May 13, 2003
EX-CSFB HONCHO QUATTRONE INDICTED
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFallen CS First Boston banking star Frank Quattrone is looking to stand trial in Manhattan within months after being indicted yesterday on criminal obstruction-of-justice charges. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jim Comey...
BRIDE JULES QUITS E!
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amE! HOST Jules Asner has wed her longtime boyfriend, Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh - and quit her job at E! She is said to be developing a new syndicated talk...
VALLEY OF THE STARS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe quiet towns and country lanes of the Hudson River Valley - including the western reaches of the region and the foothills of the Catskill range - is seeing an...
‘LUCKY’ NUMBER STILL 10
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN Corbett, star of FX's new comedy "Lucky," publicly broke the ice about his relationship with Bo Derek yesterday. "We sort of made this pact with each other not to...
STUDENTS GIVE TEXTBOOK LESSON IN INVESTING101
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTHERE'S a guy who used to be a big shot at Fidelity Investments that the kids at PS 50 should meet. He's Peter Lynch, the white-haired gentleman in the Fidelity...
SEATTLE IS DRILLED IN TERRORISM
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Downtown Seattle was turned into a mock disaster zone yesterday, with flipped cars, fires and emergency workers responding to a pretend "dirty bomb" - all part of the...
FIRE UNIONS ‘AD’ FURY TO FISCAL FIGHT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFDNY unions have teamed up with an advertising agency in a media campaign urging Mayor Bloomberg not to close eight firehouses because "Budget cuts are suicide." Using hard-hitting radio spots...
BLOOMBERG LIGHTS INTO CIG-BAN BIZ BROUHAHA
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg defended his smoking ban again yesterday after some businesses complained that it was killing them. "Let's give it some time," Bloomberg said. "There are 18,672 restaurants in this...
GOV FACES REVOLT IN ASSEMBLY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Republicans have gotten "cold feet" about backing Gov. Pataki's plan to veto the Legislature's tax-and-spend budget, The Post has learned. "There's not a lot of enthusiasm for...
DUMBBELL AWNING ORDINANCE HIT$ GYM
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWHO needs the mob when you've got this mayor? Brooklyn health-club owner Michael Ganim had to cut staff to absorb a property-tax hike that cost him an insane five figures...
SANDRA BULLOCK STALKER SCARE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - A judge has cracked down hard on an obsessed fan of actress Sandra Bullock, ordering the alleged stalker to steer well clear of the raven-haired beauty. Thomas...
MARRIAGE CLERICS HIT BY FEE-FOR-ALL
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amNo one's exempt from higher taxes and fees hitting the city - not even the clergy. Religious leaders and others who tie the knot for couples will soon have to...
DIZZY & DIVIDED ; LEMRICK JURY’S RAMBLING NOTE WARNS OF DEADLOCK
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge called jurors in the Lemrick Nelson Jr. trial "muddled, confused and a little out of touch" after the panel revealed in a note that it is deeply...
TRACK TAX TRICK TRIPS UP TELLERS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY _ Two tellers who worked at Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga racetracks are behind bars in an elaborate scheme to allegedly help big winners elude paying taxes. James Boggiano, 58,...
NEW YORK’S FINE-EST – MAYOR TURNS COPS INTO $$ GRUBBERS, UNION GRIPES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD cares less about fighting crime than it does about raising money through summonses, the leader of the police union charged yesterday. Pat Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent...
LACI’S HAIR FOUND IN PLIERS ON SCOTT’S BOAT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia cops searching Scott Peterson's boat found a pair of pliers with strands of his murdered wife's hair on them, it was reported yesterday. Prosecutors plan to introduce the potentially...
FAKE TERRORISM ATTACK DRILL OF LIFETIME IN SEATTLE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Downtown Seattle was turned into a mock disaster zone yesterday, with flipped cars, fires and emergency workers responding to a pretend "dirty bomb" - all part of the...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: NATURE’S FLOATING RAINBOWS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amSpring means flowers and flowers mean butterflies. Classroom Extra takes a look at these fanciful creatures. There may be no more beautiful sign of spring than butterflies, who seemingly float...
STATE CELEBRATES JOSE’S VINDICATION
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Just before the announcement that Funny Cide had been cleared in the Kentucky Derby investigation was made public - the gelding's owners, trainer and jockey Jose Santos' wife...
