August 19, 2004
HP'S FIORINA MAY CATCH HEAT FROM GAO'S SPOTLIGHT
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amHEWLETT-Packard's Carly Fiorina could soon find herself in the middle of a critical government report on how Wall Street firms vote shares they are holding in trust for customers. The...
GOV'T CLAIMS ATM OPERATORS FIX FEES
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATM operators and banks have colluded to gouge customers every time they used ATM cash machines, a new federal class action suit charges. The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court,...
SCHRAGER GETS $475M REFINANCING
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amIan Schrager pulled off the refinancing of his hotels with a $475 million package. The hotel company, now known as the Morgans Hotel Group, refinanced all its third party corporate...
CARSEY, WERNER PARTNER JUMPS SHIP TO START FIRM
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe powerful Hollywood television producer Caryn Mandabach announced yesterday she is leaving her longtime job as a partner in production outfit Carsey-Werner-Mandabach to start her own company. Mandabach had a...
-BYE-BYE, BAYO - CSFB'S MOVES BANKING HEAD TO NEW GIG (M)-CHIEF SCHMOOZER - CSFB BANKING BOSS MOVES TO CLIENT GROUP (S, LCF)
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amNewly-installed Credit Suisse First Boston chief Brady Dougan announced another major management shakeup last night, removing Adebayo Ogunlesi as head of investment banking. Dougan installed CSFB President Brian Finn as...
A FRUGAL GOOGLE - WEB DARLING'S SCALED-DOWN IPO EXPECTED TODAY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amGoogle will raise about $1.67 billion in its long-awaited initial share offering - far less than it had planned - after slashing the size and price of the deal to...
BIG BANKS CAN STILL MAKE OR BREAK A DEAL
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWall Street's not dead yet. Google created a stir when it chose to bypass the traditional system of going public by using an obscure auction process, one that cut into...
BROKER FINED $600K FOR TRADING PRACTICES
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe National Association of Securities Dealers is expected to announce a settlement with the Seattle, Wash. brokerage firm National Securities Corporation today, charging the firm with improper trading practices and...
LIZ BIZ - GRUBMAN REALITY SERIES SET FOR SPRING
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMTV has announced a spring start date for "PoweR Girls," its reality show starring high-octane publicist Lizzie Grubman. "We've been shooting about two months, and it's been a lot of...
GIVE US LIBERTINES!
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amTHE LIBERTINES THAT scruffy Brit band the Libertines is the single best rock act to emerge in the last decade - hands down. At the Bowery Ballroom Tuesday, the band...
FIRST-ROUND COURT KO
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MONICA, Calif. - A judge yesterday refused to knock out Fox's "The Next Great Champ," rejecting legal jabs thrown by NBC's "The Contender" and reality heavyweight Mark Burnett. Los...
DAD'S TURN - 'SWAP' SWEEPING WHOLE FAMILY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE'S a new kid on the reality-show block: The "swap show." With Fox's "Trading Spouses" a resounding success and "Wife Swap" (ABC) and "Take My Kids, Please!" (WE) on the...
STARR REPORT
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amNBC's Victorian era Victoria Gotti, currently headlining A&E's "Growing Up Gotti," will guest-star on NBC's "Passions" in a role she's taping tomorrow. In the episode, airing Oct. 20, Gotti will...
MY LIFE AFTER THE RED CARPET
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amIN a medium that loves and slavishly dotes on youth, Joan Rivers, a 70-year-old woman, manages to remain a TV staple - partly by being hilarious and partly by reinventing...
VAN DEN WHO? - DUTCHMAN DOWNS THORPEDO AGAIN TO DEFEND CROWN
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Pieter van den Hoogenband wasn't looking for revenge. He really wasn't. His goals are simpler than that. His focus is more basic. "I just want medals," the Dutchman...
CIPEL HAD SEX WITH ME, TOO - GAY DOCTOR: WE ROMPED 'WHEN HE WASN'T WITH JIM'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA 47-year-old New Jersey doctor came forward yesterday to claim he is an ex-lover of Golan Cipel, the man at the center of gay-sex scandal involving Gov. Jim McGreevey. "I...
