September 21, 2005
POT & KETTLE: JOBS CALLS MUSIC BIZ GREEDY OVER ITUNES COST
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amSteve Jobs bashed the record industry yesterday for trying to raise prices charged by the iTunes music service, exposing a widening rift between Apple and the major music firms. Speaking...
RADLER SNAKE ; DEPUTY RATS OUT BLACK FOR LIGHTER SENTENCE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDavid Radler, the former top deputy to disgraced newspaper baron Conrad Black, agreed yesterday to serve only 29 months in prison in exchange for cooperating with authorities investigating the massive...
ALGONQUIN FETCHES $74M - HISTORIC LANDMARK TO CONTINUE AS HOTEL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Algonquin Hotel is getting new owners who, in a commitment to the city's need for rooms, will likely continue operating it as a hotel. Norwalk-based HEI Hospitality is closing...
FED RAISES RATES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAlan Greenspan believes America won't suffer deeply from Hurricane Katrina's destruction and can handle yesterday's hike in interest rates to their highest level in four years. The Federal Reserve chairman...
INTERPUBLIC FAILS TO KILL SHAREHOLDER'S SALE PROPOSAL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAd giant Interpublic - struggling with accounting woes and client defections - has lost a bid to throw out a shareholder proposal calling for a sale of the company. The...
BONY DENIES CALPINE MONEY
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe Bank of New York has denied debt-ridden West Coast power giant Calpine access to proceeds of a $117 million asset sale after two large bondholders claimed the company is...
DETECTIVE BOOKS DEAL; 'BLUE BLOOD' AUTHOR GETS $550K ADVANCE FOR 1ST NOVEL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDETECTIVE Ed Conlon has just sold his first novel - a gritty cop thriller set in the northern tip of Manhattan - to the Riverhead imprint of Penguin Inc. Conlon...
FEDERATED FALLOUT BRINGS LAYOFFS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amFederated Department Stores said yesterday that it may lay off as many as 6,200 employees and convert 62 Marshall Field's stores to Macy's, as part of its ongoing acquisition of...
TIMES TO CUT 500 STAFF AMID ANEMIC AD GROWTH
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe New York Times Co. is firing 500 employees in a belt-tightening move due to slumping advertising sales. Investors anticipating the cutback announcement made after markets closed yesterday had pushed...
HURRICANE? WHAT HURRICANE? FED HIKES RATES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAlan Greenspan believes America won't suffer deeply from Hurricane Katrina's destruction and can handle yesterday's hike in interest rates to their highest level in four years. The Federal Reserve chairman...
AFTER TED
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amABC News is in serious talks to replace "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel with network news vets Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and - in a surprise move - Martin Bashir, according...
'TARZAN' NEW LINE KING; DISNEY PUSHING TIX FOR SPRING MUSICAL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAS Clear Channel Communications retreats from Broadway, another corporate giant - Walt Disney - continues to expand its empire in Times Square. Last week, in front of hundreds of group-sales...
COL. HOPPER THE LORD OF THIS 'RING'
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am"E-Ring" Tonight at 9 on NBC/Ch.4 (two and a half stars) If too many spooks are never enough spooks for you, then you'll love "E-Ring," the new action/spy show from...
STARR REPORT
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amBuilding futures Starting Monday, NBC's "Today" show is teaming with Habitat for Humanity International and Warner Music to literally build houses for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. For five days...
KITCHEN KITSCH - FOOD'S A SIDE DISH FOR NEW, STUNT-FILLED RESTAURANTS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am'YOU gotta have a gimmick." In the musical "Gypsy," that was a song about strippers - but that's hardly the only profession in the Naked City where the advice rings...
'EASY' DOES IT AT MSG
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amEVEN with all the Big Easy talent at Madison Square Garden singing to rebuild their homes and lives in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, it was two Queens boys,...
ON THE SIDE: LAUNDRY WANTS TO GIVE DIFFERENT HAMPTONS SPOT A SPIN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe Laundry, pressed by its landlord, now plans to fold the operation after 25 years at its present location. "The restaurant has reached an impasse with its landlord and we're...
3 TIED UP AND SHOT DEAD IN BRONX. APT.
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThree people were fatally shot execution-style and a woman was wounded in a Bronx apartment building last night, police sources said. The three who were killed were found tied up...
