August 26, 2002
ROLLING REVISION - WENNER FLAGSHIP REDESIGNS TO FIGHT RIVAL BLENDER
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amThe closely watched redesign of Rolling Stone hits newsstands on Wednesday with shorter features, lots more pictures and the clear intention of knocking insurgent music magazine Blender for a loop....
UNCHAINED MELODY ; 'BEHIND THE MUSIC' TURNS 5
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amIT amazed me to learn that "Behind the Music" on VH1 is just five years old. When I heard the series was celebrating an anniversary this week, I thought it...
SHORT CHANGED
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amWORKING FULL-TIME FOR PEANUTS AND A PROMISE "INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS: WAGE SLAVES, NOT GETTING BY IN AMERICA" Tonight at 9 p.m. on A&E ½ stars NOT everything can be 100 percent,...
FAT CHANCE - JAMIE LEE CURTIS STRUTS HER UNADORNED STUFF
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTHEY say less is more - and Jamie Lee Curtis, less makeup, styling and control tops, is definitely more. Photos in September's More magazine show more thigh, hips and tummy...
FREE MOBY! - '24 HRS. OF MUSIC' KICKS OFF MTV FETE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amNO one's ever asked Moby to do a free outdoors show in New York City before, so when MTV execs came calling, the crossover techno artist jumped at the chance....
HOLMES IN VIRGIN TERRITORY
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amSHERLOCK HOLMES and the SECRET OF MAKING WHOOPEE ------- LOW farce and high wit can make intoxicating cocktails onstage. Take Sean Cunningham's "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Making Whoopee"...
STARR REPORT
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amHere's the dish: FNC adding space Top-rated Fox News Channel has already expanded its audience - and now it's expanding its studio space. FNC will take over the space vacated...
SHOULD NIKKI JUST QUIT?
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTAMYRA Gray's ouster from last Wednesday's live "American Idol" episode shocked everyone - but Gray. "Truthfully, I had a feeling I was leaving last week - I just had a...
TOUGH NIGHT FOR FDNY TRUCKS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTwo firetrucks got into separate accidents over the weekend while responding to calls in Brooklyn and Queens, officials said. In the Brooklyn incident, a Squad 1 truck was heading to...
JUST DO IT: STUDY SAYS SEX LENGTHENS LIFE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amHere's the sizzling secret to a long and healthy life: sex - and plenty of it. That's the conclusion of a new study that reveals couples who make love in...
B'KLYN JERKS STIR UP EGG-CREAM REVIVAL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amFIRST, he wanted you to lose weight, now he wants to help you gain it back. But it's all for a good cause: the revival of the chocolate egg cream....
GAY CLERICS BATTLE N.J. FOR RIGHT TO BE MARRIED
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTwo gay Episcopalian priests who want to get married are spearheading a legal fight by same-sex couples, dividing church leaders and igniting a new religious controversy over homosexuality. Dennis Winslow,...
PERHAPS FBI SHOULD SET ITS SIGHTS ON SHARPTON
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTHE FBI has virtually filleted Dr. Steve Hatfill in the anthrax investigation and leapt off the cliff of idiocy. The FBI almost put Richard Jewell on the rack after screwing...
SUBWAY STARE TURNS DEADLY
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amThree Brooklyn men were stabbed - one fatally - after a "staring match" on an A train early yesterday turned into a deadly attack, police said. The three men, along...
MANHOLES EXPLODE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTwo manholes exploded in Greenwich Village over the weekend, one shooting flames three feet into the air, fire officials said. "It looked like a barbecue," one official said. Firefighters were...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amA mohel on his way to perform a ritual Jewish circumcision on an 8-day-old boy was busted for drunken driving just a few blocks before he reached the synagogue, police...
A RETURN OF SERVE AFTER 9/11
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amThirty-six hours after the men's final finished at last year's U.S. Open, the world was turned on its ear. In the year since, the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New...
JAGGER HIRES FLACK TO POLISH IMAGE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amIn what may be Mission: Impossible, Mick Jagger has hired a top public-relations man to try to rehabilitate his image as a sex-crazed, skirt-chasing wildman. It's believed the Rolling Stones...
MANATEES MAY BOOST HIV FIGHT
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMan, oh manatee, the beloved sea mammal found in the shallow waters off Florida may help scientists find ways to beat cancer and infections such as HIV. The marine creatures,...
TEEN INSPIRES 9/11 MEMORIAL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island teenager who became the guiding spirit behind a memorial to two World Trade Center victims from her hometown explained yesterday "something had to be done here" as...
ANDY TELLS HARLEM: I'D BE A BETTER BIAS-BUSTER
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amDemocratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo trolled for votes in Harlem's churches yesterday, calling for making discrimination a felony. "Racism is alive and well in America, and discrimination is alive and...
POL'S STONEWALLING PUTS CAMPAIGN IN PERIL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amDENNIS Mehiel's damaging confession that he fathered two children out of wedlock with two different women while married to his first wife came after his weeks of stonewalling would no...
'GRILLED' MARTHA? - CONGRESS 'STRONGLY CONSIDERING' A SUBPOENA
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amAmong the invitations Martha Stewart receives next week may be the one she's been dreading most - the one that begins, "You are hereby commanded . . . to appear."...
