May 9, 2004
BULL'S EYE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00am$exy at 60 At 60, Larry Ellison is having some interesting life changes. Each business day last month, Ellison did an unusual transaction at the office - he unloaded 1...
MAD AS HELL - EX-NYSE LAWYER SUES EXCHANGE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA high-ranking former New York Stock Exchange official is locked in a legal battle with the Big Board over his departure. Robert Clemente, an 18-year exchange veteran who ran its...
GAS COSTS SUCKING AIR OUT OF MARTS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amWith gasoline at new highs, Wall Street seems ready to just coast for a while - a thrifty example, at least for motorists. Stocks are mired in negative territory and...
BUDWEISER TAKES THE AD HIGH ROAD
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amIT was one of those stories that should've made big news but got lost somewhere between the Paris Hilton and Trump Tower. Last month, at a meeting of the American...
GRANDMASTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe grandmasters are unionizing - and threatening to strike. A group called the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) was founded last fall and now claims nearly 200 members, most of...
HIS FILMS ARE HARD TO BEAT
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amJAPANESE superstar Takeshi Kitano is a man of many talents: director/ actor/ screenwriter/ standup comic. Starting out as a comic known as Beat Takeshi, he turned to filmmaking in 1989,...
THE BOY FROM TROY - WHY BRAD PITT'S EPIC PHYSIQUE IS THE SECRET WEAPON IN TROJAN WAR PIC
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCan Brad Pitt's bronzed biceps hold up a $200 million movie? "Troy" - the epic swords-and-sandals saga that features 1,500 extras, took over a year to make, and suffered injury,...
'ILIAD' PURISTS WILL HAVE TO HOLD THEIR HORSES
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amGood-looking guys in short skirts and a certain fabled horse is what most people associate with "Troy." But look beyond a scantily clad Brad Pitt and you'll see that the...
BUNNY HOP - ORIGINAL PLAYBOY LAYS OUT HIS OWN SET OF 'RULES' FOR DATING
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amEver wonder how "Hef" does it? Me neither. But a lot of horny guys in Ohio still do, even though the Playboy bunny ears are going deaf now, the blue-hued...
HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSutton Foster at Lincoln Center She won the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Astaire Award for her work in Broadway's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - which she just left after...
MICHAEL MCKEAN BIG HOUSEDRESS TO FILL IN 'HAIRSPRAY'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amPity the man who dared step into Harvey Fierstein's stilettos. But Michael McKean - who started this week as Edna Turnblad, the plus-size domestic goddess of "Hairspray" - insists he's...
ALL IN THE FAMILY - HE'S LEGEND. HE'S NICOLE'S DAD. AND HE'S BACK
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amYou could call him a music icon or a legend. And if you're Nicole Richie, you call him Dad. Former Commodore Lionel Richie has sold more than 100 million albums...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAmerican Idols Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics 3 ½ Stars RCA Records The most interesting thing about the latest "American Idol" album is that the best performance is by a...
WHAM BAM! QUIRKY FILM FAVE MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL STARS ON STAGE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe challenge: convincing theatergoers to head to Brooklyn for a nearly four-hour-long Tony Kushner play about privileged intellectuals in Afghanistan, complete with dialogue in five languages, including Pashto and Farsi....
MODEL SHOPPER - JANICE DICKINSON TAKES H&M BY STORM
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amJanice Dickinson is on fire. As the "America's Next Top Model" judge storms into H&M on Fifth Avenue (with a posse of three other women), everyone in the store turns...
NYC MEN: KIDS IN A CANDY STORE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN I first moved here from London three years ago, it took me barely six weeks before I wrote a column titled: "What is Wrong With New York Men?" I'm...
HEAR THIS!
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, Yes plays MSG, Phish tickets go on sale and the Black Eyed Peas do Letterman. Here's your guide to music this week: IN CONCERT R&B fans, look out...
KLINE TIME - HE'S A CANNES-DO GUY IN HOT COLE PORTER FILM
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCole Porter is coming back to the Riviera. The legendary American composer, who helped popularize the area as a destination for America's Smart Set in the '20s, is the subject...