KERRY EARNS HIS PLACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The lay-up that salvaged regulation was for every howling critic who ever wondered about Kerry Kittles' ability to elevate his game to the moment. The 3-pointer that gave...
BEANED NIEDERMAYER SHOULD PLAY TONIGHT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amScott Niedermayer became the second Devil defenseman to get whacked in the head by a slapshot in these playoffs when he took one off the back of the skull Saturday...
DUMP STEWARDS, NOW!
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTHE greatest screw-up in the history of American racing ended yesterday as it began - with the perpetrators still in a fog, blaming others, patting themselves on the back for...
NO SUSPENSION FOR WALKER: NBA
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Celtics finally got a break in the Eastern Conference semifinal series vs. the Nets. Or the cynic might say that the NBA did them no favors by...
LOSSES IN L.A. SPURRED SOME TO KIDD SELVES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Experience testifies it's not a particularly good idea to get bent out of shape by either alarming defeats or elating victories. Those who get too high after...
GEE WIZ: JARVIS MAY GO
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMJ is gone, which could pave the way for another man with the same initials - St. John's coach Mike Jarvis - to return to Washington as coach of the...
MIKE TAKES SOME GROUNDERS – KEEP IT QUIET
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - The Experiment has officially begun, but it's been labeled Top Secret. Mike Piazza took about 10 minutes of grounders at first base before 2 p.m. local...
KIDD’S 3-POINTER IS THE FINAL DAGGER
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - It seemed to be a defiant "Take that!" (or something worded a little more strongly) from Jason Kidd. The game was all but over, the Nets...
A BIG COORS NIGHT: FLOYD, METS BASH ROCKIES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMETS 9 ROCKIES 6 DENVER - Yes, Coors Field can make the Mets look downright healthy offensively. No, Fred Wilpon can't relocate the team here. One of the National League's...
AWAIT EASTERN FINAL FOE AFTER BRUSHING OFF BOSTON
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Jason Kidd stared up at the auxiliary scoreboards inside FleetCenter before the Nets' morning workout yesterday. Maybe there was a subliminal message for the Nets. Or maybe there...
WARY NETS: TIME TO GO TO SWEEP: KIDD & CO. DREAM ADDS UP TO CELTIC NIGHTMARE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Jason Kidd stared up at the auxiliary scoreboards inside FleetCenter before the Nets' morning workout. Maybe there was a subliminal message for the Celtics and Nets. Or maybe...
BUCK’S UP ON BUSH’S BACKPEDAL
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amAfter three months on the job, Treasury Secretary John Snow is already fumbling the economy ball. The White House had to step in yesterday after Snow made remarks over the...
WET SEAL A COPYCAT, GIRL MANIA SUIT SAYS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA catfight is brewing between two West Coast retailers. Calling rival chain Zutopia a copycat, girl retailer Girl Mania lashed out Friday with a federal suit, alleging trademark infringement, fraudulent...
EX-KMART EXEC TOLD TO HAND OVER FILES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA judge ordered a former Kmart Corp. executive yesterday to turn over documents related to an internal investigation into the management practices of the company in the months leading up...
TONY BALONEY: ‘NINE’ COULD STRIP ‘GYPSY’ OF BROADWAY’S COVETED PRIZE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amOF course, Bernadette Peters, the occasional star of "Gypsy," was going to get a Tony Award nomination. She's a beloved Broadway icon who won a Tony for being miscast in...
SLEEPY ON ‘TO-JAY’: LENO UP ALL NIGHT AND IT SHOWED
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLATE-night king Jay Leno kept the joking to a minimum yesterday morning as he co-hosted NBC's "Today Show" for the first time. Leno, who's accustomed to reeling off one-liners before...
HOSTS SWAP COASTS: JAY, KATIE TURN TV TOPSY-TURVY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLATE-NIGHT king Jay Leno kept the joking to a minimum yesterday morning while early-bird sweetheart Katie Couric turned on her sex appeal during a rare night-time appearance. Leno, host of...
WALL ST. WHIZ KIDS ; BX. PUPILS GAIN 44% IN STOCKS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amInvestors taking a beating in the stock market could take some tips from financially savvy kids from the South Bronx. Students from PS 50 won the elementary school Stock Market...
