May 6, 2002
9/11-THEMED BOOKS OPEN PUBLISHING'S LATEST CHAPTER
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amIT is no surprise that the heaviest attention this fall in the book publishing world will be focused on one-year anniversary books tied to the Sept. 11 tragedy.Howard Lutnick, the...
EDITOR LATEST TALENT TO LEAVE STRUGGLING WORTH
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amWorth magazine has been rocked by a major talent drain in its upper ranks as long-time Editor John Koten is quitting after nine years and heading west. It comes just...
STARR REPORT
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amCall goes out for 'Bachelor 2' Telepictures, which produced "The Bachelor" for ABC, and made celebrities out of "Bachelor" Alex Michel and his mate, Amanda Marsh, is putting out the...
GOTTA KNOW HOW IT ALL TURNS OUT? PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT ARE FINDING SITES THAT SPILL THE BEANS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amIMPATIENT to find out how your show will end? Can't stand the suspense? The web is suddenly filled with sites ready to spoil the fun - uncannily specific reports from...
'MOONING OVER THE KRAMDENS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amIT might be the most familiar opening in all of television - the dramatic roll of a kettle drum, an orchestral crescendo, a shower of fireworks and a glowing moon...
CORNERSHOP BACK WITH EDGE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amCORNERSHOP disappeared four years ago after its album "When I Was Born for the 7th Time" spawned the 1997 summer hit "Brimful of Asha." The dynamic duo - front man...
TIMES SQ. JAY-WALK
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amRICKY JAY:ON THE STEMAt the Second Stage Theatre, 307 W. 43rd St. Call (212) 239-6200. HISTORY and mystery - that's the intriguing combo Ricky Jay is offering in his latest...
DRESS YOUR AGE! WITH THIS SPRING'S BOHEMIAN LOOKS, IT'S EASIER THAN EVER
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE'S nothing worse than a mature lady who dresses like a teenybopper - except a young chippie who garbs up like a granny. This season's laid-back bohemian style makes it...
FREAK SHOW 101 AT CONEY U.
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amKIDS, don't try this at home. Come to think of it, don't try it anywhere else, either. But if you insist on swallowing swords, placing flames in your mouth or...
GOV BACKS OUT OF REDISTRICT BATTLE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA BEHIND-the-scenes battle over the elimination of two of the state's 31 congressional seats will be resolved later this week by the leaders of the Legislature, key insiders say. The...
CANCER DOESN'T STOP SMOKERS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amMany smokers who get cancer still can't give up tobacco, no matter how much their doctors beg them, new research shows. Almost one-quarter of patients with nonterminal head and neck...
THESE ARE DRYING TIMES FOR ALL NYERS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amPray for rain. And when you do your spring cleaning - if you haven't tackled it yet - think about the drought emergency and cut back on your water usage,...
CHURCH IN NEW SEX-CASE $TRUGGLE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amLawsuits launched by victims of pervert priests may force the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to mortgage its real estate to fund multimillion-dollar settlements, it was reported yesterday. The development...
FIRE DEPT.'S 'MASTER OF DISASTER' BREAKS SILENCE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThey call him the "Master of Disaster." Bruce Brenner, a supervising fire alarm dispatcher for the Fire Department, has the distinction of sending firefighters to the World Trade Center during...
COPS CLEAR BROOKLYN BOMB VICTIM AS SUSPECT
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn businessman who lost part of his leg when a pipe bomb exploded next to his rental truck was the target of a carefully planned assassination attempt, The Post...
NOTRE DAME BOOTS 'RAPE' GRIDDERS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThree Notre Dame football players and a former player have been expelled after being accused of a brutal gang rape. South Bend, Ind., cops say the attack occurred March 28...
MOVE OVER, LEO - PAL TOBEY'S THE WEBMASTER
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amWith the spectacular success of "Spider-Man," Tobey Maguire has snatched his close pal Leonardo DiCaprio's crown as "king of the world." "Now Tobey Maguire is an icon," said box-office analyst...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amFree hot dogs are going to be given out at soccer's World Cup in South Korea this summer - only they'll be made with real dog meat. The nation's National...
LE PEN IS LE LOSER ; VOTERS UNITE FOR CHIRAC IN TENSE FRENCH ELECTION
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amIn the end, Chirac is mightier than Le Pen. French voters gave conservative President Jacques Chirac a landslide victory over the anti-immigrant nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen, a widely anticipated conclusion...
