June 1, 2003
STARR REPORT
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amCarey on: Mariah show on 1027blink? Mariah Carey could be gearing up for a new radio show that would air on 1027blink, the former WNEW (102.7 FM). Nothing is official...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThat's not all!: For more Ryan fun, go to leonanaess.org and check out his demented review of girlfriend Leona Naess' recent show at Makor, where, he muses: "The merlot ....
WHERE TO EAT AFTER...THE DOWNTOWN NYC RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe second annual Downtown NYC River to River Festival offers over 400 music, dance and educational events - most of them free - throughout the summer. Highlights include Patti Smith...
WHY 'IDOL' IS IDOLIZED ; FAMILIES WANT THE KIND OF SHOWS THE NETWORKS AREN'T PROGRAMMING
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amDON'T hold your breath waiting for "American Idol" to usher in a new era of family programming. When all is said and done, that's been the most refreshing aspect of...
MY PARENTS, A KNIFE AND A BEACH
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amLast week, my parents got robbed at knifepoint on a beach in Antigua. They were on the last day of a vacation, and had gone to check out a pretty,...
PARTYING WITH THE PETS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amWhen throwing a party, animal lovers have their own pet- iquette - like screenwriter Amanda Sorvino, who frequently entertains with two large German shepherds and two cats. Sorvino, her actor...
AN 'EYE'-FUL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amIn "The Eye," a young woman, blind since age 2, has an operation that restores her sight. But there's a problem - she starts seeing dead people as soon as...
EVERYBODY DANCE! JUNE'S MOST ANTICIPATED CD'S: ALL MEANT TO MAKE YOU EXPLODE WITH JOY
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amRadiohead "Hail to the Thief" * June 10 Radiohead insists that the title of its sixth album, "Hail to the Thief," doesn't refer to George Bush's victory over Al Gore...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER HOLLY DUNLAP PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt's raining out, and Hollywould designer Holly Dunlap is cheerfully twirling a chic Louis Vuitton umbrella - a chic fake Louis Vuitton umbrella. "I got it for $10 on Canal...
SPLENDOR BY THE SEA: SUIT UP IN SUMMER'S BEST SWIMWEAR
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amWhen it comes to swimsuit shopping this year, there's good news and bad news. The bad news: It's still impossible to find a department store dressing room that doesn't have...
THREAT OF RAIN? THAT'S THE LEAST OF IT
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE woman in Wilmington, N.C. failed to fully grasp the significance of the presence of Jim Cantore, known to viewers of The Weather Channel as "The Storm Hunter." "She came...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amA 6-year-old girl from Germany gave away nearly $6,000 to her classmates because she thought it was play money. The girl discovered a total of about $13,000 while playing at...
STICKING UP FOR 'BLOND BANDIT'
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe brazen "blond bandit" charged with holding up four banks in New York and Connecticut was a devoted and well-liked volunteer who dished up food and compassion to recovery workers...
DIVER PIX MAY CRACK PLANE PUZZLE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNearly a week after a shadowy Israeli businessman ditched his plane in Long Island Sound, police yesterday were still trying to crack the mystery of the doomed flight by examining...
DEAN BEANS KERRY
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Democratic presidential wannabe Howard Dean yesterday ridiculed primary opponent Sen. John Kerry as "Dean Light," accusing the Massachusetts senator of copying his ideas. Dean, the former Vermont...
DEMS' 'CUOMO HANGOVER'
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Andrew Cuomo this weekend returned to the event that offered him one of the few bright spots of his aborted campaign for governor last year - but...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan A 33-year-old woman was brutally raped in a Midtown parking lot, cops said yesterday. The victim was walking when she was approached by a man who raped her at...
SINISTER SURVIVALIST'S SKILLS KEPT HIM FREE FOR FIVE YEARS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amIn the annals of fugitive lore, Eric Robert Rudolph is certainly worth more than a mention. If there were ever a course designed on how to elude a massive multi-agency...
TUSSLE OVER RAID-SLAY EVIDENCE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amFurious lawyers charged yesterday that cops may have allowed important evidence in the killing of an African immigrant in a Chelsea warehouse to become tainted if investigators failed to take...
