January 30, 2004

ROXIO LOOKS TO SLICE APPLE PIE

Can anyone take a bite out of Apple? With the computer maker in the unusual position as market leader, competitors are rushing to close the gap in the field of...

NEW MARTHA MAG IS MISSING MARTHA

Martha Stewart is making headlines everywhere these days - except in her own magazines. The company she founded, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, will release a test issue for a new...

HIGH STAKES IN STREET'S SUPER BOWL POOLS

Super Bowl Sunday is approaching and Wall Street traders are gearing up for high stakes. Some of the betting pools that are filling up fast on New York's and Chicago's...

SEC LOOKING INTO EXCESSIVE FEES CHARGED BY INDEX FUNDS

The SEC is investigating whether index funds charge excessive fees to customers for what is a straight-forward management duty, the agency said yesterday. Index funds track a regular basket of...

FRASCH DEFECTION STIRS LUXE RIVALRY

Score one for Saks Inc. Ronald Frasch's decision, announced yesterday, to join Saks and leave his post as chief executive of Bergdorf Goodman raises serious questions of succession for the...

DISNEY SHUT OUT; PIXAR ENDS MOVIE-DEAL TALKS; SEEKS NEW PARTNER

Disney chief Michael Eisner suffered another blow yesterday when animation partner Pixar Animation Studios announced it was ending talks on extending a lucrative movie deal between the two companies. The...

MICROSOFT DOUBLES BOUNTY FOR MYDOOM VIRUS AUTHOR

The bounty for the writer of MyDoom, the most virulent computer virus in history, was increased to $500,000 yesterday. Microsoft offered $250,000 for the capture and conviction of the hacker...

ROSIE GETS HER REVENGE: 'VICTORY PARTY' CELEBRATES BREWSTER'S OUSTER AT G+J

ROSIE O'Donnell was partying heartily the day after she heard that her bitter rival Dan Brewster had been fired as the head of Gruner + Jahr USA. One of the...

WALL STREETERS ARE THREATENED BY DEAN

Although Wall Street prospers the most when a Democratic sits in the White House, market watchers say they would be horrified if Howard Dean were elected. "Dean is more threatening...

MORGY IS SEARCHING OFFICE OF NYMEX VP

The Manhattan district attorney's office has issued a search warrant for the office of a senior New York Mercantile Exchange official, The Post has learned. On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney...

SEC MOVES TO BLOCK COZY BROKER, FUND DEALS KILLS FUND PERKS.

Staff members at the Securities and Exchange Commission plan to recommend that the commissioners ban mutual funds from paying higher commissions to brokers who promote the company's funds. "We are...

NOT MUCH 'BOUNCE' : SURF'S ALL THAT'S UP IN LAID-BACK REMAKE

THE BIG BOUNCE (two stars) Pleasant cable filler.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sex, nudity, violence, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Cinema 1, the Battery Park City, others. IT would...

'SHREK 2' CANNES DO IT

'SHREK 2" is following in the green footsteps of its predecessor, premiering in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Voice cast members Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Julie...

YOU'LL STILL BE HUNGRY

EAT THIS NEW YORK (two stars)Running time: 80 minutes. Not rated (language). At Cinema Village, 12th Street between Fifth Avenue & University Place. EAT This New York" is a docu...

LITTLE FAITH IN 'LATTER'

LATTER DAYS (two stars) No saints here.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (sex, full-frontal nudity, profanity). At the Quad, West 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. C.J. Cox, who...

CANCER IN THE VIEIRA FAMILY

MEREDITH Vieira and husband Richard Cohen tell jokes - and lots of them - to handle the life-threatening illness that has struck Cohen. "I would kid him about . ....

URBAN DANCE DRAMA SIDESTEPS THE DRAMA

YOU GOT SERVED (one star) You got bored. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual references). At the Astor Plaza, the Union Square, the Harlem USA, others. BREAK-dancing movies, which...

