November 29, 2003
HARRY WINSTON IS PROSPECT FOR MINE CO.
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amHarry Winston, jeweler to Hollywood stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Jennifer Lopez, may soon become part of a Canadian mining concern. The Aber Diamond Corp. said this week that...
SOROS, BUFFETT BET VS. DOLLAR
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amSmart money players Warren Buffett and George Soros are making huge bets the dollar will continue its slide to new lows all next year. The greenback hit its lowest level...
MARKET-TIMING SHUTS VERAS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amVeras Investment Partners, a Texas-based hedge fund, quietly shut down last month after it was implicated in a wide-reaching investigation into market timing and after-market trading. Veras returned investments and...
RETAIL REVIVAL; CONSUMERS PACK STORES, LOOKING FOR SALE$
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe holiday shopping season appears to have gotten off to a robust start, as consumers packed the nation's retail stores yesterday. Firm results will begin trickling out over the weekend...
BLACK BAGGED $93M FROM PAPER
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amEvidence of even more undisclosed insider riches for Conrad Black surfaced yesterday to trigger a new round of controversy. Black took $93 million in dividends last year from the London...
FEEDING FRENZIES: THESE TWO BUILDINGS OPEN NEXT YEAR, BUT BUYERS CAN'T WAIT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00am- Call them the hotcakes buildings, because that's how fast they're selling. Even though the ribbons won't be cut until 2004, both the Gretsch, located in Brooklyn, and Morton Square,...
GIMME SHELTER - FAITH'S NEW HOME
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amGIMME SHELTER Can perky Southern belle Faith Ford fit in with us jaded New Yorkers? We'll find out soon enough. The blonde Louisiana-born actress, perhaps best known as the pert...
TREE HOUSE, $1M; HERE'S A HIDEOUT TOO FANCY TO WASTE ON KIDS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amFor a million dollars, you can get a four-bedroom house in the suburbs, a swanky, but small, condo in Manhattan - or the raddest tree house ever. The layout can...
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: DUAL DAZZLING ROLES MUDDLE CHANCES OF OSCAR HOPEFULS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amSOMETIMES it doesn't pay to be too good. Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Clarkson and Scarlett Johansson are among this year's Oscar hopefuls whose toughest competition may well be themselves....
THEY'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amForget the subway: Roberta Guaspari's students know that the only way to get from Harlem to Carnegie Hall is to practice. That's where 62 of them will be Tuesday night...
JOHNNY WE HARDLY KNEW YE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Man in Black is gone and the tributes to Johnny Cash have begun. Nashville paid homage to Cash, who died in September at age 70, earlier this month, with...
EVERYBODY LOVES 'RASHOMON'
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amYou won't get much of an argument if you list Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) among the 10 greatest filmmakers of all time. One reason for the Japanese helmer's reputation is "Rashomon"...
THE BRUNCH BUNCH : TOP CHOICES FOR THE BEST MEAL OF THE WEEK
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWe've been brunching for over a century. The word was coined by the British writer Guy Beringer, who, in 1895, wrote: "Brunch is cheerful, sociable and inciting. It is talk-compelling....
VANDAM IT! YOUNG CLOTHING STORE IS UNIQUE BY DESIGN
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amShopping in New York can uncover a sea of sameness. Department and specialty stores are veritable clones, so to dress slightly differently, you've got shop at out of the way...
CAMERA, COUNTRY
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amCountry music fans with an urge to go honky tonkin' can head to a Chelsea gallery get into a two-stepping mood. "Honky Tonk: Portraits of Country Music, 1972-1981," an exhibit...
ONE COOL CAT!
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amFor years, photographer Carol Friedman's pet, Nicky, was the cat's meow of the jazz set - purring alongside Quincy Jones, Lena Horne and Lionel Hampton while Friedman snapped their pictures....
TOT'S YEAR OF JOY; ADOPTED GIRL LIGHTS UP NEW FAMILY'S LIFE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amBaby Sarah is walking, just starting to talk, and always busy keeping her mother, father and five big brothers entertained and entranced. Hard to believe that, 22 months ago, she...
AMBULANCE EXEC SCAMMED MEDICARE FOR $34M: FEDS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe top official of an ambulance company that supplies 10 percent of the vehicles in the 911 system participated in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of $34 million, according to...
RX 'N' ROLLER'S PSORIASIS SALVE IS A HIT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amIt only seems like magic. But for glam rocker Eddie Houston, lead guitarist in '70s-era band Pilot, the new psoriasis treatment he bankrolled is nothing short of a miracle. Houston...
PAROLE SHOCKER ; ANXIOUS KIN: WE WEREN'T TOLD OF KILLER'S RELEASE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA major blunder by the New Jersey parole board has two sisters worried that their older sister's killer could go free from prison - 11 years earlier than expected. Lisa...
