August 3, 2001
CIPRIANIS LAND $14.5M LANDMARK
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe Ciprianis have just plunked down $14.5 million to ensure their destiny on 42nd Street, and will add a garage to protect their partygoers' Ferraris. "They have been doing a...
EMI'S PRIORITY CHANGES; LABEL JOINS CAPITOL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe bad news keep rolling at EMI Music. The beleaguered music group is folding its hip-hop label, Priority Records, into its Capitol division a mere three years after paying $200...
ON ITS 3RD 'LIFE,' MAG RETURNING AS 'BOOKAZINE'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amLife lives. Time Inc., the magazine wing of AOL Time Warner, plans to once again resurrect Life - this time as a "bookazine." In the latest incarnation, the company plans...
WINDOWS CRACKED - APPEALS COURT DEALS BLOW TO M'SOFT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMicrosoft's tango with the government got a little closer yesterday as a federal appeals court delivered a blow to the tech giant. The court laughed off Microsoft's bid to reconsider...
MARTHA'S BEDFORD BAKE-OFF
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMARTHA Stewart sure knows how to wow a crowd - even if the group she's entertaining isn't especially friendly. It seems the high priestess of homemaking used her talents and...
HARPERCOLLINS JOINS HUNT FOR GOLDEN
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe battle for "Pat the Bunny" and "The Poky Little Puppy" continues to rage as HarperCollins said it is prepared to join DIC Entertainment to buy the bankrupt childrens' publisher...
WHITNEY, ARISTA SING $100M SONG
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amWhitney Houston has signed a new multi-album long-term recording contract with Arista Records for compensation in "excess of $100 million." The contract was first reported by The Post yesterday. The...
BRIEF ENCOUNTER? - BUYERS COURTING FRUIT OF LOOM
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amFruit of the Loom is attempting to emerge from bankruptcy and buyers are interested. It's summertime, and Fruit of the Loom is looking ripe for the picking. Fruit of the...
FASHION EXEC ADMITS TO MONEY LAUNDERING
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amFashion industry exec Elliot Lavigne had better get used to stripes. The former president of Perry Ellis and CEO of Jordache Enterprises pleaded guilty yesterday to helping launder $8 million...
NOW 'BECKER' CAST BOLTS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amEITHER there's a bug going around the set of "Becker," or it's contract renegotiation time. the CBS sitcom's five supporting cast members called in sick this week. The actors -...
'ORIGINAL SIN' JUST DEADLY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amORIGINAL SIN [] Exuberantly bad melodrama. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated R (bare buttocks and breasts, violence). At the 42nd St. E Walk, the Loews Village, the Beekman, others. -----------...
NEVER-ENDING FAIRY TALE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE PRINCESS DIARIES [] We are not that amused. Running time: 114 minutes. Rated G. At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Union Square, others. ----------- THE spoonfuls of sugar...
SAY BYE-BYE TO 'THAT'S MY BUSH'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amCOMEDY Central has impeached its spoof of the George W. Bush White House -"That's My Bush!" The show, which premiered last April, was canned yesterday - although Comedy Central officials...
OLD NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amGETTING older is often the death knell of a rock act, but not so with Huey Lewis and the News."For us, it's an interesting phenomenon," says Lewis, who wrote songs...
KOREAN TROUPE HAS IT MADE IN 'THE SHADES'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amUNIVERSAL BALLET "La Bayadere"At the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 875-5200. ------- THERE is one particular moment in classic dance that can provide the acid test of any...
MORE IS LESS 'NOW'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amAPOCALYPSE NOW REDUX [] Expanded, cleaned-up version of hallucinatory 1979 masterpiece. Running time: 196 minutes. Rated R (violence, female nudity). At the Astor Plaza and the Lincoln Square. ----- YOU...
STARR REPORT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amAction on Jackson concert front Tonight's "Extra" (7 p.m./Ch. 4) has an exclusive interview with Jackie Jackson - who confirms that all of the Jackson sibs will participate in Michael...
