March 19, 2005
TALENT $COUT - SILLERMAN ADDS 'IDOL' PRODUCER TO HIS EMPIRE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amFormer talent king Bob Sillerman continues to build his new entertainment empire, having agreed yesterday to buy the production company behind the hit TV show "American Idol" for almost $200...
NEW BOSS HAS PLANS FOR FCC
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amKevin Martin, who took over duties as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, is well-known for an independent streak that led to clashes with outgoing chairman Michael Powell. But...
575 FIFTH AVE. UP FOR SALE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amMets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are trading in their 575 Fifth Ave. Class A office tower for a deal that could score them more than $375 million. The...
GIMME SHELTER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amSTAR GETS TRUMPED DARREN STAR'S newest hit could be called Six & The City, since the TV producer has plunked down about $6.1 million for a luxury condo in Trump...
SUPER STUDIOS - PRICED-OUT NEW YORKERS GIVE ONE-ROOM HOMES A SECOND LOOK
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amGEMMA GIANTOMASI, 24, couldn't stand life in her 400-square-foot studio anymore. She was sick of sleeping in a loft bed and hated doing everything in the same tiny room. After...
BETTING ON EAST
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amIT was only a matter of time before East Harlem got granite countertops and maple floors. The Roosevelt Lane Condominiums, a building with those kinds of luxury finishes, has been...
MY NEW HOME
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amSINGLE GUY UPS BUDGET SEARCH TIME: 4 months WHAT HE BOUGHT: UWS one-bedroom, $590,000 WAITING can cost you. Take the example of Ed Kim, a marketing manager at Unilever, who...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB: LIGHT IT UP
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amABC Carpet & Home 888 Broadway at 19th Street (212) 473-3000 Sale: Monday Open: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. For one day only, get 20 percent off all items at Judi's Lamps...
WORDS WOULD HELP
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amPLAY WITHOUT WORDSThe Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn; (718) 636-4100. Through April 3. THEY say silence is golden, but sometimes it's merely gilded. Case in...
COME FLY WITH ME; WHAT IF DRAGONS ONCE REALLY ROAMED THE EARTH?
March 19, 2005 | 5:00am"Dragons: A FantasyMade Real" Sunday night at 8 on Animal Planet (two stars) 'DRAGONS" is a mule - a creature made up of two different species, which ends up not...
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: THE MARATHON MAN
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThey've done it for Bach, Brahms, Porter and Gershwin. So it was only a matter of time before Symphony Space presented "Wall to Wall Sondheim." Starting at 11 this morning,...
PROM GOES TO NEW LENGTHS - THIS YEAR'S DRESSES ARE SHORT & SWEET
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe hottest prom fashions don't require you to flash your assets. "That whole trashy, naked, overexposed look is so passé," says Teen Vogue's editor in chief, Amy Astley. "It really...
THAT'S LOUSY!
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amNits happen. No matter where you live or how clean you are, you can get head lice, those creepy bugs that scurry along your scalp, lay their eggs and ......
WHAT'S UP? YOUR BEST BETS THIS WEEKEND
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amPURIM CARNIVAL: Celebrate the Jewish holiday with games, mask-making (see above) and the whole megillah - a reading of the Purim story from the biblical scroll of Esther. Tomrrow, 11:30...
POL JENNINGS 'GUILTY' ON 'WORK JERK' RAP
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA City Council investigative panel has found embattled Queens legislator Allan Jennings guilty of improper behavior toward female staffers, The Post has learned. Jennings (D-Queens), who is being tried by...
RIVERSIDE PK. FIEND GETS 7 YEARS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA homeless, drunken pervert who twice preyed on teen girls in Riverside Park was sentenced to just seven years in prison yesterday - in part because his last victim was...
LETTERMAN 'RAT'; KIDNAP-PLOT SUSPECTADMITTED '97 STALKING
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amSIMMS, MONTANA - The painter accused of concocting a plot to kidnap TV funnyman David Letterman's 16-month-old son previously pleaded guilty to stalking and intimidating a woman who claimed he...
COP'S SEX SUIT; SAYS HE GOT DEMOTED AFTER REJECTING LADY BOSS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD sergeant says he was demoted last year after refusing the repeated sexual advances of a supervisor who brushed her breasts up against him and asked to massage his...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amFour-leaf clovers are supposed to bring good luck - but they don't seem to have worked for George Kaminski. Kaminski, an inmate at Pennsylvania's Mercer Correctional Institution, has collected a...
