January 24, 2004
BRONFMAN LURES LYOR TO WARNER
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMusic mogul Lyor Cohen, the highly successful head of Universal Music's Island Def Jam Record label, is close to a deal to join Warner Music, The Post has learned. The...
FIVE SPECIALIST FIRMS GET WELLS NOTICES FROM SEC
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amFive specialist firms get Wells notices from SEC The Big Board's five major specialist firms have received "Wells notices" - letters from the SEC indicating the agency may bring civil...
SHAW'S $41M BID WINS FAO
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA New York hedge fund beat two rivals yesterday in a hotly contested auction for toy retailer FAO Schwarz, with a winning bid of $41 million, lawyers for the company...
DESIGNER QUITS POST AT GIVENCHY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amDesigner Julian McDonald is leaving Givenchy, where his maverick style was often at odds with the French fashion house's classic image. After months of widespread rumors, McDonald, whose contract expires...
BLACK TRIES TO TRIP UP HOLLINGER BOARD
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amConrad Black is hurling a monkey wrench into efforts to strip him of his $900 million newspaper group - by abruptly rewriting bylaws governing his company. His strategy essentially aims...
BLACK, HOLLINGER BOARD DUEL
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amConrad Black is hurling a legal monkey wrench into efforts to strip him of his $900 million newspaper group - but his adversaries are shooting back with poison pills. Black...
FAR WEST: THE NEW FRONTIER - THE ENERGY AND DEALS OF HELL'S KITCHEN SPILL PAST 10TH AVE.
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amFRANK Conway almost never saw the sun while he was living on SoHo's Sullivan Street. "I could literally touch the building next to me with a stick," Conway says of...
GIMME SHELTER: BEST FACE FORWARD
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTHE Park Avenue apartment of recently deceased skin-care pioneer Georgette Klinger has just gone on the market. Her cosmetically perfect three-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath co-op apartment at 700 Park Ave. has...
PLEASE FIND US A HOME UPTOWN! SPACE AND LOW MAINTENANCE UNDER $785K
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amWE love Manhattan," says Allison Ruhlman, who rents a one-bedroom duplex on the Upper East Side with her husband, Patrick. "We want to put down roots here." The couple dreams...
'RINGS' WILL BRING HOME GOLD
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMOUNT Doom squares off against "Cold Mountain" at tomorrow night's Golden Globe awards, which may cut through the fog surrounding one of the most confusing movie kudos seasons in memory....
A CLIMB THAT'S EX-HEIGHT-ING
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTOUCHING THE VOID 1/2 (three and one half stars)This is an abridged version of Jonathan Foreman's review, which ran in some editions of yesterday's Post. For the full review, visit...
LIFE AFTER FRIENDS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amAFTER 10 years, our love affair with "Friends" is finally coming to an end. The long-running comedy taped its 236th and final episode last night, at Warner Bros. studio in...
HEY, HEY IT'S THE MONKEY! CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR IN THESE THREE ASIAN NEIGHBORHOODS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe 4702nd year of the Chinese calendar began when the new moon rose on Thursday night, and many of the estimated 374,000 New Yorkers of Chinese descent have been rocking...
WE'RE SHOPPING AT . . . FOLEY AND CORRINA MEN
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amFoley & Corrina Men, 143 Ludlow St., between Rivington and Stanton streets; (212) 529-5043 When it comes to vintage clothing stores, men often get the short end of the retro...
JUAN IN A MILLION
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amHis name is Juan Diego Florez - but to opera lovers around the world, he's simply Juan hot tamale. Tall, dark and handsome - with a trippingly gorgeous voice to...
SEND IN THE GOOFS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTHREE clowns are better than one. Just ask any fan of the Three Stooges - or Dick Monday of the New York Goofs. "Comically, it's a wonderful situation," says Monday,...
GOP BIG AIMS AT KERRY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMANCHESTER, N.H. - A top national Republican yesterday ripped into John Kerry and charged he's even more liberal than Sen. Ted Kennedy - underscoring that Kerry is now the man...
MAN NAILED IN B'KLYN EATERY SLAY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA 51-year-old man was arrested yesterday for senselessly shooting and killing a manager of a Haitian eatery in Brooklyn last year, cops said. Alfred Snell allegedly gunned down Ikel Luxama...
MARTHA FANS REMAIN IN HER JURY POOL
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart's jury pool was culled down to the final 50 yesterday - and at least four fans of the domestic diva are still in the running to have the...
FIREMAN SAVES L.I. NEIGHBOR
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amAn off-duty city firefighter braved smoke and flames on Long Island to rescue his disabled 82- year-old neighbor, who was trapped in his burning basement, authorities said. The fire erupted...