SANIT MAN A 'CAN'-DO KIND OF GUY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amLouis Gagliotto has never, ever called in sick during his 46 years on the job - and the 76-year-old sanitation worker is not about to throw away a golden opportunity....
TRUMP IS CHAIRMAN OF THE 'BOARD'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMillions tuned in to hear the real-estate mogul with the model girlfriends and the trademark hairdo say, "You're fired!" on his hit reality TV show. Now, they'll have a chance...
HIP-HOP HONCHO WINS AS JUDGE RAPS LOBBYING LAW
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons won a big state court victory yesterday as a judge tossed out a section of the Lobbying Law under which he could have been...
TROOP MOVES FOR AMERICA
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amByline: Ralph Peters ON Monday, President Bush announced a plan to improve military readiness by withdrawing our troops from Cold War-era garrisons overseas. This should not be a partisan issue....
'A STAND-UP GUY' AMID WHEELHOUSE BEDLAM
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amCONSTRUCTION worker Lloyd Joseph, 63, recalled yesterday when he knew doom was at hand. "I saw three young kids running scared toward me from the front of the ferry," he...
FEDS FEAR QAEDA CELL PLANNING ATTACK
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Counterterrorism officials said yesterday the threat from al Qaeda to launch a pre-election strike inside the United States remains sky high, despite recent arrests of top operatives in...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Crown Heights man shot five times by a teenager last week has been declared brain-dead, authorities said yesterday. Gonzella Hamilton, 40, was determined to be brain-dead in...
VIETNAM ISN'T THE ISSUE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amAM I the only one who believes that the increasingly nasty turn this campaign has taken over who did what during the Vietnam War has got to be turning off...
UNIONS' AD RIPS MIKE AS 'PINOCCHIO'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe police and fire unions are keeping the pressure on Mayor Bloomberg to give them a pay raise by running a full-page ad in The Post. The ad is titled...
COUNCIL PUSH ON CON ED
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe City Council is expected to pass a bill next month that will force Con Edison to conduct yearly inspections of its equipment and let the city double-check its work....
JIM HAD 'GUISE' ABOUT GALS - CIPEL: HE FIRST ACTED STRAIGHT
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amGolan Cipel says he didn't suspect "for one moment" that Gov. Jim McGreevey was sexually interested in him at first - because they discussed the opposite sex. "We talked about...
KERRY BIDS TO WIN VET APPROVAL
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry tried to explain away his anti-Vietnam War past yesterday in a speech to veterans - many of whom see his actions as the...
TIMES SQUARE JOEL - EVIL PARIAH HOLES UP IN NEW 'HOME'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amChild killer Joel Steinberg has been living in a Times Square hotel ever since the sadistic sicko's big mouth got him kicked out of a Harlem halfway house, The Post...
HUNGER STRIKER PULLS 'FAST' ONE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A leader of a massive hunger strike by jailed Palestinians was caught on film cleaning his plate after enjoying a meal in his cell, Israeli TV said yesterday....
SHEA IT AIN'T SO - * FIELD CRASHER GETS JAIL * BANNED FROM STADIUM * ORDERED TO PAY $2,000 * TELLS JUDGE: I'M SORRY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe screwball who jumped onto the Shea Stadium turf waving a Howard Stern sign during a Mets game will get to watch some postseason games on TV - from Rikers...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWhen a black bear was found passed out on the lawn of a resort in Baker Lake, Wash., it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the cause. There...
SUMMER CLASSES SLASH FAILURE RATE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amHalf of the 10,000 students who had been in danger of flunking third grade will be promoted - many after taking rigorous summer-school classes, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "This year,...
FILTHY LUCRE - 'BRIBE' JUDGE'S VICIOUS CURSE AS HE SNAGS $$
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn embattled Brooklyn judge was caught on tape accepting cash and cigars from a lawyer and assuring him that his client was guaranteed to win a bitter divorce and custody...
SMASH-AND-GRAB DUO HITS B'KLYN JEWELER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn jewelry store fell victim yesterday to a couple of robbers who thought they were in the Olympics - competing for gold and silver in the 400-yard smash-and-dash. The...
'FIRE' WIFE BEATS JAIL
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens woman who poured rubbing alcohol over her husband's head and set him on fire in a real-life "Burning Bed" incident last April won't serve a day in prison,...