A LONG WAY FROM CAMELOT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMR. PRESIDENTDouglas Fairbanks Theater, 432 W. 42nd St. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. Through Sept. 29. ------- A political product of 1962 has been recycled for today's musical stage, recasting yesterday's patriotism...
MAN WITH A 'PLAN' - THIS IS IT! HUEY LEWIS HAS AN OLD NEW SOUND
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amHE was an MTV darling in the '80s, a dud in the '90s and now he just wants to have fun. Huey Lewis and the News are back with a...
'DRESSER' A LAM DUCK - FUGITIVE PRODUCER CAN'T SCARE UP A NEW YORK FRONT MAN
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amIF he sets foot in America, they'll clap the irons on him. But that hasn't stopped disgraced theatrical impresario Garth Drabinsky from plotting a return to Broadway.Drabinsky - who makes...
'OTHER KIDS PICKED ON ME': BUFFY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amSEXY Sarah Michelle Gellar says she was a "geekish outsider" who was tortured by her classmates when she was in high school - but now she's had the last laugh....
A BOW TO ETHNIC '60S HUMOR, VIA CAMP GRENADA
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amHELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDUHTriad Theater, 158 W. 72nd St. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. ------- IN 1962, Allan Sherman recorded the single "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh," a letter from a boy at...
A BUM 'RUSH' - CHAN/TUCKER CHEMISTRY FIZZLES IN COMEDY SEQUEL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amRUSH HOUR 2 [* ½] Tiresome, charmless sequel to the cross-cultural buddy-comedy hit. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence). At AMC Empire 25, Union Square 14, Loews 84th Street,...
ON THE ROAD - THE NEW REALITY SHOW WHERE THE CARS ARE THE STARS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00am"USA's Cannonball Run 2001: Race Across America" Sunday through Thursday at 10 p.m. on USA Network [Three gas pumps] ------- IT'S not easy for me to be struck dumb by...
NICOLE'S RED-HOT PREMIERE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA ravishing Nicole Kidman - just days away from being divorced from Tom Cruise - breezed into the Big Apple last night for the premiere of her latest movie. The...
AUTO-MATIC DRUG BUST ON L.I.
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan man whose car was impounded on Long Island was arrested hours later when he sneaked into the vehicle and got caught holding the bag - of cocaine, police...
GOPER FAKED KIDNAP COPS: L.I. BIG TRIED TO PIN BLAME ON FOES
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe Long Island GOP-connected businessman who claimed he was kidnapped last month has been charged with making up the story to get back at the people telling Indian newspapers he's...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 3, 1977
August 3, 2001 | 4:00am"ALBANY - Gov. Carey today signed into law a bill that calls for fines of up to $100 for dog owners who do not clean up after their pets on...
COPS FLUSH OUT L.I. POTTY PERP
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island bank robber who grabbed an armful of cash and led cops on a muddy chase through a swamp was nabbed when he tried to hide out in...
GEE WHIZ! IT'S A JOKE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Florida man was busted for displaying an X-rated bumper sticker of a urinating Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" - with the names of people he hates listed under the...
DA'S MESSAGE: GO AHEAD AND KILL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Carnegie Deli massacre was a hideous crime against five people. But the Manhattan district attorney's action in the case yesterday brutalized an entire city. Robert Morgenthau went into legal...
HOUSEKEEPER TOOK HER TO CLEANERS: DA
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA housekeeper has been charged with cleaning out her 93-year-old wheelchair-bound employer and gambling away the woman's $430,000 nest egg. Joan Miller, 56, also known as Susan Wong, wiped out...
SILENCE IS GOLDEN: DAN MAY GET CONDIT INTERVIEW
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amDan Rather has emerged as the leading candidate to land a blockbuster interview with Rep. Gary Condit - which could explain the CBS anchor's near-total silence on the Chandra Levy...
BRAVO! NO CNBC CHANNEL CHANGE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amTime Warner Cable will keep CNBC on Channel 15 after all. The cable giant was planning to move CNBC to the twilight zone of Channel 64, and replace it on...
