June 2, 2003
ON THE NEWSSTAND
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S summer, time for live music, outdoors. For a band not known for its chattiness with the press, Radiohead is remarkably candid in an interview for Spin's July cover. Apparently,...
CLOTHES CALL FOR HIP-HOP LEGEND
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amHip-hop legend Steve Rifkind is getting into the clothing business. Rifkind, a Long Island native, inked a deal with Koral Industries, owner of the popular Seven Jeans, to launch a...
APPLE, AMAZON IN ONLINE MUSIC TALKS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amApple Computer and Amazon.com are working on a deal that will make Apple's popular new online music store available on Amazon, The Post has learned. The parties are in advanced...
NYSE BOARD WANTS GRA$$O'S GREEN MADE PUBLIC
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amThere is a growing consensus among NYSE governance committee members that Big Board chief Dick Grasso's compensation should be disclosed, The Post has learned. In addition, the committee is examining...
'BOYS' ARE BACK IN TOWN - 'MASTER'-FUL TALE THAT SURVIVES THE TEST OF TIME
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amMASTER HAROLD . . . and the boys [] The Royale Theatre, 242 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. ----- HOLLYWOOD'S Danny Glover and New York director Lonny Price last night...
WHEN THE FAT LADY'S 9
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAS a top columnist for a major newspaper, I naturally get invited to a lot of elementary school pageants and talent shows. I go to many of them, but only...
STARR REPORT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAs Maxwell Smart would say: 'And loving it!' Producer Phil Gurin has seen and done plenty in his long career, but there's always a first time for everything - even...
STRIPERELLA MAY BE WEIRDEST SUPER HERO EVER ... A CRIMEFIGHTING EXOTIC DANCER. NO, SERIOUSLY
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amMEET "Striperella," the most scantily clad superheroine ever dreamed up for television. She's a stripper by night and a power-packed defender of justice, well, a little later at night. She's...
THE WAIT IS OVER! SERVERS ARE DONNING DESIGNER DUDS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amIt's fashionable to be a waitress this summer. Really. French design whiz Catherine Malandrino created the new mini-skirt-and-top combo for the wait staff at the new Hamptons hot spot Resort,...
HOT & IN DEMAND: HOW FASHION'S NEXT BIG THINGS EARNED THAT TITLE - AND KEEP IT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFIRST there was Coco Chanel. Then Marc Jacobs. Tonight, Zac Posen may join that illustrious club as fashion crowns its "next big thing" during the Council of Fashion Designers of...
MOVE OVER MISS DAISY: BIG STARS OF SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS HAVE 4 WHEELS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amSURE, Keanu Reeves has a pretty big role in "The Matrix Reloaded." And Hugh Jackman is a major part of "X2." But the real stars of these summer blockbusters -...
GOP TO LET CHUCK BE AN '04 SCHU-IN
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amNATIONAL Republicans have given up hope of defeating Sen. Charles Schumer next year because the New York GOP can't find a strong candidate, The Post has learned. "The national party...
A GOOD SPORT - NET-DEVIL TOWN GETS NO RESPECT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWhile all eyes are on the Nets and Devils and whether they'll bring sports glory to the Garden State, the town hosting their big events is feeling a little like...
DROPPING THE BALL - HS GOOF ROBS GIRLS OF BID FOR TOURNEY
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amA monumental error by a high school's coach and athletic director has kept a winning Manhattan girls' softball team from a coveted playoff berth. The Norman Thomas HS Lady Tigers...
'NEMO' FIN-TASTIC AT BOX OFFICE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWalt Disney's computer-animated fish tale "Finding Nemo" has reeled in the top box office spot with a weekend catch of $70.6 million. The studio has already produced four cartoon blockbusters....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amJoining the Mile High Club has never been easier. Instead of having to evade detection by flight attendants, horny passengers can now sleep with them, thanks to a Chilean brothel...
