April 11, 2005
NEW 'VOICE' FOR SCHANBERG
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amSydney Schanberg - whose Pulitzer Prize winning work in Cambodia in the mid-'70s inspired the movie "The Killing Fields" - is the new media critic at the Village Voice. "I...
GENERATION GAP - LAUDER FAMILY SPLIT ON PLANS FOR FORD HIRING
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amEstee Lauder's attempts to woo Tom Ford have opened a split in the Lauder family over how best to revitalize the flagship brand, The Post has learned. Leonard Lauder -...
WARNER MUSIC LANDS SONYBMG BIG FOR TOP POST
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWarner Music Group has tapped SonyBMG executive Richard Blackstone to become head of its lucrative music-publishing unit Warner Chappell, The Post has learned. Blackstone has been head of Zomba Music...
BUFFETT GRILLING SETS TONE IN AIG PROBE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAt shortly after 10 a.m. today, the federal and state investigations into the insurance industry will finally hit home for Warren Buffett. The "Sage of Omaha" is likely to be...
DAZED & AMUSED - BRILLIANT BRIT IMPORT UNFOLDS AS BRUTAL MIX
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMARTIN McDonagh's "The Pillowman," which opened last night at the Booth Theatre, is an extraordinary play, a macabre fantasy, a horror ride in some theme park of the mind. You...
ADDICT TV - IN THE QUEST FOR SENSATIONAL REALITY, SHOWS ENTER REHAB
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amCALL it "recovery chic," but shows about people battling addictions - and coming back to tell about it - are suddenly the hottest thing on TV. A&E has a surprise...
FALLON'S SURPRISE RETURN TO 'SNL' - BLIND 'UPDATE'
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHAT was no repeat of "Saturday Night Live": Jimmy Fallon was back on the show for one night only. On the show, Fallon had one more fake fight with his...
NET WORTH CHRIS LOST CREDIT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amCHRIS, the tobacco-chewing (make that ex-chewing) contestant on "The Apprentice," is so busted. Chris, who lost his team's credit card and wasted precious project time trying to get it back,...
STARR REPORT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMeeting of 'Minds' A bevy of A-list series creators have contributed to Steven Prigge's upcoming book, "Created By: Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators," which hits bookstores in...
WIGGLE$ BUMP OFF NICOLE KIDMAN
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amTHE toddler-set singing-sensation The Wiggles have unseated Nicole Kidman as the richest perfomers in Australia. The teeny-tiny-bopper foursome, who are seen here on the Disney Channel, made more than $34...
DECKED OUT - ACE THE SPRING LOOK WITH CUTE CROPPED JACKETS; KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amCROPPED, snug-fitting jackets are in the cards to be an essential buy this spring. The new short jacket looks sweet without being schmaltzy or overly fussy. In keeping with the...
COCHRAN'S LAW LEGACY LIVING ON
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amEven in death, Johnnie Cochran's brand name lives on. Before dying March 29 of a brain tumor, Cochran built a legal empire so huge that some say it borders on...
BLOOMY BASHING - HOPEFULS GANG UP ON MAYOR
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe first forum featuring all seven mayoral candidates turned into the Bash Bloomberg Hour yesterday in Queens - and the mayor wasn't even there to defend himself. The four Democratic...
FEDS: NY HOSPS GET HIGH GRADES
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amNew York City hospitals rank among the nation's best in patient care, a controversial new federal grading system shows. The 96 hospitals in the city and surrounding counties mostly outscore...
GAZA BURNS AS ARIEL VISITS BUSH IN TEXAS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amCRAWFORD, Texas - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be treated to some Texas hospitality at President Bush's Crawford ranch today as the two discuss the new violence threatening the...
NEW IRAQI TERROR GANG GRABS ENVOY
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amPakistani officials yesterday were seeking the return of an embassy employee who was kidnapped in Baghdad over the weekend by a new group of players on the terrorism scene. Malik...
SPRING FLING COOLING OFF
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMother Nature finally stopped teasing New Yorkers and granted a weekend of sunny skies and warm temperatures - but don't pack away the outerwear just yet. While the snow is...
APPLE POWER - N.Y. HONCHOS DOMINATE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amTime magazine has named the world's 100 most influential people - and New Yorkers steal the show, with 11 movers and shakers hailing from the Big Apple. Time magazine, which...
