June 3, 2002
NEW CFDA BOSS SEES DOWNSIZING AS A PLUS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe CFDA's annual Fashion Awards will be a sort of coming-out party for Peter Arnold. The event, tonight at the New York Public Library's Celeste Bartos Forum, is the first...
CLOUDY FORECAST - PROS HAVE DIM OUTLOOK FOR MARKETS THIS SUMMER
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amSummer is not looking too good for investors in U.S. stocks. With corporate earnings still in the doldrums, a faltering economic recovery, ongoing concerns about terrorist threats, the danger of...
VIVID AND CHARMING 'LA FILLE'
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amLA FILLE MAL GARDEEAt Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center. (212) 362-6000. Through July 6. ---------- AS refreshing as a summer breeze Frederick Ashton's "La Fille Mal Gardee" positively floated into...
FOR TONY STYLE, JUST CALL BROADWAY THE . . . GREAT BLACK WAY
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amWHAT'S the difference between a Tony girl and an Oscar girl? About a dozen yards of black satin and several buckets of beads. The women at Broadway's awards night looked...
STARR REPORT
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amCh. 2 will float into Ch. 4 airspace For the first time in its history, Ch. 2 will sponsor a float for the 45th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, unfolding...
ADAM WATCHED. NOW YOU WON'T HAVE TO ; TV GUY SCREENED DOZENS OF NEW SHOWS AND FOUND A REASON TO LIVE - 'TIL FALL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amIF I had it to do over again, would I have chosen a job that requires me to watch TV for hours on end? Are you kidding? Of course I...
WAILERS' 'TALL' TALE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amIN 1959, five scraggly teenagers in Tacoma, Wash., formed the Fabulous Wailers, which is considered to be first garage-rock act. The boys were still in high school when they had...
WHICH SHOW GOT ITS BEST RATINGS EVER IN ITS 12TH YEAR (PSST, THAT'S LIKE 84 TO HUMANS)? AWE AND 'ORDER'
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTV seasons are like dog years - one TV year equals seven in human time. That's why even the sharpest shows run out of steam after Year Five or so....
PICK OF THE GLITTER
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amSTYLE types like to call them the Oscars of the fashion world. Well, that's a bit of a stretch - especially when an average moviegoer wouldn't be able to pick...
THEY'RE SEW FINE: YOUNG DESIGNERS VIE TO BE FASHION'S HOTTEST NEWCOMER
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTHIS town is teeming with young designers, but only four of them have been tapped for the industry's all-important rookie of the year award. The most exciting part of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amKooky California politicians have voted to force school boards to lighten students' loads - literally. The legislators - with one dissenter - approved a bill last week that would require...
DISTRICTS SECRETLY REDRAWN
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Legislature will approve a secretly brokered deal on new congressional district lines today, ending the career of a prominent GOP veteran, sources said last night. The long-anticipated redistricting plan...
CITIES GET WTC PIECES OF HISTORY
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe city is giving huge chunks of the mangled steel from the former World Trade Center to dozens of cities all over the world for use in Sept. 11 memorials,...
KIDS GAME TARGETS JEWS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA sickening "educational" CD-ROM called Islamic Fun! is encouraging Muslim children - some as young as 5 - to "kill" Israelis in a cyber jihad. The shocking game disk sells...
GEORGIA'S JUNK IS OUR 'NEW' VOTING MACHINE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amPSST. Wanna buy some 40-year-old voting machines - cheap? Probably not - unless you're the city Board of Elections. As the country attempts to update its balloting procedures, New York...
HIGH ANXIETY A CURSE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE IGNORING
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amWhat, we worry? Millions of Americans are plagued with anxiety disorders - and most aren't doing anything about it, a magazine reports. A range of clinical anxiety disorder, the lingering...
FATHER BRIAN JORDAN, STANDING BELOW A CROSS OF RUSTED STEEL BEAMS, YESTERDAY HELD HIS LAST REGULAR MASS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amFather Brian Jordan, standing below a cross of rusted steel beams, yesterday held his last regular Mass at Ground Zero, before a crowd of hundreds of family members who lost...
