March 12, 2003
TAX SITE HELPS NOSY NEIGHBORS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amFOR the first time, the city has released a list of 17,000 properties that owe back taxes and/or are delinquent on water bills by the addresses as well as by...
G+J PLANNING GALA DEBUT ; NEW CELEB MAGAZINE COULD ARRRIVE HERE NEXT YEAR
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amGALA, an oversized high-gloss celebrity magazine that is already a runaway hit in Germany, France and Russia, is expected to hit American shores sometime next year, if all goes well....
MADISON AVE. WITHHOLDS NUMBERS AFTER TERRIBLE YEAR
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amFor the first time in 59 years, Madison Avenue has clamped a blackout on revealing specific details of its ad business to the public. The giant ad agencies claim their...
PLAN B FOR BMG BMG BOOBY PRIZE: LABEL EYES SONY PLAY LEST WARNER SNARE EMI
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amBMG is eyeing Sony Music as a possible backup merger partner in case BMG's move to acquire EMI comes up short, sources told The Post. As first reported in The...
CHRISTIE'S, SOTHEBY'S PAY $40M SETTLEMENT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amArt auction giants Sotheby's and Christie's finally put their three-year-old price fixing scandal behind them yesterday with a final $40 million settlement deal. The companies agreed to chip in $20...
CHRISTIE'S, SOTHEBY'S PAY $40M IN SETTLEMENT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amArt auction giants Sotheby's and Christie's finally put their 3-year-old price-fixing scandal behind them yesterday with a final $40 million settlement. The companies agreed to chip in $20 million each...
STARR REPORT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amChiklis confesses: I love SpongeBob! Michael Chiklis, who plays tough-guy cop Vic Mackey on FX's "The Shield," is really a softy at heart - who loves Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants," calling...
MEAL-Y FUNNY WEB SITE FOR FOOD FLIGHT FANS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amFEW admit to liking airplane food - but a popular Web site shows the oft-ridiculed cusine has its admirers. AirlineMeals.net currently contains 2,181 pictures of meals from 221 airlines, sent...
NEW MALT FROM OLD BARRELS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amMOST Irish whiskey - no matter the name on the label - is made in one mammoth distillery by the conglomerate Irish Distillers Group in County Cork. Among the few...
A BOUNCY BRIT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amBEND IT LIKE BECKHAM [ 1/2] Kickin' it. Running time: 112 minutes. Rated PG- 13 (language and sexual content). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Sunshine Cinemas.. ----- A monster...
GRACE IN THE CROWD
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amLENTINI [] 1562 SECOND AVE., AT 81ST STREET (212) 628-3131 ------ THE Upper East Side offers a rude awakening for lovers of Italian cooking. The co-op-and- condo country from Bloomingdale's...
OLD FLAMBÉS - CHEFS REVISIT CHILDHOOD DESSERTS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amCALL it sweet nostalgia. Retro desserts are showing up at some of the city's nicest tables. Local chefs are raiding the old family recipe box for classic baked goods from...
OH, SHUT UP! KELLY LEAVING HOME AND MOM'S A BLITHERING WRECK
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amKELLY Osbourne is leaving the nest. The petulant daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is on the verge of moving out of her parents Beverly Hills home, but she's not...
A SHARP COMEDY WORKS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amHOLD PLEASE At the Blue Heron, 123 E. 24th St. Call SmartTix (212) 206-1515. Through March 30. ----- THE Working Theater, which last brought us "Tabletop," Rob Ackerman's splendid look...
TEED OFF AT HARVEY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amNOW you, too, can join the parade of stars who've been thanking Miramax czar Harvey Weinstein during this season's awards shows. Handmade T-shirts emblazoned with a tuxedo-clad gent cradling a...
TRIFLING WITH TRUFFLES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWHERE art thou, Theo? The West Side eatery owned by Jonathan Morr and his partners - their other restaurants include Bond Street, Indochine and Thom - has suddenly closed and...
PEEP'S QUICK TO PLEASE YOU
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amPeep 177 Prince St., between Sullivan & Thompson streets (212) 254-7337 ----- THERE'S something you should know about Peep: The low-lit bathrooms in this happening Thai eatery are equipped with...
