August 25, 2001
CANADIAN NEWSPAPER TITAN FADES TO BLACK
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amConrad Black is in serious danger of having his status as a mogul revoked. The one-time titan has sold his last remaining newspaper asset in Canada and is seeking buyers...
MARTS SOAR ON CISCO FORECAST
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amStocks went stratospheric yesterday, closing out a sputtering subpar week with a bang. Investors ate up rare good news from tech bellwether Cisco Systems which fueled the big rally, while...
COMPUTER PICKS M'SOFT JUDGE
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWelcome to the nut house. The new judge handling the Microsoft antitrust trial will have it easy if she wants to grill Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer - she was...
CHUNG, 'BOMBERS' HIT RATINGS HOMERS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amGARY Condit is no Monica Lewinsky. Connie Chung's must-see interview with Condit snagged about 24 million viewers Thursday night - big numbers, but not record-setting by a long shot. By...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amDon't be thrown a curve: You're a conversation all-star. Put in some chatting practice and knock these tidbits over the wall of expensive china. FOR LOVE OF THE GAME *...
BREWS BY THE BOOK
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amFeeling literary? You could always read a book, but the Bar Belles recommend a trip to Half King, the rustic, West Chelsea bar co-owned by swashbuckling "Perfect Storm" scribe Sebastian...
GREAT DAYS FOR THE IRISH
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amRaucous Irish rockers Black 47, which played at Paddy Reilly's bar in Gramercy every week for eight years, is one of the headliners at the seventh annual New York Irish...
SUDDENLY, LOST SUMMER - AFTER SO-SO SEASON, NEW YORKERS SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amBrutal heat, layoffs, market woes ... so how is your summer, other than almost over? Reflecting upon a season that won't go down in local lore as the greatest ever,...
GEAR THAT'S GOOD TO GO
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amGet it together this fall with ergonomic backpacks, zippered binders and high-tech organizers. Avery's Cargo.zip Tech Pak binder ($18.49) has two zippered compartments with lots of pockets and slots to...
PREPPING FOR FALL
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amSeptember is just a hop and a skip away, and you know what that means - time to trade in those beach-bum shorts and flip-flops for something classy. We're talking...
ED. BD. BRAINS IGNORED WILLED GIFT OF $5,000
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amBOARD of Education officials are clamoring for cash, but a lawyer eager to hand over a $5,000 gift says he couldn't get anyone in the school system to take it...
'SINGING' PORNO QUEEN HAS NO SEXY INFO FOR FEDS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe fugitive porn queen who returned to New York to bare all about a Wall Street sex-and-stocks scandal has nothing to bare. Marylin Star has been meeting with federal investigators...
GIVING HEVESI HELL - RAGING RUDY RIPS ALAN OVER BOND-FIRM SELECTION
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday ratcheted up his war on Alan Hevesi, firing new accusations that the city comptroller improperly meddled in decisions on which companies are tapped to handle lucrative city...
200 YEARS OF THE NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 25, 1900
August 25, 2001 | 4:00am"The school authorities have been making great efforts to provide adequate accommodations for the children of the city during the school year, which opens on Sept. 10, but it is...
DAREDEVIL: LADY WAS 'REACHING OUT TO ME'
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe parasailing Parisian who got tangled up trying to land on the Statue of Liberty said he's been carrying a torch for her for years. "The statue was reaching out...
SLIMEBALL HAS US FORGETTING THE REAL VICTIM
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amGARY CONDIT gave the interview of his life to the wrong member of the Connie Chung household the other night. He should have given it to her husband, Maury Povich....
CONNIE TELLS OF THE GOAD NOT TAKEN
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amHow many people watched? / TV: Page 51Connie Chung was as frustrated as everyone else over Gary Condit's stonewalling tactics during their Thursday-night interview on ABC. "I was thinking, 'How...
HAMPTONS MATRIARCH IS STABBED TO DEATH
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe 79-year-old matriarch of a prominent Long Island family was stabbed to death and thrown under a truck outside her posh Westhampton home by a tenant she wanted to evict,...
QNS. STUDENT FOUND SAFE IN S. AFRICA
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA Yale student from Queens who mysteriously disappeared while studying in South Africa will fly home tomorrow after being "drugged and assaulted" over the last three weeks, officials said yesterday....
SLAY-BID WIFE PAID FOR HUBBY 'HIT': COPS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA wife who feared that her millionaire husband was planning to have her deported tried to inject him with fatal diseases and when that failed, she hired a hit man,...
'SCARECROW' PERV DOC TO PAY $1.75M
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA female bodybuilder was awarded $1.75 million in a New Jersey court yesterday for being sexually assaulted by her chiropractor - who was in a "Wizard of Oz" scarecrow costume...
CAB VICTIM AWARDED $37M
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan jury has awarded $37 million to a man who was left brain-damaged when he was struck by a speeding cab. Kenneth Morrison was a 32-year-old trader at Chase...
W. NILE FEARS TAKE FLIGHT IN BROOKLYN
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amBirds are dropping like flies on one block in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, fueling fears that the West Nile virus is also in the air. On Wednesday, a large...
CULKIN MOM BLAMES BLDG. OWNERS IN FATAL APT. FIRE
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amMacaulay Culkin's mother says she isn't to blame for the 1998 fire in her apartment that killed four people - her building is. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan State...
