August 2, 2004
MEDIA GIANTS HURT BY MERGERS: ANALYST
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amOne analyst thinks that big media companies would be far better off today if they had never done any of their giant deals of the past decade. Doug Shapiro of...
ABBOUD TO GET CRED - UPSCALE DESIGNER SIGNS DEALS WITH SHOCKEY, MARBURY
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amDesigner Joseph Abboud has signed an endorsement deal with Jeremy Shockey, the trash-talking tight-end for the New York Giants, and is close to signing another deal with Stephon Marbury, the...
FEELIN' GOOD
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE CURE CONTRARY to popular music beliefs, the Cure, which headlined its namesake all-day goth classic Curiosa, was anything but gloomy. At Saturday's out-of-doors music festival on Randalls Island, which...
'NEXT ACTION STARS' GET A SHOT IN FLICK
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE winners of NBC's "Next Action Star" didn't have time to follow the quick path to low-level reality-show stardom - they were too busy making a network movie. Corinne van...
STARR REPORT
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amMonday musings Okay, so it's mid-summer and things are, well, a bit slower in TV - which gives me the chance to throw it out there and let 'er rip...
OLYMPIC TV MARATHON
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amNBC is seeking some one to break the Guinness record for consecutive TV watching - while watching its ambitious, 1,200-hour Olympics package later this month. The current record is 50...
COOL BLUE - STRIPPING COMES NATURALLY TO 'DEAD' HEARTTHROB
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amCALLUM Blue hit a nude beach for the first time last month. During a break from shooting the Showtime series "Dead Like Me" - in which he plays Mason, a...
FANCY PANTS - BLUE JEANS ARE READY FOR THEIR CLOSEUPS ON THE RED CARPET; DRESS UP DENIM
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amFASHION'S on-and-off romance with denim is back on - and in the spotlight. Designer jeans are fast becoming a red-carpet staple - sexed up with a flurry of overtly whimsical...
GOP'S HILLARY CASH 'BASH'
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amINCREASINGLY desperate New York Republicans are again attacking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, even though she's not up for re-election for two more years. A just-sent GOP fund-raising letter seeks to...
WANDERING TIGER GETS DAY OFF
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe show went on yesterday - minus its star. Apollo, the 450-pound white Bengal tiger that ran away from the Cole Bros. circus Saturday, sat out yesterday's performance in Forest...
AN ILLEGAL ENTRY PUTS ALL EYES ON BORDERS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe stunning new terror alerts emerge as federal investigators hunt for possible al Qaeda connections to a globe-hopping Pakistani woman who sneaked across the Rio Grande into Texas last month...
FEDS EYE WI$EGUY - EX-FEST BOSS' MONEY PROBED
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amRestaurateur Perry Criscitelli may face bigger problems than losing his post as president of the San Gennaro feast - his alleged mob ties and lavish lifestyle are the subject of...
LADY LIBERTY UNDER GUARD
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amAlthough officials cited only financial institutions in their latest terrorist warning, authorities will pay close attention to the Statue of Liberty, which opens to the public tomorrow for the first...
RUDY: JOHN NOT ZION-HEARTED
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Rudy Giuliani says the fact that John Kerry made no reference to Israel in his convention speech - and other Democrats barely mentioned it - raises questions about...
FIREFIGHTER DWI IS 27TH BOOZE BUST
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Staten Island firefighter yesterday became the 27th member of New York's Bravest busted this year on a charge of boozing while driving. This tied the number of smoke-eaters who...
BACK TO REALITY - TERROR THREATS & DENIAL
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amMANY Americans - many New Yorkers - have spent the past year on vacation. Now, with the news yesterday that put America on orange alert (and New York on heightened...
METS FANS BALK - CABLE PULLS PLUG
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amMets fans cried foul yesterday after their beloved team was pulled off Time Warner cable. "That sucks," said Monica Coronel of Queens, complaining she'll have to find a place with...
MOM'S NIGHTMARE - N.C. WOMAN SEES SON SLAIN IN QUEENS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA horrified North Carolina mother who had just arrived in Queens on Saturday to visit her son found herself clutching the 23-year-old's bloodied body as he lay dying from a...
BRIT'S MA HUGS KID OF 'KILLER'
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTOMS RIVER, N.J. - The heartsick mother of murdered teen Brittney Gregory yesterday put aside her own grief and opened her arms to comfort the sobbing daughter of the 16-year-old...
