January 16, 2003
INSIGNIA EXEC BEATS BOSS TO PARK AVE. FLAT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amINSIGNIA/ESG chief Stephen Siegel and Insignia's Chairman Andrew Farkas appear to have similar tastes in housing. Last year, according to sources, Farkas put in an offer on a renovated townhouse...
ECKERD IPO WOULD PUT NICE SHINE ON PENNEY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amYOU could say that investors in retailer J.C. Penney are on drugs. Despite the poor sales environment this past Christmas - in which Penney didn't fair much better than anyone...
SUSHI GUYS PLAN MYSTERY RESTAURANT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amTo Park Avenue South's thriving restaurant stew - with American, Mexican, Italian, Asian fusion and Nuevo Latino already in the mix - add a mystery "concept" eatery. Two of the...
AOL'S 1-YEAR DEADLINE - MARCHING ORDERS: GET IT FIXED OR WE'LL SPIN IT OFF
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amExecutives at the beleaguered AOL online service have a year or so to shape up the unit or it will be spun off, high-level AOL Time Warner execs say. Some...
IT'S BAD KARMA-ZIN - MEL BALKS AT VIACOM DEAL; AOL INVESTORS PINE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWith only two weeks left to wrap up heated contract negotiations to secure his job as Viacom Inc. President, Mel Karmazin is refusing to sign the contract being offered unless...
PILLOW TALK PROBE OF TRADES - POWER COUPLE BOUGHT $2.4M CO-OP A YEAR AFTER 'SCAM'
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amOne of Wall Street's beautiful young power couples - now snared in an insider trading scandal - bought a $2.4 million co-op less than a year after their alleged scams....
A POP-ULAR STOCK - DR. PEPPER/7 UP BOTTLER PLANS $200M IPO
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amI'm a Pepper, you're a Pepper. And soon investors will have a chance to be a Pepper, too. Dr. Pepper/ Seven Up Bottling Group, which makes and distributes soft-drink brands...
DOW JONES OKS BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA long-running battle that pitted Peter Kann and Dow Jones management against the company's female employees over the right to have contraceptives paid for by insurance is finally getting resolved....
MORT'S 'MARTHA-LIKE' FUND SALE: LAWSUIT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amMove over, Martha Stewart - another media mogul is accused of profiting from information unavailable to the general public. Mort Zuckerman, co-owner of the Daily News and editor-in-chief of U.S....
PROFIT WARNINGS SLAM MARKETS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amPoor earnings and a flagging economy delivered a one-two punch to stocks yesterday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down 119 points and costing investors $135 billion. Investors were dismayed...
FRAUDSTER NOLAN FLOUTS FINE - SO MAY GET JAIL
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWilliam Nolan, who was fined almost $200,000 by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1999 for defrauding investors, now faces potential jail time for failing to pay the penalty. The...
MARTS BACK OFF ON PROFIT WARNINGS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amPoor earnings and a flagging economy delivered a one-two punch to stocks yesterday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down 119 points and losing investors $135 billion. Investors were dismayed...
NOLAN FAILS TO PAY FINE, FACES JAIL TIME FOR FRAUD
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWilliam Nolan, who presided over a Wall Street bucket shop in the 1990s and was fined almost $200,000 by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1999 for defrauding investors, now...
STARR REPORT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amBroderick talks about his James bond "Access Hollywood's" Pat O'Brien sat down with Matthew Broderick last night (7:30 p.m./Ch. 4) - and their conversation eventually turned to how Broderick and...
JEOPARDY DOUBLES MONEY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amHERE'S a clue: A popular quiz show that is adding megabucks prizes to its annual Tournament of Champions. The answer: What is "Jeopardy!" The long running quiz show is upping...
CINDERELLA SAL - FILLING IN FOR PAVAROTTI CHANGES TUNE FOR TENOR
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amSALVATORE Licitra's life can be divided roughly into two parts: before the Metropolitan Opera gala - when he subbed at the last minute for an ailing Luciano Pavarotti - and...
