May 20, 2002
STREET GURU BOND ON TRIAL FOR $7M STOCK SCAM
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amFinancial guru Alan Bond spent years pushing investment advice on TV - but starting today he'll be playing to a much, much smaller audience in Manhattan federal court. Bond, a...
FORSTMANN TUNES IN - HOPES FOR $500M WITH CITADEL RADIO IPO
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBarely a year after buying radio broadcaster Citadel Communications, Forstmann Little & Co., the leveraged buyout shop led by senior partner Teddy Forstmann, thinks it's time to sell. Forstmann Little,...
STARR REPORT
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amFive new shows make cable History The History Channel will debut five new series next season - including one hosted by R. Lee Ermey, the hellish drill instructor from "Full...
THREE COUPLES, A CLOSET & A 'DAWSON'S CREEK' CUTIE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amSMELLING A RATAt the Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St. Through June 16. Call Ticket Central, (212) 279-4200 FROM all appearances, Mike Leigh's 1988 play "Smelling a Rat" would seem...
OVID TIES ALBEE FOR BEST PLAY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amEDWARD Albee's "The Goat" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses" tied for the Drama Desk Award for best play last night - a surprising result that underscores how tight the race for the...
YEARNING FOR YORN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amON the strength of his tuneful "musicforthemorningafter" CD, singer/songwriter Pete Yorn has shot - in less a year - from performing at smaller venues to selling out the Hammerstein Ballroom...
'EX'-FILES: MYSTERY'S OVER
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE truth is finally out there - or is it? The final show of the final season of Fox's popular cult TV hit "The X-Files" had sci-fi fans on the...
'SURVIVOR': VEE FOR VICTORY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amVECEPIA "Vee" Towery, the low-profile office manager from Hayward, Calif., snagged the $1 million prize on "Survivor 4" last night. Towery's win on Survivor: Marquesas was revealed thousands of miles...
FOR SUPERMODEL, PLASTIC IS FANTASTIC
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amGisele did it. So did Twiggy, Karen Mulder, Veruschka and Christy Turlington. Now, British beauty Erin O'Connor has become the latest supermodel to have a mannequin made in her image....
SET SALE THIS SPRING: HOW TO SCORE BIG ON SAMPLES
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAH, spring! Birds are singing, flowers are blooming and New York women are falling in love - with the amazing deals at sample sales. For the next few weeks, fashion...
MURDEROUS MANSON GIRL'S NEW PAROLE BID
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amA Charles Manson disciple has a court hearing on her parole this week - and a prosecutor says she has a real chance of being sprung. Leslie Van Houten, 52,...
DAN RATHER DID RIGHT
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAGAINST the wishes of the victim's family and the U.S. government, CBS News decided last week to air a few seconds of footage from the videotape that recorded the final...
DIOCESE BACKS EGAN IN 'PAYOFF' OF 'SEX' REV.
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe New York Archdiocese yesterday defended Edward Cardinal Egan's actions when he compensated a suspected pedophile priest by allegedly paying off thousands of dollars of his debts while bishop of...
GUN TRADE IS ECSTASY FOR SMUGGLERS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amGun runners into New York are smuggling loads of "ecstasy" pills out of the city, law-enforcement sources say. Pistols bought out of state, where gun laws are more lax, can...
VET: NEW LOTTERY TIX A MAR-SPANGLED OUTRAGE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amA Connecticut veteran says a new instant lottery scratch-off game is "rubbing him the wrong way" because it forces gamblers to desecrate a likeness of the U.S. flag - something...
BARBARIANS! - WHY DANIEL PEARL'S MURDER WASN'T SHOCKING
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE shocking part about the videotape of journalist Daniel Pearl's ritual murder isn't the graphic cruelty of the act. The shocking part is that some among our media elite claim...
GOLISANO A $75M MAN - BIG-$$ CAMPAIGN GIVES GOV A RUN FOR HIS MONEY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amUPSTATE billionaire Tom Golisano told associates this weekend that he's ready to spend a staggering $75 million on his independent gubernatorial campaign. The breathtaking and unprecedented pledge to spend a...
CAN'T-SEE TV: YANK LOSS IS MET GAIN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amHere's the latest fallout from the blood feud between the YES Network and Cablevision: the Mets are clobbering the Yankees - on cable TV. Since the season began, the Mets...
