October 15, 2005
PUBLICIS BOWS OUT OF AEGIS BIDDING
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amAd firm Publicis Groupe bowed out of the bidding yesterday for Aegis Group, easing the way for rival suitors to pursue the world's largest independent media firm. WPP Group confirmed...
ENERGY COSTS PUMP INFLATION RATE TO 25-YEAR HIGH
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amInflation is rising at its fastest pace in 25 years due to skyrocketing energy costs. But even when gas pump gouging is excluded, prices are still jumping everywhere else. The...
NO REFCO RESCUE - GOLDMAN REJECTS U.S. APPEAL TO BUY FAILING TRADER
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs last night apparently rejected pleas from government regulators to take over the tottering commodities trading powerhouse Refco. Goldman said a purchase would conflict with its role as Refco's...
LEE LAYS OUT HIS HOLDING$
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amPrivate equity shop Thomas H. Lee Partners sent a letter to its investors late last week assuring them the investment in crumbling commodities broker Refco is only a tiny slice...
THE ... CORRECTIONS ... DON'T CALL IT A BUBBLE. HERE'S HOW TO DEAL WITH OUR "NORMAL" MARKET
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S been a fabulous four-year ride. During that time, Manhattan's real-estate market grew at an unprecedented pace, with each year outshining the previous one, sometimes by margins higher than 30...
VINTAGE SHERRY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD director/producer Ivan Reitman is going to be in New York for a while, so he might as well be comfortable while he's here. Sources tell us the movie mogul,...
MINTY FRESH DEALS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amMxyplyzyk 125 Greenwich Ave., at 13th Street (212) 989-4300 Sale: through Sunday Open: Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-5 p.m. Photo albums, picture frames, radios, glassware, gadgets, books and more will...
CBS: LEGENDS OF THE FALL
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amCBS officially has the hottest new fall schedule. In a season where NBC's prime-time lineup continues to flounder, Fox bides its time until "American Idol" returns and ABC rides the...
SHOULD BE MIST
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amI was held in suspense throughout "The Fog," aching to learn the answer to its central riddle: Why would any one remake such a crummy movie? The ghosts who rise...
NEIL TO TAKE FIVE ON CONAN
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amNEIL Young will call "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" home for a week next month. Young, who's got a new album called "Prairie Wind," will spend the week of Nov....
THE HORROR OF THE HORROR-FLICK REMAKE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWITH yesterday's release of "The Fog," an update of John Carpenter's 1980 film, and disturbing news that director Michael Bay plans to tackle 1986's "The Hitcher," it's official - we...
'RANGER' RETURNS - NORRIS BACK TO KICK SOME BUTT AS 'WALKER'
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amNOW more than ever, we need a man like Walker - Cordell Walker, Texas Ranger. He's a man of few words (actually, almost no words) who prefers talking with his...
9/11 KIN SUE TO NIX TRAIN HUB
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amFamilies of 9/11 victims have filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to halt construction of a controversial PATH train station on the footprint of the World Trade Center -...
UNCIVIL UNREST: WE'RE A NATION OF RUDE DUDES
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amAmericans admit they're getting ruder - and they blame everything from lax parenting to poor TV role models, to their own busy lives. Nearly 70 percent of adults questioned in...
HIT-RUN BUS SLAY - WOMAN SLAMMED NEAR PORT AUTHORITY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA woman was killed yesterday after being mowed down by a bus a few blocks from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, authorities said. Police were searching for a New Jersey...
TRANSIT-UNION BOSS 'RAISES' THE STAKES ON MTA $URPLUS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's transit workers' union called on the MTA yesterday to use its newfound $928 million surplus to provide members with higher wages and improve security and service for riders....
GOV IN PUSH FOR TRANSPORT BONDS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday told real-estate and construction executives the state's Transportation Bond Act was a necessity for the future of the state. The measure, on the state ballot Nov. 8,...
BRONX DA WANTS LIFE FOR SERIAL BURGLAR
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amBronx prosecutors are trying to lock a serial burglar behind bars for life because they're convinced there's no other way to stop his almost 30-year crime spree. Scott Ortiz, 45,...
NOAH AND HIS ARK - L.I. BOATER A NATURAL
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amFor most New Yorkers, it feels like it's been raining for 40 days and 40 nights. But for Long Island boating enthusiast Noah Fisch, what's a little water to worry...
