August 18, 2004
YES NETWORK TO NAME CEO
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe YankeeNets holding company completed its restructuring yesterday, paving the way for the group's sports network, the YES Network, to soon name a new chief executive. The plans to unwind...
COMCAST BOOSTED BY BUFFETT NOD
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amComcast, the nation's largest cable operator, got a ringing endorsement yesterday when billionaire value investor Warren Buffett disclosed that he bought a sizable chunk of the company's shares. Buffett's investment...
SL GREEN WINS CLASS A TOWER
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amSTEPHEN L. Green is slowly but surely upgrading the profile of his public company, SL Green Realty Trust, from being known as King of the B's to Mr. Class A....
FUND CRACKDOWN ; SEC MULLS WINDOW INTO MANAGERS' INCENTIVES
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission votes today on a crackdown that would force mutual funds to divulge details about how its managers get paid and invest their own money. The...
DISCOUNTER DISCRIMINATED: SUIT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amIn the lengthening shadow of a large sexual discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores, a female worker of Costco is taking aim at her employer, alleging in a lawsuit that the...
GOOGLE IPO STILL NEEDS SEC OK
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amGoogle failed yesterday to get the green light from federal regulators to proceed with its long-awaited initial stock sale. The company will have to delay the IPO, which was widely...
KILLERS MOSTLY DEAD ONSTAGE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE KILLERSTHEIR name to the contrary, the Killers didn't kill. In concert Monday at the Bowery Ballroom, the Las Vegas alt-rock quartet played a short set that found its strength...
ISLAND FEVER; 'SURVIVOR' BACK FOR MORE BETRAYALS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amHERE they are - your "Survivor: Vanuatu" contestants. This ninth edition of the popular CBS reality show includes the usual "Survivor"-type good guys and villains - from an FBI agent...
KIDS' BASEBALL THROWING HEAT; LI'L LEAGUE WORLD SERIES A BIG DRAW
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amLITTLE League baseball is growing up. The Little League World Series, once a Saturday afternoon TV oddity, has quietly crept into the hearts of millions of viewers and created a...
ON THE SIDE: PIZZA THE ACTION FOR CHEF
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN is English actually Italian? When it's Todd English. It turns out the chef's mother is of Italian descent - which may come in handy, since English and restaurateur Jeffrey...
HEY, WE'RE ALL JUST A LITTLE 'CRAZY'
August 18, 2004 | 4:00am"People Say I'm Crazy" Tonight at 7 on Cinemax (two stars) HERE'S the dilemma: how do you say that the first documentary about schizophrenia by a paranoid schizophrenic is well,...
SOLE MATES; BROADWAY STARS SEE DOLLAR SIGNS IN GOING IT ALONE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS should make you chuckle: Martin Short is calling his one-man show "If I'd Saved, I Wouldn't Be Here: Martin Short on Broadway." Short is being cute, of course. I...
KIDDIE CARTE - COOKBOOKS FOR YOUR SECOND CHILDHOOD
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amIF ever there were a season to let your inner child out to play, summer is it. A batch of new cookbooks seems designed to tap your younger self by...
RANDOM HARVEST - BASS-BACKWARD SERVICE DELIVERS CHAOS AT DINNER
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amONE recent night at new Thai hot spot Kittichai in the Thompson Street Hotel, I asked the waiter what he meant when he said tapas plates "might" arrive after our...
LAST BITES - FUNERAL FEASTS: DON'T GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NOSH
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amBLAME the ground-breaking humor of "Six Feet Under." Or Costco, where, starting this week, you can actually shop for a casket. Funerals don't seem like such gloomy business anymore. So...
'BASH BRUCE' ADS DEBUT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amSTATEN Island cable subscribers will be the first metropolitan area residents to see a new commercial calling for a boycott of Bruce Springsteen's anti-Bush concert tour. The 30-second spot was...
STARR REPORT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amNick: We kid you not Twenty lucky kids will get the chance of a lifetime - to help write a song that will be composed and performed by rocker John...
