July 12, 2005
BAD DREAMWORKS - MOVIE STUDIO FACES TRIPLE WHAMMY OF GRIM NEWS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDreamWorks Animation's short life as a public company has been nothing short of a nightmare. Yesterday the company announced a triple dose of bad news: Its quarterly earnings will be...
$47M GOLDEN BOY - MORGAN EXEC SNAGS BUNDLE AFTER 3 MOS. AS PREZ
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amAt 41, baby-faced banker Stephen Crawford is getting a windfall $47 million as he dismounts from his three-month ride in the crowded president's saddle at Morgan Stanley. Crawford was thrust...
BID SOFTENS; WPT OFF 12%
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amInvestors are betting that Doyle Brunson is bluffing. The poker icon's move to purchase the producer of the World Poker Tour for $700 million cash lost some steam yesterday after...
FIDELITY BUMPS TRADER DESANO
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amFidelity Investments' stock-trading boss got rocked and rolled yesterday, weeks after it was learned the company's traders were under investigation for allegedly accepting sex and drugs in return for business....
HU$H MONEY - EXECS QUIETLY PAYING IRS $500M IN OPTION CASE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amScores of top executives snared by tax officials for cheating on their fat stock options have agreed in a mass settlement to fork over more than $500 million to avoid...
RALPH LAUREN SCORES EYE-POPPING PAY INCREASE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amRalph Lauren earned $19.4 million last year, a 47 percent increase over the prior year, making him one of the highest-paid executives in fashion. Lauren, the founder and chief executive...
LAUREN GETS 47% PAY HIKE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amRalph Lauren earned $19.4 million last year, a 47 percent increase over the prior year, making him one of the highest-paid executives in fashion. Lauren, the founder and chief executive...
POOR SALES PUT FORTUNOFF DEAL IN JEOPARDY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe closing of a deal to sell Fortunoff to a team of private equity investors has been delayed by lower than expected sales at the retailer, The Post has learned....
A HOT IDEA FOR COOLING OFF THE HOUSING MARKET
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amHERE's what I think should be done to slow the dangerously swift appreciation in home prices: find other attractive ways for people to use their money. I'll have a specific...
BIGWIG AT FIDO MOVED
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amFidelity Investments' stock-trading boss got rocked and rolled yesterday, weeks after it was learned the company's traders were under investigation for allegedly accepting sex and drugs in return for business....
'PRIMO' IS PRIME QUALITY - A SHER SENSATION IN HOLOCAUST DRAMA
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amIN every way - as a human document, as a theatrical statement, as a piece of indelibly powerful acting - Sir Antony Sher makes "Primo" an extraordinary experience. Opening last...
SINGULAR SENSATIONS IN THE RUNNING
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amJUST last year, Fountains of Wayne made big pop news with the surprise hit "Stacy's Mom." Now they're being called one-hit wonders. Remember the Donnas? They're the California girl band...
'TERRORIST' WRESTLES AFTER BOMBING
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amUPN's "Smackdown" aired what appeared to be terror-themed hijinks last Thursday - the same day as terrorist bombings in London killed more than 50 people. The sketch was edited out...
SPACE RACE - NEWS SHOWS CLAMOR TO COVER LIFTOFF
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNASA'S first Shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster will be widely covered tomorrow on broadcast and cable. Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to lift off at 3:51 p.m. tomorrow from...
'SCRUBS' GETS LIFE SUPPORT
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE "Scrubs" crew will find a second life on Comedy Central - which will begin airing repeats of the NBC comedy in Fall 2006. The show, which premiered in 2001,...
LOVE, REALITY STYLE IN PARIS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amBY this time next year, "The Bachelor" will have always had Paris. The perennial ABC reality show, now heading into its eighth edition, is shifting its production to Paris for...
WILD LIFE - THERE'LL BE NO S'MORES AT THIS 'CAMP' FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amIT was inevitable that reality TV would eventually slide down the same slippery slope as daytime TV. Once reality TV stopped focusing on contests and started focusing on horrifying, low-rent...
