June 17, 2002
ANOTHER SNAG FOR SAM'S NYLON - WAKSAL-BACKED FASHION MAG IS $UED BY P.R. FIRM
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amNylon, a glitzy independent fashion magazine that counts embattled ImClone's former CEO Sam Waksal as a big backer, is having trouble paying its bills. In the latest turn, Nylon's one-time...
SERIAL MARRIAGE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00am"Married In America" Tonight at 9 on A&E ? JERRY Seinfeld recently ragged on weddings at The Beacon Theater in a stand-up routine that was hilarious. Basically he said, "Hey...
BERLIN SCORE FOR 'MUSIC' PROVES TIMELESS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amFACE THE MUSICAt the 14th Street YMHA, 344 E. 14 St. Through June 23. Call (212) 362-0713. -------------- IN the matter of old musicals, the downtown Musicals Tonight series is...
FIGHT TO THE FINISH ; AT MSNBC, 'M' STANDS FOR 'MOVE THE NEEDLE'
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amVIEWER interest and advertiser investment in news is starting to wane nine months after the Sept. 11 attacks - but the battle is just beginning in the cut-throat world of...
STARR REPORT
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amNetwork news: Ellis, Pitts win top honors "NBC Nightly News" has won the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Award for Rehema Ellis' international reporting from Goma (Congo, in Central...
SHE'S THE BEST THING ABOUT 'DOG'
June 17, 2002 | 4:00am"Dog Eat Dog" Tonight at 9 on NBC/Ch. 4 Zero stars HERE is a brain-teaser for you: How many castaways were there on "Gilligan's Island"? That's what passes for a...
MORE A BAND THAN A LEGEND
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Flatlanders recorded the album eventually called "More a Legend Than a Band," over 30 years ago in West Texas. But the honky-tonk collection didn't get widespread distribution for more...
SISTER ACT: AFTER MAKEOVER, NEVER THE TWINS SHALL MEET A MIRROR IMAGE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amWhen twins Debbi and Terri Colaneri were growing up, they shared a room - and everything else. The identical duo, now 40, bought the same clothes, listened to the same...
KEY MEASURES TO BE SHELVED FOR SUMMER
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Legislature will adjourn for the summer without approving reform of the Rockefeller drug laws or a long-sought-after statewide gay-rights bill. That was the word yesterday from key legislative insiders,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amCops have arrested a California man for brazenly taking "ecstasy" with his two kids - in front of TV cameras. The 43-year-old Sacramento man, featured on the HBO documentary "Small...
'STIGMATA' MONK IS NEW SAINT
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amPope John Paul II yesterday made a saint of Padre Pio, the Italian monk whose body was said to have mimicked Christ's bleeding wounds. Hundreds of thousands of people braved...
AUGHT-TWO OUGHT TO SMASH RECORD, STUDIO INSIDERS SAY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00am"Star Wars" and "Spider-Man" are long out of the gate and raking in hundreds of millions, but don't think the studios have run out of summer blockbusters. Hollywood has no...
EMS KIN TO GET WTC AID
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The widows of the only two city EMS paramedics to die in the World Trade Center attacks are poised to receive death benefits that until now had been...
TOP DOG 'SCOOBY' & COMPANY SCARE AWAY COMPETITORS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00am"Scooby-Doo" lifted his leg on "The Bourne Identity" and "Windtalkers" over the weekend, raking in $56.4 million at the box office and leaving the competition in the dust. The mystery-solving...
'ALTAR'NATIVE VIEW - ST. PAT'S STAND-IN SAYS IT'S OK TO HARASS PERV PRIESTS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, who once said homosexuality and a "sex-saturated society" caused the scandals in the Catholic Church, told the congregation yesterday that pedophile priests should be...
TRACKING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer yesterday called for the registration and tracking of radioactive material that could be used to make a "dirty bomb." A bill announced by Schumer (D-N.Y.) would also...
DETECTIVE 'JACK' HEALY DIES
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amDetective John "Jack" Healy, the vice president of the police-detectives union and a cop for nearly four decades, died over the weekend, union officials said. He was 60 years old....
