February 19, 2005
BUYERS' BLUES - CONSUMERS' MOOD SLIPS, WHOLESALE PRICES RISE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amFebruary blahs are gripping consumers as they worry about steadily rising wholesale prices - standing at their highest annual gain in nine years. The University of Michigan's important index of...
STORES: APPLE UNDERCUT US
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA group of angry Apple computer resellers have filed a class action lawsuit against the computer and iPod maker, claiming the company's own retail stores put them out of business...
TIME WARNER PUTS STOP TO EMPLOYEE OPTIONS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amTime Warner Inc., is going to stop offering stock options to its entire 80,000-person payroll. The company said it was making the move because offering options had become "prohibitively" expensive....
EXXON MOBIL OVERTAKES GE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe title as the world's biggest company is passing from previous holder General Electric to oil behemoth Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil overtook GE when its shares outstanding hit $385.8 billion...
GIMME SHELTER
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amSHOCK JOCK IS BLOCKED HOWARD STERN is already trying to spend some of that big money he'll be earning when his risqué radio show moves to a satellite network. But...
COMING SOON - ONE GLASSY CHASSIS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amFLOOR-TO-CEILING windows are a big selling point these days; the developers of The Cielo, a 28-story luxury condo building rising at 83rd Street and York Avenue, have taken that promise...
MY NEW HOME
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amARTIST SWAPS BROWNSTONE FOR STUDIO WHAT HE BOUGHT: West Village "mini-loft", $320,000 SEARCH TIME: One year DEPENDING on how you feel about Brooklyn vs. Manhattan, Trey Speegle may or may...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amInnerAsia 236 Fifth Ave., between 27th and 28th streets, 4th floor (212) 532-2600 Sale: through Feb. 22. Open: Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m./Mon., Tues., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Turkish and Tibetan rugs,...
ALREADY APPRENTICES - FORGET WALL STREET; THE NEW HOT JOB IS REAL ESTATE BROKER
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amIF you want a great career in real estate, you don't need to win on a reality TV show. Take Rachel Kaplan, 24, who interned at the Corcoran Group while...
HOW SUITE IT IS - CAN'T GET ENOUGH ROOM SERVICE? BUY INTO A FANCY LUXURY HOTEL
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amYOU can call Nadim Shaath an early adopter. When he found out that the Trump International Hotel and Tower would include condo residences as well as hotel rooms, he bought...
PAPERS MADE PLAIN - THE TRULY IMPORTANT STUFF ABOUT CONTRACTS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S a pretty standard story - as far as New York state's overheated real-estate scene goes: An apartment hunter finds a place that he likes. The buyer puts down his...
SOMETHING SO WHITE; 'SNOWFLAKE' NOT-SO-CUDDLY DOC
February 19, 2005 | 5:00am"Nature: Snowflake:The White Gorilla" Tomorrow night at 8 on WNET (two stars) 'Snowflake" isn't as cute as it looks. It should have been. The albino gorilla named Snowflake is certainly...
ONO! YOKO DOES HER OWN THING TO SAVE CLUB
February 19, 2005 | 5:00am"We'll be pushing the envelope a little bit," Yoko Ono says of her performance tonight at the Lower East Side's Tonic, with her son, Sean Ono Lennon. "There's some multimedia,...
MY DATE WITH AARON! HILARY, LINDSAY - NOW ME
February 19, 2005 | 5:00am"Oh Aaron, will you teach me how to bowl?" "Sure," says Aaron Carter - "A.C." to his friends and fans - with a dazzling white smile. So begins my "dream...
16 GREAT THINGS FOR YOUR WEEK OFF
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amIt's the week you've been waiting for: winter recess with five school-free days to use however you choose. Can't decide? Allow us - whatever the weather, we've got you covered....
COP PRISON-BOUND FOR '98 RADIO SLAY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA former city cop was sentenced yesterday to 35 months in prison for hurling his police radio at a suspect's head and killing him. Craig Yokemick pleaded guilty to violating...
KIM KICKS A-LIST RAP SHEET; NO TRIALMENTION OF 'HIP' STARS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that the names of four hip-hop legends - Tupac Shakur, Eminem, 50 Cent and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs - are too notorious to be mentioned...
