September 28, 2005
MORGAN GURU WIEN TO JOIN PEQUOT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe soul of Morgan Stanley's research department, Byron Wien, is hanging up his pen - sort of - to join hedge fund giant Pequot Capital as chief investment strategist. In...
BOLLORE PUSHES BACK ON PUBLICIS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amCorporate raider Vincent Bollore said yesterday he increased his stake in media-buying firm Aegis to 8.04 percent, raising the prospect of a bidding war for the company. The Bollore boost...
TASER ZAPPED - STUN-GUN MAKER FACES VARIOUS SUSPICIONS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amFederal investigators are widening a probe into stun-gun maker Taser International as a three-time loser - for alleged cooked books, rigged safety studies and stock manipulation. Its shares sank back...
JANE EDITORS JUMP SHIP - KEY STAFFERS QUIT, AD PAGES SLIP IN 'NORMAL TRANSITION'
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amALL is not well at Fairchild Publications' Jane magazine. There is tension on the staff that founder Jane Pratt left behind, and in recent days editors have been dashing for...
VITALS MAGS FLATLINE AT FAIRCHILD
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amSo much for synergy. Fairchild Publications said it was shutting down Vitals Man and Vitals Woman effective with the winter 2005 editions. The move is likely to roil the waters...
CALPINE: BONY UP - POWER CO. SAYS BANKS SITTING ON ITS $117M
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTroubled power giant Calpine sued the Bank of New York and the Wilmington Trust Co. yesterday to release $117 million of its money that it argues is being wrongfully withheld...
MARTHA NO SAVIOR FOR NBC RATINGS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amNBC is losing its first race in the autumn TV season after betting on Martha Stewart's reality show to win viewers. Sought-after young viewers tuned out in droves, according to...
SCOUTING MORE SPACE - CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD MOVES TO EXPAND N.Y. DIGS; REAL ESTATE FIRM PLANS GROWTH
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amGLOBAL real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is already scouting space for a possible change in its New York world headquarters. The firm, ensconsed in 220,000 feet at Black Rock,...
MADE IN THE 'SHADES'
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTAKING a break from lucrative studio comedies, Rip Torn gives his best performance in years as a veteran Memphis music producer in Ira Sach's low-key drama "40 Shades of Blue."...
(BLACK) REBELS WITH CLOUT & PAUSE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBLACK Rebel Motorcycle Club, the band, not Marlon Brando's gang in "The Wild One," were like their movie namesakes at their Irving Plaza gig Monday - a study in contrasts....
DAN WANTS SECOND GO AT BUSH
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amDAN Rather wants to reopen the investigation into President Bush and the National Guard story that resulted in the Memogate scandal and led to his early departure from the anchor...
'TIMES' RUNS OUT - NO GERALDO 'NUDGE'
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amGERALDO Rivera's feud with the New York Times is over - sort of. Yesterday, The Times published an "Editors' Note" admitting that it had goofed when TV critic Alessandra Stanley...
CASH-ING IN ON HOUSE - 'FIRE' FED AS PACINO PLAYS WITH 'ORPHANS'
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Godfather's out, the Man in Black is in. A revival of "Orphans" starring Al Pacino, which was aiming to open at the Ethel Barrymore this season, has fallen apart...
FLOUR GIRL
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amWE'RE betting that Rachael Ray's wedding cost more than $40 for the day. The bubbly cooking show cutie, host of three Food Network shows - "30 Minute Meals," "$40 a...
STARR REPORT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00am'Desperate' move Kelly Monaco has yammered on about the possibility of her appearing on "Desperate Housewives," though nothing's been confirmed yet. Now you can add former "Friends" star Courteney Cox...
'INVASION' EQUATION - LINDA'S NEW ALIEN FRIENDS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00am'INVASION," ABC's best effort to catch their monster of monster shows, the magnificent "Lost," is a little bit of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," a little bit of "Close Encounters...
YOU GOT SERVED! - HOW NEW YORK RESTAURANTS DUPE THE CRITICS - AND YOU; GREAT EATERY CON JOB
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amRESTAURANT reviews are over. History. Outta here. It's time to report on restaurants in a new and better way, and this is why: More than ever before, reviews have a...
AFTER THE CRITIC LEAVES
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amHERE are a few flagrant recent cases of restaurants better, worse or just plain different from the first reviews: * ALAIN DUCASSE, COMPASS: What could two restaurants so dissimilar possibly...