COUNCIL HAS TAXING REQUEST FOR ALBANY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amAlthough a budget deal has not been reached, the City Council is expected tomorrow to ask state lawmakers to approve $461 million in tax hikes and fees proposed by Mayor...
FAMILY GIVES DAPPER DON A FETCHING ETCHING
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe grieving Gottis have put the final, elegant touch on their send-off for the Dapper Don, etching his name on the simple plaque outside the crypt that holds him and...
AL QAEDA AWAKENING 'SLEEPERS'
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amOn the run out of Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden's terror network is now trying to plant sleeper cells around the world, as shown by arrests in Morocco and the U.S....
CONGRESS HAILS BUSH'S 'HIT' ORDER ON SADDAM
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTop leaders in Congress yesterday confirmed that President Bush has OK'd covert operations that could kill Iraq's Saddam Hussein - and most applauded the move. The order directs the CIA...
ISRAEL HUNTS 5 BOMBERS BEFORE THEY STRIKE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday was trying to hunt down five would-be homicide bombers, at the same time it began erecting an electric fence around Palestinian-controlled land and re-invaded one town....
EX-COP: I LIVE IN FEAR - S.I. SELF-DEFENSE SLAY BARES RACIAL DIVIDE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe retired cop who killed a knife-wielding Mexican immigrant on Staten Island in April now fears for the safety of his children - because of possible racial backlash. Luke Blake,...
TEENAGE OZZY TRIED SUICIDE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amRude rocker Ozzy Osbourne - who triggered a storm of controversy in 1986 with his song "Suicide Solution" - tried to hang himself from a clothesline as a teenager. He...
TIGER SOARS IN VICTORY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTiger did it. He won the U.S. Open yesterday by three strokes, becoming the fourth player in history to win the Masters and the Open in the same year. He...
SHARK FISHERMEN MISSING OFF L.I.
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amRescuers from Jones Beach to Atlantic City were searching early today for a boat carrying four Long Island shark fishermen who disappeared Saturday, Coast Guard officials said. The air-and-sea search...
CRAZED MAN KILLS WOMAN, 60: COPS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amAn emotionally disturbed man went wild and stabbed an elderly woman to death in front of her Brooklyn apartment last night, police said. Local teenagers chased the knife-wielding attacker and...
QUEENS BUS WORKERS GO ON STRIKE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amWorkers at three Queens private bus companies went on strike last night at midnight, stranding 116,000 commuters. The strike - which targets Queens Surface, Triboro Coach and Jamaica buses -...
BUCHANAN EMERGES AS POSSIBLE ID OF WATERGATE'S 'DEEP THROAT'
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amOn the 30th anniversary of Watergate, the spotlight is on failed presidential candidate and Nixon speechwriter Patrick Buchanan - who has emerged as the potential identity behind the mystery informant...
WHEN DO WE GET OUR RIGHTS BACK?
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Bush Administration has played into the hands of its most hysterical and malicious critics by committing what looks like a genuine outrage against the Constitution's letter and spirit: the...
'WETTING' OUR APPETITE - WATER ON RISE, BUT CURBS STAY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe city's reservoirs are filling up, but there's no quick end in sight to water restrictions. "It would take a lot more rain and a lot more conservation measures" for...
CHANCELLOR GETS TESTY: BLASTS STATE'S REGENTS EXAMS AS TOO TOUGH
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy is calling the state's new high school exam standards way too rigid - despite having once voted for them as a member of the Board of...
MOM SUES OVER GIRL'S SEX ORDEAL AT SCHOOL
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mom is filing a $1.25 million negligence suit against the Board of Education after her 13-year old daughter said she was sexually assaulted in March in her junior...
HISTORIANS E[[U1;U1]]Y[[U1]]E MUSEUM AT GROUND ZERO
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amNOW, here's an idea that's about time. A group of esteemed New York scholars has proposed that a world-class history museum take its rightful place at the site of the...