HAMPTONS DIARY
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amRUSSELL SIMMONS was over heard in Bridgehampton telling a friend about his wife's arrest on drug and careless-driving charges - and claiming a surveillance camera caught at least one of...
DEM DETAILS IRAQ PULLOUT PLAN
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amBOWLING GREEN, OHIO - Sen. John Kerry yesterday pledged to bring "significant numbers" of troops home from Iraq by the end of his first term, and bristled at suggestions that...
KERRY'S DROP IN POLL DEFIES 'CONVENTION'
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amDemocrat John Kerry got no poll bounce at all from the Democratic convention and actually lost ground as President Bush moved into a tiny 4-point lead, according to a stunning...
AL FRESCO MOVES ON UP TO THE EAST SIDE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has issued its first outdoor-cafe permit on the Upper East Side - the beginning of a massive rezoning project aimed at transforming busy Manhattan streets into cozy, European-style...
CHILLING NEW APPLE WARNING - * RIDGE: 'WE KNOW WHERE, NOT WHEN' * QAEDA TARGETING FINANCIAL SECTOR * DOWNTOWN & MIDTOWN SITES CASED
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTerrorists may try to blow up the New York Stock Exchange, the Citigroup Center and other high-profile economic institutions with car or truck bombs, the federal government said yesterday. Homeland...
TRAFFIC ON QUEASY ST. - CLAMPDOWNS TO PLAY HAVOC ON CITY ROADS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTwo of the city's major crossings - the Williamsburg Bridge and the Holland Tunnel - will be closed to Manhattan-bound trucks and commercial vans starting today. Along with other new...
GIVE 'EM THE WORKS - MIKE URGES NYERS TO STAY ON THE JOB
August 2, 2004 | 4:00am'We will spare no expense and we will take no chances.' -Mayor Bloomberg Go about your business. That was the message from Mayor Bloomberg yesterday. Security was beefed up around...
TWO HURT IN BRONX ACCIDENT
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA 37-year-old man's leg was partially severed as he waited for his car to be repaired at a Bronx auto shop and another customer was seriously hurt when a driver...
INJURED WORKER SUES OVER WALL COLLAPSE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amAn immigrant worker hurt in the collapse of a foundation wall last month in Queens has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the construction site's developer, The Post has learned....
TRAFFIC ON QUEASY ST. - CRACKDOWN TO PLAY HAVOC ON BRIDGES, TUNNELS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThree of the city's major crossings - the Brooklyn-Battery and Holland tunnels and the Williamsburg Bridge - will be off limits for Manhattan-bound trucks and commercial vans starting today. Along...
'CHAOS' IN AUTO-SHOP SMASH-UP
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe leg of a 37-year-old man was partially severed as he waited for his car to be repaired at a Bronx auto shop and another customer was seriously hurt when...
DETECTIVE BADLY HURT IN TIGER'S WALKABOUT
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn cop's back was broken after her car was involved in a Queens pileup caused by Apollo the runaway tiger. NYPD Detective Maureen O'Malley told The Post from her...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BRONX * The bystander fatally shot while sitting in a wheelchair in Williamsbridge on Saturday was not disabled, cops said yesterday. The violence began at 10:30 p.m., when two...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe Navy is seeing double, thanks to a pair of identical twins who earned their wings the same day. And Deborah and Christa Kieszek, 24 - who both made lieutenant...
GARDEN ANGEL OF QNS.
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amAt 92, a feisty Betty Pegen is still hard at work on a labor of love she began about four decades ago - tending the park that honors a 19th-century...
GLITCH GROUNDS FLIGHT
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA technical glitch in a flight operating system used by American Airlines and US Airways wreaked havoc on the carriers' schedules yesterday, and sent travel plans for thousands of people...
YASSER BUNGLED GAZA SLAY PROBE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli military intelligence has concluded a report on the killing of three American security guards in the Gaza Strip last October - and how Yasser Arafat botched the...
'VILLAGE' HAS FRIGHT $TUFF
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amIt takes a "Village" to become the No. 1 movie at the box office. "The Village, " M. Night Shyamalan's creepy tale about a 19th-century town terrified by bloodthirsty creatures...
GOP PIZZA MANUAL EXPLAINS APPLE PIE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amReal New Yorkers know how to order a slice of pizza - and eat it - blindfolded. But for everybody else, especially the thousands of politicos invading our town for...
MA ACCIDENTALLY SMOTHERS BABY
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother accidentally smothered her 2-month-old baby when she rolled on top of him in her sleep yesterday, lawenforcement sources said. The mom had been sleeping next to little...
