September 15, 2003
NYSE GP. CALLING FOR NEW RULES
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amAnother group of Big Board members has climbed onto the pileup. Board members of the Association of Equity Owners - a group made up of owners of the exchange's seats...
EMI IN THE WINGS - AOLTW'S PARSONS EYES A BMG BACKUP PLAN
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amAs merger talks between Warner and BMG drag on, AOL Time Warner chief Dick Parsons continues to ponder reducing the media giant's exposure to the decimated music industry through a...
CABLEVISION TRIES TO WOO VIEWERS WITH NEW HDTV SATELLITE SERVICE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amHoping to cherry-pick the high-end, high-definition television viewer, Cablevision Systems will reportedly launch an HDTV-intensive satellite TV service Oct. 1. So far, HDTV has been a disappointing business, with compatible...
'GILMORE' GALL
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amYALE is already won dering how authen tic the famed Ivy League college will appear on the new season of "Gilmore Girls." The family drama is shifting to New Haven...
TALK SHOW'S NO DRAG
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBronx man lands gig of a lifetime AND you thought it was easy finding top- quality drag queens in The Bronx. TV producer Eric Booth thought so, too, but when...
TEMPTING 'EVE' - SINGER STARS IN FASHIONABLE COMEDY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00am"Eve" [ ] (two stars) Tonight at 8:30 on UPN ----- NOW that Hip Hop is about as commercial as Coke and Pepsi, it's no great shock that a gorgeous...
'ROSES' IS SWEET - BUT WERE IT WRITTEN BY ANY OTHER NAME . . .
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE ENGLISH ROSES[] ( two stars) ----- MADONNA'S new kids' book - "The English Roses" - is a pretty, light-hearted story that will hold its own with others of its...
GIANTS STEP FOR B'WAY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amHEY, bud! What's that piano doing in the end zone? That's what some NFL fans may wonder tonight when Broadway's "Movin' Out" moves in - along with stars from "Mamma...
CLONING THE DONALD
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amDONALD Trump wants to become the Donald Trump of TV. How? With Donald disciples who will begin filming today on NBC's new reality show, "The Apprentice." The show, in which...
BRIDEZILLA REMAINS DEFIANT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00am'BRIDEZILLA" Adrienne Samen, the Connecticut woman arrested at her wedding reception, is finally telling her headline-making story tonight. She tells "Inside Edition" that the trouble started when the manager at...
STARR REPORT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amNickelodeon and The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation have partnered for a "Designer SquarePants" fundraiser, playing off Nick's "SpongeBob SquarePants." Nickelodeon will co-underwrite Saturday's 10th Anniversary "Kids for Kids" celebrity...
ROOKIE ON THE RUNWAY: POST REPORTER MAKES HIS FASHION WEEK DEBUT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amI STOOD in a Chelsea p.r. office, surrounded by 20 mind-blowingly good-looking hunks. A flunky for Brit designer Andrew Buckler eyed the press credentials dangling from my pencil-thin neck. "So...
FASHION TYPE-CASTING: HOW TO TELL WHO'S WHO AT BRYANT PARK
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amNEW York Fashion Week is here - which means Bryant Park seems once again to be in danger of sagging under the weight of the hordes of designers, celebrities, millionaire...
INDICTMENTS EN ROUTE FOR 'RIDE' POLS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE potentially explo sive criminal probe of phony travel vouchers filed by state lawmakers will wrap up in 30 days with a go-ahead for indictments - or the dismissal of...
AL QAEDA TROLLS 'NET - RECRUITING THUG WANNABES IN CHAT ROOMS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Al Qaeda has launched a sophisticated Internet campaign to recruit an army of murderers to travel to Iraq to wreak havoc on U.S. and coalition forces. A terrorism...
CELL PHONES MAKE YOU SENILE: STUDY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amKids who are whiling away their youth chatting away on cell phones may have to pay up in another manner - they're liable to go senile in their adult years,...
$ICKENING SURGE IN MEDICAID
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amMedicaid rolls in New York City continue to skyrocket, creating the largest monthly percentage hike since a surge after 9/11 and creating a serious drag on the city budget. An...
RAPE VICTIM GETS JUSTICE VIA DNA
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amTime may heal old wounds - but not as well as justice. That's what a 29-year-old Brooklyn woman believes, now that the man who allegedly raped her more than a...
