August 23, 2003
DEVILS OWNERS MAKE $50M PAYMENT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe group that owns the New Jersey Devils coughed up almost $50 million to the team's former owner yesterday - a key step toward eventually unwinding the YankeeNets partnership. New...
SUMMER CAMP: THE PERFECT KITSCH AWAITS AT OVER-THE-TOP NIGHTSPOTS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amOur mothers used to tell us "kitsch is for the kitchen." But tacky campy fun is spreading to area bars and restaurants - adding a whimsical, nostalgic flavor to your...
FREE FOR ALL
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amISLE OF VIEW Check out the freshly opened southern tip of Roosevelt Island, until recently inaccessible to the public, for a New York-themed free film fest tonight. Get a new...
GETTIN' WIGGY WITH IT GLAMAZONS REVIVE A CLASSIC DRAG BASH
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amIf you don't have any place to wear your pink boa, 7-inch platform heels or sky-high, two-tone beehive wig, join Lady Bunny and friends at Wigstock this Saturday.Wigstock - "the...
CHEATSHEET
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amFor the record, Cheat Sheet only plays with Barbies.GI GEORGE A Chinese toy company has turned America's Commander-in-Chief into a 12-inch action figure. For $39.99, children and adults alike can...
THE BEST OF THE REST OF THE FEST
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amWigstock is just one of about 250 reasons to hit HOWL!, the East Village smorgasbord that has something to titillate everyone, even the kids (see Page 27). Below, a highly...
READ IT AND HOWL
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amKids were probably the last thing on Allen Ginsberg's mind when he wrote "Howl!" - the best minds of his generation being long past the Pampers stage. (Not that there...
HAVE 'MARCI' ON EVERYBODY IN THIS DISASTER
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amMARCI XZero stars A bomb, not Da Bomb. Running time: 84 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sex). At the E-Walk, the New York Twin, the Union Square, others. 'MARCI X," the...
GIVE 'BOSS' THE TOSS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amMY BOSS'S DAUGHTER Half a star As Tara puts it, "Tonight was one big mistake." Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG-13 (vulgar sex humor, drugs, profanity). At the Orpheum, the...
AL BOOK A GO
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amFOX News Channel yesterday lost a bid to temporarily halt sales of comic Al Franken's new book because of its claim that the tome's title violates the network's "Fair and...
THIS UPTOWN GIRL JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN : DAKOTA FANNING SPILLS THE BEANS OF BRITTANY, HOT DOGS AND PIGS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amIn "Uptown Girls," 9-year-old Dakota Fanning plays Ray - an uptight, germaphobic 9-year-old-going-on-40. But in real life - at least, over the phone - she's anything but. Enthusiastic and lively,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amA Saginaw, Mich., man was arrested and charged with felonious assault after allegedly using a prosthetic leg to beat a suspected heroin dealer. Police said Kevin Miele launched the attack...
STICKUP TRIO HIT BRONX SUPERMARKET
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThree gunmen robbed $100,000 from a Bronx supermarket yesterday, but cops recovered some of the cash and nabbed one of the crooks after their getaway car crashed, police said. Two...
BEHIND THE BOMBING; HOW U.S. HEROES SAVED U.N. LIVES
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amWithout the security measures for which one American veteran fought, the hotel would have been leveled, with a death toll in the hundreds. THE terrorist is the pundit's friend. Plant...
ISRAELIS KILL THUG TRIO IN HOSP RAID
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian terrorists hiding in a West Bank hospital yesterday as a new spiral of violence further endangered the U.S.-backed "road map" for peace. Witnesses...
SLAIN DIPLO'S DYING WISH; 'DON'T LET U.N. LEAVE BAGHDAD'
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The top U.N. diplomat in Baghdad made a dramatic appeal to keep U.N. operations open in Iraq - even while he lay dying and buried under the rubble...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amStaten Island A woman was arrested on grand larceny charges for cashing a check from a car dealer that she claimed to have lost two months earlier, authorities said yesterday....
