August 9, 2003
TWO PROS FLOAT NEW EATERY
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe owner of World Yacht and Circle Line is opening a land-locked restaurant at the New Yorker Hotel. Restaurateur August Ceradini, Jr., who runs the maritime dining conglomerate World Yacht,...
A UNIVISION-ARY ; PERENICHIO REAPS $146M FROM HISPANIC TV BOOM
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amCalifornia billionaire Jerry Perenchio reaped a $146.7 million stock windfall yesterday on his giant Hispanic network Univision Communications. Shares in Univision, the nation's fifth-largest TV network, soared 13.4 percent on...
OCEAN SPRAY HIRES MORGAN STANLEY FOR SALE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAfter souring on a bid from a rival a few months ago, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. is now juiced up for a deal. Ocean Spray, the Lakeville, Mass.-based maker of...
SWINGIN' IN THE RAIN
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amBON JOVI 'SLIPPERY When Wet," the title of Bon Jovi's best- known, most loved album, also described the band at the first of its two-night, sold-out gigs at Giants Stadium....
FRINGE BENEFITS : THE BEST OF THE FEST FOR KIDS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amNo one ever said the New York International Fringe Festival wasn't edgy - and it is - but there's always something for the kids. And at a recent preview, an...
ATTACK OF THE '80S TOYS! SWEET & SOUR COMEBACK: GARBAGE PAIL KIDS, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE & MORE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThere'll be a few new faces on the playground this fall: Disgustin' Dustin, Pizza Face Chase and Yecchie Becky, to name a few. They're members of the Garbage Pail Kids...
THE ZOO'S NEW 'ROOS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Prospect Park Zoo is really hopping these days - now that it's home to the only kangaroos in New York. Make that the entire Northeast. Since arriving last month...
FREE FOR ALL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amUNLEASHED Time for Fido to have some summer fun - or at least get a little shopping in. The Starwood (as in Hotels and Resorts) Love That Dog Fantasyland hits...
HI-YAAH! HOW TO GET CUT WHILE YOU LEARN TO KICK BUTT
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAs the American waistline bulges ever further over the American belt buckle, New Yorkers buck the trend, lifting more weights and buying more diet products than ever before. Record numbers...
FOREVER YOUNG
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amLike, oh my God! This weekend you can slip back in time to a world of leg warmers, rubber bracelets and leather ties as "The '80s: Totally Radical" film festival...
CHEAT SHEET
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amCheat Sheet has been declared ineligible to run for governor of California. The reason? Not sufficiently "ripped." PUMPING IRONY Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined Gary Coleman, Gallagher, Larry Flynt...
MIKE GOES TOLL BRIDGE TOO FAR: POL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amPlacing tolls on four East River bridges would discourage people from traveling to Manhattan and cripple businesses there, a Queens lawmaker warned yesterday. City Councilman David Weprin blasted Mayor Bloomberg's...
WEST NILE GOES WEST THIS SEASON
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAll's quiet on the West Nile front in New York this summer, but the disease is striking early and hard out west. Since last week, the number of people infected...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Seattle math professor claims he can use algebra to predict whether newlyweds will stay married. James Murray, of Washington University, says he applied algebraic formulas during 15-minute interviews with...
SMALL PROBLEM FOR BIG-$$ TAXPAYERS DUE KID-REBATE CHECKS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The final batch of federal tax rebates went out yesterday, but some taxpayers who claimed children as dependents are getting checks smaller than they expected. That's because the...
BRUNO BARES HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno revealed yesterday he has prostate cancer, but said it had been caught early and that his chances for recovery are excellent. Bruno, 74,...
SLAY 'WHITEWASH'; PELOSI CLEANED AMMON'S CAR
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amDanny Pelosi - the prime suspect in the murder of millionaire Ted Ammon - had one of Ammon's cars cleaned, vacuumed and shampooed at a Long Island car repair shop...
N.Y. BIZ KID HIT WITH QAEDA RAP
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe son of the Pakistani owner of a Garment District export company was charged yesterday with helping an al Qaeda operative obtain immigration documents to enter the United States. Uzair...
