January 11, 2003
EX-ADELPHIA EXEC WILL SING
The feds' $2.3 billion corporate fraud case against Adelphia founder John Rigas strengthened yesterday when the cable operator's former accounting director admitted he helped his bosses cook the books. Timothy...
SONY HIRES NBC'S LACK FOR A SONG
Sony made clear it's serious about cutting costs and running its music division like a business yesterday by naming NBC President Andy Lack to take over for departing Tommy Mottola....
ANDY WAS GREATLY LACKING IN THE THE WRIGHT STUFF AT PEACOCK
Andy Lack's departure from NBC yesterday to head Sony Music was the final chapter in a long-running turf battle between him and Chairman Bob Wright. The decision caught most within...
KMART CLOSINGS COMING
Bankrupt retailer Kmart Corp. is preparing to close an estimated 300-500 stores. It would be the second round of store closings for the mass merchant, which has been in bankruptcy...
MIKE CLOSES HIS FINANCE MAGAZINE
It looks like it is a lot better to work for Bloomberg the media mogul than Bloomberg, the mayor. Bloomberg L.P., the media company founded by New York City Mayor...
BEN FOLDS CREATES A SINGULAR SENSATION
BEN FOLDS AS neatly as the magic of origami turns flat paper into a whimsical beast, Ben Folds weaves enchantment with two hands and a piano. Even a day after...
HIGH PRICE OF 'LOVE': $7M PAYDAY FOR RAY
CBS is expected to "Love Raymond" to the tune of $7 million-an-episode, according to published reports. With NBC coughing up $10 million-an-episode to keep its hit sitcom "Friends" on the...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
Dinner Party Cheat Sheet's debut CD "Sing-Song Sing-Along" provided uplifting lyrics and melodic backbeats - making diners sway worldwide. Why no Grammy buzz? SNAP SHOT The Giants lost last week...
MOROCCAN AND ROLLIN': FILL YOUR BELLY AT THESE MIDDLE EASTERN-THEMED RESTAURANTS AND BARS
Looking to experience some Middle Eastern culture beyond what you see on the evening news? Well, if ever the mood for Moroccan strikes - New York has a few places...
IN THE 'FLUSH' : ASIAN ADVENTURES IN THE NOT-SO-FAR EAST
Within two blocks of the madness that is Main Street, Flushing, things quiet down dramatically. A dearth of street lighting creates the illusion that you are far from the fray....
'B' MARKS THE SPOT
The poster reads "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics." That's all the Bar Belles needed to see hanging on the wall just inside Bar B to know that we'd found ourselves another...
FREE FOR ALL
Bury your tree The holiday spirit may live on for a few more days, but your Christmas tree won't. Bring dried-out specimens to the cemetery to be recycled, today from...
OH, JOY! OH, RAPTURE!
Colorful costumes, clear-cut heroes, giggly girlfriends - and pirates. What could be more fun than Gilbert & Sullivan? How about a little plot synopsis, for free? That's what the New...
LEND US YOUR EARS! TUNES THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN GROOVE TO
These days, it seems every musician out there is making an album for kids. To find out why, we talked to a very grown-up musician - 83-year-old Pete Seeger, who's...
SALSA FEVER
You've met the tomatillo, the green, tomato-like fruit that adds piquant punch to dishes at Mexican restaurants. But do you know how to use it in your cooking? Their papery...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A controversial German professor who last year triggered a storm by performing an autopsy in public now wants to put together a show featuring corpses having sex. "I am really...
MORE ISRAELIS DOUBT SHARON
JERUSALEM - New polls show an increasing number of Israelis believe Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is involved in a deepening corruption scandal - despite his angry denials. But the surveys...
IRAQIS STILL HOLD U.S. MIA PILOT: SPY REPORT
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies have recently received bombshell new information suggesting that an American Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in 1991 is still alive and is languishing in...
BOOKIE TIED TO ROSE GETS JAIL
A Staten Island man identified as Pete Rose's bookie during the scandal that resulted in Rose's banishment from baseball was sentenced yesterday to four months in prison in an unrelated...