MARIAH'S A FLASHDANCER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amFLASHDANCER Lifting your skirt may not be the best way to get a date Mariah Carey learned that the hard way while flirting with a particularly handsome male suitor last...
8 WEEKS TO THE HAMPTONS - BURN, BABY, BURN: TWO WEEKS LEFT: FEELING STRONG NOW
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amI have officially been bitten by the bug. Its week six of the 8-week-long Crash Diet for the Hamptons (a program devised by health/fitness guru Rich Barretta) and I feel...
MEET MARKET: THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S DAVE AND THE THREE GIRLS HE GETS TO PICK FROM Dave, 33, lives in the East Village and works in brand marketing. In his free time, he likes to...
SPUR OF THE MOMENT DINING
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amHER grilled cheese was beyond compare. Now it's payback time - Mother's Day. And you say you don't now where you're taking your best girl out to eat on this...
DEATH PROBES ON RISE; UNRAVELING MYSTERIES
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAt least 25 POWs have died while in custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002, Army officials have revealed. Some were shot during riots or while trying to escape. One...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amOne lucky baseball fan will be ready when the Grim Umpire yells, "Yer out!" for the last time. The Daytona Cubs are holding an essay contest - and the top...
BUSH-KERRY RACE AS CLOSE AS 2000
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe presidential race is so close, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry now have an equal number of Electoral College votes, according to a new national polling survey. Both the...
AL: INCLUSIVE DEM WINNING THE 'RACE'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn a strong rebuke to charges that Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign has not reached out to enough minorities, the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday claimed that the Massachusetts senator's team...
TEACHERS UNION COURTS ALBANY $$
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBig pay hikes for teachers and school aides are the best way to spend the money Albany owes New York City under a landmark school-funding decision, teachers union boss Randi...
NIC FLICK A TRUE CRIME DRAMA NOW
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAfter two frightening attacks occurred near the set of her latest movie, Nicole Kidman was spotted with a dazed ex pression as she walked down a crowded Brooklyn street with...
MORNING-AFTER PILL NIGHTMARE AT CITY CLINICS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA number of city-run health clinics are breaking the law by not providing emergency contraception to women, a City Council investigation claims. Out of 36 district health centers, HIV counseling...
GRANDMA 'RAPED'; AMPUTEE BUSTED IN HOSPICE HORROR
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA double amputee was arrested at his Brooklyn nursing home after he was allegedly caught raping and beating another patient - a 78-year-old bedridden grandmother, police said. The suspect, Samuel...
PREZ TAKES HIT IN JOB-RATING POLL
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe prison abuse scandal has not significantly eroded Americans' overall support for the War in Iraq - but President Bush's approval rating has taken a tumble, according to two new...
LYNNDIE 'FOLLOWED ORDERS'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe U.S. government is turning pregnant Army tomboy Lynndie England into a scapegoat for the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, her newly hired defense lawyer told The Post yesterday. "She's the...
JAIL-TORTURE SHUTTERBUG THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe shocking photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners that rocked the world were snapped by a former pizza- house manager with a penchant for pic tures of dead people....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** One man was killed and two others wounded in Boerum Hill when a gunman opened fire upon them yesterday, cops said. The violence erupted at just before 8...
'DWI' FIRE CRISIS ; 22 SMOKE-EATERS BUSTED SO FAR THIS YEAR
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA city firefighter was busted and charged with driving drunk off-duty with his two kids in the car, making him the fourth firefighter charged with DWI in the past month...
MOTHERS WHO STRIVE TO KEEP IT SIMPLE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amDonna Kasmer is sick of competing with other Manhattan moms to be the so-called "perfect" mother. "I know a mom who has her 3-year-old girl taking French lessons," said Kasmer,...
BURNING PLANE LANDS IN L.I. PARKING LOT
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe pilot of a vintage single-engine plane that caught fire in midair made an emergency landing at an abandoned Long Island horse-racing track yesterday - and miraculously walked away without...
