August 4, 2004
MOGUL TURNER BITES THE HAND THAT FED HIM
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTed Turner has seen the light. After becoming a billionaire by amassing media assets and then selling them to Time Warner, Turner is attacking big media - arguing in a...
NEW MARTHA WOE - BIRTHDAY BLUES AS STOCK SOURS ON TROUBLES
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart, who turned 63 yesterday, gave her company little cause for celebration. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. swung to a loss in the second quarter and warned...
PENGUIN IMPRINT GIVES BOOK CHO-GO
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amRiverhead Books, an imprint of The Penguin Group (USA), plans to announce its acquisition of an Al Franken-like political book from comedian Margaret Cho. The book is tentatively titled "State...
HOT LINGERIE DESIGNER IS OPENING ON 14TH ST.
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amLINGERIE made by Damaris and another two dozen top designers will be available at a new Catriona MacKechnie shop in the Meat Packing District. The retailer leased the former 1,000...
ISLAND UPRISING - CAR DEALERS PLAN TO GET CREATIVE WITH NEWSDAY RIVALS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amCar dealers whose ads have been banned from Newsday are exploring launching their own weekly paper to reach the Long Island market. The plan hinges on whether the dealers get...
AT LONG LAST, JUSTICE - BRIT ANGEL TO FINANCE TRUE CRIME MAG LAUNCH IN SPRING
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE long-delayed launch of Justice magazine is on track for the spring of 2005 now that the founders have found a London-based angel investor to finance it. Magnus Greaves, a...
REVLON BOSS RON SEEING RED: $38.9M
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amRon Perelman's cosmetics makeover at Revlon is mostly a dance of taking one step forward, and one step backward. The company said yesterday Revlon brands continued to lose market share...
PRICE OF A SEAT ON NYSE IS PLUNGING
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA prestigious seat on the New York Stock Exchange is rapidly losing value - as much as a $7,500 a day. Sales of three seats yesterday fetched far less than...
GOING FOR A CRUISE IN URBAN WORLD
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTOM Cruise will lend some major star wattage to the Urban World Film Festival tonight when he joins co-stars Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith in Harlem for the opening...
LINKIN, BLINKIN' & NODS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amSNOOP DOGG, KORN, LINKIN PARK IN a summer when ticket prices have skyrocketed and tours have fallen apart before they started, the Projekt Revolution festival was downright revolutionary. Monday's day-long...
GREEK AROUND THE GILLS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amEN PLO [ 1/2] (One and one-half stars) 103 W. 77TH ST. (212) 579-7777 'HOW would you like your lavraki?" the waitress asked us at En Plo, the Upper West...
LAST NIGHT WITH PARIS - 'SIMPLE' ENDING FOR HOTEL HEIRESS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amWE'LL always have Paris (and Nicole) - well, at least for another season. "The Simple Life 2" wraps tonight with a two-part finale, and plans are already in motion to...
THIS LITTLE BOOKLET WENT TO MARKET
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amNEW Yorkers are hooked on online shopping. And they're puckering up for pickles. So shows Zagat's 2005 New York City Gourmet Marketplace survey, which hit the stands today. The first...
'GOTTI' DAPPER DEBUT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00am'GROWING Up Gotti" delivered gangbuster ratings for A&E in its Monday-night debut. The "real-life series" about Victoria Gotti and her three sons drew 3 million viewers for its first (9:30...
CEREAL THRILLERS - CHEFS GIVE RICE KRISPIES CACHET
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amWE should all be this hot at their age. Rice Krispies are Snap! Crackle! and Pop!-ing up on some of the most talked-about menus on the planet. Born to the...
DIETERS ARE REAL LOSERS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amCUSTOMERS who've signed up for the pricey Metro Diet plan are left high and hungry now that the Metro Diet Café and its food delivery service have gone kaput after...
PLAYWRIGHT STEAMS OVER ROSIE BIG-BUCK FIX NIX
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amROSIE O'Donnell has a long and distinguished record of championing gay causes. But when it comes to supporting one of the most significant gay plays of the last 25 years...
STARR REPORT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amSame, but different Matt LeBlanc says he's not planning on changing much about Joey Tribbiani when he moves his "Friends" character over to "Joey," launching this fall on NBC with...
STEP 9: 'I'M SORRY' - SCAMMER REGRETS CONNING GERALDO, ETC.