TWO-BIT CON SLAIN AT RIKERS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amAn inmate was stabbed to death outside his Rikers Island cell during a fight, marking the first homicide in the city jail system since 2001. Another inmate plunged a 9-inch...
OLYMPIC BOMB SUSPECT SEIZED ; FUGITIVE ALSO WANTED IN FATAL CLINIC BLASTS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amAccused mad bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, the most notorious fugitive in the country, was captured yesterday without a fight in a remote mountain town in North Carolina. The fearsome white...
WRONGED JEWELL STILL MIFFED
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe arrest of Eric Rudolph for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta doesn't give any satisfaction to Richard Jewell, the Atlanta hero-turned-suspect who was wrongly accused of setting off...
'20 DAYS TO FULL CALM'
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen yesterday said militant groups will agree to end their bloody attacks against Israeli occupation within 20 days. "In a period that won't exceed...
HE'LL CHEER BUT WON'T BET FOR HIS CIDE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Queens owner of champion racehorse Funny Cide has no plans to bet on the wonder gelding when it goes for the Triple Crown at Belmont Saturday. But unlike New...
HEROISM PAYS: OFFICIALS SET TO DIVVY 300G REWARD
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNearly $300,000 in reward money has yet to be paid in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. In a meeting last Thursday, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and law-enforcement agents...
ART TEACHER CHOKED KID IN RAGE: COPS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Bronx public school teacher allegedly choked a 12-year-old special-education student and flung him to a classroom floor just because the boy went to his desk for a pencil and...
WRONGED JEWELL HAS HIS DOUBTS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe arrest of Eric Rudolph for the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta doesn't give any satisfaction to Richard Jewell, the Atlanta hero-turned-suspect who was wrongly accused of setting off...
HIP-HOPPERS RAP CITY ON 'DOPE-RALLY' SITE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amA massive political rally featuring more than two dozen big-name rappers is stuck in limbo because cops won't issue a permit for the downtown location where demonstrators hoped to gather,...
CUBS FANS $HELL OUT FOR YANKS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amYankee boss George Steinbrenner might think his team stinks at the moment, but fans in Chicago are paying big bucks to see the Bronx Bombers there next weekend. The Cubs...
FEDS' FED-UP G-MEN; FBI SUFFERING BRAIN DRAIN IN 9/11 RECRUITS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThey signed up after 9/11 to help the war on terror - but a growing number of bright young FBI recruits have grown disillusioned with their work and pay within...
BRITNEY POPS UP ALL OVER
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amOops, there she is again. It seems pop tart Britney Spears can't get enough of New York life after making the Big Apple her temporary home while she records her...
IRON MIKE'S LOONY JABS MAKE IT SLIME-TIME TV
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amCAN'T anybody beat some sense into Mike Tyson? Last week, the woman-beating bully told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News Channel that the woman he was found guilty of raping,...
CITY KEEPING DAMPER ON FIREWORKS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amCity officials have vowed to keep the heat on illegal pyrotechnics dealers as the summer fireworks season sets in. Police and firefighters say a crackdown in recent years has resulted...
BAGHDAD P.D. BLUE; IRAQ SHOCKS KERIK AS HE REFORMS COPS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt's not often Bernard Kerik gets a shiver in his spine - but then he had never discovered a Saddam Hussein torture chamber before. Each day has been an eye-opener...
CUTBACKS LEAVE FEW TO ENFORCE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe $123 million that City Hall hopes to raise from new sales taxes could disappear faster than a clearance item because some of the assessors who would police the new...
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME . . .
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amLAST week, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took time out from negotiating the most important peace plan in the history of the Middle East to meet with Whitney Houston and...
RIGHT! JUST A GIRL THING
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amIN case no one's ever mentioned it, may I be the first to point out that being a woman isn't always as much fun as it's cracked up to be?...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL . . .
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amFROM Glenn: "It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies about other cultures and how long they live whether they eat sausages or sushi. I...
