October 9, 2004
AMER. CANCER SOCIETY BUYS APTS.
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe American Cancer Society plans to create a 60-room hotel-like facility for cancer patients and caregivers near Penn Station. The ACS is in contract to buy a 75,000 square-foot condominium...
JUDGE REJECTS BLACK RACKETEERING SUIT
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amFinally, a win for Conrad. A federal judge in Hollinger International's case against Conrad Black threw out charges that could have cost the ousted CEO a fortune. The company says...
INVESTCORP BID WINS THOMSON
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amIn a move that caught the publishing world by surprise, an underdog bidder defeated the likes of media bigwigs Bruce Wasserstein, Robert Krakoff and Jimmy Finkelstein to land Thomson Media...
GIMME SHELTER
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amAin't they got funds THE mystery buyers of Hollywood producer Leonard Goldberg's $25 million apartment at 4 E. 66th St. have just been approved by the building's co-op board -...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amStovetop stuff Broadway Panhandler 477 Broome St., at Wooster Street (212) 966-3434 Sale: through Monday Open: Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-6 p.m./Mon., 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Kitchenware from All-Clad, Cuisinart...
IN THE DRINK - PROS AND CONS OF HAVING A BAR AS A NEIGHBOR
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amFILMMAKER Danny Sted-man doesn't own a television. He doesn't need to. Whenever he finds himself in the mood for a ball game or a Seinfeld rerun, he just walks downstairs...
PREWAR MOD - A NEW UPTOWN CONDO IS BUILT TO LOOK OLD
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amBUILDING in Carnegie Hill is tough. The Upper East Side historic district, a haven for families, contains some of the city's prettiest prewar buildings, and there have been fights over...
COOL J PURE RAP-TURE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amEVERY rapper, hip-hop hopeful and aspiring singer should have been at Radio City Music Hall Thursday night to see LL Cool J perform. The old-school icon delivered one of the...
FRILL RIDE - A TV WESTERN WHERE THE WOMEN ARE IN THE (AHEM) SADDLE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00am"McLeod's Daughters" [] (Three stars) Tonight at 10 on WE IT may be time to move to Australia. While American television seems bound and determined to set women further back...
LIVE AND LIVELIER - IT'S SIZZLING STAGECRAFT FOR ALL AGES, ON MANY STAGES
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amTheater has never been bigger or better in this town - and we're not talking about Broadway. More and more troupes and theaters around the city are catering to kids...
A BIT OF ITALY IN N.Y.
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amFlorence for free? That's the ticket today, when the whole family can get a taste of Italy's fair city without ever leaving this one. From noon to 5 p.m., the...
LIGHTS, ACTION - BURP THE BABY!
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe lights dim. The movie starts. And, as if on cue, dozens of babies start to cry and a few toddlers sprint down the aisle. Here's the weird part: No...
SADDAM COZIED UP TO U.S. OIL BIGS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Oil giants ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco have become further embroiled in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, appearing on a list of companies and politicians Saddam Hussein wanted to award with...
YOKO'S ORDEAL OVER CHAPMAN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - With her husband's killer locked up for at least another two years, Yoko Ono admitted yesterday the last few weeks surrounding his parole bid have taken a toll....
POL SNUBS HARASS PROBERS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amCity Councilman Vincent Gentile is refusing to meet with council lawyers investigating allegations that he sexually harassed his male chief of staff, The Post has learned. Thomas Bello, Gentile's lawyer,...
JUDGE KO'S KIM TRIAL MOVE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amRapper Lil' Kim - indicted for allegedly covering for a business pal involved in a shooting outside a Manhattan studio three years ago - will have to stand trial with...
BUSH COMES ON STRONGER - POUNDS FEISTY KERRY OVER IRAQ
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - An aggressive President Bush last night painted John Kerry as unfit to lead America in time of war - and Kerry shot back at their slugfest second...
HEROES' NIGHT A 'PERFECT 10' - APPLE'S GREATEST HAILED AT GRACIE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amTen everyday heroes got kudos for their kindness, creativity and gallantry at a Gracie Mansion ceremony that hailed the newest winners of The Post's Third Annual Liberty Medals Awards. The...
DA BOOKS HOTEL SCAM SUSPECT
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA king-size bed in the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria for only $90 a night? If that sounds too good to be true, then you would likely not have fallen for the Internet...
SICK SAVAGES BEHEAD BRIT - SLAY IRAQ HOSTAGE AFTER 'NEGOTIATIONS' CHARADE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amIraqi terrorists mercilessly beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley yesterday, bringing an anguishing end to frantic efforts to win his freedom - including secret communications with the kidnappers. After holding Bigley...
