March 15, 2005
EBBERS JURORS TRULY HIS PEERS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amDURING a recent break in his trial, Bernie Ebbers was using a urinal adjacent to mine in the men's room of the Federal Courthouse. And while one can't be too...
LENZ GETS TOP REALTY PRIZE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA New York residential broker has taken home the award as the country's top producer for real estate giant Prudential and its affiliates. Dolly Lenz, the managing director and executive...
DOLAN'S VOOM A LONG$HOT: MALONE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amCable pioneer John Malone said yesterday he doubted that Cablevision patriarch Chuck Dolan's satellite television plans will be a success. Malone's comments were surprising, given that about two weeks ago...
CROUCHING IGER; NEW JOB WAS CONDITIONED ON EISNER'S LEAVING
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amDisney's board of directors agreed to name Bob Iger as the company's next CEO only after a contentious board meeting in which current chief Michael Eisner agreed not to seek...
SEC SIGNS UP FOR DOWNTOWN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTHE big dominos of available space downtown keep falling. Yesterday's big news was the long-anticipated signing by the Securities & Exchange Commission at Brookfield's 3 World Financial Center, where the...
WALL ST. TO THE BUDGET RESCUE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amWall Street is handing Mayor Bloomberg a surprise chunk of a $100 million gift to help bail out City Hall again. A surge in Wall Street bonuses, mergers and securities...
FAMILY TRADITION ; LIKE SON, AIG MAGNATE GREENBERG FACES AX
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amHank Greenberg, who ruled AIG with an iron fist for four decades, was forced aside last night amid federal and state probes regarding earnings manipulation and bid-rigging. The sudden move...
SAATCHI BURNS BURNS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amInterpublic Group's plan to hire top adman Mike Burns has hit a snag now that his former employer, Saatchi & Saatchi, is suing him for allegedly violating his contract. The...
SIHPOL TO FACE JURY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amSee you in court, Theodore Sihpol. A Manhattan judge yesterday refused to throw out any part of the criminal indictment of the former Bank of America broker, paving the way...
WATERHOUSE ADS 'FALSE,' SAYS SCHWAB
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amSqueaky-clean prosecutor Sam Waterston of "Law and Order" fibs about your money, claims a new lawsuit in the escalating war of the discount brokers. Charles Schwab Corp., the largest discount...
HEY MARTHA, YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia is predicting a second-quarter ad revival for its flagship magazine, but it will have a lot of ground to make up. During the first two months...
BIG BOARD EXECS' PAY FACES SCRUTINY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe controversial issue of fat compensation packages in lean times is expected to rear its ugly head at the New York Stock Exchange this week. Again. This time, the issue...
AUDITOR KILLS 3 YEARS OF NEWSDAY REPORTS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amAs it seeks to bring an end to its circulation woes, Newsday revealed yesterday that an outside monitor had deemed the paper's previously reported figures for three more years to...
JUDGE TO SIHPOL: GO TELL IT TO A JURY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amSee you in court, Theodore Sihpol. A Manhattan judge yesterday refused to throw out any part of the criminal indictment of the former Bank of America broker, paving the way...
SHE'S FOOT LOOSED; APPLEGATE REPLACED FOR 'CHARITY' ROLE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amCHRISTINA Applegate's Broadway dreams were derailed Friday night when she broke her foot during a performance of "Sweet Charity" in Chicago, forcing her out of the show indefinitely. Unless the...
TRUMPCASTOFFIN ALATHER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00am'APPRENTICE" wannabe Kristen Kirchner, "fired" last month, has proven that Donald Trump was wrong to can her - or so she says. "They've lost nonstop since I was fired," Kirchner...
SERIES DRAWS CHRISTIANFIRE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNBC's new miniseries, "Revelations," is giving The Apocalypse a bad name. So says a prominent biblical scholar who hasn't seen the show - but knows he won't like it when...
MORNING RUSH - 'GMA' AND 'TODAY' TUSSLE OVER HOSTAGE INTERVIEW
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTHE vicious booking wars between "Good Morning America" and the "Today" show erupted into an all-out skirmish yesterday that played out on live TV. When the dust settled, a "GMA"...