PIX OF TOKYO GIRLS SKIRT THE LINE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amJAPANESE fashion is known for being outrageous - but are Tokyo gals really wearing skirts that put their panty lines on display? Photos of Japanese women allegedly sporting "see-through" skirts...
'LORD' OF MISTAKES - MOVIE LEADS PACK WITH MOST GAFFES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amTHE Best Picture Oscar won't be handed out for another week and a half, but the winner for most bloopers is already in. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two...
STERN HOT TO SUE 'SEARCH'
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amHOWARD Stern says he plans to sue the producers of the ABC reality show "Are You Hot? The Search for America's Sexiest People" claiming that they stole the idea from...
WHO'S WHACKING WHO? - THE INSIDE STORY OF JAMES GANDOLFINI'S WAR WITH HBO
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amJAMES Gandolfini is battling to squeeze a reported $1 million per "Sopranos" episode from HBO, but the real-life actor is no Tony Soprano. A lawyer for the network - who...
YANKS GIVE 180G FOR BALI VICTIMS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe Bali Relief Fund has raised more than $180,000 to aid victims of last year's terrorist attacks, which killed at least 193 people from 20 different countries on Oct. 12...
DEAD AMERICANS - WHAT PRICE FOR PARISIAN PERFIDY?
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amTHE government of France is fighting an undeclared war with the United States. The result will be the needless deaths of American soldiers in the Gulf. And the more Americans...
PATAKI PANS CABLE PLAN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday questioned a proposal by his own Public Service Commission to take away automatic credits granted to cable customers who lose service. "If my cable service...
HEROES SLAIN: NO MERCY - COPS: HERE'S ICE-COLD KILLER WHO EXECUTED 2 DETECTIVES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThis is the face of the man police accuse of the coldblooded, execution-style slaying of two detectives on Staten Island. Ronell Wilson, 20, allegedly shot both cops in the head...
YOU SLIMY 'SADIST' - MOM REAMS COLLEGE FIEND WHO KILLED SON
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe grieving mother of a slain Long Island college student yesterday faced her son's thrill killer at his sentencing, and told him he was "a slippery, self-obsessed sadist" who had...
9/11 KIN: REDEVELOP BIG MUST GO
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amDozens of relatives of 9/11 victims have signed a petition calling for a downtown development official to resign, charging that she opposes a "tomb of the unknown" for unrecovered victims'...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amA hospital has created a special kissing area for doctors and nurses to say goodbye to their loved ones as they arrive for work. The move was made because staffers...
DAD WHO SHOT BURGLAR NIXES DEAL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn DA's office has offered to reduce the weapons charge against a Navy veteran who shot a career burglar prowling near his toddler's bedroom - but the shooter insists...
WAKSAL WILL PAY 800G TO SETTLE - FOR STARTERS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amPrison-bound bio-tech entrepreneur Sam Waksal has agreed to cough up $800,000 to begin settling his civil insider-trading charges, including a new count that the ImClone founder tried to profit from...
FINAL WTC AGONY STAYS PRIVATE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amDocuments that reveal the last moments of many of the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks should remain private, a Manhattan judge ruled yesterday. Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Eve...
SMUG THUG GETS 20 YEARS IN TEEN SLAY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amAn admitted killer smiled when a judge yesterday sentenced him to 20 years to life behind bars for killing a 16-year-old girl during a fight in her tiny front yard...
TOKENS KAPUT AFTER MAY 4 HIKE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amStraphangers who hoard tokens in hope of saving a few bucks won't be able to use them once fares shoot up to $2 on May 4, The Post has learned....
DNA-TEST DOUGH SOUGHT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration is asking for $1 billion over five years to create a massive criminal DNA database that would get more rapists and killers off the streets....
MAYOR RIPS GOV'S MEDICAID PLAN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amSurrounded by 21 county executives from around the state, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday described the state's Medicaid funding formula as "taxation without representation." It was the mayor's harshest statement to date...
CITY COUNCIL SET TO RENEW RENT CONTROLS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe city's rent-regulation laws - which expire next month - cleared the first step to renewal yesterday. The City Council's Housing and Buildings Committee voted yesterday to extend the regulations...
A COMMUNITY SHUDDERS AMID ITS REBIRTH
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amBEFORE dawn, the thrill killer hugged the shadows below the clattering tracks of the Long Island Rail Road. In the dark and the din, he might as well have been...