'VAMPIRES' LAST DANCE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amTHE ads said it sucked, the critics agreed - and the box office quickly bled dry. So it comes as little surprise that Broadway's "Dance of the Vampires" will close...
NET BETS ON BOWL CROWD
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amFORGET about betting on the teams in the Super Bowl this year. Now you can bet on how big the TV ratings will be. The Internet gambling Web site BetWWTS.com...
JAZZY JONES
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amIT must be all that jazz. Propelled by her five nominations for music's top prizes, Norah Jones claimed the No. 1 slot atop the sales charts - making "Come Away...
IT'S JUSTICE (OR BUST) FOR ERIN BROCKOVICH; HOST WITH THE MOST
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amERIN Brockovich does not look like Julia Roberts, but her presence at a fancy restaurant in Midtown yesterday caused as much stir as if Roberts herself had shown up. That's...
FOX SENDS DI'S LOVER TO WAR
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amJAMES Hewitt, Princess Di's former lover, is in talks to become a Mideast war correspondent for Fox News Channel, according to reports. Hewitt, who has been in the news most...
NEST BEST THING - MAKE A DATE TO STAY PUT, IN STYLE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWITH temperatures plummeting to near-record lows, staying in has become the new going out - but that doesn't mean being home alone in your p.j.'s, watching "Sopranos" repeats and sipping...
NEXT 'BACHELOR' WILL BE RICH AND FAMOUS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Finally, a real millionaire? ABC officials said yesterday the next star of "The Bachelor" - expected to hit the air in March - won't be a single...
GOLDEN GOODIES
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amDON'T cry for the also-rans at the Golden Globes - these A-listers may not go home with a statue, but they won't be going home empty-handed. Presenters will take away...
GLOBES SPOTTING: THE POST PREDICTS WHO WILL TAKE HOME TOP HONORS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLOOK for "Chicago" to razzle-dazzle the Golden Globes Sunday night - quite possibly the last time the Hollywood Foreign Press Association enjoys its status as the leading harbinger of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe stripper can't take it off. That's what a Swedish appeals court ruled in the case of a striptease artist who deducted the cost of breast-enhancement surgery as a business...
WHAT DEBT? GOV'S DAUGHTER GETS 9G CAMPAIGN BONUS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki, who has sent letters asking donors to cover his mounting campaign debt, has nonetheless begun handing out bonuses to his campaign staff - including his daughter...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A Brooklyn man suspected of committing three bank robberies by claiming he had explosive devices was arrested yesterday, police said. Jason Rayford, 30, held up three Chase Manhattan...
U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTORS YESTERDAY PAID A SURPRISE VISIT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.N. weapons inspectors yesterday paid a surprise visit to the palace compound where Saddam Hussein conducts most of his business, signaling an aggressive new phase in the high-stakes...
'JUNIOR NOBEL' FOR LOCAL HS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amDowntown's Stuyvesant HS led the nation with 19 semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, it was announced yesterday. Each of the 300 high school seniors to reach the...
STEALTH JETS WILL FLY OVER GULF
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon is dispatching F-117 stealth fighter-bombers to the Persian Gulf this week in the latest addition to the massive force assembling in the region for possible war...
NYPD 'GANGS' UP ON CRIME
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amGang-related crime around the city is on the decline even as fewer cops are assigned to the NYPD's gang unit, officials said yesterday. "We actually made 400 more arrests last...
DA PROBES FREE-RIDE POL
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office yesterday launched a probe into Assemblyman Roger Green's acceptance of free transportation from a company linked to bribery, sources said. At the same...
TUNNEL VISION FOR BRIDGE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe congested Tappan Zee Bridge could one day be replaced with a $1 billion triple-decker span or a tunnel, officials said yesterday. The state Thruway Authority is considering how to...
GIS TO HELP ISRAEL SHOOT DOWN IRAQI SCUDS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Hundreds of U.S. troops are headed to Israel for joint air-defense drills using Patriot missiles this weekend in an accelerated preparation for a possible war with Iraq. The...