DEAN'S (WHITE) HOUSE CALLS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amLONDONDERRY, N.H. - His campaign may be faltering, but that hasn't stopped Howard Dean from planning for the White House. Dean yesterday promised that if he's elected president, there will...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA teenager walked into a 7-Eleven in Hollywood, Fla., brandishing a rifle and bullets and announced a stickup. But all the 16-year-old got was arrested - after customers jumped him...
PATAKI'S PLAN TO SINK BRONX CLINK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amALBANY - A Bronx prison would be one of three New York correctional facilities to close under a Pataki administration plan unveiled yesterday to deal with a substantial drop in...
TAKING THE FEAR OUT OF SHELTERS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe city has beefed up security in homeless shelters after conducting a survey that found nearly half the homeless people questioned said they were afraid to go to shelters, The...
FLAKES ALIVE! MORE WICKED WEATHER ON WAY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amKeep the snow shovels and scrapers and parkas and scarves and boots and gloves handy - you should be needing them starting tomorrow night. The National Weather Service is predicting...
BANDIT HITS BIRTH HOSP
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMichele Ferrentino was robbed of more than $1,300 in valuables in an unlikely place - her room at St. Vincents Hospital, where she was recovering from having a baby. Ferrentino,...
NYERS' TORCH-UOUS PATH TO '04 OLYMPICS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe competition has begun to become one of 3,600 people from around the globe who'll carry a torch in the relay for this year's Athens Olympics. A small number of...
BLIND WOMAN SUES IN DOG ZAP
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA blind woman is suing the city and Con Ed for $1 million, charging her guide dog was shocked by a malfunctioning utility box on the Upper West Side -...
LIGHTEN UP: MAYOR'S SLAP AT ATKINS WIDOW
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe tiff between Mayor Bloomberg and the wife of the late diet guru, Dr. Robert Atkins, burst into open warfare yesterday when the mayor told the angry widow to "lighten...
STATE OFFICE WORKERS IN GROUND ZERO REVOLT
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMore than 200 irate state Health Department workers are demanding that officials reconsider their group's proposed move to a building near Ground Zero, which they say has a sickening history...
ICE FOLLIES; TICKET BLITZ MISSES CITY'S OWN CULPRITS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amProperty owners are pleading with the summons-happy city: if you really want to make the streets less icy, put down your ticket books and pick up a bag of salt....
EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY IN BOTCHED SUICIDE ATTEMPT
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amSurvivors of a lawyer's catastrophically botched suicide attempt testified yesterday about getting showered by wreckage when his gas stove exploded, damaging three floors in Stuyvesant Town last year. "The teacup...
LONG ROAD TO B'KLYN; NETS A DONE DEAL, BUT MOVE WON'T BE A LAYUP
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTalk about a happy birthday. Brooklyn developer Bruce Ratner officially inked his $300 million deal to purchase the New Jersey Nets yesterday - his 59th birthday - and celebrated with...
'ONE TRAGEDY TOO MANY': MIKE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA week after a woman was electrocuted in a freak East Village accident, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that "one tragedy is one too many." Jodie Lane, 30, was killed by...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amQueens An off duty New York City correction officer was arrested for driving while drunk in Maspeth yesterday morning, said police. Glenn Lehmam, 40, assigned to Rikers Island, was nabbed...
DEAF-MUTE SLAIN; THUG GUNS DOWN BELOVED EAST NEW YORK MAN
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA beloved 24-year-old deaf-mute Brooklyn man was brutally gunned down during an apparent robbery early yesterday as he waited for a bus to take him home after a late night...
END OF THE LINE FOR BOTTOM LINE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amYesterday was the day the music finally died at the Bottom Line. The storied club finally threw in the towel in its battle over rent with NYU, the owner of...
GOODBYE, 'FRIENDS'; CLASSIC SITCOM SHOOTS FINALE IN 10-YEAR RUN
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amBURBANK, Calif. - Security and secrecy gripped Warner Bros. studios yesterday, as "Friends" cast and crew members shot the finale of their remarkable 10-season-old sitcom. NBC first aired "Friends" on...
'CAPTAIN KANGAROO' DEAD AT 76
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMILLIONS of Americans today are mourning an icon of their childhood. Bob Keeshan - better known as Captain Kangaroo, the beloved title character of TV's longest-running kids' show - has...
B'KLYN BECOMES CLARK SLOPE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amRetired Gen. Wesley Clark's wife visited her old Brooklyn neighborhood yesterday and said he's not running well with women because "they don't understand a general." But Gert Clark - who's...
SHUTTERBUG HELMUT DIES IN WRECK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amLegendary fashion photographer Helmut Newton was killed yesterday after he lost control of his car and slammed into a wall in Hollywood, police said. Newton, 83, was alone in a...
