October 5, 2005

HIP-HOP'S SIMMONS ADDS BLING

Watch out, Jacob The Jeweler. Hip-hop impressario Russell Simmons wants to make life better for kids working in the diamond trade in Sierra Leone - but first he wants to...

FUNNY BUNNY

IF animated dogs were eligible for acting awards, the Oscar would go to Gromit, the long-suffering canine star of Nick Park's hilarious horror-movie spoof "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of...

'APPRENTICE'S' HIGH FIVE

DONALD Trump just won't quit. Reports began rolling in yesterday that filming for "The Apprentice 5" is under way - as new Trump wannabes started showing up in Times Square...

LOST IN SPACE - WHY TOP CHEFS CAN'T ALWAYS OPEN THEIR OWN RESTAURANTS

IT'S welcome news that Laurent Gras, one of America's finest French-born chefs, is back in town at Bistro du Vent after three years in San Francisco. But don't take too...

TIME WARNER STILL SEARCHING FOR LAST TENANT

SINCE Chicago-based chef Charlie Trotter has taken a pass on the last of the vaunted restaurant spaces at the Time Warner Center, it remains a mystery as to who, or...

ADOPTED L.I. GAL FLEECES 'FAMILY'

A Long Island woman was busted for conning her adoptive mother and grandmother out of $36,000, Suffolk County police said yesterday. Irene DiGenaro, 38, of Bay Shore, allegedly told her...

REV. BUTTS GIVES MIKE A BOOST IN RADIO AD

Under fire for days for blowing off tomorrow's debate in Harlem, Mayor Bloomberg struck back yesterday with a new ad proclaiming his concern for the community. The Bloomberg campaign hit...

PET PROJECT FOR FUTURE DISASTERS

A Red Cross for pets is being developed by the nation's major animal-welfare groups, to ensure dogs and cats won't be left behind during the next major disaster. Many Hurricane...

BLOOM-BET RIDING ON YANKS - APPLE'S DELI VS. ANAHEIM'S MICKEY MOUSE

Mayor Bloomberg's got a lot riding on his wager with his Anaheim counterpart. In fact, Bloomberg is so confident that the Yankees will beat the Angels in the first round...

BUSH ALERT FOR BIRD-FLU QUARANTINE

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said he's worried about the risk of a bird-flu pandemic that could require a quarantine of parts of the United States - and mulled whether...

WORKER IS KILLED IN BRIDGE FALL

A construction worker tumbled to his death in the Harlem River yesterday while working on the Third Avenue Bridge as horrified co-workers watched. Kervin Collado, 27, of The Bronx, slipped...

'MY GOD, HURRY!' - CELL CALLER BEGGED 911 FOR HELP AS BOAT CAPSIZED

Chilling 911 calls from eyewitnesses to the Lake George tragedy were revealed yesterday, as the pilot of the doomed boat - who might face criminal charges - insisted he did...

2 FOUND IN N.Y. AFTER 80-MILE WRONG TURN

They aren't exactly Thelma and Louise, but senior citizens Almeda and Louise took a long, strange road trip over the weekend. Luckily for the women, who had been reported missing...

BUSHIE BOON FOR STONES PAL

So what if the Rolling Stones' song "Sweet Neo Con," is a Bush-bashing anthem - apparently, one member of the president's Cabinet thinks a keyboardist who plays with the band...

MYSTERY GUEST REV. AL MAY BE 'INN' TROUBLE - USED FISHY HOTEL ADDRESS TO VOTE

The Rev. Al Sharpton preaches in a house of God - but only God knows where he really lives. In a sworn affidavit signed the day of the primary election...

PAL FLAKE RAPS MIKE FOR DUCKING DEBATE

One of Mayor Bloomberg's ardent supporters in the black community says the mayor shouldn't have decided to blow off tomorrow's debate in Harlem. The Rev. Floyd Flake, a former Queens...

CATHOLICS BLAST BIAS ASSAULTS

Parents of Catholic-school girls attacked in Brooklyn hate crimes said yesterday they're forming a group to combat what one mother described as "open season" on their kids. The group says...

