May 1, 2004
MEATPACKING DISTRICT GETS THEORY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amIf you want a Theory, you can soon head to the Meatpacking District. The fashion-forward young womenswear retailer has leased what will become a 61,500-square-foot five-story building for offices, showrooms...
TRUMP ON ROPES; THE DONALD'S CASINO EMPIRE MAY FACE BANKRUPTCY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amJust as Donald Trump sits on the top of the world with his gorgeous fiancée and national TV fame - he's wrestling with a new nightmare. His Atlantic City casino...
GIMME SHELTER
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amWHO'S UP FOR SALE MEET the new house, same as the old house. Quarwood, the gothic Victorian mansion of The Who's late bassist, John Entwistle, is for sale in rural...
ART IN A BOX
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amNEW YORK CITY apartments are notoriously tiny, and getting tinier. But how small, exactly, is too small? Nina Katchadourian and Julia Meltzer, two artists, aimed to find out. Their installation,...
TRADING SPACES - SUBLETS AND SHARES OFFER SWEET FREEDOM
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amRACHEL SONTAG has lived in four different apartments since she moved to New York 14 months ago. (If math isn't your thing, that's an average of 3 1/2months per place.)...
ROY BREAKS HIS SILENCE; MAULED ENTERTAINER TO TALK TO SHRIVER
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amNBC's Maria Shriver has snared the first TV interview with "Siegfried & Roy" partner Roy Horn - who was severely mauled by one of the Vegas act's white tigers last...
YELLOWCARD FANS BEND IT
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amYELLOWCARD THE songs were good and the musicianship was excellent, but the most unforgettable and impressive facet of Yellowcard's concert was the quintet's relationship with the kids who packed the...
URBAN SCRAWL - GRAFFITI-ISTS PAINT A VIVID PICTURE IN REVEALING BOOK
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amGRAFFITI artists are notorious for keeping a low profile, letting their colorful work do the talking for them. But in the striking new book "Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writers"...
N.Y. QUIZ KID IN 'JEOPARDY!'
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amGuy Tabachnick is rarely at a loss for words. Or, as his father, Ken, puts it, "He talks from the minute he gets up to the minute he goes to...
THE BEST OF THE FEST - AND IT'S FREE!
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amAs far as most kids are concerned, the key word in Tribeca Film Festival is the last one. Not that the movies aren't fun - especially this year's screenings starring...
JOEL'S SMASH HIT ON EBAY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA goofy Long Island radio personality is offering pieces of Billy Joel's damaged car for sale on the Internet and says he will donate the proceeds to a charity -...
FALLUJAH PEACE DEAL; MARINES PULL BACK, SEND IN EX-SADDAM GENERAL
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Commanders yesterday announced a breakthrough peace pact in Fallujah that will allow a new Iraqi force commanded by a former general in Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard to take...
CAR-TASTROPHE; PARKING-LOT ELEVATOR CRUSHES LUXE AUTOS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan parking lot turned into a high-class demolition derby yesterday morning when a rack holding three luxury cars collapsed, sending a Porsche tumbling onto a BMW and then onto...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amOne error - no runs? Former major league first baseman Jeff Liefler had a crappy time when he was stuck inside a minor league dugout restroom for 20 minutes after...
DEM GALA TO WELCOME PREZ LOSERS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats yesterday stressed that all losing presidential contenders will get to speak at their July convention, after some eyebrows were raised when John Kerry recommended the Rev. Al...
A GOOD LIFEGONE IN A SHOT - JAYSON'S REBOUND FROM TURMOIL& TRAGEDY CUT SHORT BY HIS DEADLY OBSESSION
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amJayson Williams had everything - and nothing. The ex-Nets star earned $100 million in 10 years in the NBA, owned a palatial, 41-room, 27,000-square-foot mansion set on 65 acres in...
CON ED BIDS TO AMP UP RATES
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Con Edison, which hasn't had a rate hike in 10 years, asked the state Public Service Commission yesterday to raise its rates by an average of 6.7 percent...
KERRY AND BUSH CLASH ON THEIR IRAQ WAR STORIES
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - One year after President Bush declared an end to "major combat" in Iraq, Democrat John Kerry said this is a time of "great danger" but Bush said America...
ANGEL AT REST; TEARS AT COURAGEOUS GABRIELLE'S FUNERAL
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amIn the church where she was baptized as a baby just eight years ago, funeral services were held yesterday for Gabrielle Acevedo, as friends and relatives marveled at all she...
