November 23, 2004
ECONOMIST SAYS DON'T BET AGAINST DOLLAR - IT'S STRONG
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amDR. Gloom isn't particularly gloomy these days. Henry Kaufman earned that nickname during the 1980s when his pronouncements as chief economist at Salomon Brothers about things like inflation and regulation...
THEFT-PROOF BENZ STOLEN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe $1 million Mercedes Benz limo used by the carmaker's own CEO was hailed as bullet-proof and theft-proof - until now. Bold thieves somehow apparently jimmied through the armor-plated doors...
REPORT JUICES APPLE SHARES
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amHow much are 26 happy iPod owners worth? Apparently $2.4 billion. That's how much market value Apple Computer Inc. shares gained yesterday, hitting a four-year high, after one analyst's report...
NASD SLAPS LIFETIME BAN ON QUATTRONE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe bad boy of the Internet bubble - investment banker Frank Quattrone - has been barred for life from Wall Street. Quattrone, whose career high points include taking Amazon.com public,...
PAPERS' STREET SALES UNDER NEW CRACKDOWN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe newspaper industry's watchdog took another step toward cracking down on circulation fraud, imposing stricter rules on papers that use street hawkers to sell single copies. The Audit Bureau of...
KRISPY KREME HAS GONE OUT OF KONTROL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amCarb-conscious Americans continued to flatten Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, as the onetime Wall Street darling yesterday posted a loss of $3 million in the third quarter. That bad news sent the...
AMI'S BRIT SNIT - PECKER DUMPS IMPORTED EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe British invasion of American Media Inc. has hit a rock. The company's editorial director, Martin Smith - a former top hand at the Daily Express in London - left...
CA'S NEW CEO IS IBM VET
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amComputer Associates, looking to erase the memory of having its ex-CEO under indictment, is expected to hire a 26-year veteran of IBM Corp. to lead the company. Ending a seven-month...
OVITZ MIND MELD - EX-PREZ'S TACTICS HAD DIRECTOR SQUIRMING
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amMichael Ovitz's wacky ideas for bonding with employees made it impossible for him to fit in at media giant Disney, according to a former executive. Stephen Bollenbach, who clashed with...
WEST ST. APTS. ADD TO REVIVAL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amTHE city's Economic Development Corp. has formally signed off on the sale of a big development site to a Resnick family partnership, making real one of downtown's most buzzed-about residential...
KAMINSKY JUMPS TO STONE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amJann Wenner has decided to keep the top editor's job on Rolling Stone for himself. James Kaminsky, who was eased out of the editorial director's job at Playboy in April,...
FOX SCORES DEAL FOR BOWL GAMES
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amBEGINNING in 2007, Fox will televise the Bowl Championship Series, which crowns college football's national champion. Fox and the BCS officially announced its four-year, $80 million agreement yesterday after ABC...
HOWARD WHO? - ROBIN PREPARES TO DUMP STERN, HOST OWN SHOW
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amAccording to Sony, Quivers will continue working with Stern "while developing the series" - but the release says nothing about her plans with Stern once her new show begins. HOWARD...
NEW AGE MOMS - FIFTY'S FINE IF THEY'RE HEALTHY
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN Aleta St. James became a first-time mother of twins this month, she was 57 years old. She made headlines - but she's hardly alone. Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of...
STARR REPORT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00am'Live,' from New York "Good Day Live" is nearing the end of its month-long search to find a New York City-based correspondent - and has narrowed the field down to...
'DOLL' OF YOUR DREAMS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amIt can hardly be believed that this movie is being presented on a broadcast network in prime time in the year 2004. It is simply too nice. It contains no...
CLASS ACT - OPRAH GIVES TEACHERS A LOT MORE THAN APPLES.
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amOPRAH Winfrey played teacher's pet yesterday - lavishing $4.5 million in goodies on her studio audience of 300 school teachers. It was all part of Winfrey's annual "Oprah's Favorite Things"...
SUPER BOWL CLEANS UP HALFTIME WITH BEATLE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amPAUL McCartney will perform what officials at the NFL and Fox hope will be a squeaky clean halftime show for Super Bowl XXXIX. This will be McCartney's second Super Bowl...
