November 19, 2005
CISCO BUYS SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA FOR $6.9B
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amCisco Systems Inc. sealed a deal to buy cable-box maker Scientific-Atlanta Inc. for $6.9 billion as the technology heavyweight looks for ways to grow earnings by expanding its consumer product...
LIZ CLAIBORNE RAISES BID FOR J. JILL TO $366M
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amRetailer Liz Claiborne is going after foundering women's apparel company J. Jill Group Inc. with a zeal that would make a desperate housewife blush. Liz raised its bid yesterday to...
EX-REFCO CEO: 'NOT GUILTY'
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amDisgraced former Refco Chief Executive Phillip Bennett plead not guilty to the eight felony counts of fraud against him in a hearing in federal court yesterday, but federal prosecutors continue...
FEDS MAY TAKE BLACK ESTATE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amConrad Black is spiriting away antiques, paintings and rare books from his embattled mansion, but he can't save one of his biggest assets - his $36 million Palm Beach oceanfront...
CELEBRITY CURSE - PECKER'S AMERICAN MEDIA POSTS $10.9M LOSS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amAnother wave of bad news washed over American Media, the publisher of the National Enquirer, Star, Shape and Muscle & Fitness magazines. The company said yesterday that revenue decreased 1.4...
YES, THIS IS N.Y.C. - WELCOME TO FOUR 'HOODS' THAT FEEL LIKE THE SUBURBS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amSuburbs in the city TAKE a stroll through Midtown Manhattan on any given weekday afternoon and it's hard to imagine peace and quiet existing anywhere on the planet, let alone...
GIMME SHELTER
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amShelling out $105M THE much ballyhooed 40-acre de Menil property in East Hampton is about to sell for $105 million. According to our ever vigilant East End sources, Adelaide de...
WILLIAMS, WELLER CLOCK INTO '24'; FOX DRAMA ALSO RECRUITS SANDS FOR JAN. RETURN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amROBOCOP is joining "24." Peter Weller, best known for playing the robotic enforcer in the string of popular sci-fi films, will join the fifth season of the Fox drama, which...
WHOOP DREAMS - FEELGOOD CABLE DRAMA HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES
November 19, 2005 | 5:00am"Edge of America" Monday at 8 p.m. on Showtime (three and a half stars) AS the Navajos say, "Im perfection is beauty." It's a point of view I learned while...
ANDY IS DANDY - POP GOES THE EASEL AT A WARHOL SHOW FOR KIDS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amAS kids' icons go, most of the ones on exhibit at the Children's Museum of Manhattan are no-brainers. Dr. Seuss: He's got juice. Charlie Brown: We're down. An aardvark named...
THE 'LATE' DMX GETS 70 DAYS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amHip-hopper DMX made it to court on time yesterday - with a little help from the city Department of Correction. Now he'll be spending up to the next 70 days...
GAL'S LAST STAND; FOUGHT BELIZE 'KILLER'
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn-born backpacker murdered in Belize fought desperately to get away from her sex-crazed attacker who followed her from a party before choking the life out of her, police in...
SLAY WIDOW'S STARE-DOWN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe grieving widow of slain banker James Gottlieb experienced a horrifying "flashback" to the night of the murder as she sat in a Long Island courtroom face-to-face with her husband's...
BRUNO JOINS PERV WAR
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - The head of the state Senate yesterday ripped a recent ruling against a Pataki-administration policy of keeping sex predators locked up past their prison terms and called on...
MIKE WINGS IT
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe question of when Mayor Bloomberg is going to take a break after the election has been answered: right now. Aviation records show that the mayor's private jet departed La...
MORE RAPS LOOM IN CIA LEAK
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amSpecial counsel Patrick Fitzgerald disclosed yesterday that a second grand jury is hearing evidence in the CIA-leak case, raising the prospect that more top officials could come under fire. Fitzgerald...
RANDI 'TRASHES' B'KLYN PRINCIPAL
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amRandi Weingarten, president of the city teachers union, implied yesterday that the recent vandalism of her former Brooklyn home may be linked to her members' ongoing dispute with a Brooklyn...
