August 11, 2002
FUNDS OR FOES? WORTHY, WORTHLESS & THE BLAH
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE are three kinds of people in the world, according to Mike Thompson. First, there are the people you want to get to know because you want them as friends...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: PEGGY LIPTON
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amPeggy Lipton has come a long way since her days as a bell-bottom-clad undercover cop in "The Mod Squad." "I've never had so much fun working," she told The Post...
THEN THERE WERE FIVE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amIf you only watch one show this week... WHOEVER says family programming has disappeared from TV has not been watching "American Idol." Here, at last, is a TV show suitable...
HEART & SEOUL
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amNo, "Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Suitors" (2000) is not a porn movie. Rather, it's a thoughtful and witty import from Korea that gets its title from Marcel Duchamp's "Large...
'SHARK WEEK': TWO STUMPS UP
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amIt's that time of year again, when millions of fun-loving Americans flock to the shore to swim, surf, snorkel and get chomped by sharks. These gruesome attacks began many summers...
WEB SNARE: ALL EVANS, ALL THE TIME
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amCan't get enough of self-promoting producer Robert Evans? The subject of the acclaimed new documentary "The Kid Stays in the Picture" is also the star of an impressive animated Web...
'UTOPIA' SHOULD CROSS THE POND
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amCall it the play Chekhov or Gorky never wrote, the novel Tolstoy never penned, and the short story collection Turgenev never collected. Sir Tom Stoppard's Russian trilogy, "The Coast of...
TRYING TO UNCOVER DATE DEAL BREAKERS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amYou didn't put out. You did put out. You lived in the wrong part of town. You said you hated dogs. You confessed to smoking pot as a teen. When...
THIS FINE ITALIAN DESERVES A MEDALLION
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amMangiarini 1593 Second Ave. (between 82nd & 83rd streets) (212) 734-5500 Italian restaurants are like buses. Pass one by, and there's another right around the corner. So you can bet...
NUTTY NOEL SOUNDS OFF: OASIS SINGER CURSES OUT ROCK MUSIC, RADIOHEAD AND YOUNG FANS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amOasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, who were riding in a yellow cab that crashed last week in Indianapolis, don't mind speaking their minds. Liam, asked about the accident that...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amGRAND ENTRANCE: Rock fireball Jonathan Cameron Mitchell woke up a slugglish Breeders set at the Bowery Ballroom when the "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" star seemingly flew out on stage...
VIVA ELVIS! HOW TO RESUSCITATE A LEGEND 25 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amDust off those blue suede shoes. The King is back - and he's bigger than ever. Elvis Presley, who died August 16, 1977 - 25 years ago next Friday -...
WHAT I WATCH
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amTRACY AUSTIN USA Network tennis analyst I like watching CNN, CNBC and "The Today Show." I know it's boring but with three kids, it's my best option. FISHER STEVENS Actor/director,...
H'WOOD HEADS FOR THE HILLS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amLAST week, Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Pataki, urged on by Miramax bigwig Harvey Weinstein, begged the cowardly lions in L.A. to please bring a bit of their Oscar greatness to...
WOODEN HEAD
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amSPEAKING of half-wits in Hollywood, how about that Woody Harrelson - huh? Last week, has-been Harrelson took time out from trashing taxis in London to not only bash America, but...
THUMBS UP
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amFOR every half-wit in Hollywood, there are 20 Americans doing great things. Take Kenny Rosenblatt, 27, a Big Brother volunteer and co-owner of Arkadium.com, (a games Web site), and his...
BARE STAGE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amON Thursday night, Edie Falco's worst nightmare came true. You know the one where you show up at work naked and all your colleagues are fully dressed? OK, maybe it's...
NOBODY DOES THAT TO ANDY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amWHO is Andrew Cuomo's political adviser - Al Gore? In his new campaign ads, Cuomo looks straight into the camera and declares his opponent, Carl McCall, has attacked not only...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amNature ran amok at a Texas high school this summer - bringing alligators, snakes and bobcats to class. Authorities said beavers dammed up a stream flowing near Maceo Smith HS...
