August 6, 2001
PAYARD'S RISING ; PLANS EXPANSION TO L.I., S. AMERICA
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amFrancois Payard's rolling in dough. Even in a time when the economy is not exactly booming, the famed pastry chef and owner of the Upper East Side cafe and bistro...
ECHOSTAR BIDS $32B FOR HUGHES' DIRECTV
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amEchoStar Communications Corp., the second-biggest U.S. satellite-television broadcaster, is making a bid worth some $32 billion in stock for General Motors' Hughes Electronics Corp., owner of larger U.S. rival DirecTV....
2 FIRMS PAN FOR NEW SEARCH GOLD
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amIn the scramble for ways to make money on the Web, two Alley firms are duking it out in the contextual search space. Contextual search tries to stay one step...
TINA'S TALK TRYING AGAIN
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amTINA Brown begins a major new drive this week to jumpstart Talk magazine and return it to the buzz-generating heights it has not truly enjoyed since its glittery launch. The...
STARR REPORT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amMoore's merrier: Mary enters Hall of Fame Mary Tyler Moore and Michael J. Fox are among the nine people being inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame during...
IF YOU WERE MOMOR MOM WERE YOU
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amFlipped Tonight at 10:30 p.m. on MTV IN tonight's premiere of "Flipped" on MTV, a mother and her 16-year-old daughter switch places for a day and learn the sad truth...
POPEIL ROASTS SCAMSTERS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amAMERICA'S most successful TV pitchman says infomercial psychics and late-night con-artists are giving him a bad name. "Those other people sell air and hocus-pocus. It's false hope and preying on...
ROOTED IN BROOKLYN ; BUT VARNALINE'S 'SONGS' IS BORN IN VERMONT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amVARNALINE'S Anders Parker wrote most of his new album "Songs in the Northern Key" while living in Brooklyn, but the songs were born on a frozen lake in Vermont. He...
'CAT'S' OUT OF THE (GUCCI) BAG!
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY share a love of pricey shoes, a smattering of semi-famous New York friends, and a tendency to booze it up at of-the-moment boites. But when it comes to outrageous...
GATIEN'S BIDDER END: TUNNEL AND LIMELIGHT TO BE AUCTIONED OFF
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe Tunnel and Limelight, the Manhattan dance meccas of bankrupt club king Peter Gatien, are going on the block. The two businesses - long the bane of cops, regulators and...
YOU PAY FOR SCHOOL ASSAULTS - SETTLEMENTS COST CITY $18.7M OVER FIVE YEARS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amTaxpayers are getting socked for the hundreds of shocking sexual attacks and other assaults committed against kids in public schools - shelling out $18.7 million to victims over the past...
THREE TALES PROVE JOB IS IMPOSSIBLE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amTHE NYPD blues started with liberal judges making justice a bizarre revolving door. It got worse when politicians believed that a cop was someone everyone loved to hate and they...
BETTING BEN WON 800G BEFORE REHAB: REPORT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amIt looks like Ben Affleck quit while he was ahead - the movie star won $800,000 at the Las Vegas blackjack tables just a few days before he went into...
TRYOUT PULLS IN A FIELD OF DREAMERS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amACCORDING to Dante's "Inferno," there was a sign posted near the River Acheron and the First Circle of Hell that warned visitors: "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here." That...
NEW PROBE CHIEF FRESH OFF CRACKING 1996 SLAY MYSTERY
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI agent now in charge of the Chandra Levy probe solved a high-profile, 5-year murder-missing-person case on the day the Bureau of Prisons intern was last seen,...
JOE DUCKS GORE '04 ISSUE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amAl Gore's 2000 running mate, Sen. Joe Lieberman, yesterday refused to commit himself on whether Gore should get a repeat try as the Democratic party's 2004 presidential nominee. "Oh, that's...
STRESS DROVE KILLER PRINCE: MAG
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe prince of Nepal who massacred the royal family before shooting himself to death was driven to kill by "stress, arrogance and depression" - not anger at his parents for...
FILM FANS 'RUSH 2' THEATERS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00am"Rush Hour 2" zoomed past the competition over the weekend - racing by "Planet of the Apes" to capture the No. 1 spot at the box office. The chop-socky flick...