MIKE WANTS FED TERROR $$ TO PAY COPS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg has teamed up with two other big-city mayors to ask the feds to allow them to use anti-terror funds for the salaries of cops, firefighters and other first...
'GAY SLAY' BOAST; SUSPECT: I KILLED 8 MORE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man accused of fatally stabbing and chopping up the woman he had suspected of being his ex-girlfriend's lesbian lover may have also murdered and dismembered eight other people,...
FEDS 'TAP' REV. AL AND COMPTROLLER; SCRATCH THE SURFACE IN 'CHICKEN' INVESTIGATION
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA federal wiretapping investigation of political corruption in Philadelphia has turned up some surprising names with New York connections - those of the Rev. Al Sharpton and Comptroller William Thompson....
STADIUM WAR MAY MAKE JETS TAKE FLIGHT: MAYOR
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe Jets could ditch their plans to relocate to Manhattan's far West Side if New York doesn't make progress with the proposed stadium, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "The Jets could...
'BREAK' FOR DRUNKEN PERV ATTACKER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA homeless, drunken pervert who twice preyed on teen girls in Riverside Park was sentenced to just seven years in prison yesterday - in part because his last victim was...
BID TO BARE '93 JACKO SEX PROBE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Prosecutors yesterday set the stage for Michael Jackson's worst nightmare, asking a judge to expose lurid details of a 1993 kiddie-sex probe against the King of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amQUEENS *** A Pennsylvania man was arrested for killing an Elmhurst man following a late-night pool game, authorities said. Robert Polanco, 25, was nabbed in his hometown of Reading and...
ST. PAT'S 'DWI' FIRE CAPT. RELEASED
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe city fire captain busted on Long Island for DWI while at the wheel of an FDNY vehicle on St. Patrick's Day was released without bail yesterday. Capt. Bruce Lindahl,...
QNS. MOURNS MUSLIM GI
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amA Pakistani immigrant to Queens, who joined the Fighting 69th and died in Iraq, was laid to rest yesterday after a solemn Muslim ceremony. Army Spc. Azhar Ali, 27, was...
GRANNY KIN RAGES AT DWI KILLER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe family of a Queens grandmother run down and killed last summer by a drunken driver lashed out at the man responsible yesterday as he was sentenced to one to...
SHE 'BRUSHED' ME - DEMOTED COP SUES OVER 'PUSHY' LADY BOSS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD sergeant says he was demoted last year after refusing the repeated sexual advances of a supervisor who brushed her breasts up against him and asked to massage his...
$2M BETTING HOOP-LA; DREAMERS FLOCKING TO S.I. PUB POOL
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amMarch madness has folks seeing green at one Staten Island bar, where a 27-year-old college basketball pool attracts so many bettors that the winner-take-all prize hovers between $1.5 million and...
BLIND GIRL RAPED IN SUBWAY - 'GOOD SAMARITAN' ATTACKS LOST TEEN IN NIGHTMARE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amred and white cane, got off the E train at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue at around 8 p.m. Wednesday after missing her stop at Jamaica/Van Wyck. Police sources said...
STINGY GUY'S FIRST ACT OF FREEDOM: STIFFING CABBY
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWhat a guy. Crybaby crook and former state senator Guy Velella allegedly stiffed a dollar van driver out of his fare when he was sprung from Rikers Island yesterday. "I...
QUEENS MAN A PERV FROM HELL: COPS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amAn auto mechanic who seemed to be a dream neighbor turned out to be a nightmare pedophile - molesting at least seven children ages 7 to 11 in the College...
POL SLUGS BACK; N.Y. REP TO MLB: GET RID OF 'ROIDS OR WE'LL $TRIKE YOU OUT
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A New York congressman said yesterday he's certain that slugger Mark McGwire used steroids - and he warned that Congress will crack down on baseball if it doesn't...
WAVE OF THE FUTURE; PLAN FOR EAST RIVER-BATTERY PARK CONNECTION
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCity officials have revealed plans to finally reconnect lower Manhattan's diverse commun- ities to a two-mile stretch on the East River waterfront. The estimated $150 million plan features a two-mile...
WINTER'S WET, CHILLY FAREWELL
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amTomorrow may be the first day of spring, but Mother Nature has one last little surprise. Forecasters warned yesterday we could see one last jolt of snow and rain this...
