September 29, 2003
CBRE BIGS DEFECT FOR ARCH-RIVAL CUSHMAN
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe deadlock at CB Richard Ellis's investment sales unit finally broke over the weekend when powerhouse partners Ron Cohen and Richard Baxter signed with arch-rival real estate firm Cushman &...
BOARD SHRINKAGE - SCHREMPP IS LATEST TO BID FAREWELL TO NYSE JOB
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe embattled board of the New York Stock Exchange is starting to throw in the towel under pressure for reform of its cloaked affairs. An unexpected major crack came over...
'CHUCKY' EYES RETURN TO NEWS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amChucky is trying to come home. Arthur "Chucky" Browne is said to be negotiating to return to his boyhood home at the embattled Daily News in a top editorial post....
GET SHORTY AN OSCAR: BUSY ACTOR STANDS AND DELIVERS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amPETER Dinklage is a tolerant guy - just don't mention "ze plane." That's just the sort of dopey joke that used to send the 4-foot-6 actor into a rage. "When...
NEW ENGLAND WORRIES IT APPEARS OVER-SEXED
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID E. Kelley's new CBS drama, "The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H." has some New Hampshirites wondering if they come across as sex-crazed. "It is kind of surprising how much they're...
GIVE ELLEN A HAND, GUYS - SIGNS SAY SHE'S PICKING UP WHERE 'ROSIE' LEFT OFF
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amELLEN DeGeneres has a blossoming hit on her hands. DeGeneres' new talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," premiered three weeks ago and is off to a solid start. More importantly,...
ROMANCE, NOT 9/11 - HEATHER GRAHAM HEADS A FINE CAST IN CONFUSED PLAY
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amRECENT TRAGIC EVENTS At Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St. Through Oct. 12. Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200. ---- HEATHER Graham, the blond bombshell who roller-skated through "Boogie Nights," makes her...
'AMAZING' NEWS FOR 'RACE'
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amTHE surprise Emmy win for "The Amazing Race" last Sunday night has pushed CBS to bring it back again next summer. At the award show, executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer complained...
STARR REPORT
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amLiza Minnelli will guest-star in what appears to be her first-ever sitcom when she appears in a multi-episode arc of Fox's new series, "Arrested Development." The series kicks off Sunday,...
MEXX IN THE CITY: LOOK OUT H&M: THERE'S A NEW KID IN TOWN
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amIf you already shop at H&M and Zara, there's a new value-conscious Euro-chain competing for your fashion dollar. The Dutch retailer Mexx - already famous in Europe for style-conscious casual...
DRESSED TO SPILL: OUR DRIP-PRONE REPORTER PUTS JCPENNEY'S NEW WASHABLE SUIT TO THE TEST
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSPLASH! One cheesy pick-up line too many, and a martini gets poured all over your suit. PLOP! A saucy buffalo wing lands in your lap instead of your mouth. SPLAT!...
EX-JUSTICE AGENT SAYS HYNES SAT ON 'POL BRIBE' SCANDAL
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAFEDERAL investiga tor who launched the probe into the potential bribery of several city lawmakers by Florida-based Correctional Services Corp. said he gave his findings to the Brooklyn District Attorney's...
WA$TE OF SPACES - OFFICE BURNS TAX BUCKS TO HOG PARKING
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAt a time when city health services are being slashed, New York's public-hospital brass is shelling out thousands of taxpayer dollars for two private security guards - just to make...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAn identity thief stole the wrong name when he unknowingly assumed the moniker of a convicted sex offender, authorities said. James Perry of Clinton, Conn., allegedly swiped the name and...
'SHORTY' STANDS TALL IN INSPIRING MOVIE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amHERE'S a rare chance to tell a nice story. Walter "Shorty" Simms, 56, has Down syndrome - and is now the star of a full-length documentary movie bankrolled by Academy...
ACID-RX PILLS SPUR WARNING
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAcid-indigestion medicines such as Zantac have contributed to an alarming rise in food allergies, a new study claims. Scientists at the University of Vienna found that acid-reduction remedies allow food...
