May 25, 2003
A BURNING ISSUE: N.Y. WORKERS' CIG BREAKS MAY COST FIRMS $10.5B
May 25, 2003 | 4:00am"They seem to have time to surf the Web from their office. . . Being forced to go outside to smoke is just one more interruption of many interruptions."ROBERT GORDON,...
THE CURE FOR CABIN FEVER- NO SWEAT, LOWER FEES: CHARTER FLIGHT BIZ SOARS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWhile many of the nation's commercial airlines are flying in a financial tailspin, ridership in private air charter companies is soaring "Our business has doubled just from last year," said...
BULL'S EYE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWSJ on alert Dow Jones Chairman Peter Kann decided the Jayson Blair scandal provided the perfect opporunity to go over some basic rules of ethics with his staff. Not a...
STARR REPORT
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amHeavy in stature, light on his feet Big Ruben Studdard boogied the night away with his brother, Kevin, in L.A. last Wednesday night after winning "American Idol 2." Studdard hooked...
GIVE ME THAT OY TIME RELIGION
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amGERALDO Rivera, the nomadic, narcissistic network newsman, now with Fox News Channel, recently told The Washington Post that he's engaged to marry Erica Levy. Claims the 59-year-old Rivera, Ms. Levy...
BEWARE OF THIS 'DAME'
May 25, 2003 | 4:00am'Out of the Past" is in your future. Jacques Tourneur's twisty, moody 1947 noir unreels tomorrow and Friday, thanks to MoMA Film at the Gramercy. Robert Mitchum (in a role...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER SUSAN ELIZABETH HUBBARD PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWith Memorial Day upon us, we decided to ask upscale swimwear designer Susan Elizabeth Hubbard to find a cheap-yet-stylish beach outfit. Hubbard's sexy suits - which are detailed with touches...
THEY'RE THE TOPS! A HIPPIE TOTEM GOES GLAM
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIn the summer, there's no wardrobe choice as simple and refreshing as rolling out of bed and sliding on a tunic in the morning. Sometimes they're called kirtles or caftans...
HE MADE THE LUNGE, I TOOK THE PLUNGE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amSex for a single girl, as I have said before, is more complicated than we'd all like to believe. Having sex for the first time after you've become single is...
SEX, DRUGS & LOWLY MIGRANT WORKERS: 'FAST FOOD NATION' AUTHOR ERIC SCHLOSSER TAKES ON THREE NEW CRUSADES
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amPerhaps one of the unlikeliest best sellers ever, "Fast Food Nation" - a scathing ex posé of the (literally) filthy underbelly of the American fast-food industry - turned its author,...
A STAR IS BORN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amBroadway's current revival of "Gypsy" breaks with tradition in its treatment of four-legged performers. The first to appear on stage, in the arms of the show's petite star Bernadette Peters...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER; VISITING THE HALL OF OCEAN LIFE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe newly-renovated Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History has finally reopened; its beloved 94-foot-long blue whale model now lives in a spectacular technological marine environment...
MIKE DOES HIS 'DIRTY WORK' UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amYOU might call it Bloomy's Midnight Run. Mayor Bloomberg secretly tore through town late Friday night - to tell angry firefighters the city's too broke to save their firehouses. Of...
THE BELLE OF CANNES BALL
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD darling Nicole Kidman outshined a constellation of stars at the weeklong Cannes Film Festival that ends with tonight's awards ceremony. Whether sashaying up the red carpet in a gorgeous...
OIL'S WELL WITH IRAQI ECONOMY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWith 13 years of crippling economic sanctions finally lifted, Iraq is set to resume oil exports next month, an interim government official said yesterday, a major step toward rebuilding the...
PUFF SNUFF TOO ROUGH FOR BELOVED BIZ
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDON Alonzo emerged from the Korean War unscathed, but he says Mayor Bloomberg has put a final nail in his coffin. He looked up at a picture of the grave...
POKER CHAMP RAKES IN $2.5M
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amTennessee card shark Chris Moneymaker made good on his name yesterday, capturing the world poker championship and cashing in on a record $2.5 million tournament purse. The 27-year-old accountant from...
