September 11, 2004
EISNER LOSES HIS EARS IN 2 YEARS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amMichael Eisner said yesterday he would leave the helm of Walt Disney when his contract expires in 2006 - a move that effectively takes the steam out of efforts by...
FRIENDS OF FRANK NUDGE JUDGE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amConvicted super-banker Frank Quattrone's clients, competitors and even firms Quattrone never worked for were among the more than 500 supporters who sent U.S. District Judge Richard Owen letters pleading for...
PPI SUGGESTS INFLATION CALM
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe economy got some welcome news on the inflation front - prices fell in August for producers of a wide range of goods and services, from eggs and computers to...
NEWSDAY CIRC CUT BY 100,000
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amNewsday slashed its circulation figures yet again yesterday, plunging the paper deeper into crisis and further damaging its credibility with advertisers. The paper expects to lower its circulation figures by...
AUDIT BUREAU FAILS BIG TEST
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amNewsday's under a lot of pressure - but so is the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the agency charged with verifying circulation for the newspaper industry. The paper's massive revision yesterday...
MY NEW HOME
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amNEW BACHELOR RETURNS TO CITY Search Time: five months What He Bought: 680-square-foot condo, with Chrysler Building views, $550,000 FOR two years, John Chappell had been living in a townhouse...
SHELL OF A DEAL - IT TAKES PATIENCE TO RENOVATE AN ENTIRE TOWNHOUSE, BUT IT'S WORTH IT
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN Rachel Ehrlich saw the brick row house her husband wanted to buy, her reaction was one of shock - and disgust. The house was in terrible condition, with exposed...
GIMME SHELTER
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFresh chintz THE sprawling Village townhouse that actor Will Smith has recently vacated after a five-month rental is now on the market for sale. Located on LeRoy Street, the four-story,...
DEPOT DAZE - WE FIND THE COOLEST ITEMS AT THE NEW MANHATTAN SUPERSTORE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amHome Depot has descended on Manhattan, and Gotham's generally jaded residents are greeting its arrival with an enthusiasm frighteningly reminiscent of a suburban town celebrating the opening of a new...
CLUB TO CRIB - ARCHITECTS BEHIND LOCAL HOT SPOTS BRING IT HOME
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amMATTHEW and Madonna Badger met with several residential architects about the renovation of their West Village loft before they had their Eureka moment. Who says you have to go with...
END RENT RIP-OFFS: IT COULD PAY TO FILE A COMPLAINT
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amLIVING in a rent-stabilized apartment? Listen up. If you think the rent you pay seems exorbitant, you might be right. In 2003, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR),...
HS TURNS AWAY OWN KIDS IN B'KLYN BOTCH
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFor scores of freshmen entering New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, the first day of high school may be a little more harrowing than usual. For starters, some could still technically...
WELCOME MATT A SURPRISE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTWO of the season's su per- hyped premieres, NBC's "Joey" and "The Apprentice," launched to solid numbers Thursday night. "Joey," the new "Friends" spinoff starring Matt LeBlanc and Drea de...
EVERYBODY MUST GET STONE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amJOSS STONE IT was the total Stone soul picnic. At Irving Plaza Thursday, the blue-eyed, soul-singing phenom Joss Stone tore the intimate club apart. The 17-year-old blonde did it by...
CANDICE IN COURT
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amHERE'S your first look at A-list star Candice Bergen as she shoots her new role as Judge Anderle on NBC's "Law & Order" along with co-stars Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy)...
COP A LOOK - REMEMBER 9/11 AT THESE DOWNTOWN MUSEUMS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTwo months after the World Trade Center tragedy three years ago, film editor David Niles became obsessed with the idea of paying tribute to New York and "showing the world...
MOMMY & WHEEEEE! FIVE FUN DATES WITH OUR DAUGHTERS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThey were gone in a flash: All those long summer days you'd vowed to fill with mom-and-daughter outings. But banish the guilt - there's still time to make good on...
AFTER 9/LL, ART FROM THE HEART
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amAt first glance, they seem like any child's drawings: all stick figures, trees and fire trucks. But these aren't works by just any children - they're the kids who lost...
HE WALKED THE LINE - NOW YOU CAN TOO
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amIf you're an amateur musician who fancies yourself a pretty decent country picker and strummer, you might get a bit of inspiration from what's now up for bid at Sotheby's....
THINGS FALL APART, BUT BEAUTIFULLY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amGhostly images, ravaged and deformed from almost a century of decay, materialize just barely into a pair of lovers, a boxer, a man seated at a table. That's what you'll...
GREAT COPS WHO 'CAN NEVER BE REPLACED'
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe two detectives gunned down last night were "great cops" who constantly displayed valor and bravery when in the line of duty. The two cops, whose names were not released,...
