April 19, 2004
TAKING LICENSE - POLO NEAR DEAL TO GAIN CONTROL OF CHILDREN'S LINE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amPolo Ralph Lauren is close to a deal to buy back its children's wear license from the S. Schwab Co., The Post has learned. An agreement has yet to be...
STARR REPORT
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe best medicine Marilyn Suzanne Miller, one of the original "SNL" scribes hearkening back to 1975, will be joined by "GMA" film critic Joel Siegel Thursday to discuss "Cancer, Humor...
BOILING POINT - DRAMA SIMMERS IN **** 'RESTAURANT'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00am"The Restaurant" [****] (four stars) Tonight at 10 on NBC/Ch. 4 ---- MOVE over, Omarosa - there's a new villain in town. His name is Drew, and he's a 20-year-old...
'ELLEN' MAY FEEL THE HEAT FROM JANE PAULEY
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amELLEN DeGeneres might have the hottest new daytime talk show on TV, but she may have to make way for Jane Pauley next fall. Pauley - whose syndicated talk show...
'JUMPER' STUMPER; STOPPARD'S LEAPS AND ZOUNDS!
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amMAYBE it's the dead acrobat, the British moon landing, the stripper on the swing - or the rapid-fire references to Wittgenstein, Zeno and the Radical Liberal Party. Or all of...
SURE AND ALL'S WELL IN GLOCCA MORRA
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amFINIAN'S RAINBOWAt the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22nd St. Through May 30; (212) 727-2737. ---- BY paring down the book, speeding up the action and emphasizing those luscious E.Y....
WANTED: HIV BIZ - DRUGGISTS WOO AIDS PATIENTS WITH PRICEY GIFTS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amFrom cellphones to cash kickbacks and free fax machines,independent pharmacies all over the city are rolling out the red carpet to win the lucrative business of AIDS patients away from...
GOLD BRUSH - PICASSO COULD FETCH RECORD $100M AT N.Y. AUCTION
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe art world is in a surreal frenzy over a painting that could break the $100 million threshold when it goes on the auction block next month. The masterpiece expected...
WORM WARFARE - 'BORER' DESTROYING OUR WATERFRONTS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amSummer's nearly here, but more than two dozen of the city's scarce waterfront-access points are either partly or totally offlimits to the public. Why? Worms. Roughly 10 percent of the...
MOB TURNCOAT 'IN DANGER'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge revealed that a would-be mob canary's life is in danger after a lawyer for reputed Bonanno boss Joseph Massino allegedly grilled the turncoat in an unauthorized prison...
U.N.-IRAQ PROGRAM REWARDED 'ASSASSIN'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a sinister oil-for-murder plot, Saddam Hussein used the scandal-plagued U.N. oil-for-food program to set up the assassination of a prominent Iraqi exile politician, the slain man's family...
SLIM JIMS IN MANHATTAN
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThin is definitely in for white Manhattanites - they're hauling around a lot fewer pounds than the average American or the average New Yorker, a new report finds. Just 34...
$10M 8TH-GRADERS ARE OLDER, NOT WISER
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA special program for over-age eighth-graders who have been held back has turned into a $10 million bust because the kids are still flunking, The Post has learned. Last year,...
KEY READING TEST TOMORROW
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's 8-year-olds take the first big test of their young lives tomorrow - the high-stakes third-grade reading exam. The results will largely determine how many of the 80,000 third-graders...
COMPUTER TO ASSIGN SUBS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration plans to set up a new centralized computer system to rapidly assign substitutes to fill in for absent teachers throughout the city's 1,300 schools. The city Department...
SCHOOL $$ IS ELECTION TIME BOMB
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amGOV. PATAKI and top state lawmakers, nervously eyeing the November election, may "punt" the politically explosive issue of providing billions of dollars in extra aid to New York City schools....
MOB TURNCOAT'S LIFE 'IN DANGER'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA judge revealed that a would-be mob canary's life is in danger after a lawyer for reputed Bonanno boss Joseph Massino allegedly grilled the turncoat in an unauthorized prison meeting....
TICKETS TO A JETS GAME IN THENEW STADIUM PROPOSED WILL BE GOOD FOR FAR MORE THAN JUST ADMISSION...