'SPAMALOT' BOFFO AT BOX OFFICE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00am"Spamalot" sold a lot. The new hit musical - officially titled "Monty Python's Spamalot" - pulled in one of the top daily box-office takes in Broadway history yesterday on its...
IN THE DOGS' HOUSE; FORCED TO SELL $1M PAD
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amIf you had to choose between a million-dollar condominium and your pet, what would you do? For an Upper West Side woman, the decision was easy. "Sadly, my house is...
MARTHA'S FINE TO GO OUT AND DINE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amHome confinement isn't proving that confining for Martha Stewart. The feds admitted yesterday that they've approved the domestic diva's excursions to dine at various eateries as part of the 48...
NOT WELL-ARMED; MINAYA SEEKS FILL-IN FOR TRACHSEL
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Omar Minaya had said on Thursday morning that he wasn't going to watch the Congressional hearings. "I've got other baseball things to take care of," the...
TWO MORE ARRESTS IN ARMS PLOT
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amTwo Armenians were busted as part of a multimillion-dollar plot to ship shoulder-to-air missiles into the United States that could be used by terrorists to shoot down airplanes, federal authorities...
LETTERMAN 'RAT'; KIDNAP SUSPECT'S GAL RIPS INTO HIS ACCUSER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amSIMMS, MONTANA -The fiancée of a housepainter charged with scheming to snatch David Letterman's young son claimed yesterday that the pal who turned him in concocted the story be cause...
KIM RAPS ON WAY TO PRISON
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amLil' Kim is making new music before heading for the slammer. "She is actively in the studio recording," spokesman Ronn Torossian said yesterday. Kim went with her mom to her...
QNS. MAN A PERV FROM HELL: COPS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amAn auto mechanic who seemed to be a dream neighbor turned out to be a nightmare pedophile - molesting at least seven children ages 7 to 11 in the College...
OLD MAN WINTER'S WET AND CHILLY FAREWELL
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amTomorrow may be the first day of spring, but Mother Nature has one last little surprise. Forecasters warned yesterday that we could see one last jolt of snow and rain...
REELIN' IN THE TEARS ; MCGWIRE'S GRILLING TOOK TOLL ON JASON
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Jason Giambi has Mark McGwire's back. Giambi watched only a bit of Thursday's Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball, but he did see the part in which his...
NETS NOT TAKING ANYBODY LIGHTLY
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amIt's a big game tomorrow for the Nets. At Indiana, against a team they seek to replace in the standings for the playoffs bid. People have asked the Nets about...
REELIN' IN THE TEARS ; JASON HOMERS, BUT FEELS FOR MCGWIRE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amReds 6 Yankees 3 TAMPA - Jason Giambi has Mark McGwire's back. Giambi watched only a bit of Thursday's congressional hearings on steroids in baseball, but he did see the...
DEVILS SWAT HORNETS AFTER TOUGH BATTLE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCHARLOTTEDuke 57Dela. St. 46 CHARLOTTEMiss. St. 57Dela. St. 46 CHARLOTTE _ When it was over, when Duke finally survived its NCAA Tournament first-round heart palpitation against an unyielding No. 16-seed...
KENNEDY WASHED AWAY BY NIAGARA FALLS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS GLENS FALLS - A week ago, Kennedy won the PSAL championship - knocking off three-time defending champion Lincoln - with good decisions, balanced scoring and well-executed plays. Somewhere...
KNICKS WANT HEAT
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amKnicks 106 Hawks 92 Tim ATLANTA - Now it's off to South Beach for the tough part. After surviving a fourth-quarter scare from the Hawks in their 106-92 victory, the...
CARDS OVERCOME SEEDINESS
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amNASHVILLEGa. Tech 80GWU 68 NASHVILLE Louisville 68 La.-Laf. 62 NASHVILLE - This would be just like a road game at DePaul or Cincinnati, but the crowd would be decidedly pro-Louisville...
VERMONT-STERS ; SURGING CATS STUN ORANGE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWORCESTER, Mass. - On one side of the DCU Center, Vermont's David Hehn was standing on the press table exhorting delirious Catamount fans to relish the moment. "Growing up, you...
NETS IN RHYTHM, JAZZ SING THE BLUES
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amNets 94Utah 80 In the hours leading up to last night's game with the reeling Jazz at the Meadowlands, Nets coach Lawrence Frank continually ran up caution flags. The Jazz...