BEATEN B'DAY KID BRAIN DEAD
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amA brawl between two groups of revelers outside a Bronx club left a youth who had been celebrating his 18th birthday brain dead, authorities said yesterday. One of the victim's...
A TOUGH BREAK - SEUBERT'S REHAB FLOATS ON, BUT SEASON MAY BE ALL WET
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - He can simulate almost every football maneuver while exercising in a pool and put himself through quite a workout. But there's one aspect to his job Rich Seubert...
MSG/FSN COVERAGE OFF TIME-WARNER
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amOnce again, a dispute with Cablevision has resulted in the removal of valued sports programming from a competing local cable system. As of yesterday, MSG/FSN has been dropped from Time-Warner's...
TIME FOR HOLIDAY IN HELL
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amPOSTCARD from Hades. Another week in paradise. Wish you were here. If Kris Benson's wife were a microbiologist in pursuit of a cure for a deadly disease - instead of...
ONE HAPPY CAMPER - NEW COWBOY HENSON HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT LEAVING YANKS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amOXNARD, Calif. - Instead of fielding grounders in Pawtucket yesterday, Drew Henson was throwing passes 3,000 miles away. Instead of worrying about being trade bait for Randy Johnson last week,...
MCCAREINS POSING AN IDOL THREAT
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Justin McCareins was trying to make a name for himself at Northern Illinois, hardly a collegiate football powerhouse and conduit to professional football, he looked to a particular player...
VET CHREBET'S STILL A FAN FAVORITE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES From the look of things early in training camp, Wayne Chrebet, who is coming back from post-concussion syndrome, is far from done. He, in fact, looks like his...
LOAIZA FACES UP TO PINSTRIPED LIFE
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amEsteban Loaiza became a changed man yesterday. At 11:25 a.m., he sauntered into the home clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. Sporting a goatee, he carried a White Sox bag. Twenty-five minutes...
SLUMP STUMPS COLD PIAZZA
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - The worst part came in the fourth inning. That's when Mike Piazza saw three pitches, swung at three pitches and missed three pitches. Nobody is really...
MORIBUND METS GET SWEPT AWAY - SHOVED 9 GAMES OUT BY SURGING BRAVES
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amBraves 6 - Mets 5 ATLANTA - It's Aug. 2, the Mets have played 104 games and they believe they are in the hunt. But they are now closer to...
TORRE OFFERS OLERUD FIRST CRACK AT 1ST
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES In a somewhat surprising declaration, Joe Torre announced yesterday that John Olerud - who as of last night was negotiating a free-agent deal with the Yankees, but had...
NO UNIT'S NOT END
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amTHE Yankees played a post-July 31 game yesterday without Randy Johnson and initial reports were the republic did not fall, the waters did not turn to sand and locusts did...
BOMBERS HAVE A BIG BLAST - THREE HRS ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF ORIOLES
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amCritics can gripe that the Yankees' offensive attack occasionally is like using an atom bomb to kill an ant. But some days - like yesterday - they need every bit...
GALATASARY POPS PORTO
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amGalatasaray's spirited 2-1 victory over European champion Porto was one of the most entertaining contests in this ChampionsWorld series. Pity only 15,408 turned out at the Meadowlands to see it....
SHAQ, HEAT INVADE GARDEN FEB. 9
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amCircle February 9 on the calender, it will mark the first time Shaquille O'Neal invades The Garden as a member of the Heat, The Post has learned. The Knicks' schedule...
GLAVINE FAILS TO DELIVER
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amATLANTA - Recalling the play-by-play yesterday, Tom Glavine recited the game's first four hitters. He got he first two, then walked J.D. Drew, then served up a ground-rule double to...
CANARSIE LOSES SCHULTERS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amJamal Schulters nearly led Canarsie to its first PSAL title since 1981 last year and coach Mike Camardese thought the versatile star would get him back to the title game...
NETS BEGIN RJ PACT TALKS
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amThe Nets lost Kenyon Martin. They don't want to lose Richard Jefferson. So yesterday, on the first day they were allowed to, the Nets began talks with Jefferson's camp about...
AZERI HAS OL' MAGIC IN WAND
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Azeri, runaway winner of the Grade 1, $500,000 Go For Wand Handicap yesterday at Saratoga, is the Mark Twain of horseracing. Reports of her demise were greatly...
LUCIFER'S STONE LOOKS ROCK SOLID
August 2, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Lucifer's Stone, the likely favorite for today's Grade 3, $100,000 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies at a mile and a sixteenth over the Mellon turf, has been...