TEEN SHOT IN HS MADNESS - LEG HURT BY PUNK AT SCHOOL
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Samuel J. Tilden HS freshman was shot in the leg yesterday morning during a scuffle outside the Brooklyn school, authorities said. Devon Mercurius was confronted by a group...
BLAST FROM PAST - '73 SHOOTER DENIED BAIL ON SLAY RAP
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA man who pleaded guilty to paralyzing a Puerto Rican teen in a racially charged shooting in 1973 was held without bail yesterday on new murder charges after the victim...
GAY ACTIVISTS: WE'RE COMING OUT FOR FREDDY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe state's largest gay-rights group finally picked sides in the mayor's race, lining up yesterday behind Democratic mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer. The Empire State Pride Agenda gave Ferrer the nod...
SLAIN BX. FOOD MAN'S KIN COMING
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe daughter of the hardworking Chinese-food deliveryman killed in a botched Bronx holdup was expected to leave London for the U.S. today to arrange her father's funeral. Fahua Chen, 52,...
EX-COP INDICTED ON BOY-SEX RAPS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA former New York City cop has been indicted on charges of engaging in sexual acts with a 15-year-old boy he met on an Internet chat room, the Bronx DA's...
VALERY'S HOME - TRAGIC MOM'S FAMILY TAKE IN ADORABLE TOT
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA Family Court judge placed little Valery Lozada in the care of her strangled mother's relatives yesterday, after a hearing in which her two grandmothers faced down the vicious fiend...
GOING GREAT GUNS - BIG WEAPONS BUST
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA gun-runner suspected of funneling up to 75 illegal weapons onto the streets of New York in less than a year has been busted, according to a criminal complaint unsealed...
MISTRIAL BID OVER MISSING CAPO
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWhile cops look for a reputed Genovese capo missing from his union-corruption trial, lawyers for the other defendants say they are being short-changed by his disappearance. Gerald McMahon, who represents...
PUBLIC LOVERS NAILED - CAUGHT IN THE ACT
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amHere's a real tale of sex and the city - a couple's romantic stroll along a leafy Brooklyn block turned into a randy romp on the sidewalk that was abruptly...
POOR PIRRO GETS GOV'S NOD AS GOP FOE QUITS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWestchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro received two major boosts in her campaign against Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday when she picked up Gov. Pataki's endorsement and her chief Republican rival...
MSG ESCALATOR DRAWS BLOOD
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA nightmarish ride on a Madison Square Garden escalator Thursday night resulted in serious cuts to the hands of five hockey fans - including a 9-year-old boy who nearly lost...
FREDDY DEFENDS TAINTED JUDGE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer defended his decision to push a scandal-scarred Bronx school board member for a judgeship - while Mayor Bloomberg's campaign charged yesterday that the controversial action calls into question...
THE PRODIGAL SUN - IT'S COMING BACK AFTER WEEK OF RAIN
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amHere comes the sun - and all New Yorkers agree, it's all right! The downpour that drenched and depressed the Big Apple for eight straight days is expected to dry...
ON-TIME FLIGHT PAN - DELAYS ABOUND AT AREA'S THREE AIRPORTS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amJet travel's not as speedy used to be at the metropolitan area's three airports. They've hit bottom on flight delays, new figures show. Fewer than 70 percent of flights arrived...
MOB RAID ON 'DOCTORED' W-2 FORMS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA reputed wiseguy in the Luchese crime family was nabbed by the feds on tax and health-care fraud charges for allegedly holding a no-show job at a Brooklyn urologist's office....
'DEATH PARK' WORKER HURT
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amAn employee was critically injured yesterday at a Long Island amusement park where there have been two deaths. Stephen Eager, 36, of Dix Hills, who works at Adventureland in East...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amQUEENS * An alleged carjacker was arrested yesterday for his role in the hijacking and beating of female motorist in Ridgewood on Monday, police sources said. Bryan Sillasse, of Sunnyside...
LAST RITES - MAN DIES AFTER 'R.I.P.' TATTOO; B'KLYN MAN DIES GETTING PROPHETIC 'R.I.P.' TATTOO
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA man getting a "Last Rites" tattoo etched into his arm in a Brooklyn shop yesterday felt dizzy, fainted and fell head-first into a glass display case - slitting his...
