November 17, 2003
SPORTING CHANCE - CABLEVISION, YES MULL MERGER, WITH WILPON IN WINGS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amThe YES Network and Cablevision have held discussions about merging to create a super regional sports network that would carry the games of most of New York-area sports teams, The...
LEE NEAR DEAL FOR SIMMONS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amThomas H. Lee Partners is about to jump into bed with mattress darling Simmons Co., sources familiar with the situation told The Post. The Boston-based buyout firm is finalizing a...
PELTZ JOINS SUITORS FOR NEW YORK MAG
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amBillionaire takeover king Nelson Peltz is on the hunt to buy New York magazine, the Post has learned. The field of suitors has been narrowing in recent days, but Peltz...
'TROPICS' SMOKIN'
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amANNA IN THE TROPICS [ 1/2] (two and one-half stars)At the Royale Theatre, 242 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. ---- TOLSTOY and Cuban cigars are an intriguing mix. Together they...
GETTING ON RIGHT TRACK IN B'KLYN
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Dodgers may never return, but the trolleys that gave the team its name could be coming back to the streets of Brooklyn for the first time in more than...
RYAN'S HOPE - 'IDOL' STAR PLANS DAILY POP-MAGAZINE SHOW THAT BREAKS MOLD OF DAYTIME TV
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amRYAN Seacrest wants to make one thing clear: His upcoming daytime show, "On the Air with Ryan Seacrest," is not a talk show. "I don't want to do cooking and...
STARR REPORT
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amHannah and her daughters It's not often you can say "We're marrying off Mom," but "Early Show" co-anchor Hannah Storm will have that opportunity next week. "It's pretty cool," Storm...
HI! FIVE: 'QUEER EYE' MAKES HAPPY RETURN
November 17, 2003 | 5:00am"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (* * * *] (four stars) Tomorrow night at 10 on Bravo ---------- WHAT could be better than a TV show that gives ordinary...
MARRIED TO THE BOB - THE DATING GAME IS OVER. THIS WEEK, 'THE BACHELOR' HAS TO DECIDE BETWEEN TWO BEAUTIES
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amIT wasn't too long ago that Michigan's Bob Guiney was a scorned contestant on "The Bachlorette , " but now with one episode to go on "The Bachelor "it's come...
BLOOD SAMPLE: PUSH COMES TO SHOVE AT DEEP-DISCOUNT SALES
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amIF you think holiday shopping is tough, try doint ia at a sample sale - and get ready to be hissed at, stalked, insulted and maybe even whacked with a...
TRAVEL-SCAM PROBE - CLOCK TICKING ON INDICTMENT OF STATE POLS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY District Attor ney Paul Clyne said yesterday he needs "a few more weeks" to decide if he's going to indict state lawmakers for stealing official travel reimbursements funds. Clyne...
BIN LADEN MONEY MEN HAULED TO FED COURT
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA Yemeni cleric who allegedly boasted of giving Osama bin Laden millions of dollars collected at a Brooklyn mosque could be hauled into federal court as soon as today, after...
'GROCERY' SCORES - ZAGAT STARDOM OVERWHELMS TINY B'KLYN EATERY
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCharles Kiely has a telephone headset glued to his ear. He tries to be patient, but the longer each call goes, the more anxious Kiely becomes, as he has another...
NAKED GREED - FEDS PROBE CITY STRIPPERS' RIP-OFF RAP VS. CLUBS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amFederal investigators are eyeballing Manhattan strip clubs owned by a pair of entertainment scions accused of stiffing their girls out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, The Post has learned....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amYou've heard of dogs biting mailmen, but how about the mail biting mailmen? That nearly happened when a postal worker discovered a 4-foot alligator chewing its way out of a...
VETS AT 'WAR' - PROTEST CITY VA HOSP CUT$
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amSen. Charles Schumer joined hundreds of veterans in Times Square yesterday to protest proposed budget cuts that could close the doors of the VA Hospital in Manhattan. Veterans full of...
