February 21, 2004
G+J'S YM EDITOR RESIGNS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe editor of teen magazine YM resigned yesterday - another in a series of departures from embattled publishing house Gruner + Jahr USA. Christina Kelly quit after G+J transferred more...
10 ADVERTISERS MAY JOIN NEWSDAY SUIT
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe lawyer who brought a civil racketeering lawsuit accusing Newsday of circulation fraud said yesterday that at least 10 other advertisers want to join his case. The $100 million class-action...
EXCHANGE CHIEFS SLAM THEIR RIVALS AT HEARING
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amStock exchange chiefs squared off at a Congressional hearing in New York yesterday - each fiercely defending his own way of doing business while going all out in attacks on...
HIS BLACK MOOD; CONRAD DEFIANT IN TESTIMONY, BUT ADMITS FALSE FILINGS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWILMINGTON, Del. - A defiant Conrad Black lashed out from the witness stand yesterday, saying he has been "horribly defamed" by allegations that he looted Hollinger International. "I have been...
HE MAKES A HOSTILE WITNESS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWILMINGTON, Del. - It was vintage Conrad Black. Alternating between anger and arrogance, Black glared down from the witness stand at the lawyer cross-examining him for hours, annoyed to even...
EISNER GOES ON TV TO SAVE HIS HIDE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIn a rare interview, Michael Eisner defended his leadership of Disney, expressing confidence that he will survive what should be a contentious shareholder meeting March 3. "This will go away...
WEST SIDE (PET) STORY: AT 505 GREENWICH, LUXURY IS GOING TO THE DOGS - AND CATS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amLUXURY condos, it seems, will do anything to distinguish themselves And if a 24-hour doorman and fitness room are standard, why then, the next step is a pet spa! Fur...
THE NOT-HAMPTONS: CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES TO THE SOUTH SHORE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amFIRE ISLAND Fire Island may be just a half-hour by ferry from Long Island - but it's oceans away from the Hamptons in spirit. The island's no-cars rule guarantees a...
GIMME SHELTER: TOWNHOUSE OF SAND
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN Heights native Jennifer Connelly hasn't wandered too far from the fold. Recent public records show that Connelly, who won an Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind," and her husband, actor...
MAKE ROOM FOR ROOMSTER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIF you found your most recent date through a friend of a friend of a friend thanks to www.Friendster.com , then possibly www.Roomster.net is the roommate-matching service that's right for...
CUT YOUR TAXE$
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S tax time and we're here to help. If you're one of thousands of NYC homeowners who opened envelopes from the city's Department of Finance in past weeks, you may...
FIND ME A STUDIO FOR UNDER $250K
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amI'M 29 and I've never moved out," says Fresh Meadows native Sandra Yuen. "It's time." Yuen, a teacher at a Bedford-Stuyvesant public school, says her Queens-Brooklyn commute takes nearly two...
LEFT OUTSIDE; WHY DIDN'T DONALD INVITE THEM IN?
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amVIEWERS were wondering if Donald Trump might have lost his manners Thursday night, when he didn't invite the contestants on "The Apprentice" into his Westchester mansion. "It's under renovation," Trump's...
SLY TV SHOW CA$H-IN
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amNBC is going to pay more than $2 million per episode for a new boxing reality show based on "Rocky" - the most expensive reality show yet. "The Contender" will...
THE CURSE OF JESUS: SOME ACTING CAREERS JUST CAN'T BE SAVED
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amYOU'D think playing Jesus Christ would be a career-maker. Then again, what have you heard of Ted Neeley, Jeffrey Hunter, John Bassberger and Maurice Costello? All have done a turn...
MOHR COMES HOME
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIt's been months since Jay Mohr, the pride of Verona, N.J., did stand-up in the comedy clubs of Manhattan, where he cut his teeth before finding fame as a slimy...
TREASURE HUNT: A SHOPPING ADDICT'S GUIDE TO THE CITY'S BEST THRIFT STORES
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amShopping is hard this time of year. The post-holiday sales have ended, leaving only full-priced spring duds on the floor. For those of us who refuse to pay retail, these...
DOGGED BY SUCCESS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amNorman Bridwell is a man who made his name drawing and writing stories about a colossal crimson canine. The 76-year-old author's creation? It's Clifford the Big Red Dog, who's just...