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amTickets to a Jets game in the lavish new stadium proposed for the West Side will be good for far more than just admission. Team President Jay Cross said plans...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amNever mind working on the pecs, guys - it's your shoes that impress women! Footwear outranks body and personality, according to a survey by the Mates condom company. Four out...
METER BREAK FOR SUNDAY WORSHIPPERS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amChurchgoers in The Bronx say it's hard to praise the Lord on Sundays when you've got to keep an eye on the time - and a parking meter that's winding...
PULL PLUG ON POWER DEAL: POLS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amFive New York lawmakers plan to file suit today to keep a proposed power plant in Queens from getting $400 million in state Liberty Bonds, The Post has learned. The...
KERRY VOWS TO WOO WORLD
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry yesterday promised that if he's elected president, he will go hat in hand to the United Nations and travel the globe to convince foreign leaders...
BILL WARNED W. OF OSAMA: MAG
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton has told 9/11 probers he personally warned incoming President Bush to watch out for Osama bin Laden and his terrorist plots, a report claims....
'BILL' KILLS ITS MOVIE RIVALS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe "Bill" arrived, and moviegoers gladly paid it in full - propelling "Kill Bill Vol. 2" to No. 1 at the box office over the weekend. The second part of...
CITY HIT BY PERFECT WARM
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe wonderfully warm weekend weather fit New Yorkers to a T - as in T-shirts and shorts. All across the Big Apple, folks yesterday swapped their winter duds for summer...
NO TALKS FOR HOSTAGE, CONDI SAYS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice yesterday ruled out negotiating for the release of an American soldier being held captive by terrorists in Iraq. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday,"...
DEADLY BRONX AMBUSH - TEEN SLAIN, 4 HURT
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx youth was stabbed to death and four others suffered knife wounds after three thugs ambushed them behind an apartment building yesterday morning, police said. Police said Angel Meza,...
ANTI-SEMITISM GROWING: SEN
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAnti-Semitism is on the rise across Europe, Sen. Charles Schumer warned hundreds of Jews who gathered in Manhattan yesterday for the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. "To me, what is...
'FATAL' PRISON AFFAIR - GUARD & WARMUS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA married state correction officer has been busted on charges he had sex with imprisoned "Fatal Attraction" killer Carolyn Warmus - who proved the affair by giving authorities a semen...
COP DRAGNET FOR QUEENS BAR KILLER
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA night of partying in Queens turned deadly for a Pennsylvania man when he was confronted by a knife-wielding tough outside a bar he had just left with his girlfriend,...
ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER BOOZE BUST
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty firefighter was busted for driving drunk in Staten Island yesterday - the third embarrassing booze-related arrest involving the city's Bravest in just over a week. Firefighter Michael Criscitiello,...
A BOSS WITH NO NAME - HAMAS MUM ON NEW BIG
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Defiant Hamas leaders yesterday said they've already picked a new chief to replace assassinated Gaza Strip head Abdel Aziz Rantisi - but refused to publicly name him. The...
FIREFIGHTER BOOZE BUST
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty firefighter was busted and charged with driving drunk in Staten Island yesterday - the third embarrassing booze-related arrest involving the city's Bravest in just over a week. Firefighter...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amQUEENS * An unidentified man was killed yesterday when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed on the Grand Central Parkway, police said. The man was heading east on...
FIRE IS. MAN DIES IN BUNGALOW BLAZE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA man was killed when a fire gutted his beach bungalow on Fire Island, officials said yesterday. Tom Woods and his housemate, Rodney Bennett, had been drinking Saturday night when...
BOY, 14, SAVED GRANNY - PAL HELD IN DEATH FIRE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA spunky teen is being hailed as a hero for saving his beloved grandmother's life during a deadly Brooklyn inferno allegedly set by a family friend. As flames closed in,...
KILLER GOT U.N. OIL 'REWARD'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a sinister oil-for-murder plot, Saddam Hussein used the scandal-plagued U.N. oil-for-food program to set up the assassination of a prominent Iraqi exile politician, the slain man's family...
SUBWAY 'MUGGERS' TRACKED DOWN
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThree teenage bandits have been busted in a string of muggings on subway trains in Manhattan and Queens, police said yesterday. Fared Hosein, 19, Joel Nieves, 18, and a 14-year-old...