PEACENIKS SUE FOR PARK PLACE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn anti-war group filed suit yesterday for a court order allowing it to hold a massive demonstration in Central Park the day before the Republican convention comes to town. The...
SLAIN OVER A RIDE - VICTIM ASKED KILLER PALS FOR LIFT HOME: PROSECUTOR
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amKenyatta Ward was suffocated with a plastic bag by two of her friends - because they weren't in the mood to drive her home, prosecutors say. The 20-year-old Queens native's...
64 FOREIGN PERVS TO GET BOOT
August 19, 2004 | 4:00am"The worst of the worst" - 64 foreign-born sexual predators convicted of preying on New York City children - were rounded up yesterday and marked for deportation, authorities said. One...
HARD FALL FOR KIDNAP-PLOT EX-WHIZ KID
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amFor the one-time yuppie wonder boy at the center of a botched kidnap plot, it was the classic downward spiral. Robert Harrison, 38, a former Jersey whiz kid from Merrill...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amSEEMS ill feeling is bubbling behind the quaint facades of Sag Harbor's bars and eateries. Diary hears The Cigar Bar owner Arleen Furer is not making herself popular around town...
HULL OF A DEAL - FERRY CAPT. WILL BLAB TO DUCK JAIL
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe captain of the crashed Staten Island ferry yesterday cemented a deal that lets him avoid prosecution for lying about the accident in return for taking the stand against his...
'SPIDEY' WOOS JURORS - COPS FRAMED SUSPECT: LAWYER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amManhattan's accused "Spider-Man" burglar spent the afternoon spinning yesterday, and at least one nodding, smiling juror looked as if he might have become caught in the web. In dramatic closing...
GUILTY SEX-SLEAZE MOGUL MAY FACE 2 YEARS
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amReal-estate mogul Charles Kushner, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's top moneyman, yesterday pleaded guilty to lying about political contributions and tampering with a witness - his own brother-in-law - by...
'SOUP NAZI' COOKING UP DEAL FOR MORE STORES
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Soup Nazi could soon be wielding his ladle in your neighborhood. Al Yeganeh - whose steaming bowls of soup and boiling temper inspired the famous Soup Nazi character on...
L.I. COPS BUST BIRD-BRAINED BURGLAR
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amCall it the case of the purloined parrot. Nassau County police have busted a Long Island man for allegedly stealing a valuable yellow-naped Amazon parrot from his cage in a...
ORPHAN-ID 'THIEF' FREE ON $150,000
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe city worker accused of pawning off orphans' Social Security numbers was freed from jail yesterday on a $150,000 bond. Danielle Vought, a clerk with the Administration for Children's Services...
METEORITE GRAZES GRANNY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA British grandmother is living proof that the odds of being hit by a meteor aren't astronomical. Pauline Aguss, 76, was struck in the arm by a walnut-size meteorite while...
N.Y. '9/11' CHECK YANKS 300K DRIVER LICENSES
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amUp to 300,000 New Yorkers will have their driver's licenses yanked because they provided bogus Social Security numbers, Department of Motor Vehicles officials told The Post yesterday. Between 275,000 and...
PERV PRIEST BUST - COPS: B'KLYN REV. RAPED ALTAR BOY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Catholic priest allowed to remain on the job despite allegations he sexually abused two brothers in the 1970s was busted yesterday on charges he raped a young altar boy...
FEDS SEEK GOTTI-JURY NAME BAN
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors want a federal judge to shield the identities of jurors in the murder trial of Peter Gotti and five other members of the Gambino crime family, to help...
REPORTER FACES DEATH TOMORROW
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA New York journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq will be killed as soon as tomorrow unless U.S. forces leave the holy city of Najaf, according to a videotaped demand...
MCG:TO HELL WITH ELECTION
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The most powerful Democrat in New Jersey, Sen. Jon Corzine, last night announced that scandal-scarred Gov. Jim McGreevey will not allow a 2004 special election and is determined...
NELSON IN FOUL MOOD AFTER WINNING SILVER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIA - The most historic shot put competition in the modern Olympics left the United States' two athletes feeling as if they had just played leading roles in a Greek...