STARR REPORT
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNext stage for Clapp Gordon Clapp, late of "NYPD Blue," begins rehearsals today for his role in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" - and has another...
SAVE 'THE O.C.' - FIVE WAYS TO FIX UP THE FLAILING TEEN SOAP
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S unclear what grade the kids from "The O.C." attend in high school, but it's certain they're suffering a sophomore slump. With second-season ratings, quality - and, most importantly, buzz...
STIFF COMPETITION - RATINGS BATTLE IS MURDER AS 'LAW' CLAWS BACK AT 'CSI'
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amIS there room for any more corpses on your TV screen? Just when you thought the prime-time body count couldn't get any higher comes a fourth "Law & Order" show...
ROOTS, ROCK AND REBELS - FROM TRAD CELTIC CHORDS TO PUNK DRINKING SONGS, IRISH MUSIC IS LOUD AND PROUD
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN Larry Kirwin founded Black 47 in 1990, bands weren't playing original rock music in Irish bars. Instead, groups covered traditional Irish tunes, Irish and American rock and pop, and...
GOAL DRIVEN - GAELIC FOOTBALL IS A THRIVING, AND GRUELING, AMATEUR SPORT IN NYC
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTHE year was 1968. John (Des) Kenneally had just finished a hurling match at Riverdale's Gaelic Park. He sat in the locker room, relishing an Offaly victory he had secured...
GRACE PERIOD - THE CARIBBEAN'S MOST ANTICIPATED RESORT IS NOW OPEN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amAS the minivan hiccuped its way down a road in the advanced stages of disrepair, it was impossible not to be nervous. To the left lay an overgrown lot. To...
MTA, BAGEL BROS. TO CHEW OVER DEAL
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn bagel shop caught in a pickle for using MTA-trademarked logos plans to apply for a license so that it can keep its name and remain open, a lawyer...
CITY HOSP COLON SCANS DOUBLE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe number of people who were screened for colon cancer at city hospitals more than doubled last year, health officials said yesterday. In 2004, the city's 11 public hospitals performed...
'WALL' BRAWL HEATS UP; JUDGE TO RULE ON SOHO ART
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA Manhattan federal judge will decide this week whether the writing is on "The Wall" for the famous, landmark-protected sculpture that has poked out from the side of a SoHo...
KIM A QUEEN 'B.S.'; RIPPED IN TRIAL RAP-UP
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amRacy rapper Lil' Kim is a "preposterous" serial liar who thought her "Queen Bee" image permitted her to cover for her posse in a wild shooting outside the Hot 97...
MICHAEL STILL CAN'T KEEP EYES OFF TEEN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amPLANET JACKO, Calif. - He bopped daintily into the room at the crack of 8:20, looking ready for a play date, not a court date. Is Michael Jackson trying to...
MIKE'S H'CAUST HONOR; IN ISRAEL FOR BUSH
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg arrives in Israel today at the head of an American delegation sent by President Bush to dedicate a Holocaust museum that has been 10 years in the making....
'I'M A REFORMER'; EGYPT'S PREZ TELLS A HOWLER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amWANT to hear a joke? It's not a particularly good one, but you have to consider the source. It comes from Hosni Mubarak, the dictator who claims to be the...
TAX BOOST FROM NEW PLAZA: STUDY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe new owners of The Plaza hotel released an economic study yesterday saying their renovation plans will generate more than $100 million in taxes for the city - as scores...
THE SAFEST HAVENS - APPLE IS 58TH, BAGHDAD LAST IN SECURITY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNew York rated 58th for safety out of 215 cities surveyed across the globe - with Luxembourg the world's safest and Baghdad its most dangerous, according to an annual study....
KAREN JOINS TEAM CONDI; PREZ'S PAL HUGHES IN COMEBACK
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's "alter ego" Karen Hughes was officially nominated for a top State Department post yesterday, joining Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to form a supremely powerful diplomatic...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amGuess you could call it a friendly fire. It started outside a house in Norfolk, Neb., and began spreading inside - but it didn't get very far. As it moved...
