November 9, 2004
CASH-N-CARRIAGE: BIZ CUDDLES MOMS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amLeave it to Manhattan moms to milk motherhood for profits. Call them "mompreneurs" - a new breed of educated career women who give up high-powered jobs to stay at home,...
PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY DOESN'T MAKE A LICK OF SENSE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amPRIVATIZING Social Security is impossible. I'll say it again: allowing people to take some of their Social Security contributions and invest that money privately is not possible. End of story....
CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT TURBULENT VERSACE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe management upheaval at Versace continued yesterday with the appointment of Loredana Nastro as worldwide commercial director, replacing Gabriella Di Carlo, who had been hired to fill that position in...
PIXAR 'INCREDIBLE'? WALL STREET SHRUGS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amHas Pixar managed to turn a $70 million opening weekend into a ho-hum occurrence? It would seem that way, as shares of the hit-making animation studio fell 6.1 percent yesterday,...
DOT.COM DIVA SEES A BOOM
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amStar technology analyst Mary Meeker is at it again. Speaking at an Interactive Local Media conference on Nov. 5, Meeker said that on a wealth-creation basis the second Internet boom...
AT ELAD, MORE $$ FLOWING INTO NYC
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amSince Miki Naftali's Elad Properties snatched up the Plaza Hotel for $675 million last summer, property circles have buzzed over where the opportunistic, Manhattan-based acquisition and development company would strike...
NYT'S LANDMARK HQ FETCHES $175M
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTishman Speyer Properties has agreed to buy the New York Times' landmarked headquarters at 229 W. 43rd St. for $175 million. The Times has been the 1913-era building's only occupant...
RUDINS SELL LAND AT 2 5TH
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTwenty years after co-oping its luxury residential building at 2 Fifth Ave., the Rudin family has agreed to sell the land to the shareholders for $29.25 million. Ben Lambert at...
SEC PROBING FIRMS' TRADING PATTERNS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe government's latest crackdown on Wall Street targets a practice that's been openly used by financial giants for years. The Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be investigating a...
NO OVITZ-SIGHT; BOARD WAS BLINDSIDED BY CONTRACT, EXIT DEAL
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amDisney's board of directors didn't get to see all the details of Michael Ovitz's fat employment contract or the deal that let him walk away with a $140 million severance...
NASD BLASTS H&R BLOCK OVER ENRON BOND SALES
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amH&R Block Financial Advisers is being slapped with charges its brokers peddled bonds of doomed energy giant Enron to customers until just a few days before it collapsed amid bankruptcy...
TOUCHDOWN! FOX, DIRECTV, CBS GET $11.5B NFL DEALS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe NFL picked up $11.5 billion yesterday in three separate TV contracts for pro football - about a 40 percent gain over the previous contracts. In new contracts with CBS...
ALL ABOUT EVE & OTHERS LIKE HER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amAS befits someone who's spent a decade talking about vaginas, Eve Ensler doesn't mince words. Not onstage - not even in Starbucks. "I was never, like, a skinny bitch," she...
JUST SAY SLOW; FIRST-TIME RUNNERS, IT'S NOT A MARATHON
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amIF watching 35,000 marathoners crossing the finish line inspired you to strap on your old running shoes, we've got three words for you: Curb your enthusiasm. Too often, new runners...
DAVE'S DISH; LETTERMAN UP EARLY TO SHOW OFF SON'S PICS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amREGIS Philbin finally got his sitdown dinner with David Letterman yesterday - at 9:20 a.m. in a TV studio. Letterman's long-awaited visit to "Live with Regis & Kelly" was topped...
PUTTING NEW FACE ON '60 MINS'
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amED Gordon, the BET reporter who got the first TV interview with O.J. Simpson after his murder trial, has been hired by "60 Minutes Wednesday." "I worked with Don Hewitt...
STARR REPORT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amIt's Destiny for 'GMA' Now it can be revealed: Destiny's Child will perform on "GMA" next Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Roseland - with the first 1,000 people to ar rive...