GIVE 'EM AN F

THE PERFECT SCORE (one star) Mission: Implausible.Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (profanity, sex, drugs). At the E-Walk, the Orpheum, the Union Square, others. POOR Scarlett Johansson - Hollywood's hottest...

'RUN' A BLAST

ON THE RUN (three stars) Fast-moving thriller.In French with English subtitles. Running time: 117 minutes. Not rated. At the Angelika, corner of Houston and Mercer Streets. AN enjoyably spare and...

THIS 'SWAN' AN UGLY DUCKLING

SWAN LAKE New York City Ballet at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season runs through Feb. 29. THE present season by New York City Ballet celebrating the...

POPS' TOP FAN; SKATES, CAKES & CYNDI LAUPER DRAPED OVER HIM

"Wear jeans, tails or a tutu - just come."Keith Lockhart AFTER 10 years helming the Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart is starting to get asked The Question: Will he stay as...

'MILLION'-DOLLAR QUESTIONS ONE THING IS SURE: MORE $$$

JUST how Regis Philbin is going to give away a new $10 million super-prize on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" appears to be still undetermined - with just three...

STARR REPORT

The 'R' word Showtime didn't wait long, renew ing "The L Word" after only two ep isodes. That's the fastest re newal in Showtime history and will comprise 13 new...

CUT-RATE STARS; JACKMAN & PETERS NOT MADE OF GOLD

MOMMA'S goin' down, and Hugh's in the discount bin. Bernadette Peters, Momma Rose in "Gypsy," and Hugh Jackman, Peter Allen in "The Boy From Oz," are, after Matthew and Nathan...

TAXI RIDERSHIP WILL DROP AS FARE RISES: COMMISH

The head of the Taxi and Limousine Commission yesterday admitted that fewer people would hail cabs after a 26 percent rate hike. "There probably will be a ridership drop-off," said...

BRONX BABY DROWNS IN BUCKET

A 1-year-old Bronx boy drowned after he fell head first into a 5-gallon bucket filled with water from a leaky ceiling, police said yesterday. Malik Uceta was found dead in...

15 TO LIFE FOR GRAMPA KILLER

A Brooklyn man who was high on crack when he strangled his 85-year-old grandfather was sentenced yesterday to 15 years to life behind bars as part of a plea bargain....

WEIRD BUT TRUE

An Iowa woman tried to defend her hubby against indecent-exposure charges -by telling a jury his penis was too small to be seen by his alleged victim. A female postal...

'VAMPIRE' FAN COPS SLAY PLEA

A fan of a cult TV vampire soap opera pleaded guilty yesterday to killing his fiancée after she jilted him in a Midtown hotel. "Yes," a resigned Richard Jenkins replied...

TALE OF THE TAPE; MESSAGE COULD CLEAR WOMAN IN DAD SLAY

An explosive audiotape surfaced yesterday -containing a stunning admission of guilt by the sister of a correction officer on trial for beating their father to death with a pipe. Renee...

TEACHERS AIM TO TORPEDO EVA

Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten has declared war on City Council education watchdog Eva Moskowitz - urging her 120,000 members to vote against Moskowitz in any future election, The Post...

LAUGHTER SENDS OFF NEWS LEGEND NACHMAN

FATHER Pete Colapietro looked at the congregation and said solemnly, "I loved that guy with all my heart . . . and half my liver." Father Pete, known as the...

PELOSI RIPS 'BAD' RAP IN BLACK & BLUE HAWAII

Danny Pelosi went on vacation in Hawaii to get away from his troubles as a murder suspect and ended up in trouble in paradise - busted for allegedly assaulting a...

PRISONER SWAP AMID MORE TERROR THUG THREATS

JERUSALEM - Hezbollah guerrillas celebrated a massive exchange of prisoners with Israel by threatening to kidnap more soldiers along the Lebanese borders. "Next time, I promise you we will capture...

