August 24, 2002
COLLIERS LOSES TOP RAINMAKER
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe turbulent commercial real estate world got another jolt yesterday when top Colliers/ABR dealmaker Peter Riguardi jumped ship to head up Jones Lang LaSalle's New York operations. The move rattled...
CITI PROBE RIPS MARTS; DOW SKIDS 180
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amStocks fell, on a day with very light volume on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 180.68 points, or 2 percent, to 8,872.96, while the broader Standard &...
SURVIVOR COULD CAR LESS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00am'SURVIVOR 4" contestant John Carroll has a message for Rosie O'Donnell - thanks but no thanks. A Saturn SUV that O'Donnell gave to Carroll is being auctioned off on eBay...
QUEASY RIDERS :THESE ROLLER COASTERS ROCK, ROLL, THRILL AND CHILL
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amTHE first roller coaster I ever rode was the Little Dipper at Long Point Park in upstate New York.Now I know something called the Little Dipper doesn't sound very daunting,...
PICKENS BACK TO RODEO
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amEARL Pickens and the Black Mountain Marauders just released "Live at the Houston Astrodome," but the New York act actually recorded the album during one of their raucous country sets...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amDinner Party Cheat Sheet has recently been accused of urging people to have sex in public places. Not true. Dinner Party Cheat Sheet only encourages good-looking people to have sex...
READY FOR SPAGHETTI?
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amHave you noticed how spaghetti al limone is popping up on menus around town? Bright with lemon and fresh basil, no wonder the Italian pasta dish is such a summer...
LIP SERVICE : ROCKERS FLAMING LIPS SET TO BLOW AWAY BROOKLYN
August 24, 2002 | 4:00am"Are you there? Hello? Are you there?" The cell phone connection to Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne failed a few times, as the trio and its entourage drove through the...
PARKLIFE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSAX CRAZED Celebrate the legacy of legendary saxophonist Charlie Parker during the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. There will be performances by jazz masters, including the Charles McPherson Quintet and...
TRYSTS WITH A TWIST : TAILOR YOUR DATE TO SUIT YOUR MATE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amYou finally scored a date with that cute someone or other you've been sweating for months. You take him or her to the place you take all your first dates....
NIGHT OF THE 'ZOMBIES'
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSit right back and you'll hear a tale - a tale of two professional lushes marooned in a tiki hut in Brooklyn with nothing but oodles of rum and pineapple...
BACK TO THE FUTURE: WHAT KIDS ARE WEARING THIS FALL
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amWhat's cool for school? Just about everything retro - especially the bohemian look, velour track suits and vintage sneakers. Basically, it's all about comfort. "For girls there's a gypsy look...
GO AHEAD - CHARGE IT!
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amWhat's the hottest back-to-school accessory this fall? Plastic. Whether they need school supplies, shoes or sushi, teens are finding that prepaid credit cards are the way to go. And while...
GETTING THE YEAR IN GEAR
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amYou've got the clothes, a knapsack and notebooks galore. But if you want to get the school year off to a smooth start, what you really need is a plan....
SECURITY SCARE AT LA GUARDIA
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA La Guardia Airport terminal was shut down yesterday as federal investigators looked for a woman who carried a suspicious object through an X-ray machine. Federal Transportation Security Administration officials...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA group of bumbling burglars in Chicago thought they hit the jackpot when they made off with a cash machine - only to discover later that it had been empty...
DOWNTOWN DANCE MAVEN ON HIS TOES
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amThis weekend marks the beginning of the weeklong 21st Annual Downtown Dance Festival, founded by Liberty Medal nominee Jonathan Hollander and sponsored by Battery Dance Company. The festival, which will...
TERRORIST 'SOLDIERS' SLAIN
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Two Palestinian gunmen disguised as Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday after they tried to infiltrate a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. The latest violence came as Palestinians...
FEDS WILL LET MOBSTER SKIP COUNTRY
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA once-powerful Gambino hit man who's been through three trials in a decade has convinced a judge to let him leave the country as soon as he serves a six-year...
N.Y. LETS INSURERS TAKE YOU FOR RIDE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The state Insurance Department has approved dozens of auto-insurance rate increases so far this year - more than half of which were in double digits, The Post has...
