May 17, 2003
MARK’S THE SPOT
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Bar Belles love luxury. So we were in hog heaven one night when we strapped on our Manolos and sashayed into the Mark Bar, the first-floor boite in the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amAn Indian man is ecstatic about making it into the Guinness Book of World Records, calling it "a special occasion for me and my family." His record? He has the...
THUG BUSTED IN RAPE OF MUTE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amCops yesterday nabbed the alleged ringleader of a band of heartless thugs who gang-raped a deaf and mute woman in an abandoned Brooklyn building Wednesday, sources said. The woman was...
WAR ON WTC $$ BENEFITS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe city is opposing a bill that would make it easier for employees who participated in Sept. 11 rescue, recovery or cleanup efforts to qualify for accidental-disability benefits. The legislation...
BRIDGES TOLLING FOR THEE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA judge refused yesterday to put the brakes on a request from the Automobile Club of New York to stop tomorrow's scheduled toll hike on the MTA's seven bridges and...
SLAIN BROOKLYN CO-ED MOURNED
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA sea of mourners packed into a Brooklyn church yesterday to say goodbye to a 21-year-old Hunter College student found dead a week ago behind a building along Kings Highway....
GIANT REUNION FOR FASSELS ; MEET SON THEY GAVE UP IN 1969
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amAt one point, Wellington Mara, the Giants' co-owner, looked Jim Fassel in the eye and, with a straight face, exclaimed, "I didn't think of us as having a grandfather coaching...
FOR FONZ, THESE ARE HAPPY DAYS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Edgardo Alfonzo marvels at the changes he's witnessed coming from the Mets to the Giants. It's all about attitude, he says. "It's different here," said the Giants'...
DEVS MAKE FINALS PUSH ; WIN VS. SENS TODAY KEY TO CUP HOPES
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe difference between winning or losing today for the Devils is nothing less than the vast difference between always winning a series or usually losing: a so-far sure thing, or...
‘FUN’ WILL SHINE ; CIDE TAKES AIM AT SECOND JEWEL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Christmas comes to Baltimore in May when they play "Maryland, My Maryland" to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" as the horses parade to post for today's $1 million...
ROG’S 300TH SHOULD COME AT STADIUM
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThis is not about getting revenge on the Red Sox, this is about celebrating a great moment in YANKEE history. HISTORY happens - and it should happen at Yankee Stadium....
BLAZIN’ METROS ARE PRIMED FOR RAPID DELIVERY
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe MetroStars head to Colorado to face the Rapids today riding higher than the lofty Denver altitude. And coach Bob Bradley and star forward Clint Mathis both admit the squad's...
SHINJO STUCK IN SLUMP
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Tsuyoshi Shinjo's return to the Bay Area included a bear hug from Barry Bonds and a National League Championship ring from the Giants. At least...
ROCKET’S ROAD TO 300 RUNS THROUGH BOSOX
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE March to 300 now goes straight through the heart of Red Sox Nation. That's the way it should be for Roger Clemens. That's the way the baseball gods have...
ROCKET FIZZLES : SHAKY ROG CAN’T NAIL NO. 299 AS YANKS FALL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00am12 INNINGSRangers 8Yankees 5 Roger Clemens won't have a chance to stick it to his old team Wednesday night at Fenway Park, after all. However, Clemens might have the opportunity...
UNION RIPS KLEIN OVER PRINCIPAL POWER
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe head of the school principals union yesterday attacked Chancellor Joel Klein's plan to give principals more authority to focus on education and less on bureaucracy. "As of this afternoon,...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amJust because Dinner Party Cheat Sheet has the word "cheat" in its title does not mean it should be investigated by the New York Times or the feds.BLAIR GLITCH PROJECT...
BEAUTIFUL ‘VIEW’; BARBARA, WAYNE RULE DAYTIME
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWayne Brady grabbed two Daytime Emmys in the surprise of the night.Mark Mainz/Getty ImagesWAYNE Brady pulled a stunning upset last night - beating "Dr. Phil" McGraw to snag Daytime Emmys...
