August 25, 2003
FULLER DENIES PROBLEMS WITH NEW BOSS PECKER
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amAmerican Media editorial czarina Bonnie Fuller downplays talk that her high-spending ways have created friction with her new boss, American Media CEO David Pecker. In recent weeks, Fuller's deadline-busting ways...
GOING OVERBOARD - DIRECTORS GETTING MORE $$ AS WORKLOAD GROWS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amCorporate board members are expected to get a pay hike for the increased responsibility and anxiety of watching over America's companies. Median compensation packages for directors on the boards of...
STRINGS ATTACHED - RONSON'S NOT JUST A DJ - HE'S GOT A CD
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amMARK Ronson: socialite, deejay, club kid . . . guitarist? Detractors have long dismissed him as an upper-crust deejay from an immaculately well-connected family. True enough. But on his hotly...
AGAINT ALL ODDS, POKER BECOMES A BIG DRAW
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Travel Channel is emerging from the shadows of cable obscurity thanks to a gamble - "World Poker Tour." Everyone, it seems, is talking about this series, which features high-stakes...
BLOCKBUSTERS & BUSTS - H'WOOD SUMMER IS FULL OF SURPRISES
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS has been the wacky summer that Hollywood slept with the fishes, and pirates plundered the box-office gold. It isn't just that bottom-feeders Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres - in...
STARR REPORT
August 25, 2003 | 4:00am'ET' gets its 'Cojo' mojo at Radio City Fashion maven Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru kicks off his "Entertainment Tonight" gig Wednesday from Radio City Music Hall a day before MTV's "Video...
NEVER TOO YOUNG - CREATOR OF TV'S HOTTEST SHOW "THE O.C." IS - GET THIS! - 2
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHE word "the" is giving Josh Schwartz, creator of "The O.C.", trouble. "People are furious that we called the show 'The O.C.' instead of 'O.C' - like if we didn't...
LIFE AFTER 100: LINDA LOSES HER HEART TO CENTURY OLD (OOPS, MAKE THAT, YOUNG) BASEBALL PLAYER
August 25, 2003 | 4:00am"The Living Century" Tonight at 10:35 on WNET BARBRA Streisand has taken on a project that is about as unpopular in the youth-obsessed U.S. as watching paint dry - oldsters....
ARNOLD'S NEW LOOK: CANDIDATE SCHWARZENEGGER GOES FROM SLEEK TO GEEK
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amAside from the size of his paycheck, what's the difference between Arnold Schwarzenegger the movie star and the would-be governor? His new style - or lack thereof. The action hero...
MORE DASH THAN CASH: I WANT SILKS AND SATINS AND BUTTONS AND BOWS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLOTS of New York women love knockoffs - but I'm not one of them. While H&M and Zara beckon with promises of endless hours of affordable entertainment, they do little...
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? SUMMER ENDS WITH BANG-UP SALES
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amBarneys New York Warehouse Sale: West 17th Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, (212) 450-8400. Designer jeans that were $100-plus are now as low as $39; designer shoes that were...
SPITZER ZAPPING GOV FOR BLACKOUT
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amATTORNEY General Eliot Spitzer, weighing in for the first time on the massive power blackout, is pointing a finger at Gov. Pataki and saying he may deserve some of the...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amARE Freddy and Jason going into the wine biz on Long Island? Not exactly, but Michael Lynne, chairman of New Line Cinema, has the two frightmeisters in mind when it...
DURST CREEP SHOW READY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amWhich Robert Durst will show up in court? Will Durst, 60, cross-dress for the occasion, appearing as mute, flat-chested "Dorothy Ciner," in a frumpy frock and cheap wig, the lenses...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTalk about a car pool! Ninety-year-old Mary Martin accidentally hit the gas and drove her Olds into the pool at the Palma Sola Shores retirement community in Manatee, Fla. Robert...
MIKE'S ED. MARKS - HOW CITY'S CLASSROOM OVERHAUL IS GOING
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg made history when he persuaded Albany to give him direct control of the city's troubled public-school system last year. Since then, he and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein have...