U.S. EYES U.N. PROTEST
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush's chief of staff yesterday underscored that the United States will skip an upcoming U.N. huddle unless "anti-Israeli" language painting Zionism as racism is stripped from its draft declaration....
BATTLE OF BUDGET IS READY TO EXPLODE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amLAWMAKERS say there's just a 50-50 chance - at best - to reach a final budget agreement with Gov. Pataki in the next few weeks, avoiding all-out political war. Powerful...
CHANDRA'S DAD LOSING HOPE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00am"Missing intern Chandra Levy's dad has hinted he thinks it's "not likely" his daughter is still alive. He made his comment to a reporter from Newsweek magazine who was interviewing...
FASHION BIG HILFIGER HAS DESIGNS ON OWN MUSEUM
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan may be the hippest place in the world, but a small city in upstate New York is about to become quite fashionable, too, thanks to designer Tommy Hilfiger. Hilfiger...
HEVESI IN THE PEWS - VISITS B'KLYN CHURCH WITH LOUIMA
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Alan Hevesi hit the campaign trail with police-brutality victim Abner Louima yesterday, and got a warm response at a Brooklyn church. "I believe he will bring the people...
ISRAELI WOMAN SLAIN IN PALESTINIAN AMBUSH
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian gunmen ambushed a family of Jewish settlers in the West Bank last night - a deadly end to a day of unremitting violence and angry recriminations. Toting...
SURVIVOR'S STORY - PORT AUTHORITY GUNMAN 'SAW ME AND SHOT'
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Vladimir Kuznetsov first saw a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus brandish a gun, he thought it wasn't real. "I thought it was some kind of a joke," the...
BILL'S OFFICE HAS A VIEW - OF HIM
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amBill Clinton's much-celebrated new Harlem suite has more space than his last office, but it lacks one dimension he grew to value in the White House - privacy. "When you...
GRACIE MANSION AFTER RUDY - HE MAY BE GONE, BUT HIS FAVORITE THINGS REMAIN
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe hardest part aboutbreaking up is getting backyour stuff. - 2Gether Mayor Giuliani may have moved out of Gracie Mansion, but he's left plenty of his favorite things behind -...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 6, 1926
August 6, 2001 | 4:00am"Large open-air swimming pools, conducted by the city to supplement the public fountains in which urchins now bathe surreptitiously, were advocated today by Health Commissioner Harris. Dr. Harris plunged into...
CRIMEFIGHTER DIES - COP IS HAILED AS 'VISIONARY'
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amJack Maple, a police visionary who helped orchestrate the city's remarkable comeback against crime, has died after a two year battle with cancer. He was 48. "Jack was a man...
CYBER BUG BACK WITH BIGGER BITE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amJust when you thought it was safe to go back on the Internet . . . A scary sequel to the Code Red computer worm cropped up over the weekend...
NEW LEADS IN SANITMAN SLAY
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amHe described his killer to police shortly before he died, and now investigators have also been given some names to check out in the robbery-murder of Michael Gennardo, sources told...
KIDS' ASTHMA ATTACKS DOWN
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe number of children being hospitalized with asthma attacks has dropped to its lowest level since 1988, city officials say. Mayor Giuliani will report today that there were 9,541 hospitalizations...
IT'S A HARD CROCK LIFE, HBO ; NFL SERIES TOUGH TO SWALLOW SO FAR
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amLAST week's first installment of HBO/NFL Films' "Hard Knocks," an all-access look at the Ravens preparing to defend their championship, was interesting, even valuable, as it helped humanize several Ravens,...
4TH-ROUND PALMER LOOKS FIRST-RATE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - There is this invisible, fine line rookies must approach but not cross. They must not appear overwhelmed or wide-eyed, yet they must show the proper respect and, to...
MARKHAM GETS A LEG UP ON JOB
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - It is not too early to start the countdown. John Markham made his kick, Jaret Holmes did not. Give Markham the edge, for now. That's the...
MANDELLA LEADS PARADE INTO HALL
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Dick Mandella, jockey Earlie Fires and thoroughbred champions Holy Bull, Paseana and Maskette will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame this...
