March 14, 2005
NEW BIG CHEESE IGER STEALS THE CHEESE - DISNEY BOARD PICKS INSIDER IGER AS NEXT CEO
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAfter a three-year hunt laden by bitter conflict, Walt Disney Co. yesterday picked inside favorite Bob Iger to become its new chief. The move - which puts long-time CEO Michael...
J.D. CARLISLE WORKING OVERTIME
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe developer of Morton Square is involved in several high-profile transactions, including the creation of the first luxury residential condominium in Rockefeller Center. Jules Demchick's company J.D. Carlisle, is also...
WHOLE GRAIN CRAZE GIVES BREAD & PASTA BOOST
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAmerica's Atkins obsession is officially over. Whole grains are now the greatest thing since sliced bread - thanks to new U.S. food guidelines and a return to healthy eating. Sales...
ADWEEK CONTEST REVEALS 'REAL' REPLAY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTime Inc. is the big winner in the latest Adweek Hot List of best-performing magazines. The list, set to be unveiled today, shows the nation's largest magazine publisher with three...
LOFTY IDEAS; 'LITTLE PEOPLE' GO FOR AN 'AVERAGE' LIFE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amR EALITY TV has made stars of an over-the-hill rocker and his business-savvy wife, a ditzy hotel heiress and mean British music executive. What do you suppose it will do...
RIGHTIN STEP ; 'RIVERDANCE' AT 10
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amRIVERDANCE 10th anniversary celebrationRadio City Music Hall, Sixth Avenue at 50th Street. (212) 307-7171. Through Thursday. THE Irish are coming! Well, in fact, they have already come, arriving handily in...
BACK ON THE STREET - "SHIELD'S" GRITTY VIOLENCE MISSING IN ACTION
March 14, 2005 | 5:00am"The Shield" Tomorrow night at 10 on FX 3 Stars ALL'S quiet at the Barn. A little too quiet, if you ask me. No one's face gets fried on a...
STARR REPORT
March 14, 2005 | 5:00am"Good Day New York" anchor Jim Ryan celebrates 20 years at Ch. 5 tomorrow - no mean feat in a business that eats its own with a vora cious appetite....
RETRO SEXUALS - BE A HAUTE HOUSEWIFE IN KITSCHY COUTURE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amOVEN gloves and aprons were the last things we imagined we'd want to get our mitts on this spring. But haute-housewife couture - one of the new season's strongest looks...
LOFTY IDEAS - 'LITTLE PEOPLE' GO BEYOND 'AVERAGE' LIFE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amDISCOVERY Channel hopes the stars of "Little People, Big Dreams" prove one thing - that people of diminutive stature share the same everyday worries and joys as their "average size"...
NYERS GAZA-BOUND TO SUPPORT SETTLERS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA delegation of 40 New Yorkers including judges, doctors and grandparents, is headed to the Gaza Strip today to show solidarity with Jewish settlers who are due to be ousted...
JEWISH GROUP LAUDS KELLY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly was lauded yesterday by the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, which gave him its City Leadership Award. "Commissioner Kelly received his award . . . by...
BLAME CABLE GUYS; STADIUM BATTLE CRY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amDeputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff is urging New Yorkers to revolt against Cablevision if the company wins its war to block the West Side stadium. "If we are not successful, the...
BLOOMY DEFENDS HIS BIG-BUCKS CAMPAIGN
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday defended his spending more than $5 million of his personal fortune to get re-elected, saying he's not worried it might send a message to voters that he's...
INNOCENT DRIVER DIES IN DWI; BELT P'KWAY CRASH
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA 23-year-old man was killed by a drunken driver who flipped his car and struck the victim's vehicle on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn yesterday morning, cops said. Suspect Ronald...
FANS SING BLUES AS 'IDOL' FAVE BOWS OUT
March 14, 2005 | 5:00am"American Idol" sensation Mario Vazquez, the Bronx crooner and one of the 12 finalists, mysteriously bowed out of Fox's smash-hit show yesterday citing "personal reasons." The sudden departure of the...
NEW FAD REALLY 'SUCKS' ; UPSCALE VACUUMS HIT HOME
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amPLEASE. Make it stop! Here's a trend I never saw coming through the grime of my computer keyboard. But now that the kid is too fast for me to tie...