THE $UIT FITS FOR BARNEYS CHEATER
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amOh, brother! The former co-owner of Barneys has to pay his sisters $11 million - cash a Manhattan judge says he cheated them out of. State Supreme Court Justice Karla...
'ANTHRAX' ATTACK - DOC FIRES BACK AT 'ARROGANT' PROBERS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amThe biowarfare expert singled out by authorities in the anthrax probe declared his innocence yesterday and lashed out at officials for targeting him. "I want to look my fellow Americans...
DEADBEAT DADS A DIRTY BUSINESS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amCompanies that track down deadbeat dads are getting filthy rich collecting just some of the $89 billion in child-support payments that negligent parents owe their kids, according to a published...
LOVE-CHILD STUNNER FOR MCCALL'S NO. 2
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Carl McCall's running mate for lieutenant governor, Dennis Mehiel, admitted yesterday that he fathered two out-of-wedlock children, with two different women, while married to his first wife. The...
JENNINGS STAYS, EVEN IF ABC WON'T RAI$E ANCHOR
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amPeter Jennings has reportedly agreed to stay at ABC News - but he's not going to get a raise. The dapper anchorman is "in the homestretch" of inking a new...
JERUSALEM BACKS OFF W. BANK PULLOUT
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amIsrael has abruptly halted plans to pull out of more West Bank territory after charging that the Palestinians haven't done enough to stop terrorists. "It is pointless to move forward...
'SEX' JOCKS MIGHT BE STERN RIVALS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amFans of the booted "Opie and Anthony" radio show were flooding the Internet over the weekend with speculation that their afternoon heroes may soon be back on the air -...
B'KLYN GUY REFUSES TO PUT UP WITH GARBAGE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMike Taylor Jr.'s life changed in 1996 after he saw a huge pile of trash off the coast of Brooklyn. "Some friends of mine and I went out to catch...
FANS, KIN HONOR AALIYAH ON TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amA simple note from her parents poignantly underlines tragic songbird Aaliyah's legacy one year after her death in a fiery Caribbean plane crash. "Aaliyah, we will love you forever!" In...
2ND ORE. BODY FOUND - FIRST CORPSE IS IDENTIFIED AS MISSING GIRL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amFBI agents searching for two missing Oregon girls yesterday uncovered a second body behind a neighbor's house, and identified remains found Saturday in the man's shed as one of the...
QUICK-STRIKE GREEN LIGHT - BUSH CAN HIT IRAQ WITHOUT CONGRESS' OK: LAWYERS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - White House lawyers have told President Bush he can attack Iraq without congressional approval, senior administration sources said last night. White House counsel Al Gonzales advised Bush earlier...
MOB EYED IN COP SLAY - COLOMBO BIG WAS WIDOW'S EX-LOVER
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amPolice are looking into a Colombo crime-family underboss as the man behind the 1997 gangland-style shooting of police Officer Ralph Dols, law-enforcement officials told The Post. Detectives are zeroing in...
CELLULOID HEROES - HOLLYWOOD FAST-TRACKS WTC FILMS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amHollywood is racing to put out the first 9/11 movie. While a few feature-length television documentaries have already been aired, and the "Apollo 11" producers are in the process of...
MYSTERY 9/11 SLAY - BROOKLYN IMMIGRANT MURDER VEXES COPS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amOn Sept. 11, 2,820 people were murdered in New York City. One case remains unsolved. Nearly a year after the tragedy that took 2,819 lives in the Twin Towers and...
TRAGIC HEIRESS SUNNY VON BULOW LIVES ON IN 22-YEAR COMA
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amNearly 22 years after she slipped into an irreversible insulin coma allegedly induced by her then-husband - who was acquitted of attempted murder - Sunny von Bulow remains peacefully asleep...
A PEACENIK COUP
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amYOU won't find a more comical example of bad faith or more foolish political fad than the cult of the warrior now being embraced by antiwar pundits. The silliest example...
STATE SUSPENDS 'DIRTY' DOC'S LICENSE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The state suspended the license of a Queens doctor after he allegedly performed medically unwarranted vaginal and breast exams on six women taking routine pre-employment physicals. State officials...
QUEENS DOC TURNED EXAMS INTO GROPE SESSIONS: STATE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The state suspended the license of a Queens doctor after he allegedly performed medically unwarranted vaginal and breast exams on six women taking routine pre-employment physicals. State officials...
DON'T DELAY, WARNS DELAY: FORGET U.N. AND ATTACK IRAQ, HE SAYS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United States doesn't need U.N. approval for invading Iraq, and ought to declare war - "the sooner, the better," House Whip Tom DeLay said yesterday. DeLay, the...
GANG GREEN 'O' BUILT RAM TOUGH
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amTHESE are the Jets, the godforsaken Jets, who haven't won a championship since Jan. 12, 1969. These are the Jets, cursed forever, followed everywhere by a black cloud. These are...
HEY, FANS: JUST ANOTHER YANKEE $CAM
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amSO let's say that the whole thing was just an unfortunate coincidence. Yeah, let's play angel's advocate: Last week the Yanks sent their postseason ticket remittance notices to season subscribers....