UNION FOE D'AMATO WOOS UFT
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato - who went to war with the teachers union in his failed 1998 re-election bid - now wants to work as a union lobbyist. United...
O, NO! 'SCOOOL' ROAD SUFFERS DIZZY SPELL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amMaybe the DOT needs to learn its ABCs. The city Department of Transportation made an embarrassing spelling mistake on West 79th Street - marking off a school-crossing zone with the...
MIKE BOOSTS SPIELBERG'S HOLLYWOOD ON THE HUDSON
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amIs Hollywood heavyweight Steven Spielberg looking to ditch his California digs to have a "close encounter" with New York? Mayor Bloomberg yesterday raised the curtain on the possibility of the...
IRAQ BOMBERS LINKED TO AL QAEDA
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A fundamentalist Kurdish-Muslim terror group linked to al Qaeda may have been behind the car bombing at Jordan's embassy in Baghdad, U.S. officials said yesterday. Ansar al-Islam, a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan Police said yesterday they are searching for a 63-year-old man (below) who has allegedly robbed nine banks in Manhattan and been positively identified through his fingerprints. Between Jan. 9...
'PUNCH DRUNK' BUSTED
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Westchester teenager who avoided jail time last year after killing another teen during a beer-bash knucklefest has been busted for underage drinking, cops said yesterday. Patrick Rukaj, 18, who...
FIVE-STAR $CAM; SWANK-HOTEL MANAGER CHARGED IN 85G RIPOFF
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amEven swank Manhattan hotels like the Pierre - home away from home to royalty and corporate kingpins - occasionally get complaints about the rooms or the service. But from their...
UNSTOPPABLE ARNOLD; VOWS 'LEADERSHIP' ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe unstoppable Arnold Schwarzenegger took his campaign to the airwaves yesterday as his campaign for California governor picked up momentum. "Leadership means that you set up goals for yourself ....
IT'S NOT FARE ; CUSTOMER STIFFS CABBY ON $916 RIDE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA well-meaning city cabby got taken for a ride on Wednesday - a very long ride that took him to upstate New York, where his passenger tried to stiff him...
COPS SHOOT KNIFE-WIELDING DAD DEAD IN HARLEM
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA family feud erupted in violence on a Harlem street yesterday morning when cops shot and killed the knife-wielding father of a woman who had been fighting with her longtime...
EBAY PULLS KOBE VICTIM-ID AUCTION
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAn Atlanta man who tried to use eBay to sell the phone number of the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape had the pixels pulled right out from under him...
BRITS EYE U.N. ROLE IN IRAQ
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday the United States has made "good progress" in stabilizing and securing Iraq - even as a senior British official said the coalition is mulling...
BUSH PUTS PREZ POWER BEHIND MUSCLE POWER
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe "Governator" has President Bush in his corner. Bush put his seal of approval on Arnold Schwarzenegger and said he would make an exceptional California governor. Bush's virtual endorsement came...
DRUG-RAP DEAN GETS JOB BACK
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Staten Island middle-school dean convicted of drug possession after being nabbed in a police buy-and-bust operation has been reinstated to his job by a state administrative judge, outraging city...
MERRILL BANKER GOES TO LEHMAN
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amLehman boss.Merrill Lynch's global head of healthcare banking is jumping ship to Lehman Brothers. Casey Safreon, a 15-year veteran of Merrill Lynch, has left the firm to head Lehman's global...
TOT GUN TRAGEDY; B'KLYN KID BLASTS COUSIN, 3, IN PLAY ACCIDENT
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA 3-year-old Brooklyn boy was clinging to life last night after his 9-year-old cousin shot him in the head with a gun he found hidden under a mattress. The gun...
BONDS BATTLE HEATS UP
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amGov. Pataki offered a last-minute compromise yesterday to settle a $2.5 billion dispute with the city, just hours after Mayor Bloomberg said all previous alternatives offered by Pataki's aides were...
