March 8, 2004
DISNEY BOARD LOOKS AT SUCCESSION PLAN
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amFacing increasing pressure to placate angry shareholders, Walt Disney directors are expected to discuss long-term succession plans for Chief Executive Michael Eisner at a two-day retreat next month, the Financial...
BUFFETT LETTER WARNS OF HIGH STOCK PRICES
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amIn his annual letter to shareholders, superstar investor Warren Buffett suggested that both stocks and bonds are overvalued - a message that is likely to roil financial markets. Buffett said...
FASHION CLASH - 'DECLARATION OF WAR' AT JIL SANDER FASHION HOUSE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amLess than a year after Jil Sander returned to the helm of her namesake fashion label, tensions are on the rise between the designer and Roberto Massardi, the company's general...
VIRGIN GROUP PARTNERS WITH MUSICNET
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amVirgin Group is set to announce a partnership with Internet developer MusicNet today to build the retailer's online music store. The Virgin site, which will launch in late summer, will...
THREE BARES - FARRAH'S HAIR ISN'T THE ONLY THING FLIPPING IN THE NEW 'ANGELS' FLICK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00am"Behind The Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Charlie's Angels' " (two cheese) Tonight at 9 p.m. on NBC ---- WHAT happens when angels are up against Jesus and Judas? As...
STARR REPORT
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amAren't I terrific? Now here's a guy not lacking in self-confidence. Singer Tom Jones, featured tonight on a special edition of "20/20," says, well, there's absolutely no downside to being...
SILVER LINING - 'JUDAS' AVOIDS PITFALLS OF 'PASSION'
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA new ABC TV movie premiering tonight graphically portrays Jesus being nailed to a cross and even has Jews shouting for his crucifixion. But the movie's executive producer, Tom Fontana...
DANCING FOOLS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amTHE newest reality TV idea is an update of Hollywood classic "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" VH1 has commissioned a pilot for a series tentatively to be called "I Will...
Correction Date: 03/11/2004
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amCorrection: * A photograph that appeared in the March 8 Post was incorrectly identified as that of wanted drug dealer Juan Hernandez. The photo was actually of his co-defendant in...
CHUCK & HILL DEFY STATE DEM STANCE ON GAY WEDDINGS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amTWO of New York's most important Democrats remain firmly opposed to same-sex marriages, despite growing support for the controversial proposal and their party's platform plank endorsing it. U.S. Sens. Charles...
KERRY PRAISED YASSER - CALLED HIM A 'ROLE MODEL' IN '97 BOOK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amDemocratic presidential nominee-to-be John Kerry hailed Yasser Arafat as a "statesman" and a "role model" in a 1997 book that Kerry cites as proof of his own foresight about foreign...
TONY'S PSYCHIATRIST NEEDS HER HEAD EXAMINED: SHRINKS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amPsychotherapists are going ballistic over "Sopranos" shrink Jennifer Melfi's harsh criticism of Tony Soprano in last night's show, saying she botched her handling of his amorous advances. Psychiatrist Melfi, played...
JUDGE ALLOWS COP'S DUI TEST
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amProsecutors in the case of an off-duty police officer accused of killing a motorcyclist in a horrific crash may use results from a controversial sobriety test in an attempt to...
IDENTITY CRISIS - WRONG MAN IS JAILED IN NAME BLAME
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amHe's cursed with a common name. A Staten Island carpenter spent a harrowing three nights incarcerated on a city prison barge - after he was mistaken for a wanted criminal...
THE WHACK IS BACK - REAL BADA BING HAILS 'SOPRANOS' GORE GALORE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amCurvy dancers and customers at the real-life Bada Bing strip club said they loved last night's "Sopranos" season premiere because it featured a treasure chest of grisly gore. "They were...
LIZ SMART'S 'NORMAL' YEAR
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amIn the year since kidnapped teen Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her chilling odyssey at the hands of two scripture-spouting zealots, her life has returned to "normal" - she's got...
POTTY FAVOR: PARKS MAKE BIG TOILET FIX
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amForever the butt of potty humor, some neglected park bathrooms are getting makeovers, complete with new lighting, mirrors, ventilation fans and other amenities. The Parks Department is in the midst...
RUDY SHOWS PREZ-ENCE OF MIND
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that his moderate views on gays and guns wouldn't stop conservative Republicans from backing him if he runs for president. Giuliani says that he's...
FANS FAITHFUL TO 'PASSION'
March 8, 2004 | 5:00am"The Passion of the Christ" continued its heavenly reign at the box office, grabbing $51.4 million in its second weekend to remain No. 1 - and top the $200 million...