SADDAM IN ALL-OUT NUKE BID: COLIN
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein is working "feverishly" to build a nuclear bomb but hasn't succeeded yet, Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday. Powell spoke after a new report said Iraq's nuclear...
DWI KILLER COP'S WIFE IS LYING LOW
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThe wife of disgraced former NYPD cop Joseph Gray remained bunkered down in the couple's modest Staten Island home yesterday. Diana Gray didn't even try to visit her jailed husband...
CAROLINE STALKER SCARE ; MAN NABBED AT HER EAST SIDE BUILDING
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA delusional Canadian man was busted last night after he showed up on Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's doorstep and asked to be let in, police sources told The Post. The arrest...
KILLER ON THE LOOSE ; POLICE HUNT MASKED FIEND IN L.I. BREAK-IN
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA gun-wielding, masked intruder remains at large after bursting into a couple's Long Island home over the weekend and killing the wife while she cooked for yesterday's Greek Orthodox Easter,...
RESIDENTS PROTEST LACK OF AID AFTER SEPT. 11 ATTACKS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amChinatown and the Lower East Side have been shortchanged by the federal government and private relief agencies doling out emergency assistance after the World Trade Center attacks, residents complained at...
FLICK $PINS A RECORD AT NATION'S BOX OFFICE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amWeb-shooting wonder "Spider-Man" shattered box-office records yesterday, snaring an opening-weekend gross of $114 million. The comic-book saga smashed the old three-day record of $90.3 million, set last fall by "Harry...
BUSH SET TO GET AN EYEFUL OF PLO-TERROR EVIDENCE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush is ready to examine new evidence that PLO leaders are actively engaged in terrorism - but has no plans to try to topple Yasser Arafat, his aides said...
IT'S A REAL APPLE JAM ; TRAFFIC HIT BY MARCH MADNESS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amIt was eight months short of New Year's Eve and a day of the week when commuters usually stay home - but yesterday was a humdinger of a time to...
BUS RAGE: WOUNDED DRIVER KILLS ANGRY PASSENGER IN KNIFE FIGHT
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA rookie bus driver was caught yesterday in a life-and-death struggle with a crazed passenger who stabbed him in the back - before the driver grabbed the knife and mortally...
NATIVITY THUGS' ROMAN HOLIDAY ; CHURCH DEAL WOULD EXILE THEM TO ITALY
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA handful of top Palestinian terror thugs would get the boot to Italy as part of a deal that reportedly could end the bloody Bethlehem church standoff as early as...
VIVA BLOOMY AT CUBA DAY PARADE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg stepped lively in the Cuban Day parade yesterday as thousands of revelers cheered his support of democracy for the Communist island nation. "Cuba may be independent but it...
POT-PILFER THUGS BEAT DREW'S BRO
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amDrew Barrymore's half-brother, John, was beaten to a pulp in his California home by a band of thugs trying to steal his homegrown pot plants, police said. "We are lucky...
FIVE HURT IN TWO CLUB SHOOTINGS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amShootings outside two Big Apple clubs yesterday morning - one of them off Times Square - left five people injured and a teen under arrest. The first incident occurred at...
NBC'S MIDTOWN FIREWORKS SPARK 9/11 SCARE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amJittery Midtown residents, apparently on edge in the wake of Sept. 11, called the cops when they heard explosions late last night - but it turned out the big booms...
TEEN HELD AFTER 3 NEW PIPE BOMBS DISCOVERED
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old was busted last night in connection with three more pipe bombs planted in mailboxes in the rural Midwest yesterday. The teen, whose name wasn't released, was arrested in...
L.I. LITTLE LEAGUERS' FOUL BAWL
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amA group of Long Island Little League baseball players are caught in the middle of a political power play that is preventing the kids from playing at a baseball diamond...
SEXY SWEDE IS TEE-RIFIC FOR TIGER
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amShe's a tantalizing cross between Pamela Anderson and Cindy Margolis - but Elin Nordegren is no dumb blonde. Tiger Woods' stunning new Swedish gal pal has her two feet firmly...
OSAMA BIN LADEN SPOTTED
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amSporting a neatly trimmed beard, Osama bin Laden has been spotted in Pakistan's northern tribal lands and appears to be in good health, according to new reports. Afghan chief of...
THREE MORE PIPE BOMBS TURN UP IN MIDWEST
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThe discovery of three more mailbox pipe bombs in the rural Midwest yesterday brings to 16 the number of explosive devices found since Friday, in the largest case of domestic...