POLS TARGET ID THEFT AFTER PRISON FIASCO
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe state Senate passed a bill last week making it a felony to misuse information gleaned from government records, just days after The Post revealed that 10 prison guards had...
PENSIONER IN WINDFALL TWIST
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amA costly retirement benefit was improperly granted - and later rescinded in secret - to a former top Buildings Department official, The Post has learned. Barry Cox, a former $111,000-a-year...
BANKING ON HONEST 'NET SHOPPERS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNew York shoppers will soon be asked to declare purchases they make on the Internet - and to fork over any unpaid sales tax for the items, The Post has...
DIVER PIX MAY CRACK TYCOON PLANE PUZZLE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNearly a week after a shadowy Israeli businessman ditched his plane in Long Island Sound, police yesterday were still trying to crack the mystery of the doomed flight by examining...
CHI TOWN FANS $HELL OUT FOR YANKS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amYankee boss George Steinbrenner might think his team stinks at the moment - but fans in Chicago are paying big bucks to see the Bronx Bombers there next weekend. The...
CHELSEA RAID-SLAY COAT FLAP
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amFurious lawyers charged yesterday that cops may have allowed important evidence in the killing of an African immigrant in a Chelsea warehouse to become tainted if investigators failed to take...
MOORE'S ARANGIO STYMIES SPELLMAN IN CHSAA PLAYOFFS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amCHSAAMoore 8Spellman 2 Moore Catholic's chances of returning to the CHSAA championship game rest largely on the performance of the team's two best pitchers, Vinny Arangio and Joey Rizzo. So...
PERRY HANGS TOUGH AT MEMORIAL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amKenny Perry shot a two-under-par 70 to remain clear of the Memorial Tournament field yesterday as he bids to win for the second straight week. Despite cold, whipping winds and...
MARIO ON 33RD STREET ; NO. 66 COULD BE ON HIS WAY TO GARDEN
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - They've had No. 77 in Phil Esposito, No. 88 in Eric Lindros, No. 99 in Wayne Gretzky. And now the scenario under which the Rangers will add No....
CIDE MAY BE BETTER IN THE LONG RUN ; MILE-AND-A-HALF COULD BE A LAUGHER FOR FUNNY
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThey call it the "Test of the Champion." The Belmont Stakes, at a grueling mile-and-a-half, is as long as the Lincoln Tunnel, 5½ times taller than the Empire State Building,...
MCPEEK SAVING HIS BEST FOR LAST
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amKEN McPeek, who engineered the biggest upset in the 134-year-history of the Belmont Stakes last year, is taking dead aim to do it again next Saturday with another longshot bomb....
REALITY GOLF: KEEP IT IN FAIRWAY
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amWE all know television networks love to duplicate anything that produces high ratings. Witness the multiple series of "CSI," "Law and Order" and any reality show with a gimmick. So,...
DUNCAN TIPS HAT TO K-MART'S DEFENSE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNETS NOTES The Spurs' Tim Duncan has seen every defense, "just about everything you can throw at me." He has been defended in every way by every big guy imaginable....
EMPIRE STRIKING BACK
June 1, 2003 | 4:00am"I feel good about him. Jerry [Bailey] will ride him with confidence."BOBBY FRANKEL Empire Maker and Dynever, the two biggest obstacles to Funny Cide's bid for the Triple Crown, turned...
JOE, MEL WON'T BE BOSSED AROUND
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - George Steinbrenner's wish to see Jose Contreras become part of the Yankees rotation won't sway Joe Torre or Mel Stottlemyre when it comes to their fifth...
INFLAMED KNEE FORCES STANTON TO DL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Just keep 'em coming. Mike Stanton became the seventh Met to join the disabled list when he was sidelined by left knee inflammation. The move is retroactive to...
FALSE START FOR JEFF ; LACK OF SUPPORT COULD PUT WEAVER BACK IN BULLPEN
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amTigers 4Yankees 2 DETROIT - If Roger Clemens receives the same feeble support today against the Tigers that Jeff Weaver got yesterday, Clemens will chase his 300th win all the...