BREAD'S ON A ROLL - NEW BAKERIES SAY BRING ON THE CARBS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amATKINS, Shmatkins - bread rises again. After the low-carb craze caused some restaurants to ditch the traditional pre-dinner bread basket, loaves are back in the limelight on some of the...
DELAY BEFORE COUNTRY COMES TO TOWN
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTHE opening date for the dining room Country is still in the proverbial sticks. While the first floor cafe of chef Geoffrey Zakarian's new eatery at the revamped Carlton Hotel...
NEW STRAPHANGER RULES LOOM
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA tomorrow is expected to approve controversial new rules for straphangers. They prohibit some long-accepted activities, such as walking between cars, straddling a bicycle and putting feet on seats....
FIRE HERO'S WIDOW SUES
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amNO AMOUNT of money can make up for a hero's life, but Jeanette Meyran is determined to give the city a very loud wake-up call it won't forget. Today, she...
DIARY STRAITS - WEB-GOSSIPING P.R. HOTSHOT AXED
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amDear diary, you just got me fired. A marketing and public relations guru says she was shown the door at her high-powered real estate job after an ambitious assistant tattled...
SHARON WINS AGAIN - ISRAEL'S SHAKY CENTER SURVIVES
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amJUST when you think that he's out, he pulls himself back in. Al Pacino's memorable line from "The Godfather III" pretty much sums up Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's latest...
NEW RULES FOR STRAPHANGERS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA tomorrow is expected to approve controversial new rules for straphangers. They prohibit some long-accepted activities, such as walking between cars, straddling a bicycle and putting feet on seats....
GAME OF MICK-BELIEVE - LOOKALIKE GETS WHAT HE WANTS IN CLUB CON
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA randy Mick Jagger impersonator got plenty of satisfaction at a Chelsea nightclub when the hoodwinked hot spot lavished him with VIP treatment - including free liquor, a personal security...
EAST END SEX-DUO SHOCKER - HAMPTONS SQUATTERS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA man returned to his exclusive Hamptons beachfront community after the summer - to find a "Bohemian" couple having sex in his garden and living in his home, for free....
MIKE URGES DUMPING 'PROBLEMATIC' 9/11 PLAN
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that the International Freedom Center planned for Ground Zero is "problematic" and should be scrapped if agreement can't be reached over its mission. "I think what...
ISRAEL FIRES BACK
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday launched the first artillery strikes since pulling out of the Gaza Strip, and threatened two Hamas leaders with death. But Hamas continued to launch homemade Qassam...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A teenager was arrested for slashing her father and destroying his property in the Brownsville shelter where they live, authorities said yesterday. Sources said Crystal Gracia, 19, argued...
APPLE'S UNREAL ESTATE - N.Y. TOPS NATION FOR $1M PADS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amManhattan homeowners are 16 times more likely to live in million-dollar digs than anyone else in the country - and the percentage of megabuck homes in Brooklyn and Staten Island...
RAP STAR DMX AWOL FROM COURT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amRapper DMX failed to show up in a Bronx court yesterday for allegedly driving with a suspended license, but a judge gave him until Monday to face the music. DMX,...
MIKE ON A POLL ROLL WITH 15-POINT LEAD
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer got more bad news yesterday, as Mayor Bloomberg's approval ratings soared and his lead in the mayoral race held at double digits, according to a new poll. The...
FUMING GAS-GOUGE CLAIMS FUEL SPITZER PROBE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The state attorney general's office has received more than 3,000 complaints of possible gas-price gouging from angry motorists since prices soared following Hurricane Katrina. Paul Larrabee, a spokesman...
POLICE BRASS YANK SUBWAY CAMS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe NYPD scrapped a pilot program using wireless subway video-surveillance cameras in Manhattan just one day after it started because the project was launched without an OK from top police...
N.O.'S TOP COP QUITS AMID STORM
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amNew Orleans' police chief suddenly quit yesterday following damaging new revelations about cop desertions and wildly exaggerated rumors of rape, murder and mayhem that he helped spread after Hurricane Katrina....
SEAWEED CAN BE HAMBURGER HELPER
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amIt sounds fishy, but adding a seaweed extract to junk foods can make them healthier without changing the taste, scientists say. The extract, called alginate, increases the fiber content of...