STARR REPORT
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDolans exiting CNN Ken and Daria Dolan are on their way out at CNN. The married couple, who dispense financial advice on the Saturday-morning "Dolans Unscripted," still have a few...
JEANS ON THE RISE - 'PLUMBER'S BUTT' JEANS GET FLUSHED; SAYING NO TO CRACK
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amACTRESS Parker Posey breezed into Factory PR's fashion showroom recently in search of new jeans - but not low-risers. "I can't take low-rise jeans anymore," the statuesque brunette complained to...
BOAT SPURS SCARE AT G.W. BRIDGE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA terror scare sent hundreds of cops to the George Washington Bridge last night after police were told two Arab men in a small boat appeared to be taking pictures...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amCall this guy Houdini. A vandalism suspect, handcuffed behind his back, stunned cops in Highland Park, Mich., when he managed to drive their patrol car away and escape. He's still...
DEATH SETTLES GRAVE CHARGES
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amBusinessman Donald Death Jr., who stole a fortune from a Long Island cemetery and used it to enjoy the good life, yesterday avoided jail as part of a plea deal....
LET MY PEOPLE GROW - ISRAEL JEWS TO TOP U.S. NUMBER
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amIsrael will surge past the United States next year and have the largest Jewish population in the world for the first time, according to a report released yesterday. The 5.24...
MORE TEENS SLAP 'COACH SPANKY'
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe Staten Island hoops coach busted last week for allegedly spanking a teen with a pingpong paddle may have done the same to a number of others, sources said yesterday....
A VISIONARY BIZMAN - HIRES BLIND TO MAKE UNIFORMS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amRichard Bland's Brooklyn factory, where most of the workers are legally blind or only partially sighted, makes U.S. Army and Air Force uniform pants that require dozens of different sewing-machine...
PRESIDENT BUSH YESTERDAY SAID BRITAIN'S STRENGTH ...
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said Britain's strength and resolve after last week's "evil" bomb attacks in London show that the terrorists can't win, because the free world "will not...
CAB RIDE TURNED INTO SEX-ATTACK NIGHTMARE, STEWARDESS TELLS JURY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA former airline flight attendant broke down in tears yesterday as she recalled for a Queens jury how two cops "yanked" her out from underneath a would-be rapist just in...
KIN RESCUED IN DOWNTOWN FIRE DRAMA
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThree residents of a Lower East Side apartment were rescued last night by firefighters who found them unconscious and huddled together in the back room of their burning apartment. The...
BRONX FAMILY'S HOPE IS DASHED - NO CHANCE MICHAEL SURVIVED, COPS SAY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe family of a Bronx man missing in London since last Thursday's terror attacks have been told by police "there is no hope that he is alive," a family spokesperson...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A male teen was sexually assaulted by a homeless man in Brownsville last night, police said. The 19-year-old victim was in front of a building in on Amboy...
GOP HITS HILL FOR 'MAD' SLUR
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday blasted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for ridiculing President Bush by comparing him to Mad magazine's mindlessly goofy Alfred E. Neuman, known for his trademark line of...
SLURPEE BIRTHDAY! - SLUSHY ICON COMES TO MANHATTAN FOR ITS 40TH
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amQuestion: What's 40 years old and just as sweet and icy as the day as it was born? Answer: A Slurpee! The famed hot-weather treat celebrated the big 4-0 yesterday...
SCANDAL IMPLOSION - ROVE DIDN'T EXPOSE SPY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amI WROTE a column on Oct. 10, 2003, about the strange case of Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame. Wilson was the former ambassador sent by the CIA to investigate whether...
TRUMP: 'STUPID' PARTNERS SOLD ME UP THE RIVER IN $1.76B LAND DEAL
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDonald Trump is fired up over the low sales price negotiated by his partners for his Upper West Side property - Manhattan's largest undeveloped site slated for residential use. Now...