SEO FAR, SEO GOOD ; ROOKIE RIGHTY SHINES AS METS TOP BRAVES
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amMets 4Braves 2 Rewind to spring training and try to remember all the candidates for the Mets' fifth starter. There was David Cone. Jason Middlebrook. Aaron Heilman. Mike Bacsik. And...
WEAVING HIS WAY OUT
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - So who do you think will be in the rotation? Oh no, we're not talking about this Jose Contreras vs. Jeff Weaver thing. Contreras is going to be...
AMAZIN' RETURN MADE FRANCO'S REHAB WORTH IT
June 1, 2003 | 4:00am"I missed the competition, missed the fan reaction."JOHN FRANCO FINALLY the Mets, who pulled within 12 games of the NL East-leading Braves by taking Mike Hampton to school, 4-2, yesterday,...
HAMPTON HEARS IT FROM SHEA FAITHFUL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amDuring spring training, Mike Hampton told Chipper (better known in Flushing as Larry) Jones - who regularly hears it from the Shea Stadium crowd - to wait until they hit...
ROCKET WAS BOUND FOR STARDOM
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - To appreciate what Roger Clemens is now, at the end game of a Hall of Fame career, sitting on history's doorstep, it's useful to remember what he was...
THAT 'EXTRA' SOMETHING
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Over time it should even out. But in overtime it does not. Not when it concerns Martin Brodeur. Not when it concerns J.S. Giguere. The Mighty Ducks are...
A SERIES AFTER ALL: DUCKS TOP DEVILS IN OT, CUT DEFICIT TO 2-1
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Stanley Cup Finals have taken an ominous twist, the sort that live on in history. Now the Devils must keep Martin Brodeur's Night of the Slippery Stick...
TO CHAD, NEXT LEVEL IS SUPER BOWL ; JETS' PILOT HAS ERASED ALL OF HERM'S DOUBTS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00am"He's too analytical at times. That's going to be his problem until one day he just says, 'OK, I'm just going to play football.' He's got to let it fly....
SCAPEGOATS, RACE CARDS & CRACKUPS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amEVERYTHING'S a hustle, a con, a work, a limited-edition rookie card worth thousands, yours for only $49. In a letter sent last month to the NCAA, the University of Georgia...
GET A KID HOOKED ON FISHING
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amTODAY marks the begin ning of National Fishing and Boating Week, a perfect time to introduce someone to fishing, especially if it's a child. Hopefully they would help ensure the...
BETHPAGE IS RED HOT
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe Red Course at Bethpage State Park is no longer a bridesmaid. Someday, it's going to have its own wedding. Sure, the Black Course still gets all the attention in...
GREAT START FOR NEW NAMES AND NO-NAMES
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - One-third of the season has disappeared and whoever had Esteban Loaiza neck-and-neck for the AL Cy Young with Mark Mulder please stand up. Or how about that the...
THE SECRETS OF INTERLEAGUE SUCCESS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amNOTE to baseball pur ists: Beware. Maybe even go into hibernation as to limit the stress that the next two weeks will surely induce. It's interleague play time again and...
THE BEST OF ENEMIES
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Time was that Patrik Elias and Petr Sy kora were always on the ice together as Devil teammates and linemates. Now, given the matchups as they face one...
BURNS KEEPS COOL: DEVS' WARY COACH NOT READY TO CELEBRATE
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The suspicion was that Pat Burns is trying to change his luck. His players received a temporary dispensation from Lou Lamoriello to allow facial hair to flourish in...
VAN HEAVES CLEVE AS HEADS ROLL
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE COACHING carousel completely came off its tracks within the last 24 hours: Jeff Van Gundy, I'm informed, abruptly terminated negotiations with the Cavaliers because of something GM Jim Paxson...
JEFFERSON'S ALL GROWN UP
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe young Nets forward admitted it. His mental growth has been his biggest improvement. Hey, anybody can work on shooting and ball handling, but the ability to stay calm, poised...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
June 1, 2003 | 4:00amPERFECT COUPLE: WELLS & SHOCKEY: TWO WILD AND CRAZY GUYS Perfect he's not, but David Wells has found the perfect companion in Jeremy Shockey. Perfectly scary, isn't it. "I met...