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SAM WAKSAL Stock tipster in prison. The ImClone insider- trading scandal that landed domestic diva Martha Stewart in prison claimed two more casualties yesterday, including a top doctor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Martha pal Sam Waksal, the CEO of the biotech company, ratted out his two friends before a grand jury — in return for immunity from further prosecution, according to a federal complaint released yesterday. He is already serving seven years........ Zvi Fuks, head of Sloan-Kettering's radiation oncology department, and Israeli businesswoman Sabina Ben-Yehuda were busted on charges of securities fraud for allegedly dumping their ImClone stock...

"The Perfect Country and Western Song"A lot of things happened last week that might seem worthy of discussion. Martha Stewart got indicted. Sam Waksal of ImClone was sentenced to seven years in jail (this week). The naughty bits of Hillary Clinton's autobiography leaked out a week early. Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd resigned from the New York Times. And the Israelis and Palestinians took tentative steps toward a hint of a beginning of peace. But there was another story last week of greater truth and enduring importance. Country Music Television (CMT) announced the top 100 country songs of all time....

<p>June 4, 2003 -- Martha Stewart could be indicted as early as today on a charge of obstructing justice - a felony that could land the domestic diva in prison for up to five years, sources told The Post yesterday.</p>

ImClone founder fined $800,000 SEC also bars Samuel Waksal from heading any public firm BREAKING NEWS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK, March 11 — The Associated Press NEW YORK ImClone Systems founder Samuel Waksal has agreed to an $800,000 fine and a permanent ban on serving as head of any public company, government regulators said Tuesday. The agreement is a partial settlement of civil charges filed against Waksal by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the ImClone insider-trading scandal, the SEC said. The SEC claims Waksal was tipped off before the government announced a disappointing decision on ImClone's cancer drug Erbitux,...

Martha Stewart is lying low while investigators comb through her personal files, but the rest of the characters caught up in the ImClone insider trading scandal are living it up as if they don't have a care in the world. Stewart's socially connected Merrill Lynch broker, Peter Bacanovic, at first escaped to England to avoid the media spotlight, but for the past six weeks has been partying away on Fire Island. The handsome society walker, who loves to escort society's grand dames to balls and charity events, has been "out at Fire Island almost the entire summer," said our source....

June 15, 2002 | 11:42 AM The Wacky Dr. Waksal by Frank DiGiacomo and Ian Blecher On Dec. 5, 2001, ImClone Systems, a biotech company that was seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for a promising anti-cancer drug called Erbitux, saw its stock peak at a price of $74 a share and begin an earthward trajectory. On the evening of Dec. 6, ImClone’s chief executive, Sam Waksal, 54, threw his annual Christmas party at the 5,000-square-foot Thompson Street loft that he calls home. Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman was in attendance, as well as former New York Times executive editor...