August 17, 2003
BULL'S EYE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe old school As another summer comes to an end, American workers are starting to envy their kids. According to a study by Ajilon Financing, 85 percent of working Americans...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJustified hipster: An exuberant Justin Timberlake played Irving Plaza on Wednesday, opening with his Britney kiss-off, "Cry Me a River," and capping it by yelling, "B- - - - -...
STARR REPORT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00am'Style' (shop)lifted from the schedule Stick a fork in NBC's "Shop & Style" experiment - it's done. NBC has canned the merchandising show, hosted by Lynne Koplitz and Kerry McNally,...
SHE LOVES YOU, SHE LOVES YOU NOT ; WHY CHEATING MAY BE HEATHIER THAN 'WORKING' ON A RELATIONSHIP
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIn a culture awash with reality shows where contestants get engaged - and in which a huge chunk of the single population is desperately searching for the "perfect mate" online...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... THE HOWL! FESTIVAL
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Howl! Festival, celebrating the East Village's 50-year reign as the epicenter of counterculture, is jam-packed with attractions: there's the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Festival, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Wigstock,...
LOOKING FOR HIM - 'MR. BLACKOUT'
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amI figured fate might offer up an exciting chance "blackout meeting" in the city. Fate and I have a tricky relationship. I'm all for it when it comes to the...
GO EAST, YOUNG FILM LOVERS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIf sleepy TriBeCa can have its own film festival, why not the East Village, which boasts more artistic talent per square foot than any other city neighborhood? As of this...
'COUPLING' HAS A SEX PROBLEM ; NEW COMEDY BOUND TO MAKE WAVES THIS FALL
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amNBC has finally done it - it has created a show so raunchy I can't even describe the dirty parts without violating the standards of this newspaper. The show is...
MAKING THE CUT: HEELS GET HIGHER, SHOES GET SLIMMER AND WOMEN LOSE TOES
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTongue rings, breast implants, lip collagen - they're all old news. The latest beauty trend among young women is voluntary foot surgery - from nail narrowing to toe amputation. "I...
ATTACK OF THE KILLER WOMEN: THE UPGRADED U.S. OPEN IS UP FOR GRABS THIS YEAR
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTennis, everyone! The U.S. Open gets underway next Monday, and the stage is set for one of the hottest, hippest, most dramatic tournaments in memory. Starlets galore are making time...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER MICHELE BOHBOT PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amFrench designer Michele Bohbot - the talented mastermind behind Bisou Bisou - is finally raising her profile. For 13 years, Bohbot has been content to work for Bisou Bisou behind...
CLUBLAND: THIS FALL, W. 27TH STREET IS THE PLACE TO BE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amStill can't get into Bungalow 8? Not to worry: A slew of new clubs will be opening on the same block as Amy Sacco's super-exclusive space this fall - which...
PET-OWNING & PARENTING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amFor the past 2 years, Upper East Sider Chrysanthi Casseres has doted on Scarlet, a feisty Jack Russell terrier. Casseres frequently refers to herself as Scarlet's Mommy and even throws...
THE ARNOLD QUESTION NO ONE WILL ASK
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amAs long as folks from the world of TV, movies and sports continue to declare their legitimate candidacy for political offices - and in more than a few cases, winning...
MIDWIFE STRIFE HITS MOMS IN BROOKLYN
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn birthing facility fears it may have to close because of skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates - which would leave the city with just one independent center for natural childbirth....
TEENS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO VANITY-LENS WOE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJeepers, creepers, where'd ya get that pinkeye? Eye problems are on the rise among teenagers and twentysomethings who have joined the trend of wearing and sharing brightly colored contact lenses...
PLO SEEKS AXIS WITH LEB, SYRIA
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority wants to form a "troika" with Lebanon and Syria to conduct joint peace negotiations with Israel, after nearly a decade of going solo, Palestinian officials...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amWho wants to marry my daughter? That's not the latest reality TV dating game, but a sign planted on Donna Wood's front lawn in Southbridge, Mass. Wood is seeking a...
'SNIPER' LESSONS MUST BE LEARNED
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE only legacy of tragedy and terror is that hopefully we learn from heartbreaking experience. I pray that law enforcement in West Virginia, probing a possible copycat sniper or snipers,...
HEROES STUNNED BY A RADIO DAZE ; 9/11-STYLE CHAOS PLAGUED APPLE'S EMERGENCY FORCES
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIn an eerie echo of Sept. 11, radio communications among city cops, firefighters and EMS workers were crippled on several occasions during the Great Blackout of 2003, officials said yesterday....
HOMELESS ON RESCUE MISSION
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA group of Bronx homeless men turned the table on their neighbors yesterday, dishing out food to local residents left hungry by the blackout. With bodegas and other food stores...
