December 4, 2004
GM BUILDING BUYOUT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amGeorge Soros and Vornado Realty Trust are being bought out of their stakes in the GM Building. German pension fund investors Jamestown plans to invest $300 million, replacing the $250...
JOB-LESS UNEASE ; WEAKER GROWTH RAISES CONCERNS FOR H'DAY
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amJob growth in November was weaker than Wall Street had expected, causing some to question whether the economy was stumbling heading into the key holiday shopping season. Employers added 112,000...
OIL PRICE SLIDE HITS $42.54, A 3-MO. LOW
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amOil prices yesterday dropped to a three-month low, to $42.54 a barrel, down 14 percent this week and 24 percent from the its record high six weeks ago. Fueling the...
WEILL, GRUBMAN MUST FACE SUIT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amCitigroup Chairman Sanford Weill and former star telecom analyst Jack Grubman are headed for court. A federal judge in Manhattan will allow a lawsuit to proceed that claims Citigroup's brokerage...
WING MAN BESTS HOOTERS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA federal jury has stripped Hooters waitresses of any legal protection their skimpy uniforms may have afforded, allowing a rival Florida wings chain to continue to dress its waitresses in...
MARKET REPORT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWhich home improvement is worth the most? A new study released Wednesday says that it's adding a bathroom. You may have guessed that, but did you know that some bathrooms...
GIMME SHELTER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amVORNADO TORNADO MEGA-DEVELOPER Steven Roth is going to be busy this summer with some extra construction in the Hamptons. After a lengthy search of the East End, the Vornado chairman...
TOWELING OFF
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amImperio 944 Eighth Ave., at 56th Street, third floor (212) 246-9181 Sale: Dec. 7-11 Open: Tues.-Fri., noon-8 p.m./Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Hand-woven textiles, tabletop accessories, cowhide rugs and other items...
MY NEW HOME
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amFashionable Man Seeks Fashionable Apartment What He Bought: Carnegie Hill studio, $299,000 Search Time: two years A VETERAN of the fashion industry, Giovanni Turchet is a man of taste. So...
AILEY STILL WONDER-FUL S
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATERCity Center, 130 W. 55th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; (212) 581-1212. Season runs through Jan. 4. STEVIE Wonder, hip-hop and Derek Jeter: The Alvin...
INDIANA JONESING: PROFESSOR'S ON JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
December 4, 2004 | 5:00am"Ramses: Wrath of God or Man?" Tomorrow at 9 p.m. on Discovery (three stars) DID Ramses firstborn son really die in the plague described in Exodus - or was he...
NEW ANCHOR BRIAN TOPS IN FIRST NIGHT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amBRIAN Williams' first night as the official anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" went smoothly - on-air and in the ratings department. Williams, who succeeded Tom Brokaw Thursday night, snared...
DON'T IGNORAH THE MENORAH
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThe festival of lights doesn't officially start until Tuesday at sundown - but there's a whole lotta Hanukkah fun going on this weekend. Tomorrow, sing, dance, nosh and meet Boffo...
BUS-TED AT END OF THE LINE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA city bus careened off a Brooklyn street last night after a black SUV hit it from behind, forcing the bus to plow into a row of stores while leaving...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amSonia Ozeta of Denver, Colo., couldn't believe it when a pink Cadillac plowed through the brick wall of her music store in the middle of the night - stopping just...
XMAS-WRAP STAR - ORIGAMI LADY WINS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA Christmas-paper chase in Rockefeller Center turned into a stunning upset yesterday when the favorites in a gift-wrapping contest were left holding the bag. The expected winners of the Scotch...
GIFF BLASTS MIKE ON S.I. CRIME
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg has allowed quality-of-life crimes to creep up on Staten Island, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller charged yesterday as he picked up support from a Republican colleague. Miller (D-Manhattan),...
GOV NIXES ART BILL OVER NAZI-LOOT CONCERNS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vetoed a bill that would have allowed museums to take title to abandoned artwork, saying the legislation would make it difficult for Holocaust survivors and...
HAMAS OLIVE BRANCH; SAYS ISRAEL TRUCE POSSIBLE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A top Hamas leader said yesterday the terror group may accept a long-term truce with Israel, softening its call for the total destruction of the Jewish state. Signaling...
BARRY** LEADS LEAGUE IN GRAND SHAMS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amONE asterisk isn't good enough for Barry Bonds* anymore. It isn't enough of a stigma. It isn't enough of a demerit. Bonds* has now admitted - after years of indignant...