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTV'S most notorious talk- show scammer now says he's sorry. It's been almost six years since Tony West last appeared on a TV talk show. And now, an older and...
STICK 'EM UP! - GELLING UP GOTTI: HOW THE REALITY STARS GET THAT HAIR-RAISING STYLE; HOW THE GOTTI BOYS GET THEIR 'DO
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAH, the Gotti boys: those artfully arched eyebrows, deep tans and piercing blue contact lenses. But mostly, oh - that hair. The well-gelled manes of the three Gotti Agnello brothers...
5TH AVE STYLE - FIFTH AVENUE AND 125TH STREET, THAT IS ....
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amHARLEMADE 174 Lenox Avenue (212) 987-2500 Along a quiet block away from the bustle of 125th Street is a quaint little t-shirt shop, hidden under scaffolding. The simple, one-room shop...
CLASS OF '04 - PRESENTING THE HONOREES FOR THIS YEAR'S HALL OF FAME - ALL OUTSTANDING SPORTS OR ENTERTAINMENT LEGENDS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amOSCAR "THE BIG O" ROBERTSON Basketball player b. 1938 While most players have strengths in specific areas, Robertson was good at everything. During his 14-years in the NBA with the...
REACH FOR THE SKIES - HARLEM'S NEW DEVELOPMENT IS AT FEVER PITCH
August 4, 2004 | 4:00am'They see an area that is going to be hot" THE shovels are breaking Harlem's dirt at an increasing velocity. Along with a slew of new residential offerings from low-income...
MOORE WINS FEW CONVERTS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAbout 8 percent of Americans have seen Michael Moore's anti-Bush blockbuster, "Fahrenheit 9/11" - but it hasn't changed many minds, because almost all of them couldn't stand President Bush in...
BAUBLE BROKER IN KID-PORN BUST
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA costume jewelry designer who sells his faux wares at Bergdorf Goodman has been busted for possessing child porn, officials said yesterday. Clive Kandel, 53, was released on his own...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amSome people may think getting hiccups is kind of funny, but for Larry Roberts, they're no laughing matter. The Pennsylvania state lawmaker has been hospitalized with hiccups since July 19...
IT'S HAMAS À LA QAEDA ON ARAB TV
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Hamas militants borrowed a page from al Qaeda yesterday, making their first videotaped threats on an Arab TV station. The video, which aired on al-Arabiya, featured three masked...
FEWER HAVE JOB HEALTH COVERAGE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe number of Americans under 65 with employer-sponsored health insurance fell "dramatically," but public coverage filled in much of the gap, according to a survey. About 63 percent of Americans...
VICTIM A 'GUN FELLA' - STABBER: I FEARED FOR LIFE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA reputed Genovese soldier, accused of murdering his brother-in-law, claims it was self-defense because the victim not only beat him with a stickball bat - but also threatened to shoot...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN (s, lcf) * A badly decomposed body was discovered near a basketball court inside High Bridge Park in Inwood yesterday, cops said. A homeless man found the body -...
TERROR SCARE? HO, NO! - TRUCKER'S HOOKER WOE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe driver who set off a nine-state terror alert when he disappeared with his loaded gasoline tanker may have ditched it after getting involved with a hooker, colleagues and officials...
UNHOLY CHURCH THEFTS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man used his position as a janitor in a church to steal $20,000 in cash from collections - so he could buy a luxury car and other...
DOTS ALL, FOLKS - POLITICAL PLOY? YEAH, BY CRITICS OF THE TERROR ALERT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS weekend, the Bush administration took various pieces of data, turned them into data points, and placed each point on a piece of graph paper just like we did back...
SEXTORTER SEEKS DEAL - N.J. GOV'S $$ MAN IN PLEA TALKS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amNew Jersey real-estate mogul Charles Kushner wants to cop a plea on charges he hired a high-priced call girl to have a motel tryst with a witness against him, and...
10+ N.Y. SITES ON HIT LIST - U.N. TARGETED, TOO
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMore than 10 New York buildings - not just the two named so far by federal officials - were studied as potential targets on a captured terrorist data bank, it...
FORMER FIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN FULLY BACKS PRESIDENT BUSH'S RE-ELECTION ...
