June 26, 2003
TATUM SELLS UPTOWN FLAT FOR ABOUT $4.5M
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amTATUM O'Neal is distancing herself a little further from her superbrat ex-hubby, John McEnroe, now that she's sold her Central Park West apartment and moved downtown. "She's moving on with...
DEAL TO RESCUE HARLEM MUSEUM
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amHarlem's Museum for African Art has struck a deal with developers Bruce Brickman and Hal Fetner that will put the snake-bitten project back on track. Real estate sources told The...
WHEN RATE CUTS RUN OUT, FED MAY REV UP THE PRINTER
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amQUESTION: What happens when interest rates can't go down any further? Answer: Scary stuff. Ben Bernanke, a Harvard and M.I.T. guy and one of the Federal Reserve governors, sent out...
THE MUSICAL MAN - MIRAMAX GOES ON B'WAY BINGE; 'PIPPIN' LATEST BUY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMiramax envisions even greater riches from turning Broadway musicals into hit films. Harvey Weinstein's Miramax, hoping to capitalize on its success bringing "Chicago" to the big screen, is expected to...
IT'S CHEAPER TO BORROW, BUT SAVING? FORGET IT!
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBorrowers will benefit from our low Eisenhower-era interest rates, but lenders and savers will be hurting all summer. The historic rate cut yesterday that knocked a key interest rate to...
FREDDIE: FIX TO LIFT PROFITS UP TO $4.5B
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amEmbattled mortgage giant Freddie Mac said that restatements of past earnings might increase previously reported earnings by $1.5 billion to $4.5 billion, and admitted that executives had misapplied accounting standards...
WALL STREET COOL TO GREENSPAN CUT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWall Street is giving a thumbs-down to Alan Greenspan's latest effort to help the economy rebound. Investors sent stocks sliding after the Federal Reserve chairman delivered a quarter-point cut in...
FASHION CO. BOARDS: TOO CLOSE-KNIT?
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA group of disgruntled shareholders who have launched a proxy fight against Nautica Enterprises recently outlined two grievances against existing management: a too-cozy board of directors and outsized executive pay....
BLOCK PARTY: BEDFORD AVENUE - HAVE AN L OF A GOOD TIME
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amOn Bedford Avenue, a bridge-and-tunneller is anyone who lives in Manhattan, not off it. Every night of the week, well-heeled professionals travel out from the island to rub shoulders with...
HE'S JESUS. HE'S GAY. NOW HE'S CAESAR, THE ORIGINAL... ROME BOY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00am"Caesar" [ ] June 29, TNT, 8 pm ------ WHO knew Jesus could play Caesar - and play crazy Billy too? I'm talking about Jeremy Sisto, who stars Sunday night...
SKYRIDE TAKES OFF
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amGRAB that handrail - you're in for a rocky ride. The Empire State Building's new New York Skyride is a 22-minute "I Love New York" commercial disguised as a big-screen...
A TRULY WINNING DATING GAME
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBAD DATES At Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St. Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200. Through July 6. ---- AN attractive, funny waitress turned restaurant manager shares her hopes and disappointments with...
SHOW AND SELL - HUNTING FOR BARGAINS (AND BURGERS) AT TKTS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amTHEY come dreaming of "Mamma Mia!" - and, more often than not, leave clutching two-fers for "Cabaret." Or "Phantom." Or any of four dozen other plays, on Broadway or off,...
PRICE AN 'EARLY' FAVORITE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWACKY Weatherman Dave Price has left "Good Day NY" for good. "Dave has ended his tour of duty with the Fox Network, including his duties at Fox 5. It was...
'MODEL' PASSES REALITY TEST
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amIN a summer crammed with an abundance of reality shows, Tyra Banks has pulled off the near impossible - a hit reality show on UPN. Blessed with solid ratings, the...