MIKE TO PUT WTC 'VISION' IN FOCUS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg will soon give development officials his overall "vision" for Ground Zero and lower Manhattan in a detailed plan as he tries to influence the rebuilding process, The Post...
KIN CAN GET CLOSER TO LOVED ONES' SPIRITS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amFamilies of the World Trade Center attack victims will soon have a private viewing area at the top of the ramp leading into Ground Zero - the closest access they've...
TEACHER BUSTED IN PARK INTER-LEWD
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA substitute teacher in a Queens public school and another man were arrested for public lewdness after they were found exposed inside Central Park, police said. Glenn Golz, 31, was...
BUSH HOSTING SAUDI BIG AMID TERROR TENSION
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush will host Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar at his Texas ranch next Tuesday to talk about "regional issues" - at a time when they sharply disagree over...
'MCAFRIKA' RIPPED AS BAD TASTE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amMcDonald's is upsetting stomachs among some in Norway who say that calling a new sandwich the "McAfrika" is an insult to the continent's many starving people. McDonald's says they called...
YOU'VE GOT KILLER MAIL : 'SODA POISONER' TARGETED PRINCE WILLS, SEN. TED
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA 22-year-old Montana woman has been charged with mailing poisoned soft drinks to Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy as well as preparing a second deadly Coke-tail for Britain's Prince William. Tashala...
TALES, YOU LOSE: 'ROYAL' CON MAN GUILTY
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn-born Army private who pretended he was a prince with connections to a fabulously wealthy African kingdom was found guilty yesterday of conning gullible investors out of millions. Brian...
FEDS FLUSH WALL ST. POTTY RACKET
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA Wall Street securities trader has been accused of being a toilet terror - by allegedly extorting $40,000 out of a stock exchange floor broker so he could renovate his...
ZEILE DENIES HE WAS 'DISCIPLE'
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amDENVER - Another day, another budding controversy. Bobby Valentine and former first baseman Todd Zeile disagreed on whether Zeile was actually a "disciple" of the manager yesterday as the last-place...
DIZZY LIZZIE'S A NERVOUS WRECK : FLUBS HER ANSWERS AS SHE COPS GUILTY PLEA
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amMore than 13 months after she backed her car into a crowd at the velvet rope of a Southampton night club, p.r. princess Lizzie Grubman finally stood in court yesterday...
'EVIL' SCOUT PEDOPHILE GETS 8 YRS.
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge sentenced the sicko Scout master who repeatedly sexually abused one of the Boy Scouts in the Upper East Side's Troop 666 to 22/3 to 8 years in...
MARIO TWEAKS ANDREW OVER 9/11 SLAP AT GOV
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Gov. Mario Cuomo yesterday said his son, Andrew, made a "political mistake" and used "bad judgment" by criticizing Gov. Pataki's leadership after the Sept. 11 attacks, insisting, "He didn't...
PRINCESS TAKES ANOTHER WILD RIDE ON ROAD TO INFAMY
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe pretty peroxide blonde with a list of celebrity clients that has included Britney Spears and Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola rose before the crack of dawn yesterday, looked into...
TEEN GIRL NABBED IN QNS. GANG SLAY
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA 16-year-old girl has been arrested and two members of a Mexican street gang are being sought for the murder of a Queens waitress who balked at joining their group,...
CHEM-SCARE SCHOOL GETS A-OK
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein has decided to open a Queens elementary school for the start of the school year - despite complaints that it sits atop a pile of toxic...
RIKERS GUARD NAILED IN HOOKER STING
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amAn off-duty correction officer found himself on the wrong side of a jail cell when he was collared for soliciting a prostitute - a woman who turned out to be...
WHERE IS LIZZIE'S SUV ?
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSo where is the high-powered 2001 Mercedes SUV Lizzie Grubman smashed and dashed with? The leased vehicle was impounded by Suffolk County cops after last summer's accident at Conscience Point...
ELEVATOR DEATH DROP : 2 HARDHATS DIE AS CABLE SNAPS AT MIDTOWN SITE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amTwo construction workers - one a father of nine - died yesterday when a utility elevator they were riding on the outside of a Midtown high-rise project plummeted 25 floors....
