October 23, 2004
GOOGLE BOYS EACH WORTH $6.5B AS ITS SHARES SOAR
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe Google boys were rich. Now it's getting obscene. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page each saw his net worth jump $875 million yesterday -to a whopping $6.5 billion...
EX-CEO AMONG TOYS' SUITORS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amA handful of potential suitors are said to be taking a close look at Toys 'R' Us' 1,262 stores - including former Toys 'R' Us Chairman and Chief Executive Michael...
HEAT'S ON MARSH BOSS TO RESIGN
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amMarsh & McLennan chief Jeff Greenberg came under intense pressure to step down yesterday, as his company reels under a barrage of allegations from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer....
FIRST TIME - AT ANY AGE: MEET BUYERS WHO DIDN'T CALL MOM AND DAD
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amLIKE many long-time renters, Alison Oblonsky thought buying a place in Manhattan was out of her reach. "Did I ever dream I'd own an apartment in Manhattan? No," says Oblonsky,...
GIMME SHELTER
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amGere's shift RICHARD GERE is a runaway seller, now that he's finally unloaded his Fifth Avenue apartment. The spiritual thespian - whose faith in the Manhattan real estate market had...
MY NEW HOME
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amFamily skips 'burbs for Upper West Side What They Got: Converted 2-BR, $555,000 Search Time: six months SURE, Philadelphia's great, with its famous cheese steaks and attractive public squares. But...
LIVING LARGO - OCEAN REEF HAS AIRSTRIP, $500K CONDOS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amOCEAN REEF CLUB is a 2,000-acre hamlet with its own 4,000-foot airstrip, school, museum, security force and fire department. It also has top-rate restaurants, three golf courses, an inn exclusively...
EXOTIC BUFFET
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amNo More Eggs 307 E. Ninth St., between First and Second avenues (212) 777-0393 Sale: Oct. 27-31 Open: Sun., noon-6 p.m./Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Bring in this page for 25...
PUNK POLITICS - TWO DAYS BEFORE ELECTION, MTV ROCKS THE VOTERS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amWITH so much hanging on the outcome of the presidential election, MTV is looking to mobilize 20 million young voters into action. "We will be addressing their issues and their...
'MONSTER' WRITER - WALTER DEAN MYERS KNOCKS OUT HIS 80TH
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amIf you're anywhere near middle-school age, chances are you've read "Hoops." Or "Monster" or "Scorpions." Or any of the many other books by Walter Dean Myers. His newest -and 80th...
2 BOYS MOWED DOWN IN 'DWI'
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amTwo Queens boys were clinging to life last night after they were mowed down by a drunken driver, police and witnesses said. Angel Reyes, 12, and Vasean "Philip" Alleyn, 11,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amCut a sad face on that jack o' lantern - there'll be no trick-or-treating, or Halloween festivities of any sort, for students in the Puyallup School District in Washington state....
REVENGE IS SWEET FOR THOMPSON FOE SNAPPLE
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe official who nearly blocked Snapple from becoming the city's official drink now has a Snapple machine outside his office. A brightly lit Snapple dispenser was installed on the fifth...
MIKE: STRAPHANGER SAFETY'S ON TRACK
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSubway assaults are up, but it's not fair to say crimes underground are surging, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "Crime is at a historic low," the mayor said on his weekly...
ROARING RIP SET FOR TRIAL
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amRip Torn says he's ready to go to trial Monday against DWI charges - despite a new ruling allowing Manhattan jurors to see him cussin' on a police video. The...
GAL-VANIZED KERRY IN WISCONSIN
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry teamed up with actress Sharon Stone and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg yesterday as he talked up the needs of working women during a campaign swing through Wisconsin....
MIKE: CITY MUST PERFORM $900M 'BALANCING' ACT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amCity agencies are going to have to come up with $900 million in additional savings to help close a budget gap next year now estimated at $3 billion, Mayor Bloomberg...
CYBER VULTURES SAY 'SORRY' TO 9/11 WIDOW
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe Internet company that forced the widow of a 9/11 hero detective to pay $800 to buy back a memorial Web site she created for him apologized yesterday and offered...
SAD SLICE OF LIFE; JOE'S PIZZA IN VILLAGE CLOSING
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amWhen your rent hits the sky, like a kick to the eye - that's finito. Joe's Pizza, a world-renowned Bleecker Street fixture on the corner of Carmine Street, is closing...
200G BENTLEY GIVES PARIS GAS PAINS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amVa-va-voomer Paris Hilton spent $200,000 on a Bentley this week - but forgot to put gas in the car. Hilton's boyfriend, professional skateboarder Chad Muska, had to help the 22-year-old...
RAI$IN' IN THE SUNY; BOSS BIDS TO BUMP UP OWN SALARY CAP
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The state university's politically connected chancellor would be eligible for a whopping $420,000 salary under a plan expected to be enacted next week by SUNY trustees. Under a...
TED GETS YANKED; 'IT'S AN INSULT,' IRATE MICK'S SON SAYS OF RENAMED EATERY
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amTed Williams pinch hit for the Mick? Fuhgedaboudit. Mickey Mantle's family made that clear yesterday, getting restaurateur Bill Liederman to yank the "Ted Williams" sign he had placed over Mantle's...
