April 18, 2004
SPACE & TIMES SQ. ; REVIVAL SPREADING NORTH FROM CROSSROADS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amYou could soon be calling it "Times Square Warner." The growth of Times Square to the north and the southward revitalization from the rejuvenated Columbus Circle is expected to meet...
MUSIC'S CASH COW - SOARING SALES OF DVDS RESCUE STRUGGLING INDUSTRY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAs the music business wrestles with falling sales, dangerous downloaders and corporate layoffs, it's finding a surprising corner of profitability peddling music DVDs. The music DVD business is booming -...
BULL'S EYE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amConcert canned On Thursday, James F. Lima, president of the Governor's Island Preservation and Education Corporation, and Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, decided to call off a secret plan for a...
IT'S CALPERS-ONAL; GIANT PENSION FUND FLEXING ITS FINANCIAL MUSCLE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amWhat do former NYSE Chairman Dick Grasso, former Vice President Al Gore and Citigroup titan Sandy Weill all have in common? An attack dog on their heels called CalPERS. The...
STARR REPORT
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amChange at 5 & 9 Neil Goldstein resigned as news director of co-owned stations Ch. 5 and Ch. 9 late Friday. Insiders say the resignation was sudden and unexpected and...
FASHION FOR FIDO ; THIS NEW YORK BOUTIQUE PUTS PETCO TO SHAME
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amSure, you could buy pet accessories at Petco. But the advantage of shopping in New York City is having access to small boutiques carrying cutting-edge merchandise not available at mega-stores....
FINDING MY OWN 'ETERNAL SUNSHINE'
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAaron and I broke up amicably and have had several nice drinks together since. But to me, this sunny Saturday afternoon was the most significant I've spent with him in...
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS ; REALITY-TV'S MARK BURNETT'S ON A WINNING STREAK
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amI want to thank Mark Burnett for saving television. He's the swashbuckling executive producer of all the "Survivor" shows and this season's biggest new phenomenon, "The Apprentice." And still to...
MAIL CHAMP POSTS NO LOSSES AS WHITE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThere have only been 15 world champions of correspondence chess since the title became formal more than half a century ago, and the newest champion, Tunc Hamarat, holds a unique...
THE EYES HAVE IT AGAIN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amONE of Cine File's faves of 2003 was "The Eye," by the talented Hong Kong- born twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang. So just imagine how excited he gets thinking...
SEATS IN THE SUN; NEW HOT SPOTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAfter the soggy, so-called "spring" week the city has just experienced, New Yorkers are itching to put their rubber boots into storage, break out the T-shirts and sunscreen and spend...
LUNGING FOR LEAN LEGS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amI am going to collapse. After working out like a maniac (four times a week for 45 minutes) and taking three blistering "Afterburn" classes at the Gym with personal trainer...
THE REVOLUTION GETS RESPECT - BORN IN THE PROJECTS OF NY, HIP-HOP CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amFrom the beginning, it was dismissed as a fad. But now, 25 years after rap's first big hit - 1979's "Rapper'sDelight" by the Sugar Hill Gang - the genre that...
MEET YOUR MAKER - THE GENIUS BEHIND 'THE SIMPSONS' GETS ANIMATED
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE SIMPSONS has finally landed a guest-star who has eluded the show for more than 14 seasons -the show's reclusive creator, Matt Groening. Groening, who is drawn by himself, turns...
PRIME TIME PHIL MUSHNICK: STERN - A VICTIM OF HIS OWN EXCESS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPERHAPS Howard Stern's most indecent moments have been his recent and clean-worded moments, when he has described himself as a victim of "McCarthyism." Such self-martyrdom is a perversion of history....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amCops followed the money - pennies - in a robbery case. A trail of pennies led them from a private club in Verona, Pa., to a nearby home, where the...
DUBYA ON THE AIR TO TOUT PATRIOT-ISM
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush prepared to take his pro-Patriot Act message on the road yesterday - using his radio address to tout advances in the war on terror made since the controversial...
HILL PENS NEW RX FOR HEALTH CARE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA decade after her health-care initiative went down in flames, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has again placed herself squarely in the middle of the debate - penning a lengthy magazine...
THE DAY BIG LEO AND I GOT HOUNDED BY A RABID BUREAUCRACY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBIG LEO was in the bushes. OK, I admit it - Big Leo shouldn't have been rooting around in the bushes at 10 p.m. in Dag Hammarskjold Park. Big Leo,...