FAITH IN TODD PROVES DIVINE
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThe Nets worst fears were coming true. Right there in their own building, on national television, they were being abused inside, where Byron Scott said this series would be decided....
'WAR' REPEAT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - The Kentucky Derby promised a sizzle and delivered a fizzle Saturday, not because the winner War Emblem was undeserving but because the race unfolded without plot. It was...
MASH MAY BE COOKED FOR SERIES
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amJamal Mashburn not only can't play yet, he can't even fly because of an inner-ear infection. Which is why there's no chance he'll play in Game 2 tomorrow at the...
NOT EVEN BAFFERT SAW THIS COMING
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - A few mornings before last Saturday's Kentucky Derby, trainer Bob Baffert was standing on the clockers' stand at Churchill Downs, handicapping the race. The year before, Baffert's Point...
DAVIS DOUBTS LATE DECISIONS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amOne final time, Charlotte's Baron Davis flew down on a fastbreak and dished to a teammate. The pass slipped through the hands of a wide open Stacey Augmon for a...
FEW WANT A REMATCH
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Usually when a horse few respected wins the Kentucky Derby, like War Emblem ($43, $22.80, $13.60 across the board), those who finished behind him will follow him to...
CAMPBELL CRIES FOUL AT ZEBRAS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amHornets center Elden Campbell ripped the officiating yesterday after having to sit on the bench for nearly the entire third quarter following a controversial fourth foul. Campbell's departure proved critical...
ALL KIDD-ING ASIDE, NET DEFENSE DOING THE JOB
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES Yes, they run when they can. They excite and entertain. They have a balanced offense that again produced seven double-figure scorers yesterday. But when it gets right down...
SIERRA BACK ON TOP
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amYOU call Joe Torre a liar and before you know it you're out of the big leagues, playing in such distant outposts as Syracuse, Norfolk, Atlantic City, Cancun and all...
KIDD, NETS SLAP HORNETS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 1Nets 99Hornets 93 This is becoming too predictable, about as shocking as serving turkey on Thanksgiving. The game is on the line. The Nets are in trouble. Nerves are...
THERE'S A HITCH WITH STERLING
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The good news on Sterling Hitchcock is it's more realistic to expect to see him pitching in the Bronx before the All-Star break than it is to expect...
ROBBIE TAKES OVERDUE BREAK
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Those who have watched Roberto Alomar all season believed he was overdue for a rest. After 30 straight starts, the Met second baseman finally got a...
JASON LEADS THE SWAT TEAM: BUT AARON PROVIDES POTENT POP IN PAINT
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amAARON Williams is about as unassuming as there is for a 6-9, 240 pound NBA player. In this self-promoting era of professional sports, the last thing Williams is about is...
LITTLE LUCIOUS COMES UP BIG ON BOARDS
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amFrom the instant the Nets knew they were playing the Hornets in the Eastern semis, they've lived, breathed and talked about rebounding. The Hornets are massive and somehow, the Nets...
M'S OWN STADIUM AGAIN ; LOSS PUTS YANKS 4½ BEHIND RED SOX
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amMariners 10Yankees 6 In Octobers past, when the temperature plummets and the pressure rises, the Yankees have owned Seattle. But in early-season series like this weekend's, the Mariners have the...
BERNIE'S BOMBS ARE BRIGHT SPOT
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amThere are few positives that can come out of getting swept by arguably your biggest challenger for the AL pennant. But clearly Bernie Williams' two-homer performance in yesterday's 10-6 loss...
GIVE NBC GOOD GRADE FOR DERBY
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amALTHOUGH movie critics would never simply write that a movie is "good" - "It's a 'good' movie raves The New York Post!" - NBC's 90-minute Derby coverage, Saturday, distinguished itself...
ASTROS LEIT UP METS WITH 15-HIT OUTBURST
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amAstros 12Mets 1 HOUSTON - A road trip that began prosperously ended in disaster. The Mets' 12-1 loss to Houston yesterday was a horrid spectacle by the club in all...
POWER'S MILBRETT CAN'T GET A-HEAD
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amCyberRays 1Power 0 Three thousand Tiffeny Milbrett bobblehead dolls were given out at last night's Power game. Unfortunately, the real Milbrett didn't have a spring in her neck - if...
POWER HAPPY FOR WHALEN'S RETURN
May 6, 2002 | 4:00amSara Whalen isn't happy that the Power are 1-2. She's not pleased that the team fell apart without her in a 6-1 loss in San Diego in the second game...