June 5, 2004
NEW JOB FOR EX-POST EDITOR
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amDavid Yelland, former deputy editor of The Post and ex-editor of The Sun in London, has joined public relations firm Weber Shandwick as senior vice chairman. Yelland, 41, joined News...
DUKE $ALE SET TO TOP JACKIE'S GRANDE DAME.
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amChristie's runaway auction of the estate of tobacco billionairess Doris Duke could break the $34 million record set for Jacqueline Onassis' treasures - and easily surpass next week's auction of...
CA GIVES SANJAY KUMAR THE BOOT
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amIn its latest move to end a federal investigation and fend off criminal charges, Computer Associates International said yesterday its former Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Kumar will leave the troubled...
MARKET REPORT
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amIt's not just us. Yes, real estate prices in New York have gone through the roof, but that's not even close to what's happening in Hawaii or Nevada or Rhode...
GIMME SHELTER - PRETTY PRICEY
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amJULIA ROBERTS, now a preggy woman with twins, is suddenly in need of larger quarters. Not one to waste time - except perhaps on her previous marriage to Lyle Lovett...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amCotton Club Frette 560 Seventh Ave., at 40th Street, 2nd floor (718) 747-1656 Sale: June 7-11 Open: Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m./Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Egyptian cotton robes and towels will...
GREAT OUTDOORS - BRING THE STYLE OUTSIDE WITH THE RIGHT FURNITURE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amIF you're planning on simply tossing plastic chairs and a table you picked up at the five-and-dime in your backyard this summer, consider this: "These days, most people look at...
CH. 5'S FOND FAREWELL TO JOHN
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amCH. 5 anchor John Roland signed off yesterday - ending his distinguished, 35-year association with the station. Ch. 5 devoted parts of its 5 p.m. newscast to Roland, airing tributes...
TWISTED SISTER - JESSICA SIMPSON'S SIBLING TURNS ON THE PUNK FOR MTV
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amSHE'S got a reality show on MTV and a record deal - but that's about all Ashlee Simpson has in common with her big sister, Jessica. With her dyed black...
HOW THE HIPPOGRIFF GOT ITS WINGS (AND BEAK)
June 5, 2004 | 4:00am'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is full of magical effects, but none is more spectacular - or adorable - than Buckbeak, the animated half-horse, half-eagle creature who takes...
SURF FIN SAFARI HITS OUR TURF
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWhen you think of the Finnish capital of Helsinki, surfing isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind. But that didn't stop a quartet of musical Fin friends from...
REEL KARATE KIDS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amSee how real-life martial artists get their kicks at tomorrow's Reel to Real season finale, "Daring Grace." Young kung-fu students from the Shoalin Overseas Temple in Flushing, Queens, will demonstrate...
AND NOW, A WORD FROM OUR NUTRITIONIST
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amHappy news! Chocolate is good for you, as long as you don't overdo it. "The antioxidant compounds found in red wine - the ones that help prevent heart disease -...
'CAT KILLER'S MEOW CULPA
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man pleaded not guilty to killing his fiancée's cat in court yesterday - but told The Post he did commit the gruesome crime. "I'm so terribly sorry," a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amMaybe she wanted him to change his tune. A South Salt Lake City teenager was charged with aggravated assault for stabbing a man with her nail file for singing too...
BUBBA'S 'ALL-NIGHTER' GRADUATION
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amFormer President Bill Clinton told the City College graduating class yesterday he still relates to student life - he said he'd been pulling "all-nighters" to finish his highly anticipated autobiography....
TENET EXIT HAS SPIES SPOOKED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The stage has been set by CIA Director George Tenet's resignation for major reforms in the nation's intelligence networks that could result in the FBI and the Pentagon...
$CHOOL FRAUD GROWS ; DISTRICT BOSS BOUNCED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe superintendent of a Long Island school district has been relieved of his duties after officials uncovered information that made him and another employee suspects in a growing fraud scandal...
DRESSING DIGS PUT THE TONY IN TONYS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWhen it comes to Broadway, the more extravagant the dressing room, the bigger the star. Tony-nominated star Hugh Jackman's dressing room at the Imperial Theatre is equipped with a flat-screen...