THE BAND CELLS OUT - CLASSIC '60S ANTHEM 'THE WEIGHT' RETURNS 30 YEARS LATER AS CINGULAR SENSATION
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Band, one of the last of the great '60s super-bands, has another hit on its hands - a cell phone commercial. "The Weight," the haunting, classic tune written by...
'FUNNY' FILM
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amFUNNY Cide, the Cinderella horse from New York that nearly took the Triple Crown last year, is getting the Hollywood treatment. TNT is producing a made-for-TV movie about the come-from-nowhere...
BRANSON INTO RISKY BUSINESS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00am"The Rebel Billionaire" Tonight at 8 on Fox/Ch.5 * * (two stars) I don't consider myself a coward, but daredevilry holds no appeal for me. And that's especially true if...
MOGUL MADNESS - 'REBEL' BRANSON TRUMPS THE DONALD WITH DAREDEVIL REALITY SHOW
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amWOULD you rather square off opposite Donald Trump in the boardroom - or drink tea in a hot air balloon with Virgin tycoon Sir Richard Branson? The latest entry in...
FULL-FRONTAL FARRELL
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amHEADS up. Actor Colin Farrell's manhood - which made headlines when it was excised from another film earlier this year - finally turns up in a full-monty scene in Oliver...
HELLO, NEWMAN - 'SEINFELD' FINALLY ON DVD
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amSIX years after its final episode aired, "Seinfeld," the sitcom that redefined television, is finally available on DVD - and it's just as obsessive as the show. Not that there's...
FUNERAL FOR TRAGIC STROLLER TOT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe parents of a toddler killed by a van while in his stroller said goodbye to their child in Brooklyn yesterday - just days after he was to have celebrated...
'DAWN' PATROL SLAMS REBELS ; TANKS, PLANES RAIN FIRE ON THUGS' TERROR TOWN
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThousands of U.S. Marines and Army troops, backed by tanks and airstrikes, stormed the terrorist strongholds of Fallujah today, beginning the long-awaited all-out offensive that U.S. commanders are hoping will...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amBah, humbug - no flu shot for Santa. Nick Pallotto, 62, who plays Old St. Nick in malls, turned up at a flu clinic in Colorado Springs and was denied...
GIRL GONE WILD - GENEROSA'S FURY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amAccused killer Danny Pelosi's sister testified yesterday that days before Ted Ammon's murder, his estranged wife, Generosa, maliciously destroyed the millionaire's valued possessions. Barbara Lukert, a prosecution witness, said that...
FINISHING FALLUJAH; GET SET FOR MEDIA HYSTERIA
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE most decisive battle since the fall of Baghdad has begun. Thousands of U.S. Marines, Army units and Iraqi government forces have moved into Fallujah. Now we need to finish...
BOZO CITY CLOWNS TURNING TRIAL INTO CIRCUS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amBOZO CITY, Calif. - This comical town formerly known as Redwood City has earned a new name: Bozo City. What a great place to see judges and prosecutors in bright,...
STADIUM REZONE TACKLED
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe city's blueprint for a massive overhaul of the far West Side - including a new football stadium, expanded convention center and an extension of the No. 7 subway line...
VIDCAMS FOR NEW SCHOOLS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amAll new schools will be equipped with closed-circuit security cameras, officials said yesterday. Rose Albanese-Depinto, senior counselor to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, told the City Council Public Safety Committee that...
JUDGE TELLS MIKE: ENFORCE 'GAY' LAW
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg lost another round in his feud with the City Council over domestic-partner benefits yesterday when state Supreme Court Justice Faviola Soto ordered the city to implement the Equal...
DONATIONS HELP 21 CITY SCHOOLS GET BOOKED UP
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amNew libraries have been opened at 21 city elementary schools, and another 25 will be in place by fall 2006, Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein said yesterday. "Libraries...
WHAT W WON ; HONESTY EARNED HIM A MANDATE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amReagan: '84 landslide a famously empty victory. DOES President Bush have a "mandate" for his second term? You would think that a man closing in on 60 million votes might...
KING ZINGS N.Y.'S GIMPY OLD PARTY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Another prominent New York Republican warned yesterday that the state GOP faces disaster in the next few years because it has "no overwhelming vision or course." Rep. Peter...