LANCE LASHES FRENCH TOUR DE SNOB
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amTour de France legend Lance Armstrong has a message for the weasel race organization: Give me a brake! Armstrong, who has pedaled to victory at the increasingly Franco-centric race for...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amQueens A 21-year-old man was fatally shot in the stomach in front of 250 Beach St. in East Rockaway early yesterday. Arriving cops were the victim, Edward DeJesus, had been...
FIRE FURY 'UNHINGED'; DOOR-SMASH SPREE ON EVE OF STATION CLOSINGS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amOn the morning before six city firehouses were slated to close, the overhead doors to four other firehouses were smashed deliberately by a van yesterday, trapping firetrucks inside for over...
SHARON BATTLING 'ROAD MAP' REVOLT
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's acceptance of a U.S.-brokered "road map" for peace with the Palestinians sparked heated opposition yesterday from within his own party ahead of a...
THESE CHEATERS MIGHT PROSPER
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amLast week, federal prosecutors admitted to the Philadelphia Inquirer that all 65 Middle Eastern students who were caught cheating on English proficiency exams last May are not international terrorists as...
BODEGA 'SHOOTER' NAILED
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA brazen Bronx gunman used a roll of duct tape to tie up 15 people in a Mount Hope bodega during a Friday night stickup - but not before he...
DIALLO MOM RIPS COPS IN CHELSEA SLAY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe mother of Amadou Diallo, a man whose name has come to symbolize excessive police force, sharply criticized the city yesterday in the wake of a police shooting last week...
120TH B'DAY IS CAKEWALK FOR B'KLYN BRIDGE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe beloved Brooklyn Bridge turned 120 yesterday - and New Yorkers celebrated with dozens of events throughout the borough and beyond. Citizens and politicians alike feted the 6,016-foot bridge by...
LET FREEDOM RING
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThis Memorial Day has taken on even greater significance and reflection - because it's the first one since the end of the war in Iraq. Democracy reigned over tyranny as...
LANDLORD TO VETS: HEROES UNWELCOME
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA group of Brooklyn war veterans - who have served in every U.S. armed conflict from World War II to the recent war in Iraq - have been given marching...
DOGGED EFFORT TO AVOID COLLAR
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA tough-as-nails pit bull mauled a 10-year-old boy in The Bronx yesterday - then foiled multiple attempts by cops who wanted to take the cantankerous canine down. The drama started...
BITTER TEARS AT FAREWELL TO RAID VICTIM
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amGrief and anger filled a Harlem church yesterday where family members, city leaders and total strangers came to mourn a woman who died after a mistaken police raid on her...
4TH CITY IS. TEEN IS LAID TO REST
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA tear-filled procession of family and friends packed the Holy Family Church in The Bronx yesterday to say a final farewell to the last of four teens who drowned off...
VEST COP'S HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn cop whose protective vest stopped a bullet headed straight for his heart celebrated his 27th birthday in a hospital bed. "This is the best way to spend my...
'LUCKY MAN' RUDY SHOWS OFF HIS BRIDE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIt was an affair to remember. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani returned to Gracie Mansion last night and married gal pal Judith Nathan before a star-studded audience in a service officiated...
GUNMAN MURDERS BX. MOM, 3-YR.-OLD
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA Bronx mother and her 3-year-old son were mercilessly gunned down in their apartment yesterday in a crime police described as "grisly." Monica Stanley, 34, was shot just inside the...
RUDY & HIS JUDI: FROM GAL PAL TO MRS. GIULIANI
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amEVEN to those who know him well, the sight of Rudy Giuliani dancing the jitterbug in a gravel lot below the Brooklyn Bridge just weeks into his cancer treatment seemed...
BEACH COPS JUST GEEZERS: UNION
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amPart-time cops employed to patrol state parks - including Long Island's Jones Beach - are outnumbered, occasionally unreliable and sometimes too old to be effective law enforcers, according to a...
BRINKS FEMME FATALE: I HAD RACE GUILT
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - A key player in the murderous 1981 Brinks armored car heist told a parole board that her involvement in radical activities stemmed from her guilt over being white....
SMOKING BUZZ OUT IN THE OPEN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amForget Lizzie Grubman and Conscience Point, Billy Joel and the bottle, and "foreigners" in summer rentals. The buzz talk in the Hamptons this summer is likely to revolve around two...
JAILERS NAILED BY I.D. 'CON' JOB
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe state gave the personal information of 10 prison guards to a jailed murderer, who then got associates outside to steal the officers' identities and kill their credit ratings, The...
