December 21, 2003
BULL'S EYE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amHBO prohibition Some HBO employees have a tendency to let off too much steam at the office holiday party. Due to shenanigans at past years' parties that resulted from too...
NYSE'S MR. INSIDE; CAN THOROUGHBRED THAIN WIN INVESTOR CONFIDENCE?
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe appointment of Goldman Sachs bigwig John Thain to run the battered New York Stock Exchange is the biggest step taken on Wall Street to reclaim the trust of investors....
BEAM US UP, JERRY: POWER-STARVED, LEGENDARY LEVIN STILL HAS URGE TO MERGE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amGerald Levin, the ex-CEO of the most famous merger debacle in corporate history, once promised that the combined AOL and Time Warner would be a company of "hugs and high...
STARR REPORT
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amLending a hand "Access Hollywood" has set up a fund for the children of Albert Carvajal, the show's beloved production assistant who was murdered earlier this month in Havana, Cuba...
CANINE CHRISTMAS; WELL-HEELED OR HOMELESS, ALL DOGS DESERVE A LITTLE HOLIDAY CHEER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amAt holiday time, pet lovers' hearts go out to animals less fortunate than their own. Now, two enterprising New Yorkers are getting creative on behalf of the city's homeless dogs...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... GRAND CENTRAL'S LASER SHOW
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amGrand Central Terminal is even more exciting this time of year, when the famous Sky Ceiling comes alive with a laser show filled with snowmen, skiers and more (every half-hour...
NOW, IT'S THE REAL GODZILLA
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amHAPPY birthday, Godzilla! No, not the Yankee outfielder. We're talking about the radiation-breathing Japanese monster who first stomped on to movie screens in 1954. To mark the 50th anniversary, Rialto...
DIVORCE COURSES; TWENTYSOMETHINGS LEARN HOW TO UNTIE THE KNOT IN STYLE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amDivorce - it's not such a downer anymore. According to a new book aimed at the young, childless and soon-to-be-single, the breakup of your marriage may be one of the...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amRaucous Xmas: At the Onion's puppet-filled holiday party at Northsix, the Walkmen sated the restless crowd with a punked-up set. Frontman Hamilton Leithauser sounded like ex-Sex Pistol Johnny Lydon, as...
WHEN DINNER TURNS INTO A WEEKEND
December 21, 2003 | 5:00am"Just out of interest, " I asked him, "at what point should one end a date? " Every New Yorker knows how to cut short an unsatisfactory date. But what...
WHAT TO DO BEFORE SAYING 'I DO'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amBefore racing to the altar,consider these 10 ways to marry the right person,by Kay Moffett and Sarah Touborg,authors of "Not Your Mother's Divorce." 1. Don't marry before 30. You're much...
SPRING FOR IT! - GET THE BEST 2004 LOOKS AT AMAZING PRE-HOLIDAY SALES
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amWhile most big winter sales traditionally take place after Christmas,there are a slew of unbelievable below-the-radar sales happening. High-end department stores and boutiques are very quietly slashing prices on some...
SALE!
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amHere 's a sampling of the high-end designer sales around town: Alexander McQueen 417 W. 14th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues (212)645-1797 Sale: through Jan. 31 Open: Sun., noon-6...
UNDERDRESS FOR SUCCESS - NEW YORK'S MOST POPULAR PARTY GUESTS ON WHAT TO WEAR
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amWhen it comes to holiday party looks,cocktail dresses,fancy coifs and diamonds are out. Jeans,funky earrings and stilettos are the main ingredients in the glamorously dressed-down dress code of Manhattan's biggest...
SHOPAHOLIC - I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER DANA GASKILL PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amIt's polarizing - some people love it, some loathe it - but fur is back in fashion. From J.Lo and her pink J. Mendel fur jacket to Gwyneth Paltrow in...
KELLY'S WORLD - POP PRINCESS KELLY CLARKSON GOES NOTE-FOR-NOTE AGAINST 10 'IDOL' WINNERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amHow does America stack up on the world stage? Tune in Christmas Night to find out as the first winner of "American Idol," Kelly Clarkson, faces off against "Idol" winners...
HOW MTV MOCKS YOUTH - NETWORK PRESENTS TARGET AUDIENCE AS SPOILED MORONS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amMaybe MTV has programs which showcase young people at their very best, but for some reason, I never seem to catch those shows. Here's a difficult thing for a 44-year-old...
