May 7, 2002
DOWNTOWN A.C. IS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A CHAMPION
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amTHE last time anyone from Yale had an important connection with the Heisman Trophy was back in 1937. That's when a running back named Clinton Frank won the trophy given...
RUDY'S REELING IN $5M-$10M
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amIf a billionaire can become mayor, then a former mayor can certainly try to become a billionaire. In his first few months as a private citizen, Rudy Giuliani has set...
ANDERSEN IN LAST GASP AS PARTNERS GO
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amTainted accounting firm Arthur Andersen has all but pulled the plug on itself and doesn't expect to live through its criminal trial for evidence tampering. The auditor confirmed to industry...
GREENSPAN SLAM - STOCKS DIVE AHEAD OF FED RATE MEETING
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amStocks plunged ahead of today's Federal Reserve meeting as investors grew concerned that the Fed's expected decision to leave rates unchanged means the economy is not recovering as quickly as...
REVEALED! NO BOXERS OR BRIEFS FOR BUFFETT
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWhat? Warren Buffett doesn't wear underwear? The 71-year-old Oracle of Omaha surprised a few shareholders and titillated others by revealing that underwear - at least for him - is better...
GRISHAM EXIT COULD CLOSE BOOK FOR LITERARY MAGAZINE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amDeath is stalking the Oxford American and its owner is scrambling for survival. Best-selling thriller writer John Grisham has decided it's time to cut his losses at the Oxford American,...
BITTERNESS GROWS AT H-P AS STAFFERS RIP INTO CARLY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amCarly Fiorina may have won her fierce proxy fight, but she's lost support of her 80,000 Hewlett-Packard employees who openly call her the "wicked witch from the East Coast." An...
SHUT UP & SING ; LAURYN HILL'S DISC IS LONG ON GAB
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amLAURYN HILL "MTV Unplugged No. 2.0" ½ Columbia Lauryn Hill is a genius; Lauryn Hill is an idiot. She proves it time and again on "MTV Unplugged No. 2.0," her...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amEmpire poseys While flowers are blooming in great confusion in our area, Rochester, N.Y., will celebrate its annual Lilac Festival this Friday through May 19. Take in the lush fragrance...
NEW CREAMS RUB 'EM THE RIGHT WAY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amRAGING hormones - they're not just for teenagers.The way Dr. Erika Schwartz sees it, too few or too many hormones can trigger insomnia, infertility, acne, hot flashes, depression, migraines -...
WIRED FOR SCI-FI
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA NEW poll has named "Blade Runner" the top science-fiction movie of all time. The June issue of Wired magazine selects the 20 best sci-fi flicks, and chose the futuristic...
FORTÉ SING-SINGS FROM INSIDE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amCONVICTED drug smuggler John Forté - once known as the unofficial "fourth Fugee" - has his mind on another record. The 27-year old rapper/producer is trying to promote his new...
CBS FLIES WITH JFK JR. FLICK
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA CONTROVERSIAL biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is being turned into a CBS movie. An unknown actor will play the late son of the late U.S. president to avoid...
TWO WEEKS IN THE DEAD ZONE ; OOO, CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW OLD THOSE STARS GOT!
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amUNLESS you can't resist seeing how former TV stars have aged, I suggest you hook yourself up to a Walkman for two weeks and pretend TV doesn't exist. Why? Because...
STARR REPORT
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amArledge achievement: Lifetime of excellence Barbara Walters will present ABC News chairman Roone Arledge with a Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in September....
TYSON'S TIRADE AN F-WORD RECORD (AND IT'S NOT FOX)
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amYOU heard a whole lot of cussin' and fussin' coming out of the mouth of Mike Tyson if you were watching Fox News Channel this past weekend. The cable channel...
ZENIA EYED AS SOURCE OF CRACK ON KOPPEL
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA TOP ex-aide to Gov. Pataki has been fingered as the likely source of the now-infamous, anonymous quote that enraged "Nightline" guru Ted Koppel in his recent battle with ABC...
BARBARA'S BOSS SLAPS HER OVER KOPPEL
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amTHE battle between Barbara Walters and her network, ABC, just got hotter. Disney president Robert Iger has ripped into Walters for using her talk show, "The View," to defend "Nightline"...
NOT SO LAZY DAISY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amAFTER leaving her gigs as MTV's vivacious, bikini-clad veejay and as host of "House of Style" and "America's Funniest Home Videos," Daisy Fuentes vanished from the spotlight. But the leggy...