RABBI RIPS RIGHTS PANELIST 'TERROR TIE'
A RABBI on the city's Human Rights Commission says he might quit because a fellow member is tied to an Islamic group that some charge supports terrorist organizations. Rabbi Haskell...
MIKE: HALT HOMELESS AID FOR OUT-OF-TOWNERS HERE
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that the city can't afford to continue to help homeless people who aren't from the Big Apple - even suggesting they "go back to whatever state...
WATERLOGGED MUTT SAVED BY A 'SOPRANO' ; EDIE GETS HELP FOR RIVER-PLUNGE POOCH
One lucky mutt narrowly avoided sleeping with the fishes yesterday when it tumbled into the Hudson River while being walked in TriBeCa by "Sopranos" star Edie Falco. The mixed-breed pooch,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A man was found strangled in a Washington Heights building, authorities said yesterday. Police responded to a call at 11:15 a.m. and discovered the body of Angel Alburquerque, 38,...
HEAT'S ON COLOMBO CLAN DON
The reputed head of the Colombo crime family, who is suspected in the unsolved gangland murders of a cop and the father of a former federal prosecutor, is the next...
N. KOREA THREATENS WORLD WAR III
WASHINGTON - North Korea sparked an international crisis yesterday by threatening a "Third World War" as it renounced a global treaty on nuclear weapons. Secretary of State Colin Powell said...
VOTERS LIKE BUSH CUT$: GOP POLL
WASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday released a national poll that says Americans back President Bush's $674 billion tax cut plan by a huge margin and prefer it to the rival Democratic...
COED-SLASH ATTACK : THUG SLICES CLUBGOER'S FACE IN SUBWAY STATION
A college student on Christmas break was slashed in the face early yesterday at a downtown subway station after she left a "Girls Night Out" show at the Webster Hall...
CANAL STREET CRASH DRIVER: 'EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF CONTROL'
A Manhattan lawyer told yesterday how he desperately tried again and again to stop his runaway Mercedes before it plowed into a Canal Street store, killing a female shopper and...
FAMILY MATTER : TEENAGE RELATIVE CHARGED IN N.J. CHILD-ABUSE CASE
In a new twist to the horrifying abuse case involving three small Newark boys, a teenage relative was arrested last night on assault and child endangerment charges. Authorities wouldn't say...
COPS COULD DUCK AX : MIKE: PBA DEAL COULD HELP AVOID PINK SLIPS
The possibility of 1,500 layoffs at the NYPD would vanish if the police union agrees to "productivity enhancements," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "If we can get, for example, in the...
DEAD DAD ID'D AS '84 COED KILLER
Cops in Long Island concluded that the man who fatally beat, strangled and sexually mutilated a 21-year-old coed nearly two decades ago was the person they long suspected - her...
TEACHER CHARGED IN RAPE
A Brooklyn high school teacher was charged with sexually abusing an underage girl, Schools Investigator Richard Condon announced yesterday. John DePaolo, 32, a substitute teacher at New Utrecht HS, was...
BELOVED BX. GRANNY, 91, MURDERED
A Bronx grandmother was bound and suffocated during an invasion of the home in which she lived peacefully for nearly half a century, police sources said yesterday. The lifeless body...
FRIENDLY GODZILLA CHARMS BIG APPLE
Godzilla is beginning to take over New York City. In his first 24 hours in the Big Apple, Hideki Matsui, the newest Yankee star, took in all the city has...
CYBERSEX FIEND GETS 4 YEARS
Cyber-pervert Beth Loschin was sentenced yesterday in a Mineola courtroom to four years in prison in the brutal kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl she and her boyfriend met...
GANG GIRL IS GUILTY OF MURDERING CABBY
A teenage girl member of the Bloods gang was convicted yesterday of coldbloodedly slaying a livery cab driver after her two earlier trials ended without verdicts. Marta Nelson Cassiano, 19,...
PREDATOR SHRINK : 'HIT PLOT' DOC TOLD PATIENT SEX WOULD CURE HER: LAWYER
The Long Island shrink accused of plotting to slay six patients - including a woman with whom he had a stormy affair - is a sexual predator "who should never...