TROUBLE BREWING WITH $4M AGE-BIAS SUIT
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe Heartland Brewery has been soaked with a $4 million age-discrimination suit for allegedly using only 20-something workers to pour and serve its freshly made beer. In a lawsuit filed...
HIT-RUN HORROR; QNS. GRANDPA KILLED BY CAR FLEEING COPS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn elderly Queens man who crossed his street every morning to buy coffee and a newspaper was killed yesterday by a speeding hit-and-run driver who was fleeing cops, police said....
MARIO'S SWAN SONG ; 'IDOL' FAVE QUITS IN 'FINAL 12' SHOCKER
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAmerican Idol" sensation Mario Vazquez - the Bronx crooner named one of 12 finalists - mysteriously bowed out of Fox's smash-hit show yesterday citing "personal reasons." The sudden departure of...
3G BUY OF SCOUT'S FORTUNE COOKIES
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA "cookie angel" has bought 1,000 boxes of a Long Island Girl Scout's goodies in hopes of sweetening her recent unpleasant encounter with the NYPD. "Gracemarie Louis seems like a...
PROJECT HELPERS NOW SWEET-ARTS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThey opened "The Gates" - and walked into each others' arms. The saffron-colored art project, which came down last week, sparked a red-hot romance for two workers who met while...
BOXER SOCKS UNION; $10M SUIT OVER BRAWL
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA former Golden Gloves boxer who now works as a carpenter is aiming to knock out his union for more than $10 million for ignoring his complaint that Irish members...
99-YR.-OLD RESCUED FROM FIRE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA 99-year-old woman cheated death yesterday after Brooklyn's Bravest pulled her from a smoky blaze, officials said. "She's in there! She's in there!" the terrified son of Mickelina Devito cried...
GOODEN BAD; THROWS PUNCH AT FIANCÉE: COPS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe Doc is back in lockup. Tampa police busted Dwight "Doc" Gooden at his home early yesterday, after the former pitcher allegedly threw a punch at his fiancée. The incident...
'BAD' DETECTIVE, GOOD ACTOR
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWhen it came to mob roles, Lou Eppolito was a natural actor, according to an ex-colleague. In the '80s, a slay suspect was being held at a station house and...
STABBED MAN IN BX. BLAZE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx man was fatally stabbed last night and his apartment set ablaze, apparently to hide the murder, police said. Firefighters quickly put out the fire in the first floor...
ISRAEL HEDGES ON OUTPOSTS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Israeli Cabinet affirmed yesterday that it will dismantle 24 West Bank settlement outposts, but did not say when. The Cabinet also avoided a decision on the fate...
SYRIANS EYE APRIL PULLOUT
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSyria could agree to withdraw its troops from Lebanon before next month's Lebanese parliamentary elections, a Syrian official said yesterday. "The elections will take place, and I think the troops...
SCOTT TO SAY JUDGE BLUNDERED
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amBefore Scott Peterson is formally sentenced to death Wednesday for murdering his pregnant wife, his lawyer will reportedly demand a new trial because of alleged errors by the judge. Lawyer...
70-YEAR-OLD CANARY SINGS ON 'MOB' COPS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn ailing, elderly mob associate - hoping to win his freedom from federal prison before he dies - is the new star witness in the sensational case of two ex-NYPD...
SHMEAR CAMPAIGN; BAGEL SHOP LOX HORNS WITH MTA
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn bagel shop may have to fork over some dough to the MTA because it looks like a subway station. The owners of F Line Bagels in Carroll Gardens...
ALLEGED MADAM'S 'FIRM' DEFENSE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe accused Upper East Side madam says she should get a slide - because big companies promote prostitution all the time and are never prosecuted. By distributing adult films, corporations...
300 PARENTS EYE SCHOOL COUNCILS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAbout 300 parents have filed papers to run for election in the city's 34 school-district councils, according to the city Department of Education. Spokeswoman Michele McManus Higgins said the number...
STATE BIZ SOARS FOR BRIDE OF PATAKI PAL
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - State contracts awarded to an officially certified woman-owned business skyrocketed after a close friend and key Republican ally of Gov. Pataki's married the owner and became company president,...