MUCKLER FEELING JUST SENS-ATIONAL
May 13, 2003 | 4:00am"My time [with the Rangers] was the worst experience I've ever had in hockey."OTTAWA GM JOHN MUCKLER OTTAWA - Wouldn't it be something if, in a few weeks, John Muckler...
MACKLOWE PROJECT IS BLESSED BY CHURCH
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S a deal! After two years of tough talks, Harry and Billy Macklowe and a Christian Science church have come to terms over 340 Madison Ave., Macklowe's glitzy new office...
LET’S HEAR IT FOR BLIND
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTHIRD EYE BLIND "Out of the Vein" ½ Elektra Records After Third Eye Blind's last album, "Blue," turned out to be a pale shade of the group's hit debut -...
‘60 MINS’ IN HELLUVA HILLARY BIND
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTHE battle to land the first sitdown TV interview with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took on a new twist yesterday. Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Clinton's upcoming memoir, "Living...
MY HOLIDAY: FEAR OF FLYING
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN native Leah Remini, who plays the Job-like wife on CBS's "King of Queens," admits she'd rather "have a tooth pulled" than get on an airplane. There are times, of...
NARCS FILL COURT FOR DEA ‘KILLER’
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amNearly 200 DEA agents and cops packed a federal courtroom to back a fellow agent facing manslaughter charges for shooting an unarmed drug suspect in the back - triggering outrage...
BEAU LOSES CUSTODY OF HIT-RUN TOT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn Family Court judge yesterday dismissed a man's claim for custody of a child who miraculously survived a triple-fatal hit-and-run - after a DNA test revealed he's not the...
MACY’S RAPIST GETS 40 YEARS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFive years ago, a petite Macy's salesclerk struggled for her life against a brutal rapist, stabbing him in the face with the pin of her employee name tag on the...
ZOOS WOO NEW MONEY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amZoos in Brooklyn and Queens may not be going to the dogs, after all. Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said yesterday that he's in discussions with the Wildlife Conservation Society, which...
BROOKLYN PIZZA-KID KILLER GETS LIFE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe convicted triggerman in the shooting death of a Brooklyn pizza delivery boy was slapped with a 25-year to life sentence yesterday - after both he and his elderly grandmother...
LACI COPS MAKE WRENCHING DISCOVERY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia cops searching Scott Peterson's boat found a wrench with strands of hair on it - apparently from his murdered wife, it was reported yesterday. Prosecutors plan to introduce the...
DECAVALCANTE THUGS PLANNED A NEEDLE HIT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amAfter killing DeCavalcante acting boss John D'Amato because he was gay, family soldiers plotted to murder his brother - with an infected hypodermic needle, a Manhattan jury was told yesterday....
TEARS & SUSPICIONS ; FAMILY BURIES SVETLANA AMID TALK OF FOUL PLAY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFriends and family buried Svetlana Aronov yesterday - but their doubts about her suspicious drowning have not been laid to rest. Even as 200 mourners lit candles and jammed the...
SLAIN ACTRESS’ EERIE ‘LAW’ ROLE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTragic aspiring actress Lyric Benson's final TV role - aired over the weekend less than two months after her brutal murder - eerily mirrored the pretty young woman's own life....
TOP IRA SLAYER IN HIDING AFTER BEING OUTED AS SPY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amIn a stunning tale of espionage straight out of a Hollywood thriller, a ruthless executioner for the Irish Republican Army has been unmasked as a British superspy who leaked countless...
RAILY CRY FOR SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY LINE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amSubway riders and New York pols turned out in force yesterday in support of the Second Avenue subway - a route that would ease congestion on the overcrowded Lexington Avenue...
PRIEST-KILL SUSPECT RULED SANE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island loner charged with gunning down a Lynbrook priest and parishioner during morning Mass last year has been found competent to stand trial for murder, the Nassau district...
VAN GUNDY NOT KEEN ON RAPTORS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Raptors asked the Knicks permission to speak to Jeff Van Gundy, but again, he wasn't too interested, sources have told The Post. Last week, Van Gundy rebuffed getting into...
