August 1, 2004

SCRIBES' LIES - 'HONOR LOST' IN BOOK BIZ, SCANDAL OVER FACTS

When Atria Books withdrew the memoir "Honor Lost" from publication early this week, it spotlighted a problem that surfaces often in the book publishing business: the author's veracity had been...

MUST FLEE TV - MICROSOFTRECONSIDERSMSNBC

With Microsoft in talks to sell online magazine Slate, analysts say the software giant may be looking to shed the last of its journalistic ambitions: MSNBC. The company remains a...

THE WIRED BUNCH - RFID COULD CHIP AWAY AT PRIVACY

When Japanese officials in the city of Osaka decided to keep tabs on school children by tagging them with tiny radio transmitters, the predictable reaction was alarm. What could be...

NYSE FLUB IS A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Now Dick Grasso isn't the only former New York Stock Exchange employee whose retirement package is an open secret. The embattled exchange accidentally mailed out private payroll information on thousands...

OLYMPIC SHAME; ATHENS' BARBARIC APPROACH TO STRAY CONTROL

THE global spotlight is on Athens as the city gears up to celebrate the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games Aug. 13, when the much-anticipated event returns to its ancient...

UNKNOWN UZBEKI AT TOP OF THE WORLD

THE world chess federation (FIDE) hasn't had much good publicity lately, and it only got worse last month when an obscure Uzbek player won its championship - and was ignored...

KINO ART ATTACK

THE Anthology is keen for Kino. The East Village mecca for cutting-edge films is saluting Kino International, one of the leading distributors of what, for want of a better description,...

TEMPTATION EYES - 'AMERICAN BEAUTY' MENA SUVARI ROMANCES CLAIRE ON 'SIX FEET UNDER'

WILL they or won't they? That's the question "Six Feet Under" fans are asking of Claire Fisher (Lauren Ambrose) and her new sexy art school chum, Edie (Mena Suvari), a...

JEOPARDY! CHAMP SHOULD BE A CELEB

KEN Jennings deserves to be the most celebrated man in America this summer, but alas, this country prefers blondes over brains. Jennings is the clean-cut 30-year-old from Salt Lake City...

ENTOURAGE: TO SOFT - HBO GUY COMEDY AIMS TO GRAB WOMEN MISSING 'SEX AND THE CITY' SHENANIGANS

IS "Entourage" too sensitive for its own good? Hyped as a behind-the-scenes look at the wild, debauched life of a young, newly minted Hollywood star and his posse of hangers-on,...

HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK

'Star' sighting Multi-tasking "Baywatch" alum, Jane magazine columnist and Playboy fave Pam Anderson adds "novelist" to her resume. This week, she signs copies of "Star," about a wholesome Canadian girl...

CAFE TACUBA: MEX-ING IT UP

It's hard to imagine a band that draws a mix of Hispanic families and Williamburg scenesters, but Cafe Tacuba isn't your ordinary rock band. This 15-year-old act from Mexico City...

SWIMMING WITH SHARKS - BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS FORGO SPECIAL EFFECTS IN TERRIFYING 'OPEN WATER"

When you're swimming in the middle of the sea, surrounded by about a dozen live Caribbean reef sharks, there are a couple of rules to keep in mind: 1) Don't...

CLASSIC HOLIDAYS FROM HELL

The scuba-diving couple of "Open Water" are hardly the first to have their vacation go horribly awry: Hollywood has a history of mixing mai tais and mayhem. DELIVERANCE (1972) Four...

HEAVY DUTY - FAT JOE: THE NEW SAVIOR OF LATIN RAP

After the death of Christopher "Big Pun" Rios back in 2000, many hip-hop fans wondered if there would ever be another Latino rapper able to match the double-platinum success of...

HEAR THIS

IN CONCERT * Metal acts Kittie, Candiria, 36 Crazyfists and Twelve Tribes at Irving Plaza on Wednesday. * Poppers Ashanti, Paulina Rubio (left), Fefe Dobson and Skye Sweetnam at the...

QUITTING TIME - INDIE BAND BEULAH BREAKS UP AT THE PEAK OF ITS POPULARITY

Miles Kurosky, the frontman of Beulah, is losing at computer solitaire. But it's still before lunch, so the game's not over yet. He'll stay put inside his San Francisco apartment...

THIS WEEK'S CDS

Marc Broussard "Carencro" Island Records (two and one half stars) When Marc Broussard modestly says he's just "a white boy singing soul music," the Louisiana native understates his talent. On...

