August 3, 2003
ALL THE OBITS FIT TO BE LIFTED, AGAIN
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIn the latest rhubarb at the New York Times, veteran reporter Christopher Lehmann-Haupt appears to have cribbed at least some key parts of an obituary about beloved Columbia University professor...
BULL'S EYE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amFAMILY FRIENDLY In a sign of altruism - or lowered expectations in today's stagnant economy - most men value family above their careers, according to a poll for Men's Health...
A POLL-PLEASING POL'S PREMISE ; WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL POLITICS, THE SUNDAY-NIGHT SENATOR GETS IT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIN our house, Sunday nights are not complete without an appear ance by Sen. Chuck Schumer - on TV, of course, not in person. Schumer has inherited the title of...
RAMPS FOR SCAMPS
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amGone are the days when dogs were unceremoniously shooed off the sofa. Today's doting pet lovers are thinking up creative new ways to give animals easy, convenient access to the...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... THE KINO SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTake a crash course in art- house cinema at the Kino Summer Film Festival, running through the end of the month at the Anthology Film Archives downtown (the festival is...
STARR REPORT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThere's 'Hope' for sitcom tickets Kelly Ripa is looking for you to sit in on her new sitcom. Tickets are now available for "Hope & Faith," Ripa's ABC sitcom co-starring...
DIAMONDS: ARE THEY REALLY A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND?
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amKai placed a small jewelry box in my palm. For one terrifying moment, I thought he was going to propose. 'You'll never catch me wearing diamonds," I said to a...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amR.I.P.: Inventor of rock 'n' roll Sam Phillips died Wednesday at 80. He once told The Post, before the current rock revival, that he wished today's music were a little...
TOGETHER AGAIN
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amCERTAIN directors and actors are forever linked. Fellini and Mastroianni, Scorsese and De Niro, Truffaut and Leaud and, of course, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa cast Mifune in all...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNERS JOEY TIERNEY AND TANYA TAMBURIN PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe rock-inspired clothes by Los Angeles-based fashion designers Joey and T. (Joey Tierney and Tanya Tamburin) are fixtures in some of Hollywood's biggest celebrity closets. After touring as stylists for...
THE BELOW-THE-BELT BASTION, A.K.A. TV
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amA commercial for DaSani spring water, bottled by Coca Cola, found two strangers in an elevator who begin to remove their clothes and engage in a steamy sexual encounter while...
I'M STILL HERE: ROSEANNE JUMPS ON THE REALITY BANDWAGON. CAN IT TAKE THE WEIGHT?
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIt was only a matter of time until reality TV crossed paths with Roseanne - or vice versa. The result is "The Real Roseanne Show," in which the former sitcom...
ARMED AND FAMOUS; GLITTERATI WHO PACK HEAT ON THE STREET
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amYes, that's a pistol in their pockets. A bevy of the Big Apple's biggest stars are packing heat, according to the latest data from the NYPD's list of gun-license holders....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amA stripper is facing assault charges for allegedly squirting a patron in the face with breast milk during a lap dance. The squirting scandal is the latest blow to the...
BUTCHER'S BAD BOYS BURIED AS ANOTHER GI IS SLAIN
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein's hated offspring and one of his grandchildren were buried in Iraq yesterday while attacks on U.S. soldiers continued and another American serviceman was reported killed in the line...
HEROES SALUTED 25 YRS. LATER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe bravery of six hero firefighters who perished in a 1978 Brooklyn fire was remembered by family and friends yesterday on the 25th anniversary of the Waldbaum's inferno. The six...
VERIZON AND UNIONS GO DOWN TO THE WIRE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amVerizon and its unions were negotiating furiously yesterday to avert an impending strike by 80,000 East Coast telephone workers. The current contract was to expire at midnight. A strike has...
ISRAEL: WASHINGTON NOT HEDGING ON TERRORISM
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said it has no indication that Washington is backing away from its demands that Palestinian officials immediately dismantle terrorist groups...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn A 23-year-old man shot in Bushwick early yesterday was later arrested for weapons possession. The victim, whose name was not released, was at the corner of Bushwick Avenue and...
AUDIENCES NO.GO TO J.LO STINKER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe critics have been holding their noses and running for cover from "Gigli," the new Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck vehicle. And it looks like audiences are hearing their pain. On Friday,...
WEEKEND TRAIN WOE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amWith 18 out of 22 subway lines experiencing construction delays this weekend - and some not running at all - many New Yorkers are railing at the MTA for failing...
MA WAS POL'S FIRST CHOICE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amAs James Davis' family dug up his body and moved it to another Brooklyn cemetery yesterday to get it away from the remains of his killer, new details emerged that...
L.I. WIFE STABBED TO DEATH AT HOME
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amA man in a blood-soaked shirt waited for cops at his Valley Stream, L.I., house yesterday while his wife lay stabbed to death inside. Neighbors in the quiet, tree-lined neighborhood...
