March 9, 2004
DISNEY INSIDERS EXPECT IGER-CIDE: WILL PREZ RESIGN?
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE big question in the Burbank offices of the Walt Disney Co. right now is: Will he get to keep his job? But the gossips this time aren't talking about...
DISNEY BID IS FIRM, SAYS COMCAST CEO
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amCable magnate Brian Roberts insists he's not going to boost his $66 billion offer to buy Walt Disney and is prepared to walk away from the deal. "If it happens,...
MAG'S MALAISE COULD HELP OPRAH, REAL SIMPLE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amSharks are circling, looking to get their teeth into some of the $161.8 million in advertising revenue racked up by Martha Stewart Living magazine. One publisher, who asked that he...
HANOVER'S IN LOVE AND WRITING ABOUT IT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amDonna Hanover, who survived a bitter divorce from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has found love again and now has a new sweetheart book deal to write about...
MCKINSEY MULLS MOVE TO RATNER SKYSCRAPER
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amAT long last, Bruce Ratner appears to have a potential tenant interested in his top half of the planned New York Times headquarters tower: worldwide consulting firm McKinsey & Co.,...
MEMBERS BLAST BUYBACK OF MONEY-LOSING AMEX
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe American Stock Exchange's pitch to sell the struggling exchange back to its membership has some of them hot under the collar. "I oppose the transaction document in its entirety,...
EVERYDAY BLUES - MARTHA TAKES A BATH AS HER STOCK SINKS 8.8%
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe aftershocks of Martha Stewart's astonishing conviction continued to buffet the company she founded yesterday. Shares in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia fell 8.8 percent to close at $9.90. Stewart's stake...
SMUCKER SWALLOWS PILLSBURY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amIn one of the biggest brand-mixing bowls that the food industry has seen in years, jelly giant Smucker is buying the Pillsbury flour empire in an $840 million deal. J.H....
-ASPREY STUMBLES - STORE OFF TO SLUGGISH START, SNIFF RETAIL PROS (M)-UNMET ASPREY-TIONS - BRITISH FLAGSHIP'S LAUNCH UNDERWHELMING, CRITICS SNIFF (S, LCF)
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amDespite turning heads in December with the opening of its New York flagship, British luxury retailer Asprey has so far failed to impress fashion insiders, who say the merchandise looks...
HICKS QUITS AFTER TECH BLOODBATH
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThomas O. Hicks, the legendary buyout kingpin who owns Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers and the NHL's Dallas Stars, plans to retire next year as chairman of Hicks, Muse, Tate...
BARNICLE ON HERALD BILL
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amMichael Barnicle, the former columnist for the Boston Globe who was fired over questionable columns in 1998, is making a return to his roots as a columnist for the Boston...
SLIM IN THE CITY - LOSING WEIGHT & FINDING NEW YORK
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amEVER wonder how your life would change if you got to start over - at about half your body weight? Brooklyn's Frances Kuffel found out when she lost 188 pounds...
THAT'S THE TICKET!
March 9, 2004 | 5:00am* THE VON BONDIES "Pawn Shoppe Heart" [] Sire (four stars) Comparisons between the Von Bondies and the White Stripes are inevitable. Both bands are from Detroit. Both have a...
OPEN TRY-OUTS NEXT WEEK FOR 'APPRENTICE' 2
March 9, 2004 | 5:00am'THE Apprentice" is staging a nationwide "recruitment tour" for contestants for the show's second season - with the chance the auditions will end up on the air a la "American...
IT'S THE LAST DANCE - BATTLE OF 'IDOL' WILD CARDS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHEY didn't make the cut the first time around - but 12 "Wild Card" contestants will get one more shot at redemption on tonight's "American Idol." "AI" judges Simon Cowell,...
STARR REPORT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amFNC's big Friday Fox News Channel's coverage of last Friday's Martha Stewart verdict scored big numbers - in fact, FNC outrated every cable news network combined, with Shepard Smith drawing...
HOT SHOT - 'SHIELD' NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
March 9, 2004 | 5:00am"The Shield"[] (four stars)Tonight at 10 on FX ---- 'T HE Shield" is the vilest, nastiest, dirtiest, bloodiest show on TV. And I love it. That doesn't mean you have...
