November 23, 2003
PROM KING HAS A DATE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amA Web site aimed squarely at the wallets of New York-area teenagers launched last week - the second act for a young, local entrepreneur. TeenNYC.com is the brainchild of Bronx...
IT'S CITIZEN BLACK ; CONRAD MAY FACE A FUTURE HIS EGO CAN'T TAKE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amAs Conrad Black struggled to maintain a grip on his empire and his garish lifestyle last week, he often quipped to reporters that he was putting a new spin on...
BULL'S EYE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amDiva is cut off Martha Stewart will have to dip into her own money to stay out of jail now. Her whopping legal bills - about $1 million a month...
WARNING: THE ADS JUST MIGHT KILL YOU
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amOn one hand, we understand why spoken disclaimers have to be tacked on to TV commercials for prescription medicines. Don't ask/don't tell should not apply to drugs. On the other...
STARR REPORT
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amComes a horseman Pay close attention to that man under the wig - it's "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien! O'Brien, guesting on tomorrow's "Martha Stewart Living" (2:10 a.m./ Ch. 2,...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... BALLOON EVE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amThe yearly big balloon in flation for the Thanksgiving Parade gets some New Yorkers even more pumped up than the actual event does. This year, Balloon Eve will reveal the...
'SOPRANOS': SICK OF WAITING ; DISAPPEARING CABLE DRAMAS RISK BEING FORGOTTEN
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amI'LL BET THAT HBO EXECS ARE TEARING THEIR HAIR OUT OVER CHASE AND HIS MISSING SHOW.REMEMBER "The Sopranos"? You can be forgiven if you don't. And if you've forgotten who...
IT'S SCI-FI, HONG KONG STYLE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amFANS are buzzing with excitement over news that Wong Kar-wai's eagerly awaited follow-up to "In the Mood for Love," the sci-fi romance "2046," is nearly finished. The Hong Kong hipster...
DA SILVANO'S STRIKES OIL; TAKE HOME A LITTLE TASTE OF DOWNTOWN'S HIPPEST EATERY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amOne of last weeks' hottest parties was, believe it or not, thrown in honor of a new brand of olive oil and five types of balsamic vinegar. New York's beautiful...
MINDING HIS MANNERS - AND FORGETTING MINE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00am"You're such a typical New York girl, obsessing over guys' manners," he said. "Have you any idea how rude women in New York are?" Manners maketh man, they say -...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER SHOSHANNA LONSTEIN GRUSS PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amShoshanna Lonstein Gruss is glowing. Maybe it's because every busty beach bombshell from New York to Honolulu wears the 28-year-old fashion designer's flirty bathing suits - which are designed specifically...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amOne-man army: At Thursday's WhiteStripes show at Roseland, Jack White stopped in the middle of "Look Me Over Closely," to yell at two guys in the crowd: "Take it outside!...
JACKO'S LAST DANCE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amMichael Jackson's famous moonwalk was overshadowed last week by his perp walk - as was the release of his new CD and DVD, "Number Ones" (Epic). Despite the downright goodness...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amBrazilian car thieves sparked a bio-hazard scare in Rio de Janeiro after stealing a biologist's car, which contained samples of cholera and typhoid fever. Police said they found the vehicle...
GUNMEN KILL TWO ISRAELIS AT DISPUTED FENCE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Two Israelis were shot and killed yesterday as they guarded equipment being used to build a security fence on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The gunmen disappeared into the...
STREET NAMED FOR 9/11 HERO
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amHundreds of people gathered at a street corner in Queens yesterday to rename a street after firefighter Carl F. Asaro, who was killed at the World Trade Center. The intersection...
BRUCE FOSTERS FAMILY VALUES
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amAction superstar Bruce Willis used his muscle yesterday to promote National Adoption Day in Queens as some 400 jubilant foster kids were legally united with their new families. "It's really...