HERO COPS ARE WORTH THE $$
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMAYOR Bloomberg provided an immaculate reception - and an eloquent eulogy - for the lost and living heroes of Sept. 11 last Thursday, but . . . " . ....
'PIE' GUYS STEAL KISS AT MTV AWARDS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA kiss was on everyone's lips as the MTV Movie Awards were handed out in Los Angeles. While "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" took top...
MADONNA'S DAD SPILLS BEANS: SHE'S DUE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMadonna is pregnant again - and this time, the report comes from a reliable source. The Material Girl's father ended weeks of speculation over the weekend when he revealed to...
'SUM' LIKE IT HOT: TERROR THRILLER SOARS AT BOX OFFICE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe fallout from Sept. 11 didn't prevent the terrorism-themed thriller "The Sum of All Fears" from becoming a box-office death star for "Star Wars." "The Sum of All Fears," which...
TESTING AND CLEANING UP DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN'S INDOOR AIR IS INADEQUATE, STATE COMPTROLLER CARL MCCALL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SAID
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTesting and cleaning up downtown Manhattan's indoor air is inadequate, state Comptroller Carl McCall and environmental advocates said yesterday. McCall also blasted Gov. Pataki - whom he is seeking to...
LAST FAREWELL AT GROUND ZERO - VICTIMS' RELATIVES GATHER AT SITE WHERE LOVED ONES DIED
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amBagpipes wailed, mourners wept and doves circled high above Ground Zero yesterday as families and rescue workers gathered for a final goodbye to those who perished in the Twin Towers...
DEATH IN KASHMIR ON EVE OF SUMMIT
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe leaders of India and Pakistan headed to a regional summit in Central Asia yesterday but were unlikely to talk peace, as bloodshed around Kashmir erupted and the finger-pointing continued...
U.S. OPEN TAKES A TERROR 'COURSE'
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amNew York City cops gave anti-terror training to a bevy of law-enforcement officials who will protect the U.S. Open golf tournament at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, where Tiger...
POST-9/11 PLOTS THWARTED - FBI BOSS: WE'VE FOILED FIENDS' PLANS TO STRIKE IN U.S.
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amIn a bombshell disclosure, FBI Director Robert Mueller said yesterday that terrorists tried to launch attacks on U.S. soil after Sept. 11 - but were foiled by law enforcement. Mueller,...
EX-BEATLE 'WINGS' ENGAGEMENT RING OUT WINDOW
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amFurious Paul McCartney wouldn't let it be, and threw his fiancée's $21,000 engagement ring out of a Miami hotel room while the twosome tangled. But when the former Beatle -...
JURY PICKS BEGIN TODAY IN SCHWARZ TRIAL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amJury selection is slated to begin today for the retrial of ex-cop Charles Schwarz in the broom-handle torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. The former NYPD officer's conviction for violating...
SECRET JET PARTS END UP ON EBAY
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA shipment of sensitive communication parts from the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and the tough F-16 fighter jet was on sale to the highest bidder last week before eBay yanked...
MURDEROUS WEEKEND IN BRONX AND B'KLYN
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTwo men were shot to death over the weekend in separate incidents in The Bronx and Brooklyn, police said. Sam Lucas was shot in the face at 1:25 a.m. at...
ISRAEL: WE'D KEEP YASSER OUT
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - If Yasser Arafat goes abroad while the terrorist attacks continue, Israel may block the Palestinian chief's attempt to return home. That was the troubling warning from top Israeli...
COP'S SON MURDERED - SHOT IN BACK OUTSIDE HIS BX. APT. BUILDING
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA policeman's son who hated guns and violence was fatally shot in the back in front of his Bronx apartment building after two passers-by began arguing with a group of...
NOW COMES 'MILLIE' TIME - OLD-FASHIONED MUSICAL TAKES HOME SIX TONYS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00am"Thoroughly Modern Millie" thoroughly trounced the competition by dancing off with six Tonys, including the coveted Best Musical award, last night. Leading the pack for the old-fashioned show was a...