LIRR E-SYSTEM TELLS OF DELAYS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amFinding out whether there are any service delays on the Long Island Rail Road is just a click of a mouse away. The LIRR yesterday launched a free e-mail notification...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amQUEENS *** A 27-year-old man was shot inside a Hollis laundry yesterday, police said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending notification of relatives, was with his sister at the...
GAY BX. SLAY VICTIM'S SEX PARTNERS HUNTED
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amCops yesterday were looking for sex partners of a murdered gay Bronx man whose apartment was torched to cover up the killing. Firefighters Sunday night found the badly burned body...
GIFF WANTS JETS-GIANTS STADIUM FOR QUEENS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amEscalating his attack on Mayor Bloomberg over the proposed West Side stadium, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday urged the Jets and Giants to join forces and build a new...
COMMISSIONER PLEDGES PROBE OF BABY SITTERS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe city soon will begin background checks on an estimated 19,000 unregulated day-care providers, Administration for Children's Services Commissioner John Mattingly said yesterday. He was responding to lawmakers' questions following...
NATIONWIDE GANG SWEEP SNARES 30 L.I. THUGS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amFederal and local authorities nationwide have locked up 103 members of the violent street gang MS-13 - including 30 on Long Island - and are holding them for deportation hearings,...
COURT KILLER'S 'ANGEL' SPEAKS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTHE random encounter that brought about an astonishingly peaceful ending to Atlanta's ferocious weekend killing rampage began in the dead of night in the parking lot of a suburban apartment...
'TICKED' OFF BY SAT; KIDS: WE RAN OUT OF TIME
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amHalf of all students who took the revamped SAT over the weekend said they didn't have enough time to complete the test's controversial essay, a new survey shows. Researchers from...
TEEN CHEAT COSTS N.J. TOWN 23G
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amSneak peeks don't come cheap in New Jersey. An eighth-grader at an Old Bridge middle school soaked taxpayers for $23,000 last week when she peeked at the "picture prompt" section...
JACKO BOMBSHELL; 'DIDN'T DO' IT, KID TOLD SCHOOL DEAN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amMichael Jackson's lawyer yesterday lobbed a legal bomb at the singer's sex accuser - forcing the kid to admit he'd twice told his school dean that Jackson "didn't do anything...
FOUR CHARGED IN DOUBLE SLAY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amFour young men, two of them teenagers, have been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of two lifelong buddies outside a Queens catering hall early Saturday. Yatahiel Santana, 20,...
BX. DUMPSTER HID GRUESOME SECRET
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA woman's nude body with its arms and legs hacked off was found yesterday in a Dumpster in The Bronx. Cops said a construction worker made the gruesome discovery at...
FIREFIGHTER COPS PLEA IN CYCLE THEFTS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens firefighter has admitted his role in a massive stolen-motorcycle ring yesterday, authorities said. Eric Kohler, 32, pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption, and will receive between 1½ to four...
GOODEN OUT AT HOME; JUDGE:DON'T GONEAR GAL
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Doc is out of jail, but he can't go home again. Former Met and Yankee ace Dwight "Doc" Gooden was released on his own recognizance yesterday on...
MARIO MYSTERY DEEPENS ; 'SOMETHINGDID HAPPEN' TO MAKE ME DITCH 'IDOL'
March 15, 2005 | 5:00am"American Idol" sensation Mario Vazquez returned to New York yesterday and refused to clear up the mystery behind his bombshell decision to quit the hit TV show. "I left for...
REGENTS TO APPROVE FIVE MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe state Board of Regents will give the nod today for five new charter schools to open in New York City this fall. A state subcommittee recommended the five applications...
GRAMPS-DEATH BUST; HIT-&-RUN DRIVER GIVES UP: COPS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe driver who killed an elderly Queens man while fleeing a cop turned himself in yesterday, police said. Royce Quigua, 30, who has a record of two previous assault arrests,...
9/11 FLAG FLOGGED ONLINE NETS 371G
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA U.S. flag that flew at the Pentagon on Sept. 11 was sold on eBay yesterday for $371,300 by a Virginia man to help pay for his chemotherapy. The sale...
