August 21, 2004
GAMING THE SYSTEM ; REDSTONE WOULD SCORE SELLING MIDWAY TO VIACOM
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amViacom chief Sumner Redstone reversed course yesterday and said the media giant may acquire Midway Games - a videogame maker that Redstone himself controls. To ease potential concerns of a...
ON DAY 2, STILL LOOKING GOOG
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amGoogle's good fortune continued during its second day of trading, soaring almost 8 percent from its opening price yesterday and capping the stock's two-day performance at a whopping 27 percent....
STRINGS ATTACHED
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amEven those who don't know their Bach from their Mussorgsky have heard of Joshua Bell, the fiercely talented fiddler who's launched a hundred fan sites. Being gorgeous helps, of course...
9 SHOT AT GAME ; BOY, 5, AMONG INJURED IN BX. HOOPS ATTACK
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA wild shootout at a Bronx basketball tournament left nine people - including a 5-year-old boy and two players - caught in the crossfire, officials said. There was under a...
$350 GOODY BAGS FOR EXTREMELY GIFTED DELEGATES
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amDelegates to the Republican convention will receive gift bags chock full of goodies - including a gym membership, elephant-shaped macaroni and cheese and a book by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani....
MIKE RIPS PUSHY FOES IN ‘CUSHY’ UNION POSTS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amIt's getting personal between Mayor Bloomberg and the leaders of the police and firefighter unions. The mayor charged yesterday that the contract stalemate between the city and cops and firefighters...
THE DOCTOR IS OUT (OF HIS MIND): COPS ; AIDE ‘BEAU’ BUSTED IN WACKY FED FRAUD
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe doctor who says he had an affair with the Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's gay sex scandal has been busted for impersonating an...
TOURIST PROTESTERS: NO BUTTONS, NO PEACE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA city program to encourage peaceful political protest with discounts at local stores during the Republican convention has already gotten ugly. Tourists and savvy New Yorkers who have dropped by...
FATAL RAMPAGE – ‘OUT-OF-CONTROL’ SUSPECT SHOT DEAD BY N.J. COP
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey cop answered a call about a self-employed shirt salesman who was "breaking up everything" in an apartment, and ended up shooting and killing the man early yesterday,...
THE DOCTOR IS OUT (OF HIS MIND): COPS – AIDE ‘BEAU’ BUSTED IN WACKY FED FRAUD
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe doctor who says he had an affair with the Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's gay sex scandal has been busted for impersonating an...
‘SMOTHER’ MOM’S $$ LOOPHOLE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother accused of killing her baby four years ago - then continuing to pocket his welfare benefits - would not have had to produce her son to keep...
SMOTHER BABY FELL THROUGH CRACKS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother accused of killing her baby four years ago - and then continuing to pocket his welfare benefits - would not have had to produce her son to...
SENSE OF STYLE TAKES SPINAWAY
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Sense of Style, an $800,000 daughter of champion Thunder Gulch, has only run twice in her fledgling career. But after winning her Aug. 1 debut at the...
RANGERS BALK AT LOAIZA
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Boss may not have seen enough of Esteban Loaiza yet, but apparently the Rangers might have. An industry source told The Post yesterday that Loaiza - who...
METROSTARS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amWith a last-minute loss to Dallas behind them and a pivotal first-place matchup against Columbus ahead of them, the MetroStars travel to Colorado tonight hoping to regain the form that...
VANDY’S LIST GOES TO TOP
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. AMATEUR Yesterday, the novelty ended here at the 104th U.S. Amateur. A yanked three-foot- putt at 17 and a pulled 8-iron at 18 bounced native son Andy Svoboda. Time,...
KOREAN PROTEST MAY CLOUD HAMM’S GOLD
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm might have to share his gold medal as the all-around champ. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) held an executive meeting yesterday morning to look...
MCEWING OUT FOR SEASON
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Joe McEwing's leg is broken and his season finished. And there could be even more damage coming to the Mets from Major League Baseball as a result...
HEY, TOM: START WARNER AT QB
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE will a time for young Eli. Soon. But not now. Not yet. With every throw, every gyration at the line of scrimmage, every laid-back shrug of the shoulders and...
RANGERS MAY BALK AT DEAL FOR LOAIZA
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Boss may not have seen enough of Esteban Loaiza yet, but apparently the Rangers have heard plenty. A source told The Post yesterday that Loaiza - who...
OUR GOLDEN BOY : PHELPS RALLIES FOR 5TH GOLD – THEN CEDES RELAY SPOT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Michael Phelps had already made his point in the pool, over and over and over and over and over. He'd already collected five gold medals, the latest thanks...
IT’S OFFICIAL: THESE ARE MIKE’S GAMES
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - He made certain the last glimpse would be the most unforgettable one, the way the great ones always do. He left the whole world wanting for more, panting...