QUICK BITES - THE TASTIEST EVENTS THIS WEEK

CHOWDER AHEAD: Last year's Summertime Chowder Dinner was such a swimming success that Beacon restaurant owners Waldy Malouf and David Emil are stirring up the pot again. Tuesday at 6:30...

MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT

Sommelier set to pour it on for romance JARED, 26, works as a sommelier - but his interests range far and wide. "I have ribbons of energy flowing through me,"...

GO BANANAS - LULU JOHNSON FINDS SOME GOOD & FRUITY FASHIONS EVEN MOM BETSEY WOULD LOVE

Lulu Johnson has one of the funkiest wardrobes in the galaxy. For years, she's been the muse for her mom, iconic New York fashion designer Betsey Johnson. But Lulu, 29,...

IT'S JET LAG FOR DIDDY

SEAN "P.Diddy " Combs has been a busy man this week,making sure he 's seen in all the right spots by flying back and forth across the globe on a...

SPICY HEINZ ADDS A DASH OF UNEASE

Botox. Billionaire. Prenup. Private plane. Eccentric. "Mama T." Sexy. Cheeky. "Shove it!" Hardly typical images for a would-be first lady, but ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, 65, is one of...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

For a Maryland woman, it was a rather unique price to pay for stealing $4.52 in gas from a service station. Sherelle Purnell, 18, was ordered to stand for three...

STATUE OF LIBERTY $$ TARNISH REMAINS

As Lady Liberty heads toward her long-awaited reopening Tuesday, the nonprofit charity overseeing the project is under fire for its expenses. The Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation was sent a letter Friday...

HERE'S THE WORD ON DICTIONARY UPGRADE

If the high-tech revolution leaves you at a loss for words, don't despair - now you can find "MP3" and "DSL" in the dictionary. They are among the new words,...

CATFIGHT OVER PERV TIGGER

Walt Disney World is demanding that the Tigger outfit worn by an employee when he allegedly molested a young girl be altered for the trial. Michael Chartrand, 36, of St....

KERRY COMMENTS ON SLOGAN

GREENSBURG, Pa. - Sen. John Kerry yesterday charged that President Bush's new slogan of America "turning the corner" just doesn't cut it. With more than 7,000 drenched Pennsylvanians cheering him...

N.J. COPS FEAR GANG 'UPRISING'

New Jersey prison officials have issued a chilling warning to the state's urban police departments, saying their cops could be victimized by murderous street gangs waging new turf wars, it...

PUSH-IN SHOOTING; MOM'S HORROR AS SON TAKES 3 BULLETS

A 25-year-old college graduate helping his mom run the family business was shot three times and critically wounded during a violent push-in robbery in their upper Manhattan apartment yesterday. Cops...

PARIS BURNS OVER CLUB 'STALKER'

A bruised Paris Hilton threw a hissy fit at a Hamptons nightspot early yesterday when someone on the dance floor tried to snap her picture with a camera cellphone. The...

EX-COP HELD IN SUBWAY BLAST

A former cop with a history of psychiatric problems who claimed he found a flaming backpack that exploded in a Times Square subway station was charged yesterday with causing the...

SUSPECT A HUMMER-DINGER

Nassau County cops busted a man for allegedly impersonating a police officer yesterday after he tried to pull over a couple in his Hummer. According to police, Solomon O'Neil, 39,...

ROYAL TREATMENT: SAUDIS GIVE QAEDA THUG A $WEET SURRENDER

WASHINGTON - The Saudi government agreed to pay off the debts and give monthly salaries to the family of one of its most-wanted al Qaeda terrorists as part of an...

METS GET PITCHER & THE BABE

Newly acquired Met pitcher Kris Benson's career record is just 43-49. But off the field, Benson's exploits are the stuff of legends - when it comes to his wild sexcapades...

QNS. BENGAL TANGLE ; ESCAPED TIGER'S STROLL STIRS PANIC

A rare white Bengal tiger escaped from a traveling circus in Queens yesterday and prowled through the urban jungle of Forest Hills for a half an hour - startling motorists...

HISTORY OF BIG TROUBLE FOR THIS BIG TOP

The Florida-based circus whose tiger romped out of Forest Park, Queens, yesterday is one of the country's most storied entertainment businesses - and also has a long history of problems...

'SOCKS DOCS' PROBERS PUSH ON

The criminal probe into how and why former Clinton national security adviser Sandy Berger illegally sneaked classified documents out of the National Archives is going forward despite a report that...

