May 28, 2001
POWER RUNS OUT FOR PROCESSTREE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDistributed computing venture ProcessTree.com has powered down for good. The company paid computer users for the use of their processor power while they were not using their machines, and all...
BIG APPLE'S DOUBLE PLAY - STADIUMS TO PUMP BUCKS INTO NABES
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amOpening day is still about a month away for the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones, the city's minor league baseball clubs, but the teams' owners have been slugging it...
STARR REPORT
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amABC News cutbacks continue ABC News has cut 85 more people - with perhaps as much as another two-dozen people about to be laid off in cost-cutting moves. The 85...
GOV'S RIGHT FLANK MUTTERING MUTINY
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amGOV. PATAKI'S increasingly liberal positions make him vulnerable to a Conservative Party primary challenge next year, senior party leaders agree. William Newmark, the Bronx Conservative chairman since 1983 and one...
WE CAN'T BEAT LAND OF THE RISING BUN
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amON FRIDAY, while moviegoers headed for Disney's "Pearl Harbor" to relive Japan's infamous sneak attack, George Shea grabbed a whistle and a stopwatch and hoped to stave off another kind...
BITTERNESS BLOOMS IN ELMHURST FLOWER KIDS - DENIED A CHILDHOOD BY PARENTS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amSOMETIMES, the American dream comes at a high price. Just ask the flower girls. Like Rosa. For a moment, she transfers her hatred for her father's demand that she sell...
PRINCE PHILIP: SORRY, CHARLIE, I'M NO DISSING DAD
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amPrince Charles has received a letter of apology from his father, Prince Philip, for a humiliating newspaper article on whether Charles is fit to be king. Philip, the Duke of...
BABY'S BIRTHDAY IS MOM'S AND GRANDMA'S, TOO
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens mom beat the odds over the holiday weekend by giving birth to a bouncing baby girl on her birthday - and her mom's birthday. "It's like hitting the...
CRITICS CAN'T $HOOT DOWN 'PEARL HARBOR'
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amOpening-weekend receipts for "Pearl Harbor" likely won't live in history - but they will still cruise to a humongous $75 million or so, despite terrible reviews, preliminary projections show. Disney...
NEW YORK POST: FROM MAY 28, 1923
May 28, 2001 | 4:00am"Jubilee Exposition Will Open Tonight," read The Post's headline above a story about the 25th anniversary of the uniting of the five boroughs, celebrated at an exhibit at Grand Central...
FAULTY NO-FAULT $CHEME - DOC FACES HISTORIC PRISON TERM FOR INSURE FRAUD
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amA New York doctor who billed for hundreds of thousands of dollars in phony nerve tests may gain the dubious distinction of being the first physician in the city to...
WOMAN BARES SUIT AGAINST TA
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amA female subway worker is fighting to get the Transit Authority to get on track and give her a place to change her clothes. Nikita Miles, the only female electrician...
DASCHLE MESSES WITH DUBYA'S AGENDA
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Democrat who soon will be calling the shots in the Senate told President Bush yesterday to forget about a Star Wars missile defense system - and a...
GRAMMER SCHOOL: KELSEY PUMPS UP UMASS GRADS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amEager-beaver graduates picked up some key pointers on the diplomacy of life from a big-name entertainer and a politico at college commencements yesterday. "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer told seniors at...
TEEN: MY 'BACKSTREET' SEX NIGHTMARE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amWhile the Backstreet Boys sing of love, a 16-year-old London schoolgirl says her encounter with one was anything but. Stella Galvan says A.J. McLean, a member of the boy band,...
BLOOMBERG GETS BOOST FROM RUDY
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amMedia mogul Michael Bloomberg's mayoral hopes got a big lift yesterday when he marched in a Memorial Day parade with Mayor Giuliani and then heard Hizzoner heap praise on him....
SUBWAY MUSICIANS 'TRAIN' FOR BIG TIME
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amRussian folk music on the West Side. Tex-Mex on the East Side. And a guitar-picking, yodeling country crooner downtown. That's enter-train-ment! Deep beneath the streets of the city, from one...
HILLARY TALKS VIEQUES WITH SHARPTON IN BROOKLYN PEN
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amA sympathetic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a jailhouse visit to the Rev. Al Sharpton last night, and vowed to bring the hot debate over Vieques to the Senate floor....
BIG APPLE SALUTES ITS HEROES
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers will be leading the nation in saluting its war dead today as America celebrates Memorial Day. The city will continue to open its arms - and its restaurants...
CLOONEY BACK ON SINGLES MARKET
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amGeorge Clooney's love life needs a doctor. Hunky former "ER" star Clooney and his buxom British model girlfriend, Lisa Snowdon, have split after just six months, Britain's Mail on Sunday...
SPICE GIRL REVEALS SCARY PAST
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amSpice Girl Mel B. tried to commit suicide when she was a teen after a series of racist taunts, it was reported yesterday. Melanie Brown, a k a Scary Spice,...
WAR & MEMORY - A MEDIA MASSACRE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amMEMORIAL Day is an appropriate moment to take a second look at former Sen. Bob Kerrey's alleged participation in a "massacre" when he was a Navy SEAL in Vietnam. One...
ALI & FRAZIER GALS PULL NO PUNCHES - DAUGHTERS OF BOXING LEGENDS TALKING TOUGH AS BOUT NEARS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amLaila Ali and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde are preparing for their upcoming ring encounter by adopting the bitter banter of their famous fathers. Ali, the 23-year-old daughter of Muhammad Ali, spends all...