NICK’S BEEN WORTH THE WAIT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees' patience with Nick Johnson is paying off. "He is the player Lee Mazzilli said he would be," Joe Torre said of Johnson, who was managed by...
RAMS NARROW LIST TO 3
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe process has been long and tedious for Fordham fans, but the search to find a men's basketball coach could soon be over, and the Rams will be in good...
PIAZZA TAKES SOME MILE-HIGH GROUNDERS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - The Experiment has officially begun. Mike Piazza took about 10 minutes of grounders at first base yesterday as part of the Mets' early workout group. Manager...
COWENS: I’D WORK FOR CHANEY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amDave Cowens last night reiterated his desire to work with Don Chaney as an assistant coach. Chaney has Cowens on his list but the former Celtic Hall of Fame center...
METS’ SHRINK GETS THE AX
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amDENVER - The Mets downsized their shrink. Stung by another public relations embarrassment, the club announced yesterday that it has parted ways with "mental skills coach" Fran Pirozzolo. The decision...
FOULS SUSPEND WALKER’S NIGHT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Celtics finally got a break in the series. Or the cynic might say the NBA did them no favors in not suspending struggling Antoine Walker for last...
BLOOMY STAFF NEEDN’T DO HEADSTANDS – YET
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe always-efficient Bloomberg media empire thinks its sales employees will work better by standing up when they're on their phones. Headsets also are being discouraged, and the loud commotion of...
CAN’T CRAMP THIS PSYCHOBILLY BAND’S STYLE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN they formed in New York in 1976, the Cramps'Lux Interior and Poison Ivy pushed psychobilly, using their love of American trash culture, '50s rock 'n' roll and surf guitar...
CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ; BEING A FAN CAN MAKE YOU PSYCHOTIC
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amIF you're more worried about Ben and J.Lo's relationship than your own, you're not just obsessed - you're insane. In an article recently published in the Journal of Nervous and...
STARR REPORT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00am'World' beater: Slavin gets good 'News' Paul Slavin, Peter Jennings' executive producer for the past three years, has been promoted to senior vice president of ABC News but will continue...
W’S IRAQ SHIFT; WILL BUSHIES CONTINUE TO ADJUST AS NEEDED?
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amTHE American war in Iraq was characterized by remarkable speed and unprecedented flexibility. The Bush administration will need to display the same qualities if the post-war administration of Iraq is...
SAD TUG-OF-LOVE – IN-LAW SUES ‘PARANOID’ GENEROSA FOR TWINS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe sister of murdered millionaire Ted Ammon yesterday filed a lawsuit seeking to wrest custody of his 13-year-old twins from their dying mother, claiming the cancer-stricken woman suffers from a...
SUSPECT SANE FOR CHURCH-SLAY TRIAL
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Long Island loner charged with gunning down a Lynbrook priest and parishioner during morning Mass last year has been found competent to stand trial for murder, the Nassau County...
DEPUTY QNS. DA FACING SEX RAP
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA veteran Queens assistant district attorney has been busted for sexually abusing a 20-year-old man he encountered on a Bronx street, cops said yesterday. Peter Walcott, 46, was suspended without...
JAYSON BLAIR’S ALMA MATER HAS PURGED REMNANTS OF THE DISGRACED NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amJayson Blair's alma mater has purged remnants of the disgraced New York Times reporter from its halls and Web site. Although Blair, 27, never graduated from the University of Maryland's...
SCHOOLS RULING A WIN-WIN
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and opponents of his school-reorganization plan both claimed victory yesterday when a judge refused to issue an order blocking the reforms - but said they can't be put...
LEMRICK JURORS DAZED & DIVIDED
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge called jurors in the Lemrick Nelson Jr. trial "muddled, confused and a little out of touch" after the panel revealed in a note that it is deeply...
TALENT-STRIPPED HS TEAM LOSES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils did them in. Massapequa HS's scandal-scarred baseball team lost to the Red Devils of Freeport High yesterday with junior varsity players replacing the 15 regulars ousted after school...
FUTURE’S IN DOUBT ; ALOMAR’S FATE HINGES UPON METS’ SUCCESS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amDENVER - As of today, Roberto Alomar doesn't look to be a long-term solution at second base for the Mets. How long he stays with the team is the pressing...
