July 22, 2003
N.Y. CO-OP BOARDS GETTING PICKIER
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amCo-op boards are getting pickier about the financial wherewithal of their buyers, Halstead Property has found. Even well-to-do middle-aged buyers are being asked to plunk down a year or two...
DELAY TILL EARLY '04 AT AOL TW ATRIUM
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amIT'LL be a big, midwinter coming-out party for the vast shopping and dining atrium of AOL Time Warner Center, now racing toward completion at Columbus Circle. Developer Related Cos. had...
FOLGERS CANS COFFEE CAN FOR ITS BEANS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAfter 150 years of usefulness, the coffee can is going extinct. Folgers, the nation's largest coffee purveyor, is retiring its metal cans starting in September, and replacing them with a...
MGM STAYS IN RUNNING AT VIVENDI
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMGM was apparently satisfied with the amount of new information it received from Vivendi and didn't follow through on a threat to back out of the auction for the French...
LEHMAN CASH WOES ; EMPLOYEE STOCK PAYOUTS TIE UP BANK'S FUNDS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amLehman Brothers' carefree use of restricted stock has come back to haunt the Wall Street giant, costing the company virtually all of its 2002 cash flow, a shocking report by...
TOP-FLITE AUCTION HEATS UP AS ADIDAS SWINGS INTO FRAY
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amRival sporting goods companies are teeing off in the battle for control of the troubled Top-Flite Golf Co. Known for its golf balls and Ben Hogan clubs, Top-Flite, which filed...
SPEAR LEEDS & KELLOGG FINED $450K
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs Group's Spear Leeds & Kellogg agreed to pay $450,000 to settle charges that the firm's floor brokers helped a client manipulate trades. The Securities and Exchange Commission and...
SIMON & SCHUSTER TO CUT TITLES, AX 5% OF STAFF
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amSimon & Schuster Inc., the book publishing unit of Viacom, plans to chop the number of its new titles each year and ax about 5 percent of its global work...
NYC WINS $40M ASBESTOS SUITS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe city has won more than $40 million in lawsuits filed 13 years ago claiming asbestos-related products had damaged city schools and other buildings. A federal bankruptcy judge in Tampa,...
DEJA VU: TECH TITANS TAKE MONEY AND RUN (AGAIN)
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amProfit-hungry refugees of the old tech bubble are cashing out in droves from the current Nasdaq rally. Former billionaire David Wetherell, who fell from greatness three years ago and lost...
MARTS DROP ON EARNINGS WORRIES
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amSecond-half jitters could wipe out much of Wall Street's miracle rally. Stocks continued to drop for the fourth consecutive session yesterday, with some analysts predicting a 10 percent pullback. That...
CHANCE TO GIVE RUBEN A CUDDLE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol 2" winner Ruben Studdard was dubbed "The Velvet Teddy Bear" by Gladys Knight for his girth and his smooth voice - and now he has a cuddly alter-ego...
ANNA NICOLE GETS GRAPHIC
July 22, 2003 | 4:00am'THE Anna Nicole Show," possibly the most vilified reality show of them all, actually got an Emmy nomination this year. The nod isn't for the buxom blonde's stellar performance as...
HENTCHMEN'S 'LESABRE' IN CROSS-COUNTRY VISIT
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amPLAYLIST traveled all across America in its virtual Winnebago to discover sounds from as far away as Oregon and Oklahoma. Lucky for you, it's all coming to the city this...
JOLIE GOOD SHOW ; AMBASSADOR ANGELINA COMMITTED TO REFUGEES
July 22, 2003 | 4:00am"She insisted she wanted to learn first about the plight of refugees before being able to speak about it."U.N. spokesman Pierre Bernard Le Bas PAMPERED stars and Third World environments...
IT'S A BIRD . . . IT'S SOME OLD DUDE IN PAJAMAS . . . IT'S PLAYBOYMAN! CHIEF BUNNY HEF NOW A SUPERHERO
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amHOLY bunny tail Batman! Could Playboy founder Hugh Hefner be the next superhero to save the world? The pajama-clad magazine magnate is teaming up with comic book legend Stan Lee...
TWO HUCKS IN ONE ; SIGNING AND VOICE IN 'BIG RIVER' REVIVAL
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amONCE Huck, twice shy. Or so it seemed for Daniel Jenkins, who played Huckleberry Finn the first time "Big River" splashed onto Broadway, and was asked - for the revival...
YOU E-MAILED?
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amONE wouldn't peg London's Dorchester Hotel, quite possibly one of the most traditional on the planet, as being among the most technologically savvy. But the 250-room hotel recently upgraded its...
ABSOLUTELY OXFORDABLE ; CARDBOARD BOAT RACES ARE NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS COASTAL MARYLAND HAMLET, FINDS PUCCI MCGILL
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amPERFECT WEEKENDOXFORD, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, is about four hours from - and 100 years behind - Manhattan. You go anticipating one thing, and come away with a second,...
