August 28, 2003
TIRED OF KRAVITZ'S LOANER, KIDMAN SEEKS UPTOWN PAD
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amNICOLE Kidman wants out of the triplex SoHo penthouse she's been renting from her pal Lenny Kravitz. Sources say the red-headed hottie, now filming "The Stepford Wives" in Manhattan, is...
WARNACO STAKEHOLDER WANTS TO SHAKE THE PLACE UP
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS column is going to be about the trouble that lies ahead for Warnaco. But first I want to tell a story about Linda Wachner, the former chairman of Warnaco...
SIMMONS SHOPS FOR DREAM DEAL
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amBedding giant Simmons Co. is hoping to pull some big money out of its mattress. Simmons, the second-biggest U.S. bedding manufacturer behind Sealy Corp., is shopping for a deal, The...
COMEY 'DISAPPOINTED' AT MOVE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Oklahoma state attorney is stepping on some pretty big toes. Manhattan U.S. Attorney James Comey, whose office is the nation's leading prosecutor of white-collar criminals, is furious that Oklahoma's...
SAM GOODY GETS SUED OVER 'FREEBIE'
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA lawsuit filed earlier this week accuses Sam Goody and other divisions of Musicland Stores Corp. of failing to properly disclose the terms of a free trial of Entertainment Weekly...
ADIDAS-SALOMON OFFERS $135M CASH FOR TOP-FLITE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amGerman sporting goods company Adidas-Salomon made a $135 million cash bid for Top-Flite Golf Co., topping a rival offer by Callaway Golf Co. and setting the stage for an upcoming...
LABRANCHE MUST GIVE UP E-MAILS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA New York Stock Exchange hearing panel ruled that specialist firm LaBranche & Co. LLC failed to cooperate in an ongoing Big Board investigation into trading practices, said a release...
GRASSO'S JACKPOT - NYSE OKS SPECIAL $140M PAYOUT, EXTENDS CONTRACT
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange gave its chief Dick Grasso a huge one-time payout of $140 million and a two-year extension on his contract - an announcement that dropped jaws...
GRASSO'S JACKPOT: NYSE OKS SPECIAL $140M PAYOUT, EXTENDS CONTRACT
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange gave its chief Dick Grasso a huge one-time payout of $140 million and a two-year extension on his contract - an announcement that shocked Wall...
WE SHOW YOU THE MONEY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amAFTER nearly a month-long salary standoff, actor Brad Garrett returned to work on the set of "Everybody Loves Raymond" yesterday - just in time to rehearse for the second episode...
CASTING IS THE 'THING'
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE THING ABOUT MEN At the Promenade Theatre, 2162 Broadway at 76th Street. TeleCharge, (212) 239-6200. ---- 'THE Thing About Men" is a cute, easy show from the musical team...
SNUGGLER'S 'ISLAND' - IN "TEMPT 3," KIDS ARE EVEN BETTER LOOKING
August 28, 2003 | 4:00am"Temptation Island 3" [ ] Tonight at 9 on Fox/Ch. 5 ----- SOMEONE I know who tried out for a "Temptation Island"-type reality show told me she didn't make the...
SMILE OR 'ELSE' - WOODY NEEDS THIS ONE TO HIT
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amWOODY Allen is back. Manhattan's best- known director blew it with his last two movies, "Curse of the Jade Scorpion" and "Hollywood Ending," which disappointed critics and turned off audiences....
'O.C.' AND 'QUEER EYE' KEEP ROLLING
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE summer's two biggest hits - Fox's "The O.C." and Bravo's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" - keep getting bigger. "The O.C.," an updated take on "Beverly Hills 90210"...
PARTY'S ALMOST OVER, OLD CHUM
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Roundabout Theater's hit revival of "Cabaret" will close Nov. 2 after nearly six years and 2,306 performances. The production has earned nearly $9 million, which the nonprofit Roundabout has...