KNICKS GET TAX BREAK FROM NBA
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Knicks received major luxury-tax relief last week when the NBA ruled to take Larry Johnson's $9 million salary off this past season's cap, The Post has learned. In March,...
IT’S OFFICIAL: JOSE NO CHEAT ; KY. PANEL CLEARS JOCKEY OF WRONGDOING IN DERBY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMuch ado about nothing! The frenzy over alleged wrongdoing by winning jockey Jose Santos in the May 3 Kentucky Derby - provoked by a single photograph and a reckless newspaper...
MIDWOOD TEACHES MADISON A LESSON
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMidwood 11Madison 8 Vinny Caiazza chastised his players throughout infield-outfield practice before yesterday's game against Midwood. "We're just going through the motions," the Madison head coach said. "There's no energy."...
SENATORS KEEPING HEADS UP FOR SCOTT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - They are trying to beat Scott Stevens with speed, but the Devils' captain already has the Senators on guard for him, too. "You've got to keep your head...
LUKAS RUNNER BUMPS UP FIELD TO DOZEN
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe prospective field for Saturday's Preakness Stakes, where Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide will bid for the second jewel of the Triple Crown, was down to five runners less than...
ONE HAPPY RETURN ; DEREK’S OFF DL AT PERFECT TIME
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThey thrived without him because of their pitching. But there isn't anybody in the Yankees' universe that believes Derek Jeter's return tonight doesn't come at the perfect time. Jeter's detractors...
RAPTORS & CAVS WANT VAN GUNDY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Raptors and Cavaliers have asked the Knicks' permission to speak to Jeff Van Gundy, according to sources. Van Gundy is not interested in the Raptors and it's unclear his...
A BIG COORS NIGHT ; FLOYD, METS BASH ROCKIES
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amMets 9Rockies 6 DENVER - Yes, Coors Field can make the Mets look downright healthy offensively. No, Fred Wilpon can't relocate the team here. The National League's 15th best offense...
JASON TALKS OF N.J. PRIDE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - After he performed another wonderful point-guard show last night, Jason Kidd sounded as if he's ready to build a Jersey dynasty, not leave while it's still being constructed....
THIS OUTCOME WAS NO SURPRISE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amDOUBLE OT Nets 110 Celtics 101 BOSTON - This time, there was no jumping on the scorer's table. There were no loud, brash, brassy celebrations, no swapping of trash talk...
SCOTT’S HAPPY TO LEAVE BOSTON ‘DEAD’ ZONE BEHIND
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The corners. Byron Scott remembers the corners best. You'd be trying to turn the corner on your defender, you'd get a step on him, you throw a hard...
L.A. LOSSES EXHIBIT SPURS’ NEED FOR KIDD
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Experience testifies it's not a particularly good idea to get bent out of shape by either alarming defeats or elating victories. Those who get too high after...
FEDS INDICT EX-BANKER QUATTRONE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFallen CS First Boston banking star Frank Quattrone is looking to stand trial in Manhattan within months after being indicted yesterday on criminal obstruction of justice charges. Manhattan U.S. Attorney...
OUT OF THE ROUGH ; LEHMAN SCOTCHES ANALYSTS’GOLF TRIP
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amLehman Brothers put a last-minute stop to a golf junket to Scotland that would have had the Wall Street giant's analysts golfing with the firm's bankers and key clients -...
MIKE HAILS CRIME DIP IN SCHOOLS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amSerious crime in the city's public schools has plummeted 8 percent this year, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The mayor was particularly pleased that crime in the 10 most dangerous schools...
GREAT WHITE ‘SPRAY; ‘HAIR’ & ‘MOVIN’ OUT’ TOP THE LIST
May 13, 2003 | 4:00am"Hairspray" - the hit Broadway musical that spoofs the '60s and stars a fat man in drag - picked up 13 Tony Award nominations yesterday, including best musical, best score...
BIG BOARD’S GRASSO WANTS TO HAVE HIS CAKE AND EAT IT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amHIGHLY paid chief executive by day. Lowly regulator by, well, also during the day. That's Dick Grasso, the guy who runs the New York Stock Exchange, and who the world...
SHOPPING SPREE: SPRING FLING SENDS STOCK MARKET UP 1.4%
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street's letting sunlight poke through the dark economic clouds. Investors went on a stock-buying spree yesterday in hopes of better times ahead, sending prices of tech companies to their...