GRANNY TO THE RESCUE - PULLS GRANDSON FROM STORM DRAIN IN BROOKLYN PARK
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA plucky Brooklyn grandmother who underwent heart surgery just a month ago jumped into an open storm drain in a Greenpoint park yesterday to rescue her 17-month-old grandson. Tiny Dominick...
ALL SIGNS POINT TO QAEDA - EGYPT TOLL MAY HIT 50
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Al Qaeda emerged yesterday as the chief suspect in the string of suicide bomb attacks that killed dozens of Israelis and Egyptians at Red Sea resorts. Investigators combed...
MARTHA'S BIG HOUSE - BEGINS 5-MONTH STRETCH IN PEN WITH PRE-DAWN CHECK-IN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amPrisoner No. 55170-054, formerly known as Martha Stewart, began her life behind bars yesterday when she checked into a federal lockup in West Virginia shortly before sunrise to begin serving...
NO PLEA OFFER FOR 'FIREBUG' PROTESTER
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amManhattan prosecutors are playing hardball with the young Arizona man charged with setting a large dragon-shaped float on fire during a protest march the day before the Republican National Convention...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death by his on-again, off-again girlfriend inside a Bedford-Stuyvesant park yesterday, police sources said. Michael Youngblood was with his sometime sweetheart, Sheila...
HERO POST READER NABS SUSPECT
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA sharp-eyed Post reader helped nab a suspected bank robber after seeing his picture in the paper, cops said yesterday. Robert Connolly, 48, was wanted for five attempts to rob...
W. SIDE FOES TRUMP DONALD
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amDonald Trump met his match yesterday - a coalition of groups convinced a judge to block the closing of the 72nd Street highway ramp at Trump's West Side development. "The...
QNS. GAL HIT WITH GRANDPA-SCAM RAP
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amAn imaginative Queens "sweetheart scammer" was behind bars yesterday after conning two elderly men out of more than $500,000 with sob stories and a phony scheme to start up a...
ALL IN THE NUMBERS - DEBATE FOES IN JOBS SPIN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - President Bush and John Kerry battled over whether the creation of 98,000 new jobs in August is good news or bad as they headed into their second...
PETA PAINT JOB LEFT WINTOUR RED IN FACE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amVogue editrix Anna Wintour was fuming after animal activists splattered the entranceway to her Greenwich Village home with red paint, grousing, "not again, not again," her former nanny testified yesterday....
EX-TEACH IN 'BLACKLIST' SUIT
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA former Brooklyn high school principal accused in 1998 for inflating grades sued the city yesterday for preventing her from working as a school consultant. Marcia Brevot, who was ousted...
'RATION'AL SOLUTION TO FLU-SHOT SHORTAGE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe city will ration flu shots so residents who need them most will get the lifesaving vaccinations, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "We're trying to figure out ways to ration it,"...
CAR-RAM HORROR - FIREMAN THE 2ND TO STRIKE MIDTOWN VICTIM: COPS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA retired New Jersey firefighter wearing a kilt was charged with driving while intoxicated after a bizarre, fatal hit-and-run accident in which the victim was run over by car after...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amTherapist, heal thyself. Officials in an Iowa town are still shaking their heads over a shrink who created quite a stink. Psychiatrist Ronald Preston McPike of Bonaparte, Iowa, has been...
'RAPIST' GRID TEENS - PAIR ATTACKED GAL: COPS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo New Jersey high school football players raped a 15-year-old girl in a suburban park - and a teammate who fled the scene of the crime will be a prime...
DNA HELPS COPS LASSO EX-CON IN '94 SLAY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA 41-year-old ex-con has been arrested for the August 1994 murder of his elderly aunt after DNA evidence linked him to the decade-old crime, police said yesterday. Richard Jackson bludgeoned...
L.I. MAN GUILTY OF SHOOTING GRIDDER
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island man was convicted of attempted murder yesterday - in his third trial for the shooting of a St. John's football player that left the student paralyzed. Christopher...
SCHOOLYARD TRAGEDY - 'HEALTHY' JUMP-ROPE KID FAINTS AND DIES
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA beautiful, bright and seemingly healthy little Brooklyn girl collapsed and died while jumping rope before school yesterday, leaving her grandparents wailing and wondering what happened. "I really don't know,...
GRANNY TO THE RESCUE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA plucky Brooklyn grandmother who underwent heart surgery just a month ago jumped into an open storm drain in a Greenpoint park yesterday to rescue her 17-month-old grandson. Tiny Dominick...
THIS TIME AROUND, SENATOR, THE SMIRK'S ON YOU
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - I do believe I saw John Kerry smirk. Last night, a more forceful and confident President Bush beat back challenger John Kerry - at the very least...
BUSH-KERRY, ROUND TWO: THE L-WORD RETURNS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amWHO won the debate? After completely misreading last week's presidential clash, I will spare you my call. But it seems inarguable that George W. Bush was not the same candidate...