'CONFINING' MAY HAVE SAVED SLAY VICTIM: KIN

The family of a Westchester woman murdered by a convicted rapist said yesterday she could have been saved if state legislators had approved a law allowing civil confinement of such...

PHONY COP CASHES IN AS ROBBER

Police yesterday released this photo of a police impersonator who used a bogus badge to rob a man inside a Times Square hotel. The suspect was photographed at an ATM...

POST POKER PAPA PULLS IN 250G

Life is rich in more ways than one for Queens dad Roberto Gomez - his beloved Yankees are in the playoffs and he's the latest $250,000 winner in our fabulous...

SOONER HEX VEXES MACK

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK The eyes of Texas are on Mack Brown. They have been glaring at the Longhorns' coach for five years now, squinting at him as if he was standing...

'02 SERIES CONJURES DARK ANGEL MEMORIES

ANAHEIM - The last time the Yankees and Angels met in the postseason, Yankees fans were left with visions of Rally Monkeys, Thunderstix and David Wells quitting haunting them all...

TIME TO SEE ISLES' GRIT

Tonight it begins. At long last, the new year starts, the new Islanders take the ice and the new NHL drops the puck on the long-awaited season. For the Islanders,...

BIG HEAT ON WANG

ANAHEIM - He's never thrown a pitch in a playoff game. Yet Chien-Ming Wang's postseason debut tonight could very well decide the Yankees' fate. Particularly in a best-of-five series, there...

YANKS HAVE ANGEL DUST - JUST MAKING PLAYOFFS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

ANAHEIM - Joe Torre's handle on his players is his best managerial skill. And what Torre saw leading into last night's Game 1 of the ALDS against the Angels comforted...

BUBBA'S CHANCE - CROSBY TAKES 'CENTER' STAGE FOR YANKS

ANAHEIM - Go through the first eight Yankees in the lineup, and it's one past or present All-Star after another. Everyone has made an All-Star team except Robinson Cano, and...

LEITER IN, WRIGHT OUT

Confidential ANAHEIM - Five left-handed hitters and two switch-swingers on the Angels' playoff roster enabled Al Leiter to be part of the Yankees' 11-man pitching staff for the ALDS. "We...

TOP GUNS ON HALOS HIT BOTTOM

ANAHEIM - The Angels entered the playoffs threatening to run more than the "Showtime" Lakers. In the days leading up to their Division Series with the Yankees, Angel players talked...

BOMBERS FEEL BETTER AFTER COLON-OSCOPY

ANAHEIM - In Game 1 last night, trouble found Angels starter Bartolo Colon early but not from where you would suspect. It was not Alex Rodriguez - the 30-year-old MVP...

FIRE DEPT. EVACUATES 'CRACK' HOUSE

An aging Alphabet City apartment building was evacuated yesterday after cracks in the wall expanded - the result of vibrations from a construction site next door, authorities said. The damage...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN * Police yesterday released a description of a man who made off with cash in an Upper East Side bank robbery. The holdup occurred at the Washington Mutual branch...

MAN NABS BROOKLYN THUG WHO BEAT HIM

A young man assisted police in capturing a teenage thug after the man and his female companion were beaten and robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday. The trouble...

9/11 JAVA JACKASS - B'KLYN CAFE SELLS 'U.S. DID IT' SWILL

SITTING snugly at the corner of prosperity and lunacy, Brooklyn's Vox Pop cafe serves up piping-hot conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terror attacks, along with the coffee and scones. The...

WHACKED FINANCES SLOWING UP GOTTI

Victoria Gotti may look like she's living the high life, but five years after her divorce filing, her finances are in such a tangle she can't sell her Long Island...

CATHOLIC PARENTS ENRAGED - SLAM BIAS ATTACKS

Parents of Catholic-school girls attacked in hate crimes in Brooklyn said yesterday they're forming a group to combat what one mother described as "open season" on their kids. The group...

W. CALMS MIERS IRE - TELLS SKEPTICS: 'I KNOW HER HEART'

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday tried to calm conservative anxiety over Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers by asking skeptics to trust him that she's the best pick, because "I know...