SCHOOL BILLING OUTRAGE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The three part-time "special masters" who convinced a judge that $5.6 billion more a year must be spent on city schools just billed the state nearly $353,000 for...
LAST CHANCE FOR ON-TIME BUDGET
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHIS week, the nation's most dysfunctional state government - with 20 late budgets in a row - could finally get something right. While the new state budget isn't due until...
FREE CONDOMS A 'GLOWING' NEED
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTimes Square may now be G-rated, but City Hall is getting kinkier. In an effort to promote safe sex - even in the event of a blackout - health officials...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amPay up - or else! That's the word from the Knox County Public Library System in Tennessee, which has hired a collection agency to track down book borrowers who don't...
HOUSE 'ROID PANEL READIES CONTEMPT RAP IF MAJOR LEAGUERS BALK
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some of the biggest names in baseball could wind up facing contempt proceedings if they fail to show up for this week's congressional hearing on steroid abuse in...
RICE COLD ON A RUN FOR PREZ ; 'I HAVE NO INTENTION'
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The draft-Condi movement is a bust. And so is the dream of a Condi vs. Hillary showdown for the White House in 2008. "I will not run for...
L.I. 'BEAT' COPS ; STATE PROBES ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 'BRUTALITY'
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe state Attorney General's Office is investigating charges of brutality and intimidation by an eastern Long Island police force, The Post has learned. Eliot Spitzer's Public Integrity unit has been...
METRO-NORTH ABDUCTION
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA woman was snatched from a Metro-North platform in Westchester, thrown into a car and driven off, it was reported last night. A witness told police that a man in...
DONORS PAID VITO'S 20G TAB
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Vito Fossella takes the cake when it comes to chowing down at the finest restaurants on campaign donors' dimes. The Staten Island Republican ate his way through...
RAZING A FAMILY - HOUSE-COLLAPSE KIN LIVING IN ONE ROOM
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTwo weeks after her family's home collapsed in a horrific construction nightmare, Nekita Joyner is struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives amid a legal tug-of-war. The family's...
U.S. SCHOOLS & THEATERS IN ZARQAWI CROSS HAIRS: REPORT
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTerrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has talked about hitting "soft targets" in the United States, a captured top lieutenant told U.S. interrogators, according to published reports. The former top Zarqawi...
SYRIA LIKELY TO QUIT LEB BEFORE VOTE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSyria has withdrawn nearly a third of its troops from Lebanon, a senior officer said yesterday, but a date for a complete pullout will not be set until Lebanon and...
'ROBOTS' CLANK AT BANK
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amMachines ruled at the box office, as audiences made "Robots" the nation's top movie over the weekend. Twentieth Century Fox's animated family flick about a young inventor who takes on...
BLOOMY SAVORS BORDER WAR
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWith New York and New Jersey in a full-scale border war over the future of the Jets - and possibly the Giants - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday had a few words...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** A man was found shot dead in his car in Allerton, police said yesterday. Justin Reese, 29, was found with three gunshot wounds to his head, sitting...
POPE HEADS HOME; FAITHFUL LINE ROUTE TO WISH HIM WELL
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThousands cheered and shouted, "Long live the pope!" as John Paul II - waving and blessing his flock - returned to the Vatican yesterday, 18 days after undergoing throat surgery...
LOU'S CELLULOID 'CONFESSION'
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn ex-NYPD cop accused of moonlighting as a mob hit man wrote and acted in a movie that might now be seen as a confession. In Lou Eppolito's straight-to-video flick...
BRAVEST RESCUE 99-YEAR-OLD
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA 99-year-old woman cheated death yesterday after Brooklyn's Bravest pulled her from a smoky blaze, officials said. "She's in there! She's in there!" the terrified son of Mickelina Devito cried...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - WOMEN'S HISTORY EDITION - A WORKING WOMAN FOR WORKING PEOPLE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAs the country's secretary of labor, Frances Perkins made life better for every working person in America. Frances Perkins was a prim and proper Boston schoolgirl in the late 1800s,...
JACKO TO HACKO AT BOY TODAY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's defense team will have to "annihilate" his young accuser today if Jackson wants to moonwalk away from a long prison gig, legal authorities said....
DRIVER DIES IN ICY CANAL
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island man died in a freak accident early yesterday when he lost control of his BMW and plunged into a frigid canal in Freeport. A business owner in...