SICK SAVAGES BEHEAD BRIT - SLAY IRAQ HOSTAGE AFTER DESPERATE ESCAPE BID
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amIraqi terrorists mercilessly beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley yesterday, bringing an anguishing end to frantic efforts to win his freedom - as reports surfaced he was killed after trying to...
ROUGH AND TUMBLE - STRONGER BUSH TAKES ON FEISTY KERRY OVER IRAQ
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - An aggressive President Bush last night painted John Kerry as unfit to lead America in time of war and Kerry shot back at their second debate that...
BROWNIE POINTS - MARTHA MAKES NICE WITH INMATES AS SHE ENTERS PEN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart checked into a federal lockup in West Virginia yesterday to begin serving a five-month sentence for lying about a shady stock sale, and the guru of good living...
'SLANTED' ABC TAKES THE HEAT
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - ABC News was under fire last night after an internal memo surfaced suggesting President Bush should be held more accountable for his statements than John Kerry. The...
SADDAM EYED U.S. OIL BIGS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Oil giants ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco have become further embroiled in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, appearing on a list of companies and politicians Saddam Hussein wanted to award with...
PETA'S PAINT JOB LEFT WINTOUR FEELING RED IN FACE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amVogue editrix Anna Wintour was fuming after animal activists splattered the entranceway to her Greenwich Village home with red paint, grousing, "not again, not again," her former nanny testified yesterday....
DA BOOKS HOTEL 'SCAMMER' POL SNUBS HARASS PROBERS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amA king-size bed in the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria for only $90 a night? If that sounds too good to be true, then you would likely not have fallen for the Internet...
YANKS CAN TRY ON SOX
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Seconds after David Ortiz' moonshot over the monster launched the Red Sox into official ALCS Rematch Mode last night, Jacque Jones drove a first-inning Kevin Brown fastball 402...
ONE FOR THE AGED - BOMBER VETERANS KEY WIN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - You can pick them out by their demeanor, because they are the ones who seem least impressed by anything that happens during October. You can pick them out...
BASEPATH FOLLIES ZAP TWIN RALLY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The Twins may not have much money, power or hope left in this series. But one thing they've always had is smarts. Until last night. In the sixth...
A-ROD 'D' EARNS HIM 'A' RATING
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - If one game can transform a player, then consider Alex Rodriguez changed. The first ball hit to Alex Rodriguez in this ALDS against the pesky Twins was a...
BROWN-OUT BAFFLES MINNY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Three of the first seven Twins to bat got hits, and one of those hits left the park. In other words, there was plenty of reason for optimism...
COONEY FIGHTS TO AID EX-BOXERS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amGerry Cooney loves to tell the story of the guy who worked at a gas station and kept saying he wanted to go three rounds with the former heavyweight contender....
NYRA HONCHO STEPS DOWN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amBarry Schwartz, the chairman of the board and CEO for the New York Racing Association, announced that effective Dec. 31 he is stepping down from both positions. No replacement has...
METROS EYE MOMENTUM
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amTwo weeks ago, the MetroStars' game tonight (7:30, MSG) with visiting Columbus was supposed to be the pivotal clash for the Eastern Conference. Now the floundering Metros are just hoping...
ZITO HAS CHAMPAGNE THIRST
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amFew people know that trainer Nick Zito is a wine connoisseur, with a taste for fine French chablis and California cabernet. But when it comes to the racetrack, Zito's favorite...
STILL PLENTY LEFT IN MO'S TANK
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Mariano Rivera has a message for those who think he has lost some bite on his cutter. "I feel great," Rivera said at the Metrodome prior to last...
BRIEN KICKS HAVE A LOT MORE BOOM
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amDoug Brien quietly seethed last year as the perception of his ability by New Yorkers became eminently clear. Brien, the Jets' kicker in his second season here, was like an...
DOME'S NO WALK IN PARK
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - They call this a ballpark? This eyesore of concrete and white canvas looks like the world's largest circus training facility. Then again, if the circus practiced here, all...
'BOYS BRING BRAND NEW BAG
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amJust as the name Vince Lombardi conjures up images of frozen tundra, Bill Parcells has always been associated with smash-mouth East Coast offense, a run-heavy attack that was both bruising...
A REST DEVELOPMENT - SANTANA TO GO TODAY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - People can say what they want about how using pitchers on three days' rest rarely works; about how Johan Santana is doomed to fail when he takes the...
MINUTE MAID MASTERY - 'STROS GO FOR 19TH STRAIGHT AT HOME
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Ask the Astros and they'll tell you recent history means more than ancient history, which is why having won 18 straight games at Minute Maid Park gives them...
