March 20, 2004
GOTHAM ON THE VOLGA
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amRussia's real estate czar is in town with a shopping list that's 60 skyscrapers tall. Vladimir Resin, the first deputy mayor of Moscow in charge of construction and real estate,...
RED LOBSTER PROMOS A CLAWS FOR CONCERN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amAfter losing millions from letting hungry patrons consume unlimited all-you-can-eat crab dinners, Red Lobster is halting the promotional practice. The chain of 672 eateries said its free eats brought in...
RALPH CAN'T KILL JONES' LAWSUIT
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amPolo Ralph Lauren said yesterday that a judge denied its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Jones Apparel Group over a licensing dispute. The ruling, by Justice Richard B....
USA TODAY SAYS REPORTER A FAKE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amUSA Today is the latest newspaper to fall victim to journalistic fraud. An examination of work by one of its foreign correspondents uncovered at least eight fabricated stories. Reporter Jack...
A LOSING STREAK - MARKET STRUGGLES IN ITS SECOND WEEK OF SELL-OFFS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWall Street ended its second straight losing week amid concerns of an even worse sell-off next week. "There's not much out there to get this market up - even if...
SHORE, STORE AND MORE - COLLEGE POINT AND MALBA OFFER PEACEFUL COUNTRY LIVING ON A BIG CITY'S WATERFRONT
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amIF you want to live in Middle America but your job requires you to commute into Mid-town, you might want to try College Point, in Queens. With a small-town charm...
GATED LUXURY, MINUS A GATE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWITH its bucolic, circular streets and jaw-dropping waterfront views, Malba is the toast of Queens. This tiny, ultra-luxe community in the shadow of the White-stone Bridge boasts some of the...
GIMME SHELTER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWEINSTEIN SIZES UP MIRAMAX co-chair Bob Weinstein (the less-public bro of Harvey Weinstein) has gone to contract on another apartment in the Beresford. Weinstein, who paid a reported $12.75 million...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amKnobby News Triple Pier Antiques Show Pier 90, 92, 94 12th Avenue at 55th Street (212) 255-0020 Sale: March 20 and 21 Open: Sat., Pier 90, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Pier...
DESIGNER TIPS FOR BABY - NURSERIES CAN BE NIFTY; JUST FOLLOW OUR EXPERTS' ADVICE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amARE you a new mom (or dad) who likes designer labels? Never fear. It might seem tough to do choo-choos if you're used to Jimmy Choo, but a whole slew...
HAMILTON GETS 'LIFE'
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amPERPETUALLY tanned George Hamilton has replaced doughy Robin Leach as the host of ABC's "Life Of Luxury." The show, a series of specials documenting the fabulous lifestyles of the rich...
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amHe's performed for tons of birthday parties - including a few for Howard Stern's daughters - and has a (live) dove named Poopsie. So what do kids say when they...
AS SEEN BY TEENS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amFor teens who dream of being the next Spike Lee or Sofia Coppola, the Urban Visionaries Festival is a good place to start. Now in its seventh year at the...
SEE SAW - AND HEAR IT, TOO
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amNatalia Paruz really puts some teeth into her music - she plays the saw. And Steve Herbst ain't just whistling "Dixie" when he's in tune - he's a world champion...
T-SHIRTS, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWe're shopping at ... American Apparel 712 Broadway at Washington Place; (646) 383-2257 Take five steps into American Apparel's flagship store on Broadway and you're greeted by a rainbow of...
LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - CROAKING COURTNEY TURNS A TRAIN WRECK INTO RAW ROCK 'N' ROLL
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amCOURTNEY LOVE COURTNEY Love couldn't have sung worse. She wasn't sick for her Bowery Ballroom gig Thursday, but she croaked as if she were suffering from the mother of all...
LIFE FOR $3 SLAY MONSTER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man pleaded guilty yesterday to slitting the throats of a woman and her young daughter in a fight over a $3 share of a utility bill. Albert Clarke,...
FATAL DAYTIME SHOOTING IN B'KLYN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amAn unidentified man was shot to death yesterday in front of a Brooklyn apartment building, police said. The man was found dead around 1:45 p.m. outside 200 Highland Blvd. in...