COP-TO-BE NAILS 'THUG'
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amAnthony Napolitano became a hero cop - even before he officially became a cop - when he saved a Staten Island woman yesterday from a robber wielding a boxcutter, police...
TOUR DE NYC - RECORD NUMBER OF SUMMER VISITORS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City is expected to welcome a record number of tourists this summer, thanks to the low dollar and the low crime rate, officials said yesterday. "More people will...
TEEN INDICTED IN IPOD MURDER
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen was indicted for murdering a 15-year-old who refused to hand over an iPod, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said yesterday. A grand jury voted Thursday to hand...
A MODEL MEMORIAL - 9/11 KIN: FOLLOW BRITISH EXAMPLE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amFamily members of 9/11 victims yesterday urged Ground Zero officials to follow Britain's example by refusing to permit cultural displays or political debates at the memorial site. During an emotional...
PIRRO WANTS CAPITOL ACTION TO KEEP SEX THREATS IN JAIL
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro urged Gov. Pataki yesterday to call a special session of the Legislature to pass a "civil commitment" law to keep high-risk sex...
AMERICAN 'IDLE' - WORKERS WASTING 2 HRS./DAY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTime's a wastin' at offices across America - with workers frittering away more than two hours a day on the job, a new survey reveals. And the biggest reason for...
'HANG' BRO HAUNTED - CAN'T SHAKE SIGHT OF SISTER'S SUICIDE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amRoger Carrion will be forever haunted by the sight of his beloved kid sister hanging in the bathroom of their family's Brooklyn home. "It's a picture that will stay in...
HEROIC SEAL DIED 'DOING WHAT HE LOVED'
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe brokenhearted fiancée of a heroic Navy SEAL from Long Island, killed while carrying out a highly dangerous mission in Afghanistan, said yesterday that it gave her comfort "that he...
DOCTORS' RX FOR MIKE IS A HIGH 5 IN ANY LANGUAGE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg got endorsed yesterday - in five languages. Standing outside Harlem Hospital, five members of the Doctors' Union backed the mayor, each in his native tongue. The Bloomberg campaign...
HURRICANE HARRY POTTER STORMS CITY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe first batches of the new Harry Potter book arrived in the Big Apple yesterday - but you'll have to be a wizard to score one before this weekend. Under...
TEACH FLUNK FUNK - MORE ARE FAILING
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNearly 1,000 public-school teachers have been given failing grades on their report cards this year, a 46 percent jump over last year and the highest number in recent memory, according...
FDNY CAPT. BOMBS - SUSPENDED FOR BLUNDER
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens fire captain was suspended yesterday after admitting he broke protocol and brought a pipe bomb back to his firehouse instead of calling the cops, officials said. Capt. James...
MAYOR SIGNS PET-PROTECT LAW
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amThe so-called "Jazzy's Law," inspired by the death of Post columnist Cindy Adams' Yorkshire terrier, was signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. The bill requires pet owners to show...
DOC KNOCKS IMUS IN SUIT - FILTHY-MOUTHED JOCK IN RANCH RANT
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA renowned cancer doctor says an armed Don Imus branded him an "arrogant son of a bitch" - and far, far worse - in front of dozens of sick kids...
CELLPHONE SERVICE IS RESTORED IN TUNNELS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amCellphone service was turned back on in two East River tunnels yesterday - five days after it was abruptly disconnected because of fears the devices could be used to trigger...
BIAS VICTIM SHOCK - PAL CHASED BY HOWARD BEACH THUGS NAILED IN GUN ROB
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA pal who was chased with the Howard Beach beating victim during an alleged racial attack has been busted for robbing a terrified teen at gunpoint, cops said yesterday. Richard...
CITY LETS DEADBEAT DADS SKIP $10.6M
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDeadbeat dads stiffed their kids out of a staggering $10.6 million because lazy city investigators failed to track them down, a scathing audit released yesterday charged. Estimating that there are...