KIN ANGUISH FOR SLAIN L.I. VETERAN
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA loved one of a former Green Beret found slain in front of his Long Island home the night before Thanksgiving says the mystery of his murder only adds to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA five-legged dog found near a Raleigh, N.C., park has undergone successful surgery to remove two of his legs. Vets removed Popcorn's back two left legs - the result of...
THE SCHILL IS GONE ; YANKS TURN TO VAZQUEZ, COLON
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWith Curt Schilling now with the Red Sox, the Yankees have a clearer picture of what their offseason acquisitions will be. Until Schilling agreed to a trade yesterday that sent...
COLLEGE SLAPPED WITH SEX-BIAS SUIT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA former assistant to a dean at Manhattan's Boricua College has sued for sexual discrimination, claiming her boss pestered her with unwanted advances from her second day on the job....
REV. AL LIVING LARGE; MEAGER CAMPAIGN $$ FOR POSH HOTELS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton's long-shot presidential campaign is sparing no expense when it comes to travel and dining - even though it's nearly broke. Despite having just over $24,000 on...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amBrooklyn A Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday for pummeling his girlfriend inside a car in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said. Police were called to Fulton Street near Utica Avenue at 4:40 a.m.,...
MORE 'ROAD' WORK FOR U.S. ENVOY
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A senior U.S. diplomat today launches another Bush administration bid to revive the Mideast "road map" to peace, while in New York U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan condemned...
FOE SLAPS SPITZER AIDE ON 'CONFLICT'
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - The head of the state Lobbying Commission has filed a formal complaint accusing one of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's deputies of hindering the panel's case against the New...
TIGER BAGS HIS BABE; WOODS' PROPOSAL TO SWEDEY PIE A HOLE IN ONE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe lions of the African plains made way for a Tiger this week as golf's greatest player stalked the biggest game of all - a mate. Tiger Woods and his...
HILLARY PLAYS SECOND BANANA ; VISITS IRAQ LAUDING BUSH TRIP
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday arrived in Iraq on the heels of President Bush and praised his secret scoot to Baghdad - but she charged that the White...
NONPARTISAN ELEX COST MIKE $7.5M
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg spent $7.5 million of his own money - $5 million more than previously known - in his failed bid for nonpartisan elections, records released yesterday show. Despite the...
SAMARITAN MARINE JAILED IN BROOKLYN GUN-CAR FLAP
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA U.S. Marine - in New York for the holiday before an expected deployment to Iraq - spent Thanksgiving in jail after rushing his shot buddy to a hospital in...
THE ANXIOUS DAYS BEFORE BUSH FLIGHT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe missile that hit a cargo plane near Baghdad a week ago made President Bush's aides think about scrubbing his high-risk mission to Baghdad - and Bush kept checking security...
ROTTWEILER GIRL DOGGONE GLAD TO BE HOME
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe little Brooklyn girl attacked by a Rottweiler and dragged by her leg for a block on Thanksgiving was back in safe territory yesterday - in front of her TV...
THUGS SET FIRE TO QUEENS DELI
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA fire that ripped through a Queens grocery store early today is being investigated after witnesses said it was set, fire officials said. Pop's Grocery and Deli at 75-10 31...
ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALS STRIKE AGAIN IN B'KLYN
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amTwo new incidents of apparent anti-Semitism rocked Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn yesterday - just one day after tires on 28 cars were slashed. Residents of Borough Park said that...
SALE SURVIVORS; HOLIDAY BARGAIN-HUNTERS TURN OUT IN FORCE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amNew York shoppers ignored gloomy skies and let bargains be their umbrella yesterday as they flocked to malls and stores for the traditional kickoff of the holiday spending season. At...
NEAR-CRASH FUELS NEW FERRY FEARS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA jittery rider said he and other passengers aboard a Manhattan-bound Staten Island ferry watched helplessly as a tugboat towing a fuel barge came perilously close to crashing head-on into...
'DWI' DRIVER'S DRY ARGUMENT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe man accused of killing his cousin and seriously injuring his brother in a drunk-driving smash told cops he had only a couple of beers, authorities said yesterday. Santos Argueta,...
BOOZY THUGS STAB QNS. MAN
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA gang of drunken thugs stabbed and slashed a Queens man five times early yesterday as he and his girlfriend took a late-night stroll after their Thanksgiving dinner, the victim's...
NYPD 'DISGRACE' ; HERO'S WIDOW TELLS OF COP'S HEARTBREAKING INSULT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThe Police Department is investigating an argument that allegedly led an officer to tell a police widow: "At least I'm alive to be a disgrace" to the uniform. Police widows...
NEAR-CRASH WITH FUEL BARGE SPARKS NEW FERRY FEARS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amA jittery rider said he and other passengers aboard a Manhattan-bound Staten Island ferry watched helplessly as a tugboat towing a fuel barge came perilously close to crashing head-on into...
YAP DOGS OF WAR SNAP AT THEIR OWN
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amTHE president's stunning trip to Baghdad is already the subject of wild over-interpretation by the solipsists in the American chattering classes, who can't help but think the journey was really...