VICTIMS OF 'FRESH' FOOD GUY SOUGHT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amAuthorities are seeking more victims of a FreshDirect deliveryman who Manhattan prosecutors charge was obscenely fresh and frighteningly direct - as the number of women reporting they were harassed rose...
MURDER RAP FOR BIKE DRIVE-BY 'SHOOTER'
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amA jailbird with a history of drug abuse was indicted yesterday in the bicycle drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old Long Island girl who was slain as she chatted on...
RAPE WRIST-SLAP; TUTOR VICTIMIZED BLIND L.I. BOY, 11
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island teacher's aide and mother of two yesterday got a slap on the wrist - a six-month jail sentence - for raping and sexually abusing a blind, 11-year-old...
SCHOOL BURNOUT; FIRE DEPT. HS KID BUSTED IN SUBWAY ARSON
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amA class-cutting freshman clad in his FDNY high-school uniform was busted yesterday - for starting a fire on a Queens subway platform. The 15-year-old, who apparently never learned not to...
SHATNER ANTES UP TO BEAM UP
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amWilliam "Captain Kirk" Shatner is forking over $200,000 to boldly go where he's never really been before. The "Star Trek" thespian is one of 7,000 stargazers who have pledged to...
SCHOOL-FOOD FIRM GRADED AN 'F'
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe company accused of botching food deliveries to public schools in Manhattan and The Bronx was rated a "high risk" by a credit-reporting agency three months before a contract was...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amQUEENS *** Cops are asking for the public's help in finding this gun-toting man (photo above) who robbed a Jamaica cell phone store earlier this week. The unidentified man walked...
BIZMAN MULLED 'HIT' OPTIONS: PAL
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amAn aging businessman who wanted to whack his partner over a $1.6 million debt was ready to pull the trigger himself if he couldn't find a hit man to do...
'HAMMER' PLEA IN L.A. SPORTS SLAY
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - James "The Harlem Hammer" Butler pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and arson charges in his first court appearance since the brutal slaying of sports journalist Sam...
NOWHERE TO HIDE; PSYCHO HUBBY KILLS WIFE WHO HAD COURT 'PROTECTION'
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amTyleasha Layne convinced a judge to issue a protection order against her abusive husband - but it didn't matter. Hours later, the Transit Authority employee was murdered - stabbed 15...
'BACKDOOR DRAFT' HAS GI SUING
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amAn Army reservist from Long Island who resigned recently after eight years of duty sued the military yesterday - charging it has illegally ordered him back into service for an...
W.'S BIG BAD WOLVES - AD NAILSFOE OVER SECURITY
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amPictures of a menacing pack of wolves are being used by President Bush's campaign in a tough new TV ad that contends John Kerry isn't strong enough to keep America...
$17M FRAUD WAS DEAD WRONG
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has recovered an astonishing $17.6 million from the estate of a former tax assessor who masterminded one of the biggest corruption scams in municipal history, officials said yesterday....
BEANTOWN COPS READY FOR SERIES AFTER COED TRAGEDY
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBoston police - reeling from the death of a college student during the celebratory chaos that followed the Red Sox victory early Thursday - will be out in force tonight...
BONANNOS CREAMED AS 7 MOBSTERS COP PLEAS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bonanno crime family's downward spiral continued yesterday when a capo and six reputed wiseguys copped pleas to a slew of charges, including shakedown schemes at a Long Island disco...
SIMMONS RAPS DESIGNER'S SUIT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amHip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his wife Kimora Lee yesterday moved to squash a lawsuit filed by a designer who says they ripped him off after he helped them create...
BRUNO'S BRO QUITS IN KIN-HIRING SHAKE-UP
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY -The state-worker brother of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno abruptly resigned from his high-paying job yesterday -days after The Post revealed he had been given a posh, secret office...
JUDGE RIPS 'SLANDER' IN HASID WAR
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge yesterday blasted the parties in a civil suit for alleged harassment and intimidation as he refused to intervene in a bitter and longstanding Hasidic holy war. "False...
BUSH SQUEEZING EVERY DROP OF FLA. SUPPORT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush zips all around Florida today in a bid to protect his support in the state that won him the White House in 2000 amid polls that have Republicans...
O'REILLY TALKING POINTS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBill O'Reilly and Andrea Mackris are trying to kiss and make up - legally, that is. Lawyers for O'Reilly, who's suing Mackris for extortion, and Mackris, who's suing O'Reilly for...
FLU HITS - OUTBREAK STRIKES IN MANHTTAN
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe flu has struck the Big Apple for the first time this season with nine cases at an uptown nursing home, the city's Health Department said yesterday. The outbreak took...
SLEW OF INJURIES DEPLETES ERASMUS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amDanny Landberg had hopes of his Erasmus team contending for a PSAL title this season. Now he has to hope the Dutchmen survive the year. "It's extremely disappointing," Landberg said...
