May 19, 2004
BLOOMBERG'S URBAN BONU$ - NEWS SERVICE TO PAY STAFFERS $10K EACH FOR N.Y. MOVE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amSOME staffers are balking at a chance to climb aboard the Bloomberg Express. Bloomberg LLC, the media empire left behind by Michael Bloomberg when he transformed himself into Mayor Mike,...
HARPERCOLLINS GROUP HEAD TO EXIT
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amCathy Hemming, president and publisher of the HarperCollins general book group, will leave the company, it was announced yesterday in a memo from CEO Jane Friedman. "During her tenure, HarperCollins...
TWEEDY TIE IN MIRROR BREAK-UP
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNew York investment house Tweedy, Browne - which was instrumental in bringing to light former Hollinger CEO Conrad Black's alleged transgressions - may have had a hand in the recent...
MADISON MOVE BY MALONE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amBritish perfumer and fragrance expert Jo Malone is opening her second store in Manhattan at 946 Madison Ave., The Post has learned. Malone's products, like Juniper Skin Tonic and Nutmeg...
BUSH BACKS 5TH TERM FOR GREENSPAN
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNo matter who wins the White House race, the economy will remain for a few more years in the experienced hands of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. President Bush yesterday...
TONY TIFFANY IS PUSHING PEARLS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amDiamonds may be a girl's best friend, but Tiffany & Co. is betting that pearls are a close second. Tiffany said yesterday that it planned to open stores selling mainly...
BANKS FINED $15M ON IPOS; LAWSUITS MAY COST A LOT MORE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amInvestment banking giants Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns were slammed with a $15 million fine for IPO shenanigans - opening the floodgates for civil litigation that could cost...
B&N SALES SOAR 13% ON IRAQ BOOK BOOM
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amBob Woodward and other authors of Iraq controversy books helped create a run on hardcover books to boost Barnes & Noble's sales 13 percent. The chain of more than 840...
CITY'S JOBLESS RATE FALLS TO 6%
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amHiring is finally on a solid upswing in the Big Apple for the first time in three years, according to a new jobs report. The strongest hiring is in education,...
SALE PRICES SAG IN WESTCHESTER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amREAL estate brokers say multiple listing services are reporting more price reductions on homes for sale in Westchester County. Blame it on "rising interest rates," said Joan Alexander, a sale...
DEUTSCHE TAKES A $10M HIT ON BONDS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amDeutsche Bank Securities took a $10 million loss yesterday as it was forced to reissue an almost $500 million junk bond deal that hit the skids earlier this week. The...
DUMPING LAUDER - ESTEE'S HEIRS RAISING $569M TO COVER TAX BILL
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe heirs of Estee Lauder stand to inherit an estate worth as much as $1.2 billion - but first they've got to sell a chunk of company stock to pay...
POISON OF POL POT
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amS21: THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING MACHINE (three stars) Brutality in Cambodia. In Khmer, with English subtitles. Running time: 101 minutes. Not rated (torture, murder). At the Film Forum, Houston Street,...
ALL THE WORLD'S ONSTAGE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Strokes kick off Central Park Summer Stage 2004 with a sold-out benefit concert tonight, but the best is yet to come. The 19th season is full of free treats,...
BRANSON LOOKING FOR 'REVERSE OF TRUMP'
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amIT's not "The Apprentice" or anything like it, says bil lionaire tycoon Richard Branson of his new jet-setting reality show that's in the works for Fox. "I want a lot...
WINE IS THE NEW BLACK - BUILDING A VINTAGE WARDROBE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amLOOK out, ladies: Leslie Sbrocco could turn you into closet drinkers. The author of "Wine for Women" (William Morrow) is on a mission to make choosing wines as natural for...
ON THE SIDE - BIG APPLE CHEFS ROLL INTO PHILLY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA restaurateur Stephen Starr may have returned Morimoto "Iron Chef" Masaharu to New York to open Morimoto, due to open this year at Chelsea Market, but the City of Brotherly...
ANTONIO'S 'HOLIDAY' - 'NINE' STAR SET FOR NEW BROADWAY NUMBER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amANTONIO Banderas, who was nominated for a Tony last year for his tender and sexy performance in "Nine," may be back on Broadway next season. The actor is in negotiations...