KAY DID FIND CAUSE FOR FEAR

WHAT if I told you that a ruthless dictator - a monster who had once used chemical weapons on his own people, had twice attacked and invaded neighboring countries and...

HOWIE: MICHIGAN'S ALL I NEED TO SURVIVE

LANSING, Mich. - Howard Dean says he can survive losses in seven more states on Tuesday, but insists his campaign will stay alive if he wins one of the biggest...

NEW NAMES ON IRAQ BRIBE LIST

WASHINGTON - A prominent Iraqi-American businessman, the son of the late Egyptian leader Gamel Nasser, the president of Indonesia and a controversial British politician were among the new names that...

L.I. MAN: COP BEAT ME SENSELESS

A Long Island contractor has filed a notice of claim to sue the Southold Police Department, claiming a police officer beat him into unconsciousness last month after he asked about...

ALIEN 'BURB PERVS BUSTED

In a sweep across Westchester County yesterday, federal agents rounded up 29 aliens convicted of sex crimes. "We knocked on their doors at about 5 a.m. and surprised them in...

SHOCKING NEW CITY DEATHTRAP; SIZZLING VOLTAGE FROM MANHOLE

An electrified Lower East Side manhole cover carried enough voltage yesterday to jolt you dead, a Post investigation found. The manhole in front of 95 Pitt St. registered a charge...

STOP, BRIEF! JAIL UNDIES STOLEN

A Long Island jail employee has been charged with stealing more than $13,000 worth of male and female underwear meant for inmates. The worker allegedly smuggled the skivvies out one...

MAYOR RAILS AGAINST MET-NORTH $$

Mayor Bloomberg blasted the MTA yesterday for spending $231 million on new Metro-North rail cars, saying the state agency has "forgotten" about the city's transit needs. "I think the MTA...

DIVA'S GOOD THING; JUDGE DELAYS FANEUIL TESTIMONY

The government case against Martha Stewart was thrown into chaos yesterday when the judge ordered prosecutors to delay the testimony of star witness Douglas Faneuil for a week. Judge Miriam...

SOLUTION IS WITHIN OUR POWER

Con Ed and the city could take steps to make the city's 250,000 street-level electrical-connection boxes safer, an electricity expert told The Post. "There are all kinds of agencies that...

BUBBA BOOSTS JOHN

WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton came back to the Capitol yesterday, giving advice to Senate Democrats eager to regain power and saying front-runner John Kerry can win the White House. "All...

JURY HEARS OF SUBWAY SLASH AGONY

A Massachusetts college student waiting for a subway train was slashed in the face by a homeless man, leaving her screaming and drenched in blood, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday....

CLASSES IN CRAM SESSION

Class sizes have shot up in every grade in the city's public elementary and middle schools this academic year, new figures show - and the number of high schools crammed...

MIKE BOOS SNOOZE IN $1B TIX-BLITZ BLUNDER

Mayor Bloomberg demanded yesterday that the Daily News print a "very large correction" after the paper published a bogus front-page story claiming the city would collect $1 billion in parking...

KERRY WOULD CRIPPLE DEFENSE: GOP BOSS

GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Republican Party chief yesterday ripped into Democratic candidate John Kerry as a soft-on-defense liberal who would "weaken our national security." The blast came as Kerry emerged...

LAWYERS WANT TO GRILL FANEUIL

Martha Stewart's lawyers want to grill rookie broker Douglas Faneuil over whether he smoked pot or took "ecstasy," sources told The Post yesterday. Stewart's lawyer Robert Morvillo yesterday told Manhattan...

ICE QUEEN FINALLY HAS REASON TO (ALMOST) CRACK A SMILE

THE Ice Queen thawed. Martha Stewart teetered along the courthouse hallway on brown spike skyscraper-high heels - shoes that betrayed not a speck of the salt and muck that stained...

BACK FROM DEAD; ICE MAN'S HEART STOPPED AS BODY TEMP HIT 75

A former Brooklyn resident miraculously survived an icy night unconscious in a snow bank - during which his body temperature plunged to 75 degrees and his pulse stopped for more...