HILLARY STOKES '08 FIRE WITH RED-HOT SPEECH
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bowled over the Democratic faithful in the key 2008 presidential swing state of Minnesota with a fiery weekend stump speech that had fans hailing...
BX. MAN KILLS WIFE'S LATIN LOVER, COPS SAY
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA "very jealous" Bronx husband was busted yesterday for fatally stabbing his wife's lover - a married merengue singer whose songs included one titled "Don't Take My Life," police said....
'SAHARA' SCORCHES THE COMPETITION
April 11, 2005 | 4:00am"Sahara" turned red-hot over the weekend as moviegoers made the Matthew McConaughey adventure in the desert the nation's No. 1 flick. The PG-13 actioner, based on Clive Cussler's best seller...
STUDENT 'CHEATER' FIGHTING EXPULSION
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA 20-year-old student expelled from a Brooklyn medical program for allegedly cheating on an exam slapped the college with a suit demanding his reinstatement. William Cruz, an aspiring physician's assistant,...
CHARLES' JILT SCARE - CAMILLA NEARLY CHICKENED OUT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amNewlywed Prince Charles nearly got stranded at the altar after a nervous and stressed-out Camilla Parker Bowles climbed into bed - and didn't want to get out, it was revealed...
TAIL OF TERROR - DOG SUDDENLY ATTACKS BOY, 7
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAn animal-loving 7-year-old Queens boy who tried to befriend a neighbor's dog that had strayed into his sister's yard was ferociously bitten in the head in a horrifying attack yesterday....
SUBWAY RUNAWAY, 10, BACK HOME
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA runaway Bronx boy was returned home safely yesterday after a two-day ordeal on the subway with no food, police said. Kingston Jamison, 10, was discovered at the same place...
ARMORY'S SHINING KNIGHT - RECOVERS LOST 100G LANTERN
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA quick-thinking Parks Department employee made a shining discovery when he inadvertently found a pricey 1930s Art Deco lamp that was stolen from a Manhattan armory more than a year...
JUROR BLASTS TRAITOR - 'WE SENT A MESSAGE'
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amRadical lawyer Lynne Stewart is a traitor to humanity who got what she deserved when she was found guilty of promoting terrorism, one of her jurors told The Post. Juror...
'STRESS' TEST FOR CITY KIDS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAfter months of in-class preparation and after-school tutoring, third- and fifth-graders across the city will put their futures on the line tomorrow when they take the first of two high-stakes...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe San Jose State dance team was suspended after their wild bump-and-grind routine at a basketball game triggered a fight between a 74-year-old alumnus and a 20-year-old dancer. "Trash! That's...
DAD SLAIN CLINGING TO HIS TODDLER
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA 21-year-old man was stabbed to death in The Bronx last night while holding his toddler daughter in his arms, police sources and witnesses said. Muhammad Muhammad of Brooklyn was...
BX. HUBBY KILLS WIFE'S LOVER: COPS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA "very jealous" Bronx husband was busted yesterday and charged with fatally stabbing his wife's lover - a married merengue singer whose songs included one titled "Don't Take My Life,"...
TRAGIC TEEN STAR - DIES AFTER TV DEBUT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amGrieving family members are working to boost a Brooklyn high school's theater program in memory of their son - a teen actor who died a little more than a week...
NO B'KLYN BUILDING BOOM HERE, THANK YOU
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amResidents of a Brooklyn neighborhood have found a novel way to deal with runaway real-estate development - by putting up "Not for Sale" signs. The bright-red signs dot Windsor Terrace/Greenwood...
SCORE ONE FOR HUBBY IN 21-YR. DIVORCE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe husband in a 21- year old divorce case - the longest and one of the most bitter in New York history - has won a reprieve barring the sale...
'STRIP SEARCH' TEACHER GETS HIS JOB BACK
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe teacher who oversaw the controversial strip search of six special-education students at a Bronx school last year is back in the classroom, The Post has learned. Donald Peter McCoy...
COUPLE HURT IN B'KLYN FIRE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amTwo people were critically injured in a blaze that destroyed their Brooklyn home last night. Harvey Trachtenberg, a newspaper photographer, and his wife, Rochelle, were in their sixth-floor apartment at...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A young Brooklyn dad who had celebrated his birthday over the weekend was shot dead in broad daylight yesterday after an apparent dispute over drug turf, cops and...
