November 10, 2003
EXECS' FINE TIME - MERRILL LOWERS THE BOOM ON FIRED BROKERS' BOSSES
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMerrill Lynch is moving to clean up its mess from the mutual fund scandal. The firm has fined the two senior execs responsible for recruiting and supervising the brokers dismissed...
M'SOFT FACES OFF WITH NEW FOE - EU
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMicrosoft Corp. has been fairly successful at fending off antitrust suits in the United States by making a few compromises and paying a few fines. But this week in Europe,...
TAKE IN A PINTER
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE CARETAKER [] (three stars) Roundabout Theater Company, American Airlines Theater, 227 W. 42nd St. (212) 719-9393. ----- IT is compelling theater. Odd but compelling. Just three men, either society...
THESE DAYS IN THE HARBOR, BASS ARE A SHORE THING
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amFROM the shoreline, the waters around New York City may appear like a lifeless expanse of molten gray steel - but in the water itself, the "blitz" is on. Right...
FRAZZLED FAMILY AFFAIR
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME At the Vineyard Theatre, 108 E. 15th St. Through Dec. 7. (212) 353-0303. ---- PAULA Vogel is a playwright of life's sore blows and the...
KISS AND MAKE UP CEASE FIRE IN BATTLE BETWEEN JAY AND DAVE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE late-night Cold War between David Letterman and Jay Leno could be headed for a thaw. Jay congratulated Dave the other night on the birth of his baby. Dave increasingly...
NETWORKS PLUG HOLES IN SEASON
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHAT chill in the air is not just winter on the way, but how viewers have reacted to the network's new fall schedules. With new shows getting axed, it's almost...
A ROLLING 'ZONE' - PLENTY OF EXPOSURE FOR BRITNEY & NEW CD
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOOPS, she's doing it again. If you think Britney Spears has been everywhere already, you've got another 500 or so TV appearances coming. With her third album, "In the Zone,"...
HILTON HEADS: RUMORS OF A RAUNCHY HOME VIDEO GIVES NEW MEANING TO 'SIMPLE LIFE'
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amJUST when you think you can't watch one more "reality" show or you'll throw the TV out the window, along comes "The Simple Life," Fox's answer to the question: "Are...
THEY'RE A CUT BELOW: TOP 10 SALONS WHERE HAIRCUTS ARE $100 OR LESS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amIF you're skipping meals to pay for $200 haircuts, why not give your wallet a break? Some of the most fashionable women we know let us in on a secret:...
HAIR-RAISING PRICES: AT $600, SHE GIVES THE COSTLIEST CUT IN TOWN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amSHE'S cut hair for Meg Ryan, Winona Ryder, Jane Fonda and Michelle Pfeiffer - now she'll do yours for $600. That's how much Sally Hershberger - New York's most expensive...
BROTHER EDWARD'S BABY IN PREEMIE DRAMA
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA royal baby drama ended happily for Prince Edward over the weekend when his wife suddenly gave birth to their first child - a 4-pound, 9-ounce girl - nearly a...
MEPHAM MOMS LASH OUT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMothers of two Mepham HS victims hope their sons' alleged attackers are tried as adults - but don't want them serving the maximum amount of jail time. "We do not...
N.Y. DEM GIVES DEAN FLAG FLAK
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amHOWARD DEAN'S controversial crack about "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks" has cost him the endorsement of a top New York Democrat, The Post has learned. Democratic sources...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA student at Brookfield Central HS in Wisconsin got suspended for making a CD in which he rapped that if Principal Mark Cerutti didn't get out of town, he would...
AT LAST: U.S. INTELLIGENCE KEEPS AMERICANS OUT OF HARM'S WAY
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMuch-maligned U.S. intelligence got this one right. Intelligence officials told key senators a week ago to expect a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said yesterday. The...
ISLAMIC OUTRAGE AT SAUDI BLASTS: ARAB WORLD TURNS ON 'HEINOUS' AL QAEDA
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOutrage swept the Muslim world after an al Qaeda team disguised as police destroyed a predominantly Arab housing complex in the Saudi capital, killing at least 11 people - including...
BY JIMINY! CRICKET IN B'KLYN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amKids in Brooklyn will soon get a chance to bowl wicked googlies, not just hurl fastballs. Thanks to two projects in Brooklyn parks, the borough once known for the Dodgers...
SCHUMER SEES TERROR PIER PERIL
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amSen. Charles Schumer yesterday called on the U.S. Coast Guard to assess security at Manhattan's Hudson River cruise ship passenger piers - saying the terminals were ripe for terrorist attacks....