BLACK COPS: PROBE RAIDS & RACE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAn organization of black cops wants to know whether "no knock" search warrants and stun grenades are used more often in low-income and minority communities. The NYPD issued a report...
'WE'LL CHAIN UP SARS VICTIMS'
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amA Canadian health official threatened to "chain" people to their beds if they try to break quarantine in SARS-plagued Toronto, it was reported yesterday. "I don't know how people will...
$HAM OF A SHELTER - OWNER GETS TAX BREAK FOR HOUSING' THAT ISN'T
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe owner of a Brooklyn homeless shelter - already reaping a small fortune from the city to house two dozen families - is getting an extra bonanza worth $52,000 a...
FERRY HIGH SECURITY - ANTI-TERROR RULES TO PUT AIRPORT-LIKE SCANNERS AT TERMINALS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFerry passengers citywide - including tens of thousands of Staten Island riders - will have to go through metal detectors next year as part of a new federal law that...
MAYOR: I'LL WIN BACK MINORITIES
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg admitted yesterday that he's bothered that blacks and Hispanics aren't giving him high marks right now - but he said he's confident he'll win them over in time...
MIKE: NYPD TICKET BLITZ IS A MYTH
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amCops have doled out fewer quality-of-life summonses so far this year than in 2002, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday - and he blamed the police unions for helping to fuel the...
CHUCK RIPS HIDDEN CELL FEES
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amCell-phone companies gouge New Yorkers for more than $82 million a year in hidden fees - many of them for services they don't even deliver, Sen. Charles Schumer charged yesterday....
POLL: FETUSES ARE PEOPLE, TOO
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAlmost half of Americans believe life begins at the moment of conception, a new poll says. Forty-six percent say a fetus should be considered a person as soon as conception...
SAUDIS TAP CLERICS FOR TERROR WAR
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saudi officials hellbent on curbing terror have brought in a new weapon to try to uncover fiendish plots - big-name religious clerics who deliver fire-and-brimstone sermons to jailed...
OFF TO A 'SHAKY' START
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac gripped hands and offered forced smiles for the cameras yesterday, setting aside their bitter rivalry over the Iraq war for a...
OFFICER HURT BY DWI GAL: COPS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amA drunken driver slammed into a Suffolk County police officer early yesterday morning on the North Shore, slightly injuring the nine-year police veteran, cops said. Officer Robert Tepfenhardt was working...
NEW FEARS OF ARIEL ASSASSINATION BID
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's life may be in danger from right-wing extremists who are furious at his support for the U.S.-backed "road map" to peace, it was...
SON BURIES AIRMAN DAD MISSING 35 YEARS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amRichard J. Mancini was 18 months old when his father's plane crashed over Laos during the Vietnam War. He has no memories of his father except one - burying him...
FEDS LAUNCH CAVE HUNT FOR RUDOLPH'S PALS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFederal agents scoured caves and dense woods in the remote mountains of North Carolina yesterday searching for possible accomplices of accused bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, as well as any explosives...
SHARON SET TO REVEAL STUNNER
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will announce that he's prepared to dismantle illegal settlements, it was reported today. He'll make the bombshell statement Wednesday at the close of his upcoming...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * A University Heights woman was stabbed in the throat by her former live-in boyfriend yesterday, police said - and was rescued by a good Samaritan who held...
DEFENSE IDS LACI'S KILLER AS 'DONNIE'
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amLawyers for suspected double-murderer Scott Peterson have put a name to the mysterious drug-dealing vagrant they say actually killed his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson. According to Fox News, Peterson's defense...
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRATING MOVE TO CARNEGIE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amHow do you get to Carnegie Hall? Merge! The New York Philharmonic - which has been unhappy with the acoustics at its Lincoln Center home - is reportedly in high-level...
'HARRY POTTER' RETURN IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFor Harry Potter fans, June 21 will be the Super Bowl, Christmas Eve and Oscar night rolled into one. At the stroke of midnight, the fifth book in author J.K....