COCHRAN'S LEGAL LEGACY LIVES ON
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amJohnnie Cochran's brand name lives on in death. Before dying March 29, Cochran built a legal empire so huge, some say it borders on being a franchise. Seven years ago,...
N.Y. CO-ED KILLED IN OHIO BLAZE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA Westchester college student was killed yesterday in a blaze that engulfed her off-campus house near Miami University of Ohio, officials said. Kathryn Welling - a 21-year-old business major from...
DRUGS FUNDED MAFIA COPS' HIGH LIFE: FEDS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amTwo ex-NYPD detectives accused of eight mob-related killings had another secret life as key figures in a major operation that pumped methamphetamine and other party drugs into the swirling Las...
950G E. END RENT - NEW HAMPTONS HIGH
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amCould there be a million-dollar summer rental in the Hamptons? One owner is attempting to get closer to the seven-figure benchmark for her oceanfront Southampton estate. Marcia Riklis, a benefactor...
SHOCK IN PREZ SURVEY - MANY SHUN WOMAN FEW BACK WOMAN
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Maybe America isn't ready for a female president after all, according to a surprising poll that found only 49 percent of voters may really want to put a...
PROBE-FIRM LAWYERS FILL SPITZER'S COFFERS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has received thousands of dollars in campaign donations from lawyers at a prominent Manhattan law firm hired by AIG - even as the...
SENATOR EYES GOV 'DREAM TEAM'
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWILL Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, a white Harvard-educated lawyer from Manhattan, have a black female Harvard lawyer from Buffalo as his running mate next year? Such a racially and geographically...
FERRER IN 'FREEFALL': SILVER
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The mayoral campaign of Fernando Ferrer is in "freefall" because of his seeming flip-flop over the Amadou Diallo case, the state's most powerful Democrat said yesterday. "Unfortunately, he's...
OSAMA BRO SUED - 9/11 KIN SAY HE PAID FOR ATTACKS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWhile Wafah Binladin seeks music stardom in the city haunted by 9/11, her billionaire father is a target of a lawsuit filed by hundreds of terror victims - who believe...
FAN BLINDED BY BALL SUES YANKS FOR $5M
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA former Brooklyn College professor - blinded in one eye by a batting-practice ball before Game One of the 2000 World Series - is suing the Yankees and George Steinbrenner...
STATE LACKS HORSE $ENSE: OTB BIG
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amThe Off-Track Betting Corp. is in such desperate straits that it won't be able to make legally mandated payments to the city next year, its chairman is warning. In an...
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? - PLAYOFF SPOT STILL ELUDES HOT NETS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amPouring in 45 points during Saturday's 99-86 win over the Celtics, Vince Carter looked every bit the heir apparent to Michael Jordan that he was expected to be when he...
SCARY MOMENT FOR ARROYO
April 11, 2005 | 4:00am2ND RACE - Lady Elaine, beaten 10 lengths or more in all three starts, showed signs of life last out with blinkers on, setting pace for half before backing up....
NEW BOSS IN TOWN
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWow. After watching George Steinbrenner's Bellamy Road run off the TV screen winning Saturday's Wood Memorial at the Big A, a definitive final prep for the May 7 Kentucky Derby,...
JASON: HANDS OF STONE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Before yesterday's game, Joe Torre professed his confidence in Jason Giambi's fielding ability, praising the first baseman's quickness and glovework. Giambi did little to justify his manager's faith...
CAIRO IS FIRST-RATE AT SECOND
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Through the season's first five games, Miguel Cairo had only had one at-bat. Then he got the start yesterday at second base against John Smoltz. Not...
HERB STILL HOPING TO BE BACK
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Herb Williams admits his record may not make the best case for his being retained, but he hopes Isiah Thomas will look beyond wins and losses...
JORGE'S SINGULAR GAFFE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amSometimes getting a hit isn't a good thing. Or at least it isn't as good as it should be. Jorge Posada singled in the fifth inning of the Yankees' 7-2...
COMPLETELY AMAZIN' DAY
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amATLANTA - After the Mets' 6-1 win over the Braves was over yesterday, Pedro Martinez asked manager Willie Randolph if he wanted to keep the ball from his first win....