EERIE, PENNSYLVANIA - 6 MYSTERY DEATHS OF SCHOOLKIDS BAFFLE SMALL TOWN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amSix kids have died in six months, and a small Pennsylvania town is reeling - wondering why its youngsters are dying at so precipitous a rate. The causes of death...
'BARETTA' COULD BE SPRUNG TODAY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake could walk out of jail later today, just as a TV news show unearths a 1968 interview where the "In Cold Blood" star said...
WHY FBI KEEPS 9/11 MEMO CLOSE TO THE VEST
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe FBI is refusing to release the explosive memo that last July linked flight schools to Islamic radicals because several suspects are still at large, a new report says. One...
CONDOMS MAKE GALS INTO MOOD SWINGERS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amHoly prophylactics! Women who have unprotected sex frequently are less likely to be depressed than those who do not, a new study claims. Researchers at New York University say it's...
RULING THE ROOST IN GRAND ARMY PLAZA
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE General has eluded his pursuers again! As of press time yesterday, a four-day, five-person effort by the city's Center for Animal Care and Control has failed to result in...
CHARITY DRIVE KEEPS FLT. 587 VICTIM'S NAME ALIVE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBrought together by the tragedy of Flight 587, the family of a couple killed in the crash and the community where the plane went down have joined to help underprivileged...
A VIDEO RELEASED YESTERDAY SHOWING OSAMA BIN LADEN LOOKING PALE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amA video released yesterday showing Osama bin Laden looking pale and gaunt was filmed only two months ago, according to a Pakistan intelligence official. The 100-second clip shows America's No....
CITY TRIES TO DOUSE FEARS AS POL RIPS H20 SECURITY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amCity officials yesterday sought to quell concerns that the Big Apple's water is not adequately protected - in the wake of claims by a Bronx assemblyman that the system is...
'CLONES' SIMPLY $TELLAR - 'STAR WARS' TOPS SPIDEY WITH $116M
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe new "Star Wars" flick rocketed to the top of the box office over the weekend, raking in an out-of-this-world $116.3 million in just four days. "Episode II - Attack...
HEROES' ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN POLS' WORDS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAS Washington and eggheads ramble on about who knew what and when, today I will be wearing a bracelet that tells more about 9/11 than any of the idiots can...
CATHEDRAL THANKS ITS FIRE HEROES
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amIt's not every day that firemen actually get invited back to a building they saved, but in the case of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, parishioners made a...
$13M BUDGET HANG-UP ON MIKE'S '311' PHONE NO.
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's proposal to spend $13 million to create one telephone number for accessing city services is likely to be put on hold. After meeting all weekend at City Hall...
THOSE SORRY SAUDIS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAugust 1990 Beginning of the Gulf War. Iraq's Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait. Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, fearing for his own adjacent oilfields, requests U.S. military assistance. U.S. troops based in...
HORRIFIC BX. ROAD DEATHS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTwo motorists were killed in The Bronx over the weekend - one by a drunken driver, the other in a hit and run - as they tended to mechanical problems...
NEW ATTACKS COMING: CHENEY - 'IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF - BUT WHEN'
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAnother wave of deadly terror attacks against Americans is "almost a certainty," Vice President Dick Cheney warned yesterday, as U.S. intelligence officials scrambled to decipher disturbing al Qaeda messages. "It's...
MCCALL IN THE FAMILY: CARL SNARES 3RD-PARTY NOD
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Comptroller Carl McCall yesterday won the gubernatorial nomination from the Working Families Party. McCall was the favorite going into yesterday's convention, but a question had remained whether opponent...
THE TWO SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY ASKED PRESIDENT BUSH TO RELEASE HIS SECRET PRE-SEPT. 11 TERROR BRIEFING
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The two senior members of the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday asked President Bush to release his secret pre-Sept. 11 terror briefing. Chairman Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and top Republican...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amWhen soccer enthusiasts check into their motel rooms for the World Cup games that begin next week in South Korea, many will find beds with round mattresses and wall art...
ALERT ON APARTMENT BUILDINGS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAre those new people in the apartment next door not just tenants but also terrorists? That's the possibility the FBI raised this week, warning that al Qaeda terror bigwigs have...