DEFENDS GUARD MEMO AGAINST HOAX RAP
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amCBS anchor Dan Rather hung tough last night and insisted there's no "definitive evidence" to refute the authenticity of documents about President Bush's National Guard service - but a growing...
UNBORN AND UNCOUNTED, NOT UNLOVED
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTO THOSE who adored him, the child is known simply as "Baby Resta" - an infant blessed with a frisky disposition, 10 curious fingers and 10 wiggling toes. Yet this...
2 DETECTIVES GUNNED DOWN - SHOT TRYING TO QUESTION EX-CON IN BROOKLYN
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTwo veteran city detectives were murdered last night during a wild shootout that erupted in Brooklyn after they stopped a man for questioning in a domestic dispute, authorities said. The...
OLYMPIC TORCH IS BURNING - N.Y. FAVORS BID: POLL
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amSupport for bringing the 2012 Olympics here declined after the Republican National Convention, but most New Yorkers are still wild about the Summer Games, according to a poll released yesterday....
REMEMBER, TOO, THE HEROES OF THE FATHER'S DAY FIRE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTHEY were all there, for the funerals, when those five bells tolled, informing firehouses across the city that brothers had died. Firefighters Harry Ford, Brian Fahey and John Downing would...
SPY CAM CATCHES L.I. NANNY 'THIEF'
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA naughty nanny was caught on a hidden camera stealing a wad of cash from a drawer in her employer's home, Long Island police said yesterday. The unidentified 32-year- old...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amYou can swing a gate, but not a gator. David Havenner of Port Orange, Fla., learned that when he landed in the slammer for swinging his pet alligator at his...
BABY-SLAY MOM SKIPS SENTENCING
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA woman jailed in the Christmas 2001 suffocation death of her newborn child declined to face her sentencing judge yesterday. Kathleen Brown, who pleaded guilty to the killing, wouldn't make...
TROUBLE IN PARADISE; IVAN THE TERRIBLE SLAMS JAMAICA
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amHurricane Ivan, which has killed 33 people in the Caribbean, pounded the island nation of Jamaica last night - and could ravage Florida by Monday. The Jamaican government ordered half...
CHAOS FOR VICTIM OF ID FRAUD
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman whose ID was stolen by a husband-and-wife con-artist team says she couldn't possibly afford the suspects' lavish lifestyle - and gets calls daily from creditors asking her...
A WTC SITE TO BEHOLD ; * PLANNERS DEBUT NEW VISION * REBUILDING STEAMS AHEAD
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA stunning new look of the future World Trade Center site was unveiled yesterday, complete with the world's tallest building, a poignant memorial to the victims of the terror attacks,...
TEARS FOR NYU FILM STUDENT
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amIn a memorial service yesterday, more than 100 family friends and teachers gathered in lower Manhattan to say a final farewell to troubled NYU film student Joanne Leavy. Some teary-eyed...
NEW YORK SAYS 'THANKS'
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amGood works that "embody the sense of hope that no matter what happens, we can rebuild." THIS weekend, 14 New Yorkers - including 11 city firefighters - are volunteering in...
'OZ' TV ACTOR DIES IN CRASH - SUV FLIPS ON W. SIDE HIGHWAY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA 51-year-old veteran actor who appeared on the HBO TV hit series "Oz" was killed yesterday when his Land Rover jumped the divider on the West Side Highway, turned over...
DOC ACCUSED OF DRIVING INTO COP
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amAn impatient doctor stuck in Midtown traffic yesterday morning drove his brand-new Jaguar into a cop, sending him to the hospital, sources said. Dr. Barry Krasner, 60, an anesthesiologist in...
STUDY FINDS MATH BRAIN DRAIN IN CITY SCHOOLS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe city's new reading and writing curriculum is showing promise - but a shortage of competent teachers is hampering advancements in math, according to a new study released yesterday. Researchers...
RUSH ON CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe Port Authority and scores of firms hurt by the 9/11 attacks filed lawsuits yesterday in an 11th-hour bid to recover billions of dollars in damages. The PA, which lost...
TIP-AND-RUN BUST; L.I. DINER NABBED AFTER DUCKING GROUP GRATUITY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amChew on this - you could wind up in the soup for refusing to leave your waitress a big enough tip. A Long Island man was arrested in Lake George...
CLUB KING'S JAIL TERM TRIMMED
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Miami club king Chris Paciello got three years hacked off a 10-year sentence for murder yesterday after the mob canary's defense lawyer and prosecutors teamed up to persuade a...
EERIE 'MIRACLE' AS LOVED ONE IS FINALLY ID'D
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amAsmareli Soga didn't know how to take the chilling news that was delivered to her yesterday, the day before the third anniversary of the World Trade Center attack. The remains...
STREET VENDOR HIT BY SANITATION SUV
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amAn elderly street vendor was critically injured yesterday when she was run down by a city Sanitation Department SUV as she crossed a busy intersection in the Financial District. The...