WHIZ-BANG GIZMOS ; WARRIOR GIS GEAR UP FOR GOP GALA

U.S. Special Forces and military disaster-response teams guarding New York during the Republican convention will be armed with the latest high-tech weaponry, including "ballistic" sunglasses, advanced machine guns and a...

GARDEN GREENERY: NYPD CADETS AT THE PERIMETER

Armed with nothing more than a reflective belt and whistle, 1,650 raw police recruits will be pressed into frontline service to help protect Madison Square Garden from a terror attack,...

DISPIRITO TAKES HEAT FOR LEAVING THE KITCHEN

Will Rocco DiSpirito ever be taken seriously again? The camera-loving chef, who imploded before the viewing public on his NBC reality series, "The Restaurant" - and was later banned from...

CELEB CHEF NEEDS TO START FROM SCRATCH

More important than whether any restaurant will hire Rocco DiSpirito after his TV and legal debacles is: Does Rocco even want to work in a restaurant again? If he can...

KNIEVEL'S SOAR POINT

Daredevil Robbie Knievel wowed the fans on the USS Intrepid last night as he jumped a motorbike an amazing 200 feet through the air over a squadron of fighter planes...

MAN BUSTED IN STALK OF RADIO HOST

A man was busted outside Madison Square Garden yesterdat after allegedly stalking radio personality Monica Crowley for more than a year, The Post has learned. Crowley, a talk-show host for...

BARELY A BLIP ; KERRY GAINSSLIGHTLY IN POLL

The Democratic National Convention provided the barest of boosts to presidential wannabe John Kerry - earning him a historically low 4-point "bounce" in the polls, according to a survey released...

EZ-PASS MAY GET HARD-NO$ED

Drivers who fail to mount E-ZPass tags to their windshield and cause bottlenecks at MTA bridges and tunnels could be slapped with a $10 fine by the agency, officials said....

STRAY SHOT HITS WHEELCHAIR MAN

A 36-year-old wheelchair-bound man was shot in the back by an errant bullet in The Bronx, police sources said. An argument between two men on East 214th Street in the...

1 DEAD, 5 WOUNDED AS SHOTS FLY IN ROCKAWAY

A party in a Far Rockaway park turned bloody last night when a fight broke out among two of the more than 1,000 partygoers - leaving one man dead and...

WHAT KERRY LEFT OUT

WATCHING last week's Democratic infomercial in Boston, one could be forgiven for thinking that John Kerry went straight from the Mekong Delta to the podium at the Fleet Center, with...

PAXIL SUICIDE STUNNER; RX-MAKER KNEW KID RISK

The manufacturer of controversial antidepressant Paxil found in its own trials that children on the drug went though hellish ordeals of "out of control" behavior, suicide threats, hallucinations and hospitalization,...

SUSPECT A HUMMER-DINGER OF A 'LAWMAN'

Nassau County cops busted a Long Island man for impersonating a police officer yesterday after he tried to pull over a couple in his Hummer. According to police, Solomon O'Neil,...

WHIZ-BANG GIZMOS - WARRIOR GIS GEAR UP FOR GOP GALA

U.S. Special Forces and military disaster-response teams guarding New York during the Republican convention will be armed with the latest high-tech weaponry, including "ballistic" sunglasses, advanced machine guns and a...

CAN YOU SPOT THE POWER PLANT?

AT the end of the day, it wouldn't matter if Adam Victor's plan could cure cancer, wipe out terrorism and eliminate poverty. It can't, of course. But it can help...

FLESH DOCTORS PREY ON INSECURE

Too bad Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc was not one of the many doctors Hope Donahue consulted in her quest for perfection. Had she met with the Park Avenue plastic surgeon,...

MONTOYA MISDEAL A RANGER ERROR

THE naive will believe what they will. Let them. Let them believe that the Rangers and Al Montoya's representative exchanged up to a dozen contract proposals over six weeks but...

NETS' PLIGHT IRKS KIDD

Mission Impossible: Go ahead, Nets, repair a disastrous offseason that has cost starters Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles while leaving Jason Kidd furious and hoping for a trade. That is...

SHOCKEY'S TAKING IT SLOW & EASY

GIANT NOTES ALBANY - When he awakes, Jeremy Shockey feels pain in his right foot. He feels no discomfort when he runs straight ahead but as yet has not been...

