March 5, 2005
LIGHT SENTENCE - AON GETS SLAP ON THE WRIST IN SPITZER PROBE
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIt pays to be nice. Just ask Aon Corp.'s CEO Patrick G. Ryan, who's walking around today with several million dollars in his pocket -$1.25 million bonus money and $2.6...
STOCKS SOAR ON JOBS REPORT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amSigns of a job market recovery sent blue chip stocks jumping to their highest levels in nearly four years. Economists said the Labor Department's latest employment data was so upbeat...
WEEK ENDS FOR EBBERS JURY
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amJurors weighing the fate of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers finished their first day of deliberations yesterday after sending several notes out to the judge asking to see some evidence...
BUFFETT GIVES KRISPY KREME A BOOST
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amWarren Buffett's appetite for junk food - and speculation he's investing in struggling doughnut chain Krispy Kreme - sent its stock soaring nearly 23 percent. Shares jumped $1.38 to $7.50...
MARKET REPORT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amYOU probably won't be surprised to hear that real estate in New York state climbed a more-than-healthy 12.56 percent in 2004, but guess what? That's nothing compared to the most...
GIMME SHELTER
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amEmergency room, $2M ACTRESS Julianna Margulies, perhaps best known as nurse Carol Hathaway on the TV series E.R., is living more like one of the doctors, after shelling out $2.4...
TAX WOES IN JERSEY
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amCALL it Tax Tuesday. This past week, when New Jersey's acting Governor Richard Codey released his 2006 budget plan, he raised the possibility of rising property taxes for nearly every...
JUST TAKE A SECOND - WANT A VACATION HOME? TRY THESE 5 HOT SPOTS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY may be vying to be "The World's Second Home," but most New Yorkers are clamoring for a second home that's anywhere but here. According to a new...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amWOOD IS GOOD Gramercy Garden and Antiques Show Armory at Gramercy Park, Lexington Avenue at 26th Street (212) 255-0020 Sale: through Sunday Open: Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m....
A 'STAR' IS BORN; YOUNG HOPEFULS FACE TOUGH JUDGE FAYE DUNAWAY FOR ACTORS' 'APPRENTICE'
March 5, 2005 | 5:00am"The Starlet" Tomorrow night at 8 on WB/Ch. 11 ½ (two and a half stars) A new reality show for wannabe Hollywood starlets passes its audition. But it remains to...
4-GONE: ROSENFIELD JUMPING TO CH. 2
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amJIM Rosenfield signed off from Ch. 4 yesterday - and will join CBS-owned Ch. 2. Rosenfield, who co-anchored "Live at Five" with Sue Simmons, had been with Ch. 4 since...
CRUE WHIPS IT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMOTLEY CRUE THE tension of whether Motley Crue would implode under the lights in New York, mixed with the anticipation of hearing the boys together again after their breakup six...
MOVIE MADNESS! KIDS' FILM FESTS THE PRIDES OF MARCH
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amGood things come in twos - especially in March, when New York City turns into a kind of Cannes for the kiddie set. For the seventh year in a row,...
WHAT'S UP? YOUR BEST BETS THIS WEEKEND
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amSEUSS ON THE LOOSE: Lincoln Center's "Family Musik" series presents music man Rob Kapilow's family-friendly operas, "Dr. Seuss's Gertrude McFuzz" and "Lazy Andy Ant." Today, 2 and 4 p.m. $25....
THE 'BLACK WOMAN' WHO ATE HOLLYWOOD
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe old phrase, "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand," is about as hackneyed as it is politically incorrect. But it may be the only way to explain the surprise...
JEAN THERAPY - AUTHOR OF 'GIRLS IN PANTS' BOOK REVEALS WHY SHE LOVES CLOTHES ENCOUNTERS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMost best-selling writers sign books. Ann Brashares signs jeans. So far she's signed about 100 pairs of them - plus two pairs of shoes - thanks to her traveling pants...
MY NEW HOME
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amSINGLE WOMAN FINDS RIGHT HOUSE RIGHT MAN Search Time: 2.5 years What She Bought: 6-bedroom Victorian, $990K SOME people marry for money; Mimi Lazarus, in a sense, married for a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIt was a pretty tongue-in-cheek alibi. Brenna Guy of Indianapolis claimed the Breathalyzer test that led to her DWI arrest was invalid because she has a tongue stud - and...
AMPUTEE HAS HIS LIFE 'HANDED' BACK
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIt was definitely a hands-on job. A Long Island worker thanked God and his doctors for miraculously reattaching his hands, which were severed by a punch-press machine at his factory...