ESPN DRAFTS IRVIN FOR BIG PRE-GAME SPOT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amFORMER Dallas Cowboy- turned-sports- announcer Michael Irvin is jumping ESPN. Irvin has spent nearly two years as a regular on Fox Sports Net's "Best Damn Sports Show Period," and will...
TROLLING IN THE PARKS - PICKUP POINTERS FOR THE CITY'S OASES
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amNOW that the sun has reappeared, single New Yorkers can finally start mining one of the many rich sources of fresh dating opportunities - the city's parks. They're free, they...
B'KLYN KID IN PLUNGE TRAGEDY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA 4-year-old Brooklyn boy died in a tragic accident last night, plunging six stories from his apartment - which lacked window guards, police said. Ushery Beauvill fell from a bedroom...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA mutt whose front legs never developed properly has learned to walk upright like a human. Laura Stringfellow of Oklahoma City, who adopted Faith when she was a three-week-old puppy,...
SUBURBS CUSHION GOV'S FALL IN POLLS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's slide in the polls has stopped, largely on the strength of his continuing support in the affluent suburbs, according to a poll released yesterday. The Quinnipiac...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * An East New York woman was charged with robbery yesterday after beating a 35-year-old woman and swiping $250 from her at gunpoint, authorities said. Kelli Fields was arrested...
HS BATHROOM-BIRTH TEEN MAY GET OFF HOOK
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe teenager whose baby died after she delivered it in a bathroom of her Bronx Catholic high school is unlikely to be charged, despite the medical examiner's ruling the death...
PLAYBOY PLAYMATES THE 'TOPS' AT GAUGING ECONOMY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the economy goes bust, so does Playboy magazine. Researchers have found the famous men's magazine rolls out larger, curvier, chestier gals when times are tough. Researchers studied the faces...
A LEANER MCFATTY LAWSUIT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe lawyer fighting McDonald's for fat kids who've eaten too many Big Macs has lost his bite. Sam Hirsch said yesterday he's dropped his charge that McDonald's sells "hazardous" foods,...
CABBIES SEEK 23 PERCENT FARE HIKE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amYellow-taxi fleet owners yesterday urged the Taxi and Limousine Commission to increase cab fares 23 percent, arguing that skyrocketing costs have increased expenses for owners and drivers. The Metropolitan Taxicab...
KID-SLAY DRIVER MAKES DEAL FOR 15-DAY JAIL TERM
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe man who caused a crash that killed a 3-year- old girl cut a deal with Brooklyn prosecutors in which he'll serve only 15 days in jail, but the plea...
PEPPER-SPRAY KIDS GRADS AT LAST
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amIt was all pomp and no pepper spray yesterday as PS 92's fifth-grade class finally graduated. The original ceremony at Medgar Evers College last week was aborted by a melee...
POOPED PIGEON TO 'FLY' HOME
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amGetting here was only half the fun for Billie the British racing pigeon - but returning to Merry Olde England will be first class all the way. Billie took off...
BODEGA SAFETY GETS ATTENTION AT LAST
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amSPURRED by an outcry for help, Mayor Bloomberg launched a pilot program to protect city bodega owners who live and work in fear of their lives. Bloomberg's "Operation Safe Store"...
CITY WILL PLUG YAWNING GAP IN SILLY AWNING LAW
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amStore owners will soon get a break from hefty fines for awnings with too many words. The City Council passed a bill yesterday that would impose a six-month moratorium on...
MONTAUK CLIFFHANGER - HOME AT EDGE OF L.I. DISASTER
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amTown officials have deemed a Montauk, L.I., house uninhabitable and closed off a quarter-mile stretch of the Atlantic coastline after part of the bluff on which it sits collapsed. The...
BEEP'S PLAN FOR SAFER COP RAIDS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD should videotape all "no-knock" warrant raids, prohibit the handcuffing of children and the elderly and provide free counseling for victims of false arrests. These are just a few...
