July 5, 2003
MADISON EXODUS - SHOPS DOWNSIZE, JUMP TO FIFTH IN SHAKEOUT
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amNearly two dozen vacancy signs are hanging on the doors of Madison Avenue storefronts, as luxury retailers downsize or try to capitalize on the value of their own leases. Some...
HE'S SHEA'S DJ - MEET THE MAN WHO PUMPS UP THE CROWD FOR THE METS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amTHE city's most popular club DJ isn't Paul Oakenfold or Marc Ronson. It's a cheerful, stocky 34-year-old guy from New Hyde Park named Vito Vitiello, who holds sway with 50,000...
DATING GAME GOES GOTHAM
July 5, 2003 | 4:00am"Single In The City" [ ] Tomorrow night at 10 on WE ---- IF you missed season one of "To Live and Date In New York" - which used to...
ONE COUPLE'S BRUSH WITH ADVENTURE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amTed and Betsy Lewin work out of their Brooklyn brownstone - his studio's on the fourth floor, hers on the third. But they never argue - at least, not about...
CHEAT SHEET
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amCheat Sheet would like to remind its readers that despite its name, it has no affiliation with the Kennedy family. SEEDS OF MADNESS Marijuana puffers who smoke the chronic on...
AS THE WORM TURNS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00am'Everything goes better with tequila," seems to be the motto at Salon Mexico - and after a tequila cosmo, a tequila mojito and a Mexican Manhattan (yes, with tequila), we...
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY - CAN'T FLEE FROM TOWN? HERE'S WHAT'S GOING DOWN
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amJust because you have no fancy plans for this long weekend doesn't mean it has to be a dud. You can make your own fireworks (and salvage your holiday) by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amAnimal rights activists said they were not amused by a Norwegian comedian who attached an outboard motor to a dead pig and used it as a boat. Kristopher Schau and...
SHOPPER MA BUSTED IN VICIOUS TOT ABUSE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amA Nassau County woman was arrested yesterday for attacking her 1-year-old daughter in a clothing store after alert shoppers wrote down her license plate and gave it to police. Candace...
BUSH TO SEND U.S. 'EXPERTS' TO LIBERIA
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amOn the eve of President Bush's trip to Africa, he's dispatching a team of military experts to war-torn Liberia to assess whether U.S. troops can help bring peace, the White...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amEVERY picture tells a story - or does it? Disgraced publicist Lizzie Grubman, wearing a virginal white pantsuit and an easy smile, was spotted hanging out poolside in Southampton with...
ANGRY ANDREW TOLD POLO PLAYBOY: STAY AWAY FROM MY KIDS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00am'If you threaten me or do anything, I'll sue you.' - Bruce Colley to Andrew, according to a pal --- A furious Andrew Cuomo angrily confronted the man he discovered...
DEMS BLAST BIG AS SHAM QUITTER
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Democratic boss Clarence Norman's recent resignation from a politically connected law firm was a sham gesture, members of his own party charged yesterday. "I think that Clarence is trying...
B'KLYN TOT DROWNS IN BATHTUB
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amA 10-month-old girl apparently drowned after crawling into a bathtub while her mother answered a telephone call, police said yesterday. Rawan Nasser was found face-down in the filled bathtub by...
'REVENGE' DAD SLAY - SHOT AFTER FIGHTING CYCLIST WHO HIT SON
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amThe father of a toddler who had been run down by a bicyclist was shot and killed yesterday in the hallway of his Brooklyn home - possibly in revenge over...
FALLS OF JUSTICE - O'CONNOR ESCAPES COLLAPSE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amSupreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was supremely lucky yesterday - she narrowly missed getting clipped by a 15-foot-high frame that crashed down as she helped open a new museum...
BEDTIME BARD BARRY WHITE DIES AT 58
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amBarry White, the velvet-voiced R&B singer known to a generation as "The Prince of Pillow Talk" died yesterday in Los Angeles at 58. White, whose girth was as much a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A Bushwick cop impaled his arm on a fence while chasing a teenage car-theft suspect, police said. Officer Thomas Sikinger responded on foot to Linden Street and Irving...
HOT DOGGE NAILED AFTER 'FRIDGE' FIGHT
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amFour-time Canadian hot-dog eating champ Christopher Eyre should have been one of the contenders stuffing his face at the Nathan's wiener-wolfing contest in Coney Island yesterday - instead he faced...
SAM'S LIBERTY - WAKSAL GETS HOLIDAY PASS TO SEE MOM
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amDisgraced bio-tech big-shot Sam Waksal got a taste of freedom yesterday after a judge gave the prison-bound high-flyer a 12-hour reprieve from house arrest to visit his sick mom on...
SAM GETS A PASS FOR THE FOURTH
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amOnetime bio-tech big-shot Sam Waksal got a taste of freedom yesterday after a judge gave the prison-bound high-flyer 12 hours off to visit his sick mom. Waksal, who was under...