LEWIS IS 'D' MAN ; NEW GIANT COORDINATOR IS RETOOLING DEFENSE

ALBANY - Of all the many additions to the Giants, the arrival of Tim Lewis as defensive coordinator may have the greatest immediate impact. Head coach Tom Coughlin's oft-stated goal...

DON'T WRITE OFF TYSON ; IRON MIKE NOT KNOCKED INTO RETIREMENT QUITE YET

LOUISVILLE - Mike Tyson will fight again. Just when and where only time will tell. Louisville, Memphis, Hackensack, who knows? But mark my words he will fight again. And people...

JAMAL AGENT SEES PROGRESS

Aaron Goodwin, agent for Jamal Crawford, contends progress has been made since Tuesday's Windy City Summit between Isiah Thomas and Bulls GM John Paxson that ended with no deal. "I'm...

TWO OF THE 'BOYS ; VINNY, KEYSHAWN BACK WITH PARCELLS

OXNARD, Calif. - As the Dallas Cowboys opened training camp here yesterday, it felt a bit like a reunion of the 1998 Jets. Bill Parcells opened his second camp as...

JASON KEEPS QUIET

After finally being diagnosed with a benign tumor, Jason Giambi was remaining silent yesterday. Neither he nor his wife, Kristian, have returned calls from the media or from teammates. GM...

PAT'S PATIENCE PAYS OFF IN WIN

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Rain started falling right after the fifth race and the main track was sealed. Then the skies really opened up right before seventh.2ND RACE - There was...

ROBERTSON CAN TALK A GOOD GAME ; JETS DT EXPECTS BIG YEAR

At 6-1 and some 317 pounds, it's difficult to be meek. It's not easy to tiptoe quietly anywhere at that size, particularly when you've been selected as the No. 4...

HERM PREPARING TO PLAY BEAT THE CLOCK

JET NOTES Look for the Jets to be a much more efficient clock management team this year. The Jets have had recent problems with some clock issues (see the loss...

JERKENS' 'SOCIETY' ACES TEST

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Hail to "The Chief"! Hall-of-Fame horseman Allen Jerkens, who's been winning stakes at the Old Spa for decades, struck again yesterday, sending out Society Selection to splash...

STEALING & DEALING - A-ROD SWIPES HOME ON DAY CONTRERAS LEAVES

Yankees 6 - Orioles While the Yankees were busy dealing away Jose Contreras, Alex Rodriguez took care of business on the field. July 31 may be the trade deadline, but...

HOT SHEFF'S STILL COOKIN'

YANKEE NOTES No. 402 was classic Gary Sheffield. On a 1-2 pitch from Oriole Eddy Rodriguez in the sixth inning yesterday, Sheffield twisted his body and unleashed a solo homer...

PITCHER PERFECT ; ADDITIONS MAKE MET ROTATION ONE OF MAJORS' BEST

ATLANTA - So when you talk about the Mets' rotation, who makes up the front end and who makes up the back end? "I don't know," Tom Glavine admitted. "Whoever's...

JUST 'WONDER'-FUL ; WONDER AGAIN COASTS IN DIANA

SARATOGA SPRINGS - When trainer Jimmy Toner won over a half-dozen stakes with the standout grass mare Memories of Silver from 1996-98, including the Diana Handicap at the Old Spa,...

YANKEES SENDING JOSE ON HIS WAY; TRADE VALUE: ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION

INSTEAD of getting a Big Unit, the Yankees got rid of a big headache. They gave up on a lab experiment named Jose Contreras in exchange for what they believe...

KRIS-MASH DAY - BENSON BLUDGEONED IN AMAZIN' DEBUT

Braves 8 Mets 0 ATLANTA - The Mets flew Kris Benson via private jet into Atlanta on Friday night, tucked his locker in the same corner as Al Leiter's and...

MILAN TOPS MANCHESTER; ITALIAN TEAM WINS AS EX-METROSTAR HOWARD FALLS SHORT ON SHOT

PENALTY KICKSAC Milan 9Man. U. 8 It was the most bizarre possible ending for yesterday's Manchester United-AC Milan tilt, and in a way the most fitting. A full 20 shots...

DEAL CONTRERAS TO WHITE SOX FOR RIGHTY LOAIZA

Tired of watching Jose Contreras pitch inconsistently, George Steinbrenner pushed for and was successful in trading the Cuban refugee to the White Sox yesterday for right-handed starter Esteban Loaiza. The...