I'D BE LOUSY VEEP: PA. GOV
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took himself out of the Democratic veepstakes, admitting that he was inexperienced on foreign affairs and unfamiliar with homeland-security issues. Rendell said his Pennsylvania...
A TOP AL-QAEDA AIDE TO OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS BEEN SPOTTED ...
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA top al-Qaeda aide to Osama bin Laden has been spotted by American eye-in-the-sky intelligence, giving U.S. forces confidence they may be closing in on the world's most wanted man,...
B'KLYN'S OWN 9/11 MEMORIAL
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThe winning design for Brooklyn's official Sept. 11 memorial will do more than honor the hundreds of residents who died on that awful day - it will provide a spiritual...
BROTHERS GEORGE & JEB SNUB NEIL BUSH WEDDING
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amPresident Bush's scandal-scarred brother Neil married over the weekend - but in a stunning slap to his sibling, the commander-in-chief was a no-show. Also snubbing the ceremony in Houston were...
BEATEN GIRL, 17, SLAYS HER DAD
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA 17-year-old Brooklyn girl stabbed her abusive, drunken dad to death as he beat her with a baseball bat in the family kitchen, police said yesterday. The Brooklyn District Attorney's...
FEDS SET TO POUNCE ON TURKEY HILL AND ALL ITS TRIMMINGS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart will be given the grim facts of life as a criminal awaiting sentencing today when she returns to lower Manhattan to meet federal probation officers. In the weeks...
MARRYING MAYOR NEEDLES BLOOMBERG
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amNew Paltz Mayor Jason West joined the growing chorus of public officials calling on Mayor Bloomberg to state his position on marriage for gays and lesbians yesterday. "I think he...
MARTHA FACES BIZ STEW-ICIDE - WILL QUIT BOARD TO APPEASE BIGS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart will fall on her sword today, telling devastated directors of the company she created that she knows she must quit the board, sources close to the convicted good-living...
TAXI VICTIM WAS EX-NFL EXEC
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA former longtime NFL executive who was once one of former commissioner Pete Rozelle's chief advisers died Saturday night when he was hit by a taxi on the East Side....
MIKE RIPS GIFFIE OVER TAX REBATE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg took the unusual step of taking to the airwaves to slam City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's alternative tax-rebate plan yesterday. Bloomberg is hoping to give a total of...
'DRUG LAIR' CLUB BUSTS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amAuthorities haul away boxes of evidence (above) and arrest one of the staffers (below) at the Sound Factory in Hell's Kitchen yesterday.N.Y. Post: G.N. Miller Cops and federal agents yesterday...
TEARFUL REUNION - MISSING STUDENT TURNS UP IN HAMPTONS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn student who mysteriously vanished two weeks ago ran away because she was "having a tough time" at college and hid out at the Hamptons home of a deliveryman...
EX-HUBBY SAW FALL COMING
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart's ex-husband, Andy Stewart, feared the princess of perfection's long-held habit of telling whoppers would one day trigger her downfall, a former business partner told The Post yesterday. Norma...
BABY DELIVERED WITH TENDER LOVING CAR
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA pregnant Long Island woman never thought she'd make it to the hospital in time to have her baby - and she didn't. Instead, Corey Katz of Merrick delivered her...
A 'LOT' OF LOVE FOR BABY BORN IN AN SUV
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA pregnant Long Island woman never thought she'd make it to the hospital in time to have her baby - and she didn't. Instead, Corey Katz of Merrick delivered her...
MIRACLE KID SURVIVES 5-STORY FALL
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA 12-year-old boy plummeted five stories from the fire escape of his upper Manhattan apartment building yesterday - and miraculously survived. Shocked relatives believe that the injured boy, Justin Martinez,...
GRISLY DEATH IN B'KLYN CRASH
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA 38-year-old Brooklyn man died yesterday after his throat was slashed by shattered glass in a car wreck, police said. The accident happened at around 10 a.m. as Josue Medros...
CORPSE IN EAST RIVER
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA man's body was pulled from the East River yesterday afternoon, police said. The body was so badly decomposed that the face was unrecognizable, and all police could say for...
KLEIN CLAMPS DOWN ON HS HOOKY KIDS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amHooky-players, beware: Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will hunt you down. Disturbed by a drop in attendance this year, the chancellor's office has compiled a list of the names, addresses and...
TWO HIT BY DUMP TRUCK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA man's leg was badly mangled and another man was also injured when they were hit by a garbage truck in Chelsea early this morning, police said. The men, who...
KERRY'S YASSER WOE - CALLED HIM A 'ROLE MODEL' IN '97 BOOK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amDemocratic presidential nominee-to-be John Kerry called Yasser Arafat a "statesman" and a "role model" in a 1997 book that Kerry cites as proof of his own foresight about foreign policy....