TOAST OF THE TOWN; JUSTIN AND CAMERON PLAY IN N.Y.
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe red-hot romance between boy-band big shot Justin Timberlake and Charlie's Angel Cameron Diaz appeared to be *NSYNC yesterday as they toasted a photographer with a can of soda after...
THE MAJOR FAILURE OF SUMMER SCHOOL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA staggering majority of summer school students badly flunked their math and English exams again - which means thousands will be forced to repeat a grade, according to results released...
INSURANCE WAR OVER GROUND ZERO BUILDING
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe future of redevelopment at Ground Zero is at stake in an ongoing battle between Deutsche Bank and two insurance companies over a crippled building. The bank said yesterday that...
SLAIN POL'S BRO TAKES MATCH $$
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amGeoffrey Davis, who is trying to succeed his murdered brother in the City Council, joined the city's public campaign finance program yesterday. That will allow him to collect the 4-for-1...
TOT GUN TRAGEDY ; B'KLYN KID BLASTS COUSIN, 3, IN PLAY ACCIDENT
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn tot was critically wounded yesterday when his 9-year-old cousin shot him point-blank in the head with a gun he found hidden under a mattress. The gun - an...
MOUSSAOUI'S 5TH-PLANE CONSPIRACY
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amTerror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui was part of a conspiracy to fly a fifth hijacked plane into the White House - raising the possibility there are other would-be 9/11 terrorists still...
LITTLE DOGGIES OFF DEATH ROW
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amLANCASTER, Calif. - A judge yesterday came to the rescue of more than 170 adorable but vicious Chihuahuas who have been sitting on doggy death row for almost nine months....
COPS SEARCH FOR 2 QUEENS RAPISTS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amPolice are hunting for two men who have raped and attempted to rape several women in St. Albans and Kew Gardens, Queens since June. The first fiend - described as...
BUSH HAILS 100 DAYS OF SUCCESS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday the United States has made "good progress" in stabilizing and securing Iraq, even as he cautioned there's more work to be done in the...
MIKE'S BRIDGE-PAY PLAN WOULD TAKE DIRE TOLL ON BIZ: POL
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amPlacing tolls on four East River bridges would discourage people from traveling to Manhattan and cripple businesses there, a Queens lawmaker warned yesterday. City Councilman David Weprin blasted Mayor Bloomberg's...
MILLEDGE MIGHT GET GREEN LIGHT
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - A private investigator has concluded his report regarding sexual misconduct allegations involving Lastings Milledge, and the Milledge camp believes the findings are good news, sources told...
METROS FIXIN' TO FACE THE FIRE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe MetroStars kick off the MLS season's second half today in Chicago against the red-hot Fire - and this clash of the two teams tied for first place in the...
DENON'S THE CLASS OF 'DANCER' BUNCH
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It's been an entire week since trainer Bobby Frankel and jockey Jerry Bailey, winners of last Saturday's Whitney with Medaglia d'Oro, teamed up to win a stakes...
SORIANO BACK ON TOP ALFONSO RETURNSTO LEADOFF ROLE;BERNIE SITS AGAIN
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAlfonso Soriano was back in Joe Torre's lineup last night, returning to the Yankees' leadoff spot after a two-game absence caused by a bruised right thumb. However, Torre didn't write...
BOONE TIMES AT STADIUM
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Boone Brothers - Bret and Aaron - insist there never was any kind of sibling rivalry between them, but this weekend there will be a wedge dividing them as...
DEVS INK FRIESEN
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Devils announced a significant amateur signing yesterday, and The Post also learned that playoff hero Jeff Friesen has re-signed with the club, ending his stint as a restricted free...
NO SHOCK JEREMY'S STEPPED IN IT AGAIN
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS surprises you? Really? You, wearing your No. 80 jersey, who watched Jeremy Shockey plow through half the Houston Texans defense about 15 minutes after stepping off the plane last...
