November 8, 2003
FAO IS EXHAUSTING CASH, EATING ITS WORDS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amTroubled toy retailer FAO Inc. said yesterday that it might run out of cash unless holiday sales improve. FAO, which owns the FAO Schwarz, Right Start and Zany Brainy toy...
GOOGLE FENDS OFF MICROSOFT
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amBuyout? We don't need no stinking buyout! Google released a program called Deskbar yesterday, which plants its popular search engine on the desktop of PCs as part of the Windows...
BACK TO WORK ; HIRING FINALLY PICKING UP AS JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 6%
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amSo much for the jobless recovery. The economy added 126,000 new jobs in October, according to the Department of Labor - twice as many as analysts expected, and the third...
DOUBLE-MINT TWINS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amGIMME SHELTER It's going to be quite the full house when Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen move into their new downtown digs. Sources say the tantalizing teens, best known to young...
N.J. MELTING POT, MODEL COMMUNITY
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amFor a quiet town of leafy streets and manicured front yards, Teaneck, N.J., has captured its share of headlines in recent years. In 1996 the late rap star Notorious B.I.G....
START INVESTING WITH JUST $10K
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIf you're considering investing in the real estate market but are spooked by high prices, consider Ganga Mukkavilli's story. Since the 1980s, Mukkavilli, a Princeton, N.J., C.P.A., estimates he's made...
WARM IT UP WITH COLOR
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amNow that sunlight's in short supply, are you finding your apartment looks a little . . . bleak? Before a case of seasonal depression sets in, breathe life into your...
LIFE AT A POSH CLUB
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amYou will never live at 15 Gramercy Park South. It's easy to say this, because the Victorian brownstone, which houses the National Arts Club, boasts apartments so exclusive its members...
25% OF BROKERS BREAK LAW: SEC
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amMutual fund trading abuses are rampant among firms the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating, SEC Chairman William Donaldson said. More than a quarter of the brokerage firms under investigation...
BIG WORLD, SMALL SCREEN: TUNING INTO KIDS' TV FROM 'ROUND THE GLOBE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amEver wonder what kids in other countries watch when they're home in front of the tube? You'll get some idea at the Museum of Television and Radio's 12th annual Children's...
WE'RE SHOPPING AT . . .
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amCK Bradley 146 East 74th Street between Lexington & Third avenues (212) 988-7999 Biff and Buffy aren't the only ones excited about preppy fashion revival. The current popularity of all...
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN!
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amBeethoven's wig is very bigBeethoven's wig is long and curly and it's whiteBeethoven takes his wig off when he sleeps at nightBecause it's bigIt's very big . . . In...
LETHEM RETURNS HOME
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIf anyone can be called the voice of today's young, groovy New York - or at least the Brooklyn part - it's 39-year-old novelist, Jonathan Lethem. Lethem rose to fame...
FOR BETTER OR VERSE: NUYORICAN POETS CAFÉ CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
November 8, 2003 | 5:00am"For the poor New York Puerto Rican, there are three survival possibilities," the poet Miguel Algarin wrote in 1975. "The first is to labor for money and exist in eternal...
BUY TRAVEL KNICKKNACKS FOR A SONG
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amSure, it's a great big ad, but it also sounds like a lot of fun. Just yesterday, the 7-month-old boutique airline, Song, opened a temporary "concept store" in the heart...
CALLING HILARY'S DUFF
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amCBS has signed Hilary Duff, the 16-year-old "Lizzie McGuire" star, to make a comedy. The show for the 2004-05 season will most likely be a domestic comedy - something like...
RECONNAISSANCE MAN: WEB SITE SPOTLIGHTS HOT DATE SPOTS FOR URBAN ROMEOS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIF you're a girl, leave this page somewhere your boyfriend might see it. If you're a guy, read it and then hide it so your dates won't figure out how...
CITY FLICKERS: MIKE LURES RECORD NUMBER OF TV & FILM PRODUCTIONS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amNew York City is front and center on both the big and small screens - with production up a scene-stealing 36 percent this year, officials said yesterday. "There are currently...
