September 2, 2003
JOBS: LIARS, DAMN LIARS & STATISTICS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amYESTERDAY was the day America celebrated workers. On Friday we'll find out how many people aren't working. So, as I sat at home this holiday weekend with a plate of...
BOEING LANDS HIGH-FLYING FLACK
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTod Hullin, the well-paid former flack for Time Warner and Vivendi who is currently Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s mouthpiece, has agreed to become the top spokesman at Boeing. An announcement is...
DEALER TO SELL CARS, LUXE LIFE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amGary B. Flom, the chief executive of Manhattan Auto Group, wants to make buying a car as luxurious as shopping at Bergdorf Goodman or staying at the Trump International Hotel...
7 WTC SITE GETS 70 TONS OF STEEL
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amA STROLL along the narrow Vesey Street walkway between Church and West streets traverses two bustling construction sites: ground zero on the south side, where the Port Authority is racing...
RISQUÉ BUSINESS - JUST SAYING NO TO SEXY, TEEN-TARGETED ADS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amOvertly sexual ads that target teens are experiencing a backlash in some corners, challenging a trend that has seen underage marketing become increasingly risqué. Several kids wound up in the...
'SPRINGER' GUY NOW 'SURVIVOR'
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSOME would say that having been the in-house counsel for "The Jerry Springer Show" might very well be one of the toughest jobs for those with law degrees. But the...
CAN I GET A CLUE? - 'JOE SCHMO' PULLS WOOL
September 2, 2003 | 4:00am"Joe Schmo" [ ] On Spike TV tonight at 9 ---- IF you've about had it with reality shows and all those relentlessly self-promoting people who can take six weeks...
'BOY MEETS BOY' CLIMACTIC EVENT
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amIF Spike TV is strictly for heterosexual, beer-swilling guys, Bravo has become the channel for gay, tasteful guys. And it has a real winner with "Boy Meets Boy," which does...
ONE GOOD TURN - HONOR SYSTEM WORKS IN THE PARK
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amDOES Dan Biederman have too high an opinion of mankind? I thought about this the other day as I wandered into Bryant Park - the House that Dan Rebuilt -...
GRIND & SHARE IT - WORK IT OUT, BABY - STRIP AND POUT
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTHERE are a million workouts in the naked city - but few call for a full- length mirror, stilettos and stairs. Enter "The Art of Exotic Dancing for the Everyday...
A FEW THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT ELLEN
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amHER publicist gave me 20 minutes. So I slapped my Pillsbury Doughboy kitchen timer down on the tabletop and commenced an interview with Ellen Degeneres, whose new daytime talk show...
BENEFITS WILL AID SINGER
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amALEJANDRO Escovedo, a singer/ songwriter based in Austin, Texas, was hospitalized in April due to complications from hepatitis C. Escovedo doesn't have health insurance, so musicians, friends and fans established...
TURNS OUT 'CLIFFORD' ISN'T BIG AFTER ALL
September 2, 2003 | 4:00am'CLIFFORD the Big Red Dog," beloved by kids for more than 40 years, has gotten so big, he's now small. The producers of the hit PBS show have created a...
GROWING PAINS: FORMER CHILD STARS HANG ON TO FADED FAME
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amFAME is fleeting, they say. But these days, Hollywood's aging child stars can capitalize on their celebrity for decades - as long as they're willing to humiliate themselves on reality...
THOUSANDS OF REVELERS URGE HILL TO RUN FOR PREZ
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the star of the show at yesterday's West Indian American Day Parade - where those in the festive crowd made no secret of their desire...
UNDERGROUND HERO - TACKLED SUBWAY 'SLASHER'
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amANTHONY GALLO - Courage Medal nominee ---- After a deranged homeless man savagely slashed a woman in the face on a Brooklyn subway train, straphanger Anthony Gallo sprang into action....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amAn actor in a Portland, Ore., production of "King Henry VI" was busted five minutes before the curtain went up for allegedly menacing a cop with his prop sword. After...