PLAY HARD - WORK OFF EXTRA POUNDS AT THE BEACH OR POOL
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amFORGET the gym - head for the beach instead!You can get all the benefits of an actual,structured workout while frolicking in the sand and surf - and in some ways,the...
SCHOOL CHOICE: ; REJECTING FAILURE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amCharter school oppo nents rejoiced yesterday over a misleading report put out by the American Federation of Teachers, which claimed that charters nationally are lagging behind traditional public schools. That...
WINE STORE PROMISES A SPIRITED FIGHT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe managers of a wine shop in the Whole Foods Market at the Time Warner Center say they're confident they'll be cleared of charges of misrepresenting the operation when they...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amHalloween won't be as silly in Hollywood this year. The L.A. City Council voted unanimously yesterday to ban the use of "Silly String" in the city during Halloween due to...
NO SYMPATHY FOR THIS DEVIL OF A SHEIK
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amALL of my sympathy flew out the window like a hurricane on the first-floor of the federal court building yesterday. I'm talking about blind sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, whom the feds...
FIANCÉE MAKES FREEDOM PLEA
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe fiancée of an American documentary filmmaker kidnapped in Iraq last week joined an international chorus of journalists demanding his safe return yesterday. Marie-Helene Carleton, who is engaged to Micah...
ALBANY IMAM RAP LOST IN TRANSLATION
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - A key component to a case against two Albany Muslims who were charged with terrorism-related crimes was placed in doubt yesterday after federal officials admitted they had misinterpreted...
PARKING 'FORGERS' GET AN F
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThey were pretty lousy forgers. Three parking-lot employees - accused of running a lucrative scam in the shadow of Madison Square Garden - had a cache of bogus FDNY parking...
CHEMICAL 'PLOTTERS' CHARGED ; CITIGROUP CENTER LINK
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - British authorities yesterday charged eight Islamic extremists - including a top al Qaeda thug who did surveillance of financial institutions in New York and New Jersey - with...
DA SCOFFING AT L.I. KILLER'S BID
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amResponding to legal papers filed by convicted murder Martin Tankleff, the Suffolk County district attorney yesterday scoffed at the felon's request that the DA step down and appoint a special...
'FAKE ID' CULPRIT BLAMES TRANSLATOR
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Canadian who allegedly turned a Queens man's life into a living hell by providing a false ID to cops 20 years ago is blaming the language barrier. The bizarre...
GREEDY HOTELS 'INN' TROUBLE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amTens of thousands of Floridians were still without water, phones and power yesterday - as officials accused hotel owners off Hurricane Charley's path of boosting their rates as the killer...
IT HARDLY PAYS TO FINE CITY'S CIG VIOLATORS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has collected just $433,185 from businesses that have been caught violating the smoking ban during the past year, The Post has learned. The money raked in from smoking-ban...
ANTI-KERRY AD A HIT - SWIFT VETS WINOVER VOTERS: POLL
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vietnam veterans opposing Democrat John Kerry have scored a hit with a tough TV ad that claims he lied about his war record - it makes swing voters...
'SEX TEACH' FREED ; 'MOLESTER' OUT ON BAIL PENDING NEW TRIAL
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Westchester high-school teacher who spent nearly three years in prison after being convicted of having sex with underage students was free on bail yesterday after an appellate court ruled...
PERP'S HUG SHOT; CROOKED LAWYER IN VIDEO EMBRACE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA lawyer and a shady Israeli businessman suspected of swaying a Brooklyn judge to give favorable rulings to the lawyer's clients were so close, they hugged when they bade goodbye...
GOLAN FLEES TO ISRAEL - BUT PACKS 'SUIT' CASE TO HIT MCG
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amGolan Cipel fled to his native Israel yesterday, saying he needed a few weeks away from the New Jersey sex scandal to regain his strength - but hinted he may...