NYPD TO TRY DWI COP'S CASE FIRST
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD will open its case against Joseph Gray, the cop accused of wiping out a Brooklyn family in a DWI crash, on Tuesday under an unprecedented deal between the...
LEVY: HALT BIAS AT HS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday ordered his troubleshooter to clean up Lafayette HS in Brooklyn after it was revealed the feds are investigating a spate of alleged Asian-bashing incidents. Levy's...
RUDY & DONNA MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN WEEKS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and estranged wife Donna Hanover came face to face yesterday for the first time in nearly two months during a secret behind-closed-doors meeting with the judge presiding over...
SHOVE IT! POWERBALL PUNCH-UP ARRESTED
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWith a record $300 million drawing tonight, the hunt for Powerball tickets in Connecticut border towns got a little ugly yesterday. Connecticut police said a man was arrested in downtown...
PROUD PARENTS WON'T BE PUSHED ASIDE
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. AFTER first baseman Carlos Garcia Jr., ripped a grand slam last Saturday, his father rushed out of the Little League stadium to celebrate with his son. But Carlos...
FOR SALE - MADONNA SLEPT HERE
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA traditional colonial on a wooded lot in suburban Michigan where Madonna spent her childhood is being offered for sale on eBay for a minimum bid of $324,000. Madonna's dad,...
QUEENS BUS RIDER NICKED IN SHOOTING
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amA sleeping passenger was grazed with a bullet yesterday after a dispute broke out on a Queens bus, police said. Around 11:30 a.m., one of two men arguing on a...
POL POT GETS BUSTED FOR LIGHTING UP
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe Libertarian Party candidate for Manhattan borough president - running on a platform to legalize cannabis - has been arrested for smoking the banned weed on an East Village street....
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amHeading into his fourth week on the ranch, President Bush said yesterday on Vacation Day 21 that he skipped watching Connie Chung's interview with Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) - though...
FONZIE PULLS OUT PAGE FROM PAST
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amEdgardo Alfonzo knew he was getting the award. He didn't know he'd be catching a Latino legend, though. Before last night's 4-3 Met victory over the Giants, Alfonzo was presented...
JINTS RING OUT CAMP WITH JOVIAL ATTITUDE
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amTraining camp for the Giants at the University at Albany ended not with a bang, but with a ring. During Thursday night's final team meeting of camp, a cell phone...
BROTHERS COMELLA LIVING THEIR DREAM
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amMatt Comella and his brother, Greg Comella, have talked about facing off against one another in the NFL forever. "We always talked about football growing up," said Matt, who was...
M'STARS ALREADY THINKING PLAYOFFS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the MetroStars gaze across the field tonight in Miami, they will see a team in a position in which they felt they should have been. Truth is, after a...
GIANTS OUT TO PROVE STADIUM'S THEIR TURF
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThe bright smile on Dusty Zeigler's face darkened as his expression took on a sinister look. It looked as if he was about to snarl. "The Jets?" Zeigler said, his...
TECH FIREPOWER KEY TO KICKOFF
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amHere's the subplot for tomorrow's Kickoff Classic at Giants Stadium. There's one smart, experienced QB in Georgia Tech's George Godsey. There's one speedy and tenacious assassin in Syracuse's Dwight Freeney....
POMPEII CAPTURES ENSIGN
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Richard Migliore on Pompeii took advantage of Beautiful Pleasure's bad habit of bearing out badly when turning for home and then held off the favorite to win...
HALOS HAMMER SLUMPING YANKS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amAngels6 Yankees2 ANAHEIM - Ninety minutes before game time last night, Joe Torre discussed Alfonso Soriano's defensive development at second base. The Yankee manager talked about the converted shortstop improving...
BARRY'S HEART'S IN FRISCO
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amBarry Bonds said he's never had an opportunity to think about playing in New York. He's a free agent this offseason, but it sounds like the San Francisco outfielder isn't...
TINO TESTS SORE GROIN
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Tino Martinez went from a spectator to a possible pinch-hitter last night. Today he hopes to rejoin the Yankees' lineup after being encouraged by his first full workout...
VENTURA RETURN NO SORE POINT FOR CLUB
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amAs Yankee super-scout Gene Michael watched last night, Robin Ventura looked good in his return to the Mets' starting lineup. After missing the past four games with a bruised left...
SLUMPING ROBIN BACK IN THE LINEUP
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES After missing the past four games with a bruised left thumb, Robin Ventura returned to the lineup against the Giants last night. "He felt really good today," Bobby...
BERNIE: HRS ARE NOT MY GOAL
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Sure, it would be nice to go deep for the 200th time in a Yankee uniform and join a list that includes Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio...
FONZIE COULD RETURN TO AMAZIN' HOT CORNER
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amThere are a lot of scenarios that the Mets will consider before next year. One, potentially, is moving Edgardo Alfonzo back to third, if Robin Ventura is traded. "I don't...
RUMORS ARE HILL OF BEANS TO THESE KIDS
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lost in the international intrigue surrounding Danny Almonte and the Bronx Baby Bombers is one important item. These children have worked extra hard for their success. That...
TOMORROW, THE WORLD - BRONX CONFIDENT FOR U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP
August 25, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - This will be special. It's not going to be easy, the Bronx Baby Bombers are sure about that. The Rolando Paulino All-Stars have one more mountain to...