ROCKETTES KICKED OUT AMID BITTER UNION TALKS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe world famous Rockettes were kicked out of Radio City Music Hall during rehearsal for the Christmas Spectacular last night in an apparent lockout by management - but their employers...
'GOLDEN OLDIE' BILK GAL: I DID IT
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens woman on trial for bilking four elderly men out of more than $500,000 suddenly halted the proceedings yesterday and pleaded guilty. Shirley Miller, 43, who had been extradited...
FREDDY DEFENDS TAINTED BX. JUDGE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer defended his decision to push a scandal-scarred Bronx school board member for a judgeship - while Mayor Bloomberg charged that the controversial action calls into question Ferrer's judgment....
TEEN SHOT OUTSIDE B'KLYN HS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Samuel J. Tilden HS freshman was shot in the leg yesterday morning in a scuffle outside the Brooklyn school, authorities said. Devon Mercurius was confronted by a group...
LAST RITES - MAN DIES AFTER GETTING DEVIL TATTOO; MAN DIES GETTING 'LAST RITES' TATTOO
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA man getting a "Last Rites" tattoo (above) etched into his arm in a Brooklyn shop yesterday felt dizzy, fainted and fell head-first into a glass display case - slitting...
FATAL BUS HIT-RUN NEAR PORT AUTHORITY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amA woman was killed yesterday when she was mowed down by a bus a few blocks from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, police and witnesses said. Police were searching for...
VALENTINE CUTTHROAT GETS LIFE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe brutal monster who murdered a Long Island teenager on Valentine's Day as she held their 5-month-old baby in her arms was sentenced yesterday to a lengthy stint behind bars....
THROW AWAY THE KEY - GIVE BURGLAR LIFE: DA
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amBronx prosecutors are trying to lock a serial burglar behind bars for life because they're convinced there's no other way to stop his almost 30-year crime spree. Scott Ortiz, 45,...
PRISON FOR CUTTHROAT - MONSTER KNIFED GIRL DEAD
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe brutal monster who murdered a teenager on Valentine's Day as she held their 5-month-old baby in her arms was sentenced yesterday to a lengthy stint behind bars. Jesus Urbina,...
CUTTHROAT GETS 21 YRS. - MONSTER KNIFED GIRL DEAD
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe brutal monster who murdered a teenager on Valentine's Day as she held their 5-month-old baby in her arms was sentenced yesterday to a lengthy stint behind bars. Jesus Urbina,...
FROM VLAD TO WORSE - GUERRERO A FALLING ANGEL
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - There was pinata resembling umpire Doug Eddings out in the parking lot of Angel Stadium that fans were invited to take a friendly swing at on this hot...
GOLDEN GARLAND - RIGHTY GOES DISTANCE, GIVES SOX 2-1 LEAD
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWhite Sox 5 - Angels 2 ANAHEIM - As Jon Garland walked in after his pregame warm-up last night, he confided in fellow White Sox starter Mark Buehrle. The information...
KONERKO GIVES SOX EARLY BLAST
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Paul Konerko issued a warning shot on Thursday. His two-run shot came last night. "If we think things are magically going to go our way because we won...
GOALIES FEELING RUNDOWN
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amDuck season? Rabbit season? In the new NHL, it's goalie season. The Islanders found out first-hand how vulnerable goalies have become under the umbrella of new rules that have made...
MADDEN: PENALTIES WILL SOAR, NOT FALL
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThe former Selke Trophy winner dreads what he sees coming. Devils center John Madden says checking isn't impossible because of the crackdown on interference and hooking. But what he says...
ROOKIE? NOT REALLY - LUNDQVIST BRINGS WORLD OF EXPERIENCE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amAn asterisk designates rookie status on the official NHL stats. Perhaps a second asterisk ought to precede the name of Henrik Lundqvist, the netminder who will make his second straight...
'SAVIOR' PREVAILS IN OPENER
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amTrack was sloppy, sealed, speed-favoring early but not late; no turf racing yesterday or for the foreseeable future. Announced attendance: 1,302. 1ST RACE - Punchin' Gal went to lead under...
JINTS HOPE PETERSON DOESN'T CATCH BREAK
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES In an effort to clear lingering doubts about the status of cornerback Will Peterson, the Giants yesterday issued a statement from their team physician that does not sound...