BIO MOM: HAVE MERCY ON SON'S SNATCHERS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe biological mother in the Queens adoption-kidnap saga told The Post an emotional reunion with her long-lost son has convinced her to plead for mercy for the couple who stole...
PROTESTERS DESCEND ON JAIL TO RALLY FOR 'VIEQUES FOUR'
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amTop local Hispanic officials warned the U.S. government yesterday that by clamping down on the Rev. Al Sharpton and other protesters over Vieques, they were only heating up the war....
MARRIED BISHOP VEXES VATICAN - 'MOON' VOWS COULD MEAN CHURCH BOOT
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amRisking excommunication, a Roman Catholic archbishop got married yesterday in a mass wedding conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, and said he would father children "if God will allow."...
JEFFORDS SHOULD FREEZE IN ALASKA
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amIN THE coming months, as Californians eat their tofu by candlelight and the energy police tell Barbra Streisand to turn out lights in her castle, I pray for one thing....
'SUPERMAN' BOY DIES IN BRONX ROOFTOP PLUNGE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amA 9-year-old boy plunged five stories to his death last night while trying to leap from one Bronx rooftop to another - shouting, "Look, I'm Superman!" Julian Roman, a friendly...
SAGA OF THE FORGOTTEN FLIER - FEDS HAVE THE REMAINS OF BRONX-BORN WWII PILOT BUT WHO GETS THEM?
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDOES anyone know of John Joseph Creighton? He was a Bronx-born World War II airman who perished in a downed B-29 while flying a mercy mission in New Guinea nearly...
ENTRY GEARED FOR MET
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amAs we learned from Point Given when he rebounded from his Derby defeat to win the Preakness, and from many, many others over the years, always think twice before holding...
LILLY IS BLOOMING - SOUTHPAW TAMES POWERFUL TRIBE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 6 - Indians 2 CLEVELAND - Huddled on the mound, they slapped their gloves against Ted Lilly's butt in gestures of appreciation. The Yankees asked Lilly to prove he...
UMP'S COMMENT GETS ZIM FIRED UP
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The Yankees' dugout was barking at first base ump Al Clark for not calling a balk on Indians reliever Paul Shuey in the seventh inning of yesterday's game....
DOLAN JOINS RANGERS' SUMMIT
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - While it is not yet known how active a role Jim Dolan will now play with the Rangers, The Post has learned that the Garden's favorite son attended...
AVS' HEJDUK TIPS CAP TO SYKORA
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - Right about now, Petr Sykora wishes he wasn't a good example. The leading scorer in these playoffs - Colorado's Milan Hejduk - says he was inspired to come...
METS NEVER LOST FAITH IN PIAZZA
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amSHORTLY after attending Mass yesterday morning in the bowels of Shea Stadium, Mike Piazza received a couple of spiritual gifts designed to lift his spirits and, perhaps, his batting average....
LUKAS 'DOWN' FOR BELMONT
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amTrainer D. Wayne Lukas, who didn't run a horse in either the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness for the first time in 21 years, won't miss the Triple Crown entirely...
BOBBY NOT FAZED BY WELLS TYPES
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amIn general terms, David Wells' propensity for mouthing off and personal dislike of Bobby Valentine is not an irreconcilable difference, according to the Mets manager. "I think maybe the first...
CHAMPS HAVE SWAGGER BACK
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - It's too early to put the champagne on ice, but it's time to start stomping the grapes. It has been a vintage week for the Yankees, whose schedule...
WATSON'S STILL YOUNG AT HEART
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amIf you think winning the 62nd Senior PGA Championship and a $360,000 paycheck is going to tempt Tom Watson into playing more on the Senior Tour, think again. While Watson...
TORRE MEETS WITH PASSIVE EL DUQUE
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CLEVELAND - He has five more losses and two fewer wins than Ted Lilly. His ERA is a fat 5.14. Questions about the shape of his elbow never...
WIN OR LOSE, SAKIC WILL GET POT OF GOLD
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - Question: What do Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic have in common? Answer: One owns a team and the other will be paid enough money this summer to buy...
ACHING WALL PLACED ON DL
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Donne Wall couldn't shut down the opposition, so he's being shut down now. The Mets reliever was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday due to a strained...
TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK - ROBINSON: DEVS WERE OVERCONFIDENT
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - The day after disaster, the coach still didn't think much of the Devils' effort. They didn't think his gameplan was too hot, either. "Obviously it wasn't. We didn't...
'AFFIRMED' RETURN A SUCCESS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amAffirmed Success made a successful 2001 debut as he caught pacesetting Texas Glitter in the stretch and won the off-the-turf Jaipur Handicap by a length yesterday at Belmont. The race...
CALL HIM MAJOR TOM - WATSON CAPTURES SENIOR PGA TITLE AFTER THORPE'S MISS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amPutting is the most maddening part of golf. It can bring such joy one moment, and heartache the next. You can power drives 300 yards down the fairway and feel...
GARY SHOWS HE IS STILL A PLAYER
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amSENIOR NOTES Gary Player, 65, held up the honor of the super legends by earning a top 10 finish in the 62nd Senior PGA Championship. Player fired a 3-under-par 69...
RED-HOT AMAZIN'S - FRY FISH, TAKE AIM AT 1ST-PLACE PHILS
May 28, 2001 | 4:00amMets 5 - Marlins 4 One by one, Mets players have picked themselves up after nearly being knocked out. And one by one, they're inspiring each other during emotional comebacks...