KERRY 'SOLDIERS' ON ; SAYS VETS SECRETLY NIX BUSH - DESPITE POLL
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Heading toward the 60th anniversary of D-Day, John Kerry yesterday claimed many U.S. soldiers confide to him that they want President Bush out - but a CBS poll...
POPE CHIDES BUSH ON JAIL ABUSE ; BUT HAILS NEW IRAQ GOV'T
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pope John Paul II yesterday welcomed President Bush to the Vatican by lamenting "deplorable events" - an apparent reference to the Iraqi prison abuse scandal - but praised...
MONICA: I WON'T QUIT BIG APPLE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00am"Miracle model" Monica Meadows yesterday thanked the two women who rushed over to assist her - rather than fleeing in panic with fellow passengers - when an unknown gunman shot...
O.J. 'NEVER' SPOKE TO KIDS ON NICOLE SLAY
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - In the decade since his wife's gruesome slaying, disgraced former grid star O.J. Simpson shockingly claims he's not spoken one word about it to his kids. Simpson...
BRASCO FIASCO ; SLAIN CAPO HAD IGNORED FBI WARNING
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe retired FBI agent who broke the shocking news to the Bonannos that they'd been suckered by an undercover agent known as "Donnie Brasco" told a rapt jury yesterday he...
LET IT RIDE, SMARTY; GOOD BET FOR TRIPLE CROWN
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe smart money is on Smarty Jones to gallop into history - rain or shine. A record crowd of 120,000 is expected to saddle up to Belmont Park today to...
CRACK KID'S 'SHOW & TELL'
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA 7-year-old Long Island boy brought something dangerous to school to show and tell his friends about - bags of crack cocaine that he brought from home, police said. The...
AILING GROUND ZERO HEROES SUE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amTwo cops who came down with serious ailments after working at Ground Zero are suing the city for failing to protect them. John Walcott, a detective who worked at the...
BROKE BIZ SCHOOL STIFFS WORKERS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe shuttered Drake Business School refused to give 120 employees their final paychecks yesterday - and announced that it's filing for bankruptcy protection. Drake's legal filing means employees will have...
PURSES! FOILED AGAIN ; COUNTERFEIT RING BAGGED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA crew of smugglers paid an undercover customs agent $1 million to turn a blind eye while they shipped massive quantities of fake designer bags and watches to the city,...
129G 'BOOB' PARTIED TOO HEARTY: CLUB
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amAn unhappy Manhattan man who lost his shirt at an East Side strip club racked up his whopping $129,626 bill legitimately - in large part by doling out $5,000 each...
MIKE'S 9/11 $LAM ; OUTRAGE OVER AID
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amCharging that anti-terror aid has become a congressional "slush fund," Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called on President Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to speak out in favor of New...
'GROPE' COP'S PAST SINS AIRED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA cop accused of groping his colleague's girlfriend as she went to pick up the colleague's paycheck denied yesterday he ever touched her - but admitted he's been accused of...
WHO FAN DIES FROM CONCERT BASHING
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA 48-year-old Manhattan man died yesterday, two weeks after he was clubbed on the head by two men near Madison Square Garden after leaving a Who rock concert. Kenneth Distante...
RIKERS GUARD BEATS 'DALI' RAP
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA Rikers Island correction officer accused of masterminding the theft of a $250,000 Salvador Dali painting from the prison was acquitted yesterday of grand-larceny charges. Former Assistant Deputy Warden Benny...
HEROES ON ALL FLIGHTS ; 9/11 KIN HEAR TAPES OF 'OVERWHELMING' COURAGE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amPassengers on all four of the planes hijacked in the 9/11 attacks acted heroically against the terrorists before their deaths, relatives said yesterday after learning stunning new details from federal...
DATE OF DOOM LOOMS; KEY TEST RESULTS DUE TUES.
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amTuesday is D-Day for 70,000 third-graders who passed or flunked their high-stakes tests - and face repeating third grade. Students, parents and teachers were sweating to see the results after...