'ELF' I$ A GIANT
November 17, 2003 | 5:00am"Elf" pulled a Grinch on "Master and Commander" over the weekend - Will Ferrell's feel-good family flick made a surprise leap to No. 1, beating out Russell Crowe's big-budget swashbuckler....
TV REPORTER MOVING TO COMA REHAB
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amRebecca Spitz, the NY1 reporter who awoke from a coma this weekend nearly two months after being injured while on assignment in Harlem, will soon enter a rehabilitation center as...
STAR TURN IN IOWA THRILLS HILL
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - A day after upstaging the Democratic presidential field, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared herself "thrilled" with her reception among thousands of giddy Iowa voters. But Clinton...
DO 'NET WORK AT PAY PHONES
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amNew Yorkers can now access the Internet from select pay phones across Manhattan. Some 25 Internet phones with color touch screens and free access to city government Web sites were...
RUSH BACK ON YOUR DIAL TODAY
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amFresh from a stint in rehab, Rush Limbaugh was set to return to the radio today, five weeks after revealing he was addicted to painkillers. "Rush is faunching at the...
TAPE WORM SADDAM CALLS FOR JIHAD
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA new audiotape purportedly made by Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis yesterday to wage holy war against U.S. forces, warning that more American troops will die. "The path of jihad...
'SWISS MISS' LAWYER'S SUIT MISSES OUT
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA multimillionaire Manhattan lawyer who made headlines when his teenage-stripper girlfriend hatched a bizarre plot to murder his wife is embroiled in a new controversy: His firm has lost a...
30 COPS NAILED IN BOGUS-OVERTIME SCAM
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amTwo dozen Brooklyn narcotics detectives and six sergeants have been bumped down to patrol duty as part of an investigation into an overtime-pay scam, sources said yesterday. The cops, who...
AL QAEDA BOASTS IT CARRIED OUT TURKEY BOMBINGS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amAl Qaeda claimed responsibility yesterday for the meticulously plotted truck-bomb attacks that killed 23 people at two Istanbul synagogues. In a statement to an Arabic-language newspaper in London, the terrorist...
16,000 NEW JOBS SEEN IN JAVITS PLAN
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA $1.5 billion plan to expand the Javits Center would bring 16,000 new jobs to the city, officials said yesterday. "It is time for Gov. Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
TAXPAYERS MALLED - B'KLYN STATE OFFICE DEAL UNDER FIRE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA Brooklyn mall built with heavy city subsidies to encourage retail development has put in state offices where large stores were supposed to be - a move local officials are...
HAZARDOUS SCHOOLS - BLDG. INSPECTORS UNCOVER 2,646 SAFETY VIOLATIONS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCity building inspectors slapped public schools with 2,646 "hazardous" violations this year, many of which pose potential dangers to students, reports obtained by The Post show. Last year, inspectors issued...
CITY TURNS UP SECURITY HEAT AT LANDMARKS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPolice have stepped up security at synagogues and major public places in New York in response to the terrorist bombings of Jewish temples in Turkey, officials said yesterday. The measures...
PARENT-AID PHONES NOT DOING THE JOB: BETSY
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg armed 1,200 new "parent coordinators" with cell phones in an effort to help frustrated parents get in touch with their children's teachers. But a new probe has found...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amQUEENS * A teenager was shot in the head, and critically wounded, in front of his home in Arverne last night, cops said. The 17-year-old victim was shot one time...
'I'M VERY SORRY' - DRIVER IN ANGUISH OVER QNS. BIKE-BOY'S DEATH
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amThe 65-year-old granddad who was driving the car that killed a young teen on a bicycle Saturday in Queens made a heartfelt appeal for forgiveness to the tragic boy's grieving...
U.S. WARHEAD SLAMS THUGS - MISSILE TARGETS TERROR CAMP
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. forces got tough with Iraqi insurgents yesterday, carrying out operations in Baghdad and firing a satellite-guided missile with a 500-pound warhead at a guerrilla training base in central Iraq....