L.I. WIFE KILLED AT HOME
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amA man in a blood-soaked shirt waited for cops at his Valley Stream, L.I., house yesterday while his wife lay stabbed to death inside. Neighbors in the quiet, tree-lined neighborhood...
PUBLIC-TOILET BUILDERS FLUSH WITH CONNECTIONS IN CONTRACT BID
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amFOUR worldwide companies have hired some of New York's top lobbyists to snare one of the city's most lucrative franchises - a deal to install bus shelters, newsstands and street...
IRON MIKE'S BROKE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amMike Tyson's bank account is down for the count. The former super slugger has filed for bankruptcy in New York, claming his finances have been knocked out after years of...
SCRAP THE SCOOTER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIF I got a free Segway trial, I'd probably give it a scoot, too. But is the NYPD serious about the "human transport system"? You have to wonder what Mayor...
PENTAGON DUMB? YOU CAN BET ON IT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amI swear I will never say never again ever. And I'll give you 50-to-1 that I keep my word. Two years ago, I said the Pentagon would never be able...
BUTCHERING THE BUTCHER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amBadly misguided coalition forces released photos Friday of how they imagined Saddam Hussein might look these days. If the allies had hired the artists used by the D.C. police -...
IT'S A GAY OLD TIME
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amLast week gays made strides, lost ground, and were declared by no less than the president and the pope to be sinners who are unfit for marriage. Maybe they should...
NOW'S TIME TO TALK TURKEY
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amSpeaking of explosive, "Gigli," the much-hyped Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck stink bomb, detonated at theaters on Friday. Not that it was a surprise. Prior to the opening, there were more leaks...
GAYS SPLIT OVER HS; MANY ARGUE MILK WON'T DO THE STUDENT BODY GOOD
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIt's the most talked-about school since Jason Priestley and the gang graduated in "Beverly Hills 90210." But New York's new Harvey Milk HS is no TV teen drama. Starting next...
GUIDING IRAQ ON A ROAD TO RECOVERY: EXPERTS & OFFICIALS GRADE POSTWAR EFFORT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Daily attacks on U.S. soldiers, infiltration of terrorists, and mischief-making by Iran and Syria have dominated the postwar headlines over the last two months - creating an image...
ISRAEL: U.S. NOT HEDGING ON TERRORISM
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said it has no indication that Washington is backing away from its demands that Palestinian officials immediately dismantle terrorist groups as part...
WEEKEND OF WOE ON SUBWAYS
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amWith 18 out of 22 subway lines experiencing construction delays this weekend - and some not running at all - many New Yorkers are railing at the MTA for failing...
NO SUCH THING AS A BAD DAY FISHING
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amIT was supposed to be the perfect day for fishing stripers on the flats in Napeague Harbor - little or no wind and no clouds. Capt. Merritt White picked me...
BABY BOMBERS NOT ENJOYING STAY IN THE BASEMENT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amEVEN now, after six weeks of scrambling for solutions, Jared Treadway can't figure it out. He was here on Staten Island in 2002, learning all about winning as the so-called...
DEALING WITH REALITY ; TRADES CAN'T PUSH SOX PAST YANKEES
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amREMEMBER, the Braves were losers in the offseason because Tom Glavine and Kevin Millwood went away. So were the Red Sox for being outbid on Jose Contreras, whom no one...
HOW TO SURVIVE TRADE-DEADLINE TRAUMA
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amWITH the trade deadline in the rear-view mirror and growing smaller, some owners are rightly worried about many of the moves made during the past week. Here's what you should...
CITY CYCLIST IS A REAL EASY RIDER
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTired of cliches? Then meet Todd Herriott, the polar-opposite of the cliche cyclist. While most pros enjoy mountain living or, at least, hilly terrain, Herriott chooses the flat streets of...
AROUND THE SCORN ; ESPN'S HORN SOUNDS SOUR NOTE WITH SCRIBE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE problem with being an 800-pound gorilla is that sometimes you think like an 800-pound gorilla. Your power overwhelms your mind and you make bad decisions. A few months back,...
BEATINGS FROM JAPAN! JETS FALL FLAT IN FAR EAST SPECTACLE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amAMERICAN BOWLBucs 30Jets 14 TOKYO - It was football - kind of. The atmosphere for yesterday's "American Bowl" between the Jets and Buccaneers wasn't exactly that of your typical NFL...
HUNGRY FANS HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ABOUT MATSUI
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTOKYO - The Baseball Café, which sits in the shadow of the massive, gray pillow that represents the Tokyo Dome, home of the Yomiuri Giants, is bustling at lunchtime on...
HAGEN'S HAVEN SET FOR LONG ISLAND CLASSIC
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Let's go live to the Red Course at Long Island's Eisenhower Park, where the ghost of Walter Hagen is holding a press conference:Reporter: Mr. Hagen, the Long Island...
PAVEL'S STILL PAINED ; SORE KNEE MAY FORCE BURE INTO EARLY RETIREMENT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amNEARLY eight months after undergoing his second right knee arthroscopy within 10 weeks, and now almost five months after having played his final game of the season, Pavel Bure continues...