COP TAKES DOWN BX. GUNMAN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA gunman was shot and wounded by a plainclothes officer early yesterday after cops saw him getting into a livery cab in The Bronx, police said. The drama unfolded shortly...
ORPHANS USED IN ID SCAM - 2 CITY WORKERS CHARGED
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA crooked accountant stole the ID data of orphaned children with the help of a corrupt city worker - then charged clients hundreds of dollars to list the kids as...
PERVY POLICE PROBE ; COP'S SUPERVISORS EYED
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amAn NYPD detective's arrest on charges of using the Internet to solicit sex with a boy could leave his whole division exposed, officials said yesterday. A day after helping Westchester...
HIP-HOPPING MAD DESIGNER SUES
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA fashion designer yesterday slapped hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his wife, Kimora, with a RICO civil suit, charging they ripped him off after he helped create a new clothing...
PERKS FOR PROTESTS - MIKE'S ANTI-GOP DISCOUNTS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amIn an unusual display of hospitality, the city will welcome protesters at the Republican National Convention with an enticing array of hotel, restaurant and theater discounts, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday....
KUSHNER 'GUILTY' ; PAL OF N.J. GOV PLANS TO COP PLEA
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amCharles Kushner, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's top donor, will plead guilty today to fund-raising hanky-panky and hiring high-priced hookers to blackmail federal witnesses against him - including his own...
JUDGE'S RULING ROCKS TEAM JACKO
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. The prosecution in Michael Jackson's child-molestation case dodged a legal bullet yesterday when a judge ruled a shrink who could have given damaging testimony didn't have to...
AIR-RAGE NYER JAILED IN IRELAND
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man will spend three months in an Irish jail after his "air rage" forced a Greece-bound jumbo jet to make an emergency landing. Irish police arrested Peter Genovezos,...
CORZINE HUDDLES WITH PARTY BIGS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amSen. Jon Corzine - New Jersey's most powerful and popular Democrat - was behind closed doors yesterday with other party power brokers discussing what to do about the gay-sex scandal...
BACK-TO-WORK JIM PUTS ON A GOOD ACT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey tried to act as if everything was almost normal yesterday on a "productive day" as he met with aides and hosted a...
TYCOON KIDNAP PLOT - FALLEN WALL ST. STAR ARRESTED; KIDNAPPER PLOTTED HEIR STRIKE: COPS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe former personal financial adviser to real-estate tycoon Jim Weichert tried to kidnap his ex-boss' son in an eerie scheme centering on a New Jersey cemetery, authorities said yesterday. Drug-addled...
ANTI-KERRY AD A HIT ; SWIFT VETS WIN OVER KEY VOTERS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vietnam veterans opposing John Kerry have scored a hit with a tough TV ad that claims he lied about his war record - it makes swing voters think...
'74 ATTACK TURNS INTO A MURDER
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amSteven David became a murder victim yesterday - 30 years after the attack that inflicted his fatal injuries. The city medical examiner's office ruled yesterday that the beating David suffered...
MAN CONVICTED OF 9 SEX ATTACKS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA notorious serial rapist - who escaped from a Bronx station house two years ago and eluded capture for six months - was convicted of nine sex attacks yesterday, prosecutors...
DA SCOFFS AT KILLER'S LATEST BID
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amResponding to legal papers filed by convicted murderer Martin Tankleff, the Suffolk County district attorney yesterday scoffed at the felon's request that he step down and appoint a special prosecutor...
COP TAKES DOWN BRONX GUNMAN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA gunman was shot and wounded by a plainclothes officer early yesterday after cops saw him getting into a livery cab in The Bronx, police said. The drama unfolded shortly...
IRAQ VET ENLISTS AS APPLE TEACH
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amAn Army veteran just back from Iraq is among 6,000 new teachers recruited for the city school system this year. "I'm trading in my guns for butter," Brian Ante said...
