September 21, 2004
ROY, GOLD RAISE $ FOR CA. POLS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amLast May, disgruntled former Disney board member Stanley Gold held a fund-raiser at his California home for State Treasurer Phil Angelides, a board member of the powerful pension firm CalPERS...
EISNER: I'M GONE FOR GOOD IN 2006
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amDisney CEO Michael Eisner says he has plans to leave the company's board of directors after he steps down as CEO in 2006, a move that could help him silence...
MARTS GIVE BRONX CHEER TO FED CHIEF GREENSPAN
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amTHE financial markets had this message yesterday for Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan: "Shove it!" The Fed is expected to raise interest rates today for the third time since the...
MAGS ON TOP IN REORG AT TIME
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amTime Warner has announced a reorganization that will have its top book execs reporting to its top mag execs. In a memo to staff, Time, Inc. Chairman and CEO Ann...
MONTBLANC TRIES TO CROSS OUT LUXE RIVAL IN PEN TANGLE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amCall it the case of the poison pens: Montblanc has slapped rival pen maker A.T. Cross with a lawsuit that that alleges trademark infringement and false advertising. Montblanc North America,...
BOOZING WORRIES BOSSES
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBosses are starting to crack down on after-work drinking to reduce hangover foul ups in the office. A report says that morning-after errors are starting to show up more in...
DEAD-END STREET ; TRADING SLOWDOWN KILLING PROFITS, RATTLING NERVES
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amWall Street is bracing for a bitter third quarter on the back of bleak trading conditions, global uncertainty and fear surrounding the election, analysts and industry experts told The Post....
MARIE CLAIRE PUBLISHER BOUNCED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHearst shook up Marie Claire yesterday, bouncing Katherine Rizzuto as publisher after a four-year run and bringing in the publisher of the defunct Lifetime Magazine, Susan Plagemann, as her replacement....
HOY ON HUNT FOR BOSSES
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amWhile unveiling a big makeover yesterday at the scandalized Spanish-language daily Hoy, the paper also appealed for someone to run the place here. Hoy's two top business executives - the...
EMMY KIDS; HOW THOSE TWO FANS WERE DUPED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amTwo reality TV fans were tricked into coming on the Emmy show Sunday night by producers who told them they were trying out for a mysterious new show. Emmy dupes...
BIG TONY'S CRIB NOTES
September 21, 2004 | 4:00am'SOPRANO" James Gandolfini left nothing to chance on Sunday's Emmy Awards. First, Gandolfini scribbled notes on the back of his hand when he presented an award (see photo). Then he...
PUT TO THE TEST - MACKENZIE DAWSON-PARKS SAMPLES THE GOOD LIFE AT NEWARK
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amAIRPORT spas were a mystery to me. Why would people get their nails done in Terminal C, I wondered, when Manhattan is filled with salons? Then I found myself in...
EAT FREE AND DIET - VERMONT IS THE LAND OF FREE NOSH -BARBARA HOFFMAN AND FAMILY HEAD NORTH TO PIG OUT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amLET New Hampshire vow to "Live free or die." Vermont's motto should be "Eat free and diet." The Green Mountain State, as my family learned, is a muncher's mecca. The...
WHAT WOULD JOAN SAY? - IF YOU MISSED HER AT THE EMMYS, WE CHANNEL MS. RIVERS FOR YOU; MISSING JOAN AT THE EMMYS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amCAN we talk? Whether you love or loathe former red-carpet commentatrix Joan Rivers, anybody who sat through Sunday night's Emmy pre-show anchored by Star Jones will back up our demand:...
STARR REPORT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amStar treatment on E! Emmy ratings for E! were solid on Sunday as Star Jones made her debut as the network's doyenne of red- carpet coverage, replacing Joan Rivers. The...
LAND OF 'LOST' LOOKERS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00am"Lost" Tomorrow night at 8 on ABC * * * (three stars) A planeload of incredibly good-looking yuppies and Gen-Xers crashes in the mid-Pacific, killing everyone who isn't a model....
'DA VINCI' AUTHOR IN COURT BATTLE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe best-selling author of the "The Da Vinci Code" has gone to court to swat a rival writer who accused him of plagiarism. In a stinging 15-page complaint, Dan Brown...
