July 14, 2001
EDISON BUILDING TELECOM TOWER
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amEdison Properties is planning to build a 400,000-sqare-foot building on Broadway and Leonard Street, The Post has learned. The structure, fully wired for telecommunications, is to be leased to TyCom...
DISNEY SCRAMBLING TO PLAY SPOILER ROLE
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amAT&T's Michael Armstrong apparently isn't the only one fretting over Comcast's $54 billion bear hug for AT&T Broadband. Comcast's bid has Walt Disney Co. Chairman Michael Eisner scrambling for ways...
WHY NOT A FRENCH TOAST WITH WHITE OR RED?
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSUMMER is the perfect time for Sancerre, a dry, crisp white wine that complements most fish dishes.Jean-Claude Baker, owner of the popular bistro Chez Josephine, on West 42nd Street, recommends...
NEW YORK'S BASTILLE DAY FESTIVITIES WILL MAKE YOU SAY . . . EIFFEL GOOD!
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amIF the city seems strangely filled with joie de vivre this weekend, and the air is pungent with the aroma of saucisson and pate - it must be Bastille Day....
TAKE THE PLUNGE! AMUSE YOURSELF WITH THE LATEST THRILLS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWhat goes up must come down. And it's the coming-down that's often the fun part. It is on the Nitro, the new ride at Six Flags Great Adventure. After a...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWe all know Chandra and Gary and Lizzie and her SUV will be on dinner-party tongues tonight. But let us serve up some warm fare to wow those seated to...
PAGE SIX TIP: DOG WILD
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amLast year, a lesbian was the chicest thing to have on your arm. Then it was babies. Sharon Stone, Vanity Fair scribe Nancy Jo Sales and Camryn Manheim all appeared...
LET'S BE FRANC-O-PHILES
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThis Bastille Day, don't look to Villard Bar and Lounge as the place to do le shots of Chambord while "Le Marseillaise" blares over the speaker. That would be way...
POLL SHOWS GREEN HAS SHOT AT MAGIC MARK
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA PRIVATE poll that puts Public Advocate Mark Green at 36 percent in the mayoral sweepstakes has some insiders wondering if the Democratic primary will fail to produce a dramatic...
$12M IN PATAKI'S WAR CHEST
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki has raised a record $12 million as he gears up for an expected re-election bid next year, it was revealed yesterday. Republican Pataki counted nearly $9...
BACKSTREET BOTTLE BATTLE : REHABBING A.J. WAS STRESSED BY SUCCESS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA.J. and mom Denise have long had a close relationship.David Fisher/London Features The mother of Backstreet Boys heartthrob A.J. McLean is blaming his recent battle with alcoholism on the stresses...
DEAD-SHARK SHOCKER IN QUEENS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA dead sand shark was found floating in a Queens creek - much to the shock of animal handlers. "We're usually used to seeing turtles, but never sharks," said Carlos...
IT'S TOUCH AND GO FOR SEPTUPLET NEWBORNS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA boy, a boy, a boy, a boy, a boy, a girl, a girl. America has its first set of septuplets since 1997 - five boys and two girls who...
HAT'S ALL, FOLKS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan milliner unveiled her "Tin Lizzie 2001" hat yesterday, inspired by Lizzie Grubman's smashup. Tracy Tooker, who has shops on the Upper East Side and in Palm Beach and...
FERRER: DON'T GIVE RUDY SO MUCH CREDIT
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer yesterday questioned Mayor Giuliani's welfare-cutting and crime-fighting achievements - saying the national economy was the real secret behind City Hall's success. In an interview with editors...
BOBBIES BUST GUY HOLDING DI'S JEWELS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA British jeweler has been charged with handling stolen goods from the estate of the late Princess Diana, Scotland Yard said yesterday. Jan Havlik, 50, was charged with three counts...
LAW SHUTS POLLING PLACES FOR ELDERLY
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSome of the city's oldest and frailest voters won't be able to pull the lever at polling places in senior centers and nursing homes this fall, officials said yesterday. Despite...