ROBBERY EYED IN EAST SIDE SLAY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amSeveral hundred dollars were missing from the Upper East Side apartment of a 61-year-old woman killed in a brutal knife attack, but there was no sign of forced entry, police...
WOMAN SLAIN IN HER UPPER E. SIDE APARTMENT
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amSeveral hundred dollars were missing from the Upper East Side apartment of a 61-year-old woman killed in a brutal knife attack, but there was no sign of forced entry, police...
SKAKEL'S NEW DIGS: FIRST LOOK AT HIS PRISON CELL
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThis is the new home of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. Once a child of privilege in the tony town of Greenwich, Conn., the pudgy killer of Martha Moxley now resides...
NETS GIVE NUGGETS JORDAN OK
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amNet assistant Eddie Jordan can expect a call from the Nuggets this week, but he won't really talk to the team for another 10 days. Denver GM Kiki Vandeweghe said...
MOLLICA BACKS OFF ON 'SUIT
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amDrew Mollica, agent for jockey Rich Migliore, said yesterday he is withdrawing his name from a lawsuit, filed last week in concert with agent Ron Anderson (Jerry Bailey) and Angel...
NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR LIBERTY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty 54 - Sting 53 The Liberty stayed undefeated on their home court, but they had to admit they sure did stink up the Garden in yesterday's 54-53 win over...
ESTES: WE WON, RIGHT? LEFTY HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT MISSING ROGER
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amRegrets? Shawn Estes has none. No, he didn't actually hit Roger Clemens in the third inning Saturday, but Estes just did everything else. Estes said he avoids talk radio, leaving...
VALENTINE BLASTS 'BIG MOUTH' DIBBLE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES The words came out of Rob Dibble's mouth fast and furious Saturday night, with the nationally-televised platform of ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" allowing him the opportunity to take shots...
DEREK'S NO BIG FAN OF SHEA DIRT
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Derek Jeter didn't blame the Shea Stadium infield for the throwing error he made Friday night or the ground ball he booted Saturday. However, the dirt isn't one...
CAGY CLEMENS CLAMS UP AFTER SHEA SHOWDOWN
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amRoger Clemens had next to nothing to say about his bruised right foot and less when the subject of Saturday's game was broached. After instructing the media at his Shea...
DIBBLE'S WILD PITCH KNOCKS DOWN ESTES
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amFOX's Joe Buck and Tim McCarver couldn't have known for sure when they claimed that Shawn Estes "tried to hit Roger Clemens, but missed!" Could Estes, in a brilliant, civil...
IN THE END, ONLY TIGER CAN TAME TIGER
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amSOMEONE finally came close to beating Tiger Woods in the final day of a major championship yesterday. It was Tiger Woods. Woods started the final round of the 102nd U.S....
GARCIA'S PROBLEM ISN'T A NEW YORK THING
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThat a tiny fraction of 42,000 spectators busted Sergio Garcia's chops Saturday - the other 41,000-plus cheered him - established New York, in NBC golf host Dan Hicks' estimation, as...
VALENTINE TEARS INTO 'UNPROFESSIONAL' DIBBLE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe words came out of Rob Dibble's mouth fast and furious Saturday night, with the nationally televised platform of ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" allowing him the opportunity to take shots at...
PROS SAY BRING IT BACK TO THE BLACK
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amBring it back to Bethpage Black. That was the overwhelming sentiment of the pros when asked if the course that has the average Joe sleeping in his car to play...
CLOSE BUT NO CIGARS ; GARCIA EATS HIS WORDS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amA 22-year-old doesn't choke, but Sergio Garcia's mouth surely bit off more than he could chew. Ranked fifth in the world, the Spaniard who was chasing his first major championship...
TO FALDO,EVEN BEARISN'T SAFE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe debate gets more heated, more intense every time the phenomenon in the red Nike Sunday shirt wins a major tournament. Who is the best golfer of all time? Is...
MICKELSON'S DAY WILL COME
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amJOHN ELWAY, Ray Bourque, Oscar Robertson, and Randy Johnson eventually won. It took them even longer than Paddy Harrington can stand over a putt, produced more angst than a Sergio...