BUMP DERAILS SUBWAY CAR
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn L-train slammed into the safety bumpers at the end of the line in Manhattan, causing the front wheels of the first car to jump the track and slightly injuring...
KID SAVES GRANNY - PAL HELD IN DEATH FIRE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amA spunky teen is being hailed as a hero for saving the life of his beloved grandmother during a deadly Brooklyn inferno allegedly set by a family friend. As flames...
NO NEGOTIATIONS FOR GI: CONDI
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice yesterday ruled out negotiating for the release of an American soldier being held by terrorists in Iraq. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Rice...
FIERCE FIGHTS TAKE GI TOLL - GUERRILLAS MURDER 10 IN CLASHES ACROSS IRAQ
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBloody fighting in Iraq over the weekend killed at least 10 U.S. soldiers, including five Marines slain in the first 90 minutes of a brutal battle with guerrillas on the...
CITY TAKES A SHINE TO SPRING
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe wonderfully warm and sunny weekend weather fit New Yorkers to a T - as in T-shirts and shorts. All across the Big Apple, folks yesterday swapped their winter duds...
A BOSS WITH NO NAME - HAMAS WON'T ID NEW BIG
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Defiant Hamas leaders yesterday said they've already picked a new chief to replace assassinated Gaza Strip head Abdel Aziz Rantisi - but refused to publicly identify him. The...
ORGAN-IZING A COLLEGE REUNION
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAfter seeing his college buddy laid up in a hospital intensive-care unit last December, Brian Carter learned he had something that could save his friend's life - an extra kidney....
MEGA MANIA FOR LOTTERY FANS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Mega Millions has become megapopular since its launch in New York two years ago. Sales of the high-payout lottery game in New York jumped 27 percent during its...
BROOKLYN HS CHESS CHAMPS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amCheckmate! The kids from Brooklyn's Edward R. Murrow HS are national chess champions. Murrow triumphed over teams from 38 states in a three day tournament that wrapped up yesterday in...
CITY IS WAGING WORM WARFARE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amSummer's nearly here, but more than two dozen of the city's scarce waterfront-access points are either partly or totally off-limits to the public. Why? Worms. Roughly 10 percent of the...
PRE-9/11 HIJACK DRILLS REVEALED
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe military conducted exercises simulating what would happen if hijacked airliners crashed into targets two years before Sept. 11, 2001, it was reported today. The North American Aerospace Defense Command...
GEHRY LUXURY TOWER - DOWNTOWN APT. PLAN
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amDeveloper Bruce Ratner plans to use high-wattage architect Frank Gehry to design a 55-story, $210 million luxury apartment tower in lower Manhattan, after signing a deal to buy the site...
TRULY A SUPER BOWL - JETS STADIUM WOULD BE NFL'S CLASS ACT
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThis is definitely not your father's football stadium. The new Jets stadium proposed for the far West Side of Manhattan has more bells and whistles than all the referees in...
BATS THE TICKET - BUT A-ROD STILL CAN'T FIND STROKE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The problem, as Don Mattingly saw it, had as much to do with perception as performance. When a hitter encounters a difficult 11-game stretch in July, for instance,...
BATS THE TICKET - ONLY A-ROD CAN'T FIND HIS STROKE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - There was no escaping the numbers that stalked the Yankees into this third game of the apocalypse. The more the players tried to shake them off, the closer...
I'VE GOT CANCER - DEVILS COACH BEGINS FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amLife once more overwhelms sport, reducing to mere games our grand diversion from harsh reality. It even happens with the Stanley Cup. The Devils' loss of their crown looks trivial...
REYES' RETURN FROM DL IS STILL ON HOLD
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amMet Notes The earliest you will see Jose Reyes in the Mets' lineup is April 27 in Los Angeles, Jim Duquette said. "I think there is a good chance we...
ISIAH WANTS KNICKS TO TOUGH IT OUT
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amISIAH THOMAS shed his role of president and general manager yesterday and donned the cap of NBA historian. After watching his Knicks endure a 107-83 trashing at the hands of...
