January 26, 2004
L.A. REID ON INSIDE TRACK FOR DEF JAM TOP SPOT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amWith the appointment of Lyor Cohen as an executive at Warner Music, Antonio "L.A." Reid is the top candidate to take over for Cohen at Universal Music's Island Def Jam,...
$300 MLN THIR$T ; J.W. CHILDS NEAR DEAL FOR P&G'S SUNNY DELIGHT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe Boston buyout firm J.W. Childs is nearing a deal to buy the Sunny Delight juice-drink brand from consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. for more than $300 million,...
DRUG RUNNING ; REMAKE OF 'TRAFFIC' REALLY MOVES
January 26, 2004 | 5:00am"Traffic" Tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 9 on USA ½ (three and one half stars) 'TRAFFIC," the much- ac claimed British TV series, which became a much acclaimed (but...
STROMAN PUTS SHOWMAN INTO CITY BALLET
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLET>Susan Stroman's "Double Feature" At New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season ends March 1. NEW York City Ballet, by virtue of Susan Stroman, has...
THE PIANO LAD; OH TO BE YOUNG & TALENTED
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S hard to be Mr. Sophisticate when you're not old enough to drink. But 20-year-old Peter Cincotti doesn't let it faze him. Since he was 7, Manhattan's home-grown jazz prodigy...
'GOLDEN' OSCAR CHANCE FOR 'KING'
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amSINGULARLY lacking in surprises but still thrilling, last night's Golden Globes were a cross between a coronation and a dress rehearsal for this year's Oscars. The regal triumph by "The...
GET MORE FOR LESS: LOOK CHIC, NOT CHEAP, FOR $110
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIF it seems impossible to find clothing items under $110 in New York, you haven't been shopping in the right places. Low-priced stores like Strawberry and Joyce Leslie make it...
STARR REPORT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amRuben tunes in Yes, that is "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard you'll be hearing when TV Guide Channel relaunches with a new look tonight at 7. Studdard sings during the...
DA POISED TO INDICT B'KLYN POL
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amTHE criminal probe of Brooklyn Assemblyman Roger Green is moving into high gear, with new subpoenas issued and a Feb. 4 grand jury session set, The Post has learned. The...
GODFATHERLY LOVE; MOBSTER PLEADS WITH JUDGE TO LET SON OUT ON BAIL
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amAn imprisoned-for-life godfather, whom the feds once accused of running the Colombo family from behind bars, is still trying to throw his weight around - pleading that his jailed son...
FIRM BLASTS 'BIDDER' RIVAL IN D'AMATO FLAP
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA company that lost a La Guardia Airport contract after former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato intervened on behalf of another bidder has asked the Port Authority to disqualify the rival firm...
STYLE ON TRIAL; IMAGE-MAKERS HAND MARTHA A 'BAG' ORDER
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHey, Martha, ditch the drab colors you've been wearing to court and stop carrying two handbags. That's the advice of fashion and image consultants, who say Martha Stewart has to...
'ZODIAC' SLAY TWIST
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA new suspect in San Francisco's notorious "Zodiac Killer" case was discharged from Vietnam and returned to California just three months before the unsolved serial murders began, The Post has...
'BUTTERFLY' NETS TOP MOVIE SPOT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIt was the battle of "That '70s Show" hunks over the weekend - with Ashton Kutcher easily beating Topher Grace at the box office. Kutcher's time-travel thriller, "The Butterfly Effect,"...
FERRY WIFE SPEAKS; RIPS MIKE FOR SCAPEGOATING CAPTAIN
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amShe's watched her husband vilified as a coward and a killer, but now the wife of ferry-boat captain Michael Gansas is fighting back. In an interview with The Post, Wendy...
ICE-PLUNGE VICTIM ID'D AS VAGRANT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe man who plunged through the thin ice of the Prospect Park Lake and drowned earlier this month in a possible suicide bid is believed to be a homeless man....
FASHIONS HARD TO, UH, 'TOP'
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIt's not whether you win or lose, it's what you wear that counts. That's what the trailer leading up to last night's Golden Globes ceremony said. And from the looks...
