August 29, 2001
DIXIE CHICKS SUE SONY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThey're fightin' fire with fire. Country music darlings the Dixie Chicks are suing Sony Music Entertainment for breach of contract and, among other things, for engaging in practices of "systematic...
TWIN TOWERS CLOSE TO SALE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amINVESTORS and lenders are keeping a calculator on the upcoming apartment house sales of the luxury buildings at 101 West End Ave., the Wellington and the Montrose. The buildings are...
WANG-WYLY SHOWDOWN AT CA CORRAL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amWang and Wyly rallied their troops yesterday in a last-ditch bid to sway voters in the battle for Computer Associates. Both sides hit the Street trying to persuade institutional investors...
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK - GE'S WELCH: I DID IT MY WAY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amJack Welch said he could have pulled off the GE-Honeywell merger had he only been concerned with his image - but as a real leader, he walked away. In their...
HOOPS STAR PAYS TRIBUTE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA ONE-TIME star player for St. John's University basketball coach Joe Lapchick is looking to score a book deal on a just-completed manuscript on the late legendary hoop mentor. Gus...
PRIMEDIA GETS SLAPPED WITH SUIT
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTom Rogers, racketeer? Primedia was hit with a class action lawsuit yesterday, claiming the company stiffed employees out of dot-com lucre. The RICO suit - as in the federal statute...
CONSUMERS SPEAK, MARTS FALL AGAIN
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street took a direct hit yesterday as the August buyers' strike torpedoed stocks yet again. Wall Street's mood turned surly after an unexpected fall in a key confidence index...
TENNIS TV WANTS TO NET 66 MIL. VIEWERS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amOft-fired media mogul Frank Biondi fired one back yesterday, revealing details of his new tennis TV channel. The channel is set to be launched in the summer of 2002. Network...
RIVLIN'S EX FINED IN FRAUD
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amIf it sounds too good to be true - it probably is too good to be true. High-powered Washington legal eagle Lewis Allen Rivlin will have to pay more than...
FREEDOM FIASCO - NEUHARTH BIO KILLED OVER LOVE CHILD
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe Freedom Forum killed a biography of its founder, media mogul and USA Today founder Allen Neuharth, because it was going to contain a chapter on how he fathered an...
STARR REPORT
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amSpare ribs: 'GDNY' tweaks weather guy "Good Day New York" welcomed Dave Price back yesterday, three weeks after he left the air to renegotiate his contract. "I'd like to welcome...
IL MIMO SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMOST of the rosés I tried this summer were doughnut wines - they all had a hole in the middle. Sure, some of them were a nice color. Some had...
'WICKER MAN' HAS RITE STUFF TO MAKE IT TO DVD
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amFANS of "The Wicker Man," a cult horror classic from Britain, are finally getting the chance to see it on DVD. In the atmospheric, sexy flick from director Robin Hardy,...
STILES ACTS SOMETHING 'WICKED'
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amIT may come as a big surprise to fans of Julia Stiles that the hot young actress has not one, but two, new movies coming out this week. The film...
DISHES OF THE DECADES - GOURMET'S LIST
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amWHO could forget fondue? Or, for that matter, lobster thermidor and fettuccine Alfredo - dishes that evoke a decade. At least they do for Gourmet. For its 60th anniversary, the...
CALL IT DREAD LOBSTER - AT LUNDY'S, OLD NAME AND THE SEA DON'T MIX
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amLUNDY'S TIMES SQUARE [ZERO STARS] 205 W. 50TH ST. (212) 586-0022 ------- 'WE'RE out of steamers," the waiter at Lundy's reports one Wednesday afternoon. How could a seafood restaurant based...
FILLING BUT NOT PHILLY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amPHILLY'S CHEESE- STEAKS [ 1/2] 724A SEVENTH AVE. (BETWEEN 48TH AND 49TH STREETS); (212) 974-0524 -------- THE name Philadelphia appears before several entries in the "American Dictionary of Food and...