BANNED 'FAMILY GUY' EPISODE SET TO AIR
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amFOX is finally going to air a Jewish-themed episode of the animated show "Family Guy" that was banned by the network when producers first tried to air it in 2000....
WHAT PRICE ART? - SHOCKED BY THE $20 ADMISSION FEE AT THE NEW MOMA? YOU'RE NOT ALONE. ROBERT RORKE PEEKS INSIDE THE BOOKS OF TOP MUSEUMS TO INVESTIGATE THE COST OF CULTURE. HERES, FIVE MUSEUMS TO VISIT THAT PACK THEM IN FOR LESS.
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON www.mfa.org Admission: Adults, $15. Good for 30 days/two visits. Voluntary donations Wednesdays after 6 p.m. Endowment: $385 million Operating expenses: $98 million Special exhibit: "Art...
HOLIDAY HIGH - DECEMBER IN CHICAGO - WHAT COULD BE FINER? DAVID LANDSEL MAKES THE CASE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amWANDER the streets of Chicago right about now and you'll experience something rare: It's nearly Thanksgiving, yet you can feel all of your appendages. Normally, the sight of Christmas lights...
'TOONED OUT - MOVIEGOERS 'TREASURE' CAGE OVER SPONGEBOB
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amBLAME it on cartoon overload. An unusual cluster of three animated flicks helped Nicolas Cage pull off an impressive heist: stealing the No. 1 spot at the box office from...
THANK U2 - IRISH ROCKERS DAZZLE CITY WITH AN AMAZING PRO BONO SHOW
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA gift to New York. That's the best way to describe U2's terrific free show in DUMBO's Fulton Ferry State Park yesterday afternoon. On a stage nestled between the Brooklyn...
50 THINGS ABOUT U2
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amNOW a quarter-century old and with its members well into their 40s, the Irish supergroup U2 is that true rock rarity: a still-intact band that has sold more than 125...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amResidents of Louisville, Ky., got a shock when a new restaurant opened - featuring 2-foot-long papier-maché marijuana joints above the entrance. Josh Lee's new eatery, Cheba Hut, is dope-themed, with...
FLU-VACCINE SMUGGLE PROBE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amFederal investigators executed a search warrant at a New Jersey home last night as part of a probe into the smuggling of flu vaccine into the country, authorities said. No...
SCHOOLS JUNK OLD COMPUTERS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe city Department of Education is scrapping 50,000 pieces of aging computers - from hard drives to keyboards and monitors - to free space in storage closets and classrooms. More...
HELLISH HALLS - CHAOTIC STAMPEDES AT PACKED S.I. SCHOOL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThey were punched, they were kicked, they were trampled - going to class. Student testimonials of a recent period change at an overcrowded Staten Island middle school obtained by The...
CLOSING BOOTHS IS 'SUBWAY DANGER'
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amShutting down subway station booths "makes absolutely no sense" because it puts straphangers at risk and could lead to more crime, a group of Manhattan lawmakers charged yesterday. Rep. Jerrold...
GOOD NEWS '4' BX. SUBWAY RIDERS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amSome Bronx straphangers got to work a little easier yesterday after two subway stations reopened following four months of renovations. The 170th and 176th Street stations on the No. 4...
AGONY FOR 25 YEARS - ETAN'S DAD TESTIFIES
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe father of Etan Patz - the best-known missing child in city history - attempted to put his 25 years of pain into words on the witness stand yesterday, to...
WTC PATH STATION A BIG HIT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amRidership is on the right PATH at the temporary World Trade Center station, Port Authority officials said yesterday. Almost 39,000 commuters used the station daily last month - nearly 13,000...
MATCHMAKER'S TEARS - AGONY OVER N'TUCKET KILLING
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amNANTUCKET, Mass. - Bernadette Feeney once considered former Wall Street exec Tom Toolan a friend - and introduced him to her pretty, vivacious and single pal Beth Lochtefeld. Yesterday, a...
CITY FAKED OUT OF $1B - KNOCKOFF-GOODS BIZ SOARING
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amSales of counterfeit merchandise hit nearly $23 billion in the city last year, robbing the Big Apple of an estimated $1 billion in tax revenue, city Comptroller Bill Thompson found...