DON'T BLAME ME: GO-GO DANCER: MOM KILLED KID
Go-go dancer Sherry Murphy, accused of abusing her cousin's children in a Newark basement, pleaded not guilty yesterday to child endangerment charges and says it was the boys' mother who...
BANKER'S CASTLE CRUMBLES : GETS 8 YEARS IN $70M THEFT TO FUND LUXURY HOTEL
A Swiss-born banker who stole a whopping $70 million from clients so he could transform a castle at Tarrytown into a luxurious hotel was thrown in the slammer yesterday for...
GANG'S RIDING SEVEN-YEAR WAVE
AFC PLAYOFF CONFIDENTIAL OAKLAND - The losing culture of the Jets - they haven't won a championship since 1969 and have spent many more of their seasons out of the...
CHRIS VS. THRASHERS? OSGOOD AS IT GETS
Perfection is Chris Osgood's strong argument to be in net tonight against the Thrashers when the Islanders try to rebound from being shut out at home. Osgood has done nothing...
MCNABB, VICK SET FOR DUEL
PHILADELPHIA - Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick will not be on the field at the same time, other than for pregame and postgame salutations. McNabb doesn't have to worry about...
PHILLY'S ZONK CHASING ANOTHER AFFECTIONATELY
Philadelphia Park invader Zonk, a 5-year-old mare who sports a 2-for-3 record over Aqueduct's inner dirt track, is a force to be reckoned with in today's Grade 3, $100,000 Affectionately...
CONCUSSION CONCERNS HAUNT DEVIL DEFENDER
SUNRISE, Fla. - Tests were negative, but it remains clear that Devil defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky feared - and may still fear - that he was suffering the after-effects of a...
JUST ANOTHER GAME : STREAK-SNAPPING DEFEAT WON'T KEEP NETS DOWN
TORONTO - Having been brutalized in every way possible on a basketball court by the Kings, the Nets finally lifted their heads yesterday to survey potential lasting damage to their...
MADDOX COMES BACK TO SCENE OF INJURY
NASHVILLE - You think Jets quarterback Chad Pennington is this year's Tom Brady? Tommy Maddox might be the better candidate. Pennington deserves his props for getting the Jets into tomorrow's...
SHANE OKS TRIBE DEAL
At around the same time Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui is scheduled to be introduced as a Yankee on Tuesday, former Bomber outfielder Shane Spencer is to have his own news...
KENYON GOBBLES UP REBOUNDS
TORONTO - Kenyon Martin flat-out likes doing the dirty work. Defending. Rebounding. And it shows. Entering last night's game here, Martin led or tied for the game lead in rebounding...
AIR ESCAPING KNICKS :JORDAN HITS TOWN WITH PLAYOFF EDGE
PHILADELPHIA - It's only January, but Don Chaney admits he's been scoreboard watching, taking extra notice of how Michael Jordan's Wizards are faring. The red-hot Wizards occupy the eighth seed...
JETS TOUCH DOWN: HERMAN TAKES HIS GANG OUT OF COMFORT ZONE
Herm Edwards, toughening the mindset of his bundled-up Jets for the Raiders and the Black Hole tomorrow, ordered them outdoors under wind-chilled gray skies for their final practice yesterday before...
TROTTIER'S MATCHUPS REMAIN PUNCH 'LINES'
PITTSBURGH - So in Montreal on Thursday, Eric Lindros, Bobby Holik and Mark Messier each had 24 shifts while Ted Donato had 20. Why wouldn't Ranger coach Bryan Trottier have...
LAYDEN HAS HIGH HOPES FOR FUTURE
PHILADELPHIA - Knicks GM Scott Layden is encouraged by Antonio McDyess' improving health and the prospect of a significant amount of moves being made league-wide at the Feb. 20 trading...
FASSEL IN FLUX :PAYTON'S DEPARTURE GIVES COWBOYS EDGE
Jim Fassel said yesterday he'll consider adding a new position to his Giants coaching staff to help him with game management, a development that several high-ranking people in the organization...
