August 16, 2006
VALUE MAKEOVER - TENANTS FLOCK TO 645 MADISON AVE.
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA $4 million reposition ing of 645 Madison Ave. has lured a handful of hedge funds and high-profile tenants to hand over $100 or more a foot for a spot...
BURNETT GOT SWEETHEART DEAL ON MARTHA STOCK
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia gave reality television king Mark Burnett the chance to buy $14 million worth of stock at a deep discount to keep him as a producer for...
GOOGLE'S VERBIAGE: YOU'RE OFF THE MARK
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amWould they feel better if we Yahooed instead? With the word "Google" hitting the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary this summer, the search engine company wants to make sure people don't confuse...
BOTCHED SALE COSTS GOLDMAN $20M
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe failure of Jones Apparel Group to find a buyer after a months-long auction process deals a huge blow to the company's advisers including Goldman Sachs - the top dealmaker...
OFF THE RACK - JONES AUCTION FAILS; CEO ON THE ROPES
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amWorried that a sagging stock price would invite unwanted attention from shareholder activists, the Jones Apparel Group sought advice last fall from Goldman Sachs, according to people familiar with the...
I GOT YOU, DAVE - HASSELHOFF WON'T BE LEAVING 'TALENT,' SAYS BOSS SIMON
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amNO one is more shocked than Simon Cowell that the NBC summer variety show "America's Got Talent" turned out to be a hit. And he's the show's creator. "To be...
'30 ROCK' CAST OFF
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amFORMER "SNL"er Rachel Dratch has lost a piece of the "Rock." Dratch, who was originally scheduled to be a regular on Tina Fey's fall sitcom, "30 Rock," will now appear...
SING ALONG WITH XENA
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amSIMON Cowell has gotten them all for a song. WWE's Chris Jericho, Cheech Marin, Lucy "Xena" Lawless and Olympic gold- medalist Carly Patterson are among those who'll croon on "Celebrity...
REVIVED, RESTED AND READY TO SHOCK B'WAY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amKIKI & HERB: ALIVE ON BROADWAY (three and a half stars)Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue; (212) 944-9450. Through Sept. 10. THEY'RE not dead...
GREASE & DESIST; COMPOSER CLAIMS PAL STOLE IDEA FOR SHOW
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amAH, the theater, where treachery is sweetly done. Andrew Lloyd Webber is at war with a prominent London producer who, the legendary theater composer believes, made off with his idea...
BALLGIRLS - HOW BASEBALL 'ANNIES' HUNT FOR BIG GAME - PLAYING THE FIELD
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amNOT since "Bull Durham" has the baseball groupie had such a moment - thanks to the exploits of soon-to-be-divorced Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, caught in the midst of two...
AMALIA DRAWS NIGHT VISITORS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amTURBAN-topped hotelier Vikram Chatwal is bringing a huge 8,000square-foot restaurant and lounge to the North Times Square area. The new venture, Amalia, will open in a former carriage house space...
TONGUE THAI'D - DESIGN ECLIPSES FOOD ON PLANET MANHATTAN
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amWHEN Planet Thailand owner Anna Pop brought her wildly successful Williamsburg operation to West 24th Street a few months ago, everyone hoped it would break with Manhattan's tedious takeout-anddelivery Thai...
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES!
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amHE'S the tomato guru to the stars - star chefs, that is. This time of year, the people behind New York's trendiest restaurants line up to talk to Tim Stark,...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - GETTING OFF THE GROUND
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amEver wonder how a big metal airplane shares space with the sparrows? Read on to see how these winged marvels make it in the air. Man envied the birds for...
STARR REPORT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amEllen DeGeneres will be here Monday, Aug. 28 to tape an episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in Central Park (the episode airs Sept. 4) with guest Justin Timberlake. Ellentv.com...
RAG LOVERS 'RUN' WILD
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amTURNS out there may have been some sex on the set of "Project Runway" after all. In an interview posted yesterday on the Bravo Web site, network program exec Andy...