ELAINE STRITCH !@#$% FURIOUS OVER CBS'S CRUELEST CUT
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA furious Elaine Stritch told CBS to "go f - - -" itself last night after the network cut to a commercial midway through her Tony acceptance speech. The 76-year-old...
GANG ATTACKS TWO IN TIMES SQ.
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amA band of a dozen Bloods, armed with boxcutters, attacked two teenagers in Times Square early yesterday - sending both to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. Two members...
KO'D CLASS TRIP IS BACK ON - HARLEM KIDS GOING TO JAPAN AFTER ALL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe head of Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem is being labeled a killjoy for attempting to scuttle an all-expenses paid student trip to Japan over fears of terrorism. The Board...
THE GRAND OLD STUPID PARTY?
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amWith Gov. Pataki looking like a sure bet to win a third term as governor and New York City having voted in a Republican mayor for the third election in...
'SKAKEL' SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Elan School in rural Maine is still beating kids into shape. The tough-love school that put manners on Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel after a drunken-driving accident still believes in...
BRAVEST SUPER HEROES
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMove over, Spider-Man - here come New York's Finest and Bravest. Inspired by the courage of those who put their lives on the line Sept. 11, Marvel Comics is launching...
SCHUMER RIPS FEDS ON RAPE EXPENSES
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMany rape victims are being forced to suffer a double tragedy because they wind up footing the bills for evidence collection - and a federal agency is allowing this to...
AN INHERITANCE SHE CAN'T 'BEAR' TO HAVE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amWanted: A museum to lay its paws on memorabilia belonging to the family that created the teddy-bear craze in America a century ago. Paula Michtom inherited the treasured mementos from...
SCHWARZ JUROR PICKS START TODAY
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amJury selection is slated to begin today for the retrial of ex-cop Charles Schwarz in the broom-handle torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. The former NYPD officer's conviction for violating...
DOGS NOSE CANCER WHEN THEY SMELL IT
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amNew research could mean that cancer is going to the dogs. Veterinary surgeons at Cambridge University in England say cancer-detecting canines involved in a research project could truly become "man's...
CIA BUNGLE: AGENTS TRACKED HIJACKERS BUT TOLD NO ONE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amIn a sickening security lapse, CIA agents tracked two Sept. 11 plotters attending an al Qaeda terror summit in Malaysia and watched them re-enter the United States - but failed...
HIGH ANXIETY PLAGUES THE NATION
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amWhat, we worry? Millions of Americans are plagued with anxiety disorders - and most aren't doing anything about it, a magazine article reports. A range of clinical anxiety disorders -...
SHOW-STOPPER MUST GO ON AFTER REBOUND FROM 9/11
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe prize for greatest Broadway revival went to Broadway itself last night, as everyone from performers to producers to the public glamorously feted the Great White Way's survival post-9/11 at...
THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION: WAY HE RUNS AND WINSMAKES 'EMBLEM' STAR
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amGIVEN a lucky break with the weather, all betting and attendance records for the Belmont Stakes are likely to be smashed Saturday when War Emblem attempts to seal his bid...
CURSES! SOX-ED AGAIN FIRST-PLACE BOSTON SHELLS YANKS AS CASTILLO BEDEVILS BOMBER BATS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amRed Sox 7Yankees 1 Curse this. That was the message the Red Sox delivered to the Yankees yesterday, pounding out a 7-1 victory at the Stadium to take the three-game...
FINAL WORK FOR 'HERO'
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amBELMONT NOTES LOUISVILLE - West Coast invader Like A Hero breezed four furlongs in :49 yesterday at Belmont Park, his final major tune-up for Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Trained by Beau...
FANS ON 'ROIDS: HEY, SO WHAT?
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMONITORING all three local sports radio stations last week, we were disturbed - but not surprised - to hear several callers' response to the recent steroids-in-baseball reports. All three stations,...
