April 21, 2003
THE LAST DANCE ; PLANS COLLAPSE FOR MOTTOLA-LED VENTURE AT SONY
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amTalks between Sony Music and Tommy Mottola about launching a joint venture have collapsed, The Post has learned. Instead, Mottola, who stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer of...
FILM GONE WILD ; 'CANCUN' FIRST FLICK TO CASH IN ON REALITY CRAZE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN he pitched his idea for a reality movie around Hollywood 18 months ago, Jonathan Murray - creator of the hit MTV series "The Real World" - was met with...
ANCHORS AWAY: WAR GIVES REPORTERS A WEAPON OF MASS DISTINCTION
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S been a dirty, bloody war in Iraq and it was also the kind of experience that helps add a charge to the resumes of TV correspondents who may one...
MARKETING A METEOR MONICA
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amTHE re-invention of Monica Lewinsky starts today. The former portly pepperpot will be unveiled today - first as a guest host on "The View" then later tonight to emcee a...
STARR REPORT
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amSherman's march - toward a series Celebrity attorney Mickey Sherman - a staple on Fox News Channel, Court TV, CNN and MSNBC - is huddled in meetings with TV types...
FASHION 911 FOR FIRE VICTIM: REBUILDING A WARDROBE AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN Gretchen Braun's Bank Street apartment went up in flames a month ago due to an electrical fire, she and every other tenant made it out of the six-story building...
BETTER THAN DRESSING LIKE AUDREY
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAUDREY Hepburn fans will have a chance to grab some memorabilia tonight when the first ever public auction of one of the star's dresses takes place at Sotheby's. A Givenchy...
HOSP BOTCH KEY TO NEW CROWN HTS. DEFENSE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amHospital bungles that allowed rabbinical student Yankel Rosenbaum to bleed to death after he was knifed in the Crown Heights riots could mean the difference between prison and freedom for...
THESE FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER - BEHIND BARS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amOF ALL the problems on Mayor Bloomberg's mind - smokers killing nonsmokers, people chaining themselves to firetrucks, and a budget hole bigger than Fresh Kills - you can be pretty...
HIKE-FIGHTING GURU HELPS GOV READY BATTLE PLAN
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amGOV. PATAKI, gearing up to fight a tax-hike-bent Legislature, has held a private strategy session with a national leader of the anti-tax movement, The Post has learned. Pataki held the...
'SMOKED' FOOD ; E. SIDE CHEF SEASONS FARE WITH TOBACCO
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amMAYOR Bloomberg: Analyze this. In angry defiance of your Draconian war on tobacco, now I'm eating it, rather than smoking it. Not chewing it, mind you, eating it. "If this...
HELP ARRIVES FOR AILING ZOO
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA convoy of food yesterday arrived for the starving animals at the Baghdad Zoo - those that are left, anyway. The shipment includes a two-week supply of fruit, vegetables and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA 73-year-old man who used an air-raid siren to stun his wife into submission has had it confiscated. "My wife never lets me get a word in edgeways," the man,...
CITY I. KIN TO SUE IN DROWNING
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amThe grieving family of a teenage boy who apparently drowned with three friends off City Island will today file the first legal papers in the case, indicating they plan to...
BUSH: SYRIA 'GETS MESSAGE'
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday said Syria is "beginning to get the message" that it better stop playing footsie with Saddam Hussein's thugs - and turn over any Iraqis who fled across...
SICKENED JAIL GUARD $QUEEZED BY INSURER
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA New York correction officer, infected with hepatitis C while working in a maximum-security prison, says he's going broke because his worker's-compensation carrier won't pay any of his claims. State...
MONEY WOES ROCK CITY'S TOP TECHNICAL COLLEGE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amPolytechnic University is financially groaning under the recession's weight after foolishly rushing an ambitious construction project, critics charge - and its president may pay the price. The city's premier technical...
W. WORSHIPS WITH EX-POWS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA chipper President Bush celebrated Easter with two freed POWs at a Texas military base's church yesterday and warned Saddam Hussein that it's a bad idea to "pop his head...
KID CUTS CO$TLY: BETSY
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIf the proposed cuts to preventive child-welfare services go through, more kids will end up on foster care, which will cost the city that much more, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum...
WOMEN'S NO. 1 KILLER ; HEART RISK GREATER THAN MEN'S
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA bombshell study has revealed that heart attacks are much more devastating to women than they are to men. In fact, a woman has a 50 percent chance of dying...