STEVENS: I'M NOT DONE YET
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe impulse to flatten the Flyers was there, Scott Stevens said, but his clearing head prevailed. "I kept tossing that around. It wasn't really a question," Stevens said yesterday. "I...
DRAW BRINGS SOME BUZZ
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe good news is the Garden proved it could attract boxing fans, as 15,195 paid to see Saturday night's card. The bad news is, most of them felt they'd been...
RIVALRY MUST BE RATED 'R'
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amGIVEN a weekend prefaced by multi-media hype and hysteria, important truths were hard to come by. But for those who listened and watched hard enough, some truths leaked out. During...
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amWith Saturday's Lexington Stakes producing one Kentucky Derby runner in winner Quintons Gold Rush and possibly two others - Fire Slam and Song of the Sword, who finished a neck...
KNICKS: LET'S GET EVEN - HARD LOSS BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amLenny Wilkens had no problem with what Jason Collins did to Tim Thomas on Saturday. In fact, Wilkens wants to see one of his Knicks put the hammer down when...
NEW ROLE MAY HELP MARBURY
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe Knicks plan to turn Stephon Marbury into a shooting guard tomorrow. The Nets expertly got the ball out of Marbury's hands in Game 1 Saturday, trapping him at halfcourt....
WILLIAMS TAKES NO KIDD STUFF
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES At least Jason Kidd learned one valuable lesson in Game 1 of the Lincoln Tunnel Series. Not to mess with second-year Knick point guard Frank Williams. Williams has...
BATS, BULLPEN STOP BLEEDING - QUANTRILL SHINES AS YANKS END SLIDE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Red Sox 3 BOSTON - It wasn't Willis Reed limping onto the Garden floor to lead the Knicks to an NBA title but Paul Quantrill certainly delivered...
BUC-SKINNED - PIRATES POUND METS TO FINISH SERIES SWEEP
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amPirates 8 - Mets 1 Mike Piazza misses pitch by wide margin as he strikes out in fourth inning of 8-1 loss to Pirates yesterday at Shea Over the past...
CONTRERAS CAN'T CUT IT
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - This should have been the best moment of the season for the Yankees. Finally the offense was asserting the relentless nature predicted for it. But the euphoria of...
IN LIFE, THERE ARE NO TIMEOUTS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amNINETY percent. Eighty-five percent. Fifty percent. These are not numbers from the Stanley Cup playoff penalty-killing chart. These are numbers from a colon cancer Website chart documenting survival rates for...
LOFTON, DE PAULA GO ON DL - PITCHER MIGHT NEED SURGERY ON ELBOW
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Kenny Lofton's uneven start to a Yankee career that guarantees him $6.2 million for two seasons took another misstep yesterday when the center fielder and leadoff...
CAN'T GET MUCH LOWE-ER
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The scuffling Yankees eschewed batting practice yesterday, but later they battered Boston's Derek Lowe like a BP pitcher. Working on 10 days' rest due to two recent rainouts,...
A LOT TO GLOVE ABOUT LEE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Yankees heard much about Travis Lee's defensive prowess at first base. Seeing it live was worth the wait. Coming off a rehab assignment for a balky left...
NETS MAKE NO EXCUSES FOR WINNING
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe Knicks are ticked. They watched a teammate taken out on a stretcher. And they insinuated it could get ugly. They hinted there could be retaliation. The Nets' response? They...
DEFENSEGETS 'EM RUNNING
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amIt is your big brother standing behind you. It is a security blanket without equal. It is the Nets' defense. And it is why the Nets believe their running game...
JEFFERSON ESCAPES WRATH OF NBA
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amAs Jason Kidd walked toward the horde of media types descending with pads, pens and assorted recording devices, Richard Jefferson whooped it up in the background: "Jay, I'm playing, I'm...
JOE HAS FAITH IN DONNIE - LETS MATTINGLY GIVE PEP TALK TO BOMBERS
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - How much trust does Joe Torre have in Don Mattingly? Eleven games into Mattingly's first season as the hitting coach, Torre asked the Yankee legend to...
SEO BUNGLES BIG CHANCE
April 19, 2004 | 4:00amJae Seo pitched himself off the major league roster and out of the Mets' plans this spring. After getting a reprieve only to be shelled 8-1 by light-hitting Pittsburgh in...