May 12, 2003
FOR ANSCHUTZ IT'S $5M PAYBACK TIME
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is about to wrap up a deal that would force former Qwest chairman Philip Anschutz to cough up about $5 million in profits he...
SONY, PEARL JAM NEAR END OF DUET
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amSony Music may be on the verge of losing big-name rockers Pearl Jam, The Post has learned. Pearl Jam fulfilled its contract obligations with Sony's Epic label last November, but...
LINDA CAN'T RESIST CHARM OF 'THREE' MOVIE - 'OK, I TAKE IT ALL BACK'
May 12, 2003 | 4:00am"Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company" [ ] Tonight at 9 on WNBC/Ch. 4 ----- LOATHE as I am to admit my failures and shortcoming (yes, it's...
IS NEW 'IDOL' CAST BORING?
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amAS "American Idol" heads into its last two weeks, judge Randy Johnson says he's "bored" by the performances of the final few contestants. "These kids are singing terribly," Jackson tells...
CURTAIN UP ON ZAGAT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWHO would have guessed that "Menopause the Musical" packs a bigger punch than "Movin' Out"; that "Hank Williams: Lost Highway" is hotter than both "Hairspray" and "The Producers" - or...
THE REEL DEAL - TRIBECA FILM FEST NAILS IT 2ND TIME
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Tribeca Film Fes tival, which closed its impressive sec ond edition last night, is clearly here to stay. Founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal realized that the festival...
SHOPPING WITH ANDRE - MAG EDITOR FINDS USED GOODS VERY MUCH IN VOGUE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amAT an imposing 6-foot-7, Vogue editor at large Andre Leon Talley is indeed one of the larger members of the international fashion community. Apparently, he's one of the most popular,...
'MATRIX' DECODED - A HANDY GUIDE TO NEO'S WORLD
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amJUST three more days. That's all you'll have to wait to finally see "The Matrix: Reloaded," the much-anticipated sequel to 1999's mega-grossing "The Matrix." But like the original, the mind-bending,...
DR. PHIL WILL THRILL IN HIS FIRST AWARD YEAR
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amFRIDAY'S Daytime Emmys seem sure to generate surprise. "The slam-dunk shoo-in for Best Talk Show Host is 'Dr. Phil,' " says Tom O'Neil, author of the definitive Emmys reference book...
STARR REPORT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amDon't Blink - it's that '80s show Imagine how surprised '80s rivals Deborah Gibson and Tiffany were when they arrived Friday morning to do the "Booker & Lopez" show on...
CIG BAN LEAVES LOT OF 'EMPTIES' - DESERTED CITY BARS FALL ON HARD TIMES AS BIZ DROPS OFF
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amBusiness at New York bars and restaurants has plummeted by as much as 50 percent in the wake of the smoking ban - and the drop has already sparked layoffs...
GOP VS. GOP OVER TAX CUT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - It'll be a GOP civil war as House and Senate Republicans begin their battle over the fate of President Bush's tax-cut plan in earnest today. The House passed...
TAX-CUTTERS WITHIN GOP SET TO SLASH EACH OTHER
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - It'll be a GOP civil war as House and Senate Republicans begin their battle over the fate of President Bush's tax-cut plan in earnest today. The Republican-controlled House...
DEM BIG SHOUTS FOR BUDGET CHIEF'S HEAD
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Senate's top Democrat is calling on Gov. Pataki to fire state Budget Director Carole Stone for allegedly cooking the books and playing politics during last year's election. "It looks...
BRAVEST FIRED UP FOR SHOWDOWN VS. COPS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThere could be a "Rocky" moment Friday night when New York's Bravest and their NYPD rivals lock horns in their annual football confrontation. After all, the firemen have had their...
DWI DEATH FURY - LOOPHOLE LETS 'KILLER' OFF HOOK
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amState law-enforcement officers and legislators are fighting to close a loophole that lets some drunken drivers virtually get away with murder - but their efforts are already too late for...
COLLEGE GRAD, 14, ONE FOR THE AGES
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island whiz kid is about to become the youngest girl ever to graduate from college in the nation. School officials at SUNY Stony Brook say Alia Sabur, a...