SUICIDE 'BY BOSS'; CHASE BANKER'S FATAL SEMINAR
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA rising Chase banker hanged himself during an "intense" management seminar, and his anguished wife blames his employer for the tragic suicide, The Post has learned. JPMorgan Chase pulled the...
FDNY'S CRISIS OF DWI
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty city firefighter was busted and charged with driving drunk with his two kids in the car, making him the fourth firefighter charged with DWI in the past month...
HEARTLESS FIENDS SLAY MAN OVER GOLD CHAIN
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Bronx man was shot dead on a date yesterday as he struggled with a gang of muggers for his gold chain - in an attack his grieving family...
SCARY MOVIE; CRIME DRAMA ON NICOLE SET
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAfter two frightening attacks occurred near the set of her latest movie, Nicole Kidman was spotted with a dazed expression as she walked down a crowded Brooklyn street with blood...
THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR WAS JAIL ABUSE FOTOG
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe shocking photos of U.S. soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners that rocked the world were snapped by a former pizza-house manager who grew up exposed to gruesome pictures of dead people,...
A FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCOMMON SENSE SCHOOL REFORM BY FREDERICK M. HESS PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 245 PAGES, $26.95 IN "Common Sense School Reform," Frederick Hess makes one thing excruciatingly clear: No two things could be...
THE FUTURE AT RISK; STEVE CUOZZO VS. THE CRITICS OF THE DOWNTOWN THAT NYC NEEDS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN 140 Broadway sold last week for a Downtown near- record of $387 per square foot, prominent Manhattan property-sale broker Woody Heller called the purchase "a complete bet on the...
'MOB WAR' ON EATING DISORDERS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The actress who plays Tony Soprano's daughter has been recruited to convince New York lawmakers to fund eating-disorder treatment programs - something she knows a lot about. Jamie-Lynn...
QNS. FAMILY A REAL-LIFE 'CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amMOST parents don't have to conduct an Army- style roll call to check if all their kids are present. But Peggy and Edward Re, of Queens, aren't typical parents -...
EPA SEA CHANGE MAY FORCE CITY SUMMER BEACH CLOSINGS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amTHE city may have to periodically close beaches this summer to meet new federal pollution regulations. Aides to Mayor Bloomberg have been trying to figure out what to do about...
HOSPITALS IN NURSE CRISIS ; DIRE SHORTAGE PUTTING MANY PATIENTS IN PERIL
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amFor 20 minutes, heart patient Loric Stothart frantically pressed the nurse's call button as a burning sting in his right foot intensified into what felt like a fire. When a...
FELON MUM IN MURDER OF GRIDDER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn thug who shot a man two years ago may hold a key to solving the Mark Fisher murder, but he has refused to talk about what he knows,...
GALA-FORCE STORM COMING ; 70,000 IN GRAND OLD PARTY MIX
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amThere's a tornado heading toward New York City - it's called the Republican National Convention. During one week in late summer, New York will face an invasion of 50,000 delegates...
GROCERS HAVE A COW OVER WIC COUPONS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amGrocers are demanding extra milk money from needy moms whose federal food vouchers aren't keeping up with the recent $1.03 price rise. Administrators of the Women, Infants and Children program...
FAMINE ON THE FARM - YANKEES' SYSTEM IS LIGHT ON FUTURE STARS, TRADE BAIT
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amTRENTON - Don't believe for one second that George Steinbrenner has mellowed. The Boss recently had table-thumping meetings with his top lieutenants. He wanted to know why the farm system...
CATCHER AND WIFE SAVOR GIFT OF LIFE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amTRENTON - Catcher Dioner Navarro is living a miracle. Not because of his baseball talent - Navarro is rated the No. 1 prospect in the Yankees farm system by Baseball...
THERE'S NO CAP ON GREED ; OWNERS' PLAN WOULD DESTROY NHL
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCALGARY went into the season with the 19th-highest payroll in the NHL, San Jose with the 20th and Tampa Bay with the 21st. With Philadelphia (fourth) completing the cast, these...