'RAYMOND' BRO'S SECRET SPLIT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBRAD Garrett has been separated from his wife since April, but has only recently told his parents, co-workers and close friends. The comedy giant (he's 6' 8 1/2" tall) revealed...
HIT AND RUN IN B'KLYN - 'DAZED' WOMAN KILLED
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman was struck and killed crossing the street last night by a hit-and-run driver who sent her flying nearly 20 feet, police and witnesses said. The 50-year-old victim,...
HS KIDS' TIRELESS GUIDING LIGHT - COUNSELOR GOES EXTRA MILE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amDiane Bailey's son is heading to college this fall and her heart was set on "buying a trophy" for the high-school guidance counselor who helped put his feet on the...
BENEFITS OF VEGGIES EASY TO SEE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amMom always told you that if you eat your carrots, it'll help you see better. But now new medical research reveals certain other veggies can protect your eyesight later in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A teenager menaced his mom and kid brother in separate incidents at their Bay Ridge home, authorities said yesterday. About 11:30 a.m. on July 28 Ricardo Pacheco, 17,...
CH. 4 TO AIR NYC SHOWS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amDaytime viewers who tune to Channel 4 next month are in for a surprise - they'll be able to watch local programs produced by the city's own TV station. The...
TOP GEN. ADMITS TO SUSPICIOUS STOCK SALE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's armed-forces chief admitted yesterday that he sold his entire stock portfolio three hours after the border attack that launched the Lebanese war. But Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz...
LIGHT SHED ON BRONX BLACKOUT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA defective overhead cable was blamed for a 31/2-hour blackout in The Bronx yesterday morning. Most of Eastchester was knocked off Con Ed's grid when the cable went out around...
MIKE GIVES $125M TO MAKE WORLD CIG-FREE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amFour years after imposing one of the toughest smoking bans in the nation, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday that he's donating $125 million over two years to take on the tobacco...
600 MOURN SLAIN TEENAGER - SHOT DEAD BY FATHER OF ANOTHER BOY: COPS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amTearful friends and family gathered yesterday to bid farewell to a Long Island teen who was gunned down in a driveway - allegedly by the father of a rival he...
W.'S ALERT: 'ENEMY ONLY HAS TO BE RIGHT ONCE'
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush vowed yesterday that the feds will do "everything in our power" to protect the homeland, but warned the foiled British plot to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners...
DIG STARTS AT WTC SHRINE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amDespite still needing to raise more than $170 million to complete the project, construction workers finally began building the World Trade Center memorial yesterday. WTC Memorial Foundation officials confirmed to...
STATE POL 'GONE' TO THE RACES
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA high-ranking state official abruptly resigned yesterday amid allegations that he was involved in an altercation at a posh Saratoga Race Course nightclub last week, The Post has learned. Ralph...
BRIT 'BABY BOMB' BEASTS - PLOT TO BLOW UP OWN CHILD & JET
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThese are the fanatical young British parents who planned to sacrifice their own precious baby in the evil cause of mass murder. Abdula Ahmed Ali, 25, and his wife, Cossor,...
'KILLER' MOM'S ANGER ISSUES
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA teenage mother accused of beating her 3-year-old daughter to death told cops she routinely hit the little girl and has "anger-management issues," according to court papers. Jessica Rosado, who...
'SNITCHING' IS CRIME SOLVER
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBrooklyn lawmakers yesterday praised the NYPD's swift arrest in the murder of a churchgoing great-grandmother, and the public was urged to ditch the "don't snitch" street credo and help cops...
COLLEGE IS IN THE CARDS - L.I. GAL HITS $1M BLACKJACK LOTTERY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amSay goodbye to student loans. A $1 million lottery win for Ashley Ploneis, 20, of Selden, L.I., has wiped the financial slate clean for the information technology student, clearing the...
CANCER OP FOR 'BRIBE' JUDGE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBeleaguered Brooklyn judge Gerald Garson, who resigned from the bench in 2004, will undergo cancer surgery at the end of the month. His lawyers say that because of the operation...