'BOLT'-ACTION PISTOL PUTS NYPD UNDER THE GUN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD is warning cops to look out for an ingenious homemade gun that looks like a common bolt, but can fire a .22 caliber bullet, The Post has learned....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A 33-year-old man was arrested for twice menacing and threatening his ex-lover, cops said yesterday. On Nov. 24, Abriam Diaz forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's Williamsburg apartment...
TV RIVAL A MARTY POOPER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amPublic access is becoming Marty TV, according to one local producer. Brooklyn's showman borough president, Marty Markowitz, is in a ratings war with the producer of a low-budget public access...
TB CASES ON RISE IN APPLE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amTuberculosis cases are up in New York City for the first time in a decade, according to new data released by the Health Department yesterday. But while tuberculosis cases rose...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amOne nature lover's skimpy, see-through biker shorts have gotten the management of a Santa Fe, N.M., natural-foods store slapped with a lawsuit by a group of prudish ex-employees. The former...
2 NEW YORK SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHAN FIGHTING
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amTwo New York soldiers were killed while on patrol in central Afghanistan after they came under fire from a group of "terrorists," officials said yesterday. Sgt. Michael Esposito, Jr., 22,...
READY, AIM - FIRED - VIRGIN'S MOUTH-SHAPED URINAL CANNED
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amVirgin Atlantic Airways yesterday flushed plans to install a urinal shaped like a woman's mouth at its new executive clubhouse at Kennedy Airport. On the day a press conference was...
WHOA! THROW PUTS PARIS IN HOSP
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amHotel heiress and reality-TV star Paris Hilton was airlifted to a Florida hospital yesterday after being thrown from a horse while taping "The Simple Life 2." The 23-year-old socialite -...
VERSACE GOWN'S 'SEX' APPEAL
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amNew York's sexy single icon has poured into it, a Russian ballet dancer-turned-actor stuck his head up it and it was designed by a racy fashion house whose founder was...
'KILLER' DENIES SHEEPSHEAD SLAY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe man accused of killing a Ukrainian immigrant defending his wife from a Sheepshead Bay robbery took the stand in his own defense yesterday, telling jurors he had nothing to...
NO-SHOW VEXES TRAGIC EMT KIN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amFriends and relatives of a 30-year-old paramedic gunned down in a Queens bar last month waited an hour and a half inside a courtroom yesterday to confront his alleged killer...
4 THUGS TERRORIZE B'KLYN FAMILY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amFour armed men brazenly forced their way into a Brooklyn apartment, tied up three terrified family members with duct tape, and made off with $6,500 in cash and jewelry, cops...
KOFI FLIPS ON OUTSIDE SADDAM-BRIBE PROBE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan reversed himself yesterday and said an outside investigation was needed into the mushrooming Iraq oil-for-food bribery scandal, conceding it is "highly possible there has...
JERUSALEM JOGGER SLAIN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - An Israeli jogger was killed yesterday in a drive-by shooting that police labeled a terrorist act. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade took responsibility for the slaying in the...
SCHOOLGIRL NABBED IN BRAWL SPREE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amA seventh-grade girl at IS 296 in Bushwick beat up another student and injured a teacher and assistant principal yesterday before being subdued and arrested by police, school officials and...
MIRACLE OP FOR INFANT - 8 ORGANS TRANSPLANTED
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amDoctors in Miami have performed a pint-sized medical miracle - the first-ever eight-organ transplant. Little Alessia di Matteo, an 8-month-old baby from Genoa, Italy, got a new liver, stomach, pancreas,...
BUSH: STAND FIRM, ALLIES - WARNS OF 'APPEASE' PERIL A YEAR AFTER WAR
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - One year after launching the Iraq war, President Bush yesterday gathered 83 top foreign diplomats at the White House and urged them to stand united against terror because...
QUACK STEWS IN JAIL - EXTRADITION FIGHT
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amAccused murderer Dean Faiello is sweating it out in a notorious Costa Rican prison while his lawyers fight an extradition request to force the phony plastic surgeon to return to...
THINGS LOOK UP FOR TYCO DUO
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but the Tyco Two are hoping their own purported good intentions can keep their hides out of prison. On the...
ANGRY HOMEOWNERS' 'FENCING' MATCH VS. CITY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amTeed-off residents of a sleepy little street in Sheepshead Bay say the city Department of Transportation is threatening to fine them up to $1,000 if they don't move their fences...
NAME INFLAMES MASSINO JUDGE
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe judge set to preside over the racketeering trial of Joseph Massino has ruled that jurors cannot see an indictment that calls the reputed mob boss's criminal enterprise by two...