SUBWAY TRAINS KILL TWO MEN
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amTwo men were struck and killed by subway trains in separate incidents yesterday, police said. A man walking on the tracks at the 125th Street station was hit by a...
NYER, 113, IS OLDEST MAN
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amAn upstate New York resident is now believed to be the oldest man in the world. Fred Hale, 113, who lives near Syracuse, gained the title Friday when Joan Riudavets-Moll,...
CHECK OUT !#%.COM
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amInternet surfers who log onto presumed presidential nominee John Kerry's official campaign Web site can access documents containing obscenities. Typing various curse words into the search-engine box on johnkerry.com will...
OLYMPIC TAB $OARS - IT'LL COST $12B TO BRING 2012 GAMES TO APPLE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amHosting the 2012 Olympics will cost more than three times what the city's nominating committee has claimed, with a total price tag of at least $12 billion to pay for...
NYPD NOW RETURNING SEIZED CARS TO OWNERS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThousands of motorists whose vehicles were seized following a controversial Giuliani-era NYPD crackdown on drunken driving are getting their wheels back, The Post has learned. About 1,200 motorists whose cars...
LYING LAWYER SLAPPED
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amA Manhattan civil-rights lawyer has been suspended indefinitely for "professional misconduct that threatens the public interest" - including lying to his clients and ignoring their cases, The Post has learned....
CUNY GRADS A CLASS ACT
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThe City University of New York has produced its best batch of aspiring teachers: Students last year achieved the highest pass rates ever on the state license exams to become...
HONCHO EXPELLED AT TROUBLED ROCKAWAY SCHOOL
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThere's another shakeup at Beach Channel HS in the Rockaways: An assistant principal was bounced after staffers charged her son, who attends the school, got a slap on the wrist...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amSome people leave babies on doorsteps - others leave reptiles. That's the case in Tarentum, Pa., where a woman opened her door to find a 3-foot long crocodile staring her...
GAZA RAID TOLL AT 14
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amIsraeli military forces yesterday raided refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, killing 14 Palestinians and wounding dozens in the bloodiest confrontation in a year and a half. The raid came...
JASON TO MIKE: 'COME OUT' ON NUPS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amNew Paltz Mayor Jason West joined the growing chorus of public officials calling on Mayor Bloomberg to state his position on marriage for gays and lesbians yesterday. "I think he...
GIANTS SIGN O'HARA
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amAfter addressing two needs on the defensive side of the ball in their first foray into free agency, the Giants yesterday began tackling their offensive line woes when they signed...
DEVILS' HOPES MAY REST WITH RANGERS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThe Devils may have to make their first-ever deal with the devil, which is how their fans regard the Rangers. Lou Lamoriello's options are dwindling. Bolstering his defense may require...
THE CURTAIN'S GOING DOWN
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amGreg de Vries and Martin Rucinsky are the two most significant commodities the Rangers own, both drawing significant interest around the league from contenders seeking to bulk up prior to...
PHONY FRANCESA TO THE RESCUE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMIKE Francesa's pompous disingenuousness is endless. Friday, during his WFAN/YES show, he said that a local sportswriter's published take on Mike Piazza - a piece suggesting that Piazza has become...
HANGING-ON ISLES NEED TO FILL HOLES
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amThe only guarantee with the Islanders is that you'll get free playoff tickets when you sign up for a season subscription. Whether you'll be able to see them in the...
SHOULD BE ONE HALL OF A DANCE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amSeton Hall 66 - Rutgers 64 PISCATAWAY - All the way back in the preseason, Seton Hall wore blue t-shirts that simply said, "No Excuses . . . Just Dance."...
THINGS ARE REALLY LOOKING UP
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 99 - Wizards 86 WASHINGTON - The Knicks are rolling again. The awkward adjustment is ancient history. The new guys, Nazr Mohammed and Tim Thomas, are fitting in now...
TOM FOR A CHANGE - METS NEED WINS NOT EXCUSES FROM GLAVINE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amVERO BEACH - Yes, Tom Glavine knows it sounds wrong. He knows every answer about QuesTec and distance from his family and his first year in New York does not...
DEKE TO SIT OUT 4 MORE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES WASHINGTON - Not that they've missed him, but the Knicks will be without Dikembe Mutombo longer than they thought. Mutombo, placed on the injured list last Wednesday after...
JUST WAIT FOR THE PENNANT RACE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - Red Sox president Larry Lucchino was in his office at City of Palms Park yesterday three hours before the start of the game when Yankees third baseman...
GARY SHEFFIELD AWOKE YESTERDAY MORNING WITH A SWOLLEN RIGHT THUMB ...
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - Gary Sheffield awoke yesterday morning with a swollen right thumb and was taken for X-rays in Tampa. Joe Torre had not heard the results following the Yankees'...
