equal. And with the MetroStars having fallen out of first place in the MLS Eastern Conference with three straight losses, today's 4 p.m. tilt versus...
'WE NEED RANDY' - RIVERA MAKES PITCH FOR YANKS TO GET UNIT
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amRandy Johnson reportedly wants out of Arizona, and George Steinbrenner already has said the Yankees would love to have him. Yesterday afternoon, Mariano Rivera seconded the Boss' notion. The Yankee...
BENSON STILL MAIN TARGET FOR PITCHING
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - The Mets remain very interested in Pittsburgh pitcher Kris Benson, and the Pirates do like Ty Wigginton. A deal involving those two players eventually could happen,...
MC'S MCALARNEY MAKING POINTS AT ABCD CAMP
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amKyle McAlarney has heard people say many times that Staten Island is virtually barren of basketball talent. All the top New York City players, the thinking goes, play in the...
LIBERTY WON'T FRETT AS LA'KEISHIA JOINS IN
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amIn the aftermath of Thursday's 71-54 Garden loss to Washington in which the Liberty fielded only eight players, GM Carol Blazejowski signed forward La'Keishia Frett to a seven-day contract yesterday....
VIN HAS SURGERY ON HEART
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amKnick free agent Vin Baker recently underwent heart surgery to correct a rapid beat that apparently had been misdiagnosed for years, multiple sources told The Post. The recent procedure has...
MO: WE NEED RANDY ; WANTS YANKS TO MAKE BIG PITCH FOR UNIT
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amRandy Johnson reportedly wants out of Arizona, and George Steinbrenner already has said the Yankees would love to have him. Now, Mariano Rivera, the Yankees' closer and one of the...
RED-HOT 3B STILL TRADE BAIT FOR BENSON
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mets 6 Marlins 3 MIAMI - The Mets remain interested in Pittsburgh pitcher Kris Benson, and Pittsburgh remains interested in hot-hitting Ty Wigginton. A deal involving those two...
METS USE TY TO CATCH MARLINS ; WIGGINTON HAS THE WRIGHT STUFF
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amMets 6Marlins 3 MIAMI - Two things seem to be constant in the Mets' world these days: David Wright keeps pounding the ball in the minors, and trade rumors keep...
WHAT A RELIEF! RIVERA, QUANTRILL STOP D-RAYS
July 10, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5Devil Rays 4 On a night when relievers proved to be so vital, Mariano Rivera overcame his own subpar outing during a riveting ninth as the Yankees held on...