March 10, 2003
SALE ON THE SLY: DESPITE DENIALS, VIVENDI TRYING TO OFFLOAD MUSIC BIZ
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIts public comments notwithstanding, Vivendi Universal is indeed eager to shed Universal Music, The Post has learned. In recent days, Vivendi execs have privately backtracked from their public stance that...
ADWEEK'S HOT LIST GIVES 'O' POSITIVE NEWS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe carefully watched "Hot List" from Adweek hits today with O, the Oprah Magazine, in the coveted No. 1 slot - despite the magazine's 10.6 decline in paid circulation over...
MULGREW IS GREAT AS KATE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amTEA AT FIVE At the Promenade Theatre, Broadway at 76th Street. Call Tele-Charge (212) 239-6200. 'TEA at Five," by Matthew Lombardo, is the latest instance of that essentially cheesy genre,...
HOW SWEDE IT IS AT TWO-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIF your idea of Swedish rock is limited to ABBA and "Mamma Mia!" head downtown to CBGB for "The Swedish Invasion Continues . . . 2003." Organized by Export Music...
ACCEPTANCE PREACHES; OSCAR EXECS FEAR ANTI-WAR RANTS AT AWARDS CEREMONY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amOSCAR producers - already biting their nails over the possibility of postponing the ceremonies in the event of an Iraq invasion - are also struggling to prevent Hollywood's big night...
'CHICAGO' SLAYS 'EM; MUSICAL ENJOYS WIN-DY CITY NIGHT AT SAG AWARDS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE bad girls of "Chicago" made off with the prizes at last night's Screen Actors Guild awards, the last stop on the long road to the Oscars in two weeks....
SAVAGE RATIONALE : TALK-SHOW HOST SURPRISES WITH TAMENESS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amSavage didn't make any obscene gestures, jump up and down, foam at the mouth, or expel hot steam from his ears. MICHAEL Savage didn't seem all that savage to me....
IT'S CURTAINS FORNICKELODEON'S 'DORA'
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amOther kiddy shows turned live, like 'Barney' and 'Rugrats' haven't been able to generate the buzz that 'Dora' is churning up in kinder-gartens across the U.S. NEXT month, a live-action...
STARR REPORT
March 10, 2003 | 5:00am'Married' hubby dishes on Hari situation The husband of "Married by America" contestant Denise L. (the "L" stands for Luna) is speaking out about his wife - who got past...
HAVE A HOT FLASH: WEAR A DASH OF SPRING WITHOUT TURNING BLUE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIT'S sweater weather for a few more weeks. But with neon-bright floral skirts and tops, fun polka-dot dresses and sexy high-heeled sandals flooding stores, who wants to wait to wear...
THIGH'S THE LIMIT
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amFashion bulletin from Milan: Delicate stilettos are getting the boot next fall. Thigh-skimming boots were all over the Milan runways last week, at Marni, Fendi, Max Mara, Gai Mattiolo and...
MAKE PEEPERS PAY ; LA. VOYEUR VICTIM RIPS N.Y. POLS OVER LAW LAG
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - A Louisiana woman whose ordeal with a high-tech peeping-Tom neighbor inspired a video-voyeurism law in her state, as well as a TV movie, blasted New York for not...
GOLISANO GALORE IN NEW RADIO BLITZ
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amGET ready for the return of upstate billionaire Thomas Golisano, who spent a record $75 million running for governor last fall. The Rochester-based Golisano will soon begin a saturation series...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNow we know why the English have lousy teeth. Thousands of Brits would rather endure pain than go to the dentist, a new gum-disease survey shows. Nearly 60 percent say...
FDNY SHUTS 'TOXIC' B'KLYN FIRE STATION AFTER AIR TEST
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn firehouse where firefighters have been experiencing strange growths on their hands and miscarriages among their wives has been temporarily closed after tests found 24 potentially cancer-causing contaminants in...
CITY BOOTS WORKER WITH MYSTERY JOB
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amDaniel Carrique lived a charmed life on the city payroll - he had a $51,205 salary, but many officials weren't sure what he did or who was supposed to sign...
BUSYBODY JIMMY CARTER A MAN WITH NO EX APPEAL
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amALEXANDER Hamilton, who founded this great newspaper in 1801, said, "Once presidents complete their terms, they should leave the country. Otherwise, they would be a great mischief." He added that...
FORMER PREZ YEARNS FOR SHOWDOWN
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amFormer President George H.W. Bush says he sometimes yearns to get off the bench and help out in the showdown with Saddam Hussein, because he knows what it's like to...