TICKET VIDEO SHOCK; KIN: AGENTS DID IGNORE VICTIM
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA surveillance video showing an elderly Brooklyn tailor having a fatal heart attack after getting a $115 parking ticket clearly shows NYPD traffic agents blithely ignoring the victim, his family's...
WHY CITY CAN'T BOOT ITS 437G COMPUTER GUY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Bloomberg administration's plan to jettison highly paid consultants and part-timers won't impact Rafael Naveh, a computer executive pulling down more than twice the salary of any city commissioner. Naveh...
POL BARES FLIGHT PLAN TO LAND JETS BACK IN QUEENS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration's grand West Side redevelopment project should be split into pieces, with the new Jets stadium landing in the team's original home borough of Queens, Rep. Anthony Weiner...
AMMON JUDGE IN A CO-AUTHOR 'CONFLICT'
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe judge who's been asked to approve millions in legal fees from the estate of slain financier Ted Ammon has co-authored a book with a lawyer whose firm wants the...
ROAD RAMPAGE; CRAZED L.I. BEAU DIES AS CAR FLIPS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amIt started with a Saturday-morning lovers' quarrel - and ended with Kenneth Smith, 24, of Hicksville, L.I., dead after a wild high-speed ride through Bethpage. After fighting with his girlfriend,...
SPRING WITH SUMMER TASTE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amSpring fever continues. The mercury will soar into the mid-70s today - and into the 80s tomorrow - following yesterday's sun-soaking that saw New Yorkers flood parks and sidewalks for...
SHAKE-UP AT JUDICIAL WATCHDOG
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe panel that disciplines state judges has undergone a shake-up, with top members being replaced amid charges the watchdog has missed the boat on judicial scandals. The Commission on Judicial...
NY1 GAL'S MIRACLE RECOVERY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amNew York 1 reporter Rebecca Spitz - severely injured in an accident in September - is back on her feet, walking with a cane and eager to get back to...
DAD-TO-BE SAVES A LIFE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBronx firefighter Dan Foley saved the life of a salvage worker who had passed out inside a giant vat of toxic sludge. Foley, whose wife is due to give birth...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX *** A 23-year-old man was shot and killed after a 3:30 a.m. dispute in front of 522 Beach Ave., police said. The gunman shot Mario Bello in the...
ANOTHER HAMAS HONCHO DONE IN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amIsrael launched a lightning missile strike yesterday, taking out Abdel Aziz Rantisi, Hamas' highest ranking chief in Gaza. The surgical attack mirrored the March assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the...
PARTY CRASHER IN DEADLY FALL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA 25-year-old party crasher mysterious died in the air shaft of a Garment District building after repeatedly being kicked out of a number of private parties taking place there, cops...
HORROR ARSON KILLS 5 IN B'KLYN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA three-story Brooklyn apartment building was deliberately set ablaze just before dawn yesterday, killing five people from two families, including a deaf woman, her baby son and an elderly blind...
TRAGIC MOTHER KILLED IN BRONX APT. BLAZE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx mother died early yesterday after she came home late from a night out, began to make herself a meal, then passed out in the bathroom with her cooking...
CHASE-TRAGEDY TEEN SEEKS DEAL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Staten Island girl at the center of the car chase that sent 16-year-old Leonardo Ingrassia to his death has retained a lawyer and is possibly seeking immunity after revealing...
WED CONTRACT ON RUSHDIE'S HEAD
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThere was nothing Satanic about these verses. Controversial scribe Salman Rushdie exchanged marriage vows last night with sexy Indian screen siren Padma Lakshmi in a star-studded Chelsea ceremony. "I am...
NET ONSLAUGHT SWAMPS KNICKS - JASON, KENYON & CO. ROLL IN TUNNEL TUSSLE OPENER
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 1Nets 107Knicks 83 The Knicks tried a halfcourt game at the start. The Nets ran. The Knicks ran later on. The Nets matched. The Knicks tried to be physical....
DAD-TO-BE FIREFIGHTER SAVES LIFE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx firefighter, expecting the birth of his second child at any moment yesterday saved the life of a salvage worker who had passed out inside a giant vat of...
