August 19, 2003
GREENSPAN, FED BOSSES SHARE YOUR INVESTING PAIN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amNEED another reason for the Federal Reserve to get the economy going again? Here it is: The investments and incomes of the Fed's governors aren't doing any better than those...
$228M SALE IN LITIGIOUS LIMBO
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amTHE $228 million sale of the giant Herald Towers apartment and retail building in Herald Square has ended up in court, with the buyers accusing the sellers of trying to...
US MAG NABS GOSSIP EDITOR AT NEW YORK
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amUs Weekly's new editor, Janice Min, yesterday raided New York magazine for one of its star gossip writers. Marc Malkin, who had been co-editing the widely read "Intelligencer" section of...
3 CHARGED IN NASD'S HEDGE FUND CRACKDOWN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amIn a crackdown on hedge-fund scams, the NASD yesterday brought charges against three broker-dealers for hawking millions in fraudulent fund offerings. It is the second major enforcement action brought by...
IN DARK, BARNEYS SHOPPERS CLUNG TO ... BARGAINS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amWomen tend to go a little crazy for the Barneys warehouse sale, where designer clothes can be had for a bargain. But the blackout that shut down New York City...
NBC, MALONE, EDGAR JR. HAND IN BIDS FOR VIVENDI
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amVivendi Universal collected second-round bids for its U.S. entertainment unit yesterday, moving one step closer to the end of a topsy-turvy auction that is unlikely to fetch the media giant's...
HOME DEPOT ENLISTS WOMEN IN ITS BATTLE AGAINST LOWE'S
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAs Home Depot scouts sites for its first New York City store, it faces a marketing challenge: how to squeeze more sales from less space. Lacking the square footage of...
HOME DEPOT WOOS WOMEN IN BATTLE AGAINST LOWE'S
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAs Home Depot scouts sites for its first New York City store, it faces a marketing challenge: how to squeeze more sales from less space. Lacking the square footage of...
A BANNER JOB
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am* THE STAR SPANGLES "Bazooka!!!" [] Capitol The Star Spangles aren't the smartest songwriters, the best players or the most innovative band to take a shot at the big time....
HEART TO ARF - GIZMO TRIES TO TRANSLATE THAT BARK
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amST. Francis of Assisi could talk to the animals. And now your dog can talk to you. That is, if you believe the latest wacky product to come out of...
THEY SAY THEY WANT A 'REVOLUTIONS' OSCAR NOD
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amWARNER Bros. reportedly is considering writing off the Oscar chances of the sci-fi epic "The Matrix: Reloaded" so as not to hurt the Academy Award prospects of the sequel, "The...
TOOTH SCARIES - TOOTH SCARIES; DENTISTS BITE BACK AT PHOBIC PATIENTS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amIF the drill and pointy tools weren't frightening enough, there are those movies that make you terrified to go within a mile of a dentist's office. First came Roger Corman's...
PUT A FORK IN HER ... ROSEANNE'S COMEBACK IS DONE - ABC KILLS COOKING SHOW ON EVE OF SURGERY. REALITY SERIES NEXT?
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amROSEANNE Barr, a TV legend who once ruled the network roost, has been plucked clean. ABC Family has cancelled Roseanne's cooking show, "Domestic Goddess" before it aired its first episode...
RAYMOND BROTHER NO-SHOW
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am'EVERYBODY Loves Raymond" co-star Brad Garrett remains AWOL from the sitcom - as his contract dispute enters its second week. Insiders say Garrett and CBS remain stalemated over his demands...
REALITY'S SOAP STAR IS BORN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am'WHO Wants to Marry My Dad?" daughter Heidi Mueller has parlayed her reality show gig into a paying job on the NBC soap "Passions." Mueller was the opinionated daughter who,...
PHONY CALLERS CRANK IT UP - WHY TV NEWS CAN'T STOP THE HOAXERS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amANOTHER major crisis - another attack of media hoaxers. The blackout that threw most of the Northeast into darknesss last Thursday also claimed its latest TV news victim, "Nightline" anchorman...
SHAME, SHAME ON VIEW
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am"Smoking Gun TV" [Absolutely no stars] Wednesday night at 8 on Court TV ---- For reasons I hope never to understand, Court TV has failed to make a funny or...
REEL ESTATE - WHEN NEW YORKERS TURN THEIR HOMES INTO MOVIE SETS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amROGER Levin hadn't even heard of Lisa Kudrow two years ago. Then the makers of Kudrow's new movie, "Marci X," offered him "quite a significant sum" to film in his...