3 COLLEGE KIDS KILLED IN LIE HIT AND RUN
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA driver fled the scene of a crash early yesterday that killed three college students on the Long Island Expressway, police said. The accident occurred near 148th Street in Flushing...
COPS BUST ROOMMATE OF COED ID-THEFT VICTIM
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island college student has been arrested on charges of stealing the identity of her roommate to buy luxury items online, cops said. Vanessa Heron, 18, a student at...
SLAIN BANKING BIG'S 'KINKY' END
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amInvestment banking mogul Edouard Stern was clad head-to-feet in a latex suit when he was found shot dead this week in his Geneva apartment, Swiss media reported yesterday as the...
MURDER RAP FOR SAMURAI STEPSON
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe Long Island teen who allegedly killed his stepfather with a samurai sword has been indicted for murder. According to court papers, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted Zach Gibian,...
WAITING ON JUAN - ESTRANGED LOTTO WIFE: I WANT MY CUT OF $59M
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amBefore winning his $149 million Mega Millions jackpot, bankrupt parking-lot attendant Juan Rodriguez did his best to avoid paying bills. As far as his estranged wife Iris is concerned, not...
VIRILE DOG VICTORIOUS IN 'NEUT' SUIT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA male Brooklyn canine narrowly avoided being neutered after a legal dogfight over his virility reached a de facto settlement. Despite the city's insistence he be neutered, a 2-year-old European...
SEPARATE SAD FAREWELLS FOR TRAGIC LOVERS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA star-crossed couple who had lived together for years and died in a tragic weekend murder-suicide were mourned in separate funerals yesterday. Finnbar Mahon, a 16-year NYPD veteran who police...
MARTHA TO WEAR ANKLET
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart will soon be sporting a must-have accessory for any active con on the go - a stylish electronic anklet like the one at left that allow...
COPS NAIL 'DIRTY DOZEN' GUN-AND-DRUG GANG
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amCops in Brooklyn have rounded up a "Dirty Dozen" - a pistol-packing shooting suspect and 11 alleged drug-dealing cohorts who were in an apartment with a cache of marijuana, guns...
MERCHANT'S 'SPRING' SALE IN W'CHESTER
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA downtown Katonah merchant yesterday came down with a strong case of Martha Stewart fever - displaying Juicy Couture shirts in her store window featuring the slogan "Juicy loves Martha."...
BEGGING BUSH'S PARDON; DUBYA CLEARS QNS. VET
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday handed out eight pardons - including one for a Queens man who went on a drunken rampage 20 years ago while he was serving in the military....
PREZ REJECTS SYRIA'S 'HALFHEARTED' LEB PULLOUT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amUnder mounting pressure, Syria yesterday offered a partial pullout of troops occupying Lebanon - but President Bush immediately rejected that, and said "no halfhearted measures" will do. "Syrian troops, Syrian...
ZONGO JURY STUCK; JUDGE: KEEP AT IT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amManhattan jurors considering the fate of the cop who killed Ousmane Zongo say they are deadlocked after five days of deliberations - but they've been ordered to return Monday to...
WILD MALL SHOOT - B'KLYN MAYHEM
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe assistant manager of a Foot Locker store at a bustling Brooklyn mall has been charged with shooting an unruly customer who returned two hours after being ordered never to...
VERDICT ON LATOYA'S FASHION - IT'S TRASHY
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - The uniform of the day, Jacko freaks, is black and white. Or if your name is LaToya Jackson, it's black leather boots and glowing white thighs....
BUSH PUSHES SOCIAL SECURTY
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush hit the road for his Social Security overhaul in New Jersey yesterday - while in New York, Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton painted Bush as a...
JETS IN ALL-OUT BLITZ VS. 'GREEDY' GARDEN
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amRevved up like a linebacker over the West Side stadium plans, the Jets pounded Madison Square Garden yesterday as a greedy monopoly that is squeezing every customer - including the...
DRIVER FLEES LIE TRIPLE-DEATH CRASH
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amA driver fled the scene of a crash that killed three people on the Long Island Expressway early yesterday, police said. The accident occurred near 148th Street in Flushing, when...
MIKE, GIFF POUND EACH OTHER ON RIVAL CAMPAIGN $$
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThey've challenged one another's policies, views and priorities. Now, Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Gifford Miller are arguing about each other's integrity. Bloomberg escalated an ongoing battle with Miller...
DOMESTICATED DIVA - MARTHA REVELS IN FREEDOM AT POSH ESTATE
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amFormer jailbird Martha Stewart got a brief reprieve yesterday when she was allowed to stroll the lavish grounds of her Bedford estate with her dog to feed horses, pick lemons...