POT & TOT A BAD MIX AS NANNY IS BUSTED
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA nanny toting a 1-year-old boy - and 14 pounds of pot - in a luxury SUV in Westchester was busted as she delivered the drugs to a nearby house,...
BLOOMBERG WANTS MTA TO BE FARE WITH SURPLUS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA should seriously consider using its ever-growing $928 million surplus to spike fare hikes planned for 2007, Mayor Bloomberg says. "In light of the surplus, the MTA needs to...
WTC BIGS PLAY DEFENSE AT TRIAL
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA pair of former Port Authority executives were grilled yesterday about 20-year-old internal reports that warned of security risks at the Twin Towers years before they were attacked the first...
BABY-CARE DEATH GAL LOSES DEAL
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens judge rejected a plea deal yesterday that would have allowed the former owner of a day-care center to avoid jail time in the death of an infant buried...
FATAL PREMONITION - BROTHER WARNED SALON SIS OF KILLER EX-BEAU
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amDarwin Liz had a feeling his sister should skip work on Monday. He was extremely worried about the ex-boyfriend Vinicia "Dolores" Baez had told off on Sunday. After all, the...
CABLEVISION PLAYED DIRTY ON $TADIUM: JETS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amDuring the bare-fisted battle over a West Side stadium, top brass at Cablevision tried to lean on the Regional Plan Association to change a much-awaited report so that it would...
PERV CHOSE RAMPAGE OVER JAIL
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amUpstate sex offender Victor Piazza was due in court for a hearing on a probation violation that could have sent him to jail on Monday, when he shot three former...
LIL'S LARGE SALES - NEW CD $OARS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amLil' Kim isn't free, and neither is her album, but fans were snapping it up so fast yesterday, it seems her prison sentence is helping her career. "The Naked Truth"...
FANS $LAMMED - YANKEE PLAYOFF TIX SOAR
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amYankee postseason tickets go on sale today, but shock over out-of-the-park price hikes for some seats could send fans running home. "I love the Yankees," said Liam O'Brien, 24, a...
TEACHERS DISS AND HISS KLEIN
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein faced a barrage of boos and hisses yesterday outside an Upper West Side elementary school as dozens of angry teachers protested their lack of a contract....
GOTTI CRONY IN RUBOUT BUST
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Gotti's reputed bookkeeper and two others have been busted in the gangland-style slaying of a Florida mogul who was trying to stop the sale of his casino-boat fleet to...
'CLUB RAPE' DUO FREED - CLEARED IN WAITRESS GROPE-FEST
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTwo men were acquitted of sexual assault last night in the case of a backroom grope-fest with a naked and drunken young waitress at a trendy Bowery nightclub. Manhattan Supreme...
SUBWAY RADIO PLAN JUMP$ RAIL
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amAn MTA project to provide police, firefighters and other emergency services workers with a new two-way radio communication system for subway use is now expected to cost $114 million -...
B'WAY STAR PETERS' HUBBY KILLED IN CHOPPER CRASH
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amActress Bernadette Peters' hubby - an investment whiz whom she first met in a chance encounter worthy of Broadway - was killed in a horrific chopper crash in the Mediterranean,...
2 BRONX TEENS STABBED AT HS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTwo students were stabbed yesterday outside their Bronx high school, police said. The victims, 14 and 15, were knifed during a scuffle outside Evander Childs HS in Williamsbridge at 2:51...
OY, WHAT A VEY FOR DRIVERS TO LEAVE B'KLYN
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBrooklyn's borough president finally has been allowed to post his kvetch to Manhattan-bound motorists on the Williamsburg Bridge: "Leaving Brooklyn: Oy Vey." "It's just in time for the Rosh Hashanah...
CLASS CLOWN FERRER - MADE UP 'PUBLIC SCHOOL' HISTORY
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer yesterday got caught red-handed falsely claiming in a first-person account on his campaign Web site that he attended mostly city public schools. "I was born in the South...
'NO-NAME' THIRD PARTY OKS FREDDY
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer snagged the endorsement of the Working Families Party yesterday - but in a devastating development, his name won't appear on the party's ballot line in November. "No line,...
MTA'S BUS-BUYING BONANZA
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA announced yesterday that it plans to buy 529 new local and express buses and build a third depot on Staten Island. The agency's finance committee yesterday approved a...