24/7 KATRINA CHANNEL ON AIR
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDIRECTV has launched a "Hurricane Katrina Information" channel that provides round-the-clock updates concerning the relief-and-recovery efforts in the Gulf. The channel enables viewers to contact relatives and friends separated by...
CLINTON HS STUDENTS GIVE REVISED SCAN PLAN A BRONX JEER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amBitter lesson / Editorial: P. 34 A day after staging a massive demonstration to protest the installation of metal detectors, students at DeWitt Clinton HS in The Bronx said a...
QNS. TEACHER BEATS TEEN-TRYST RAP
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens jury yesterday acquitted a Catholic school teacher of charges that he seduced a 15-year-old student he was tutoring in math, then kissed and touched her inside a darkened...
GOONS BEAT RABBI: DA
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens rabbi was slapped and threatened inside his Kew Gardens synagogue by an ex-con and a mechanic posing as mob-connected debt collectors, prosecutors said yesterday. Rabbi Aryeh Sokoloff, who...
BOY, 13, TELLS COURT OF PAL'S HORROR TRAFFIC DEATH
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA Queens boy held back tears yesterday as he recalled the screech of brakes, the crunch of metal and the horrific sight of his pal's red bicycle sailing through the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am* BROOKLYN *** Police yesterday were searching for a mentally challenged man who disappeared from his Sheepshead Bay home. Duron Leeboo, 21 (above), was last seen leaving his Avenue W...
SUBWAY PLATFORM 'INFO BOARDS' FINALLY ON TRACK
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amInformation boards providing train arrival and departure times will be added to 131 stations over the next year, but it will take until 2014 for every subway platform to be...
MIKE RAGES TO DUBYA ON WAGES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amFurther distancing himself from President Bush, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday criticized the White House for suspending a law that requires employers to pay a certain level of wages to construction workers...
FEDS MUST LEARN NOT TO BELIEVE RATS' TALES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amSERIOUSLY, if I hadn't known better, you would have thought Victoria Gotti, stiff as a steel girder, had died with her eyes open until she heard the verdict. Breathing restored,...
BARGING OUT; ART 'ISLE' BANNED FROM U.N. ZONE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amApparently, al Qaeda hates high art, too. Security rules put in place since 9/11 have forced the high-concept art project "Floating Island" to vacate much of the East Side while...
THROGS NECK BR. RULES COULD PUT DENT IN TRUCKERS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amStarting Oct. 1, the MTA will begin strictly enforcing weight regulations for trucks using the Throgs Neck Bridge - a decision that has the metro area's construction and trucking industries...
'HEALTH' CLUB - UNION BACKS FERRER & EYES BIG-$$ DEAL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amHealth-care union boss Dennis Rivera, announcing the endorsement of Fernando Ferrer, told his members yesterday that the Democratic hopeful has promised to help deliver better pay and benefits to thousands...
PREZ ISSUES 'PROGRESS' REPORT
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush reported seeing "progress" yesterday as he made his fifth visit to the area battered by Hurricane Katrina. Bush - taking a more hands-on approach after taking...
TOP DEM OPPOSES ROBERTS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Senate Democratic leader yesterday announced that he'll oppose the nomination of Judge John Roberts as chief justice of the Supreme Court, providing political cover for New York...
9/11-FUND TAX CHECK-OFFS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - New Yorkers who want to donate to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation will soon be able to do so on their state-tax forms. The Senate gave final...
DUMB WEIGHTERS - NYRA BIGS LIED ABOUT JOCKEY LOADS TO 'ALTER' RACES: SPITZER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA group of top New York Racing Association officials has been indicted on charges they "altered the outcome of races" by lying about the weight of jockeys and the load...
1,000 POLITICAL 'PARTIES' ON FETE-FUL NIGHT FOR BLOOMY
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amCall it "party" politics, Bloomberg-style. Hizzoner sponsored more than 1,000 re-election parties across the city last night. The mayor provided party favors like buttons, balloons and posters, but party-throwers had...
DELL IPOD CHALLENGE FALLS SHORT
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDell launched a hot new $99 music player yesterday to take on Apple's iPod, but it couldn't rescue Dell stock from skidding to a new low. Dell crowed that its...
