April 24, 2003
FEDS BLAST FRANK: OBSTRUCTION CHARGES CARRY 25-YEAR SENTENCE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amFrank Quattrone faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted on all charges filed against him yesterday by the feds. The former CSFB tech banking czar is the first...
PARACHUTE-'EM-UP ; VERIZON INVESTORS VOTE VS. PAYOUTS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amBloated golden parachutes for executives could come crashing to the ground at Verizon. Shareholders voted 3 to 2 yesterday to end excessive buyout packages for top brass, setting the stage...
LOOKING FOR A LIFT: MAIDENFORM ON BLOCK; MAY HOOK UP WITH VF
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amVF Corp., on the hunt for acquisitions after losing Calvin Klein Inc. to shirt maker Phillips-Van Heusen, is in talks to buy Maidenform Inc., The Post has learned. In recent...
PARACHUTE-'EM-UP : VERIZON INVESTORS VOTE VS. PAYOUTS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amBloated golden parachutes for executives could come crashing to the ground at Verizon. Shareholders voted 3 to 2 yesterday to end excessive buyout packages for top brass, setting the stage...
HINDSIGHT HIGHLIGHTS MACK'S WRONG MOVE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amJohn Mack and CSFB could have avoided many of their current headaches if they had gotten rid of Frank Quattrone more than a year ago, when they first had the...
JOBS FINDS A TAKER FOR SAN REMO PENTHOUSE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amSTEVE Jobs' mega-million-dollar Manhattan apartment has gone to contract. Sources say the Apple Computer co-founder - recently named one of the 12 "piggiest" CEOs by Fortune magazine - will be...
TRAVEL HOLIDAY RAINS OUT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTravel Holiday has become the latest consumer magazine to crash and burn. "You're always surprised when a magazine closes," said Editor-in-Chief John Owens, "but the way the world has been...
SAKS TO LAUNCH 'BARKIN' BASEMENT'
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amDog lovers in New York will soon have something to bark about. Saks Fifth Avenue is resurrecting its canine department as part of a broader strategy to expand its home...
NYSE CHEATING IS NOTHING NEW
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amPROFESSIONAL traders are getting a big kick out of the investigation now under way into New York Stock Exchange specialists. "It's shocking. Just shocking. Specialists are crooks," said one trader...
IT'S COTTON-PICKIN' GRISHAM
April 24, 2003 | 4:00am"A Painted House" Sunday night at 9 on Ch. 2 1/2 UNLIKE Stephen King, whose best stories are often the ones that have nothing to do with horror (think "Stand...
IN THE CANNES
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amNICOLE Kidman's "Dogville" and "Mystic River," directed by Clint Eastwood, are among 20 films gunning for the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Two other American entries, Gus...
TRIBECA DRIVE-IN
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Tribeca Film Festival will re-create the '50s, with three days of screenings at a "drive-in"-style movie theater on lower Manhattan's waterfront. A giant movie screen will be installed at...
PANIC JAM PUSHES THE SNOOZE BUTTON
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWIDESPREAD PANIC WHILE few would deny the keen musicianship of Widespread Panic, the group was less than engaging at the first of its two-show Beacon Theater engagement Tuesday. The six-man...
A NIGHT AT JACKOLAND ...WATCHING HIS HOME MOVIES
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amAN "unguarded" Michael Jackson breaks out his own home movies tonight - showing himself horsing around with pal McCauley Culkin and being surprised on Christmas morning by Elizabeth Taylor in...
PAPA BARE; DON'T DARE TO 'DREAM'
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amDREAM A LITTLE DREAM At the Village Theater, 158 Bleecker St. Ticketmaster, (212) 307-4100. 'DREAM a Little Dream" is like a reel of "A Mighty Wind" minus the satire -...
STARR REPORT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amBooker for a chat: J.Lo's sis dish on 'ET' J.Lo! OK, now that I've gotten your attention, Jennifer "J.Lo" Lopez will be featured on tonight's "Entertainment Tonight" (7 p.m../Ch. 2),...