'GROCER' HEADS FIELD IN GOTHAM
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amOf today's four Kentucky Derby preps, only the Grade 3, $150,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct is run around one turn, and it's the least likely to spotlight a strong Derby...
DEVILS AIM TO MAKE COACH K 'DEAN' OF TOURNEY
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE - On the eve of his 21st NCAA Tournament appearance as the Duke head coach, Mike Krzyzewski was asked what kind of advice he'd give Delaware State coach Greg...
TIM'S HERB-AL AID
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amATLANTA - They're not just empty words; the numbers back up Tim Thomas' claim that former Knicks coach Lenny Wilkens did not use him efficiently. Thomas' season has turned around...
COUPLES BLOWS TOP, POPS OFF
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amIt's getting X-rated ugly on the PGA Tour. Perennial fan favorite Fred Couples got down-and-dirty yesterday, after taking a lift-and-clean drop from the cart path. When his drop disappeared into...
NYRA TO STEP UP POLICING
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe NYRA, looking to crack down further on any attempts to juice horses, plans to institute pre-race detention barns when Belmont Park opens May 4 for its 100th anniversary. Details...
PLAXICO INKS $25M GIANT DEAL
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amPlaxico Burress looks like a dominant receiver, and at times he is. Just not often enough. His five-year stay in Pittsburgh could be summed up as a case of unfulfilled...
HEELS TAR-RIFFIC ; CAROLINA SAYS: UNC YOU LATER
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCHARLOTTEUNC 96Oakland 68 CHARLOTTEIowa St. 64Minn. 53 CHARLOTTE - North Carolina couldn't wait to take the court again in anger after their horrible performance in the ACC Tournament a week...
CARDS TAKE SEEDING IN STRIDE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - When the NCAA Tournament pairings were announced, the usual complaints, omissions and cries of disrespect rang out, and while there was no loud outcry in Louisville, there was...
BC FOE IN PEARL JAM
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Boston College always has been and always will be close to Bruce Pearl's heart, with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee coach having been an Eagle walk-on, manager, administrative assistant,...
'NOVA'S GREAT ESCAPE ; WILDCATS HOLD OFF LOBOS' LATE CHARGE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amNASHVILLEVillanova 55New Mexico 47 NASHVILLEFlorida 67Ohio 62 NASHVILLE - They got what they wanted but not the way they expected, which is why Villanova guard Randy Foye walked off feeling,...
ORANGE JUICED ; SYRACUSE AIMS TO STAY IN STYLE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWORCESTER, Mass. - Suddenly, Syracuse is cool. Orange is the new black. Shaquille O'Neal picked Jim Boeheim's boys to go to the Final Four. CBS' producers have ascertained the exact...
UCONN EXHALES
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWORCHESTERMich. St. 89ODU 81 WORCESTER, Mass. - The only goal in a first-round NCAA Tournament game is to survive and advance. Which is just about all Connecticut accomplished yesterday. After...
BERGTRAUM SHOOTS DOWN NOTTINGHAM
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS GLENS FALLS - Thanks to seven consecutive PSAL titles and three state Federation crowns, Murry Bergtraum has established itself as one of the top girls' programs in the...
SELIG LEGACY TAKES A SUPERSIZED BEATING
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - What did Bud Selig know and when did he know it? The commissioner claims he did not see the light on steroids until the androstenedione in Mark McGwire's...
CAPITOL PAINS - LAWMAKERS LAMENT A LACK OF MUSCLE IN MLB PLAN, TESTIMONY
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congressman slammed baseball executives yesterday, labeling them arrogant, uncooperative and in denial, and expressed doubts about commissioner Bud Selig. The comments came one day after a Congressional hearing...
ISHII DEAL CLOSE - L.A. LEFTY WOULD FILL TRACHSEL ROLE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets are on the verge of filling their fifth starter's hole. With Steve Trachsel likely out for the year due to a herniated disc, the...
HORNETS GIVE BLUE DEVILS ALL THEY CAN HANDLE
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE Duke 57 Dela. St. 46 CHARLOTTE - When it was over, when Duke finally survived its NCAA Tournament first-round heart palpitation against an unyielding No. 16-seed Delaware State, 57-46,...
UCONN FINDS THAT CENTRAL FLORIDA IS ... NO SLOUCH
March 19, 2005 | 5:00amWORCESTER UConn 77 UCF 71 WORCESTER, Mass. - The only goal in a first-round NCAA Tournament game is to survive and advance. Which is just about all Connecticut accomplished yesterday....