July 4, 2004
SEARCH & DESTROY - MICROSOFT VS. GOOGLE IS NETSCAPE REDUX
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amA small company in Mountain View, Calif., invents an Internet product that takes the world by storm. It appears on the cover of magazines, attracts high-profile investors and, when it's...
PANGS OF NEW YORK - ADAM MOSS HAS THE BUZZ, BUT NOT SALES AT NY MAG
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amFour months into the reign of Adam Moss as editor in chief of New York magazine, he's generated buzz and controversy. But not always the controversy he wants. While advertising...
THEY GRIN & BEAR IT (ALL)
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amAlex von Furstenberg's Southampton house is a haven for hedonism. The 35-year-old heir has been hosting the hottest parties of the summer, in which droves of models are often talked...
CELEB CANINES - HOLLYWOOD'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH FURRY FRIENDS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amCELEBRITIES and dogs: What's the connection? Julia Roberts has 10 dogs; Daryl Hannah has five. But quantity isn't the only measure of puppy love. Even if actors have just two...
'CROSSBALLS' AND 'ALF' SPOOF TALK SHOWS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amPITY the poor talk-show spoof. Long a staple of TV sketch comedy, the talk-show spoof has suffered mightily in recent years, particularly on "Saturday Night Live," which turns inevitably to...
RIVETING TALE OF PA AND SON PEDOPHILES
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amABOUT an hour into "Capturing the Friedmans" you might hope that the cops arrive to order its viewers to disperse. "Alright, move along, move along. Show's over. Nothing more to...
FACE VALUE - IS 'NIP/TUCK' THE MOST GRAPHIC SHOW ON TV?
July 4, 2004 | 4:00am"WHAT don't you like about yourself?" That seemingly simple question becomes a seductive catchphrase when uttered each week by the Miami plastic surgeons of "Nip/Tuck," the intriguing and sometimes shocking...
HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amUltimate dodgeball This revival seems like it has about five more minutes of life, but we'll play along. Check out the Dodgeball Tournament of Champions VI at Martin Luther King...
DOING THE WAVES - 'RADICAL' FILMMAKER CATCHES 60-FOOT SWELLS FROM HELL IN SURFER-DUDE DOC
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amFOUR years ago, surfer Laird Hamilton took on a wave so massive, it seemed more like certain death than a day at the beach. In only 6 feet of water,...
HEAR THIS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIN CONCERT Rap rocker Kid Rock plays Atlantic City's Taj Mahal tonight. On Wednesday, pop-punks Saves the Day and Hot Rod Circuit rock Irving Plaza, while SoCal's Lit and Arizona's...
STILLS THE ONE - INDIE BAND DISCOVERS FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIF there were a "how to succeed in business" guide for New York bands, the Stills could have written it. The post-punk rockers played tiny clubs like Sin-e and the...
THIS WEEK'S CDS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amVARIOUS ARTISTS "Windham Hill America" Four stars Windham Hill Independence Day is the holiday when rockets-red-glare-and-bombs-bursting-in-air music might seem perfect. Here, Windham Hill delivers an unexpected portrait of the U.S....
SHE'S NO NORAH - LOOK OUT, MISS JONES: HOT JAZZ SINGER NELLIE MCKAY READY TO RUMBLE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSure, they're both pretty girls, they both sing in a jazzy style and play piano- but when you're ready to confuse 20-year-old Nellie McKay with Norah Jones, let the titles...
BLUE SUEDE ANNIVERSARY
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amWhether The King was also The Creator will be forever debated among music fans. No matter where you stand on the issue - many musicologists credit Ike Turner's "Rocket 88"...
THE ANCHOR DROPS - COMING UP NEXT: NEWSCASTERS GOOF ON WILL FERRELL'S NEW COMEDY
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amWe got some double takes at last Wednesday's "Anchorman" screening at Loews 19th Street. And with good reason. It's not every day you see Jim Ryan of "Good Day New...
THE BEST OF FASSBINDER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amRAINER Werner Fass binder was at the peak of his artistic powers when, on June 10, 1982, he was found dead of a drug overdose in his Munich apartment, a...