MIRAMAX GETS IN BED WITH COORS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amNext time you see Gwyneth Paltrow on the big screen, don't be surprised if she's drinking a beer. Miramax Films and the Coors Brewing Co. have announced a deal making...
9/11: THE AFTERMATH P.A. PLAN: PUSH WTC OFFICES OFF SITE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amThe Port Authority is looking at initiatives to move more than 3 million square feet of office space off Ground Zero - including some to the site of the nearby...
DOWNTOWN SHARE: TAXMAN MAY GET BITE OF RENT GRANTS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amHomemakers lured to lower Manhattan by promises of up to $14,500 in post-9/11 federal grants may be in for a shock under the welcome mat - a tax bill on...
CHILLING LOOK AT 'DISASTER': PICTURES BARE TRUTH OF GLOBAL WARMING
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amBelieve it or not, these dramatic pictures are both of the same Arctic glacier - taken 84 years apart. Environmentalists say the photos provide stunning evidence of the dangers of...
PARENTS TELL OF SCHOOL PILL PUSHERS' 'EXTORTION'
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amONE mom says it felt like extortion. Another said she was scared to death. The third says she took her son out of school to save his life. These are...
LEVY SET TO PROBE CHILD-RX CHARGES
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amOutgoing Schools Chancellor Harold Levy has ordered his administrators to investigate charges that city educators are pressuring parents into medicating their children with psychiatric drugs. Levy said he was unaware...
TEEN ARRESTED IN BROOKLYN SLAY
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old man has been busted on murder charges in the fatal shooting of a man attempting to flee in Brooklyn, police said. Detectives arrested James Baston, of Linden Boulevard,...
LIVER KID'S KIN SUE BOY, 5, DIED OF FLU AT BELEAGUERED MT. SINAI
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA mother who gave part of her liver to save her 5-year-old son's life instead watched him sicken and die after the boy was put in the same room as...
'HIT' PARADE BEGINS HERE SADDAM'S PALACES TOP U.S. TARGET LIST
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - These giant structures in downtown Baghdad, the citadels of Saddam Hussein's ruthless grip on power, are likely to be among the first targets of any U.S. attack on...
COLLAPSING FACADE KILLS BRONX MAN
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA brick building facade collapsed in The Bronx yesterday, killing a much-loved neighborhood man. Roland Harris, 32, was hit by the debris after an 80-foot-long section of the facade fell...
FEDS' COLD ANSWER TO YANKEL'S MOM'S PLEA
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amAs TV producers prepare a movie about the 1991 Crown Heights riots, the family of the Jewish scholar killed in the rampage has lashed out at the Justice Department over...
SWIMMER MISSING OFF FAR ROCKAWAY
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA swimmer went missing off Far Rockaway last night after he went for an ocean dip. Harold Dickerson, 61, disappeared around 6:45 p.m. after he and his son-in-law went swimming...
KERIK'S 'COP-OUT' AT AIRPORT SECURITY
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amFormer NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik was allowed to bypass metal detectors at La Guardia Airport where one of his former police chiefs is now head of security, The Post has...
FROM ALTRUISTIC VOLUNTEER TO CARING COP
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amPolice Officer Peter Morici got his first baptism of fire in Vietnam, his second on Sept. 11, and a third visit to hell on earth when Flight 587 crashed in...
MOUNT SINAI INVESTIGATED
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amAn investigation into complaints of shoddy patient care at Mount Sinai Hospital may affect a state decision whether to lift a suspension of certain lucrative liver transplants at the hospital,...
VICTORIA GOTTI
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amTONY SOPRANO might have slipped from sight recently with the HBO mob drama taking an extended break between seasons, but several members of his "family" have hardly remained idle. Jamie-Lynn...
STEAMED INVESTORS FACE UPHILL BATTLE FOR RESTITUTION
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amWhat irks bruised investors most is that in order to try to recoup investments lost by bad brokers, they have to face a kangaroo court stacked against them - arbitration....