BORROWED ATT'YS SAVE CITY $13M
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has saved $13 million by borrowing attorneys from prestigious law firms to try its cases - taking advantage of private-sector attorneys eager for trial experience, The Post has...
ISRAEL TO FREE 435
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's stunning prisoner-swap with notorious Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah will begin Thursday - followed immediately by another round of talks to try to gain crucial information about Israel's...
PBA LASHES OUT AT COMMISH
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amOutraged cops and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association ripped into Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday for saying the shooting of a black Brooklyn teen by a white cop appeared to have...
PATAKI DEFENDS BUSH
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amMANCHESTER, N.H. - With all eyes focused on tomorrow's Democratic presidential primary, Gov. Pataki (left) slipped into New Hampshire yesterday to defend President Bush's handling of the war on terror...
THUGS STAB B'KLYN MAN TO DEATH IN STREET FIGHT
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA 28-year-old man who survived a gunshot wound last year died on a Brooklyn street yesterday when he was stabbed and his leather jacket ripped from his body. Eduardo Santos,...
TWICE THE ICE AS TWIN SNOWS HEAD OUR WAY
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amJust when you thought the weather couldn't get any worse, Old Man Winter is set wallop the Big Apple with two more snowstorms over the next two days. And he's...
KERRY PAMPERS HIS HAIR, BUT NEGLECTS HIS ROOTS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNASHUA, N.H. - What would Fred and Ida Kerry think? John Kerry, tall, straight and painfully thin, marched his hybrid Kennedy/Clinton hairdo into the high-school gymnasium here. You could practically...
BROOKLYN GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE 'MURDER' RAP
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn grand jury will reportedly consider charges - including murder - against the NYPD officer who shot and killed a 19-year-old teen on a Brooklyn rooftop. Law-enforcement officials told...
BROOKLYN GRAND JURY WILL INVESTIGATE TRAGIC GUNFIRE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said yesterday it will have a grand jury investigate why an NYPD officer shot and killed a 19-year-old teen in a stairwell of a Brooklyn...
DEAN: IRAQIS ARE WORSE-OFF NOW
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amDemocrat Howard Dean has touched off a new flap heading into tomorrow's New Hampshire primary by claiming that the living standard for Iraqis is "a whole lot worse" since a...
THIS WEEK IS LESS TAXING
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amStarting today, shoppers will get a break at the cash register. During tax-free week - which runs through next Sunday - shoppers will not be charged the 8.625 percent sales...
FATAL ATTRACTION
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amAn argument over a woman erupted in gunfire at a party in a Brooklyn Masonic Hall yesterday, leaving a 21-year-old father dead and three others injured, police said. Cops said...
BUSTED GUARD FIRED AT US: COPS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amWithout firing a shot, undercover cops captured a Brooklyn security guard who drew his pistol and fired at them three times, police said yesterday. The drama began at about 11:45...
4-YEAR-OLD CALLS 911 TO SAVE MOMMY
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA 4-year-old Long Island girl was hailed by cops yesterday for saving her unconscious mom by dialing 911 and staying on the phone until help arrived. Little Brittany Glaser didn't...
DEAN SAYS IRAQIS LIVED BETTER UNDER SADDAM
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amDemocrat Howard Dean has touched off a new flap heading into tomorrow's New Hampshire primary by claiming that the living standard for Iraqis is "a whole lot worse" since a...
MURDERED BROOKLYN MOM'S CHILDREN ARE BROKE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe heartbroken family of the Brooklyn mom of six who was viciously murdered in the street has another heavy burden to shoulder: They can't afford to pay for her funeral....
WEST VILLAGE MAIN BURSTS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA water-main break in the frigid cold turned a portion of Eighth Avenue in the West Village into a slippery mess yesterday. The 12-inch main on Jane Street broke at...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A man was found shot to death in the basement apartment of a Midwood building yesterday - and the tenant was arrested. The 20-year-old victim, whose name was...
SUPER BOWL A BLITZ ON WORK FORCE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThis year's Super Bowl could end up costing employers $821 million in lost wages next week as their workers goof off on company time to chat about the big game,...
LOVE HURT$ POL; NORMAN PROBED OVER VISITS TO BUFFALO GAL
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amInvestigators are probing whether embattled Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman spent $4,000 in political funds to pay for trips to Buffalo to visit a longtime gal pal who just...