KERRY AIDE:NETWORK STEERED ME TO SOURCE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amIn a stunning development, one of Democrat John Kerry's top strategists says CBS put him in touch with the man who provided dubious memos on President Bush's National Guard service...
COP SAVES DROWN DUO; BUT HERO'S DIVE WAS TOO LATE FOR THIRD
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn police captain jumped into the waters off the Canarsie Pier last night to rescue three men who fell into Jamaica Bay - and managed to get two of...
GUN-MAKER'S NOW IN GOOD 'SPIRITS'
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHis first invention was designed to blow you away - his new one will get you bombed. Mikhail Kalashnikov, 84, who created the AK-47 assault rifle during World War II,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHere's a good way to get out the message that people should stop littering the beach. Get volunteers to clean it up - in the nude. That what environmentalists did,...
MUSEUM SUB'S SNEAK ATTACK
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amFor the first time in years, the USS Growler took off on a short voyage from its Hudson berth yesterday - right into a pleasure boat docked nearby. Officials at...
SINGLE GALS' FAT CHANCE LOWER: STUDY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHere's the skinny for women on one possible way to keep from getting fat: Stay single. A new study by Texas Tech University says women who live in family situations,...
NEW FENCES AIM TO BRAKE BRIDGE BIKERS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe city is installing new safety devices at 31 of 122 pedestrian bridges, 2? months after an 8-year-old was killed bicycling over a walkway that crosses the Long Island Expressway....
'DA VINCI ?ODE' BATTLE - COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe best-selling author of the "The Da Vinci Code" has gone to court to swat a rival writer who accused him of plagiarism. In a stinging 15-page complaint, Dan Brown...
THROW THIS ANCHOR OVERBOARD, BLOGGERS SAY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Internet "bloggers" paused for a quick gulp of champagne yesterday after CBS admitted their National Guard documents story shouldn't have been aired - then resumed delivering more blows...
SOAPERMAN'S LIBERTY TRIBUTE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHere's a clean-cut version of the Statue of Liberty. A 12-foot-high replica of Lady Liberty - carved out of Ivory soap - will be on display at ABC's Times Square...
SNAFU KID IN SCHOOL DAZE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amFor most 13-year-olds, an endless summer of playing video games, basketball and watching movies might be a dream come true. But a bureaucratic snafu involving the Department of Education and...
DAN IN DENIAL; 'MISLED' EXCUSE WON'T FLY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amCBS and Dan Rather now want us to believe they were "misled." And it's likely they were misled in the days and hours before they aired the forged documents claiming,...
TRIPLE TRAGEDY - MARBURY CUZ WAS THIRD BROTHER KILLED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBroken mom Louise Jenkins, who has already buried two sons killed in senseless violence, is preparing funeral arrangements for a third son slain in a hail of bullets outside a...
RAIL-TRUCK CRASH; 20 HURT ABOARD METRO-NORTH
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Metro-North train plowed into an 18-wheeler yesterday at a grade crossing in Westchester, injuring at least 20 commuters. The accident, which took place after the tractor-trailer got stuck on...
GUARD GUILTY OF KINKY SEX WITH INMATE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan prison guard faces 10 years probation after he pleaded guilty yesterday to getting oral sex from the male transsexual with female breasts he was guarding at Central Booking....
LENNON KILLER CHAPMAN UP FOR PAROLE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - John Lennon's murderer comes up for parole the first week of October, The Post has learned. Chapman, now 49 and serving a life sentence in Attica prison for...
SADDAM'S OUSTER NOT WORTH THE WAR: KERRY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe campaign debate over Iraq landed in New York yesterday with Sen. John Kerry declaring he would not have ousted Saddam Hussein - while President Bush accused him of changing...
ONCE-PROUD NEWS DIVISION 'BADLY' SHAKEN
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe fallout from Dan Rather's phony-document flap yesterday left many at CBS deeply shaken. "We all feel badly," a CBS News source said. "We feel that our brethren had all...
MADONNA'S ISRAEL BOOST - SAYS IT'S AS SAFE AS APPLE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday took no offense and even praised Madonna's startling claim that Israel is no more dangerous than New York. "We're glad that she realizes what the mayor already...
A SORRY APOLOGY AT CBS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amSOME apology. It took just 235 words. Dan Rather, the most recognized talking parrot in TV news, single-handedly removed the "C" for "credibility" in the CBS logo - and turned...