WACKO TAX CHEAT JAILED
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn office temp who accepted a $1.5 million refund check from the IRS after brazenly lying on his tax forms was sentenced to two years behind bars yesterday. A...
FOREVER LINKED; COUPLE WHO MET ON TRAGIC DAY TO MARRY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFor Jason Newberg and Jennifer Elias, Sept. 11 remains one of the worst days of their lives - and one of the best. That's because, just hours after the Twin...
BRODEUR'S WRIST COSTS CANADA REST
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTORONTO - While this Hockey Country suffered through a fitful night wondering whether Martin Brodeur's sprained left wrist would heal sufficiently enough for the goaltender to play in tonight's World...
RUSH, RUSH ; UPSETS MARK ALL-MOSCOW FINAL
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amIt went from ugly to thrilling to heartbreaking for Jennifer Capriati and U.S. Open officials. With Capriati and fellow American Lindsay Davenport both succumbing in crushing three-set defeats yesterday, the...
RIDE OF TERROR ; THUG DUO ROBS COP, CARJACKS HIS WIFE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA cop's wife taken prisoner during a brazen robbery and carjacking before being driven on a terrifying ride said she's grateful she survived the harrowing ordeal. "I'm just glad to...
STEVENS' CLEARANCE COULD COST HIM $7M
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL, Minn. - That could be a $7 million airplane trip Scott Stevens is contemplating. The Devils' captain says he'll likely head to Montreal for another examination by concussion...
N.Y.'S TORCH BURNS FOR OLYMPICS: POLL
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amSupport for bringing the 2012 Olympics here declined after the Republican National Convention, but most New Yorkers are still wild about the Summer Games, according to a poll released yesterday....
'OZ' ACTOR KILLED IN CAR CRASH
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA 51-year-old veteran actor who appeared on the HBO TV hit series "Oz" was killed yesterday when his Land Rover jumped the divider on the West Side Highway, turned over...
2 COPS MURDERED - SHOT TRYING TO QUESTION EX-CON IN BROOKLYN
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTwo veteran city detectives were murdered last night during a wild shootout that erupted in Brooklyn after stopping a man they wanted to question for a domestic dispute, authorities said....
22-SKIDDOO: LINDSAY OUT
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amIf this proves to be the last time Lindsay Davenport walks off the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the end will not be the one she had hoped for. Hobbled...
TEARS FOR LOVE TRIANGLE SLAY VICTIMS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe double funeral for two men slain in a jealous rage was held at a Bensonhurst church yesterday. Several dozen family members and friends mourned the untimely deaths of Vincent...
RIDE OF TERROR - CARJACKERS MUG COP & KIDNAP HIS WIFE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amA cop's wife taken prisoner during a brazen robbery and carjacking before being driven on a terrifying ride said she's grateful she survived the harrowing ordeal. "I'm just glad to...
VERA WANG'S GIRL POWER - BREEZY ELEGANCE, DELICATE DETAILING
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amDay 3 of Fashion Week was a very girlie affair. At an hour when most movie stars are still in bed, Holly Hunter and Jennifer Connolly were perched in the...
SHOW BUZZ
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThere's nothing like a little love in the tents to get the tears rolling. Designer Alice Roi's show yesterday went off without a hitch - until the models came out...
CBS 'FORGES' AHEAD: DEFENDS GUARD MEMO AGAINST HOAX RAP
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amCBS anchor Dan Rather hung tough last night and insisted there's no "definitive evidence" to refute the authenticity of documents about President Bush's National Guard service - but a growing...
THE CHILDREN OF COURAGE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe kids of 9/11 are a courageous bunch. Some are moving forward with accomplishments, a few are internalizing their loss - and others are just trying to avoid the hurt....
TWO-TEAM MAKEUP TWINBILL NIXED
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - According to a Tampa Bay source, the Yankees aren't going to make up a game with the Devil Rays as part of a two-team, split doubleheader...
MIRACLE WHIPPED - FINNS END USA DREAM
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFinland 2 USA 1 ST. PAUL - It would have taken a miracle after all. In the end, Team USA wasn't good enough to manufacture one, just vulnerable enough to...
'NOLES GORE-D; MIAMI RB'S OT TD BURNS FSU
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amOVERTIMEMiami 16Fla. St. 10 MIAMI - This time it wasn't a kicker who did in Bobby Bowden. It was a quarterback. No player wearing garnet and gold wanted to win...
JAV NOT - VAZQUEZ TAKES ANOTHER BEATING AS O'S BOP YANKS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - How bad was Javier Vazquez last night? Esteban Loaiza entered the game in the third inning. And he didn't immediately follow the struggling Vazquez. Hoping to get Vazquez...
