October 11, 2004
ABBOTT LABS BULKING UP WITH EAS BID
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amAbbott Laboratories Inc. is near a deal to buy EAS Inc., one of the top makers of diet bars, protein shakes and energy supplements, in a cash deal worth between...
APOLLO'S FORTUNE - BUYOUT FIRM CLOSES IN ON FORTUNOFF MAJORITY STAKE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amApollo Management , L.P. is in advanced talks to buy a controlling interest in the famed family-owned retailer Fortunoff in a deal that would value the company at more than...
GIMMICKS TARGET PIZZA PALLOR
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe next battle in pizza chains' war to re-ignite America's love affair with the pizza will begin today. That's when Domino's will unveil its double-melt pizza - a concoction of...
BEASTIE BOYS SWAY THE CROWD - BUT THE OLD THRILL IS GONE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Beastie Boys, with the eagerness of three fraternity pledges, wanted to please the sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden at Saturday's gig. The B-Boys - Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch,...
PLAY TIME IN THE O.C. - MTV'S NEW HIT SHOW LOOKS LIKE NO OTHER
October 11, 2004 | 4:00am"THE IDEA WAS TO CAPTURE THESE KIDS' LIVES IN A WAY THAT MADE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING A DRAMA." THE early success of MTV's "Laguna Beach: The Real O.C."...
STARR REPORT
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amYou sure about that? NBC chief Jeff Zucker proudly tells the November issue of W Magazine that he wants people to underestimate his network. "That's the best position to be...
BOBBY MEETS REBA
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amPATRICK Duffy, who came to fame in "Dallas" and got a rare second hit in "Step by Step," will be Reba McEntire's new boyfriend in a couple of upcoming episodes...
PRE-KERRY-OUS - BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE GREAT RACE FOR WHITE HOUSE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amSOME diaries are better off remaining private. That's especially true of "Diary of a Political Tourist," a valueless vanity project premiering tonight on HBO. It's one of two political premieres...
'TUCK' CREATOR CUTTING OUT?
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amTHE creator of "Nip/Tuck," the hottest cable series of the year, might leave the show. Ryan Murphy, who - as creator, head writer and director of the drama which airs...
BOOTED 'IDOL' MAKES 'BIRTHDAY' COMEBACK
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amPERHAPS the second time will be the charm for "American Idol" wannabe, Donnie Williams. Williams, 20, was chosen last winter to appear on "Idol" but was arrested for drunk driving...
WHEN TRENDS ATTACK - FUR CRYING OUT LOUD: EVEN BIG STARS ARE FUMBLING FALL LOOKS; FALL FASHIONS CLAIM VICTIMS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIF fall's fancier trends have you flummoxed, you're not alone. Even celebrities seem to be struggling mightily with pulling off the colorful patterns, endless tweed and splashes of fur in...
Correction Date: 10/12/2004
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amCorrection: A story in yesterday's Post about two teenagers whose health-class essay is being turned into a sex-education film incorrectly reported the name of their high school. They are from...
$CHUMER CHUCKS 500G DEMS' WAY
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amSEN. Chuck Schumer, in a "down payment" on a potential run for governor, has just given an unprecedented $500,000 to Democrats throughout New York state. Schumer, who has had a...
MOM FOUND STRANGLED IN L.I. WOODS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island woman was found strangled in a wooded area in Central Islip, police said yesterday. Martha Prosper, 43, was discovered by a passer-by on land owned by the...
'ILLEGAL' RELEASE COULD SEND GUY BACK TO JAIL
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The city commission that authorized the early release from Rikers Island of former Sen. Guy Velella may have acted illegally, The Post has learned. Investigators are seeking to...
'$HOW' ME THE MONEY - BOUNTY HUNTER'S TV GIG
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThere are no brand names in bounty hunting - no quicker picker uppers. Tom Evangelista, star of the HBO show "Family Bonds," hopes to change that. When the Queens business...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amNext time, try a marriage counselor. Oklahoma high-school teacher Trent Spencer tried to save his failing marriage by acting like a hero to his wife - hiring two students to...
MEMORIES OF MARTHA AT HER HS REUNION
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amNUTLEY, N.J. - Martha Stewart may be known as Prisoner No. 55170-054 at "Camp Cupcake," but to her high-school classmates, she'll always be Martha Kostyra - who was noticeably absent...
RUSSIAN'S BIG DEAL - SADDAM GAVE OIL BREAKS TO PUTIN EX-AIDE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A top former aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin was secretly getting sweetheart oil deals from Saddam Hussein during the bitter U.N. Security Council debate over the Iraq...
JETS IN WAR OF GIANT$ - 'GOLIATH VS. GOLIATH'
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe battle over the proposed football stadium on the West Side is being fought between two all-star teams of lobbyists and consultants in a grueling goal-line stand that dwarfs the...
