January 3, 2004
BOARD OK'D FREE RIDES ON JET
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amConrad Black may have used Hollinger International's corporate jets for more than business. According to minutes from a board meeting last March, directors agreed to allow the use of the...
CNN AXES 'CHUNG' PRODUCERS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amCNN has sent several staffers packing at its primetime shows hosted by Paula Zahn and Anderson Cooper, The Post has learned. About six producers and other behind-the-scenes staffers were recently...
CHAUS RESCUES CYNTHIA STEFFE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amBernard Chaus, a company that made its name dressing working women, is branching into designer sportswear, with an agreement announced yesterday to buy certain assets of the Cynthia Steffe label...
CONRAD'S CRONIES; SUIT SAYS HOLLINGER BOARD WAS RUBBER STAMP
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amConrad Black could be forced to step down as Hollinger International's chairman soon amid explosive new allegations in a lawsuit unsealed this week, according to sources familiar with the matter....
PUBLISHER'S PRIDE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amGIMME SHELTER Richard Ekstract, who has launched more than 20 trade journals - and the businessman from whom Andy Warhol got financing for his magazine, Interview -has put his contemporary...
PIANOS FOR LESS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amIf your New Year's resolution is to add more music to your life, the folks at Hofstra University are happy to help. Next week, the university's music department, in conjunction...
DOWN BY THE RIVER: VICTORIAN HOMES AND A LIVELY CULTURAL SCENE DRAW MANHATTANITES TO NYACK
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amI just really love it here, man," says Bob Wallace of his adopted hometown of Nyack, New York. Wallace, a photographer who still maintains a studio on West 26th Street...
RETURN OF THE ARTSY STRIPTEASE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amYou've heard about neo-burlesque. Check it out: One of the city's original high-brow erotic cabarets has returned to the stage after a month off.Le Scandal, which used to be known...
SEUSS ON THE LOOSE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amWere Dr. Seuss still aroundHe'd be 100 years old.Can you think of an artist and writer so bold?He made up that cat with his hatAnd there's more.Nothing he ever did...
WHERE WAS KELLY WHEN KURT WON? 'AMERICAN IDOL' STALKED OUT AFTER LOSS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amSTUNNED "American Idol" champ Kelly Clarkson abruptly left the set of "World Idol" New Years' night after fans snubbed her in favor of a gap-toothed plumber from Norway. Clarkson, who...
GRAND PRIZE: THE HOUSE YOU JUST BUILT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amA&E chose a familiar TV face, George Wendt, to host its first show in unfamiliar territory: Reality TV. "House of Dreams," premiering Monday night at 9 and hosted by the...
COP SHOOTS MENACING ROOMIE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amAn off-duty police officer shot his roommate in the shoulder last night after the man attacked him with a bottle inside their Queens home, cops said. At around 5:10 p.m.,...
FEDS ASK RUDY: WHERE'D THE WAR CHEST GO?
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe Federal Election Commission is asking former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to explain how he's spent some campaign cash left over from his aborted Senate run, saying it appears to have...
SLAIN MAN'S ROOMIE GRILLED
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amPolice yesterday interrogated the roommate of a murdered Manhattan restaurant owner as they tried to piece together what triggered the brutal slaying, sources said. George Rigos, 70, who ran the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amMortuary owner Russell Muffley got the shock of his life this week as he began to embalm the mortal remains of 94-year-old Felipe Padilla - and noticed the "dead" man...
AL QAEDA'S D.C. DEATH JET PLOT ; 'SPECIFIC' HIJACK-CRASH PLAN SCRUBS BRIT FLIGHT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - An al Qaeda terror team has been plotting to hijack Washington-bound British Airways Flight 223 and crash it into the nation's capital, officials said yesterday. The frightening -...
MARTHA JURIST'S PRUDENT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe judge in the upcoming Martha Stewart trial revealed her recipe for avoiding problems with jurors yesterday: an ounce of prevention. Manhattan federal Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum has issued a...
TOW NAIL: CITY YANKS ILLEGAL RIGS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amTow trucks yesterday got a taste of their own medicine. The city began cracking down on illegal tow trucks, towing and impounding five vehicles as part of a citywide sweep...
DR. LAURA RIPPED FOR 'NAZI' QUIP
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amA Holocaust Studies institute is asking radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger to retract her on-air comments yesterday comparing some U.S. day-care centers to child-rearing practices in Nazi Germany. The...
HIGHWAY HORROR; B'KLYN COUPLE DIE IN FLA. BOOZE-BUS SMASH-UP
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn couple on vacation in Florida died New Year's morning when their car smashed into a party bus filled with drunk college students that had stopped cold on a...
DEAN CLAIMS TERROR SCARES VINDICATE HIM
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Howard Dean said yesterday the high terror alert and slew of grounded international flights are proof that capturing Saddam Hussein hasn't made America any safer. Dean...
'HONORABLE' HIT; RAO'S KILLER: I DID THE RIGHT THING
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amRAO'S restaurant killer Louis "Lump Lump" Barone said he was trying to "do the right thing" in defending a woman's honor when he felt threatened and blew away a mobster...