EARL: WHEN MY SON'S ON, IT'S OVER
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amEarl Woods was present at the 18th green at Bethpage Black early last night as his son Tiger casually putted out for his second U.S. Open victory and eighth major...
TIGER IS KING OF BETHPAGE: WOODS HALFWAY TO POSTING FIRST SLAM IN 72 YEARS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amWhat else is left for Tiger Woods to devour? Plenty. The 2002 Grand Slam, for instance. After his convincing wire-to-wire U.S. Open victory yesterday at Bethpage Black, Woods is halfway...
MAGGERT: IT WAS WONDER-PHIL
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES Jeff Maggert must have felt like an invisible man yesterday playing with Phil Mickelson, who could probably beat Rudy Giuliani in a New York popularity vote. "It was...
FALDO: BRING ON TIGER AT MUIRFIELD
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amNick Faldo arrived at the U.S. Open courtesy of a USGA special exemption. He left convinced that he, not Tiger Woods, can win the next major. Faldo, who was playing...
ALL-OR-NOTHING YANKS NEED TO CUT DOWN KS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amRONDELL White stumbled after a Roberto Alomar fly ball, turning what should have been the first out of the eighth inning into a double. Jason Giambi botched a Mike Piazza...
HOCH HAD ACE UP SLEEVE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amAt 6:03 p.m., the Bethpage horn sounded yesterday, stopping this U.S. Open for a sprinkle after it had gamely played on through torrents Friday. Suddenly Sergio Garcia didn't sound quite...
APPLEBY TAKES SHOT AT GALLERY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe man from Down Under gave thumbs up to Bethpage Black, and something else to the New York gallery. "There's a small section of the crowd that thinks they're experts,...
SHARK APPLAUDS NEW YORK FANS;
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amPipe down, Monty. Stop whining, Sergio. Greg Norman found New York-area golf fans to be fantastic at the 102nd U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. The Shark shot a final-round 77...
MO-TOWN SOUNDS SWEET TO METS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amYOU'RE the guy pitchers used to walk to get to the next guy. You have an American League MVP trophy on your mantle. You own the pitcher on the mound....
CLEMENS STAYS MUM ABOUT SHOWDOWN
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens had next to nothing to say about his bruised right foot and less when the subject of Saturday's game was broached. After instructing the media at...
VALENTINE TAKES SHOT AT DIBBLE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe words came out of Rob Dibble's mouth fast and furious Saturday night, with the nationally televised platform of ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" allowing him the opportunity to take shots at...
PEDRO GAVE AMAZIN'S MO-MENTUM
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amLast night will be remembered for Mo Vaughn, but it was Pedro Astacio who made the Mo-ment possible. The Mule, as Astacio is affectionately called for his ability to carry...
SLIDER IS PERFECT CURE FOR BENITEZ' BLUES
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amIn the Mets' euphoria, something subtle took place. It was right in front of the 55,141 to see, but - like Shane Spencer on Armando Benitez' final pitch - most...
JETER TRIES TO RUB OFF PAIN IN LEG
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amWhen it comes to Derek Jeter's leg, one set of X-rays taken last night at Shea Stadium isn't enough. Jeter, who fouled a ball off his left knee in the...
JOE: NO REGRETS STICKING WITH WELLS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTwo fielding mistakes preceded Mo Vaughn's game-winning three-run homer off David Wells in the eighth inning last night. But at no time did Joe Torre kick stones over letting Wells...
VAUGHN-DERFUL FINISH
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amMets 3 Yankees 2 If Mo Vaughn had ever hit a bigger home run in his life before last night, he had never done it in New York. He had...
AT LAST, MIKE GUNS DOWN A RUNNER
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza had been abused by baserunners this season. And the Yankees had stolen eight bases in the first two games of the Subway Series with five of...
AGAIN, BEAT GOES ON FOR MICKELSON
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amJOHN Elway, Ray Bourque, Oscar Robertson, Randy Johnson eventually won. It took even longer than Paddy Harrington can stand over a putt, produced more anxiety than a New York golf...