AMERICANS REMEMBER JFK ; FAMILY GATHERS AT HIS GRAVESITE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amJohn F. Kennedy and his legacy were remembered yesterday on the 40th anniversary of his assassination. Relatives of the late president, including his daughter, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and his brother,...
'UNPAID BILL' TRAGEDY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amDistraught family members of a young mother who was poisoned by carbon monoxide from a faulty generator said the 18-year-old was fighting for her life yesterday because of an unpaid...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amBronx Detectives are hunting for two hit men who roused a sleeping man in his Hunts Point apartment early yesterday to blow him away in front of his terrified teenage...
DEAN: I'M NO DRAFT DODGER
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amDemocratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean yesterday shot back at insinuations he was a draft dodger, saying a high school back injury was serious enough to keep him out of military...
JACKO ABUSE ACCUSER, KIN STILL LIVING A NIGHTMARE 10 YRS. LATER
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amACCUSING Michael Jackson of sexual abuse comes with a hefty price tag. A decade after shocking the world with allegations in 1993 that he was molested by the bizarro superstar,...
COPS BUST GAL IN QNS. TRIPLE SLAY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amThe investigation into a execution-style triple murder in Queens has netted at least one suspect, police sources told The Post yesterday. Sandra Powell, 36, is charged in the June 9...
AUTO'S DEADLY DIVE; DRIVER KILLED IN RIVER TRAGEDY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amThe driver of an out-of-control SUV was killed and his passenger injured yesterday morning after it barreled down a Harlem street, crashed through a supermarket parking lot and plunged into...
MAN FOUND DEAD ATOP ELEVATOR
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amA Bronx man was found dead on top of an elevator in a building where he had gone to visit his cousin, police said yesterday. Alejandro Galan, 20, was discovered...
MIDWIFE TEAM QUITS OVER HOSPITAL 'LABOR' PRACTICES
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amFour midwives providing alternative birthing options at St. Vincent's Hospital have quit over a policy dispute they say reduces the choices for pregnant New York women. The midwives came from...
JOKE POL $CORES FOR KIN USING MATCH GAME
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amABRAHAM Wasserman finished last with just 368 votes in the four-way race to succeed murdered City Councilman James Davis in Brooklyn earlier this month. But the real-estate entrepreneur is a...
SURGICAL SLAP AT MT. SINAI
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amMount Sinai Hospital has been slapped with violations for "overlapping" surgery that allowed unsupervised trainees to start and finish operations while the surgeon was working on another patient. In three...
A MONUMENTAL DISAPPOINTMENT ; DESIGN FINALISTS FAILING TO INSPIRE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amAfter two years of grief, six months of competition and three days of review, New Yorkers waiting for a breathtaking design for a World Trade Center memorial are yet to...
POLS ASK: WATTS UP WITH CON ED $1B PLANT DEAL?
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amA little-known firm that got approval to build a $1 billion power plant in Queens two years ago - but has yet to break ground - has inked a 10-year...
PATH TRAINS ROLL AGAIN
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amPATH riders will face an emotional trip through Ground Zero starting today when trains roll back into the temporary World Trade Center station. Admission is free to the bare-bones station...
CORNER NAMED FOR 9/11 QUEENS HERO
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amHundreds of people gathered at a street corner in Queens yesterday to rename a street after firefighter Carl F. Asaro, who was killed at the World Trade Center. The corner...
ELEVATOR TRAGEDY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amA Bronx man was found dead on top of an elevator in a building where he had gone to visit his brother, police and neighbors said yesterday. Alejandro Galan, 20,...
WACKO JACKO & R. KELLY HAVE THINGS IN COMMON
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amAccused child molester Michael Jackson took time out last week from filming his new video with alleged child pornographer/underage-sex connoisseur R. Kelly to pose for mug shots of his own....