TEACHERS CHEAT; INFLATING REGENTS SCORES TO PASS KIDS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amSome of the city's public high schools have a dirty little secret: They're inflating Regents exam scores to give more students a passing grade, insiders told The Post. Educators even...
ISRAEL SET TO RELEASE 435
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's stunning prisoner-swap with the notorious Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah will begin Thursday - followed immediately by another round of talks to try to gain crucial information about...
DIVA MEETS HER 'MATCH' IN JUDGE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThere's more than one control freak at the Martha Stewart trial - Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum is proving to be as demanding a disciplinarian as her domestic-diva defendant. In fact,...
S.I. DRIVER IN FATAL PIER PLUNGE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amA Staten Island man died after driving his car off a pier into 12 feet of water near the Great Kills Yacht Club, police said yesterday. James Vurckio, 34, had...
WARM-UP FOR OSCAR GLORY - LAST NIGHT'S WINS PROVIDE THE EDGE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amCall it the Golden Globes bounce: the boost that films and TV shows get once the awards are handed out. And this year, the bounce is expected to be extra...
STAR STYLES INSPIRED BY HOLLYWOOD '30S ICONS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIt's not whether you win or lose, it's what you wear that counts. That's what the trailer leading up to last night's Golden Globes ceremony said. And from the looks...
'KING' TAKES AWARDS CROWN - LAST OF 'LORDS' WINS DRAMA NOD
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe Golden Globes were singing "Hail to the Hobbits" last night, with the coronation of fantasy juggernaut "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" as Best Drama....
'RINGS' REIGNS AS 'KING' - LAST OF 'LORDS' WINS TOP DRAMA
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe Golden Globes were singing "Hail to the Hobbits" last night, with the coronation of fantasy juggernaut "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" as Best Drama....
TEACHERS CHEAT; INFLATINGREGENTSSCORES TO PASS KIDS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amSome of the city's public high schools have a dirty little secret: They're inflating Regents exam scores to give more students a passing grade, The Post has learned. Educators even...
OUTRAGED COPS SPEAK UP
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amOutraged cops and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association ripped into Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday for saying the shooting of a black Brooklyn teen by a white cop appeared to have...
BABS SET TO QUIT '20/20'
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amBarbara Walters is quitting ABC's "20/20" after 25 years, saying she wants to begin a new phase in her career - even as a friend says she's furious over losing...
BUSANDA TO ISLAND SAND
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHot-riding bug boy Pablo Fragoso, who tops the Big A standings with 35 victories at the winter meet, is so on-fire these days, the 21-year-old reinsman didn't even need his...
CATS STRUTTING WITH A PURR-POSE: BOWL 'DOGS: WEKNEW ALL ALONGWE WERE SUPER
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - Mike Minter, the veteran safety, said with a straight face that he could envision this way back at the end of last season. Muhsin Muhammad, the vet eran...
URGENCY HAS ISLES IGNITED
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amWhile their most hated rivals got Jaromir Jagr over the weekend, the Islanders acquired something that appears to look a whole lot more dangerous as they go wheels up into...
LUIS: FROM RAW TO READY; JASPERS' FLORES HAS SHOT AT NBA
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe way Bobby Gonzalez remembers it, Luis Flores owned the hands of a bricklayer. Don't get Gonzalez wrong. When the Manhattan coach first met his senior guard back in March...
BYRON'S FIRED UP ; GETS TOSSED AS NETS SNAP 5-GAME SKID
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNets 110 Celtics 91 As season-long whispers and rumors had suggested, assistant Lawrence Frank took over on the Nets sidelines for head coach Byron Scott yesterday. No, this was nothing...
THE DEFINITION OF STINGY ; DEVS ON RECORD GOALS-AGAINST PACE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe team that has made an identity of defensive stinginess is poised to become the King of all modern Scrooges. No team has allowed fewer than 165 goals in an...
BAD KNEES ICE ALLAN ; HURTIN' HOUSTON HOPES TO PLAY VS. SPURS, WARD
January 26, 2004 | 5:00am"Penny played great . . . but Allan is the best shooter in the world."STEPHON MARBURY After all the excitement of Isiah Thomas, Stephon Marbury and Lenny Wilkens, the Knicks'...