BATTLE OF THE BLONDES: LOOK-ALIKES VIE FOR THE HEART OF TV'S 'BACHELOR'
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amIT just may be the most confusing Rose Ceremony ever. In promos for tonight's finale of "The Bachelor," one of the finalists is seen puking out of sheer nerves -...
JENNINGS BEATS BROKAW
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amABC's Peter Jennings has bested NBC's Tom Brokaw in head-to-head competition for the second consecutive week. Jennings' "World News Tonight" notched 9.2 million viewers last week, edging out the "NBC...
STARR REPORT
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amABC anchor change Barbara Walters has offi cially handed her "20/20" baton to Elizabeth Vargas, who'll succeed Walters in the co-anchor chair opposite John Stossel in late September. "She's been...
DUST TO DUST - 'ANGEL' EARNS ITS WINGS WITH FINALE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNow this, my "Friends," is a finale. "Angel" makes its exit from the earthly realm of primetime TV tonight with a blockbuster send-off that leaves us wanting more (unlike "Friends,"...
GIVE THIS CHEF A JOB QUICK!
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amWITH this week's closing of La Caravelle, New York's traditional French restaurants in the grand old style are all but over. This one hurts because La Caravelle - unlike over-the-hill...
HIT-RUN MINIVAN KILLS L.I. CANDY-SHOP KID, 9
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA 9-year-old Long Island boy on his way home from a candy store was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday, police said. Messiah Lovelady was crossing Straight Path...
BOY-FIEND IN NEW HORROR
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amCharges that he savagely beat his ex-girlfriend and kept her hostage for five days apparently proved the legal system right. Leonardo Rodriguez, 21, needed anger management counseling. The counseling -...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA retired biology professor is taking a ribbing - and a "rrribit" - when it comes to his new job. Eldon Enger has been named Michigan's official frog counter for...
DRUGGIE GUILTY IN POT-DEALER SLAY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA 23-year-old Brooklyn woman has been found guilty of killing her marijuana dealer during a robbery authorities say she staged to pay back her cocaine dealer. Officials say Angelika Dotsenko...
DEMS DESPERATE FOR MCCAIN MUTINY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amANYONE who doubts that the Democratic Party is seriously lacking in ideas and any core set of principles in this election need look no further than the never-say-die effort to...
ALBANY PROBING VELELLA'S DAD
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki revealed yesterday that he's begun an investigation into whether Vincent Velella, father of disgraced former state Sen. Guy Velella, should be removed from his post at...
BUSH'S BEST BET: BOLDNESS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amGEORGE W. Bush does best when he is bold. Time and again, he has energized himself, his political organization and the nation with bold policy moves in times of trouble....
LIFE FOR L.I. SLAY FIEND - FURY FROM VICTIM KIN
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amUnder heavy courtroom security, a Long Island man was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of his live-in girlfriend and her 11-year-old...
ALZHEIMER'S TO HIT HISPANICS HARD
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe number of Hispanics in the United States who are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and related mental problems will spike sixfold dramatically by 2050, according to a new study released...
LEAD-POISONED B'KLYN KID GETS $1M
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn boy and his mother have been awarded $1.02 million in damages for learning disabilities the boy suffered as a result of lead poisoning at their East Williamsburg apartment....
TOLL AT 20 IN ISRAEL GAZA RAIDS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - At least 20 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces yesterday on the second day of the fiercest anti-terror sweep in two years. Despite an avalanche of international criticism,...
HOSP SWAN SONG - BETH ISRAEL PUTS EAST SIDE SINGER BLDG. ON BLOCK
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe Beth Israel Hospital board of trustees voted yesterday to close its Upper East Side branch and put the building up for sale. The Singer Division at 170 East End...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Bushwick man was arrested for beating a relative during a sex attack in his home, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Joseph Jeppy phoned his 58-year-old victim at 10...
TRAGIC GIRL'S FINAL ANGUISH - 'IS MY PUPPY ALL RIGHT?'
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAfter she was struck down by a car while walking her dog Saturday, Hallie Kassandra Geier, 11, first asked if her beloved puppy was all right - even as she...
MIKE'S GIRL HARVARD-BOUND
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amEmma Bloomberg, Mayor Mike's eldest offspring, will attend her father's alma mater - Harvard Business School - in the fall, The Post has learned. The 25-year-old Princeton grad has served...