HOOKED ON RED HOOK'S RESTAURANT ROW
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amNow that Brooklyn's Smith Street is nearing critical culinary capacity and Park Slope's Fifth Avenue is getting more restaurant write ups than Manhattan's, adventurous foodies are seeking a new frontier....
QUICK BITES
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE MARION KIND: Steak au poivre for $2.75! Is this for real? Yes, it is at Marion's Continental Restaurant and Lounge (354 Bowery, between Fourth & Great Jones streets), where...
A GREAT CATCH, BUT FOR WHOM?
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amLAST WEEK, photographer Joy, 26, had to choose between three eminently eligible young men, and went for salesman Eric, 29, over financier Shane, 33, and ad sales executive Ralph, 27....
MEET MARKET: THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amWORKAHOLIC ALEX IS SEEKING MODEL GIRL Meet Alex, 31, an investment banker looking to hook up with the girl of his dreams in the New York Post. Does he look...
GOOD TIMES: GREAT BARGAINS AT REASONABLE HOURS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIF you have to wear that black skirt one more time,you 're going to scream. And yet,you can 't seem to find the time to buy yourself a new outfit...
STEP INTO WMD 'HELL' WITH CITY'S CHEM COPS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amBEHIND the gates of a former Brooklyn grade school, the NYPD is mustering an army of 10,000 cops that will be ready to march into the chaos of a chemical,...
SURVIVING ABUSE - STEINBERG'S RESCUED 'SON' A STRAIGHT-A TEEN
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe infant boy who was Lisa Steinberg's little brother living in Joel Steinberg's house of horrors has grown into a popular college-bound teen who starred on his Long Island high-school...
MOLEST-SCANDAL SCRIBE HITS BACK
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amUpper West Side best-selling author, actor and iconic comedian Tony Hendra, whose 39-year-old daughter last week publicly accused him of sexual abuse, told The Post the relationship she has allowed...
MONSTER WAS A SNEAKY WEASEL BEHIND BARS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amChild killer Joel Steinberg's prison disciplinary record paints a picture of a weasel-like schemer who broke minor rules after repeated warnings but was quick to back down when guards threatened...
LACKING PRINCIPAL - KLEIN GIVES OWN RECRUITS THE BOOT
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amMore than one-third of the 45 principals that Schools Chancellor Joel Klein says he booted were recruited and appointed under his watch during the past two years, The Post has...
'POND' MARKET SLUMP - POSH WATERFRONT PROPERTIES GO BEGGING
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amFancy homes are up for sale on East Hampton's exclusive Georgica Pond - and although they're located in one of the toniest spots in the country, many have remained unsold...
CORNERSTONE OF FREEDOM - GOV MARKING START OF WTC REBUILDING
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amOn the 1,027th day after terrorists ripped a hole in our hearts by killing 2,752 people and destroying the World Trade Center, Gov. Pataki today will lay the cornerstone for...
BLAST-PROOF SUBWAY PLAN - MTA EYES TOUGH TUNNELS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe MTA is looking into a plan to secure subway tunnels with a military-style, lightweight material that would contain the force of a bomb blast, The Post has learned. The...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIf only he had buttered up his sister. A Tennessee state trooper said she accidentally shot her brother in the leg during a brouhaha over a tub of butter. Angelinette...
KERRY AIDE OUT IN $$ MESS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amA staffer from Sen. John Kerry's camp has abruptly resigned after the campaign was forced to return a second shady donation he solicited. Rick Yi - a former White House...
HAMPTONS DIARY - SONGSTRESS-SLAMMER PARIS CHANGES HER TUNE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amPARIS HILTON drew a small crowd at her record-label launch on Friday night, including Samantha Cole, the singer she'd badmouthed only hours before. Earlier in the day, Hilton told boyfriend...
PAL JOEL MAKING NICE NOW
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSadistic child-killer Joel Steinberg must have learned some manners in prison because - so far - he's been trying to make friends at his Harlem halfway house. "He's a friendly...
TRAGIC GIRL FIXATED ON OLDER MEN: BROTHER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe guilt-wracked brother of a 13-year-old Harlem girl found strangled to death Thursday says he wished he could have stopped her from dating older men - a habit that may...