PARTY OFFICIALLY OVER FOR SADDAM'S BA'ATH BUDDIES
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe commander of coalition forces in Iraq yesterday ordered Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, which had ruled the country for 35 years, to cease existence immediately. "The Ba'ath Socialist Party is...
BLOOMBERG PUTS CITY JOB CUTS AT 18,000
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amIn addition to billions of dollars in service cuts, the city has reduced its municipal employee payroll by 18,000 in a bid to close budget gaps, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday....
MOTHER'S DAY GRIEF AT 'SACRED' FLT. 587 SITE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amLORI-ANN Albert spent Mother's Day in tears on a Queens street corner where she wasn't wanted. She was drawn to the intersection by the death of her 10-month-old son, Jayke,...
MINORITIES SEEK LAYOFFS PROBE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA coalition of minority city workers called on Mayor Bloomberg to examine what it called the "disproportionate" impact of his layoff on black and Latino municipal workers. The group, which...
HUSBAND'S 'BUTT' CRACK ENDS IN SLAY
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman stabbed her hubby to death early yesterday after he complained about her figure and how long she spent using the computer, cops said. Judy Thomas, 27, was...
SUMMIT BREAKTHROUGH - COLIN BROKERS SIT-DOWN FOR ARIEL, PALESTINIAN PM
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amOn the first full day of his trip to kick-start the "road map" to peace in the Mideast, Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday set up the first meeting between...
A DAY AFTER THE UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS PULLED ITS SUPPORT FOR MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S AMBITIOUS SCHOOL-REFORM PLAN, CHANCELLOR JOEL KLEIN FIRED BACK
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA day after the United Federation of Teachers pulled its support for Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious school-reform plan, Chancellor Joel Klein fired back at the union for playing "politics as usual."...
WILD WINDS WHIP BATTERED REGION
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Midwest last week left more violent weather in their wake yesterday, as winds of up to 150 mph tore through Kentucky and Tennessee. The...
SEN. GRAHAM ACCUSES BUSH OF 9/11 COVERUP
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - An influential Senate Democrat yesterday accused the Bush administration of attempting to "cover up" parts of an inflammatory report about the 9/11 attacks because it could embarrass the...
FARRAKHAN SON IN DWI BUST
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe son of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was arrested in a hit-and-run and charged with DWI, Indiana State Police said yesterday. Nasir Farrakhan, 43, one of nine children...
1870 BAR MAY GET $NUFFED OUT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe smoking ban could be the death of Manhattan's oldest family-run restaurant. "It very well might be the last nail in our coffin," said Joan Condron Borkowski, owner of Billy's,...
KLEIN PINS SCHOOL LAYOFFS ON UNION
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA day after the United Federation of Teachers pulled its support for Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious school-reform plan, Chancellor Joel Klein fired back at the union for playing "politics as usual."...
A COALITION OF MINORITY CITY WORKERS HAS CALLED ON MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO EXAMINE WHAT IT CALLED THE "DISPROPORTIONATE" IMPACT OF HIS LAYOFFS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA coalition of minority city workers has called on Mayor Bloomberg to examine what it called the "disproportionate" impact of his layoffs on black and Latino municipal workers. The group,...
2ND AVE. SUBWAY HEARINGS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe Second Avenue subway is back on track. Plans for the new 16-stop line will roll ahead today when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority holds the first public hearing on the...
TIMES TRICKSTER FALLS SICK - 'PERSONAL' ILLS PUT HIM IN HOSP: MAG
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amDisgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was reportedly in a hospital dealing with "personal problems" yesterday, as his former employer published an unprecedented article that detailed widespread plagiarism, ineptitude...
CRITICS CALL LOOSE-LIPPED LEMRICK JUDGE JURIST IMPRUDENT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe federal judge presiding over the racially charged Lemrick Nelson Jr. trial in Brooklyn has a penchant for politically incorrect remarks that have fueled indignation among courthouse critics. Judge Frederic...
FLOWER-ROB THUGS' DOG BITES GROCER
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA group of youths robbed a Brooklyn grocery on Mother's Day, stealing two bouquets of flowers before their pit bull attacked the clerk, cops said. Approximately five men, about 18...