PREGNANT PAUSE - U.S. BIRTH RATE AT RECORD LOW
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMaybe the stork was away on maternity leave. The nation's birth rate dipped last year to the lowest point since the government started keeping records around the turn of the...
FRANCE IS AN AMI TO HAMAS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday prodded the European Union to take "swift, decisive action" to cut off money to the Hamas terror group - but he faces opposition from France....
'EXORCIST' MOM ADMITS DROWNING GIRL
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe saga of a 4-year-old girl who was drowned in a bathtub "exorcism" by her psychotic mother came to a quiet end yesterday, when the mom tearfully confessed to the...
FIRE FEMS' BURNING DESIRE TO SUCCEED
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBrave New York women, the city needs you. Rochelle "Rocky" Jones may have made history yesterday as New York's first woman fire chief, but her fellow female firefighting pioneers are...
MASS MURDERER - SCHIZO PRIEST-KILLER FOUND GUILTY ON L.I.
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island man with a history of schizophrenia was convicted yesterday of bursting into a church during morning Mass, pulling out a rifle from under his trench coat and...
ISRAELI POLICE PREVENT MEGABOMB TERROR STRIKE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel foiled a major bombing and killed four Palestinians yesterday as intensive efforts to nail down a terrorist truce dragged on. Border police captured a would-be bomber and...
WITHIN A NIGHTMARE, HE LIVED HIS DREAM
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amPeter Troy dreamed of becoming a lawyer. But because he suffered from schizophrenia, he never even graduated from college, his lawyer said. Troy also loved to read and study. But...
ARREST IN GANG-INITIATION DEATH
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA reputed leader of the Bone Thugs street gang was busted yesterday in the killing of a wannabe member during a violent initiation rite in Harlem. Elijah Cambell, 19, of...
DUCT-TAPE 'MUMMY' BOY FOUND IN TUB
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amCops searching a Brooklyn apartment for a thief made a startling discovery - an 11-year-old boy wrapped like a mummy in duct tape and forced to lie in a bathtub...
'HULK' THIEF IS NO HERO
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA computer buff who circulated a rough cut of "The Hulk" on the Internet before the movie's release turned green when he went before the judge yesterday. Kerry Gonzalez, 24,...
ANCHOR RANCOR - CH. 7 PRODUCER IN GUY-ON-GUY SEX SUIT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amA male WABC producer has filed suit against TV personality Steve Bartelstein, accusing the morning anchor of being a "crystal meth" user who sexually harassed and stalked him. Bartelstein blasted...
AMERICANS ARE SUPREME IDIOTS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amAmericans don't have a clue when it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court, says a new survey. A staggering 65 percent of those questioned could not identify even one of...
HILLARY COULD REPLACE DASCHLE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers and aides said yesterday there is growing interest in tapping Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Senate Democratic leader if Sen. Tom Daschle retires next year....
IS 195 IN-KLEINED TO GOOF
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe staff at Harlem's IS 195 has a problem with current events - the program given out at graduation listed the "Honorable Harold O. Levy" as chancellor. Levy left last...
COOKED JACK GOES CUCKOO IN THE CITY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amHey, New York you wanted the heat - well looks like you can't handle the heat! After one of the coldest Junes on record, the Big Apple was baked by...
2.6G PAYDAY FOR BUST BYSTANDERS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amIt rained money in Howard Beach yesterday. Cops said a handful of delighted Queens residents may have taken advantage of a sidewalk tussle between a captured bank robber and two...
BONDS BALL LANDS 450G AT AUCTION
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBarry Bonds' record 73rd home run ball, which sparked a furious legal battle between two fans who both claimed to have caught it, was auctioned off last night for $450,000....
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR LOAFERS - 'WORKERS' GOOFED OFF ON YOUR DIME
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBrazen Department of Education construction employees ripped off the city by clocking in but doing little or no work - instead spending their days at the gym, shopping or moonlighting,...