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amFormer First Lady Nancy Reagan fully backs President Bush's re-election, even though she disagrees with his limits on funding stem-cell research - and is sure that her late husband, too,...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amHOWARD STERN is livid after being gazzumped on an oceanfront house on East Hampton's Further Lane. The shock-jock made an offer of $18.5 million two weeks ago for the Henry...
BUSH SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PUMP $1 BILLION DIRECTLY INTO THE BIG APPLE'S COFFERS SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SAID .....
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush should immediately pump $1 billion directly into the Big Apple's coffers so city officials can bolster their anti-terror efforts, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday. "Let's put our...
HOOP STAR'S BROTHER DENIES SHOOTING RAP
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe brother of city high-school hoops star and first-round NBA draft pick Sebastian Telfair yesterday said he's innocent of charges he shot a rival drug dealer in the face near...
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MISS - LADY LIBERTY REOPENS WITH PATRIOTIC CHEER
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amIt took nearly three years, but the Statue of Liberty - a worldwide symbol of American freedom - reopened to the public yesterday, and some of the first visitors came...
N.J. PALS KILLED IN ACTION
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTwo adventure-loving pals from New Jersey who joined the Army together were both killed by Iraqi guerrillas' roadside bombs - four months apart. Spc. Anthony Dixon, 20, of Lindenwold, died...
PEEKABOO BITER - ATTACK MACAQUE HAS STRUCK BEFORE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe macaque monkey who bit a 2-year-old Brooklyn boy in a supermarket on Monday once nibbled on another young neighbor, The Post has learned. Darla the monkey, who performs menial...
STATUE LIGHTS UP IMMIGRANTS' SPIRIT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amRoisa and Nerio Soliven couldn't believe their timing. After a family road trip visiting every site imaginable from California to New York, the Solivens arrived in the Big Apple the...
FOCUS ON POST OFFICE CAMERAS AFTER TIMES SQ. ROBBERY SNAFU
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAn embarrassing security snafu at a U.S post office branch in Times Square has prompted a citywide check of surveillance cameras at mail facilities throughout the Big Apple, sources told...
'GRACIE' BODY A SUICIDE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe Manhattan man found dead in a park near Gracie Mansion fatally stabbed himself to death, authorities said yesterday. A female passer-by discovered Bruce Monath, 40, with a stab wound...
KNIFE SNEAK RAISES 'CANE'
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAn eagle-eyed court officer spotted a shank hidden in a cane a convicted felon was apparently trying to sneak into Brooklyn Supreme Court, authorities said yesterday. Senior Court Officer John...
LOBBY BIGS PARTY-POOPERS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The state Lobbying Commission yesterday threw a monkey wrench into corporate plans to host parties at the Republican convention later this month. An advisory opinion from the commission...
'JUST FOR FUN' - LYNNDIE'S SICK ABUSE EXCUSE: ARMY PROBER
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA visibly pregnant Pfc. Lynndie England listened stone-faced in a military courtroom yesterday as an Army investigator quoted her saying she held a leash around the neck of a naked...
FIVE TO BE CHARGED IN S.I. FERRY CRASH
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe captain, pilot and three others involved in the fatal Staten Island Ferry crash will be slapped today with charges that include 22 counts of manslaughter and lying to investigators,...
LIL' PAL $TICKS WITH ATT'Y
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amLil' Kim's pal and co-defendant will keep her lawyer - despite being warned about the potential conflict of having the racy rapper put up money to help pay her legal...
LAURA GIVES 'HELLISH' TERESA A PASS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amFirst Lady Laura Bush last night said she didn't like it when Teresa Heinz Kerry said four more Bush years would be "four more years of hell" - but figures...
'PERV' PRINCIPAL NAILED AGAIN
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAn assistant high-school principal - arrested last week for molesting two teenage boys - has been busted again for abusing and harassing another teen, authorities said. Dr. Juan Taveras of...
JUDGE'S 'MASTER' PLAN FOR $CHOOLS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge yesterday appointed three special masters to help overhaul the state's education-funding system, a move he was forced to make after legislators fell down on the job. Supreme...
ROUNDBALL RESCUE - QUEENS TEEN'S JUMP SHOT SAVES DROWNING KID
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA quick-thinking Rockaway teen saved the life of one of two drowning youngsters yesterday by tossing him a basketball - which became a life preserver. Saide Palmer, 15, was surfing...