HEAD UP NORTH FOR BEST SHOT AT LANDING TROPHY PIKE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amNEW York offers some of the best northern pike and muskellunge fishing on the continent, and with the season a little more than a week old you might want to...
FASSEL STILL AIDS COLLINS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAmong the first people Kerry Collins called after the Giants released him was his former coach, Jim Fassel. Collins wanted some advice on how to handle his situation and what...
DONOVAN BORNE AGAIN - READY FOR FIRST START IN FIVE YEARS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSEATTLE - The buzz cut doesn't cover the entire dome and suggests the man may be a fantasy camper. His body is not the product of hours in a workout...
LAKE SHOW NOT OVER YET ; CAN HANDLE SPURS WHEN THEY'RE HOME
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Now that we've appropriately over- reacted (it's what the media and fans do best) to the fine mess the Lakers are in, it's not as if losing...
YANKEES PASS BLAME ON BLUNDER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - To say the Yankees' baserunning blunder cost them a win Friday night is a stretch - Jon Lieber didn't pitch well and the bats went dead...
THE HOLE PICTURE ; HISTORY'S AGAINST NETS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amIt's sort of safe to say that the Nets are in a position that is, well, gloomy. They trail the Pistons, 0-2, in a best-of-seven series. They must beat Detroit...
BROWN HOT AT THORN ; 'HE SHOULD MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Hall-of-Fame coach Larry Brown fired back at Nets president Rod Thorn yesterday, calling him a "hothead" and accusing him of phoning Hawks GM Billy Knight to complain...
IT'S THE MEDIA'S FAULT ; TIKI SAYS COMPLAINTS ARE 'SENSATIONALIZED'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amQuite candidly, Michael Strahan yesterday revealed that he doesn't feel comfortable gauging whether Tom Coughlin's stringent demands regarding the off-season workout program violated the rules established by the NFL Players...
JEFFERSON NEEDED NOW ; STRAYING FROM WINNING HABITS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amHE IS the very face of what the Nets have become, unblemished by the years of chronic losing that preceded his arrival, unburdened by any of the slapstick that used...
'VETERAN' SHOCKEY KNOWS HOW ELI FEELS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES When Jeremy Shockey does not register a blip on the radar screen, something unusual is going on, and that's the way it is during this weekend's Giants mini-camp....
EDDINGTON RAZOR SHARP
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amEddington, the highly regarded colt who couldn't get into the Kentucky Derby but could be the biggest threat to Smarty Jones in Saturday's Preakness, was razor sharp yesterday morning at...
KIDD SAYS HE'S OK
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSomething is wrong. After two straight games where Jason Kidd has been taken to school by Detroit guard Chauncey Billups, there must be a reason, some kind of explanation, for...
FURIOUS MARTIN FUMING
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES Kenyon Martin wasted little time in getting right to the point. "I'm in a bad mood if y'all can't tell," said Martin, causing all those about to hit...
REYES 'WAIT' IS HEAVY BURDEN
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBrewers 6 Mets 4THIRTY GAMES into a Met season so far plus only one win to last year's, thank goodness for them it has proven too early to stick a...
DUQUECITO SHAKY IN RARE START
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAs Brewers manager Ned Yost walked toward the Shea mound yesterday, the look on Adrian Hernandez' face could only be described as one of disgust. Pitching a no-hitter in the...
BATS NO HELP AS YATES MAY FACE DEMOTION
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBrewers 6Mets 4 On a day the Mets incredibly scored four runs on two hits and lost, the biggest news coming out of the clubhouse afterward concerned pitching. Tyler Yates'...
SSSH! DON'T WAKE TIGER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - As the nation channel-surfed amongst TV's high-profile talk shows in the aftermath of last month's Masters, one image kept popping up on screens everywhere. On one set, Phil...
YANKEE MOOSE EGG ; MIKE BLANKS M'S TO END SLIDE AT 2
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 6Mariners 0 SEATTLE - Welcome back Mike Mussina. After showing signs that he recovered from a rocky start last Sunday, Mussina cemented the belief that a pitcher counted on...