NEW CHARGES LOOM AS 2ND JURY PROBES CIA LEAK
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amSpecial counsel Patrick Fitzgerald disclosed yesterday that a second grand jury is hearing evidence in the CIA leak case, raising the prospect that more top officials could come under fire...
IT'S SPIN CITY AGAIN; CUBE COMES FULL CIRCLE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amRemember the Alamo? The famed spinning cube of Astor Place - a sculpture known as "Alamo" - was returned to its Cooper Square home of almost 40 years yesterday, scrubbed,...
JAILBIRD MA WINS A ROUND
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA Manhattan appeals court has ordered a new child-custody hearing in the case of a mother who lost the right to see her son after she was jailed for fleeing...
SLAY RAP FOR LIVERY 'MUGGER'
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA suspected robber, who prosecutors say caused a livery cab to careen out of control and kill a Bronx woman, has been indicted on murder charges, Bronx DA Robert Johnson...
MARBURY GETS SUED
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amPoint guard Stephon Marbury stiffed his bodyguard, court papers charge. The firm of Safir Rosetti - which is headed by former NYPD and FDNY commissioner Howard Safir - is suing...
PSYCHO-SLAY SUSPECT'S EVIL PLAN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amLITITZ, Pa. - The lovesick psycho charged with slaughtering his 14-year- old girlfriend's parents and kidnapping her had planned a similar nighttime murder raid with a friend in a shocking...
HOUSE WANTS TO POUNCE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - House Republicans pounced at the chance to turn the tables on Dems last night by forcing them to vote on Democratic Rep. John Murtha's call to cut and...
PHONE-Y 'GLADIATOR' FORCED INTO SUBMISSION
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amHE'LL be back. The unrepentant thug in the $1,000 suit, which stretched a half-size too small over his body, rose angrily to his feet, spit a wad of green chewing...
IRAQ 'TWIST' BLITZ ; AD SLAMS DEMS OVER WEAPONS INTEL
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Republican Party is targeting Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in a tough new TV ad lambasting Democrats as flip-flopping hypocrites who knew Saddam Hussein was a danger...
S.I. WAL-MART PAL NOW FOE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amRetail giant Wal-Mart's efforts to gain a foothold in the city are running into a buzz-saw of opposition - even on Republican-friendly Staten Island, sources said yesterday. GOP Councilman Andrew...
MOLOTOV HORROR; B'KLYN APTS. ATTACKED
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA pair of Molotov cocktails smashed through the windows of two apartments in a Brooklyn building yesterday - injuring three people who police believe were innocent victims and not the...
IT'S A GO FOR CROWE ; WALKS FREE AFTER COPPING PLEA TO ASSAULT BY PHONE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amHe's free as a bird. Actor Russell Crowe became a convicted phone-flinger yesterday - but copped a plea to a misdemeanor assault charge that keeps him out of jail and...
'BARETTA' SEQUEL: GUILTY - JURY: HE WHACKED WIFE & MUST PAY $30M
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amBURBANK, Calif. - A civil jury branded Robert Blake a killer and socked him for $30 million yesterday, holding the former "Baretta" star liable for the wrongful death of his...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** Detectives in Riverdale want to question one suspect (above) in connection with six burglaries. Surveillance tapes inside a Yonkers pawnshop caught the bandits unsuccessfully trying to hock...
KID JUST EASY $ IN 'KILLER' DAD'S EYES; KEPT HER FOR PERKS, NOT LOVE: FOSTER KIN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amTiny Sierra Roberts was little more than a meal ticket to her abusive single father, the slain 7-year-old's neighbors and former foster parents charged yesterday. By gaining custody of the...
GOP'D-OFF POLS DISS THE BOSS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Democratic bid to get Bush-bashing singer Bruce Springsteen some extra glory days with a Senate resolution in his honor yesterday ran into a Republican logjam. Though such...
SUSPECT ID'D IN GRANNY SLAY
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amPolice lineups were being conducted last night for a paroled drug dealer suspected in the stabbing death of a 74-year-old Brooklyn woman during a botched street robbery one year ago,...