'PRINCESS CHARLES' - MAY GO ON TV TO DENY BI-SEX RUMORS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amScandal-plagued Prince Charles may go on live TV this week in a bid to shoot down mushrooming gossip about his relationship with a male servant. The extraordinary step is being...
WHALE OF A DAY IN ROCKAWAYS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA pod of whales was spotted close off Rockaway Beach, Queens, yesterday. "It was about 30 feet long, and it was shiny black - you could see it spurting water,"...
SMALL DRUGSTORES ARE DISAPPEARING
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMom-and-pop pharmacies are being pushed out of neighborhoods by chain stores, says a study released yesterday. The report by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) says since 1990, the city has lost...
FRANKS BLASTS 'PREZ CLARK'
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Gen. Tommy Franks, who retired after leading the first stage of this year's war against Iraq, says in a new report that Wesley Clark, another former general, would...
IRAQ HERO HOME TO BECOME A CITIZEN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amJoel Henriquez was whisked away from his sand-whipped post in Iraq for a 20-hour plane trip home to Rockland County - so he could become a U.S. citizen. "It's going...
'DEADLY' BABY FORMULA SPURS PANIC IN B'KLYN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amIsraeli health officials are looking into whether a baby formula has caused three babies to die and 17 others to be hospitalized with a brain illness - sparking panic in...
CIGARETTE SPARKS QUEENS APT. FIRE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA fire ravaged a Forest Hills apartment yesterday after a man fell asleep with a cigarette in his mouth, his neighbors said. The fire swept through the sixth-floor apartment at...
LIMO-NAPPED - 'DRIVER' SOUGHT IN AIRPORT ABDUCTION
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA 17-year-old Californian visiting his sister was abducted at Newark Airport by a phony car-service driver who demanded $340 for his release, cops said yesterday. The kidnap drama ended several...
GUARDS & MONSTERS - EX-CONS WORK SECURITY AT RETIREMENT HOUSING
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA private Queens security company hired to protect senior citizens living in federally funded housing developments has been using unlicensed guards, including ex-convicts who are barred from working in the...
YOM KIPPUR FIRE ARRESTS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amFire marshals have arrested two men in connection with an arson that left 20 Brooklyn families and 100 children homeless on the eve of Yom Kippur. The Oct. 4 blaze...
CRIPPLED BX. MOM HELD IN SON SLAY
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA wheelchair-bound mom was arrested for stabbing her 35-year-old son to death in their Bronx apartment after the pair argued about money, police said yesterday. Less than an hour later,...
PRISONER SWAP WINS ISRAELI OK
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM-In a deal that touches a raw emotional nerve among Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday narrowly pushed through his Cabinet a prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group....
BLOOMBERG AND MOM PLAN DASH TO ISRAEL, KOSOVO
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is planning a whistle-stop, two-day visit to Israel and Kosovo later this month - in part to fulfill along-standing promise to take his 94-year-old mother to Jerusalem. Hizzoner...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A clash between two Asian rap singers - one of whom is linked to a vicious gang and the other who is a movie actor - sparked a...
CHINATOWN RAP SHOOTING
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA clash between two Asian rappers - one an actor, the other linked to a vicious gang - sparked a shooting in Chinatown early yesterday that sent a third man...
ISLAMIC OUTRAGE AT SAUDI BLASTS - ARAB WORLD TURNS ON 'HEINOUS' AL QAEDA
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOutrage swept the Muslim world after an al Qaeda team disguised as cops destroyed a predominantly Arab housing complex in the Saudi capital, killing at least 17 people - including...
MANSION OF BLOOD CHILLING G LIMPSE INSIDE ESTATE WHERE MOGUL WAS MURDERED
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe scene inside the empty mansion where millionaire financier Ted Ammon was murdered two years ago is eerily normal. A walk through the expansive living room of the English-style "cottage"...
MANSION OF BLOOD - CHILLING GLIMPSE INSIDE ESTATE WHERE MOGUL WAS MURDERED
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA bedroom carpet pad stained with blood, a hallway door dusted by cops seeking a murderer's fingerprints, a doggy door that could have let a vicious intruder break in. These...
HUNDREDS MOURN MOW-DOWN TEEN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amHundreds of mourners gathered at a Nassau County funeral home yesterday to say goodbye to a Queens teen who was mowed down by a driver on a rainy street -...
POLICE CAR KILLS ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA pedestrian died after being struck by a speeding police car in Brooklyn yesterday, authorities said. Yuehor Yuen, 76, a retired salesman at Pearl River Mart in Chinatown, had gone...