FEDS WANT MOB LAWYER REMOVED
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe feds are looking to bounce the lawyer for a reputed Gambino capo charged with racketeering, saying he's the crime family's "house counsel." Prosecutors from the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office...
GANGSTER GUILTY IN GRIDDER SLAY - PUNK IS FLABBERGASTED BY CONVICTION
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA Brooklyn jury wasted little time yesterday in deciding the fate of a tough-guy wannabe who ordered the brutal murder of a Connecticut college football star. A thunderstruck John Guica...
9/11-CHARITY BIG BUSTED
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amFire marshals yesterday busted the chairman of a controversial Ground Zero charity for possessing stolen FDNY property. Michael Bellone, 51, the embattled founder of Trauma Response Assistance for Children, was...
W'CHESTER NANNY TOOK BABY ON DRUG RUN: COPS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA nanny toting a 1-year-old boy - and 14 pounds of pot - in a luxury SUV was busted as she delivered the drugs to a house in Westchester ,...
WILD WEST GUNFIGHT & CHASE IN MIDTOWN
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTwo armed bandits brazenly held up an antique-watch store in broad daylight in Midtown yesterday, grabbing a hostage to dodge cops before embarking on a wild gun battle and car...
9/11 KIN TELL FREEDOM CENTER TO TAKE A HIKE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amMembers of a 9/11 family council last night told lower Manhattan officials to step up the search for a new location for the International Freedom Center, with some saying it...
MAN WOUNDED IN HARLEM SHOOTOUT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amCops shot and injured a man in a wild shootout in Harlem early today, police and witnesses said. More than a dozen shots were fired at about 1 a.m., according...
CHOOSING A COLLEGE - CHOOSING A COLLEGE - IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START WEIGHING YOUR OPTIONS.
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amAdapted from PARADE's Teen Newsbreak column ARE you a high school senior? Even if you're not, it's never too early to begin thinking about where you might want to go...
GOTTI CRONY BUSTED IN WHACK ON SANDWICH BIG
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Gotti's reputed bookkeeper and two others have been busted in the gangland-style slaying of a Florida mogul who was trying to stop the sale of his casino boat fleet...
MIDTOWN BANDITS IN SHOOTOUT & CHASE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amA gunfight erupted on a busy Midtown street yesterday after cops tried to bust two brazen robbers in the act of sticking up an antique watch store in broad daylight....
MTA ON BOARD FOR BUS-BUY BONANZA
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amThe MTA announced yesterday that it plans to buy 529 new local and express buses and that it would build a third bus depot in Staten Island. The agency's finance...
SPLITTIN' HEADACHE - BOSOX DROP NIGHTCAP, MISS CHANCE TO PASS YANKS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amHeading into last night's start, Curt Schilling called this season "very, very painful." He admitted it was by far the toughest year of his major-league career. If the Red Sox...
NO RELIEF FOR TORRE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - During a fifth inning that was part Proctor and all gamble, Joe Torre leaned back in the dugout looking like a man who has seen the same horror...
BERNIE TOPS DIMAGGIO ON HIT LIST
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - Lost in the ugliness of last night's 17-9 Yankee loss to the Orioles was the latest Bernie Williams milestone. His fourth-inning single moved him ahead of...
HARRIS POLL IS BIG JOKE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amCOLLEGE GRID NOTES The Harris Interactive Poll, which replaced the Associated Press poll in the BCS ratings, debuted this week and here is the initial, gut reaction -farce, fraud and...
ISLES WAIT FOR SATAN TO GET HOT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - He didn't have any preseason goals through three games, but Miroslav Satan wasn't worried about it. Should his goal-less streak carry into the regular season, however, there may...
THE POST'S TOP 25
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amRank (prev) TEAM RESULT NEXT1 Texas (3-0) Idle at Missouri (1) Will the Longhorns gain ground on the Trojans, who looked vulnerable for one half?2 USC (3-0) Won 45-13 at...
VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The game was brisk and it was clean, so there were only a few scattered, early-arriving Yankees gathered around the television set in the visiting clubhouse as the...
SENATORS SIGNALING FORCE PLAY
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - When baseball commissioner Bud Selig faces the Senate Commerce Committee for today's hearing on steroid use in sports, he will have a Hall-of-Fame cast behind him. The Post...