APPLE'S N.J. 'BURB IN TOP 10 FOR THE SWEET LIFE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amBig Apple suburb Chatham, N.J., was declared one of the 10 best places to live, according to Money magazine, which named 15 tri-state cities to its list. Chatham finished ninth...
MTA REVEALS GRAND CENTRAL TOXIN DETECTOR
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amGrand Central Terminal is wired with sensors to sniff out deadly biological and chemical agents, MTA officials revealed yesterday. The sensors, which continuously suck in air and analyze it, are...
FINANCE GROUP SUES JACKO TO TUNE OF $48M
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amIf Michael Jackson has any money left from his kiddie-sex defense, he may have to fork it over to a financial-advisory group that claims it's owed $48 million for bailing...
CELLS ON - & OFF - TUNNEL CONFUSION
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amCellphone service was turned back on in two East River tunnels yesterday - after Mayor Bloomberg questioned whether cutting it off "makes the most sense." Cellphone service remained severed in...
REELING FIELDS' LATEST FLIERS REAL CHEAPIES
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTrying to bounce back from her campaign flier debacle last week, Virginia Fields campaigned at the Utica Avenue subway stop in Crown Heights yesterday - where she passed out new...
TRUMP IN '$1B' SUIT VS. PARTNERS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDonald Trump is so fired up over the low sales price negotiated by his partners for his Upper West Side property, he's suing them for up to $1 billion. "The...
STAY AWAY, USAF FLIERS ORDERED
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amAmerican airmen and their families stationed at two bases in England have been ordered to stay away from central London in the wake of the terror bombings - and the...
FAILING TEACHERS SKYROCKET BY 46%
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNearly 1,000 public-school teachers have been given failing grades on their report cards this year - a 46 percent jump over last year and the highest number in recent memory,...
CITY LETS DEADBEAT DADS SKIP $10.6 MIL
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDeadbeat dads stiffed their kids out of a staggering $10.6 million because lazy city investigators failed to track them down, a scathing audit released yesterday charged. Estimating that there are...
'HANG' BRO HAUNTED - WITNESSED SIS' SUICIDE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amRoger Carrion will be forever haunted by the sight of his beloved kid sister hanging in the bathroom of their family's Brooklyn home. "It's a picture that will stay in...
MIKE OKS JAZZY'S LAW FOR PETS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amJazzy's Law, inspired by the death of Post columnist Cindy Adams' Yorkshire terrier, was signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. "This is a commonsense measure that will help ensure...
HATE-CRIME RAP IN L.I. ATTACK
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTwo men were charged with a hate crime yesterday for attacking a Long Island woman, who is Mexican, in a parking lot, Suffolk County Police said. Dylan Jewell, 17, and...
HOMELESS MAN RAPES YOUTH: COPS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amA 19-year-old man was sexually assaulted by a homeless man in Brooklyn last night, police said. The victim was standing in front of a building on Amboy Street in Brownsville...
2 STABBINGS JOLT UPPER EAST SIDE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTwo stabbings - involving homeless men and apparent gang members - played out on the normally placid streets of the Upper East Side yesterday evening. The first took place at...
GOP 'MAD' AS HELL AT HILLARY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday blasted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for ridiculing President Bush by comparing him to Mad magazine's mindlessly goofy Alfred E. Neuman, known for his trademark line of...
SENSORS SNIFF OUT BIO-TERROR
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amMTA security officials confirmed yesterday that Grand Central Terminal is wired with sensors that can sniff out deadly biological and chemical weapon agents. The sensors - which continuously suck in...
BOBBY SOCKER - ABREU SHATTERS HR DERBY MARK
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - Many players can't smash 24 homers in a season. The Phillies' Bob Abreu kicked off last night's Home Run Derby with that many in approximately 20 minutes. Abreu...
BROWN'S ON FIRING LINE - KNICKS POISED TO POUNCE AS ANGRY PISTON OWNER MULLS AX
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Has Larry Brown's manipulation made Bill Davidson mad enough to write off his championship coach (1-for-2 in two trips to the Finals) and $18 million? That's the...