PHARMACIES PILL-ORIED OVER RX FEE FIASCO
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amCity pharmacies aren't doing enough to inform needy patients that they can waive a $10 prescription fee, officials charged yesterday. In 2000, city hospitals instituted a $10 fee for prescriptions...
STORM BREWIN' - ISABEL ON COURSE TO GIVE E. COAST A 'MAJOR' PUNCH
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amHurricane Isabel, packing 156 mph winds, churned across the Atlantic Ocean yesterday on a path that could strike the mid-Atlantic states as early as Thursday. "We're forecasting a major hurricane...
VICTIM BRIMMED WITH PRIDE FOR HER SUPERSTAR SIBLINGS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBig sister Yetunde Price was proud of her two youngest siblings, Venus and Serena, watching them train as kids, slamming worn tennis balls against concrete walls in their crime-ridden Compton...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amA squad of South Carolina's toughest, burliest deputies are getting dolled up in sexy outfits from Victoria's Secret and Frederick's of Hollywood. But the 13 lawmen from the Beaufort County...
WILLIAMS SIS SLAIN - GUNNED DOWN ON L.A. STREET
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe eldest sister of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams was shot dead yesterday as she and a friend sat in a parked car during a mysterious confrontation in the...
BUBBA LEADS GRAY HOORAY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBill Clinton yesterday rallied support against the campaign to recall California Gov. Gray Davis, telling the Golden State: "Don't do this!" The former president mixed scripture with politics in a...
KIN SUE FOR 1990 LIFE-INSURE PAYDAY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIrene Grunblatt is fighting for more than half a million dollars: payment on a life-insurance policy her husband took out behind her back, only for their son to find it...
DRESSING IN PROPER ATTIRE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amGIRLS, girls, girls! It was femme central at Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week yes terday, when a host of female designers domi nated the lineup, includ ing Nicole Miller, Alice Roi...
HILL SLAMS CHRISTIE'S BLAME GAME
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton last night blasted ex-EPA chief Christie Todd Whitman for blaming Ground Zero rescue workers for their own health problems. In yesterday's Post, Whitman insisted, "We said...
N.Y. ROAD AID HITS POTHOLE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A band of Washington lawmakers is trying to take $300 million for repairing and building roads away from New York and shift it to other states. The lawmakers...
CENTRAL PARK SHOOTS THE 'WORKS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amA 1,000-foot-high ring of fire will light up the skies around Central Park tonight as the highlight of a fireworks spectacular. The spectacle, called "Light Cycle," which kicks off at...
SUIT RIPS ED. TEST FIRM FOR 'COPYING'
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe firm hired to provide new math and reading tests to city public school kids has been accused of cheating and plagiarism, according to an explosive federal lawsuit obtained by...
STUDY: LET THE BRIDGE TOLLS ROLL
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amPlacing tolls on the city's four East River bridges would reduce traffic and shave off travel time for drivers, a new report reveals. The study, conducted by the Bridge Tolls...
LUXE-CAR SERVICE HIT WITH $40M SEX SUIT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amA "luxury" car service outfit and its president are being sued for $40 million by two immigrant female ex-employees who say they endured years of sexual abuse at the hands...
'SPRINGTIME LOVE' LOST - TEEN MOURNS FIANCÉE SLAIN IN SUICIDE BLAST
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Hanan Sand waited more than two years to put a wedding ring on Nava Applebaum's finger - but when the scheduled day arrived, he found himself placing it...
WILLIAMS SIS SLAIN: GUNNED DOWN ON L.A. STREET
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe eldest sister of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams was shot dead yesterday as she and a friend sat in a parked car during a mysterious confrontation in the...
JUDGE IS BENCHED - SIDELINED AMID CONFLICT PROBES
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amA controversial Manhattan judge who's being investigated by the FBI is no longer being assigned new cases, The Post has learned. State Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond has been quietly...
NEW CUNY AIMING TO DRAG IN DROPOUTS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt's the drop-in center for dropouts - hundreds of people who didn't finish high school now have a place where they can re-register for classes and earn a degree. Beginning...