DAD HAS TAB TV RUNNING SCARED
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWonder why those nightly entertainment shows aren't covering the Lizzie Grubman case? Ask Grubman's father. Several sources said the powers that be at "Entertainment Tonight," "Extra," and "Access Hollywood" are...
DOG-KILLER GETS 3 YRS.
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA northern California judge yesterday threw the book at a gutless dog-killer who fatally tossed an innocent pooch into traffic. The shocking road-rage attack by 27-year-old Andrew Burnett will cost...
WALL STREET BIG PLEDGES COLLEGE FOR BRAVEST KIDS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx-born trader who didn't go to college but who struck it rich on Wall Street promised to give college scholarships to the children of the three firefighters who died...
REAGAN DAUGHTER HAS BRAIN TUMORS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMaureen Reagan, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman, is fighting for her life in a California hospital after a deadly form of skin cancer spread...
2ND B'KLYN SLAY CONVICTION TOSSED
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amFor the second time in two days, an appeals court has thrown out a Brooklyn murder conviction - but this time the convict is already serving two life terms for...
TERROR-BOMB PLOTTER
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amAn Algerian man was convicted in Manhattan yesterday of plotting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport just before New Year's 2000. Mokhtar Haouari, 32, was convicted of one conspiracy...
HILL TO VISIT VIEQUES PRISONERS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00am"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Puerto Rico today to show support for those jailed for protesting the Navy bombing on Vieques island, including lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "This...
A RATHER STRANGE SILENCE ON STORY
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amDan Rather is tongue-tied when it comes to missing intern Chandra Levy - much to the shock and dismay of media mavens everywhere. Rather has yet to utter a single...
LEGAL EAGLES $WOOPING IN ON APPLE FEAST
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amBe careful when telling lawyer jokes - more of them than ever are flocking to the Big Apple. The city's riches and its high-profile squabbles are drawing out-of-town lawyers here...
RIVALS: MIKE IN BAD 'FORM'
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMegabucks mayoral hopeful Mike Bloomberg yesterday released his "tax returns" - but covered over specific amounts of his income and taxes paid, drawing sharp fire from his Democratic rivals. The...
J.LO'S TUNE HAS A 'RING' TO IT
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amHer love may not cost a thing, but Jennifer Lopez wasn't saying yesterday who bought her the huge rock she was wearing on her left hand. J.Lo, who strutted her...
TOP CALIF. DEM CALLS ON GARY TO TELL ALL
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Barbara Boxer yesterday demanded that Rep. Gary Condit - a fellow California Democrat - "tell all" about his affair with missing intern Chandra Levy, putting new pressure on him...
HILL GAVE 'TORCH' A 10G BOOST FOR FED PROBE
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave $10,000 to help Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) fight a federal corruption investigation, documents released yesterday show. Clinton sent the money from her fund-raising...
THE LIZZIE GRUBMAN SCANDAL FLACKS FIGHT NIGHT
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amLizzie Grubman had two separate confrontations with bouncers outside a hot Hamptons nightclub before the publicity princess mowed down 16 people, a law-enforcement source told The Post. The first dispute...
BUSH DISSES PATAKI ON ITALY-ENVOY PICK
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush has ignored Gov. Pataki's pleas to pick an Italian-American pal as U.S. envoy for Italy - going instead for one of the Republican Party's top fund-raisers, sources have...
WOULD YOU BUY 'TRUTH' FROM THIS LAWYER?
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Abbe Lowell, the lawyer who failed in court to steal the national election in Florida for Al Gore, has now anointed himself as the chief law enforcer. He...
COMPATRIOTS HERE SHARING IN THE JOY
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amAlthough the flame won't be lit for seven years, Chinese New Yorkers wasted no time celebrating the selection of their homeland to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. "This is great...