BOOZER A 2-TIME LOSER: COPS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCops were waiting to take a Long Island woman into custody for letting kids drink in her house - when she drove up, jumped the curb and stumbled out of...
FLAP OVER 'NATIONAL PARK' AT WTC SITE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amJust days before eight Ground Zero memorial designs are made public, development officials yesterday criticized a proposed federal study aimed at putting the National Park Service in charge of the...
DRIVE-ALONE CAR BAN LIFTED
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amRestrictions on single-occupancy vehicles, which have been in place since 9/11, are being lifted as of today at five lower Manhattan crossings. "Single-occupancy vehicle restrictions began after the Sept. 11...
QAEDA GHOULS BOAST OF TURKEY SYNAGOGUE BLASTS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amAl Qaeda claimed responsibility yesterday for the savage truck-bomb attacks that killed 23 people at two synagogues in Turkey. In a statement to an Arabic-language newspaper in London, the terror...
MEL'S 'PASSION' PUT TO THE TEST - FIVE DIVERSE VIEWERS REACT TO POST PREVIEW
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amThe Post recently obtained a copy of Mel Gibson's controversial, still-unreleased biblical epic, "The Passion of Christ." Although it has been seen by relatively few people, the film - slated...
COUNCILWOMAN E-HAILED FOR PROBE OF UFT RULES
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCouncilwoman Eva Moskowitz's hearings on wacky school-union work rules are a big hit with parents and the public, e-mails obtained by The Post show. The fan mail contrasts sharply with...
MAN CHARGED IN BRONX RAPE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA Bronx man was charged yesterday with raping one young women at knifepoint and attempting to sexually assault another, police said. The first attack took place Nov. 11 at 11...
HOTTEST TIX IN TOWN
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amFred and Jessica Chandler have already seen "The Producers" 27 times - but that didn't stop the father and daughter from leading the line yesterday when tickets went on sale...
DREAD OF THE CLASS: GAY-BASHING BX. TEACHER FINALLY FIRED
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amA tenured Bronx teacher with a sexual-harassment record dating back to 1991 has finally been fired after asking gay students to identify themselves during class and then demanding three lesbian...
TWO BILLS, ONE MIND - PARCELLS & BELICHICK FOCUS ON GAME, NOT THEIR HISTORY
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amFOXBORO - It's just too complicated, says Bill Parcells, not to mention counter-productive. Explaining his side of his ups and downs with the man who helped him turn around three...
CAMERON HAVING CHANGE OF HEART
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amDespite the fact that the Mariners haven't contacted Mike Cameron about keeping him, don't be surprised to see Seattle make a major play for its free-agent center fielder. According to...
CALL ISLES GANG GLOOM
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - The morale in the Islanders' dressing room has been astonishingly bad for over a week now, with many players walking around with long faces as the team...
KNICK FORECAST 'L'-ISH - SCHEDULE FULL OF BAD OMENS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amAt the end of Saturday night's loss to the Pacers, the faces of the Knicks said so much because they said so little. As Reggie Miller and Indiana danced off...
STEROID 'SOLUTION' SIMPLY RIDICULOUS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amTHE last time baseball presented such a perverse comedy was when Bud Selig introduced interleague play, calling it a "gift" to fans. Soon, team owners began to jack up interleague...
LESS KIDD MEANS MORE FOR NETS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00am"The 40-minute club . . . you love to have those minutes, but sometimes it gets diluted in your performance." -JASON KIDD The temptation was great. The Nets were down...
BOOK: DOLAN SACKED GRUNFELD
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amKnick owner James Dolan "ordered" the controversial firing of former GM Ernie Grunfeld in 1999, according to a soon-to-be released book. In the book - Garden Glory: An Oral History...