YOU'RE FINED! 'ATTACK' LAW BITES OWNERS' WALLETS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Dog owners beware: The police may soon be out for your pooches. State legislators want to force owners to buy liability insurance for their dogs - and have...
THE CENTER DOES HOLD
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amIndependent Nation: How the Vital Center Is Changing The Face of American Politics by John Avlon, Harmony Books, 400 pages, $24 'INDEPENDENT Nation" is neither the best nor worst book...
N.Y.U. NOW A 'MEDS' SCHOOL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA growing number of students at the troubled New York University - where four students have plunged to their deaths in recent months - are getting antidepressant drugs from school...
MIKE HASN'T PUT A DENT IN CITY FLEET
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amMore than 1,500 city officials are enjoying the privilege of driving to work in taxpayer-funded cars - despite Mayor Bloomberg's attempts to cut the city's car fleet. A Post survey...
9/11 WIDOW BREAKS RANKS WITH JERSEY GIRLS IN BID TO END BLAME GAME
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amCALL her the un-Jersey Girl. Virginia Bauer is executive director of the New Jersey Lottery - an enormous achievement for a housewife who lost her husband violently in the World...
THE TRUTH ABOUT REALITY TV
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amIT used to be that regular Joes had no shot at getting famous unless they, say, survived falling down a well. You could also make the front page by running...
DE-LIVERED MAN SUES
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA New York actor is suing St. Vincent's Hospital, saying he was pressured to have part of his liver removed after doctors diagnosed him wrongly with life-threatening cancer. "They told...
PARK ROW AT FDNY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe Uniformed Firefighters Association is taking action to stop swindlers from using fraudulent FDNY permits to park in exclusive fire zones, UFA spokesman Tom Butler said. The placards - disbursed...
WALL ST. FAT CATS FEED BUSH KITTY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - So far, Wall Street is pretty bullish about investing in President Bush's reelection - but Democrats say they're starting to see some hedging in favor of rival John...
PREZ IN RADIO PITCH TO EXTEND PATRIOT ACT
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush prepared to take his pro-Patriot Act message on the road yesterday - using his radio address to tout advances in the war on terror made since the controversial...
NYU IS NOW A 'MEDS' SCHOOL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA growing number of students at the troubled New York University - where four students have plunged to their deaths in recent months - are getting antidepressant drugs from school...
SPRING WITH A TASTE OF SUMMER
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amSpring fever continues. The mercury will soar into the mid-70s today - and into the 80s tomorrow - following yesterday's sun-soaking that saw New Yorkers flood parks and sidewalks for...
BX. BLAZE KILLS MOM AS 3 FLEE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx mother died in a fire early yesterday after she came home from a night out, began to make herself a meal, then passed out in the bathroom with...
EIGHTH IS ENOUGH FOR ISLES
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - They lost to the Rangers six straight times, for goodness sakes (becoming, the Elias Sports Bureau confirms, the first playoff team in NHL history to be swept in...
GOLOTA LOWDOWN - 'LOOKING FOR CLEAN, TOUGH FIGHT'
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe best the Garden could hope for was that there wasn't a repeat of the last time Andrew Golota fought here. The best boxing could hope for was that there...
UNCARING ISLANDERS TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThey lost because the Islanders took the easy way out in a brief five-game series against the Lightning that ended with a third straight first-round elimination to a hungrier, more...
YOUNG FREDDY REACHES STARS WITH SUCH EASE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amLook, if you had one shot, one opportunity . . . To seize everything you ever wanted . . . One moment . . . Would you capture it or...
WHAT WE WANT IS SOME RESPECT ; K-MART WARNS EAST DON'T COUNT US OUT
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amOnce again, the Western Conference holds the position of favorite for an NBA title. But there is an undercurrent of support for the Pistons in the East. They're big. They're...
MARBURYNEEDS TOSHOW HECAN WIN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amSTEP up! Step up! Stephon Marbury's critics and supporters demand, putting the Knicks' rickety footstool in front of him. Time once and for all for Marbury to show he's a...
IT STARTS AND ENDS WITH BRODEUR
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Ed Belfour has been better, Nikolai Khabibulin has been better, Jose Theodore has been better, Miikka Kiprusoff and Evgeny Nabokov have been better, and so too, and perhaps...
SOX NEED FOULKE HERO ; SEEKING SAVING GRACE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Last spring, the Red Sox tried to implement a "bullpen by committee." That was new-age baseball-speak for admitting they "didn't have a closer." So after Boston's season ended...