NEW IRAQI GOV'T MAY PARDON REBELS WHO SLAY YANKS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIraq's new government claims rebels who kill Americans are "justified" and officials are mulling a plan to pardon them - even as terrorists brag they beheaded another American soldier. "If...
FAMILY'S GRIEF IN CAR HORROR - 2 KIDS KILLED, 2 INJURED IN W'CHESTER CRASH
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTwo young brothers who died in a car accident in Westchester that left two other siblings gravely injured had gone with their dad to pick up their mother on her...
KILLERS BEHEAD MUSLIM MARINE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amBloodthirsty Iraqi terrorists yesterday claimed to have beheaded captive American soldier Wassef Ali Hassoun - and vowed to release a videotape of the savage slaying - in the first Muslim-against-Muslim...
BRITNEY'S TRASH ACT - POP TART TURNS TACKY
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amBritney Spears leaves a poolside trash trail (above) and goes shopping with dirty hair and a butt (right). With her cigarettes, wet clothes and empty plastic cup strewn on the...
CREEPS BOAST OF MARINE MURDER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amBloodthirsty Iraqi terrorists yesterday claimed to have beheaded captive American soldier Wassef Ali Hassoun - and vowed to release a videotape of the savage slaying - in the first decapitation...
$$ BIGS IN PARKING TIX NIX AFTER 1990S BLITZ
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Department of Finance plans to wipe out hundreds of parking tickets given out in the late 1990s after learning many were duplicates issued for the same offense, day after...
FREEDOM RISING - THE PHOENIX AT GROUND ZERO LIFTS STEVE CUOZZO'S SPIRITS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe Freedom Tower - developed by a New Yorker and tailored to the needs of real tenants - reflects the American ideal of private ownership sensitive to the public good....
SHOW-OFF CYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amA hot-dogging motorcyclist was killed in Brooklyn yesterday when he slammed head-on into a station wagon, flew through the air and crashed to the ground, cops and witnesses said. Manuel...
OIL-FOR-FOOD PROBER SLAIN
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe top investigator into corruption in the United Nations' oil-for-food program was assassinated last week, officials said yesterday. Ehsan Karim, who ran Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit, died in a...
AMERICA'S HARD DRIVE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amHARD AMERICA, SOFT AMERICA: COMPETITION VS. CODDLING & THE BATTLE FOR THE NATION'S FUTURE BY MICHAEL BARONE CROWN FORUM, 192 PAGES, $22 TO paraphrase James Carville's 1992 mantra, "It's the...
DADDY'S PLAN TO GET NYU 'POT PRINCESS' OFF ON DRUG CHARGES
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE multimillionaire dad of NYU "pot princess" Julia Diaco promised his terrified daughter, "I'm gonna get you out of this," after jetting her off to Sicily for a family holiday....
IONA'S COACH 'Z' MAKES N.Y. TRIPLE PLAY
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE man they call "Z" has coached five future major leaguers, and their pictures hang on a plaque in his Iona College office. His son, Peter, is a former All-America...
LIBS AX ADUBATO
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amShaken by eight losses in nine games and bugged by an embarrassing performance Thursday night in Sacramento, Liberty general manager Carol Blazejowski fired coach Richie Adubato yesterday. Pat Coyle, a...
CARTER'S WAITING GAME
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHERE'S some truth to ESPN's report that Vince Carter is upset with Rob Babcock's hiring as Raptors GM and his drafting of BYU's Rafael Arujo at No. 8, but I'm...
KOBE LAYING DOWN OWN LAW IN L.A.
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amOK, SO why did the Suns instantly invest more than half their available cap space ($65 million for five) on Steve Nash, especially in light of his 30-year-old body wearing...
GINTER'S OUT OF CONTROL
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSuddenly, Scott Erickson doesn't look like a terrible alternative to Matt Ginter. For the second consecutive start, Ginter was roughed up by the Yankees; he lasted just 32/3 innings and...
GIRLS INTERRUPTED - YOUTH MAKES MARK AT WOMEN'S OPEN
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass.-Eighteen-year-old Brittany Lincicome, competing in her first U.S. Open, had just completed her opening round of 5-under-par-66 on Thursday and there she sat in the interview room inside...
'PEACE' PREVAILS IN SUBURBAN
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amJust like old times, arch-rivals Peace Rules and Funny Cide locked horns in yesterday's Grade 1, $500,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park and turned in a barn-burner, with Peace Rules...