'TWISTED' KIN SLAY - '80S ROCKER DEE SNIDER'S BRO-IN-LAW SHOT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe brother-in-law of heavy-metal rocker Dee Snider was shot in the nose and killed in a mystery attack yesterday while walking to work in Midtown. Vincent Gargiulo, 34, whose sister...
YANKEL'S FINAL MESSAGE TO MOM
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAS SHE prepared to mark today's grim anniversary of Yankel Rosenbaum's fatal stabbing, his mother told me how she joked happily with him hours before his brutal murder - and...
TWIN INFANTS DELIVERED 'ON & OFF'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amIt was a real charge for proud New Jersey parents Phillip and Maureen Angelastro to have identical twin boys on Blackout Thursday - baby Peter while the lights were on,...
'GRID' LOCK COSTS TA MILLIONS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe blackout that crippled subway service for 31 hours cost the Transit Authority $6.7 million in fare-box revenues, officials said yesterday. Subways were running smoothly yesterday as transit officials began...
QNS. GAS BLAST ROCKS RESIDENTS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA gas-main break in Queens sent a geyser of dirt and gas spewing through the air and forced the evacuation of a dozen homes and nearly 200 kids from a...
BX. GRANNY IS FIRST W. NILE CASE OF '03
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAn 86-year-old Bronx woman has West Nile virus - the first case of the deadly disease in New York City this year, health officials said yesterday. The news came as...
ELVIS SADDAM'S LEFT BUILDING
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Angry U.S. generals yesterday ordered an immediate halt to a plan to pepper Saddam's hometown Tikrit with bizarre computer-altered posters of the ex-Iraqi dictator dressed as Elvis -...
BEHEAD SLAYER GETS EXTRA JAIL FOR LYING
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA deranged Queens moviemaker who chopped off his business partner's head and stored it in a freezer - claiming the victim was in the Taliban - got whacked with extra...
VIVA 'NEW' ELVIS SONG
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amStick this in your ear: an Elvis song written in 1964 but never released because it was too racy. In October, RCA will dust off the song "I'm a Roustabout,"...
HS WRESTLERS' SEX 'VICTIM' SUES
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA teenage girl who claims five members of her high school's wrestling team sexually assaulted her has filed notice that she and her parents plan to sue her New Jersey...
YOUTH MARCH GETS PERMIT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's granted a permit for the Million Youth March, the first time in five years the controversial event hasn't been the subject of a court fight. "When they saw...
COLLEGE CROWN - APPLE RATED BEST CAMPUS TOWN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amForget about the Ivy League and huge state university campuses. The Big Apple is the best college town around. Says who? Students from New York University. NYU ranked first among...
ENERGY BIGWIG ZAPS BLOOMBERG'S 'BALONEY'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg's claim that Con Ed was improperly ordered to divert power upstate during the worst of last week's blackout is high-powered "baloney," a top energy official said...
GOP BASH IS NO HOLIDAY - NYPD VACATIONS BARRED DURING CONVENTION
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe Republican National Convention will not take place until September 2004, but the NYPD already has banned its cops from taking vacations and days off while the GOP pols are...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amSOUTHAMPTON town cops, re sponding to a call of a drug overdose in Hampton Bays, found Darren Lynch, 23, unconscious and not breathing. And they also found a lot more....
GOOD PA $UFFERS BAD RAP
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA victim of New York's child-support enforcement says the system is so botched, it can tangle well-meaning parents in a lifetime of red tape. "It is a nightmare, and you're...
GOTTI PLOT TO BLOW UP 'BULL' - FEDS BARE EXPLOSIVE DETAILS OF BROTHER'S BID TO BOMB RAT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe brother of late mob boss John Gotti plotted to blow up notorious mob turncoat Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano as payback for squealing on the "Dapper Don," the feds charged...
GRAFT RAP FOR CITY EXAMINER
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe head examiner at the Bronx City Registers Office, a 21-year city employee, has been charged with taking $1,640 in bribes to expedite paperwork. Officials said Joseph Kasim, 55, will...
WAIT & CEDE APPROACH IN WEST BANK
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amIsrael yesterday postponed the planned hand-over of two West Bank towns to Palestinian control after failing to come to an agreement about the control of wanted terrorists there. Israel had...
CLASS-SIZE PROPOSAL FACES FIGHT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA coalition of unions and parents groups announced yesterday they have gathered enough petitions to put a question on the ballot this fall aimed at lowering class sizes, but city...
RELIGIOUS WAR OVER BAIL BRACELET
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAn alleged fraudster charged in a $170 million corporate rip-off raised a holy stink when the feds demanded that the Hasidic Jew be put on an electronic bracelet - claiming...