BEASLEY'S STRIP SHOW IS EFFORT JETS NEED
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES There was a lot of buzz in the Jets locker room about Aaron Beasley's dramatic chase-down forced fumble against Giants running back Tiki Barber Saturday night. "I told...
JET ENGINES STARTING TO FIRE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amAs he savored a lopsided victory over his former team Saturday night, Sam Garnes lingered in the Jets' newly-renovated, state-of-the-art Giants Stadium locker room long after their 28-7 rout of...
'MEDAGLIA' CAMP ENJOYS REDEMPTION
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The $1 million Travers Stakes, dubbed the "Midsummer Derby," offers a chance at redemption for many standout 3-year-olds who botched that other Derby they run in Kentucky...
OPEN SEASON IN FLUSHING ; SERENA, VENUS: WE'RE NO LOCK
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amDon't expect Serena Williams to be slugging it out with her sister when she hits 30. At least one of the Williamses believes she'll be retired by her late 20's....
ACHY TIMES FOR BLACK & BIG BLUE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants injury list remains long and filled with marquee names. Here's a look at who's on, who's about to come off and who will be available, and...
BLAKE HOPES TO DETHRONE HEWITT
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amDuring Arthur Ashe Kid's Day Saturday, Andre Agassi bashed an easy forehand into the net in the exhibition doubles match between the world's top four American men. Agassi shouted across...
SHINE AGAIN SPARKLES
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Allen "The Chief" Jerkens' 5-year-old mare Shine Again lived up to her name yesterday at the Old Spa, winning the Grade 1, $250,000 Ballerina Handicap for...
THIN BLUE LINE; ACCORSI'S WORST FEARS REALIZED WITH INJURIES
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amA few minutes before kickoff, Ernie Accorsi excused himself and headed to his seat in the press box. "The torture chamber," he said. At this time of year, what the...
YANKEES DOWN IN THE SLUMPS ; BATS SILENCED AGAIN VS. TEXAS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amAnybody that doubted the Yankees were in a slump needed no further evidence than yesterday's 6-2 loss to Texas, no more proof than watching them get smothered by a rookie...
WIDGER CATCHING ON ; SPOT STARTS WORK FOR BACKUP BACKSTOP
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amIt's easier for Chris Widger to catch just once in a while, as he does now, than every day, like he did earlier in his career. "When you play just...
CAN'T TAKE OCTOBER FOR GRANTED ANYMORE IN BRONX
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amRangers 6Yankees 2THERE are two things to ponder as the baseball season enters September: One, will there be baseball in September? And if so, how long will the Yankees play...
KNICKS KEEP EYE ON VUJANIC ; YUGO 2ND-ROUNDER IN WORLD TOURNEY
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amYugoslavian point guard Milos Vujanic will try to do what first-round pick Frank Williams failed to do - make a strong impression on Knicks' brass this summer. While the Illinois...
R-ROD RETURNS TO N.Y. IN STYLE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amRich Rodriguez finally found success in New York. The left-hander, who was largely ineffective when he pitched for the Mets two years ago, quieted the lone Yankee rally in Texas'...
STANTON'S OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BASEBALL DEAL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Despite owners ripping players Saturday for making what they deemed backward proposals, Yankee player union rep Mike Stanton seemed fairly optimistic yesterday. He said the negotiations are still...
NEW PITCH BY OWNERS ON TABLE
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amOne side makes a new proposal, trumpets it as a significant move toward a compromise and the other side paints it as far less than that. Welcome to baseball labor...
TICKED OFF AT TIMO ; METS WIN 2ND STRAIGHT AS ROCKIES RETALIATE FOR PEREZ' SATURDAY NIGHT SHOWBOATING
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMets 7Rockies 4 DENVER - Bobby Valentine didn't have a problem with Timo Perez's post-homer antics on Saturday night. Some of his players did, and so did the Rockies. What...
LEITER GETS ON RIGHT TRACHSEL
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Prior to yesterday afternoon's start, Al Leiter sought advice about pitching in the mile-high atmosphere. Steve Trachsel clued him in to the best approach, and Leiter...
LIBERTY BATTLE BACK TO FINALS
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty 64Mystics 57 Teresa Weatherspoon raced down the court all alone with less than a minute left in the deciding Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, flipping in a...
ROCKIN' AND RAULIN' : GONZALEZ HRS KEY METS' 2ND STRAIGHT WIN
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMets 7 Rockies 4 DENVER - Even in the party atmosphere following Saturday night's 5-2 triumph over Colorado, the Mets soberly agreed the victory wouldn't mean much unless they built...
TIMO'S CELEBRATION GETS NOTICED
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Bobby Valentine didn't have a problem with Timo Perez's post-homer antics on Saturday night. Some of his players did. Apparently, so did the Rockies. Yesterday, about...
LIBERTY, LEAGUE OUT FOR RESPECT
August 26, 2002 | 4:00amWhether the Liberty won their critical Game 3 last night against the Washington Mystics in their best-of-three series, the team and the WNBA were in need of some respect. With...