PET PROJECT: FURRY LOVE AT ATM
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amFinding a lost pet or an animal to adopt will be as simple as getting money from an ATM under a new program to save tens of thousands of animals...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amQueens A worker was killed and two others injured yesterday when they were electrocuted in a construction accident, police said. The incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. when three employees...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amFor more than eight months, Billie Jo Hawks shared a cell with female inmates at Kentucky's Meade County Detention Center. It was only after being transferred to the Kentucky Correctional...
KIDNAP SCARE ; GIRL RUNS FROM PERV NEAR CENTRAL PK.
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amAn 8-year-old girl who lives in a tony Upper West Side building was almost kidnapped when a man tried to lure her into his car - sending shockwaves of panic...
ISRAEL GRABS MASS-SLAY TERROR CHIEF
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli troops yesterday captured the notorious mastermind of last month's Haifa restaurant bombing and other attacks that killed more than 40 people, authorities said. Amjad Abeidi was tracked...
WES BLITZES PREZ ON WAR 'MESS'
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic hopeful Wesley Clark yesterday sought to jump-start his struggling campaign by pointing to problems in Iraq and vowing: "I won't get us into a mess like this...
2 ADDED TO UNION DEAL MENU
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amMembers of the Local 100 Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees have signed contracts with 11 of the 25 restaurants employing union workers. The latest eateries to agree to wage and...
TOP BLOOMBERG AIDE QUITS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amVincent LaPadula, a $162,800-a-year senior adviser to Mayor Bloomberg, is becoming an investment banker with JP Morgan. LaPadula is one of the few Republicans in the administration's upper ranks, and...
$50M MORE BLACKOUT AID NIXED
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe federal government has pulled the plug on New York's request for $50 million in additional blackout aid. In a letter yesterday to emergency officials, Daniel Craig of the Federal...
GARSON AIDS DA PROBE OF HIS NEPHEW
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amDisgraced Judge Gerald Garson has agreed to testify in a new grand jury probe into whether his nephew - another Brooklyn judge - bilked a small fortune from an elderly...
COMMANDER IN CHIEF: WE WON'T BE INTIMIDATED
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush drew loud cheers from a Republican crowd yesterday as he vowed that America won't be "intimidated" by Iraqi thugs. He pledge came on the day a...
SPANISH LIPSTICK SMEAR AT SHOPS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amHispanic cosmetic-store workers say they are suing the French-owned Sephora chain for banning them from speaking Spanish at work - even when taking a lunch break. Five women, who filed...
ATT'Y STOLE $1.5M WILLED TO MA: DA
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amA disbarred Long Island lawyer stole more than $1.6 million that his father left his mother in his will, prosecutors said. Martin Purvin, 54, of Jericho, is charged with grand...
DEADLY TRIANGLE; EX STABS STUDENT AS HER NEW BEAU DIES IN PLUNGE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amA lovers' quarrel turned deadly yesterday after a Queens man with a reputation as a woman-hater stabbed his aspiring fashion-designer ex-girlfriend in the neck - as her new boyfriend plunged...
'LIAR' RAP BACK ON HIJACK PAL
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amA federal appeals court yesterday reinstated perjury charges against a San Diego student accused of lying about his association with 9/11 hijackers. The decision to reverse a judge - who...
FAKE-WIFE SCAM FLEECES WTC FUND
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amA heartless con man allegedly pocketed $100,000 from relief agencies when he claimed his make-believe wife was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks - and even rustled up three kids...
SCAMLORD CAUGHT IN OWN 'NET
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amA phony "landlord" who fleeced desperate apartment hunters for thousands of dollars remained in the slammer yesterday as the Web site he used in his con pledged to help the...