WACKY QUEEN LATIFAH NOW A MEMBER OF BOX-OFFICE ROYALTY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amWar-talk-weary Americans in need of a good laugh propelled "Bringing Down the House" to the top of the box-office heap over the weekend. The wacky comedy - with Queen Latifah...
POWELL BARES IRAN'S NUCLEAR BOMBSHELL
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIn a move that has alarmed top U.S. officials, Iran has begun the process of building a nuclear arsenal right under the nose of the U.N. watchdog agency, sources said....
LOST IN INSURANCE HELL ; LATE-PAYING FIRMS SUCK UP FINES WHILE PENALIZING PATIENTS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amDespite being hammered with millions of dollars in fines by the state, New York health insurers continue to ignore a law forcing them to pay medical claims on time -...
WIDOW'S SUIT CLAIMS DELAY WAS FATAL
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amCarmine Cicio was sick with blood cancer when his HMO, Vytra Health Plans, denied him a potentially lifesaving operation. In the two months it took Cicio's doctor to convince Vytra...
2 DOCTORS FIGHT BACK AGAINST 'TAKEBACKS'
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amOf the thousands of complaints lodged by doctors against insurance companies, one of the big issues is "takebacks": payments insurers demand from doctors on claims settled years earlier. Takebacks started...
CURTAIN PALL ON BROADWAY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amBroadway musicals were dark again yesterday as producers and striking musicians refused to come to the negotiating table. The two sides are still far apart on the key issue of...
RED-TAPE WORMS CREATE A NIGHTMARE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amBill Singer is battling serious health problems, but he says his medical fight is nothing compared with his war with Oxford Health Plans. In fall 2001, a battery of tests...
PICKING PANEL FOR 9/11 MEMORIAL IS FIRST DELICATE TASK
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe first hurdle for planners responsible for creating a 9/11 memorial is to pick the jury that will choose the winning design - and decide whether to include victims' relatives...
E. SIDE INFERNO ; SCHWAB SCION AMONG 3 HURT
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amAn Upper East Side apartment fire burned and critically injured two people - including a daughter of financial-services magnate Charles Schwab - and sent a third person to the hospital...
STUDY SLAMS TAX 'LOANS'
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amMany New Yorkers are being gouged by income-tax preparation services that don't fully disclose exorbitant fees and interest rates to those seeking "refund-anticipation loans," a City Council survey has found....
CITY COUNCIL NO-WAR BLURB READY AT LAST
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe City Council this week will likely approve a revised antiwar resolution - now that it no longer sharply criticizes President Bush or the war. The resolution - first drafted...
SHOOTING SPREE TURNS TIMES SQ. DANCE NIGHT INTO HORROR
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amA blood feud between rival groups from a Rockaway housing project turned a Times Square arcade and disco into a shooting gallery yesterday morning - leaving eight people wounded by...
ARAFAT'S NEW MAN FRIDAY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amPalestinian leader Yasser Arafat will retain control of security forces and peace negotiations with Israel, even as his handpicked prime minister prepares to be formally offered the job today. Would-be...
BROADWAY NO-$HOWS COST CITY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe bitter standoff between striking musicians and theater producers is costing the city a fortune. So far, the strike has cost Broadway nearly $5 million in gross box-office revenues. Tourism...
CURTAIN UP ON NEW ERA
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amFor the first time in their fractious history, Broadway's three biggest unions have joined forces to battle what they believe are theater producers' increasingly aggressive moves to thin their ranks....
BOTULISM IN THE WORKS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. officials fear Iraqi operatives are plotting to use botulism to contaminate American food and water supplies in the event of war, it was reported today. The Pentagon has received...
BUBBA VS. BOB DEBATE SEEMS MORE LIKE '60 HOURS'
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amWARNING: If you're still in a coma from watching the boring Clinton/Dole debates of the 1996 election, do not - repeat, do not - wake up now. Their reprised "debates,"...
CROCODILE TEARS; EUROPE'S TASTE FOR TYRANTS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amI SPENT last month in Africa, pausing for a respectful visit to Robben Island, the former prison that confined Nelson Mandela for two decades. It was a physically beautiful setting...
STRIKE COSTS A FORTUNE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe bitter standoff between striking musicians and theater producers is costing the city a fortune. So far, Broadway's losses have amounted to nearly $5 million in gross box office revenues....
DE$IGNS OF TROUBLE ; BUDGET WOES PLAGUE PLANS BY LIBESKIND
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amWell-known projects designed by Daniel Libeskind, the artsy architect behind the controversial plan for Ground Zero, have been acclaimed by critics - but have caused headaches around the world because...
