August 22, 2003
CSFB LOSING STAR DEALMAKER, DLJ VET
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amBennett Goodman, the high-profile leader of one of the last jewels Credit Suisse First Boston got when it acquired DLJ, is leaving. Goodman, the veteran head of the high-yield bond...
LABRANCHE HIRES BACKUP IN NYSE FIGHT
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amLeading New York Stock Exchange trading firm LaBranche & Co. has hired a prominent New York judge to help it in its battle with the Big Board over whether the...
WAR GAMES - TROUBLED TEENS AND A LOSING 'BATTLE'
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS [] Hit and miss. Running time: 80 minutes. Rated PG-13 (profanity, drug references). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Union Square. ---- 'THE Battle...
SIMON SAYS HELLO - BRIT IMPORT STEADMAN IS READY FOR AMERICA
August 22, 2003 | 4:00am"[Paul McCartney] said, 'I have an idea for a harmony to one of your songs.' He told me to get my guitar and we sang harmony together. It was incredible."...
BIG-BUCK BUST
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE MEDALLION [ 1/2] Shoulda gone straight to video. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence, double-entendres). At the Em pire, the Battery Park City, the Harlem USA, others....
WON'T 'TEMPT' ANYBODY WITHOUT CRUZ CONTROL
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amDON'T TEMPT ME [ 1/2] You won't be. In English, Spanish, French and Latin, with English subtitles. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated R (gory violence, sex, profanity). At the Chelsea...
ENOUGH TO SEND YOU FOR THE HOOVER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amDUST [] A nasty mess. Running time: 127 minutes. Rated R (se quences of strong violence, sexual content and language). At the Empire, 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. -------- MACEDONIAN...
CZECH WON'T CASH IT IN
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amAUTUMN SPRING [] In Czech, with English subtitles. Running time: 98 minutes. Not rated (mature subject matter). At the Lincoln Plaza, 63rd Street and Broadway. ---- FROM the Czech Republic...
GATOR RAGE - GOOD SKATE GOES BAD
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSTOKED: THE RISE AND FALL OF GATOR [] An Icarus tale. Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated (language, nudity). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. ------ THE '80s were...
AFTER A WEEK IN MANHATTAN, THE NEW YORK KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL HAS MOVED TO BAM
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a week in Manhattan, the New York Korean Film Festival has moved to BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn, where it will unreel through Sunday. Eight movies are on the...
CLOSING TIME - 'RESTAURANT' COMES TO A WEEPY END SUNDAY
August 22, 2003 | 4:00am"The Restaurant" finale [No rating] Sunday night at 10 on Ch. 4/NBC --- IF you've been waiting for the finale of "The Restaurant" forever - or about as long as...
IF HE'S GAY, IT WON'T PAY: SHOW
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA new reality show from Fox will ask a young woman looking for love to single out the straight men from a pool of bachelors - some of whom are...
'THE VISIT' A NO-SHOW - BACKERS BALK, PRODUCER WALKS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00am'THE Visit," a highly anticipated new musical from John Kander and Fred Ebb that was to have opened at the Public Theater in the fall, was scrapped this week after...
GUARDS EYED IN U.N. BLAST
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Guards at the U.N.'s Iraq headquarters were members of Saddam Hussein's security services - and U.S. investigators suspect they were involved in the truck bomb blast Tuesday that...
HAMAS LEADER IS BLOWN AWAY - MISSILES AVENGE BOMB VICTIMS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amIsrael exacted revenge on Hamas yesterday, assassinating one of the Palestinian terror group's top officials with a barrage of missiles just two days after a bomber killed 20 people on...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * Three gun-toting assailants fatally shot a 27-year-old man in a minivan in Fordham, police said yesterday. The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was shot in...
FOUR SHOT IN BROOKLYN
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA 12-year-old boy was among four people shot in Brooklyn last night, police said. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, said cops. They were shot in front of 261...
KOPP'S PALS FREED - B'KLYN DUO WHO AIDED ABORT-DOC KILLER DID 2 ½ YRS.