DA TODAY STARTS PROBE OF COP IN TEEN DEATH

Brooklyn prosecutors planned to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury today in a cop's fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager - on the day his grieving family lays him...

CON ED'S $2 BUNGLE CAUSED TRAGIC JOLT

For lack of a dollar or two's worth of plastic tape, an East Village woman died of electrocution, Con Edison admitted yesterday. Workers should have applied the tape to a...

BLOOMBERG PAL A VICTIM

JERUSALEM - A columnist for the Brooklyn-based Jewish Press who met Mayor Bloomberg last year during the mayor's visit to Israel was among the 10 victims of yesterday's bus bombing....

GREEN LIGHT ON '93 WTC BOMB SUITS

Allowing 175 lawsuits from the 1993 terror bombing of the World Trade Center to proceed, a Manhattan judge yesterday rejected the Port Authority's claim that the attack wasn't "foreseeable." Manhattan...

PUFF? DID HE! DIDDY DRIVER SMOKED POT AFTER JAIL

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' former driver testified yesterday he was living the high life shortly after a night with Jennifer Lopez and the hip-hop honcho that he claims ruined him....

DEBATER DEAN SLAMS KERRY ON HEALTH CARE

GREENVILLE, S.C. - A feisty but focused Howard Dean last night went after Democratic front-runner John Kerry as an ineffective senator who can't "get results" on vital issues like health...

GROUND ZERO REBUILD COST TO HIT $11B

Rebuilding the office and retail space at the World Trade Center will cost close to $7.5 billion - part of a total Ground Zero reconstruction tab of more than $11...

MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN NYPD WATCHDOG UNIT

About 20 cops from the self-policing unit of the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau have been removed after failing to detect corruption by fellow officers. The move comes amid an...

UNEVEN STEVENS; CAPTAIN FEELS BETTER, BUT RETURN UNCERTAIN

DETROIT - Feeling "better" after trading skates for snowshoes, Devils captain Scott Stevens told The Post yesterday he still has no idea when he will return to the lineup after...

ARAB COP SET OFF DEADLY BUS BLAST

JERUSALEM - A Palestinian policeman - and supporter of a terrorist group linked to Yasser Arafat - said he was seeking revenge for an Israeli raid on Gaza City when...

ARAFAT SAFE FROM ARIEL'S RETALIATION

JERUSALEM -The Israeli defense brass went into a midnight session last night with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to decide how to make terrorists pay for the latest massacre. There was...

FIREHOUSE ACTIVISTS DODGE JAIL

Seven Williamsburg activists, charged with trespassing after they occupied their local firehouse last May, avoided jail time yesterday even though a judge threw cold water on their defense. The so-called...

TLC SEES FEWER HAILS AFTER TAXI FARE HIKE

The head of the Taxi and Limousine Commission yesterday admitted that fewer people would hail taxis in the immediate future if there's a 26 percent rate hike. "There probably will...

GREEN LIGHT FOR '93 WTC BOMB SUITS

Allowing 175 lawsuits from the 1993 terror-bombing of the World Trade Center to proceed, a Manhattan judge yesterday rejected the Port Authority's claim that the attack wasn't "foreseeable." Manhattan Supreme...

FIREHOUSE ACTIVISTS WON'T GET BURNED

Seven Williamsburg activists charged with trespassing after they occupied their local firehouse last May avoided jail time yesterday even though a judge threw cold water on their defense. The so-called...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN: A masked intruder threw an elderly priest to the ground yesterday after the clergyman caught him lurking inside a SoHo friary, police said. The 73-year-old retired priest, who sources...

DIZZY DEAN: I ONLY NEED TO WIN MICHIGAN

LANSING, Mich. - Howard Dean says he can survive losses in seven more states on Tuesday, but insists his campaign will stay alive if he wins one of the biggest...