MOTHER IN AGONY AWAITING BODY'S ID
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mom spent an agonizing Mother's Day waiting to find out if a decomposing body police discovered wrapped in a blanket behind an unoccupied building was that of her...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A detective was suspended from duty late Saturday after he gave his gun to a prisoner and challenged him to a fight, cops said yesterday. Officer Frank Sola,...
YEARNING FOR DEFEAT - DEMS' FOOLISH MISFIRING AT BUSH
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWHAT do Howard Dean, Vermont's former governor, and Osama bin Laden have in common? Hatred of America's success. One of the few things more painful to watch than a kiddie...
BAD SIGN FOR BIZ - CITY FINING SHOPS FOR 'WORDY' AWNINGS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amIF THE city had simply robbed these stores at gunpoint, it would have made a helluva lot more sense. Well, in a way, Mayor Bloomberg's raiders did just that. On...
HILLARY MAY TALK HER WAY INTO A 2ND GRAMMY
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton is going for another Grammy. Insiders say the New York senator has been secretly recording a breathy audiobook version of her intimate, long-awaited account of her White...
IRAQI DIPLOMATS HAVE NO MISSION STATEMENT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe men staffing the Iraqi Mission in Manhattan are working without a plan - or a leader - and there's no one to call for instructions even if the phones...
DIVING STUDENTS AND DOGS JOIN CITY IS. SEARCH
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA group of volunteer divers, using information gathered by search dogs, are trying to find the remaining bodies of the teens who drowned off the coast of City Island. Former...
AXED SANIT MAN IN THE DUMPS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amRamon Enriquez isn't happy about the layoff notice he got last week from the Sanitation Department, but he can understand that the city's in dire circumstances. What he can't understand...
STAT'S THE WAY TO SAFER ROADS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amTraffic accidents and injuries are down by double-digit percentages - and drunk-driving arrests are up by nearly 20 percent - thanks to an innovative NYPD program that does for traffic...
TERROR TEST RUN - CHICAGO, SEATTLE & D.C. STAGE MOCK BOMB & BIO ATTACK
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - And they're off. The largest terror drill ever carried out - a five-day, three-city practice response to a simultaneous dirty bomb and bio-terror attack by a bogus terror...
STAT'S THE TICKET - 'NUMBER' PLAN HELPS CUT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amTraffic accidents and injuries are down by double-digit percentages - and drunk-driving arrests are up by nearly 20 percent - thanks to an innovative NYPD program that does for traffic...
AXED SANIT WORKER IN DUMPS OVER REHIRE BAN
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amRamon Enriquez isn't happy about the layoff notice he got last week from the Sanitation Department, but he can understand that the city's in dire circumstances. What he can't understand...
JUST CALL HIM BOBBY TV
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amTHE first thing you notice about Bobby Valentine, who will be 53 tomorrow, is that he looks better - fresh, unburdened. "A good makeup man," Valentine said yesterday from Bristol....
DEVILS WON'T BE HIT MEN - SEEK TO CATCH SENS WITH FINESSE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - They led the league in killing penalties, and they reversed a near-blowout by testing whether these Senators have indeed discovered backbone, as advertised. One Devils' recipe for squaring...
'CIDE' FAMILY GROWS IN STATURE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amNormally, the two weeks between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness are filled with banter concerning where the victor will stand his stud career and how much it'll cost for a...
BEANTOWN DRY SPELL NO GOOD FOR LEAGUE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amWALTHAM, Mass. - The banners tell the stories better than any of the players can. The banners hold the secrets to all the sadness that currently surrounds the Boston Celtics...
BURNS SAYS: WE'RE ONLY DOWN BY ONE
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - He might be handy in a shipwreck, repressing panic. Pat Burns' team stands a rotten 2-7 in its last nine road playoff games, and another loss here tomorrow...
THE EYES HAVE IT: GIAMBI STILL OUT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Jason Giambi says the staph infection in his eyes is improving through medication but he wasn't well enough to start yesterday against the A's. "[Saturday] they...
IN THE KILL ZONE - NETS GO FOR SWEEP OF CELTS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Nets' Eastern Conference semifinals to-do list is almost complete. Protect home court in Games 1 and 2. Done. Win Game 3 in a road environment as inviting...