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amSHIVERING through a too-cold shower, swiping your MetroCard, catching a subway - who knew urban survival would make for such a great workout? Leave it to a 34-year-old New Yorker...
HOORAY FOR (OLD) H’WOOD AT NBC
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amNBC viewers may think they've gone to the movies next season. Network officials said yesterday they'll add shows featuring screen gems Alicia Silverstone, James Caan and Ryan O'Neal to its...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amGood-looking criminals are likely to get lighter sentences. Some 500 Norwegian college students who were surveyed handed down far milder punishments for crimes by a man described as "handsome" or...
THE DOCTOR IS IN: IRAQ GERM GAL SURRENDERS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Iraq's "Dr. Germ" - the female scientist who started Saddam Hussein's bioweapons program - has surrendered to coalition forces in Baghdad, the U.S. military announced yesterday. A spokesman...
QAEDA CAR BOMBERS KILL YANKS IN RIYADH
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amAl Qaeda is the prime suspect in four thunderous terror bomb blasts that last night killed two Americans and injured at least 60 other people, including 40 Americans, in the...
ISRAELIS SPRING JAILED PALESTINIANS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel freed more than 100 Palestinian prisoners and made other "confidence-building" gestures yesterday, but also reimposed a sweeping travel crackdown on the Gaza Strip. Those steps were among...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan The medical examiner yesterday ruled the March 15 death of a 7-week-old girl a homicide, and cops charged her father with murder. A spokeswoman for the ME said Tyshae...
ALL THE NEWS NOT FIT TO PRINT – TIMES IN MUTINY OVER BOSSES’ ‘WHITEWASH’
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe top editors at The New York Times yesterday took the blame for failing to oust disgraced reporter Jayson Blair sooner - but staffers said heads should roll and accused...
TERROR BOMBERS HIT U.S. SITES IN RIYADH
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThree housing compounds of Americans and other Westerners in Saudi Arabia were rocked by powerful explosions late yesterday, causing numerous casualties, officials said. The attack - just hours before Secretary...
STRIP CLUB H.S. TEAM BEDEVILED
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils did them in. Massapequa HS's scandal-scarred baseball team lost to the Red Devils of Freeport High yesterday, with junior-varsity players replacing the 15 regulars ousted after school officials...
SUPPORTERS RALLY FOR 2ND AVE. SUBWAY
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amStraphangers and politicians turned out in force yesterday in support of the Second Avenue subway line, although it means years of ripped-up streets and traffic jams. "We deserve a bigger...
BODY ID’D AS HUNTER STUDENT
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amThe family of slain Hunter College student Ramona Moore gathered at their Brooklyn home last night to pray yesterday - hours after the Medical Examiner Officially declared her death a...
MENINGITIS HITS HARLEM SCHOOL
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amA student at a Harlem elementary school has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, the city's Health Department said last night. "It is very rare that meningitis is contacted in school,"...
MARTHA WILL DODGE RAP ON INSIDER TRADING
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors will not bring criminal insider-trading charges against Martha Stewart, but they're still weighing a charge of obstruction of justice, The Post has learned. Sources familiar with the long-running...
ROOM SERVICE, NOT CELTS, SLOWS JEFFERSON
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - A bad room-service meal did what the Celtics have failed to do: stop Richard Jefferson. Jefferson, shooting .564 against Boston, was back with the Nets, admittedly...
HOT STARTS BURN DEVS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - This isn't just a trend. It's a downright landslide, and it buries the Devils. In each of the Devils' last three regular-season meetings with the Senators, Ottawa leaped...
MOURNING TO DEKE: HEAT’S TOP CHOICE
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Having been cleared to play again despite his battle with kidney illness, Heat center Alonzo Mourning told friend Dikembe Mutombo, who sat on the bench again as Nets...
KIDD & CO. ROCK CELTS TO SWEEP: FINISH OFFBOSTONIN 2 OTS
May 13, 2003 | 4:00amDOUBLE OT Nets 110 Celtics 101 BOSTON - Jason Kidd stared up at the scoreboard inside the FleetCenter before the Nets' morning workout. The scoreboard carried all fives: Nets 55,...