PLAYING NUMBERS ; CATCHING PACERS KEY TO NET PLAYOFF HOPES
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amORLANDO - It has been four years since the subject of the magic number for playoff elimination has come up, but it is sort of pertinent around the Nets these...
HE'S NOT IN-VINCE-ABLE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES ORLANDO - Lawrence Frank is taking Vince Carter at his word. "He says it's getting better so I'll trust what he says," the Nets' coach said of his...
BURRESS DOOR AJAR
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe Giants last week harshly closed the door on Plaxico Burress, revoking their contract offer and tersely announcing they had no further interest in the talented but enigmatic receiver. Now...
VANCE HIGH ON TIGERS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES LAKELAND - Vance Wilson calls his new locale "awesome" and feels like he has been a Tiger forever. He's still a backup catcher, although he's now the fill-in...
LADY BLAZERS ROLL TO 7TH TITLE IN ROW
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amPSAL GIRLSBergtraum 66Lewis 45 Epiphanny Prince said that there is a secret to Bergtraum's success; a key to the Lady Blazers' utter dominance in the PSAL. But she's not sharing...
STEVE OFF TRACH ; AILING BACK TO COST START
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amMets 7Tigers 6 LAKELAND - In addition to the performance questions surrounding Victor Zambrano, the Mets revealed a health concern in their rotation yesterday. Steve Trachsel flew back to New...
CRADDOCK SIZZLES ; BUFFALO YOUTH SETS STATE RECORD IN 800
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amHIGH SCHOOL TRACK At the National Scholastic Indoor Championships at The Armory yesterday, there was talk that the field for the boys' 800-meter run was perhaps the deepest in history,...
MCMILLAN NOT TYPE TO WORRY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Sonics coach Nate McMillan had his number retired as a player in Seattle. He has led the Seattle resurgence this season in his fifth season as coach. And...
A KNIGHTS' TALE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amPSALKennedy 62Lincoln 57 If you want to end a dynasty, you need to have a lot of talent and at least a little bit of luck. Kennedy had both yesterday...
TINO'S BATTLING BATTING SLUMP
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTESYankees 8Astros 2 KISSIMMEE - Randy Johnson isn't the only Yankee who gets intense during spring training. So, too, does Tino Martinez, who has been squeezing the sawdust out...
'HARBOR' BACK IN REBEL
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSoon after Thursday's news from the West Coast that Declan's Moon, fresh off a victory in the Santa Catalina Stakes, was off the Triple Crown trail with a knee chip...
UNIT TALKS THE TALK ; 'I AM READY TO GO'
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amYankees 8Astros 2 KISSIMMEE - Randy Johnson's stuff and location may need work, but his competitive juices are galloping at a regular-season pace. So much so that after retiring the...
STELLIANOS, VAZ DO IT AGAIN
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amHe's not exactly Seabiscuit, but Stellianos is becoming local legend. In yesterday's feature, racing for 75G claiming tag, 7-year-old gelding turned in another patented stretch run, coming from last to...
WACKY BRACKET; SURPRISES ABOUND IN ; NCAA SEEDING
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amWe have already seen the capricious signature of March Madness. The gut-wrenching sight of Memphis freshman Darius Washington Jr. crumpled at the foul line, his jersey pulled over his face...
XAVERIAN DEALS ST. MARY'S FIRST LOSS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amCHSAAXaverian 71St. Mary's 69 Levance Fields fouled out with 2:10 to go in the fourth quarter against St. Mary's (Manhasset) last night, leaving Xaverian without its best player and leader....
THORN'S GETTING BUSY
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES ORLANDO - Expect Nets president Rod Thorn to have a busy summer. Very busy. With the season all but extinct, Thorn yesterday admitted he plans on being very...
TIM MISSES BIG IN CRUNCH TIME
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAs Tim Thomas goes, so go the Knicks. By no means is Thomas the straw that stirs the Knick drink, but it would be impossible to overlook his recent resurgence...
GARDEN HOME-ICIDE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSonics 90Knicks 80 Once again, the Knicks showed themselves as big teases. The Garden streak did not end with a thud but it did end nonetheless in crushing fashion. The...