CONDIT 'PASSES' INTERN LIE TEST : BUT POLICE SAY IT'S ALL 'THEATRICS'
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amRep. Gary Condit's lawyer yesterday said he passed a private lie-detector test about Chandra Levy's disappearance - but Washington cops accused the congressman of playing games. Condit lawyer Abbe Lowell...
LOW-CLASS TEACHERS : LEVY: E-MAILER ONE OF MANY WITH POOR SKILLS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy admitted yesterday there are thousands of unqualified teachers in city schools - and more are being hired this fall - despite a multi-pronged recruitment campaign. Levy...
SKIPPER CLEARED IN '45 TRAGEDY : NAVY SURVIVORS HAIL RULING
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amFifty-six years after hundreds of his men were eaten by sharks in one of the Navy's most horrifying disasters, the captain of the USS Indianapolis was exonerated yesterday. Capt. Charles...
POL'S TEEN-WED SHAME
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amRep. Gary Condit lied about his age and rushed into marriage as an 18-year-old when his teenage girlfriend, Carolyn, became pregnant, The Post has learned. Condit - who has been...
MISSING-PERSON PICS SHOW A CHANGED CHANDRA
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWashington police yesterday released four computer-generated photos of Chandra Levy in the hope someone might recognize her if she ran away and changed her looks. One picture shows the missing...
M'STARS EYING SAVARESE TO PICK UP MATHIS' SLACK
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Post has learned that the MetroStars' search for a replacement for injured star Clint Mathis is all but over. The club and the MLS are on the verge of...
BEIJING WIN A BOOST FOR BIG APPLE OLYMPIC BID
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amChina celebrated with fireworks, songs and flag-waving yesterday when Beijing was picked to host the 2008 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee - a victory that boosts New York's chances...
HOOKY PLAGUES SUMMER SCHOOL
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amAbout a third of the students enrolled in summer school are no-shows, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy reported yesterday. "The numbers make it clear that we still don't have all of...
MIDEAST GEARS FOR WAR: ARAB GROUPS ISSUE CALL TO ARMS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian paramilitary groups yesterday issued a chilling call to arms to fend off any Israeli invasion of Palestinian-controlled areas in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, The Post...
LABOR WOE MAY HAVE SPARKED RAINBOW FIRE
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amFire officials are probing whether troubled labor relations at the Rainbow Room played a role in a "very suspicious" blaze that routed dozens of diners Thursday evening, The Post has...
EMT KILLED IN B'KLYN CRASH
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amA paramedic was killed and two others were hospitalized when an ambulance driver crashed into a subway support beam in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, police said. Gaylette Drummond, 27, died of...
SADDAM CALLING IT QUITS?
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein is considering stepping down in September and handing over the Iraqi presidency to his son, Qusay, a leading Arab newspaper says. Quoting an unidentified European diplomat, the Saudi-owned...
SUPER-CLOCK IS UP & ATOM
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amResearchers have developed a new type of atomic clock that is far more stable and precise than current technology. Experiments found the clock is accurate to about one second in...
KENYA'S URGENT PLEA: NO SEX!
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amKenya's president Daniel Arap Moi has urged his countrymen to stop having sex for at least two years to halt the spread of AIDS. Moi's plea came as he announced...
NOW NYPD HAS JUST THE TICKET FOR PROTESTERS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD has agreed to drop its controversial policy of arresting demonstrators and placing them "through the system" for arraignment rather than issuing desk-appearance tickets and quick release from custody....
KNOBLAUGH STILL CAN'T SWING A BAT
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - As he walked to the Yankees' clubhouse from batting practice early last night, Chuck Knoblauch was asked if he had tested his injured left elbow by swinging a...
BOSTON'S RAMIREZ A MAN AMONG BOYS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amNo-hit stuff isn't good enough against Manny Ramirez. As Kevin Appier learned, you have to be perfect against the Boston slugger. Ramirez continued terrorizing major league pitchers last night, breaking...
PIAZZA HITS MILESTONE 300TH HR
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe kid drafted in the 62nd round by the Dodgers went deep again last night. This time, it was a nice round number. Mike Piazza hit his 300th career home...