CITY SCRAMBLING TO HANDLE NUKE STRIKE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amIf terrorists detonate a nuclear bomb in the city, as many as 1 million people will have to be tested and treated for radiation and officials will confront mass hysteria...
SILVER FAILS TO BUST GOV BUDGET VETOES
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's attempt to override Gov. Pataki's budget vetoes crumbled last night when he couldn't muster the needed votes from two-thirds of his house. Silver and...
JENNINGS ACCUSERS ANGRY OVER ATTACKS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amAs the closed-door hearing into the conduct of embattled lawmaker Allan Jennings began yesterday, many in the City Council were outraged by the Jennings' camp's attacks on the looks of...
DEA STAFFER STOLE DRUG CASH: FEDS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Drug Enforcement Administration worker has been busted for allegedly stealing $108,760 from an evidence room in the agency's White Plains office, federal authorities said yesterday. The complaint charges that...
U.S. HOSTAGE DECAPITATED - COWARDS VOW TO EXECUTE 2 OTHERS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqi terrorists sawed off the head of American hostage Eugene Armstrong yesterday and posted a grisly videotape of the slaughter on the Internet in the latest act of...
BRITNEY COVERS ASSETS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amNewlywed Britney Spears got her brand-new hubby to ink an ironclad prenuptial agreement just days before they got hitched, The Post has learned. The deal would protect the pop princess'...
NAZI RECRUITER - BX. BIGOT HAD KIDS PLASTER SWASTIKAS: DA
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx man with ties to a neo-Nazi group recruited neighbors' kids to plaster hate stickers on a Westchester synagogue and a Metro-North train station, officials charged yesterday. Security guard...
EX-PROSECUTOR WINS 30G FROM B'KLYN DA
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBrooklyn DA Charles Hynes must pay $30,000 to a former homicide prosecutor who was demoted after making controversial statements about Brooklyn's murder rate, a federal judge has ruled. Upholding a...
COPS PROBE NOOSE HUNG AT PRECINCT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe NYPD is investigating why a 4-foot-long noose was hung from a wall inside a Bronx station house where minority cops had been complaining about alleged discrimination. The noose was...
JFK JR. PLANE SALE - EERIE E-AUCTION
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amIn what will be one of the eeriest auctions in American history, the first airplane owned by John F. Kennedy Jr. will be sold over the Internet. The plane, a...
JAIL RATS MAY TURN ON PELOSI
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amJailhouse snitches who claim millionaire Ted Ammon's accused killer Danny Pelosi made incriminating statements may testify at his trial, The Post has learned. A source said two men on prosecutor...
GAL PAL DEAD IN BEAU'S APT.
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amCops who were notifying a Brooklyn woman that her son had been critically injured in a car accident found his girlfriend's body in their basement apartment, police said yesterday -...
FOTO FLIM FLAM; WEDDING HEARTACHE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBrooklyn wedding photographer Leah Flanagin happily snapped the blushing brides and happy grooms - but then failed to give the heartbroken couples their pictures, the attorney general charged yesterday. "Heartbroken...
'MONSTER MOMS' - TOT BEATEN TO DEATH OVER 'POTTY TRAINING'
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Harlem lesbian beat the toddler son of her female lover to death - fracturing three ribs and rupturing his liver - simply because he soiled himself, law-enforcement sources said...
GARSON OFFICER GUILTY; BUT CLERK IS CLEARED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA court officer was convicted yesterday of two felonies in connection with a corruption scandal that rocked the Brooklyn courts - while a retired court clerk was acquitted of all...
DEATH PLOT VS. DUBYA; NUT TARGETS KERRY, TOO
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe Secret Service is looking for an armed, mentally unstable upstate man in connection with a plot to kill President Bush and John Kerry. The agency put out a "national...
BRUTAL ROB SPURS FEAR ON E. SIDE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA thug pistol-whipped a woman on the Upper East Side early yesterday, stealing her cellphone and her wallet and triggering fear in the tony neighborhood. The victim, whose name was...
CONDI, PREZ HAIL BRAVE NEW IRAQ
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush today will tell the United Nations that Iraq has a "brave" new government that "deserves the support of the international community," his top foreign policy aide says. Iraqi...