SHOT TOT'S MOMENT OF 'TOOTH'
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amGetting shot by a stray bullet while shopping at a Bronx bodega with her grandmother is not the only noteworthy event of 4-year-old Jaydalin Garcia's week. She also lost her...
MIKE IN CROATIAN OLYM-PITCH
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThe president of the International Olympic Committee yesterday ordered cities competing for the 2012 games to stop squabbling just as Mayor Bloomberg arrived in Croatia to formally present New York's...
BATTERED GAL'S BEAU SLAIN
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA battered Bronx woman lashed back at her tormenting boyfriend, stabbing him to death after a domestic incident, police and witnesses said. LaToya Jenkins, a 23-year-old who is just five...
MAVERICK BROOKLYN TEAM HOPING TO PUT THE HEAT ON INCOMING NETS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amYet another professional basketball team is coming to Brooklyn. More than a year after developer Bruce Ratner announced his intentions to bring his New Jersey Nets NBA franchise to Brooklyn,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amMANHATTAN *** A 29-year-old clerk was clinging to life last night after being repeatedly stabbed inside an East Harlem store early yesterday, police sources said. The man, whose name was...
GOTTI JR. LOSES BID TO SILENCE RADIO HOST
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA federal judge yesterday rejected John "Junior" Gotti's bid to gag a radio show talk host from blasting him on the air while he faces trial. Gotti is charged with...
'DWI' BRIBE SHOCK - POWER EXEC'S PAYOFF RAP
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amOne of New York City's biggest electrical contracting moguls was shocked yesterday when authorities charged him with bribing a Suffolk official so he could wriggle out of doing nearly 300...
TIGER OWNER A CRASH DUMMY: SUIT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA headline-grabbing tiger that escaped from a traveling circus this summer and prowled onto a busy Queens parkway is back in the spotlight - this time in federal court. An...
LET SPORTS BETTING AID SCHOOLS: BIZ BOSS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amSports betting should be legalized in the city to provide billions of dollars in increased school funding, the head of a leading business group proposed yesterday. New York City Partnership...
LOTTERY TICKET TO $PLITSVILLE ; JUAN'S WIFE WANTS DIVORCE . . . AND PIECE OF THE POT
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amHoly matri-money! The wife of Mega Millionaire Juan Rodriguez has filed for divorce, demanding her slice of the $149 million jackpot - even before the check has been cut to...
GOTTI HIT MAN'S PRE-RUBOUT RUBDOWN
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amOne of Peter Gotti's alleged hit men likes a relaxing massage to help him get ready to murder. A top FBI agent testified yesterday he had obtained extensive physical evidence...
HOODED RAPIST; COPS PRESS HUNT FOR SERIAL PREDATOR
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amPolice are searching for a hooded rapist who they say is terrorizing young women on quiet, tree-lined streets in Queens. The same man is suspected in three early-morning rapes in...
BERNIE: 9/11 SPURS ME ON: HOW SON OF SLAIN HOOKER ROSE TO CABINET
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amHe's the high school dropout who was honored by Harvard. He's the former Army dog handler who went on to run the nation's largest municipal police force. He's the son...
JACKO JOINT RAIDED - COPS SWOOP ON NEVERLAND
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amSanta Barbara sheriff's deputies armed with a search warrant yesterday raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch apparently in search of DNA evidence they believe will lock up their child-molestation case against...
POLICE SHOOT SLIPPERY 'THIEF'
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amCops shot and injured a man on a busy Upper West Side street yesterday - 15 hours after they opened fire on him in a failed attempt to nab him...
ELECTRICIAN HIT WITH SHOCKING BRIBERY RAP
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amOne of New York City's biggest electrical contracting moguls was shocked yesterday when authorities charged him with bribing a Suffolk County official so he could wriggle out of nearly 300...
JACKO JOINT RAIDED; SHERIFF SEEKS 'KID-PERV DNA' AT NEVERLAND
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amSanta Barbara sheriff's deputies armed with a search warrant yesterday raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch apparently in search of DNA evidence they believe will lock up their child-molestation case against...
BLIND MAN IS MAIMED
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA blind man was maimed yesterday when he slipped between a No. 3 train and the platform in Harlem, police said. The 38-year-old man, who was not identified, was hurt...