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple who spent nearly 2 ½ years behind bars for helping abortion-doc killer James Kopp dodge arrest was sentenced to time served yesterday. A federal judge announced that...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amCops in Clinton, Iowa, are searching for a sheep that went on the lam 10 minutes before it was scheduled to appear onstage at a church Bible school production of...
ROAD MAP, R.I.P.
August 22, 2003 | 4:00am'The term "road map" doesn't mean anything, and it never did.' ---- WHEN it comes to the Is raeli-Palestinian con flict, you can forget the term "road map." It doesn't...
L.I. 'PERV' NABBED IN CYBER STING
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA 56-year-old Long Island man whose Web name was "Daffy Duck" was a dead duck yesterday - after the "boy" he made a date with turned out to be an...
KOBE SODA JERKED - SPRITE INKS NBA'S BOY WONDER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amEnter LeBron, exit Kobe? In a deal that could allow Sprite to distance itself even further from Kobe Bryant, the beverage maker yesterday inked teen hoop phenom LeBron James to...
THE LIGHT-BRIDGE AID - SPONSORS KEEP THEM SHINING
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amLet there be lights! Corporate sponsors will pony up $75,000 to light the decorative bulbs that line the cables of four East River crossings after the lighting fell victim to...
ARTIST SET TO UNFURL 9/11 TRIBUTE ON LIBERTY ISLAND
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe creator of the longest piece of art in the world is mounting a "spectacular worldwide" tribute at the Statue of Liberty to victims of the World Trade Center terror...
SHELTERS SWELL WITH LONELY PETS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's animal shelter is overflowing with dogs and cats, and officials are begging New Yorkers to save a life by adopting one now. "We really need the most appropriate...
HIGH-TECH INTEL & OLD-FASHIONED ESPIONAGE MARK FIENDS FOR DEATH
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amIsrael's "targeted killings" - like the one that killed a Hamas leader yesterday - use a combination of intelligence derived from human sources and data gathered from high-tech spying devices,...
CHEMICAL KINGPIN CAPTURED
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's most ruthless enforcer - the mass murderer known as "Chemical Ali" - has been captured by U.S. commandos in Iraq, it was revealed yesterday. U.S. Central...
LOTTO LOVE LOST - JACKPOT WINNER SAYS WIFE TOOK $$ AND RAN OUT
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amKenneth Parker says he and his wife, Connie, always dreamed of winning the lottery - but when the couple finally hit a $25 million jackpot, the 77-year-old Farmingdale man found...
CELIA'S DUDS SET TO GO ON WORLD 'CRUZ'
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amCelia Cruz may be dead, but her tour lives on. Her trademark flamboyant getups are going to be displayed around the world, according to the executive of her estate. The...
SHELL-SHOCKED U.N. PULLING OUT 100 STAFFERS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United Nations will withdraw one-third of its staff from Iraq following the bombing of its Baghdad headquarters - but will resume humanitarian operations tomorrow, it was announced...
HOLY SITE REOPENED AMID 'MOUNTING' TENSIONS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amPROVING Israel won't be intimated by the bus bombing, officials have reopened Jerusalem's Temple Mount - one of the city's holiest sites - to Christians and Jews after almost three...
BLOOMBERG WILL RIDE A BUS IN JERUSALEM
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he is heading to Israel on Monday, where he plans to ride a public bus as a show of support for the Jewish state. "I want...
SMALL-FAMILY VALUES - KIDS WITH FEW SIBLINGS AMASS MORE $$
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amWhen it comes to who has the deepest pockets in society, it has been proven once again that family size does matter. An only child or those from smaller families...
QUEENS BLAZE DEVASTATES BLOCK
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA towering four-alarm fire raged through a row of Queens storefronts yesterday, gutting several shops and covering the surrounding streets in a cloud of smoke. The blaze started around 2:10...
TAX MAN BUSTED IN BRIBE SCHEME
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amA city investigator was slapped with bribe charges yesterday for allegedly trying to cash in on the legal woes of a restaurant suspected of bilking taxpayers by hiding $20 million...
BANG-BANG BLOOMY - MURAL SHOWS HIM AS SMILING KILLER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amAngry-man artist Scott LoBaido had his sights set on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday with a gigantic mural of Hizzoner shooting a New Yorker in the back. The 16-by-26-foot painting depicts a...