WEINER & FIELDS LAG IN $$ RACE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTwo mayoral candidates, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and Rep. Anthony Weiner, are lagging behind in the fund-raising race this year, it was revealed yesterday. Aides to Fields said...
BODEGA OWNER SLAIN; BANDIT ALSO KILLED
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA beloved Jersey City bodega owner was heartlessly gunned down in a botched early-morning holdup that also claimed the life of a teen suspect who was accidentally shot by his...
CAM 'SAW' NIGHTMARE START, BUT NOBODY WATCHED
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amA courthouse surveillance camera captured muscle-bound rape suspect Brian Nichols live as he overpowered a 51-year female sheriff's deputy - but no one saw it. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday...
GOTTI'S LAWYER FOR COP ; 'HIT MAN' HIRESMOB ATT'Y CUTLER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe ex-NYPD detective accused of being a Mafia hit man has retained none other than the late John Gotti's flamboyant lawyer, Bruce Cutler, The Post has learned. Cutler confirmed that...
CITY SNUBS SINN FEIN; NO POLS ON HAND FOR ADAMS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amEmbattled Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the keynote speaker at a Manhattan union rally yesterday - but not a single politician showed up to stand by his side. The...
MAFIA DUO'S PINK PERIOD
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Gambino underlings tickled their mob superior pink when they exacted revenge against a lecherous landlord who'd harassed the wiseguy's niece by dousing his home in fluorescent rose-colored paint, a...
TRAGIC MOM: SILVER IGNORED DWI PLEA
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The grieving mother of a Queens boy who was killed by a drunken driver yesterday accused Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of using her for publicity and then ignoring...
DAD'S SUICIDE A RELIEF - SON: I WOULD HAVEKILLED MOM'S SLAYER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe shattered son of a slain Madison Avenue hairdresser says that if his killer dad hadn't committed suicide, he would have hunted the monster down himself and done the job....
DAD'S SUICIDE A RELIEF; SON: I WOULD HAVEKILLED MOM'S SLAYER
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe shattered son of a slain Madison Avenue hairdresser is seething with rage at the jealous monster dad who brutally gunned down his "angel" mom. "I was actually happy he...
TERROR FUNDS ARE 'TRASHED'
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNewark used federal Department of Homeland Security funds to help pay for 10 top-of-the-line, air-conditioned garbage trucks - and a group of state lawmakers think that stinks. Newark unveiled its...
GIANT WIFE $TRIFE; SHE STOLE $3.2M, CLAIMS NFL STAR STRAHAN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNew York Giants star Michael Strahan filed for divorce yesterday - and promptly claimed that his wife of six years had absconded with some $3.2 million from their joint bank...
ROCK AND ROLL HALL HONORS THE FAB FIVE
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTHE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame remembered everything that's exciting about rock music last night as it inducted five new members during ceremonies at the Waldorf-Astoria. The honorees -...
'SAMURAI' MA EYED IN SLAY; $1M INSURANCE TWIST
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe mother of a Long Island teen suspected of killing her alleged Nazi-loving hubby with a samurai sword is now being eyed as a possible accomplice in the murder, authorities...
MARTHA GRIPES ABOUT BRACELET IN E-CHAT
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amMartha Stewart is not too happy with her latest style accessory - her ankle bracelet clashes with her clothing and makes it hard for her to exercise. In an hourlong...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - WOMEN'S HISTORY EDITION - INDIA'S FIRST LADY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amFor Indira Gandhi, the fight for political freedom was in the blood. Read on about how she became one of the most powerful woman in the world. Indira Gandhi learned...
103 HELD IN GANG SWEEP
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amFederal and local authorities nationwide have locked up 103 members of the violent street gang MS-13 - including 30 on Long Island - and are holding them for deportation hearings,...
GIANT WIFE $TRIFE - SHE STOLE $3.2M, CLAIMS NFL STAR STRAHAN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amNew York Giants star Michael Strahan filed for divorce yesterday - and promptly claimed that his wife of six years had absconded with some $3.2 million from their joint bank...
KILLER DRIVER BUSTED - SURRENDERS IN HIT-RUN
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe driver of the speeding sports car who killed an elderly Queens man while fleeing a cop turned himself in yesterday, police said. Royce Quigua, 30, who has a record...