BIG BOOST IN SCHOOL AUDITS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amState Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday announced he will conduct four more in-depth audits of Long Island school districts - and exploratory audits of at least 15 others - in the...
ARTIFACTS SMUGGLER ADMITS GUILT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA Middle East scholar who wrote a book on rebuilding Iraq admitted to smuggling ancient Iraqi artifacts through Kennedy Airport and lying to the feds in a surprise guilty plea...
KID-RAPE TEACHER'S BIZARRE 'REGRET'
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amSEATTLE - On the eve of her release from prison today, teacher temptress Mary Kay Letourneau said she doesn't regret her forbidden trysts with the schoolboy lover with whom she...
LAWYER SUES CITY OVER ARREST
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA Legal Aid lawyer hit the city with a federal civil-rights suit yesterday, charging that cops mistreated him during an anti-war demonstration last year. Matthew Schneider claimed he was wrongly...
TANKLEFF SHOCK - COP DID BIZ WITH 'KILLER': WITNESS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amLawyers seeking a new trial for a Long Island man convicted of killing his parents in 1988 are demanding the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office be removed from the case...
NEW LAW WOULD JOLT CON ED INTO ACTION
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Con Edison and other utilities would be required to test for potentially dangerous stray voltage on an annual basis under a proposal by the staff of the state...
FIRST STRIKEOUT IN METS CABLE-TV BATTLE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMets fans across New York missed the Amazin's last night, as talks between Time Warner and Cablevision on the fate of the team's telecasts stalled. The impasse meant some 2.4...
POSTAL CAMERA CHECK
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amAn embarrassing security snafu at a U.S post office in Times Square has prompted a citywide check of surveillance cameras at mail facilities throughout the Big Apple, sources told The...
ROUNDBALL RESCUE - JUMP SHOT SAVES DROWNING KID
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA quick-thinking Rockaway teen saved the life of one of two drowning youngsters yesterday by tossing him a basketball - which became a life preserver. Saide Palmer, 15, was surfing...
PANEL FORCES SILVER'S HAND
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may be forced to testify about a below-cost luxury suite he received from a Las Vegas hotel, after the state Lobbying Commission yesterday said...
3 PEEKABOO BITER - ATTACK MACAQUE HAS STRUCK BEFORE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe macaque monkey who bit a 2-year-old Brooklyn boy in a supermarket on Monday once nibbled on another young neighbor, The Post has learned. Darla the monkey, who performs menial...
METS: ONE FOR FUN
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMets 12 - Brewers 3 MILWAUKEE - Before the game, GM Jim Duquette stood in the dugout and tried to answer a simple question. Where is this team? Hey, he...
DEC FLUKE RULING HURTS N.Y. ANGLERS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE announcement of a further reduction in the fluke take for New York's recreational anglers came as no surprise, but it still hurts nonetheless. The New York State Department of...
MAVS MAY WANT KIDD
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amHaving acquired Jason Terry in a deal for Antoine Walker yesterday, the Dallas Mavericks may be gearing up for a run at Jason Kidd, league sources maintain. No deal could...
HE MADE US LISTEN WITH OUR HEART
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amIF YOU grew up with that melodious Oklahoma drawl filling up the best hours of your childhood summers - and more than a few moments of your adulthood, too -...
LIVERPOOL OUT TO RELIVE GLORY DAYS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amWhile Manchester United is the world's biggest and most famous soccer club, Liverpool has been the most successful British club in history. The problem is, the operative word is history,...
YANKS & JOHN A PERFECT MATCH
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amIN many ways, John Olerud walks into the clubhouse already equipped to being a perfect Yankee because he fulfills five basic requirements. 1. He uses the term, "It's all about...
RANGERS INK HELMINEN
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amWhile they couldn't lure their first-round draftee, goalie Al Montoya, away from college, the Rangers yesterday did manage to sign up his University of Michigan teammate, Dwight Helminen. The Rangers...
LOAIZA ON THE SPOT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amEsteban Loaiza has only been a Yankee for a few days, but it appears that he has a pretty good idea of what he's in for. "I like being here...
TYSON SET FOR REHAB
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMike Tyson can begin training again in about two months, said the surgeon who repaired a complex tear of the meniscus in Tyson's left knee. But whether Tyson, 38, ever...