SWEDE KEEPS IT IN FAMILY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amPerhaps Thursday's slaying of defending Open champion Andy Roddick will be the easy part for Sweden's Joachim Johansson. In the men's semifinal today, Johansson must take out the guy who...
THE RAIL'S ALIVE ON OPENING DAY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amTrack was fast, no turf. Normally "dead" rail at Big Sandy was very live indeed on Opening Day; "golden," in fact, as evidenced by Private City ($31) winning sixth race...
GHOSTZAPPER HEADS FIELD IN WOODWARD
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amAfter a quietly outstanding summer at Saratoga, where he came on strong late in the meet to win 15 races from 43 starters (but only three stakes: the Fourstardave with...
A KURT IN PROGRESS ; WARNER SEEKING REBOUND
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amKurt Warner carries himself like a star without the ego, a commanding presence without the attitude. He certainly looks the part, acts the part. He is unfailingly accommodating, respectful, cheerful,...
EX-EAGLE EMMONS ISN'T LOOKING BACK
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES When Giants linebacker Carlos Emmons thinks back on his four years with the Eagles, one emotion consumes all others: the frustration of unfinished business. "I still haven't gotten...
LUCK RUNNING OUT FOR TY, IRISH
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND - The two winningest programs in Division I college football history cross paths today heading in opposite directions. No. 8 Michigan is a top-10 team with designs on...
THE KID MAKES HIS PITCH ; CARTER SAYS HE'D LIKE HOWE'S GIG
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amCall it "The Kid" versus "The Grandfather." Gary Carter made it known yesterday that he's interested in Art Howe's managing gig with the Mets - a position that hasn't even...
CAMERON BACK ON TOP
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets' leading home-run hitter is now batting leadoff. Mike Cameron was placed at the top of the order last night for the 120th time in his career,...
BERLIN SQUALL ; MIAMI QB BATTLES STORM, 'NOLES
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amMIAMI - After the funeral and in between hurricanes, one player and one team took the Orange Bowl field last night in search of redemption. The player looking to redeem...
LIBERTY CAUGHT UP IN FIGHT TO THE FINISH
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amThe dogfight is on. Going into last night's game against the visiting Connecticut Sun, the Liberty found themselves in a three-way tie for first place, with three more Eastern Conference...
SERENA MATCH UPSET CAPRIATI
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Jennifer Capriati admitted the controversy over her three-set quarterfinal triumph over Serena Williams bothered her and caused a loss of sleep. "I'd have to say it did [bother me],"...
FIRST THINGS FIRST - SAWX SHOWDOWNON YANKEE RADAR... BUT IN DISTANCE
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - With the Northeast baseball universe eagerly awaiting the Red Sox and Yankees playing three games at Yankee Stadium next weekend, it would be easy for the Yankees to...
2-TEAM MAKEUP TWINBILL IS NIXED
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The Yankees will not make up a game with the Devil Rays as part of a two-team, split doubleheader later this month, according to a Tampa Bay source....
SCOTT'S CLEARANCE COULD COST HIM
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL - That could be a $7 million airplane trip Scott Stevens is contemplating. The Devils' captain says he'll likely head to Montreal for another examination by concussion expert...
FIRED-UP USA LOOKING FOR GREAT FINNISH
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL - The Finns stole the momentum with an appeal to national pride. Team USA was left trying to keep that intangible from affecting reality. When coach Raimo Summanen...
'NEVER MORE READY' ; CHREBET EXCITED ABOUT JETS RETURN
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amWayne Chrebet said he expects to be shaking as he stands on the sideline tomorrow with the sounds of the national anthem swirling in the Giants Stadium winds, his Jets...
SUN'S SALES SHINES IN WIN OVER LIBERTY
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amSun 77Liberty 66 Before last night's game against the visiting Connecticut Sun, Liberty head coach Pat Coyle said it's close to impossible to win on the road in the WNBA...
MIRACLE WHIPPED ; FINNS END USA DREAM
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amFinland 2 USA 1 ST. PAUL - It would have taken a miracle after all. In the end, Team USA wasn't good enough to manufacture one, just vulnerable enough to...
JAV NOT: VAZQUEZ TAKESANOTHER BEATINGAS O'S BOP YANKS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - How bad was Javier Vazquez last night? Esteban Loaiza entered the game in the third inning. And he didn't immediately follow the struggling Vazquez. Hoping to get Vazquez...
THE KID MAKES HIS PITCH ; CARTER: I'D LOVE TO MANAGE METS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amCall it "The Kid" versus "The Grandfather." Yesterday, Gary Carter made it known in a story in USA Today that he's currently interested in Art Howe's managing gig with the...
PHILLIES OUT-RALLY METS
September 11, 2004 | 4:00amPhillies 9Mets 5 The worst thing for a pitcher to do on a 0-and-2 count is allow a grand slam. So the gopher-ball Mets reliever Ricky Bottalico gave up in...