MISTAKEN-ID SLAY STUNS BROOKLYN MOM

A distraught Liberian mother - who survived her country's civil war to start a new life here - is struggling with funeral arrangements for her son, killed on a Brooklyn...

SLAIN BANKER'S KIN FACES ROB RAP

The troubled brother of murdered Merrill Lynch banker Robert Kissel is set to surrender tomorrow on charges he embezzled about $3 million from his East 74th Street co-op. Andrew Kissel,...

YANK-BET RIVALRY IN FULL BLOOM

Mayor Bloomberg's got a lot riding on his wager with his Anaheim counterpart. In fact, Bloomberg is so confident that the Yankees will beat the Angels in the first round...

CITY EVACUATES CRACKED BLDG.

Authorities evacuated an Alphabet City apartment building yesterday after cracks in the wall expanded because of vibrations from a construction site next door. The eight-family building was first evacuated last...

DRAG-RACE 'KILLERS' - WOMAN DIES IN L.I. HORROR

A drag-racing janitor speeding down a Long Island road crashed into another car, killing a 75-year- old woman and injuring three other people, police said yesterday. Two of the injured,...

LOHAN'S A SMASH - CRASHES AS SHE FLEES FOTOGS

Teen Tinseltown temptress Lindsay Lohan and two other people were injured after the actress tried to avoid pesky paparazzi yesterday - and wound up smashing her black Mercedes into a...

QUARANTINE ALERT - BUSH'S DRASTIC PLAN FOR BIRD FLU

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said he's worried about the risk of a bird-flu pandemic that could require a quarantine of parts of the United States - and mulled whether...

STAB BABY'S BIG COMEBACK

Miracle baby Isabelle Avins - the 10-month-old infant critically injured when a madman stabbed her last month - has a beaming smile on her face as she sits in her...

PEN PROVIDES GREAT RELIEF

Confidential ANAHEIM - Mike Mussina pitched well and Robinson Cano was clutch at the plate. But without solid outings from relief pitchers not named Mariano Rivera, the Yankees may not...

IT'S SURE FEELING LIKE OCTOBER NOW

ANAHEIM - Even the best teams never really know for sure. They can speak with confidence. They can walk with a swagger. They can look eager and willing to challenge...

LEWIS DEFENDS HIS POROUS 'D'

Tim Lewis was asked yesterday what he was pleased about so far this year. The Giants' defensive coordinator thought for a moment and said - half-kiddingly - "That the offense...

STEPH HAD HEART WARNING

KNICK NOTES CHARLESTON, S.C. - Stephon Marbury scoffs at the notion Eddy Curry has a bad heart, claiming he once was told that he had ticker issues while attending Georgia...

GIAMBI AIMS TO BE NEW MR. OCTOBER

ANAHEIM - In a season sat urated with so much retribution, the postseason remains Jason Giambi's final frontier. The playoffs are the last place where his sins remain unabsolved. The...

HE'S THE JUAN WHO GOT AWAY

ANAHEIM - A product of the Yankee farm system may come back to haunt them this week. Juan Rivera was groomed by the Yanks to be Paul O'Neill's successor in...

KNICKS HOLD BREATH AS DOCS TEST CURRY

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Larry Brown conducted his first practice as Knicks coach at the College of Charleston yesterday, but all thoughts were back in New York, where 6-11 center Eddy...

ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO UNDER JOE

ANAHEIM - Joe Torre shunned the second guess in exchange for a first playoff victory. He consulted his favorite guide, his baseball gut, and determined he would rather have Mike...

'94 DISTANT MEMORY TO THESE BLUESHIRTS

PHILADELPHIA - For the first time since that championship year the franchise still celebrates whenever possible, the Rangers enter a season without so much as a sole survivor from that...

STARTING OVER - YOUNG RANGERS READY TO SET SAIL

PHILADELPHIA - Not even George W. Bush would argue that the 2005-06 Rangers were created through a process of Intelligent Design. Yes, it's true, the Blueshirts do go into the...