WTC MALL FIGHT - CITY BIDS TO BLOCK PA PLAN FOR UNDERGROUND PLAZA
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amWhile planners try to put the finishing touches on a revised Ground Zero blueprint, sources said development officials continue to argue over where to put retail space at the site...
REV. TAKES STEPS TOWARD PEACE IN 9/11 WALK
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amWith prayers and songs, a lone minister yesterday began a trek from Ground Zero to the Pentagon in honor of those killed on Sept. 11, 2001. The Rev. Danny Garcia,...
SCHOOLS FOR SCANDAL - BUSTS OF CITY ED. STAFFERS SOAR 18%
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amCity public schools struggling to keep kids readin' and writin' have yet another challenge - keeping their staffers out of jail. An eye-popping 1,495 Department of Education employees were busted...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A man and a teenager were hospitalized early yesterday after they were shot on a Flatbush street, police said. The 35-year-old man was hit in the leg, and...
TROUBLE IN STORE - 2ND AVE. SUBWAY TO WIPE OUT SHOPS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe Second Avenue Subway could mean the end of the line for some East Side businesses. Commercial spaces along Second Avenue could be condemned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to...
COP-SHOOT GETS NEW TOP TEAM
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD has set up a special task force to hunt down the gunman who shot a police captain, and homicide detectives from all over the city are being enlisted...
BUSH GETS FIRE BACK IN HIS EYES
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPRESIDENT BUSH took off August for a long vacation at his ranch and his poll ratings slumped, but now he's back in campaign mode, eager to reassure the nation that...
TOURNEY'S TINY NET KID IS HAVING A BALL
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amUS OPEN NOTEBOOKMATTHEW Perry waiting out the rain in Flushing to see his pal Jennifer Capriati play - is a frustrated tennis wannabe. While the "Friends" star loves attending the...
HOOTING FOR HILL TO RUN IN '04
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe festive crowd at yesterday's West Indian Day Parade made no secret of its desire to see Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton back in the White House. "Run for president, Hillary!"...
TOURIST'S 'RAPIST' BEAT RAP BEFORE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPolice have launched a manhunt for a suspected serial rapist in the vicious gunpoint sex attack of a young tourist who was in Brooklyn for the West Indian Day Parade....
DEMS START RACE TO DERAIL DEAN
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amLabor Day is supposed to kick off the Democratic 2004 presidential race, but this year it marked the kickoff of the frantic race to catch up with anti-war front-runner Howard...
PINPOINT MISSILES KILL ANOTHER HAMAS BIG
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A top Hamas terrorist was nailed by yet another Israeli missile strike inside the Gaza Strip yesterday. Khader al-Husari, the right-hand man to key Hamas commander Muhammed Def,...
ARNOLD: '70S SEX BOASTS A MISTAKE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. - A sex-and-drugs scandal followed Arnold Schwarzenegger to California's capital yesterday, as the gubernatorial candidate said he regrets a tell-all interview with an adult magazine in 1977. Schwarzenegger,...
W. VOWS BETTER DAYS - PROMISES JOB BOOST AT OHIO PEP RALLY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday marked Labor Day by telling American workers that the economy is getting better - while also stressing that the United States is winning the war on terror...
JFK TRAFFIC SOARS WITH JETBLUE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPassenger traffic at Kennedy Airport has taken off since January - surpassing nearly every other major airport in the nation, a new report says. "The traffic levels at Kennedy are...
HAMPTONS DIARY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amWITH the end of summer approaching, it's time for Diary to close the book and turn the key. But before we lock up, here's one last flip through our pages...
PARADE GUN SLAY MAN SHOT ON FLOAT AT B'KLYN WEST INDIAN FEST
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amA man was shot to death on a float at the West Indian Day Parade yesterday, marring the festive event, which had been dedicated to slain City Councilman James Davis...
PARTY PLOW-DOWN - DRIVER RAMS THROUGH STREET FULL OF REVELERS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amA driver barreled through a crowd of revelers at a street party in Brooklyn early yesterday - crushing a teenager's ankle, hitting two cops and striking two other teens, police...
