August 16, 2004
TED'S FAMILY FEUD - GRUDGE IGNITES EFFORTS TO DEEP-SIX MGM DEAL
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amAn angry Ted Turner is doing all he can to try to scuttle Time Warner's negotiations to acquire MGM - apparently unable to let go of an 18-year-old grudge against...
GOOGLE LIKELY TO HIT IPO PRICE MARK
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amAmid all the grumbling about its initial stock offering, there's a good chance that Google will get its asking price - but just barely. Google, which began accepting bids for...
GARAGE BORE; MUSIC FEST TOO LONG & TOO MUCH
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amLITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE BAND FESTIVAL THE best thing Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen's guitar ace) could have done to make his International Garage Band Festival better would have been:...
STARR REPORT
August 16, 2004 | 4:00am'ET' + 'AH' = Ritter It's a thankless job, but someone has to be the buffer between "Entertainment To night" and "Access Holly wood" - and all the, well, emotion...
PREGNANCY'S GREATEST RISK: DADDY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00am"Fatal Fathers: A Bill Kurtis Special Report" Tonight at 8 on A&E (three stars) WHAT do you think is the most common form of death for pregnant women in American...
LADY'S NIGHT - AMY SEDARIS TOPS LIST AS KILBORN'S SUCCESSOR
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amIS late-night TV ready for a little female companionship? For the first time since Joan Rivers was touted as Johnny Carson's replacement in the late 1980s, a young female comic...
THE DOG HOUSE - 'BOUNTY HUNTER' JOINS 'GOTTI' AND A&E MORTICIANS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amDUANE Chapman says he's wanted to be a TV star ever since he was young, when his favorite show was "Wanted: Dead or Alive," the Steve McQueen series about a...
BOSS TWEED - WOOLLY WEAVES & OTHER FALL FASHION MUSTS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amFASHION is all about fun this fall. The polished, lady-like looks currently flooding into stores come in a wider variety of shapes, colors and textures than we've seen in years....
DEM WAR OVER LETTER TO COURT
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSTATE Sen. Martin Connor of Brooklyn, one of the Legislature's most experienced lawyers, is blasting a Manhattan colleague - and fellow Democrat - for a "blatant, unethical attempt" to influence...
FINEST PREP FOR ANARCHY ; RADICALS EYE GOP GALA
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amCops are bracing for radical attempts to "shut down" the Republican convention, with protesters blockading or disabling delegates' buses - and the NYPD is even warning McDonald's and Starbucks that...
'I CAN'T LOSE HOPE ; '88 PARENT KILLER CITES NEW EVIDENCE IN JAIL INTERVIEW
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amAn incarcerated Long Island man who claims he was wrongly convicted of slaughtering his adoptive parents in 1988 said shocking new evidence in his case has revived his dream of...
'HE HIT ON ME OVER & OVER. I WAS AFRAID TO BE ALONE WITH HIM': EX-AIDE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amGov. Jim McGreevey just wouldn't take no for an answer. That was what Golan Cipel - the Israeli man at the center of the New Jersey governor's gay sex scandal...
OK FOR NEW CIA BOSS LOOKS CERTAIN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said yesterday he expects CIA nominee Rep. Porter Goss to pass quickly through confirmation hearings so Congress can tackle the 9/11...
PARTY UNTIL YOU DIE ; 2 SLAIN AT BASHES
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amThree parties in Brooklyn and Manhattan yesterday ended in bloodshed, leaving one person shot dead, another killed with a sword and seven injured. James Marks, 20, of Queens, one of...
NEW W. AD RIPS KERRY'S INTELLIGENCE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is unleashing a new ad today bashing rival John Kerry for trying to gain political points by capitalizing on the hot issue of intelligence reform. Kerry...
BRUNO OKS EXTRA 10G FOR JAILBIRD VELELLA
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - Disgraced former Bronx state Sen. Guy Velella got an extra $10,000 sweetheart "lulu" payment late last week - even though he's serving a year on Rikers Island for...
AMERICANS ARE GETTING THE MASSAGE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMassage therapists, chiropractors and tattoo parlors are more popular than ever. The number of massage requests on the online Yellow Pages has grown from 3.4 million in 1994 to 13.4...
TEARS FOR ALANA ; ELECTROCUTED TEENAGER MOURNED
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHundreds of mourners packed a Queens funeral home to overflowing yesterday to say goodbye to Alana Berenson, 18, the student electrocuted with her boyfriend last week during a freak flash...