TRANNIES 'TRICKED' US ; NEW 'JOHNS' ADMIT FALLING FOR TEEN CON
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amSix more men came forward yesterday claiming they were robbed by transgender teens who, while posing as hookers, grabbed them and yelled, "Police! Up against a wall," law-enforcement sources said....
BATTERED HUBBY-SLAYER AVOIDS JAIL
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIn a deal that guarantees she'll do no jail time, a Queens woman yesterday pleaded guilty to reckless manslaughter in the March 2001 shooting death of her physically abusive, mob-connected...
THE MOUTHY MILLIONAIRESS-NEXT-DOOR RELISHES HER RICHEST ROLE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIT was the greatest performance of Rosie O'Donnell's career. For four hours over the last two days, Rosie staged a marathon gab-fest. It was a kind of real-life reality show,...
'SLICK RICK' BEATS DEPORT RAP
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amRap pioneer Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters was a free man last night after being sprung from prison after 17 months behind bars fighting deportation. "I can't wait to be able...
WIDOW RAGES AS JURY NAILS GEM-SHOP KILLER
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe grief-stricken wife of a beloved Bayside jeweler, shot dead by a parolee during a botched heist, could not be consoled outside a Queens courtroom yesterday - even after a...
ROSIE'S MAG ZIG-ZAG; SHE'D 'LOVE' TO START ONE - WITH OLD STAFF
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amDespite the bitter court battle over the demise of her magazine, Rosie O'Donnell said yesterday she "would love" to start up another magazine - and rehire her old staff. The...
BLASTING BACK AT IRAQI THUGS ; GIS SLAM TIKRIT KILLERS AFTER LATEST COPTER SHOOTDOWN
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. forces last night pounded the hideouts of Iraqi terrorists in Tikrit after an Army Black Hawk helicopter was downed with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing the six Americans...
SILENT PILOT HIT WITH FERRY-JOB SUSPENSION
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe suicidal pilot of the doomed Staten Island Ferry that crashed into a pier last month was suspended yesterday without pay after failing to meet with investigators, officials said. Richard...
KIDNAP SCARE; PREDATOR THREATENS GIRL NEAR CENTRAL PK.
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amAn 8-year-old girl who lives in a tony Upper West Side building was almost kidnapped when a man tried to lure her into his car - sending shock waves of...
TRANNIES 'TRICKED' US; NEW 'JOHNS' ADMIT FALLING FOR TEEN CON
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amSix more men came forward yesterday claiming they were robbed by transgender teens who, while posing as hookers, grabbed them and yelled, "Police! Up against a wall," law-enforcement sources said....
PATAKI POUNDS WAR-BASHING DEMOCRATS
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - Gov. Pataki yesterday strongly attacked the field of Democratic presidential candidates - especially Howard Dean and Sen. John Kerry - for criticizing President Bush's handling of...
RAPPER RICK BEATS DEPORT RAP
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amRap pioneer Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters was a free man last night after being sprung from prison after 17 months behind bars fighting deportation. "I just can't wait to be...
ISRAELIS GRAB TERROR CHIEF IN RESTAURANT SLAUGHTER
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli troops yesterday captured the notorious mastermind of last month's Haifa restaurant bombing and other attacks that killed more than 40 people, authorities said. Amjad Abeidi was tracked...
LINDROS' RETURN SPARKS SHAKEUP
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe return of Eric Lindros; the embarrassing 6-3 loss in Carolina on Thursday; the Flyers at the Garden this afternoon. Three separate but equal factors that are likely to have...
ISLES GO FOR SWEEP
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe Islanders will try to protect their share of the Atlantic Division lead, as well as complete a four-game home sweep, when the resilient Thrashers visit the Coliseum tonight. Steve...
JONES SETTLED THIS TIME ; TITLE ASIDE, TARVER NOT IDEAL FOE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - The buzz in this city tells you more people care about who will win the $1 million prize for being crowned the 2003 Professional Bull Riding Champion...