CAPTAINS VIDEO : MTV AWARDS REALLY MIX IT UP AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 20
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amWILL the septuagenarian Man in Black win over the MTV generation? Will 50 Cent steal a Moonman from his mentor, Eminem? And what will Britney Spears wear? These are the...
AFTER AWARDS, THE REAL FUN BEGINS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amLast year, P. Diddy's traffic-stopping, post-VMA party was one of the most celeb-studded events of the year, but the rap impresario is keeping things low-key this year. Here's the scoop...
EACH PARENT TO GET SCHOOL HOT LINE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amParents - often passed from one extension to another when calling schools - will now get a direct phone line to get their concerns addressed. The Bloomberg administration announced yesterday...
A FAMILY TRAGEDY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amIT would be an altogether appropriate tribute if today - the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights - every American newspaper published the complete text of...
PRIEST BRINGS DYING CHURCH BACK TO LIFE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amFATHER FRANCIS GASPARIK - Community Medal nominee ---- The Rev. Francis Gasparik says he never had a vocation to be a priest. Even so, he's managed to become one of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amAn Illinois mom has pleaded guilty to assault for punching, kicking and scratching a male stripper who failed to meet expectations at her daughter's bachelorette party. Jacqueline McMahon, 52, of...
LEONARDO MASTER-FLEECE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amFour brazen thieves barged into a Scottish castle yesterday morning and snatched one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works, which was worth $48 million. The crooks, posing as tourists,...
QNS. 'HANGING' DAD PLEADS NOT GUILTY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man charged with killing his 2-year-old son by hanging him with an extension cord pleaded not guilty yesterday as the baby's crying aunt looked on in disbelief. Juan...
HISTORY'S SWITCH
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amEvery success contains within itself the seeds of its own downfall. Forty years ago today, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most memorable speech and, in doing so, reached...
YANK-CAP 'KILLER:' I'M INNOCENT
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA man charged with killing his one-legged, wheelchair-bound brother over a baseball cap pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and assault. Kenneth Ross, a convicted killer who is also known...
MIKE SEES DIRE CUTS AFTER NEW BOND LOSS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Pataki administration yesterday won round two of its $2.5 billion bond battle with Mayor Bloomberg - which has the mayor again raising the specter of drastic service cuts. The...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A 23-year-old woman told cops she was hit by a stray shot as she walked out of a Longwood bodega, authorities said yesterday. The victim realized she'd...
GOV MOURNS FOR ISRAEL BUS BOMB FAMILY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of Goldie Taubenfeld - who was killed along with her baby son in a Jerusalem homicide bombing last week - asked for only one thing from Gov. Pataki...
HSBC CUFF-BOMB 'ROBBER' INDICTED
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA federal grand jury yesterday indicted a New Jersey man on charges he handcuffed a suitcase to a banker's wrist, told him it held a bomb and demanded to be...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amIT WON'T be the typical Hamptons white- tent affair. That's the word about Saturday night's party at the Amagansett home of Pascal Dangin, the famous fashion and celebrity photo retoucher....
BLAZING SADDLES - MIKE'S KID BACK FROM TALE OF WHOA
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe mayor's horse-crazy younger daughter is in the money. A year after being thrown from a horse and fracturing her lower back, Georgina Bloomberg is back in the saddle again...
PUSH FOR 'CON JOBS' - CITY FIGHTS EX-INMATE WORK BIAS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe city's Human Rights Commission is launching a project to protect the rights of ex-cons - possibly including a sting operation against local employers, The Post has learned. One of...
PATAKI PLUGGING WEST INDIAN DAY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe state's "I Love NY" tourism campaign will promote Brooklyn's mammoth West Indian Day festival by highlighting the event in a new TV commercial, Gov. Pataki announced yesterday. The Labor...
2ND DA PROBING GREEN & UNION
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn prosecutors investigating Democratic Party leaders have broadened their probe to include work the city's powerful janitors union did for Mark Green's failed mayoral campaign and a $16,000 payment it...