-YANKS/SOX REMATCH A BIG HIT (M)-RED SOX REMATCH HITS HOMER (S, LCF)
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE first Yankees/Red Sox match-up since last year turned out to be a homerun for the YES Network. With 236,041 area homes tuning in, the spring training game from Tampa...
MOM'S LITTLE SECRET - IF YOU THINK SINGLE MOTHERS ARE LONELY, YOU HAVEN'T SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH ANGELINA JOLIE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amANGELINA Jolie doesn't have a man in her life - she has several. The twice-divorced Oscar-winner - who two years ago adopted a Cambodian orphan she named Maddox - is...
SWINGIN' ARMENIA - ON HIS WAY TO RE-LIVE ANCIENT HISTORY, DAVID LANDSEL FINDS HIMSELF ON THE ONLY GOLF COURSE IN THE CAUCASUS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amNIGHT has fallen upon the cradle of civilization, and high above the city of Yerevan, in the shadow of Mount Ararat, the new Armenia is swinging drivers. Men and women,...
DIVA'S NEW DAY OF SHAME - URINE TEST, PROBING QUIZ
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart confronted the indignity of her new life as a convicted criminal yesterday - supplying urine for a drug test, answering personal questions about her finances and posing for...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amFlorida firefighters battling a blaze got the shock of their lives when they got a call to tell them their own firehouse had erupted in flames. Investigators say crews from...
CAMPAIGN STRATEGY: NASTY JOHN - A NEW LOW IN PREZ POLITICS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE question on the lips of those who burbled the conventional wisdom last week was, "Will this presidential campaign be the ugliest in American history?" John Kerry had an answer....
FUN CITY NOW FUNNY CITY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith dozens of politicians in attendance, City Hall is a treasure trove of comedy - much of it unintentional. But yesterday, the jokes were deliberate, as Mayor Bloomberg announced that...
B'KLYN 9/11 TRIBUTE TRUMPETED
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amIt'll be a tribute in light and a warning in bronze. The winning design for Brooklyn's official Sept. 11 memorial - which was unveiled yesterday - is a 25-foot-tall pillar...
ELECTRONIC VOTING PLAN FOR APPLE NEXT YEAR
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe city Board of Elections is going to test electronic voting for the first time in next year's mayoral race, leading to concern about possible foul-ups in the city's most...
'BLING' BOOB ADMITS LIL' KIM CON
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Westchester man has admitted he tried to extort money from rap diva Lil' Kim by claiming he had her stolen bling-bling, The Post has learned. John Acheson, 31, tried...
BRAVEST JUST GOT BRAVER
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amBrothers Salvatore and Randy Ranieri grew up admiring their friend Kenny Watson, a firefighter who died Sept. 11. And yesterday, they made good on their vow to honor his memory...
NOW O.J.'S CALLED A CHANNEL CHEAT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amJust when you thought O.J. Simpson was keeping his nose clean, along comes a new lawsuit that accuses him of being a conniving TV thief. DirecTV has charged the shamed...
WHOA! $1.5M WIN - B'KLYN MAN HITS JACKPOT WITH PICK 6 AT OTB
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn handyman is fixed for life after breaking the bank at OTB with a payoff totaling more than $1.5 million. Mario Gulinello, 59, picked the winners of the last...
$TINGY SCHUMER STIFFS SENATE DEMS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer has more campaign cash in the bank than any other Democratic senator - yet he's among the biggest skinflints when it comes to helping out...
MARTHA PAYING FOR SINS OF REAL BIG-BIZ CROOKS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWHILE the titans who undermined the entire economy of the United States to satisfy their own personal, unquenchable greed were smugly sitting in courtrooms nearby yesterday, Martha Stewart was reporting...
TIME TO LET THIS OVERRATED BORE SLEEP WITH THE FISHES
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amSORRY, mob fans. "The Sopranos" returned Sunday to fill our empty, little lives with all the blustery self-importance and clumsy criminality of Martha Stewart covering up a stock sale. It...
HILL GIVES UP STEWART'S 1G
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In the wake of her friend, Martha Stewart's, conviction, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday decided to give the domestic diva's $1,000 campaign contribution to charity, a spokesman said....
'STATE OF N.Y. IS A GAMBLING ADDICT': POL
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - A staggering $35 billion will be spent this year on legal gambling in New York, wagered on everything from lottery games to video-slot machines and horse racing, a...
TEACH HAD KID PORN, FEDS SAY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA veteran teacher was nabbed on kiddie-porn possession charges after a search of his Staten Island home turned up more than 60 tapes and DVDs depicting children having sex with...