Correction Date: 08/19/2004
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amCorrection: In an article yesterday about an alleged kidnapping attempt by Robert Harrison, The Post inadvertently published a photograph of Harrison's brother-in-law, Joseph Schwartz, and Schwartz's wife, Barbara, wrongly identifying...
HELD JOURNO'S FIANCÉE IN FREEDOM PLEA
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe fiancée of an American documentary filmmaker kidnapped in Iraq last week joined an international chorus of journalists demanding his safe return yesterday. Marie-Helene Carleton, who lives with Garen in...
COPS, FIREFIGHTERS 'VISIT' MAYOR'S HOME
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amA large group of city cops and firefighters stormed onto Mayor Bloomberg's Upper East Side doorstep early this morning to boisterously vent their contract frustration. The crowd, estimated by on-duty...
TYCOON KIDNAP PLOT - FALLEN WALL ST. STAR ARRESTED; HEIR-STRIKE 'KIDNAPPER'
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe former whiz-kid financial guru to real-estate tycoon Jim Weichert tried to kidnap the billionaire's son in a bizarre, eerie scheme involving a New Jersey cemetery, authorities said yesterday. Cash-strapped,...
VAZ - EYE-YI-EYE! UPPER-DECK SHOTS HELP TWINS BLAST YANKS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amTWINS 8 YANKEES 2 MINNEAPOLIS - Eyes fine. Stuff terrible. That summed up Javier Vazquez' outing last night against the pesky Twins at the Metrodome. Pitching for the first time...
FLOYD: I'D PLAY AT FIRST
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - Cliff Floyd is willing to move to first base next year if the Mets want him to, and GM Jim Duquette admitted it could be a possibility. "We'd...
IT'S A ZAM SHAME ; ELBOW KOS VICTOR IN LOSS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amRockies 6Mets 4 DENVER - The night the Mets acquired Victor Zambrano from Tampa, the pitcher was asked about his tender right elbow. "It's nothing to worry about," he said....
SHEFF'S SHOULDER IS STILL BARKING
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - According to Gary Sheffield's business manager, Rufus Williams, Dr. Frank Jobe has diagnosed Sheffield's barking left shoulder as a pulled muscle on top of bursitis. "I talked to...
IT'S A ZAM SHAME - ELBOW KOS VICTOR IN LOSS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amRockies 6Mets 4 DENVER - The night the Mets acquired Victor Zambrano from Tampa, the pitcher was asked about his tender right elbow. "It's nothing to worry about," he said....
TIME TO GET YOUR LICENSE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amIT may be the middle of August, but it is time to start planning for this year's hunting season. You can start by getting your license and Deer Management Permits...
ELI MANS TOP SPOT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - This is not the game that contains the most intrigue. While Eli Manning makes his starting debut at quarterback for the Giants in tomorrow night's preseason encounter in...
BACK SPASMS COULD SIDELINE GRAMATICA
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - When the Giants unexpectedly - some would say prematurely - waived Matt Bryant prior to training camp, the place-kicking job became Bill Gramatica's to lose. Now,...
BEACH BUMS; SKIN IS IN, FANS ARE OUT
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - You see the best of humankind at the Olympics. You see athletes crying during their national anthems. You see teammates supporting each other when they get hurt. You...
U.S. TEAM AVOIDS GREEK RUINS; BROWN: WIN 'STILL ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH'
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amUnited States 77Greece 71 ATHENS - Well, the new winning streak stands at one game and counting. The coach is glum, of course, looking like a kid sitting in the...
IT SHOULD BE JAMES' GANG
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - There is a time and a place for Larry Brown to teach his old-school lessons and play his old-fashioned mind games, for him to wring his hands at...
FIRST U.S. FENCING WIN IN CENTURY
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATHENS - From the school of better-late-than-never we give you Mariel Zagunis. The late addition to the U.S. team won the country's first fencing gold medal since 1904....
FRANK-LY SPEAKING ; NETS COACH: WE'LL DEAL WITH CHANGES
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amDeep inside, Lawrence Frank - the Nets coach who lost two starters, including his best rebounder - might want to scream, punch a pillow and toss darts at the heads...