MAYOR GETS A TAX-FREE BARGAIN
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg, one of the wealthiest men in the world, saved $2.59 yesterday on a quickie shopping expedition in Queens. He could have saved more on his trip to the...
JUDGE TESTIFIES ON CORRUPTION
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe first of about a half-dozen former judges has testified before the Brooklyn grand jury probing judicial corruption in the borough, bringing DA Charles Hynes closer to landing indictments against...
TEEN RAT TO FACE ARSON CHARGE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA cop's son who ratted out his pals after the group allegedly firebombed a Mexican family's home will be charged in the racial attack, the Suffolk County district attorney vowed...
BEATEN, STARVED B'KLYN TOT DIES
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe parents of a tortured Brooklyn tot are expected to face murder charges after the battered and emaciated 3-year-old died yesterday while undergoing treatment for severe head injuries. For months,...
RIKERS COOK ADMITS SERVING COKE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amA former city Correction Department cook pleaded guilty yesterday to smuggling cocaine to a Rikers Island inmate. Under the terms of the deal, Tracey Dailey, 32, faces a sentence of...
DEAN MACHINE MAKES MINCEMEAT OF ROUTED RIVALS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amJUST a month ago, skep tics wondered if antiwar contender Howard Dean truly was the Democratic 2004 front-runner. Now the new question is whether there's any way for Dem rivals...
PAINTER MISSING AFTER BRIDGE FALL
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Coast Guard and harbor cops were searching last night for a worker who fell while painting the Throgs Neck Bridge. An MTA spokeswoman said the man was working underneath...
CAPT. COURAGEOUS - SHOT COP OK AS HUNT'S ON FOR GUN THUG
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amAs cops continued to hunt for the gunman who shot a plainclothes police captain on a Harlem street early yesterday, the lawman's family got the good news that his injuries...
FAMILY & FRIENDS MOURN TRAGIC FRESHMAN
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amFriends and family of a Long Island all-star athlete killed in a highway accident as he headed for his first day in college said yesterday he had been a mentor...
'NET GAIN FOR ST. JOHN'S STUDENTS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amSt. John's University has taken a big leap into the 21st century - providing all of its 3,100 incoming freshmen with IBM laptop computers that can be used on a...
NANNY $PANKS DANNY - GENEROSA GAVE HER $1M & HUBBY ZILCH
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe nanny gets a cool $1 million, the two kids and free lifetime use of the East Hampton mansion. That's the bottom line in the last will and testament of...
ARNOLD FOES BECOMING RADIO ACTIVE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A liberal political-action committee targeted Arnold Schwarzenegger in a radio ad yesterday that mocks him as good for nothing but memorable movie lines. In the 60-second spot...
3,000 CITY TEACHERS FLUNK OUT OF JOBS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThree thousand city public school teachers have just been booted because they flunked competency exams or failed to meet other criteria to earn their state license, Department of Education officials...
'93 WTC BOMB FIEND SEEKS VERDICT REVERSAL
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTerrorism mastermind Ramzi Yousef is making a last-ditch bid to overturn his convictions for bombing the World Trade Center in 1993 and plotting to blow up 12 U.S. airlines. Yousef's...
DAFFY DON'S SON TAKES DISNEY DETOUR TO PRISON
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amHey, Andrew Gigante, you've been convicted of extortion and you're headed for two years in the slammer! So what are you going to do next? Yep, just like in the...
ANNA'S TV GIG MAKES HER TENNIS LOOK GOOD
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amUS OPEN NOTEBOOKANNA Kournikova is such a dud when it comes to doing color commentary for the USA Network that the cable giant's producers are taking desperate measures to hide...
'88 SEX OFFENSE PLAGUES L.I. POL
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amOne of the candidates in next month's Republican primary for Riverhead, L.I., town supervisor is a convicted sex offender - and a group of local activists want to make sure...