DEAN REAMS BUSH OVER SECURITY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amDemocratic 2004 front-runner Howard Dean yesterday claimed the Iraq war could put national security in a "much worse situation" and blamed President Bush, whom he accused of running an "inept...
POL'S 'STAND' ON W. NILE SPRAY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amA Manhattan lawmaker is going bananas over the Department of Health's refusal to require fruit and vegetable stores to protect produce on sidewalk stands from pesticide that's sprayed to kill...
CRIME RATE DROPS TO STUNNING RECORD LOW
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLed by the dramatic crime decrease in the Big Apple, the levels of violent and property crimes across the nation fell to a 30-year low last year, the Justice Department...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amQUEENS * A traffic-enforcement agent was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a bicyclist in Long Island City. The incident occurred at 3:15 p.m., when the agent,...
U.S. ENLISTS SADDAM'S EX-SPIES
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. forces in Iraq are secretly recruiting spies who used to work for Saddam Hussein in a bid to stop plots against American troops, it was reported yesterday. The extraordinary...
MAYOR BLOOMBERG, CROWING ABOUT HOW SAFE HE FEELS FLYING TO ISRAEL TODAY, WAS NEARLY TRAMPLED ...
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg, crowing about how safe he feels flying to Israel today, was nearly trampled during a parade in the city yesterday. "I feel very comfortable here in New York...
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY SAVINGS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amPedestrians across the city will have the "light" of way by the end of the year. The city is in the final stage of replacing all of its 77,000 "Walk/Don't...
AMMON WIDOW DIES OF CANCER
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amGenerosa Ammon Pelosi - who made headlines when she married the prime suspect in the murder of her millionaire husband - has died after a long battle with breast cancer....
PRIEST SLAY TWIST
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amPedophile priest John Geoghan was "terrified" in prison but felt "safer" when he was transferred to new digs - where he was strangled by a homophobic neo-Nazi, a prisoner advocate...
HAMAS BIG KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli missiles killed a Hamas commander and three other militants yesterday, hours after a top general vowed to hunt down the terror group's "hard core." Israeli helicopter gunships...
PSYCHO SLAYS IN-LAW: COPS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens woman with a history of psychiatric problems carved up her mother-in-law during dinner Saturday evening, cops said yesterday. Ayesha Akter, 31, became enraged after arguing with her mother-in-law,...
NO NEED FOR MORE AMERICANS: BRASS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTop U.S. officials yesterday said they'd welcome more international troops in Iraq, but added that they don't need more American ones - despite a growing clamor in Congress for reinforcements...
2 S.I. BIKERS KILLED
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTwo people were killed in separate motorcycle accidents on Staten Island early yesterday, police said. A man riding a Honda motorcycle ran into a car and was thrown from his...
BOO JERSEY! NETS BELONG IN B'KLYN
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHIS is a contest? The question is whether the New Jersey Nets, a team held hostage amid the shopping mall-infested swamps across the Hudson, should retain its current glamorous address...
ANGELINA'S GOODWILL HUNTING
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amAngelina Jolie turned from curvy hottie to concerned humanitarian yesterday as she visited a Chechen refugee camp in Russia. The brunette bombshell, who's a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations,...
HATE OFFENSES PLUMMET AMID APPLE CRACKDOWN
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amHate crimes in the city are down almost 11 percent so far this year, The Post has learned. NYPD statistics show that through Aug. 5, there were 149 hate crimes...
'HIT AND RUN' FURY - BIKE KIDS' FOLKS: JAIL SLAY TEEN
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe Queens teen accused of using his father's SUV as a "two-ton murder weapon" when he mowed down a 10-year-old boy on his bicycle should be held without bail and...
NEW YORK'S MOVERS & SHAKERS TO PICK LIBERTY MEDAL HEROES
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amSome of the city's most prominent citizens will be the judges charged with selecting the winners of The Post's second annual Liberty Medal Awards, which sing the praises of New...