RACING ASS'N RIPS RUDY ON OTB 'BUYER'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani sparked a ferocious war with the New York Racing Association yesterday by announcing plans to sell the city's Off-Track Betting Corp. to a Canadian-based competitor. Giuliani told reporters...
SCHOOL ME$$-UP IS UN'SPEAK'ABLE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amSchool Construction Authority officials, meeting yesterday for the first time since Gov. Pataki's investigative panel lashed out at $1.8 billion in school cost overruns, acted as if the furor didn't...
CLUB BIG GETS STRIPPED: HONCHO HANDS OVER HOT SPOT IN PLEA DEAL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amGold Club owner Steven Kaplan pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in an Atlanta court yesterday and agreed to give up the most lucrative strip club in the nation - after...
ISRAELI DRIVER FOILS BUS BOMB
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Passengers aboard a packed Israeli bus escaped disaster when the driver threw out a Palestinian youngster carrying a homemade bomb, authorities said. The incident was the Palestinians' first...
JURY HAS CASE OF THE TEACHER 'TEMPTRESS'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe fate of an ex-teacher accused of sexcapades with her teenage students is in the hands of a jury - which heard her described as both a schoolhouse seductress and...
'BIAS BEAT' SUSPECT'S PAL SLIPPERY ON STAND
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe best friend of alleged hate-attacker Christopher Slavin had one message for the Long Island jury at his buddy's attempted-murder trial yesterday: I don't know anything. Peter Horvath, 25, of...
DO-GOOD DOCS TAKE KID'S PLIGHT TO HEART
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA boy with a deadly heart ailment is getting a lifesaving operation thanks to some vacationing doctors who learned of his plight while touring a sugar factory in the Dominican...
WALL ST. LOOT IN CROATIA?: 250G BAIL TO KEEP SECRETARY FROM JOINING KIN ABROAD
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amInvestigators believe a quiet Queens secretary accused of pilfering big bucks from her Bear Stearns boss may have stashed $400,000 of the loot with family members in Croatia, sources said...
GIRL SURVIVES B'KLYN SUBWAY DRAGGING
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA 12-year-old girl, headed to visit relatives in Brooklyn on the subway, was dragged 20 feet down an IRT platform yesterday after her ankle got caught in a closing door....
MIKE RAILS OVER NIXED SUBWAY ADS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amRepublican Michael Bloomberg's mayoral campaign yesterday charged it was thwarted in a bid to post in subway stations ads that criticize the city's transit system and boost the candidate's plan....
ONCE 'DATELESS' AND STILL MATELESS, DOC FILES SUIT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe "dateless doc" - who once placed an ad offering $200,000 for a wife - says his quest for somebody to love got him ripped off to the tune of...
GIRL SAYS SHE MADE UP TALE OF BX. PERV
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old Bronx girl's tale about fending off a ski-masked bogeyman was a lie aimed at getting her out of hot water with her mom, police said yesterday. It was...
DELI-MASSACRE SUSPECT IS BACK
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe admitted triggerman in the heinous Carnegie Deli massacre - returned to New York by Florida officials yesterday - is expected to plead not guilty in Manhattan this morning to...
WHEELCHAIR DAUGHTER'S HORROR AT COUPLE-SLAY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA kindly Bronx woman and her disabled husband were viciously stabbed to death in their apartment while a wheelchair-bound daughter was locked in her bedroom, helpless and frightened, police said....
'OFFICER F' GRILLED ON LOUIMA TALE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amBrooklyn's top federal prosecutor grilled former Sgt. Patrick Walsh yesterday about the cop's acknowledged drinking problem during a sometimes tense, two-hour sitdown over Walsh's new claim that a key witness...
MAN UNHURT IN THROGS NECK LEAP
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens man jumped at least 140 feet off the Throgs Neck Bridge yesterday and miraculously survived the fall - and about an hour in the water - with scarcely...
HOUSE OKS BUSH PATIENT BILL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amBush's bipartisan wins / Editorial: Page 26WASHINGTON - House Republicans handed President Bush a vacation gift last night by OKing a patients' bill of rights that he likes, just before...