$NEAKY SAUDIS CAUGHT IN ACT - ISRAEL HAS 'PROOF' OF CASH LINK TO BOMBERS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Israel yesterday said captured documents show Saudi Arabia had given about $135 million to Palestinian terrorist organizations and the families of homicide bombers in the past 16 months....
SUPERHERO TO BE RE'ANIMATED' ON MTV
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amSpider-Man wants his MTV - and he's got it. Fresh off the record-shattering box-office opening weekend of "Spider-Man," a new TV cartoon series is heading to the small screen. MTV...
THE WEBBED WONDER HIMSELF - OR, AT LEAST, A GUY IN A SPIDER-MAN SUIT - WILL SWING INTO SHEA STADIUM
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amThe webbed wonder himself - or, at least, a guy in a Spider-Man suit - will swing into Shea Stadium tonight to honor the city's real-life heroes. Spidey will take...
CUBA POSES BIO THREAT: U.S.
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A top Bush administration official warned yesterday that Cuba is steaming ahead with a biological warfare program - and may be exporting its evil expertise to other countries...
SPIDEY TOYS SPIN GOLD
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWith Spider-Man toys flying off the shelves faster than Peter Parker can spin a web, experts say sales of Spidey merchandise could approach $1 billion. And that has execs from...
DASCHLE IS BOO$TING SPITZER AS 'RISING STAR'
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday raised a whopping $1.1 million in campaign cash - even though he has no opponent yet. The event at The Pierre hotel drew top...
NODS ARE COSTLY IN THE LONG RUN
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amGETTING a Tony nomination this year is not a cause for celebration. It's an excuse for spending money. Lots of money. Money that investors will probably never get back. Most...
MIKE: MAKE LANDLORDS TAKE THE FALL FOR SIDEWALK SUITS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg took aim at landlords and trial lawyers yesterday with a new push to curb the city's million-dollar payouts in sidewalk slip-and-fall cases. "All too often, people file ....
THE KID CATCHES ON - YANKS' OUTFIELD 'ANGEL' NOW A HS STAR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amOf course, Jeffrey Maier would become a centerfielder. Remember young Jeffrey? When he was 12, he made one of the most famous catches in baseball history at Yankee Stadium, reaching...
BLDG. DEAL MAY LEAVE LAWYER'S CHARITY IN THE COLD
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amAn activist lawyer who operates a storefront legal-services clinic for poor Brooklynites may find his desk on the street soon, as the city intends to sell the building to the...
JUDGES HEAR HISTORIC CHALLENGE TO DEATH PENALTY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - New York's death penalty law yesterday faced its first challenge before the state's highest court in 18 years. At stake is the life of murderer Darrel Harris, who...
NOMINEE JAMBOREE - BROADWAY'S BIG NIGHT HAS A 'MODERN' LOOK
May 7, 2002 | 4:00am"Thoroughly Modern Millie" - the thoroughly old-fashioned musical with a thoroughly unknown star - netted 11 Tony nominations, while the star-powered "Graduate" drew zilch, despite the biggest advance sale for...
REGENT: BOARD HAS TOO MANY WHITE MEN
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The controversial vice chairwoman of the state Board of Regents yesterday again spouted off, this time taking aim at her own board for being white-male-dominated. Adelaid Sanford, of...
ECHOES OF NIXON, 30 YEARS LATER
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amIn an incredible case of deja vu, President Richard Nixon 30 years ago wrestled with the same Mideast problems President Bush faces today, just-released documents show. Like Bush, Nixon faced...
MIKE RIPS TEACHERS' 'THREATS'
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg rapped the teachers union yesterday for taking steps to call a strike - a vote is set for today - and vowed not to be blackmailed by illegal...
BILL: MIDEAST NEEDS A WORLD FORCE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amFormer President Bill Clinton said yesterday that bringing peace to the Middle East will require an international push. "I believe it will require international forces," Clinton said in response to...
X-RAY GAL FILES SUIT IN 'GROPE' A DOPE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amBoxing promoter Don King is facing a legal bout in Ohio, where a medical technician has filed a lawsuit claiming he groped and propositioned her while he was a patient...
BIG-BUCKS RAISE FOR COURT LAWYERS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amCourt-appointed lawyers for the poor got an enormous raise yesterday, when a Manhattan judge found their current pay could pose "an imminent danger" to the people they're supposed to help....
CARDINAL LAW TOLD TO TESTIFY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ordered Bernard Cardinal Law, besieged leader of the Boston Archdiocese, to give a deposition tomorrow to a lawyer for 86 people who say one of Law's priests...