CABLE BIDDING WAR - MALONE: EXPECT MORE OFFERS FOR AT&T
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amSUN VALLEY, Idaho - John Malone seems convinced that several other parties are going to get into the fray and compete with Comcast's $58 billion bid for AT&T's cable systems....
RAIDER RICE READY TO 'COME IN, CONTRIBUTE'
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThere was a time earlier this offseason when thoughts of Jerry Rice finishing his historic NFL career with the Jets were a tantalizing possibility. In the end, though, Rice, at...
BETTOR'S DELIGHT GUNS FOR GLORY
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amBettor's Delight is the 6-5 favorite to capture the silver-anniversary edition of the $1 million Meadowlands Pace, tonight at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J. Owned by John Grant...
LUC NOT LONG-LEY FOR NBA
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amKnicks reserve center Luc Longley returned from a three-week "vacation" to an undisclosed Third-World nation where he had to hunt and fish for his own food. Not much has changed....
VG DENIES SPREE-ALLAN DISSENSION
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy continues to deny any rift exists between Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston. Earlier this week, Van Gundy said he saw no problems with any of his players...
P.G. BACK ON WINNING TRACK
July 14, 2001 | 4:00am1ST RACE - Despite getting bumped at the start and then racing wide throughout while pressing the early pace, The Karakorum Kid still had plenty left in the stretch and...
SCOTT RIDES WEST WAY TO BRANDON
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the Nets were reviewing prospective players before the draft, coach Byron Scott wanted to know a little more about Brandon Armstrong, a guard out of Pepperdine. So he gave...
NETS SIGN THREE TOP DRAFT PICKS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nets began officially addressing their depth question by signing their trio of first-round draft picks to three-year contracts yesterday. As per the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Arizona forward Richard Jefferson,...
GAVIOLA & PLAYACT CLASH IN N.Y. 'CAP
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amWhat a difference a year makes. Last summer, Belmont Park was home to two of the best turf fillies in memory: the 4-year-old Perfect Sting, who won 5-of-6 en route...
VAN: EWING COULD BE MAGIC AGAIN
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy doesn't pooh-pooh what Patrick Ewing did for the SuperSonics last season, playing 26 minutes per game. And he surely doesn't minimize the potential impact Ewing can have...
WITASICK MAY START VS. TIGERS
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - Joe Torre isn't wild about calling up a pitcher from Columbus (Triple-A) or asking one of his relievers to start one of Wednesday's two games against the Tigers...
SPOON STEAL SEALS WIN
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amLiberty67 Lynx64 The last play told the story. With three seconds left at the Garden, the Minnesota Lynx trailed the Liberty by three. Georgia Schweitzer inbounded to Erin Buescher on...
SHINJO SET TO TUNE UP WITH CYCLONES
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amTsuyoshi Shinjo will play for the Brooklyn Cyclones against the Single-A Yankees in Staten Island tonight. Shinjo has been on the DL with a strained left quad since June 18....
HEY, IT CAN'T HURT: 'REY OF HOPELESS' TRIES NEW BAT[[U4]]TING STANCE
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amDuring the Yankee series last weekend, Met batting coach Dave Engle instructed Rey Ordonez to move six inches closer to the plate. Heading into last night, Ordonez was 6 for...
IT'S CHUCK NO-BLAUCH: CAN'T GO FOLLOWING HBP THURSDAY NIGHT
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - As he walked to the Yankees' clubhouse from batting practice early last night, Chuck Knoblauch was asked if he tested his injured left elbow by swinging a bat....
LIBERTY ARE STAR-DRIVEN: BUT ROLE PLAYERS' CONTRIBUTIONS ARE KEY
July 14, 2001 | 4:00amAfter last night's game against the Minnesota Lynx, Tari Phillips, Vickie Johnson and Teresa Weatherspoon were headed to Orlando, not for Disney World but for the WNBA All-Star Game Monday....