RAVAGING RITA; NEW 'CANE SLAMS FLA. KEYS AS GULF BRACES AGAIN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amHurricane Rita roared through the Florida Keys yesterday, dumping a foot of rain - and the rapidly growing storm is now threatening to ravage Gulf Coast areas still struggling from...
FAMILY MOURNS TRAGIC DWI TOT
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThree-year-old Jalien Abreu's heartbroken mom and grandmother came yesterday to the makeshift memorial neighbors set up outside the Coney Island apartment building where the girl was run down and killed...
H&M OPTS TO TOSS MOSS; RIPS HER DRUGGIE WAYS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amKate Moss' multimillion-dollar career as a supermodel took a super-dive yesterday, when she was dumped from her $2 million job as the face of the H&M clothing chain - after...
GUN DROPOFF IN GRID SLAY
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe gun suspected of being used to kill Mark Fisher was wrapped in a T-shirt, placed on a street corner and then scooped up by someone who replaced the alleged...
'SIS SLAY' BRO A FUNERAL 'PHONY'
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA distraught mother collapsed in rage and disbelief yesterday as she watched her 27-year-old estranged son arraigned for the murder of his sister, whose body was found in her Staten...
GIFF'S GOOFY MATH ; 'HID' 130G IN RAISES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller has once again not told the whole story. Payroll records show Miller doled out raises to at least 32 staffers - a dozen more workers...
CHARITY BOOTS KIDS' CLUB OVER AIR AMERICA SCANDAL
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe embattled Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club in The Bronx - under investigation for taking $875,000 from programs for kids to help fund the start-up of Air America radio...
TEACHER STRIKE VOTE SET IF NO DEAL INKED
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amFurious over long-stalled contract talks, the city's teachers union voted yesterday to hold a strike-authorization vote in three weeks if Mayor Bloomberg doesn't seal a deal. The United Federation of...
TYCO PAIR WANT OUT ON BAIL-Y BASIS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAlready, they want out. Not one day into their prison terms, tainted Tyco tycoons Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz have sent their lawyers to a state appellate judge to argue...
LIL' KIM WANTS PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amLawyers for Lil' Kim are mounting a fight to get the hip-hop diva moved from a grim prison in downtown Philadelphia to a bucolic prison camp. "She feels she's going...
JUDGE UNIMPRESSED BY 10TH 'MOB-COP' SLAY RAP
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDespite a "polished up" indictment adding new charges against two reputed mob-linked cops, a federal judge said yesterday he still doubts the prosecution's case holds water. Ex-NYPD Detective Louis Eppolito,...
'JUNIOR' JURY LETS HIM GO - ACQUITS ON 1 RAP, HUNG ON ALL OTHERS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe Teflon Don's son yesterday dodged a potential life sentence when smiling jurors cleared him on a racketeering rap and were hung on his alleged role in the kidnapping of...
B'KLYN HS KIDS SHOT WITH BBS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAt least three Brooklyn students were hit by BBs outside their high school yesterday, police said. Two boys, 13 and 14, and a 14-year-old girl suffered minor injuries when they...
MURDER RAP FOR GAL PAL, 2 GUYS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA woman and two men were charged yesterday with murdering her boyfriend in Brooklyn during a botched robbery, cops said. Yolanda Comacho, 48, John DeJesus, 35, and Luis Acosta, 35,...
PARIS IS BURNING - RUBBER, THAT IS - SPEEDY SEXPOT IN BEV. HILLS BUST
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amForget "The Simple Life" - manure-shoveling reality-show star Paris Hilton looked more like a bit character on "Cops" when a Beverly Hills police officer pulled her over on Rodeo Drive....
GAS PRICES TAKE A TOLL ON MTA'S BRIDGES, TUNNELS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amAs gas prices jumped over the Labor Day weekend, the MTA saw a 3.7 percent decline in vehicles using its bridges and tunnels during the holiday. "Fuel prices have finally...
SCHOOLKIDS GIVE NEW SCAN PLAN BX. JEER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA day after staging a massive demonstration to protest the installation of metal detectors, students at DeWitt Clinton HS in The Bronx said a new scanning procedure did little to...