WRISTY BUSINESS - 'BIG BROTHER' WARNS NICOLE AFTER SHE VOWS TO SLICE RIVAL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amSASSY "Big Brother 2" houseguest Nicole has been reprimanded by CBS for threatening fellow houseguest Will. Nicole, a 31-year-old personal chef, told Will, a 28-year-old doctor, that if he betrayed...
VENICE FILM FEST SHAPES UP, & SHIP'S IN
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE world's oldest film festival, Venice, kicks off its 58th edition today. And, as usual, Hollywood glitz will steal the spotlight. Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, Danny DeVito, Denzel Washington and...
'ANNIE' GETS THE HOOK - OLDER AND WEISSLER, PRODUCER WILL DARKEN MARQUIS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA few weeks ago, Broadway producer Barry Weissler vowed his hit revival of "Annie Get Your Gun" would run at least until the end of the year, possibly even till...
NIGHT MAYOR - LINDA STASI TAKES A HARD LOOK AT THE POLS' SOFT ADS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00am* IMAGINE, if you can, just paying money to make the world see you as you fantasize yourself to be. No, not as you fantasize yourself to look, but as...
NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 29, 1938
August 29, 2001 | 4:00am"Hilda, a 1 1/2-ton Indian elephant, nagged her boyfriend, Bill, who is a trim 2 1/4 tons, once too often today. Bill, in reply to her annoying trumpeting, charged across...
GREENSPAN & CO. LOSE A FORTUNE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThis'll make you happy. Those guys at the Federal Reserve who screwed up the stock market lost more money last year than you did. And you thought there was no...
MAN TO FACE MUSIC OVER FAKE CONCERT TIX
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx man was arrested for printing thousands of fake concert tickets so that his illegal business - after printing costs - was all profit, police said. Nassau County detectives...
MAN TRIES TO STRANGLE ARRESTING OFFICER: COPS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island man who was fighting with his mother was arrested for assaulting a female cop and trying to steal her patrol car. Nassau County police were called when...
TEARS AND PRAISE FOR SLAIN MARSHAL AT BROOKLYN FUNERAL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMore than 600 friends, family and cops bid a tearful farewell to Erskine Bryce in Brooklyn yesterday, hailing the slain city marshal as a "hero in every sense of the...
FANS $KIPPING ROCK'S BIG GIGS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMusic fans fed up with the skyrocketing prices of concert tickets are turning their backs on their favorite performers and boycotting their shows. Sales of tickets to top rock and...
$5.4M TAX-REFUND MINISTER SAYS HE CAN'T AFFORD LAWYER
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe minister who got a $5.4 million state income-tax refund after claiming he earned a quarter of a billion dollars last year says he's too broke to pay for a...
BALDWIN BRO HAS COME TO HIS 'CENSORS'
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. ACTOR Billy Baldwin, who recently accused Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of "censorship" for trying to curb sex and violence in movies, has apparently gotten over it. The former first...
TAX RAP FOR 'SMUGGLE' ATT'Y
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan lawyer, accused of helping alien-smugglers sneak Chinese immigrants into the country, was hit with new racketeering and tax-evasion charges yesterday. Robert Porges allegedly advised the smugglers on the...
FEDS INDICT BIN LADEN TERROR PAL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA mysterious terrorist known as "The Doctor" was indicted yesterday on charges he was working for Osama bin Laden in a plot to set off an L.A. Millennium airport bomb,...
TEAMSTERS $$-SCAM BOSS A BIG LIAR: FEDS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amEx-Teamsters boss Ron Carey lied to federal probers 63 times in an attempt to cover up illegal campaign contributions, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury yesterday. "He lied to protect his...
UNION BIG JAILED IN VOTE SCAM
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe former head of the city employees union's largest local was sentenced to up to four years in prison yesterday for rigging a union vote and then disposing of the...
GREEN TARGETED IN DEM MAYOR DEBATE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's ethics charges against Alan Hevesi dominated a Democratic mayoral debate yesterday - while Hevesi focused on rival Mark Green for the first time. During the hourlong showdown, Hevesi's...