YOUNG RUNS – WILLIAMS, 20, SPEEDS PAST AGING, WINDED DEVERS, 37
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Round one went to the young guns. On a U.S. track and field team that is going through a transformation at these Olympics, it was one of the...
WEBB OF DEFEAT – HERALDED RUNNER HEADS HOME
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Less than a month ago, one U.S. track and field athlete after another paraded into the interview tent at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and boasted about how...
CLEVER MIKE’S ‘PROTEST’ PITCH
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg offered yet another use for the proposed West Side football stadium: a perfect place for political protesters. "Think about the people that want to protest for the Republican...
GIMME SHELTER
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amBuy-Coastal Twins THERE are apparently no student-housing problems for NYU freshmen Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The thin twins have not only added more square footage to their as-yet unfinished penthouse...
A STAR IS PORN; SEX WORKER OR DADDY CAREGIVER?
August 21, 2004 | 4:00am"This Girl's Life" Tonight at 9 Showtime (two stars) ZEN type question: If you make a movie about making a dirty movie, is it a dirty movie? "This Girl's Life,"...
GETTIN’ WIGGY
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amThere's still plenty of time to howl. The second annual HOWL! Festival, which celebrates all forms of East Village art, runs through Tuesday. And the biggest, most fabulous draw of...
MAYOR’S OLYMPIC $PIRIT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The 2012 Olympics would bring huge long-term benefits to New York, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. "There's no question about that," said Bloomberg. "You have my promise. You won't...
KIDNAP MOM KEPT FROM SON
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan mom who spent a year in jail for spiriting her son away to China during a custody fight still can't see her little boy, an appeals court judge...
TEAM JACKO: RAID WENT WILD
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson's employees say cops who raided his Neverland mansion last year illegally ran roughshod over the place. Testifying for Jackson's defense yesterday at a pre-trial...
GIANT SECONDARY FALLS SHORT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The sight of Panther receivers running free and easily eluding feeble tackle attempts by the Giants prompted coach Tom Coughlin to say, "I hope our team speed is...
FIREHOUSE ROMP; 2 SUSPENDED IN BX. FOR ‘GROUPIE SEX’
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx fire station that proudly calls itself "The Animal House" was at the center of a sex scandal yesterday as two firefighters were suspended and 14 others reassigned after...
‘STORM’ COULD MAKE SOME NOISE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - 1ST RACE - Devine Wind, a classy veteran dropping down to $35,000, was clearly best at 6-5 rallying in clear down center of yielding turf course, but...
MLB LOOKS AT ROCKIES RHUBARB
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - There may be some leftover action following Thursday night's escapades between the Mets and Rockies. At least off the field, anyway. MLB disciplinary czar Bob...
KOREANS PROTEST HAMM’S MEDAL
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm might have to share his gold medal as the all-around champ. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) held an executive meeting yesterday morning to look...
DARKNESS & GLOOM: POWER FAILS AT STADIUM – AND IN YANK LINEUP
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amAngels 5Yankees 0 The end of Jon Lieber's start last night went something like this: RBI single by David Eckstein, dropped flyball by Hideki Matsui and lights out. In this...
WRIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB – METS ROOKIE DOESN’T CHOKE IN THE CLUTCH
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The game's on the line, so you run down the list of things you want. You want experience up at the plate. You want a hitter who's...
LAZARD IPO LIKELY TO GOLDMAN
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amIf Lazard decides to go public, Goldman Sachs will have the lead role in arranging the multi-billion dollar offering, The Post has learned. The venerable mergers house - headed by...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB: BOWLING FOR DEALS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amArmani Casa 97 Greene St., (212) 334-1271 Sale: through Aug. 31 Open: Sun., noon-6 p.m./Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Get half off on select home accessories, including linens, tabletop items, decorative...
GOV LAUNCHES $1.8B VETO WAR
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday vetoed $235 million in spending and another $1.6 billion in borrowing contained in the Legislature's recently enacted budget, setting up another potential override battle with...
KIN HUNT MORE ‘PERV-PRIEST VICTIMS’
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe family of the young altar boy who accused his priest of raping him in a Brooklyn church yesterday urged any other victims of the 61-year-old clergyman to "be courageous...
REVENGE IS ‘SWIFT’ ; STINGING NEW AD ROCKS JOHN’S BOAT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amVietnam veterans opposing John Kerry are launching a tough new TV ad that uses Kerry's own antiwar testimony to portray him as a man who "dishonored his country" and "sold...
CALL OUT TO FIND ‘PRIEST’ VICTIMS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amThe family of the young altar boy who accused his priest of raping him in a Brooklyn church yesterday urged any other victims of the 61-year-old clergyman to "be courageous...