KAZ EASILY WINNING BATTLE OF MATSUIS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amAs a subplot to the Subway Series, Kaz Matsui is holding his own against his crosstown rival. A day after enjoying his greatest game as a Met, Matsui yesterday went...
METS CHALK UP A NUBBER - SHANE'S DRIBBLER TOPS YANKS IN 9TH
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amMets 10 - Yankees 9 Still think the Subway Series lacks excitement? There was nothing but excitement, nothing but passion, nothing but absolute intensity yesterday from the first batter to...
WILTING IN N.Y. HEAT
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT'S Jose Contreras' excuse now? Could it be that Contreras will never have the confidence needed to succeed in New York? If you are not confident in your abilities, you...
PATE LEADS L.I. CLASSIC BY 2 SHOTS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe old joke goes that if the rough wasn't so difficult to get out of, they would call the grass on each side of the fairway "the easy." With nothing...
A-ROD CAN'T CLIMB OUT OF HIS RUT - GOES 0-FOR-5 AS METS TOP YANKS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00am"Right now . . . he has to find his timing." -JOE TORRE on Alex Rodriguez If possessing confidence is half the battle in hitting, Alex Rodriguez was 50 percent...
TRACK BIGS WANT CHEATERS TO PAY
July 4, 2004 | 4:00am'If you're caught, [a lifetime ban] is appropriate.' - Bob Beamon American track & field is being drawn and quartered, both in the court of public opinion and the rooms...
J-RO IN COMMAND - ROSALES LEADS BY 3 AT WOMEN'S OPEN
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. _ When Jennifer Rosales won her first LPGA Tour event back in early May, there was such pride in her native Philippines that the president of the...
AMAZIN'S EARN EQUAL BILLING
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amALL day long, the Mets and the Yankees had pounded each other re lentlessly, like Sugar Ray stalking LaMotta, blasting long flies off scoreboards and scaffolding, swapping leads. So much...
NO 'SHORT FUSES' FOR SAFE FIREWORKS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE busiest time of the year for boat traffic is right now, as a record number of craft will hit the waters today and tomorrow to fish, to see fireworks,...
A-ROD CONFIDENT HE'LL BUST OUT OF SLUMP
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIf possessing confidence is half the battle of hitting, Alex Rodriguez is more than halfway out of an extended slump. "I feel close," A-Rod said after going hitless in yesterday's...
SORENSTAM NOT WAVING WHITE FLAG
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. - Annika Sorenstam is poised to make a charge at her third U.S. Open title in today's final round. Sorenstam, who won the Open in...
GINTER A GONER? - RIGHTY ROCKED AS ERICKSON SPARKLES ON FARM
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amSuddenly, Scott Erickson doesn't look like a terrible alternative to Matt Ginter. For the second consecutive start, Ginter was roughed up by the Yankees - lasting just 3 2/3 innings...
HRS CAN'T LET CLARK CELEBRATE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThere are no moral victories in Tony Clark's world - even following a two-homer day. As you would expect from one of the classiest and respected players in the majors,...
ART HURLS PITCH FOR GLAVINE
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES For Art Howe, Campaign 2004 has nothing to do with politics. In a show of support for a deserving player, Howe revealed that he placed a call to...
KAZ WINS BATTLE OF MATSUIS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amAs a subplot to the Subway Series, Kaz Matsui is outshining his crosstown rival and namesake. A day after enjoying his greatest game as a Met, Matsui yesterday went 3-for-4...
SHEFF: MY ALL-STAR HOPES NEED BOSS' OK
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If Gary Sheffield is included among the AL All-Stars announced today, he will let George Steinbrenner decide if the Yankees' best player across the first half of the...
GET 'EM BEFORE THEY'RE DEALT
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE two biggest names bandied about for relocation - Carlos Beltran and Freddy Garcia - were traded a month before the July 31 deadline. But that's not nearly the end...
DEVS INK EX-RANGER ENFORCER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amBeefing up as if there might be a season after all, the Devils yesterday signed former Ranger enforcer Darren Langdon as an unrestricted free agent. The 33-year-old Newfoundland native adds...