SCHWARZFORCE; ARNOLD TAPS APPLE POWER DUO FOR RUN
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTwo New Yorkers are among the close-knit group of veteran strategists tapped by Californian governor wannabe Arnold Schwarzenegger, who officially will announce his campaign team this week, sources close to...
SUBWAYS ON A ROLL AT LAST
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTRAINS The rumble of subways returned under the city yesterday as ecstatic straphangers hopped on trains 31 hours after the blackout had crippled them. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! It's a miracle," said...
MARINE PROUD OF BRIG BREASTS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Marine reservist who went on a wild $130,000 spending spree with her Pentagon charge card was busted after a random government audit discovered a big purchase that clearly did...
GRENADE GIZMOS VANISH IN QUEENS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amArmy investigators, along with the NYPD and the FBI, are searching for a pair of grenade launchers that disappeared from an Army supply depot in Queens, The Post has learned....
S.I. SAMARITAN TACKLES THIEF
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA tourist from Germany saw the best and worst of New York after the blackout hit when a teen thief filched her knapsack on a crowded Staten Island bus -...
MERCURIAL CARRIER STAYS ALOFT THROUGH WORST OF IT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amAIRPORTS While passengers on the world's largest airlines were stranded by the blackout, one scrappy upstart used flashlights, pencils and megaphones to keep flying. American and United airlines departures from...
PET SHOPS ENSURE CREATURES' COMFORT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amRound-the-clock efforts by pet-store owners saved vulnerable critters during the blackout. Many owners and staff remained in darkened stores for the duration, making sure puppies, kittens, fish, birds and other...
HARDHAT SHOCKER ; ELECTRICIAN FALLS 10 FEET IN CONSTRUCTION-SITE VOLT JOLT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amOne person would have been better off if the blackout had lasted a bit longer. An electrician was zapped at a Bronx construction site yesterday when he grabbed a metal...
MAYOR JOINS SLAIN POL'S PEACE RALLY
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg joined the family of murdered City Councilman James Davis and numerous city officials in Crown Heights yesterday at an annual anti-violence event founded by Davis. The 10th annual...
HEROES STUNNED BY A RADIO DAZE - 9/11-STYLE CHAOS KO'D CONTACTS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIn an eerie echo of 9/11, radio communications among city cops, firefighters and EMS workers were crippled on several occasions during the Great Blackout of 2003, officials said yesterday. And...
DOPE SMUGGLER STRIKES OUT: COPS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amHats off to cops who made a heads up arrest yesterday of a Queens drug dealer - who was smuggling heroin in a box of baseball caps. Jorge Sandoval, 28,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amManhattan A dispute between two men in Harlem early yesterday ended with one dead and the other under arrest. The violence occurred at 3:45 a.m. on East 115th Street, when...
AN AMAZING FETE: 1,500 GUESTS, 150 PARTIES, $1.5M FOR CENTRAL PK.'S 150TH B'DAY
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amGuess who's coming to dinner? Katie Couric, Candice Bergen, Timothy Dalton and, oh yeah, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick - to name just a few. On Sept. 15, in...
KING MEMORIAL PROJECT FOR D.C. COMING UP $HORT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIn a perfect world, organizers of next weekend's commemorative March on Washington would stage the rally and break ground on the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the same...
IT'S ALL GREEK TO HIM
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amCity Council candidate Pete Gleason is not only a retired city firefighter, but he's lived and worked in China. So he was more than a little shocked to see the...
HOW TEAM MIKE FELT ITS WAY THROUGH THE DARKNESS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA 3 A.M. reconnaissance mission helped shape Mayor Bloomberg's reassuring message to New York after the blackout. While it was an all-night vigil at City Hall after the lights went...
ONE ACE OF AN UPGRADE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a makeover, the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, Queens, is now in stereo. On Sept. 7, the first few hundred to line up and fork over $5...
TALES GROW BY THE FEET
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amFoot-power was the top mode of transportation when the biggest blackout ever struck Thursday. And every story about a trek home seemed bigger than the last one in a blackout...
DESIGNER ICON'S WEAR & TEAR - TELL-ALL CHRONICLES CALVIN'S OBSESSIONS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe story of Calvin Klein is a story that typifies the American dream - a kid from The Bronx who wanted to make money, found a niche and built it...
VICTIM FORESAW SLAYING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA 20-year-old Brooklyn woman who confided to her mother that "she was scared of dying" was discovered less than 12 hours later, shot execution style and her body dumped in...
ELECTRICIAN SURVIVES JOLT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amOne person would have been better off if the blackout had lasted a bit longer. An electrician was zapped at a Bronx construction site yesterday when he grabbed a metal...
SHOE-STORE STAFF FIGHTS OFF LOOTERS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe owner of a popular Lower East Side sneaker store said he and his friends fought off a pack of teenage looters during Thursday's blackout - but not before the...