WHAT'S THE WTC RUSH? - DOWNTOWN PLANNERS RAIL AGAINST SHORT DEADLINES
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amThe fast-track push to come up with an overall plan for the World Trade Center site by the end of the year is drawing fire from critics who say the...
BAD NUDES FOR PENTHOUSE - LAWSUIT OVER ANNA PIX MIGHT SINK MAG
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amYears of moral outrage and attacks by angry feminists couldn't kill Penthouse - but the wife of a Benetton heir suing because the porno mag bared her breasts to the...
GIULIANI REJECTED IN BID FOR APT.
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani continues to search for his dream house - now that his bid for a nine-room co-op at 45 E. 66th St. has been rejected by its owner. Sources...
ARMY CHIEF ON THE HOT SEAT
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled Army Secretary Thomas White is headed today for a showdown in which he could get the blame and the boot for trying to double-cross Pentagon chief Don...
BUSH SAYS ARAFAT 'DISAPPOINTED ME' IN PEACE EFFORTS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush, on the eve of a White House meeting with Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, said he had "a high level of disappointment" with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat....
IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PALESTINIANS ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In the Middle East, the Palestinians are fighting for their own country, but in one branch of the Justice Department, it looks as if they already have it....
ANDY WINS JESSE JR.'S BACKING
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amTrying to break into his Democratic rival's solid support in the black community, gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo yesterday got the backing of Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Standing next to...
COPS KNEW GRAY WAS DRUNK
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amSome of Joseph Gray's colleagues tried to help the DWI cop beat the rap even after learning he'd flunked a preliminary test by more than double the legal limit, The...
L.I. COPS CHARGE HUBBY IN WIFE'S KITCHEN MURDER
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island man was charged with murder yesterday after detectives could find no evidence backing his claim that he valiantly tackled the masked gunman who killed his wife. "There...
BUS DRIVER PROBED IN STABBING
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA bus driver's fatal stabbing of a crazed passenger who knifed him for driving too slowly is being investigated by the Brooklyn district attorney - to determine if he used...
DUELING PROTESTS CLASH OVER VILLAGE CRIME
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amGreenwich Village residents, angry at drug dealing, prostitution and violence on their doorsteps, were outnumbered at a rally last night by protesters opposed to an anti-crime crackdown. More than 100...
N.Y.'S LOST PRISONERS SCANDAL - FLEE CIRCUS - RAPE SUSPECT IS SIXTH TO ESCAPE CUSTODY THIS YEAR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA suspected serial rapist, believed responsible for 16 sex attacks since 1997, escaped police custody yesterday - the sixth such escape in the city this year, and the second in...
'MAIL' STALKER - VISITOR SENT TOYS TO CAROLINE'S KIDS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA suspected stalker of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg told cops that before he suddenly showed up on her city doorstep over the weekend, he deluged her young kids with toys and...
'CLEARASIL' SCION FOUND DEAD
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA woman whose family became wealthy in the pharmaceutical business was found dead in the bedroom of her East 64th Street apartment yesterday with a sash around her neck, cops...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amAn Illinois man didn't beat a dead horse, but he dragged one around by a rope tied to his pickup truck. Louis DePaepe of Taylorville was stopped by cops, but...
GOP SAYS 'HOLA' WITH TV SPOTS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - To the pulse of a Latin beat, the Republican Party yesterday unveiled a new monthly Spanish-language TV informercial in hopes of revving up Hispanic support in next fall's...
'MAIL' STALKER : CREEPY VISITOR SENT CAROLINE'S KIDS LOTS OF BOOKS & TOYS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA suspected stalker of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg told cops that before he suddenly showed up on her city doorstep over the weekend, he deluged her young kids with toys and...
AL QAEDA HOLDOUTS FIRE ROCKETS AT GIS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda fighters fired three rockets at American soldiers yesterday as tensions in eastern Afghanistan continued to rise in advance of a massive campaign to rout the remnants...
SUFFOLK POL PINCH HITS FOR LITTLE LEAGUE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amEast Hampton's Little Leaguers haven't struck out quite yet in their bid to play in a local park. The youngsters expected to play at Cedar Point County Park, but were...
L.I. COPS WANT 2ND CRACK AT GRILLING SLAIN MOM'S HUBBY
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amPolice yesterday said they want to re-interview a Long Island man who told detectives he saw a masked intruder fleeing his home Saturday night shortly after his wife was fatally...
$NEAKY SAUDIS CAUGHT IN ACT: ISRAEL HAS 'PROOF' OF CASH LINK TO BOMBERS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Israel yesterday said that captured documents show that Saudi Arabia had given about $135 million to Palestinian terrorist organizations and the families of homicide bombers in the last...