FEDS WANT EX-KISS MANAGER TO 'SING'
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amManhattan federal prosecutors want a former rock-band manager to "Kiss" and tell about his financial records. Authorities described Jesse Hilsen, who managed the hard-rock band Kiss, as the city's worst...
BUTCHER'S OUSTER NOT WORTH THE WAR: KERRY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe campaign debate over Iraq landed in New York yesterday with Sen. John Kerry declaring he would not have ousted Saddam Hussein - while President Bush accused the Democrat of...
GARSON OFFICER GUILTY ; BUT CLERK IS CLEARED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA court officer was convicted yesterday of two felonies in a corruption scandal that rocked the Brooklyn courts - while a retired clerk was acquitted of all counts in the...
CHILLING NOOSE AT TROUBLED STATION HOUSE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe NYPD is investigating why a 4-foot-long noose was hung from a wall inside a Bronx station house where minority cops had been complaining about alleged discrimination. The noose was...
JENNINGS ACCUSERS' WEEP AT HEARINGS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amClosed-door hearings into sexual-harassment charges against City Councilman Allan Jennings began yesterday with tearful testimony from two of his alleged victims, sources said yesterday. "It was like a circus in...
TRIPLE TRAGEDY ; MARBURY CUZ WAS 3RD BRO KILLED
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBroken mom Louise Jenkins, who has already buried two sons killed in senseless violence, is preparing funeral arrangements for a third son, who was slain in a hail of bullets...
NAZI RECRUITER: BX. BIGOT HAD KIDS PLASTER SWASTIKAS: DA
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx man with ties to a neo-Nazi group recruited neighbors' kids to plaster hate stickers on a Westchester synagogue and a Metro-North train station, officials charged yesterday. Security guard...
JFK JR. PLANE SALE ; CESSNA IN CREEPY E-AUCTION
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amIn what will be one of the eeriest auctions in American history, the first airplane owned by John F. Kennedy Jr. will be sold over the Internet. The plane, a...
KERRY AIDE: NETWORK STEERED ME TO SOURCE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amIn a stunning development, one of Democrat John Kerry's top strategists says CBS put him in touch with the man who provided dubious memos on President Bush's National Guard service...
'CRACKHEAD' DIES AFTER ARREST
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA drug suspect died early yesterday after he ingested crack cocaine and went into convulsions in a holding cell at the 9th Precinct in the East Village, police sources said....
A-ROD MUST TURN IT UP
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amRATHER than disturb a 1-2 look he now favors atop the lineup, Joe Torre decided to keep Alex Rodriguez batting second and install Bernie Williams as the No. 3 hitter...
YANKS TURN TO LOAIZA
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe Yankees traded Jose Contreras for Esteban Loaiza, and the Bombers are still waiting for Loaiza to turn into the serviceable pitcher they thought they were getting when they pulled...
U.S. HOSTAGE DECAPITATED; COWARDS VOW TO EXECUTE 2 OTHERS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqi terrorists sawed off the head of American hostage Eugene Armstrong yesterday and posted a grisly videotape of the slaughter on the Internet in the latest act of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amMANHATTAN *** A fight among five people on a rush-hour subway train in Washington Heights left three teenagers with stab wounds, police said. The incident began at 8:50 a.m. on...
DUPED DAN'S BIG BLACK EYE ; MISLED BY 'FORGERIES'
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amEmbattled CBS anchor Dan Rather yesterday finally apologized and admitted that he blew it by using dubious documents to challenge President Bush's National Guard service. But Republicans said Rather must...
BORDER CRASH KILLS L.I. PALS & GIRL, 5
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amTwo longtime friends from Long Island - and one of the women's 5-year-old daughter - were killed in a horrific five-car pileup at a border checkpoint near the Canadian border,...
CELEBRATE PUERTO RICO - IN CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, TODAY'S CLASSROOM EXTRA CELEBRATES THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE HOME OF ONE OF NEW YORK'S LARGEST COMMUNITIES - PUERTO RICO.
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amPuerto Rico is a tiny, rectangular-shaped island that is part of the archipelago of the Antilles. An archipelago is an expanse of water with many small islands. The archipelago of...