EXPRESS DELIVERY A BOON FOR BAY RIDGERS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amMY normal evening commute begins around 8 p.m., when I pack my briefcase with three or four magazines. The new Courtney Love CD. Maybe a Norah Jones disc, too, if...
CALIF. JUDGE LETTING GAY NUPTIALS STAND
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amGay and lesbian couples won another reprieve yesterday after a judge declined to stop San Francisco from granting them marriage licenses. Judge Ronald Evans Quidachay denied the Campaign for California...
PROTEST AT DEATH-GAS APTS.
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amAngry residents and government officials gathered yesterday in front of the Midtown apartment building where tragedy struck last weekend, demanding answers in the carbon-monoxide poisonings of four residents that sent...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan An argument over a cell phone yesterday ended with a man slashed in the face in Morningside Heights. Thomas Jarrells, 38, told cops at St. Luke's Hospital that at...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA man in Fredericksburg, Va., who confronted a neighbor about a missing bottle of medicine ended up having his prosthetic leg yanked off and used as a club against him....
ISRAEL EYES LARGER PULLOUT
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIsrael may withdraw from more of the West Bank than previously indicated, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday. Olmert said Israel will dismantle Jewish settlements close to Palestinian towns...
JOYOUS PUPPY TALE; HERO SANIT MAN PICKS UP LITTER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA sanitation worker became a dog's best friend when he saved an abandoned litter of day-old puppies he found shivering behind a Dumpster. Stephen Falk, an 11-year sanitation veteran, said...
HAVOC IN HAITI; YANKS FLEE AS VIOLENCE ESCALATES
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amAmericans, foreign missionaries and aid workers were fleeing Haiti yesterday as supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide burned down homes and rebels threatened new attacks. The exodus began after Washington urged...
DRIVING THE LANES TO NEW BROOKLYN ARENA MAY GET EASIER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amCity officials are considering widening Flatbush Avenue to ease the crush of cars that would result from a basketball arena in Downtown Brooklyn. The proposal to add a lane of...
NEW WOE FOR SEX-PROBE POL
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amEmbattled City Councilman Allan Jennings, already under investigation for sexual misconduct, is now being probed for threatening another Council member, The Post has learned. The latest incident stems from comments...
HOLOCAUST JUDGE RIPS SWISS BANKS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe federal judge overseeing payouts to Holocaust victims' heirs blasted Swiss banks for lying about their ties to the Nazis and "stonewalling" efforts to disburse a $1.25 billion settlement in...
BACK ON FAST TRACK; MANHATTAN BRIDGE RAILS REOPENING
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amStraphangers can expect a quicker and smoother ride starting tomorrow when all four tracks of the Manhattan Bridge open for the first time in 18 years. Mayor Bloomberg heralded the...
BUSH ADS HAVE 'LEADING' EDGE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush campaign plans to launch TV ads next month that showcase the president's leadership after 9/11, in an effort to create a positive contrast with Democratic attacks,...
MAX MUSIC SPLASH FOR IPOD MINI
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amApple Computer hit the cultural jackpot yesterday as its rainbow-hued iPod Mini - a portable jukebox barely larger than a business card - hit the streets with a roar. Hundreds...
SIREN-ARA: MAYOR BANS COP LIGHTS FOR BIGWIGS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe joy ride came to a screeching halt yesterday for more than 250 city officials after Mayor Bloomberg stripped them of a major perk - emergency lights and sirens in...
CON ED MAN CLINGS TO LIFE AFTER DRIVER MOWS HIM DOWN
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA Con Ed mechanic working at a Queens intersection was on life support yesterday after he was run over by a car driven by an unlicensed driver on his way...
'QAEDA' CALL SPURRED JET TO LAND
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amMarital problems - not terrorism - caused a flight from New York to Morocco to be diverted, officials said yesterday. A Chicago stockbroker triggered a trans-Atlantic terrorism scare by calling...
SLAY SUSPECT HAS BIZARRE FIT IN COURT
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA rape and murder suspect went nuts in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday, standing, waving his arms and screaming in the same distinctive, lisping voice that got him busted in the...
BOX OFFICE SAVIOR; GIBSON'S 'THE PASSION' HITS BIG APPLE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00am"The Passion" has arrived. Prints of Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" arrived at theaters across town yesterday - several "sneak previews" are set for Monday, with...
DIVA SQUEAKING BY AS BROKER'S ODDS GET BLEAKER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amHERE'S the score, after the government wrapped up its case against Martha Stewart and her stockbroker with the diminishing suntan, Peter Bacanovic: Bacanovic - crumbling toast. Martha - this dame...