THERE'S HEALTH TO PAY - WAR OVER RIVAL PLANS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday hunkered at his Texas ranch as campaign aides blasted away at rival John Kerry's proposed domestic policies - the topic of the final presidential debate...
SPECIAL-ED KIDS WAIT TOO LONG: POL
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMore than 28,000 students tested last year to see if they should go into special-education classes are still waiting for the results, says Rep. Anthony Weiner. Last April, 12,997 students...
AFGHAN ELECTION LEGIT: CONDI
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bush administration yesterday insisted that Afghanistan's first direct presidential election will be deemed valid, despite protests that the balloting was marred by fraud. "This was an extraordinary day for...
FANS' GRAVE REQUESTS TO THE BABE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amYankee fans yesterday made a pilgrimage to Babe Ruth's hillside gravesite in Westchester - asking the Bambino to help the Bombers put the hurt on the Red Sox in the...
EDWARDS FRIES RICE ON IRAQ
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Edwards yesterday slammed National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice for insisting the ouster of Saddam Hussein was "absolutely" correct because he posed a future threat, despite not having...
ANDRETTI REVS UP COLUMBUS PARADE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe 60th annual Columbus Day parade rolls up Fifth Avenue today with race-car legend Mario Andretti as the grand marshal. The parade, which celebrates Italian heritage and culture, begins at...
CAR BLASTS KILL GI, IRAQIS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amAs many as 18 people - including an American soldier - were killed yesterday as two car bombs went off in Baghdad. The explosions took place as Defense Secretary Donald...
INMATE TELLS OF RIKERS SEX ORDEAL
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe inmate victim of a violent sex attack at Manhattan Central Booking is furious that the jail guard who attacked him isn't himself going to jail. "This guy had me...
SINAI DEATH PIT - FIRST LOOK AT TERRORISTS' EVIL WORK
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThese stark photos are the first chilling look at the abyss created when a terrorist truck bomb exploded at the Hilton Hotel in the Sinai resort town of Taba, killing...
BRAVE RESCUERS' WISH - 3 HOPE TO GREET HURT MAN
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe three good Samaritans who risked their lives to pull a Queens resident from a burning truck Saturday night said yesterday they're eager to shake hands with the man they...
'SHARK' BAITS VIEWERS - DREAMWORKS FLICK TOP AGAIN
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amGangster fish continued to rule Hollywood as "Shark Tale" topped the box office for the second straight week. The quirky cartoon, featuring the voices of Will Smith, Robert De Niro...
BIG RIVALRY IS THE CURSE OF BOSTON BLOOMY
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThink Derek Jeter can run fast? Try to confront Mayor Bloomberg about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry and watch him go. The Massachusetts-born mayor nearly sprinted to his black SUV yesterday...
TOT, 3, SHOOTS SIS, 6, WITH DAD'S BB GUN
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amA 3-year-old boy shot his 6-year-old sister in the stomach with their father's BB gun in the family's Brooklyn apartment yesterday, police said. The little girl was hospitalized in stable...
TOP CAT HAS CLAWS TO REJOICE AT MSG
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThere wasn't a soul in the hall who was more surprised than Wedjat when his name came up the winner of the annual CSA cat show at Madison Square Garden....
HORRIFIC DAD-SLAY - SHOT IN FRONT OF TERRIFIED WIFE & 3-YR.-OLD DAUGHTER
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amSobbing hysterically, a distraught Bronx wife described yesterday how she desperately tried to stop the blood oozing from her husband's chest after he was fatally shot in a senseless argument...
CHELSEA TRANNY TRAGEDY - PORN STAR'S SUICIDE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amA transsexual porn model who recently starred in a film about her troubled life leaped to her death from the 20th-floor window of her luxury apartment in Manhattan yesterday, cops...
YANKEE STAR'S SAD MISSION - MARIANO IN PANAMA ON PLAYOFF EVE AFTER KIN DIE AT HIS HOME
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amYankee pitcher Mariano Rivera jetted off on a emergency trip to Panama yesterday to grieve for two beloved relatives electrocuted in a freak accident at his estate over the weekend....
FIRM'S FRENCH DISS - CITY CONTRACT BIDDER FINED $1M
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amA leading contender for the city's highly coveted street-furniture contract has been fined nearly $1 million for not abiding by the terms of its contract with a French city, international...
PELOSI VID TWIST - 'FIANCÉE TAPE' EYED IN WITNESS-TAMPER PROBE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi's fiancée was caught on a secret video apparently passing cash to another person - and a Long Island grand jury is investigating whether it was part of the...
OWNER OF TRAGIC DAY-CARE DOES 'NET SALE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe operator of the Queens day-care center where baby Matthew Perilli died in August is selling off her strollers, furniture and other equipment over the Internet. Heather Zlotshewer's placed advertisements...