PBA WARNS COPS TO STEER FROM WASHINGTON DUTY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe Patrolmen's Benevolent Association yesterday warned its members to think twice about volunteering for duty in Washington during next month's meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. "I...
NET VALUE: BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amCheapskate tennis enthusiasts shouldn't be afraid to venture inside the pricey U.S. Open tennis tournament - fans say there are plenty of ways to catch a match and not bust...
SCHOOL-AID SHORTFALL MAKES LEVY SWING HEAVIER BUDGET AX
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy today will announce at least $90 million in additional cuts to help close a massive budget shortfall, sources said. The cuts would be in effect until...
B'KLYN STUDENT SUES FOR $6M OVER LAB BURN
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Brooklyn high-school student and her mother yesterday sued the Board of Education for $6 million, claiming the girl's face was burned with acid during a lab class early...
CITY KIDS IMPROVE ON SATS - BARELY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amCity students showed slight improvement on their SAT exams, but are still performing below other students - statewide and nationwide, according to statistics released yesterday. The 29,193 juniors and seniors...
POWER TO THE PEOPLE AS PLANT PLAN GETS OK
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - A proposed expansion of a Con Ed power plant on the East Side received final state approval yesterday after 13 months of review. State regulators found the expansion...
AGE-OLD CEREMONY - BABY BOMBERS GET KEYS TO CITY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amDespite the storm of controversy over the age of their star pitcher, the Bronx Baby Bombers took Manhattan yesterday - receiving keys to the city and sounding the closing bell...
A RIDICULOUS EXERCISE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE only person in last night's mayoral debate who made a really convincing case for a new job was maverick candidate George Spitz, who ought to be considered for president...
MAN RUNS UP 23G WALDORF TAB ON STOLEN CREDIT CARDS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Yonkers man was busted yesterday for living the high life at the Waldorf for more than a month on stolen credit cards, racking up more than $23,000 in bills,...
ALAN REWRITES HISTORY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amStanding outside City Hall on a bright summer day four years ago, Alan Hevesi refused to utter a single bad word about Mayor Giuliani when given the chance. That odd...
WE $ALUTE OUR BRAVEST
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amSURE, it was a big chunk of money. But it was a bigger chunk of heart. A chunk of heart from Americans who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars -...
JUSTICE BLASTS 'BITTER' EX'S LAWSUIT
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amYankee slugger David Justice came out swinging yesterday, blasting ex-fiancée Nicole Foster as a "bitter" gold-digger who's filing "bogus" lawsuits full of lies. Justice, talking with reporters before last night's...
LAWSUIT HITS DA WITH BIAS ALLEGATION
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn assistant district attorney who claims he was fired for writing a novel about the DA's office has filed a lawsuit full of explosive claims, including a racial charge...
CONDIT KIDS QUIT THEIR JOBS WITH CALIF. GOV
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amRep. Gary Condit's two children yesterday quit their jobs with California Gov. Gray Davis, a day after he criticized their father for his behavior following the disappearance of Washington intern...
ROWDY KIDS FACING BOOT FROM CLASS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThousands of unruly students could be thrown out of class and into in-school detention centers under a new state law that kicks in next week - if the Board of...
SERVING UP SIZZLING SHOTS & BURGERS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amClouds of white smoke billowed over center court at Arthur Ashe Stadium last night, hanging in the air for about a half-hour as tennis ace Jennifer Capriati was busy beating...
RABBI FOUND DEAD IN N.H.
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe search for a Brooklyn rabbi lost in the mountains of New Hampshire ended in tragedy yesterday when he was found dead of a possible heart attack. Abraham Hauer, 53,...
ROOKIE FIREFIGHTER DIES AT S.I. INFERNO
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA 27-year-old fledgling firefighter with a pregnant wife tragically died helping battle a Staten Island blaze yesterday after suffering an apparent heart attack, officials said. In a chilling twist, the...