EAST SIDE HOOKERS IN LAP OF PENTHOUSE LUXURY
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan penthouse used by a nationwide hooker service called "The Circuit" that was busted by cops last week boasted three king-size beds, mirrored walls, a four-person whirlpool bath, a...
CRITICS CALL ATTENTION TO THE RITALIN 'CRAZE'
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, the disease at the heart of the Ritalin debate, is the most researched, most controversial - and perhaps least understood childhood ailment. Once called hyperkinesis or attention-deficit...
ARAFAT APOLOGIST MUBARAK'S DANGEROUS GAME
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak is so frustrated by Ariel Sharon he even complained that when the Israeli prime minister hosted Mubarak's intelligence chief, Omar Sleiman, "he only gave him...
NO FED $$ FOR PATH EXITS IN VILLAGE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amThe Port Authority won't get federal Sept. 11 relief money to build two new PATH train exits in the West Village, The Post has learned. The PA has given up...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amFROM Shimansky: "No matter how much you right-wingers want to trash Clinton, he was the greatest president since FDR." . . . From an admirer: "You are an ugly dope."...
'FAD' IN HIGH-RISE SUICIDE LEAPS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA recent string of city suicides where victims leaped to their deaths from high buildings is unlikely to have any link to the horrifying images of Sept. 11, experts said....
COACHES CLEANING BIO-HAZARDS O'LEARY SCANDAL'S MAKING IT HARD TO LIE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amA RASH of honesty appears to have broken out in the wake of the George O'Leary/Notre Dame resume scandal. Greg Couch, an enterprising sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, recently...
GIANT VOID CAN BE FILLED LEADERS PREPARED TO REPLACE ARMSTEAD
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amPERHAPS if Ernie Accorsi had studied under the great salary-cap managers, men who could slice a financial pie with the wizardry of a Japanese steamboard cook and the charisma of...
VISIT TO YANKEE STADIUM A HIT WITH HERM
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amJets coach Herm Edwards attended his first Yankee game Friday night and walked away from the "House that Ruth Built" with an appreciation of why the Bronx Bombers have been...
COWART RETURN UNSURE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amBefore Jets fans get downright giddy over Thursday night's 16-6 preseason win in Pittsburgh, here's a cold, hard dose of reality. Sam Cowart, the free-agent linebacker who is expected to...
DAY SETS RECORD WITH SWORD WIN
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day made history at the Old Spa yesterday, coming with a late rush aboard defending champ With Anticipation to win the Grade...
GOT THEM ST. LOUIS BLUES V HUNCH BACKFIRES AS SCUTARO FLOPS IN FIELD
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amCardinals 5Mets 4 ST. LOUIS - Bobby Valentine played a hunch in the fifth inning yesterday, pinch-hitting rookie Marco Scutaro for Jeromy Burnitz, the one-time All-Star. An inning later, Scutaro's...
ORIENTATE ONE TO BEAT IN VANDERBILT
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Orientate, the much-traveled sprinter who'll be heavily favored dashing six furlongs today in the Grade 2, $200,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, has a lot going for him....
WILD ESTES SLAMMED AROUND IN SORRY START
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Walk, walk, walk, homer is not a great way to begin a game. The Mets keep battling with the belief that they at least have an opportunity...
SMALL-MARKET A'S WON'T FALL SHORT ON THE FIELD
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amON the field, the difference in payrolls - about $100 million - disappears. The A's play the Yankees as if they were equals to the point where you hunt for...
TESTS ARE NEGATIVE, AND DUQUE EXHALES
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amGetting old is a pitch - just ask Orlando Hernandez. The Yankee right-hander was released from St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital yesterday after undergoing a battery of tests that proved negative. That...
TWO MONTHS LATER, BETHPAGE SHINES ON
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF A woman from Canada phoned the Bethpage pro shop the other day, looking for a tee time on the Black Course. "She wanted directions," said Joe Rehor, Bethpage's...