BUBBA'S BLUES OVER THE BIG 6-OH - BILL TURNING INTO GRUMPY OLD MAN
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe big 6-0 is fast approaching and Bill Clinton says he hates it - man, does he hate it. Once, the nation's 42nd president was the youngest person in the...
NO STOPPING 'COP KILLER'
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBoozed up on rum and Cokes, the motorist accused of fatally mowing down an off-duty cop made no attempt to stop, even with the officer's motorcycle wedged beneath his SUV,...
BLOOMY $ICK OF 9/11 BILLS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amSick Ground Zero workers shouldn't be treated better than responders who become ill as a result of other disasters, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The disparity in benefits is his latest...
NO-ACCOUNT CROOK SENTENCED
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA thieving bookkeeper with three embezzlement convictions under his belt - including one for stealing from the Salvation Army - was sentenced to up to seven years prison yesterday by...
EMPIRE ST. JUMPER IN COURT FLOP
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe daredevil who almost jumped off the Empire State Building almost jumped bail yesterday. Jumping Jeb Corliss was six hours late for his scheduled appearance in Manhattan court, where he's...
TEEN'S VANISH PUZZLE - CONN. KID IN BRONX
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amFederal authorities have convened a grand jury to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a 14-year-old Connecticut girl who was last seen at her cousin's Bronx apartment in July. FBI agents...
POL PITCH FOR 'TEEN' BOOZE LAW
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - A Westchester state senator yesterday said he is drafting two bills designed to curb underage drinking, just days after personally checking out the rowdy Chelsea bar scene last...
IT STINKS: PANIC OVER PASSING GAS - 'TOXIC' FUMES SPREAD
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA potent, noxious gas odor - first noticed in the waters off Bayonne, N.J. - wafted to the shores of Staten Island and Queens yesterday, sickening at least 21 people...
300G IN SCAR BUCKS - SUIT BURNS JAVA GIANT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amNo wonder their drinks cost so much - Starbucks has to pay $300,000 for spilling hot coffee on a Manhattan woman's foot. A jury granted Alice Griffin the venti-sized award...
MA GOTTI: JURIST'S PRUDENT - HAILS MOB-COP JUDGE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe judge in the mob-cop case got some surprise fan mail, thanks to his stunning ruling that overturned the convictions of two disgraced NYPD detectives - a syrupy letter of...
CHASE-SLAY TEEN GUILTY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA baby-faced member of an underage wolf pack of punks who chased an NYU student to his death in Harlem pleaded guilty to felony murder yesterday. Clarence Mayfield, 15, admitted...
DEADLY OVERLOAD - TIRED T'PIKE DRIVER'S RIG TOO HEAVY: COPS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe truck driver who caused the horrific crash that killed four people on the New Jersey Turnpike reportedly may face charges for spending too many hours on the road and...
'SAFE' CALL FOR YANKS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe new Yankee Stadium has begun a new winning tradition. A Manhattan judge yesterday handed the Yankees and their new $950 million stadium a major victory when he denied an...
HARLEM MAN IN TRIPLE-RAPE RAP
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amCops busted a Harlem man for allegedly raping two women and attempting a third attack in upper Manhattan over the past 13 months, police said yesterday. Phillip McKelvey, 41, was...
COLLEGE IN CARDS - GAL HITS $1M BLACKJACK LOTTO
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amSay goodbye to student loans. A $1 million lottery win for Ashley Ploneis, 20, of Selden, L.I., has wiped the financial slate clean for the information technology student, clearing the...
BLAST VICTIM LOWERS THE BOOM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe Hunter College grad seriously injured when a deranged doctor blew up his Manhattan townhouse now wants to inflict a little pain herself. Jennifer Panicali, 22, of Staten Island, yesterday...
REDHEADS A RED-HOT LOT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBlondes may have more fun - but redheads have more sex. That's according to a German researcher, who says redheads not only have the most sex partners, they also spend...