AUTO'S DEADLY DIVE: DRIVER KILLED IN RIVER TRAGEDY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amThe driver of an out-of-control car was killed and his passenger injured yesterday morning after it barreled down a Harlem street, crashed through a supermarket parking lot and plunged into...
EXEC-SUITE CHARITY: GATES TOPS BIG-MONEY DONOR LIST
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amMaybe it is better to give than to receive. At least Bill Gates thinks so. The Microsoft mogul and his wife Melinda have given away more than half of their...
PENNY, LEFTWICH ARE THE GRAND MARSHALLS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amONCE you get past Little League and Pop Warner football, sports aren't all about the team anymore. Getting a scholarship, getting drafted and getting that big free-agent contract become the...
CHAD GETS A 2ND SHOT AT JAGUARS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amJET NOTES Last season in a 28-3 loss to these very same Jaguars, a significant era began for the Jets when Chad Pennington came in to replace the injured Vinny...
PUT TORTORELLA ON U.S. BENCH
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amEDMONTON - Having selected the capable team of Larry Pleau and Don Waddell to command their entry in next summer's World Cup, USA Hockey management personnel will meet tomorrow in...
SHOCKEY WANTS TO PLAY; FASSEL ISN'T SURE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Three times yesterday, Jim Fassel said, "I'm going to be smart with it," when asked about the chance tight end Jeremy Shockey will play tomorrow night in Tampa....
TYREE LOOKS LIKE A CATCH ; ROOKIE HELPS GIANTS OFFENSE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00am"I'm going to go out there and make some plays and show what I'm capable of."DAVID TYREE No player is perfect, but with experience comes a sense of what that...
GREAT SCOTT SHOWING NORRIS TROPHY FORM
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amAfter all those years of being denied the Norris Trophy, Scott Stevens is grabbing one last chance. He becomes the NHL's all-time defenseman in games played this week and he's...
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP ; ERIC EYES RETURN FROM CORNEA INJURY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amPerhaps Anson Carter, Petr Nedved and Alex Kovalev inadvertently absorbed the message, too. But the only Ranger under known orders to do nothing during the 0-2-2 trip was Eric Lindros....
LINCOLN SHOOTS A '3' ; RAILSPLITTERS, TELFAIR OUT TO MAKE HISTORY
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amKen Kelly is in his fourth year as head coach at Columbus H.S. in The Bronx and he's trying to get the Explorers back to the PSAL playoffs, where they...
NO BULL: CONTRACT KILLS TRADE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amWELCOME to the NBA, where Pat Williams keeps adding to his family to increase the odds of someone actually reading his books. Nothing worse than being the last "authority" to...
KIDD SITS OUT TO REST KNEE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amNET NOTES The timing looked as good at it would get: one game in six days. So the Nets and Jason Kidd figured to skip yesterday's game would be best,...
HUNTERS CAN FEED WORLD
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amSAFARI Club International believes hunters can provide food for all the needy in this country through a special program they are developing called Sportsmen Against Hunger. "Sportsmen and women, as...
ALONZO MOURNS NET LOSS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amBefore yesterday's game, Byron Scott talked about how his Nets need the energy and intensity that Alonzo Mourning brings. During an 81-80 loss to Toronto, that fire and passion nearly...
NETS BOG DOWN IN SWAMP AGAIN
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amRaptors 81Nets 80 You've seen it all before: The Nets, at home, fall down by lots. The Nets, at home, make a spirited, valiant comeback. The Nets, at home, lose....
MICHIGAN TAKES TEN ; WOLVERINES RIP OHIO STATE TO EARN ROSE BID
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amMichigan 35Ohio St. 21 ANN ARBOR - John Navarre, arguably the most maligned quarterback in Michigan history, was cradling the Big Ten championship and crying tears of joy as he...
BALTO STARS AT BIG A
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amBalto Star has earned nearly $2 million in his career by doing things his way. He goes to the lead early and plays catch me if you can. Sometimes they...