BOUNCER SLAY TWIST
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA murdered strip-club bouncer found shot dead inside his Brooklyn apartment was killed by someone he knew, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Irving Matos, 42, who worked at Sunset Park's "Sweet...
YANKEES' LATEST 'THROWBACK' PITCH
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe last ball tossed at Yankee Stadium may be the wrecking kind - but as Yogi Berra might say, the new stadium will look more like the old stadium than...
IT'S A GO FOR CROWE; WALKS FREE AFTER COPPING PLEA TO ASSAULT BY PHONE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amHe's free as a bird. Actor Russell Crowe became a convicted phone-flinger yesterday - but copped a plea to a misdemeanor assault charge that keeps him out of jail and...
RIVERA FEELS BROTHERLY LOVE FOR GORDON
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amBlood may be thicker than pinstripes, but Mariano Rivera now considers Tom Gordon part of his family. And as such, he "definitely" wants Gordon back next season. "I love Tom...
'NEW' LOVE GETS TO LEAVE REHAB
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A judge praised Courtney Love's rehab effort yesterday and cut the troubled rocker some slack by releasing her early from a residential drug-treatment center. "You're really doing...
MOLOTOV HORROR ATTACK IN B'KLYN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA pair of Molotov cocktails smashed through the windows of two apartments in a Brooklyn building yesterday - injuring three people who police believe were innocent victims and not the...
'PERV' CLIFF HANGER; FIRE FAKE AT CLEANERS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amWith bloodhounds hot on his trail in Brooklyn Thursday, suspected phony-fireman sex fiend Peter Braunstein ducked into a dry cleaners and demanded a coat hanger because "he locked himself out...
PA MAKES A GRAB AT 9/11 MEMORIAL
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe Port Authority has created a new furor at Ground Zero by trying to grab control of the construction of the World Trade Center memorial, The Post has learned. Sources...
BERNIE-BOOSTER ; JETER CALLING FOR WILLIAMS' RETURN
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amYankees captain Derek Jeter, in his first public remarks since the team's ALDS loss to the Angels, last night made a pitch for the return of free agent Bernie Williams....
MAN DIES IN QNS. APT. BLAZE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA 20-year-old Queens man died yesterday after a fast moving fire tore through his apartment, police said. The fire, which started shortly after 7 a.m. on the second floor of...
QUICK-CHANGE BANK-ROB BUST
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA brazen bank robber believed to be responsible for more than a dozen robberies in Manhattan was arrested yesterday, police said. Lewis McGraw, 46, was arrested for a string of...
FIRE BURNS STEAKS AT PETER LUGER
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA fire ignited in the kitchen at Peter Luger's steak house last night, startling the hordes of meat lovers who had packed the Brooklyn restaurant, authorities said. Fire officials said...
SLAVE-LABOR PAIR GUILTY
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA husband-and-wife human trafficking team pleaded guilty yesterday to charges they helped young immigrant women from South Korea enter the country illegally and then forced them to work at a...
GOP FORCES WAR FOES TO REJECT 'CUT-RUN' VOTE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - House Republicans turned the tables on Democrats last night by forcing them to reject an immediate pullout from Iraq - and abandon senior Democratic Rep. John Murtha's call...
GREEN MAKES ORANGE FEEL BLUE; LATE 3 SINKS 'CUSE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amFlorida 75Syracuse 70 Florida point guard Taurean Green doesn't remember watching his father Sidney play in the Garden. He was too young to remember the Knicks back then, to little...
STEPH BENCHED ; MARBURY SITS LAST 6:31 OF LOSS TO NUGGETS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amMarbury sat with a towel on his head, showing little emotion, even when the Knicks' young unit rallied to cut the deficit to seven points. Nuggets 95 Knicks 86 DENVER...
A HAT TRICK FOR CONTESSA
November 19, 2005 | 5:00am1ST RACE - Scott Lake showed all the signs that he meant business with Sierra Bella, reclaiming her at Delaware last out and bring up his main Delaware jock Roberto...
ISLANDERS GETTING 2-MINUTE DRILLED
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - The Islanders have not closed well all season, but they're hoping to finish this four-game road trip on a high note tonight against the struggling Panthers, who...