COP-SHOOT BUST - TIP HELPS NAB SUSPECT IN ATTACK ON LADY OFFICER
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amCops arrest ed a 21-year- old Brooklyn man and charged him with the shooting of a rookie police officer in Flatbush, officials said yesterday. Damian Henry was busted on Saturday...
HUMAN-BOMB CARNAGE - ISRAEL NABS DUO AFTER DEADLY BLAST
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli forces last night swooped into a West Bank town and nabbed two Palestinians after a homicide bomber disguised as an Israeli soldier killed three people in a...
VIOLENT THUGS GRAB 60G IN GEMS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amA gang of young toughs made off with as much as $60,000 in jewelry yesterday after barging into a Greenwich Village jewelry store, attacking a salesman and smashing a display...
CARRYING BALL FOR LOST PALS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amNew York's Finest copped a victory from the city's Bravest 10-0 in their annual gridiron battle yesterday - a game given added poignancy by the Sept. 11 tragedy. "It was...
GI KILLED IN AFGHAN FIREFIGHT
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAn American Special Forces soldier was killed on patrol in eastern Afghanistan yesterday when his unit came under heavy enemy fire, officials said. No other casualties were reported in the...
TRUMP'S MOVE WOULD MAKE MISS UNIVERSE A REAL ICE QUEEN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amDonald Trump wants to hold a swimsuit competition in an ice skating rink. He said last night he's hoping to slide his Miss Universe Pageant into Central Park's Wollman Rink...
B'KLYN DETECTIVE IN 'DWI' CRASH
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amAn off-duty Brooklyn detective was arrested for DWI and suspended from the force after he was involved in a car accident yesterday, police said. Detective Johnny Belfort, who is assigned...
STARTING FROM GROUND UP AT GROUND ZERO
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amA new phase at Ground Zero is about to begin. As recovery efforts are wrapping up, officials overseeing the site will decide this week which group of consultants will help...
SLOW LANE PAIN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amWith Memorial Day just a week away, summer is nearly upon us and so are the traffic jams that rankle New Yorkers trying to escape the city. Highway and bridge...
ONLY 'CITIZEN' LIKELY TO TRY AGAIN
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Of the horses that chased War Emblem home in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, only Proud Citizen, second at Churchill Downs and third at Pimlico, will follow...
BAFFERT: IT'LL BE EASY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Will the grandstands at Belmont Park be large enough to cope with the hordes who will swarm in to see War Emblem bid to complete the Triple Crown...
THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM: BAFFERT
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Trainer Bob Baffert has the morning-after drill down pat. Yesterday, for the fourth time in the last six years, he sat atop the white-rail fence that runs outside...
ROCKET DEFIES GRAVITY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amROGER CLEMENS stared into Jorge Posada a final time yesterday afternoon. The men locked on to one another's eyes and thoughts, a tacit agreement reached without a blink. The count...
YES-CABLEVISION GETTING MORE TWISTED
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amWITH all the hideous twists and conflicted interests in the Cablevision vs. YES battle, is it possible that Cablevision is now a sponsor of YES Network programming? In a word,...
GARDENHIRE'S MEN FEELING LIKE MINNY MICE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amIt's no secret Robin Ventura and the short, right-field porch at Yankee Stadium was going to be a dynamic duo this year. Yesterday, the latest victim that went SPLAT! were...
ROGER MOVIN' ON UP ; CLEMENS RACKS UP VICTORY NO. 287
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 3Twins 0 Roger Clemens did Bud Selig's dirty work yesterday. He contracted the Twins. Clemens made Minnesota's hitters disappear, striking out 13 over eight innings and allowing only four...
U.S. FALLS SHORT IN LAST WORLD CUP TEST
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amNetherlands 2U.S. 0 FOXBORO, Mass. - The U.S. soccer team got shut out 2-0 in its final World Cup tuneup by highly-regarded Netherlands in front of 36,778 at CMGI Field...
VENTURA'S BAT STILL SMOKIN'
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Perhaps it's time to build that Coors Field humidor at Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Bombers' home-run assault continued yesterday with Robin Ventura belting the club's 70th homer of...