WHAT ABOUT HOU? ALLAN'S BUM KNEE HAS KNICKS WORRIED
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAllan Houston would only consider surgery this summer as a last resort, though some medical experts believe his persistent knee pain is a sign he needs a second arthroscopic procedure....
HUBERT: IT WAS SPECIAL BACK IN '94
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amHe was glancing through the Nets' postseason media guide yesterday and was amazed to see just how few of the players are still in the league from the last time...
NBA TITLE HOLY GRAIL FOR NETS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amFULL STEAM AHEAD:Back in NBA playoffs for third straight season, Jason Kidd and Nets face tough road to make it back to NBA Finals. It all started yesterday with Game...
DESTINY CALLS, CURT ANSWERS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - This was why he came: this roar, this ovation, this outpouring of glee and hope and possibility. Curt Schilling was spent, that was easy to see. He'd thrown...
SO MANY REASONS WHY INDY WILL WIN IT ALL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT do you mean what do I mean? This is why the Pacers will make it repeat titles for former ABA franchises: Donnie Walsh, The Donald, the genuine one, presides....
DISABLED LIST FILLING UP FAST
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Lefty reliever Felix Heredia is on the disabled list, righty Jorge De Paula likely is headed there, and Brian Cashman said it's a possibility for center...
YANKEE PIN-GRIPES
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Yankees watched "Hoosiers" before yesterday's game against the Red Sox and you have to appreciate the aptness. No team better fits the undermanned, underdog spirit quite like...
YANKEES DON'T LOOK TWO GOOD ; BUMBLING BOMBERS LOSE ANOTHER TO BOSOX
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amRed Sox 5Yankees 2 BOSTON - Too early to panic? Sure. Too soon to be concerned about what ails the Yankees? Absolutely not. Eleven games into a season that was...
BOTTALICO RECEIVES PEN CALL
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES With their bullpen struggling, the Mets have turned to a familiar face - Ricky Bottalico - for some relief. The Mets re-signed Bottalico late Thursday night, approximately two...
DEAD WOOD BATTERS METS ; TRACHSEL'S STRONG EIGHT WASTED
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAfter the eighth inning yesterday, Steve Trachsel trudged off the Shea Stadium mound, pounding his fist into his glove. "Just [ticked] off I gave up a run," Trachsel said. "I...
FIRST STILL NOT SECOND NATURE FOR PIAZZA
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPirates 2Mets 1 Mike Piazza spent much of batting practice yesterday fielding ground balls from different angles and at varying speeds, trying to acclimate himself to playing first base. But...
RAMIREZ ENJOYING SOX-CESS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - If the Red Sox had acquired Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez would no longer be in Beantown. So ask yourself this: Which hitter would you rather have on your...
YANKEES DON'T ; LOOK TWO GOOD ; BUMBLING BOMBERS LOSE ANOTHER TO BOSOX
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amRed Sox 5Yankees 2 BOSTON - Too early to panic? Sure. Too soon to be concerned about what ails the Yankees? No! Eleven games into a season that was supposed...
FRANCONA TALKS, CURT LISTENS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Terry Francona knew what he had to do, and he knew how he had to do it. The Red Sox manager knows Curt Schilling as well as anyone...
FINALS WILL RUN LATE . . . . . . BUT THE EXPENSIVE BEER WILL FLOW EARLY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amWE DON'T know how much time you plan to invest in the stretched-for-TV NBA playoffs, but be forewarned: Come the Finals, beginning June 6 on ABC, no game will tip...
BURNS: SCOTT COULDN'T PLAY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The bizarre saga of Scott Stevens' "disappearance" from the Devils took another twist after their Stanley Cup reign ended yesterday. Pat Burns admitted he met with Stevens last...
THERE WILL BE NO CUP ; DEVILS' DREAM OF REPEAT ENDS IN PHILLY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amFlyers 3 Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA - It had the sinking feeling of Muhammad Ali stumbling as three-time champion of the world. With an era ending, the Devils proved only a...
JEFFERSON WON'T SWEAT SUSPENSION
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThat tape had better be good. It might be the only hope for the Knicks in their first-round playoff series against the Nets. The Knicks believe - and hope -...