AILING EX-QNS. DEM BOSS TROY DIES
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amFormer Queens City Councilman Matthew Troy, whose career crashed in 1976 after he was found guilty of tax evasion and taking money from the clients of his law practice, died...
WILD WEST SIDE; COPS SHOOT 'THIEF' IN SECOND CHASE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amCops shot and wounded an ex-con on an Upper West Side street yesterday - 15 hours after they opened fire on him in a failed attempt to nab him in...
GIFF BLASTS MIKE ON S.I. CRIME SPIKE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg has allowed quality-of-life crimes to creep up on Staten Island, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller charged yesterday - and picked up support from a Republican colleague. Miller (D-Manhattan),...
HOME FOR XMAS - DAD REUNITED WITH SNATCHED DAUGHTER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amCharlotte Washington will be home for Christmas. The adorable 4-year-old - spirited away to France by her mother - was reunited with her American father yesterday, ending his heartbreaking 19-month...
TERRORISTS OFFER WARY ISRAEL AN OLIVE BRANCH
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A top Hamas leader said yesterday the terror group may accept a long-term truce with Israel, softening its call for the total destruction of the Jewish state. Signaling...
BAD CREDIT FOR BONDS - 'STEROID' STAR PASSES BUCK TO TRAINER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amBarry Bonds had so much faith in his longtime pal and trainer Greg Anderson, he never questioned whether liquid concoctions and ointments that Anderson gave him contained steroids, the slugger's...
BERNIE: 9/11 SPURS ME ON -SECURITY PICK VOWS TO UPHOLD 'MEMORY OF COURAGEOUS SOULS'
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Former city top cop Bernard Kerik, moments after President Bush nominated him yesterday to run the Homeland Security Department, said his firsthand experience on 9/11 has taught him...
UNION SHOULD SHARE BLAME
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amGary Sheffield is standing up for stronger drug testing. The Yankee slugger told The Post last night he believes players should push for a more forceful drug-testing policy to clean...
AN UGLY SPILL MARS OPENER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00am1ST RACE - Ugly chain-reaction spill in stretch run involving several apprentice riders looked worse than it actually was. Whateveralohawants, first-time starter from John Parisella barn, dashed to lead, pressured...
'ATTIRE' SEEKS HAPPY ENDING
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amIt's been a close-but-no-cigar type of year for Evening Attire, trainer Pat Kelly's classy 6-year-old gelding, who's looking to wrap up his 2004 campaign on a positive note as the...
EX-MATE BACKS BONDS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amA former teammate of Barry Bonds told the Post yesterday that Bonds' reported testimony about unknowingly using steroids should not change people's perceptions of his baseball greatness. "I don't think...
ABRAHAM INTENT ON RE-UPPING
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amJET NOTES John Abraham has played for the Jets the last four years, and if he has his way, he'll be back again for another tour in green and white...
GREEN LIGHT ; CHAD 'EXCITED' ABOUT RETURN TO ACTION
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amIf the 30-yard frozen rope Chad Pennington threw to Santana Moss for a touchdown - into the wind - yesterday in practice is any indication, the quarterback should be just...
ARMY-NAVY BIGGER THAN JUST A GAME
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Beat Navy, the letters and e-mails pouring in from Iraq and Afghanistan implore Bobby Ross. The words are at the Superintendent's home, on the ceiling of the swimming...
IT'S TIME FOR STORM'S JONES ; TO SHAKE THINGS UP
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amAN OPEN memo to St. John's sophomore forward Tyler Jones: You are one of the sharpest young men I've met in a long time. On the court you've shown signs...
URBAN SHOCKER ; MEYER SHUNS IRISH FOR FLORIDA
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amUtah coach Urban Meyer's so-called dream job dangled in front of him all week. But when the time came to grab control of Notre Dame's football program, he passed, and...
NBA SUES TO BLOCK BRAWL ARBITRATOR
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThe NBA filed suit yesterday to block the four Pacer players suspended for brawling with fans in Detroit last month from appealing to have an independent arbitrator overturn the suspensions....
BONDS BOMBSHELL HITS BASEBALL HARD - TOUGHER POLICY ON DECK
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amAfter being rocked by grand jury testimony that Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds admitted to taking steroids - even if Bonds amazingly said he didn't know what he was using...
GREATS FEAR FOR 'ROIDER NATION
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThrough all the steroid needles, creams and clears, there's one thing that Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda can't get past. "The thing that confuses the hell out of me is...