TALE OF THE TAPE: MESSAGE COULD CLEAR WOMAN IN DAD SLAY

An explosive audiotape surfaced yesterday containing a stunning admission of guilt by the sister of a correction officer on trial for beating their father to death with a pipe. Renee...

M'SOFT BUMPS UP BOUNTY

The bounty for the writer of MyDoom, the most virulent computer virus in history, was increased to $500,000 yesterday. Microsoft offered $250,000 for the capture and conviction of the hacker...

ISLES GET GIFT POINT

OVERTIME Bruins 2 Islanders 1 BOSTON - Unlike Tuesday's tie with the Bruins on their home ice, the Islanders could not blame the officiating for not winning this one. There...

SUCCESS A REAL TURNOFF ; PANTHERS FANS WILL PAY WITH LATE-NIGHT GAMES

TWO DAYS before Supe is served and it's already a lock: The losers will be the fans and patrons of the Carolina Panthers. Over the last three regular seasons, 23...

CAROLINA QB FEELS AT HOME

HOUSTON - Only 48 hours from the biggest stage of his life, Jake Delhomme stares into the spotlight and does not blink. "I'm about as calm as I've been all...

THIS TAX DEDUCTION IS SMOOTH SAILING

THAT hole in the water that you pour money into every year just may classify as a second home, which means you get a break from the IRS. "For tax...

PATS ALL THE WAY ; BELICHICK'S BOYS WON'T BE STOPPED

TWO weeks ago, before the Patriots did a number on Peyton Manning, I re-stated this column's golden rule, which has been in effect since midseason. It is now time to...

LAW & DISORDER ; TY COULD BE PLAYING LAST GAME FOR PATS

HOUSTON - Ty Law is probably the best pure cornerback in the NFL. After Sunday, however, he might be gone from the Patriots, with whom he's carved out a career...

HOUSTON PLANS TO TAKE BREAK

The Knicks want Allan Houston right for the playoffs, not for the dog days of February. In reaching a bold, if risky, decision yesterday, Houston will sit out indefinitely, perhaps...

LIEBER'S OPTIMISTIC AFTER EARLY WORKOUT

With all the bad news surrounding Aaron Boone's injury, the Yankees finally got some good injury news yesterday regarding two recovering players, Jon Lieber and Steve Karsay. In his first...

BEDEVILED NETS COURT SALVATION

ORLANDO - Don't tell the Nets "you ain't seen nothing yet" when it comes to this wacky season. Because basically, they have seen it all. A coaching change. The sale...

SVEN GETS CHANCE TO STRETCH WINGS

BOSTON - Sven Butenschon has shown flashes of brilliance on the blue line, but as a defenseman, he's gotten too few opportunities to crack the top-six and far less of...

'ZO REMAINS IN NETS' PLANS

NET NOTES ORLANDO - Alonzo Mourning, even after his kidney transplant, remains part of the Nets' present and might even be part of their future, according to coach Lawrence Frank....

STEVENS STILL UNEVEN FEELING BETTER, BUT RETURN TO ACTION UNCERTAIN

"I really don't know what the next step is, or how long it will take." SCOTT STEVENS DETROIT - Feeling "better" after trading skates for snowshoes, Devils captain Scott Stevens...

HAMILTON DISCOVERS LONG-LOST FAMILY

HOUSTON - Bobby Hamilton is a part of two Super Bowls this week. Before he starts at defensive end for the Patriots against the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII at...

SHANE COMES BACK - TO SHEA

Right field in Queens this year should look an awful lot like right field in The Bronx the last two years. The Mets made it official yesterday, signing former Yankee...

MASER: TOM'S UP FOR BIG BLUE

HOUSTON - The first team meeting Tom Coughlin presides over with the Giants will not be for the faint of heart. That's the word from someone who's known Coughlin since...