IT'LL BE A BIG YAWN FOR NETS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN Penny Hardaway heaved a desperation shot from near midcourt just after the buzzer sounded to end the third quarter, the public-address announcer seemed to take great pleasure in yelling...
KIDD CAN'T INTIMIDATE WILLIAMS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amInteresting first-ever playoff game. Your team gets walloped by 24 points, you have more fouls (three) and turnovers (two) than points (one) and, oh by the way, you shove the...
HOU ISN'T INTERESTED IN SURGERY
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Allan Houston will consider surgery on his ailing left knee this summer only as a last resort, though some medical experts believe his persistent pain is a sign...
NET ONSLAUGHT SWAMPS KNICKS - JASON, KENYON IGNITE BLOWOUT
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 1 Nets 107 Knicks 83 The Knicks tried to outscore them. The Nets did it better. The Knicks tried to run. The Nets have Jason Kidd, OK? The Nets...
MARBURY CAN'T WIN THIS SERIES ALL BY HIMSELF
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amSTEPHON Marbury's critics demand he step up on a rickety footstool. Somehow, he is expected to once and for all prove he is a winner on a team doomed to...
GOLOTA TAKES HIGH ROAD, GETS DRAW IN MSG RETURN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amThe good news is the Garden proved it can attract boxing fans, as 15,195 paid to see last night's card. The bad news is, most of them felt they'd been...
ROUGH FOUL KNOCKS OUT KNICKS' TIM
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amGame 1 of the Lincoln Tunnel Series ended with a Knick heading by ambulance through the tunnel, back to Manhattan, on the way to the hospital. While the Knicks traveled...
SCALABRINE MAKES MOST OF TIME
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amNET NOTES It was the prime example of making the most of what you get. Brian Scalabrine, who was iffy for several days with a left hamstring strain, entered with...
OMINOUS NEWS ABOUT GREAT COACH
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Devils did more than allow the Scott Stevens mystery to fester all through the series against the Flyers, they actually created it. And it cost them. Maybe...
EASY TO PICK JETS' BIGGEST NEED - DEFENSE
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amAS THE Jets approach next weekend's NFL Draft, two forces will be at odds against each other: Offense versus defense. Approach No. 1: Build around Chad Pennington by adding more...
GO GET GALLERY ; IOWA BEHEMOTH SOLVES GIANTS' PROBLEMS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHE GIANTS need to do everything they possibly can, without undermining their entire weekend, to land one player in the NFL Draft, and that one player is not Mississippi quarterback...
ASTROS NOT PANICKING ABOUT PETTITTE'S ELBOW
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amDOWN THE LINE BOSTON - Astros GM Gerry Hunsicker said Andy Pettitte should come off the DL when the mandatory 15-day stint ends Wednesday and perhaps start the next day...
REMEMBER THE MARLINS! CHAMPS FLYING UNDER THE RADAR
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amHARDBALLBOSTON - Amid the furor of Yankees- Red Sox, we bring you this public- service announcement: the Marlins won last year's World Series. And they entered this weekend with the...
PUNTA CANA PERFECT TRIP FOR FOURSOME
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amN.Y. GOLF These guys who call themselves the "Fusion Foursome" aren't great golfers, but they're pros at taking golf trips. Maybe you've seen them in the rough at La Tourette...
FLOUNDER PLENTIFUL, FUN AND TASTY, TOO
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE was a time, and not that long ago, when winter flounder was a much-sought-after species in the marines waters around New York. But due to over fishing by commercial...
NICE WHILE IT LASTED - DEVILS' CUP DEFENSE ENDED BY FLYERS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amFlyers 3 Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA - The reign is over. The run of three Stanley Cups in nine years ended with the Devils only a pale memory of their championship...
IT'S MUCH ADU IN METROS' WIN
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amM'Stars 3 D.C. 2 Freddy Adu - D.C. United's 14-year-old prodigy - got a piece of history yesterday with his first professional goal, and the spotlight to go with it....
LIBERTY SELECT CHRISTON
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amShameka Christon has been likened by some to Sheryl Swoopes, but Liberty head coach Richie Adubato doesn't agree. "I don't like comparisons," the Liberty head coach said of Christon, whom...
THE INSIDERS - THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
April 18, 2004 | 4:00amMaxim-um Giambi - Jason still a free spirit despite pinstriped suit Everyone in New York wondered what happened to the free spirit that was Jason Giambi. With the A's, Giambi...