STRIKE UP THE BAND!: MAYOR-BROKERED PACT ENDS WALKOUT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amHail, hail, the band's all here! Broadway musicals were up and running last night following the end of a four-day strike by the musicians union that dimmed the lights on...
REP. JIM MORAN BLASTED BY PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPOKESMAN FOR JEWISH COMMENT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday blasted a Democratic congressman for blaming "the Jewish community" for the showdown with Saddam Hussein. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) told an anti-war rally: "If...
JURY BAFFLED BY GOTTI CHARGES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amConfused jurors in Peter Gotti's racketeering trial revealed yesterday that they are struggling over the few charges in the sweeping case that implicate the accused Gambino boss. "We are having...
KLEIN TO BOOST ACADEMICS AT 'VOCATIONALS'
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has proposed an overhaul of the curriculum for vocational- and technical-training high schools, to help their students pass the Regents exams, The Post has learned....
BELLEVUE WORST AT ANGIO SURVIVAL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Bellevue Hospital had the worst mortality rate of any of the 36 hospitals in the state that perform heart angioplasty procedures, a state Health Department report shows. The...
POLICE NAB 5 IN ARCADE BEDLAM
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amFive suspects were arrested yesterday for taking part in Sunday's violent melee inside a crowded Times Square arcade in which 10 people were shot or stabbed, police said. The dispute,...
SPECTOR BOAST: 'I TOLD YOU SO'
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amALHAMBRA, Calif. - Embattled pop maestro Phil Spector declared his innocence yesterday and lashed out at cops who busted him after they found a B-movie queen fatally shot in the...
PSYCHO SLAYER CAUGHT ON TAPE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThis is the first picture of the coldblooded monster who calmly walked into a Brooklyn laundermat Monday morning, pulled a gun on a helpless clerk and blew his brains out....
GIRL'S TESTIMONY HAUNTS POLANSKI
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amShocking new details of the 1977 statutory-rape case against exiled director Roman Polanski have surfaced - threatening to derail his dramatic comeback bid for an Oscar. Graphic testimony from Polanski's...
TEACH CHARGED IN SCHOOL $CAM
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amA retired Queens high-school teacher was charged yesterday with stealing paychecks issued to students and plundering school funds. John Frimet, a 35-year veteran biology teacher at John Adams HS until...
THEATER MUSICIANS 'PRODUCE' A VICTORY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amBROADWAY producers tried to put a positive spin on their settlement with the musicians yesterday, arguing that a 25 percent reduction in orchestra minimums was a pretty significant concession. But...
'THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS': 21,500-LB. MONSTER MEANT TO SHOCK IRAQ INTO SURRENDER
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Call it operation "Desert Stun." The U.S. military yesterday exploded a newly developed 21,500-pound monster weapon nicknamed the "mother of all bombs" - and let Saddam Hussein know...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * Cops responding to the report of a crazed dog in East New York were forced to shoot and kill a snarling pit bull. The incident occurred at 11:30...
BLAKE HAD GUNPOWDER ON HANDS: LAPD
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - An LAPD scientist testified yesterday that Robert Blake's hands showed traces of gunpowder the night his wife was murdered, but prosecutors still fell short of sticking a...
KILLER WISEGUY STOLE WTC $CRAPS: FEDS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amFederal prosecutors lobbed new allegations at a reputed Bonanno wiseguy awaiting trial for murder - accusing him of scheming to steal millions of dollars worth of Ground Zero scrap metal...
HBO RETURNS 'SOPRANO'S' FIRE IN COURT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amHBO came out swinging yesterday in its battle with wayward actor James Gandolfini, whacking the "Sopranos" star with a $100 million breach-of-contract lawsuit. The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles...
PARENTS HAVE 'TIL MAR. 21 TO REQUEST NEW SCHOOL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein has sent letters to parents of 228,000 students saying he's trying to improve their low performing schools - but they can choose to transfer their kids...
FIEND DESECRATES SEPT. 11 MEMORIAL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00am"Is nothing sacred?" The question tumbled out of Noreen McDonough yesterday afternoon as she learned someone had vandalized the lower Manhattan memorial to her fiancé and two other Supreme Court...