FEDEX MAN IN EAST SIDE BURGLARY BUST
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA FedEx deliveryman was arrested yesterday after a woman caught him rummaging through her Upper East Side apartment after she returned from walking her dog, police said. The woman opened...
RAVAGING RITA ; NEW 'CANE SLAMS FLA. KEYS AS GULF BRACES AGAIN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amHurricane Rita roared through the Florida Keys yesterday, dumping a foot of rain - and the rapidly growing storm is now threatening to ravage Gulf Coast areas still struggling from...
10TH SLAY RAP FOR 'MOB COP'
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amDespite a "polished up" indictment adding new charges against two reputed mob-linked cops, a federal judge said yesterday he still doubts the prosecution's case holds water. Ex-NYPD Detective Louis Eppolito,...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - ROBERTO CLEMENTE - HISPANIC HERO
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amClassroom Extra Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a look at the amazing life and career of Roberto Clemente. Adapted from PARADE's Teen Newsbreak column IT is Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15...
ABLE DANGER TRIO GAGGED
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon barred three former military officials, who say a secret data-mining unit identified the mastermind of the 9/11 plot, Mohamed Atta, months before the attacks, from testifying...
N.Y. - BORN ROOKIE COP KILLED IN IRAQ
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amA former Ulster County man who was pursuing a police career in small-town Vermont was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, the military said yesterday. Mark H. Dooley, who...
FBI'S DIRT ON CELEB WORLD - * LUCY AND DESI IN COMMIE PROBE *HEY, ABBOTT WAS A PORNO FIEND
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amComedian Bud Abbott owned more than 1,500 porn flicks. Liberace not only loved candelabras, but placing bets with a Buffalo bookie. And Robert Blake once got turned down for a...
JACOBS' LADDER ; ROOKIE'S 12TH-INNING RBI SINKS FISH
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am12 INNINGS METS 3 MARLINS 2 It's a chance right now for Mike Jacobs. The Mets are out of it and won't be headed to the playoffs. But when it...
YANKEE GLASS IS 'HALF' FULL ; BOMBERS KEEP PACE WITH SOX, GAIN GAME ON TRIBE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am"It wasn't a jewel for us, for sure. We escaped tonight. We scored enough runs to win."JOE TORRE Yankees 12 Orioles 9 When the Yankees rode roughshod over Baltimore for...
BUBBA'S BUMP COSTS ROBERTS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amBubba Crosby's body, B.J. Surhoff's throw and Brian Robert's glove all came together in one excruciating split-second that left Baltimore's all-star second baseman writhing in pain with a season-ending dislocated...
MO NEEDS MORE REST
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amIT IS Mariano Rivera who needs a save these days. It is the greatest reliever of them all who needs some relief. For the second time in five days, the...
MUSSINA REMAINS CAUTIOUS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Mike Mussina said he feels good enough to pitch tomorrow night, but he still has some reservations. "We've done some nice things, and I just don't want to...
ALREADY SPOILED FOR WILLIE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES Nine of the Mets' final 13 games this year will be played against clubs still in playoff contention. But even if the Mets play spoiler, it won't do...
FALL HEROES COME EARLY ; YANKS NOT USED TO TIGHT RACE LATE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amYOU probably don't need more than five fingers to be able to count the number of dramatic pennant races in which the Yankees have been involved throughout their history. They've...
GIANT REPORT CARD - 2-0 BUT NOT PERFECT
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amQUARTERBACKS Better stuff from Eli Manning (13 of 24, 165, 1 TD), who looked more in command but not as much as he can be. No interceptions a huge plus....
TRASH TALK HAS INDY STATE RILED
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amCOLLEGE NOTEBOOK Texas Tech quarterback Cody Hodges never intended to disrespect the Indiana St. football team. Oops! After the Red Raiders humiliated Sam Houston St. 80-21, Hodges said if there...
ALL CHARGED UP ; ELI CAN EXPECT HARSH WELCOME IN SAN DIEGO
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amTheir second road game is actually their first, so pardon the unbeaten Giants for a slight case of confusion as they embark on a short week, their first trip of...
SUMMER FUN ISN'T FALLIN' OFF
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amIN THE ABSENCE of any real cold front, saltwater fishing still has that summer feeling. To the west we're seeing lots of blues and weakfish being caught, along with porgies,...