HIT LIST - SIX REASONS TO TUNE IN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amBEST SCROOGE A CHRISTMAS CAROL Thursday, 1 p.m., WB/Ch. 11 Charles Dickens' famous 1843 Christmas story has been adapted for more than two dozen movies beginning in 1908, but this...
BEST & WORST
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amWINNERS ELLEN DEGENERES, daytime diva Yep - she's a hit. Ellen's new squeaky-clean talk show was the year's biggest daytime smash. THE FAB FIVE, designing men Five gay men won...
'DUMB & DUMBER' FOR $400, ALEX
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amFor foolish pleasure, there's nothing else like it on TV. Nothing even close. And it arrives fives times per week, every weeknight on Ch. 7 at about 7:10. It's that...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amRed-faced officials admitted little can be done to reverse the outcome after an Australian judge freed an alleged rapist after mishearing the jury's guilty verdict. The man was freed by...
WE WISH YOU A KERRY CHRISTMAS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amKerry Kennedy's Christ- mas card this season is a family affair with one noticeable exception - there's no mention of her separated hubby, Andrew Cuomo. Kennedy is pictured on the...
BORN-AGAIN KHADAFY LAYS HIS WMDS ON THE TABLE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amA senior Libyan official met with International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei yesterday to discuss breaking down Tripoli's weapons of mass destruction - just one day after Moammar Khadafy...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 'LIZA & DAVID'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amGavin Bond for Entertainment WeeklyHere's a punch-drunk Liza Minnelli in another alleged knockout, beat-down performance against her now-estranged husband, David Gest. Or is it? Not! It's wacky actors Jack Black...
ANGRY IPOD PEOPLE ASSAULT BATTERY-PRICE SHOCKER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amA dead battery in the trendiest of digital music players shocked two New Yorkers into taking on Apple Computer and may have helped win favorable results for the wired set....
SKY-HIGH PRAISE FOR TOWER DESIGN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe redesigned Freedom Tower skyscraper to be built above Ground Zero is miles above the original plan, according to a Post Web poll yesterday. Readers were asked to judge the...
'BUSH' WITH BUTCHER IN SOLITARY
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein is a psychologically broken man - muttering curses and spending his days staring at a portrait of President Bush hung in his jail cell, according to the chief...
HARDEN'S TEARS FOR 'TINY ANGELS'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amOscar-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden wiped away tears as she gave a passionate eulogy yesterday at the memorial service for her niece and nephew killed in a Queens house fire,...
FIENDS HATCH IRAQI HOSTAGE PLOT TO SPRING SADDAM: U.S.
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amU.S. forces in Iraq say they have uncovered a plot to kidnap the country's provisional leaders - in the hopes of trading them for Saddam Hussein. A U.S. military source...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amQueens Police are hunting for a parole violator with a long criminal history who got into a blazing shootout early yesterday in Astoria with a police officer trying to arrest...
BRONX RALLY FOR ACCUSED PRIEST
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amSupporters of embattled priest Msgr. Charlie Kavanagh gathered at a Bronx rally yesterday to show they don't believe he is a child molester. Kavanagh was suspended by the church 18...
METS DUMP STRICKLAND
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amOn Friday, the Mets were confident they could sign reliever Scott Strickland. Yesterday, they announced they ran out of time and didn't tender a contract to the right-hander who became...
M'S CIRILLO VETOES DEAL TO AMAZIN'S
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amAfter weeks of shopping him around baseball, the Mets seemed set to exile head-case outfielder Roger Cedeno to Seattle. But Jeff Cirillo, the Mariners starting third baseman who would have...
IN A HUFF, U.N. STAFFERS STILL PUFF
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amIt's downright UN-healthy. Staff and diplomats at the United Nations are flouting their own secretary-general's health directive to quit smoking and abide by the rules of the U.N.'s own World...
QUEENS TEEN DEAD IN TRAGIC SHOOTING
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amA Queens couple overjoyed that their teenage daughter had moved back home in time for Christmas were shattered yesterday after their only child was accidentally shot dead. Dominique Johnson, 18,...
RECOGNIZING RUSTIN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amLost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio, Free Press, 564 pages, $35 AS the civil-rights movement of the '60s recedes into distant memory, historical accounts...
CIRILLO NIXES DEAL TO METS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amAfter weeks of shopping him around baseball, the Mets seemed set to exile head-case outfielder Roger Cedeno to Seattle. But Jeff Cirillo, the Mariners starting third baseman who would have...