TEENAGE 'IDOL' IS IDLED
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amCARMEN Rasmussen, the youngest "American Idol 2" contestant, got the heave-ho on last night's live episode. "It's such a big stepping stone. It's been awesome," the blond, bubbly 18-year-old said...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * Detectives yesterday identified Tyrone Felton (above) as the man police are looking for in the robberies of 11 elderly people in Parkchester since August. Felton, 25, whose...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA California college student who set up a Web site asking for donations for breast implants has reached her goal. The 23-year-old, known as Michel, created giveboobs.com and asked for...
STATE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT PEDDLERS AT GROUND ZERO
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Backed by Mayor Bloomberg, state lawmakers are moving to ban peddlers at Ground Zero, The Post has learned. Proposed legislation submitted by the city to state lawmakers for...
ARAFAT SAYS YES TO NEW GOV'T - BOWS TO PRESSURE FROM U.S.
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Yielding to intense pressure from the United States and other countries, Yasser Arafat agreed to a new Palestinian government yesterday that the Bush administration said would revive the...
TRAIL OF CLUES IN ANALYST VANISH
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe promising Barclays Bank analyst who mysteriously vanished from her Midtown apartment building went to church, went shopping and withdrew cash the day she disappeared - and it doesn't appear...
AIRPORT COPS CRACK $1.5M BITTY-BOTTLE LIQUOR THEFT RING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA brazen ring of booze boosters at La Guardia Airport was busted yesterday, with authorities believing they swiped more than 400,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from American Airlines - worth $1.5...
SAD TO REPORT: MEDIA CROOKS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - At least seven members of the media have been caught returning from Iraq with looted art, weapons and souvenirs, U.S. Customs agents said yesterday. The booty, most of...
MEET THE MAN TO BLAME (UNLESS HIS BOSSES 'FESS UP)
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amNEXT month, when straphangers pay an extra 50 cents to enter the subway, they should curse the name Gary G. Caplan. You may not know him, but he's the MTA's...
PETERSON'S PREPPIE SCHOOL DAYS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amHere's Scott Peterson as you've never seen him before - a swaggering high-school senior and star of his varsity golf team. Peterson, charged with murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, was...
HEVESI SLAMS FARE-HIKERS - SAYS AGENCY KEPT TWO SETS OF BOOKS TO 'HIDE' 600M
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA created a "distorted picture" of its financial plan when it stashed away more than $600 million and kept two sets of books while it argued for the need...
WARY DEM CANDIDATES SKIRT AROUND SHOCKER SHARPTON
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that the Iraq war is over, Democratic 2004 presidential wannabes are scrambling for a way to stand out from the pack as their first debate looms - and one...
UH, OH, CANADA, TRAVEL ALERT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amToronto officials exploded in anger yesterday after the World Health Organization hammered the city's economy by advising travelers to put off unnecessary trips to Canada's biggest city because of SARS....
JURY MULLS CIGA-WRECK EXEC'S SUIT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe jury is still deliberating on whether Elite Modeling Management discriminated against a woman because of her disability - sensitivity to cigarette smoke. The Manhattan Supreme Court jury on Tuesday...
SCHUMER SHOCKER AS BILL BOOSTS DONOR
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer co-sponsored legislation sought by a private security company just two months after accepting nearly $50,000 in campaign donations from the firm, The Post has learned....
MTA BOGUS HIKE TAKES NYERS FOR A RIDE: AUDIT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe MTA's justification for next month's bus and subway fare hike is a sham, the state and city comptrollers charged yesterday. State Comptroller Alan Hevesi accused the agency of keeping...
BRONX DA BOTCH FREES GANG PUNK
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amCops in The Bronx are fuming over a snafu by the District Attorney's Office that allowed a gang member arrested on gun charges to walk free after an unrelated case...
BRIBE JUDGE BUSTED - DA HAD HIM WIRED TO HELP SNARE OTHER COURT CROOKS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge was busted for accepting money and vacations, including an exotic jaunt to Bali, in exchange for fixing divorce cases - and has been wearing a wire for...