CONSTRUCTION BRIBE BOSS GETS SLAMMER & FINE
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge hammered a crooked construction executive yesterday for taking bribes while supervising two major Brooklyn building projects, and sentenced him to 2½ years behind bars. Albert Pagnano, 73,...
WTC COURT RULING BLOW TO DOWNTOWN
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amLARRY SILVERSTEIN's big setback at the hands of some of his insurers this week spells trouble at Ground Zero - but not for the reason you might think. The peril...
FATHER OF 3 IS SLAIN ON BX. STREET
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amPolice are investigating the mysterious slaying of a churchgoing Bronx man who was gunned down on a Morrisania street in broad daylight on the way to his son's school. Law-enforcement...
SICK COURTHOUSE CROWD CHEERS CONNIVING KILLER
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Yes, sports fans, you can get away with it. You can play with guns. You can take a man's life. You can go on trial - and...
WAR OF SEXES OVER RECKLESS RAP
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Jurors deciding the fate of former NBA star Jayson Williams were bitterly divided along gender lines on the reckless-manslaughter charge and "almost came to blows" over it....
HARLEM MAN SLAIN OVER RING
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA Harlem tenant patrol volunteer who liked flashy jewelry got his throat slashed and his head bashed in with a baseball bat in a booze-fueled fight with a pal over...
BX. BEAU FACES LIFE IN BLUDGEON SLAY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe boyfriend of a Bronx nurse could get life in prison for allegedly bludgeoning the woman to death during an argument. Jacob Cecil, 57, was arraigned yesterday on charges of...
DOC WON'T FIND CURE
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amDANNY Ainge must be in big trouble with ownership and Doc Rivers must know it. Other than being swept away by the prestige of coaching the celestial Celtics, why else...
NEW YORK REPEAT WOULD MAKE STATEMENT
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - The great Empire State of New York, often dismissed as the poor relation in thoroughbred breeding, could rock the business back on its hoofs today by winning the...
DISGUSTING DIRTY DOC; HOSPITAL GROPE VICTIMS WERE DISABLED: DA
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amNew details emerged yesterday about the disgusting groping attacks on two women patients at an East Harlem hospital - including that both victims were so disabled they walked with canes....
TELFAIR TO FACE PRESS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amNumerous sources have been saying for months that Sebastian Telfair will enter the NBA Draft. On Tuesday, he will have the chance to say so himself. A press conference has...
GRAND JURY IN '03 SLAY BY COP
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amThe police officer who shot and killed an unarmed African immigrant in a Chelsea warehouse will tell his story to a Manhattan grand jury on Monday - nearly one year...
KERREY 'SORRY' FOR SLIGHT
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amDemocratic 9/11 commission member Bob Kerrey apologized yesterday to the families of the terror victims for dashing out in the middle of the panel's Oval Office interview with President Bush...
JURY: JACKO'S KING OF 'PLOT' ; CONSPIRACY COUNTS TACKED ON TO CHARGES
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSANTA MARIA, Calif. - A stoic and subdued Michael Jackson yesterday pleaded not guilty to a damning - and mounting - list of child-molestation and conspiracy indictments. A Santa Barbara...
CHREBET'S HAPPY RETURN ; BACK WITH JETS AFTER BEATING CONCUSSION
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amIt was sometime in February when Wayne Chrebet could finally make out the sky on a sunny day as blue and actually smell the little things again, like his wife's...
ASSIST FROM JAYSON'S JURY ; INNOCENT OF SLAY, GUILTY OF COVER-UP
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amIt wasn't exactly a slam dunk. Former NBA star Jayson Williams was acquitted yesterday of aggravated manslaughter - the stiffest of the charges facing him in the February 2002 shooting...
CONSTRUCTION BRIBE BOSS GETS PRISON
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA federal judge hammered a crooked construction executive yesterday for taking bribes while supervising two major Brooklyn building projects, and sentenced him to 2½ years behind bars. Albert Pagnano, 73,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A mystery gunman unloaded a hail of gunfire in Bedford-Stuyvesant early yesterday morning, critically wounding a man, police said. The triggerman stepped out of a car and blasted...
S.I. COPS RUN DOWN 'RAPIST'
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA Staten Island man who brazenly dragged a woman into his apartment and raped her yesterday was later arrested after leading cops on a foot chase, police said. Lee Calvin,...