BUMMER OF A SUMMER - RAINY DAYS WASHED OUT WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amIt's official - the summer of 2003 was one big, horrible hodgepodge of miserable weather. Not only did June break a 100-year-old record as the wettest month in history, but...
PERRY'S GOT A 'FRIEND' IN JENNIFER
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amUS OPEN NOTEBOOKMATTHEW PERRY, waiting out the rain in Flushing to see his pal Jennifer Capriati in action, is a frustrated tennis-player wannabe. While the "Friends" star loves attending the...
HOOPS-HURT INMATE SUES
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amAn inmate is suing the city for $5 million for injuries suffered while he was at the Brooklyn House of Detention - playing basketball. Qiydaar Reddick, 21, was locked up...
MAN IS SLAIN AT B'KLYN FEST - NEW DAD GUNNED DOWN, ANOTHER MAN SLASHED SLAY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amA new father was shot to death and another man slashed across the throat at yesterday's West Indian Day Parade, which was dedicated to slain City Councilman James Davis -...
JOEL AND MIKE'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein and his principal, Mayor Bloomberg, set sail this morning in search of a productive future for all the children of New York City. It is the...
WHO LOVES THE UN?
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amIt's amazing how hard it is for some people to get the message. Even after terrorists blew up the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, and with it the bizarre but widely...
WORK MAY BEGIN NEXT YEAR
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amThe Second Avenue subway is currently in a draft phase with the line's final design expected to be completed later this year. Construction and tunnel boring are expected to start...
JETBLUE CAUSES JFK TRAFFIC TO SOAR
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPassenger traffic at Kennedy Airport has taken off since January - surpassing nearly every other major airport in the nation, a new report says. "The traffic levels at Kennedy are...
MAN GUNNED DOWN ON FLOAT: ANOTHER SLASHED AS B'KLYN FEST TURNS BLOODY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amA new father was shot to death and another man slashed across the throat at yesterday's West Indian Day Parade, which was dedicated to slain City Councilman James Davis -...
'RAPIST' BEAT RAP BEFORE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amPolice are on a manhunt for a suspect in the vicious gunpoint rape of a young tourist in Brooklyn - a month after he was arrested for an almost identical...
ARNIE: '70S SEX BOASTS A MISTAKE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. - A sex-and-drugs scandal followed Arnold Schwarzenegger to California's capital city yesterday, as the gubernatorial candidate said he regrets a tell-all interview with an adult magazine in 1977....
JUSTINE SAILS IN RAIN
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Overlook her all you want, but Justine Henin-Hardenne just may be the player to beat right now. The world's No. 2 woman doesn't get the attention that Jennifer...
THE SPORT IS SECONDARY - GLITZ & GLAMOUR RULE TV COVERAGE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amFRIDAY, just before midnight, as Andy Roddick grew closer to defeating Ivan Ljubicic in four sets, USA Network threw up a graphic that ticked down the seconds to Roddick's 21st...
INJURIES WON'T BE A FACTOR IN SEASON OPENER
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As the starting defense trotted onto the field yesterday inside the practice bubble, defensive coordinator Johnnie Lynn shouted out, "Hey, don't hit 80," a reminder to his players...
JOYCE NAMED BACKUP - DELVIN VAULTS AHEAD OF LEVENS, DAYNE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amDelvin Joyce figured his job this week would be to don the familiar No. 28 worn by Marshall Faulk and give the Giants' defense some good work imitating the Rams...
STARS AND GRIPES - U.S.A SHOWED 'MEDAL' AGAIN
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amHey, world: The Americans are back - and they're still carrying a chip on their basketball shoulders. While romping their way to a 10-0 record and earning a berth at...
WESTHOFF MISSES MORTON
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amJET NOTES Mike Westhoff, the Jets' special-teams coach, is licking his chops. Westhoff, one of the most competitive types you'll meet in any sport, cannot wait to face Redskins kick...
SLUMP STILL GRIPS JASON
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTORONTO - Jason Giambi isn't overly worried - but the longest hitting slump of his career is weighing on his mind. "I am not ready to kill anybody yet," Giambi...