FOUR DEAD IN QNS. ACCIDENT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFour people were killed and two severely injured when their car slammed into a tree and caught fire on the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Queens late last night, fire officials...
WHITNEY'S PEOPLE - BLACK HEBREWS ARE A PUZZLE TO ISRAEL
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The religious sect that hosted Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's visit last week came from Chicago more than 30 years ago to flee what they called "slave" conditions...
2 SCHOOLS PROBE SEX AND SPANK SCANDALS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amTwo city schools have been rocked by separate allegations that teachers were involved in Internet sex and corporal punishment. At Brooklyn's PS 321 - one of the city's top elementary...
AMMON NANNY MAY GET THE KIDS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAn English nanny may become the permanent, legal guardian to murdered financier Ted Ammon's children - who are principal heirs to a fortune estimated as high as $350 million. The...
'HARRY POTTER' COUNTDOWN ONE FOR THE BOOKS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFor Harry Potter fans, June 21 will be the Super Bowl, Christmas Eve and Oscar night rolled into one. At the stroke of midnight, the fifth book in author J.K....
FEDS HUNT RUDOLPH'S EVIL BOMB HELPERS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amFederal agents scoured caves and dense woods in the remote mountains of North Carolina yesterday searching for possible accomplices of accused bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, as well as any explosives...
TIME FOR BURNS TO ANSWER BACK
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Now that the Ducks have announced their presence, the burden is on the Devils to respond. And more than anyone, the responsibility rests with Pat Burns. No one...
BROWN, SILAS TO BE HIRED
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe NBA coaching landscape should see a few holes filled in today as former Sixer coach Larry Brown is expected to be named in Detroit while Paul Silas is formally...
NO MORE DUCK SAUCE - DEVILS REMAIN HUNGRY AFTER GAME 3 TAKEOUT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - When the sun rose here yesterday, the Devils were still giggling about Martin Brodeur's Night of the Slippery Stick. They also were noticing that two of their top...
LEAN NYC PICKIN'S FOR BASEBALL DRAFT
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amDennis Canale saw five of his players selected in the Major League amateur draft last year. "It's really amazing," the Xaverian coach said at the time. "It's an incredible accomplishment...
FRANKEL DOES IT HIS WAY - 'EMPIRE' LAYOFF DEFIES HISTORY
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amBOBBY Frankel, America's reigning champion trainer, will attempt to win the Belmont Stakes Saturday with a campaign so unorthodox it would have past masters of the trade shaking their heads...
RUNNING HARD HAS BECOME GAME ODDITY
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amSHOULD we just get used to it? Or should we already have gotten used to it, not to mention over it? Is this the way the game's always going to...
BAR SHOES NO HINDRANCE TO DYNEVER
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTES Dynever, who'll go off the strong third choice behind Funny Cide and Empire Maker in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, has worn bar shoes on his front feet for his...
CONTRERAS TAKES JEFF'S JOB
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES DETROIT - Jose Contreras is in and Jeff Weaver out. Joe Torre informed both right-handers yesterday that Contreras has taken Weaver's No. 5 spot in the rotation because...
NO. 300 IS LEAST OF YANK CONCERNS - BOMBERS BARELY GET BY TIGERS; RUIN ROG'S 2ND SHOT AT MILESTONE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - With a killer spring day serving as the backdrop to Roger Clemens' entrance into the 300 Win Club, the Yankees turned into The Gang That Couldn't Field -...
FANS EMBRACE 'CIDE' SHOW
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWith the Belmont Stakes just six days away, Funny Cide mania is reaching a fever pitch. The celebrated New York-bred gelding, who guns for the Triple Crown Saturday at Belmont,...
LIBERTY PASS BOARD EXAM
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amLiberty 70 - Mystics 57 They are still not yet tough enough, a far from cry from a "Bullies near Broadway" label that could finally carry them to an elusive...
WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP - ROG'S QUEST TAKES ANOTHER BAD TURN
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - Maybe the Yankees should simply bypass the team charter from now on, and just pile into a fleet of VW buses as they make their way across the...
WIN CAN'T HIDE MONUMENTAL PROBLEMS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00am17 INNINGS: Yankees 10 - Tigers 9DETROIT - Rather than a lifetime-achievement day for Roger Clemens, this turned into a referendum on the current condition of the Yankees. Clemens pitched...
FLOYD: GM'S NOT PROBLEM
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Cliff Floyd defended embattled Steve Phillips yesterday, citing an injury-ravaged lineup as an unfair basis for the Met GM's evaluation. "On what [the front office evaluators are] going...
TIGERS AWE-STRUCK AGAINST ROCKET
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - Dmitri Young had never faced Roger Clemens. Not in the regular season. Not in spring training. Not on his PlayStation ... His PlayStation? "Whenever I face a pitcher...
NO MORE DUCK SAUCE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Devils coach has this year on his mind. Pat Burns didn't seem to recall what must have been among his most disappointing moments as a coach -...
JEROMY'S HAVING A BLAST
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amEven while he was pounding out 30-plus home runs for four consecutive seasons, baseball was more like a 9-to-5 grind for Jeromy Burnitz. It had become a man's job for...
NO-NAMES GIVING METS RIGHT 'TUDE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amTY Wigginton, Vance Wilson, Jeromy Burnitz and Jason Phillips won't be going to the Hall of Fame when their careers are finished. But they're certainly worth rooting for if you...
ASTACIO LATEST TO GO TO DL
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amBad news: Pedro Astacio joined seven Mets on the DL yesterday. Worse news: There is no timetable for his return. The righthanded pitcher was placed on the 15-day DL with...
METS BURN ATLANTA - AMAZIN'S BATTER BRAVES WITH ELECTRIC 8-RUN SIXTH
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAdmit it: Mike Piazza went down and you thought the season was over. How could you not? It was May 16 when the Met star strained his right groin and...
WELLS A PERFECT FIT IN PEN
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amDETROIT - The bullpen that could not protect Roger Clemens' 300th victory mustered a performance to get and defend David Wells' 192nd. It was that kind of bizarre, 5-hour, 10-minute...
PHILLIPS' JOB WILL SURVIVE DEADLINE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amIf today is D-Day for Steve Phillips, it sure doesn't sound like it. Many observers had long pegged today as the embattled GM's final hour since the Mets would have...
BURNITZ MADE MOST OF WORST
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amEven while he was pounding out 30-plus home runs for four consecutive seasons, baseball was more like a 9-to-5 grind for Jeromy Burnitz. For him, baseball was a man's job,...
SOMEHOW, METS HAVE SIGN OF LIFE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS is not the kind of talk you want to hear when June is only days old. But at the rate the Mets are deteriorating physically, if not mentally, it...
A FUTURE SO BRIGHT - DUQUETTE: AN HONEST MAN FOR THE METS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amAfter Jason Phillips was promoted to Double-A Binghamton in 1999, he thought he was on his way. Then, to start the next season, he found himself right back in Single-A...
FIGURES IT'D BE THE SPURS
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amWhile the Nets sat waiting for their opponent to be determined, Jason Kidd knew what was coming, whether it was San Antonio or Dallas. If it turned out to be...
76ERS EYE NETS' AIDE
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES With nearly one-third of the NBA teams looking for head coaches, it was only a matter of time before the Nets' highly-regarded assistant, Eddie Jordan, entered the picture....
JINTS TAKE FIRST STEP BACK
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe first truly meaningful date for the Giants is Sept. 7 when they embark on a season that is rapidly growing into one of raised expectations. Until that opener, though,...
VILLANUEVA PICKS UCONN
June 2, 2003 | 4:00amCharlie Villanueva, who backed off his verbal commitment to Illinois after head coach Bill Self left for Kansas, committed to Connecticut over the weekend. "He decided UConn is the best...