MOM HAILS 'ANGEL' IN MISSING STUDENT MYSTERY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn co-ed reunited with her parents after she disappeared for two weeks "had an angel over her shoulder" looking out for her, her thankful mom said yesterday. Melissa Kennedy,...
KEYSPAN MAN REMEMBERED
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA KeySpan worker and father of two girls will be buried today after he was killed last week by a car that slammed into him while he was putting tools...
APPLE GETS ICING AND SPRINKLES
March 9, 2004 | 5:00am"Pleased to sleet you!" That's what Old Man Winter told New Yorkers yesterday, sending them a blustery, cold snowy, rainy reminder that he isn't done with us yet. Yesterday's high...
'CANDY KID' MAN INDICTED
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Long Island dad has been indicted on charges of sexually assaulting and beating a 13-year-old girl as she walked home with candy, authorities said. José Garcia of Brentwood is...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Three men were stabbed at a Mott Haven skating rink when an argument over a woman turned ugly early yesterday morning, police said. Cops were called to...
TYCO WRAP-UP LONGER THAN A 'NANOSECOND'
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWhat's expected to be a marathon of closing arguments kicked off yesterday in the Tyco embezzlement trial. Jurors spent a full day hearing how - despite 50 prosecution witnesses to...
A SHOT AT YOUTH - BOTOX INJECTIONS UP 157 PERCENT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWomen - and men, too - are lining up to give Botox and collagen injections a shot. Demand for Botox injections - which eliminate wrinkles by paralyzing facial muscles -...
SPALDING'S SAD END - RIVER BODY ID'D AS ACTOR
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTortured actor Spalding Gray apparently did what he had been threatening to do for years - commit suicide by drowning - officials confirmed yesterday. The badly decomposed body that washed...
HAMAS FIEND GLOATS FROM THE GRAVE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Hamas terror group yesterday released a chilling video of two homicide bombers talking about how they relished the prospect of killing Jews - nearly a year after...
BUSH BLASTS KERRY FOR SPY-$LASH BID
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday blasted Democrat John Kerry for pushing "deeply irresponsible" cuts in spending on intelligence just two years after the 1993 World Trade Center attack, and questioned...
INMATE LIENS ON JUDGE, DA
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA smart-aleck Rikers Island inmate copyrighted his name and is demanding $500,000 every time it's uttered or written in court papers, authorities said. James Walker, 32, who faces 25 years...
FAMILY'S TEARS FOR TYRANT DAD
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn family of a man stabbed to death by his daughter after he attacked her with a bat lit candles in his honor at their Coney Island home yesterday....
DEPUTY CHANCELLOR MAY GET EXPELLED
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amDeputy Schools Chancellor Diana Lam was slapped with a poor grade yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg, who described the findings of a probe on her conduct in securing a schools job...
COP'S 'UNIFORM' DEFENSE ON HITTING PERP OVER HEAD
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA cop charged with using a police radio to whack a handcuffed suspect who spat at him admitted yesterday he later told his partner, "Nobody disrespects the uniform." But Officer...
WORLD 'LEADERS' PRAYING I'LL WIN: KERRY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry claimed yesterday that certain "foreign leaders" have told him that they're rooting for him to defeat President Bush. "I've met foreign leaders who can't go out...
JEWS WARY OF DEM'S ARA-FLATTERY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some Jewish leaders yesterday voiced concern about Democratic nominee-to-be John Kerry's 1997 description of Yasser Arafat as a "statesman" and his conflicting comments on Israel's security fence. The...
DUNCES' SCHOOL-ENROLL BLUNDER COSTS CITY $28M
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has to pay out an additional $28 million because school officials miscalculated enrollment figures, The Post has learned. About 600 schools lost money because fewer kids than expected...
JAILED OWNER MIGHT SHUTTER CLUB
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe weekend drug bust that shut down the Sound Factory could close the notorious Hell's Kitchen nightclub for good, federal prosecutors said yesterday. The permanent shutdown would be part of...
MOB HIT IS A MISS - DISGUSTED FANS WHACK 5TH-SEASON PREMIERE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amFans of "The Sopranos" delivered a threatening message to Tony and his family of thugs yesterday: Start acting like the mobsters you are or your show's gonna sleep with da...