CHAD'S BAD NIGHT JINXES JETS ; 5 PICKS POWER PATRIOTS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amPatriots 21Jets 16 The result that unfolded last night at Giants Stadium in the rematch between the Jets and Patriots - a 21-16 New England victory - was a microcosm...
STUMPED BY TOMB MYSTERY ; COPS CHASE DECADES-OLD CLUES IN PROBE OF GRUESOME 'JANE DOE' SLAY
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amTHE killer bound the young woman's hands and feet with an extension cord and circled it around her neck. The murderer then wrapped her body in a patch of rust-colored...
LOBBYIST D'AMATO IS PA CONTRACT 'KILLER'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amFormer Sen. Al D'Amato used his political ties to persuade the Port Authority to stop the award of a $21 million contract at La Guardia Airport and reopen the process...
$PIRIT OF TAKING; SPECULATORS MARKING UP LOADS OF HOT TOYS ON EBAY
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe popularity of online auction site eBay has created a whole new type of Santa's helper. Call them toy speculators - people who stockpile hot toys and resell them online...
MYSTIC BALLISTIC; NYPD FAILING TO TEST TURNED-IN GUNS FOR CRIME LINKS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amThe NYPD doesn't perform ballistic tests on guns turned in for cash or have them traced - destroying potential evidence and missing golden opportunities to learn how the weapons hit...
WACKY WORLD OF WACKO KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amLast week, authorities finally nailed one of the world's most wanted men - the monster accused of crimes against humanity. Yes, after eluding justice for years, the sicko who managed...
MIKE HOPING FOR $16B WEST SIDE BONANZA
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amMAYOR Bloomberg's plan for development of the far West Side will produce a bonanza of $16 billion in revenues over the next 30 years, according to confidential city projections obtained...
PUPILS SOUND OFF ON SAFETY
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amViolence gripping the city's schools today is epidemic, with teachers and students being routinely attacked in the classroom and halls, and parents being left worried sick about the phone call...
STARS ARNOTT ON SAME PAGE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amOTTAWA - Dave Tippett, the great young coaching hire of the summer of 2002, may be close to losing his job, but the critical problems in Dallas don't emanate from...
BOAT SHOW'S SET TO DOCK AT JAVITS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amIF YOU need a break from the holiday madness or just need to get the kids out of the house, a good place to find refuge is the Javits Center,...
FLASHY FLORES OFFENDS SCOUTS WITH SHAKY 'D'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amMAYBE, like his coach says, Manhattan senior Luis Flores can score as easily as everyone else breathes. And maybe he'll cruise to his second straight Haggerty Award as New York...
NO BIG GUNNER, BUT . . . . . . BALANCED ATTACK MAKES DEVILS DANGEROUS AS EVER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Their offensive philsophy seems simple: Something happens, sooner or later. They've lost only 3-of-24, and the imagination boggles at what the Devils could do if their scorers actually...
THE INSIDERS - THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amMacombs Dam Yankees - New Stadium plan regaining steam While all the attention is on the blood war one-upmanship between the Yankees and Red Sox, some of our most trusted...
MAWAE A MARKED MAN - PATS' DT HAS AX TO GRIND
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES One of the matchups everyone was watching closely in last night's game against the Patriots was between Kevin Mawae and Ted Washington. Washington, the Patriots' massive nose tackle,...
STUCK IN NEUTRAL - RANGERS LOOKING TO START STREAK
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amOTTAWA - They were coming off an encouraging performance in their 4-3 Garden victory over the Islanders on Thursday, but with the Rangers, one thing very rarely leads in a...
JARVIS UP FRONT FOR DUKE ROMP
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amDuke 89Texas 61 Mike Krzyzewski has long been a friend to and supporter of Mike Jarvis. Throughout Duke's domination of Texas, the former St. John's coach watched from the front...
HOPE FLOATS FOR GANG GREEN ; OUTLOOK PROMISING FOR 2004
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amLost amid the disappointment of the Jets' playoff-less season as they prepared to play the 12-2 Patriots last night at Giants Stadium have been some positives. Despite what you might...
LIONS LIVIN' LARGE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amHS HOOPSLoughlin 60M. Center 55 Todd Sowell wasn't sure what to think of his new coach before the season began. "I was a little skeptical," the Bishop Loughlin senior said...
TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amFlyers 3Isles 1 PHILADELPHIA - Islanders GM Mike Milbury was "hoping like hell" his team came out with some pep and some fire yesterday afternoon against the Flyers, because at...