POIGNANT PREGNANCY ; DISPLACED DUO'S DUE DATE IS FIRE'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amFor some of the dozens of families left homeless when a five-alarm inferno roared through 10 Brooklyn buildings nearly a year ago, the fateful event now heralds the future rather...
PET PROJECT; KIND NYERS RU$H TO AID QNS. SHELTER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amNew Yorkers have been opening their wallets, their homes and their hearts to the furry residents of a struggling Queens animal shelter, donating more than half the money it needs...
GUN KID 'SCARED' IN JAIL ; DENIES 'ROULETTE' SLAY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amA pregnant Queens teenager, accused of killing her boyfriend during a game of Russian roulette, insists she's innocent and is crushed by her young lover's untimely death. "I'm scared," Nadera...
BUSH COMFORTS FLORIDA VICTIMS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday got a firsthand view of the devastation inflicted when Hurricane Charley roared through Florida as the death toll in the ravaged state rose to 16, thousands were...
'IT LOOKS LIKE A BOMB ZONE'
August 16, 2004 | 4:00am"Beirut." That was Chad Maxwell's pithy description of Punta Gorda, a retirement community on Florida's Gulf Coast, after Hurricane Charley struck. As cleanup efforts continued in the city of 15,000...
HO-DOWN IN WEST VILLAGE; COPS TARGET HOOKERS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amCops are cracking down on an invasion of prostitutes - many of them transvestites - in the quaint side streets of the West Village. While prostitution has always existed in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amGirlfriend, are you feeling lonely? Japanese designers say they've finally come up with the perfect solution - the boyfriend pillow. The pillow is being hailed as the ideal sleep partner...
28TH FIREFIGHTER BOOZE BUST
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn fire captain yesterday became the 28th member of New York's Bravest to be busted for DWI this year, breaking the record for smoke-eaters facing alcohol-related charges set last...
COURAGEOUS KID HERO ; SAVED PARENTS IN VIOLENT BREAK-IN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amLittle José Pagan will never forget the night when, barefoot and in his pajamas, he escaped the clutches of two shotgun-wielding thugs holding his family hostage and flagged down two...
BLOOMY HEAPS SCORN ON PORN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is promising a crackdown on the sex shops that are burgeoning in the West Village. "I wouldn't want a porno parlor in my neighborhood and you shouldn't have...
NOW EARL IS POISED TO TAKE GULF BY STORM
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amWill Earl follow Charley? While Florida was recovering from Hurricane Charley yesterday, the fourth and fifth storms of the Atlantic hurricane season were out at sea. Tropical Storm Danielle, which...
PIZZA BASH BECOMES PIE IN SKY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amEmerging from seclusion with his wife and daughter, an unshaven Gov. Jim McGreevey and his family briefly turned up in Rahway last night planning to have a "pizza party" with...
SHORT POLES A GOOD SIGN FOR BUS RIDERS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amTaking a bus is becoming less of a pain in the neck - thanks to a city plan to ease rider strain caused by looking up at too-high signs. Bus...
NICKY HILTON TIES THE KNOT
August 16, 2004 | 4:00am"The other Hilton heiress" - Paris' younger sister Nicky - pulled off a quickie Las Vegas wedding à la Britney Spears yesterday by marrying an old flame in a wee-hour...
APPLE TAKES OLYMPIC PITCH TO GREECE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amBackers of New York's 2012 Olympic bid made their pitch to the international press in Athens yesterday with a presentation that "went extremely well," according to the top NYC2012 official....
MAN RAPES HIS WIFE, ABDUCTS THEIR KIDS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amA nationwide Amber Alert was issued yesterday after a Bronx man raped his estranged wife and kidnapped their two kids, police said. Cops said the violence began when the man,...
BRONX HUBBY'S SAVAGE ATTACK ; SEX & KIDNAP ORDEAL
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amA Bronx man was on the lam early today after beating and sexually assaulting his estranged wife - and briefly kidnapping their children, police said. A nationwide Amber Alert was...
CITY TAKES OLYMPIC PITCH TO GREECE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amBackers of New York's 2012 Olympic bid made their pitch to the international press in Athens yesterday with a presentation that "went extremely well," according to the top NYC2012 official....
POIGNANT PREGNANCY - DISPLACED DUO'S DUE DATE IS FIRE'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amFor some of the dozens of families left homeless when a five-alarm inferno raged through 10 Brooklyn buildings nearly a year ago, that fateful date now heralds the future rather...