LAST PING-PONG BALL WAS COSTLY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe Knicks were just one number away from their four-digit combination that would have captured them the No. 1 pick. But the lottery gods didn't smile on them when the...
YAO-ZA! KNICKS MAY SWAP FOR NO. 1 PICK
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amDon't say goodbye to Yao Ming just yet. After the NBA lottery presented the Knicks with the No. 7 pick, GM Scott Layden said he would attempt to swap picks...
FONZIE NEEDS MORE REST
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Edgardo Alfonzo's left hamstring was better yesterday than it was on Saturday, but Alfonzo did not play for the second straight day, and he may...
KIDD, NETS ROMP WIRE-TO-WIRE IN GAME 1
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 1 Nets 104 Celtics 97 He was hot, still fuming that referee Ron Garretson called a foul on him moments earlier. Paul Pierce was determined to make someone pay....
LEAKY 'PEN COSTS METS SWEEP IN SD
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amPadres 4 Mets 3 SAN DIEGO - For once, Pedro Astacio looked vulnerable, but the Padres couldn't quite capitalize against the Mule. They did, however, get to two Met relievers...
BIG MAC TOO MUCH FOR CELTS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amBefore last night's Game 1, Kenyon Martin approached Todd MacCulloch and told him what he was capable of doing. "You're going to be huge," Martin said. "because they have nobody...
SUPER SUBS SINK CELTS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amLook a little farther down the NBA's "To Snub" list, just below Jason Kidd and Byron Scott, and you'll see the Nets bench. No, not a single Jersey sub received...
AN OPENER AND SHUT CASE: JASON SENDS CELTS TO BOARD-ING SCHOOL
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 1Nets 104Celtics 97THE Celtics were wary of Jason Kidd's scoring ability, especially late in games where he carved up the Pacers and the Hornets in the first two rounds...
WALKER: WE NEED TO PLAY OUR GAME
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amMaybe you should expect the Celtics to be confident after Game 1. After all, the Nets played a tremendous game, the Celtics didn't and Boston still, well, it lost. But...
NETS KEEP PIERCE FROM GOIN' FOURTH
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE COACH of the Year in His Own Mind said never mind the 522 fourth-quarter points Paul Pierce had scored against the NBA this season, including 82 in four games...
SCOTT NOT SURPRISED BY OFFENSIVE BURST
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES The first basket was a breakaway layup for Kerry Kittles. The third basket was a breakaway dunk by Kittles. "I told you guys, why is it going to...
KENNY ON WRONG SIDE OF REVIVAL
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amKenny Anderson was supposed to be the one to lead the Nets here, to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, filling the Meadowlands and breathing life into a franchise that has...
TIME TO ANSWER PAUL OF WILD
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Pistons kept Paul Pierce off the baseline, funneled him to the middle, doubled down like good defensive teams do against the opponent they first have to stop to survive....
VAN HORN FINDING HIS NICHE
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amIn early April, Byron Scott had seen enough, so he decided to challenge Keith Van Horn. After a lifeless 10-point, two-rebound performance in a March 31 loss to Minnesota, the...
BIG APPLE HOMECOMING: CITY LEGEND ANDERSON RETURNS TO MEADOWLANDS
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amKenny Anderson always expected to play in the Eastern Conference finals in the Meadowlands. But yesterday, as he prepared to lead his team onto the court against the Nets for...
NETS STOMP CELTS IN EASTERN OPENER
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 1 Nets 104 Celtics 97 The Nets want to believe their sum is greater than the Celtics parts, and for one night they proved that getting the whole gang...
RESPECT STILL HARD TO COME BY: SCOTT
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES On the eve of the most significant game in Nets history, Byron Scott last night revisited a familiar theme: We get no respect. "The only way we'll probably...
RIVALRY BREWING IN SWAMP
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN you're one of the worst teams in the NBA, other teams don't care enough to consider you worth their attention much less a rival. During their seasons as a...
KNICKS ROLL SEVEN IN DRAFT LOTTERY
May 20, 2002 | 4:00amSo long, Yao Ming. Unless Scott Layden is bold enough to trade up, the Knicks will be choosing among players such as Memphis' Dajuan Wagner, Maryland's Chris Wilcox, UConn's Caron...