February 28, 2004
GRUBMAN LANDS JOB AT TECH FIRM
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amJack Grubman has a new stock to shill. The former Citigroup employee, who famously mixed analysis with investment banking, was hired by a New Jersey technology company called Distinctive Devices...
BIG BUCK$ BRAWL - SPITZER, NYSE BRACE FOR WAR WITH GRASSO
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe Big Board and its former chief Dick Grasso appear headed for a high stakes showdown over the former chairman and chief executive's massive $190 million pay package. In a...
NYC PENSION FUNDS GIVE EISNER 1ST WIN
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMichael Eisner finally scored a win in his battle to keep his job as one of the longest-reigning big bosses in America. After major pension funds in eight states lined...
BEAR'S CAYNE GOT $27M
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe fat cats at Bear Stearns got even fatter in 2003. Seventy-year-old chairman and CEO James Cayne raked in a hefty $27 million in 2003, a 38 percent increase over...
A STARRY LITTLE TOWN - WHEN BILL MURRAY WANTS TO CHILL, HERE'S HIS HUDSON RIVER HIDEAWAY
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE'S a "Lost in Translation" poster tacked outside the Piermont Pictures video store in Piermont, N.Y. "It's for good luck," says owner Rick Pantale, who's pulling hard for Bill Murray...
GIMME SHELTER - NOT-SO-FULL HOUSE
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amROBERT BOYETT, who made his fortune over the last three decades producing some of television's most successful sitcoms, has gone to contract on his spacious apartment in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel....
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMagic Carpets ABC Carpet & Home 888 Broadway at 19th Street (212) 674-1144 Sale: through March 14 Open: Sat., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m./Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The annual...
5 TIPS FOR YOUR CO-OP APPLICATION
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amA co-op application is such a weird blend of personal essays and tax forms, it's no wonder many people freak out when they're faced with it. Fortunately, Jacky Teplitzky, a...
TIN IS IN - METAL-CRAZED NEW YORKERS HIT THE CEILINGS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amA HUNDRED years ago, tin ceilings were the way to go for two reasons: The fire-proof plates provided a quick fix for cracking plaster, plus they were very, very cheap....
CRISTINA'S FEELING BLUE
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amLEGENDARY Hispanic talk- show host Cristina Saralegui says a guardian angel named Blue told her to get into television. "I was meditating, and I asked my guardian angel, 'What is...
'MILLIONAIRE' RETURNING IN MAY
February 28, 2004 | 5:00am'SUPER Millionaire" will return in May, ABC announced yesterday. The revamped version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," hosted again by Regis Philbin, ended its one-week run last night....
PARTY LIKE A STAR - THROW AN AWARD-WINNING OSCAR SOIREE WITH THESE EXPERT TIPS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amWhen you throw an Oscar-watching party, there's one basic fact you have to remember. "The Academy Awards are loooooong," says Elaine Kaufman, owner of the legendary Upper East Side eatery...
TONS OF ART
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amLike Carl Sagan's galaxy with its "billions and billions" of stars, the International Artexpo has the Jacob Javits Convention Center awash in art this weekend - with literally thousands of...
NICE ONE, BILLY. I'LL DRINK TO THAT
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amSure, you have to work Monday morning, but you can still play our Academy Award Drinking Game - just do it with draughts of root beer (wink-wink, nudge-nudge). The game...
SHAKE YOUR NOISEMAKER!
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amYou don't have to be Jewish to love Purim. It's the perfect excuse to dress up, parade around and eat hamantaschen - the hat-shaped poppy-seed cookies that leave a sweet...
OSCAR LA VISTA, BABY! KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES HAS A WHALE OF A WEEK IN LA
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amEDITOR'S NOTE: The 13-year-old star of "Whale Rider" is the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Tomorrow night, you can see the New Zealand...
POST MAN'S PIECE OF 'HISTORY'
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amA Bronx elementary school celebrated Black History Month yesterday by saluting "living history makers" including Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson and Post reporter Leonard Greene. During a ceremony at PS...