STAGGERING FAIL RATE IN SPECIAL ED
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's special-education students are being left behind. New state statistics on the achievement of Big Apple students with learning disabilities in 2003 showed a shockingly abysmal performance, with only...
DEADLY SARIN GALLON - BIG BOMB PAYLOAD
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Iraqi artillery shell that exploded near Baghdad this week contained about a gallon of the highly lethal nerve agent sarin - enough to kill hundreds of people...
JEWISH ACTIVISTS HAIL BUSH
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush got a hero's welcome from a pro-Israel lobbying group yesterday as he stressed Israel's right to self-defense, although he said the latest violence in Gaza is...
CELL-FIRE THEORY GETS STATIC
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amIt was not a cellphone that sparked flames at an upstate gas station last week after all, a fire official said yesterday. New Paltz Fire Chief Pat Koch said he...
B'KLYN RIDERS' 'SWIPE' GRIPE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amRiders on the No. 3 and L trains who use pay-per-ride MetroCards are forced to shell out twice when transferring between the Junius Street and Livonia Avenue stations in Brooklyn,...
LOWE'S IS NAILED IN 100G HEIST
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTwo armed gunmen brazenly invaded a Staten Island store before it opened, forced the manager to open the safe and made off with more than $100,000, police said yesterday. Authorities...
JUDGE GOES EASY ON GAL-PAL KILLER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens man convicted of murder for savagely stabbing his girlfriend more than 140 times was sentenced to 15 years to life yesterday in a surprise show of leniency from...
MARTHA TV SHOW FINELY CHOPPED
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amStick a fork in "Martha Stewart Living" - the prison-bound diva's ratings-starved TV show is done. Her beleaguered company tersely announced yesterday that Martha's once-beloved homemaking program "will be put...
BIANCA'S $UITE REVENGE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amBianca Jagger wants a judge to come down hard on her Park Avenue landlord for trying to evict her. In an affidavit filed yesterday in Manhattan Housing Court, Jagger asks...
JACKO IN NEVERLAND $$ DEAL
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A bank cut Michael Jackson a new line of credit, extending the King of Pop another $12 million against his Neverland Ranch home if he needs it,...
THE FINAL SPRINT - POLISHED APPLE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR GAMES
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amWe're going for the gold! New York's Olympic dream came a crucial step closer yesterday when the city was picked as one of five finalists to host the 2012 summer...
SACRIFICE OF LOVED ONES LIVES WITH KIN
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTWO and a half years after our hearts had holes punched in them, Beverly Eckert recalled that painful day amid choked-back tears. "I was on the telephone with my husband,...
ART CALORIE: $NAPPLE MAY 'ADE' MUSEUMS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amHow about a diet raspberry iced tea to go with that Renoir? The Bloomberg administration is trying to expand its deal with Snapple to include city-affiliated institutions from senior centers...
FDNY'S CYBER SHAME - FIREMAN SMUT RAP
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA rookie firefighter accused of scouring the Internet in search of sex with teenaged girls was arrested on federal charges after a cyber-vigilante group allegedly snared him in a sting...
GETTING IN GEAR FOR HOLIDAY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAmericans are pumped up for traveling on Memorial Day weekend. More Americans will be on the move over the three-day weekend this year than last - despite record-high gasoline prices,...
ALBANY'S '$17B RIP-OFF' - KLEIN CLOBBERS PATAKI
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAlbany cheated Big Apple schoolkids out of a staggering $17 billion over the past 10 years, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein charged yesterday. During a City Council budget hearing, Klein complained...
B'KLYN BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR CLIMBER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA French tourist was busted yesterday for trying to scale the Brooklyn Bridge, cops said. Raymond Phierry Alaine Gros, 41, was pulled down by cops near the Manhattan side of...
RELIVING THE NIGHTMARE - FAMILIES SEE GRIM VID WITH SORROW AND FURY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amGrieving relatives of Sept. 11 victims yesterday were pierced once again with unspeakable pain and raging anger as the 9/11 commission presented graphic evidence about the World Trade Center attack....
BILLY THE KID-LIT WRITER: PIANO MAN IN 2-BOOK DEAL
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAuthor! Author! The Piano Man is taking a break from tickling the ivories to write some books for kids. Billy Joel yesterday revealed he's got two tomes for children in...