BARBER BLAMES MEDIA ; TIKI SAYS COMPLAINTS ARE 'SENSATIONALIZED'
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amQuite candidly, Michael Strahan yesterday revealed he doesn't feel comfortable gauging whether Tom Coughlin's stringent demands regarding the offseason workout program violated the rules established by the NFL Players Association....
TYLER'S IN DANGER OF DEMOTION
May 9, 2004 | 4:00am"I might give him a day off. I don't know"ART HOWE Lyle Overbay's towering home run ascended into the afternoon sky yesterday afternoon, growing smaller and smaller. The ball receded...
PHILLIPS FACING SOME PINE TIME
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Before yesterday's 6-4 loss to the Brewers, Art Howe declared that with the return of Ty Wigginton, Jason Phillips will be in the lineup less. "It will be...
OBELHOLSER MAKES RUN PAST WOODS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Tiger Woods tumbling down a Saturday leaderboard and turning a two-shot lead into a five-shot deficit as dramatically as he did at yesterday's Wachovia Championship third round is...
CONTRERAS REROUTED TO COLUMBUS
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSEATTLE - One mound session in Tampa under the eye of pitching guru Billy Connors was enough for the Yankees to send Jose Contreras to Columbus. "Monday or Tuesday," Joe...
DONOVAN IS BORNE AGAIN
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSEATTLE - The buzz cut doesn't cover the entire dome and suggests the man may be a fantasy-camper. His body is not the product of hours in a workout room....
BONDS MIGHT WALK RIGHT UP AND TOUCH .400
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amAfter facing the Mets, Barry Bonds was on pace to draw 257 walks, obliterating his 2002 record (198). He may just get a free pass to the first .400 batting...
HEAD TO HEAD: POST WRITERS DAN MARTIN AND MARC BERMAN SLUG IT OUT OVER WHETHER LINCOLN HIGH'S SEBASTIAN TELFAIR IS READY TO PLAY IN THE NBA
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amDan Martin: Sebastian Telfair is ready for the NBA right now. He's got the quickness to play in the league and floor vision and basketball savvy that could make him...
FOR OPENERS, HARD TO FIND QUALITY CLOSER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amLET us guess: You drafted John Smoltz and Eddie Guardado and all you needed was a pink bow to tie around the saves title in your league. Now, you look...
LIFE OF THE 'SMARTY' ; DERBY CHAMPION'S PAST IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBENSALEM, Pa. - The barn area at Philadelphia Park, with its cracked asphalt and sheet-metal structures, resembles an army boot camp. The boxy, glassed-in grandstand caters to simulcast bettors, and...
MLB'S WEB OF DECEIT - ABANDONED 'SPIDER-MAN' SCHEME JUST LATEST LIE FROM OUR HERO, SELIG
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amLast week, Major League Baseball told one of those ridiculous lies that it has become so good or bad at, depending upon your sense of the absurd. Jacqueline Parkes, VP...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH... SEBASTIAN TELFAIR
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amSteve Serby's Q&A today is with Sebastian Telfair, the 18-year-old Lincoln High School point-guard phenom who will join cousin Stephon Marbury next season in the NBA. Q: Who was your...
DON'T WAKE SLEEPY TIGER - MICKELSON'S WARY OF WOODS RAMPAGE
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - As the nation channel-surfed television's highest-profile talk shows in the aftermath of last month's scintillating Masters, one image kept popping up on TV screens everywhere. On one set,...
BELTRAN'S THE MAN! KANSAS CITY SLUGGER IS BASEBALL'S PREMIER RENTAL THIS SUMMER
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amKANSAS City entered the weekend with the AL's worst record and perhaps its best player. Which means Carlos Beltran, in his walk year, is nearly at a full run toward...
'GOOD OLD DAYS' ARE LONG GONE - BASEBALL AND ADVERTISING JOINED AT HIP
May 9, 2004 | 4:00amBASEBALL fans, you may rest easy; Spider-Man wont be invading your basepaths. Peter Parker will not fight for space in the Baseball Encyclopedia between Jay Parker, who pitched one game...