BIG CLEANUP FAILED TO WIPE OUT ALL THE GANG GORE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe porn theaters, peep shows and strip joints may be long gone from Times Square, but the amusement halls and video arcades - and the trouble they bring - live...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amBronx One man was killed and another brutally assaulted moments after leaving a party at an apartment Saturday night, police said yesterday. The mayhem unfolded at around 11 p.m., when...
N. KOREA 'TESTS' ANOTHER MISSILE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNorth Korea test-fired a cruise missile into the Sea of Japan yesterday, the second such test in as many weeks. The test was expected, but threatens to inflame the ongoing...
U.N. VICTORY IS IN SIGHT: COLIN ; VOTE COULD LEAVE FRANCE OUT IN COLD
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said the United States and Britain are now "in striking distance" of the nine U.N. Security Council votes needed to set a March 17...
BIN LADEN IS A MOVING TARGET
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe noose is tightening around Osama bin Laden, thanks to new intelligence gathered from last week's arrest of al Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Bin Laden is said to be...
ALZHEIMER'S MAN MISSING IN CITY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amAn elderly man who suffers from memory loss has been missing from his Upper West Side apartment since yesterday, cops said. Robert Major, 63, was last seen inside the apartment...
RETURN OF A 'RED' SCARE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amSCARLET fever ravaged ancient Rome, killing thousands. In 455, the city of Orae Favianae was so devastated by the disease that they had to change its name to Vienna. In...
THOUSANDS HAVE HIDDEN KILLER
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amDoctors say a little-known disease that zaps human immune systems could turn into an instant killer for thousands of unsuspecting victims in the event of bioterrorist attack. Known as Primary...
TEACHERS ON LEAVE COST CITY MILLION$
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe cash-starved city is blowing $40 million on 1,040 veteran teachers who are on paid sabbaticals this year, The Post has learned. And it is estimated that the Department of...
LIFE'S A BEACH AT TOP PLACE FOR SABBATICALS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amKingsborough Community College in Brooklyn is the king of teacher sabbaticals. The school on the Manhattan Beach oceanfront boasts of instructing some 400 city public teachers this year who are...
CAUSE FOR ALARM: FDNY CLOSES 'CANCER HOUSE' AFTER AIR-HAZARD TESTS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn firehouse where firefighters have been experiencing strange growths on their hands and miscarriages among their wives has been temporarily closed after tests found 24 potentially cancer-causing contaminants in...
DEAL WOULD BE A BAD KOREA MOVE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amTwo of President Bush's top aides yesterday said the United States won't fall into the "trap" of cutting a unilateral deal with North Korea on its nuclear program, because the...
NEW INFO FUELS OSAMA SEARCH
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIntelligence analysts continue to pore over the material taken from alQaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed - as the search for his boss intensifies, it was reported today. Mohammed is believed...
KAREEM COMES UP SMALL AS ANALYST
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amWHAT do we get when networks can't resist hiring sportscasters for their names instead of their broadcasting abilities? Saturday, we got Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Hired last month by CBS, he was...
D-DAY LOOMING FOR BOOMER
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Still no decision on David Wells, as the Yankees continue to leave the controversial pitcher/author twisting in the wind. "Unfortunately, we're still in the process,"...
KENT: NO PATIENCE KILLED MET DREAMS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - After winning a National League most valuable player award in 2000 and coming within one win of a World Series ring last year, you figure the last thing...
LAPOINTE DEAL FIRST OF MANY?
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe most anticipated trade deadline in years because of the big names sitting on the block around the league got off to a slow start yesterday for the Islanders. But...
MJ 'SHOES' SPREWELL AWAY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amWhile Shandon Anderson talked trash with Michael Jordan, Latrell Sprewell asked Jordan for his sneakers. After the Knicks' 97-96 win over the Wizards in Jordan's final game at Madison Square...
PAVEL RAVES ABOUT KEENAN
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe Rangers love Glen Sather, so the following is certainly no indictment. But there might be a better man to coach the Rangers, a man who could leave Sather to...
SEHORN SAYS SEE YA ON WEB
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amJason Sehorn's nine years in New York were continuously filled with intrigue, enticement and excitement, but never teeming with emotion. It was not Sehorn's way. That is why it is...
TALK-SHOW SHANDON ; ANDERSON BEATS MIKE AT VERBAL WARFARE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amOnce an opponent starts talking trash with Michael Jordan, it is only a matter time before Jordan gets the best of him. In the second quarter, the Knicks Shandon Anderson...