EDGE OF DEATH; COAXED DOWN FROM 12TH FLOOR
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThese are the dramatic moments when two heroic cops grabbed a suicidal woman as she teetered on the ledge of her tony Upper East Side building yesterday - saving her...
CITY BUS THIEF ABANDONS PRIZE UPSTATE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA commuter bus was stolen out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan yesterday and recovered hours later deserted in the middle of a Rockland County street, cops said....
COPS NAB SUSPECTED SERIAL PERV
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA sexual predator who has preyed on young woman in The Bronx in a string of violent sexual attacks was arrested yesterday after he tried to force himself on another...
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? ; CHAD LOOKS SHARP IN SLOPPY DEFEAT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSaints 22Jets 17 The Jets lost a typically sloppy preseason game last night, dropping a 22-17 decision to to the Saints at Giants Stadium, but they gained some more confidence...
B'KLYN MIDWIFE STRIFE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn birthing facility fears it may have to close because of skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates which would leave the city with just one independent center for natural childbirth. The...
HOW MAYOR'S TEAM FELT ITS WAY THROUGH THE DARKNESS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amA 3 A.M. reconnaissance mission helped shape Mayor Bloomberg's reassuring message to New York after the blackout. While it was an all-night vigil at City Hall after the lights went...
LIBERTY TAKE TUMBLE IN PUSH FOR PLAYOFFS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSun 84Liberty 71 In a must-win tilt for playoff positioning, the Liberty looked flat, tired and broken down. Starting the most grueling stretch in WNBA history with their biggest game...
MOOKIE'S ENJOYING CLASS A
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mookie Wilson's son, Preston, is having his finest season in baseball this year. His dad isn't doing too badly himself. In his first-ever managing stint, Mookie is stewarding...
WIGGINTON NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSix weeks from now, the offseason officially begins. And in his first winter since becoming the Mets' everyday starter, Ty Wigginton has only one goal. "To do what I have...
MICHEEL ON VERGE OF MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - Maybe in an other year, Shaun Micheel wouldn't allow himself to dream. Maybe, if this golf season had progressed differently, featured the usual assortment of characters, then Micheel...
CD(D);]]SAUDI TEAM LIVES AMERICAN DREAM
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSOUTH WILLIAMSPORT - There's good reason this is the greenest grass on Earth. For the past week it's been sprayed with iron, creating the most emerald of diamonds. That is...
GANG GREEN MAKES SAFETY A PRIORITY
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES One of the things the Jets' coaching staff was watching closely last night was their backup safety position, which is not only thin but inexperienced. The coaches like...
BAD TIMING HURT HERB IN THE NHL
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amHERB Brooks had a stare as withering as the news he is suddenly gone, eyes that could narrow at the drop of a puck and see through you all the...
RESTLESS RUNNER ; CURTIS EAGER FOR FIRST JET CARRIES
August 17, 2003 | 4:00am"The things I went through last year made me a more committed man."CURTIS MARTIN The Jets have been treating Curtis Martin like an expensive porcelain figurine so far this summer....
JEFFERSON NOT AWE-FUL ANY MORE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amUSA NOTES For Richard Jefferson's sake, it's a good thing Larry Brown isn't sold on first impressions. See, Brown watched Jefferson on the first day of practice with the U.S....
TIGER CAN'T GET IN SWING OF THINGS ; FALLS TO 9-OVER, OUT OF CONTENTION
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - Tiger Woods said he's "just a little off." Either his hands are too quick for his body when he swings or his body is too quick for his...
USA HUNGERS FOR REVENGE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJermaine O'Neal and Elton Brand are thankful for another chance. Both were part of the Team USA World Championship effort in Indianapolis last summer that bombed so badly, "Gigli" was...
LIBERTY SET TO LET THREE-DOM RING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThe Liberty opened the most grueling stretch in WNBA history with the biggest game of their season. If they thought dealing with Tuesday's 17-point road deficit or Thursday's blackout was...
RIB INJURY SIDELINES SHOCKEY
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES After two catches for 15 yards in two games, Jeremy Shockey might be finished for the remainder of the preseason. The feisty tight end suffered a cracked rib...
THORPE RED HOT AT EISENHOWER
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJim Thorpe was in the zone yesterday at the Red Course at Eisenhower Park as he took sole possession of the lead at the Long Island Classic, playing unconscious golf...
NOT EXACTLY OFF AND RUNNING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Perhaps the biggest negative of the Jets' 22-17 loss to the Saints last night was their inability to run the ball. Curtis Martin made his first touches of...
BOMBERS TRIP O'S ; AFTER GIAMBI HR SAVES MO, CUST STUMBLE RESCUES YANKS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00am12 INNINGSYankees 5Orioles 4 BALTIMORE - Through eight innings last night, everywhere the Yankees looked at Camden Yards they saw positives. Sterling Hitchcock delivered a professional effort filling in for...