A CELEBRATION CRUZ
July 22, 2003 | 4:00am* CELIA CRUZ "Regalo Del Alma" ½ Sony Although Celia Cruz didn't live to see the release of her album, "Regalo Del Alma," it stands as a testament to the...
PLATH PLAY HAS NO RHYME OR REASON
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amEDGE At the DR Theatre, 103 E. 15th St. Through Sept. 20. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. TAKE an unstable, paranoid woman who was also a striking confessional poet. Remove the poet...
THE STARR REPORT
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amLocal stations going live for Cruz funeral Today's funeral of salsa legend Celia Cruz will be covered live by the area's Spanish-language stations. NY1 Noticias will provide wall-to-wall coverage of...
PLAY IT SOFA: HOW TO GET A GOOD WORKOUT AT HOME
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amJUST because you missed another day at the gym doesn't mean you have an excuse to skip a workout. Instead of settling in to watch a rerun of "Seinfeld," you...
WINONA'S DRUG DOC BUSTED
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amWinona Ryder's defrocked Dr. Feelgood was arrested for illegally practicing medicine - such as injecting Botox - long after his medical license was yanked, investigators said yesterday. Jules Lusman, 50,...
'HE BIT MY EAR OFF'
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMoments after biting off part of a court officer's ear, a suspect - dubbed "Tyson" by the victim's colleagues - spit out a gold-colored metal bridge he had on his...
TOP SCHOOL STUCK WITH SPLINTERY FURNITURE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Lower East Side school has been using the same classroom furniture for 40 years - and many of the chairs are so rotted they're a hazard. So PS 20...
N.Y. FANS SAY ADIOS TO CELIA
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amTens of thousands celebrated the life of salsa queen Celia Cruz yesterday, singing, chanting and waving flags as they waited to view the body of their beloved "humble diva." Crowds...
NAACP SUIT GUNNED DOWN
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amHandgun makers dodged a bullet yesterday when a federal judge tossed the NAACP's lawsuit against the industry after the group failed to prove that blacks suffer unique harm from gun...
POLICE PANEL EMPTY - MAYOR YET TO REPLACE CORRUPTION WATCHDOGS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA mayoral commission set up to battle corruption in the NYPD has been operating without the five-member board that directs its operations - and hasn't issued a single report -...
QNS. WEB PERV NABBED: COPS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man who sent nude photos of himself over the Internet to what he thought was a 14-year- girl got a rude awakening when he went to Flushing Meadow...
DON'T BE SO FAST TO FORGIVE HIS ADULTERY
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amWHILE any third- grader knows Kobe Bryant is innocent of a crime until proven guilty, the man is racking up a stunning list of offenses against common decency and taste,...
FIRST IN-VITRO BABY ALIVE AND WELL 25 YRS. LATER
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Louise Joy Brown - the first successful human "test tube" baby - was born in 1978, no one knew how long any child conceived outside of the womb could...
SUBWAY PET PEEVE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amLAST week, the papers (including this one) all reported about Angel Melendez, the subway "musician" arrested for having a kitten in the subway. The Legal Aid Society cried foul (and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amQUEENS * A 21-year-old man was fatally stabbed early yesterday in a Corona bar, police said. Adolpho Candia got into an argument with at least three unidentified men in La...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amHumpty Dumpty sat on a wall - until heartless thieves kidnapped him. Cops say a 3-foot-high, 238-pound statue of the nursery-rhyme character, worth $20,000, was taken from its perch on...
MIKE SEEKS SPAN FAN$ TO LIGHT UP BRIDGES
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is looking for some "light savers" to help pay the $75,000 yearly electric bill for the decorative bulbs that line the cables of four East River bridges. The...
NASCAR LEAVES NYERS ALL CHOKED UP
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA showy NASCAR event to promote fire safety veered off course with some city folk yesterday morning - when a race-car driver noisily revved his engine in front of an...
DUBYA $ALUTES OUR GOV
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Call him "Ranger" George - as in Gov. George Pataki, that is. President Bush's campaign committee yesterday listed Pataki as one of just 23 "rangers" across the country...
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS KILLED BY A HOMEMADE BOMB IN BAGHDAD
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAn American soldier was killed by a homemade bomb in Baghdad yesterday, as Saddam Hussein's goon squads released a videotape announcing they've formed a "jihad brigade" to continue the murder...
9/11 'SON' MISSING FROM DAD'S DOCUMENTS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe search for "Wilfred" continued in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, with an immigration official testifying that an accused con man filled out "green card" and citizenship applications without making any...
AIR-CRASH SURFBOARD SAVIOR REVEALED
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe mystery hero who rushed to help five people when their plane ditched in the Great Peconic Bay Sunday is a modest Englishman who was spending a quiet Hamptons dinner...