SUDDENLY, REYES IS ON SUPER STREAK
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - If this is the player Jose Reyes turns out to be, Met fans are in for quite a treat. On June 24, Reyes' average was down...
'PUT A LID ON IT' ; FASSEL SCOLDS SHOCKEY OVER TUNA SLUR
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The seemingly endless barrage of trash talk and ill-tempered diatribes emanating from the flapping mouth of Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey has to stop. Now. So says Jim...
NYRA OFFICIALS, HORSEMEN IN CASINO HUDDLE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Following Thursday's bombshell that construction of a casino at Aqueduct racetrack was suspended indefinitely due to ongoing legal trouble, officials of the New York Racing Association met...
BACK WON'T KEEP WELLS FROM START
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES David Wells - annoyed that news of his visit to a back specialist, which included a shot to address a sciatic condition in his back, appeared in yesterday's...
BENITEZ FEELING BRONX CHEER
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amAll the questions were served up on a tee, just like his flat fastball, for Armando Benitez to smack. But the unreliable relief pitcher wasn't swinging for the fences. Instead,...
FINDING HIS PLACE CLARK RELISHES PART-TIME MET ROLE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Tony Clark has come full circle, and we're not talking about the home-run trot he's been doing on a regular basis recently. It was the middle of February...
GIANT OL NEEDS SOME MORE WORK
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - The main area of concern after the Giants' 26-6 pre-season loss to the Patriots Thursday night is the state of the offensive line. Right tackle Ian...
SHODDY JINTS RAISE A FLAG OF CAUTION
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - One walk through the visitors' lockerroom at Gillette Stadium was all it took Thursday night to get a sense this was not one of those forget-about-it pre-season openers...
BECHT'S NO SHOCKEY
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThere's another tight end in New York. He is, by comparison, quieter than the Giants' Jeremy Shockey in all ways. You're not likely to catch Anthony Becht aiming any regrettable...
CONVERTED GUARD GETS HERM'S EYE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Sometimes a seventh-round draft pick can get lost in the shuffle of training camp. Not former Temple tackle Dave Yovanovits, the Jets' seventh-round pick and now a converted...
NETS' KRSTIC SIDELINED
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe good news on Nets' building block Nenad Krstic wasn't so good after all. Additional exams on the promising 6-11 Krstic, who turned 20 on July 25, uncovered two hairline...
STORM, JARVIS HOLD TALK
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amSt. John's athletic director David Wegrzyn met yesterday with Mike Jarvis to discuss a possible contract extension for the men's basketball coach. Sources close to the situation told The Post...
METROS FACE FIRE
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe MetroStars kick off the MLS season's second half today in Chicago against the red-hot Fire - and this clash of the two teams tied for first place in the...
REYES IS ON SUPER STREAK
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - If this is the player Jose Reyes turns out to be, Mets fans are in for quite a treat. On June 24, Reyes' average was down...
RIVALRY IS BOONE FOR BROTHERS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Boone Brothers - Bret and Aaron - insist there isn't any kind of sibling rivalry between them. "There really isn't," Bret said before his Mariners fell to Aaron's Yankees...
NICK'S GRAND NIGHT ; JOHNSON RIPS SLAM TO POWER BOMBERS
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amYanks 9Mariners 7 On the rare occasion he talks, the voice is a whisper. But Nick Johnson filled a muggy Bronx evening with noise last night when his bat blanketed...
NELSON, BENITEZ ARE BIZARRO
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amFor every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So when Jeff Nelson struck out the side in the eighth inning, jumped into the air and pumped his fist...
MONDESI CRIES RACISM
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Former Yankees outfielder Raul Mondesi claimed certain Dominican players are treated differently in the Bronx, but general manager Brian Cashman dismissed the apparent charge of racism as ludicrous...
CEDENO'S HOT BAT SHOWS THE WAY
August 9, 2003 | 4:00amMets 3 D'backs 1 PHOENIX - Roger Cedeno has nine lives like a cat - a bobcat, to be exact. Yesterday afternoon, the unpopular but unsinkable Mets outfielder cavorted around...