EARLY RISERS - BOSOX WIN TWINBILL OPENER, TIE YANKS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00am1ST GAME: Red Sox 3 - Blue Jays 1 BOSTON - On Monday afternoon, David Ortiz told The Post that he and Manny Ramirez must carry the Red Sox to...
ELI'S UNFLAPPABILITY NOW A GIANT ASSET
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amQuarterbacks can at times be as finicky and hard to handle as racehorses, physical marvels in need of coddling and a safe, controlled environment in which to ply their craft....
DANIELSON SAYS CHAD WILL NEED PATIENCE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTwo decades ago when he was the quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, Gary Danielson tore his rotator cuff. "I was never really the same," said Danielson, now an ABC college...
EMBREE COULD BE LEFT OUT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - With every pitch crucial, Joe Torre has no time to experiment. No time to find out if Alan Embree can be a situational lefty out of...
WITH AUTUMN COMES GROUSE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amTHE chill is finally in the air. Autumn leaves will begin to appear and hunters and anglers will be enjoying a host of fall activities. Upland bird hunting will be...
PAYIN' LATER FORCES DEVS TO TRADE NOW
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amIt was one of Lou Lamoriello's best tools for keeping payroll down and players happy. Now, though, the GM's deferred salary system works against the Devils - and arguably cost...
METS CLIMBING JACOB'S LADDER
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The first run on Monday night for the Mets came from Mike Jacobs. An opposite-field homer to left field. Their second run came on Jacobs' RBI grounder. And...
FRYE NEEDS SOME WORK
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amNBA Former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy likes to say that if a rookie first-rounder can't excel in the summer league, it's an alarming sign. The Knicks hope Van Gundy...
IRISH LAND PREP TACKLE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amEric Olsen, a 6-5, 300-pound offensive lineman at Poly Prep, has committed to play at Notre Dame. The senior, a three-year starter for the Blue Devils, received 20 scholarship offers...
RANGERS POWERLESS VS. DEVS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amDevils 3 - Rangers 1 While rookie Zach Parise solidified his claim on a job with the Devils, his teammates blanked the Rangers on 11 power plays during a 3-1...
METS 'OUT' DESPITE VICTORY
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amMets 3 - Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA - They're out. There was never exactly much hope that the Mets were going to pull off what can only be characterized as a...
ALL EYES AGAIN ON SCHILLING
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The baseball world continues to go all wrong for Curt Schilling. Last year's heroics have come at a steep price for the right-hander, who has an opinion on...
METS GO 'OUT' WITH VICTORY
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amMets 3 - Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA - Nobody ever really could have believed that the Mets were going to pull off what can only be characterized as a "beyond-a-miracle." Making...
O, NO! YANKEES TAKE A BEATING - PITCHERS AWFUL IN LOSS TO BALTIMORE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amOrioles 17 - Yankees 9 BALTIMORE - Relief? What the Yankees' bullpen provided last night was akin to treating serious heartburn with cheap whiskey. And that was after Mike Mussina...
LOST NIGHT FOR EVERYONE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - They understood how fortunate they were, how narrowly they'd escaped a devastating nudge to the brink of the abyss. This deep into September, these losses can kill you....
PENNANT FEVER GRIPS YANKEES - JOHNSON REALLY MONEY PITCHER
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - In the midday sun outside Camden Yards yesterday, a Yankees fan and autographseeker asked The Post in a talk-radio voice the following question: "Randy Johnson? Worth the money?"...
TEST' OF TIME - VETERAN VINNY RETURNS TO HELP BAIL OUT JETS
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amVinny Testaverde sat on his couch in Oyster Bay on Long Island Sunday and did what millions of others do on football Sundays: He watched his favorite team play. Vinny...
BACKUP AGAINST WALL - FORMER TEAMMATE: BROOKS CAN AVOID JET LAG
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amChad Pennington was in Alabama for a second opinion, praying for a miracle to save his career. Vinny Testaverde, six weeks from his 42d birthday, reintroduced himself in the press...
GIAMBI FINDS WAY OUT
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa have slithered into disgrace, no longer even welcomed at Camden Yards. Today, about 60 miles south, Bud Selig and Don Fehr again will...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 28, 2005 | 4:00amKenyan immigrant Moses Bittok thought things couldn't get any better the day he became a U.S. citizen. He was wrong. Shortly after Bittok, of West Des Moines, took the oath...