FEDS APPROVE STUN GUNS FOR ZAPPING AIRLINE THREATS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Department of Homeland Security has issued its first approval for the use of stun guns to stop hijackers and unruly passengers aboard commercial flights. The federal agency gave stun-gun...
VELELLA CLOSER TO JAIL; MAY BE BACK BY XMAS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA city panel yesterday paved the way to return disgraced Bronx state Sen. Guy Velella to a solitary cell at Rikers Island by Christmas. The newly constituted Local Conditional Release...
CHRISTIAN RIGHT SPEAKS UP
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The same group of Christian activists who helped President Bush win re-election last week say they're eager for him to tap Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as the Supreme...
TOP W. AIDE RE-UPS ; CARD WILL STAY AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday sent a signal of continuity for his second term by asking White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to stay on - thus quelling rumors...
METROCARD CRACKDOWN URGED
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - The Bloomberg administration and an influential state senator yesterday called on the Assembly to pass legislation cracking down on illegal MetroCard sales in the subway. "Illegal swipers rob...
FEDS INDICT RAP MOGUL'S BOOKKEEPER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe bookkeeper for embattled music label Murder Inc. was slapped with federal charges yesterday as the prosecutors continue to tighten their noose around hip-hop impresario Irv Gotti. Cynthia Brent, 39,...
CELLO FELLOW BUSTED IN THEFT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA Bronx man who admitted he would sneak into the famed Juilliard School by darting through the doors behind its real music students was charged with stealing a $30,000 cello...
3 ARRESTED IN DRY-CLEAN SLAY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amProsecutors have charged three people in connection with the brazen robbery and killing of a beloved dry-cleaning plant owner in Queens - but are still seeking the unidentified triggerman. Jerome...
VIDEO NANNY COULD FACE SECOND RAP
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA nightmare nanny caught on tape beating and nearly smothering a 10-month-old baby may face new charges after the tot's father found bruises on his other child, authorities said yesterday....
SHEIK'S 'TERROR' HERALD ; LYNNE 'ADMITS' ROLE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amRadical lawyer Lynne Stewart admitted yesterday she issued a public statement for an imprisoned terror sheik that prosecutors charge she knew was a call to arms. Stewart is on trial...
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL ; 'DWI' KID EXITS HOSP NOT KNOWING PAL IS DEAD
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe little boy who was run down in Queens by an allegedly drunken driver, and who spent six days in a coma, will soon have to endure another tragedy -...
HILL: DEMS NEED NEW IDEAS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amNew York Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday said the Democratic Party needs to do a better job of getting its message out if it wants to recapture the White House -...
DRUG TEEN SLIPS CUFFS, BASHES COP
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA 15-year-old drug suspect gave cops the slip yesterday when she used her metal handcuffs as a weapon and bashed a police sergeant in the head, authorities said. The teen,...
ARAFAT BEDSIDE BRAWL; AIDES SET FOR WIFE FIGHT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThree Palestinian leaders flew to Paris last night to visit a critically ill Yasser Arafat - setting the stage for a dramatic showdown with his wife, Suha. Early in the...
FREEDOM TOWER RIP-OFF: LAWSUIT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA former Yale architectural student yesterday sued the designers of Ground Zero's Freedom Tower, claiming they ripped off a design he sketched in 1999. The copyright-infringement suit, filed in Manhattan...
MAN HELD IN CLASSMATE SLAY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA New Jersey man yesterday was arrested for savagely beating to death a former medical-school classmate with a baseball bat, police said. Nader Ali, 26, was busted at his parents'...
WTC SUICIDE NOTE; VICTIM TORMENTED BY PASSION FOR 2 WOMEN
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA 25-year-old Georgia man left behind a bizarre, handwritten travelogue detailing his somber thoughts and often quirky adventures before he ended his life with a shotgun blast to the head...
COPS: GAL'S SICK KID-SEX 'FANTASY'
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe young blond mom who seduced her 8-year- old neighbor was playing out her ultimate "fantasy" by engaging in kinky sex trysts with the baby-faced boy, cops said yesterday. The...
