March 30, 2002
$10M SUIT: EMINEM 'STOLE' SONG
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amRaunchy, rage-filled rapper Eminem has been accused of a lot of things, but now a French pianist is calling him a thieving wannabe jazz musician. Jacques Loussier, who sold millions...
JUDICIAL JITTERS; NEW CHARGES COULD SINK ANDERSEN
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amPaul Volcker's "Hail Mary" plan to save Arthur Andersen from ruin gained ground this week, but fresh charges from an aggressive Justice Department might still KO the embattled accountants. A...
OH RICKY! LUCY'S FAMILY IS HOMELESS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amLITTLE Lucie's luck ran out in a bidding war for her mom's childhood home. A "retired lady" from Florida who originally came from Buffalo, has outbid Lucie Arnaz, the daughter...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amFUEL FOR THE FIRED Playboy is looking for a few good women to strip for its "Women of Enron" spread. "We thought this would be something fun for them to...
CAN WE BE FRANK?
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe new Jilly's is less scuzzy - and therefore more vanilla - than the worn joint Frank Sinatra frequented in the '60s. But a coat of gloss didn't hurt Steven...
DATING GAMES : REMOTE LOUNGE'S MULTIMEDIA FLIRTING FRENZY CLICKS WITH SINGLES
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThere's a monitor showing a guy feeling a girl's breasts. A girl is so intoxicated she's squeezing her cleavage for the cameras. Two other girls are kissing. Yep, it's definitely...
CUBA GOODIE: ALBITA FIRES UP THE BLUE NOTE WITH LATIN RHYTHMS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amFans of the traditional Cuban sounds found on the "Buena Vista Social Club" soundtrack should check out Albita, who appears at the Blue Note tonight and tomorrow. The Cuban-born singer/songwriter...
DO YOURSELF A FAVA
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amFava beans are probably best known for a serving suggestion made by Hannibal Lecter in the movie "The Silence of the Lambs." This bizarre association aside, they're notorious for being...
IT'S TIME TO PLAY BALL! A GUIDE TO STAYING ON THE FIELD AND OFF THE DISABLED LIST
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amEverybody has a favorite Little League memory. Maybe it was scoring the winning run and being mobbed by a delirious crowd as you crossed the plate. Or maybe it was...
EGGS-TRAORDINARY WAYS TO KICK OFF SPRING
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amMarch traditionally comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb - only this year, it's more like a bunny. Easter Sunday, like Passover, came early this year....
THE RED HOOK GUY WHO HOOKED EXTORT SUSPECT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amMEET the man who saved Red Hook. Twenty years ago, Greg O'Connell started working full-tilt to achieve his vision of a viable, affordable, peaceful community along the neglected Brooklyn waterfront...
ANOTHER VIEW OF GROUND ZERO
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe city-state agency overseeing Ground Zero rebuilding yesterday turned over part of its office space as a private viewing room where victims' families can look at the entire site. The...
HONESTY DIDN'T PAY OFF FOR FORMER PROPERTY-TAX CHIEF
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amTHE city's chief property tax assessor couldn't get his own tax bill reduced a couple of years ago, even as numerous subordinates allegedly were cutting assessments left and right in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amA British entertainment company wants to put ads on tombstones to promote its latest product. Acclaim Entertainment has announced that ads for its game Shadow Man: 2econd Coming, for the...
GOV IN SLOW LANE ON MIKE TOLL-TIER PLAN
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday cast doubt on Mayor Bloomberg's suggestion for a two-tiered toll system that charges non-city residents more, saying raising bridge fees would require "a discussion." Standing with Bloomberg...
COPS CLOSE ON AIRPORT KILLER
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amWorking with an avalanche of calls and tip-offs, New Jersey investigators are still in pursuit of the man who shot dead an eminent cancer doctor in a Newark Airport hotel...
LATEST LADY SUICIDE BOMBER LED TWO LIVES
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM -An 18-year-old Palestinian woman - who spoke fondly with her boyfriend Thursday about getting married this summer - killed herself and two Israelis yesterday in the latest suicide bombing....
GO WEST STREET AND BATTERY TUNNEL
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amLife in the fast lane resumed last night for downtown motorists, as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and West Street fully reopened for the first time since Sept. 11. Standing on a...
UCONN NOW JUST 1 FROM TITLE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - The best women's basketball program ever had the next-to-last say whether undefeated Connecticut would fulfill its destiny as the NCAA's 2001-02 champion and stake a claim as...
JOB HUNT MAY SIGNAL THAT LEVY'S LEAVING
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy has sent out feelers to land another job in case Mayor Bloomberg dumps him as schools boss, sources told The Post. "Levy is looking for a...
APPLE GIVING BAGPIPERS A LICENSE TO KILT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amBreak out the haggis - the Scottish are coming! Actor Sean Connery will lead a brigade of as many as 10,000 bagpipers through the streets of Midtown next weekend to...
BLOOMY: KEEP LIGHT SHINING
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe popular "Tribute in Light" will come down April 13 as planned, but lights should be "considered as part of the permanent World Trade Center memorial," Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
HERO COP'S REMAINS ARE RECOVERED
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amMembers of the NYPD Bomb Squad stood at attention at Ground Zero yesterday as the remains of one of its heroes, Detective Claude Richards, was recovered from the rubble. And...