BLAST FROM THE PAST: GOETZ RELOADS FOR MAYOR RUN IN '05
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amHE'S back, '80s fans. Like tube socks, Olivia Newton-John and the rest of the stuff you no longer thought you needed, Bernhard Goetz is rested and ready and running for...
CHINESE HEALTH BIG FIRED
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amPanicked Chinese officials abruptly fired the nation's health minister and the mayor of Beijing yesterday as the SARS epidemic mushroomed. The axings were a tacit admission that both politicians had...
PALESTINIAN REALITY; THEY'LL GET A STATE, BUT FREEDOM'S HARDER
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIN the aftermath of the allied victory in Iraq, the international pressure to create an independent Palestinian state will be irresistible. And the Palestinian people unquestionably deserve a government and...
STATE OF DENIAL - SCOTT PETERSON'S PARENTS BLAST POLICE 'SMEAR JOB'
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAccused double-slayer Scott Peterson did not kill his wife and their unborn son and he was not planning to flee to Mexico, his parents insisted yesterday - accusing local cops...
IRAN BIDS TO FOIL U.S. EFFORTS: MAG
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAmerican officials are worried Iran may try to scuttle U.S. plans to create a democratic government in Iraq, a magazine report said. U.S. officials believe Iran may have planned all...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Cops today were hunting for two thieves who fled from the roof of a Sheepshead Bay store early yesterday in a failed bid to rob a bank. The men,...
2 MORE CARDS CUT FROM DECK - BUTCHER'S SCIENCE BIG, IN-LAW CAUGHT
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein's only surviving son-in-law - the nine of clubs in America's most-wanted deck - gave up to an Iraqi opposition group yesterday after returning from Syria, the group said....
YANKS SEATS GOING, GOING FOR 1G EACH
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amThe city hopes to hit a $1 million home run selling its treasure trove of vintage Yankee Stadium seats, officials said. In what is just about the only upside to...
U.S. FACING 2-YEAR HITCH
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amThe U.S. military could be needed in Iraq for two years to keep order until the first democratic elections, a leading Iraqi exile said yesterday. "The military presence of the...
N.J. COP-KILL FUGITIVE SLAIN AFTER FLA. CHASE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amCops shot and killed the brazen fugitive wanted in the slaying of a New Jersey policewoman yesterday after a wild high-speed car chase and gun battle in central Florida. The...
GIRL SUES N.Y. TO BE GRAD AT 14
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAngela Lipsman is not your typical 14-year-old city kid - she's earned enough college credits to obtain a degree. The Washington Heights girl, who has been taking college courses since...
COURT DATE FOR ACID-SPLASHING EX
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amGeorgia Charlton gave her boyfriend a Father's Day gift he'll never forget - a liter of acid that transformed his face into a melted mask. Charlton was trying to scar...
BIG-INCOME POLS HIDE TAX RETURNS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIt's a rite of passage this time of year for politicians, starting with President Bush and Gov. Pataki, to reveal their tax returns, but some of the richest - like...
'WHACK'Y TALES OF JERSEY MOBSTERS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amThe hair-trigger paranoia of DeCavalcante crime bosses, who ordered a wave of gangland rubouts of suspected stool pigeons, will be detailed at the federal trial of the New Jersey family's...
EASTER CHARADE: NYERS PLAY DRESS-UP ON FIFTH
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amBlue skies and sunshine were the best accessories to yesterday's annual Easter Parade up Fifth Avenue. Thousands of revelers came decked out in wacky hats and garish costumes, many sporting...
KUWAIT SHIPS AILING ZOO AID
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amA convoy of food yesterday arrived for the starving animals at the Baghdad Zoo - those that are left, anyway. The shipment includes a two-week supply of fruit, vegetables and...
N.J. COP KILLER SLAIN: FUGITIVE SHOT AFTER WILD FLA. CHASE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amCops shot and killed the brazen fugitive wanted in the slaying of a New Jersey policewoman yesterday after a wild high-speed car chase and gun battle in central Florida. The...
KIDNAP FIEND FREES GIRL AFTER KILLING HER PARENTS: POLICE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAn ex-Navy SEAL who kidnapped his 13-year- old niece after gunning down her parents released the girl unharmed yesterday and then surrendered during a tense standoff with police, authorities said....
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR LUKAS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amWe won't know positively for at least a week how many horses will line up to challenge Empire Maker in the May 3 Run for the Roses. Churchill Downs oddsmaker...