BLOODSTAINED 'BROTHERHOOD' IN TOTAL DENIAL
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amTHEY call themselves "brothers." But there's a far more suitable word to describe such illegitimate spawn - a guy who allegedly bashed his supposed sibling into a coma. Plus, the...
SMOKING OUT A CONSPIRACY
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amAs many as a dozen Staten Island firefighters and supervisors could face criminal or departmental charges after a coverup of the chair-swinging melee on New Year's Eve that left a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan A Bronx man facing weapons charges hanged himself inside a Washington Heights police precinct holding cell early yesterday, authorities said. Jose Ramirez, 48, was discovered unconscious at 1:30 a.m....
CITY'S 1ST '04 SLAY A MISTAKEN ID
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man brutally gunned down on New Year's Day as he got home from a midnight church service was an innocent bystander who was mistakenly shot, police said yesterday....
BOOMER BULLY FACES SEX RAP
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amRocco Graziosa - the ex-bartender who made headlines slugging former Yankees pitcher David Wells - was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman while she was out cold at...
'THEY LIED AND WIPED UP BLOOD' ; PROBERS SUSPECT BOOZE IN ATTACK
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amFirefighters rushed to cover up evidence in the brutal New Year's Eve firehouse attack on Staten Island that left one smoke-eater critically injured, sources told The Post yesterday. "They wiped...
S.I. TEACH IN COKE & GUN BUST
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amA Staten Island high school teacher and two other men were arrested in Brooklyn yesterday for having a loaded gun and nearly two ounces of cocaine inside a parked car,...
CROCODILE SHOCK: IRWIN'S SICK BABY STUNT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amHas Steve Irwin gone off his croc-er? The "Crocodile Hunter" - famous for poking, prodding and taunting reptiles on TV - took his antics a step further yesterday, offering a...
'SPECIFIC' HIJACK-CRASH PLAN SCRUBS BRIT FLIGHT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A team of al Qaeda terrorists has been plotting to hijack Washington-bound British Airways Flight 223 and crash it into the nation's capital, officials said yesterday. The frightening...
HYPE? NO, REALITY
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amYOU want to be cynical. The kid won't allow it. You want to be skeptical, hack away at the hype, mock the ridiculous buzz that follows from city to city....
HOU, FRANK AILING
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe Knicks entered the new year with a four-game winning streak - and a backcourt injury crisis. Starting point guard Frank Williams and starting shooting guard Allan Houston sat out...
KIDD VS. THE KID ; NETS TAB JASON TO COVER LEBRON
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amCavaliers coach Paul Silas broke his pre-game routine just a bit last night. He took the long way back to Cleveland's locker room and sought out Jason Kidd. Silas spoke...
HOUSTON, WILLIAMS SIT IT OUT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Allan Houston's lingering knee problems took a turn for the worse and Frank Williams' strained groin was more serious than he originally thought. The horrid developments meant the...
NICE WHILE IT LASTED ; KNICKS' STREAK ENDED BY BULLS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amBulls 104Knicks 99 The Knicks could have overcome the absence of their starting backcourt, Allan Houston and Frank Williams last night. But in the final two minutes, the Knicks couldn't...
LEBRON'S IMPACT GREATEST SINCE WILT
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amYOU want to be cynical. The kid won't allow it, even on a night when he shoots like a regular at the lunch-time run at the Y. You want to...
NETS TOPPLE KING JAMES
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amNets 97Cavs 82 The fans came out in sellout force to the Meadowlands to see wunderkind LeBron James. But they left talking about the Nets, particularly, Jason Kidd. Some things...
GIANTS COULD CUT LIST THIS WEEKEND
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe Giants could have their new head coach hired by mid-week if it's Tom Coughlin they decide is the best fit to replace Jim Fassel. Or it could take a...
TITANS LB BULLISH ON THE FUTURE
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amBALTIMORE - Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck isn't a big believer in history, whether it be recent or in the distant past. All Bulluck cares about as his team takes on...
CLAYTONS DUEL AT SUGAR BOWL
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - LSU's Michael Clayton saw Oklahoma's Mark Clayton on Tuesday night in the French Quarter but did not introduce himself. What could they possibly have in common? They...
IT'S 'SHOWTIME' FOR STORM
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amDaryll Hill still answers to the name. It's still tattooed on his arm. "Showtime." But until recently, the style of play that earned him that moniker was nowhere to be...
'SMARTY' AWAITS HIS TURN
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amThe long and winding road to the May 1 Kentucky Derby, which figures to be even more tortuous than usual given the lack of standout 2-year-old colts in 2003, begins...
LACK OF OFFENSE HAS DEVILS WEARY
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - The Devils do their convincing in the standings, not on the scoreboard. They look better from afar, rather than face-to-face. Now their lack of offense has even grown...
ISLES LOOK FOR REINFORCEMENTS
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amBOSTON - It just never gets any easier for the Islanders. After watching Alexei Yashin go down for three months with a very deep cut on his right arm, the...
QUESTIONS REMAIN
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Let's keep things in perspective. Teams like the Rangers - teams that bounce around .500, teams that get mediocre goaltending - will take three wins on a four-game...
BILL'S 'BOYS GROW UP
January 3, 2004 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE - Bill Parcells coached many important games for the Giants and Jets. Tonight's playoff meeting with the Panthers will be his biggest with the Cowboys, so far. "If we...