THE OAK'S ON THEM - YANKS, WELLS HAMMERED AS A'S ROLL IN LAUGHTER
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amWelcome to the real world, Yankee fans. In a season that features too many boring double-digit victories over the likes of the Devil Rays, life is different when a real...
GIANT WIN GIVES FANS REASONS FOR HOPE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amGiants 22Patriots 19 In the preseason, impressions are more important than final results. The Giants made quite a few impressions last night, and some of them were even encouraging. There...
AMERICAN LEGION STILL BASEBALL LIKE IT OUGHTA BE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amCAMDEN - Because of greedy players and owners, Bud Selig and steroids and the glut of home runs, as a nation, we've forgotten how beautiful a game baseball can be...
SHOCKEY SURE TO LEAVE A MARK
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amHE IS Our Baby Blond Bavaro. "I knew it from the time he started walking, I knew there was nothing he was afraid of doing," Lucinda Shockey was saying over...
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTHING SPECIAL
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amHe lectured Owen Pochman. Then he screamed at Rodney Williams. Giant coach Jim Fassel last night kept busy keeping up with the antics of his kicker and punter. The new-look...
DEVILS, NIEUWENDYK TRYING TO STAY TOGETHER
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amLou Lamoriello may have learned his lesson. It appears the Devil GM is trying to keep Joe Nieuwendyk from becoming another Bobby Holik. Despite being 11 months from the same...
BABY BOMBERS HAVE HAWAIIAN PUNCH
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amHERE'S what you do if you're a Yankee fan right now: Get out a pen and paper and start drafting a thank-you letter to Denny Neagle, c/o the Colorado Rockies....
REAL-DEAL A'S MAKE SELIG THEORY LOOK SILLY
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amTHE A's must stand for the Aberrations. In Bud Selig's world, any team that lacks a bloated payroll yet wins consistently is an aberration. Except how is a team that...
WEAVER GETS BACK TO HIS OLD GROOVE
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amSometime after he came to the Yankees early last month, Jeff Weaver stopped pitching like himself and stopped acting like himself. In trying to live up to Yankee perfection on...
HEILMAN WON'T BE RUSHED
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - Despite the obvious glaring need at the back of the rotation, the Mets so far have expressed no desire to recall their best prospect, right-hander...
FREAKY FRIDAY DRAINED BULLPEN
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES It was bullpen by committee yesterday, with Andy Pettitte available to work if the Yankees needed him out of the pen. The 16-inning, 3-2 loss to the A's...
SCARE FOR EL DUQUE: HERNANDEZ' AILMENT STILL A MYSTERY TO YANKEES
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amAfter Orlando Hernandez spent a night in the hospital, the Yankees still weren't sure what was ailing their hurler. Joe Torre said yesterday that all tests were negative and the...
GOT THEM ST. LOUIS BLUES : AMAZIN'S, ESTES CAN'T CUT IT VS. CARDS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amCardinals 5 Mets 4 ST. LOUIS - The Mets keep battling with the belief that they at least have a chance at the playoffs, but lefty Shawn Estes didn't give...
STEPPING TO THE FOUR
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amIF all the Yankee starters were healthy and rested, which four would you chose to form a postseason rotation? Which would you honor to work Game 1 or entrust for...
A YEAR LATER, JESSE'S FEELING BETTER
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The reviews thus far on Jesse Palmer have been cordial but not glowing. While Jim Fassel and offensive coordinator Sean Payton acknowledge the obvious improvement in Palmer this...
AND THEN THERE'S IKE: HILLIARD IS ONE CONSTANT IN EVER-CHANGING GIANTS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amThere are plenty of questions hovering around the Giants, and the vast majority have something to do with their offense. Can the re-tooled line hold up? Will Kerry Collins rebound...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
August 11, 2002 | 4:00amSTAYING ALIVE Despite the Mets' $100 million crash and burn, Bobby Valentine and Steve Phillips will be back in their jobs next season, according to sources familiar with the thinking...