EX-KNICK IS TOP 'CAT' - TAPSCOTT CAN FINALLYLIVE DOWN DISASTEROF PHANTOM FREDERIC
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWhen Charlotte Bobcats president Ed Tapscott analyzes centers he's chosen in the first round, he'd rather discuss Emeka Okafor than French phantom Frederic Weis. Tapscott, former Knick director of player...
DRUGS NO PROBLEM FOR INTOLERANT NFL
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES In the wake of the Jason Giambi revelations and the usage of steroids in Major League Baseball, the disparity between the NFL and MLB regarding the testing of...
UNION SHOULDSHARE BLAME
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amFIVE YEARS after Barry Bonds retires, his name will be placed on baseball's Hall of Fame ballot. Right now, I'm not "clear" that I could vote for him. As for...
POOR RECEPTION ; SLUMP SLOWS JINT WIDEOUTS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThere's nothing outrageous about Ike Hilliard, but he admits he's not above a flashy celebration or two when he scores a touchdown. "I tried the whole thing," he said, "and...
KIDD'S RETURN LIKELY MONDAY
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThere was a touch of rust, so some passes were a little off mark. But most were inordinately accurate. Naturally, some shots clanged off the backboard. Everywhere, there was a...
BRONX-BOUND; STANTON REACQUIRED BY YANKS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWith the big fish still in the pond, the Yankees re-arranged their sock draw yesterday when they welcomed back Mike Stanton and John Flaherty and added right-handed reliever Felix Rodriguez....
MOURNING, NETS 'CLEAR AIR'
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES Alonzo Mourning has been most vocal in his criticism of the Nets for their past moves and uncertain future while making his desire to play for a contender...
HEREDIA TO METS IN MONEY MANEUVER
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThe Mets wanted to get younger and save some money. The Yankees wanted an experienced lefty alternative. Which is why the crosstown rivals collaborated on their 13th intra-city swap yesterday,...
WINNING IS FAMILY TRADITION
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amHIGH SCHOOLS Adekunle Akingba stood on the sidelines at Midwood Field three years ago, watching his brother, Adeboyago, lead Sheepshead Bay to a PSAL football title and while he was...
HOU COULD DEBUT TUESDAY IN MEMPHIS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Allan Houston Watch grew more cryptic yesterday when Knick coach Lenny Wilkens said it's likely the former All-Star guard will be activated during the upcoming four-game Southern...
NBA SUES TO BLOCK ARBITRATOR FOR BRAWL
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amThe NBA filed suit yesterday to block the four Pacer players suspended for brawling with fans in Detroit last month from appealing to have an independent arbitrator overturn the suspensions....
TOUGHER POLICY'S ON DECK
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amAfter being rocked by grand jury testimony that Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds admitted to taking steroids - even if Bonds amazingly said he didn't know what he was using...
BUDDY SYSTEM ; BONDS TRUSTED TRAINER WITH STEROIDS
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amBarry Bonds had so much faith in longtime pal and trainer Greg Anderson, he never questioned whether liquid concoctions and ointments Anderson gave him contained steroids, the slugger's lawyer claimed...
STANTON BRONX-BOUND ; YANKS REACQUIRE STANTON; GET RODRIGUEZ
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWith the big fish still in the pond, the Yankees re-arranged their sock draw yesterday when they welcomed back Mike Stanton and John Flaherty and added right-handed reliever Felix Rodriguez....
HOUSTON ON ROAD (TRIP) TO RETURN - MAYBE
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Could Allan Houston's season debut finally be here? Knicks coach Lenny Wilkens said it's likely the All-Star guard will be activated during the four-game Southern road trip that...
A LOSS MOST FOUL - STEPH'S MISSED FREE THROWS DOOM KNICKS AT GARDEN
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amMagic 104Knicks 98 As well as Stephon Marbury has played, his most under-publicized exploit had been torrid free-throw shooting. When Marbury stepped to the foul line with 46.8 seconds left...
SHEFF: WE NEED TOUGHER TESTING
December 4, 2004 | 5:00am"Sure, there is going to be a Bo Jackson who comes along every once in a blue moon, but all of a sudden there were too many Bo Jacksons."GARY SHEFFIELD...
BACK IN THE BRONX - YANKS REACQUIRE STANTON; GET RODRIGUEZ
December 4, 2004 | 5:00amWith the big fish still in the pond, the Yankees re-arranged their sock draw yesterday when they welcomed back Mike Stanton and John Flaherty and added right-handed reliever Felix Rodriguez....