A WIN UTTERLY WITHOUT MERRITT
St. Ray's 72Molloy 65 Many questions arose when St. Raymond's star point guard Daon Merritt went down with a broken foot on Monday night and now is likely gone for...
LA BRACES FOR REELING STORM
Fresh off Wednesday night's Big East loss at Providence, St. John's finds itself in a tough spot this afternoon facing a rejuvenated UCLA squad at Pauley Pavillion. Despite the strong...
JETS TOUCH DOWN : SERIOUS AS THEY ARRIVE IN BAY AREA
OAKLAND - While the cocky sound bites continued to emanate from the Bay Area all week, there's been a steely-eyed focus that has engulfed the Jets as they prepared for...
THIS IS REALLY GETTING MONOTONOUS
Devils 2Panthers 1 SUNRISE, Fla. - Coming this far on goaltending and defense - yes, Pat Burns' defense - the Devils are pulling rabbits out of the half-full glass, along...
KNICKS TRIP SIXERS : SPREWELL, HOUSTON LEAD 3-POINT PARADE
PHILADELPHIA - It was a play filled with grit, grace and history. Charlie Ward coolly banged in a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 31.1 seconds left following...
CLOSE, BUT NO GREEN & WHITE CIGAR
Some 40 days ago, the Jets went into Oakland riding a four-game winning streak and played the Raiders in what they believed was a benchmark game before a national-television Monday...
NETS REBOUND FAST : KIDD'S PLAY RIPS RAPTORS TO ABATE KINGS' CLUBBING
TORONTO - They were utterly brutalized Thursday night on national television by Sacramento in what many had cast as an NBA Finals preview, suffering an epic embarrassment that would send...
GARNER A MAN FOR ALL REASONS
OAKLAND - He is easy to overlook, in an offense overstuffed with big names and brassy reputations. The quarterback is the new league MVP. One wide receiver sets a new...
BELLY OF THE BEAST:THE 'HOLE' TRUTH ABOUT THE CRAZY COLISEUM
OAKLAND - They might be freaks who look like they're attending a ghoulish masquerade ball or their prison-yard roll call, but Jets coach Herman Edwards calls them "buddies of mine."...
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: MOSS AND MORTON ARE JETS' 'SPECIAL' WEAPONS
When Santana Moss first fell in love with football, the one thing he hated was returning punts. To him, it was a legal form of suicide. Catching balls for his...
HAVIN' A GOOD DIME: SUB LB DARLING KEY TO JETS' PASS DEFENSE
OAKLAND - Watch James Darling tomorrow. The Jets' nickel and dime linebacker will be on the field a lot against the pass-happy Raiders and he'll be eating, drinking and breathing...
RAIDER-HATERS FOREVER! NAMATH & PALS STILL CAN'T STAND THE SILVER & BLACK
YOU don't know how Super a Jet victory over the Raiders tomorrow would be for Joe Namath and the Super Bowl III champion Jets. "I disliked them because of their...
JETS WILL PAINT BLACK HOLE GREEN: PENNINGTON, DEFENSE WILL FIND A WAY TO 'JUST WIN, BABY'
The 10-7 Jets, AFC East champions and 41-0 winners in last week's Wild-Card playoff game against the Colts, face the 11-5 AFC West-champion Raiders in tomorrow's divisional playoff game at...
THE BENCH CONNECTION: HOW COLES & CHAD BECAME DYNAMIC DUO
They were two young dreamers, the quarterback and the receiver, watching Vinny Testaverde and Wayne Chrebet, and as they waited on the sidelines together they shared their dreams with one...
JETS CLOSING CURTAIN ON HORROR SHOW
OAKLAND - You are a Jets fan, raised on heartbreak, reared on futility, nourished by 34 years of abject failure. You are trained to expect the worst, to understand that...
JETS RUNNIN' COOL ARE SKY HIGH FOR RAIDERS
OAKLAND - While the cocky sound bites emanated from the Bay Area all week, there's been a steely-eyed focus that has engulfed the Jets as they prepared for tomorrow's AFC...