MIKE'S $115M DEAL TO LIMIT SERVICE CUTS & 'SLIP' SUITS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Gifford Miller announced a budget deal last night that restores $115 million to prevent threatened service cuts and reins in lawsuits against the city....
IRAQ HID NUKE-ARMS TOOLS IN BACK YARD
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amAn Iraqi scientist buried key pieces of his nation's nuclear technology in his Baghdad back yard, on orders from Saddam Hussein's son and son-in-law, to conceal the equipment until it...
GARSON TWIST IN JUDGE $CANDAL
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE A Brooklyn Supreme Court justice accused of taking gifts to fix cases has named a Civil Court judge as among those who were pressured to use preferred consultants and...
LOOK WHAT'S BEEN LURKING IN CENTRAL PK.
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMeet the monster of Central Park. This huge 35-pound snapping turtle may look like the reason your parents told you not to go into the park at night. But in...
DEMS FEAR DEAN'S 'NET RESULT: VICTORY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amDEMOCRATS are starting to realize upstart antiwar candidate Howard Dean could actually wind up as their 2004 nominee - thanks to the power of the Internet. That scares some of...
NOW MANHATTAN GETS 'DUMPED' ON LIKE OTHER BOROUGHS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amANALYSIS Mike Bloomberg might be the "businessman mayor," but he's not above playing politics to keep his popularity ratings from plunging further. In budget talks with the City Council, the...
BUST BYSTANDERS BAG BIG BUCKS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amIt rained money in Howard Beach yesterday. Cops said a handful of delighted Queens residents may have taken advantage of a sidewalk tussle between a captured bank robber and two...
SELLERS MAY $TRIKE OUT ON BONDS BALL
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amBarry Bonds' record 73rd home run ball was auctioned off for $450,000 last night, but its two sellers may wind up with peanuts. After paying their California and federal tax...
STEPDAD CHARGED IN DUCT-TAPE 'MUMMY BOY' HORROR
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE Cops searching a Brooklyn apartment for a thief made a horrifying discovery in the bathroom - an 11-year-old boy wrapped like a mummy in duct tape and forced to...
KID-SLAY DRIVER JAILED 15 DAYS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amThe man who caused a crash that killed a 3-year- old girl cut a deal with Brooklyn prosecutors in which he'll serve only 15 days in jail, but the plea...
ISRAEL DEFUSES MEGABOMB TERROR BID
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel foiled a major homicide bombing and killed four Palestinians yesterday as intensive efforts to nail down a terrorist truce dragged on. Border police captured a would-be bomber...
FRANCE AGAIN THWARTS BUSH
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday prodded the European Union to take "swift, decisive action" to cut off money to the Hamas terror group - but he faces opposition from France....
COUNCIL GOOD AS ITS WORD IN YANKING AWNING $$ PENALTIES
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amStore owners will soon get a break from hefty fines for awnings with too many words. The City Council passed a bill yesterday that would impose a six-month moratorium on...
WALK IN THE PARK - DOZEN BB'S HELP BOMBERS STING HAPLESS DEVIL RAYS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 8 - Devil Rays 5 ST. PETERSBURG - Talent wins. Don't ever forget it. Sports are full of heartwarming stories of huge underdogs pulling off upsets. But you can...
PICKING STORIES CAUGHT IN DRAFT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amJUST call me a draft dodger. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I'm helpless to lead you astray regarding tonight's sometimes grand/often grating NBA experience. What I am able to...
HEAVILY HYPED HEILMAN READY TO DEBUT
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amAfter breathless anticipation, further fanned by the arrival of phenom shortstop Jose Reyes, Aaron Heilman finally makes his major league debut tonight against Florida. And those who know him say...
IT'S OFFICIAL! ABC HIRES LISA
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amABC officially named Lisa Guerrero as Melissa Stark's sideline replacement yesterday on Monday Night Football. "It's the biggest job in sports," said the 38-year-old Guerrero, who is best known for...