BUSH'S BURGEONING COFFERS TOP $110M
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's campaign yesterday reported he has a $110 million campaign war chest and aides hinted he'll keep on raising money after he hits his original goal of...
DIDDY: DESIGNER DID DIDDLY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amScratch another Jennifer off P. Diddy's list. First it was J.Lo, now it's Jennifer Post, a high-powered Manhattan architect who hip-hop mogul Sean Combs says stiffed him over work he...
CLUB TAB TOO HIGH FOR DENZEL, LENNY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amDenzel Washington's and Lenny Kravitz's new nightclub is looking like a lost Kos. Their plans to open Kos, the much-anticipated downtown nightclub, appear to be unraveling. The two babe magnets...
STATE EYES HOSPITAL'S 'PORN' FOTOG
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe state Health Department is looking into charges that a medical photographer at NYU Hospital took "pornographic" pictures of dermatology patients, the Post has learned. "We are reviewing allegations related...
GIRL GANG TURNS ON BRONX GOOD SAMARITAN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amA Bronx good Samaritan counted himself lucky to have survived yesterday after he was stabbed, pistol-whipped and shot in revenge for stopping a gang of girls from beating up another...
JFK AIRTRAIN CATCHING ON
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amJFK-bound travelers are taking the train to the plane in record numbers. The AirTrain has been a rousing success this year, attracting an average of 5,000 daily paid riders during...
SAVED FROM DEATH PLUNGE - B'KLYN COPS' DARING DEED
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThese dramatic photos show three heroic Brooklyn cops rescuing a woman as she tried to jump from a six-story building. The unidentified woman (top) was hanging from a fire escape...
GIRL SODOMIZED IN B'KLYN SCHOOL
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amAn 11-year-old girl was sodomized by another student in a Brooklyn school that one angry parent called an "insane asylum," police said yesterday. At about 2:30 p.m. on Monday, the...
'BOLT'-ACTION PISTOL PUTS NYPD UNDER GUN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe NYPD is warning cops to look out for an ingenious homemade gun that looks like a common bolt, but can fire a .22 caliber bullet, The Post has learned....
'SMUGGLERS' STUNG IN QNS.
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amFive people were busted in Queens yesterday for trying to smuggle six containers of counterfeit goods into the country after attempting to bribe undercover agents posing as corrupt customs officials....
KID BADLY HURT IN QNS. HIT-RUN
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amA 6-year-old boy was clinging to life yesterday after he was hit by a Jeep as he crossed a Queens street, police said. The unidentified boy was hit by a...
'NO' SLAY DEFENSE - DENIES PULLING TRIGGER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe man accused of killing a Ukrainian immigrant who was defending his wife from a Sheepshead Bay robbery took the stand in his own defense yesterday, telling jurors he had...
PANTHERS STRUGGLE TO VICTORY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amE. RUTHERFORD REGION: Pitt 53 - Cent. Fla. 44 MILWAUKEE - For long stretches last night, Pittsburgh's poise melted away and the Panther' NCAA hopes seemed to go with it....
PURINTON KNOWS HE'S ON WAY OUT
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - So you're Dale Purinton, and you're apparently not welcome at the open casting call the Rangers are conducting these days on Broadway. "With two weeks left and to...
RICK, ISLES SQUIRMING
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amJust as the Islanders have peaked and plunged down the stretch run to the playoffs, Rick DiPietro, their 22-year old franchise goalie, has shown equal flashes of brilliance and blunders....
KNIGHT'S ARMOR STILL SHINES
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Bob Knight is an honors student of basketball history. Ask him to put Saint Joseph's splendid backcourt of Jameer Nelson and Delani West into context, his mind races...
UCONN, DE PAUL AMONG FRIENDS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amPHOENIX REGION BUFFALO - Neither of them truly wants to play this game. Dave Leitao calls it "almost a nightmare." Jim Calhoun referred to the NCAA Tournament selection committee's "weird...
GUARDED OPTIMISM - BACKCOURT PLAY MANHATTAN'S KEY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amE. RUTHERFORD REGION RALEIGH - For Manhattan to keep this joyride alive, the Jaspers may have to prove today that two is better than one and that age has the...