TED: KIDS BRAINWASHED ; FUMED OVER GENEROSA’S ‘LIES’ TO TWINS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amShortly before he was murdered, millionaire Ted Ammon said he decided to seek full custody of his kids after the twin 11-year-olds confronted him with a disturbing series of "lies,...
‘MATRIX’ LOADS UP RECORD TAKE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00am"The Matrix Reloaded" downloaded a massive $42.5 million from theaters on its opening day, smashing records as the computer-oriented sci-fi epic tried to reprogram the weekend mark set by "Spider-Man"...
ISRAEL EYES NEW PEACE GESTURE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel may propose a one-month "time out" in the northern Gaza Strip provided the Palestinians ensure there are no more rocket attacks from the region, Israeli TV reported...
SCARED TO DEATH: INNOCENT MOM DIES IN COP RAID
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA beloved 57-year-old church volunteer suffered a fatal heart attack when cops armed with a search warrant lobbed a stun grenade into her Harlem apartment early yesterday. To their horror,...
PARKING-TIX HIKE FINE WITH ALBANY
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amMotorists who can't contain their fury at getting one of those $105 parking tickets may need to consider an anger management class - the price is about to go up...
NYPD COP HELD IN D.C. RAPE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amAn NYPD officer visiting Washington for National Police Week was charged yesterday with raping a female officer from Virginia during a boozy hotel bash, police sources said. John Contento, 30,...
METS LOSE MIKE TO DL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amGiants 7Mets 5 SAN FRANCISCO - This season has been a never-ending horror flick, but Mike Piazza's latest injury is one of the scariest things the Mets have seen in...
MARYLAND HORSE COULD REIGN ; OFF TRACK OMEN POINTS TO LONGSHOT
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Soaking rains over the past 48 hours, and more rain predicted for this morning, raised the prospect of a moisture-affected track for today's Preakness Stakes. That could mean...
MINESHAFT WIN REALLY SPECIAL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Mineshaft, a 4-year-old colt bred and owned by William S. Farish, the U.S. ambassador to England, began his career racing in Europe, where he won just once in...
DEBUSSCHERE BURIAL SET FOR MONDAY
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amKnick legend Dave DeBusschere will be buried in a private ceremony Monday at St. Joseph's Church in Garden City at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked...
ROCKET FIZZLES: SHAKY ROG CAN’T NAIL NO. 299 AS YANKS FALL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00am12 Innings Rangers 8 Yankees 5 Roger Clemens won't have a chance to stick it to his former team Wednesday night at Fenway Park, after all. However, Clemens has the...
A NUMBERS GAME: ROCKET’S 300TH WIN A HOT TOPIC – EVEN -BEFORE HIS 299TH
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amRoger Clemens entered the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday at 4:43 p.m. and immediately began to prepare for a start that, he hoped, would move him within one win of No. 300....
KOZ ASSESTS UNFROZEN TO PAY EX-WIFE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amIndicted former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski can use some of his frozen multi-millions to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in alimony to his ex-wife Angie, a Manhattan judge has...
A-OKAYE!
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amHe could spit out tongue-twisters faster than some people could listen, made falling down an art form - and conducted "The Flight of the Bumblebee" with a fly swatter. In...
THESE TEENS ARE ON A ROLL
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThey call it "a musical tale of greed, love (and a disembodied head or two)." When you put it that way, how could anyone resist "The Robber Bridegroom"? Set in...
SO YOU WANNA JOIN THE CIRCUS? HERE’S HOW SOME OF THE BIG TOP’S STARS GOT THEIR START
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amPedro and Ramon Santos began flying around when they were 3. While their older brother Javier lay on his back with his legs up in the air, the Santos twins...
THOSE FINS, THAT . . . UH, BELLYBUTTON
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE city's most talked-about facelift is debuting at the American Museum of Natural History. Today is your first chance to see the beloved blue whale and her newly visible belly...
BIG ‘NEGATIVE’ FOR N.Y. ; ANALYSTS LOWER BOND RATING AMID BUDGET WAR
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - A day after tax-and-spend lawmakers overrode Gov. Pataki's budget vetoes, Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook for New York state bonds from "stable" to "negative." The influential Wall...