HOT TV DINNERS - REALITY SHOW'S 'RESTAURANT' BOOKED SOLID
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amBusiness was booming yesterday at Rocco's on 22nd - the day after celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito's new downtown eatery starred in NBC's latest reality show, "The Restaurant." The buzz surrounding...
HAMPTONS DIARY
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amSTEVEN Spielberg is taking the security of his private jet very seriously. Sources tell Diary that every time the filmmaker lands at the East Hampton Airport, he stations a 24-hour...
MARTHA'S TEAM TRIES LEAK PIQUE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart's high-powered legal team threw its first punch yesterday, demanding that a federal judge order an investigation into media leaks regarding the domestic diva's grand jury indictment. The move...
FIRED-UP BARS SUE N.Y. OVER CIG BAN
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Opponents of a statewide smoking ban will file a lawsuit today seeking to keep the prohibition from taking effect on Thursday, by claiming the state illegally superceded federal...
'POWER' PROBLEM FOR MAYOR'S NONPARTISAN VOTE BID
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amChallenging one of Mayor Bloomberg's claims, the head of the Campaign Finance Board said yesterday that political parties might end up with more power - not less - if nonpartisan...
BIZMAN JAILED OVER APRICOT CANCER RX
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man was convicted of contempt of court yesterday for selling apricot pits as a cancer cure after a federal judge told him to stop - and was sent...
C-SECTION SURPRISE; MORE U.S. MOMS CHOOSE TO HAVE SURGERY
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAn increasing number of pregnant American women are choosing to have their babies by Caesarean section, even when there's no medical need to go under the knife, a new study...
IT'S A GO: CITY GETS 20 PUBLIC TOILETS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amHold on just a little bit longer - public toilets are coming soon to a street near you. After nearly 20 years of haggling by three administrations, Mayor Bloomberg and...
RUDY BOOSTS WORLDCOM IN CONGRESS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani is using his Republican contacts in Congress to help secure contracts on behalf of disgraced telecommunications giant WorldCom, officials said yesterday. Top Giuliani aide Tony Carbonetti...
PLEDGE SUIT SPARKING FAMILY SPLIT
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amNow it's personal. The estranged lover of a California man who got a court to rule the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional has filed papers with the Supreme Court, saying he's...
DOWNTOWN HOUSING GETS $50M
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amGovernment officials dangled a new $50 million carrot yesterday in an effort to produce more than 300 "affordable" apartments in lower Manhattan. Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Pataki joined HUD Secretary...
MARINES LAND AMID SLAUGHTER
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. Marines swooped into the Liberian capital to protect the American Embassy yesterday - and 4,500 more U.S. servicemen aboard three warships rushed toward the embattled city - as fierce...
KIN DEMAND LIGHT AT BIKER-CRASH CORNER
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amTwo grief-stricken families - reeling from the horrific crash that claimed the lives of a 2-year-old girl and a 33-year-old motorcyclist at a dangerous Queens intersection - vowed yesterday to...
VENUE ISSUE IS BLACK & WHITE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amKobe Bryant faces a good chance that an all-white jury will hear his rape case but faces long odds of getting the proceedings moved to a place where more of...
KOBE WEB OUTRAGE - SLEAZY SITES ID 'RAPE VICTIM'
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amRape-victim advocates were outraged yesterday that Internet Web sites have identified the young woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. "That's obscene!" said Jacqui Williams,...
BROOKLYN ROAD SIGNS GET SOME ATTITUDE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amDon't ever get outta here, says Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. He's asked the city Department of Transportation to install at some of the borough's major exit points signs that...
WTC FAMILY LEADER WALKS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amThe outspoken leader of a group of 9/11 families yesterday angrily pulled out of a powerful coalition of victims' relatives - saying its members had unfairly criticized Gov. Pataki over...
GOP FUMES AT 'BUSH LIED' AD
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amRepublicans are crying foul over a new Democratic TV ad accusing President Bush of misleading the American public on the nuclear threat from Iraq. The original 16 words in the...
IRAQ EYES PEACE WITH ISRAEL
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Iraq is ready to talk peace with Israel - but Israel has to come to terms with the Palestinians first, a prominent member of Baghdad's governing council said...
SUIT OVER PLEDGE SPARKS FAMILY SPLIT
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amNow it's personal. The estranged lover of a California man who got a court to rule the Pledge of Allegiance unconstiutional has filed papers with the Supreme Court saying he's...
LIBERIA: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amQ: Why is the Bush administration considering committing troops to Liberia, as dozens of Marines moved in to protect the embassy? A: The U.S. gets one fifth of its oil...
APRICOT 'QUACK' JAILED
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens man was convicted of contempt of court yesterday for selling apricot pits as a cancer cure after a federal judge told him to stop - and was sent...