ST. ANTHONY'S THREE-PEATS ; FRIARS' HAHN GETS DEFENSIVE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amCHSFL AAA CHAMPIONSHIP St. Anthony's 31 Msgr. Farrell 12 Matt Hahn said he never considered leaving the field. "I wasn't going to get tired," the St. Anthony's senior said. "I...
IT'S BEST SERVED ICE COLD ; NHL TAKES GAME BACK TO ITS ROOTS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amEDMONTON - Romance does not suffer from frostbite. And so it was here yesterday afternoon in an idyllic hockey setting on a sheet of outdoor ice in what literally was...
NO EFFORT, NO POINTS ; SPIRITLESS ISLANDERS END TRIP WITH FLOP
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amB-Jackets 2Islanders 1 COLUMBUS - Mike Milbury is going to have to start chewing blood-pressure pills after the kind of road trip the Islanders just turned in, which should be...
HURTS SO GOOD ; HOUSTON SITS OUT WIN OVER SIXERS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amKnicks 9976ers 88 Appropriately, the illusionist David Blaine sat in the front row last night because what happened on the floor didn't seem real. Allan Houston, finally succumbing to his...
JETS NEED DIGNITY TO START WITH 'D' ; GANG'S WEAKEST LINK MUST RISE UP VS. JAGS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amWhen they line up against the Jaguars' offense today at Giants Stadium, it had better be personal for the players on the Jets' battered, bruised and beleaguered defense. For their...
SOCC IT TO 'EM, KID ; MOM DOING RIGHT BY 14-YEAR-OLD ADU
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amFREDDY Adu, 14 years old and raised in Mary-land after arriving six years ago from Ghana, last week turned pro. He signed a six-year deal - four years, plus an...
GUERRERO LONGS FOR DEAL ; TEAMS LEARN LESSON ON LENGTHY CONTRACTS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amVLADIMIR GUERRERO is 27. Among active players with at least 1,000 career at-bats, he is tied four fourth in batting average (.323), ranks fifth in slugging (.588), and only he...
NEED YOU, KEITH : VAN HORN ABSENCE IS PUTTING ADDED STRAIN ON HOUSTON
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amPerhaps playing with a sore back that's not getting any better is finally taking its toll. With Keith Van Horn out, Allan Houston is not just playing basketball with a...
IT'S BEST SERVED ICE COLD: NHL TAKES GAME BACK TO ITS ROOTS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amEDMONTON - Romance does not suffer from frostbite. And so it was in this most romantic of hockey settings, on a sheet of outdoor ice in what yesterday was literally...
MAKE-OR-BREAK GAME: SCOUTS FOLLOW ISLES IN COLUMBUS FINALE
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - The Islanders were not only looking to pull even last night in the fourth and final game of this road trip after losing two of their last three,...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amThe Real Odd Couple They were a couple of regular Joes, brought together by Sonny Werblin, a sports czar who knew what winning was all about. The 55-year career of...
ROYALS PICK OFF KNIGHTS: CTK KEEPS CHSFL AA CROWN
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amCHSFL AA CHAMPIONSHIP CTK 21 Holy Cross 14 Steve Morrison's eyes lit up as soon as he looked over at the opposing sideline and saw the Holy Cross coaches signaling...
HABS RULE THE GREAT OUTDOORS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amCanadiens 4 Oilers 3 EDMONTON - Don't let anyone kid you. It was cold out there. "It was warm on the bench, but then you'd get out there and it...
SHANDON'S BIG THIRD CINCHES IT FOR KNICKS
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amWithout Allan Houston and Keith Van Horn, the Knicks were clearly up the creek without a scorer last night. But Shandon Anderson figures that worked to their advantage against the...
HOUSTON'S ACHING TO RETURN
November 23, 2003 | 5:00amPerhaps the most disconcerting aspect of the injuries to Allan Houston and Keith Van Horn is the unknown. The Knicks don't know exactly when they will return. For the first...