FOREIGN PERVS TO GET THE BOOT
August 19, 2004 | 4:00am"The worst of the worst" - 64 foreign sexual predators convicted of preying on New York City children - were rounded up yesterday for deportation, authorities said. One of them...
'POT LUCK' FOR TRAFFIC-STOP DANCER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amBroadway tap-dance star Savion Glover pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to driving without a license, in a deal that dismissed additional charges stemming from marijuana found in his car when...
JUDGE LOOTY - GARSON'S VICIOUS CURSE AS HE SNAGS BRIBE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amAn embattled Brooklyn judge was caught on tape accepting cash and cigars from a lawyer - and assuring him that his client was guaranteed to win a bitter divorce and...
DISGRACED KUSHNER FACES 2 YRS.
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amReal-estate mogul Charles Kushner, New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's top moneyman, yesterday pleaded guilty to lying about political contributions and tampering with a witness - his own brother-in-law - by...
'FARE-BEATER' WANTED IN WIFE SLAY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA North Carolina man who tried to beat a subway fare in Manhattan will now have to beat a murder rap back home, police said yesterday. Cornelius Leary, 39, of...
SHEA IT AIN'T SO - * FIELD CRASHER GETS JAIL * BANNED FROM STADIUM * ORDERED TO PAY $2,000
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe screwball who jumped onto the Shea Stadium turf waving a Howard Stern sign during a Mets game will get to watch some postseason games on TV - from Rikers...
SMASH-&-GRAB JEWEL HEIST
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn jewelry store fell victim yesterday to a couple of robbers who thought they were in the Olympics - competing for gold and silver in the 400-yard smash-and-dash. The...
JUDGE 'RAPS' LOBBYING LAW
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons won a big state court victory yesterday as a judge tossed out a section of the lobbying law under which he could have been...
DANCER ENJOYS POT LUCK
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amBroadway tap-dance star Savion Glover pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to driving without a license, in a deal that dismissed additional charges stemming from marijuana found in his car when...
WIFE'S A FIRE WALKER - NO JAIL FOR HUBBY-BURNER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens woman who poured rubbing alcohol over her husband's head and set him on fire in a real-life "Burning Bed" incident last April won't serve a day in prison,...
TRUMP: CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD - TYCOON ANNOUNCES NEW GAME
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMillions tuned in to hear the real-estate mogul with the model girlfriends and the trademark hairdo say, "You're fired!" on his hit reality TV show. Now, they'll have a chance...
UNION AD RIPS 'MAYOR PINOCCHIO'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amThe police and fire unions are keeping the pressure on Mayor Bloomberg to give them a pay raise by running a full-page ad in The Post. The ad is titled...
MCG: TO HELL WITH ELECTION - REJECTS 'QUIT NOW' TALK
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The most powerful Democrat in New Jersey, Sen. Jon Corzine, last night announced that scandal-scarred Gov. Jim McGreevey will not allow a 2004 special election and is determined...
IT'S A TWIN KILLING - YANKEES FALL AGAIN, THIS TIME TO SANTANA
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amTwins 7 - Yankees 2 MINNEAPOLIS - On the night the Yankees welcomed back Mike Mussina, they had their bats reduced to dust by the best pitcher in the American...
DEVILS AND BRYLIN AGREE ON THREE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amRepaying loyalty, the Devils are signing Sergei Brylin to a three-year contract, The Post has learned. An unrestricted free agent, Brylin is the only forward to win three Stanley Cups...
WHO'S UP FOR 2012? JUST ASK
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Well, there are three conclusions to draw from my e-mail the last few days, culling through a little over a hundred responses regarding the issue of whether New...
HE'S THE ANSWER - U.S. TEAM SHOULD FOLLOW IVERSON'S LEAD
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - This may be hard to fathom, because reputation is a difficult thing to repudiate, but it really is time for the U.S. men's basketball team to fall in...
CARTER LOSING GROUND AT WR
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES With rookie WR Jerricho Cotchery opening eyes around Jets camp, Jonathan Carter, a former Giant, finds himself fighting a host of receivers to make an impact in camp....