FINAL OK TO FREE BOUDIN
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - State parole officials yesterday said they would not reconsider the pending release of radical Kathy Boudin, who was involved in the 1981 Brinks robbery that left two cops...
DEEP FREEZE HITS HAMAS 'CHARITIES'
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday froze all U.S. assets of five Hamas-linked charities in Europe in a bid to prod nations such as France to cut off millions for the terror group...
THE 'CHEAP' APPLE; WE SLIP TO NO. 4 ON COSTLIEST-CITIES LIST
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amAttention, New Yorkers: things are looking up. The Big Apple just slipped to fourth place on the list of the world's most expensive cities. Oslo has the dubious distinction of...
$1M BID'S A HUM-DINGER
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amFans of Tupac Shakur have bid more than $1 million for the slain rapper's 1996 Hummer H1, which is being sold today on eBay. The auction for the legendary rapper's...
HUBBY'S TEARS FOR INNOCENTS ; 'I CRY & CRY' OVER LOST TOT & WIFE: NYER
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE In more than 25 years together, Moishe Taubenfeld and his wife, Goldie, never had a disagreement - until Tuesday. During their fateful visit to Israel from their Rockland County...
REBORN AFTER BLAST 'DEATH'
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amAfter two heart-wrenching days of believing the worst - that his wife had died in Tuesday's terrorist attack on the U.N. in Iraq - Benjamin Manuel found himself on the...
FEDS BUST 'IVY' DOPES
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amTwo former Columbia University fraternity brothers have been busted for selling club drugs and bodybuilding steroids through a Web-based business that used an Internet account issued by the Ivy League...
TEACHING HOPEFULS SAY 'Y' NOT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amIt's fun and cheap for teachers to stay at the YMCA. Says who? Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's office. The Department of Education is paying the YMCA of Greater New York...
DRIVERS GETTING HOSED
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe highest gas prices in history are on the horizon. Gas prices in New York shot up a tear-inducing 10 cents yesterday - and one supplier, the Benit Fuel Sales...
MURDER RAP DOESN'T FAZE 'LAST DON'
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amBonanno bigshot Joseph Massino may become the first Mafia boss to get rubbed out by the feds on capital murder charges - but he's not losing sleep. "Mr. Massino is...
E-MAIL VIRUS MAY BE BUGGING TIMES
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe New York Times may be the biggest victim of the ubiquitous Sobig.com virus. The Gray Lady was forced to shut down all the personal computers at its 43rd Street...
SHELTER'S SAD PUPPY PLEA GETS POSITIVE LAB RESULTS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe adorable Labrador pup with sad-sack eyes featured in yesterday's Post has a new home with a Brooklyn family. The gangly heartbreaker is one of 1,100 animals straining the city's...
KOCH JOINING MIKE ON TRIP
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amFormer mayor Ed Koch, who is beloved in Israel, will join Mayor Bloomberg on his visit next week to the terror-plagued Holy Land. Koch is well known for his support...
FLEEING STICKUP TRIO LEAVE 100G BEHIND
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThree gunmen robbed $100,000 from a Bronx supermarket yesterday, but cops recovered the cash and nabbed one of the crooks after their getaway car crashed, police said. Two men were...
ROB VICTIM KILLS ABDUCTOR
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amA 25-year-old man turned the table on a trio of thieves in Washington Heights yesterday afternoon - killing one of them when they kidnapped and tried to rob him, police...
TEAM USA ROLLING ON
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amTeam USA 98Venezuela 69 SAN JUAN - They also serve who only watch and wait. And play in garbage time. But the end-of-the-bench role he has been assigned on the...
DODGERS SQUEEZE METS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amDodgers 2Mets 1 LOS ANGELES - As terrible as the Dodgers' hitting has been, that's how great their pitching is. And as great as Al Leiter had been of late,...
CAMP ANSWERED GIANT QUESTIONS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amGIANTS-JETS NOTEBOOK The Giants broke camp yesterday, and as they departed the University at Albany following a 45-minute walk-through, coach Jim Fassel declared that many of the questions he had...