BIRDSTONE IS CLASS OF 500G LANE'S END FIELD
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amTrainer Nick Zito's Birdstone, who sits perched atop the Post's "Derby Dozen" simply because he's the only member of the original cast who hasn't stubbed his toe yet this year,...
BRODEUR CHASING LANDMARK VICTORY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amMartin Brodeur's latest chase illustrates his importance to the Devils. No other goalie has ever won 400 games playing for just one team. "I take a lot of pride in...
TITLE FITTING FOR BOEHEIM
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amDENVER - Before last season, Jim Boeheim had won 623 games in 26 years of coaching Syracuse. He'd led the school to two national championship runner-ups in 21 NCAA Tournament...
BC PRESSURE STIFLES UTAH
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amST. LOUIS REGION: Boston Coll. 58 - Utah 51 MILWAUKEE - The final minute of Boston College's 58-51 NCAA first-round win over Utah yesterday was symbolic of the 39 that...
CLUTCH KAZ AT HIS FINEST
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amMets 8 - Braves 2 LAKE BUENA VISTA - Art Howe had been alerted to this very situation. Ninth inning, runners on, Kaz Matsui at the plate. If you're the...
DUKE-ING IT OUT - SWEET: HALL CAN BEAT DEVILS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amATLANTA REGION RALEIGH - The question was fair enough: Is this is a vintage Duke team? "Duke is Duke, every year," Seton Hall forward Andre Sweet said. "They bring in...
PANTHERS' TAFT GETS PHYSICAL
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amE. RUTHERFORD REGION MILWAUKEE - It has become part of the Pittsburgh tradition, as much a rite of passage among the Panthers as, well, learning to hunt is for a...
LEE NURSIN' SORE SHOULDER
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amYANK NOTES TAMPA - Travis Lee's left shoulder isn't anywhere near ready to start the season. Lee, who says the problem stems from too much throwing from the outfield after...
KNICKS TRY TO KEEP VIN COOL & DRY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amNOTES While Isiah Thomas wouldn't go into detail regarding Vin Baker's meeting with owner James Dolan, the Knicks' president is hoping management will be able to put Baker on the...
A REAL NETMARE - KIDD ON IL - MAYBE FOR YEAR
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nets' worst nightmare is unfolding. Jason Kidd yesterday was placed on the injured list for his ailing left knee, but league sources indicated he likely is lost for the...
ISIAH BACKS STEPH
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amDon't tell Isiah Thomas that Stephon Marbury is not in the same class as Jason Kidd. In fact, the Knicks' president told The Post yesterday that Marbury and Kidd are...
MO DEAL ALMOST SET - YANKS GET VERY CLOSE TO AGREEING TO TERMS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amTAMPA - Mariano Rivera and the Yankees are very close to completing a deal that will keep the closer in Pinstripes through 2006 and possibly 2007. Fernando Cuza, Rivera's agent,...
CHAPMAN RESCUES CLIPPERS
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amXaverian 54 - St. Mary's 53 Jack Alesi calls Clyde Chapman the best defensive player in the CHSAA and last night, he lived up to that reputation. The Xaverian senior...
LYNCH PASSES JET PHYSICAL
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amJohn Lynch came to New York, visited the Jets and left yesterday. The question now is: When will they sign him? The answer: He could be signed as soon as...
BLAKE GIVES ISLES BOOST
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amIslanders 3 - Wild 1 Exactly as they're doing in this skin-tight playoff race, the Islanders hung on for dear life last night in a crucial home win over the...
ISIAH: STEPH RATES EVEN WITH JASON
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK Don't tell Knicks prez Isiah Thomas that Stephon Marbury's not in same class as Jason Kidd. In fact, Thomas told The Post yesterday Marbury and Kidd are "arguably the...
DEVS STILL STUCK IN A NO-WIN SITUATION
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 1 - Canadiens 1 They finished up well. They just couldn't finish. So Martin Brodeur is still chasing his 400th victory and the Devils still labor under this increasingly...
KIDD'S SEASON IN JEOPARDY
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amThe Nets' worst nightmare is unfolding. Jason Kidd yesterday was placed on the injured list for his ailing left knee, and team and league sources indicated he likely is lost...
NO SWEAT FOR KNICKS - HAMMER ACHY NETS AS KIDD, K-MART SIT
March 20, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 79 - Nets 65 Jason Kidd never looked so good to the Knicks - harmless in a light gray suit, white dress shirt, open collar. Suddenly, the Nets don't...