STARS FLOCK TO HARLEM GALA
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amSinger Harry Belafonte, blues belter Ruth Brown, salsa legend Johnny Pacheco and the pioneering general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers were among those honored in Harlem yesterday at the third...
L.I. PALS MOURN TEEN KILLED ON WAY TO COLLEGE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amFriends of a star Long Island high-school athlete killed in a car accident as he headed for college mourned him yesterday as a handsome future politician who cared more about...
CAMERON NO. 1$HINING $TAR
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amCameron Diaz has been named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood - raking in an astounding $41 million in the year 2001 alone. That's the word from "The Guinness Book of...
FOES ZING ARNOLD WITH HIS FILM LINES
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A liberal political-action committee targeted Arnold Schwarzenegger in a radio ad yesterday that mocks him as good for nothing but memorable movie lines. In the 60-second spot...
TV JUST ISN'T ANNA'S RACKET
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK Anna Kournikova is such a dud when it comes to doing color commentary for the USA Network that the cable giant's producers are taking desperate measures to...
DAVENPORT MAKES IT LOOK EASY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Lindsay Davenport, the only past champ in the women's field, won again in straight sets despite a nerve problem in her left foot that will require surgery. She...
CEDENO VISITS ILL DAUGHTER; SMOLTZ GOES ON DL
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Met right fielder Roger Cedeno wasn't at Turner Field last night. Instead, he was at an area hospital to be with his 3-year-old daughter, Michele, who...
MEL TAKES SWING AT BOOMER - RIPS WELLS' WORK ETHIC AFTER CHI BATTERS YANKS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThere are few relationships in sports as deeply rooted in trust and honesty as the one that exists between pitching coach and pitcher. Their understanding of the precise and precocious...
BLAKE RISES TO OCCASION
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amJames Blake's legacy at his hometown U.S. Open has been fighting valiantly and falling valiantly. Someday the promising Yonkers-born star needed to turn his moral victories into real ones, beating...
JERMAINE MUST COPE WITH FIRING OF THOMAS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amUSA 96 - Mexico 69 SAN JUAN - Jermaine O'Neal made no attempt to hide his feelings. He was angry. He was hurt. He felt deceived. O'Neal, Indiana's 24-year-old superstar,...
JEFFERSON KNOWS ALL ABOUT WINNING
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - The U.S. Olympic qualifying team is in the Final Four here, seeded first. You're not surprised, are you? After all Richard Jefferson is here....
RANGERS LOOK FOR BURE SUB
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amWith training camp looming and disheartening news coming from Pavel Bure, the Rangers are tire-kicking on unrestricted LW Sergei Berezin, The Post has learned. The agent for Bure, the Russian...
SOX HURT SO GOOD - FRANKLY SPEAKING, THOMAS CARRYING CHICAGO AGAIN
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amPrior to last night's game at Yankee Stadium, Frank Thomas leafed through The Post, marveling about the longevity of just-released lefty reliever Jesse Orosco. "What is he, 49 years old?"...
BRYANT GLAD SNAPPER'S ON GIANT MENU
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Matt Bryant's first inclination was to take Carson Dach and encase him in protective wrap, ensuring he stays healthy. That's the strange state of affairs with the Giants...
HAMPTON COMES ALIVE - EX-MET'S CAREER REBORN IN ATLANTA
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amATLANTA - Three seasons ago, Joe McEwing would study then-teammate Mike Hampton every fifth day as Hampton walked in from the bullpen to make his starts for the Mets. McEwing...
BIG BLUE BATTLE FOR ROSTER SPOTS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amGIANTS at RAVENS Tonight: 7:30Ch. 9, WBBR Line: Ravens -4 ½ Cameo appearances by starters in the final preseason game are nothing new, but don't blink even once tonight if...
CLIJSTERS DRAWS SECOND BLOOD
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amKim Clijsters won her second-round match against American Laura Granville at Arthur Ashe Stadium in 49 minutes yesterday, but it's taken even less time than that for the inevitable question:...