WORLD OF DISCONTENT - SURLY SHEFFIELD WON'T CLAP ABOUT CLASSIC
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - If they ain't paying, Sheff ain't playing - for his country, that is. Hours after a worldwide contingent of pooh-bahs announced plans for the inaugural World Baseball Classic...
STARS STILL SPARKLING FOR PIAZZA
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - Mike Piazza was the NL MVP of the 1996 All-Star Game in his Philadelphia homecoming at the Vet, which is no more. You know you are getting old...
TONY AWARDS - LA RUSSA'S CARDS JOIN SOX ON STAGE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - Most of us know the outcome of the All-Star Game affects home-field advantage for the World Series. It counts, but does it matter? Tony La Russa, for one,...
HAMMON PUTS LIBS ON TRACK
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amAfter the Liberty had dropped two straight games shortly before last weekend's WNBA All-Star Game, head coach Pat Coyle repeatedly ripped into her team, citing its lack of effort. Perhaps...
NETS & SHAREEF PLAY WAIT GAME
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amIt's not quite the "chicken or egg" dilemma, but it could be as puzzling to resolve. The Nets want Shareef Abdur-Rahim to signal a commitment to them. The free-agent forward...
NEW POLL NO CURE FOR BCS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amTHE BCS had two chances to make its controversial system better and came up lame in both cases yesterday. Instead of instituting a new poll that will require its members...
BROWN-TO-N.Y. ALL WET: WIFE
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Shelly Brown, wife of Larry, denied again yesterday that her husband plans to coach the Knicks next year - saying her husband will coach the Pistons even...
ALL'S NOT WRIGHT WITH JERSEY'S PICK
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK LAS VEGAS - Net President Rod Thorn arrived in town only yesterday, so he didn't have to witness his first-round pick, Antoine Wright, enduring shooting troubles in the first...
PLAYERS THINK DETROIT'S ALL-STAR GAME FESTIVITIES ARE NOT THE SAME WITHOUT JETER
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - Johnny Damon knows strange. Just look at him. He was one of many All-Stars yesterday who said it was weird not to see Derek Jeter at the All-Star...
BALLER OF THE WEEK: " THE FRANCHISE"
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Strickland is a veteran of streetball. At 33, he has graduated from a young, chubby, low-post presence called "Baby Panda" to a big man with post-up abilities now known...
ANOTHER FEUD SET FOR FENWAY - SHEFFIELD, BOMBERS WILL HAVE A-ROD'S BACK IN BEANTOWN
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amDETROIT - The Yankees and Red Sox are teammates for one day in tonight's All-Star Game at Comerica Park. Come Thursday in Boston that will all change. The Yankees will...
TORRE EAGER TO WRITE YANKEES' SECOND-HALF STORY
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amJOE TORRE spent most of the first half of the season asking himself the $200 Million Question: Will the Real Yankees please stand up? Now, finally, as the summer race...
ISIAH KEEPING ANTOINE ON KNICK RADAR
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK LAS VEGAS - Certainly the Knicks need a center, but team president Isiah Thomas is hellbent on upgrading his starting powerforward position by acquiring free-agent Antoine Walker. Agent Mark...
ROGERS READY - KENNY WANTS TO PLAY DESPITE BUD'S FEELINGS
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK DETROIT - Kenny Rogers was swarmed by media yesterday in a suburban Ritz-Carlton ballroom, with microphones inches from his face and cameras mere feet away. It was far and...
PLAYERS MAY BE COOLING ON CONTRACT
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amNHL brass may have been a touch annoyed yesterday when it didn't have a deal to bring to its executive committee of owners. The league is said to have been...
FALDO SAYS NICKLAUS CAN CUT IT
July 12, 2005 | 4:00amBRITISH OPEN ST. ANDREWS - Nick Faldo had an up-close-and-personal view of Jack Nicklaus yesterday as the Golden Bear prepared for the British Open, his final major championship in competition....