HIGH-TECH 'SMART' CARTS ON THE WAY
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amIf you soon hear your shopping cart talking to you, relax - you're not going crazy. IBM is working on a so-called smart shopping cart that will help - or...
FEW NATIONS HELPING: POWELL
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Korea are all considering whether to send troops to help stabilize Iraq, but conceded there won't be "a...
CITY KILLS BIG-BUCKS SHELTER'S TAX BREAK
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe city has yanked a $52,716 annual tax break awarded to a Brooklyn developer to build affordable housing after officials learned the project was turned into a lucrative homeless shelter,...
RECALL ELECTION STUNNER: POLL VAULT - CALIF. VOTERS FLOCKING TO THE GOVERNATOR; GOVERNATOR ARNIE SURGES AHEAD BY 15 POINTS IN NEW POLL
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger has muscled his way to a commanding lead in California's recall campaign, according to the results of a stunning poll released yesterday. A Gallup survey...
NAVY SON'S S.I. FOLKS IN FLAG FLAP
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island couple, whose son is in the Navy, is in hot water with the city Housing Authority for flying an American flag from their apartment balcony, their lawyer...
YOU GO, GIRLS! - MOST-POWERFUL WOMEN RANKINGS SHOW CARLY NO. 1, OPRAH RISING
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amJust when it seemed that Oprah Winfrey couldn't become any more powerful than she already is - she's done it again! The 49-year-old queen of daytime talk has been named...
SON FOUND, BUT DAD STILL AT A LOSS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amABROOKLYN father's desperate search for his missing son has ended - but the man's anguish is far from over. Luis M. Simancas' son Luis D. mysteriously disappeared in June after...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A woman taking an evening stroll was mowed down by a hit-and-run driver in the Pelham Bay section, cops said. Dotlin Brown, 56, was crossing the street...
BUSH WINS AGAIN - WAR BOOSTING U.S. CREDIBILITY
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN a beloved cleric was murdered at a holy shrine in the Iraqi town of Najaf and suspects got caught boasting about it at an Internet café, the outraged townspeople...
TEARS, ANGER AT WAKE FOR SUBWAY VICTIM
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Bronx immigrant family sobbed in agony yesterday as they said goodbye to Jesus Perea, who was senselessly stabbed to death by punks who robbed him aboard a subway train....
COPS SEEK SLAY-NIGHT GOOD SAMARITAN TO HELP CRACK CASE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amCops yesterday said they now have at least one key witness to help produce a sketch of the coldblooded killer of Hunter College student Matthew Hall - as they pleaded...
YOU PAY POL'S TIX - MIKE'S REVENGE BACKFIRES
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens city councilman has been using taxpayer money to pay for taxis and parking tickets since Mayor Bloomberg took his parking pass away after he voted against the 18.5...
COP-FAKE RAP FOR BX. MAN IN CHASE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Bronx man whose confrontation with cops nearly sparked a riot was charged yesterday with impersonating a police officer. James Wimmer, 28 - whom neighbors mistakenly believed was shot by...
TEARS FOR 'ZULU KING' - RAINBOW OF MOURNERS COMES OUT FOR MATTHEW
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSome 600 mourners - who cut across all races, backgrounds and age groups - packed into a Chelsea church yesterday to pay final respects to a young man described as...
TYKE, 4, SHOOTS BIG SIS DEAD
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA 4-year-old boy found a loaded semiautomatic handgun in his family's suburban Washington home and fired one shot through the front door - killing his 5-year-old sister and critically injuring...
ROBINSON TO HAVE STATUE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA plan to erect a statue of Dodger legend Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn - sidelined two years ago after the attack on the World Trade Center - is coming back...
CORPSE ID'D AS MISSING N.J. BOATER
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA body that washed up on a Long Island beach was identified yesterday as that of a New Jersey boater who had been missing for days, cops said. Frank Delucia's...