NO DENYING YANK MYSTIQUE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - You can blame Torii Hunter for saying it, or even for thinking it. "The Yankees don't have mystique," Hunter, the Twins' marvelously gifted center fielder, said the other...
MALLARD TEARS ACL AGAIN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amLinebacker Wes Mallard - who had 17 special teams tackles last season and two this year - is finished for the year after tearing his left ACL for the second...
LOFTON MAY TAKE SEAT ON BENCH VS. JOHAN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Yankee manager Joe Torre hadn't decided yesterday what his lineup against lefty Johan Santana would be tonight in Game 4. But he was leaning toward removing Kenny Lofton...
TOSCA'S FIRST UP FOR METS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - The question was whether the lessons he learned in Toronto would help in his second managerial gig. Carlos Tosca had an answer. "My father has a saying for...
ALLAN INSISTS HIS TANK'S FAR FROM EMPTY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - If Allan Houston's days as the Knicks' premier go-to guy have come to an end - as has been implied by team president Isiah Thomas - the former...
BOSTON BLAST - ORTIZ HR IN 10TH GIVES SOX ALDS SWEEP
October 9, 2004 | 4:00am10 INNINGS: Red Sox 8 - Angels 6 BOSTON - The Red Sox have returned to the ALCS - but not before giving their battered fan base another scare with...
TWIN DUO HAS 'RIGHT' STUFF - MORNEAU, CUDDYER PACK PUNCH AT 1B & 2B
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Last year, the Twins' right side of the infield went a combined 2-for-28 against the Yankees in the ALDS. This year, things have been a little different. If...
KIDD'S PRACTICE BOYCOTT IS OVER (FOR NOW)
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amThe night practice-session boycott by Jason Kidd has ended. Well, at least for one night. Kidd, who drew several fines for missing the Nets' mandatory night sessions, showed up for...
DIZZY GIAMBI SET FOR VISIT TO DOCTOR MONDAY
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Still bothered by dizzy spells related to the benign tumor he was treated for, Jason Giambi is slated to see a New York doctor Monday. "They are still...
FOR MVP? HOW 'BOUT GODZILLA?
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Gary Sheffield comes to the plate at Yankee Stadium, chants of "M-V-P" come cascading out of the stands. When Sheffield recently was asked about the coveted award, he asked,...
KIDD ENDS HIS BOYCOTT OF PRACTICE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amJason Kidd ended his practice-session boycott. Well, at least for one night. Kidd, who was fined for missing at least one mandatory evening session, showed up for the Nets' get...
HOUSTON BELIEVES HE'S STILL GOT GAME
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - If Allan Houston's days as the Knicks' premier go-to guy have come to an end - as has been implied by team president Isiah Thomas - the former...
VAZQUEZ READY TO TAKE HILL
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez' balky shoulder wasn't as big a factor as Kevin Brown's tricky back when it came to Joe Torre naming Javier Vazquez as the Yankees'...
BOSTON BLAST - ORTIZ HR IN 10TH SWEEPS SOX INTO ALCS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00am10 INNINGS: Red Sox 8 - Angels 6 BOSTON - The "idiots" might be coming to your village. The Red Sox returned to the ALCS last night - but not...
BOSTON SET FOR EITHER ALCS FOE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTES BOSTON - To a man, the Red Sox say it doesn't matter if their ALCS opponent is the Twins or the Yankees. "No, absolutely not," said Curt Schilling,...
SILVA TAKES EARLY SHOWER
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Carlos Silva began the night by facing the minimum number of hitters in the first inning. He threw first-pitch strikes to the first four Yankees. He was handed...
A-ROD 'D'EARNS HIM 'A' RATING
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - If one game can transform a player, then consider Alex Rodriguez a changed man. The first ball hit to Alex Rodriguez in this ALDS against the pesky Twins...
SOX STUMBLE, BUT STILL OUTRUN THE CURSE
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Bambino, this time in the person of Vladimir Guerrero, went deep into the pit of New England's stomach. It had been over at 6-1 in the seventh...
1 MORE WIN FOR BOSOX REMATCH - YANKS TOPPLE TWINS AS BROWN DELIVERS
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 3: Yankees 8 - Twins 4 MINNEAPOLIS - Bring on the Red Sox! With the Yankees required to win one of two games against the hitting-challenged Twins to cop...
A JAVY BURDEN - JOE TAPS VAZQUEZ FOR GAME 4 START
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez' balky shoulder wasn't as big a factor as Kevin Brown's tricky back when it came to Joe Torre naming Javier Vazquez as the Yankees'...
SOX WON'T PUT UP THE STOP SIGN
October 9, 2004 | 4:00amALDS NOTES BOSTON - At one point this season, Boston third-base coach Dale Sveum was constantly waving Sox baserunners to their demise. But Sveum can no longer be called the...