BLOOMBERG HEAPS SCORN ON PORN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg is promising a crackdown on the sex shops that are sprouting up so fast in the West Village that residents have dubbed it "the new Times Square." "I...
SHORTER POLES A GOOD SIGN FOR CITY BUS RIDERS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amTaking a bus is becoming less of a pain in the neck - thanks to a city plan to ease rider strain caused by looking up at too-high signs. Bus...
CHISOX GM STIRS TAMPER TEMPEST
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES White Sox GM Ken Williams remains ticked off at the Mets' comments about pending free agent Magglio Ordonez. Williams and Mets GM Jim Duquette seem to differ on...
C-MART LIKES NEW ATTITUDE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin was asked about anything that may be new on offense this season and instead of telling of new pass patterns, more aggressive and imaginative play calling,...
ABRAHAM'S TOUGH TO PIN DOWN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSack-master John Abraham, who has averaged just about one sack per game in his Jet tenure, may see his sack totals drop from what we've been accustomed to. Conversely, his...
DELOATCH WON'T LET BLUNDER AFFECT HIM
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Curtis Deloatch knew what he did wasn't good even before he spotted Tom Coughlin breathing fire and berating him with a few choice and unprintable words....
CREAMED TEAM ; U.S. TEAM CRUMBLES IN FIRST OLYMPIC LOSS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMEN'S HOOPSPuerto Rico 92United States 73 ATHENS - As the end neared, the vanquished Americans were serenaded with chants of "PUER-to RI-co! PUER-to RI-co!" and they had little choice but...
GREISEN'S INJURY IS MONK'S CHANCE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amALBANY - The timing couldn't be much worse for Nick Greisen. But, as is the case with so many injuries, one player's misfortune is another's fortuitous opportunity. So it is...
OLYMPIC RIGHTS - AND WRONGS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amTHESE are remarkable times, historical times. An American can sit at home, turn on his or her TV and watch the death of broadcast journalism. They can watch the once...
A-ROD'S STILL ACHIN' - WON'T SWING BAT UNTIL TOMORROW
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Suspended and sick Alex Rodriguez won't participate in baseball activities until tomorrow, when the Yankees hold an early batting practice at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. A-Rod, who was...
'CLONES FROM CAL ALSO COMPADRES
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amWhen second baseman Matt Fisher arrived in Brooklyn 2½ weeks ago, he called across the clubhouse to his best friend in the borough. Ryan Coultas, the Cyclones' everyday shortstop, responded...
CREAMED TEAM ; U.S. PROS CRUMBLE IN FIRST OLYMPIC LOSS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMEN'S HOOPS Puerto Rico92 United States 73 ATHENS - As the end neared, the vanquished Americans were serenaded with chants of "PUER-to RI-co! PUER-to RI-co!" and they had little choice...
ISRAELI TAKES HIGH ROAD
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Israel's Ehud Vaks could have taken the low road, the one the Iranian government chose to travel yesterday. He could have cried out about the absurdity of having...
BAN THE IRANIANS - NOW!
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - They cannot stay here, of course, and Jacques Rogge, the head of the International Olympic Committee, cannot allow them to stay. He can't hope this just goes away,...
OLD PRO IN AMATEUR
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amThirty summers ago as a Stonehill College undergrad, George Zahringer covered Winged Foot Golf Club with a lawnmower as part of the greens keeper's staff. Today, Zahringer will trek the...
BOMBERS BLOCKED BOOMER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - The Yankees aren't interested in Boomer III, but they made sure David Wells doesn't pitch for any other club besides the Padres this season. According to...
THEY'RE READY TO RYDE - U.S. GOLFERS SCRAMBLE FOR CUP SPOTS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - Hal Sutton will end the suspense this morning when he announces his two captains picks for the 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup team. And while Tour players and...
METROS MISSING THEIR MAINSTAY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSometimes a player's true value is underscored best not by his presence, but by his absence. It's hardly surprising or ironic that Amado Guevara's importance to the Metro- Stars -...
TAME TIGER ENDS TOURNEY WITH WHIMPER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amPGA NOTES HAVEN, Wis. - Tiger Woods quietly bowed out of the 86th PGA Championship yesterday, never mounting anything close to a charge in the final round. Woods started the...
'DOCTOROFF' BASE WITH OLYMPICS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The presentation was professional, and it was earnest, and it left you with no doubt that Dan Doctoroff believes that he has spent the last 10 years of...
WRIGHT ON THE MONEY
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amWATCHING highlights Tuesday night, David Wright saw clips of Randy Johnson pitching in Montreal and instantly began the mental calculations. Five days would be Sunday at Shea. Five days to...