CITY PANEL OKS ZONING FOR W. SIDE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe city moved dramatically closer yesterday to its goal of remaking the underutilized Far West Side into a blossoming district of office towers, apartment buildings and tree-lined boulevards, when the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Police yesterday released this photo (above) of Andre Harris, wanted in connection with a shooting that killed a South Bronx man and left his wife seriously injured....
'CONTROL FREAK' - THE LATEST BUSH SMEAR
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amPRESIDENT Bush proved in his first term that he had a talent for provoking fits of madness in the brains of liberals who disagree with him. It appears his second...
YOU PAID THIS MAN 62G FOR 4 HRS. A WEEK
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - In a shocking patronage scam, a politically connected state employee was raking in $62,000 a year for just four hours of work per week, it was revealed yesterday....
INTEL-REFORM BILL FOES: WE WON'T BOW TO BUSH
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A leading critic of the intelligence reform legislation said yesterday he won't cave to pressure from President Bush, but would jump on board if there's a slight revision...
SHOT S.I. TEEN 'THREATENED TO KILL'
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe Staten Island teen who was shot by an off-duty NYPD captain after he vandalized cars had earlier threatened to kill a woman and her husband when she heard the...
-GUY STAYS SPRUNG ANOTHER WEEK (M)-GUY'S JAILHOUSE RETURN DELAYED (S, LCF)
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amGuy Velella won a last-minute reprieve yesterday when a state judge delayed for one week the order that would have sent the once-powerful state senator back to jail. "This will...
EACH BOROUGH HAS OWN GRIPE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amQuality-of-life gripes in the city differ markedly depending on which borough New Yorkers live in, a survey showed yesterday. If you rank street noise as the biggest bother, you probably...
NOW KISSING IS THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Italian Anti-Defamation League needs to act with the speed of a bullet. At the Peter Gotti trial yesterday, a huge chunk of time was consumed with the subject of...
SHEFFIELD'S MOM GOES IN TO BAT FOR EMBATTLED DELEON
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Gary Sheffield's nervous wife immediately went on the defensive as an alleged extortionist tried to peddle lurid sex tapes of her, personally phoning her mother-in-law to...
BYSTANDER MOM DIES OF GUNSHOT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA 19-year-old bystander shot in the head on a Bronx street Saturday has died, police said yesterday. Jasmine Pacheco died from her severe head injury at St. Barnabas Hospital at...
KNICK DEAL PREVENTS BLACKOUT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks fans are not going to be blacked out after all. Cable titans Cablevision and Time Warner Cable yesterday reached an interim agreement that will keep Knicks games on the...
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND - 55% APPROVE OF W.
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is on a roll heading into his second term with his job approval rising to 55 percent, a new poll shows. Bush's post-election bounce and growing...
BRIDGE BIKE HERO - FOILS SEX ATTACK
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amAn East Village man riding his bike across the Williamsburg Bridge became a sudden hero when he scared off a convicted killer who was sexually assaulting a woman - then...
PLAY IT AGAIN - FAO SCHWARZ ABOUT TO REOPEN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amLegendary toy retailer FAO Schwarz will reopen its landmark Manhattan store on Thanksgiving Day, just in time for the holidays. The 65,000-square-foot store at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street has...
GUARD'S RUSE VS. PELOSI
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amMurder suspect Danny Pelosi was hoodwinked in the clink. After authorities got wind that Pelosi allegedly tried to hire a fellow inmate to rough up witnesses, a correction officer pulled...
U2 ROCKS BROADWAY
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amRock megastars U2 drove city fans wild yesterday by hopping aboard a flatbed truck to play an impromptu concert as they rode down Broadway before heading toward an outdoor gig...
S.I. 'KILLER' FACES DEATH - HIT WITH FED RAP IN COP SLAYS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA man accused in the coldblooded execution of two undercover detectives on Staten Island was hit with federal racketeering murder charges yesterday that could lead to the death penalty. The...
THE 'DOPEY' DON - GOTTI'S SMARTS RIPPED
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amPeter Gotti is a "dope" who didn't have the wits of other mob leaders, a retired FBI agent testified yesterday. "I don't believe he was qualified to run the Gambino...
WTC HEALTH SURVEY REVEALS PSYCH TOLL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe first findings from a massive collection of health data at Ground Zero were made public yesterday, showing that residents and emergency workers have more psychological problems than average New...