STREET RENAMED FOR FALLEN GI
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amFamily and friends of a Dominican-born U.S. Marine killed in Iraq gathered yesterday to rededicate a street in his name. Staff Sgt. Riayan Agusto Tejeda Street - a section of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThis is sure to make your blood boil. An Orlando, Fla., man is accused of hosting wild sex parties in his garage during which he allegedly injected young boys with...
STREET VENDOR A LOSER AT CARDS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe definition of art may elude critics, but a Manhattan Criminal Court judge has handed the city a victory by deciding what isn't art - those Iraqi war playing cards....
HAUL IN THE FAMILY: COP CAR TOWED
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amEven on-duty cops have to watch out for the parking rules. On Wednesday, two NYPD detectives from the 84th Precinct walked into Junior's restaurant in Brooklyn to arrest an employee...
BALMY SPRING PREVIEW'S IN THE AIR THIS WEEKEND
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amJune is bustin' out all over - in February. New Yorkers were putting on spring airs yesterday as forecasters predicted balmy weather for the weekend, with temperatures in the mid-50s....
U.S. HAD ANTENNAS UP IN KOFI EAVESDROP
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies - not the British, as has been suggested this week - launched secret eavesdropping operations against U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and chief weapons inspector...
SCARY JACKO MASKO; FREAKS OUT SHOPPERS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMichael Jackson may have looked like a "Smooth Criminal" when he moonwalked into a Colorado Wal-Mart with a ski mask over his mug, but the King of Pop wasn't being...
JUSTICE IN '84 L.I. KID SLAYING
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amNearly 20 years after an 11-year-old girl was found drowned in a pond, a Long Island jury yesterday found her childhood playmate guilty of the murder. The jury convicted Manuel...
'PASSION' IS HEADED FOR HOLY $UNDAY
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMel Gibson's controversial "The Passion of the Christ" scored a second strong day and could take in a whopping $100 million at the box office in just its first five...
SHOOT-UP KID BUST
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amA fresh-faced 14-year-old was collared yesterday on charges of shooting eight people in a wild robbery rampage at a Brooklyn diner. The teenage boy allegedly busted into the Galaxy Diner...
ISRAELIS DEAD IN AMBUSH
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A young Israeli couple driving on the road between two West Bank cities were shot to death last night in a drive-by ambush by suspected Palestinian terrorists, Israeli...
MTA MASSACRE; EX-CON WORKER ON THE HOT SEAT
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTwo MTA supervisors were murdered in cold blood early yesterday - and hours later, detectives were questioning an ex-con subway cleaner fired by one of the dead men after reportedly...
SURVEY: KERRY A FLAMING LIBERAL
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner John Kerry was rated the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate in an independent survey yesterday - a distinction the Bush campaign will spread in...
TENANTS BACK ON 'BARK' AVENUE AS METLIFE BACKS DOWN
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amLovable cats and dogs lapped up a sweet victory over Metropolitan Life Insurance yesterday, when the company announced it is scrapping its bounty on illegal pets at two large apartment...
MTA'S $1B BID DERAILED
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - A top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver blocked an amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's huge $18 billion capital plan yesterday, saying it's unfair to New York...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan * A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm during an argument with three men on a Harlem street corner yesterday, police said. Gunfire erupted at around 3 p.m....
'DRUG-SLAY' DUO BACK IN STATES
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTwo brothers from the Dominican Republic were hauled into federal court yesterday to face murder charges linked to a bloody Brooklyn drug-turf battle in the mid-1990s that took the life...
SAY HALO AGAIN TO B'KLYN ANGEL
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amAn elderly Brooklyn woman's beloved statue - and her heart - are on the mend after a generous business fixed and returned a vandalized sculpture yesterday, which had been built...
TOMATO SURPRISE; MARTHA STOCK ROCKETS AS JUDGE DROPS FRAUD RAP
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart scored a surprise legal victory yesterday - and boosted her fortune by a cool $48 million in four minutes - when the judge presiding over her ImClone stock...