'DADDY' DEAREST ; ACCUSER & KIN HAIL 'FAMILY MAN' JACKO IN PROSECUTORS' VID
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Jackson's young accuser once asked the pervy pop star, "Can I call you Daddy?" the boy's mother claims on a creepy videotape that was shown at Jacko's kiddie-sex abuse...
DIRTY DURST SUES SITES OVER SEX VID
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amAs if seeing sex footage of pudgy Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst wasn't punishment enough, several Web sites are now being sued by the irate rap-rocker for showing the raunchy...
NYPD HUNTS 'GAME'; BID TO QUIZ 50 CENT PAL
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe NYPD ain't got Game. Detectives want to question the gangsta rapper known as The Game for help in nailing the gunman who shot his West Coast crony outside Hot...
MAYHEM IN B'KLYN MALL SHOOTING
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe assistant manager of a Foot Locker store at a bustling Brooklyn mall has been charged with shooting an unruly customer who returned two hours after being ordered never to...
FAMILY'S FATAL VISION; COPTICS WERE SLAIN BECAUSE GIRL SAW THUG WAS NEIGHBOR
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe youngest member of the massacred Jersey City Coptic clan was butchered after recognizing a neighbor as one of the men who invaded her home. The sighting, which came as...
PARISH WORKERS ROBBED L.I. CHURCH BLIND: COPS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Long Island men were arrested yesterday for ripping off a Hicksville church by issuing themselves double checks every week and spending $86,000 on a parish credit card, Nassau County...
DOMESTICATED DIVA ; MARTHA DELIGHTS IN FIRST DAY OF HOME FREEDOM
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amFormer jailbird Martha Stewart got a brief reprieve yesterday when she was allowed to stroll the lavish grounds of her Bedford estate with her dog to feed horses, pick lemons...
IT PAYS TO WAIT ; MEGA JUAN DUE FOR FIRST CUT OF $59M
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMega Millionaire Juan Rodriguez's payday comes next week. Rodriguez and his wife Iris agreed to each take $2 million of the $149 million jackpot ($59 million after taxes) to hold...
QNS. HEROES KILLED ; TERROR BOMB FELLS 2 IMMIGRANT SOLDIERS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Queens soldiers were killed in Iraq when terrorists detonated a roadside bomb and blew up their Humvee, officials said yesterday. Army Spc. Azhar Ali and Spc. Wai Lwin, both...
MARTHA WEARS ANKLET
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart will soon be sporting a must-have accessory for any active con on the go - a stylish electronic anklet like the one at left that allow...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amSTATEN ISLAND *** A man's attempt to grow marijuana at home backfired when the pot caught fire and he got busted, police sources said. Scott Langford, 48, was at the...
NEW PAINTBALL PALACE STREAKS INTO QUEENS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amNew Yorkers are now able to safely shoot each other - the city's first indoor paintball field opened in Long Island City yesterday. Part fight club, part nightclub, players can...
SLAIN BANK TYCOON WAS IN LATEX GARB
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amInvestment banking mogul Edouard Stern was clad head-to-feet in a latex suit when he was found shot dead this week in his Geneva apartment, Swiss media reported yesterday as the...
JASPERS LEAVE NO GREY AREA
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amManh. 88Loyola 67 BUFFALO - They've been a shaky road team, their best player has been battling the flu, and their starting lineup is as green as their uniforms. But...
GAEL FORCE SINKS SIENA
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIona 68Siena 51 BUFFALO - Iona's star and senior captain was sitting on the bench with a sweatshirt hood draped over his head and a deep soft-tissue bruise in his...
GRITTY GAELS KO SIENA
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIona 68Siena 51 BUFFALO - Iona's star and senior captain was sitting on the bench with a sweatshirt hood draped over his head and a deep soft-tissue bruise in his...
'EXIST' HOLDS ON IN OPENER
March 5, 2005 | 5:00am1ST RACE - Exist, a slight 5-2 favorite dropping from 20G to 12.5G with apprentice Channing Hill up, tracked pace set by Minor's Gold, went up to bid for lead...
CABLE TALKS NEAR DEADLINE
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amIf Cablevision and Time Warner can't come to an agreement on the price of MSG Network and Fox Sports New York, the two networks could be pulled from 2.4 million...
CRITICAL CARL ; 'ROUGH' OUTING IRKS PAVANO
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amPirates 9Yankees 6 BRADENTON - Carl Pavano tossed two scoreless innings in his first Yankee exhibition start yesterday, but it wasn't enough to satisfy him. He had difficulty harnessing his...