JOHNSON INSPIRES BIG EMOTIONS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amIt was the quickest of Randy Johnson's 14 strikeouts yesterday. On three nasty pitches, Johnson sent down Todd Zeile swinging. Then the Big Unit added a big glare. Zeile, who...
FRANCO'S NO FAN OF HOWE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amIt feels as if Jesse Orosco has pitched more recently for the Mets than John Franco. At least it feels that way for Franco, who is on the roster in...
CANDREA'S CORPS PLAYING HARDBALL
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSOFTBALL USA 10 Australia 0 ATHENS - Be the aggressor. Every time U.S. Olympic softball coach Mike Candrea is asked about his team's approach to an upcoming opponent, he repeats...
U.S. SWIMMERS SINK
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - Splish, splash, the U.S. men's swim team is taking a bath. The squad that was supposed to conquer the world from sea to shining sea by turning the...
COUGHLIN SWIMS TO RECORD
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK ATHENS -Natalie Coughlin had two goals going into today's 100-meter backstroke final: Keep her time in yesterday's semifinal heat to one minute, and swim fast enough to land the...
U.S. CAGERS: THEY GOT BLAME ; PLENTY TO GO AROUND AFTER DEFEAT
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amATHENS - The first time, you could blame the referees and the game officials, because they were the ones who kept putting time back on the clock, who took the...
UNHITTABLE UNIT; ALL AMAZIN'S CAN OFFER IS COMIC RELIEF
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amD'backs 2Mets 0 On a day when Randy Johnson brought unhittable stuff as well as intimidation, the Mets provided the stupidity. The final result was comically predictable. Johnson whiffed 14...
SUDDENLY, RAY'S THE BACKUP
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHerm Edwards completed 26 straight passes to his receivers in drills yesterday afternoon and joked after practice about his days as a "disaster" quarterback when he played for the Eagles....
THIS PEN LEAKS ; NO RELIEF FOR YANKS AS M'S SCORE 6 IN 7TH
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amMariners 7Yankees 3 SEATTLE - Discovering an effective middle reliever in the Yankees' bullpen yesterday was harder than finding a blueprint for Middle East peace. When Kevin Brown departed in...
KNEE INJURY HOBBLES MICKENS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES Ray Mickens went down with a knee injury yesterday during practice, the severity of which will be announced by the Jets today. At already one of the Jets'...
BIRDSTONE PREPS FOR TRAVERS
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Nick Zito's Birdstone geared up for Aug. 28 Travers yesterday morning, breezing six furlongs in 1:16 over Oklahoma training track. Zito also plans to run The...
TIGER LEAVES WITH WHIMPER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amPGA NOTES HAVEN, Wis. - Tiger Woods quietly bowed out of the 86th PGA Championship yesterday, never mounting anything close to a charge in the final round. Woods started the...
IT'S VIJAY'S DAY IN 3-WAY PLAYOFF - SINGH TOPS DIMARCO, LEONARD FOR CROWN
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh says winning major championships doesn't mean as much to him as it might to other players. But that's not the way it looked yesterday when...
VIJAY REGISTERS A MAJOR TRIUMPH ; CAPTURES THIRD TITLE WITH VICTORY IN 3-HOLE PLAYOFF
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh doesn't enjoy the celebrity of Tiger Woods, nor the popularity of Phil Mickelson, but when it comes to playing pressure golf he is their equal...
FISHER'S BECOMING A CYCLONES STAPLE
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amCyclones 3IronBirds 1 The plan yesterday was for the Cyclones' lineup card to energize Matt Fisher. With leadoff hitter Corey Coles receiving a day off, manager Tony Tijerina bumped his...
DIMARCO EARNS RYDER CUP SPOT
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amHAVEN, Wis. - Chris DiMarco did receive some consolation in losing the 86th PGA Championship in a playoff to Vijay Singh. His second-place tie with Justin Leonard was good enough...
TAME TIGER GOES OUT WITH WHIMPER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amPGA NOTES HAVEN, Wis. -Tiger Woods quietly bowed out of the 86th PGA Championship yesterday, never mounting anything close to a charge in the final round. Woods started the day...
BARREN METROS DROP A STINKER
August 16, 2004 | 4:00amBurn 1MetroStars 0 Any doubts that Metro- Stars midfielder Amado Guevara is the MLS MVP should've been erased in last night's 1-0 loss to Dallas. That's because his importance was...