CROS& EFFECT - PITTSBURGH'S HOT-SHOT ROOKIE DEBUTS VS. DEVS

This story, Martin Brodeur claims, should be the review, not a preview, of Sidney Crosby's NHL debut. The Devils' two-time reigning Vezina Trophy winner says the league should have made...

HOLLYWOOD TANNING TURNS INTO GREEN

America's passion for brown skin is turning into a lot of green for the owner of tanning business Hollywood Tanning Systems Inc. Sources told The Post Hollywood Tan's owner, Ralph...

HEAVENLY CONDO DEAL - CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY PLANS TO CONVERT

SEVERAL small but unusual Gotham real estate deals were reached in the last week. Properties changing hands included a performance space, a famous artist's former studio, a Park Ave. fashion...

NEW 'FRIENDS' - 'RELATED' BETTER THAN 'SEX'

FINALLY, a show about a family of Italian-Americans sisters who are accomplished, beautiful, smart and hip. In other words, exactly like my friends, the real-life Fiorentino sisters, of whom I...

CATHOLIC PARENTS FIGHT BACK VS. HATE CRIMES

Parents of Catholic-school girls attacked in Brooklyn hate crimes said yesterday they're forming a group to combat what one mother described as "open season" on their children. Group members say...

FALL KILLS BRIDGE WORKER

A construction worker tumbled to his death in the Harlem River yesterday while working on the Third Avenue Bridge as co-workers looked on in horror. Kervin Collado, 27, of The...

LIFELINES FROM HEAVEN - NEW FDNY ROPES A LASTING LEGACY OF LOST FIRE HEROES

Those of faith believe that fire Lt. Curt Meyran and firefighter John Bellew were watching from above as their beloved brothers performed acrobatics on new safety ropes yesterday. Firefighter Eugene...

MEDIA TAKING UP MORE OF OUR TIME THAN SLEEPING

The average American spends a staggering nine hours a day tuned in, plugged in, online, on the phone, scanning a newspaper or using some other form of media - more...

BOOZE 'PAYOLA' - SPITZER PROBES LIQUOR INDUSTRY FOR FAVORITISM

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has launched an investigation into whether liquor companies are pushing more than booze by plying favored retailers with cash and trips. A Spitzer spokesman...

'THE SQUID' IS ALL RIGHT

'THE Squid and the Whale" is brought to you by the special pains of Park Slope, 1986. The pain of watching your parents split up. The pain of figuring out...

GERVAIS 'ARRESTED'

RICKY Gervais, star of "The Office" and, more recently, the HBO series "Extras," is going to make a guest appearance on "Arrested Development," according to reports. For fans of the...

GUARD FOILS MAD. AVE. GEM HEIST

A retired detective and a store security guard teamed up to nab two jewel thieves yesterday on the Upper East Side - a month after the same guard thwarted a...

BLUEBLOOD PIRATE TO BE TRIED IN U.S.

The black-sheep son of prominent Manhattan bluebloods has been expelled from Shanghai - where he was serving a 2 1/2-year prison term for video piracy - to face U.S. charges...

ABOUT THOSE SAUDI WOMEN

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA WHEN Karen Hughes' motorcade pulled up to Dar Al-Hekma women's college in Jeddah, the reporters traveling with her had one pressing question: Would we be allowed inside?...

TEACH UNION JAB AT MAYOR JUST A BIT TARDY

A teachers union TV ad criticizing Mayor Bloomberg for not cutting a deal on a new contract aired yesterday morning, although an agreement had already been reached. The United Federation...

KIDS' TOY $TORY - PARENTS WILL SPEND BIG ON TOP 10 PLAYTHINGS

When it comes to holiday gifts this year, kids want to be king of the castle - but it's going to cost parents a princely sum to please them. That's...

DRAG-RACE PAIR KILLS WOMAN ON L.I.: COPS

A drag-racing janitor speeding down a Long Island road crashed into another car, killing a 75-year- old woman and injuring three other people, police said yesterday. Two of the injured,...

JET WHEELS GROUND-ED

This is what happens when you land an Airbus A320 with the front landing gear locked at a 90-degree angle. None of the 146 passengers and crew was hurt aboard...