IT'S BIG DAY FOR DERBY 5
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThere have been few if any meaningful preps on the Triple Crown trail so far this year, but that changes quickly today with the running of the Fountain of Youth...
SUPER START ; 'EVERYTHING IS RIGHT' IN PEDRO'S DEBUT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMets 7Cardinals 5 JUPITER - The only difference was a blue shirt instead of Red Sox. Aside from that, the Pedro Martinez on the mound yesterday was pretty much the...
STORM'S HILL: I SHALL RETURN
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amWin or lose, the season ends today for St. John's. But Red Storm fans will walk out of the Garden knowing there is something positive to look ahead to next...
WFAN'S ROSENBERG ENTERS REHAB PROGRAM
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amWFAN's Sid Rosenberg will take the rest of this month off as he undergoes rehab to combat his various addictions. "I expect him to be back at the FAN at...
JOSE YES, JASON NO ; CONGRESS AWAITS INVITED SLUGGERS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Mr. Canseco is going to Washington, but Mr. Giambi isn't. While current players - including the Yankees' Jason Giambi - and exec utives were uncertain whether they will...
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, WOMACK THRIVING
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES BRADENTON - Ninth or first, it doesn't matter to Yankees second baseman Tony Womack. "As long as I'm playing, Tony's happy," Womack said yesterday. On Thursday, Joe Torre...
THIRD-DEGREE BURNS; 3RD Q SINKING NETS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amThe Nets wish it were something as simple as taking too many jump shots. Or a lack of rebounding. Or not having enough defensive pressure. But their recent third-quarter fades...
GAEL FORCE PREVAILS - IONA POWERS PAST SIENA IN MAAC
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMAACIona 68Siena 51 BUFFALO - Iona's star and senior captain was sitting on the bench with a sweatshirt hood draped over his head and a deep soft-tissue bruise in his...
DELGADO, OMAR HAD A LANGUAGE BARRIER MET NOTES
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - In a bizarre report, Marlins first baseman Carlos Delgado alleged that when the Mets pursued him a few months ago, general manager Omar Minaya and special assistant...
REGIS REPEATS AS 'B' CHAMPION
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amCHSAA 'B' Regis 54 Salesian45 Before Regis won its first title last year since 1993, Noel Mangan said that opponents always had a preconceived notion about the school from the...
JOSE AYE, JASON NAY; GIAMBI AVERSION TO CONGRESSIONAL INVITE MAY MEAN SUBPOENA
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Mr. Canseco is going to Washington, but Mr. Giambi isn't. While current players - including the Yankees' Jason Giambi - and executives were uncertain whether they will testify...
TRAGIC KINGDOM ; HERB HOT AFTER HORRID LOSS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMagic 111Knicks 89 ORLANDO - The Knicks were so pathetic, even mild-mannered Herb Williams got ticked off. After being off since Monday, they treated this road trip with all the...
MAGIC'S DAVIS: 'INTERIM' TAG UNDESIRABLE
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ORLANDO - When Magic coach Johnny Davis was promoted from assistant during last season, taking over for the fired Doc Rivers, he would not accept the position as...
LI'L STORM WIN ONE FOR GATTO
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amCHSAA 'A'St. John's 68Mount 51 Jim Gatto had nearly become used to the routine. St. John's Prep would finish a successful season with a loss in the title game. It...
HOLE-Y SWOOSH! NIKE BALLS AT $150!
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amHey hackers, you better cure your slice before you take a swing at the new all-black golf ball from Nike - or a high score will bruise your wallet as...
TRADING PLACES - JETS LIKE JINTS' LANCE A LOT
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amLosing Jason Ferguson weakens the interior of the Jets' defensive line. No one can argue that point. With Ferguson signed with Bill Parcells and the Cowboys, the Jets needed someone...
TRADING PLACES - MCKENZIE MAKES NEW 'HOME' WITH GIANTS
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amFor those impatient Jets fans waiting for big news in free agency or at the very least continue to hold out hopes that one day, they will have a home...
DELGADO, OMAR HAD LANGUAGE BARRIER
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES JUPITER, Fla. - In a bizarre report, Marlins first baseman Carlos Delgado alleged that when the Mets pursued him a few months ago, general manager Omar Minaya and...
TRAINER PEDERSON DRAWS 60-DAY BAN
March 5, 2005 | 5:00amJennifer Pedersen, trainer for the powerhouse Paraneck Stable, which tops the owner standings at the current Big A meet, was suspended 60 days yesterday by the N.Y. State Racing and...