STUDENT'S SLAY BAFFLES L.I. FAMILY
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA well-liked St. John's University senior, who surfed, played guitar and was close with his family, was found mysteriously shot dead on a quiet, residential Long Island street, police said...
COPS' TRAGIC SLAY - SHOOT VIOLENT VAGRANT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn homeless man waving a 4-foot-long metal light fixture and chasing a woman on the street was fatally shot by a police officer yesterday after he refused to put...
SCARED CROW - SHERYL TELLS JURY OF ENCOUNTER WITH 'STALKER'
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amRock star Sheryl Crow took the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday against her alleged stalker, recounting how "scared" she felt after the retired Navy diver tried to get into her...
IRAQ-ARTIFACT SMUGGLER SENTENCED
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA Middle East scholar was sentenced yesterday to six months' home confinement for smuggling ancient Iraqi artifacts. "I made a serious mistake which I deeply regret," said Joseph Braude, who...
HIS LUCKY PENNIES - JUAN WAS A 78ó MAN BEFORE HIS $149M WIN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amMega Millions winner Juan Rodriguez's entire life savings couldn't buy him a cup of joe. The $149 million man - the biggest single winner in New York lottery history -...
PARK PAYOUT IN A SAFE PLACE: EXPERT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amJuan Rodriguez went from rags to riches overnight, but if he's not careful, he can go from riches to rags almost as quickly. Surprisingly, at least one-third of all lottery...
MUSEUMS WOO SCHOOL TRIPS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amMuseums across the city are wining and dining public-school principals with free passes and discounts to encourage more field trips. The royal treatment is part of the Department of Education's...
S.I. 'KILLER' FACES DEATH - NEW FED RAP IN COP SLAYS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA man accused in the coldblooded execution of two undercover detectives on Staten Island was hit with federal racketeering murder charges yesterday that could lead to the death penalty. The...
CITY SUED FOR 'GOP' BUSTS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD created its "own little Guantanamo on the Hudson" during the Republican National Convention when it arrested nearly 2,000 protesters and held them in filthy pens for longer than...
W. SOARS IN POST-VOTE POLL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is heading into his second term, with his job approval rising to 55 percent, a new poll shows. Bush's post-election bounce and growing public support come...
'9/11' PLOTS IN BRITAIN - HEATHROW PLAN FOILED
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amChilling plans for a 9/11- style terror onslaught - complete with hijacked planes - targeted London's Heathrow Airport and famed financial district Canary Wharf, it was reported yesterday. The ghoulish...
COPS BUST LIMO MOB 'ENFORCER'
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amPolice yesterday said they arrested the muscle behind a mob-linked group of limo drivers who demanded money from fellow chauffeurs for the privilege of picking up clients at the city's...
COMMUTER VAN KILLS QNS. GIRL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA 12-year-old Far Rockaway girl who dreamed of becoming an Olympic track star was struck and killed by a "dollar van" yesterday after she ran out into the street with...
FALLUJAH MARINE IN JERSEY 'AIR WAR'
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amBattle-weary Marine Sgt. Juan Jimenez thought two weeks' combat leave meant no fighting for a while - but he discovered he was wrong when he landed in the clink at...
TEEN LEAPS IN SUBWAY SUICIDE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA teenager died yesterday when she apparently jumped in front of a subway train as it was pulling into Herald Square station, authorities said. Zinzi Quansah, 18, of Brooklyn, leaped...
TURKISH DELIGHTS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amNew York is truly an international melting pot, with people from all over the world calling it home. Over the next several months, we'll take a look at some of...
STUDENT'S BAFFLING SLAY STUNS L.I. FAMILY
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amA well-liked St. John's University senior, who surfed, played guitar and was close with his family, was found mysteriously shot dead on a quiet, residential Long Island street, police said...
REPORT: CUP TOSSER AT PALACE HAS RECORD
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe man who Auburn Hills, Mich., authorities have identified as throwing the cup that sparked Friday night's Pacer-Piston brawl has a long and sordid criminal history, WDIV-TV Channel 4 in...
ENCOURAGING SIGNS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: C+ Judged strictly on stats, Eli Manning's debut (17 of 37, 162 yards, 1 TD, 1 INTs) was a failure and a disappointment. Too much in a...