ACCUSED JUDGE CAMERA SHY
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn judge who was caught on surveillance video allegedly accepting gifts and cash during a divorce fixing probe has suddenly gone camera shy, The Post has learned. As well...
LIBERAL DOSE OF DEM STRIFE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a new outbreak of Democrat-vs.-Democrat warfare, a centrist group has tried to whack liberal presidential 2004 wannabe Howard Dean - but the attack seems to have backfired...
OWNER: I PAID D’AMATO 500G TO LOBBY MTA
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Sen. Alfonse D'Amato helped the owner of the MTA's scandal-plagued 2 Broadway headquarters ensure that the agency imposed "no impediments" to a bank loan to help fund the building's...
SANITMEN DOUBT THEY CAN PICK UP THE PACE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amSANITATION workers aren't going to have an easy time fulfilling Mayor Bloomberg's pledge to leave no garbage uncollected under a sharply reduced pickup schedule, sources said yesterday. An analysis prepared...
TERROR ON N.Y.-BOUND GREYHOUND BUS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA passenger saved a speeding Greyhound bus from disaster after the driver was knocked out by a chunk of rock thrown through the window. An off-duty driver grabbed the wheel...
TIMES GAL: I DIDN’T AID BEAU BLAIR
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe gal pal of disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair said she had no role in helping him in his deception. "I was in no way aware nor did...
MIKE: TAKE GOV FOR AN OVERRIDE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday warned of "chaos" if Gov. Pataki succeeds in blocking a legislative bailout for the city. "I was disappointed that the governor vetoed it [the legislative budget]," the...
CAPTAIN GUARANTEES SENS WIN . . . SORT OF
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amDaniel Alfredsson wears No. 11 and is the Ottawa captain, but the comparisons to Mark Messier end there. Especially when it comes to making written-in-stone guarantees. In Alfredsson's case, it...
GREEN HIRED AS LOUGHLIN COACH
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amKhalid Green played at Bishop Loughlin his first three seasons of high school before moving to Georgia before his senior year. The following season, the Lions won the CHSAA championship....
HOT-SHOOTING MIDFIELDER DAVEY PUTS POP IN POWER
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amSo who is responsible for the resurgence of the Power? Must be superstar Tiffeny Milbrett. Or is it blossoming rookie Christie Welsh? Both make a strong case, but in recent...
BIG EAST PLANNING TO RAID ACC ; WOULD ADD THREE, HAVE GRID TITLE GAME
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amTwo can play this game. When the Big East Conference meetings begin today in Florida, one of the strategies to ward off the poaching Atlantic Coast Conference will be to...
BURNITZ ON MOVE TO CENTER
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - The Roger Cedeno center field experiment failed, but Art Howe now is considering Jeromy Burnitz there. Burnitz, who said he'll begin a rehab assignment with...
PRINCIPALS RIP KLEIN PLAN
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe head of the school principals union yesterday attacked Chancellor Joel Klein's plan intended to give principals more authority to focus on education and less on bureaucracy. "As of this...
RAIL LIFE: DAY TRIPS BY TRAIN FOR THE STUCK-IN-TOWN CROWD
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amDon't wallow in self-pity just because you have no wheels and no vacation plans. Whether you're financially strapped or just too busy to go globe-trotting, you can escape the concrete...
FISH AND HIP: SEAFOOD SPOTS FOR TRENDY TABLE-HOPPERS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amYoung diners, anglin' for some light fare, are rudderless no longer. A bunch of seafood eateries in the city are hooking up fish-lovers by the boatload, serving up simple, affordable...
MOROCCO MASSACRE; QAEDA-STYLE CAR BOMBS HIT WESTERN TARGETS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Five explosions that rocked the Moroccan coastal city of Casablanca killed 24 people yesterday - just hours after President Bush sounded a new terror warning of "killers on...
NEW ALERT ON EVIL AL QAEDA
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration issued new terror alerts in Asia, the Middle East and Africa yesterday following alarming intelligence reports that al Qaeda is planning a new offensive against...