WELCOME TO RICKEY WORLD
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amFor the past 23 years, Rickey World - the place where Rickey Henderson resides - has been exciting, entertaining and frustrating. Yesterday in the Red Sox' 7-1 victory over the...
'PROUD' LUKAS PLOTTING UPSET
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Team "A" consists of Bet Twice, Easy Goer and Victory Gallop, who, after chasing home Alysheba, Sunday Silence and Real Quiet in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, thwarted...
SORE SORIANO MISSES WAKE-UP CALL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Right from the start, everything went wrong for the Yankees in their 7-1 loss to the Red Sox. A malfunctioning alarm clock did what opposing pitchers could not...
LILLY AIMS TO LEARN FROM UGLY OUTING
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amIt was a feeling of pure helplessness, the one Ted Lilly suffered through on the mound yesterday. He would try to pitch high and tight, but the ball would sail...
GARDEN COMES ALIVE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty 58Sol 52 The Garden was open for business again yesterday as the Liberty unlocked the building for the first regular-season sporting event there in the almost two months since...
MASON'S BOLD MOVE PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThere was James Mason, all knickers and nerves, standing on the 18th tee yesterday afternoon holding a tenuous two-shot lead in the final round of the NFL Classic at Upper...
THESE DARN SOX ARE FOR REAL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amCASEY Fossum fielded the comebacker and heard his catcher, Doug Mirabelli, yelling something. In a panicked reaction, the Red Sox reliever tried for the force at the plate. There was...
CADDIE HITS IT BIG, TOO
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMike Parish came to work before sun-up Wednesday morning like he'd been doing for some 23 years at the Upper Montclair Country Club. He no idea what was in store...
RAHMAN: EVANDER PLAYS HEAD GAMES
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Is Evander Holyfield the Real Deal or is he Real Dirty? For the third time in his career, Holyfield won a fight Saturday night after which his...
MONROE ROLLS INTO SHEA FINAL
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMonroe 20 - Port Richmond 2 Early yesterday morning, Monroe coach Mike Turo took Luis Rosario and Victor Morales aside. "I told them they were the two guys I wanted...
V TRIES TO FORGET EJECTION
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Bobby Valentine found himself debating crew chief Ed Rapuano through the media on what really happened during a seventh-inning physical altercation on Saturday night. Video replays...
LEITER FLOUNDERS AS MARLINS THUMP METS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amMarlins 7 Mets 3 MIAMI - Three starts ago, Al Leiter owned a 5-2 record and a 1.74 ERA, the best in baseball. Now he is a .500 pitcher on...
NETS JUST LOVE BEING UNLOVED
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amTURNS out, there is somebody who believes the Nets are any good. Jim O'Brien thinks they are going to win the NBA title. Even against the two-time defending champion Lakers,...
IT'S DESTINY VS. DYNASTY
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amDon't worry about the other team, worry about yourselves. Play your game. Make them beat you. Be yourselves. So Byron Scott stayed himself, remaining as confident as he has ever...
SHAQ JERSEY'S BIGGEST HEADACHE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amSure, Kobe Bryant is a problem. But no one, anywhere, is a bigger problem than Shaquille O'Neal. Welcome to the NBA Finals, Nets centers. "Obviously that is a tough matchup...
UPSTARTS SAVOR FINAL THOUGHTS
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES Michael and Magic. Plays or performances by Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson represent the memories the Nets most associate with the NBA Finals. Of course, there are some...
MOORE STUNS XAVERIAN
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amRarely has there been a baseball team from this area so loaded with talent as this year's Xaverian squad. Maybe it had too much. The Clippers (29-7) suffered their second...
BENCH MAKING NAME FOR ITSELF
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amThey were thrown together - two rookie first-rounders, two veterans, a journeyman, a rookie second-round pick and another guy whose NBA experience filled all of 96 minutes. In the past,...
NET 'DOGS PROMISE BIG BITE
June 3, 2002 | 4:00amSome sage coach way back when once told his players not to worry about the other guys just worry about themselves. Play your game. Make them beat you. Be yourselves....