QUACK A 'CRAZY' VILLAIN
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA Manhattan dermatologist whose tip led to the arrest of bogus doc Dean Faiello said she's "stunned and sickened" to learn he's been linked to the death of Manhattan financial...
A BLINDSIDE 'HIT'; HUBBY CLUELESS TO PAL'S SLAY-PLOTTER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island fitness-club owner, testifying yesterday for the first time, said his wife repeatedly denied having an affair with the man accused of killing his business partner in a...
BUDDY'S BOBBLE; SAYS MARTHA BOAST MAY BE 'JUST IN MY MIND'
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amIn a bizarre backflip, Martha Stewart's best pal, Mariana Pasternak, yesterday torpedoed her own devastating testimony against the domestic diva, telling jurors she's no longer certain Stewart boasted about getting...
WORKERS SLAM $ICK HOSP
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amHundreds of workers at embattled Parkway Hospital in Queens threatened a work slowdown yesterday if they weren't paid or if their paychecks bounced for a second week in a row....
EMPIRE STATE TALL ORDER FOR EDWARDS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amBUFFALO - With a new poll showing him more than 50 points behind John Kerry in New York's Democratic presidential primary, Sen. John Edwards last night vowed to be the...
NADER IN RERUN OF PREZ BID
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Ralph Nader, who may have cost Al Gore the presidency in 2000 with his independent bid for president, will announce tomorrow he's going to run again. If Nader...
ARE YOU RETIRING TOMORROW?
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWere you the lucky winner of last night's $230 million Mega Millions jackpot? Tickets were selling by the hundreds of thousands yesterday for the record-setting payout, as would-be millionaires in...
PRISONER SKIPS RIKERS BOAT
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe Department of Correction is hunting for a 19-year-old man who escaped from a Bronx prison barge yesterday. Ivan Jones has been missing since 2 p.m. yesterday, when it was...
ANGER OVER AILING HOSP FINANCES
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amHundreds of disgruntled workers at financially embattled Parkway Hospital in Queens threatened a work slowdown yesterday if they weren't paid or if their paychecks bounced for the second week in...
MIKE BACKS OFF BRIDGE TOLLS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg has come full circle on bridge tolls. The mayor, a one-time proponent of charging tolls on the four East River bridges, made it clear yesterday he's not going...
JOYOUS PUPPY TALE:HERO SANIT MAN PICKS UP LITTER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amA sanitation worker became a dog's best friend when he saved an abandoned litter of day-old puppies he found shivering behind a Dumpster. Stephen Falk, an 11-year sanitation veteran, said...
MORON'S 'QAEDA' CALL SPURRED JET TO LAND
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amMarital problems - not terrorism - caused a flight from New York to Morocco to be diverted, officials said yesterday. A Chicago stockbroker triggered a transatlantic terrorism scare by calling...
NUT CALLED MIKE ANTI-AFGHAN (S)'THREAT' NUT CALLED MIKE ANTI-AFGHAN (M)
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amAn Afghan refugee was held on $250,000 bail yesterday after it was revealed he vowed to shoot Mayor Bloomberg because the mayor "doesn 't care about Afghanistani people." But Bloomberg...
12TH IN ROW SETS NET MARK
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amNets 91 Raptors 72 TORONTO - Another day, another game, another team record for the Nets. Yawn. Coach Lawrence Frank may treat each team milestone with all the excitement generated...
SEVEN OUT TO CAPTURE BEST TURN
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe spotlight falls on 3-year-old sprinters today at the Big A as a field of seven goes to post for the $75,000 Best Turn Stakes at six furlongs. Although none...
ISLES HEARING FOOTSTEPS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThis would be no time for the Isles to squander the NHL's longest current home unbeaten streak. Fail tonight and they'll have a real playoff race on their hands. When...
SORIANO COULD'VE STAYED
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - The most obscene symbol of who the Yankees are in 2004 was not obtaining Alex Rodriguez for an already overstuffed roster, but that many of their fans reacted...
BRYLIN MULLS FUTURE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThese could be Sergei Brylin's final months as a Devil. The Post has learned that the sparkplug three-Cup winner stands to become an unrestricted Group 5 free agent this summer....