DREW BOLTING FOR NFL? THAT'S NEWS TO YANKS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTORONTO - Since Drew Henson wasn't deemed good enough to be a September call-up, the Yankees likely wouldn't discourage their struggling Triple-A third baseman from leaving them for an NFL...
GREEN 'D' FIRED UP TO RUIN COLES' D.C. DEBUT
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSeveral things are a lock to transpire when the Jets and Redskins meet Thursday night to open the NFL season: * There will be a fireworks display at some point...
DEREK'S STUCK IN THE CAGE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - The Yankees are taking every precaution to make sure Derek Jeter is sound when he returns from the left rib-cage problem that forced him out of...
RECORDS TUMBLE AT SARATOGA
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The 2003 meet at the Old Spa set several records for attendance and handle, but overall betting was down for the 36-day stand. Paid attendance of 1,049,309...
YANKS, WELLS HAVE UNHAPPY HALLADAY - BOOMER LABORS IN LOSS AS JAYS' ACE DOMINATES
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amBlue Jays 8 - Yankees 1 TORONTO - Better. Not great. But good enough to stay in the rotation. That's the best way to describe David Wells' outing against the...
BIG-GAME GRIFFITHS - ROOKIE RIGHTY HELPS METS TOP BRAVES
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amMets 3 - Braves 2 As Jeremy Griffiths studied the Braves hitters on a laptop computer at 10 a.m. yesterday, Joe McEwing and a few other teammates were touting the...
OPEN ALL BUT CLOSED BY SHOWERS - AGASSI-DENT MATCH PUSHED TO TODAY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amFor the second straight day, rain wreaked havoc with the U.S. Open, and if the weather reports are to be believed, today's and tomorrow's schedules could be disrupted as well....
REYES IS PROBABLY FINISHED FOR SEASON
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES Jose Reyes was sporting an Air Jordan T-shirt yesterday morning, but he has never been more grounded. Team physician Andrew Rokito evaluated the 20-year-old shortstop again yesterday and...
MAC GETS CHANCE AT SHORT START
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amSuper sub Joe McEwing is not at all happy about having to play shortstop while Mets starter Jose Reyes sits on the shelf with a sprained left ankle. Reyes' injury...
LONG, SOGGY DAY FOR CAPRIATI
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amU.S. OPEN NOTES For Jennifer Capriati and Elena Dementieva, just finishing a set in their U.S. Open fourth-round match yesterday must have been like Ahab chasing that whale: Nature just...
RED SOX MIFFED AT 'AILING' MANNY
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTORONTO - Somebody in Boston got Enrique Wilson and Willie Randolph confused Saturday night. However, there is no mistaking the Red Sox' anger that Manny Ramirez, who was too sick...
AGASSI AND YOUNG DENT POSTPONED
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amFor the second straight day, rain wreaked havoc with the U.S. Open, but no player has had his schedule juggled more than Andre Agassi, who had his fifth-round match with...
LITTLE LABOR ON COURTS
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Jennifer Capriati's victory was the only match finished yesterday afternoon. The entire day and night cards except for three matches - Ai Sugiyama vs. Francesca Schiavone; Mary Pierce...
MARTIN'S ON A ROLL BATTLING AGE, FOES
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTodd Martin has played in two Grand Slam finals and been ranked as high as fourth. Now he's 93rd and believes he is playing better than ever. "I feel like...
DREW'S FUTURE UP IN AIR
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amTORONTO - It seems Drew Henson will stick with baseball, even though the Yankees didn't deem him good enough to be a September call-up from Triple-A. But the former Michigan...
OPEN ALL BUT CLOSED BY SHOWERS - JENNY SLOGS THROUGH SOGGY WIN
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amThere was a time when a day like yesterday - a waterlogged, dreary day that turned a one-hour match into a three-stage, 6 1/2-hour test of wills - would have...
'NO PAN' CAPTURES CANE
September 2, 2003 | 4:00amDriver David Miller said in order to beat 1-5 favorite Allamerican Native, he'd have to stay close to him. He did, and won yesterday's $331,000 Cane Pace final at Freehold...