DEVILS OUT TO REWRITE RECORD BOOKS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amDALLAS - No one has officially worn No. 13 as a Devil. Four times, they've reached that same verboten figure in a team-record unbeaten streak and gone no further. Last...
COLLAPSE OUT WEST ; JERSEY FALTERS DOWN STRETCH, FALLS TO BLAZERS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amBlazers 97 Nets 93 PORTLAND - Byron Scott looks over at the Blazers and sees a vastly talented team. But he also see - as does anyone who cares to...
HOUSTON TELLS DICE TO WAIT
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amAllan Houston is worried for Antonio McDyess. And in a recent conversation, the Knicks captain told McDyess to think twice about playing Monday's Garden game against the Pistons even if...
CENTERS OF ATTENTION NETS' STARTER COLLINS IN FAMILIAR SPOT WITH WILLIAMS AS BACKUP
November 29, 2003 | 5:00am"It's back to the way it was the last couple years." AARON WILLIAMS on the Nets' center situation PORTLAND - Score one for familiarity. When Byron Scott announced on Opening...
CONGAREE TO LIGHT UP AQUEDUCT IN 'CIGAR'
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amNot since the days of the great Skip Away has a handicap horse boasted a lengthy streak of starts in big-money stakes from coast-to-coast like Congaree, the heavy favorite for...
TOTTENVILLE HAS AIR OF SUPERIORITY
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amFRANK Messina was raised a basketball player. Long and lanky, he played hoops constantly and never really gained an interest in football. Fortunately for Tottenville, that changed in the eighth...
'BIG' TEST FOR 'CANES BROCK'S OFFENSE WILL BE ON SPOT WITH TITLE ON LINE
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amCould you ever imagine Jim Kelly, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Walsh, Gino Toretta or Ken Dorsey uttering the following sentence: "Punting is good for us, to let our defense get back...
NO GREEN LIGHT FOR SHOCKEY
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amJeremy Shockey's latest stupid decision may leave the Giants short-handed tomorrow afternoon. Shockey's availability for the 1 p.m. game against Buffalo is highly in doubt after the Giant tight end...
HUSKIES FILL PLATE VS. UTES
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amNIT CONS.UConn 76Utah 44 Ten years from now, the players and coaches on this Connecticut basketball team will not remember Thanksgiving 2003. Some of it was spent in the Garden,...
MARKKANEN BECOMING NET ASSET
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - The June 30 deal in which the Rangers sent then-impending free agent Brian Leetch's compensation rights to the Oilers for Jussi Markkanen did not go unnoticed. But the...
THE SCHILL IS GONE YANKS TURN TO VAZQUEZ, COLON
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWith Curt Schilling a Red Sox, the Yankees have a clearer picture of what their off-season acquisitions will be. Until Schilling agreed to a trade yesterday that sent him to...
JOHNNIES A JOKE UNDER JARVIS
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amTHIS is how it goes when a program begins to wither and die, when a coaching adminitration enters its final death rattle. It is never pretty to watch, especially when...
MORE STORM CLOUDS ; ST. JOHN'S SHAW IN POT BUST
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWillie Shaw got a second chance at St. John's. He might have blown it. Shaw and former teammate Marcus Hatten were arrested Tuesday night and charged with possession of marijuana,...
ISLES' KIDDIE CORPS LEARNING ON THE JOB
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amDETROIT - Islander coach Steve Stirling is between a hard place and some young players on his roster that have proven to be the only sort of positive news of...
HERM STANDS BY FASSEL
November 29, 2003 | 5:00am"He's is obviously a good coach, and you hate to see him go through this."HERM EDWARDS ON JIM FASSEL Both New York football teams are mired in bitterly disappointing seasons,...
SOME CONSOLATION: HUSKIES REBOUND
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amUConn 76Utah 44 Ten years from now, the players and coaches on this Connecticut basketball team will not remember Thanksgiving 2003. Some of it was spent in the Garden, taking...
YET ANOTHER STINKER
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amWings 6Isles 0 DETROIT - Heads should roll for this one. But how convenient for the Islanders that theirs are nowhere to be found, safely tucked away from Mad Mike...
GA. TECH WRECKS KNIGHT AND CO.
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amThere are a lot of talented teams out there. And there are a lot of teams that compensate for a lack of talent with a toughness and tenacity that forces...
JUSSI'S STRONG ENOUGH
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amRangers 4Penguins 1 PITTSBURGH - The June 30 deal in which the Rangers sent then-impending free agent Brian Leetch's compensation rights to the Oilers for Jussi Markkanen did not go...
BREEDERS CROWN TIME
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amDavid Miller, the top driver in North America with more than $10 million in earnings, will attempt to show why he's a shoo-in for Driver of the Year honors as...
THE '13' HEX AGAIN REARS ITS UGLY HEAD
November 29, 2003 | 5:00amStars 2 - Devils 0 DALLAS - It's eerie, even to the rational and non-superstitious. Devils and their minions shouldn't be jinxed by the number 13, which last night proved...