KIDNAPPED NEWSMAN’S TV MESSAGE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA New York journalist kidnapped in Iraq appeared on a videotape yesterday and said he was being well-treated, and his abductors claimed they would release him soon. Micah Garen, 36,...
2ND THOUGHTS ON KAZ ; POSITION SWITCH COULD START DURING REHAB
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Kaz Matsui's education at second base may begin even sooner than expected. A published report said Matsui may soon start taking grounders at second while...
‘ALEX’ & ASHADO CLASS OF STAKES
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Old Spa's reputation as the "graveyard of favorites" will be sorely tested today in a pair of Grade 1 stakes, the $250,000 Hopeful for 2-year-olds and...
THREE GREEKS TEST POSITIVE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amWhile the Greeks have done an excellent job thus far of hosting the Games, their athletes are embarrassing the nation. The Associated Press reported yesterday that weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, a...
GET IT TO TIM! DREAM TEAM’S GOTTA GIVEMORE TOUCHES TO DUNCAN
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - It's funny the things that can get lost along the way. The greatest sport at these Olympic Games hasn't been watching Michael Phelps collect swimming medals like baseball...
JET ‘O’ UNDER HERM’S ‘SCOPE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The starters will be on the field for only a short period tonight, yet there are specific goals the Jets would like to achieve when they play the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amAn Ohio trucker and his wife found a "high" chair in their room at the Best Western Inn in Graham, N.C. - it had two packages of cocaine hidden in...
FEDS CUT $$$ PIPELINE; BUST U.S. HAMAS ‘FINANCIERS’ FEEDING MIDEAST KILLERS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The feds yesterday indicted a prominent Hamas terror leader after arresting two Palestinians in Chicago and Virginia, accusing them of participating in a massive conspiracy that funneled millions...
MISTRIAL IN QNS. WAITRESS SLAY
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA mistrial was declared yesterday at the murder trial of a Queens man charged in the gang-related execution of a young waitress. A lone juror refused to join the rest...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amQUEENS *** A man was killed after apparently being strangled in an Elmhurst park, police sources said. The unidentified man, believed to be between 25 and 30, was discovered unconscious...
L.I. DRAG-RACE KILLER JAILED AFTER 12 YRS. ON LAM
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amFinally facing justice for killing two in a Long Island street drag race, a 70-year-old man who hid out for 12 years in the tiny European republic of San Marino...
FAREWELL, SON ; TEARFUL MOURNERS PACK CHURCH FOR TRAGIC KID WHO CHOKED ON POPCORN
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMourners packed a Corona, Queens, church last night to say farewell to Deonte Riley, the tragic 3-year-old who choked to death on popcorn while watching a movie with his family....
BUBBA & ‘DA BOSS’; GOOFBALL BIGSHOTS’ BEASTLYFASHION
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMemo to Bill Clinton and James "Tony Soprano" Gandolfini: You may have given the sea lions and the tourists a thrill at the Central Park Zoo yesterday - but you...
‘PERV’ BUSTED IN L.I. TEEN VISIT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA mohawk-sporting Ohio man, smitten with a 14-year-old Long Island girl he met on the Internet, was busted after he drove through the night to her home, police said. Joshua...
FDNY RAPE SHOCKER – TWO SUSPENDED IN BRONXSTATION GANG-ASSAULT RAP
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx fire station that proudly calls itself "The Animal House" was at the center of a sex-assault probe yesterday as two firefighters were suspended and 14 others reassigned after...
SPEEDY HALL BAGS GOLD
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - For a guy who has now shown in two straight Olympics that he is able to cover one 50-meter length of a pool faster than any man on...
BUMMER BY BAY FOR METS
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amGiants 7Mets 3 SAN FRANCISCO - If you're going to San Francisco, be sure you bring your gloves, your bats and your Barry Bonds gameplan. Or, in the Mets' case,...
SHEFF SPECIAL – YANK RF A WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR MVP
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amNo Yankee has won the MVP during the Joe Torre Era, but Gary Sheffield might break that drought - provided his shoulder holds up. Yesterday, Sheffield decided against getting the...
FAILURES DOWN STRETCH LEAVE SVOBODA LEFT OUT
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amU.S. AMATEUR For the first time this week, the most exhilirating one of his life, Andrew Svoboda winced. His face crinkled on the fifth green when he missed a three-footer...
SECOND THOUGHTS FOR KAZ – POSITION SWITCH COULD START DURING REHAB
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Kaz Matsui's education at second base may begin even sooner than expected. A published report yesterday said Matsui may soon start taking grounders at second...
FEDS: TRAVEL GUY TOOK $$ AND FLEW
August 21, 2004 | 4:00amFederal investigators yesterday arrested a downtown businessman for ripping off travel agents by pocketing their checks but never delivering the promised airline tickets. Muhammad Bilal, whose office is on Broadway,...