'TEST' COPS KNEW GRAY WAS DRUNK
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amEven after learning Joseph Gray flunked a preliminary sobriety test by more than double the legal limit, some of his colleagues discussed helping the DWI cop beat the rap, The...
PALESTINIANS STILL FIGHTING
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Palestinians are still fighting for their own country, but in one branch of the Justice Department it looks they already have it. The department's Foreign Agents Registration office...
N.Y.'S LOST PRISONERS SCANDAL - FLEE CIRCUS: RAPE SUSPECT IS SIXTH TO ESCAPE CUSTODY THIS YEAR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amA suspected serial rapist, believed responsible for 16 sex attacks since 1997, escaped police custody yesterday - the sixth such escape in the city this year, and the second in...
HERB ON SATHER'S COACHING WISH LIST
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amGlen Sather has, he says, "a list of candidates" to become the Rangers' next head coach. And where does Herb Brooks, who met with Sather for up to five hours...
HOLMES HAS GIANT GRIPE ; LACK OF LOYALTY ANGERS DE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amHe knows he did not play well enough to suit his employer, but Kenny Holmes admitted getting blindsided this offseason when the Giants put him on the expansion list, all-but-pleading...
HORNETS STILL FIND NETS LAUGHABLE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amThe respect the Hornets showed yesterday for Todd MacCulloch and the Nets was as tiny as the franchise's chances of remaining in Charlotte next season. When Paul Silas was asked...
METS BRACED FOR GIANT AMONG GIANTS
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amFor the next three games, it's up to the Met pitching staff to stop the most dangerous hitter in baseball. Barry Bonds will be looking to unleash bombs on New...
BYRON'S GOING FOR JUGULAR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amTwo words: Total control. That is what a win tonight over the Hornets in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at the Meadowlands would mean to the Nets, a...
VOTING A SPIT IN FACE
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amIF the Nets need any more motivation in their best-of-seven series against the Hornets, it will come today when Byron Scott is snubbed for the NBA's Coach of the Year...
FORMER JOCKEY SAYS 'WAR' IS TRIPLE THREAT
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amWhen War Emblem, ankle chips and all, went a half mile in :47 last Saturday his former jockey, Larry Sterling Jr., knew it was over. "I thought he'd be very,...
AMAZIN' REGULARS AIN'T GOT THAT SWING
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Vance Wilson (nine) has more RBIs than Edgardo Alfonzo (eight). John Valentin has driven in 11 runs, more than all but three teammates. Timo Perez still leads the...
DUNCAN DESERVES MVP NOD
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amM-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P! That's the most popular chant in NBA arenas still open for business across the land, temporally replacing "Where's my child support?" Not surprisingly, the league's elite...
SILAS TELLS REFS: GIVE 'E' BREAK
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Hornets coach Paul Silas has this message to the referees: it's time to give Elden Campbell some respect. The 7-foot Campbell, whom Silas has made a big part of...
IT'S OFFICIAL: COOKE TO MAKE NBA LEAP
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amHe's attended at least four high schools in the past five years and yesterday Lenny Cooke said what many expected he would say for months: He's had enough of school....
NO RESPECT FOR NEW JERSEY: KIDD LOSES MVP TO DUNCAN; SCOTT SNUBBED FOR COACH HONOR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amCall it Kidd-napping. Kidd-hosing. Whatever. Jason Kidd will not get the league's Most Valuable Player Award. And his coach, Byron Scott, will be denied the Coach of the Year Award,...
YANKS NEED QUICK FIX ; SLUMPING BOMBERS LIKELY TO DEAL FOR BIG BAT
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amThe Yankees lost much more than a three-game series to the Mariners and more ground to the Red Sox over the weekend at the Stadium. Sure, the Yankees were swept...
ED FOUNTAINE'S PREAKNESS FIELD
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amHorse, last race (table) Probable 1. War Emblem, won Kentucky Derby 2. Proud Citizen, 2nd Kentucky Derby 3. Medaglia d'Oro, 4th Kentucky Derby 4. Sunday Break, 3rd Wood Memorial 5....
KIDD LOSES MVP TO DUNCAN; SCOTT SNUBBED FOR COACH HONOR
May 7, 2002 | 4:00amCall it Kidd-napping. Kidd-hosing. Whatever. Jason Kidd will not get the league's Most Valuable Player Award. Despite leading the Nets to the most successful season in their NBA history, Kidd...