GIRL GONE WILD; GENEROSA'S FURY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe sister of accused killer Danny Pelosi testified yesterday that days before Ted Ammon's murder, his estranged wife, Generosa, maliciously destroyed the millionaire's treasured possessions. Barbara Lukert, a prosecution witness,...
TERROR LAWYER SHOCK ; VIOLENCE OK: LYNNE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amRadical lawyer Lynne Stewart yesterday admitted that she believes violence is necessary to thwart governments steeped in "entrenched capitalism." Stewart is on trial for allegedly helping smuggle incendiary messages from...
MTA RIDERS RAIL HARD AGAINST GOV
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amCommuters and lawmakers blasted the MTA's plan to raise fares and tolls yesterday, calling on Gov. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg to bail out the agency. Some 200 people attended the...
TOP RATS MAY HAVE FLED BEFORE ATTACK
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Hundreds of terrorists - including al Qaeda-linked leader Abu Musab Zarqawi - are believed to have already fled Fallujah to avoid the wrath of Operation Dawn and to...
METRO BENDERS BAGGED
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA top NYPD official went into the subway for a firsthand look at MetroCard scammers yesterday - and promptly collared two of them in an Upper East Side station, authorities...
MORON 'MUGGER' INVITED TROUBLE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA bumbling Brooklyn robber has been busted for mugging a visitor in the thug's own home - leading cops to discover his stash of guns and pot, law-enforcement sources said...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** A 44-year-old man was shot dead yesterday by an assailant who accosted him on a Williams Bridge street, authorities said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending...
FEDS OK STUN GUNS FOR AIRLINE THREATS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Department of Homeland Security has issued its first approval for the use of stun guns to stop hijackers and unruly passengers aboard commercial flights. The federal agency gave stun-gun...
THREE CHARGED IN DRY-CLEAN MURDER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amProsecutors yesterday charged three people for their alleged roles in the brazen robbery and killing of a dry-cleaning plant owner in Queens - but are still seeking the unidentified triggerman....
'DAWN' PATROL SLAMS REBELS; TANKS, PLANES RAIN FIRE ON THUGS' TERROR TOWN
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThousands of U.S. Marines and Army troops, backed by tanks and airstrikes, stormed the terrorist strongholds of Fallujah today, beginning the long-awaited all-out offensive that U.S. commanders are hoping will...
FED JUDGE SUSPENDS TRIAL OF OSAMA DRIVER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA judge yesterday halted proceedings against Osama bin Laden's former driver on the grounds the Bush administration's controversial military tribunals may violate the Geneva Conventions. Washington federal Judge James Robertson...
GIVE IT YOUR BEST CHUTE - BIG DOINGS IN THE WORKS FOR CONEY ISLAND LANDMARK
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA new pavilion will soon be built at the world-famous Parachute Jump in Coney Island, The Post has learned. A design competition for the plans, expected to include a restaurant,...
JUDGE SUSPENDS TRIAL OF OSAMA'S DRIVER
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amA judge yesterday halted proceedings of the military tribunal trying Osama bin Laden's former driver. Washington federal Judge James Robertson said the Bush administration's controversial system for trying alleged terrorists...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - SET DESIGNERS KEEP IT REAL - LOOKING
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amHave you ever gone to a movie and marveled at how great the scenery was, only to find out later that the scene was filmed on a studio lot? You...
QUINCY ROTATES IN ; PLAYOFF PUSH PUTS BACKUP QB ON SPOT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTHE news arrived simply, jammed into the middle of Herm Edwards' routine Monday-morning injury report. The coach locked his eyes on the sheet of paper in front of him, switched...
JET REPORT CARD - FALLIN' BACK TO EARTH
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKS Chad Pennington (7-of-15, 141 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 74.6 rating) was solid in the first half, and then a shoulder injury suf fered early worsened. Quincy Carter (2-of-3,...
GIANTS REPORT CARD - UN-BEAR-ABLE LOSS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKS Kurt Warner (18 of 36, 195 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs, two lost fumbles) did what it takes to get benched. Mistakes were compounded by indecision. RUNNING BACKS Finally,...
AUSSIE CRAVES MSG SPOTLIGHT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amBack in the old country at the start of his boxing career, Australian Kali Meehan watched a low-level fight and first noticed the precision with which the boxers threw their...