JOE LIEBERMAN ON PRESIDENTAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amOn his first day on the presidential campaign trail, Democratic candidate Joe Lieberman yesterday took on President Bush for not doing enough to advance peace in the Middle East. "I...
THAT @#$% WELLS: PUNCHER'S MOM GOES BALLISTIC AS SON IS JAILED
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amDavid Wells' sucker-puncher was hauled off to jail for 45 days yesterday, despite the hefty hurler's hope that his attacker get a full year behind bars. At a brief, but...
HELMSLEY SAYS SHE'S VICTIM OF GAY BASHING
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLEONA HELMSLEY walks a bit slower and doesn't hear as well as she did in her heyday as New York's reigning hospitality diva. Still, the old dame's gravel-textured voice is...
'WRONG MEN' EX-CONS GET $3M
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amTwo innocent men who were wrongfully imprisoned for 13 years have won a $3.3 million settlement from New York state - the second largest sum since the state began making...
TA'S SPELLING OFF-TRAK
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amDon't count on the Transit Authority winning any spelling bees anytime soon. Puzzled subway riders may be wondering why a sign (above) at the Cortlandt Street station pointing straphangers to...
IRAQI EXILES JOIN UP
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqi exiles are starting to report for U.S. military boot camp so they can get trained to help American troops if there's a war to topple Saddam Hussein...
BAWLING BLAKE TAKES 5TH
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake broke down in tears yesterday during a legal proceeding - claiming his own lawyers are keeping him from telling the story he desperately wants...
BOY, 3, KILLED IN BUS HORROR
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA 3-year-old boy died in his father's arms as he traveled home from an upstate yeshiva - after his mitten got caught in a school-bus door and he was dragged...
SICKENING EXCUSE FOR FATAL S.I. FIRE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA Staten Island woman who said she was sick of folding clothes at a thrift shop has been charged with murder and arson, along with her daughter, after they allegedly...
PRIEST: NO KIDS IN MY GAY PORN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe lawyer for accused child-molester priest Michael Hands admitted yesterday that his client subscribed to several gay pornographic Web sites while he was staying in a Long Island convent -...
CHUCK'S JUDGE-MENT DAY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE Sen. Charles Schumer is plugging Staten Island's Democratic district attorney for a federal judgeship, The Post has learned - a move that will test whether Schumer has any clout...
WORKERS AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT GOING BY BOARDS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWhile Mayor Bloomberg was announcing his school-system overhaul, employees at the nearest local school board took it in stride - even though their jobs are set to change drastically. "If...
COPS SEEK WITNESS IN BANKER SLAY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amCops want to question an Asian man as a possible witness to the murder of a young banker on the Lower East Side, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. A woman who...
LEONA LEATHER BAR: SHE WANTED FETISH FREAKS OUT OF HOTEL
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLeona Helmsley says she doesn't have a problem with gays, but she apparently doesn't like leather freaks. A lawyer for the so-called "Queen of Mean" suggested yesterday the reason his...
'MUTILATION' TALE A FRAUD
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA woman who won political asylum in the United States by claiming she'd suffer genital mutilation if she were sent back to her native Ghana made up the story, a...
BLOOMBERG'S CLASS ACTION: LAUNCHES NEW ERA FOR CITY SCHOOLS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday rocked the city's school system with a plan to smash the bureaucracy to bits, turn over more powers to the chancellor and overhaul what kids are learning...
SENATOR HILL'S POLITICAL 'BOOT CAMP'
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amTO a lot of observers, Sen. Hillary Clinton's surprise decision to enlist in the Senate Armed Services Committee is proof-positive she lusts to be commander-in-chief. And some are pretty livid...
IT'S KING FOR A DAY IN HARLEM
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amHarlem McDonald's served up Knicks players and other celebrities yesterday in honor of the actual day of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Knicks Kurt Thomas and Shandon Anderson,...