DAD SUES OVER SON'S FATAL ARREST
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe father of an emotionally disturbed man who died after police forcibly subdued him is suing the city and the cops involved. Jose Mateo, 22, of Washington Heights, had been...
MIKE: EXAM SCORES PROVE WE'RE ON RIGHT TRACK
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg insisted yesterday that new test scores shows the school system is headed in the right direction, but stressed it will take more time to register significant gains. He...
FAN BEATEN AFTER WHO GIG DIES
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA 48-year-old Manhattan man died yesterday, two weeks after he was clubbed on the head by two men near Madison Square Garden after leaving a Who rock concert. Kenneth Distante,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN *** A landlord-tenant feud landed a city correction officer behind bars yesterday, police said. Clinton Blair, 48, was arrested in East Flatbush at 9:30 a.m. after the landlord of...
$CHOOL FRAUD GROWS - DISTRICT BOSS BOUNCED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe superintendent of a Long Island school district has been relieved of his duties after officials uncovered information that made him and another employee suspects in a growing fraud scandal...
'CAT KILLER' CONFESSES THEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man pleaded not guilty to killing his fiancée's cat in court yesterday - but told The Post he did commit the gruesome crime. "I'm so terribly sorry," a...
OH HOW THIS QUEENS GARDEN GROANS AMID BIAS RAP
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA community leader is demanding that heads - of lettuce - roll at a Queens garden that's riven by charges of racism, cronyism and unauthorized capitalism. According to Community Board...
BUBBA COMMENCEMENT BY THE BOOK
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amFormer President Bill Clinton told the City College graduating class yesterday he still relates to student life - he said he'd been pulling "all-nighters" to finish his highly anticipated autobiography....
PURSES! FOILED AGAIN - FED UNDERCOVER STING NETS 17 IN FAKE-BAG RING
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA crew of smugglers paid an undercover customs agent $1 million to turn a blind eye while they shipped massive quantities of fake designer bags and watches to the city,...
'FAKE' DENTIST WENT A BRIDGE TOO FAR
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amCops on Long Island put the bite on a phony dentist treating patients out of a fully equipped dentist's office inside his home - and charging top dollar, police said....
COPS BUST B'KLYN GUNMAN
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man was arrested early today after he pointed a gun at cops and then fled into a building, police said. Cops fires several shots at the man, before...
WOMAN DIES IN QUEENS FIRE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens woman who loved animals died of smoke inhalation yesterday after a fire ripped through her two-story home, fire officials said. The woman, whose name was not released, died...
YANKS WIN POWER BALL - POUND OUT SIX HOMERS TO SUBDUE RANGERS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 7 Rangers 6 The Yankees are too good and too deep to allow an old friend like Alfonso Soriano to steal their crowd and pilfer a victory. The Bombers...
FAMILIAR SOUND FOR SORI: STADIUM CHEERS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amBefore the game, Alfonso Soriano said, "I'm feeling like today I play for the Yankees." From the reception he received and his performance last night, you couldn't have known otherwise....
GROIN PAIN KOS DEREK
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Derek Jeter left last night's game in the fourth inning with tightness in his left groin, and he probably won't play until Tuesday. Jeter told manager Joe Torre...
EXPECT 'SMARTY' TO REIGN TODAY ; WEATHER SHOULD HELP TRIPLE CROWN QUEST
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amThe forecast has turned ugly for today's epic 136th Belmont Stakes, which is a beautiful thing for Smarty Jones as he bids to become the first Triple Crown winner in...
PRIMAL STORM TAKES FLASH
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amPrimal Storm followed up an impressive debut victory with a more impressive stakes debut, destroying four other two-year-olds in the Grade 3, $100,000 Flash at Belmont yesterday. Breaking from post...
EXPECT 'SMARTY' TO REIGN TODAY: BUT HE'LL HAVE 'BULL'S-EYE ON HIS BACK'
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amJOHN SERVIS finally got it off his chest yesterday: His biggest fear in the Belmont Stakes today is not the weather but that the other horses and jockeys will gang...