YANKS A-WAIT HIS A-RRIVAL ; RODRIGUEZ LANDS IN TAMPA TODAY
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Yankees understand star power because they seemingly invented it. However, when Alex Rodriguez arrives at Legends Field today, the buzz in the air will dwarf the spring-training...
SJU'S JOHNSON SHOWS HE'S NO HACK
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amBLACKSBURG, Va. - For Curtis Johnson, the engaging 7-foot-3 St. John's center, this was the ultimate compliment. In the final minutes of the Red Storm's 65-58 upset of Georgetown, the...
WAKE-ING FROM BAD DREAM
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS, Fla. - He remembers the noise, the crashing waves of joy that exploded all around him. He remembers making the long walk from the pitcher's mound to the...
SCHILLING SAYS SOX ARE FINE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - Curt Schilling already had beaten most of his teammates to the Red Sox' spring training facility, but yesterday the lights were turned on for real, as he...
HOLIK COULD RETURN TO SWAMP
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThe Devils are in trouble. They've lost their swagger. They've lost their brawn up front. As teams around them in the East's upper echelon make major moves, the defending Stanley...
NUGGETS GRAB UP DOLEAC
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Michael Doleac Era at the Garden is over. For now, anyway. The Nuggets prevented Isiah Thomas' master scheme from coming to fruition yesterday by claiming Doleac off...
'THIS IS OUR TEAM' ; ROSTER SET, LENNY THINKING PLAYOFFS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amWith the trading deadline behind the Knicks, they now know what their team will look like the rest of the year. Looking over his roster, coach Lenny Wilkens thinks the...
1ST THINGS 1ST FOR PIAZZA GUNG-HO MIKE TAKES GROUNDERS IN SPRING DEBUT
February 21, 2004 | 5:00am"I just obviously want to take it very seriously. I got a lot of work today, for a first day, so I felt good."MIKE PIAZZA PORT ST. LUCIE - Mike...
NEW POSITION - AND NEW OUTLOOK
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Most of his teammates were long gone and the complex was nearly empty when Mike Piazza reached into his locker, pulled out a glove and pounded...
FRED PUSHING FOR NEW PARK
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets have played at Shea Stadium for 40 years. But that tenure could be coming to an end. Met owner Fred Wilpon said...
MARIANO EYES DEAL THRU 2007
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mariano Rivera and his agent, Fernando Cuza, met yesterday to discuss what the All-Star closer hopes will be a contract extension through the 2007 season. "I...
NETS: WE'RE ONES TO BEAT BUT RASHEED MAKES DETROIT FORMIDABLE FOE
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amTORONTO - The Nets maintain that, as two-time defending conference champs, they are the team to beat in the East. And they insist they don't worry about what other teams...
JOHNSON SHOWS HE'S NO HACK
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amBLACKSBURG, Va. - For Curtis Johnson, the engaging 7-foot-3 St. John's center, this was the ultimate compliment. In the final minutes of the Red Storm's 65-58 upset of Georgetown, the...
NUGGETS SPOIL ISIAH'S PLANS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Michael Doleac Era at the Garden is over. For now, anyway. The Nuggets prevented Isiah Thomas' master scheme from coming to fruition yesterday by claiming Doleac off...
HO HUM: NETS WIN AGAIN ; FRANK'S 11-0 AFTER TEAM-RECORD 12TH IN ROW
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amNets 91 Raptors 72 TORONTO - Another day, another game, another team record for the Nets. Yawn. Lawrence Frank may treat each team milestone with all the excitement generated by...
GARDEN OF GARBAGE KNICKS TURN IN SUPER STINKER
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amJazz 92 Knicks 78 The Knicks were the worst kind of bad last night. They were boring bad. They couldn't score. They couldn't defend. They couldn't keep the game remotely...
CANDID CAPTAIN: DEREK JETER SOUNDS OFF ON A-ROD, 'ROIDS AND RED SOX
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - By his own design, Derek Jeter is usually as bland as Cream of Wheat. But yesterday, the Yankees captain gladly elaborated on his relationship with A-Rod, the BALCO...
SHEFF: 'HE'S A TRUE PROFESSIONAL'
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - Gary Sheffield has looked on with amusement at how the characterization of Derek Jeter has changed within the last week. "It's funny how he [didn't] have an ego...
BRYLIN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
February 21, 2004 | 5:00amThese could be Sergei Brylin's final months as a Devil. The Post has learned that the sparkplug three-Cup winner stands to become an unrestricted Group 5 free agent this summer....