'MONSTER MOMS' - LESBIANS KILLED POTTY-TOT: COPS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Harlem lesbian beat the toddler son of her female lover to death - fracturing three ribs and rupturing his liver - simply because he soiled himself, lawenforcement sources said...
ROOKIE MISTAKE ; TORONTO PITCHER STIFLES YANKEES IN HIS DEBUT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBlue Jays 6Yankees 3 Spank Pedro Martinez one day. Submit to Gustavo Chacin the next. No wonder people go broke betting on baseball. One day after drilling a future Hall...
THE BIG HURTS - INJURIES TO MAWAE, COWART CONCERN HERM
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amJust two weeks into the season, the Jets have already seen a pair of key players go on the shelf and head coach Herm Edwards admitted that their potential absence...
PAUL SCHWARTZ' GIANT REPORT CARD - THAT'S MORE LIKE IT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amQUARTERBACKS Kurt Warner (22 of 33, 232 yards, 1 TD) hit on his first eight passes and managed the game sharply. He finally tossed a TD pass but must stop...
STEVE SERBY'S JET REPORT CARD - SMOOTH FLYING
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amQUARTERBACKS Chad Pennington (22-29, 258 yards, 2 TDs) showed why he inspires confidence throughout the franchise when he engi neered a clutch fourth-quarter touchdown drive. RUNNING BACKS Curtis Martin (31-119,...
ST. JOHN'S, MSG IN CONTRACT SNAG
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amTwo of St. John's best attributes are its stature as the Big East program in New York and having the Garden as its home court. The Red Storm is in...
LONG TIME COMING
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amGIANTS fans think they waited a long time for a win? Kurt Warner had gone 31 months, 24 days and 20 hours, give or take five minutes. That's even longer...
A-ROD WON'T LOOK AHEAD
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHE is now the No. 2 hitter on a legitimate track to be the No. 1 home run hitter of all-time. In a season of transitions - from Texas to...
BASEMENT DOOR OPEN FOR METS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Just before Sunday's double-header in Pittsburgh, Met manager Art Howe was talking about Craig Brazell and Victor Diaz, and noting that if the two youngsters didn't play that...
YATES MAKING HIS CASE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - The Mets will certainly work this offseason on strengthening their set-up relief core. But one unheralded Met who's already making a bid to be considered part...
A SPLIT DECISION ; GIANTS 'D' SAVED DAY VS. REDSKINS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amHalf of the Giants accepted praise and quickly determined that their bold step forward must not be a temporary development. That would be the defense. The other half realized they...
BLUE FREE AGENTS HAVE BIG DAY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES None of the veteran free agent defensive players the Giants signed this past offseason did much of anything positive in the opening game loss to the Eagles. But...
THOSE DOG-GONE EUROS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amBLOOMFIELD TWP., Mich. - Bernhard Langer and his band of brothers in arms smirked all the way to the Detroit airport and back to Europe yesterday, deep down knowing that...
HERM: PERFECT TIME FOR JETS TO SAY 'BYE'
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES While Herm Edwards wasn't pleased that the Jets kept letting the Chargers back in the game on Sunday, he was happy with the result and added that it...
JASON'S PLAYOFF SPOT IN JEOPARDY
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES When manager Joe Torre started Jason Giambi in the first three games off the DL last week it was assumed Torre wanted to chip away the rust and...
SHEFF ON SHELF - ANOTHER SHOTFOR SHOULDER
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amAbout 24 hours after taking two needles full of cortisone in his left shoulder, Gary Sheffield held a sliver of hope that he could play last night against the Blue...
GRADY STARS ARE MISSING
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amDerrick Echols and Kevin White, Jr., were supposed to lead Grady into the PSAL playoffs in this, their senior seasons. After four days of school, however, neither has shown up...
BOSS OK WITH LOFTON IN RIGHT
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner emerged from behind the tinted windows of his car at 6:30 last night prior to his team's game against the Blue Jays, with a smile on his face...
MIXED REVIEWS FROM GEORGE
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner emerged from behind the tinted windows of his car at 6:30 last night with a smile on his face and a spring in his step. The Boss was...
LOFTON IN RIGHT OK WITH BOSS
September 21, 2004 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner emerged from behind the tinted windows of his car close to a half-hour prior to last night's game against Toronto at the Stadium with a smile on his...