AILING DO-RAG KID SUES CITY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA 13-year-old boy who wears a do-rag to school to cover baldness due to a medical condition is suing the city for $10 million, saying public-school teachers have ridiculed him...
CHEMISTRY MADE 'ODD COUPLE' A WINNING TEAM
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amWHETHER he was pirouetting into a scene in crisp tennis whites or producing the nasal honking sound that signaled he was in distress, Tony Randall always made it look easy....
EX-NUN: 'PRIEST RAPED ME'
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA former Long Island nun says she was raped by a priest almost 40 years ago and claims officials at the local Catholic diocese covered up the alleged assault twice...
SCHOOLS FLUSH WITH TOILET $$
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amMore kids will be able to go to the potty in city public schools, the Bloomberg administration announced yesterday. The Schools Construction Authority has more than doubled the amount of...
HEROES RAGE AT WTC PROBE -D.C. OFFICIAL CHIDES 'BOY SCOUTS'; FDNY EX-BOSS: IT'S 'DESPICABLE'; PANEL HEARS OF FATEFUL BLUNDERS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe 9/11 commission hearing yesterday in Manhattan turned into a series of angry finger-pointing exchanges - and one panel member ripped the city's response to the World Trade Center attack...
MASS. GOV'S GAY-NUP TWIST
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNow, the annulments. Following the flood of gay nuptials in Massachusetts on Monday, Gov. Mitt Romney's administration yesterday demanded copies of all marriage applications issued to same-sex couples in four...
MANIAC STABS 3 IN PARK - COP SHOOTS HERALD SQ. PERP
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA knife-waving lunatic strolled into a Herald Square park packed with tourists yesterday afternoon and brutally stabbed three people before lunging at a female rookie cop who then shot him,...
FAREWELL FINICKY FELIX, 84
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTony Randall, who starred as neat freak Felix Unger on "The Odd Couple," has died at age 84, his reps said yesterday. The Emmy Award-winning comic - who played the...
CABBY SEX WAS NO RAPE: COPS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA cabby accused of rape by a woman who said she woke up in bed with him will not be prosecuted, authorities said yesterday. Cops tracked down the driver after...
3 STABBED IN BRONX TEEN RUMBLE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTwo mobs of teenagers from rival Bronx high schools staged an improv performance of "West Side Story" yesterday when they brawled with knives at a subway station shortly after school...
JACKO NEVERLAND $$ DEAL
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A bank cut Michael Jackson a new line of credit, extending the King of Pop another $12 million against his Neverland Ranch home if he needs it,...
HEROES RAGE AT WTC PROBE - * D.C. OFFICIAL CHIDES 'BOY SCOUTS' * FDNY EX-BOSS: IT'S 'DESPICABLE' * PANEL HEARS OF FATEFUL BLUNDERS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe 9/11 commission hearing yesterday in Manhattan turned into a series of angry finger-pointing exchanges - and one panel member ripped the city's response to the World Trade Center attack...
BODY FOUND IN QNS. HOME
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA badly decomposed body was found in the basement of a Queens Village home yesterday afternoon, cops said. The unidentified corpse was in a bag. It was found at about...
CABBY CLEARED IN SEX 'ATTACK'
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA cabby accused of rape by a woman who said she woke up in bed with him will not be prosecuted, authorities said yesterday. Cops tracked down the driver after...
GIRL, 9 RAPED ON LIRR: COPS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA pervert raped his nine-year-old niece in front of her younger brother on a moving Long Island Rail Road train last night, officials said. The rapist, whose name was withheld,...
LOST AND ALL ALONE - MYSTERY B'KLYN KID WITHOUT A PAST
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amA little Brooklyn girl who can't remember her last name yesterday clung to the hand of stranger, a Baltimore child welfare worker, as officials in two cities scrambled to learn...
UCONN'S COACHES GET SPOILS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTen years ago, the mere suggestion that Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma would stand together in a room at the New York Athletic Club and accept the Winged Foot awards...
GIAMBI'S RESTING HIS BACK
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Jason Giambi took batting practice and decided another day of rest was best for his balky back. "I am going to take another day," Giambi said...
FLUKE RULES CAN'T DAMAGE FINE WEEKEND
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amIT WAS a terrific weekend of fishing by all accounts, and not even the new fluke regulations were going to spoil the party. It was good to see that a...
