July 29, 2000
NAPSTER GETS A BREAK - JUDGE LEAVES MUSIC SITE ONLINE PENDING APPEAL
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amJust nine hours before the plug was due to be pulled on the free music party, Napster got the reprieve it so desperately wanted. An appeals court last night stayed...
SMALL-SCREEN SITCOM TOO FLIMSY FOR SUBJECT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amAVOW Century Theatre 111 E. 15th St. A pair of gay lovers plan to have the Catholic Church bless their marriage. Hello! What planet are they living on? I'm not...
SARASOTA COPS NAB 'SPRINGER' SUSPECT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amTHE ex-husband of a woman found dead after their twisted love story aired on "The Jerry Springer Show" this week was in custody Friday, officials said. Sheriff's officials in Sarasota,...
HURTFUL MYTHS EXPOSED BEHIND 'TIC CODE' A REAL-LIFE ROMANCE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN actress Polly Draper met her husband-to-be, she noticed something was not quite right.Characteristically blunt, she blurted out: "What's wrong with you?" and so learned that her date, jazz pianist...
KATHIE LEE SILENT AT LAST! REGIS FAREWELLS HIS CO-HOST AFTER 15 LONG YEARS
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amTV's longest goodbye ended yesterday - a misty-eyed Kathie Lee Gifford ended her 15-year run as co-host of "Live with Regis & Kathie Lee." But Gifford, 46, perhaps the chattiest...
TRYOUTS ARE RARIN' TO FILL SEAT NEXT TO 'REEEEG'
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amDozens of Kathie Lee wannabes are going to get a shot at becoming Regis Philbin's co-host on his daytime talk show starting next week. "I would say it'll take at...
HERO COP SAVES THE DAY JUST HOURS BEFORE RETIREMENT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThree hero Port Authority Police detectives - including one just hours from retirement - talked the mentally disturbed gunman into giving up his effort to hijack a Kennedy Airport jetliner....
THEY'LL BE IMITATED - BUT NEVER EQUALED
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amOK, so I'm an old softy. I loved every minute of Kathie Lee Gifford's farewell show, and if you don't like it: Tough. I'm a sucker for shows like this...
TICKED-OFF TEITELBAUM MINDS HIS WIFE'S BUSINESS
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amCOUNCIL Speaker Peter Vallone and Finance Committee chairman Herb Berman have complained to Mayor Giuliani about his former campaign manager, Bruce Teitelbaum. Insiders said Teitelbaum has become embroiled in a...
COPS CLAIM DWI-RAP ATTORNEY WENT TO POT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amA Long Island lawyer stopped for drunk driving got himself into more trouble when he tried to negotiate his way out of the jam by trying to bribe a cop...
BILL MAY MOVE EMBASSY TO HELP OUT BARAK
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amPresident Clinton tried to rally Israelis and prod Yasser Arafat toward peace by saying he may move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, host a new summit and offer aid to...
CHUNK OF BUILDING CONKS A PASSER-BY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amA 30-pound chunk of a cast-iron facade plummeted from a Midtown building yesterday, slamming into the head of a security guard on his way home from work, police said. A...
EX-PATAKI PAL GUILTY IN $-DONATION COVERUP
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amA one-time fund-raiser for George Pataki was convicted yesterday of obstructing justice - but the jury deadlocked on the more serious parole-for-campaign-cash corruption charges. The Brooklyn federal jury found Yung...
SIMPLE BLOWOUT COULD HAVE DOOMED CONCORDE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amFragments from an exploding tire may have punctured a fuel tank, causing the blowtorch fire that doomed the Air France Concorde, investigators said yesterday. Two of the four tires under...
CONTROVERSIAL AIDS THEORIST HAILS LAZIO
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amA leading promoter of a controversial theory that HIV doesn't cause AIDS praised Senate candidate Rick Lazio yesterday as the only congressman "open-minded" enough to support his work. Steven Rogers...
PLATFORM TAKES A HARD RIGHT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amRepublicans yesterday stuck to their tough stance against abortion and gay rights in the party's 2000 platform. The plank opposing gay-rights laws wasn't in the draft document largely shaped by...