PATAKI'S STAFF IN GREEDY GAFFE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Senior aides to Gov. Pataki, who've warned the state is running out of cash, had egg on their faces yesterday after reporters were mistakenly e-mailed an internal memo...
WEAVER BACK ON THE ROPES: NOW HE MAY FACE WRATH OF THE BOSS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8 Yankees 0 With George Steinbrenner a possibility to surface in New York today, his Bronx inner circle can expect the following question: "What happened to Jeff Weaver?"...
ANDY LEARNING AS S.I. KEEPS LOSING
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amRenegades 5S.I. Yanks 2 Every day, Andy Stankiewicz wants his players to learn something new about the game they play for a living. In return, the rookie Staten Island Yankees...
JEFF LOST IN BRONX
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amYOU would have thought the crowd of 51,958 would be behind Jeff Weaver last night at the Stadium. The right-hander was coming off one of his best starts as a...
JAYS' REVERSE SLAM: TORONTO'S HENDRICKSON LEFT NBA FOR MAJORS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAs Toronto pitcher Mark Hendrickson strode to the mound last night - as he stretched out his 6-foot-9 frame to its full, intimidating height and dominated the Yankee lineup -...
PIAZZA MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Mike Piazza continues to take two steps forward and one step back. Urgency is not an issue, so his return from a strained right groin may...
SCRAPPY HEILMAN CINCHES 1ST WIN ; THREE HRS LEAD METS PAST PHILS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amMets 8Phillies 6 PHILADELPHIA - Aaron Heilman hopes he has many starts ahead of him. Who knows how many innings are left in John Franco's arm? Regardless of what the...
RENNEY A RANGER ASSISTANT
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAnd so Tom Renney replaces Jim Schoenfeld as an on-ice assistant in the restructuring of the Ranger front office and coaching staff that was announced yesterday, but don't hold your...
RATLIFF WANTS BIG APPLE JOB
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks want center Theo Ratliff as badly as Ratliff wants them. A source close to Ratliff told The Post at last week's Boston summer league, where the...
BAD NEWS FOR BASEBALL: BOMBER BULLIES BACK!
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amFOR the Yankees, it's back to being the bullies again. Teams that don't come close financially just don't have a chance against them. That's why the Yankees are so hated,...
REGGIE TO THE RESCUE: JACKSON'S PRESENCE KEEPS MONDESI LOCKED IN
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amJust having Reggie Jackson around does wonders for Raul Mondesi's confidence. "See you guys tonight after a great game," was the way Mondesi ended a pre-game session with reporters yesterday...
JETS: CHAD WON'T SUFFER JINX
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Here's the early word from the Jets: There will be no Sophomore Jinx for Chad Pennington, with or without Laveranues Coles. "We did lose a great receiver, but...
RINGING OUT THE OLD BELL ; MET MOVE TO YOUTH PUTS JAY ON OUTS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Growing up in San Diego and keeping score of all the Padres games he attended, Ty Wigginton first saw Jay Bell as an All-Star shortstop for the visiting...
TORONTO'S 1-2 PUNCH ; JAYS' DELGADO, WELLS RULE THE STAT SHEETS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amHours before they faced the Yankees last night, the Toronto Blue Jays crowded around a big screen TV in their clubhouse and watched an unstoppable Arnold Schwarzenegger's wreak havoc in...
CARDINALS STILL AFTER STERLING
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES While each side said a deal sending Sterling Hitchcock to the Cardinals for Steve Kline wasn't close to being completed, the Redbirds had a talent evaluator on hand...
BORO BATTLERS AWAIT FATE :JUDGMENT DAY LOOMS FOR CYCLONES, S.I. YANKEES
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amUntil last week, the Staten Island Yankees-Brooklyn Cyclones rivalry was purely PR-produced and media-magnified. No one in uniform, particularly the players, gave a ferry about the hype surrounding this summer's...
WEAVER BACK ON THE ROPES: FACES BOSS' WRATH AFTER BEATING
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8Yankees 0 George Steinbrenner is expected in New York today and if The Boss gets around to Yankees business, his first question will be, "What happened to Jeff...
JAYS' REVERSE SLAM; TORONTO'S HENDRICKSON LEFT NBA FOR MAJORS
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amAs Toronto starter Mark Hendrickson strode to the mound last night and stretched out his 6-foot-9 frame to its full, intimidating height and dominated the Yankee lineup, one couldn't help...
SMALL TOWN TO BIG TIME: BEN'S AMAZING JOURNEY TO BRIT TITLE
July 22, 2003 | 4:00amTHE buzz at Mill Creek Golf Club in tiny Ostrander, Ohio, still hadn't come close to subsiding yesterday, some 24 hours after one of its own hoisted the fabled Claret...