MIKE'S IN STEP WITH STATEN AT PARADE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amStaten Island still likes Mike. Mayor Bloomberg was greeted with handshakes and cheers on the island yesterday when he marched in the 93rd annual Travis July 4th Parade. "We did...
GUTSY GUY IS WIENER AND STILL CHAMPION
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amEven though Japanese eating phenom Takeru Kobayashi failed to break his own record at yesterday's Nathan's Famous hot dog contest, he's still the top dog. The man known to the...
A SUNNY DAY TO CHEER THE U.S.A. - NYERS SALUTE 4TH WITH SPIRIT, SIZZLE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amThe city was red, white and beautiful yesterday as New Yorkers marked the Fourth of July with picnics, parades and patriotic pyrotechnics. At Central Park, the temperature reached an afternoon...
MOVIE MUSCLEMAN ARNOLD "TERMINATOR" SCHWARZENEGGER MADE A JULY 4 VISIT TO BAGHDAD
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amMovie muscleman Arnold "Terminator" Schwarzenegger made a July 4 visit to Baghdad to thank U.S. troops for saying "hasta la vista" to Saddam Hussein - and pumped up talk that...
WARRIOR PREZ TELLS TROOPS TO FIGHT TYRANNY
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday said America is still at war and vowed to keep striking first and put terrorists "on the run" as he celebrated the nation's 227th birthday with a...
HOT DOGGERS IN FRIDGE FIGHT
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amFour-time Canadian hot-dog eating champ Christopher Eyre should have been one of the contenders stuffing his face at the Nathan's wiener-wolfing contest in Coney Island yesterday - instead he faced...
ONLY THE BEST TRY SUBURBAN
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amWhen five horses have banked $1 million or more in a field of nine that's earned a collective $12,120,914, and the races they've won include the Pimlico Special, Jockey Club...
BIG START JUST WHAT MENDOZA ASKED FOR
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amIn December, when Ramiro Mendoza signed with Boston, he talked about his desire to be a starter again. Seven months later, he'll finally get his chance. And he'll get it...
METROS MUST GET ACT TOGETHER
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amThe MetroStars head into today's game at D.C. United (4 p.m., ESPN2) tied for first in the Eastern Conference, but they're not letting that blind them to the facts: If...
BUBBA'S LIKELY DONE WEARING PINSTRIPES
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With each passing day it looks more likely that Bubba Trammell has played his last game with the Yankees. Placed on the restricted list when he failed to...
MONDESI LATEST BANGED-UP YANK
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amSo not only did the Yankees get slammed by the hated Red Sox and surrender a franchise-record seven homers yesterday, but also they may have temporarily lost their right fielder....
BOSTON'S LUMBER CO. MAY FINALLY BEAT CURSE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN David Wells walked Bill Mueller on four pitches in the third inning, it felt like a freak occurrence, not that much different than seeing Halley's Comet. When Wells walked...
WALKING ON THE WILD SIDE - SHAKY BOSOX 'PEN OFFERS LITTLE RELIEF
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Red Sox' commit tee of closers has officially been closed for the usual reasons committees fail in all walks of life, not necessarily only in the walks that shorten...
GLAVINE'S IN OLD FORM TO TOP REDS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amMets 7 - Reds 2 CINCINNATI - Call it a sign, a blessing or a coincidence. With Tom Glavine starting yesterday and the QuesTec controversy in full bloom, it's worth...
FIREWORKS DISPLAY - BOSOX' 7 HRS TORCH YANKS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amRed Sox 10 - Yankees 3 The reason pitchologists offer when a hurler gets spanked is they were up in the zone. Yesterday at a sweltering Yankee Stadium David Wells...
GARCIA, SIERRA SLATED FOR SUPER-SUB STATUS
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amKarim Garcia has homered in three straight games. Ruben Sierra has hit nearly .400 in Pinstripes. As soon as next week, the Yankees will probably reward them with some nice...
LOOKS LIKE BUBBA'S BEEN DUMPED
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With each passing day it looks more and more like Bubba Trammell has played his last game with the Yankees. Placed on the restricted list when he failed...
RED SOX SEEKING RELIEF - SHAKY PEN KEEPS THINGS INTERESTING
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Red Sox' committee of closers has officially been closed, for the usual reasons committees fail in all walks of life, not only in all the walks that shorten Red...
PIAZZA MIGHT TAKE A SWING
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - Not only did Mike Piazza make his first road trip since severely straining his right groin, but he brought along one bat - a Rawlings Big...
LEITER GETS BENT OVER INJURED KNEE
July 5, 2003 | 4:00amWhen WFAN's Chris Russo and Joe Benigno took potshots at Al Leiter earlier in the week, there was one problem: Neither broadcaster had information that Leiter was hampered by a...