GENEROSA TOO SICK FOR CUSTODY TRIAL
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amGenerosa Ammon Pelosi, who is battling cancer, is too sick to go to court this week on Long Island for the first court date on the child custody lawsuit filed...
KALIKOW'S 'WARMING' TINKLE TALE'S ALL WET
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amI don't know about you - but me? - I'm frightened to death. No, not of the latest orange alert - that I can live with. It's Peter Kalikow's, er,...
CITY HAS A LINE ON TERROR
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMore than 1,000 nervous city residents report suspicious people, activities and packages to the NYPD's terrorism hot line each month, statistics show. That's up from the 725 a month who...
HOW J.LO CAN MAYOR GO?
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg gets a squeeze from his main squeeze, Jennifer Lopez, at the Garden last week (above), where the pair celebrated the Knicks win in the playoffs. Yeah, right. To...
VANDROSS FANS WANT LAST 'DANCE'
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe title track of Luther Vandross' forthcoming album "Dance With My Father" has become a hotly requested hit on R&B play charts at local radio stations as the singer remains...
FAR FROM 'CHICAGO'; RENÉE SHELLS OUT $2M FOR 'HUMBLE' HOLIDAY ABODE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amAfter starring in the mega-hit Oscar-winning "Chicago," Renée Zellweger has opted for a more low-key approach to her summer in the Hamptons. In a possible reflection of her upbringing in...
PAL INSISTS: ALLEGED TOT KILLER A 'LOVING MOM'
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDIANE O'Dell's life revolved around her kids. Her ram- bunctious brood ranged from a toddler named Tommy to a teen daughter who was a gifted student engaged at 15 to...
JAILERS NAILED BY I.D. 'CON' JOB:
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe state gave the personal information of 10 prison guards to a jailed murderer, who then got associates outside to steal the officers' identities and kill their credit ratings, The...
NYPD'S NO-KNOCK SEARCHES ARE DOORWAY TO DISASTER
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDAYS after cops ransacked the home of Marie and Robert Rogers and held the Queens couple at gunpoint in a mistaken drug raid last year, their attorney issued a prophetic...
PUFF SNUFF TOO ROUGH AS BELOVED BIZ BUSTS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDON Alonzo emerged from the Korean War unscathed, but he says Mayor Bloomberg has put a final nail in his coffin. He looked up at a picture of the grave...
BODEGA SHOOT SUSPECT NAILED
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amA brazen Bronx gunman used a roll of duct tape to tie up 15 people in a Mount Hope bodega during a Friday night stickup - but not before he...
FROM RUDY'S GAL PAL TO THE NEW MRS. GIULIANI
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amEVEN to those who know him well, the sight of Rudy Giuliani dancing the jitterbug in a gravel lot below the Brooklyn Bridge just weeks into his cancer treatment seemed...
STEVENS THE ULTIMATE DEVIL
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIN 1994, after the captain of the Rangers guaranteed Game 6, the captain of the Devils was asked if he'd care to do the same for Game 7. "I don't...
DEFENSE, EXPERIENCE WERE THE DIFFERENCE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S getting old for the Senators, Flyers and Leafs, wait ing for the Devils to get old. This downsized version of the 2000 team that won the Stanley Cup and...
GEARING UP FOR GIGUERE ; DEVS HOPE DUCK GOALIE IS RUSTY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThis time it's the Devils who hope to benefit from a little rust - especially between the Anaheim pipes. After waiting a week for their next opponent in each of...
'SHE'S A SUPERSTAR NOW' ; ANNIKA'S PLAY BRINGS BENEFIT TO ALL INVOLVED
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amFORT WORTH - To the men of the PGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam's appearance in the Bank of America Colonial was either a novelty or a nuisance. To the pioneers of...
DALLAS DONE IN WITHOUT DIRK
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDALLAS - With precisely 7:45 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 3, and the Mavericks already frantically petitioning for a knee transplant donor to replace Dirk Nowitzki's badly sprained...
FANTASY BASEBALL'S FIELDS OF DREAMS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amJAY Payton or Charles Johnson? How about Aaron Boone or Austin Kearns? We believe all four of these men are good baseball players. But this good? Come on, something has...
RUNNING WITH BEST OF WEST
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES One of the world's universally held beliefs: The East is dead meat against the West in the NBA Finals. The Nets don't necessarily agree. "The East is always...