TUG OF LOVE ON A LEASH ; TERRIER CUSTODY WAR
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA custody battle is brewing between a Brooklyn man and the family of his goddaughter - over a dog. At the heart of the canine conflict between Anthony Bruni and...
GARSON 'BRIBER' TRIED TO BE 'BIG SHOT'
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA central figure in the case against a Brooklyn judge accused of taking bribes said in his first interview that he got involved so he could be "a big shot."...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amHere's a new one in the annals of landlord-tenant eviction disputes. A landlord in Lanett, Ala., is accused of tossing a tear-gas grenade into a house he owns -in an...
CALLING ALL ANIMAL LOVERS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amCalling all animal lovers - fluffy four-legged friends and cuddly cats are on sale! In a desperate bid to avoid killing an influx of unwanted pets, the city is slashing...
HERO HEART-TO-HEART; HOPE SOARS FOR INJURED FIREFIGHTER
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amHIS body still badly shattered, his voice a painful whisper, injured firefighter Joe DiBernardo summoned up all his strength yesterday to call his fellow hero Jeff Cool. Cool picked up...
FOX APPRENTICES MAKE THE GRADE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amFox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes yesterday honored four rookie employees at the cable news network for successfully completing an apprenticeship designed to attract and develop minority employees. John...
POPE HAD FAITH AMID SHOOTING
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amTerror and pain gripped Pope John Paul II in the moments after an assassin's bullet ripped into his body 24 years ago - but then a "strange feeling of confidence"...
TEENS BEAT 2 AT UNION SQ.
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA man and a woman were hospitalized in serious condition last night after being attacked by a gang of teenagers in the Union Square subway station. Police said the couple...
JURY PROBES PERV ON MEX LURING RAP
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA grand jury convened on Long Island yesterday to consider charges against Lester Joy, the convicted sex offender who lured a 16-year-old to Mexico after meeting her on the Internet,...
HILL AND MCCAIN VISIT TROOPS TOGETHER
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Iraq yesterday to pump up troops from New York and meet with military and political leaders in the wake of that country's...
IT'S HEALTHY TO GIVE HUBBY SOME LIP
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amWives who keep their feelings bottled up - and their mouths shut - during fights with their husbands run a higher risk of dying early, a new study has found....
MAYOR HINTS AT LAND BARGAIN WITH GARDEN
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg touched off speculation yesterday that a truce could be in the works with Madison Square Garden over the proposed West Side stadium when he suggested MSG build a...
THE GATES OF $ELL; PHOTO-VENDOR 'BAN' IN CHRISTO-LAND
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amChristo and Jeanne-Claude are huge fans of art - except when it's made by somebody else. Representatives of "The Gates" - in one case apparently Jeanne-Claude herself - have been...
DEADLY FREEZE; ALZHEIMER'S LADY TOOK 6-MILE TREK
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA partially clad woman found dead near a Bronx trash bin this week suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and the 54-year- old may have frozen to death after wandering away from...
BUSH WINS WAR TO CURB BIG LAWSUITS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, savoring his first big legislative win since his re-election, yesterday signed a bill he says will end the "lawsuit culture" in America. Bush said the class-action-reform...
BIG APPLE SERVERS: WE'RE WEIGH ABOVE CASINO STUPIDITY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA HUMAN-RIGHTS appeal to the casino operators of Atlantic City - please feed your waitresses! Don't just do it for your servers. Your customers will thank you. Because where I...
SNAPSHOT SLAP SHOT ; TOP DEM DEMANDS 'DIRTY TRICK' APOLOGY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - State Democratic Party Chairman Herman "Denny" Farrell yesterday accused his Republican counterpart of "dirty tricks" for peddling a picture the GOP erroneously said proved that convicted terrorist-supporter Lynne...
MADONNA PAINTS ART GAL AS THIEF
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMadonna has a message for her former art curator: You owe me for more than $250,000 of material, girl! The pop superstar has filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court against...