AN AMERICAN DISASTER - PRISONER ABUSE IN IRAQ
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amTHE United States just experienced its first true disaster in Iraq. As news of the disgraceful mistreatment of prisoners by American soldiers sweeps the world, our enemies celebrate a major...
NO DOWD ABOUT IT - DAILY SNOOZE CAUGHT NAPPING WITH 'WRONG MAN' PHOTO
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSenior executives of the Daily News are launching an investigation after discovering their front-page "exclusive" story yesterday about a dirty cop was illustrated with photos of the wrong man. The...
HAMSTRUNG YET AGAIN! METS SHUT DOWN REYES
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - It only took five days to drain all the optimism surrounding Jose Reyes' possible return. On Tuesday, the Mets announced that Reyes was set to start a...
BALDWIN EXTENDS HIS STAY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - James Baldwin will be a Met for at least 17 more days. The veteran right-hander, who's been pitching for Triple-A Norfolk all season, could have...
CLIMBING DEFENSE ; PISTONS' STRENGTH KEY ISSUE FOR NETS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amAs the Bucks found out, the Pistons - who averaged 98 points in their first-round series wipeout of the Bucks - can score in bunches. But it is still on...
SEO MUCH BETTER -JAE PITCHES IN AS MET STARTERS KEEP SOARING
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - After the Mets beat the Dodgers on Thursday to take two out of three games in the series, Art Howe was asked about the 6-1 win. "It...
WIMBLE-DONE: BAFFERT SCRATCHED OUT OF RACE
May 1, 2004 | 4:00am"I don't think it's career-ending, but it's enough that we don't feel comfortable about running him."Wimbledon trainer BOB BAFFERT LOUISVILLE - Louisiana Derby winner Wimbledon, a big gray colt who'd...
FORECAST: ALL EYES ON THE MUD
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - The prospect of an off-track throws a curveball into a Kentucky Derby that already was a quagmire to handicap. Although Churchill Downs' sandy surface takes water better than...
IT'S LIEBER TIME - RIGHTY IS READY FOR 1ST YANK START
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amThis afternoon, Jon Lieber steps on the Yankee Stadium mound for the first time. Ever. He's held off traversing the mountaintop of his career until that moment. "I've looked at...
ASHADO TAKES OAKS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez have teamed up to win some big races during their partnership, but yesterday's victory by Ashado in the Grade 1, $500,000-added...
IT MIGHT BE RAIN FOR THE ROSES ; BIG FIELD COULD FACE OFF TRACK AT DERBY
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Today's 130th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs (post time 6:04) tumbled toward chaos yesterday when two horses were scratched, reducing the field to 18 3-year-olds going a lung-busting...
LOOKS LIKE LOFTON'S CLOSE TO YANK RETURN
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Rehabbing Kenny Lofton was moved from Tampa to Trenton yesterday, an indication that his activation from the DL is imminent. Lofton, who went 1-for-4 for Class-A Tampa on...
PAIR OF STAKES ON BIG A MENU
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amA 10-race card is set for Derby Day at the Big A today, highlighted by a pair of Grade 3 stakes, the Withers and the Beaugay. Forest Danger will look...
LIEBER'S READY FOR 1ST START
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amThis afternoon, Jon Lieber steps on the Yankee Stadium mound for the first time. Ever. He's held off so much as touching the mountaintop of his career until today, when...
LOOKS LIKE LOFTON'S RETURN IS NEAR
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Rehabbing Kenny Lofton was moved from Tampa to Trenton yesterday, an indication that his activation from the DL is imminent. Lofton, who went 1-for-4 for Class-A Tampa on...
JAVY METTLE - VAZQUEZ GEM UPS YANK STREAK TO 4
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 5 Royals 2 Javier Vazquez possesses the dominating stuff to throw a no-hitter, but Joe Torre wonders if Vazquez is too aggressive in the strike zone to ever pull...
A PETCO STINKER - YATES COUGHS UP BIG LEAD AS PODS POP METS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amPadres 7 Mets 6 SAN DIEGO - It wasn't enough that the Mets delivered their biggest inning of the year. It wasn't enough that eight different Mets had hits, that...
TELFAIR TO MEET PRESS OVER DRAFT INTENTIONS
May 1, 2004 | 4:00amNumerous sources have been saying for months that Sebastian Telfair will enter the NBA Draft. On Tuesday, he will have the chance to say so himself. A press conference has...