SAFE AT HOME CARJACK TOT BACK IN MOM'S ARMS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amRolling his toy trucks on the floor and flashing his dimples with every giggle, little Deniro Rhumble was safe at home yesterday - and under his mother's watchful eye -...
ASIAN RAP SHOOTING IN CHINATOWN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amA clash between two Asian rappers - up-and-coming star Jin and another rapper linked to a vicious gang - sparked a shooting in Chinatown early yesterday that sent a third...
AUDIENCES PLUGGING IN 'THE MATRIX'
November 10, 2003 | 5:00am"The Matrix Revolutions" triumphed at the box office this weekend, raking in $50.2 million. Overall, the final installment of Warner Bros.' "Matrix" trilogy has grossed $85.5 million since it opened...
BIDDING WAR FOR ANDY BEGINS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amBy the time Brian Cashman boards a plane tonight for Arizona and the GM meetings, chances are good that he had already talked to every representative of any free agent...
YANKEES SET TO FETE MATSUI
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe Yankees have made plans to hold a press conference today in the event Hideki Matsui is named AL Rookie of the Year. The Yankees won't know the results of...
WE STILL HAVE A SHOT AT PLAYOFFS CONFIDENT CURTIS SAYS JETS REMAIN IN HUNT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amWe still know we have a chance [at the playoffs] and that's all we can ask for."CURTIS MARTIN OAKLAND - The Jets played the Raiders yesterday armed with every possible...
BIG NAMES TOO PRICEY FOR METS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amLose 95 games and you're going to have more than a few holes to fill. But as the free agent signing period opens today, don't expect to hear Vlad Guerrero,...
PIED PIPER OF CLEVELAND
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - The original Pied Piper was described this way in 1888 by the poet Robert Browning: "And here they noticed round his neck/A scarf of red and yellow stripe/To...
AN AIR OF MAGIC ; LEBRON OWNS SKILLS OF JOHNSON, JORDAN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Across the next decade, LeBron James will break the Knicks' hearts many times. Just like Michael Jordan, who relished doing so. Tonight, James will get his first chance...
LINE PLAY IS MOSTLY OFFENSIVE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Remember all those encouraging signs that the Giants' young offensive line was coming together? The story was quite different yesterday as the Giants crashed and burned while losing...
BIG A VICTORY IS 'SO SWEET'
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amAfter finishing second in three previous stakes attempts, the 2-year-old filly So Sweet a Cat finally earned black type yesterday at the Big A with a 21/4-length victory in the...
DEVILS' TASK: MAKE IT RIGHT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amUntil his GM does something about it, Pat Burns is improvising around what has become an obvious Devils' flaw. Without a right-handed centerman, Burns has given over to using his...
LUNDMARK IS BAFFLED
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amThe proof sits on the magnetic lineup board in the coach's office at the Rangers' practice facility. Yesterday, it still listed "E. Lindros" as a right wing, "D. Purinton" as...
DICE LOOKIN' AT DEC.
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CLEVELAND - With the limited amount of practices left this month, the chances of Antonio McDyess making his Knick debut in November are highly doubtful. Though McDyess has...
RUNNIN' RAIDERS TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF MIRER
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Rick Mirer took the field yesterday, got behind center and celebrated a most odd NFL anniversary. It had been four years and two days since Mirer was a...
NETS: BROWN REVS PISTONS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - To Richard Jefferson, it means the little things. To Jason Kidd, it represents teaching. To Byron Scott, it's all about coaching greatness. That is the difference the...
REEVES RELIEVED TO FINALLY GET NO. 200
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTwo months, that's how long it took ex-Giant coach Dan Reeves to pick up win No. 2 on the season and No. 200 of his career. The Falcons won their...
WALTON'S FOUND HIS MATCH
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amIF we're any judge of partnerships with promise, the new Mike Breen-Bill Walton ESPN pairing could be intact for a while. Breen and Walton worked Friday's Timberwolves-Magic telecast, with pleasing...
AARON COVERS FOR KENYON
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Aaron Williams was talking about Net center Jason Collins. "He gets a little better at every aspect of his game every year," Williams said. "He's...
JINTS SHOVELING TO OBLIVION FANS CALL FOR FASSEL'S HEAD DURING EMBARRASSING LOSS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amFalcons 27Giants 7 Jim Fassel yesterday brought a shovel into the locker room prior to the game and requested that all his players sign it, as it was Fassel who...