CLUB OPENS OWN PROBE OF GRIFFIN

ORLANDO - The Nets launched their own investigation into Eddie Griffin's incident at a Rutherford, N.J., hotel last weekend when police responded to calls from a frightened guest after the...

ISIAH'S EYES ON ANOTHER SHOOTER

KNICK NOTES With Allan Houston's playing status uncertain, Knicks boss Isiah Thomas is expected to step up efforts to bring in another perimeter scorer, or make a blockbuster, with Shandon...

RICE'S KELLY FIRED UP FOR DEBUT

Curtis Kelly had plans for this year. The 6-8 sophomore had drawn the attention of practically every college coach who had seen him over the summer when he played AAU...

WHOOO! PANTHERS WISH THEY HAD FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC

SUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL HOUSTON - The Panthers are big in Charlotte. Real big and getting bigger all the time. But they're not as big as native son Ric Flair of...

'COACH KILLERS' NOT GUILTY

BYE-RON SCOTT'S sacking encouraged an irresistibly, hysterical deduction by the Playa Haters segment of the media: The NBA is a (cancerous) cluster of coach killers. Naturally, crooked little fingers were...

NAVARRO FOLLOWING IN OSCAR'S FOOTSTEPS

Jose Navarro and Oscar De La Hoya's stories are so identical - kid from a huge Latino family grows up in tough section of L.A., reaches the Olympics, loses a...

LINDROS' FUTURE CLOUDY ; CONCUSSION NO. 8 COULD MEAN END

The future of Eric Lindros - both for the short- and long-term - remained unknown in the aftermath of No. 88's visit to Montreal yesterday, during which he was examined...

QBS NEED NOT BE GREAT

HOUSTON - During Super Bowl week last year, John Fox was congratulated for the Panthers' improvement from 1-15 in 2001 to 7-9 in his first season as Carolina's head coach....

UNEVEN STEVENS: CAPTAIN FEELS BETTER, BUT RETURN UNCERTAIN

DETROIT - Feeling "better" after trading skates for snowshoes, Devils captain Scott Stevens told The Post yesterday he still has no idea when he will return to the lineup after...

SHANDON MOVES UP WITH ALLAN OUT

KNICK NOTES With Allan Houston on rehab assignment, Shandon Anderson may have a new life as a Knick, even if Isiah Thomas will continue to try to trade for a...

MAGIC NIGHT FOR NETS

Nets 89Magic 79 ORLANDO - What Lawrence Frank called "step No. 2 on the journey" was a rather simple process for the Nets last night. But then any step seems...

5 QUESTIONS FOR CRIS COLLINSWORTH

This week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with Fox and HBO football analyst Cris Collinsworth. Next year, the 45-year-old Collinsworth will analyze the Super Bowl in Jacksonville.Q: Where will you...

MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK

Doug Flutie vs. Shannon Sharpe (Who should replace Dan Marino on CBS' pregame show?) Shannon Sharpe is outspoken, which should serve him well as an analyst. During his NFL career,...

MSG MAY AX ANGLES: TRAUTWIG SHOW NEEDS SPONSOR

The upheaval of MSG Network's lineup might include yet another program casualty.Angles, Al Trautwig's five-nights-a-week talk show, is on the verge of being canceled unless it can find a sponsor,...

LONG ARM OF THE LAW DEION EXPECTS TY TO BE REAL SUPER STAR

Sunday, Super Bowl, 6:25, CBS Want to know who's likely to be the biggest playmaker on the field in Sunday's Super Bowl? We did. So we asked one of the...

DETROIT THWARTS DEVS AGAIN

Red Wings 5Devils 2 DETROIT - To the Devils lately, Joe Louis sounds a lot like You Lose. And Detroit sounds more like Defeat. That's all they've done here since...

ANTS IN THE PANS: CAROLINA ANXIOUS TO STOP TALKING, START PLAYING

HOUSTON - All Mike Rucker wants to do is go to sleep, because when he awakes he'll be one day nearer to the game he can't wait to play. "It's...