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The Daily News, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 
Virgin Islands-
Investment 
banker Epstein 
pleads guilty 
to sex charges 
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. 
— Billionaire Palm Beach-
New 
York-Virgin 
Islands 
money 
manager 
Jeffrey 
Epstein, 55. traded his signature 
navy sport coat for a jail uni-
form Monday after pleading 
guilty to hiring underage Palm 
Beach County girls for erotic 
massages and sex. 
He will be designated a sex 
offender, requiring him to reg-
ister annually with the Florida 
Department 
of 
Law 
Enforcement. 
Epstein. who lives in a 
13,000-square-foot mansion in 
Palm Beach, will spend 18 
months in the Palm Beach 
County Jail and then serve a 
year of house arrest. 
The other conditions of 
Epstein's house arrest include a 
10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, keep-
ing an hourly daily activity log 
and not possessing, watching or 
viewing obscene, pornographic 
or sexually stimulating materi-
al. 
Judge 
Deborah 
Pucillo 
admonished Epstein not to have 
any contact — direct or indirect 
— with his victims including 
via Facebook, MySpace, e-mail 
and text messages. 
Epstein told the judge he is 
an investment banker. He man-
ages money for the very rich 
and counts among his friends 
former President Bill Clinton. 
His real estate holdings include 
the 68.7-acre Little St. James 
Island in the Virgin Islands and 
a 50,000-square-foot town-
house on Manhattan's Upper 
East Side. 
Comedian Steve Harvey staging radio show 
By IAN MORRISON 
Daily News Staff 
ST. THOMAS — Famed comedi-
an and radio host Steve Harvey is 
broadcasting his syndicated "Steve 
Harvey Morning Show" live from 
St. Thomas this week as part of the 
V.I. Tourism Department's ongoing 
marketing initiatives. 
Harvey, a longtime standup 
comedian and actor, is best-known 
for his appearance on the Kings of 
Comedy tour and "The Steve 
Harvey Show," a sitcom that ran on 
WB-TV for seven years. He lives in 
Ncw York City, where he hosts the 
nationally syndicated "Steve Harvey 
Morning Show" airing on more than 
60 radio stations in major markets 
such as New York, Chicago, 
Atlanta, and Miami. 
His broadcast from St. Thomas 
this 
week 
is 
expected to reach 
more than 4 mil-
lion 
listeners. 
Harvey's visit to 
St. Thomas is part 
of an ongoing 
advertising cam-
paign by Tourism 
to 
reach 
con-
sumers in key 
markets. 
The 
broadcast will air in nine of the 
Virgin Islands' 12 top markets. 
Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-
Doty said in a prepared statement. 
Tourism has arranged for Haney 
to visit tourist attractions around the 
island, which he then discusses on 
his show, Tourism spokeswoman 
Allegro Kean-Moorehead said. For 
example. Harvey visited Paradise 
Point on Monday, played golf at 
Steve 
Harvey 
Territory reports increases in visitors 
By IAN MORRISON 
Daily News Staff 
ST. THOMAS — Mom people vis-
ited the territory in March than last 
year, and overall arrivals between 
January and March also rose, accord-
ing to statistics released by the V.I. 
Bureau of Economic Research this 
month. 
In addition, promotions by the V.I. 
Department of Tourism led to an 
increase in air passenger arrivals in the 
territory between January and March 
of this year. the bureau reported. 
A total of 308,156 people visited the 
territory in March 2008. compared 
with 291,706 during that same period 
in 2007. That marks a gain of 16,450 
visitors, or a 5.6 percent increase. 
The Bureau of Economic Research 
tracks and periodically issues data 
about visitors, air arrivals, and hotel 
occupancy rates. 
Overall 3.3 percent more people 
visited the territory between January 
and March than during that same time 
in 2007. from 836.299 to 863,672. 
At the same time, air passenger 
arrivals grew by 6.3 percent, from 
199,172 to 211,770. The bureau in a 
written report credited Tourism and its 
local private partners for the surge in 
air passenger arrivals. 
The bureau also released a number 
of other figures including: 
• Both air and cruise visitor arrivals 
increased this March compared with 
March 2007. Air arrivals rose by 2.2 
percent, while cruise ship arrivals rose 
by 6.9 percent. 
• The territory's hotel occupancy 
stayed flat in March 2008, averaging a 
76 percent occupancy, which is the 
same rate as last year. 
• Between January and March, 2.3 
percent more cruise ship passengers 
visited the territory than in March 
2007, to 651,902 from 637,127. 
Mahogany Run and stopper 
Yacht Haven Grande. 
"It all helps to provide him 
topics to talk about on air." K 
Moorehead said. 
Harvey previously has condt 
on-air sweepstakes for trips tc 
territory, and Tourism advert 
will air on his show from Jul.
through Aug. 2. 
"It definitely gives us a Ic 
exposure," Kean-Moorehead : 
"He has a very large audience." 
For more information a 
Harvey, or to listen to the show 
online, visit www.steveharvey.c 
Harvey also owns a clothing 
and founded the Steve Hai 
Foundation, which supports ed 
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Saturday, July 5 
Adventure of the Seas 13.8401 
Sunday, July 6 
Caribbean Princess (3,100) 
Monday, July 7 
Carnival Destiny (2,5341 
Tuesday, July 8 
Carnival Glory (2,9741 
Carnival Miracle (2,124) 
Wednesday, July 9 
Carnival Triumph (3,000) 
Mariner of the Seas 0,1141 
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