DAD WHO SHOT BURGLAR NIXES B'KLYN DA'S DEAL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn District Attorney's Office has offered to reduce the weapons charge against a Navy veteran who shot a career burglar prowling near his toddler's bedroom - but the shooter...
FRENCH FRIES ARE TOAST
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congress said au revoir to french fries and french toast yesterday at three cafeterias at the House of Representatives - renaming the dishes "freedom fries" and "freedom toast."...
RUMMY REMARK DECKS BRITS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Pentagon chief Don Rumsfeld yesterday sparked a furor by hinting that the United States may have to go to war without British troops because British Prime Minister Tony...
SURPRISING SYMPATHY DAWNS IN PROJECTS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amIN A housing project where bitter confrontations with the NYPD can occur daily, grandmother Gladys Taylor thought only one thing as police stormed her apartment looking for Monday's cop-slay suspects:...
FINEST IN UNDERCOVER PROTEST
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amMore than a dozen current and former undercover cops, some wearing kerchiefs and hockey masks to shield their identities, rallied outside Police Headquarters yesterday to protest what they called dangerous...
OSCAR-WORDY WINNERS WILL BE 'PLAYED' OFF STAGE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amOscar officials will give the hook to long-winded winners this year if they try to thank everyone from their parents to their personal trainers in their acceptance speeches. Winners will...
NO MERCY. HEROES SLAIN - COPS HUNT ICE-COLD KILLER WHO BLEW AWAY DETECTIVES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThis is the face of the man wanted by cops for the cold-blooded, execution-style slaying of two detectives on Staten Island. The NYPD has announced a man-hunt for Ronell Wilson,...
ANATOMY OF A NIGHTMARE: HOW NYPD'S MOST PERILOUS JOB COST 2 COPS THEIR LIVES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe Tac Plan meeting began at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Detective A had been working on the sting for six months. The previous week - posing as a gun buyer -...
JORDAN'S MAY BE ONLY ONE TO BEAT BUTT BAN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00am17 Days 'Til Smoking Ban The air may truly be rarefied at Michael Jordan's The Steakhouse in Grand Central Terminal, once New York City's smoking ban begins March 30. After...
FIEND'S DESECRATION OF 9/11 MEMORIAL APPALLING
March 12, 2003 | 5:00am"Is nothing sacred?" The question tumbled out of Noreen McDonough yesterday afternoon as she learned someone had vandalized the lower Manhattan memorial to her fiancé and two other Supreme Court...
FREE-RIDE FIRM SCRAMBLES TO RETRIEVE CASH GIFTS TO POLS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - A bribery-linked Florida company is seeking to recover thousands of dollars in illegal contributions it gave to state lawmakers, The Post has learned. Correctional Services Corporation, the focus...
STORM HOPE FOR GARDEN PARTY - HATTEN AND CO. LOOKING TO MAKE IRISH EYES CRY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThere is nothing more important at this time of the season than for a team to know who and what it is. Grasp that, and intangibles such as teamwork, confidence...
OLD BLUE SEATS DON'T FEEL THE SAME ANYMORE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWE would get there early, climb up to the old blue seats at Madison Square Garden, and we would set up camp for the rest of the day. Twelve hours....
EL DUQUE FEELS OK ON EXPOS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amMET NOTES VIERA, Fla. - Orlando Hernandez was the first man to run each morning when Expos pitchers and catchers reported to spring training last month. General manager Omar Minaya...
NETS SEE MARSHALL IN DONNY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amHow much do the Nets love Donny Marshall? "I'll pay his salary for him to stay the rest of the season," Kenyon Martin said, voicing his desire that Marshall remain...
BIG BLUE TURNS TO GREEN, FINN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe Giants yesterday signed two unheralded free agents they hope fill specific needs, adding fullback Jim Finn and cornerback Ray Green. Finn, a local product who lives in Fair Lawn,...
MILBURY DOES JOB FOR ISLES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amIslanders GM Mike Milbury didn't disappoint at yesterday's frenzied NHL trade deadline, acquiring defenseman Janne Niinimaa from Edmonton and trading away goalie Chris Osgood to St. Louis in separate deals...
RANGERS CASH IN AGAIN - GET OILERS' CARTER FOR DVORAK, CROSS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amLOOK. Some NHL team was going to be obligated to pay Alex Kovalev the $7 million minimum he's going to be awarded in salary arbitration this summer, so why not...
