August 28, 2004
JEFFERIES NO. 1 PLACE TO WORK
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amBeware, financial giants, little brother Jefferies has been rated the best place to work on Wall Street. While that may have been a surprise to the likes of Merrill Lynch,...
AP APPEASES HILLARY PUBLISHER IRKED AT LEAKS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amA settlement in the year-old battle between Simon & Schuster and the Associated Press over leaks from Hillary Clinton's "Living History" will require the news agency to institute a training...
MICROSOFT DELAYS UPDATE AGAIN
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amMicrosoft Corp. said yesterday for the first time that it will release the next major version of its Windows operating system, code-named "Longhorn," in 2006. But there's a catch. To...
MY NEW HOME
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amPIANO MAN FINDS ROOM TO PRACTICE - AND LIVE SEARCH TIME: three months WHAT HE BOUGHT: ground-floor 2-BR co-op, $715,000 MOST young New Yorkers share cramped apartments with a crowd...
PRICE POINTS - FROM $250K TO $750K, A SHOWCASE OF OUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITE NEW YORK CITY HOMES
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amOH this market. We keep hearing that the average Manhattan apartment costs more than a million bucks. And even if you're shopping in the outer boroughs, it's understandable if you're...
HOME SHOPPINT CLUB - FABULOUS 50S STYLE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amMondo Cane 143 W. 22nd St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues (646) 486-7616 Sale: through Sunday Open: noon-6 p.m. A moving sale offers reduced prices on vintage furniture. A sculptural...
THE BEST LOAN FOR LANDLORDS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amIT helps when other people pay your mortgage. Traditionally, buyers who have found single-family homes too expensive have bought multi-family homes - in return for taking on the burden of...
WILD ABOUT HARRY; BLONDIE HAS MORE FUN IN THE ROUND
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amBLONDIE BLONDIE, the original American punk pop band, showed its roots at its Westbury Music Fair gig Thursday. For a group with as much history and as big a songbook...
IT'S A DRAG
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amGirls will be boys and vice versa tonight at the Central Park Conservancy's open-air screening of "Tootsie," Dustin Hoffman's 1982 gender-bending comedy. Moviegoers are encourged to dress in drag for...
GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK FOR CLOTHES NEW AND QUIRKY
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amJust because most kids shop at Old Navy, JC Penney, Target and Kmart doesn't mean you have to.Sure, chains and department stores offer the basics for every back-to-school wardrobe -...
WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED! THIS FALL, IT'S ALL ABOUT LAYERING UP
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amParents, rejoice: The days of low-rise jeans, mini-skirts and tight camisoles are over. Kids may just start looking like actual children this fall, instead of belly-button- bearing Britney Spears wannabes....
'WIDOWS' AT WORK ; 2 WOMEN EYED IN RUSSIA JET DISASTERS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Russian authorities believe two woman suicide bombers, linked to the notorious "Black Widows" Chechen terror gang, carried out twin attacks on Russian passenger jets that crashed within four...
BALLOON BRIGADE HOLDS ITS BREATH
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe more than 120,000 red, white and blue balloons that will fall after President Bush delivers his acceptance speech on Thursday were inflated and placed high above Madison Square Garden...
PROTESTERS IN A CLINK STINK; PLAZA-SIGN STUNTERS 'MUGGED'
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amWelcome to New York. Two protesters arrested for unfurling a Bush-bashing banner at The Plaza say they were mugged and manhandled during their harrowing overnight imprisonment in the bowels of...
BUSH COMES TO SHOVE NEW POWERS ON CIA BOSS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday took several steps to provide for tighter security at federal buildings, increased powers for the acting CIA director, and mandated more terror-related information sharing. Although...
HOLLYWOOD ON THE HUDSON: WEINSTEIN, DE NIRO PLAN $250M YONKERS STUDIO UPGRADE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amActor Robert De Niro and Miramax Films are planning to bring some Hollywood glitz and glamour to Yonkers. The star and Miramax's Harvey Weinstein have agreed to upgrade and then...
TEARS FOR MOM SLAIN BY MUGGER
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amAn extended immigrant family that had traveled from India and Britain to celebrate a wedding in Queens was brought together in grief yesterday at the funeral of a family member...
FEDS KICK IN BIG ON $60 MIL NYPD TAB
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe cost of providing security at the Republican convention and other events could hit $60 million or more - but the feds will pick up most of the tab, Mayor...
PROTESTS TAKE A NASTY SWING IN BX.
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amVandals hacked up fairways and spray-painted political slogans on a city golf course in The Bronx early yesterday, as protesters geared up for an anti-GOP protest march tomorrow past the...
FIRST PHOTO - MISS FIRE: FDNY SCANDAL'S 'SHY' GROUPIE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amHere's the firehouse groupie who rocked the FDNY after a steamy sex session with three on- duty firefighters in their Bronx fire station. Spotted outside her Staten Island home early...