SEA OF BLUE FOR SLAIN N.J. COP
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amMore than 3,000 cops filled the streets outside St. Anne's Catholic Church in Fair Lawn, N.J., yesterday to offer a solemn final salute to MaryAnn Collura, the officer gunned down...
PSYCHO KNIFE WIFE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWestchester woman accused of cuffing her husband, blindfolding him and repeatedly plunging a paring knife into his chest - piercing his heart - has been charged with attempted murder, and...
STEAM $CALDS CON ED
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amCon Edison has to pay $5.5 million to a woman who was hit by a cabby blinded by sewer steam, a jury found. Cathy Hallivis, 33, suffered a shattered vertebra...
BANK-HEIST SUSPECTS BAGGED
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTwo bank robbers - including one who tried to flee on a bicycle - were arrested in separate incidents yesterday morning after holding up banks in The Bronx and Queens,...
BX. DA BOTCH FREES GANG PUNK
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amCops in The Bronx are fuming over a snafu by the District Attorney's Office that allowed a gang member arrested on gun charges to walk free from custody after an...
DOORMEN'S LAST-MINUTE DEAL HINGED ON 3% WAGE HIKE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe doorman union and the 1 million Big Apple apartment dwellers they serve were both ecstatic after the door was slammed shut yesterday on a threatened strike by the workers....
TOILET TAX CHEAT: MTA RESTROOM BUILDER PLEADED GUILTY IN MOB PROBE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA contractor fighting with the MTA over work at the agency's scandal-plagued downtown headquarters pleaded guilty to a federal tax charge arising from a New Jersey mob indictment, The Post...
'TERROR' IMAM OUT ON BOND
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of a Brooklyn imam, who the feds say worships Osama bin Laden and hopes for another Sept. 11, claimed yesterday he was a man of peace. After being...
NEW TUMOR HOPE: BREAST CANCER GENE IS FOUND
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amIn a major breakthrough, scientists have discovered a gene linked to breast cancer that could lead to new treatments and allow the early detection of the disease, researchers said yesterday....
GOV GETS PUMMELED IN LATEST POLL
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's job-approval rating has plummeted to its lowest point since 1995, as New Yorkers overwhelmingly frown on his handling of the budget crisis, a new poll yesterday...
DA BAGS SLICK-TALKING 'SULTAN OF SWINDLE'
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amHave you been snookered by a "sultan?" Manhattan prosecutors are looking for victims of a man they say is swindling women out of tens of thousands of dollars by insisting...
'RUN' OF BAD LUCK: 2ND DAY OF DEPOSITOR PANIC AT 'SCANDAL' BANK
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amIt wasn't such a wonderful life for thousands of patrons of a Chinatown bank yesterday, as unfounded fears it could go under because of an embezzlement scandal prompted throngs of...
PATAKI NIXES 'RICH' TAX: SAYS HE'LL VETO 'JOB KILLER' PLAN
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday strongly rejected any new tax on the rich and accused state lawmakers of seeking the easy way out of New York's budget mess. "The easiest...
COPS BAG BANK-HEIST SUSPECTS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTwo bandits - including one who tried to flee on a bicycle - were arrested after they held up banks in The Bronx and Queens yesterday, police said. The arrests...
THE DIXIE STRIPS:CHICKS GET NAKED TO ANSWER THEIR CRITICS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Bush-bashing Dixie Chicks have struck back at their critics by baring their souls - and their bodies. The country stars appear nude on the cover of next week's "Entertainment...
CLUE TO '91 MISSING PILOT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The initials of Navy pilot Scott Speicher - shot down over Iraq at the start of the 1991 Gulf War - have been found scratched into the wall...
TEACHERS UNION: LET OUR MEMBERS HELP RATE PRINCIPALS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amPrincipals rate teachers. Now teachers want to turn the tables by grading their bosses. The United Federation of Teachers has proposed that the city give classroom instructors and other staffers...