CITY SPRAYS ON WITH MORE DEAD BIRDS IN HAND
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe city declared yesterday that its anti-West Nile virus spraying program was right on target, after reporting that nine more infected birds were discovered on Staten Island. The additional birds,...
HILLARY CLEARED IN FILEGATE MESS
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Federal probers have concluded Filegate was probably a blunder - and not a conspiracy by Hillary Clinton or White House officials to dig up dirt on hundreds of...
DEATH VAULT DIDN'T HAVE FIRE SYSTEM OK'D BY CITY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Financial District vault that became a tomb for a working mother had an unapproved oxygen-robbing fire fighting system that gave her no way out, a fire official said yesterday....
DOCS STILL UPBEAT AS DARRYL FACES FIGHT FOR LIFE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThough it must be disheartening for Darryl Strawberry to be facing colon cancer again, the good news is that it can be treated. Colon-cancer experts had words of encouragement for...
GOP RUNNING MATES HIT THE ROAD FOR PHILLY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amSPRINGDALE, Ark. - George W. Bush and Dick Cheney kicked off their road trip to the GOP convention right in President Clinton's home state yesterday with jabs at Clinton's integrity....
MCCAFFREY QUITS HOUSE CHALLENGE UNDER A $$ CLOUD
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amCity Councilman Walter McCaffrey abruptly abandoned his challenge to Queens Democratic Rep. Joseph Crowley yesterday - just two days after a broadcast report aired questioning how he had spent campaign...
TUMOR DISCOVERED IN STRAW'S ABDOMEN DIAGNOSIS ADDS TO YANKEE'S TROUBLES
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Darryl Strawberry's cancer has returned. The sidelined Yankee slugger, struggling with a new controversy over his shortened drug rehab and possible probation violation, said he has an abdominal...
DAD 'COULDN'T STOP' TROUBLED SUSPECT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe father of accused hijacker Aaron Commey last night said his son's life had begun abruptly to unravel recently - too quickly for family members to intervene. "I did the...
'WING NUT' WAS AIMING FOR ANTARCTICA PSYCH EXAM ORDERED FOR JFK HIJACKER
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe gunman who tried to hijack a plane at Kennedy Airport had planned his crime for months in a deranged bid to destroy an imaginary military base in Antarctica, investigators...
HILL'S BEEN GRAND PICKUP - SLAM IN NINTH COMPLETES RALLY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - When Glenallen Hill arrived from the Cubs, the first thing he noticed about his new teammates was their business-like attitude. Immediately, Hill started to make plans to shed...
SHUG LOOKING TO ACE TEST WITH FINDER'S FEE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The Grade 1, $250,000 Test Stakes at seven furlongs for 3-year-old fillies, to be run today for the 75th time at the Old Spa, always will hold...
BAILEY-MOTT COMBO HAS VERY HAP-PY DAY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Only death and taxes are surer things than the potent jockey-trainer combo of Jerry Bailey and Bill Mott on the Saratoga lawn. They proved it again yesterday,...
LUKE DROPS HIS GUARD - PETITGOUT SWITCHES TO TACKLE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - If you are what you think you are, then Luke Petitgout is back where he belongs. He spent his rookie season underwhelming opponents, coaches and teammates, jamming himself...
JINT FANS GET FIRST LOOK AT DAYNE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - It is only an intra-squad scrimmage, going against his own teammates, and for a running back as accomplished and celebrated as Ron Dayne, it's not as if this...
FLEISHER'S 63 LEADS LONG ISLAND SENIORS
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amDana Quigley tied a tournament record yesterday. When someone told him that he had played "pretty good," he responded, "Sensational is more like it." He meant it, too. Quigley really...
LUNDSTROM IS CAGEY VET
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThat David Lundstrom shot a 6-under 66 yesterday to leave himself just three strokes offthe lead shouldn't be a surprise. Way back in college, he thought he would be a...