MAYOR GETS A+ FOR ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION
January 16, 2003 | 5:00am-- ANALYSIS -- MAYOR Bloomberg hit a home run yesterday with his second big swing at education reform. And in a rare show of Big Apple bipartisanship, the praise came...
$$ PAIN HITS HOME - RISING VALUES PUSH UP TAX BILLS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amProperty values in the city climbed an average of 9 percent last year, despite the sluggish economy - likely meaning higher tax bills in the wake of the recent property-tax...
THUG GUILTY IN PIZZA-TEEN SLAY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe man who shot a young pizza deliveryman during a botched robbery in Brooklyn two years ago was found guilty yesterday of second-degree murder. A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury convicted...
KLEIN'S NEW ASSIGNMENT: STANDARDIZE CURRICULUM
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amMeet Professor Joel Klein - he will be setting the curriculum at 1,000 city schools. In one of the most dramatic changes under Mayor Bloomberg's new education program, the city's...
ACTION HERO A LYING ZERO: TEAM GOTTI
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amHollywood action hero Steven Seagal was just trying to weasel out of a $500,000 debt when he allegedly accused a reputed Gambino capo of intimidating him, a defense lawyer charged...
FEDS $QUEEZE PATAKI FOR GROUND ZERO PLAN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amFederal officials have sent Gov. Pataki a letter pressing the state to explain in detail how it will spend the $4.55 billion set aside to remake lower Manhattan's transportation system....
DUMP UNIV.'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: BUSH
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday denounced what he called a "quota system" used by the University of Michigan that gives black and Hispanic applicants an edge over whites. Bush said...
AGONY OF 'VAMPIRE' SLAY KIN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe family of slain "Dark Shadows" fan Elizabeth Forman, on a sad trip to New York yesterday to identify her body, decried reports calling the Pennsylvania woman a vampire or...
TODDLER KILLED IN BX. FIRE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA "happy, playful" 1-year-old boy died yesterday in a Bronx fire - despite frantic efforts of his foster mother to save him. The blaze broke out shortly after noon in...
RANGER STYLE 'WORKS' AGAIN ; TRAP CAPS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amOVERTIMERangers 2Capitals 1 WASHINGTON - That they are the Blueshirts is nothing new at all. That the Rangers are now wearing blue collars as part of the ensemble, well, that's...
NEW BRIT KID-PERV ARREST
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA popular British TV host was arrested yesterday on child sex charges - becoming the second celeb after Who rocker Pete Townshend to be snared in the country's pedophilia crackdown....
LAWMAKERS NOW 'SOUTH POLS'
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - It's cold in New York but even colder in Antarctica, where two local lawmakers are among seven members of Congress visiting this week for a first-hand look at...
BURST PIPE SAVES BLDG. FROM BLAZE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island woman, mixing flammable paint, liquid plastic and turpentine over a gas stove, accidentally set her apartment ablaze and could have destroyed the entire building if not for...
BEEPS WANT SEATS ON MTA BOARD
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amEach of the city's five borough presidents should have a seat on the MTA board to protect the rights of bus and subway riders, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said...
TOWNSHEND HIRES MUSCLE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLegendary Who rocker Pete Townshend - fearing attacks by vigilantes enraged by his kiddie-porn bust - has hired a team of battle-hardened ex-military men to protect him, it was reported...
LET'S DITCH AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: BUSH
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday denounced what he called a "quota system" used by the University of Michigan that gives black and Hispanic applicants an edge over whites. Bush said...
WHO GUITARIST HIRES MUSCLE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLegendary Who rocker Pete Townshend - fearing attacks by vigilantes enraged by his kiddie-porn bust - has hired a team of battle-hardened ex-military men to protect him, it was reported...
KNICK DEFENSE MAKES ITS POINT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amTwenty-six points for Allan Houston in the Knicks' 98-86 win over the Bulls on Tuesday night. Twenty-four for Kurt Thomas. Now do you want to hear some numbers that really...
SLATE TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES It's not to say that it's impossibly difficult. But the rest of the Knicks' pre-All-Star break schedule is tougher than it looks. The 14-22 Knicks have 12 games...