INSURE STING SNARES DOZENS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amMore than 50 people were busted in one of the city's most extensive auto-insurance scams, which reaped tens of millions of dollars from bogus accident claims, authorities said yesterday. Many...
WITNESSES HELP NAB SUSPECT IN B'KLYN CLUB SLAY
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA gunman who shot a man dead after a push-and-shove argument outside a Brooklyn night club was nabbed by police yesterday after witnesses secretly tailed the killer home, authorities said....
BOSTON ZOO GORILLA IN GREAT ESC-APE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amBoston police, armed with automatic weapons, night-vision goggles and the world's biggest butterfly net, captured a serial escapee last night: a gorilla who busted out of the Franklin Park Zoo....
ELECTRICIANS ZAP FIRMS WITH $6M SUIT
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amAs many as 100 electricians are seeking $6 million in damages from several firms, charging in a class-action lawsuit that the companies cheated them out of wages and benefits in...
BOSTON ZOO GORILLA ESC-APES
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amBoston police armed with automatic weapons, night-vision goggles and the world's biggest butterfly net captured a serial escapee last night - a gorilla who busted out of the Franklin Park...
THIS MAN COULD BE FRISCO'S FIENDISH ZODIAC KILLER
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe notorious San Francisco Zodiac Killer, who mysteriously dropped out of sight almost 30 years ago after a bloody reign of terror that left five dead, may have been "hiding"...
BUTCHER BUFFALOED - SCIENTISTS FOOLED HIM ABOUT WMD: REPORT
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein's own scientists may have fooled him - and the world - into thinking he had weapons of mass destruction that he no longer possessed, it was reported yesterday....
DEAN SLAMS CLARK
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amDemocratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean yesterday blasted new 2004 candidate Wesley Clark as "a Republican until 25 days ago" who has become the "desperation" candidate for establishment Democrats. It was...
FLAG FLAP RILES S.I. TENANTS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island couple whose son is serving in the Navy is in hot water with the city Housing Authority for flying an American flag from their apartment balcony, their...
WITNESSES LEAD COPS TO 'SHOOTER'
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA man who allegedly shot another man dead after a push and shove argument outside a Brooklyn night club was nabbed by police yesterday after witnesses secretly tailed him home....
MIAMI FIREMAN WINS TRIBUTE TO 9/11 HERO
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amA Miami firefighter took first place in yesterday's 3.1-mile "Tunnel to Towers" charity race in honor of FDNY hero Stephen Siller. "The FDNY is something I've always dreamed of, and...
'WE'RE NOT SCARED' - FEISTY TWINS SAY BRING ON THE YANKS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00am"I don't believe in none of that bull[bleep]" - TORII HUNTER on Twins' 13-game losing streak to Yankees. ----- DETROIT - The Twins know they've lost 13 straight games to...
TERRIBLE TIGERS CAN'T CATCH STENGEL'S STINKERS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amTigers 9 - Twins 4 DETROIT - The lovable losers are safe. It didn't look good for the 2003 Tigers a week ago. The team was mired in a 10-game...
MOOSE AND JASON GOTTA BE FALL GUYS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amIF Joe Torre had a sadistic side he could have started Mariano Rivera yesterday, using the alibi the closer needed an inning and he feared with the bad weather that...
DON'T 'SHAFT' THE CUP
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amIMAGINE if Barry Bonds said "no thanks" to the World Series, or Brett Favre begged out of the Super Bowl. What message does a sport send when its best athlete,...
NO SHOCK IMUS TOOK CHEAP SHOT AT MURPH
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S no secret to any baseball fan here that Bob Murphy, in his last few seasons on the air, was frustrated by diminishing health, as often evidenced by his failing...
200TH FOR BOOMER - YANKS CAP SEASON WITH MILESTONE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 3 - Orioles 1 Before the seriousness of October, the Yankees played a big game of "pretend" yesterday. To end the regular season, Joe Torre named the retiring Roger...