FIVE STAR DAY ROARS IN VANDY
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Looks can be deceiving, and that was certainly the case with West Coast shipper Five Star Day in yesterday's Grade 2, $200,000 A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap. Five Star...
CONGAREE THROUGH FOR THE YEAR
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amSPA NOTEBOOK SARATOGA SPRINGS - Congaree, a well-beaten third as the 2-5 favorite in Saturday's Jim Dandy Stakes, injured his knee in the race, according to trainer Bob Baffert, and...
LILLY'S A BIG HIT WITH TEAMMATES: BEANS SPIEZIO AFTER JETER GETS DRILLED IN YANKEES' DEFEAT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amAngels 4 Yankees 3 Ted Lilly won the respect of his teammates. Derek Jeter's left wrist beat an X-ray machine. And the Yankees dropped a game they should have won....
TED MESSES WITH THE BASEBALL GODS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S a rare day in August - or April, May, June, July, September or October for that matter - when the Gods of Baseball gaze down upon The Bronx with...
'POINT' WIN IS TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amOCEANPORT, N. J. - The biggest crowd in the history of Monmouth Park rolled into the beautiful seaside track for the Haskell yesterday and were rewarded with a desperate heart-thumping...
HERM GIVES COLES MOTIVATION
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Herman Edwards first came to his Weeb Ewbank Hall office as the Jets' head coach, there were a handful of players he wanted to speak to as soon as...
EL DUQUE PROGRESS TOP SHELF
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES El Duque's comeback from toe surgery continues to be flawless. "He will throw a simulated game (today)," Joe Torre said. "He had a good 50-pitch workout the other...
DEREK SAYS HAND WON'T MAKE HIM SIT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amDerek Jeter walked out of the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday with his bruised left hand wrapped tightly. But since the X-rays were negative, everybody in the Yankees' universe was breathing easier....
BEANED SPIEZIO KEEPS HIS COOL
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amEven though the Angels didn't openly accuse Yankee starter Ted Lilly of drilling Scott Spiezio in the head during yesterday's 4-3 Anaheim win, clearly they felt it was on purpose...
PIAZZA'S FINGER GETS A BAD TIP
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Mike Piazza's right forefinger looked as if it had a small marble inside it after yesterday's 2-1 loss to the Diamonbacks. Piazza took a foul tip...
MET 'O' MELTS UNDER SHILLING HEAT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amD'backs 2 Mets 1 PHOENIX - Benny Agbayani watched from the dugout, the food room and the clubhouse yesterday as he tried to deal with being out of the lineup...
LI'L PUCKETT, COMES UP BIG ONCE AGAIN
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amCOOPERSTOWN - On the day of his Hall of Fame induction, the shortest guy on the stage promised to keep his speech the same way, just like his rejoinder for...
BIG DAVE IS RIGHT TO GO INTO HALL AS A PADRE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amCOOPERSTOWN - The only reason anybody could believe Dave Winfield should have gone into the Hall of Fame yesterday as a Yankee would be that they are the Yankees. But...
POWER'S PLAYOFF RUN DOWN TO WIRE
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amCyberRays 1 Power 0 Because they failed to get the job done last night, losing 1-0 to the Bay Area CyberRays at Mitchel Field in Uniondale, the Power assured themselves...
REHAB TO KEEP MOSS OUT 12 WEEKS
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amThe news on Santana Moss is officially in, and it's demoralizing. Herman Edwards last night confirmed that the Jets' dynamic first-round draft pick is expected to be out for about...
DESERT DOWNER: SPIVEY'S BLAST MELTS METS IN PHOENIX
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amD'backs 2 Mets 1 PHOENIX - The Mets again played without one of their hottest hitters yesterday as Benny Agbayani sat for a second consecutive day with the Giants waiver...
BEANS SPIEZIO AFTER JETER GETS DRILLED IN YANKEES' DEFEAT
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amTed Lilly won the respect of his teammates. Derek Jeter's left wrist beat an X-ray machine. And the Yankees dropped a game they should have won. Welcome to a long,...
ACHING VENTURA MISSES HIS START
August 6, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX -Bobby Valentine ruled out the DL for the struggling Robin Ventura, but as expected Ventura's bruised left wrist prevented him from starting yesterday. Valentine said with today's...