September 20, 2003
SOLOW SUES TRUMP, CONSECO IN FIGHT FOR GM BLDG.
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA battle of the real estate titans is brewing in court over the $1.4 billion sale of the General Motors Building. Sources tell The Post that real estate magnate Sheldon...
ISABEL STRIKES A BLOW TO VIRUS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe latest e-mail virus outbreak may have been stifled by an unlikely treatment - Hurricane Isabel. The virus uses an e-mail labled as a "Microsoft Critical Patch" to infect computers...
PUFFY'S STUDIO BUILDING BEING SOLD
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe West Side studio building that houses Sean "Puffy" Combs' recording studio is being sold to a local investor for $36 million. The SL Green Realty Trust, headed by Stephen...
NYSE SENDS SOS: UNDER FIRE, BOARD SEARCHES FOR INTERIM BOSS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYSE Board moved to get out ahead of its loud and angry critics yesterday, appointing a search committee to find an interim chairman, exchange officials said. But that didn't...
HOW TO BUY YOUR FIRST HOME: DON'T BE SCARED BY HIGH PRICES - THESE SAVVY OWNERS WEREN'T
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amElizabeth Johnson was standing on a corner in Williamsburg when she knew instantly she'd found the one. "I had been fantasy apartment-hunting online for years," says Johnson, 27, the creative...
THE WHOLE $19M
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amGIMME SHELTER Action hero Bruce Willis is selling his sky-high digs at Trump Tower, 721 Fifth Ave., located just below Donald Trump's triplex, for $19.95 million. The over-the-top 15-room apartment,...
HOUSE OF MIRRORS: JAZZ UP A ROOM WITH A BIG BOLD LOOKING GLASS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S no secret: If you want to make a space look bigger and brighter, use mirrors. Really big mirrors. Designers have used mirrors for years, and not always with discretion....
TAKING THE TOWN BY STORM . . . MARIAH!
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amMARIAH CAREY IZZY didn't make anyone dizzy around here, but hurricane Mariah blew her fans away at Radio City Music Hall Thursday night. During Carey's nearly two-hour concert supporting her...
THE OLD FOLKIES AT HOME
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA Mighty Wind blows into Town Hall tonight, part of the comic and literary tornado that is The New Yorker Festival. If you've seen last winter's film, "A Mighty Wind,"...
DEAN OPENS THE NEW LIMELIGHT
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe Limelight lives again. Or at least the space does. In the 1980s and the early '90s, this renovated Sixth Avenue church was the place to be. But a massive...
MORE THAN TOKEN CHANGES
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Transit Museum - the city's underground gem in downtown Brooklyn - reopened this week after a $6 million, two-year renovation. New to the museum is a replica...
CHEAT SHEET
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amYOU SEEN HUSSEIN?President Bush finally came clean and admitted "we've seen no evidencethat Saddam Hussein was involved" with 9/11. Bush added, however, that he had received intelligence reports which mentioned...
BEST OF THE CITY: FEST OFFERS FREE SAMPLES OF NYC CULTURE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg has enough money in his personal accounts to buy theater tickets for 32 million people - and not the cheap seats, either. But he won't. Instead, he has...
ARTS AND MINDS: AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES FOR MUSIC, DANCE AND MORE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amPlease don't call them "frills." Music, art, dance and drama give children more than meets the eye and ear: discipline, confidence, improved concentration and coordination and even - if those...
SO MUCH TO DO,SO LITTLE TIME TO DO IT
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amNot all extracurricular activities are created equal: Some demand more time, more money and more equipment than others. Still others may look great on some college application one day -...
JOLLY LAMA BLISSFUL TIBETAN LEADER GETS PEACE OF THE APPLE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amRICHARD Gere will be there. Maybe even Goldie Hawn. As will tens of thousands of others, both celebs and mere mortals, who will turn out in Central Park tomorrow to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amYou could call it the fright of the bumblebee. John Nunes of Winston, Ore. was driving and singing along to the Justin Timberlake song "Rock Your Body" on his car...
INJURED TOT FOUND ON BRONX STREET
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA toddler was found severely injured on a Bronx street yesterday - and police sources say it's possible his parents and neighbors did not know he was in trouble because...
BOYFRIEND RAPE SHOCKER
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA Mexican immigrant was choked, burned and then viciously raped and sodomized by her older sister's boyfriend in their home, Queens prosecutors said yesterday. The "devastating ordeal of violation and...
THESE CHICKS JUST CAN'T FLY
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe high-flying Dixie Chicks sent Scottish emergency officials into a tizzy yesterday after their private jet clipped a building at Glasgow Airport. "The Chicks are OK," a staffer at their...
RAPPER IN BALTIMORE BULLET BUST
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amFlamboyant rap star Sisqo - best known for his 2000 hit "The Thong Song" - has been busted for assault and reckless endangerment after allegedly firing bullets at a car...
DUMB DAS SOLD A QUALITY COP DOWN THE RIVER
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amIN April 1990, in the borough of The Bronx, a fusillade of 10 bullets came like a solid sheet of lead at Officer Anthony Gordon. The .357 magnum slugs and...