LEFTY, SINGH: THE NEW ODD COUPLE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK AUGUSTA - Just because. That's why Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh, combatants in the spike-gate controversy Friday, were paired together in yesterday's final round. The way most tournaments re-pair...
OUCH! BOMBERS GET DRILLED - PAVANO IS BEANED BY LINE DRIVE IN LOSS TO BIRDS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amOrioles 7 - Yankees 2 Remarkably, a Melvin Mora liner to Carl Pavano's head couldn't knock down the sturdy 6-foot-5 righty yesterday afternoon. It did knock Pavano out of a...
BIG EASY FINDS IT SO HARD
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Ernie Els came to Augusta National as a favorite in some circles to win the 69th Masters. He left searching for his golf game after finishing at 10-over...
KNICKS SNAP SKID - SWEETNEY CANS OT WINNER AT BUZZER
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amOVERTIME: Knicks 113 - Pacers 112 INDIANAPOLIS - There was no rhyme or reason to this one. The Knicks won it on a broken play. The Knicks' nine-game losing streak...
BACK WHERE HE BELONGS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - The Big Four has been reduced to the Big One again. Tiger Woods is ready to turn major championships into his own personal playground. So much for the...
PEDRO PUTS METS IN THE WIN COLUMN - THREE HRS BACK 2-HIT MASTERPIECE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amMets 6 - Braves 1 ATLANTA - Nobody went up to Pedro Martinez yesterday morning and told him that he was the guy the Mets wanted on the mound. "They...
HAPPY ENDING TO TIGER TALE - WOODS PREVAILS IN SUDDEN DEATH
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Finally, order has been restored. Tiger Woods is atop the golf world once again. Forget about the "Fab Four" or the "Big Five." Woods is "The Man" again...
NANTZ WINS THE GRAY JACKET
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amBEING THE VOICE of the Masters for two decades is both a tribute and an indictment of CBS' Jim Nantz. Nantz provides passion, precision and probing questions, but he does...
CARLISLE VOTES FOR HERB'S RETURN
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - As Herb Williams addressed reporters after his first win in nearly three weeks, Jamal Crawford walked by and said loudly, "Great job, coach." Moments before, Pacer...
HAPPY ENDING TO TIGER TALE - EMOTIONAL WOODS WINS ONE FOR DAD
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - When the winning putt disappeared so beautifully into the cup on the 73rd hole of the 69th Masters yesterday, and that familiar electrifying feeling of energy, relief and...
THE AGONY OF DIFEAT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - There was only one person around Augusta National yesterday who believed Chris DiMarco could slay the dragon that is the great Tiger Woods. That person was Chris DiMarco....
ROUGH FINAL DAY FOR LEFTY
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - It was hardly a banner day for Phil Mickelson yesterday compared to Masters Sunday a year ago, as he was winning his first Green Jacket and first major....
WHAT A SHOT! - CHIP-IN AT 16 WAS KEY FOR TIGER
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tiger Woods called his second shot on the 16th green in yesterday's final round of the 69th Masters, "one of the best I've ever hit." That means something...
AN UNFAMILIAR RING TO IT - YANKS PROBABLY WON'T WATCH CHAMPIONS' RING CEREMONY
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amDiamonds are forever, and this afternoon the Red Sox get the rings that prove their rivalry with the Yankees has been altered for eternity. The moment Yankee fans have dreaded...
TODAY IS FOR SOX FANS AND THEY'VE EARNED IT
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - Red Sox fans have had the chance to enjoy this for a good long while now. The improbable events of last October have left them exhausted and exhilarated,...
NEW STORYLINES COULD COME TO FRUITION THIS WEEK
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amA FINAL reality - call it the ring of truth - comes this afternoon for the Yankees. They really did blow that 3-0 ALCS lead last year. The Curse definitely...
MATINEE PERFORMANCE SIMPLY FOR THE BIRDS
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amWELL, it's a good thing nobody really pays attention to those other 143 games, anyway. They count, of course, all of them count in the standings and equally as much,...
NANTZ IS BECOMING A CADDIE
April 11, 2005 | 4:00amBEING THE VOICE of the Masters for two decades is both a tribute and an indictment of CBS' Jim Nantz. Nantz provides passion, precision and probing questions, but he does...