CEDENO OUT AS DAUGHTER AILS; BRAVES DL SMOLTZ
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Roger Cedeno wasn't in the Mets' starting lineup last night because he was at an area hospital with his 3-year-old daughter, Michele, who was undergoing tests....
MATSUI GETS SOME MORE REST
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre did not have Hideki Matsui in the starting lineup for a second straight game last night, but was intent on making sure the Japanese version of...
ARGENTINA UPSET; CANADA SURVIVES
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - And what did we learn from yesterday's two early games here? Never, ever, take a patsy for granted. Canada learned just in time. Argentina,...
AYUSO GETS SHOT AT NBA - SPURS INK PUERTO RICO STAR
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amSAN JUAN - From Puerto Rico to The Bronx to Roswell, N.M., to USC to the NBA. With places such as Greece, Italy and Grand Rapids thrown in along the...
PEN'S MIGHTIER - YANKEES FINALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH RELIEF CORPS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amThe Yankees have gone through relievers this season at a fever pitch, trying desperately to bridge the gap between their starters and Mariano Rivera. It has been dizzying to witness....
NEW BACKUP QB STUDIES HOMEWORK
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES He won't be in uniform tonight for the Jets' preseason finale against the Eagles. In fact, Jamie Martin won't be in Philadelphia at all. The journeyman reserve QB,...
THESE GUYS ARE GETTING COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amIT is the late afternoon of Aug. 27, 2003. I inform you of this as a disclaimer. Because by the time you read this on Aug. 28 - in the...
DON'T WORRY ABOUT VINNY - NAMATH GUARANTEES TESTAVERDE CAN WIN
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amJETS at EAGLES Tonight: 7:00Ch. 2 , WABC ESPN-Radio Line: Eagles -7 On the eve of the Jets' final preseason game in Philadelphia against the Eagles, the most significant player...
BRONX PRODUCT AYUSO EARNS HIS NBA SPURS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - From Puerto Rico to The Bronx to Roswell, N.M., to USC. And now maybe the next stop is the NBA. Yup, it has been...
YANKS GETTING SOX EDUCATION - CHICAGO RIPS BOMBERS AGAIN; LEAD DOWN TO 4
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amIsn't this conjuring up memories of the unheralded Anaheim Angels abusing the Yankees starting pitching in last year's ALDS? It wasn't a playoff series but it was a possible playoff...
MATSUI'S STREAK IS EXTENDED
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yankees manager Joe Torre has no intentions of snapping Hideki Matsui's iron man streak of games played, but getting Godzilla into last night's 11-2 loss to the White...
THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING IN PARADISE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amEARLIER this season, when asked about Roberto Alomar's decline with the Mets, a former Yankee mentioned how even during his prime the goal was to turn Alomar to his weaker...
HEILMAN HELLISH - MET ROOKIE MELTS VS. BRAVES
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amBraves 4 - Mets 1 ATLANTA - When Aaron Heilman went 15-0 in 15 starts as a senior at Notre Dame, the Mets may very well have fantasized they were...
JEFFERSON, U.S. ON RIGHT COURSE
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amSAN JUAN - The U.S. Olympic qualifying team is in the Final Four here, seeded first. You're not surprised, are you? After all Richard Jefferson is on this team. Look...
DAVID'S HURTIN' YANKS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID Wells proved as defenseless in his own club house as he was on the mound last night against the White Sox. The whipping boy of spring training due to...
ROGER DODGES FIRST-ROUND FOLLY
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amRoger Federer got a slight scare yesterday from unranked Jose Acasuso, losing the first set of their first-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. But a lower back and groin strain...
MARK HAS HIS PHIL OF TRICKS
August 28, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTEBOOK Mark Philippoussis said he wasn't offended yesterday when his opponent, unranked Janko Tipsarevic, did a celebratory handstand in the middle of Louis Armstrong Stadium midway through their match....