July 3, 2004
MITCHELL TO GET $500K DISNEY STOCK
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amGeorge Mitchell, who in March took over as Disney's chairman after shareholders voiced displeasure over CEO Michael Eisner's tenure, will receive $500,000 a year in stock for his services, effective...
MACK LOYALIST QUITS CSFB JOB
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amTom Nides became the first John Mack loyalist to walk out the door at CSFB yesterday. "I came with John and I will leave with John," Nides told The Post....
LABOR PEACE AT WALL STREET JOURNAL
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe big rat may finally be getting deflated at Dow Jones. After more than a year's bitter impasse in contract negotiations, Dow Jones reached a tentative labor accord with the...
BEND IT LIKE... BEEKMAN PLACE - WELCOME TO THE QUIETEST LITTLE OASIS YOU NEVER HEARD OF
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN Julian Temple moved with his wife to Beekman Place three months ago, he wasn't exactly an expert on the neighborhood. He knew that the area would be convenient to...
BEEKMAN MANQUE - JUST ONE BLOCK AWAY
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amBEEKMAN PLACE has long been one of Manhattan's more exclusive neighborhoods, which means, of course, that area digs aren't the easiest to come by. So where should you go if...
A BEACON FOR WELCH
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amJACK WELCH wasn't particularly thrilled when he had to give up his pricey condo in Trump International Hotel & Tower during a nasty divorce from his now ex-wife, Jane Beasley....
WHAT A RATE HIKE MEANS FOR YOU
July 3, 2004 | 4:00am"We still expect home sales to reach a record high for 2004." - Orawin Velz, Fannie Mae senior economist BY now, you've probably read that the Federal Reserve raised interest...
YANKS-SOX THRILLER SETS YES RECORD
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amTHURSDAY's thrilling, extra-inning Yanks victory over the Red Sox - featuring Derek Jeter's face-mangling catch and a game-winning hit by last-man-on-the-bench John Flaherty - shattered ratings records on YES. The...
L.A. ON SCREEN
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amNo red-blooded New Yorker would actually want to live in La-La Land, but that should not stop them from checking out "Paradise (Lost): Los Angeles on Film," a new series...
INSIDE SPIDEY'S WEB - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET ALL THE JOKES
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAbout halfway through "Spider-Man 2," a suddenly carefree Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) wanders around New York as if he's on top of the world. All the while, someone's singing, "The...
HEAVEN HELP US
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amKids say the darndest things - sometimes, they even sing them. So it goes in "Children's Letters to God," a new musical based on the best-selling book of the same...
SEUSS ON THE LOOSE - BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CRAZIEST EXHIBIT THIS SUMMER
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Karen Snider started reading Dr. Seuss during her subway commute (out loud), her fellow straphangers either smiled - or moved away. Oh, the places they could go if only...
SEUSS' SPOUSE SPEAKS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAudrey Geisel was married to Dr. Seuss for 23 years. Here's what she told The Post in a rare interview from her San Diego home: Q: What would Dr. Seuss...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Houston man who was found legally insane in 1997 for gouging his girlfriend's eyes with a steak knife after she rejected his marriage proposal has received a jury summons....
MIKE GIVES A LOOT - DONATED $135M TO CHARITY IN '03
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday released limited information about his finances - and aides disclosed that the billionaire politician's charitable contributions had increased in 2003 to $135.6 million. Beneficiaries of the mayor's...
AMERICA'S ACTOR - BRANDO BEAT EUROPE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMARLON Brando was more than an actor. He was a battering ram. He used himself - and he was used - to demolish the idea that Europe remained culturally superior...
BEAU SHOT BY GAL PAL DIES
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man shot in the face by his girlfriend for talking to a former lover has died at Brookdale Hospital, police said yesterday. Armon Harp, 61, was declared dead...
CHAINED BEAST - SHACKLED SADDAM DRAGGED TO COURT
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amYou saw the court appearance; now here's the Saddam Hussein perp walk. The U.S. military yesterday released these photos showing the Butcher of Baghdad for the first time in handcuffs...
QUEENS CROSS-BORDER RAPE RAP
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAfter a Queens judge released a Rockaways man without bail for smashing a window, he was immediately re-arrested for a rape he had committed just hours before he was first...
'NET KID-SEX STING NABS CONN. MAN
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Connecticut man was arrested on Long Island for arranging to have sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old boy he met on the Internet, police said yesterday. David...
DRUG MOM HAD KID IN TOW: COPS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island mother was busted for selling crack cocaine from her car - with her 8-year-old daughter in the back seat, authorities said. Shondra Lloyd, 32, of Copiague, was...
RESCUERS REEL IN L.I. ANGLERS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Long Island fisherman injured when he dived into shallow water, injuring his neck, had to be rescued by a friend - who got into difficulties himself and had to...
14 COPS DOUBLE DIPPED - RETIREES GOT HEFTY PENSIONS AND JOBS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAt least 14 former cops violated pension rules by taking jobs within city government and collecting a cumulative $107,228 in city pensions, Comptroller Bill Thompson has found. Retired city workers...