ERICKSON SENT TO RANGERS

MET NOTES ATLANTA - Scott Erickson, we hardly knew ye. In the Mets' fourth trade in the two days before yesterday's trade deadline, they sent Erickson to Texas for a...

BOSTON BOMBSHELL

Alex Rodriguez' eyes bulged as big and white as baseballs. "Nomar got traded? Rodriguez asked. "Wow, that is surprising." The Yankees had varied reactions to the news that the Red...

A-ROD MAN OF STEAL ; SWIPES HOME, HOMERS TO PROPEL YANKS

Yankees 6Orioles 4 As Alex Rodriguez was asked if he felt ready for one of his vintage streaks, Joe Torre interrupted. "Shhh," said Torre, apparently scared the mere mention of...

BATTLING BLUES ALWAYS PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT

BEFORE the big re turn of striped bass to New York and New Jersey's maritime waters, bluefish had been the No. 1 game fish - but even at No. 2...

IT'S TIME TO COLLECT PITCHERS CAN WHO WIN UGLY

LAST week, C.C. Sabathia gave up five earned runs and got the win. Also last week - and if you read any trade story this week, you know this -...

THEY KEPT TRYING FOR RANDY

Having been told "no" by the Diamondbacks didn't stop the Yankees' pursuit of Randy Johnson yesterday. The Yankees placed 10 calls to Arizona management hoping until the last nanosecond before...

BIG SCORE FOR MAN U PROMOTER

One, a visionary, was looking for a product to push in the world's richest market; the other, the world's top product, was searching for a way to tap that market....

LIBS REBOUND - TORCH SUN AS BECKY NETS 24

Liberty 80 Sun 66 Less than 24 hours after watching the Liberty lose badly in Detroit, GM Carol Blazejowski was still singing the praises of interim head coach Pat Coyle....

ONE FALSE START; BRAVES ROUGH UP BENSON IN FIRST METS APPEARANCE

Braves 8 Mets 0 "They definitely had my number."KRIS BENSON ATLANTA - The Mets flew Kris Benson via private jet into Atlanta on Friday night, tucked his locker in the...

BOSS WENT TO BAT IN BATTLE VS. CANCER

THERE'S a voice in the Staten Island dugout, and it's starting to crack. As Tim Battle Jr. talks about his first professional baseball season, he rubs the underside of his...

LIBS KEEP LOOKIN' FOR SOLID EFFORT - NEEDED WIN BEFORE OLYMPIC BREAK

Ever since Patty Coyle replaced the fired Richie Adubato earlier this month, she has uttered the same refrain time and time again: "I don't want them to play great, I...

HEAD TO HEAD - POST COLUMNISTS KEVIN KERNAN AND JAY GREENBERG SLUG IT OUT OVER WHETHER THURMAN MUNSON BELONGS IN THE HALL OF FAME

Kevin Kernan: His locker is a shrine, his plaque is in Monument Park and his No. 15 is retired. The Yankees have honored Thurman Munson in many ways; it's time...

MUNSON'S LEGACY - REMEMBER HOW HE PLAYED MORE THAN WAY HE DIED

IT IS a quarter of a century now, a quarter of a century since Thurman Munson gained immortality by meeting his mortality in one of the cruelest ways imaginable. For...

HIGH ROLLER CAPITALIZES ON SCORING OPPORTUNITY

One a visionary looking for a product to push in the world's richest market, the other the world's top product searching for a way to tap that market. Manchester United...

RUCKER VS. RUCKER - HOOPS TOURNEYS FIGHT OVER NAME

The oldest street basketball tournament in the world - 54 years and counting - doesn't get the buzz, doesn't get the crowds, the tourists, the celebrities and certainly doesn't get...

CITY GAME'S LAME - NO-HOPE KNICKS AND NETS A RIVALRY THAT ALMOST WAS

DID you ever think you'd miss "fugazy" so much? That was only three months ago. For once, after all these years of false starts and fake promises, we'd gotten ourselves...

POCKET PRINCES HUDDLE UP - PENNINGTON COUNSELS MANNING ON BEING AN 'AIR APPARENT' IN NY

ALBANY - There they were, Eli Manning and Chad Pennington, the Giants Franchise Quarterback of the Future and the Jets Franchise Quarterback of The Present, head-to-head at a Reebok photo...

SIMMS NO BELIEVER IN WARNER MAGIC

ALBANY - Kurt Warner has gone from rags to riches once. And now he tries again. "Playing quarterback in the NFL, so much of it has to do with fate,"...