GRANNY SCALDS TODDLER, 2: COPS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA 2-year-old Brooklyn boy yesterday was recovering from second- and third-degree burns that he received as punishment at the hands of his ex-con granny, cops said. The toddler, whose name...
CITY IS. KIN'S CELL-PHONE FURY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amStill-grieving families of the teenagers who drowned off City Island a year ago today called on the police department and cell-phone companies to jump-start a project to automatically locate cell-phone...
RAMPAGER'S SICK SLAY CONFESSION
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA paroled rapist who allegedly launched a three-borough crime spree, killing a baby sitter by slashing his throat and sexually assaulting a teenage girl, stood stone-faced as portions of his...
OUTRAGE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe brutal rape of a 15-year-old girl in a bathroom at Staten Island's New Dorp HS shows that school violence is not isolated to a few education trouble spots, education...
MARTHA FANS DUCK JURY AX ; STILL A FEW ADMIRERS LEFT IN POOL OF 50
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMartha Stewart's jury pool was culled down to the final 50 yesterday - and at least four fans of the domestic diva are still in the running to have the...
POLICE NAB B'KLYN RAPIST IN ACT
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTwo cops nabbed a sexual predator as he attacked a woman in Bay Ridge yesterday, police said. The attack occurred around 1:20 a.m., when a 27-year-old woman was accosted near...
DIOCESE WILL SHUT SHRINKING SCHOOLS IN E. HARLEM, NYACK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe Archdiocese of New York yesterday announced that it's closing two of its parochial schools because of plummeting enrollment. Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Holy Rosary school in East Harlem and...
BUSH VOWS SECURITY $$ FOR MAYORS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush pledged to the nation's mayors that he would try to free up more federal homeland-security money, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced a bill to help...
ARREST IN SLASHING OF SAMARITAN
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA 27-year-old career criminal was arrested yesterday in the vicious subway slashing of a good Samaritan who was attacked coming to the defense of another straphanger. The suspect, David Rivera,...
RUFFIAN ROUGHS UP H.S. HONCHO
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amAn assistant principal on Staten Island was assaulted by a 13-year-old student yesterday in one of several crimes reported in city schools, police and school officials said. Assistant Principal Theresa...
OFF-DUTY FIREMAN RESCUES L.I. NEIGHBOR
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amAn off-duty city firefighter braved smoke and flames on Long Island to rescue his disabled 82- year-old neighbor, who was trapped in his burning basement, authorities said. The fire erupted...
'UNFIT FATHER' JACKO IN FOR COURT ROWE WITH EX FOR KIDS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amEmbattled pop star Michael Jackson has been branded an "unfit father" by his ex-wife as she prepares to unleash a bitter court battle for custody of their two children, it...
MOB BOSS 'LOUIE BAGEL' SCHMEARED FOR LIFE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe acting boss of the Luchese crime family will spend the rest of his life in prison after his conviction yesterday on federal racketeering and loan-sharking charges, authorities said. Louis...
EXPLORERS CHART TOP-SEED COURSE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amColumbus 63Monroe 60 Elvis Lora knows that there is no doubt that Columbus is the best team in The Bronx. The Explorers proved that yesterday, holding off Monroe, 63-60, in...
G'NIGHT, CAPTAIN: BOB KEESHAN, TV'S BELOVED 'KANGAROO,' DEAD AT 76
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMILLIONS of Americans today are mourning an icon of their childhood. Bob Keeshan - better known as Captain Kangaroo, the beloved title character of TV's longest-running kids' show - has...
CRIME-SPREE RAPIST'S SICK CONFESSION
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amA paroled rapist who allegedly launched his own three-borough crime spree that left a baby sitter with his throat slashed and a teenage girl sexually assaulted stood stone-faced as portions...
GIVE THE HEELS A BOOT!
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMartha, Martha, Martha. You were doing so well during your first three days of court appearances and then - disaster! No one your age should try and pull off footwear...
SPITZER'S 'IDLE' THREAT WILL CUT SCHOOL-BUS POLLUTION
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe city's major school-bus companies have agreed to stop idling buses and spewing pollution at or near schools under an agreement announced yesterday by state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. But...
LONG ROAD TO B'KLYN: NETS A DONE DEAL, BUT MOVE WON'T BE A LAYUP
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amTalk about a happy birthday. Brooklyn developer Bruce Ratner officially inked his $300-million deal to purchase the New Jersey Nets yesterday - his 59th birthday - and celebrated with a...
'SPIRIT' THE PICK IN PAUMONOK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe freezing confines of Aqueduct will heat up considerably today when a field of nine veteran sprinters scorches the inner dirt track in the $75,000 Paumonok Handicap. Page Six, breaking...