JUDSON GRILL GOES DOWN IN FLAY
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAfter a long and well-documented search, celebrity chef Bobby Flay has found his dream location for a new restaurant. The Food Network personality, who co-owns the popular Mesa Grill and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Dyker Heights man has been arrested for beating his 85-year-old mother with a pipe in April, law enforcement sources said yesterday. Gerald Gergiullo, 45, argued with his...
SLAIN GIRL'S FLING - COPS SEEK BEAU, 29
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amDetectives probing the mysterious slaying of a 13-year-old Harlem girl want to question a 29-year-old man with whom she'd had a sexual relationship, police said. Tyisha McCoy was found savagely...
BUSH, KERRY TRADE JABS AS ECONOMY ADDS JOBS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday hailed statistics showing the creation of 112,000 new jobs as proof of "steady" growth - while Democrats painted it as downbeat news because forecasters had...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMEOW!!! Paris Hilton, flanked by pot bellied boyfriend Nick Carter and party organizer Noah Tepperberg, grabbed pizza at Vincenzo's on Main Street in Sag Harbor yesterday afternoon - and hissed...
S.I. MOM'S PLEA IN HUBBY BLOODBATH
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe Staten Island woman who gave birth shortly after allegedly slaughtering her husband pleaded not guilty to murder yesterday from her hospital bed. Sung-Ann Choi Lee, 28, was arraigned on...
TIME TO CRACK DOWN IN 'SIN CITY'
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The rape allegation against Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV had many at the Capitol asking , "How many more sex scandals can the state Legislature take?" With such...
CROSBY CRAPS OUT WITH COURT FOTOGS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amHe could have been a "Long Time Gone," but instead, rotund rocker David Crosby is staying out of jail with a sweetheart plea deal on gun charges. Manhattan Supreme Court...
RAPE RAP REDUX - 2ND SEX CHARGE AGAINST POWELL IV
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Harlem Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, already under investigation for a possible sex assault in Albany, was accused of rape again by a 38-year-old woman living at a...
ENDLESS 'DESIRE': HIS MANY LEADING LADIES
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMarlon Brando had an insatiable appetite for sex. He was a serial seducer who married three times and had countless affairs. He wanted children, lots of them, and sired at...
DEAD BROKE - BAD BIZ DEALS LEFT HIM $20M IN DEBT
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAs an actor, Marlon Brando was a contender. As a businessman, he was a bum - dying an estimated $20 million in debt. Poor financial planning, bad investments, wild spending,...
HEF SUES ON 'BOY TOY' DOLL
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amPlayboy is suing a group of toy makers and sellers for $3 million for peddling Hugh Hefner dolls on the Web. Yesterday, the grandfather of pornographers filed suit against companies...
PRETTY MESSY - JETER'S NEW LOOK
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amDerek Jeter's face may have been battered and slashed during his crash in the stands during Thursday's big win over Boston, but the Yankee captain says his GQ looks will...
SHOOT-SPREE SLAY SUSPECT NABBED
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA coldblooded Canadian man wanted for the murder of a Toronto nightclub bouncer was nabbed in Brooklyn yesterday by marshals after a wild shootout, police said. Richard Emile Newman, 32,...
FILM WORLD'S STORMY REBEL HAD A STARDOM NO AUDIENCE COULD REFUSE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMarlon Brando, the smoldering '50s Hollywood rebel and Oscar-winning "Godfather" whose tempestuous private life overshadowed his acting greatness, has died at age 80. Brando, suffering from congestive heart failure, succumbed...
EATERY OWNER: DON'T STICK A FORK IN ME
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amRestaurateur Jimmy Rodriguez, who went underground Monday, leaving his creditors, suppliers and employees worried they'd never see him again, surfaced yesterday, claiming he's not in bankruptcy hell. "I was at...
CADET COPS TO HELP OUT AT CONVENTION
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's police cadets are going to get some on-the-job training during the Republican National Convention, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday. The Finest-in-training will be deployed around the city...
'WILD ONE' LEAVES AT LEAST 9 KIDS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe death of Marlon Brando means more heartbreak for his children, whose lives have already been touched by tragedy. Brando had at least nine and possibly as many as 12...
THE MAESTRO OF THE CRAFT
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMARLON Brando, who rewrote the book on screen acting, would be considered a legend even if he had appeared in nothing other than "On the Waterfront." In that movie, released...
E-TICKET: KERRY TO NAME HIS VEEP PICK ON WEB
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a new twist, Democrat John Kerry yesterday said he'll use the Internet to reveal his vice-presidential pick - as rumors swirled that he's nearing his choice and...
BEAU DIES OF GAL PAL'S GUNSHOT
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man shot in the face by his girlfriend for talking to a former lover has died at Brookdale Hospital, police said yesterday. Armon Harp, 61, was declared dead...
YOU MAY BE $290M RICHER
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThese six numbers - 10, 25, 38, 39, 50, and 12 for the Mega Ball - could add up to $290 million, if those are the numbers on your Mega...