RANGERS CAUGHT SHORT NO ROSTER FILL-IN AS LINDROS SITS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCHICAGO - In this era of the 23-man roster and restrictive waiver regulations, it's almost impossible for NHL general managers and coaches to shake up slumping teams with dramatic personnel...
LONGEST YARD MAKES SHORT WORK OF YEAR - GIANTS CAN ONLY WATCH AS SEASON DIES ON DOORSTEP
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - This was every aggravating memory of a most aggravating year boiled down to 71 aggravating seconds on the north end of Lincoln Financial Field yesterday. This was every...
HAHN TAKES FRIARS INTO TITLE GAME
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCHSFL AAA: St. Anthony' s 64 - Holy Trinity 34 Alex Fletcher has seen Matt Hahn's ability up close since the two were sophomores at St. Anthony's. "I've been blocking...
CARTER HAS BREAKOUT AFTERNOON
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Where has this guy been all year? Jonathan Carter enjoyed his NFL coming-out party yesterday against the Colts, catching his first career pass, scoring his first...
'NOW WE NEED A MIRACLE' - DIRE STRAITS FOR JINTS AFTER FOLLY IN PHILLY
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - All Jim Fassel could do was muster a few words about how much it hurts, that the guys in his locker room didn't make enough plays and that...
MCNABB & CO. IN 7TH HEAVEN
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Despite the doubters and the early season struggles, in spite of the detractors like Rush Limbaugh and injuries like his sprained thumb, Donovan McNabb showed again yesterday why...
STRAHAN WISHES HE'D DONE MORE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES PHILADELPHIA - When the Giants' defense sags as it did in yesterday's 28-10 loss to the Eagles, Michael Strahan usually bears the brunt of the criticism, as befitting...
AMARO LIFTS FARRELL
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amCHSFL AAA: Farrell 22 - Mount 21 All year long, Monsignor Farrell was forced to come from behind and usually did so successfully. The Lions were able to do it...
DEFENSE RESTS FOR BIG BLUE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - On a day when their defense was torn asunder in a 28-10 loss where they missed tackles, got beat in man coverage and busted zones like they were...
JINTS, JIM ARE DONE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Giants ran Jim Fassel out of town yesterday. They didn't block and they didn't tackle and they didn't play smart or tough and they didn't play with...
DEFENSES REST IN WACKY SHOOTOUT - FAKE FG BOOSTS COLTS OVER JETS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Defense anyone? Why bother? This was the theme of the day in yesterday's wild and wacky shootout between the Jets and Colts - a game that, in the...
UPGRADING THIS OFFENSIVE 'D' A MUST
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Some where during the first half of yesterday's offensive freak-show - or maybe it was during the Colts' first possession - it became abundantly clear how general manager...
BELICHICK & PATRIOTS WIN BATTLE OF BILLS
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amFOXBORO -The bill for the ballyhooed Battle of the Bills came due last night in 60 minutes of painstakingly-careful football. It was almost as dull as Bill Parcells and Bill...
CARTER CAN'T BE BLAMED
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Where has this guy been all year? Jonathan Carter enjoyed his NFL coming-out party yesterday against the Colts, catching his first NFL pass, scoring his first NFL touchdown...
MCGRAW MAY BE LOST FOR SEASON
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - The Jets, already banged up with injuries, limped out of the RCA Dome and onto their charter flight to New York more injured than they were...
DEFENSES REST IN WACKY SHOOTOUT - COLTS OUTGUN JETS, WIN IT ON FAKE FG
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The look of utter revulsion on Jason Ferguson's face told it all. If the Jets' nose tackle could have found a place to crawl and hide his 6-3,...
'MARK' OF EXCELLENCE - MESSIER GEM GIVES RANGERS TIE
November 17, 2003 | 5:00amRangers 2 - Blackhawks 2 CHICAGO - So there was Glen Sather after last night's 2-2 tie here against the Blackhawks marveling over Mark Messier's night. "He's the man, he...