AMAZIN'S ROCK! CRUSH COLORADO, WIN 4TH STRAIGHT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amMets 13 Rockies 4 They've spent the summer searching for success. Now, after 41/2months of base-running blunders, dismal defense and pitiful pitching, the Mets finally may be on to something....
'MIDSUMMER DERBY' IS SECOND TO NONE: HISTORIC RACE CROWNS HEROES AT SARATOGA
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The 134th running of the mile-and-a-quarter Travers Stakes this Saturday is the crown jewel of the Old Spa, not just because of its Grade 1 status and...
IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR DEER PERMIT
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amDEER management permits (DMP) will be available at the point-of-sale starting tomorrow through Oct. 1. No need to rush down there; 640,000 permits will be available this year and they...
JETS' LIST REAL STEAL ; BOYCOTT OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON BEST FORM OF PAYBACK
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amThis column appeared in limited editions of Friday's Post.JUST when you thought the brutalized sports fans of New York had become conditioned to roll over and play dead, just when...
GIANT QB QUANDARY ; PALMER'S PLAY NOT UP TO PAR
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIt may not mean a thing, or it could be a big deal. Either way, at the moment it is evident the Giants are concerned about the ability of Jesse...
MANY VALUABLE PLAYERS ; AL RACE WIDE OPEN
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amTHE AL MVP race is going to mimic the chase for AL playoff spots. Whoever gets hot from here to the end is going to win. With just a quarter...
DOWN THE LINE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amIs it Questec or human nature? Tom Glavine's Shea Stadium numbers are indeed abysmal (3-7, 5.70), even after six shutout innings Friday. And if such a savvy pitcher says he...
TIGER (9-OVER) CAN'T GET IN SWING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - Tiger Woods said he's "just a little off." Either his hands are too quick for his body when he swings or his body is too quick for his...
TAGG SNAGS 'BAMA WIN IN APT 'FASHION'
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Turnabout is fair play, revenge is sweet, and truth is stranger than fiction. There aren't enough cliches to describe the poetic justice of yesterday's Grade 1, $750,000...
PRESSURE FALLS ON UNKNOWN SHOULDERS ; STRING OF BOGEYS CREATES TIE AT TOP
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amROCHESTER - For a moment, it looked as if surprise leader Shaun Micheel would turn the 85th PGA Championship into his personal coronation. He had a four- shot lead with...
WEIR NOT WORRIED HE'S 3RD
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amPGA NOTES ROCHESTER - Mike Weir doesn't mind that he would have to come from behind to win the 85th PGA Championship today. In all three of his wins this...
MEL CLOSE TO DECISION ON RETURN
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - This time his decision won't be made on the tranquil November waters of a Pacific Northwest lake. No, Mel Stottlemyre plans to inform the Yankees before the end...
MOOKIE HAVING CLASS-A TIME IN MINORS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mookie Wilson's son, Rockies center fielder Preston Wilson, is having his finest season in baseball. His dad isn't doing too badly himself. In his first managing stint, Mookie...
RIVERA MAY BE RIGHT MOVE
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - In an ideal world, the Yankees would delay promoting Juan Rivera from Columbus until the rosters expand on Sept. 1, but the lack of production in...
THORPE'S RED HOT AT LONG ISLAND CLASSIC
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amJim Thorpe was in the zone yesterday at the Red Course at Eisenhower Park as he took sole possession of the lead at the Long Island Classic, playing unconscious golf...
BLUNDER-FUL WIN: YANKEES ESCAPE IN WACKY ENDING
August 17, 2003 | 4:00am12 INNINGSYankees 5Orioles 4 BALTIMORE - Early in the game last night, Joe Torre made possibly the biggest mistake of his managing career when he didn't catch the Orioles batting...
STOTTLEMYRE'S UNCERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE WITH YANKS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE -This time, Mel Stottlemyre's decision won't be made on the tranquil November waters of a Pacific Northwest lake. No, Stottlemyre plans to inform the Yankees before the...
EARNING HIS STRIPES: BOONE TAKES TURN AS YANKEE HERO
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - In the sixth inning Friday night, Aaron Boone turned to Joe Torre in the Camden Yards dugout and admitted something not many professional athletes ever do. He had...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amShock jocks Palmer: 'O.J.'s the man;' Sapp disses Jim Brown Jeremy Shockey isn't the only NFL player saying shocking things in the September issue of Maxim, which hits newsstands Tuesday....
6-1 PUZZLEMENT TAKES SPA CUP
August 17, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In a scene recreated many times over the years at the Old Spa, Hall-of-Fame trainer Allen Jerkens stood in the winner's circle yesterday afternoon waiting for one...