COMING UP SHORTSTOP - BOMBERS, BOSTON BATTLE WITH THREE OF BEST EVER
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - This day was a tale of three shortstops. There was A-Rod's first visit to the Nation in Pinstripes, plus the continuing story of his switch to third....
GLAVINE LOCATES OLD FORM
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES VERO BEACH - Yesterday's three scoreless innings felt more like vintage Tom Glavine than 2003 Tom Glavine. There's a good reason. "This year's spring training," he said. "Last...
WELCOME TO THE RIVALRY, A-ROD - SAVORS FIRST TASTE OF YANKS-RED SOX
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - When Alex Rodriguez bolted Seattle for Texas, the best Mariners fans could do was call him "Pay-Rod" and throw fake money on the field. Yesterday, one tasteless...
CBA MAY LEAVE RANGERS DOA
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE they were, "The New York Rangers!" skating onto the ice last night, PA man Joe Tolleson providing more oomph during tough times than Petr Nedved and Alex Kovalev did....
CONTRERAS: THUMBS UP ON DUQUE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES FORT MYERS - Jose Contreras strongly backed the Yankees' agreement to sign Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. Hernandez is set to join the Yankees pending a physical, and Contreras,...
FATEFUL DATE FOR FLORES & CLARK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - They are similar, these two. Manhattan senior Luis Flores and St. Peter's sophomore Keydren Clark - both under-recruited and now overachieving guards from Harlem - are two of...
BIG CHILL KOS NETS - MISFIRES IN 4TH HELP LAKERS ROLL
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amLakers 94 - Nets 88 LOS ANGELES - The Nets could have gotten this one. Sure, Shaquille O'Neal was terrorizing Jersey underneath for L.A. and Jason Kidd was sitting a...
YANKS SMASH SOX - CLARK'S 2 HRS ERASE CONTRERAS' SHAKY START
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amYankees 11 - Red Sox 7 FORT MYERS - At least two things haven't changed from last season. Jose Contreras still can't figure out the Red Sox, but the Yankees...
LUIS STRUTS STUFF
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMAAC TOURNEY: Niagara 79 - Siena 74; Manhattan 83 - St. Peter's 72 ALBANY - Someday soon, fast-rising St. Peter's and high-scoring Keydren Clark may challenge Manhattan for conference supremacy....
MOLLOY CAN'T TOPPLE CTK
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amB/Q DIOCESAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Christ the King 54 - Molloy 46 Meka Werts has sensed a different attitude among Christ the King's opponents this season. "Teams have more confidence against us...
CCSU SHOCKS FDU
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amSeventh-seed Central Connecticut will play for the Northeast Conference championship Wednesday night thanks to one of the most magical plays in school history. Justin Chiera's 35-footer beat the regulation buzzer...
A RATHER FEEBLE FAREWELL
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amPenguins 7 - Rangers 4 Greg de Vries and Martin Rucinsky are the two most valuable trade commodities the Rangers own, both drawing significant interest from contenders seeking to bulk...
CAP COULD COVER RANGER WARTS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amTHERE they were, "The New York Rangers!" skating onto the ice last night, PA announcer Joe Tolleson putting more oomph into it during tough times than Petr Nedved and Alex...
FLORES, CLARK & FATE
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - They are similar, these two. Manhattan senior Luis Flores and Saint Peter's sophomore Keydren Clark - both under-recruited and now overachieving guards from Harlem - are two of...
-PIZZA MAN TO SUE METS (S)-YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, METS - PIZZA MAN PLANS LEGAL ACTION (LCF)
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The 20-year-old pizza deliveryman who was involved in an altercation Thursday with Karim Garcia and Shane Spencer told The Post yesterday he has filed a police...
PHILLIPS GOT THERE 1ST
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amMet 8 - Dodgers 3 VERO BEACH - The Met catcher who's learning to play first base is getting better at the position every day. He constantly works on 3-6-1...
GIANTS SIGN O'HARA TO REPLACE BOBER
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amAfter addressing two needs on the defensive side of the ball in their first foray into free agency, the Giants yesterday began tackling their offensive line woes when they signed...
KIDD EYES RETURN AGAINST NUGGETS
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - So maybe Wednesday. Jason Kidd was close - real close - to playing yesterday. He even shaved his head, a sure sign of playing. But...
DON'T FRET HEART' BEAT
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amSooner or later, they all get beat, as Lion Heart found out making his 3-year-old debut in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita. The chestnut son...
SHAQ: WE'LL BE READY
March 8, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant out for up to a month with a sprained right shoulder for the Lakers? No problem, says Shaquille O'Neal. Bryant will be back...