METROS KICKING AROUND STADIUM OPTIONS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amOne way or the other, the MetroStars' long-running search for a home is coming to a head. Their options include: 1) Working out their stadium deal with the city of...
ROUGH STRETCH LOOMS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Going into tonight's Garden date with the Heat, the Knicks' playoff hopes continue to hang by the thinnest of threads, but they continue to believe in their chances...
FAITH GUIDES COACH
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amGreg Jackson's voice begins to crack and suddenly the first sob breaks through. "I'm sorry," the Delaware State coach says on the phone. "It's just that the last five years...
ATLAS GAMES LAUNCHED
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe ambitious undertaking has nowhere to go but up. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Muhammad Ali were endorsers but no-shows - but that didn't stop yesterday's launch of the Atlas Games. The...
BEATING ODDS IS AN OLD STORY FOR JFK COACH
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPSYOU'LL have to excuse Kennedy High's basketball coach, Johnny Mathis, if he doesn't get too worked up that his team had to overcome its underdog status to win the...
THERE'S NO KILLING NETS' PLAYOFF PUSH
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe Nets are like Jason of "Friday the 13th" or Michael Myers of "Halloween" fame. You just can't seem to kill them. The Nets were bludgeoned with eight losses of...
DOUBLE TROUBLE ; SHAQ, WADE TOUGH TEST FOR KNICK 'D'
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe last time the Knicks played the Heat, they took the game into overtime, held Shaquille O'Neal to 16 points and gave themselves every chance in the world to win....
TRACHSEL SEES BACK SPECIALIST
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTES WINTER HAVEN - For something that the Mets have said they're not concerned about, Steve Trachsel's back is receiving a lot of medical attention. Trachsel flew to Los...
MO SIDELINED WITH BURSITIS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mariano Rivera is on the shelf for at least three days with a case of mild bursitis in his right elbow and the Yankees are grateful...
THE SEED SCIENCE ; TOP TEAMS ENJOYING VIEW
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThree Dog Night told us "One" was the loneliest number, but when it comes to the NCAA Tournament, it's the most coveted number. Get a No.1 seed and you're all...
CARMELO-ING OUT
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amIF Carmelo Anthony keeps missing minutes, he will spend more time on the Nuggets' bench this season than Jeff Bzdelik. Either Anthony is in George Karl's bow-wow barracks or he's...
MO SIDELINED - BURSITIS WOE CALLED MINOR
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Mariano Rivera is on the shelf at least until Sunday with right-elbow bursitis - though the Yankees are not overly concerned. "He had an MRI," manager...
MLB, CONGRESS WARMING UP IN THE GRANDSTAND
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - No word from the governor as of last night as to whether Mr. Giambi has to go The Green Mile Thursday to Washington. "I know baseball's trying to...
CLEAR THE WAY FOR D.C. COMICS - SELIG JOINS LINEUP TO TESTIFY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amAs negotiations continue between Congress and Major League Baseball over who will attend Thursday's steroids hearing and what they will be asked, Bud Selig added his name to the guest...
GIAMBI'S STATUS STILL IN LIMBO
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - One way or another, Jason Giambi expects to know today if he will be in Washington or Tampa on Thursday. While it has been speculated that Giambi won't...
PEDRO-TO-PIAZZA COULD BE AN ENERGIZED BATTERY
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The twilight of Mike Piazza's career is fast approaching, if it hasn't already arrived. Thirteen major league seasons, nearly all of them behind the plate, will...
METS' TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT - MARTINEZ'S PARADE KEEPS GETTING RAINED ON
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amWINTER HAVEN - Pedro Martinez had only tossed about 15 pitches in the visiting bullpen when it became apparent that yesterday's Mets-Indians game was in jeopardy. Black clouds rolled from...
WR HUNT BEAR-ING FRUIT - TERRELL SET TO CATCH ON WITH GIANTS
March 15, 2005 | 5:00amThe search for another receiver is likely to lead the Giants to David Terrell, who is expected to sign with the team sometime this week. Terrell, who turned 26 this...