FIERY CAR CHASE IN YONKERS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amTwo men with guns fled police in a high speed-chase down the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers yesterday, until their car crashed into a patrol car, smashed into a guardrail...
TAN FANS TAKE A HOLIDAY
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amNew Yorkers will bask in stars, stripes and sunshine today as they kick off the long Fourth of July holiday weekend with picnics, parades and pyrotechnics. Today should sparkle with...
HIDALGO HAMMERS 5TH AS MET
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amBefore he was acquired from Houston, Richard Hidalgo hadn't homered in more than two months. And during that homerless funk, Hidalgo acted every bit like a hitter desperate to leave...
ONE TOUGH OUT - BANGED-UP JETER BACK IN LINEUP
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amDerek Jeter walked out of the trainer's room with clear cream covering his bruised right cheek and the seven stitches in his chin. If his bruised right knee was bothering...
WHAT AN AMAZIN' COMBO
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amEIGHT miles and one borough away exists the Yankees' Bizzaro world. Shea Stadium is a parallel universe, in which everything is the opposite. First, the Yankees got clobbered, 11-2, last...
ANGELS' ORTIZ SAYS HE'D PLAY AT SHEA
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES If the Mets can trade for Anaheim's Ramon Ortiz, they won't have to worry about getting a pitcher who doesn't want to be here. According to his agent,...
SLUMPING M'STARS LACK EXTRA EFFORT
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAfter the MetroStars' humbling late-game collapse in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to Colorado, coach Bob Bradley held his tongue. But after watching the tape of the game over . . ....
DYNEVER THE PICK IN SUBURBAN 'CAP
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWith Congaree and Megdalia d'Oro retired, Pleasantly Perfect resting after his victory in Dubai and Southern Image nursing a sore foot, what appeared to be a powerhouse handicap division at...
TRIO LOCKED IN CLASSIC BATTLE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amLONG ISLAND CLASSIC The first day of the Commerce Bank Long Island Classic, with a beefed-up field full of big names and former PGA superstars, provided the expected doses of...
RATNER: I WON'T BREAK UP NETS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe Nets' prospective owner wants to keep the Big Three intact, bring back Rod Thorn as team CEO after next year and squash portrayals he is a "penny-pinching" ogre who...
GINTER CLAIMS, 'I'M READY'
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amAt least Matt Ginter learned something from his last start against the Yankees. "Don't give them six runs in the first," the Mets' right-hander said yesterday. A valuable lesson, indeed....
CLARK STANDS TALL FOR YANKS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amOne look at Tony Clark and you know he doesn't have the strike zone of the average hitter. Plate coverage is always a concern, to say the least. "Being 6-[foot]-7,...
JETER SHOWS WHY HE'S FACE OF YANKS - BANGED-UP DEREK IN LINEUP VS. METS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amHis right cheek was red and swollen. The inside of his right eye socket was a light shade of black and blue that likely will get darker. There were seven...
FRESH START FOR JOSE - REUNITED CONTRERAS INSPIRING CONFIDENCE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amFor Jose Contreras, the "Happily Ever After Tour" hits Shea Stadium this afternoon. Contreras, the Cuban-born righty who was famously reunited with his family late last month, is looking to...
WAITING FOR REYES - JOSE HAS ARRIVED - BUT HIS STROKE HASN'T
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amTHREE hours before the Subway Series resumed, one could barely move in the visitors' clubhouse. Granted, many reporters were there mostly to see if Derek Jeter could still move, and...
REVENGE ON MET MENU - SUBWAY SERIES SHOWDOWN SHIFTS TO SHEA
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amThe last time, the Yankees were the ones who left the impression. They got stomped in the first game, then came out the next day and whipped the Mets for...
BOSS: WIN OVER SOX BEST EVER
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES How impressed was George Steinbrenner with Thursday night's 5-4 win over the Red Sox in 13 innings that included a brilliant catch by Derek Jeter and ended with...
CHANGE OF PLANS - TOUR SUCCESS HAS SAIKI RETHINKING FUTURE
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. WOMEN'S OPEN SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Less than two months ago, Kim Saiki began taking steps to walk away from the LPGA Tour and become a teaching professional in...
KAZ MAKES SURE YANKS FALL SHORT - METS, MATSUI OVERPOWER RIVALS
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amMets 11 - Yankees 2 One team had a Matsui who dropped a fly ball. The other had a Matsui who hit two homers. One team had a shortstop who...
IT'S AN AMAZIN' COMBO
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amEIGHT miles and one borough away, exists the Yankees' Bizzaro world. Shea Stadium is a parallel universe in which everything is the opposite. First, the Yankees got clobbered, 11-2, last...
HE'S A TOUGH OUT - BANGED-UP JETER BACK IN LINEUP
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amHis right cheek was red and swollen. The inside of his right eye socket was a light shade of black and blue that will likely get darker. There were seven...
MUSSINA'S HOT STREAK GOES BUST
July 3, 2004 | 4:00amWatching Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams struggle defensively in the first inning was a strong indication last night wasn't going to go Mike Mussina's way. And when Kaz Matsui crushed...