TUITION-HIKE HELL AT CUNY
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amAn out-of-state drama student at Brooklyn College is California steamin' after discovering her tuition bill for the coming semester is double what she expected to pay. Singer Vanessa Marshall, 25,...
CITY NIX ON BLACKOUT TRAFFIC TIX
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amHere's a shock - the cash-strapped city announced yesterday it's pulling the plug on all parking tickets given out during the Great Blackout of 2003. The move came a day...
ARNOLD CHALLENGED ON COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF GUN-GLAMORIZING
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Sen. Dianne Feinstein yesterday tore into Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies yesterday, panning the shoot-'em-up flicks for bringing bloodshed to California streets. Feinstein came to the aid of her...
COPS SEE SLAYING AND NAB 'KILLER'
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTwo quick-thinking off-duty detectives caught a killer who stabbed a man to death right in front of them early yesterday, police said. Howard Shank and Steve Nieves had left the...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSEAN "P. Diddy" Combs' annual White Party has gotten a green light from East Hampton Town. The hip-hop Hamptonite has been issued a permit to hold a mass gathering at...
STUFF IT, BOUDIN - VICTIM'S WIFE NIXES MEETING WITH 'SORRY' RADICAL
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The son of imprisoned '60s radical Kathy Boudin said his soon-to-be-paroled mom wants to personally apologize to families of the three victims of the 1981 Brinks heist shootings...
DENISE SUES TO SILENCE GAY ACCUSER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amDenise Rich wants a former employee - who has accused her of forcing him to funnel money to Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign and then firing him because he's an...
IRS AGENTS RAID PEABO'S PAD
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amIt's a whole new world for Peabo Bryson - IRS agents reportedly raided the R&B singer's Atlanta home in a bid to collect on back taxes. IRS documents indicate the...
SECURITY BREACH AT POLICE HQ
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSecurity has been beefed up at One Police Plaza after two people walked past guards and entered the police command center during last week's blackout, police sources said. The duo...
'EMPIRE' WILL SIT IT OUT - FRANKEL YANKS STAR FROM TRAVERS; 'CIDE' IFFY
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With a furlong to run in the 134th Travers Stakes, that's Funny Cide on the lead, with Empire Maker charging to his outside. They're neck-and-neck, head-and-head, in...
KIDD DISHES OUT MORE PUNISHMENT
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTeam USA 111 - D. Republic 73 SAN JUAN - Jason Kidd worked the top of the key area as he usually does, seeing the game unfold about five steps...
SCRATCH THE DRAMA
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The 134th running of the Travers tomorrow, which promised to be one of the most memorable races of the year, exploded last night into a million-dollar horse...
EVERYTHING IS POINTING TO ANOTHER BIG BONANZA
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amIT hasn't happened too many times this season, but both the weather and an abundance of gamefish came together this past week, offering some high quality experiences to saltwater anglers....
KIDD WON'T LET USA LOSE COOL
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amSAN JUAN - Brazil was on a roll. Shots fell for it, clanged for Team USA. So Jason Kidd reminded everyone the game was still early and wouldn't be won...
PETE TO BOW OUT OPENING NIGHT
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amAlmost one year ago, Pete Sampras went out in style on the court at Flushing Meadows. Pistol Pete will officially end it all in style again Monday night at the...
PEDRO LEAVES SOX FEELING SICK
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - With the Yankees pulling away in the AL East, and the A's taking control of the wild-card race, the Red Sox needed a strong performance from ace Pedro...
SPINNING BIG BLUE FISH TALES
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - There was no official winner of Wednesday's team fishing contest on Lake George, but there were plenty of fish tales circulating among the Giants after their afternoon of...
A MONSTER SEASON - 'GODZILLA' MATSUI LOVES NEW YORK LIFE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe late-morning heat on East 52nd Street slowed pedestrians and traffic to Quaalude speed. It was another hot August day and the living was slow. Until there was word Hideki...