GIS GRAB GAGGLE OF GUERRILLAS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. troops yesterday arrested 55 pro-Saddam guerrillas believed to have carried out a series of intense, coordinated ambushes on coalition forces in Tikrit that resulted in the deaths...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan A 27-year-old man told cops he was subjected to anti-gay insults by several men who punched and kicked him on a Chelsea street yesterday. The apparent bias incident took...
COURT DEALS VELELLA BRIBE BLOW
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amPowerhouse state Sen. Guy Velella lost a key court battle against influence-peddling charges yesterday when a judge didn't buy his argument that Manhattan officials overstepped themselves in prosecuting outside their...
UNITED NATIONS TO ISRAEL: HANDS OFF ARAFAT
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The U.N. General Assembly yesterday demanded Israel drop its vow to "remove" Yasser Arafat - while Arafat's new prime minister made clear he has no intention of challenging...
COURT MULLS NIXING DELAY IN ARNIE VOTE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA California appeals court yesterday agreed to rethink a controversial recall vote delay and put the state back on track for an Oct. 7 ballot on whether to dump Gov....
TYCO-SCAM LAWYERS FEAR NEW SCANDAL
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amLess than 10 days from his embezzlement trial, ex-Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski was scrambling yesterday to bury what he fears are sensational names connected with the case. "We simply don't...
ISABEL'S TERRIBLE TOLL; 17 DIE AS HURRICANE'S PUNCH MISSES APPLE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amHurricane Isabel wasn't the earthshaking disaster forecasters had feared - but it left 17 people dead, nearly 5 million homes and businesses without power, and it closed down Washington, D.C.,...
WILLIAMS SIS FUNERAL TOO TRAGIC FOR DAD
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The slain older sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams was quietly buried yesterday in Hollywood Hills after an emotional, private service their dad was too...
HILLARY DELETES FANS' PREZ-RUN E-MAIL
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday abruptly yanked all the run-for-president e-mails off her official Web site in a bid to stop speculation that she's leaving the door open to a...
SEA OF BLUE AT TRIAL OF OFFICER
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amFellow cops are crowding a Manhattan courtroom in support of an 18-year NYPD vet on trial for perjury over these words, in which he described an alleged crack dealer's actions...
JCPENNEY SUED OVER 'PROFILING'
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA 24-year-old Haitian woman who claims she was traumatized by JCPenney security guards after being wrongly accused of shoplifting has filed a class-action suit accusing the store of racial profiling....
RALPH'S GOT A BRIGHT IDEA
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amTHE spring/ summer 2004 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was the most colorful in years. And thanks to Ralph Lauren, yesterday's final installment in the eight-day runway marathon was among the most...
L.I. GANG-SLAY SHOCK; PUNKS STAB COMMUTER ON WALK HOME
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island man was savagely beaten, stabbed and shot to death by a gang of young punks as he walked home from the Lynbrook LIRR station after a late...
UNIONS: LOSE THE 'TUDE, MIKE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amUnion leaders hit back at Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, warning they can't negotiate new contracts until the mayor loses his "attitude of disrespect." The top union officials were reacting to Bloomberg's...
NEWS WOMAN IN VAN HORROR
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amAn NY1 reporter was seriously injured in a freak accident yesterday when the mirror of a van hit her while she was covering a news story in Harlem. Rebecca Spitz,...
GOTHAM BLOWS OFF BIG BLOW
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe Big Apple remained relatively unscathed after Hurricane Isabel stormed across the East, but one Queens resident said Izzy nearly flattened his house early yesterday. "I feel lucky to be...
PRINCIPALS' 'RACE' RAGE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amPrincipals were fuming yesterday after the Bloomberg administration ordered them to identify the race of school parent leaders - but Schools Chancellor Joel Klein defended it as necessary to comply...
CONFUSED CLARK CALLS RETREAT ON HAWK TALK
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amIn a disastrous debut, Gen. Wesley Clark yesterday flip-flopped back and forth on the Iraq war - wobbling over the issue that was supposed to be the strongest suit for...
FINEST FAKER SLAIN; COPS SHOOT AS HE AIMS PHONY GUN
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA 35-year-old man posing as a police officer with a badge and a gun was shot dead by cops on a busy Bronx sidewalk yesterday after he refused to drop...
'SOPRANO' LOAN SHARK GETS MAX
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe mobster brother of a gangster boss killed by his soldiers because they thought he was gay was sent to prison for 10 years yesterday. Frank D'Amato, the DeCavalcante family's...
POLICE SUSPECT EVIL THUGS WITH ROOTS IN L.A.
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe 18th Street Gang is believed to be behind the vicious murder of Long Islander Anthony Battaglia, a local police source said. The gang has been called "California's most violent...
MONKEY WRENCH IN DURST TRIAL
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amGALVESTON, Texas - Wealthy wig-wearer Robert Durst was such a yenta in prison, newly discovered recordings of his telephone babble have put the start of his murder trial in jeopardy....