BITTY BOTTLE BUST: COPS NIP AIR-BOOZE THEFT RING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA brazen ring of booze boosters at La Guardia Airport was busted yesterday, with authorities believing they swiped more than 400,000 mini-bottles of alcohol from American Airlines - worth $1.5...
S*T*A*S*H UNIT: $OLDIERS SHOW WAY TO 200G
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a senior commander made an emotional appeal for GIs to come clean, the soldiers accused of swiping hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Baghdad money cache led probers...
TEACHERS: LET US RATE PRINCIPALS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amPrincipals rate teachers. Now teachers want to turn the tables by grading their bosses. The United Federation of Teachers has proposed that the city give classroom instructors and other staffers...
KID'S ROB BID HEIST OF ABSURDITY
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amHe walked into video store dressed in black, a sweatshirt hood pulled over his head, pointed a silver gun at the manager and announced, "I'm going to stand up this...
VENDORS FACING WTC BAN
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Backed by Mayor Bloomberg, state lawmakers are moving to ban peddlers at Ground Zero, The Post has learned. Proposed legislation submitted by the city to state lawmakers for...
JUSTICE FOR SALE: JUDGE GAVE DIVORCES FOR BRIBES
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn jurist was busted for accepting money and vacations, including an exotic jaunt to Bali, in exchange for fixing divorce cases - and has since been wearing a wire...
DIXIE CHICKS FIGHT BACK
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Bush-bashing Dixie Chicks have struck back at their critics by baring their souls - and their bodies. The country stars appear nude on the cover of next week's "Entertainment...
CHUCK BACKS BILL FOR BIG CAMPAIGN DONOR
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer co-sponsored legislation sought by a private security company just two months after accepting nearly $50,000 in campaign donations from the firm, The Post has learned....
THOMAS: BALL'S IN OUR COURT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amOne of the stars of Tuesday's Game 2, Tim Thomas believes the Bucks have the Nets right where they want them. The Bucks' 88-85 Meadowlands victory over the Nets evened...
HAYNES, BRAINS & GIANT APPEAL
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amIs it smart to pay much attention to smarts? Michael Haynes hopes so. As one of the top defensive ends available in this weekend's NFL Draft, Haynes has perfect size...
NICE WORKOUT IS JUST WHAT DAY 'WANTED'
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTen Most Wanted, who figures to be the bet-down horse in this year's Kentucky Derby after winning the Illinois Derby by four lengths with a powerful late run, solidified his...
CASSELL: I LOVE N.Y.
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Sam Cassell admits it: The rumors got to him. They excited him. They got his mind racing. Back in February, at the trade deadline, the word was out:...
ONE FOR THE ROAD ; NETS NEED A WIN IN MILWAUKEE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - For the Nets, there are few things worse than simply playing on the road. Playing on the road in Milwaukee is one of them. And that's the scenario...
HOFSTRA HOPEFUL A SLEEPER BEAUTY
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amArlen Harris had just turned in a dazzling performance in the Paradise Bowl, when he was approached by a group of NFL scouts. They had just watched the 5-foot-10, 215-pound...
KARL'S HAPPY DEKE'S SITTING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - The Nets are using a center-by-committee approach. Whoever plays well, plays. Bucks coach George Karl is fine with that. He wants anything that keeps Dikembe Mutombo...
MCDYESS: YES, I'M WORRIED
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amSpeaking out for the first time since learning he needed further knee surgery, Antonio McDyess told The Post yesterday he was "devastated" by the news and admitted to being "worried"...
LINDROS COULD BE LEAF-ING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Maple Leafs are picking up the pieces yet again after losing in the first round for the first time in Pat Quinn's five-year tenure, after failing to win the...
DEVILS TIRED OF RESTING ; EAGER TO START SERIES WITH LIGHTNING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils haven't been off this long since the 2002 Olympics, and Martin Brodeur didn't stick-handle around the issue. Rust will be the Devils' first opponent in this second-round series...