'ROBIN' TAKES PETER PAN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amNo, that wasn't Funny Cide sloshing through the slop yesterday at Belmont Park for a six-length victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes. But he and the longshot...
'EMPIRE' PREPS AT MONMOUTH
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe rotten weather in New York has prompted trainer Bobby Frankel to plot a new course for Empire Maker en route to his showdown with Triple Crown candidate Funny Cide...
PRESSING CONCERN ; JEFFERSON HIT BRICKS AGAINST DETROIT 'D'
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a dismal 2-of-11 shooting night in Game 3, Richard Jefferson heard from all the usual suspects: teammates, coaches, friends and family. What was the best advice he heard? "Richard,...
GARDEN'S PLAYOFF ENVY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMADISON Square Garden sits a few days away from beginning its second month of playoff inactivity, and it's hard to tell what the old lady sees when she peers out...
BOMB GLAVINE ; BRAVES BEAT UP ON FORMER MATE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amBraves 10Mets 4 ATLANTA - The biggest cheer Tom Glavine received yesterday at his former haunt was when he left during the fourth inning trailing 5-0. Even then, there was...
DARKO WOULD BE LIFT TO PISTON'S LIGHT 'O'
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIf this playoff series with the Nets has proven anything to Pistons management, it's how much they needed the second pick in June's draft to get out of the East...
STANTON FEELING KNEE-DY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - The last time Mike Stanton pitched, he couldn't push off with his balky left knee. "I was lifting my leg and falling," said Stanton, who has...
GARDEN STEPPED OVER LIKE FREDO CORLEONE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHE shock had worn off, the fear had dissipated, so now there was no need to keep anything inside. Jason Kidd had been on the ground, writhing, his face contorted...
VAN GUNDY MIGHT TAKE SHOT AT ROCKET COACHING JOB
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amEven before the Cavaliers won the LeBron James lottery, Jeff Van Gundy was on the verge of entering final negotiations with the team to become its head coach. But after...
VAN GUNDY MIGHT LOOK AT ROCKETS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amEven before the Cavaliers won the LeBron James lottery, Jeff Van Gundy was on the verge of entering final negotiations with the team to become its head coach. But after...
JOSE 'BARRED' FROM GAME
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amRoger Clemens will have about 25 former teammates and opponents on hand tomorrow as he chases his 300th win. However, one former mate Clemens would enjoy seeing see in The...
CONTRERAS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDespite the fact Jose Contreras dominated over his four shutout innings yesterday, Joe Torre has no plans to move Contreras into the Yankees' struggling rotation. Instead, Torre saw further evidence...
MAY BE TIME TO START WORRYING ; BUMBLING BOMBERS TURNING BRONX INTO LAND OF THE LOST
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIT is only May, much too early for the insatiable owner to panic, but right now, George Steinbrenner, a 5-2 loser again yesterday to the Blue Jays, has a whole...
GUESTS GALORE FOR ROG
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWhen Roger Clemens goes for career win No. 300 tomorrow, lots of family and friends will be among the sellout Stadium crowd. Some 25 ex-teammates and between 50 and 55...
TORRE MAY START THINGS OFF WITH JETER
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With his injury-ravaged lineup slumping, Joe Torre said that once Derek Jeter's leg fully heals, he may move Jeter to leadoff and slide Alfonso Soriano into the middle...
MAY BE TIME TO START WORRYING: WELLS HIT HARD AS YANKS DROP THIRD IN ROW TO JAYS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amBlue Jays 5Yankees 2 By now, that 20-4 start seems like a lifetime ago, far removed from the opening act of an inevitable dream season. Reality is hitting the Yankees...
JOE'S TALK FLOPS : PREGAME MEETING CAN'T STAVE OFF LOSS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amAn hour before yesterday's first pitch, 15 minutes earlier than normal, a security guard ushered the media out of the Yankee clubhouse - as per Joe Torre orders. Torre closed...
DALLAS DONE IF DIRK CAN'T RETURN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amDALLAS - With precisely 7:45 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 3, and the Mavericks already frantically pleading for a knee transplant donor to replace Dirk Nowitzki's badly sprained...
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - PLUS ONE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe thing that strikes Tom Seaver the most are the names not on the list, the omissions that stamp his exclusive little club in platinum, rather than gold. "Bob Gibson!...