MURDERED PRIEST FELT SAFE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amPedophile priest John Geoghan was "terrified" in prison but felt "safer" when he was transferred to new digs - where he was strangled by a homophobic neo-Nazi, a prison source...
DEADLY FIRST RIDE TO COLLEGE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amA Long Island all-star athlete, described by his high school coach as the best ballplayer in the school's history, was killed when he lost control of his SUV and crashed...
HOW CON KILLED PERVERT PRIEST
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe jailhouse killer of pedophile priest John Geoghan reportedly followed the disgraced clergyman into his cell and jammed the remote-controlled door to prevent prison guards from thwarting the attack. Geoghan's...
BIG APPLE IS 'OPEN' MINDED
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLast year's men's champ will announce his retirement tonight. Last year's women's champ is out with a knee injury. The Russian babe who poses for men's magazines more often than...
RUDY PUMPED TO STUMP - SET TO BOOST ARNIE AFTER PAL BAILS OUT
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani is getting ready to throw his muscle behind muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California governor's race now that longtime pal Bill Simon is out, sources told...
POLS GREEDY FOR A WIN - THEY RUN VS. WEAK FOES - AND YOU PAY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTaxpayers are doling out tens of thousands of dollars to City Council members' campaign coffers - even though the pols face little opposition in their races. Three City Council members...
BIG APPLE SHOPPING TAX ON ICE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amIf you can't be the smartest kid in the class, you can at least be the best dressed. Starting tomorrow, budget-conscious New Yorkers can enjoy a tax-free shopping week for...
U.S. WEAPONS EXPERTS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT IRAQ'S AERIAL DRONES WERE FOR SPYING ...
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. weapons experts have concluded that Iraq's aerial drones were for spying, and not for spreading biological and chemical weapons - as administration officials, such as Secretary of State Colin...
SHOT BOY'S MOM BLAMES TURF WAR
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amA turf war between youths at two Bronx housing projects led to the shooting of a "very happy" 13-year-old boy at a basketball game, his distraught mom said yesterday. Plucky...
SUMMER BUMMER - TOURISM A TOTAL WASHOUT
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amFor the summer tourism business, the recent blackout was just the soured Maraschino cherry atop the spoiled whipped cream. Business owners from Montauk to the Jersey Shore all know the...
MENTAL PATIENT SLAYS IN-LAW: COPS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amA Queens woman with a history of psychiatric problems carved up her mother-in-law during dinner Saturday evening, cops said yesterday. Ayesha Akter, 31, became enraged after arguing with her mother-in-law,...
TAGS MUST TAKE HIT FOR JETS' TIX RIPOFF
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amWHILE the Jets' $50-per-annum waiting list scam was/is a bad reflection on the Jets, it reflects even worse on the NFL and the league's titular guardian, Paul Tagliabue. It's obvious,...
CHAD NEWS FOR JETS: 12 WEEKS - PENNINGTON OUT UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe Jets' worst fears regarding the prognosis for Chad Pennington were assuaged yesterday, though their season of promise still hangs very much in the balance. One day after Pennington suffered...
JORGE NOT SWEATING HOT MONTH
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Don't ask Jorge Posada about his stellar August. "I don't want to talk about it," Posada said. "Every time I talk about it I go [horse-bleep] so I...
BIRDS BAFFLED BY CRAFTY CONTRERAS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe Baltimore Orioles had never played against Jose Contreras, but after facing him yesterday at the Stadium, they may never want to see him again. Contreras, who returned yesterday after...
HEILMAN WON'T MISS HIS TURN IN THE ROTATION
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Art Howe reconsidered his decision to skip Aaron Heilman in the rotation, deciding that the rookie righty will, in fact, pitch in Atlanta. With the off day...
VINNY'S FINAL TEST - JET VETERAN QB WELCOMES CHALLENGE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00am"I feel like I'm ready to go and get the team to full speed." - VINNY TESTAVERDE ---- Back in 1999, the Jets were supposed to go to the Super...
FEDERER FIRES AT N.Y. FANS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took a dig yesterday at the tennis knowledge of New York fans. When the Swiss star was asked if U.S. Open fans are more...