'COP' $CORES AS A ROBBER

Cops yesterday asked for the public's help in finding a police impersonator who used a bogus badge to rob a man at a Times Square hotel. The suspect was photographed...

MAN WHO MADE JEFFERSON SMILE

If artist Jamie Franki had a nickel for every time someone asked him why he drew a smiling Thomas Jefferson for the new coin, he'd be a rich man. "It...

TANKER DRIVER IN DEADLY BX. BLAZE

The driver of a fuel tanker was killed yesterday when his truck flipped over and burst into flames on Bruckner Boulevard in The Bronx. The badly burned tanker fell onto...

GUARD & EX-COP FOIL UPPER E. SIDE JEWEL 'THIEVES'

A retired detective and a store security guard teamed up to nab two jewel thieves yesterday on the Upper East Side - a month after the same crooks had tried...

WANDER WOMEN - GRANNIES OK HERE AFTER 80-MILE WRONG TURN

They aren't exactly Thelma and Louise, but senior citizens Almeda and Louise took a long, strange road trip over the weekend. Luckily for the women, who had been reported missing...

LOHAN'S A SMASH - 2ND PAPARAZZI-FLEE CRASH

Teen Tinseltown temptress Lindsay Lohan took another crash course in trying to avoid pesky paparazzi yesterday - and wound up smashing her black Mercedes into a van in West Hollywood,...

A STAR IS BORN - CANO SPARKLES IN FIRST PLAYOFF SPOTLIGHT

ANAHEIM - The first month of the season, Robinson Cano wasn't part of the Yankees. The last month of the season, he might have been their best hitter. And last...

PETA CAMPAIGN AIMS AT OUR KIDS

IF you took your kid fishing this summer, there are animal-rights people who are saying you are a bad parent. The fact that the folks at PETA think that way...

JETS MUST TURN TO VINNY

HERMAN Edwards has no choice. He needs Vinny Testaverde and he needs him right now. That's why, when Edwards stands before his players in the auditorium upstairs at Weeb Ewbank...

ROOKIE ON A TEAR ENTERING PLAYOFFS

ANAHEIM - The first month of the season, Robinson Cano wasn't part of the Yankees. The last month of the season, he might have been their best hitter. Cano entered...

KNICKS HOLD BREATH AS CURRY TESTS HEART

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Larry Brown conducted his first practice as Knicks coach at the College of Charleston yesterday, but all thoughts were back in New York, where center Eddy Curry...

HONEYMOON OPENS FOR MCINNIS, NETS

There were other offers. Some teams would have given more money. Some would have granted starting status. But Jeff McInnis took less money and a backup role to come to...

IT'S JOSE'S KIND OF TOWN, CHICAGO IS

CHICAGO - So, this is what all the fuss was about over Jose Contreras. This is why Red Sox GM Theo Epstein was furious when he lost Contreras to the...

2ND SHOT FOR LACKEY

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly pulled starter John Lackey aside during spring training and let him know what to shoot for this year. "[He] told me my goal...

SVEDKA AND 'FEMME BOT' LIKELY TO OFFEND EVERYONE

Most advertisers are eager to avoid controversy, steering clear of politics, religion and other touchy topics that might turn off consumers. Then there's Svedka vodka, which seems to enjoy pushing...

RIVALS CHASE AEGIS - 3 HUNT MEDIA BIG

Another potential suitor for Aegis Group that surfaced yesterday has set the stage for a three-way bidding war to determine the media buying firm's future. The most recent move came...

NO NEWS IS U.S. NEWS - ZUCKERMAN CUTS MAG STAFF, TO DO 'LESS CHASING NEWS'

MORE heads are rolling at Mort Zuckerman's embattled U.S. News & World Report. In a bid to cut costs and try to get back to the black, the magazine that...

KA-CHING OF THE 'RINGS' - LORDY! A $32M MUSICAL!

MOVE over, "Lion King." Make way, "Aida" - and take a back seat, "Phantom." The most expensive stage musical yet produced will probably be "The Lord of the Rings," which...