CHANEY MUST WIN NOW TO SAVE HIS JOB
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amThere were subtle hints by owner James Dolan during his long interview with reporters before the season opener that Don Chaney was not Knicks coach for life. Chaney signed a...
KRUGER WOULDN'T MIND TRADE FOR TERRY
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Just so happens Knicks assistant Lon Kruger's favorite player when he coached the Hawks was Jason Terry. Terry, who faced the Knicks last night, could be available in...
'SHAKE' ONE TO BEAT IN GRAVESEND
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amIn the "what have you done for me lately" world of horseracing, Shake You Down appears a shaky proposition as the heavy favorite for today's Grade 3, $100,000 Gravesend Handicap...
LEAPS AND (RE)BOUNDS - SLOWLY BUT SURELY, NETS ARE RESTORING KEYS FOR SUCCESS
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - Slowly, deliberately, it's coming back for the Nets. One night brings rebounding dominance. Another game sees the offensive execution carry the load. Still another elicits loads of turnovers...
BROOM LOOMS IN GARDEN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amDON'T know if James Dolan is observant enough to notice Don Chaney isn't exactly out-coaching anyone or squeezing the most out of his privileged players. Nor do I know if...
KIDD: GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEAD
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - The Nets are becoming mindful of Yogi Berra's most existential message: It ain't over 'til it's over. "Being able to finish a team," Jason Kidd said...
JASPERS GET RICH AT GARDEN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amManhattan 70Richmond 62 Over the past three seasons under Bobby Gonzalez, Manhattan has thrived in the limelight - the bigger the stage the better. Yesterday was no different. In the...
STORM BREWING IN QUEENS ; PLAYERS GET NO SAY IN COACH SEARCH
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amWelcome to the world of big-time college sports, where the ones responsible for making millions for their university have no say in their own fate. Such is the case at...
INJURIES MAKE FOR MAKESHIFT MIDDLE
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES MILWAUKEE - While other parts of their game might be coming together, the Nets still are not fully healed. Exhibit A: They played the final three quarters last...
. . . ONE STEP BACK ; RANGERS REGRESS AFTER HUGE EFFORT
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amSenators 3Rangers 1 OTTAWA - So much for the Rangers carrying the inspiration they used to defeat the Islanders on Thursday into their next match. So much for the Rangers...
HOT KEITH GOES 4TH ; KEYS LATE KNICK RUN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amJust in the Knick of time, Keith Van Horn showed he could take over a game down the stretch. Pardon that pun, but it couldn't be any worse than Van...
CHANEY COMES TO HIS OWN 'D'
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES With his job status on shaky ground, Don Chaney passionately defended his Knicks' record before they routed the Hawks, 103-92, last night at the Garden. "There's no such...
JETS: DON'T BLAME CHAD
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amTeammates rushed to the defense of Chad Pennington after he threw a career-high five interceptions and enduring his worst game as a pro in last night's 21-16 loss to the...
IT'S TWO LATE TO SAVE FANS FROM NFL GREED
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amAS HOWARD Cosell solemnly reported in 1983 upon the passing of George Halas, "It was inevitable." Not too long ago NFL execs would remind us that unlike MLB and the...
FASSEL HOPING FOR HAPPY ENDING ; COACH GIVING GIANTS HIS ALL TILL IT'S ALL OVER
December 21, 2003 | 5:00am"We'd have to overcome a lot; it would be one great win."JIM FASSEL IRVING - The question seemed to take Jim Fassel by surprise and his response was tinged with...
'BOYS STARTED GROWING UP IN MIRACLE WIN
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES IRVING - It is either ironic or fitting that today at Texas Stadium, the Cowboys (9-5) get the chance to clinch a spot in the playoffs with a...
PARCELLS HAS BIG D ON BLUE ALERT
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amIRVING - This is all that's at stake for the Cowboys today: the Super Bowl, their future careers in the NFL, and whether they deserve to continue breathing on God's...
NATIONAL DEFICIT - SENIOR CIRCUIT TAKING OFFSEASON BEATING
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amWOULD you make this trade: Curt Schilling, Gary Sheffield, Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez, Miguel Batista and Paul Quantrill for Andy Pettitte, LaTroy Hawkins, John Thomson, Mike Cameron and Carl Everett?...
DON'S SAFE ... FOR NOW - KNICKS' VICTORY KEEPS AX FROM FALLING
December 21, 2003 | 5:00amKnicks 103 Hawks 92 The Knicks saved Don Chaney 's job last night. For the time being, anyway. Putting forth a huge second-half effort and getting splendid performances from Frank...