COACHES SHOW YOU NEVER CONN TELL
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amTen years ago, the mere suggestion that Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma would stand together in a room at the New York Athletic Club and accept the Winged Foot awards...
CEDENO OK BACK AT SHEA
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amRoger Cedeno walked into the visitors clubhouse at Shea Stadium yesterday, grinning from ear to ear as he received well-wishes from several Mets employees. Even he knew that was likely...
LAYOFF HELPS KIDD
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe fate of the Nets as they prepare for the first Game 7 in their history may be determined by whether or not battle-weary Jason Kidd is successful in tapping...
TO VLAD OR HAVE NOT ; WITH GUERRERO GONE, OTHERS CAN HELP
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNOTHING like a two-out, two-strike, two-run jack to put some air back in the Mets' tires. Never mind the preponderance of re-treads on a team averaging a National League-high 31.9...
BROWN 4-3 IN GAME 7'S
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Larry Brown still swears Patrick Ewing never should have had the chance to convert his most famous shot as a Knick - a vicious putback dunk off...
CAM-DO ATTITUDE - SLUMPING CF CONFIDENT HE'LL HELP OUT METS
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amBefore games, Mike Cameron has taken to wearing a white bandana with a red sun and Japanese characters. "Since I've had this thing, we've been winning," Cameron said yesterday before...
TURCOTTE: IT'S 'SMARTY' BY 25
May 19, 2004 | 4:00am"I know things can happen in a race, but if he stays healthy, not one of those horses can beat him."RON TURCOTTE As the regular rider of the incomparable Secretariat,...
SPECIAL DAY FOR PIAZZA
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES On June 18, Mike Piazza will have his day. The 10-time All-Star will be honored for breaking the all-time home-run record for catchers in a pregame ceremony at...
K-MART: JUST HAVE TO PLAY OUR HARDEST
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES The Nets will practice and study and use their time wisely, but for Kenyon Martin, no added strategy or new wrinkle is going to make the difference in...
HEREDIA BACK; OSBORNE CUT; KARSAY BETTER
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - With all the attention on the Yankees' glaring need for a fifth starter, not much has been said about beefing up the often-used bullpen. Paul Quantrill...
KIDD HAS HANDS FULL WITH RIP
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amPISTON NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Larry Brown doesn't see a defensive drop-off from Jason Kidd. But that doesn't mean Brown dislikes the matchup between Pistons shooting guard Richard Hamilton and...
HEAT'S ON JOSE - HE'LL FACE TEXAS WITH LOTS ON LINE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Whenever Joe Torre and Mel Stottlemyre decide to start Jose Contreras this weekend in Texas, the struggling right-hander will not only be pitching to reclaim his spot in...
METS SET CEREMONY TO HONOR MIKE
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES On June 18, Mike Piazza will have his day. The 10-time All-Star will be honored for breaking the all-time home-run record for catchers in a pregame ceremony at...
PHILLIPS' CATCH GOT 'EM GOING
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amMike Cameron may have started the rally in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Mets a 5-4 win over the Cardinals last night, but the center fielder said...
GIAMBI OPTS TO SIT ANOTHER DAY
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Jason Giambi took batting practice and decided another day of rest was best for his balky back. "I am going to take another day," Giambi said...
SINGULAR SENSATIONS ; HITS BY KAZ, CLIFF RALLY METS IN NINTH
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amMets 5Cards 4 Kaz Matsui hustled all the way down the first-base line with a sawed-off bat handle in his right hand. A few moments later, Cliff Floyd safely made...
SEASON BACK ON TRACK
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amIF there is any better feeling than a team to face its last out and win, it is, according to Cliff Floyd, to be the sprayer of clutch hits and...
LOTS RIDING ON JOSE'S COMEBACK
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Jose Contreras will be pitching for a lot more than his spot in the Yankees' rotation Saturday night in Texas against the muscular Rangers. The struggling right-hander will...
EXTRA PAINFUL LOSS - YANKEES FALL TO ANGELS IN 11TH
May 19, 2004 | 4:00amAngelsl 1 Yankees 0 ANAHEIM - Randy Johnson may or may not be a Yankee this summer. But even Johnson, who threw a perfect game last night for the Diamondbacks,...