JACKO'S JET JUICE - DEMANDS WHITE WINE IN COKE CAN ON EVERY FLIGHT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Finicky flier Wacko Jacko demands his "Jesus juice" in Diet Coke cans and gobbles hoards of KFC chicken every time he takes to the air, according to...
BROOKLYN TRUMPETS ITS 9/11 MEMORIAL DESIGN
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amIt'll be a tribute in light and a warning in bronze. The winning design for Brooklyn's official Sept. 11 memorial, unveiled yesterday, is a 25-foot-tall pillar that was inspired by...
COP SHOOTS TWO IN HARLEM RAID
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA police raid turned bloody yesterday when a sergeant shot two men believed to be selling drugs out of a Harlem apartment, police sources said. Cops had gone to the...
MAN NABBED IN ATM SCAM
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Bronx man stole almost $17,000 by rigging ATMs to spit out four times the amount they registered, police said yesterday. From Nov. 11 to Feb. 5, Yousuf Casim, a...
LAM CHOPPED - ED. BIG OUT AMID SCANDAL
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amDeputy Schools Chancellor Diana Lam - the architect of the city's sweeping but controversial instructional reforms - was forced out yesterday after Mayor Bloomberg flunked her in ethics for securing...
BITTER TEARS FOR A TYRANT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn family of the man who was stabbed to death by his daughter after he attacked her with a baseball bat lit candles in his honor at their Coney...
SCHOOL DUNCES - BLUNDER COSTS CITY $28 MIL
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has to pay out an additional $28 million because school officials miscalculated enrollment figures, The Post has learned. About 600 schools lost money because fewer kids than expected...
'DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE' - W. RIPS KERRY $PY-SLASH BID
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday blasted Democrat John Kerry for pushing "deeply irresponsible cuts in spending on intelligence just two years after the 1993 World Trade Center attack, and questioned...
JOKE'S ON US! COMEDY FEST TO HIT NEW YUK
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith dozens of politicians in attendance, City Hall is a treasure-trove of comedy - much of it unintentional. But yesterday, the jokes were deliberate as Mayor Bloomberg announced that the...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: A WORKING WOMAN FOR WORKING PEOPLE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amAs the country's secretary of labor, Frances Perkins made life better for every working person in America. Frances Perkins was a prim and proper Boston schoolgirl in the late 1800s,...
NETS' GOAL: NAIL DOWN RUNNER-UP
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amSo now the Nets head into the final regular-season lap, a 20-game segment that for players who have been in a four-month marathon is annually as exciting as oatmeal, as...
GIANTS WON'T BREAK BANK
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amWith inflated contracts and bloated signing bonuses sprouting up throughout the league, the Giants have stuck to their oft-stated goal of using the NFL's free-agency signing period as a way...
AL'S 'MISTER MET'
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Yankees are the most exclusive club in New York. Every VIP - Very Impressive Player - wants to get beyond George Steinbrenner's velvet rope and...
ROBERTS MAKING HIS CASE FOR NO. 5 SPOT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - It's early, but the Mets' fifth-starter candidate who's looked the best so far? Easily Grant Roberts. The right-hander was brilliant in yesterday's 6-4 win...
ROUT ENRAGES TILDEN COACH
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTilden's Rock Eisenberg has been coaching for over 30 years, but he said that Saturday's loss in the PSAL quarterfinals to Grady stands out as one of the worst experiences...
JASPERS LOOKIN' FOR TICKET TO THE DANCE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - When the Manhattan Jaspers filed onto their team bus in the FleetCenter parking lot last March 21 after they'd been ousted from the NCAA Tournament by eventual-champion Syracuse,...
'OTHER' MATSUI DEBUTS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amMets 6 - Cards 4 PORT ST. LUCIE - For drama, it couldn't match the performance last year by the Yankees' Hideki Matsui. But Kaz Matsui enjoyed his spring debut...
JASPERS EKE OUT TICKET TO DANCE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amManhattan 62 - Niagara 61 ALBANY - Manhattan College had watched its 14-point lead cut to one, its star player miss two of the biggest foul shots of his life...
CAPT. PRIME TIME - HEALTHY HOUSTON JUICED FOR PLAYOFFS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amAllan Houston feels his knees are as strong as his playoff guarantee in January. It's been such a long time since Capt. Houston felt this swell being a Knick. After...