HIGH-RISK AUTO RATES RISING 30%
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - Auto insurance rates for more than 400,000 drivers in the state's already costly high-risk pool are set to skyrocket by as much as 30 percent, state officials announced...
SPOOKED NEIGHBORS SUE TO PUT MISSILES AT INDIAN POINT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amTwo Westchester residents filed a bizarre lawsuit yesterday asking a judge to order surface-to-air missile launchers placed around the Indian Point nuclear power plant to protect it from possible terror...
VIOLENCE IS TOUCHING A RAW ETHNIC NERVE HERE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amReaction from New York's Jews and Arabs to Israel's attack on Yasser Arafat echoed the hard-line battle cries of the Middle East yesterday. "I think it is the best decision,"...
ISRAEL PROMISED U.S. TO KEEP ARAFAT ALIVE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amIsrael gave the United States advance warning of its plans to retaliate against Yasser Arafat and promised not to kill or hurt him, Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday....
U.S. DENIES TORTURE OF TALI-TRAITOR
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The feds yesterday denied torturing accused Taliban traitor John Walker Lindh, saying he got the same treatment as wounded U.S. soldiers when he was in custody in Afghanistan....
'COMPROMISE' SAVED YASSER: SHARON FAVORED EXPELLING PLO BOSS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to "expel" Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, but agreed on a compromise to "isolate" him as an "enemy" after a revolt...
A DOWNEY DOWNER FOR 'FOOLISH' BUBBA
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThis is one race Bill Clinton should be glad to lose. After being voted Most Foolish American for the past two years, the ex-president has lost the dubious distinction -...
'ENVOY' OPRAH A NO-GO: TALK QUEEN DECLINES BUSH INVITE TO TOUR AFGHANISTAN SCHOOLS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey put the kibosh on a White House plan to make its war on terrorism more palatable to women - by rejecting President Bush's invitation to join a high-profile...
VICTIMS' KIN SUCCESSFUL IN TENT PITCH
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amA tent near Ground Zero used by workers as a home away from home will remain open for another month - just days after officials said they would close it...
DELAY SOUGHT IN CROWN HTS. CASE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amA pair of rare appeals-court losses have made Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Alan Vinegrad a busy man. Vinegrad lost 2nd Circuit rulings in the Abner Louima and Crown Heights cases -...
GOOD FRIDAY MARCH HONORS 9/11 VICTIMS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amWalking behind a simple wooden cross, several thousand people marked Good Friday yesterday with a somber march to a church just a half-block from Ground Zero. The march, led by...
THIS SUMS IT UP: BLOOMY SPENT $76M TO WIN OFFICE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe final figure is in on how much Mike Bloomberg withdrew from his own pocket to become the city's 108th mayor: $72,987,305. That doesn't count the money he spent on...
FIRE UNION EYES TIES TO '$HADY' L.I. FIRM
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe city's firefighters union will hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss its ties with a Long Island investment firm that has been giving financial advice to 9/11 widows...
ARAFAT'S WAR : PEACE? HE ONLY WANTS ISRAEL TO DIE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amAT the heart of Ariel Sharon's decision to unleash the Israeli military against Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah and to "isolate" the PLO leader lies one simple statement from the...
B'KLYN KILLERS CHASE DOWN VICTIM
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amTwo gunmen armed with high-powered weapons chased a man down an East Flatbush street yesterday, spraying bullets before leaving their victim fatally wounded on the pavement. Clyde Smith, 38, was...
9/11 JERKS CAN SPEAK NO EVIL: COURT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe First Amendment right to free speech does not protect a group of men who, on Sept. 15, allegedly stood shouting in Times Square that "more cops and firemen should...
NEW DURST SHOCKER: L.A. COPS SEEK LINK TO MURDER OF A LONGTIME FRIEND
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amLos Angeles cops want a sample of Robert Durst's handwriting to determine if the cross-dressing millionaire wrote an eerie, anonymous letter to cops revealing the murder of his longtime pal,...
WARMUP PITCH: YES OFFERS TRIAL RUN TO CABLE FOE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe Yankees' YES network yesterday offered to let Cablevision carry the Bombers' channel on a 90-day trial basis as part of its basic package. In the latest bid to defuse...
SEMIS FIGURE TO BE PHYSICAL
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amFINAL FOUR NOTES ATLANTA - Look for two physical national semifinal games tonight, but with rough play coming from different areas. The Maryland-Kansas semifinal may well be decided on the...
TRAFFIC COMES TO CASHING HALT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amA cash-flow problem stalled traffic after the rear doors of an armored car flew open, showering bills and coins on a Manhattan ramp of the 59th Street Bridge. The truck,...
ISRAELI TROOPS TIGHTENING THE NOOSE ON ARAFAT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli troops yesterday smashed into Yasser Arafat's compound, battled his guards room-to-room, and trapped the Palestinian leader in his office in the opening act of a major military...
