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Worldco LLC, a day-trading firm that closed shop in October, was fined $1.5 million by the NASD yesterday for failing to separate its business from a hedge fund. Authorities say...
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A big hole is tearing through the economy’s sails, knocking Wall Street for a loop and dimming optimism for 2004. The damage began yesterday when dismal employment numbers triggered an...
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Another major trading firm has abandoned its equity-option trading business on the American Stock Exchange. Jersey City-based Knight Trading announced yesterday it would close its operations for trading 74 equity...
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A veteran sports reporter who once investigated academic fraud in college football has himself been caught doing a little academic fibbing – and it has cost him his job. Michael...
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Former Treasury chief Paul O’Neill – fired by President Bush for disagreeing on tax cuts – blasts Bush as a “blind man in a roomful of deaf people.” The surprising...
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WHEN Emily Thall relocated from London back to her native Manhattan last year, she wanted to find an apartment that could compare to the two full floors of Georgian townhouse...
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WHAT’S all that racket coming from the top floors of 740 Park Ave.? It’s a bidding war for a $28 million apartment, of course. According to neighbors, a few Wall...
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REMEMBER how fantastic you felt the last time you went to a spa? Now you can have that feeling just by stepping into a condo – at least that’s what...
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SAY goodbye to “The Wayne Brady Show.” Buena Vista has pulled the plug on the Emmy-winning talk show, which won’t be renewed for a third season, but will continue producing...
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HAVING mastered “The Art of the Deal,” Donald Trump is well on his way to mastering television – even on TV’s most competitive night. Trump’s new NBC reality show, “The...
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The holidays have come and gone, the ball has dropped – the fireworks are over. Or are they? Meet January, the new December. Once the dreariest month of the year...
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MY BABY’S DADDY DESPITE the fact that comedian Eddie Griffin has apparently been working on the script for “My Baby’s Daddy” since the mid-’90s, the finished product looks like it...
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Unrest in Haiti has forced Mayor Bloomberg to postpone his scheduled trip to the island nation tomorrow, the mayor’s spokesman said yesterday. “In light of recent conflict in Haiti as...
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WASHINGTON – Hundreds of U.S. soldiers backed by aerial gunships and Bradley fighting vehicles stormed through Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit yesterday, rounding up terrorists involved in attacks on coalition...
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Adele Freedman was lucky enough to survive the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake in Iran. Now she must face the tragedy of mourning the loss of her fiance as she recovers...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence agencies have launched a worldwide manhunt for al Qaeda’s master bombmaker, who may be building a “dirty” bomb and other new devices for terror attacks inside...
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WASHINGTON – New York will stay on higher alert but the nation’s threat level was lowered yesterday from code orange to yellow after an anxious holiday season that included a...
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An all-bark, no-bite Manhattan judge kept an ex-Queens city councilman out of jail yesterday after giving the disgraced former pol a rousing scolding for trying to steal $40,000 in a...
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Bill Clinton was “absolutely convinced” Iraq had weapons of mass destruction up until the fall of Saddam Hussein last spring, according to Portugal’s prime minister. Clinton expressed his certainty about...
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An auctioneer charged yesterday that Liza Minnelli’s claim that her estranged husband, David Gest, auctioned off her piano on eBay without her knowledge is way off key. He says it...
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Cornered by cops, a bandit dived into the East River yesterday – and is presumed dead. He left behind an accomplice who surrendered and was charged with robbery. Around 1...
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When it comes to the hip way we talk, we’re definitely getting a little help from our “Friends.” While the NBC series has been a smash since its debut in...
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A mob-linked trash carter and four associates were hauled into custody yesterday for allegedly stealing compactors and containers from the competition – and reselling them on the black market. The...
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A city lifeguard was put on six years’ probation yesterday for sexually abusing two girls in a Brooklyn pool – but he was given youthful-offender status that will allow him...
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A teen who was repeatedly sexually abused while attending the famed Boys Choir of Harlem claims he was also “physically assaulted” by the school’s embattled founder. The teenage boy leveled...
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The mayoral plan to single out small homeowners for $400 tax rebates this summer was strongly defended by Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. Hizzoner said they deserve a reward because they stepped...
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WASHINGTON – New York Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer supported President Bush in their Senate votes more often than any of the Democrats running for president, a new survey...
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A man accused of bringing two Mexican women to the United States – promising them the American dream but giving them a living nightmare – was sentenced yesterday to four...
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The first EMS official on scene at the Staten Island Ferry crash – whose ambulance was the first to respond to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing – was promoted...
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ALBANY – State Education Commissioner Richard Mills yesterday revealed that a second scoring of the Regents physics exams will allow thousands more students to pass. After a storm of complaints...
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At PS 51 on Manhattan’s West Side, parents, students and educators yesterday gave Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to end “social promotion” mixed grades. “That’s horrible!” said Al Silvera as he strapped...
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A 2-month-old baby boy, left in a livery cab that was stolen while his mother darted into a restaurant in upper Manhattan, was with an aunt yesterday – and his...
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An outspoken victim of the Puerto Rican Day Parade sex assaults is filing a $5 million suit against the city and her ex-husband for joining forces in an attempt “to...
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Sympathetic neighbors rallied around the mink-clad Long Island mom busted for allegedly driving drunk with her 5-year-old triplets in the family SUV, declaring the 43-year-old parent should get professional counseling...