OH NO, YOU DON'T - SAME-SEX NUPS MAY BE ILLEGAL - SPITZER
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe gay-marriage circus rolled into town yesterday as the upstart mayor here officiated at 21 same-sex ceremonies - prompting state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to warn it all may be...
GROUND-SHAKING LEFTY MAYOR HAS HISTORY OF FLAKERY
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amNew Paltz Mayor Jason West has other jobs when he's not running the village and officiating at gay weddings - he's a puppeteer and house painter. It's no surprise the...
CRIME-RIDDEN SCHOOLS ; NEW NYPD STATS BARE CITY'S MOST DANGEROUS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amCrime is rampant in some of the city's elementary and middle schools - and levels of danger can reach up to 10 times the citywide average, according to data released...
KNOT SO FAST! SAME-SEX NUPS MAY BE ILLEGAL: SPITZER
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe gay-marriage circus rolled into the Empire State yesterday as the upstart mayor of New Paltz officiated at 21 same-sex ceremonies - prompting state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to warn...
'SLAY' QUACK QUAKING WITH FEAR IN COSTA RICAN LOCKUP
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amSAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The fugitive quack suspected of killing a Manhattan investment banker said from behind bars yesterday he is terrified of what may happen to him. "I'm...
FIELDS WANTS MIKE TO LEAVE 3RD-GRADE PROMOTION PLAN BEHIND
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan Borough President Virginia Fields urged Mayor Bloomberg to scrap his controversial policy to hold back third-graders who do poorly on standardized English and math exams. "I am writing to...
CRIME-RIDDEN SCHOOLS; NEW NYPD STATS BARE CITY'S MOST DANGEROUS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amCrime is rampant in some of the city's elementary and middle schools - and levels of danger can reach up to 10 times the citywide average, according to data released...
HALO AGAIN: B'KLYN'S BROKEN ANGEL RESTORED
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amAn elderly Brooklyn woman's beloved statue - and her heart - are on the mend after a generous business fixed and returned a vandalized sculpture yesterday, which had been built...
TOMATO SURPRISE - MARTHA STOCK ROCKETS AS JUDGE DROPS FRAUD RAP
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart scored a surprise legal victory yesterday - and boosted her fortune by a cool $48 million in four minutes - when the judge presiding over her ImClone stock...
1ST AMENDMENT NOT IN THE CARDS FOR STREET VENDOR
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe definition of art may elude critics, but a Manhattan Criminal Court judge has handed the city a victory by deciding what isn't art - those Iraqi war playing cards....
JUSTICE AT LAST IN'84 L.I. SLAYING
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amNearly 20 years after an 11-year-old girl was found drowned in a pond near her house, a Long Island jury yesterday found her childhood playmate guilty of the murder. The...
BROOKLYN SEX FIEND NABBED
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amA 28-year-old registered sex offender who has spent nearly half his life behind bars was nabbed for two armed sexual assaults on 12-year-old girls earlier this month, authorities said yesterday....
'CIDE' & 'PEACE' TO TANGLE AGAIN
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amKentucky Derby winner Funny Cide and Haskell victor Peace Rules will renew their rivalry Sunday in the Grade 2, $500,000 New Orleans Handicap at 11/8 miles at the Fair Grounds....
BIG A CASINO MAY OPEN IN DECEMBER
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amBarring any more unforeseen roadblocks, the oft-delayed "VLT" casino at Aqueduct racetrack could finally open by December, according to NYRA VP Bill Nader. "We're optimistic we can be open for...
CAL TELLS A-ROD IT'LL TAKE TIME
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - Cal Ripken Jr. remembered his father telling him it would take 100 games to feel comfortable moving from third base to shortstop in 1982. Darn if the father...
GANG GREEN SIGN CFL QB
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets yesterday signed 24-year-old Ricky Ray, the quarterback who led the Edmonton Eskimos to the 2003 Grey Cup championship, as a potential backup for Chad Pennington. Also yesterday, guard...
LET'S TALK TORRE ; BOSS: JOE'LL SIGN 'BEFORE TOO LONG'
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - George Steinbrenner knows it takes two to dance, but the Boss is very confident Joe Torre soon will agree to a contract extension with the Yankees. Steinbrenner has...