FEDS HELP GRAB AL QAEDA THUGS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Armed FBI and CIA counterterrorism agents participated in deadly raids on al Qaeda militants inside Pakistan this week in a dramatic expansion of the war on terrorism, it...
PLAYOFF-BOUND ISLES STILL HAVEN'T SOLVED CAPS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Islanders have done some things this season that will most likely earn them their first playoff berth in eight years. But they still can't beat the Capitals....
WILLIAMS WANTS TO BE TRUE GIANT
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amNow that he's on his second contract, now that he's seen some good friends and respected veterans go elsewhere, Shaun Williams figures it's time for him to do more for...
ESPN CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON KENYON
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amFor nearly three months now, the Nets have maintained that Kenyon Martin has been a marked man, with every move he makes carefully observed, analyzed and judged. Well, they ain't...
MESS HASN'T DECIDED IF HE'LL PLAY NEXT YEAR
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amOne month after surgery and two weeks before the end of the season, Mark Messier still doesn't know whether he'll be able to play again this year or whether he's...
SOJO SAYS GOODBYE, PONDERS FUTURE
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - For the second time in less than six months, Luis Sojo retired. This time, though, he was sadder, since the decision essentially was made by others rather than...
PLANE AND SIMPLE, TIME TO GET GOING
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - It is about getting on the plane now. That is all that is left for the Yankees. It is about getting on the chartered 737 today shortly after...
BIG APPLE STARS ARE SNUBBED IN BIG MAC GAME
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amCurtis Sumpter was looking forward to this week, thinking it would be his chance to play with the best high schoolers in the nation in his own backyard. Instead, he's...
YANKS AND BEANS : BOMBERS & PHILLIES IN DUEL OF DUSTINGS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amYankees 4Phillies 3 CLEARWATER - Shane Spencer didn't need Vincente Padilla firing a death stare at him while Spencer was on deck in the first inning yesterday at Jack Russell...
SHOOTING FOR RESPECT: IU, OU OPEN FINAL FOUR AS UNDERDOGS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - They've been shunted into the background, treated like the poor stepsisters of tonight's Final Four in the Georgia Dome. While the eyes of the basketball world focus on...
SPRING ENDS WELLS IN DAVID'S LAST FLING
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amYANK NOTES CLEARWATER - His participation in a beanball war between the Yankees and Phillies was the hot topic yesterday at Jack Russell Stadium. However, the most important thing for...
HOOSIERS HOPE PERRY ;CAN POINT THE WAY TO VICTORY
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - They fired Bobby Knight, star Luke Recker transferred, they didn't think Mike Davis was big enough for the head job in Bloomington, and yet, after all the turmoil,...
PIAZZA: BEING SORRY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amARLINGTON, Texas - If a really bad driver spaces out behind the wheel and ends up putting a pedestrian in the hospital for a month is it OK, as long...
FITTING FIELD HIT THE COURT IN FINAL FOUR ; TERPS BATTLE 'HAWKS IN NIGHTCAP
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA -There is no broadband-faster team than Kansas; no more tested and tortured team than Maryland; no Kevlar-tougher team than Oklahoma; no sweeter string-music shooting team than Indiana. In college...
MSG HOLIDAY FIELD SET
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amThe field for next year's MSG Holiday Classic is set, and New York basketball fans are in for a treat. St. John's will play defending champion Manhattan in one semifinal...
SOONER GALS IN FINAL
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amOkla. 86Duke 71 SAN ANTONIO - When two Duke players transferred in mid-season, eight shared the ball well enough to keep the Devils' blue dresses on almost all the way...
STEVE'S STILL OUT HUNTING FOR MORE RELIEF
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amARLINGTON, Texas - In the trade language of GM Steve Phillips, there is "possible," "probable" and "imminent." Yesterday, Phillips admitted that a deal for relief help "might still be possible,...
SPREE SNOOZES, LOSES GARDEN FAITHFUL JEER WHILE T'WOLVES ROLL OVER KNICKS
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amT'wolves 98Knicks 77 Wracked by a stomach virus, Latrell Sprewell slept through yesterday's morning pregame shootaround. You can make the argument Sprewell slept through last night's Minnesota massacre, too. Sprewell...
PIAZZA'S BOTTOM LINE IS TO PROTECT HIMSELF
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amARLINGTON, Texas - When Mike Piazza grabbed Guillermo Mota by the imaginary lapels Thursday afternoon, he shook off his miscast image as a pushover. Despite what Mota said in the...
SYKORA LIKES NIEU APPROACH
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amEven before his first shift on the revised "A" Line, Petr Sykora set the sights sky-high. "This line could be the line that could really get it done," Sykora said....
JAX SAYS NO POINT ANYMORE: BREAK UP GUARD LOGJAM
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amMark Jackson said yesterday he hopes Knicks management breaks up the point-guard-logjam during the summer. "I'm sure something's going to happen," Jackson told The Post before last night's Wolves' match....
PORT ST. LUCIE RETURN NO SURE BET
March 30, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES ARLINGTON, Texas - Don't book next year's hotel reservations for Port St. Lucie quite yet. It's still not a slam dunk that the Mets are returning there for...