IT'S WIDE OPEN WITHOUT VENUS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amNot only won't there be an all-Williams U.S. Open final again, there won't even be a Williams at the fortnight. No Serena. No Venus. No Papa Williams running around Flushing...
CASHMAN MULLS MOVING WEAVER
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Sending Jeff Weaver and his $4.15 million salary to Triple-A Columbus to create a roster spot for Jose Contreras remains a possibility, Joe Torre says. "It's something we...
JET GAMEPLAN: TEST VINNY, CURT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amThe primary significance of tonight's Jets-Giants preseason match-up at Giants Stadium is that, when the game is over, both teams will be one preseason game closer to beginning their respective...
VICTORY IS SECONDARY ; PREPARATION THE KEY FOR GIANTS' STARTERS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amWhen the Giants stormed to the Super Bowl three years ago, they stumbled more than once that preseason, going 0-4 and looking nothing like a team capable of capturing a...
JERKENS GETS BEST 'SHOT' IN ENSIGN
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It's been 30 years since H. Allen Jerkens saddled Onion to upset Secretariat in the Whitney, but the Hall of Fame trainer they call "The Chief" is...
JEFFERSON OK WITH ROLE
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amSAN JUAN - They also serve who only watch and wait. And play in garbage time. But the end-of-the-bench role that Richard Jefferson has been assigned on the U.S. Olympic...
DRIVING LIBS TURN UP HEAT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amYear after year, the Liberty make it so hard on themselves. But season after season, they find a way to make the playoffs. Last year, there were rivers of tears...
CANADA LONG GAME COMES UP SHORT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTES SAN JUAN - For 39 minutes, Canada belted Argentina with 3-pointer after 3-pointer, 13 in fact. But in the game's final 61 seconds, the Canadians tried for...
DOOR IS AJAR FOR MET 1B
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - The Mets sent Triple-A first baseman Jorge Toca to the Pirates for cash late Thursday, but that wasn't the real story. The real story is...
FUNNY CIDE'S OUT ; WITH RIVALS GONE, TRAVERS OPENS UP
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Overnight, today's 134th Travers Stakes went from a riveting rematch between Triple Crown arch rivals Funny Cide and Empire Maker to just another $1 million race. Blame...
JEROMY ENJOYS THE VIEW
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - When Jeromy Burnitz speaks of his favorite time in baseball, he often talks about his days with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons in 1995. Burnitz was on a...
A MATTER OF TRUST ; JOE HAS NO PLAN TO FORGO RIVERA
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amAt 4:45 yesterday afternoon, Joe Torre sat in the Yankees' dugout and left no doubt he still has deep faith in Mariano Rivera's ability to close games despite the elite...
SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR SOLID 'MESA'
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - This beautiful old upstate spa is not draped in black, but in its heart it's reeling with disappointment, if not mourning. Funny Cide's defection yesterday from the...
HITCH: NO REGRETS ON LEAVING
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amSterling Hitchcock left the best team in the American League to join one in the National League that may not make the postseason. However, the veteran lefty wasn't broken up...
DUNCAN HAVING MIXED EMOTIONS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTES SAN JUAN - Tim Duncan is definitely feeling mixed emotions. The centerpiece of Team USA must face his homeland, the Virgin Islands, today at 5 p.m. "It's...
CATCHINGS, FEVER SLOW LIBS' PLAYOFF BID
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amFever 64Liberty 51 Certain men's basketball players thrive at the Garden, time after time driving daggers into the hearts of the Knicks. Two of those terrible villains go by the...
BIRDS FLIP ACHY WELLS, BOMBERS
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amOrioles 4Yanks 3 David Wells moved through the bowels of Yankee Stadium without the slightest indication he was a man with a bad back. Wells pitched seven innings last night...
BROWN SEES ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
August 23, 2003 | 4:00amTEAM USA NOTEBOOK SAN JUAN - It was a night for dunking. Not a night for impressing. And while the crowd may have loved the display put on by Team...