PAINED PIERCE: I WILL PLAY
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amCELTIC NOTES Paul Pierce practiced yesterday and said he was ready to play today, despite a variety of nagging injuries. Pierce, who sprained an ankle late in Game 2 of...
KINGS FOR A DAY - ROGER, ARMANDO HEROES AS METS WIN
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amAt overcast, misty Shea, yesterday there were plenty of boos to mix with the moisture. As has been the case all season, the negative cries were the loudest for a...
LOU'S OUTLAWS GET OUTTA TOWN
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amOTTAWA - It is an organization that flaunts its dependence on discipline, respect for authority and conformity to rules and systems. Except, of course, when it doesn't quite suit its...
FRANCO MAY RETURN BY END OF MONTH
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES John Franco revealed yesterday that he could be ready for the big leagues in a little more than two weeks. If the schedule goes smoothly, Franco - who...
'CIDE' SHOW MOVES TO MD. - N.Y.-BRED EYES 2ND JEWEL
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amIt happens every spring. Out of a crop of 35,000 thoroughbreds, a single 3-year-old hits the wire first in the Kentucky Derby and heads for the Preakness at Pimlico, where...
JOUMANA: I DO IT ALL FOR MY T.J.
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amJoumana Kidd finally defended herself against suspended Boston columnist Bob Ryan's barbs and the perception she is a bad mother because she schleps her 4-year-old son, T.J., to the Nets'...
ASTACIO'S DAY GOES FROM BAD TO FIRST
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amAt 1:10 p.m. yesterday, Padres shortstop Ramon Vazquez lined the first pitch, a Pedro Astacio fastball, for a single. Keith Lockhart and Ryan Klesko followed by smacking fastballs for hits...
FELLOW JOCKEYS SUPPORT SANTOS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe shadow of doubt that hangs over Funny Cide's victory in the May 3 Kentucky Derby, raised Saturday when a Miami newspaper speculated that a photograph of the finish might...
WITH AINGE BACK, KIDD WOULD CONSIDER CELTS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - This was diplomacy and political correctness at their finest. Yes, Jason Kidd said, he would consider playing in Boston if he thought he could win a...
TAGG'S STARTING TO FEEL THE HEAT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amIs the pressure of preparing Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide for Saturday's Preakness Stakes getting to trainer Barclay Tagg? Tagg, a former steeplechase rider, has been training racehorses for over...
NETS' COLLINS KEEPS ON ROLE'N
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Nets held practice yesterday at UMass-Boston, where two summers ago they trotted out their four rookie draft picks. Byron Scott recalled what he thought of one of...
PETTITTE EARNS 'F' - A'S RIP THREE HRS OFF LEFTY TO TOP YANKS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amA's 5 - Yankees 2 OAKLAND - Considering the lineup Andy Pettitte pitched in front of yesterday it figured The Yankee starter's margin for error was narrower than the distance...
THIS MAY GET A LOT WORSE FOR AMAZIN'S
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amMets 3 - Padres 2HERE'S something you never say around the Mets - things have gotten as bad they are going to get. Because you never know what self-inflicted wound...
JOCKEYS SUPPORT SANTOS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amThe shadow of doubt that hangs over Funny Cide's victory in the May 3 Kentucky Derby, raised Saturday when a Miami newspaper speculated that a photograph of the finish might...
A'S BYRNE PETTITTE - BASH THREE HRS OFF LEFTY TO SPANK YANKS
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Ron Gant's rocket in the second was a flesh wound. Miguel Tejada's bullet in the fifth cut deeper. But Eric Byrne's shot in the seventh off Andy Pettitte...
VILLANUEVA OPTS FOR NBA DRAFT
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amCharlie Villanueva will enter his name into the NBA Draft today, according to his brother, Rob, who has been advising the Queens native throughout his recruiting process. "We feel at...
FORDHAM COACH HUNT HEATS UP
May 12, 2003 | 4:00amFordham president, the Rev. Joseph O'Hare, is poised to begin interviewing candidates for the university's vacant men's basketball coaching position, sources told The Post. Two sources told The Post that...