SURVIVOR TIMES 3 - BRAVE MA ESCAPED 2 WTC ATTACKS & FLT. 587 CRASH
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amAndree Marshall can't believe how lucky she is. She escaped death on three of the blackest days in New York City history. She was there on Feb. 26, 1993, when...
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY YESTERDAY DENIED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE LOW-BALLED THE PRICE FOR WINNING THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ ...
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday denied that the White House low-balled the price for winning the war against Iraq, and also warned that the administration has no idea...
JILTED JENNIFER DITCHES RING BEFORE BIG J. BLOWOUT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amHer wedding plans shattered, Jennifer Lopez took off her engagement ring and made like a party animal during a booze-fueled night out in Miami yesterday. The luscious Latina - who...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * Two men were shot dead and another wounded when a masked gunman opened fire as they sat in their car on an East Flatbush street. Investigators said the...
PETERS GIVES PETS 'BILL'ING
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBroadway legend Bernadette Peters is singing the praises of a bill that would let senior citizens adopt pets even if their leases forbid them. The sexy songstress, along with pet-friendly...
NYPD HORSE BACK IN SADDLE AFTER ORDEAL
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amA 17-year-old NYPD horse is in stable condition after a terrifying accident. Vitale, who has spent eight years with the department, is back in the saddle - so to speak...
SECOND RACIAL ATTACK IN S.I.
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amPolice on Staten Island were investigating the second racially motivated attack against a black youth this month after a group of white thugs allegedly beat up a man at a...
CHENEY SAYS WAR PRICE IS RIGHT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday denied that the White House low-balled the price for winning the war against Iraq, and also warned that the administration has no idea...
DRESSING IN PROPPER ATTIRE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amGIRLS, girls, girls! It was all about the ladies yesterday at New York Fashion Week, starting with Tracy Reese's show at the Bryant Park tents. Reese apologized for getting everyone...
CUVEE CRUISES TO FUTURITY WIN
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Juvenile found its favorite yesterday when Cuvee, favored at 6-5 under Jerry Bailey, drew off to win the Grade 1, $200,000 Futurity at Belmont Park...
UNDIVIDED LOYALTY FOR TRUE-BLUE LT
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amNO ONE was cheered louder inside Giants Stadium than Lawrence Taylor. The Greatest Giant Of Them All knows what Bill Parcells can expect from Giants Stadium tonight when he brings...
ND COACH HANGS HIS QB OUT TO DRY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amTHE kneejerkers were in full force Saturday and Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham shockingly joined their ranks. Notre Dame suffered its most lopsided loss since 1985, when the Miami Hurricanes...
2ND & WRONG FOR VINNY, JETS - THIS TEAM SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIT was, in a word, a disgrace. The Miracle in the Meadowlands 25 years ago will pale in comparison to what would be the next Miracle in the Meadowlands if...
IT'S IN HERM'S LAP NOW
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWELL, he knows this terrain as well as anyone. Herm Edwards understands exactly what awaits him these next few weeks, and months, now that his football team has opted to...
FUTURE VISITS THE RANGERS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - Who should drop in to take a look at the Rangers on their third day of training camp but their first-round draft pick, Hugh Jessiman, whose sophomore...
PATS AND EAGLES BOTH NEEDED RAPID REBOUND
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - It has gotten late awfully early in New England and here, where two Super Bowl contenders didn't score a point in their openers met yesterday in a game...
HERM POPS OFF AFTER 'MIND-BOGGLING' LOSS TO DOLPHINS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe tone emanating through the locker room door was loud, exasperated and continuous. The man doing the yelling sounded more like an irate Bill Parcells than it did Herman Edwards,...
BITTERSWEET MARK FOR TESTAVERDE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES It was the most hollow of records, particularly for a team player like Vinny Testaverde. Still, Testaverde's 373 yards passing yesterday on 29-of-45 passing allowed him to eclipse...
WILLIAMS, DOLPHS RUN PAST DOUBTS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt was only the second week of the season, but the Dolphins were playing a game they had to have in a place they rarely win. So when Ricky Williams...
SORE MATSUI KEEPS STREAK
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The streak continued, but all is not well with Hideki Matsui. Matsui's bruised left knee improved enough for him to play in his 1,399th consecutive game. But it...
MARIUSZ IS HAPPY IN RETURN
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amWHEELING, W.Va. - For Mariusz Czerkawski, hell goes by the name of Hamilton. When Czerkawski talks about his past year, a season in which he was bounced between Montreal and...