THIEF SCOOTS OFF WITH SEGWAY
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amRoll out the city's crime book for a new category: Segway-snatching. The NYPD has made its first arrest for theft of the super-scooter, it was reported yesterday. The owner of...
SIGHTS ON SNIPER - W. VA. COPS TAP FEDS WHO BUSTED BELTWAY DUO
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe same FBI team that helped nail the Beltway sniper suspects has been called in on the terrifying new West Virginia case, as stymied authorities desperately hunt for the latest...
DAD'S NIGHTMARE AS CAR THIEF STEALS TOT, TOO
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn dad got the fright of his life yesterday when a car thief zoomed off in his SUV - with the father's 13-month-old baby in the back seat. Quintel...
GOP RIVAL RIPS 'LIBERAL' ARNIE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A conservative rival of Arnold Schwarzenegger took a right-handed swing at the Hollywood muscleman yesterday, unleashing a bruising radio ad that rips him as a "liberal." Bill...
ONLY TWO SCHOOLS 'UNSAFE'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe state Education Department has determined that only two of the city's 1,200 schools are "persistently dangerous" to students - a ruling that was slammed as a joke by education...
DURST'S COURT 'APPEARANCE'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amCross-dressing millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst looked relaxed and ready to rumble when he entered a Texas courtroom for another pretrial hearing yesterday - a far cry from his gaunt,...
SHE'S 104 YRS. INTO A 'BEAUTIFUL LIFE'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn resident Georgina Turner was surprised anyone remembered it was her birthday yesterday - after all, once you reach a century, turning 104 is no big deal. "This is a...
GODFATHER'S TRUSTED PAL PUT HIM IN JAIL 'TIL DEATH
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amHe was John Gotti's most trusted lieutenant. His underboss; the No. 2 man in the Gambino crime family. Gotti's heir apparent. Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano was the beefy, thick-necked thug...
SAY WATT?! LOSS TOPS $1B - APPLE ZAPPED ON FOOD, BIZ, OT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amAs investigators stepped up their probe into the blackout yesterday, officials in New York estimated that the city's economic losses ran well over $1 billion, including everything from spoiled food...
TV'S 'MOST WANTED' TIP BAGS FUGITIVE SEX FIEND
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA fugitive Long Island sex offender charged with raping an 18-year-old girl at a 1999 New Year's Eve party was nabbed on Saturday, just hours after he was profiled on...
MIKE: NO POINT IN FILING SUIT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe city won't sue to recover damages from the blackout, Mayor Bloomberg said last night. "I don't know whether it's even legally possible," the mayor said after speaking to a...
BMW CROOK RUNS RIGHT INTO COPS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA teen being chased by cops steered a stolen BMW straight to a Bronx precinct station house, smashing several cars and an ambulance before he was busted, police said. Cops...
ORCHARD BEACH BACK IN SWIM
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amOrchard Beach in The Bronx will reopen for swimming today, the Health Department said. The Rockaway beaches, including Riis Park, have already been reopened. But Coney Island beaches still show...
N.J. MOM HELD IN DEATH OF '911' BOY
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA New Jersey mother who'd been the subject of past child-abuse allegations was charged yesterday in the beating death of her 14-year-old son - who managed to call 911 after...
BALLISTIC BRIDE - GOES BERSERK AS BAR SHUTS: COPS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Connecticut bride from hell wound up in a cell after flying into a rage at her reception, lobbing wedding cake at her new hubby, smashing flower vases - then...
ELVIS PRESLEY
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am* ELVIS PRESLEY "I'm a Roustabout" [] RCA When you hear the rockabilly rumble of "I'm a Roustabout," you can see the King's lip snarl and his hips swivel. This...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amChristopher Schapker put a $2,000 replica of Michelangelo's David in his front yard - infuriating neighbors who say they don't want to see the statue's penis. The Evansville, Ill., homeowner...
WOMAN, 79, COULD BE 'HOME' $AFE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge is riding to the rescue of a 79-year-old woman who the state is trying to price out of her home of 42 years - but the help...
N.J. GIRL TO SUE HS OVER WRESTLE 'PERVS'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amA teenage girl who claims five members of her high school's wrestling team sexually assaulted her has filed notice that she and her parents plan to sue her New Jersey...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A 21-year-old man was arrested in Mott Haven yesterday for allegedly beating and robbing two men, and cops are searching for a second suspect. Miguel Sanchez and...
BATTY & THE BEAST PLAYS IN DA BRONX - BOMBER 'O' SAVES SHAKY JEFF, PEN FROM ROYAL PAIN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 11 - Royals 6 Instead of booing Jeff Weaver for a third straight time at Yankee Stadium, the home crowd stood and cheered when Joe Torre plucked the right-hander...