LIAR'S REVERSE FLIP - NOW WON'T RECANT ALL FDNY SEX FIBS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amCity investigators yesterday slammed the hearing-room door on one on the FDNY's sex-romp firefighters after he offered to recant only part of his testimony about last week's fling with a...
2 QUIZZED IN HERALD SQ. SUBWAY BLAST PLOT
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Muslim men were picked up for questioning yesterday in connection with a terror plot to plant a bomb on the D train at the bustling 34th Street/Herald Square station,...
BRONX MOM CHARGED IN KID SLAY
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx mother was charged yesterday with murdering her 7-year-old daughter last year, the Bronx district attorney said. Danielle Cohen, 34, was charged with killing her precocious daughter, Alise Nelson,...
D TRAIN BOMB PLOT - FBI BUSTS TWO SUSPECTS IN HERALD SQ. TERROR SCHEME
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Muslim men were picked up for questioning yesterday in connection with a terror plot to plant a bomb on the D train at the bustling 34th Street/Herald Square station,...
FRIENDSTER 'NETS A MOVIE DEAL
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amJust when you thought the Friendster.com craze had ended - it's Friendster the movie. The same producers who brought you films like "The Big Chill" and "Reality Bites" have plugged...
COUPLE RUN DOWN IN HAMPTONS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe son of the elderly Manhattan couple killed when they were run down by a car in the Hamptons said he takes comfort that his parent's final moments were spent...
KICK IN THE BUNS; FOOD-PYRAMID FEDS: WHITE BREAD IS WRONG
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amWhite bread is toast, say doctors and scientists who spent a year researching which foods should go into the soon-to-be updated federal food pyramid - which the government hopes will...
BABY DEATHS RISE FOR FIRST TIME IN 4 YEARS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amInfant deaths in the city rose slightly last year - reversing years of steady decline, according to statistics released by the city's Health Department yesterday. The citywide infant mortality rate...
L.I. BUST IN STALKING OF NEWSWOMEN
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man was arraigned yesterday for stalking and harassing three local television reporters for eight years with "alarming and threatening phone calls." Nassau Cops busted Carman Monaco, 48,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** A woman's lifeless body was found sprawled on a Harlem sidewalk early yesterday, police said. The unidentified woman was discovered unconscious at the corner of West 116th Street...
VUITTON LOSES COURT ROUND IN BATTLE OF THE BAGS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amAn early verdict in the legal war over competing multi-colored handbags is in - and Dooney & Bourke has emerged as a big winner over fashion-setter rival Louis Vuitton. Manhattan...
NEW SWIFT AD FIRES ON 'DOVE'
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vietnam veterans opposing John Kerry are about to launch a new TV ad - the first to go nationwide - focusing on what Kerry did after his combat...
MARKETING FIRM SUES EX-YANK
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amA sports marketing firm slapped former Yankee Alfonso Soriano with a federal lawsuit yesterday for allegedly stealing more than second base. Staten Island-based Stars and Pinstripes Forever Inc. charged that...
BEATLE-DOC 'CON' ; CANCER VICTIMS' $1B SUIT: HE LIED TO US
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amAttorneys for nine Italian cancer patients - most of whom died after a Staten Island University Hospital doctor all but promised a miracle cure - filed a $1 billion lawsuit...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amSome people love their toilet paper so much that they don't just use it - they mark its birthday. People at the Holiday Retirement Village in Evansville, Ind., celebrated toilet...
COUPLE'S TRAGIC FINAL MOMENTS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amThe son of the elderly Manhattan couple killed when they were run down by a car in the Hamptons said he takes comfort that his parents' final moments were spent...
D TRAIN BOMB PLOT - FBI GRILLS TWO SUSPECTS IN HERALD SQ. TERROR SCHEME
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Muslim men were picked up for questioning yesterday in connection with a terror plot to plant a bomb on the D train at the bustling 34th Street/Herald Square station,...
149 BUSTED IN PEDAL PESTS' TOUR DE FARCE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amPolice arrested 149 bicyclists last night during citywide protests just days before a wave of activists is expected to storm on the Republican National Convention, officials said. Bike riders had...
JINTS GET KICK OUT OF FRANCE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amOne of the few true, broad smiles Tom Coughlin has displayed since arriving as head coach of the Giants came last week, after kicker Todd France drilled a 51-yard field...
ISIAH'S MAKING A POINT
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amApparently, Isiah Thomas likes the Knicks' newest addition, point guard Jamison Brewer, as much as Ron Artest does. Last Monday, Artest - who was talking about the changes his Pacers...
GIAMBI GETS IN SOME CUTS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Since he has been out more than a month, Jason Giambi hitting off a tee and doing some flip drills isn't huge news. However, it represents...