MAY BE OAK'S FINALE, TOO
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Charles Oakley admitted yesterday's contest "might be" his Garden swan song. A source close to the 39-year-old Oakley said he's likely done after this season. "That's the way...
FORWARD RIPS FANS THAT ROOTED FOR JORDAN
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amIt was one of the most bizarre scenes in Garden history. With 5.4 seconds remaining and the Knicks up two on the Wizards, Shandon Anderson missed a free throw. And...
KATZ ISN'T LOOKING TO SACK SCOTT
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES NEW ORLEANS - There were flashbacks to a Sunday in March, 1999. That was when the Nets were reeling, losing with alarming regularity. Nets principal owner Lewis Katz...
THIS REY JUST GETS IT; HEADS-UP PLAY EARNS SANCHEZ HIGH PRAISE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amMets 12Astros 2 KISSIMMEE - Kansas City GM Allard Baird is a former scout, and Roberto Alomar is a future Hall of Famer. On the topic of Rey Sanchez, they've...
GLOBAL STRATEGY ISN'T DELIVERING FOR YANKS
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amST. PETERSBURG - The Cuban Missile crisis is in full alert, but before the panic button is pushed, thinking this is Hideki Irabu II for the Global Yankees, consider the...
LEITER'S TAKING IT OUTSIDE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES KISSIMMEE - Al Leiter has always dominated the inside-half of the plate. This spring, he's using Tom Glavine's example as the impetus for working on the outer half....
DUO TAKES BEATING IN LA. DERBY
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNot one but two Kentucky Derby bubbles burst in yesterday's Grade 2, $750,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds. California shipper Kafwain, off at 7-5 in the mile-and-a-sixteenth prep, and...
JASON STEPS UP ; SHAKES OFF PAIN TO LEAD NETS INTO HORNETS' NEST
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Jason Kidd awoke yesterday and figured he would sit this one out. When the Nets arrived at New Orleans Arena for last night's game with the Hornets...
NO MAGIC LEFT IN GARDEN AIR ; JORDAN SHINES BUT CAN'T CONQUER KNICKS IN FINALE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amKnicks 97Wizards 96 Michael Jordan's historic Garden farewell was filled with blood, sweat, tears, cheers and brilliance. Jordan turned the Garden into an M.J. lovefest, with New York fans even...
CTK, ST. RAY'S LEFT STANDING ; ROYALS SQUEAK PAST MOLLOY ON MISSED FT
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amCHSAA "A" / OTCTK 60Molloy 59 Mitchell Beauford expected to have to keep playing. So did his Christ the King HS teammate Japhet McNeil. That's how clutch a free throw...
HARD TO SAY GOODBYE
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amAS the final few seconds sped away, as the end neared, it turned out that nobody could hold a grudge, not even for all those nights when Michael Jordan had...
THE FIGHT FOR FIFTH ; CONTRERAS CAN'T LOCATE PLATE, SO WEAVER WINNING
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amDevil Rays 8Yankees 3 ST. PETERSBURG - True, it's only March 10. But the race for the Yankees' fifth starter spot is turning into a rout. Both candidates, Jeff Weaver...
HIGH-FLYING RAVENS TOO DEEP FOR XAVERIAN
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amCHSAA "A"St. Ray's 76Xaverian 56 If Gary DeCesare were superstitious, he may not have attended yesterday's St. Raymond's game. The only St. Raymond's game the former coach had seen this...
SCALABRINE GRABS FOR THE GUMBO
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES NEW ORLEANS - The Hornets had rallied from 14 down and were within five. The sellout crowd was coming alive. The Hornet bench was getting pumped. So Brian...
FROSH LIFTS MANHATTAN
March 10, 2003 | 5:00am2 OTsManhattan 82Niagara 81 Manhattan's Luis Flores and Niagara's Juan Mendez had waged a tete-a-tete yesterday with the MAAC tourney semifinal at stake. But in the end, it was Kenny...
KIDD STARTS 'EM UP ; SHAKES OFF PAIN TO SPARK NET WIN IN HORNETS' NEST
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amNets 102 Hornets 92 NEW ORLEANS - Jason Kidd awoke yesterday and figured he would sit this one out. When the Nets arrived at New Orleans Arena for last night's...
GONZO'S FUTURE ONE HOT TOPIC
March 10, 2003 | 5:00amTRENTON - For Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez, it's time, in more ways than one. Time to shake off the stigma of never having won a MAAC Tournament game. Time to...