NETS OWN THE ZONE ; BURY THE MAGIC UNDER BD+]]THIRD-QUARTER PRESSURE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amNets 98Magic 82 ORLANDO - The zone went up in the third quarter. The offensive result was pathetic. Turnovers nearly equaled points. Shots went up and clanged. Now here is...
TIM GOES CLANK IN CRUNCH TIME
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amAs Tim Thomas goes, so go the Knicks. By no means is Thomas the straw that stirs the Knick drink, but it would be impossible to overlook his recent resurgence...
NETS OWN THE ZONE ; BURY THE MAGIC UNDER THIRD-QUARTER PRESSURE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amNets 98Magic 82 ORLANDO - The zone went up in the third quarter and caused pathetic, chaotic offense. Turnovers nearly equaled points. Shots went up and clanged and so a...
FIGHT NIGHT IN ORLANDO
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES ORLANDO - Vince Carter said it seemed like "a hockey game." The Nets' 98-82 victory over Orlando was chippy and nasty. It included the ejection of the Magic's...
STRAHAN'S WIFE GETS RESTRAINING ORDER
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amGiants defensive end Michael Strahan was issued a temporary restraining order to stay away from his wife, Jean, after a verbal argument last Thursday night at the couple's Montclair, N.J.,...
WHY SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED?
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE are those in the media who, in 1998, found it curious that Mark McGwire would hide androstenedione in full view, on a shelf in his dressing cubicle, so as...
THEY'LL BE FLYING COACH
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe craziest subplot during March Madness is the coaching carousel which could begin whirling even before the first NCAA Tournament game is played. One of the first moves could take...
KNICKS HAIL HERB ; COACH CREDITED FOR TURNAROUND
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amHerb Williams was known as the Knicks' locker-room sage in his final years as a backup center. Fans serenaded the popular Williams with "Herb" chants whenever he got into the...
PASSING GRADE FOR CRAWFORD
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amJamal Crawford's best pass this season was to himself. Finishing a pretty play last week against Washington, Crawford drove the right side of the lane, threw up a lob to...
FOCUS ON FUTURE - AS SCANDAL GAINS BULK, GIAMBI MAINTAINS HIS COMPOSURE
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - The Yankee bus left for here yesterday at 9 a.m., Jason Giambi never scheduled to be on it. He showed up at 9:10 to be told his brother...
LOCK COMING OFF MCGWIRE'S TICKET TO COOPERSTOWN
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amMARK McGWIRE's name will appear on the first Hall of Fame ballot I'll be eligible to cast in a couple of years. It'll be his first appearance on the ballot,...
ONE FAMILY'S PAIN SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON DILEMMA
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - Donald Hooton Sr. was at his home in Plano, Texas, yesterday preparing his opening remarks for Thursday's Congressional Committee hearing on steroids in baseball. Hooton didn't need...
BACK MAC - LA RUSSA, MCEWING SUPPORT MARK
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - Cardinals manager Tony La Russa's faith in Mark McGwire is unfazed by a report that linked him to steroid use in the early 1990s. Two steroid dealers...
DEALER: REGGIE WAS CLUELESS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - Curtis Wenzlaff refuses to admit he supplied Mark McGwire with steroids, says he isn't a drug dealer and Reggie Jackson didn't have a clue that Wenzlaff was involved...
JASON MUM ON BROTHER'S ACCUSATION
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - Jason Giambi had no reaction to his brother Jeremy confirming Jason used steroids. When Jason apologized for "being a distraction" in February, it was easily assumed the Yankee...
BRACKET REAKDOWN - LENN ROBBINS MAKES SENSE OF ALL THE MARCH MADNESS
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amSYRACUSE The reigning national champion, Connecticut, is here. The team that is considered the most talented and deepest in the nation, North Carolina, is here. The team that had the...
COACHING CAROUSEL ABOUT TO START
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe craziest subplot during March Madness is the coaching carousel which could begin whirling even before the first NCAA Tournament game is played. One of the first moves could take...
GREEN ON MARK ABOUT XAVERIAN TURNAROUND
March 14, 2005 | 5:00amDanny Green wasn't fooled back in January when he helped lead St. Mary's (Manhasset) to a 70-47 win over Xaverian at St. John's. While the North Carolina-bound senior said that...