SLAP ON 'BIAS' COPS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Staten Island cops were suspended from their jobs yesterday, accused of ignoring a bias attack and then trying to cover up their misdeed, police sources said. Officers Glenn Glennerster...
STOWAWAY SAVED IN HARBOR DRAMA
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amBraving heavy winds and rough seas, NYPD Aviation and Emergency Service cops yesterday rescued a stowaway hiding in a ship outside New York Harbor. The harrowing drama unfolded at 11:40...
9 BUSTED IN HS 'GANG' BEATING
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amA gang of nine teens were busted at a Queens high school yesterday after a melee in which one student was pummeled with a cue ball wrapped in a sock,...
LEG-PAD LAW HAS SNOW IRATE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amWHEELING, W.Va. - Joining legions of long-legged goalies around the league, Islanders goaltender Garth Snow is hopping mad over the new restrictions placed on leg pads. Some would say that...
LIONS NOT LICKING WOUNDS ANYMORE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amUNLIKE Jim Fassel, Carmine Colasanto hasn't lost much sleep since he lost a playoff game. While his seventh-seeded Lehman team was upended by No. 10 New Utrecht a year ago...
FANS 'WONDER' WHAT'S GONE WRONG
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThis time last year, the 3-year-old filly Wonder Again looked like the second coming of 1999 female grass champion Soaring Softly after winning four straight on the lawn, including victories...
BOBER TRIES TO TACKLE TROUBLES
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As excuses go, this one sure makes sense. Chris Bober, thinking back on his performance against the Cowboys last Monday night, said, "For some of the plays, I...
AN UNHAPPY RETURN ; GIANTS' MITCHELL READY FOR REUNION WITH 'SKINS OWNER
September 20, 2003 | 4:00am"They said I was a bad influence on the young guys, I guess because I wasn't a 'yes man' for Dan [Snyder]."BRIAN MITCHELL Aside from a 1-yard touchdown run, Brian...
BURNS IN NO MOOD FOR A GOON SHOW
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - They'll meet 10 times, these Devils and Flyers who opened preseason here last night, and playoffs could boost that figure to 17. Familiarity breeds contempt in the NHL,...
METROS BEGIN PLAYOFF PUSH
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amAccording to MetroStars coach Bob Bradley, the postseason has already begun. "It's the end of the year, and every game is like a playoff game," Bradley said. "The past few...
CHREBET WILL PLAY VS. PATS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Wayne Chrebet found the soft spot in the middle of the Jets' practice defense, turned, caught Vinny Testaverde's eyes, and grabbed a 7-yard reception yesterday. "He's fine," Herman...
LOSING SAPS DEWAYNE ; JETS ROOKIE WANTS TO IMPROVE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThe "next Warren Sapp" is not satisfied with the way his Jets career has begun. An 0-2 start can do that to a 22-year-old rookie. "It's not going the way...
HALF-EMPTY CUP ; WUSA WOES MAKE TOURNEY BITTERSWEET
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The irony must have been painfully clear: On Monday, WUSA folded its tents - just five days before the World Cup, the showcase event in women's soccer, and...
A LEARNING GAME ; BROOKLYN'S WILLIAMS THRIVING WITH 'CANES
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThree years ago, Leon E'srom Williams left Brooklyn as one of the most publicized high school football players ever to come out of the city. At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, the...
HOWE MAY GO 'WILD' ON FISH
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amThirty-one games behind the Braves and 25 games under .500, the Mets aren't going anywhere this season. But in the crazy National League playoff picture, lots of other teams are....
BERNIE'S STUMPED: CAN'T FIND REASON FOR .263 MARK
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - His surgically repaired left knee still aches. Chronically sore shoulders continue to hinder his swing. He's 35. Cutting a CD has him thinking about strumming his guitar...
MATSUI TWEAKS PINIELLA
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Lou Piniella saying that Devil Ray center fielder Rocco Baldelli deserves the AL Rookie of the Year instead of Hideki Matsui doesn't bother the Yankees'...
GATORS PUT STOCK IN MIAMI DEFEAT
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE - This is how far the Florida Gators have fallen: They take great solace in a loss to Miami. Heading into today's SEC showdown against Tennessee at Florida Field,...
A RUDE BAPTISM FOR YOUNG DEVILS
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Devils will rightly write this off as rookie defensemen getting their feet wet, and tangled. After all, even the legends stumbled early. How much they can improve,...
LEG-PAD LIMIT HAS SNOW IRATE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amWHEELING, W.Va. - Joining legions of long-legged goalies around the league, Islanders goaltender Garth Snow is hopping mad over the new restrictions placed on leg pads. The shorter pads, which...
JOSE PITCHES IN ; SOLID EFFORT MOVES YANKS STEP CLOSER TO TITLE
September 20, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 2 Devil Rays 1 ST. PETERSBURG - Joe Torre says something bad has to happen in order for Jose Contreras to be part of the Yankees' four-man October rotation....