SOME DIS-ARMING CHOICES - TORRE FORCED TOJUGGLE ROTATION
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amYOU run a pennant race with the starting rotation you have, not the one you necessarily expected to have in March when everyone, including the manager, chose to overlook the...
SHEFF'S INJURY HURTS ALL OVER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amGARY Sheffield injured his thigh two weeks ago and an entire team feels the pain. Sheffield has been reduced to being a designated hitter, which would be fine if he...
DEVILS WILL BE COUNTING ON MOGILNY
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWith the uncertainty surrounding Patrik Elias - who skated for the first time yesterday but is still recovering from Hepatitis A and is expected to miss at least the first...
DUVA AIMS AT KLITSCHKOS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amUnbeaten heavyweight Samuel Peter (24-0, 21 KOs) may want to think about putting a muzzle on his manager Dino Duva. At yesterday's press conference for the upcoming "Boardwalk Brawls" card...
THORN HAVING 'DEEP' THOUGHTS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe Nets went into the offseason again looking for a power-forward low-post threat to replace Kenyon Martin. They landed him. Then they lost him. But instead of bemoaning the loss...
YANKS ENJOYING ROLE IN THE RACE - JETER: THESEGAMES 'FUN'
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amSeven Yankees streamed out of the players' lounge late Monday night with a certain spring in their step. A moment earlier, Tampa Bay closer Danys Baez whiffed Boston's Manny Ramirez...
REYES IN THE SUN - DESPITE METS' DROUGHT, JOSE CONTINUES TO RIPEN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amThe second half hasn't gone well for the Mets. They're three games under .500 and have had a disastrous final month. But for a few players, the post-All-Star break has...
FEELY FEELIN' BACK STRAIN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants in general and Tom Coughlin in particular love the fact that kicker Jay Feely comports himself like a regular player. Feely loves to do the dirty...
BONDS: D.C. COMICS NOT SO FUNNY
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Barry Bonds road show began yesterday just minutes from Capitol Hill, and Bonds had a message for those politicians who have been investigating steroid use in baseball...
BONDS ANSWERS BOOS WITH BOOM
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Barry Bonds road show began with a bang last night. The controversial slugger made his season debut as a visitor when his San Francisco Giants met the...
TORRE FORCED TO JUGGLE ROTATION
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amYOU fight a pennant race with the starting rotation you have, not the one envisioned in March when everyone, even including the manager, chose to overlook the wear and tear...
BUBBA HURTS ORIOLES AGAIN
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amMonday night, Bubba Crosby's walk-off home run lifted the Yankees even with Boston in the loss column, the biggest hit of his career. But his most memorable hit last night...
ALL NEW ICE AGE DEBUTS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amIslanders 5Rangers 1 Nowhere near the bar-room brawl that games in the regular or even the exhibition seasons used to be between the two New York hockey teams, last night's...
THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAVORS
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS is about the season the Yankees never saw coming. That no one could have seen coming. This is about Shawn Chacon and Chien-Ming Wang, about Robinson Cano and Bubba...
BOMBERS' BATS LEAD THE WAY PAST ORIOLES
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 12 Orioles 9 When the Yankees rode roughshod over Baltimore for nine runs in the first two innings last night, it appeared starting pitcher Aaron Small would coast last...
MRI ON MARTIN NEGATIVE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amCurtis Martin took a significant baby step toward getting back onto the field and continuing his remarkable streak of consecutive games played. The Jets yesterday announced that a MRI on...
OFF THE CUFF - CHAD MUST GIVE HISTORY THE COLD SHOULDER
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amTHE JETS want us to believe everything will be all right with Chad Pennington's right shoulder, using an optimistic Wizard of Oz timetable: All in good time, my pretty. All...
IT'S JACOBS' FIELD - ROOKIE SINKS THE FISH WITH 12TH-INNING SINGLE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00am12 INNINGS Mets 3 Marlins 2 They played a song from "Rocky" as Mike Jacobs walked to the plate with two on and two outs in the bottom of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 21, 2005 | 4:00amTalk about sex education! A former Indiana schoolhouse has been transformed into a swingers club. Residents of Muncie got an inkling something was different when the doors were suddenly painted...