TEARS FOR COP KILLED IN DWI
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amAn off-duty Brooklyn cop who was killed by a drunken SUV driver was remembered yesterday as a dedicated officer who counseled survivors among the ashes of Ground Zero - and...
BULLSEYE! DA NAILS 'BB BOZOS'
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amCall it "The Wild, Wild, West-chester." Six White Plains teens have been charged with using BB guns to shoot out windows in more than 50 cars, authorities said yesterday. "It...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** Police are searching for a man (sketch above) who attempted to sodomize a woman at knifepoint on a subway train in Bushwick last week. Police said the attacker,...
MELISSA VICTORY SONG ; TELLS OF CANCER FIGHT
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amGutsy rocker Melissa Etheridge says her now- legendary performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday was a triumph and a joy after her painful battle with breast cancer. "I felt...
SLAM AT NEW CITY SLOGAN; TOP DOGS RIP '2ND HOME'
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMarketing mavens and business gurus have a message for City Hall: The Big Apple is second to none. Prominent executives are none too impressed with the city's new quest to...
KIM KICKS A-LIST RAP SHEET ; NO TRIAL MENTION OF RAPPERS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that the names of four hip-hop legends - Tupac Shakur, Eminem, 50 Cent and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs - are too notorious to be mentioned...
SCHOOL CRITICS FULL OF SNIT: MIKE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA potty-mouthed Mayor Bloomberg yesterday got down and dirty with critics of his strategy to revamp decrepit schools - saying they should be flushed down the toilet. On his weekly...
SHOCK STOCK PROBE; SEC EYES INSIDER TRADINGLEADING UP TO STERN DEAL
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an insider-trading probe of shock jock Howard Stern's deal to join Sirius Satellite Radio. In the two weeks running up to the blockbuster...
CELEBREX & VIOXX OK BUT RISKY: FDA
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amCelebrex, the world's best-selling prescription drug for arthritis, should carry a severe "black box" label warning - but it and Vioxx can be sold despite heart and stroke risks, a...
END OF THE LINE FOR THE NO. 9
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe No. 9 train's days are numbered. The Transit Authority will approve a measure Tuesday eliminating the 9 train starting in May, officials said. The 9 operates only on weekdays...
JUDGE REDUCES 'DYNO GYNO' SENTENCE TO 6 YEARS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amDisgraced "Dyno Gyno" Dr. Niels Lauresen - whose celebrity patients included singer Celine Dion and actress Liv Ullmann - had 17 months shaved off his insurance fraud sentence yesterday. In...
SUBWAY CHOP-UP VICTIM ID'D
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man whose severed body parts were found on subway tracks stuffed in a garbage bag Thursday was an aspiring Web designer who loved to make his own clothes...
MIXED BREEDS ARE NEW YORKERS' TOP DOGS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe city's most popular dogs are mutts called Max. There are more than 7,000 mixed-breed dogs licensed in the city, and more than 1,000 dogs named Max, according to city...
SNAPSHOT SLAP SHOT - TOP DEM DEMANDS 'DIRTY TRICK' APOLOGY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - State Democratic Party Chairman Herman "Denny" Farrell yesterday accused his Republican counterpart of "dirty tricks" for peddling a picture the GOP erroneously said proved that convicted terrorist-supporter Lynne...
GENERAL GEORGE TAKES HIGH ROAD; BOSS, PLAYERS WON'T DISS BACK AT BOSOX
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - With their universe absorbing verbal grenades launched by the Red Sox, the Yankees are saving their ammunition for the diamond. Even Commander-In-Chief George Steinbrenner, a big fan of...
ROGER'S BRUSHBACK ; RIPS CANSECO, THEN CLAMS UP ON STEROIDS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - Wearing a green hunting cap after his first Astros workout of 2005, Roger Clemens yesterday went on a counterattack against Jose Canseco. Clemens said he hasn't spoken with...
'STORM' BREWING IN CAPPY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amThe day after one longtime NYRA track announcer, John "Johnny I" Imbriale, called his final race at the Big A, the $75,000 feature today at Aqueduct is named after another...