HELL'S SEX FIEND ON CAMERA
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA fiend who sexually assaulted a woman in Hell's Kitchen has been caught on tape. The man was captured on surveillance cameras Sunday when he accosted the 21-year-old woman as...
NEW 9/11 EMERGENCY CALLS BARED TODAY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe city today is releasing more tragic emergency recordings from the Sept. 11 attacks - including 911 calls from 10 victims inside the crumbling World Trade Center towers, other people...
CH. 4 TO AIR NYC TV SHOWS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amDaytime viewers who tune to Channel 4 next month are in for a surprise - they'll be able to watch local programs produced by the city's own TV station. The...
COPPERFIELD'S 'FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH'
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amBelieve a master illusionist at your own risk, but magician David Copperfield says he's found the mythical Fountain of Youth. "I've discovered a true phenomenon," Copperfield, who turns 50 next...
FEDS PROBE CASE OF CONN. GIRL MISSING IN BX.
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amFederal authorities have convened a grand jury to probe the disappearance of a 14-year-old Connecticut girl who was last seen at her cousin's Bronx apartment in July. FBI agents have...
THE 5TH ANNUAL LIBERTY MEDAL AWARDS - OUR SECRET SAMARITANS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amSomeone, somewhere is right now making a difference in a New Yorker's life and we want to know who it is so we can say thanks. We are seeking candidates...
'SHE'LL BE ALONE' - TURNPIKE ORPHAN LIKE MOM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amHeartsick relatives fear little Theresa Christmas, the orphaned Queens 4-year old who survived the horrific New Jersey Turnpike pile-up that killed her parents and baby sister, is doomed to years...
NEW 9/11 CALLS WILL BE HEARD
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe city today is releasing more tragic emergency recordings from the Sept. 11 attacks - including 911 calls from 10 victims inside the crumbling World Trade Center towers, other people...
INJURY STRAINS PERFECT PLANS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amTHE Mets once won a World Series when their best pitcher, a fellow named Tom Seaver, pitched to a less-than-Seaveresque ERA of 4.09 in three postseason games. Seaver was hammered...
RED BULLS PUT STREAK ON THE LINE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe message sent by 79,002 at Giants Stadium was not lost on Bruce Arena, whose first MLS game as Red Bulls coach tonight will draw only a tiny fraction of...
ISLANDERS LAND HILL TO BOOST BLUE LINE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amFew people on the planet know better than Garth Snow how many holes the Islanders' defense corps had going into the summer. The backup goalie-turned-GM continued to bulk up the...
BOATMEN BATTLE FLOUNDER CUTS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amTHE drastic cuts that anglers face for the 2007 summer flounder season have a number of fishing groups leading the charge to find a solution to prevent many in the...
BOOTHE PICKS STORM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amNorm Roberts' attempt to turn around the St. John's program got a shot in the arm yesterday when the Red Storm received a verbal commitment from Christ the King's Malik...
JOMO: JAKE CAN CARRY TIKI'S TORCH
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJoe Morris, the legendary Giants running back, says Tiki Barber isn't getting too old to carry the load for Big Blue anymore. But Morris did say that when the Giants...
NO COACH'S PET - SON-IN-LAW SNEE JUST ANOTHER GIANT
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amALBANY - When Chris Snee went down with an injury to his right knee that at first appeared fairly serious, teammates expressed concern but predicted a quick recovery, based mainly...
JINTS NEED MOSS RX ASAP
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Twice during training camp, coach Tom Coughlin anticipated the return of rookie receiver Sinorice Moss, and both times Moss was unable to make it to the...
WILLIE ON PEDRO: 'NOT CONCERNED' - METS DON'T GIVE OUTLOOK ON CALF INJURY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The report on Pedro Martinez was still undetermined last night. Martinez was in New York yesterday at the Hospital for Special Surgery being examined. Just before game time...
REYES LEADS OFF WITH BANG
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Jose Reyes matched Kazuo Matsui. Actually, Reyes has exceeded Matsui in seemingly everything important. But last night, Reyes tied the former Met for the most leadoff...