NFL REJECT LIVING ULTIMATE LIFE AS JAPANESE FIGHT HERO
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTOKYO - The Buccaneers' mouth-that-roars, Warren Sapp, considered by many (not the least of whom himself) as the NFL's best defensive tackle, wasn't the most famous Sapp in Japan at...
LIBS' RUN AT PLAYOFFS IN JEOPARDY
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe Liberty will always compete. They will always fight, and for the last four seasons they have strung together an incredible run of emotional playoff wins that produced four straight...
HEAT'S ON FUNNY CIDE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amOCEANPORT, N.J. - The Funny Cide racing and marketing machine pulls into the Jersey shore today to start a brief summer campaign that will either gloss his reputation as America's...
LACHANCE, 'AMIGO' SURPRISE IN HAMBO
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amFor the second time this year, Mike Lachance picked up a catch drive in a million-dollar race and for the second time he ended up in the winner's circle. Yesterday...
EMPIRE MAKER LOOKING TO PROVE WHO'S NO. 1
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - From all the media attention being showered on Funny Cide for today's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, you'd think the Kentucky Derby-Preakness winner still topped...
ROSIE DISPOSITION ; EX-JINT BROWN SMILES THROUGH PAIN
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The walk is less an amble and more a limp, an exaggerated side-to-side motion that gets Rosie Brown where he needs to get, slowly but, he insists, not...
BIG BLUE 'O' DOMINATES SCRIMMAGE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - The only downer to the Giants' annual intra-squad scrimmage yesterday came when the starting offense had to come off the field, its day's work complete. "It's...
ALMOST AMAZIN' ; NINTH-INNING RALLY COMES UP SHORT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amCardinals 10Mets 9 Two outs in the ninth and the Mets were down five runs against the Cardinals and Jason Isringhausen. "Am I thinking it's over?" Jason Phillips asked, repeating...
'MEDAGLIA' HOLDS ON IN WHITNEY
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In a brilliant comeback performance over his favorite racetrack, Medaglia d'Oro, winner of last summer's Jim Dandy and Travers at the Old Spa, clawed his way past...
SEO MUST COME UP WITH SOME QUALITY CHANGES
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe adjustment has been made. Jae Weong Seo, one-time NL Rookie of the Year candidate, now must counter. Yesterday, the misery continued as the Cardinals took away Seo's best weapon,...
IT'S ALMOST AMAZIN' ; RALLY IN NINTH COMES UP SHORT
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amCardinals 10Mets 9 Two outs in the ninth and the Mets were down five runs against the Cardinals and Jason Isringhausen. "Am I thinking it's over?" Jason Phillips asked, repeating...
'MEDAGLIA' CONTINUES SPA STREAK
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In a brilliant comeback performance over his favorite racetrack, Medaglia d'Oro, winner of last summer's Jim Dandy and Travers at the Old Spa, clawed his way past...
NEEDY METS SHOULD LEARN CARDINAL RULE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Mets need hitting, need pitching. When it rains, they need a new stadium. They need old players to play younger, younger players to play older, injured players to get...
SEO CONTINUES TO FREE FALL
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amThe adjustment has been made. Jae Weong Seo, ex-NL Rookie of the Year candidate, now must counter. Yesterday, the misery continued as the Cardinals took away Seo's best weapon, the...
WILSON KNOWS HIS ROLE
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Two things will happen on Aug. 12: Mike Piazza will return to the Mets and Vance Wilson will return to the bench. "That's my role," Wilson said. "Even...
YANK POWER SURGE BOMBERS CRUSH FOUR HOMERS, ZAP ZITO
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 10A's 7 OAKLAND - Bernie Williams didn't need words to tell you how he felt yesterday morning as he tried to escape the clutches of a horrific slump. The...
WEAVING A SHAKY WIN
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Jeff Weaver's stats indicate he was spanked yesterday by the A's, because six runs and 10 hits in 61/3 innings isn't close to being a quality start. However,...
WILSON KNOWS SCORE WHEN PIAZZA RETURNS
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Two things will happen on Aug. 12: Mike Piazza will return to the Mets and Vance Wilson will return to the bench. "That's my role," Wilson said. "Even...
IT'S A SLOW BERN: SLUGGISH WILLIAMS CAN'T SHAKE SLUMP
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Bernie Williams says the surgically repaired left knee is fine. Ditto both shoulders that have been problems for the last two seasons. So, why is Williams a shell...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amNO ORDINARY JOE Local grid coach doing Hall of a job This has been a dream weekend for North Rockland High School football coach Joe Casarella. Casarella is one of...
DEWAYNE STRUGGLES, HOBSON SPARKLES
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES TOKYO - While the Jets' No. 1 pick DT Dewayne Robertson struggled at times in his NFL debut, second-round pick LB Victor Hobson had several good moments in...
TORRE TINKERS WITH LINEUP
August 3, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Part of Joe Torre's lineup juggling was due to the A's starting lefty Barry Zito yesterday. The other was an effort to get Alfonso Soriano out...