EL DUQUE LOOKS BETTER AT WORKOUT
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - According to pitching guru Billy Connors and scout Lin Garrett, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez is getting better. "Our guys said he was OK," Yankees minor-league head...
DEVILS' BURNS AN 'ACCIDENTAL' SUCCESS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThis Devils coach figures he thinks differently from those who have moved from the bench to behind it, such as New Jersey's two previous Cup-winning coaches. "A career coach thinks...
ECK: PUT FRANCO IN HALL - NUMBERS SAY SO - CASE CLOSED!
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - It's usually bad when a reliever opens a door instead of closing it. But the one exception could be the gate Dennis Eckersley barged through. Especially...
ISLES SHOW CHARACTER FLAW
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Call them "character games." Matches that take a little more to put the puck in the net, take a little extra to move it out of your zone,...
LINDROS: I'M COMING BACK ; NO. 88'S LOVE FOR GAME TRUMPS HEALTH CONCERN
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amBy the time Eric Lindros is cleared to return - and he continues to hope that, if all goes well in his rehab, that could be Thursday in Boston or...
TILDEN'S HOOPSTERS PULL OFF ANOTHER ROCK SOLID VICTORY
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amOVERTIMETilden 56Douglass 54 Jean Pierre Delphina missed layup after layup after layup. It got to the point that Tilden coach Rock Eisenberg called a timeout to calm the senior. "I...
JASON'S TRAINER 'UNFIT' - HE'S BANNED FROM YANK CLUBHOUSE
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - How can you tell the Yankees' camp is in full bloom? Jason Giambi's personal strength and conditioning guru, Bobby Alejo, has been banned from the clubhouse, weight room,...
EX-STORM SWIMMER MULLS LAWSUIT VS. SJU
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amFormer St. John's University swimmer Rachel Seager, who was allegedly attacked by Red Storm basketball player Grady Reynolds in 2002, has retained the services of the high-powered New York law...
BUD'S EDICT RIGHT
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - In recent years, many major-league club houses have become bizarre bazaars of commerce and celebrity. On a typical day in supposedly off-limit Yankee areas, for example, you might...
KIDD: LET'S ROLL DYESS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe love is mutual. Jason Kidd is all for Antonio McDyess becoming a Net next year. "I wouldn't mind having him on my side," Kidd said after practice yesterday. "He...
KAZMIR PUTS ON A SHOW
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - All eyes were on Scott Kazmir yesterday, as the 20-year-old Met phenom faced Danny Garcia, Esix Snead and Aaron Baldiris. "Kid K" flashed his...
CFL QUARTERBACK SIGNS WITH JETS
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets yesterday signed 24-year-old Ricky Ray, the quarterback who led the Edmonton Eskimos to the 2003 Grey Cup championship, as a potential backup for Chad Pennington. Also yesterday, guard...
LINDROS: I'LL BE BACK ; LOVE FOR GAME TRUMPS HEALTH CONCERN
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amBy the time Eric Lindros is cleared to return - and he continues to hope that, if all goes well in his rehab, that could be Thursday in Boston or...
DISHEVELED DEVILS THRASHED BUT GOOD
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amThrashers 3 Devils 2 This was a squandered gift. With only seven more of their final 19 at home, it was a waste the ambitious Devils couldn't afford. The Stanley...
ISLES REDEEM THEMSELVES
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amIsles 4Sabres 2 BUFFALO - The Islanders may not be able to beat one team from New York, but for the last two years they have owned the third hockey...
DIVE HITS FIVE ; SKIDDING KNICKS LOSE 5TH IN ROW
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amClippers 96Knicks 94 LOS ANGELES - Here's some advice to Knick owner James Dolan. Don't start printing playoff tickets just yet. It was inconceivable to Dolan at the All-Star break,...
FOUR MORE YEARS - ISIAH & KNICKS ELECT TO EXTEND KURT'S PACT
February 28, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Isiah Thomas plans to meet early next week with the agent for Kurt Thomas to finalize a four-year contract extension for the Knick forward, according to sources....