CLEAN GETAWAY - YANKS LOSE, BUT END HOMESTAND STRONG
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amDevil Rays 5 - Yankees 2 Hideki Matsui was laughing, adorned in a leopard-skin coat and leopard-skin hat and featuring a marvelously gold-capped tooth. Jose Contreras was grinning, dressed in...
JETS HAVE RUN DOWN FEELING
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt's an adage as old as football itself: If you can't stop the run, you can't win. It sure looks as if the Jets are going to have a hard...
BOMBERS WINNING UGLY
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amLOU Piniella put his glasses on, flipped open the stat sheet and, with pen in one hand and Marlboro Light in the other, checked off how many rookies were on...
JOSE OK WITH SET-UP SPOT IN THE POSTSEASON
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amJose Contreras hopped off the mound, giving a slight fist-pump after striking out Al Martin on a pitch in the dirt to finish the first inning. Four hitters earlier, Carl...
TASTELESS, VULGAR AND EVERYWHERE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amSO now that John "Anything For A Buck" Madden stars in a commercial that makes a cheap gag from the frightening scene of players lying unconscious and/or unable to move...
RICKY, FISH DISPEL DOUBTS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt was only the second week of the season, but the Dolphins were playing a game they had to have in a place they rarely win. So when Ricky Williams...
PATRIOTS GET WELL, EAGLES GET WORSE
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Something is missing at The Linc, and its not just four starters to injury, including half of a defensive backfield that has been to back-to-back NFC Championship Games....
JETS UNEASY OVER WEAK RUN ATTACK
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThere was a point in yesterday's 21-10 loss to the Dolphins when Herman Edwards was so exasperated by the fact that the Jets could not run the ball he called...
SIDESHOWS ARE OVER - BIG BLUE AND TEAM TUNA DONE WITH THE PRELIMINARIES
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThere's been talk this week about just how much of an effect Bill Parcells can and will have tonight. There's been speculation as to what sort of an advantage, if...
JINTS WILL KEEP PAYTON GUESSING
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As quarterbacks coach of the Cowboys, Sean Payton's job is to get Quincy Carter to operate in an effective manner. Tonight, though, Payton adopts an additional role: head...
GLAV & GLOVES DOOM METS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amExpos 7 - Mets 3 MONTREAL - A few days ago, Tom Glavine facilitated the call-up of his younger brother, a sign the purported Mets ace has considerably more command...
OSCAR'S PROBE HURTS BOXING
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - As Oscar De La Hoya's career as a promoter evolves, there is a lot of good he can do for boxing. He can make sure fighters are...
OCTOBER 1, 1961 - I GOT YOU, BABE: ROGER OUTSLUGS MICK TO BREAK RUTH'S LEGENDARY HOMER MARK
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIt is, of course, much too late, 18 years too late, for us to tell Roger Maris we're sorry. We're sorry we never rooted him on the way we should...
THE STREAK: DIMAGGIO'S MAGICAL 1941 HIT PARADE IS A RECORD THAT CAN BE - BUT WON'T BE - BROKEN
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amJoe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak isn't baseball's only unbreakable record. But it is baseball's most unbreakable attainable record. Hitting safely in 56 consecutive games, as DiMaggio did across the spring...
JULY 18, 1999 CONE-GRATULATIONS! LARSEN, YOGI ON HAND TO SEE DAVID'S GEM AGAINST EXPOS
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amThe day, with or without David Cone, seemed primed for perfection. A summer Sunday afternoon at The Stadium. The first-place Yankees waiting to whip the woeful Montreal Expos. And a...
JUNE 17, 1978 - 18K GOLD: GUIDRY TURNS ANGELS' BATS TO SAWDUST
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amEvery performance that season seemed to be the stuff of legends. That's how good Ron Guidry was in 1978. They called him "Gator" and "Louisiana Lightning," but by the end...
MAY 17, 1998 KING DAVID:WELLS ZIPS TWINS FOR YANKEES' FIRST REGULAR-SEASON PERFECT GAME
September 15, 2003 | 4:00amIn the end, they'll remember David Wells more for his belly than his breaking stuff. But they'll also remember the day this most imperfect of the recent Yankees achieved pitching...