NO NEWS ON PEDRO'S CALF
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The report on Pedro Martinez was still undetermined last night. Martinez was in New York yesterday at the Hospital for Special Surgery being examined. Just before...
METS CAN'T PHIL UP DESPITE REYES - THREE HOME RUNS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amPhillies 11 - Mets 4 PHILADELPHIA - The second deck in right field was where the third one was hit. Jose Reyes' trio of homers put him in Mets history....
LATE HEROICS 'O' SO SWEET - DAMON, PROCTOR HELP YANKS FORGE 3-GAME LEAD
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Orioles 3 You see that three-game bulge the Yankees hold over the Red Sox in today's paper? Thank Scott Proctor for it. Yes, Johnny Damon delivered a...
INTANGIBLES STILL IN TORRE'S CORNER
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJOE TORRE was talking about the Red Sox, whom the Yankees will play five times in four days at Fenway beginning Friday, but he just as well could have been...
LATE HEROICS 'O' SO SWEET - DAMON, YANKS RALLY TO FORGE 3-GAME LEAD IN EAST
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Orioles 3 Today the Yankees break ground on their new ballpark. Politicians will smile, as will George Steinbrenner, and everyone will applaud the first shovel into the...
TORRE STRESSES PRIORITY NO. WON
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJOE Torre was talking about the Red Sox, whom the Yankees will play five times in four days at Fenway beginning Friday, but he just as well could have been...
BEST IN SHOW - JETER'S SOLID SEASON WORTHY OF MVP TALK
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amThe consensus outside of Yankee Stadium is that David Ortiz will win the AL's Most Valuable Player award. How many more times do voters need to see Ortiz win a...
PRIORITY NO. WON - PUTTING 1ST THINGS 1ST HELPS KEEP YANKS IN 1ST
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJOE Torre was talking about the Red Sox, whom the Yankees will play five times in four days at Fenway beginning Friday, but he just as well could have been...
LEE YA! - SUGGS FAILS PHYSICAL, SENT BACK TO BROWNS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amAs it turned out, the only running play Lee Suggs ran for the Jets was a reverse back to Cleveland. Suggs, the running back the Jets acquired Monday from the...
STADIUM GROUNDBREAKING TODAY
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amOn the eve of groundbreaking for the new Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner yesterday admitted to being a little nostalgic about the third-oldest stadium in baseball, the place where his Bombers...
MAYFAIR BACK IN SWING
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amPGA NOTES MEDINAH - Billy Mayfair had never been as happy to participate in a practice round as he was yesterday at Medinah. Mayfair, 40, will compete in the 88th...
MAYFAIR BACK IN SWING OF THINGS
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amPGA NOTES MEDINAH - Billy Mayfair had never been as happy to participate in a practice round as he was yesterday at Medinah. Mayfair, 40, will compete in the 88th...
DOUBLE FEATURE - TIGER, PHIL PAIRING THE HEADLINER AT FINAL MAJOR
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amMEDINAH - Tiger Woods insisted "we're fine," while Phil Mickelson gushed about Woods as if he were the best thing ever to wear golf shoes. If there's bad blood between...
MO WOULD LIKE TO BE AROUND FOR NEW STADIUM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With the first shovel going into the ground today on the site of the new Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera was emphatic about his desire to work there in...
THE BOSS WILL 'MISS' STADIUM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amOn the eve of groundbreaking for the new Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner admits to being a little nostalgic about the third-oldest stadium in baseball, the place where his Bombers forged...
DERRICK BACK ON STRAIT AND NARROW
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amJET NOTES As soon as word came out that Lee Suggs had failed his physical and was headed back to Cleveland yesterday, the Jets' spin cycle on Derrick Strait began...
MO WANTS A GO IN NEW STADIUM
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With the first shovel going into the ground today on the site of the new Yankee Stadium, Mariano Rivera was emphatic about his desire to work there in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 16, 2006 | 4:00amA detour that bypasses road work on a state highway in Wisconsin's Green Lake resort area directs motorists on a circuitous route that takes them more than 50 miles out...