EVANDER WON'T HANG 'EM UP
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amPERHAPS the one com forting thing about Evander Holyfield's persistence in continuing his boxing career is there isn't a heavyweight out there who can actually hurt him. At age 41,...
YASHIN: I'M READY TO RETURN
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Islanders are probably not going to bag any trophies by this afternoon's trading deadline, but they could have Alexei Yashin back in the lineup for tonight's game in St....
DECISION DUE SOON ON BAKER
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Isiah Thomas will find out Thursday if he'll be allowed to sign Vin Baker. The Knicks and Celtics battled yesterday in another court regarding Baker's status. A two-hour...
PIZZA MAN HIRES LAWYER - PLANS TO GO AFTER METS' SPENCER, GARCIA
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Eric Vidal, the 20-year-old pizza deliveryman who filed a police report of assault and battery against Met outfielders Karim Garcia and Shane Spencer, has taken the...
DEVILS STILL SHOPPING FOR BACKLINE BOOST
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThwarted repeatedly in his attempts to obtain help on defense, Lou Lamoriello will be checking the bargain bins for backliners before the trading window slams shut this afternoon. With Vladimir...
-NO PROPS FOR PALTRY STORM (M, S)-BIG EAST DISSES STORM FRESHMAN (LCF)
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThere is no name for the move that St. John's guard Daryll "Showtime" Hill put on Dwight Brewington in the first half of the Red Storm's Feb. 29 game against...
JUST SHUT UP & LEAD
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amHERE'S a message for every veteran remaining on the Ranger roster following the 3 o'clock trade deadline: Beginning with tonight's game in Atlanta, either shut up and play and set...
MO SEEKS EXTENSION
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mariano Rivera's agent Fernando Cuza has a meeting with Yankee brass set for this morning at Legends Field to discuss a long-term contract extension for the...
COULD BE SHEFF OF THE SUTURE - SURGERY SUDDENLY A POSSIBILITY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTwins 13 - Yankees 2 TAMPA - Gary Sheffield's intent is to talk Dr. Melvin Rosenwasser out of a operating on his swollen right thumb when the two talk today...
TRADE COULD BE THE RIGHT MOVE FOR BOMBERS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - Magglio Ordonez and Ken Griffey can be had if the Yankees want to take on $14 million or $66.5 million to replace Gary Sheffield in right should Sheffield...
SUPER AGENT SHOWS HE'S A SUPER SNAKE
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amDON'T be led astray by repeated suggestions (courtesy of the Daily News) that Dikembe Mutombo is in danger of being deported this season. "People must really think I'm stupid," Isiah...
SIGNS NOT GOOD AFTER LATEST YANKEE INJURY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00am"Now I'm officially worried." -BRIAN CASHMAN on Gary Sheffield's injury TAMPA - The joke around here is that jovial George Steinbrenner has been taking "Happy Pills." Well, his prescription ran...
MCCAREINS: JETS GOOD FIT
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES A 6-10 playoff-less season followed by being jilted at the altar by the first top free agent targeted in the following offseason is not what you would term...
GIANTS ADD LIONS' GREEN TO LB CORPS
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amStriking quickly and decisively, the Giants yesterday met with linebacker Barrett Green, almost immediately opened up negotiations and by early evening signed the jet-quick linebacker to fill their starting weak...
PIZZA MAN HIRES LAWYER - PLANS TO GO AFTER METS' 'WHIZ KIDS'
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Eric Vidal, the 20-year-old pizza deliveryman involved in last Thursday's altercation with Met outfielders Karim Garcia and Shane Spencer, has hired an attorney. Willie Gary, a...
RANGERS SHIP OUT BARNABY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amAnd Matt Barnaby makes seven. The Rangers continued their unprecedented purge last night by dealing impending free-agent winger Barnaby and a third-round draft pick to Colorado for 20-year-old defense -...
YASHIN: I'M READY
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Islanders are probably not going to bag any trophies by this afternoon's trading deadline, but they could have Alexei Yashin back in the lineup for tonight's game in St....
MCCAREINS GLAD TO LAND IN N.Y.
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES A 6-10 playoff-less season followed by being jilted at the altar by the first top free agent targeted in the following offseason is not what you would term...
RIVERA LOOKS FOR EXTENSION
March 9, 2004 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mariano Rivera's agent Fernando Cuza has a meeting with Yankee brass set for this morning at Legends Field to discuss a long-term contract extension for the...