POLLS SHOW RACE IS THISCLOSE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - There's one campaign issue on which both sides can agree: The race is spandex tight. President Bush led John Kerry by 5 points in an ABC News tracking...
COPS QUIZ BX. MOM AFTER BABY DIES AT HOSP
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amA 6-month-old Bronx baby who appeared malnourished died yesterday, police sources said. Latashia Harding, 21, was quizzed for several hours after her baby, Victor, was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where...
B'KLYN EATERIES FIGHT ARENA
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe battle over a new NBA arena in downtown Brooklyn will soon turn into an intense food fight. More than 15 restaurants have agreed to fork over 5 percent of...
KIN EYE HOME NEAR W.VA. JAIL
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's family is reportedly looking to set up camp near "Camp Cupcake." The domestic diva's sister was house hunting near the Alderson, W.Va., prison where Stewart is serving her...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amQUEENS * A city employee was charged with DWI after she got into an auto accident in Flushing, police said yesterday. Annmarie Cerciello, a 58-year-old Department of Finance worker, was...
EX-BASEBALL MVP DEAD IN BX. AT 41
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amFormer baseball slugger Ken Caminiti, who admitted he used steroids while winning the National League MVP in 1996, died in The Bronx yesterday of an apparent heart attack, his agent...
'SUPERMAN' STAR LOSES COURAGEOUS FIGHT AT 52
October 11, 2004 | 4:00am"Superman" Christopher Reeve, whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal-cord research, died yesterday, his publicist said. He was 52. Reeve fell into...
B'KLYN KIDS' HOMEWORK BECOMES SEX-ED FILM
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Brooklyn teens' homework essay about sex is about to be made into a movie by a top Hollywood director to help educate other kids. "All Falls Down," written by...
PETER, TOO, MAY BE SET FOR PRISON
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, might follow the diva of domesticity's lead in voluntarily serving his prison sentence rather than waiting for the outcome of the appeal of his conviction....
BACANOVIC ALSO EYES STARTING JAIL TIME
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, might follow the diva of domesticity's lead in voluntarily serving his prison sentence rather than waiting for the outcome of the appeal of his conviction....
SPECIAL-ED KIDS' LONG WAIT
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMore than 28,000 students tested last year to see if they should go into special-education classes are still waiting for the results, says Rep. Anthony Weiner. Last April, 12,997 students...
JEANS - FOR $1,000 A PAIR - DESIGNER SAYS SHE HAS CELEB FANS IN HER POCKET
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amShe charges $600 for a haircut - and now she's charging $1,000 for a pair of jeans. Celebrity hairstylist Sally Hershberger - famous for giving Meg Ryan her sexy, shaggy...
BOONE PULLS FOR BOMBERS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amAaron Boone hasn't been a Yankee since March and has lost touch with his former teammates, but he will be a Yankee fan during the ALCS against the Red Sox....
THESE BOSOX EXTRA PESKY
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S different this year, in a way it hasn't been in more than half a century. For all the time we spend talking about the Red Sox-Yankees "rivalry," we haven't...
SCHILLING MIGHT BE BIG SHOT
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amRED SOX NOTES BOSTON - Curt Schilling will definitely be starting Game 1, the Red Sox announced yesterday. What's unclear is whether he'll need a needle to make the start....
FRANK, NETS ARE COPING & HOPING
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amNo one promised it would be easy, but just consider Lawrence Frank's first training camp as head coach of the Nets. He welcomed a group that did not include Kenyon...
TOM & TIKI LEAD JINT TURNAROUND
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIRVING - As they walked up a hill towards the buses waiting outside for them, cheers from Giant fans standing above them behind a fence rang in the ears of...
BARBER CUTS DOWN DALLAS - GIANTS 4-1 AFTER KICKING 'BOYS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIRVING - With so much ahead of them the Giants were able to pause yesterday to reflect on what they left behind. "When we looked at the schedule at the...
CHRISTIE'S ALIVE & KICKING
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIRVING - Steve Christie's expression, his countenance, the vibes he gave off were no giveaway. Perhaps that's the secret to sticking around 15 years in a high-wire profession. Never let...
STURTZE FIRED UP FOR ALCS FRACAS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amTwo bags stuffed with champagne-soaked Yankee uniforms were taken out of the Stadium early yesterday afternoon, sent to be cleaned and returned in time for tomorrow's game in The Bronx...
LIEBER LIKELY FOR GAME 2
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre and Mel Stottlemyre will likely announce that Jon Lieber will start Game 2 of the ALCS Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium against Pedro Martinez and the...