RANGERS' TOUGH TASK: RAZING 'CANES
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThere is no question the Hurricanes are a formidable opponent for the Rangers. That much was made clear Thursday night, when Carolina dominated the Blueshirts, 5-1, in the first game...
JETS ROOKIE RB MAKING STRIDES IN BACKUP ROLE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amCedric Houston spent his senior year at Tennessee rushing for more than 1,000 yards and playing a key role in leading the Volunteers to a 10-3 record and a 38-7...
NETS ARE WARY OF ARENAS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amHe is coolly confident, carrying the air of a killer. Only Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are scoring more. Winning is the incentive, and to that end Gilbert...
SALARY STUMPED; JERSEY HAS DEVIL OF A TIME MAKING DEAL
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amInterested evaluators say the Devils, who faced the Canadiens last night at the Meadowlands, have been showcasing Viktor Kozlov. On the other hand, the Devils needed him in the lineup...
WATSON COULD BE AVAILABLE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DENVER - The Nuggets have three legitimate point guards and are expected to shop Earl Watson Dec. 29, once he's eligible to be traded. Larry Brown has made...
JOE HAS LIONS ON CUSP OF BCS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amEAST LANSING, Mich. - The stories about Joe Paterno in recent years have referred to him as the Lion in winter. One article even pushed the envelope farther, describing him...
TALKING POINT; BROWN ON MARBURY: HE'S NO IVERSON
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amDENVER - Larry Brown tossed a couple more zingers at Stephon Marbury yesterday in the wake of the point guard's controversial remarks Thursday that he was unhappy with his role...
WAGNER EAGER FOR AMAZIN' VISIT
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amIn roughly 48 hours, Billy Wagner will be in New York. And the star free-agent closer is eagerly awaiting the trip. Wagner will be here Monday to visit the Mets...
BROWN MAKES POINT: TEAM 1ST
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amDENVER - Larry Brown's message to Stephon Marbury yesterday was succinct: Think team first. And that was before the coach benched his disgruntled and ineffective point guard for the final...
KNICKS MAY LOOK TO WATSON
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DENVER - The Nuggets have a point-guard glut and are expected to shop Earl Watson Dec. 29 when he's eligible to be traded. Larry Brown doesn't feel he...
TURNING POINT? DEVS OPTIMISTIC AFTER HAMMERING HABS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amDevils 5Canadiens 3 This weekend is already a success for the Devils. They go for the gravy this evening. "We've conquered the hill. We've got a mountain to climb [in...
WAGNER'S EAGER FOR AMAZIN' VISIT
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amOn Monday, Billy Wagner will be in New York to check out the Mets and see the area. And the free- agent closer sounds as if he's eagerly awaiting the...
ROAD TRIPPED ; KNICKS FINISH TREK 2-4; MARBURY BENCHED
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amNuggets 95Knicks 86 DENVER - At least it's over. The Knicks come home a team in turmoil, their rotation a wreck, their offensive sickly, their star player Stephon Marbury disgruntled...
DT ALLEN MAY GET TO START
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES With William Joseph out at least a month with a dislocated elbow, the Giants need a new starting defensive tackle and it just might be Kenderick Allen, a...
BROKEN WINGS - HOBBLED EAGLE OFFENSE LEAVES WESTBROOK AS GIANT FOCUS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amIt is a simple case of subtraction. Take Terrell Owens away from the receiving corps. Take Donovan McNabb away from the quarterback position. What remains? Brian Westbrook. That's about it...
HOUSTON PICKING UP TEMPO WITH JETS
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amCedric Houston spent his senior year at Tennessee rushing for more than 1,000 yards and playing a key role in leading the Volunteers to a 10-3 record and a 38-7...
YOUNG 'CUSE COMES OF AGE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amThey came to Syracuse in the afterglow of Carmelo Anthony's national title and grew up there under the considerable wings of Hakim Warrick. They played in pressure games, Big East...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 19, 2005 | 5:00amA woman in Thibodaux, La., was enraged when she was served cold onion rings at a restaurant and the waiter wouldn't replace them. So she called 911. The cops responded...