REVENGE ISN'T IN PETE'S PLAYBOOK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amRALEIGH, N.C. - You might imagine that, while fired Islander coach Peter Laviolette languished on Long Island awaiting another NHL job, he relished watching his former team struggle early this...
LATEST IN LONG LINE OF REALLY BAD DEALS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThis is an immensely unpopular move made by an immensely unpopular chief executive. OTTAWA - Maybe this all works out for Glen Sather and the Rangers. Maybe Jaromir Jagr comes...
DEVS CURSE JAGR DEAL
January 24, 2004 | 5:00am"Jagr's the best in the NHL when he wants to play."MARTIN BRODEUR One word summed up the Devils' reaction to Jaromir Jagr being on the brink of becoming a Ranger....
WILKENS MOVES UP WILLIAMS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ATLANTA - Twenty months ago, an Illinois point guard held a pre-draft workout for the Raptors. Lenny Wilkens was there, but obviously Frank Williams did not make a...
AMAZIN'S LOSE REED ; AGENT CALLS METS, DUQUETTE 'EXTREMELY UNPROFESSIONAL'
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThere won't be any return to Flushing for Rick Reed. The veteran right-hander passed up the Mets' offer yesterday, signing instead with Pittsburgh. Reed's agent, Phil Tannenbaum, said Reed's first...
JET 'D' SEARCH CONTINUES
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amThe Jets' search for a defensive coordinator continues, though a conclusion could come by as early next week, according to team insiders. The question is: Who will replace Ted Cottrell?...
FINALLY, JAROMIR IS HERE ; RANGERS SWAP CARTER TO GET CAPITALS STAR
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amOTTAWA - The player's dream is no longer deferred, the team's vision no longer postponed. Jaromir Jagr is a Ranger and will be wearing his team's No. 68 when the...
NBA: 'CONCERN' OVER NETS SALE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMIAMI - The NBA has no problem with the Nets going to Brooklyn. Playing in New Jersey while they're waiting to make that move is another matter. "I think it...
DEVILS WIN ONLY WAY THEY CAN
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 2Canadiens 0 The Devils' Season of Shutouts is becoming epic, and record-threatening. With 12 already in only 47 games, the Devils need only three shutouts in their final 35...
BLAZERS: NO DEAL ON TABLE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Blazers officials are amused by the perception the Knicks are still in the hunt for Rasheed Wallace. Two weeks ago, The Post reported talks had broken down. Nothing...
ISLES CAST HEX ON EX ; LAVIOLETTE MISSES OUT ON REVENGE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 3Hurricanes 2 RALEIGH - In the end, the only way Peter Laviolette could have made an impact on the game here against the team that carved him to ribbons...
NETS NOT READY TO PLAY ; 5-GAME SLIDE LONGEST WITH KIDD
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amHeat 85Nets 64 MIAMI - Brooklyn must have two words for the Nets: Stay away. After last night, the Nets could become the Wandering Nomads with no one anywhere wanting...
GRIFFIN: I'M READY TO GO
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES MIAMI - Eddie Griffin says he is ready and willing. Exactly when he will be able to help the Nets is another matter. But it should be soon....
STEPHON STEPS UP MARBURY RESCUES KNICKS WITH LAST-MINUTE TREY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 96 Hawks 94 ATLANTA - Stephon Marbury has ignited not only basketball in New York, but everywhere Knick fans reside. Chants of "Let's go Knicks" and "De-fense" rained down...
HUBERT'S HEADING FOR JERSEY
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amNET NOTES MIAMI - Ex-Knick Hubert Davis is coming to the Nets. Somebody will have to be going. Robert Pack figures it will be him. "You're talking to the right...
RASHEED DEAL NIXED: BLAZER EXEC - IGNORE N.Y. TALK
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA - Portland Trail Blazer officials are amused by the perception the Knicks are still in the hunt for Rasheed Wallace. Two weeks ago, The Post reported that talks between...
IMPERFECT STORM HOPE TO AVOID KNIGHT-MARE
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amSt. John's has yet to get hit with a knockout punch. Oh, the Red Storm have been staggered. Five straight losses will rock your world. Robert Hite's monster dunk at...
DEVILS CURSE RANGERS' DEAL
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amOne word summed up the Devils' reaction to Jaromir Jagr being on the brink of becoming a Ranger. "Geeeez," fellow countryman Patrik Elias moaned. The Rangers' biggest rivals were less...
EDDIE: I'M READY - GRIFFIN'S CLOSE TO JOINING NETS
January 24, 2004 | 5:00amMIAMI - Eddie Griffin says he is ready and willing. Exactly when he will be able to help the Nets is another matter. But it should be soon. Very soon....