ANOTHER BA’ATH BIG BAGGED
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A top Ba'ath Party enforcer from Saddam Hussein's home region was arrested by U.S. forces this week - the latest member of the 55 most wanted officials to...
‘MODEL’ SEX SLAVES; GALS FELL FOR L.I. CYBER-LURE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amPolice on Long Island arrested three people and charged them with using the Internet to lure at least two young women to New York with the promise of modeling and...
DEFENSE FLOATS ‘CULT’ THEORY IN LACI MURDER
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amPolice divers returned to San Francisco Bay to search for clues in the Laci Peterson murder case yesterday as lawyers for her husband - and accused killer - revealed that...
SOMETHING BLUE ; LAYOFFS OF 3,400 HIT GROOM
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amWedding bells are ringing for Carl Tuminello, but the groom-to-be is worrying about how he's going to pay for his nuptials after losing his job yesterday along with 3,400 other...
DIRTY COP IN FOR 12
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday blasted a veteran NYPD detective who covered up his mobster cousin's role in a gangland hit, telling him he deserved to spend the next 12½ years...
BUSH STOCKING ’04 WAR CHEST
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday painted himself as too busy for politics after he quietly but officially launched the re-election campaign that analysts predict could raise a record $250 million. "The American...
TERROR ON GREYHOUND BUS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA passenger saved a speeding Greyhound bus from disaster after the driver was knocked out by a chunk of rock thrown through the window. An off-duty driver getting a free...
EMOTIONAL BRONX RETURN FOR BUCK
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amAmong the people who congratulated Buck Showalter on being named the Rangers' manager this past winter was a man he used to work for and left under a cloud. "I...
JOHNSON’S ON SHELF 4-6 WEEKS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The news cut Nick Johnson deeper than the broken bone in his right hand. Johnson underwent X-rays and an MRI yesterday that revealed the sweet-swinging lefty-hitting Yank first...
PIMLICO EXPECTS FAST TRACK
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Pimlico track superintendent Frank Passero all but guaranteed the track will be fast by the time they run today's Preakness (post time 6:12 p.m.) despite the approximately two...
SHUVEE HIGHLIGHTS CARD AT BELMONT
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amA quality field of six fillies and mares are entered in today's Grade 2 $200,000 Shuvee Handicap on a live nine-race card at Belmont Park, which will also offer full...
KERRY’S GLAD L.A.’S ELIMINATED
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amGood riddance. That's Kerry Kittles' take on the Lakers' demise. The Nets' road to a championship won't have to go through Tinseltown and Shaq. Even with the Nets' surge, nobody...
MARTIN BANNED, CARRERO FINED
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amTrainer Greg Martin was suspended 30 days (reduced to 15 days for having waived his right to appeal) and fined $2,000 for the finding of the drug Clenbuterol in the...
BURNITZ MAY MOVE TO CENTER
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - The Roger Cedeno center-field experiment failed, but Art Howe is now considering Jeromy Burnitz there. Burnitz, who says he'll begin a rehab assignment with Double-A...
METS CAN’T REACH MEETING OF MINDS
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - With his lousy last-place club 11 games behind Atlanta entering yesterday, Art Howe said he was on the verge of holding a team meeting. It's something the...
AOL’S BOARD STIFF: GRUMPY SHAREHOLDERS RE-ELECT HUMBLED CASE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amLANDSDOWNE, Va. - Steve Case knew it was coming, but it still had to sting. Case and his brethren from America Online were re-elected to AOL Time Warner's board of...
TEDDY BARES ALL WITH $2.2B IN PLAY MONEY
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a two-year hiatus from Wall Street deals, investor Ted Forstmann is ready to use his last $2.2 billion investment pot to get back into the buyout game. Forstmann called...
PHILLIPS EXITS MORGAN FOR ORACLE
May 17, 2003 | 4:00amTop-ranked Institutional Investor software analyst Chuck Phillips is leaving Morgan Stanley to work with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on customer relations. Phillips has been the top-ranked analyst since 1994 and...