BROOKLYN RABBI DIES ON N.H. HIKE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe hopeful search for a Brooklyn rabbi lost in the mountains of New Hampshire ended in heartache yesterday when the man was found dead of a possible heart attack. Abraham...
THEY'RE HEEERE: 'KILLER BEES' EYED IN CONN. MAN'S DEATH
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amConnecticut authorities are investigating whether the first-ever human death in the state caused by a swarm of bees is the work of Africanized "killer" honey bees. Beekeeper Ernest Williams Jennings...
AXED TRIO GET COURT'S NOD TO GRILL RUDY ON THE STAND
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and top city officials can be grilled about the firing of a cop and two firefighters who rode an allegedly racist parade float in 1998, an appeals panel...
GIANT VIDEO SCREENS UPSET AGASSI
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe huge video screens the USTA installed above center court in Arthur Ashe Stadium are one of the biggest innovations at this year's Open - but they aren't to Andre...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amWith the clock on his vacation running out, President Bush marked Vacation Day 25 yesterday by remaining out of sight and savoring his healthy poll numbers. Bush, in San Antonio...
SHRINKS SAY MOM-IN-LAW KNOWS BEST
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMamma mia! Shrinks say living with mothers-in-law can actually improve a couple's relationship. Researchers quizzed 896 couples and found out 76 percent of them regularly count on their mothers-in-law to...
GRAY QUITS AMID CRIES OF 'KILLER!'
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAs an outraged father screamed "Killer! Assassin!" a city cop, accused of wiping out the man's Brooklyn family while driving drunk, resigned from the NYPD yesterday. Joseph Gray's resignation means...
3RD COP HIT WITH DWI RAP - DROVE WRONG WAY FOR MILES: POLICE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAn off-duty NYPD detective was busted for drunken driving yesterday after a terrifying chase in which he drove four miles the wrong way on a Westchester highway, sideswiped a cop's...
CONDIT'S FLYGAL PAL: HIS INTERVIEW SICKENED ME
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amFlight attendant Anne Marie Smith may have once been in love with Gary Condit, but she said yesterday that his ungentlemanly behavior toward her in recent interviews is making her...
RODDICK'S ON A ROLL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAndy Roddick has made it. Last night, the 18th-seeded Roddick cruised past Slava Dosedel, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. More tellingly was the fact that he is already denying gossip rumors. Roddick,...
TORRE: STANTON LOOKING BETTER
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES At this time last year, Mike Stanton was battling elbow tendinitis. Thankfully, this season he only has to worry about poor performances, not injury. Last Wednesday in Texas,...
YANKS ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY improved upon the majors' second best record. They raised their division lead to a comfortable five games. They played in a style befitting a three-time defending champ. Yet with...
YEAR-OLD BAN WILL KEEP PAYTON OUT OF WINTER BALL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES A snap decision Jay Payton made more than a year ago will cost him the chance to play winter ball this offseason. An effort by the Mets to...
THEMIGHTY MOOSE - MUSSINA GEM HELPS YANKEES GET WELL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe Yankees limped home this weekend from a 3-4 road trip, figuratively and literally. Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada suffered injuries on the trip to Texas and Anaheim. Relievers Mike...
CALL HIM DONNE DOOM - PHILLIES SOCK WALL FOR 2 HRS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe mound at Shea was like a podium, matching up bad trades. The Mets' relief specimen was worse. Donne Wall - acquired from San Diego for Bubba Trammell this past...
REPORTS ON SHARK ATTACKS DON'T HAVE MUCH BITE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amIt certainly has been the year for Jaws with more and more shark attacks being reported in Florida and the Bahamas - or is it just the media gone mad...
POINT MAY RETURN TO NY
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Point Given, who flew back to California on Monday after winning Saturday's Travers Stakes, could make his final start before Breeders' Cup Classic, to be run Oct....