MINOR SETBACK FOR MO: TOO SORE FOR SLATED WORKOUT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Don't look for Mariano Rivera in the bullpen tomorrow night when the Yankees play the Rangers in Arlington. Slated to throw an inning yesterday in the extended spring...
CONTRERAS WORKING TOWARD RETURN
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - The rebuilding of Jose Contreras continued yesterday in Tampa, where he participated in a detailed workout that included fundamentals designed to smooth out his delivery. "He...
HIP VEXOR MAY BE END OF THE ROAD FOR CONE ; PUT ON 15-DAY DL
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amSounding every bit like a man who is staring down retirement, David Cone spoke in cautious terms yesterday about once again making a triumphant return to the mound. The 40-year-old...
ALMONTE IS UNFLAPPABLE
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALLMonroe 6Columbus 2 After two pitches yesterday, Danny Almonte was down 1-0 and had a runner on second. He had surrendered back-to-back doubles, but the Monroe freshman was undaunted....
CEDENO MOVING TO RIGHT
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Roger Cedeno, whose brief time in center field was accompanied by a slow start offensively, occasional misplays in the field and derision by home crowds, officially was removed...
MOUND OF CHANGE: YANKS DL OSUNA, GIVES REYES CALL-UP; JASON'S ROLE GROWS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - A month ago, as he waited for the final days of spring training to tick down, Yankee prospect Jason Anderson expected to be closing games for Triple-A Columbus....
NO REYES OF HOPE AS SANCHEZ STRUGGES
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amHere's the situation: Rey Sanchez, the Mets' shortstop, is batting .121 and has three hits in last 37 at-bats. Here's the question: Where's Jose Reyes? Sanchez not only went 0-for-4...
PHILLIPS' DAYS NUMBERED
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amTHE great thing about baseball is the report card doesn't lie. The record you have is the record you deserve. The 9-12 Mets went into this season with obvious holes,...
IT'S 'AL' GOOD! LEITER'SMAGIC ACTCONTINUES
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amMets 4Astros 2 He may not want to admit it, but Al Leiter is the most consistent thing the Mets have right now. Five times he's taken the mound this...
HIP VEXOR MAY BE END OF THE ROAD FOR CONE: PUT ON 15-DAY DL
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amSounding every bit like a man who is staring down retirement, a David Cone spoke in cautious terms yesterday about once again making a triumphant return to the mound. The...
ROCKET ROLLS ON : ROG WINS 297TH AS BOMBER BATS ROAR
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 9Angels 2 ANAHEIM - In the middle of yesterday morning, Roger Clemens was sprawled on the floor of the health club at the Yankees' hotel stretching his thick body...
REYES READY, METS ARE STILL UNWILLING
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amHere's the situation: Rey Sanchez is the Mets' shortstop. He's hitting .129 and has no extra-base hits. Here's the question: Where in the world is Jose Reyes? Sanchez was in...
LIGHTNING LOOK TO STRIKE OFTEN
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amDevils coach Pat Burns might have nailed it on the head this week when he said everyone in the world was rooting for his team to lose to the Lightning...
DEVILS VS. LIGHTNING MATCHUPS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amGoaltending is supposed to be the great advantage, or the great equalizer. This time, the shooters will have to be the difference. The Devils will find out how it feels...
TACKLING THE BIG CITY: SMALL-TOWN WILLIAMS FITS JETS
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amKevin Williams is ready, willing and able to become the Jets' top pick in the first round of Saturday's NFL Draft. But the 6-foot-5, 304-pound Oklahoma State defensive tackle knows...
FORDHAM DIVORCE MIGHT GET MESSY
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amThe divorce between Fordham and former basketball coach Bob Hill still is not complete, but it will be. The question is how messy will this separation get? Sources close to...
OSUNA DL'D; REYES GETS CALL-UP
April 24, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - The Yankees yesterday placed reliever Antonio Osuna on the disabled list with a strained right groin and called up veteran righty Al Reyes from Triple-A Columbus....