PLACE TO PUT IT ; OLYMPIC SHOT AT HISTORIC SITE
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIA - Imagine a golfer getting to play Pine Valley. Or think of the thrill a mountain climber experiences when he scales Mount Everest. Now multiply that to the 10th...
HOWE STILL HAS FAITH IN PHILLIPS
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Jason Phillips hasn't homered since Memorial Day. His last RBI came on July 7. But while things are not improving for Phillips in his year-long struggle,...
U.S. AM QUALIFIERS WIPE SLATE CLEAN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amRyan Moore tapped in for his even-par 70, a score that would earn him medalist honors for the top stroke play score at the 104th U.S. Amateur. Then he stepped...
U.S. WOMEN GYMNASTS MUST SETTLE FOR SILVER
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The U.S. women's gymnastics team seemingly had a delicious problem: more great gymnasts than it could use in the Olympics. There was even talk, by the team's own...
JETS' SECONDARY SCHOOL
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amWith just over three weeks before the games start in earnest, the Jets' biggest question mark is their secondary. And with two rookies starting in their nickel package, they'll get...
PLAYERS, NHL STILL FAR APART
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe lockout looms even larger, now less than a month away, and still nothing happens. "We're no closer to a solution. I wish I could report progress but at this...
GROIN PULL SLOWS GIAMBI
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNESOTA - Jason Giambi's comeback from a benign tumor hit a small snag yesterday when he experienced a problem in the left groin while working out at the...
SHEFF ACHING FOR AN ANSWER TO PAIN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - According to a recorded message left by Dr. Frank Jobe for Gary Sheffield's business manager, there is more going on with Sheffield's left shoulder than the bursitis he...
STAFF BACKS UP RAY & BOLLINGER
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES With Ricky Ray and Brooks Bollinger as backup quarterbacks - the former green and the latter injured - popular opinion is that the Jets need an experienced backup....
AMERICAN WINS RARE FENCING GOLD
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATHENS - From the school of better-late-than-never, we give you Mariel Zagunis. The late addition to the U.S. team won the country's first fencing gold medal since 1904,...
KNICKS GIVE BAKER $3.5M
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Knicks will announce the signing of Vin Baker to a one-year deal with an option today, The Post has learned. Baker, who along with Nazr Mohammed will be the...
SHEFF ACHES FOR ANSWER TO PAIN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - According to a recorded message left by Dr. Frank Jobe for Gary Sheffield's business manager, there is more going on with Sheffield's left shoulder than the bursitis he...
GIAMBI'S COMEBACK SLOWED BY GROIN PULL
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNESOTA - Jason Giambi's comeback from a benign tumor hit a small snag yesterday when he experienced a problem in the left groin while working out at the...
TWINS BLAST VAZ GOPHER BALL ; UPPER-DECK SHOTS SPOIL JAVIER'S RETURN
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amTwins 8Yankees 2 MINNEAPOLIS - Having flushed a case of pink eye, Javier Vazquez' vision wasn't impaired last night at the Metrodome. However, no matter how clear his eyes were...
GOLDEN POND - PHELPS SWIMS HIS WAY TO TWO MORE VICTORIES
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Michael Phelps didn't need a miracle. But one inspired him. Phelps, no longer under the burden of breaking Mark Spitz' record of winning seven gold medals and relieved...
SOUR ON SILVER - U.S. WOMEN WERE LOOKING FOR GOLD
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The U.S. women's gymnastics team seemingly had a delicious problem: more great gymnasts than it could use in the Olympics. There was even talk, by the team's own...
FLOYD HAS FIRST DIBS - CLIFF WOULDN'T MIND MOVING TO INFIELD FOR 2005 SEASON
August 18, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - When they look at 2005, the Mets may have to get creative. And that means yet another player could switch to first base. Cliff Floyd, how are you...