FIRED CBSER CRIES FOUL

THE producer at the center of last year's "Memogate" scandal at CBS News says she was derailed by a vast right-wing conspiracy. The producer, Mary Mapes, is one of four...

GORE TV LANDS IN CENTRAL PARK

A pep rally to be held tomorrow in Central Park for Al Gore's new cable channel for young people, Current TV, is sold out, according to the event's Web site....

WEIRD BUT TRUE

A doctor convinced an Oregon woman he could cure her lower-back pain by having sex with her. And now, Dr. Randall Smith has paid the price. He's been stripped of...

SON JOINS MOM IN L.I. SCHOOL-SCAM BUST

The son of the alleged mastermind behind the $11.2 million Roslyn School District ripoff, today will become the sixth person busted in the scheme, sources said. John McCormick, 41, of...

ISRAELIS KILL TERROR MOM

A Palestinian mother on a suicide mission slashed a female Israeli soldier in the face at a West Bank checkpoint yesterday and was killed by gunfire. The terrorist Al Aqsa...

NO MORE WALKOVER - WHY N.J. GOV RACE GOT HOT

HOW did Democrat Jon Corzine's walkover victory trot into the New Jersey governor's mansion turn into a horse race? Three different polls last week showed a dramatic tightening in the...

BX. TANKER IN DEADLY BLAZE

The driver of a fuel tanker was killed yesterday when his truck flipped over and burst into flames on Bruckner Boulevard in The Bronx. Police do not know why the...

'MAFIA COP' RILED BY FRAME-UP ACCUSATION

Embattled "Mafia cop" Louis Eppolito was "more upset" by accusations that he threatened a murder witness in order to send an innocent postal worker to jail than his federal indictment...

VALERY GRANNY'S FAITH - 'I JUST DON'T BELIEVE' DAUGHTER IS DEAD, DESPITE SLAY ARREST

The grandmother of the tragic 4-year-old girl found wandering in Queens is hoping against hope that the child's mom was not strangled by an estranged boyfriend and left out with...

RACE-SLAY KIN URGE 'CONFINING'

The family of a Westchester woman murdered by a convicted rapist said yesterday she could have been saved if state legislators had approved a law allowing civil confinement of such...

'MAFIA COP' LIVID OVER MURDER-FRAME ACCUSATION

Embattled "Mafia cop" Louis Eppolito was "more upset" by accusations that he threatened a murder witness in order to send an innocent man to jail than over his federal indictment...

GROUND TO A HALT - WHEEL RIMS ON MIRACLE PLANE WORSE FOR WEAR

This is what happens when you land an Airbus A320 with the front landing gear locked at a 90-degree angle. None of the 146 passengers and crew was hurt aboard...

YANKS MAKE ANGEL DUST - MUSSINA SOLID AS BOMBERS TAKE GAME 1

GAME 1: Yankees 4 - Angels 2 ANAHEIM - Joe Torre's belief in Mike Mussina is the reason the Yankees are two victories away from taking their ALDS series from...

MUSSINA HAS GOOD REASON TO EXHALE

ANAHEIM - There were fears for Mike Mussina. He admitted it last night. In Mussina's last outing on Sept. 27, he was rocked for five runs in 1 2/3 innings...

WHITEWASH - CHICAGO DRILLS BOSOX IN OPENER

CHICAGO LEADS 1-0: White Sox 14 Red Sox 2 CHICAGO - The Red Sox ended last October as torrid as a team could be. They began this postseason horridly. Looking...

GLORY DAYS - REAL MVP WILL SHOW IT IN OCTOBER

ANAHEIM - Alex Rodriguez can no longer do anything about the MVP. Those ballots from 28 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America have been cast, the results to...

OFFBEAT PLAY FLOORS BOSOX

ALDS NOTES CHICAGO - Finding one turning point in a 14-2 rout is like trying to spot the snowflake that started a blizzard. So let's just say that Chicago second...

BRADLEY AXED; METROS BLAMED

Not even Major League Soccer's winningest coach could turn around the league's losingest club. The MetroStars yesterday fired Bob Bradley with three games remaining in the season. GM Alexi Lalas,...

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