WOODS HALFWAY TO POSTING FIRST SLAM IN 72 YEARS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amWhat else is there left for Tiger Woods to devour? Plenty. The 2002 Grand Slam, for instance. After his convincing wire-to-wire U.S. Open victory yesterday at Bethpage Black - a...
JETER'S KING ON NYC STAGE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amJASON Giambi, Jorge Posada, Robin Ventura, Alfonso Soriano, and Mike Piazza had driven in more runs than the total of 33 Derek Jeter took into last night's Subway Series finale....
NOT OVER 'TIL THEY SAY IT IS: TWO YEARS LATER, CLOSURE STILL UNCERTAIN
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe Yankees insisted the matter was already over, that no closure was needed. Most of the Mets decided that Saturday afternoon evened the score. David Wells and Pedro Astacio had...
JETER FEELS FOUL AFTER TAKING TIP OFF KNEE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amDerek Jeter came out of it better than Jermaine Dye did last October but the Yankee shortstop was in pain from the moment he fouled a pitch off his left...
VAUGHN GOES TO THE WELLS: THREE-RUN HR GIVES METS SUBWAY WIN
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amMets 3 Yankees 2 If Mo Vaughn had ever hit a bigger home run in his life before last night, he had never done it in New York. He had...
YANKS NEED TO STRIKE OUT KS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amTHE results of Roger Clemens' at-bats Saturday were far more informative than a pitch that was supposedly dripping with meaning. Whatever Shawn Estes' intentions, none of Clemens' plate appearances ended...
A GREAT SCOOP OF ASTACIO
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amLast night will be remembered for Mo Vaughn, but it was Pedro Astacio who made the Mo-ment possible. The Mule, as Astacio is affectionately called for carrying the load, did...
PIAZZA PUTS END TO YANK TRACK MEET
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amMike Piazza has been abused by baserunners this season. And the Yankees had stolen eight bases in the first two games of the Subway Series, and five of those were...
APPLEBY: TOO MANY 'EXPERTS'
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amThe man from Down Under gave thumbs up to Bethpage Black, and something else to the New York gallery. "There's a small section of the crowd that thinks they're experts,...
CHEERS, JEERS FOR FANS: GRATEFUL SHARK TIPS HIS CAP TO FANTASTIC CROWDS
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amPipe down, Monty. Stop whining, Sergio. Greg Norman found New York area golf fans to be fantastic this week at the 102nd U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Norman shot a...
COURSE, CASH STARS OF TOURNEY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amAs much as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and others have wowed the huge U.S. Open galleries this week, Bethpage's Black Course was every bit as much the star...
FIELD'S LONGSHOTS FINISH WAY BACK
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amGoing into yesterday's final round of the 102nd U.S. Open, Robert Allenby, Padraig Harrington and Billy Mayfair had at least two things in common: None of the three had ever...
FINALLY, BIG-MOUTHED GARCIA SLOWLY SINKS INTO THE SUNSET
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amIt is harsh to suggest that a 22-year-old choked, but eminently fair to think Sergio Garcia's mouth bit off more than he could chew. Fifth-ranked in the world, the Spaniard...
HOCH DEFENDS GARCIA
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amAt 6:03 p.m., the Bethpage horn sounded yesterday, stopping this U.S. Open for a sprinkle after it had gamely played on through torrents Friday. Suddenly Sergio Garcia didn't sound quite...
FALDO RUNS OUT OF TIME
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amIt had the makings of one of the great Open finishes of all time. It could have been a tear-jerker. It could have set Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, and all...
MAGINNES GOES OUT WITH STYLE
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amIf he hasn't made a name for himself with his scores, John Maginnes made a spectacle of himself yesterday with his wardrobe. The dramatic fashion statement didn't elicit the gasps...
FAST TIMES FOR WARRICK, DALY
June 17, 2002 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES That streaking bus you might have seen speeding past you on the LIE yesterday was probably John Daly, who was the rabbit in yesterday's final round and sped...