CALGARY'S SET TO ICE IT TONIGHT ; FLAMES CAN RETURN THE CUP TO CANADA
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amCALGARY - So here it is. The day Calgarians and Canadians and small-market mouthpieces across the NHL landscape claimed would never come. For this is the day that the economically-challenged...
ISLAND SAND CAPTURES ACORN
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWith Madcap Escapade and Halfbridled out with injuries and Kentucky Oaks winner Ashado taking a pass, Island Sand was more than happy to shake the case of second-itis she had...
BEAR FAN'S SOLID FAVE IN VAGRANCY
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amWhile the Belmont will take center stage today, Belmont Park also plays host to five other graded stakes races. Concluding with the Belmont, there will be a $1 million guaranteed...
WOLYNIEC EARNS PLACE AS STARTER
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amNumbers can lie, but these are so glaring they can't be ignored. John Wolyniec scored four goals in his four starts - including a friendly - and the MetroStars won...
SERVIS NOT HOPING FOR SLOPPY RUN
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amBELMONT STAKES NOTEBOOK Despite the fact Smarty Jones won the Arkansas and Kentucky Derbys by open lengths over wet tracks, trainer John Servis was downcast yesterday when he heard rain...
TY COULD BE ODD MAN OUT
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES The fact that the hottest streak of Ty Wigginton's young career and his starting third-base job could be in jeopardy have occurred simultaneously is more coincidence than circumstance,...
CONTRERAS' NEXT START IS DELAYED
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Upon further (video) review, Jose Contreras will be bumped from his Tuesday start. The Cuban righty has been moved back to Saturday against San Diego after Mel Stottlemyre...
HEARING THE CHEERS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS was back in 1999, during that wonderfully improbable run the Knicks took the city of New York on, a dash that extended all the way to the NBA Finals....
EMOTIONAL RETURN - SORIANO HAPPY IN TEXAS BUT MISSES YANK PALS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amAlfonso Soriano returned to Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon, experiencing a touch of deja vu from his rookie year. "My first thought was '99," said Soriano, who was dealt to the...
EXPERIENCE HELPING OUT TOTTENVILLE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amPSAL SEMISTottenville 15Geo. Wash. 6 Dan Petsche was Tottenville's right fielder last year when the Pirates won the PSAL championship. He's one of a few on this year's team who...
NOW IT'S OFFICIAL ; HOPKINS-ALLEN ON, DESPITE REF FLAP
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - In a way, Bernard Hopkins has the perfect situation tonight when he meets Robert Allen at the MGM Garden Arena for the middleweight championship, even with Joe...
HE'S SUPER LOOPER - MET CLOSER A HERO ON FIELD, WITH FANS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amBraden Looper might be the Mets' closer, but he makes a pretty good set-up man. During the previous homestand, with Looper lights out all season, the fans serenaded him with...
WOLYNIEC EARNING A JOB WITH METROS
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amNumbers can lie, but these are so glaring they can't be ignored. John Wolyniec scored four goals in his four starts - including a friendly - and the MetroStars won...
ALMONTE LIFTS MONROE
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amPSAL SEMISMonroe 6Lehman 3 Mike Turo was stunned when he saw his leadoff hitter, Victor Aracenas, being intentionally walked in the bottom of the sixth inning with Monroe trailing No....
ARMANDO THE GREAT ; BENITEZ IGNORES BOOS, ENDS METS' STREAK
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amMarlins 5Mets 1 With two outs in the eighth, as Armando Benitez jogged in from the bullpen, Shea overflowed with boos. For two full minutes as Benitez warmed up, the...
PIAZZA DIGS IN AT FIRST
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES Move over Keith Hernandez, there is a new first baseman in town. His name is Mike Piazza. While the Gold Glove ceremonies are still on hold, Piazza, in...
CHEERS RAIN ON SORIANO
June 5, 2004 | 4:00amBefore the game, Alfonso Soriano said, "I'm feeling like today I play for the Yankees." From the reception he received and his performance last night, you couldn't have known otherwise....