THE INSIDERS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMETS MAY STICK IT TO BOMBERS Through the years, the Mets and Yankees have not been the most willing trade partners. Teams in the same city don't like to be...
TWENTY/TWENTY VISION ; ROGER IS WHIFF-LE BALL KING
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amYou can't measure immortality in a boxscore. So for Roger Clemens, striking out 20 batters in one game was the least of his accomplishments. On that night 17 years ago,...
ATKINS CHUCKS BARBS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amBefore the Pistons sang their swan song, Chucky Atkins took some parting shots at the Nets. Although the Nets are headed for a second straight Finals appearance, Atkins said they...
MEANWHILE, GARDEN SUFFERS PLAYOFF ENVY
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amTHERE was no reason to keep anything inside any longer, no need for inhibition, so the people inside the Meadowlands Arena let their voices spill out of the arena, into...
A FINALS ENCORE FOR JUGGER-NETS: JERSEY SWEEPS PISTONS, AWAITS WEST CHAMP
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amGAME 4Nets 102Pistons 82 For so much of their NBA lives, they were the butt of jokes, national and regional. On their best days, they would fill their home arena...
METROS RING UP JOLLEY GOOD WIN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amMetroStars 2Burn 1 A half-hour after the Metro Stars beat Dallas 2-1 for their fifth straight win - after Steve Jolley's 12-yard strike that grazed Eddie Pope - nobody could...
CAN YOU EVER HAVE TOO MANY DAYS OFF?
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES And on the 10th day, they'll rest. And the ninth, the eighth, seventh, sixth . . . By completing their second straight series sweep last night, eliminating the...
NASTY FALL CAN'T KEEP KIDD DOWN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amJason Kidd was in so much agony, he needed to put a towel in his mouth as he lay on the court, writhing on the court, his right ankle burning...
NASTY FALL CAN'TK KEEP KIDD DOWN
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amJason Kidd was in so much agony, he put a towel in his mouth as he lay on the court, writhing, his right ankle burning in pain. For the first...
ATV BAN A TRICKY ISSUE
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amLEGISLATION is being introduced in both houses in Albany that would ban the use of ATVs in a number of New York's most treasured forest preserves. The bill, A.8480/ S.5073,...
WRONG HEROES IN FASSEL SAGA ; ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE THE REAL ONES
May 25, 2003 | 4:00am"The parents who raised the child are discounted, as if they were interim caretakers, like substitute teachers."LOUIS BRIZZI THE only thing that concerns Louis Brizzi about speaking out is that...
YES INDEED, THE '39 YANKS GOT HOSED
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amIF the YES Network wants to be taken seriously, it has to take its viewers more seriously. A current, heavily promoted series on the Yanks includes an episode on the...
CAN'T DO IT AGAIN? SAYS WHO?
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amThe thing about "history repeating itself" is, it doesn't apply to phenomena. Bob Beamon could never replicate his 29-foot, 2.5-inch jump. Wilt Chamberlain never scored 100 points again. But then...
WIN FOR THE AGES: ROGER RARING TO GO AS NO. 300 LOOMS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amJust 24 hours from now, Roger Clemens will walk to the mound at Yankee Stadium. That part is like any other start. What's different is that when he walks off...
JETER MAY TAKE LEAD FROM SORIANO
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With his lineup ravaged by injuries, Joe Torre said that he's considering a few changes, including moving Derek Jeter to leadoff and sliding Alfonso Soriano into the middle...
JOE CALL IN ORDER FOR AILING BOMBERS
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amWhen you start trying to get outside yourself, it starts playing into the opposition's hands." JOE TORRE Fifteen minutes earlier than normal, an hour prior to yesterday's scheduled first pitch,...
ROCKET UNPLUGGED : CLEMENS TAKES THE POST ON GUIDED TOUR OF A BRILLIANT CAREER
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amAs he neared his 300th win, Roger Clemens agreed to an exclusive interview with The Post's George King, in which Clemens recalled some of the highlights of his incredible career....
BOCA PALS KEEP UP TEAMWORK
May 25, 2003 | 4:00amFor seven years, Jose Galvan and Juan Forchetti have been friends and teammates. They spent the better part of their lives together in the Boca Juniors youth system, and they're...