SMITH HAS BIG HOPES WITH NETS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe Nets need size. Jabari Smith is 6-11 and carries a small, non-guaranteed price tag. So both sides figured this might work out. Smith, after three pro-seasons in Sacramento (with...
INJURIES HIT LINE AGAIN
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Just when you thought the Jets would have their offensive line back together this week to face the Patriots after injuries sidelined starting guards Pete Kendall (toe) and...
LOFTON'S LAMENT: DIDN'T GET A SHOT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees, to a man, expressed bitter disappointment over their epic collapse against the Red Sox in the ALCS. But one Yankee has additional reason for disappointment. Kenny Lofton doesn't...
SOX' ORTIZ IS TALK OF THE TOWN
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Yesterday afternoon, Gabe Kapler acknowledged a widely assumed notion about Boston's hottest hitter: David Ortiz likes to party. So what is partying with Ortiz really like? "He is...
WAKE-ING MOMENT IN OPENER
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - It's fitting on so many levels that Tim Wakefield starts Boston's first World Series game in 18 years tonight. The most ironic twist is that he would've started...
HIDEKI WANTS TO KEEP 'STRIPES
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amHideki Matsui had a lot of expectations when he signed with the Yankees. Nearly all have been met but one. "The only thing I didn't envision is not winning the...
OUT TO BREAK LAW; HEALTHY MOSS UP TO CHALLENGE OF TY, PATRIOTS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSantana Moss is ready for takeoff once again. After missing last week with an injured hamstring, No. 83 is expected to be back in the lineup tomorrow as the Jets...
WILLIE EXIT COULD OPEN DOOR TO DON
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If Willie Randolph lands The Mets' managing gig, Joe Torre will be searching for a bench coach. And there is a possibility Torre won't have look any further...
WOODY'S ACE OF CARDS' DECK
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Woody Williams started the last two Game 1s St. Louis played this postseason, and the Cardinals won both behind their red-headed Redbird. He's coming off a dominant outing...
NOT QUITE THE SAME OLD KURT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amHe looks the same, still sports that ever-present facial hair growth that never quite materializes into a beard but stops short of clean-shaven. Maybe a few extra flecks of gray...
LOW MO: CAN'T BLAME ANYBODY
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSeven years ago, Mariano Rivera stood outside Yankee Stadium and blamed himself for the Yankees being ousted from the postseason thanks to Cleveland's Sandy Alomar's homer off the first-year closer....
METROS IN FOR ROUGH TIME
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amThe MetroStars and D.C. United come into tonight's first-round playoff match (7:30, MSG) headed in opposite directions. The Metros have won just two of their last eight games, while D.C....
STEPHON HAS WARNING FOR LAX KNICKS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Knicks captain Stephon Marbury's remark last Monday before the team flew west sounds all too prophetic now. Marbury, one day after the rehabbing Allan Houston was...
JASON TAKES SEAT
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK BOSTON - The heart and soul of the Red Sox may very well be Jason Varitek. Tonight, though, their star catcher won't be in the lineup. With...
REDBIRDS READY FOR HIT PARADE
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Sure, we all know the Yankees have a few guys who can hit. Guys like Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui. But now let's see...
AMAZIN'S LOOK TO INTERVIEW DODGER COACH
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Jim Riggleman, come on down. The Mets have reached out to their fifth managerial candidate, asking for and receiving permission from the Dodgers to interview Riggleman, Los Angeles'...
A VINTAGE MATCHUP - CARDS & SOX PUT 'CLASS' IN FALL CLASSIC
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Yankee fans won't like to hear this - and Joe Torre, the ex-Cardinal, and Alex Rodriguez say they're not watching this World Series - but this really is...
LATE PRACTICE ARRIVAL GETS GREEN BENCHED
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Earlier in the week, Giants linebacker Barrett Green said he was not as excited as he should be for tomorrow's game against Detroit, which was odd, considering Green...
HEX-ORCISM BEGINS: BOSOX TAKE ONCARDS - AND86-YEAR-OLD JINX
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - It's been 86 years. It's been 86 years since the Red Sox won it all. Eighty-six years since they stood atop major-league baseball. And eighty-six years since there...
THEY PUT CLASS IN CLASSIC - CARDS & SOX PUT 'CLASS' IN FALL CLASSIC
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Yankee fans won't like to hear this - and Joe Torre, the ex-Cardinal, and Alex Rodriguez say they're not watching this World Series - but this really is...
'WE SURVIVED ISIAH'
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Knicks president Isiah Thomas flew home from Dallas yesterday, perhaps avoiding a trip here, where he is arch-enemy No. 1. In South Dakota's biggest city, Isiah...
STEPH WARNS LAX KNICKS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amSIOUX FALLS, S.D. -Knick captain Stephon Marbury's remark last Monday before the team flew west sounds all too prophetic now. Marbury, one day after rehabbing Allan Houston was booed at...
WORLD SERIES MATCHUPS
October 23, 2004 | 4:00amCATCHER: Cards' Mike Matheny is as solid as it gets defensively. But Jason Varitek not only wields big stick and astute game-calling ability, he's Boston's heart and soul. EDGE: RED...