JOE'S TORMENT - TOUGHPAST SHEDS LIGHT ON TODAY'S SILENCE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amTHE most formative experience of Joe Torre's life was growing up under the same roof as an abusive father. The blessing, if such a word should even be used considering...
COLLINS MUST GO EASY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amThis was classic good news/bad news for the Nets. There is relief that an MRI on Jason Collins showed no structural damage to his knee. But there is uneasiness because...
PRESSURE POINT - JINTS MUST KEEP HEAT ON BLEDSOE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amSometimes players say things and it's just noise, especially when they're asked to evaluate themselves as the years go by. But when Drew Bledsoe says, "My skills have not diminished...
ROOKIE RUNS TO RESCUE - NEW BACKUP TO GET REPS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amCedric Houston made his professional debut a week ago, but unless you were watching very closely, you may have missed it. "It was just one play," the Jets rookie running...
MARLINS, RAYS TO VIE FOR GIRARDI
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES It's highly probable the Yankees will be looking for a bench coach next week, because Joe Girardi is likely to be named as the manager of the Devil...
MONKEY BUSINESS - ANGELS FANS AIM TO MAKE CHISOX LIVES MISERABLE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Angel Stadium already holds the best home-field advantage in the game. And now the Rally Monkey is rabid. As if a sea of red in the stands weren't...
FEELIN' HEARTY - CURRY'S ANXIOUS TO GET GOING
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWith Eddy Curry's Knicks career about to start, he would like to end the discussion about his heart condition. Curry wishes that Bulls GM John Paxson would hush up about...
DOUG JOLLY ABOUT VINNY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES Doug Jolley always had admired Vinny Testaverde from afar, so when he found out Testaverde would be taking over as the Jets quarterback last week, the tight end...
PITCHING MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Here's the irony of these not being Houston's fathers' Astros anymore: Everything changed when they signed somebody old enough to be a lot of these Astros' fathers. "I've...
RJ TIPS HIS HAT TO LARRY
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amRichard Jefferson swore he meant every word. The Net who has raised sarcasm to an art form meant what he said and said what he meant: Larry Brown will improve...
BOSS PREFERS CASH - YANKEES AIM TO KEEP GM
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWith the Yankees' universe crumbling following a crushing loss in the ALDS, George Steinbrenner has made re-signing Brian Cashman his No. 1 priority. After riding Cashman hard for every minute...
ROCKET BOOST - CLEMENS SPARKS ASTROS FRANCHISE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amHOUSTON - It certainly is his mound at Minute Maid Park, and maybe his team now, too. There isn't much doubt what Roger Clemens means here. "He's the face of...
PRESSURE CAN'T FAZE SANTANA
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amALCS NOTES ANAHEIM - In baseball terms, the Angels' Ervin Santana is still a baby. But when the 22-year-old right-hander replaced starting pitcher Bartolo Colon in Game 5 of the...
UMPIRE & PIERZYNSKI HEAR BOOS
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amALCS NOTES ANAHEIM - One game after he and White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski unwittingly collaborated on the "steal of first," that helped Chicago win Game 2 of the ALCS,...
GOLDEN GARLAND - WHITE SOX RIGHTY GIVES TEAM 2-1 LEAD
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amWhite Sox 5 - Angels 2 ANAHEIM - Paul Konerko issued a warning shot Thursday. His two-run shot came last night. "If we think things are magically going to go...
FROM VLAD TO WORSE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - There was a Doug Eddings piñata out in the parking lot of Angel Stadium that fans were invited to take a friendly swing at on this hot Southern...
WAKE UP THE ECHOES - NOTRE DAME MYSTIQUE FACES USC'S MIGHT
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND, Ind. - When you enter Notre Dame Stadium through Gate B today, make certain the camera battery is charged. Welcome to college football's version of Monument Park. Adorning...
THE BIG CHOKE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Bad Vlad. Say all you want about umpire Doug Eddings and his closed fist, but Vladimir Guerrero, the $70 million man, is the Angels' biggest woe so far...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 15, 2005 | 4:00amIt was a scene out of a Hollywood western - with the posse going after the bad guy and reeling him in. But instead of using a lasso, the modern-day...