SHEFF SAYS ALL-STAR TRIP UP TO BOSS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If Gary Sheffield is included among the American League All-Stars announced today, he will let George Steinbrenner decide if the Yankees' best player across the first half of...
CALIFORNIA BOARD BANS VALENZUELA
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe sorry tale of jockey Pat Valenzuela and his cat-and-mouse games with racing authorities over chronic substance abuse took a bizarre twist Friday at Hollywood Park, where the 41-year-old reinsman...
ADUBATO CANNED, COYLE TAKES REINS IN LIBERTY SHAKEUP
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amShaken by eight losses in nine games and bugged by an embarrassing performance Thursday night in Sacramento, Liberty general manager Carol Blazejowski fired coach Richie Adubato yesterday. Pat Coyle, a...
TROUBLE BRUIN - THORNTON WANTS OUT OF BOSTON
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE reverberations from the Bruins' stunning first-round loss to Montreal in which Joe Thornton went scoreless over seven games while playing with a broken rib have echoed into the summer,...
REFUND MADNESS - DON'T EXPECT MUCH BACK FROM CABLE COMPANIES IF NHL'S ICED
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S simple: If there's no NHL this fall, we want our money back. And we're not talking about a six-cent credit. The only people in the sports universe who pay...
DOING THE 'ROID THING? SLEW OF HIGH-PROFILE CASES MAY STEM TIDE IN DOPING
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amWelcome to the summer of steroids. From the Olympics to Major League Baseball to the Tour de France, allegations of athletes doping are flying with greater frequency than ever. Drug...
DOING THE 'ROID THING? TOO LATE? SURVEY SUGGESTS MILLIONS OF KIDS COULD BE JUICING
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amAs the number of professional and Olympic athletes accused of using steroids rises, so, too, does the number of children using performance-enhancing drugs. According to the Youth Risk Surveillance System,...
SHORT & TO THE POINT
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amANDRE Barrett is angry again. And that's when the 5-foot-8½ point guard from the South Bronx, who went undrafted 10 days ago, is most dangerous. The Seton Hall grad, who...
HE'S 13 AND JUST COMPLETED SEVENTH GRADE, BUT BROOKLYN HOOPS PRODIGY LANCE STEPHENSON IS ALREADY BEING TOUTED AS ...THE NEXT TELFAIR
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amThe afternoon began with Lance Stephenson playing a game with his AAU team at Rucker Park in a 14-and under basketball game on the famed Harlem court. It ended several...
HEAD TO HEAD
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amPost basketball writers Fred Kerber and Marc Berman slug it out over whether prospective owner Bruce Ratner will ruin or save the Nets. Fred Kerber: Developer Bruce Ratner wants to...
NOW, NET FANS MUST HOPE SOMETHING GOOD DEVELOPS
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amIf you're a Nets fan - face it there are a couple of you out there - you hope the developer is telling the truth. Because if he isn't, you...
KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE - CARTER COULD BE NEXT MET MANAGER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Mets love to do things just like the Yankees. Except win championships, of course. The Bombers find a Matsui, the Mets have to find a Matsui, too. The two...
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY - A 74TH-BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO THE BOSS ONLY THEY KNOW
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amHe may be the incorrigible, ruthless, maniacal, insatiable Boss. But he's OUR Boss, our Yankee Doodle Dandy, and we wish George Steinbrenner a Happy 74th Birthday. "For us to play...
PORTRAIT IN COURAGE - HISTORY'S LUCKY AN AILING GEHRIG STEPPED UP TO PLATE ONE LAST TIME
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amYOU could see the relief wash over their faces, and it was easy to understand why. Professional athletes learn early on how to communicate with their bodies, how to fix...
THE GLORY AND THE FURY - YANK NINTH ENDS WITH FRANCO PUMPED - AND POSADA LIVID
July 4, 2004 | 4:00am"I thought it was low and he [the ump] didn't. There is not much else to say." - JORGE POSADA "It's not what I think or what [Posada] thinks, it's...
LET THE SUBWAY RUN FOREVER
July 4, 2004 | 4:00amTHE ball was on the ground, dying in the grass, and a low roar began to rise up out of the Shea Stadium grandstand. Kaz Matsui was flying in from...