May 27, 2002
NOW HERE'S THE SCOOP - RIVAL CONFECTIONERS FIGHT OVER JUST DESSERTS
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amWith New Yorkers expected to gobble an average 40 pints of ice cream this year, it was only natural for a fight to erupt over their appetites. The battlefront this...
THE LADIES & THE TRAMPS - HOW BOTH RULE THE RED CARPETS AT CANNES
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE were two kinds of women at last week's Cannes Film Festival: those who enjoyed showing off their fake breasts and those who didn't have implants in the first place....
LAWMAKERS DRAW THE LINES
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amTOP state lawmakers, under pressure from their national leaders, said yesterday there's a "50-50" chance they'll agree on new congressional district lines by Thursday. Such a last-minute accord - the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA woman trying to get rid of a door-to-door salesman said she'd donate $1 to charity for every 10 push-ups he could do. Incredibly, he did 200, forcing her to...
CANNED CASINO MAN CALLS INDIAN 'BLUFF'
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA former casino manager is betting that a U.S. district court will agree with his claim that the Pequot Indian owners of the Foxwoods Casino are subject to federal law...
CHANDRA'S KIN SUFFER IN SILENCE
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amFor Chandra Levy's shattered family, their home has become a prison from which there is no escape, open to only their closest friends. The Modesto, Calif., family has remained in...
ACCUSED PRIEST'S BRO: END THIS MCCARTHYISM
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amEDDIE KAVANAGH, brother of embattled Monsignor Charlie Kavanagh, is mad as hell and he won't take it anymore. "Is this the McCarthy era?" he was asking yesterday. "You know, where...
GUCCI GHOST COMES BACK TO HAUNT HIS KILLER EX
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amFriends of the late Maurizio Gucci say the slain fashion czar is reaching from the grave to stop the former wife who killed him from being sprung from jail. Patrizia...
AILING POPE POISED TO CUT BACK TRAVEL
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPope John Paul II may have to cancel trips to Mexico and Guatemala this summer, a Vatican official said yesterday - in the first admission that the aging pontiff could...
COPS: CRAZED HUBBY STABS ESTRANGED WIFE IN THROAT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman was stabbed in the throat by her estranged husband, who also wounded their 11-year-old daughter, after his wife told him she was going to get an order...
NOW, THAT'S A TASTY DANISH
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhen a Danish boat faced off against a team from America yesterday, the outcome was never in doubt - the European chefs sailed off with the prize during Fleet Week's...
UPSTATE MAN CHARGED WITH RAPING GIRL HE MET ONLINE
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amAn upstate retiree has been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl he met trolling the Internet, the latest cybersex horror to involve a vulnerable teen. Gennaro "Jerry" Anthony Natalie Jr.,...
9/11 ADDS TO DAY'S PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg marched in two Memorial Day parades in Queens yesterday and urged New Yorkers to honor those who perished Sept. 11 - along with the nation's war dead. "Watch...
U.S. HINTS YASSER'S ON THIN ICE
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush and his top advisers tightened the screws on Yasser Arafat over the weekend by hinting that the Palestinian chief is in danger of being cast aside by his...
W. PUTS HEAT ON PAKISTAN OVER KASHMIR
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday urged Pakistan's president to curb attacks on Indian-controlled parts of Kashmir, as tensions between the two countries seemed poised to erupt into war. As Pakistan conducted its...
ROADBLOCKED B'KLYN MAN LOSING HIS 'WAY' IN TUBMAN NAME GAME
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amMANHATTAN has pulled ahead of Brooklyn in the race to honor Harriet Tubman. This sudden turn of events has stunned those of us who have been closely watching the Tubman...
BRIDGE NIGHTMARE - DEATH TOLL MOUNTS AS BARGE CRASH SENDS CARS INTO RIVER
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amThree people were pulled from a watery grave yesterday - with as many as nine more feared dead - after a barge hit a bridge in Oklahoma, sending up to...
ISRAEL BACK IN BETHLEHEM AMID WARNING OF INVASION
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Battered by a new wave of homicide bombings, Israel yesterday moved jeeps and armored troop carriers into Bethlehem and threatened to launch another "large-scale" invasion into Palestinian territories...
REMEMBRANCE IN WARTIME
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amABOARD USS IWO JIMA THIS is a ship meant to take Marines to war, but sometimes war comes to them. So it was on Sept. 11 for Maj. Wally Powers,...
MAN HURLS EX'S DOG OUT WINDOW: COPS
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA man menaced his ex-girlfriend with a knife, then barricaded himself inside her TriBeCa apartment - and threw her dog out a 23rd-floor window to its death, police said. The...
THEIR MONUMENT IS AMERICA
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amNEVER let anyone tell you that freedom is priceless. As you read these words, miniature flags adorn countless graves across America. In the cemeteries where our nation's veterans lie buried,...
ONE CLASSY CABBY - HACK GIVES BACK $5,000 IN PURSE - AND REFUSES REWARD
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPolina Sirosh thanks hero hack Saiful Mondal, who tracked her down to return her handbag, which she wears here. "It's great that New York has people like that," she said.N.Y....
HUGHES TO REJOIN TEAM BUSH IN '04
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresidential confidante Karen Hughes will be back by Dubya's side for his 2004 re-election campaign, according to Newsweek. Hughes, who resigned her position as a top Bush aide last month,...
BRIDGE NIGHTMARE - OKLA. BARGE CRASH SENDS CARS PLUNGING INTO RAGING RIVER
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amOne person was killed and as many as a dozen more were trapped under water and feared dead yesterday after a barge hit a bridge in Oklahoma, plunging as many...
EX TOSSES DOG OUT WINDOW: COPS
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA man menaced his ex-girlfriend with a knife, then barricaded himself inside her TriBeCa apartment and threw her pet dog out a 23rd floor window to its death, police said....