LB INJURIES ANNOY COUGHLIN
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES CHARLOTTE - The starting linebacker trio for the Giants this season is supposed to be Barrett Green on the weak side, Nick Greisen in the middle and Carlos...
HAMM-TASTIC! - TUMBLE CAN'T STOP HISTORIC U.S. GOLD
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - A few times in an athlete's career, if he's lucky, he has the chance to make amends for allowing a terrible goal, letting a ball roll through his...
ISIAH MAY WANT CARTER TO TEAM UP WITH BAKER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amAfter officially announcing the Knicks' re-signing of Vin Baker, GM Isiah Thomas vowed yesterday that he would continue working to make the Knicks more athletic. "We'll always continue to try...
BARKLEY BOLSTERS S.I. PEN
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amStaten Island Yankees closer Mike Martinez phoned his newest bullpen mate, Richard Barkley, Tuesday morning. It was their off day, one of the few afforded to them during their busy...
TONGUE'S WAGGIN' - JETS WELCOME BACK VETERAN SAFETY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amReggie Tongue knows about only some of the safeties who have passed through a revolving door of futility and underachieving in the Jets' defensive backfield. There was Ronnie Lott in...
CLIFF'S WHIFFS PILING UP AT RECORD RATE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - It happened on May 16. Happened again on June 5. And happened again on Tuesday night. Four strikeouts for Cliff Floyd. "Every year it's something new,"...
METS AREN'T SURE ABOUT ZAMBRANO
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amDENVER - The question was innocuous and so was the answer. It was the time between the two that was the most revealing. After right elbow inflammation forced Victor Zambrano...
BYE-BYE LOAIZA - YANKS WORKING ON DEAL WITH RANGERS FOR MINOR LEAGUERS
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Watching Esteban Loaiza for three starts was enough for the Yankees. The Post has learned the Yankees and Rangers are close to a deal that would send Loaiza...
JINT OL FACES TOUGH TEST - REVAMPED UNIT WILL FEEL SEVERE PANTHER PRESSURE
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - We know which quarterback is first tonight for the Giants, and we know they have no desire to learn if rookie Eli Manning can function while lying flat...
NO KNIFE FOR SHEFFIELD
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - Gary Sheffield doesn't need offseason surgery on his left shoulder. Dr. Frank Jobe told Sheffield that a cortisone shot wouldn't heal his pulled trapezius muscle, but...
GUTTY KELLER HANGS TOUGH
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. AMATEUR John Keller stood muttering to himself on the 18th tee. The biggest par-4 of his life lay in front of him, and the biggest golf crisis he's ever...
GREEK SPRINTERS WITHDRAW FROM GAMES
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATHENS - Greek sprinters Konstas Kederis and Ekaerini Thanou beat the International Olympic Committee to the punch yesterday, withdrawing from the Olympics and ending a week-long saga that...
LOAIZA COULD BE DEALT TO TEXAS
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Watching Esteban Loaiza for three starts was enough for the Yankees. The Post has learned the Yankees and Rangers are close to a deal that would send Loaiza...
NELSON IN FOUL MOOD OVER SILVER
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIA - The most historic shot put competition in the modern Olympics left the United States' two athletes feeling as if they had just played leading roles in a Greek...
TRIP BACK IN TIME - SHOT PUT BRINGS GAMES 'HOME'
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIA - On a flat plain of hardened earth under a spectacular golden sun that felt like a warming gift from the gods, the Olympic Games truly came home yesterday....
FORTUNATO ARRIVES, TAKES SPOT IN 'PEN
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amMETS NOTES DENVER - The other part of the Victor Zambrano-Scott Kazmir trade has arrived. Reliever Bartolome Fortunato joined the Mets yesterday and will be activated for today's doubleheader (likely...
CYCLONES ZAP YANKS IN ARMS WAR
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amCyclones 1 - S.I. Yanks 0 The only hurler who may have pitched better than last night's winner was last night's loser. Brooklyn starter Joseph Williams pitched six near-flawless innings...
GOLDEN GIRLS - AMERICANS SET RECORD IN 4X200 RELAY
August 19, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The kids with the wide eyes and the bright smiles, they can't understand. They weren't there. They've grown up in a time in which "East Germany" is stricken...