WELL DONE, WATSON! FORDHAM RB TOOK BRONX OVER BIG 10
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe Orange Bowl broadcast flickered on the television screen, and Kirwin Watson again wondered how different his life would be. Even during football season, when he's propelling Fordham toward prominence,...
'EMPTY' ACHIEVEMENT ; GIANTS MAKING BARREN-BACKFIELD FORMATION HUM
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amJim Fassel didn't like it much. Neither did Kerry Collins. The offensive linemen felt confused. Why then, would the Giants more and more use a risky formation that empties the...
JETS' CONWAY SEEKS BREAKOUT GAME
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThe Jets finally got a breakout game from Santana Moss last week. Curtis Conway expects that will have an impact on his game. "This is a good opportunity for me,"...
ERASMUS SEES RENAISSANCE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amDANNY LANDBERG stood on the field after helping to bring Erasmus football back to life. "Just give me three years and we'll have a program again," the coach had once...
WHITE'S GOT NIEDERMAYER'S BACK
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amIt's his job to see it doesn't happen again, Colin White says. The Devils still figure Tie Domi cost them the 2001 Stanley Cup as much as Patrick Roy or...
CONFIDENCE CRISIS? HOUSTON: KNICKS GOTTA START BELIEVING
November 8, 2003 | 5:00am"Right now, I'm not sure if we still believe [in ourselves] enough. . . . We have to do the little things to make that happen."ALLAN HOUSTON Sounding a bit...
OPPONENTS HAVE FITZ WHEN LARRY GETS PLAY
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Nicknames are old. Magic. The Truth. The Answer. Old, old, old. The benchmark for greatness now is if a star has a trademark play, something he does with...
INJURY BUG WON'T LEAVE NETS ALONE
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amBOSTON - Alonzo Mourning was standing in the Nets' pre-game locker room, discussing the current state of the team which was more Emergency Room Gothic than defending champion Eastern. "Injuries...
PLAYING TIME WEARING ON KIDD
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - Okay, it's official. You can really be concerned about the Nets. The one indispensable Net, Jason Kidd, is playing with a bruised left knee as well...
BARROW'S TACKLING OBSCURITY
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Tackles are not an official NFL statistic and often are subjective, as teams come up with tackle totals for their defensive players after reviewing game films. By any...
CALL HIM BIG BIRD: MAZ GETS ORIOLE JOB; YANKS EYE NEW 3B COACH
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amThere is nobody more New York than Lee Mazzilli. Born in Brooklyn, played for the Mets and Yankees and coached under Joe Torre in The Bronx. Yet, Mazzilli said so-long...
CURT'S CAGEY ON CHANGEUP
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amCurt Schilling is one of the best power pitchers in baseball. When asked yesterday if he would like to pitch for the Yankees, however, Schilling showed he can also be...
SCHWAB RUES MISSING POINT
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amDevils 1Leafs 1 The bar is set high again for the Devils. They don't regard ties as success, but as non-victories. His performance was nothing short of tremendous in his...
HOU IS KING FOR A NIGHT
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amKnicks 114Kings 111 Desperation apparently beats talent. The Knicks didn't treat last night's game with the Kings like it was the fifth game of the regular season. After losing their...
NETS GET WELL FAST ; CELTICS JUST THE CURE FOR INJURY-PLAGUED CLUB
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amNets 94Celtics 87 BOSTON - Another injury. Another player needing the injury list. A sub-.500 record. A stretch with powerful teams waiting, licking their chops. But just when life looked...
VLADE: VUJANIC READY FOR NBA
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Milos Vujanic - who might be the Knicks' future at point guard - is ready for the NBA and ought to come to the Garden next year. That's...
KIDD'S WEARING DOWN
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - OK, it's official. You can be concerned about the Nets. The one indispensable Net, Jason Kidd, has been playing extended minutes - and he's been playing...
PITT GIVES DEFENSES 'THE FITZ'
November 8, 2003 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Nicknames are old. Magic. The Truth. The Answer. Old, old, old. The benchmark for greatness now is if a star has a trademark play, something he does with...