RUSSIA OKS INSPECTION OF IRAN N-PLANT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amA jet-lagged President Bush said yesterday that Russia had offered to allow international inspections of a nuclear plant it is building in Iran - to assure the United States the...
BX. FATHER OF 8 IS SLAIN IN CARJACK
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amEight young children were left fatherless after a 28-year-old construction worker was killed during what cops believe was a carjacking in The Bronx. A female attendant at a gas station...
ISRAEL MAY INVADE AGAIN IF BOMBERS DON'T BACK OFF
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Battered by a new wave of homicide bombings, Israel yesterday threatened to launch another "large-scale" invasion into Palestinian territories if terror attacks don't decline. Top Israeli military commander...
DUBYA DISSES ARAFAT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush tightened the screws on Yasser Arafat over the weekend by hinting that the Palestinian chief is in danger of being cast aside by his troubled organization. "People are...
D.C. POLS OUT FOR BLOOD OVER FBI, CIA 'FAILURES'
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amTop congressional lawmakers yesterday slammed the FBI's "failures" before and after Sept. 11, and called for hearings to put FBI and CIA bigwigs on the hot seat. The latest attack...
NEW ATTACK 'A MATTER OF TIME'
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amSecurity at dozens of public places across the city is so lax that "it's just a matter of time" before they become targets for homicide bombers. "We run the risk...
FEDS WERE PROTECTING THEIR JOBS, NOT U.S. LIVES: MEMO
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe FBI's headquarters is staffed with "short-term careerists" who are too timid to aggressively chase terrorists - a fatal weakness that led to the bungling of vital clues before Sept....
RUNNING ON EMPTY - BOMBER BULLPEN IN NEED OF A REST
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre hoped to avoid using one of his best weapons last night when the Yankees attempted to get out of Fenway Park with a split of a...
STATS DON'T TELL JETER'S STORY
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - A glance at the Yankee stat sheet, combined with even the most casual, YES-deprived viewing of the team this season, would offer proof Derek Jeter just might be...
AUERBACH: NETS BECAME TOO COCKY
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amIn between puffs of his fat Honduras cigar, Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach accused the Nets of blowing the largest fourth-quarter lead in playoff history because they got full of themselves....
LEFT BANK TRIES AGAIN IN MET
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amIf at first you don't succeed, take another shot. That's trainer Todd Pletcher's motto as he sends out Left Bank, the favorite for today's 109th running of the Grade 1...
BOSTON'S WILD ABOUT PIERCE, CELTS
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amWALTHAM, Mass. - Paul Pierce is the toast of Beantown. If he didn't know it when he left the FleetCenter Saturday night, he found out when he entered the steakhouse,...
NETS AIM TO BOUNCE BACK - INSIST SERIES NOT OVER
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - The pain goes beyond excruciating. Everywhere, there is something to remind the Nets of their historic playoff collapse. No team ever squandered such a lead before: 21 points...
METS ENJOY SHEA FILLET - AMAZIN'S, D'AMICO HOOK FISH
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amMets 3 - Marlins 0 On this Memorial Day, the Mets wake up in first place. Considering their defensive and hitting problems, this is no minor accomplishment. Actually, team history...
INJURED TABLE LIMIT WON'T RUN IN BELMONT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amWar Emblem, one race away from ending the long drought of Triple Crown champions, lost a prospective opponent for the June 8 Belmont Stakes yesterday when trainer D. Wayne Lukas...
OLD-SCHOOL MO IS BACK IN THE SWING
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amONE of the great privileges of being a major league ballplayer is sitting around and talking hitting after a game. "Old school," is how John Valentin termed Saturday night's Shea...
JEFFERSON: FANS SHOULDN'T COUNT US OUT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - To Richard Jefferson's way of thinking, the Boston-area belief that the Nets are doomed is to be expected. After all, the folks here have endured Bill...
BENITEZ AGAIN HOUNDED BY CUT-RATE INJURY
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES An annoying cut again sidelined Armando Benitez, keeping the closer from entering yesterday's 3-0 win over the Marlins. Benitez doesn't think the abrasion will keep him out very...
THE BALL'S IN KIDD'S COURT
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - As their season was being Memorialized yesterday, the Nets found some comforts to balance the look on Rod Thorn's face while a 26-point lead slipped away Saturday. The...
PIAZZA STILL TRYING TO SHAKE FUNK
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhile Mike Piazza clearly hasn't been the biggest disappointment in the Mets' grossly underachieving lineup, the nine-time All-Star hasn't hit up to his own lofty standards. He's batting 64 points...
AUERBACH: NETS WERE TOO COCKY
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amCELTIC NOTES In between puffs of his fat Honduras cigar, Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach accused the Nets of blowing the largest fourth-quarter lead in playoff history because they got full...
ROCKET CLAMS UP ON START AT SHEA
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Roger Clemens was happy to talk about his reduced workout load between starts but when it came to answering questions about what Bobby Valentine said concerning Clemens pitching...
ANDY'S ROAD BACK TAKES OFF-RAMP
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Andy Pettitte's rehab process took a step backward yesterday when he was forced to cut short an outing for Tampa (Single-A) against Sarasota yesterday because of...
FUTURE NOW FOR SLUGGIN' SORIANO
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Fewer than three years ago, in this very ballpark, Alfonso Soriano hit two homers to be named MVP of the minor-league All-Star Futures Game. Last night at Fenway...
YANKEE SIX-PACK WRECKS RED SOX - BOMBERS BREAK OUT AT FENWAY
May 27, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - The AL standings today say the Red Sox lead the Yankees by one game in the East. Believe it if you want, but don't be fooled: the first-place...