WHATEVER IT TAKES
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: C Quincy Carter (11-of-20, 116 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 67.9 rating) was rattled by the blitzing Browns early, but recovered to help deliver a victory. RUNNING...
K-MART: SELL-OFF WAS SAD
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amDENVER - These obviously are not the Nets that Kenyon Martin remembers. Martin recalls a championship-caliber team wielding an offense that could score on anyone and a defense that could...
RICE'S KELLY EAGER TO STRUT HIS STUFF
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amOn the night last year that Lincoln's Sebastian Telfair became the first New York City high-school player to make the jump straight to the NBA, Rice head coach Maurice Hicks...
GIANT MISSION: HELP THE KID
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amJEREMY SHOCKEY yesterday called on all Giant playmakers to come to the aid of the rookie quarterback. Because if they don't help Eli Manning, and help him soon - like...
BIG NUGGET OF TROUBLE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nets' plight is turning this Kenyon Martin reunion into a bitter reminder of what was . . . and what still could have been. Losers of five straight, the...
STARKS: FANS OUT OF CONTROL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amFormer Knicks great John Starks defended NBA players involved in Friday night's brawl with fans, saying they had "every right to defend themselves." In Brooklyn to distribute free Thanksgiving turkeys...
LATE FAILURES BECOMING A HABIT
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES For the third time in the last three weeks, the Giants last Sunday had the ball in the final two minutes with a chance to either tie or...
PRINCE EYES CHARLES AS TEAMMATE
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amEpiphanny Prince is widely considered to be one of the top basketball players in the country, and the Bergtraum junior will likely be able to go to any college she...
FREE AGENTS TRANSFER POWER TO BANNEKER
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amAfter spending less than two weeks at Bridgton Academy in Maine, Mike Davis was returning home to Brooklyn, unsure of what his future held. "I didn't know what I was...
WINNING UGLY IS HERM'S WAY - HAS JETS FOLLOWING IN BUCS' FOOTSTEPS
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amNo, it didn't look good. Not in the least. But get over it. It was a win, a road win that ended a two-game losing streak. The Jets are 7-3...
LOU HOLDS COURT - SJU HONORS CARNESECCA
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amLou Carnesecca doesn't have a VIP seat in Alumni Hall because the former St. John's coaching legend never believed any one person was more important than another. "His door was...
COLD COMFORT IN BLUE LOSS - ELI'S PROMISE CAN'T CHEER UP COUGHLIN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amTom Coughlin was listing, after a review of the game tape, some of the mistakes his rookie quarterback had made. The Giants coach noticed that Eli Manning did not set...
GIANT LEAP, HOUSTON
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amAllan Houston took his most significant step toward returning to the Knicks lineup yesterday, taking part in a brisk rehearsal of the team's offensive game plan. He could scrimmage with...
CHAD TO THROW THIS WEEK, MAY RETURN DEC. 5
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES Chad Pennington has been cleared by doctors to throw this week. He won't throw in practice, but on the side, like a baseball pitcher in rehab. "He's getting...
NOT BAD, BUT NOT CHAD - INJURED PENNINGTON OVERSHADOWS CARTER
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amTHE more time goes by, the more weeks pass, the more the shadow of Chad Pennington looms large and heavy over Weeb Ewbank Hall, over the Jets' locker room, over...
WHY DAVID WAS SO STERN
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amUNLIKE David Stern, who's clever enough to sift through and digest the countless number of confrontations, machinations, nuances and interrogations relevant to the scariest NBA scene he confesses to have...
ALLAN, LENNY WRESTLE WITH BRAWL GAME
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Now that NBA commissioner David Stern levied some of the most severe penalties in league history on the players involved in the Auburn Hills brawl, the debate begins...
SURGERY FOR SHEFF - YANK'S SHOULDER SHOULD BE OK BY SPRING
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amIn the middle of last year, Gary Sheffield was adamant he wasn't going to have postseason surgery to correct a painful problem in his left shoulder. Sheffield said he wasn't...
IT'S OFFICIAL: BENSON INKS NEW MET DEAL
November 23, 2004 | 5:00amThis is the Kris Benson the Mets hope they signed yesterday to a three-year, $22.5 million deal with an option for a fourth year at another $7.5 million: In four...