STRAIGHT LINE - KENDALL ANCHOR FOR JETS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amEarly in training camp, the Jets' offensive line looked like it might be so thin it would be a potential liability. Quietly, under the leadership of offensive line coach Doug...
JINTS' O ADJUSTS TO QBS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amGIANTS-JETS NOTES One aspect of last night's preseason game that bore watching for the Giants was the way the offensive line reacted, first to Kurt Warner, next to Eli Manning....
METS SPINNING, NOT WINNING ; HOWE, DUQUETTE MEET WITH FRUSTRATED PLAYERS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amHaving been unable to even gain a lead since last Saturday, let alone win a game, the Mets have moved on to their next mission: Damage control. In the wake...
TROJANS HAVE THE HORSES
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amLANDOVER - Minus Mike Williams, the All-American wide receiver denied restored eligibility this week after courts had barred him from turning pro early, and star tailback Hershel Dennis, the target...
HAMM ASKED TO GIVE UP GOLD
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - After leaving gymnast Paul Hamm to fend for himself while a scoring controversy swirled around him, the U.S. Olympic Committee finally came to the defense of the all-around...
'DREAM' LOSS BLAME FALLS ALL ON BROWN
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Larry Brown's chief lieutenant, Gregg Popovich, was running interference for his boss, trying to deflect a barrage of bullets, spinning like a basketball Stephanopoulos. "Whenever we lose in...
EDDINGTON OUT FOR REDEMPTION
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Grade 1, $1 million Travers Stakes, to run today at the Old Spa for the 135th time (post time 6:35 p.m.), is often called the fourth...
NO RUSH TO JUDGE; REAL DREAMERS BEAT RUSSIANS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Be careful when you say the United States' fortunes in international basketball have taken a huge hit, because that's only true for half the American contingent. The other...
MCCOY OUT; WON'T GO TO MAT AGAIN
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK ATHENS - Kerry McCoy's dream of winning Olympic gold ended yesterday when he was the only U.S. freestyle wrestler eliminated on the first day of the wrestling competition....
NIGHTMARE; DREAM TEAM HAS FEW ANSWERS FOR TOUGH ARGENTINES
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amMEN'S HOOPSArgentina 89U.S.A. 81 ATHENS - When it was over, an Argentinean guard named Alejandro Ariel Montecchia jumped on a scorer's table, waving at the rabid fans wearing their blue...
GETTING PUNCHY ; DIRRELL'S COACH BLAMES BOXING LOSS ON OTHERS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - In the first week of the boxing competition, fans at Peristeri Boxing Hall booed U.S. fighters for no reason. Assistant coach Anthony Bradley gave them one yesterday. Bradley...
'STORM' IS FLYING THE FLAG
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In a dramatic clash of two great champions, Storm Flag Flying collared Azeri turning for home, then dueled her down the stretch before pulling clear near the...
JONES FLUB DOOMS U.S.; MARION WILL RETURN WITH NO MEDALS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - One exchange of a baton became a microcosm of Marion Jones' year. It began with her out in front of the track world, her career full of promise,...
SERENA, ANDRE TO OPEN OPEN
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amSerena Williams, who pulled out of the Olympics with a knee ailment, and Andre Agassi will be featured on Monday's opening-night card at the U.S. Open, tournament officials said. On...
A-ROD GETS BACK IN THE SWING ; BUT WILL CLUTCH HIT REALLY STOP SKID?
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amTORONTO - So does one hit for a guy who batted near .200 for almost five months lay the foundation for a hot streak in the clutch? Not likely, but...
GIANT LINE COSTS QBS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amJets 17 Giants 10 Kurt Warner or Eli Manning? The winner of this quarterback derby might actually be the big loser, considering the state of the Giants' offensive line. On...
3 DINGERS JOLT JAYS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 8Blue Jays 7 TORONTO - Death, lying politicians and a Yankee rotation without Esteban Loaiza: Those are life's three locks today, and not necessarily in that order. If you're...
JOE TELLS RIVERA TO TAKE NIGHT OFF
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - There is nothing physically wrong with Mariano Rivera. Yes, he was up in the bullpen and expected to pitch the ninth inning of last night's 8-7...
METS KEEP IT MEANINGFUL
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amMets 9Dodgers 2 So desperate are the Mets to keep their season meaningful that yesterday they called a meeting to remind their players the year's not over yet. And for...
DAYNE IS GO-TO GUY FOR JINTS
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amGIANTS & JETS NOTES Apparently, Tom Coughlin is going to keep giving the ball to Ron Dayne in short-yardage situations and near the goal line - no matter what the...
JET 'D' SENDS MESSAGE
August 28, 2004 | 4:00amOn the Giants' second offensive series, Jet free safety Jon McGraw burst into the Giants' backfield on a safety blitz. He didn't get to Kurt Warner, and in fact was...