MOLLOY GAINES ON LI'L TERRIERS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amMolloy 72 St. Francis BD+>67 Sundiata Gaines couldn't do anything right Friday night. His shots weren't dropping, a bruised foot kept him from using his quickness and the rest of...
ANSWERED PRAYER ; GIVES HARRIS FAITH
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Lucious Harris, who had not made a shot in his last two games and three of his previous four, walked over to Brian Scalabrine before yesterday's game and...
SLUGGISH JASPERS HIT ROADBLOCK
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amIona 79Manhattan 62 Saddled with three first-half fouls yesterday afternoon, Iona's DeShaun Williams watched the final 9:20 before halftime on the bench with a white towel draped across his shoulders....
NET FANS STRIKE OUT ; SUPPORT LACKING AT SWAMP PROTEST
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amTHE buzzards must have flown south for the winter. The Nets drew 17,533 for their first home game since announcing they were leaving, not even so surprising for a franchise...
JETS TO UNVEIL HENDERSON AS 'D' MAN
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - The Jets will make the official introduction of Donnie Henderson as their new defensive coordinator today, thus ending a thorough and arduous search to replace the fired Ted...
DAVIS READY TO RUN WILD
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL HOUSTON - Panthers RB Stephen Davis, who strained a quad muscle in Carolina's playoff victory over the Rams in St. Louis, admitted he was not at full...
A SMALL BUT VOCAL OUTCRY
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amMike Kozlowski's voice sliced through the frigid air yesterday, trying to incite the habitually-apathetic Nets fans to care as much as he did. Before the Nets' 110-91 win over Boston...
SINGING THE BLUESHIRT BLUES
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNINE-TO-ONE on Saturday night was more than one of the most embarrassing episodes in the sorry history of a sorry franchise. Nine-to-one on Saturday was a plea for attention, a...
FANS RAZZ RANGERS AT CHARITY SKATE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amThe Rangers took the Garden ice yesterday to a slew of boos from nearly 8,000 uncharitable fans at SuperSkate VI, the team's annual on-ice benefit event. Yet as each player...
SUPER FOCUS KEY TO PATRIOT ACT ; BELICHICK: PANTHERS OUR ONLY CONCERN
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - The Patriots arrived last night to their second Super Bowl in three years and they looked the part of "been there, done that." After arriving more than an...
BLUESHIRT BOAT'S RUDDERLESS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amNINE-TO-ONE on Saturday night was more than one of the most embarrassing episodes in the sorry history of a sorry franchise. Nine-to-one on Saturday was a plea for attention, a...
GOOD TO BE KRAFT: BUT OWNER WON'T PAT SELF ON BACK
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - So you're Robert Kraft, and you're the toast of your city, you've personally saved the local football team from migrating to Missouri, Connecticut, or any of a half-dozen...
N.Y. DEALS ROG CHEERS & JEERS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amRoger Clemens still loves New York. And based on the reaction last night New York still seems to love him. Clemens returned to town last night for the first time...
FEISTY PANTHERS ARE ITCHING FOR A SUPER SCRAP
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - Like it or not, the Panthers arrived last night, an hour late but feisty and eager to show the world that a small-market team with a non-flashy, rock-em,...
'D' IS FOR DEVILS ; STINGY STYLE NETS ANOTHER WIN
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 3Thrashers 2 It might not be attractive enough to hang over the fireplace, but the masterpiece the Devils are painting this season is heading straight into the record book....
ADVERSITY MOTIVATES PANTHERS
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL HOUSTON - News that two members of their football family continue to battle cancer is a constant inspiration to the Panthers, who endured a troubling and emotional...
BOWL 'DOGS VOW TO KEEP EYES ON ULTIMATE PRIZE
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - These Panthers wear the eye of the tiger. They arrived here last night for the biggest football game of their lives, and they arrived here to win it....
AILIN' DAVIS: I'M READY
January 26, 2004 | 5:00amHOUSTON - If you want to know the status of Panthers running back Stephen Davis for Super Bowl XXXVIII, there's no need to look later in the week on the...