GREAT GLAV WORK - NEAR-PERFECT LEFTY LIFTS METS TO WIN
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - On a night when the game was blacked out in New York and Los Angeles, Tom Glavine facetiously made a pre-game boast that he was going to...
HERM SEES SHORTENED PRESEASON
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES In the wake of the Chad Pennington injury along with a rash of other injuries to star NFL players this summer, Jets coach Herman Edwards yesterday predicted that...
GIANTS FORCED TO MAKE SNAP DECISION
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Hold the Trey Junkin jokes. The Giants are not about to make a call to the long-snapper they pulled out of retirement last season - the snapper who...
BOSS GIVES CREDIT TO 'GURU' CONNORS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amWatching from his Yankee Stadium office, George Steinbrenner had no trouble locating who was responsible for Jose Contreras' wonderful performance yesterday when he beat the Orioles, 7-0. "Every bit of...
BEING KERRY CAREFUL - INJURIES A CONCERN AS JIM MULLS SITTING COLLINS IN FINALE
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amFor the first time since Jim Fassel took over as head coach seven years ago, he is leaning toward holding his starting quarterback, Kerry Collins, out of the Giants preseason...
CONTRERAS SPARKS OCTOBER DREAMS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00am"Contreras gives us options and an insurance policy." - JOE TORRE --- YOU know what Jose Contreras did yesterday with his seven shutout innings against the Orioles? He made you...
YANKS GET BIG RETURN ON JOSE - RIGHTY TOSSES O'S TO END BRONX SKID
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 7 - Orioles 0 One game, no matter how sterling, doesn't define a pitcher. Baseball demands a hurler prove himself every time he takes the ball. Yet for one...
'HARMONY' IN TUNE AT SARATOGA
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The "Giant Killer" got a taste of his own medicine yesterday at the Old Spa when trainer Allen Jerkens' 6-year-old mare Shine Again, the 5-2 favorite bidding...
TRAVERS VAULTS 'WANTED' INTO ELITE COMPANY
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - While it would have been sweet to see Funny Cide again in last Saturday's Travers Stakes, Ten Most Wanted better fits the profile of a "Midsummer Derby"...
GREAT GLAV WORK: NEAR-PERFECT LEFTY LIFTS METS TO WIN
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amMets 2 Dodgers 1 LOS ANGELES -Tom Glavine was more than half-perfect last night, retiring the first 14 Dodgers hitters he faced in order. Glavine had never thrown a no-hitter,...
BELGIAN BEAUTIES: CLIJSTERS, HENIN-HARDENNE ON COLLISION COURSE WITH WILLIAMS SISTERS OUT
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe past two Septembers, the U.S. Open was treated to an all-sister, all-glitter, all-Williams Final. If seeds hold up and injuries to Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati are factors, a...
IT'S BEEN SWEET, PETE: TOURNEY'S DEFENDING CHAMP LEAVES HUGE VOID AS HE WALKS AWAY FROM GAME HE DOMINATED
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe only definitive aspect of the U.S. Open men's side is defending champion Pete Sampras is not playing and retiring tonight in a 25-minute Ashe Stadium ceremony. Dick Enberg will...
VENTURA REFUSES TO DWELL ON DEALS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Robin Ventura epitomizes the laid-back Southern California attitude, and the West Coast native has every right to harbor ill feelings towards New York after two unceremonious trades...
USA IS PLAYING REAL TEAM GAME
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amSAN JUAN - The aim was not to be an All-Star team, just a team in the pure sense of the word. So far, Team USA seems to have reached...
LATE MISTAKE BURNS STARS
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amFire 2 M'Stars 1 The ball in their net, six MetroStars defenders stood bewildered in the penalty area as the Chicago Fire celebrated around them. A few stood with their...
SOUND AND THE FURY: NEW YORK'S NOISE GIVES OPEN ITS HEART
August 25, 2003 | 4:00amTENNIS never sounded like this before, not in New York, certainly not at the U.S. Open. All those years when the best players in the world would gather in Forest...