EXPLOSIVE TWIST IN VEHICLE THEFT
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA statewide search is on for two bungling car burglars who police believe may be tooling around the metropolitan area in a stolen van carrying "extremely dangerous" dynamite. Suspects Jerred...
PEE R. WHIZ AND PUSHY POSSE PUT ME IN MY PLACE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amFOR the second time in 10 minutes yesterday, Lizzie Grubman and her potty posse took over the ladies' room. And wouldn't you know it. Nature called. So there I was,...
VIDEO CLEARS GUMBEL : JUDGE'S CAMERA SPOTTED BRYANT'S SON AT GAL PAL'S AT TIME OF ATTACK
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amA surveillance camera meant to protect a federal judge has provided conclusive proof that Bryant Gumbel's son did not assault and rob a city woman earlier this week, police sources...
CAN ANYBODY CATCH 'MEDAGLIA'?
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - It's an old racing truism: "Hardly a man alive paid the mortgage at 2-5." But there's another that goes, "Better a short-priced winner than a sharp stick...
IT'S A CONFIDENCE GAME : JETS FEEL GOOD ABOUT CHANCES
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe Jets broke training camp yesterday with an air of relaxed confidence as they readied themselves for tonight's annual preseason game against the Giants. Wayne Chrebet walked off the field...
GIANTS HAVE SOME BIG QUESTIONS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Training camp ended for the Giants yesterday morning at the University at Albany, but that doesn't mean the evaluating process is over. The Giants face the Jets tonight...
BERNIE EXTENDS HIT STREAK TO 14
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amBernie Williams was back in the lineup last night as the Yankees' DH after missing Thursday night's action with a balky left hamstring. "I think it's better because I don't...
KAZMIR STARTS TONIGHT
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amHeralded rookie prospect Scott Kazmir will make his home debut for Brooklyn tonight when the Cyclones face the Lowell Spinners at 6 p.m. at KeySpan Park. The flame-throwing lefty, who...
GIANTS PUT RIVALRY INTO PERSPECTIVE
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The Giants have been beaten by the Jets in the preseason in each of the last six years. But since Jim Fassel has been on the scene, the...
SUMMER COLONY ROLLS IN ENSIGN
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A year ago at the Old Spa, a star was born when trainer Mark Hennig's 3-year-old filly Summer Colony, until then 0-for-7, broke her maiden by 323/4...
STREAKING BERNIE GETS BACK IN LINEUP
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amBernie Williams was back in the lineup last night as the Yankee DH after missing Thursday night's game with a balky left hamstring. "I think it's better because I don't...
VALENTINE: I'M NOT TRYING TO GET FIRED
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amDENVER - Minutes after the Mets' 12th straight loss and yet another team meeting, an emotional Bobby Valentine nearly broke down during a televised press conference in which he professed...
STANDING BY HIS MEN : WILPON: MET WOES WON'T COST V, PHILLIPS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amDENVER - Another major-league owner offered condolences to Fred Wilpon by phone this past week, but not specifically concerning the Mets' epic losing streak. The owner told Wilpon he was...
MOOSE'S MESS : MUSSINA GIVES UP 4 HRS IN LOSS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amRangers6 Yankees2 So much for the Yankees' starting pitching getting pointed in the right direction. After Orlando Hernandez and David Wells put solid outings back to back, the Yankees were...
PAYTON PUNISHES METS TO 12TH STRAIGHT LOSS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amRockies 10 Mets 4 DENVER - Bobby Valentine made remarks about Jay Payton before last night's game that came off as petty. Valentine often sounded like he wasn't a Payton...
PAYTON'S MILE-HIGH SINCE DEAL
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Former Met Jay Payton told a Denver paper the other day that he never felt fully embraced in New York. His fan mail since he was...
WELLS SPOKEN: BOOMER THROWS WEIGHT BEHIND BOSS
August 24, 2002 | 4:00amThanks to a new delivery David Wells used Thursday night when he turned in his best pitching performance since the middle of June, his back was very stiff when he...