FUTURE NOW FOR THIS MOUND DUEL
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amTONIGHT, there will actually be a baseball game worth watching at Shea Stadium, which in itself constitutes a rarity in a season that has been miserable since that Mets took...
LIBERTY PAINT UGLY PICTURE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amPractice had ended and all of her teammates had left the court, but Tari Phillips remained. She worked on her shot, her post moves and her footwork. The work ethic...
LAYDEN IT ON THE LINE - KNICKS GM KNOWS HIS FUTURE'S AT STAKE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amWith the Garden workouts for point guard T.J. Ford and 7-foot small forward Maciej Lampe completed yesterday the last ones before tonight's big show, Knicks GM Scott Layden put it...
NETS: PICK A PLAN - SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR TEAM AT NO. 22
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amAs the Nets await tonight's NBA Draft with the No. 22 pick, they have a plan formulated. They'll draft a shooter or a point guard or a big man. They...
DEALING'S NOT DONE - YANKS 'STILL LOOKING' AFTER GRABBING MICELI, GARCIA FROM INDIANS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Dan Miceli is an upgrade for the struggling Yankees' bullpen. By no means is the journeyman right-hander considered the final answer. "I am still looking to add...
WHO'S REALLY NO. 1? - CARMELO CLAIMS TOP PICK LEBRON MIGHT NOT BE BEST
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amYou'll have to wait for answers, and we're not talking about who gets taken with the fourth pick in tonight's NBA Draft. You'll have to wait until next fall. That's...
MOVE TO SECOND OK WITH SANCHEZ
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES If the Mets want Rey Sanchez to move to second base, he's willing to do it. "Yeah, of course," Sanchez said. "If they decide to do that, then...
BACK IN THE SWING - PIAZZA WANTS TO TAKE CUTS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amAssuming there are no setbacks, Mike Piazza could be swinging a bat by the end of the weekend. Piazza, who's recovering from a torn groin muscle, said that he thinks...
SOJO BACK IN FOLD AS LATIN 'TEACHER'
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Joe Torre said need was a little too strong a word to describe why Luis Sojo was named a special-assignment instructor yesterday by the Yankees....
SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR NOT MUCH
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Yankees obtained a reliever and a lefty hitter in a trade yesterday, yet still need at least one reliever and might possibly still need a lefty bat. No knock...
YANKS STILL SHOPPING - MICELI ADDS RELIEF, BUT UGIE LOOMS
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amDan Miceli is an upgrade for the struggling Yankees' bullpen. By no means is the journeyman right-hander considered the final answer. "I am still looking to add to the pen,"...
PIAZZA INCHING CLOSER
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMike Piazza could be swinging a bat by the end of the weekend. Piazza, who's recovering from a torn groin muscle, was asked yesterday when he could start hitting. While...
LIBERTY SPEED PAST MERCURY
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amLiberty 70 - Mercury 64 Becky Hammon exited the court with just over a minute left last night to a chorus of boos from the Garden. It wasn't Hammon the...
SILENCING THE JEERS - ARMANDO EARNS CHEERS WITH SAVE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amMets 6 - Marlins 3 When Art Howe signaled for Armando Benitez last night at Shea, it wasn't so much a call to the bullpen. It was a call for...
BENITEZ SAVES SOME VALUE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amDAVID WEATHERS walked off the mound last night after allowing the Marlins to load the bases with no outs in the eighth inning. He raised his hands above his head...
BURNITZ BURNING IT UP
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amJeromy Burnitz - not the old, free-swinging hacker, but the new paragon of plate patience - has preached discipline, working the pitcher and the count. But at heart he's still...
SOJO BACK AS LATIN 'TEACHER'
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Joe Torre said need was a little too strong a word to describe why Luis Sojo was named a special-assignment instructor yesterday by the Yankees....
REYES BUSTS LOOSE
June 26, 2003 | 4:00amJose Reyes, just 20 years old and with less than a month's worth of major league baseball under his belt, was in a slump at the plate and a funk...