FASSEL'S ABOUT-FACE - COACH TURNED TOUGH THIS SUMMER
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The plan was rattling around his head for several months and crystallized on the drive up from New Jersey nearly a month ago. Jim Fassel decided he'd arrive...
CASHMAN: NO REASON TO WORRY ABOUT MO
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees have a pair of independent eyes backing up their theory that Mariano Rivera suffered from nothing more than bad luck when he gave up four singles...
MCGLOCKTON READY TO PLAY MORE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES This time, the Jets promise they'll play mammoth defensive tackle Chester McGlockton for at least 10 plays. A week ago, Herman Edwards and defensive line coach Rubin Carter...
IMPATIENT SHOCKEY ENDS LONG SILENCE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Alert the authorities. Our long national nightmare is over. Jeremy Shockey has spoken. And he displayed none of his trademark bravado when discussing his readiness for...
SEO FACES BIG GAMES DECISION
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Now that he's been called, will he serve? That's the question regarding yesterday's Met starter, Jae Weong Seo, who has been invited to play in...
RUNNING OUT OF TIME - JETS NEED TO GET GROUND GAME GOING
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amThere should be a singular focus on the part of the Jets offense as they play the Giants tomorrow night at Giants Stadium. They must run the football and average...
BRAZIL, ARGENTINA BRUSH OFF LOSSES
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - Argentina and Brazil took out their frustrations of day-one defeats with blowout victories yesterday in the Olympic qualifying tournament here. Argentina, victim of a...
ESPN OUT OF TUNE - JUGGLES CLIPS OF OZZY SONG
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amONCE again, ESPN's "SportsCenter" has re-arranged the sequence of video clips to create the clear perception that something happened - when it never did. Sunday in Chicago, this is what...
SAN DIEGO SLUGGERS - WIGGINTON, CEDENO HRS BACK STRONG SEO
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMets 5 - Padres 1 SAN DIEGO - Ty Wigginton's parents are longtime Padres season ticket holders, and the San Diego native joked before the Mets began their three-game series...
ANDRE: THIS COULD BE MY LAST OPEN
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amOn the day Pete Sampras made his retirement official, his arch-rival, Andre Agassi, said he may be next, declaring this could be his last U.S. Open. In an interview at...
SAN DIEGO SLUGGING - WIGGINTON, CEDENO HRS BACK STRONG SEO
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMets 5 - Padres 1 SAN DIEGO - Ty Wigginton's parents are longtime Padres season ticket holders, and the San Diego native joked before the Mets began their three-game series...
BARRETT, CANADA STUN PUERTO RICO
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - Former St. John's star Rowan Barrett made it sound as simple as he made it look for Canada last night. "Run to the spot,...
PEDRO-LESS BOSOX SURVIVE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amRed Sox 14 - Athletics 5 BOSTON - You have to compliment Boston ownership for making ancient Fenway Park a fan friendlier place. There's a new concourse behind right field...
FACING A BIG GAMES DECISION
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Now that he's been called, will he serve? That's the question regarding Mets right-hander Jae Weong Seo, who has been invited to play in South...
OPEN SEASON - WITH CHAMPS MISSING, U.S. TITLES UP FOR GRABS
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amMonday-Friday U.S. Open 11 a.m. & 7 p.m., USA ---- Here's how truly open this year's U.S. Open is: The third seed on the men's side is Juan Carlos Ferrero,...
TNT THINKS STEVE'S KERR-IFFIC - ADDS FORMER PLAYER TO NO. 1 NBA TEAM
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amTNT announced its NBA broadcasting teams for the upcoming season last Tuesday, with a small surprise in the roster. Marv Albert, Mike Fratello and Steve Kerr will comprise one team,...
HOWIE ROSE
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Howie Rose. The 49-year-old Rose - who calls Met games on TV and radio, and Islander games on TV - has been...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - ESPN'S 'PLAYMAKERS' VS. 'ANY GIVEN SUNDAY' (WHICH IS MORE REALISTIC?)
August 22, 2003 | 4:00amWhenever a sports movie or TV show appears, its credibility relies on its believability. Any Given Sunday, the Al Pacino film, stunk because its characters were caricatures. ESPN's new drama...