ANDY FIRES OFF TO DEFEND ROCKET
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE - Andy Pettitte is troubled by Jose Canseco's literary swing for the fences and distressed that Canseco linked Roger Clemens to steroid use. Pettitte, Clemens' teammate, good friend and...
ARROYO'S DISLIKE OF A-ROD DATES TO HIGH SCHOOL
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amFORT MYERS - There are many layers to the Red Sox' dislike of Alex Rodriguez, and here is another one: Right-hander Bronson Arroyo long ago forged his opinion of Rodriguez'...
LEBRON, JORDAN MIGHT MEET
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amALL-STAR NOTES DENVER - Rumor has it Michael Jordan is in Denver for All-Star weekend, renting the top two floors of a luxury hotel. Perhaps this weekend Jordan and LeBron...
JAX L.A. ENCORE? KOBE: PHIL MAY REJOIN LAKERS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amDENVER - Kobe Bryant said yesterday during All-Star festivities he believes there's a real chance his Lakers will steal Phil Jackson away from the Knicks. While Bryant said he can...
JAX L.A. ENCORE? KOBE: PHIL MIGHT RETURN TO LAKERS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amDENVER - Kobe Bryant said yesterday during All-Star festivities he believes there's a real chance his Lakers will steal Phil Jackson away from the Knicks. While Bryant said he can...
LEBRON-JORDAN MEET ANTICIPATED
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK DENVER - Rumor has it Michael Jordan is in Denver for All-Star weekend, renting the top two floors of a luxury hotel. Perhaps this weekend Jordan and LeBron James...
HOPKINS PUTS TITLE ON LINE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - In an era when most pro athletes can become sensitive to questions regarding their age (see Randy Johnson), Bernard Hopkins revels in them. Hear him talk about...
'FRANCHISE' FOR JETS' ABRAHAM
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amFans of the Jets were frustrated and annoyed when John Abraham could not make it back to the field during the stretch run or for the two playoff games because...
THE POSTER BOY OF IDIOT NATION
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amTAMPA - Only now can the Red Sox be fully known as the "Idiots." Because only now is David Wells on their roster. Wells opened his mouth Thursday and reporters...
OL' BERNARD JUST KEEPS ON ROLLIN'
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - In an era when most pro athletes can become sensitive to questions regarding their age (see Randy Johnson), Bernard Hopkins revels in them. Hear him talk about...
STARS ALIGNED FOR VICTORY
February 19, 2005 | 5:00am1ST RACE - Stars Aligned, 4-5 under Rudy Rodriguez, kicked off chalky day dropping to basement $7,500 claiming dash looking for first win since April '04; trailed field early, made...
WOMACK WANTS LEAD ROLE
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Those who know them insist Tony Womack isn't Kenny Lofton when it comes to attitude. However, Womack and Lofton have a shared desire to hit leadoff....
AFTER FLOOD OF TRADE TALK, FLOYD BACK WITH THE METS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMET NOTS For a while, Cliff Floyd appeared to be a goner, likely in an offseason trade for Sammy Sosa. But yesterday afternoon, there was Floyd at his Tradition Field...
RIVALRY IN REARVIEW - PEDRO NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SOX, YANKS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amHe turned the page for good at precisely 12:02 p.m., unleashing a fastball that popped Mike Piazza's glove, a fine baseball sound that filled the cloudless sky above Tradition Field....
WILL POWER - RANDOLPH DOESN'T RUN FROM METS-PECTATIONS
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amWillie Randolph was so anxious Thursday night, he couldn't sleep. Each hour would come and each hour he'd wake, too excited for rest uninterrupted. 'Twas the night before his first...
LOOKS LIKE NHL SEASON WILL BE ... UNLOCKED! NEW MEETINGS TODAY; 28-GAME SKED EYED; PUCKS TO DROP MARCH 3
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMUCH LIKE the movie character Carrie reaching up through the grave, the NHL corpse is somehow still breathing. Though it is not quite a done deal, it appears as though...
NHL FEARS BEING TOXIC DUMP
February 19, 2005 | 5:00amMUCH LIKE the movie character Carrie reaching up through the grave, the NHL corpse is somehow still breathing. Whether it's simply a death rattle or an actual resurrection is something...