NO RED SOX FOR ; BARTOLO'S FEET ; EL DUQUE DEAL PUTS COLON IN CHI-TOWN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amHow often does somebody become part of a three-team trade in an effort to thwart a fourth team? The Yankees gladly parted with starter Orlando Hernandez and $2 million yesterday...
TELFAIR: THE MTA'S MY WHEELS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amEveryone knows that LeBron James is getting around Akron in a $50,000 Hummer H2 that his mother gave him, so how is New York City's most well-known and arguably best...
EAGLES GETTIN' SAPP-Y ; PHILLY WANTS TO SEE BUC DT BACK UP TALK
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The poor Sapp can't get any love in this town. Two straight Januarys here, the most feared player on the most feared defense in the NFL has played...
CANARSIE COACH PROTESTS TECH-NICAL KNOCKOUT
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS: Transit Tech 85 - Canarsie 82 Before the halftime buzzer sounded, the Canarsie-Transit Tech game was the ho-hum, predictable yawner it was supposed to be. Eugene Lawrence, Canarsie's...
HERNANDEZ' FIVE YEARS A PINSTRIPED SUCCESS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amLEGEND will have it that Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez defected from Cuba in December of 1997 on a rickety boat and was saved from near death by the U.S. Coast...
HILLENBRAND STILL ON METS' RADAR
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe Mets were working hard yesterday to resume talks with the Red Sox regarding Shea Hillenbrand, but were uncertain whether an agreement could be reached to land the All-Star third...
HAMRLIK UNFAZED BY RUMORS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amThe Islanders need him more than ever now that Adrian Aucoin is out with a groin injury, so Roman Hamrlik is going to have to turn a deaf ear to...
STORM FAILS TO TOE LINE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amVillanova 82St. John's 73 They are called free throws, for obvious reasons. It is the only undefended shot in basketball. Often the foul line is referred to as the charity...
LADY HUSKIES GUT OUT RECORD-TYING WIN
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amUConn's Lady Huskies won three national titles and became the sport's elite by becoming synonymous with prolific offense and lopsided scores. It's ironic - or fitting - that they earned...
VAN HORN, IVERSON ENJOY LAST LAUGH
January 16, 2003 | 5:00am76ers 108Nets 107 PHILADELPHIA - Yes, Keith Van Horn admitted, he had anticipated this game. Forever, it seemed. Having switched allegiances via a summer trade, Van Horn grabbed a schedule...
DEVS FINALLY GET IT RIGHT - SUPER-CHARGED LINEUP POURS IT ON
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amDevils 5 - Isles 0 It took a half-season to bow to the obvious, to the combinations that scream for creation. Now that Pat Burns finally has, the Devils suddenly...
KENYON DREAMS OF OLYMPICS
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Kenyon Martin admits the All-Star Game would be nice. But the Olympics would be even better. "Playing in the Olympics, man, that's a dream. If I...
RED STORM GETS BOOST FROM SMITH
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amIf you're a St. John's fan who's given up on Tristan Smith, know this: He hasn't given up on himself. Smith came to St. John's with a hoops resume as...
UCONN WOMEN TAKE AIM AT WIN-STREAK RECORD
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amFor weeks, the Connecticut Lady Huskies steadfastly have avoided talk about their run toward basketball history, concentrating on taking care of business instead of taking their place in the record...
COLLINS CARRIES ON : YOUNG CENTER KEEPS NETS FROM HURTING
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Todd MacCulloch wore street clothes after the Sixers announced he would undergo treatment for chronic pain in his left foot. Dikembe Mutombo wore a suit, and a cast...
DEVS FINALLY GET IT RIGHT : REUNITING ELIAS, GOMEZ LONG OVERDUE
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amIt took a half-season to bow to the obvious. Now that Pat Burns has, the Devils have their most potent look of the year. First, Burns broke up his cherished...
RANGER BLOWS WHISTLE ON DIRTY DARCY
January 16, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - It happened 36 seconds into Monday night's match at the Garden against the Maple Leafs. After smashing Matt Barnaby into the boards, Darcy Tucker was assessed a five-minute...