SAMPRAS SURVIVES SCARE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amPerhaps Pete Sampras is in denial. Or maybe he just refuses to give his foes any mental edge. Either way, the 30-year-old - having his worst season in a decade...
WILD RIDE LANDS ROOKIE BACK ON ROSTER
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Getting cut from an NFL team is supposed to be a depressing experience. For Kelly Herndon, it was all that, and more. Much more. "Sad, cheerful, a very...
VENUS WASTES NO TIME TO OPEN TITLE DEFENSE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amU.S. OPEN NOTES Fourth-seeded Venus Williams got her U.S. Open title defense off to a strong start, brushing aside 17-year-old Lenka Dlhopolcova as easily as she did rival Martina Hingis'...
HERM: FIELD NOT CONCERN
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Although a union rep from the NFL Players Association will inspect the much-maligned turf at Veterans Stadium today at noon, Jets head coach Herman Edwards insisted that the...
JET PUNTER MAKES FALSE START
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTurns out, Tommy Parks was too charming for his own good. In a bizarre development, the Jets' backup punter was snared in several lies yesterday, resulting in an impromptu conference...
ANDERSEN TOES LINE FOR GIANTS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe man who firmly believes he's the answer to the Giants' kicking dilemma was sitting in a New Jersey hotel last night, expressing extreme confidence that once the Giants get...
CAPRIATI ISN'T LOOKING BACK
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a chance, albeit a slim one, that at some point in the future, Jennifer Capriati will just be another very good tennis player. For now, however, she is still...
BOMBERS READY TO REWARD RIVERA WITH TRIP TO SHOW
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amJuan Rivera became the Yankees' top position prospect in the minors when Nick Johnson was promoted to the majors last week. And Rivera is about to follow the first baseman...
LITTLE LEAGUE AGE FLAP MAKING BIG SPLASH AT SHEA
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAS big-leaguers, they have seen the dirty side of their sport: money-driven owners, petty general managers, shifty agents and back-stabbing teammates. The me-first mentality is accepted in the major leagues,...
THAT AW-PHIL SMELL? IT'S TURK THE TERRIBLE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTurk Wendell's been bad before, but not this bad. Since being traded from the Mets to the Phillies at the end of last month, Wendell's gone downhill quicker than a...
LITTLE LEAGUE AGE FLAP A HOT TOPIC IN THE BIGS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAS big-leaguers, they have all seen the dirty side of their sport: money-driven owners, petty general managers, self-absorbed coaches and back-stabbing teammates. The me-first mentality is accepted in the major...
LOOKING FOR WORK - MORE APPEARANCES KEY, STANTON SAYS
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amLeft-handed set-up man Mike Stanton had an All-Star first half and leads the Yankees with 64 appearances. He's probably more pleased with his overall performance than his amount of work,...
THE MIGHTY MOOSE - MUSSINA GEM HELPS YANKEES GET WELL
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Blue Jays 0 The Yankees came home this weekend limping from a 3-4 road trip, figuratively and literally. Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada suffered injuries on the...
WALL FALLS ON METS - PHILS HIT 2 HOMERS OFF DONNE
August 29, 2001 | 4:00am11 INNINGS: Phillies 9 - Mets 6 There were bad trades on display last night. As has been the case the entire year, the Mets won. Their trade was worse....
WHAT'S THAT AW-PHIL SMELL? - IT'S TURK & COOK, BACK AT SHEA
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amTurk Wendell has been bad before, but not this bad. Since being traded from the Mets to the Phillies at the end of last month, Wendell has gone downhill quicker...
YEAR-OLD SUSPENSION WILL KEEP PAYTON OUT OF WINTER LEAGUES
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES A snap decision Jay Payton made more than a year ago will cost him the chance to play winter ball this offseason. An effort by the Mets to...
GIANTS TOE LINE FOR NEW KICKER
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amAll summer, Jim Fassel has been adamant and at times ornery about his place-kicking situation, all but pleading to have Jaret Holmes and John Markham taken seriously. Well, just how...