BERARD CAUGHT IN BIND
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSo there was Sandy McCarthy in the Bruins' lineup for last night's exhibition match at the Garden, and so, too, Ted Donato. And hey, one-time Blueshirts Michal Grosek and P.J....
OUT WITH A WHIMPER
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - It was a season that began with Mo Vaughn batting fifth and ended with him taking up part-time residence at Scores. It began with Tom Glavine getting drilled...
EAGLES FINALLY FLY OFF
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amEagles 23 - Bills 13 ORCHARD PARK - Donovan McNabb said he never lost confidence in himself or his team though many Eagles fans might beg to differ after an...
BAYLOR COULD MANAGE TO LAND ANOTHER JOB
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - When the Cubs begin the playoffs tomorrow night, former skipper Don Baylor may be watching. Then again, maybe not. Baylor, the Mets' bench coach, will tune...
NO HAMM'S NO PROBLEM FOR U.S.
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amTeam USA 3 - N. Korea 0 COLUMBUS - They may not have played with the kind of intensity that's come to be synonymous with the way the American Women's...
SWEDEN ZIPS INTO QUARTERS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amCOLUMBUS -Two second-half goals by Hanna Ljungberg gave Sweden a 3-0 victory over Nigeria yesterday in Group A action at Crew Stadium. Thanks to Team USA's win over North Korea...
REDSKINS BEND BUT DON'T BREAK
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amRedskins 20 - Patriots 17 LANDOVER - For 58 minutes yesterday, Steve Spurrier's threat to fine his Washington players for committing foolish penalties and his stunning decision to use referees...
JETER JUST MISSES BATTING TITLE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With Bill Mueller riding the Red Sox' bench yesterday in Tampa, Derek Jeter had to go 2-for-4 to win his first AL batting title. The Captain went 0-for-3....
A PERFECT 2-FOR-TUNA - BILL'S 'BOYS CAP UNLIKELY SWAMP SWEEP
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the NFL announced Dallas' schedule - sending the Cowboys to the Meadowlands for consecutive games vs. Bill Parcells' old clubs - it sure looked like some schedule maker was...
THIS GANG'S GONE - LOSS TO TUNA MEANS END FOR HERM & CO.
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amCowboys 17 - Jets 6 Before long as this Jets' season of lost hope and dreams drones on, the bad plays, heartbreaking moments and maddening gaffes will start to string...
GANG GREEN STILL WRETCHED IN RED ZONE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The red zone continues to be a black hole for the Jets. After entering yesterday having scored just one touchdown in six chances from inside the 20-yard line,...
BYE WEEK, OR JUST GOODBYE?
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Jets have two weeks to figure out what to do next, as if there is anything really left to do but wait for Chad Pennington to come back in...
CURTIS DROPS THE BALL
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amSeconds after fumbling away the ball - and any momentum the Jets had in a 17-6 loss to Dallas - Curtis Martin dropped to one knee, wrapping his helmet with...
VINNY NOT TURNING IN WINNING NUMBERS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amThe stats were efficient, but nowhere near sufficient. The final numbers looked good, but the final numbers were lying. The most vivid image of Vinny Testaverde's performance was the two-yard...
CHESTER SHOULDERS THE BLAME FOR LOSS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amHe was speaking the truth, but he was also setting an example that his teammates should stand up and take notice of. Chester McGlockton, the most massive physical presence on...
TUNA HOMECOMING A PERFECT SUCCESS
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amYOU can go home again. Bill Parcells can go home without problem when home is where the heartless (in the red zone) and the brainless (aiming for the hashmarks begs...
GANG GREEN AGAIN WRETCHED IN THE RED ZONE
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES The red zone continues to be a black hole for the Jets. After entering yesterday with just one touchdown in six chances from inside the 20-yard line, the...
CALL LIFELESS JETS DEAD TEAM WALKING - LOSS TO TUNA PUSHES HERM & CO. TO BRINK
September 29, 2003 | 4:00amBefore long, as the Jets' season of lost hope and dreams drones on, the bad plays, heartbreaking moments and maddening losses will start to string together in your mind and...