SPRINGING A LEAK - YANKS' SHODDY PLAY ADDS TO STENCH AT LEGENDS FIELD
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amTigers 3 - Yankees 2 TAMPA - Just because the games are meaningless doesn't mean the Yankees don't reek. The reclaimed water soaking the Legends Field prairie late yesterday wasn't...
WESTHOFF NOT ONE TO PANIC IF CHAD BOLTS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amIt might look as if Mike Westhoff's world is crumbling before him, but you'd never be able to tell by speaking to him. The Jets' special teams coach already has...
HALL'S ORR BIG EAST'S TOP COACH
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amNot much was expected out of Louis Orr's Seton Hall Pirates this season. His fellow Big East coaches picked the Pirates to finish sixth in the West Division. When the...
BANNEKER COACH PREDICTS WIN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amWendell Saunders knows what it's like to win a PSAL championship. The Banneker head coach not only guided the Warriors to the "B" title two years ago, he won an...
ST. RAY'S ROAD TO TITLE GAME HAD POTHOLES
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amIt would be easy to look at St. Raymond's 25-3 record, which includes a spotless 16-0 mark against CHSAA foes, and believe that the Ravens have had a smooth ride...
PODS SCOUT MONDESI AND WHITE
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - With the Padres looking for a right-handed hitting corner outfielder to replace the injured Phil Nevin and the Yankees willing to trade Rondell White or Raul...
HE'S TOM HORRIFIC - GLAVINE ROUGHED UP AGAIN
March 12, 2003 | 5:00am11 INNINGS: Mets 6 - Expos 6 VIERA, Fla. - There were smoked doubles, booming triples and consecutive extra-base hits. Unfortunately for Tom Glavine, however, there wasn't a good changeup...
ST. FRANCIS, WAGNER GO FOR GLORY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe boys at Wagner College want to play fast basketball. Their peers at St. Francis want to play even faster. Whichever team finds its favored tempo in tonight's Northeast Conference...
CHANEY: MSG FANS FAIL
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amGrizzlies 87 - Knicks 85 Two days after Shandon Anderson said the Madison Square Garden fans who cheered his missed free throw during Sunday's Michael Jordan farewell fiesta "can go...
DEVILS COME UP EMPTY ON ICE, OFF
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThrashers 3 - Devils 2 Lou Lamoriello didn't trade them, Pat Burns wouldn't play them. Scott Gomez and Oleg Tverdovsky landed squarely in the Devils' doghouse last night. It was...
KNICKS MEET GRIZZLY END
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amA bizarre Shane Battier 4-point play to close the half. A dunkfest by Stromile Swift. A last-minute charge on Allan Houston. A last-second offensive rebound and jumper by Jason Williams....
LAYDEN SCOUTS EURO TALENT
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knicks GM Scott Layden had an important sitdown with his Yugoslavian point-guard-of-the-future Milos Vujanic, finally got to see "Baby Shaq" and took another peek at Darko Milicic. Those...
LOU CAN'T SCORE DEAL FOR DEVILS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe big Shark would not swim in the Atlantic, not with the Devils. Lou Lamoriello was thwarted on every side as he tried to bring in a big scorer at...
LAYDEN TAKES LOOK AT EUROPEAN CENTERS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knicks GM Scott Layden finally got to see "Baby Shaq" and took another peek at Darko Milicic. Layden and assistant GM Jeff Nix returned last week from a...
DON: KNICK GARDEN NEEDS BETTER ROOTS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amTwo days after Shandon Anderson said the Garden fans who cheered his missed free throw Sunday during the Michael Jordan farewell fiesta, "can go to hell," Don Chaney chimed in,...
ST. FRANCIS, WAGNER EYE SHOT AT GLORY
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amThe boys at Wagner College want to play fast basketball. Their peers at St. Francis want to play even faster. Whichever team finds its favored tempo in tonight's Northeast Conference...
CBS: NO ESPN MADNESS
March 12, 2003 | 5:00amIf war coverage pre-empts CBS' NCAA Tournament telecasts, the network's sports president, Sean McManus, said yesterday it is unlikely the games will end up on ESPN. "Our strong preference is...