COMING UP SHORT - GIANTS EYE MACK TO SOLVE PROBLEM AROUND GOAL LINE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - In the Giants' first live-hitting action of the summer, Ron Dayne yesterday morning got the ball near the goal line, saw congestion in front of him and decided...
CHEMISTRY LESSON FROM KURT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - When Tim Carter leaped to catch a pass at Giants practice yesterday, cornerback Terry Cousin sent Carter tumbling to the grass. Carter held on to the...
MUSSINA PASSES TEST IN BULLPEN
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Mike Mussina felt "pretty good" after yesterday's bullpen session, and he'll throw another on Friday. In a good indication that Mussina's stiff right elbow is improving, he doubled...
HELP ARRIVES IN BX. - OLERUD REPORTS FOR YANK DUTY
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amJohn Olerud has won a batting title, been named to two All-Star teams and been a key cog on two World Series champions. He once flirted with .400. Basically, Olerud...
VILMA SIDELINED WITH CALF INJURY
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Middle linebacker Jonathan Vilma, the Jets' No. 1 draft choice, suffered a calf injury (day-to-day) in the morning practice and was held out of the afternoon practice. There...
VOICE OF METS DIES - BELOVED 'MURPH' ENTERTAINED FANS FOR FOUR DECADES
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amIn 1962, the Mets' first broadcast words were uttered: "This is Bob Murphy welcoming you to the first regular-season game in the history of the New York Mets . ....
MOSS: NO STOPPIN' ME NOW
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amHe spent his first two seasons on the runway. Santana Moss began his Jet takeoff last year. It is time for him to be out of this world. Chad Pennington...
PICNIC DELAYS CRAWFORD DEAL
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amIt's been five weeks of tedious negotiations, so what's another day or two? The Knicks and Bulls were unable to officially consummate the Jamal Crawford sign-and-trade yesterday because the NBA...
HOBBLED KAZ STAYS ON BENCH
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MILWAUKEE - An off-day didn't do much for Kaz Matsui's left ankle. The Met shortstop was still hurting yesterday, enough where Art Howe gave him the night off....
CATCHING UP TO DO - PIAZZA LIKELY TO PLAY LESS AT FIRST BASE
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - When the Mets posted their lineup card last night, Mike Piazza was in it, batting third as usual. But Piazza also was catching, something that's been happening with...
PIAZZA'S PLAYING CATCH UP
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - For the fourth time in five games, Mike Piazza caught last night. So are the Mets abandoning Piazza's first-base experiment? "There hasn't been any talk of that," GM...
MUSSINA ACES BULLPEN TEST
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Mike Mussina felt "pretty good" after yesterday's bullpen session, and he'll throw another one on Friday. In a good indication that Mussina's stiff right elbow is improving, he...
OLERUD REPORTS FOR DUTY
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amJohn Olerud has won a batting title, been named to two All-Star teams and been a key cog on two World Series champions. He once flirted with .400. Basically, Olerud...
OWEN MAKES THE MOST OF HIS SHOT
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amLiverpool 2 - AS Roma 1 If Liverpool has any hope of winning its first Premiership title in 14 years and regaining its place atop English football, Michael Owen will...
JOHN & YANKEES A PERFECT MATCH
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE record is still gaudy. The lead in the American League East remains a robust eight games, plenty in any league. Sure, Jon Lieber got knocked around pretty good by...
A REAL A'S KICKING - OAKLAND HAMMERS WRETCHED LIEBER
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amA's 13 - Yankees 4 Whether the Yankees meet the A's or somebody else in October, it's looking more likely that Jon Lieber won't be in the playoff rotation. Who...
METS: ONE FOR FUN - LEITER, OFFENSE BATTER BREWERS
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amMets 12 - Brewers 3 MILWAUKEE - Mets GM Jim Duquette stood in the dugout before the game and tried to answer a simple question: Where is this team? Well,...
HEREDIA PROVIDES NO RELIEF
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amFelix Heredia's head hung low as he walked out of Yankee Stadium last night, fresh off another disastrous outing. The fans milling outside left the struggling lefty alone, but they...
STRIPES ARE OUT ON 'CLUBHOUSE'
August 4, 2004 | 4:00amHOW powerful are the Yankees? They can even make pinstriped uniforms disappear off TV. When CBS filmed its new fall show, "Clubhouse," a team curiously called the New York Empires...