GAVIOLA GEARED FOR GEORGE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amTwilite Farms' Gaviola, a three-year-old daughter of Cozzene, worked a half-mile in :50 2/5 over the main track this morning. A winner of her last four starts, including the Grade...
LUCAS TAKES CARE OF 'BUSINESS' - JETS' BACKUP QB BATTLES FOR RESPECT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amPart of the smile that has always adorned the face of Ray Lucas has been wiped off. Part of the youthful, innocent, I'll-do-anything-for-the-team glow has been dimmed. Make no mistake,...
METS: BORDICK MAKES US BETTER
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amIt's easier to say good-bye than win a World Series. So despite their kind feelings for Melvin Mora, the Mets know they improved their playoff hopes yesterday after the club...
GROH PENS HIS OWN LIST OF STORYLINES
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amAl Groh stands on the Giants Stadium sideline for tonight's 8 p.m. preseason opener against the Saints wearing the head coach headphones for the first time in the NFL. Though...
ISLES BOLSTER BLUELINE
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Islanders signed three veteran free-agent defensemen yesterday: Dan Trebil, Aris Brimanis and Ray Schultz. Trebil, 26, played three games with the Penguins last season (one goal), and has played...
PHILLIPS DID ALL RIGHT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amSTEVE Phillips' history is to act. And yesterday he did. The Met GM added the best shortstop available, a versatile bullpen arm and a right-handed power bat for the bench...
WORLD TRADE CENTER - METS LAND BORDICK; DEAL WITH DEVIL RAYS
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amGM Steve Phillips didn't sleep well Thursday night after hearing from Syd Thrift. Thrift, the Orioles GM, called Phillips at around 10:30 p.m. at the Mets GM's Connecticut home and...
YANKS CLOSE IN ON JEROMY
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - How much do the Yankees like Rondell White and Jeromy Burnitz? So much so that a National League source told The Post yesterday the Bombers have discussed a...
CAVS IN LEAD FOR GRANT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Cavaliers have emerged as the clear front-runner to obtain Portland free agent Brian Grant as talks between the two clubs heated up yesterday. The Cavs have offered Shawn Kemp...
VENTURA GETS BACK TO WORK
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe biggest addition to the left side of the Mets' infield is not newly acquired shortstop Mike Bordick. It is third baseman Robin Ventura, who will come off the 15-day...
LEITER SOLID AS METS BAG 4TH STRAIGHT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThere was a lot to think about last night at Shea. Before the game there was GM Steve Phillips dealing, bringing in All-Star shortstop Mike Bordick, reliever Rick White and...
NETS MUST GET $3.8M EXCEPTION TO LURE MERCER
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe Nets made their pitch to free agent Ron Mercer and then assumed the familiar expectant suitor position yesterday. With Tuesday's date for signing free agents rapidly approaching, the Nets...
BOSS TELLS CONE TO WORK IT OUT IN FLORIDA
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Tired of watching David Cone get his butt kicked, George Steinbrenner summoned the struggling pitcher to Tampa and turned Cone over to organizational pitching guru Billy Connors. After...
METS DEMOTE RODRIGUEZ
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amIn a move that won't cause any debate by the fans, the Mets designated left-hander Rich Rodriguez for assignment last night. General manager Steve Phillips said that he wants the...
CAMPAS TAKES OUT AYALA IN 9TH ROUND
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMaybe 16 years in prison took something out of Tony Ayala Jr. after all. Ayala, undefeated in 22 bouts before his 1983 rape conviction and in five more since being...
ACHING BROSIUS TAKES SEAT
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Get up on your toes and feel your calf scream. That's what Scott Brosius has been dealing with the past several weeks. Last night on the Metrodome's turf,...
KNOBLAUCH'S BACK BUT NOT READY TO TEST ELBOW
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - Chuck Knoblauch returned to the Yankees' lineup last night for the first time since leaving a game on Monday with a strained right elbow. However, the...
INFIELD HELP IS HERE - ROBIN'S BACK
July 29, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES The biggest addition to the left side of the Mets infield is not newly acquired shortstop Mike Bordick. It is third baseman Robin Ventura, who is expected to...