THIS BUD'S FOR YOU! FIELD-HOPPING FANS GET BOOST FROM BEER AD
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S the same old story. Something particularly ugly - but not nearly as rare as it used to be - occurs: An interactive fan at Giants Stadium breaks an equipment...
HEY JETS: MAKE SMART PICK
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amOUT of all the darkness, here comes Ian Smart, running to daylight. Tucked under his arm, along with a degree in physical education, is a sweet childhood dream that lesser...
ANGER MANAGER ; TORRE MIFFED AT BOSS FOR NIXING CONTRERAS DECISION
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Joe Torre has disagreed with George Steinbrenner in the past. But Torre has never gone public with his feelings of dismay for The Boss like he did yesterday...
URGENT DELIVERY ; MO SWINGS BIG STICK AS METS RALLY TO WIN
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amMets 7Marlins 4 Mo Vaughn had already heard all the rationalizations for the Mets' 7-11 start. How the season was still young. How the marathon had just started. How it...
ANCRUM MAKING IT ON HIS OWN
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Jon Ancrum isn't playing basketball, he's usually rapping. The Fordham Prep guard has performed at clubs in Manhattan, going by the stage name of "Murda Mook" in the group,...
ASTACIO'S DEBUT STILL UP IN AIR
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Pedro Astacio is back in New York and threw a pain-free bullpen session yesterday. But when he'll take the mound for his first start of the season is...
EVEN IN VICTORY, THIS TEAM NOT SO AMAZIN'
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amIN Game 19 the Mets played, well, it is difficult to say exactly how they played. Since they played well enough to both win and lose. You can be encouraged...
CEDENO HAS GAME THAT TURNS JEERS TO CHEERS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amOf Roger Cedeno's two hits yesterday, the first was hit softer than a baby's bottom and the other traveled less than 10 yards. But both turned out to be big...
NO STOPPING GLAVINE IN KEY GAMES
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amTom Glavine claims he doesn't think of himself as the Mets' stopper, and said he'd much rather be perpetuating long winning streaks. But he realized just how important yesterday's game...
NHL'S REALLY GONE TO SEED
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAND how ironic that the small-market, do-it-all-the-right-way Senators now take the hit from an NHL that's more concerned about pushing everyone to the mediocre middle than it is with rewarding...
BOOMER: I'D PITCH FOR METS OR BOSOX
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - As if George Steinbrenner didn't have enough on his plate yesterday when Joe Torre criticized his meddling antics, David Wells slapped The Boss by saying he...
BY GEORGE, ANOTHER MESS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amAFTER 18 games, it has become evident the only team capable of derailing the Yankees this season is the Yankees. And darn if George Steinbrenner isn't going to try. Steinbrenner...
IT'S SLUMP TO THUMP FOR JASON
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 8Twins 2 MINNEAPOLIS - To the slumping hitter every pitch looks like one Anacin, the strike zone is wider than the Gulf of Mexico, there are 15 fielders behind...
WELLS SAYS HE'D PITCH FOR METS OR BOSOX
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - David Wells can't stay away from controversy. During spring training his book "Perfect I'm Not" stirred it up in the Yankees' universe and led to a...
ENJOY KIDD'S GIFT WHILE SUPPLY LASTS
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amHIS GREATEST gift remains the simplest gift: As long as the basketball is in Jason Kidd's hands, he has a limitless capacity to make everything seem all right. As long...
BUCKS: ARREST NOT DISTRACTION
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amWhile Gary Payton and Sam Cassell said it's full speed ahead following their Saturday-night arrests, Bucks coach George Karl wished it was that simple. "Anytime a legal thing is hanging...
THE DEKE DISTRACTION: MUTOMBO MOUTH MAKES SCOTT LIVID
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amThe Nets traded for Dikembe Mutombo to be "The Difference" in the playoffs. Instead, he's become "The Distraction." Byron Scott seemed livid yesterday after Mutombo wondered about his future with...
MARTIN'S PLAYING SWELL
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES How hurt is Kenyon Martin? Put it this way. Martin admitted if Saturday's game was a regular-season contest, he was done for the day after twisting his left...
FALLEN STAR: A YEAR AGO LENNY COOKE'S FUTURE WAS BRIGHT- NOW HE'S HANGING ON TO A GLIMMER OF HOPE
April 21, 2003 | 4:00amNearly a year ago, Lenny Cooke sat contentedly at Junior's Restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn and announced his entry into the NBA Draft. Los Angeles Clipper Elton Brand, one of many...