JINTS KERRY'D TO DEFEAT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amKERRY Collins threw late, threw into coverage, effectively threw whatever momentum the Giants gained in the last two weeks, if not the season, away with two critically-timed interception Responsibility was...
BARBER BUMBLES AGAIN ; TWO-TIMIN' TIKI TAKES THE BLAME
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amSure, Tiki Barber picked up 158 total yards yesterday. He had 120 rushing and 38 receiving. But one number was much larger. Two. That's the number of fumbles Barber gave...
JINTS SHOVELING TO OBLIVION: FANS CALL FOR FASSEL'S HEAD DURING EMBARRASSING LOSS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amFALCONS 27 GIANTS 7 Jim Fassel yesterday brought a shovel into the locker room prior to the game and requested that all his players sign it, hoping that a symbolic...
DIRT'S PILING UP ON FASSEL'S GRAVE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amTHE chorus began at the end of the third quarter, because the Giants were getting belted around the ring by The Little Sisters of the Poor Dan Reeves. "Fi-re Fassel....
FALCONS GET IT DUNN
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amKurt Kittner, making his third career start at quarterback, was not going to beat the Giants, and he didn't. Kittner yesterday completed nine passes for all of 65 yards. Yet...
TERRIERS WIN STATE TITLE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amHS ROUNDUP Jonathan Ochoa scored a goal in the first minute yesterday and that was enough for St. Francis Prep to win its first New York state Catholic soccer championship...
THIS TIME, JETS GET 'OT' RIGHT BRIEN FG MAKES UP FOR BLOCKED KICK VS. JINTS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOVERTIMEJets 27Raiders 24 OAKLAND - The Jets break your heart and then they give you hope. It's a tantalizing and toxic mix for the emotions, fun to watch at times,...
PISTONS RUN PAST WEARY NETS IN 4TH
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amPistons 98Nets 84 AUBURN HILLS - Yeah, well just wait until the playoffs. That is likely the only solace the undermanned Nets gave themselves after the Pistons, who simply own...
MIRER'S FINE IN RARE START
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Rick Mirer's efficient day as emergency starting quarterback and the Raiders' punishing ground attack fell short of victory again yesterday, turning the knife one more time in Oakland's...
THIS TIME, JETS GET 'OT' RIGHT ; RALLY OVER RAIDERS REDEEMS GIANT LOSS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOVERTIME JETS 27 RAIDERS 24 "This was special because people were talking about how the Raiders had the blueprint on how to stop the Jets."CHAD PENNINGTON OAKLAND - The Jets...
BRIEN MAKES AMENDS WITH WINNING BOOT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - During a quiet moment last Tuesday, the players' day off, Doug Brien walked into Herman Edwards' office and apologized for his part in that well-publicized botched field goal...
SANTANA CONTINUES RISE INTO NFL'S ELITE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES OAKLAND - Where would the Jets be without Santana Moss? Their third-year receiver, who was again prolific yesterday in the Jets' dramatic win over the Raiders, is blossoming...
KIDD, KITTLES GIVE NETS DOUBLE SCARE
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - There was foul trouble for an already short-handed team. And then came two scares. Major scares. The Nets' starting guards, Jason Kidd and Kerry Kittles,...
HERM SHOWS STRUGGLING JETS TRUE COLORS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES OAKLAND - With the Jets having played the Raiders here six times since the 1999 season and winning only once entering yesterday, in his own special superstitious effort,...
MIRER DOES ALL HE CAN TO PREVENT DEFEAT
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Rick Mirer's efficient day as emergency starter gave way to Chad Pennington's down-to-the-wire heroics. In a nail-biting battle between up-and-coming Pennington and journeyman Mirer, youth beat experience as...
STRAHAN FIRES BACK AT FANS
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Michael Strahan yesterday ripped into the fans at Giants Stadium who chanted "Fire Fassel" in the final minute of the third quarter of a dreadful 27-7 loss to...
PALS ZORAN, DARKO LEARNING TOGETHER
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - They became pre-draft roomies and have stayed close friends, one Croat, one Serb. And Net Zoran Planinic, the Croat, and Detroit's Darko Milicic talk everyday,...
ROY NO LIGHT-HEAVY
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - Roy Jones may have won the WBC light-heavyweight championship Saturday night in a close decision over Antonio Tarver, but clearly Jones is no longer a light heavyweight....
FITZGERALD GRABS HEADLINES
November 10, 2003 | 5:00amWe got a reminder this weekend why no wide receiver has won the Heisman Trophy since 1991. A wideout is dependent on the quarterback getting him the ball. All the...