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In an effort to bolster their depleted corps of forwards, the Islanders yesterday signed free-agent center Cliff Ronning to a contract for the remainder of the season. Ronning, a 38-year...
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Mayor Bloomberg’s potential 2005 rivals are kicking their fund-raising into high gear early, with four Democrats having hit the $1 million mark nearly two years before a single ballot is...
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Howard Dean was frantically eating his words yesterday on several fronts, as fallout from his gaffe-filled campaign threatened the Democratic front-runner in the final sprint to...
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The widow of a hero 9/11 firefighter has been slapped with criminal charges after allegedly harassing the wife of her new boyfriend – an FDNY firefighter who left his family...
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A Staten Island man was found beaten to death early yesterday in the Bronx bar where he worked, which police said had also been robbed. Charles Mannino, 46, of 85...
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A Long Island woman convicted of killing her newborn baby on Christmas Day 2001 was accused yesterday of murdering another newborn she bore just eight months earlier – and dumping...
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When Tom Coughlin’s Jaguars faced the Steelers in past years, he always held the Pittsburgh defense in high regard. Yesterday, Coughlin recalled those battles when he made his first and...
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Before they even played a game together, Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston were billed as the best guard tandem in the East. After two dismal showings, they look like a...
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In a precedent-setting case, Brooklyn jurors yesterday awarded $20 million to the widow of a cigarette smoker who died of cancer, saying they wanted to teach Big Tobacco a lesson...
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Howard Dean was frantically eating his words yesterday on several fronts, as fallout from his gaffe-filled campaign threatened the Democratic front-runner in the final sprint to...
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A superb soccer season at St. John’s gained another highlight last night when senior defender Chris Wingert accepted the Hermann Award as the top player in NCAA Division I. Wingert,...
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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Mother Nature will continue giving the Big Apple the cold shoulder for the next two days – with the mercury expected to nosedive into the single digits. The National...
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A Queens man was arrested yesterday for sexually molesting a sedated patient at a Long Island hospital, police said. Luis Cana, 22, a nurse’s assistant at Mercy Medical Center in...
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A city lifeguard was put on six years’ probation yesterday for sexually abusing two girls in a Brooklyn pool – but given youthful-offender status that will allow him to have...
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WASHINGTON – President Bush is expected to ask for an $800 million boost in the NASA budget when he gives his back-to-the-moon speech on Wednesday, White House officials said. The...
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A week ago it was dismissed as an impossible fantasy. But over the last 24 hours, hope has emerged that free-agent superstar Vladimir Guerrero might actually sign with the Mets....
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Racing at Aqueduct was cancelled shortly after the fourth race yesterday because of the bitter cold, as temperatures plunged to 16 degrees with a wind-chill factor of zero. “It’s difficult...
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FOXBORO – You might be wondering how in the name of Brady the Patriots are the host for tonight’s AFC divisional playoff game against the Titans. You might wonder how...
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From the players’ indiscretions to the coach’s firing to their worst start in decades, St. John’s offseason and early season went from bad to worse. But the Red Storm can...
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The last time it was staged at the Coliseum, on Dec. 4, the Battle of New York was a referendum on the Islanders. They lost. But out of a defeat...
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Heroics and highlights out of Brett Favre are nothing new, nothing the Packers haven’t seen before, nothing they haven’t come to expect from their magical quarterback. Something, however, happened amid...
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NET NOTES PHILADELPHIA – Rodney Rogers is determined to show the world, and Byron Scott, that he still exists. Rogers, for the better part of two seasons as a Net,...
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Now they will need Ken Daneyko Night 2, to retire No. 3. It should have been an evening to remember. Instead, Ken Daneyko Night left the Meadowlands patrons holding the...
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KNICK NOTES When Stephon Marbury was traded from Minnesota to the Nets early during the 1999 lockout season, he played one game for Jersey coach John Calipari before the latter...
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Don Chaney was allowed to run another practice while Isiah Thomas stayed holed up in his office yesterday at the Knicks’ Westchester campus. The Stephon Marbury blockbuster has not yet...
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PHILADELPHIA – Eddie Griffin looked good the first day. So good, in fact, that the Nets considered keeping him on the active list. Then came day two and a little...
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At first it was dismissed as an impossible fantasy. But yesterday, hope was slowly building that free-agent superstar Vladimir Guerrero might actually sign with the Mets. Might. Though the Orioles...
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The Yankees have brought in Gary Sheffield, Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez and others this offseason, a convoy of All-Stars seemingly passing through the stadium turnstiles. But one man who’s not...
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Arturo Dubois wasn’t known as a particularly hard worker in years past. His lackadaisical attitude got on Rice coach Mo Hicks’ nerves so much last year that the 6-foot-8 forward...
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Before they even played a game together, Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston were billed as the best guard tandem in the East. After two dismal showings, they look like a...
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Sixers 97 Nets 81 PHILADELPHIA – The Nets started without the suspended Kenyon Martin. So there was no energy. They ended without an injured Jason Kidd. So there was no...
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NET NOTES PHILADELPHIA – Eddie Griffin looked so good the first day, the Nets considered keeping him on the active list. Then came day two. Griffin ended yesterday on the...
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Lightning 4 Devils 1 Perhaps the Devils will fare better on Ken Daneyko Night II, if and when they officially retire No. 3. Actually, they couldn’t have fared any worse...