MARTIN TAKES NINTH ON CAREER RUSH LIST
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES It wasn't coming easily - nothing ever does for Curtis Martin - but just before the end of the first half yesterday, the greatest running back in Jets'...
TUNA ROLLS THE DICE AND CRAPS OUT TWICE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amGIANTS NOTES IRVING - How does it make a defense feel when the opponent has no fear about going for the first down on fourth down not once, but twice...
NAZR, VIN PLAN BIG SURPRISE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - Vin Baker has a new heart that beats regularly. Nazr Mohammed has a new knack of running the floor regularly. Whether the Knicks' two centers erase the perception...
'LAST YEAR'S OVER' - RED SOX INSIST THEY'RE BEST TEAM
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Forget 1918, they say. Forget last year. The surging Red Sox don't feel like underdogs against the Yankees anymore. "I think we're the best team," Johnny Damon said...
HOUSTON IN KIDD'S CORNER
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLESTON - Allan Houston supported Jason Kidd yesterday, feeling only the player knows what he has to do to get his body right. The rehabbing Kidd was fined...
BRIEN'S FG AT 0:58 KEEPS JETS PERFECT
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe kick will go down on the stat sheets, and in the record and fact books, as a 38-yard field goal. In the hearts and minds of the Jets, though,...
SHEFF SERVED ALDS DRAMA
October 11, 2004 | 4:00am"This is what everybody drew up back in spring training, so now we'll get to see what it's all about." -GARY SHEFFIELD It must be the shoes. How else do...
19TH WIN FITS BILL FOR PATS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amPatriots 24 - Dolphins 10 FOXBORO - He's brilliant and bound for Canton and all, but Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is as colorful as the cement that holds up...
MILTON BRADLEY ALL ABOUT GAMES
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMORE postcards from Paradise. Let's see if we've got this Milton Bradley thing straight: Cleveland dumps him in March because, no matter how talented, he's trouble. Late in the midst...
THEY'RE OUT TO FINISH OFF THE CURSE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox believe in themselves, not curses. They think they are going to win because their pitching is even fresher than the memory of Aaron Boone circling...
GANG GREEN'S 'D' DECKS HENRY, BILLS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amFor years, opposing running backs gashed the Jets' front seven on a weekly basis, and few humbled them worse than Buffalo's Travis Henry. But in yesterday's 16-14 win over Buffalo,...
'WORLD' AT STAKE - NEW FACES JOIN AGE-OLD BATTLE
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amYour world is on hold. The Yankees and Red Sox are playing again for a spot in the World Series. Starting tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium with Game 1 of...
JETER'S MAKING ALL THE PIVOTAL PLAYS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Mike Mussina went pitch for pitch with Johan Santana in Game 1 of the ALDS. Alex Rodriguez came up huge with his bat in Game 2 and bigger...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY STOPS FT. HAMILTON
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amSheepshead Bay faced its stiffest challenge of the season yesterday and managed to hold off Fort Hamilton, 27-24. Sheepshead QB Kelley Pierre scored on an 11-yard TD run to put...
EXTRA-PESKY SOX
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S different this year, in a way it hasn't been in more than half a century. For all the time we spend talking about the Red Sox-Yankees "rivalry," we haven't...
MAGIC TURNS TRAGIC FOR MO
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amINTO the vortex of swirling hyperbole falls a dollop of unwelcome news, a spoonful of sobering truth. Baseball fans in two cities had begun to equate the coming skirmishes between...
JETS' ABRAHAM HAS GAME, LIFE ON TRACK
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amSometimes a player figures out that self-improvement beats self-destruction, that winning isn't just done on Sundays, but on Saturday night and every day in-between. Sometimes he just grows up. It...
HELPFUL LESSONS FOR NO-FEAR JETS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amLAST week as the 3-0 Jets were immersed in preparation for yesterday's game against the Bills, Herman Edwards handed out cards to some players in the locker room that had...
'OLD MAN' CHREBET STILL ABLE TO CUT IT
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Wayne Chrebet put it in the best perspective he could muster. "This," the Jets' veteran receiver said after yesterday's 16-14 comeback victory over the Bills, "is what I...
HENRY HITS GREEN WALL
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amFor years, opposing running backs gashed the Jets' front line on a weekly basis, and few humbled them worse than Travis Henry. But in yesterday's 16-14 win over Buffalo, Gang...
YOUNG GM FEUD IS GETTING PERSONNEL - CASHMAN, EPSTEIN MASTER BUILDERS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE are so many delicious subplots to the Yankees and Red Sox, but don't forget about one off the field. Baseball's oldest rivalry is also a battle of young GMs...
J.D., BRAVES GET EVEN WITH ASTROS
October 11, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 4: Braves 6 - Astros 5 HOUSTON - If there were a series that deserved a Game 5, this is it. Four games haven't been nearly enough to decide...