CLINTON PROBER MIGHT SOON BE MARY GO
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White may be replaced before she completes her probes of President Clinton's last-minute pardons and Sen. Robert Torricelli's fund-raising, a Justice Department official said yesterday....
HEART-BREAKDOWN HOTEL: MARIAH THREW A TERRIFYING TANTRUM IN HER TONY SUITE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMariah Carey was padding around a posh suite at the TriBeCa Grand hotel in bare feet and a bathrobe when she had her nervous breakdown - throwing a tantrum so...
LIVERY HACK SHOT IN B'KLYN ROAD DISPUTE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA livery driver was shot three times in a road-rage incident in Brooklyn yesterday, police said. Clarence Layne, 55, was in critical but stable condition at Brookdale Hospital last night....
SAMARITAN FINDS TAXI BRIDE'S LOST GOWN
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe bride-to-be who left her dream dress in a cab received an early wedding present yesterday - she got back her bridal gown. "I feel so great. This is unbelievable,"...
SENATE CONFIRMS BUSH'S FBI PICK
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Senate voted 98-0 yesterday to confirm President Bush's nomination of veteran prosecutor Robert Mueller to head - and hopefully revitalize - the FBI. Mueller, 56, a decorated...
POLS OK BUDGET GOV HATES: NOW HE'S THE ONE WHO WANTS MORE $$
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The Legislature early today passed a scaled-back $80 billion "baseline" budget - despite warnings from Gov. Pataki it could devastate state government. "It does not come close to...
W. CLIMBS THE HILL FOR HEALTH BILL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush played cheerleader on the patients' bill of rights as House Republicans yesterday moved to hand him a major win by passing a bill that he likes....
TORRICELLI & BILL PROBER MIGHT SOON BE MARY GO
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White may be replaced before she completes her probes of President Clinton's last-minute pardons and Sen. Robert Torricelli's fund-raising, a Justice Department official said yesterday....
ELDERLY COUPLE SLAIN IN BRONX APT.
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amA kindly Bronx woman and her disabled husband were viciously stabbed to death in their apartment while a wheelchair-bound daughter was locked in her bedroom helpless and frightened, police said....
BURNING INCENSE MAY LEAD TO CANCER
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe burning of incense - popular in many religious ceremonies - may be a cancer risk, a new study reveals. Researchers in Taiwan found that the smoke produced by burning...
GOPER FAKED KIDNAP - L.I. BIG TRIED TO BLAME HIS FOES: FEDS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe Long Island GOP-connected businessman who claimed he was kidnapped last month has been charged with making up the story to get back at the people telling the local Indian...
BENITEZ BLOWS IT AGAIN - 2ND FAILED SAVE IN ROW NEGATES TRACHSEL'S GEM
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Armando Benitez felt terrible after the Mets' 4-3 loss to the Astros in 10 innings last night. Benitez blew his second consecutive save opportunity, allowing two runs in...
SHINJO MAKES PLAY FOR MORE TIME
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - Tsuyoshi Shinjo is positioning himself to be more than a fourth outfielder next season. Jay Payton's playing time keeps decreasing, while Shinjo's increases. For the third...
CANYON FISHING HAS BEEN GRAND
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amOFFSHORE fishing went up another notch this past week as canyon fishing continued to improve for both yellowfin and longfin albacore, while inshore anglers still have a steady supply of...
IT'S BAD . . . AND GETTING WORSE - LITTLE SPORTSMANSHIP IN SPORTS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amFOR all the stats that are daily shoved down our senses, the ones that tell the biggest stories don't make the cut. For example, the National Alliance for Youth Sports,...
TOP MARATHONER PROUD TO WAVE FLAG AT LAST
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Khalid Khannouchi dons a uniform tonight that says U.S. for the first time, when the fastest marathoner in history toes the line at the IAAF World Championship in Edmonton,...
FERGUSON YEAR TORN BY INJURY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Herman Edwards said he doesn't expect to have nose tackle Jason Ferguson until at least the fourth or fifth game of the season. Ferguson suffered a partially torn...