CHAD NEWS; INJURY COULD KO PENNINGTON FOR MONTH
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets' season of lofty hopes and dreams yesterday took a sudden turn toward the brink. Chad Pennington, whom Curtis Martin called "the most valuable player on our team," is...
ZO'S STRUGGLING WITH THE PAIN
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Just three games into the season, Alonzo Mourning says his kidney is fine and his lab results are good, but the 34-year-old has three years of rust and...
SHAREEF: KEEP ME IN PORTLAND
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amShareef Abdur-Rahim wouldn't have minded a trade to the Nets a few months ago, but now, the forward would prefer to stay in Portland. "I'd rather be with these guys,"...
TELFAIR BLAZES INTO N.J.
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amSebastian Telfair has never played in Meadowlands Arena, never lived in New Jersey, but when he does visit there tonight when his Trail Blazers play the Nets, it will mean...
STOT'S CLOSE TO RETURNING
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThe Yankees are going to add sexier names to their player mix this winter, and for a lot more money. But they couldn't have started their offseason in a better...
COUGHLIN NOT CURT WITH KURT
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Tom Coughlin did not exactly rush to Kurt Warner's defense yesterday, but after a review of the tape from the 28-21 loss to the Bears, Coughlin did exonerate...
MSG MAKES DEAL WITH DEVILS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amIn a preemptive strike against the Mets' new network, MSG Networks has signed the Devils to a 20-year agreement. The deal will run through the 2023-2024 season. With MSG Networks...
DEFENSIVE END ; JINTS LOSE STRAHAN FOR REST OF SEASON
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amThrough everything the Giants have experienced for a decade, though the crumble under Dan Reeves, the rebirth under Jim Fassel, the rise to the Super Bowl and the plummet to...
WITH DES A NO-GO, JINTS TRY TO FILL HOLES
November 9, 2004 | 5:00am"Are those other guys going to have to step up? Yeah . . . It's gonna put a lot more pressure on the other guys."WILL ALLEN Before he even knew...
IT'S NOT KURTAINS YET
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amWHAT has been an unexpected Fall Classic under the iron grip of Tom Coughlin is now teetering on the brink of turning into another winter of our discontent in the...
DISCLOSURE JOLTS JETS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin grimaced when he was told. Santana Moss looked as if someone had just punched him in the gut. As soon as Jerald Sowell got the news,...
LENNY: THOMAS DIDN'T FIRE HIM
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks are 0-2 and are coming off the worst home-opening loss in franchise history, so when it was announced yesterday that there was a change on the...
SMITH COMPLETES MARATHON DREAM
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amLeslie Smith finished the New York City Marathon in 6:33.03, long after Paula Radcliffe and Hendrik Ramaala had won their crowns. But chances are neither will ever have a triumph...
NETS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amIn the wake of the Nets' blowout losses at home, some things have become painfully clear, driven home with every basket by Miami and Phoenix. This team can't rely on...
SULTANS OF SALARY - CASHMAN: YANKS CAN'T SHED PAYROLL - LIKELY TO ADD MORE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Get ready for the $200 million Yankees. In candid comments at the general managers' meetings here yesterday, Yankee GM Brian Cashman acknowledged he likely can't cut...
GMS SET TO TURN UP GAS ON HOT STOVE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amKEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Let the wheeling and dealing begin. The 30 major-league general managers gathered at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Key Biscayne yesterday for the start of the annual...
KNICKS DESPERATE FOR WIN, ALREADY
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amTonight, Jamal Crawford and the Knicks finally will get a chance to rinse away the stench of Saturday night's home-opening, 34-point loss to the Celtics. "I wish we could have...
EXERCISE IN DISLOYALTY ; HELM'S DEPARTURE BAD FOR WILKENS
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amLENNY Wilkens was last seen late yesterday Krazy Gluing himself into his lawn chair on the Garden floor for tonight's game against the 76ers and for the little activity that...
INJURY NEWS CATCHES 'MATES BY SURPRISE
November 9, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin grimaced when he was told. Santana Moss looked as if someone had just punched him in the gut. As soon as Jerald Sowell got the news,...