IT'S GOOD FOR PGA TO BE OUT OF WOODS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - Golf used to be such an easy game to figure. Tiger Woods was the best player in the world and he would win one or two majors every...
JACK'S RECORD LOOKING GOLDEN - MAJOR MARK SEEMS SAFE - FOR NOW
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - The record would be his someday. Everyone knew that. He was so good and so young, so far ahead of his contemporaries, gaining on history with every swing....
CARTER, RANGERS SETTLE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe power blackout had one tiny silver lining: It gave the Rangers a weekend to sign Anson Carter and avoid what might have been a contentious arbitration. The 29-year-old right...
'CIDE CAN WIN - IF HE RUNS'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - If, by some sudden change of fortune, Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide does run in Saturday's Travers Stakes - and there's a chance he'll at least be...
SPARE US THE SOB STORY! - YANKEE 'PROBLEMS' ARE LUXURIES FOR MOST
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amTHE first-place Royals have a rotation right now of Paul Abbott, Kevin Appier, Jose Lima, Darrell May and Jimmy Gobble. In other words, four retreads and a rookie. So please,...
FOR SAFETY REASONS, GREEN MAY BE BACK
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Nothing is official yet, but the Jets might be welcoming an old friend back to their roster in the coming days. With the Jets thin on backup safety...
BACK IN ACTION - PAIN-FREE BOOMER SAYS HE'LL RETURN FRIDAY VS. BIRDS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am"Boomer's won a lot of ballgames for us. The fact that he will be able to start, just makes it that much easier." -JOE TORRE --- David Wells threw in...
MOSES SET TO BE MAN IN MIDDLE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe game of football changes for Kelvin Moses on Saturday. Instead of walking out onto the field in relative anonymity as a special-teams player, Moses will charge out of the...
RIVERS IN HOT WATER
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - How much did that one bad play by Marcellus Rivers anger Mike Pope? "Unbelievably," the Giants tight ends coach confirmed yesterday. Pope last Friday night watched in horror...
STREAKING REYES GIVING FANS HOPE
August 19, 2003 | 4:00am"When I go to the plate, I don't think about getting a hit. I'm just trying to put the ball in play somewhere." - JOSE REYES --- While most rookies...
CLIFF GETS STANDING O FROM FANS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Rarely, if ever, has a Met struck out at Shea and gotten this much love from the fans as Cliff Floyd got yesterday. He went 1-for-4 with an...
TWO TEAMS HURT BY COACHING VOID
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe first few days of summer practice before the start of a football season are typically hectic and filled with confusion as players work off their vacations and coaches deal...
LIBS HOPING FUMES ARE ENOUGH
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe man knows the women in his Liberty locker room keep fighting to rescue their season. He knows they've maintained their spirits during a schedule like no WNBA team has...
WASHINGTON REMEMBERS SUPER HIT
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Keith Washington owns a laminated picture, an item he treasures. In the photo, he's standing over a fallen Kerry Collins, lifting a finger into the air...
RIGHT GETS TIGHT FOR BOMBERS
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES A mess is waiting to happen in right field for the Yankees as the team is on the verge of calling up star prospect Juan Rivera from Triple-A...
ONE FOR THE BOOKS - TRACHSEL CONFOUNDS COLORADO WITH NEAR NO-NO
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amMets 8 - Rockies 0 How far was Steve Trachsel from making Met history? A yard? A foot? Just the inches between Timo Perez' outstretched glove and a sixth-inning fly...
BOOMER'S NOT EAGER TO SKIP HIS NEXT START
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES David Wells threw in the bullpen yesterday to test the bulging disc in his lower back and said he felt fine afterwards, maintaining he'll make his next scheduled...
JETS MULL BRINGING BACK GREEN
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets might be in need of some veteran help at safety soon and former Jet Victor Green, currently out of work, believes he's ready, willing and able....
BATTY & THE BEAST - SHAKY JEFF, PEN BAILED OUT VS. K.C. BY BOMBER 'O'
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 11 - Royals 6 Instead of booing Jeff Weaver for a third straight time at Yankee Stadium, the crowd stood and cheered when Joe Torre plucked him from the...
MAY BE CURTAINS FOR UGLY WEAVER
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amJEFF Weaver was not only pitching for his rotation spot last night against the Royals. He was pitching for a spot on the Yankee roster. It is not only that...
LATE RALLY PRESERVES LIBS' HOPES
August 19, 2003 | 4:00amLiberty 67 - Comets 64 The Liberty had one last rally - a 10-2 run that broke a 52-all tie and culminated in an eight-point advantage with 7:36 remaining. Then...