JORDAN JETTISONING SHODDY WORK ETHIC
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amLamont Jordan, the Jets' second-round draft pick, knew he had a questionable work ethic in college. But he didn't understand the extent of it until his Maryland career came to...
THE ACES OF TRADES - CRAFTY A'S, GIANTS MAKE ALL RIGHT MOVES
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amFOR some teams, July 31 will be remembered as a dread line. The veterans obtained will not flourish and/or the prospects dealt will become impact players. You can wait two...
JUSTICE PAIN-FREE BUT HITLESS IN FIRST GAME BACK
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES David Justice believes his left groin is fine. He just isn't wild about people thinking he can carry the Yankees across the final two months of the season....
BARBER BREAKS LEFT HAND, SAYS HE'LL BE READY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - He breaks his thumb and he plays. He breaks his forearm and he plays. Notice a trend here? Tiki Barber tends to play through these ailments and injuries,...
WRETCHED RANGERS RAVAGE MOOSE, YANKS - STADIUM BOO-BIRDS BELT MIKE, TOO
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amRangers 12 - Yankees 2 One advantage of being nicknamed Moose is that it's hard to decipher if the crowd is toasting you with "MOOOOSE" or abusing you with "BOOOOOO."...
WILLIE STILL MISSES HIS GREAT PAL THURMAN DEEPLY
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUST 2 is always the saddest day of the Yankee season - and it has nothing to do with the 12-2 pasting the Rangers handed Mike Mussina and the Yankees...
MODELL HAS NO USE FOR NFL HEAT MANDATES
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe heat is on the NFL to take bold action following the tragic death of Vikings tackle Korey Stringer, but Ravens owner Art Modell yesterday poured cold water on the...
'CITY' SET TO SHOW OLD 'ZIP'
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The "King of Saratoga" is back, better than ever. City Zip, who made history last year winning three straight stakes at the Old Spa, cruises into today's...
BROSIUS IS LOST FOR 3-4 WEEKS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amJust when it appeared the Yankees were getting healthy and their lineup solidified, they suffered another bad break - a hairline fracture in Scott Brosius' left hand, an injury that...
FASSEL, JINTS BEAT THE HEAT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Before the start of practice yesterday, Jim Fassel did some research and learned that the temperature was 86 degrees, with a humidity level of 56 percent....
GREEN SHOULDN'T BE ON FIRING LINE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMANKATO, Minn.-It was tough for Dennis Green to weather the Vikings' devastating loss to the Falcons in the NFC Championship three seasons ago when they were heavily favored to reach...
MALHOTRA AGREES TO 1-YEAR RANGER DEAL
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amComing off an Entry Level contract, Manny Malhotra had little leverage negotiating a long-term deal with the Rangers. And so the fourth-year pro - already? - took the path of...
JAX SEEKING LEADERSHIP ROLE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMark Jackson came out of his shell in the playoffs, emerging as an important voice in the Knick locker room. But it was too little, too late. Now Jax promises...
CYCLONE GAMBLES PAY OFF
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amCyclones 10 - Pittsfield 2 Cyclones manager Edgar Alfonzo might want to think about visiting Las Vegas when the season ends. In the fifth inning of last night's 10-2 Penn...
ORDONEZ A SURVIVOR, BUT STILL COULD BE DEALT
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES HOUSTON - The trading deadline passed Tuesday and Met shortstop Rey Ordonez was left behind. "I could've been traded the past five years," Ordonez said. "I'm a survivor."...
SHINJO WON'T BE DENIED - JAPANESE STAR FITS IN MET PLANS
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amHOUSTON - Tsuyoshi Shinjo is positioning himself to be more than a fourth outfielder with the Mets next season. With Jay Payton's time decreasing, Shinjo's starts are increasing. For the...
JAX READY TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLE
August 3, 2001 | 4:00amMark Jackson came out of his shell in the playoffs, emerging as an important voice in the Knick locker room. But it was too little, too late. Now Jax promises...