Just about the time it was "lights out" for Leona Helmsley behind bars, it was lights out atop New York's Empire State Building: Her billionaire husband marked her absence by ordering the tower darkened.
The 71-year-old hotel queen arrived at prison by limousine and private jet, entering through the back gates before dawn Wednesday - Tax Day - to begin a four-year sentence for tax evasion. She was registered as inmate No. 15113-054.