July 21, 2001
ROBIN ACCEPTS BLAME FOR AMAZIN' LACK OF PRODUCTION
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - As well-intentioned as Todd Pratt's defense was, Robin Ventura doesn't need it. "I'm to blame. I haven't hit," the Mets' third baseman said about his team's...
HANNA PULLS DOUBLE DUTY
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amJen Hanna had the shot of the day in the second round of the Big Apple Classic yesterday, scoring a double-eagle on the 435-yard, par-5 15th hole. Hanna, owner of...
MARIANO'S ACHY ANKLE OK
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA second MRI on closer Mariano Rivera's sore right ankle revealed mild inflammation, and the team said he would be treated conservatively. The test, performed by team physician Dr. Stuart...
OWEN, OGLIVIE MAKE NAMES FOR SELVES
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amLYTHAM ST. ANNES - A look at the British Open leader board undoubtedly leaves the world curious about several unlikely and unfamiliar names. The first is Greg Owen, an Englishman...
APPLE TAKES A RIDE INTO THE UNKNOWN: BIG ROUTE CHANGES MAY LEAD TO CHAOS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe MTA says it's working overtime to prepare subway riders for the massive changes set to begin tomorrow on the B, D and Q lines - but some straphangers are...
CONDIT MAY FACE RAP: POLICE PROBE TRASHING OF MYSTERY BOX
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -Rep. Gary Condit could face serious legal trouble over his alleged attempt to dispose of a watch-box just hours before cops searched his apartment, a D.C. prosecutor said yesterday....
CONDIT FACES 4TH QUIZ : TALKS TO COPS ABOUT TAKING INTERN LIE TEST
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit has agreed to a fourth interview with Washington police in their probe of Chandra Levy's disappearance, it was reported last night. Condit's camp is also...
BLOOD-SOAKED SUMMIT : DUBYA SLAMS G-8 ROTESTERS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Paramilitary police shot and killed a black-hooded protester seconds after he hurled a fire extinguisher at their van during bloody riots outside the Genoa G-8 summit yesterday -...
DAD SHOT WHILE CHASING SON'S KILLER
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA frantic father was shot in the arm on a Queens street yesterday as he chased a gunman who had opened fire on his son, cops said. After he took...
REFUND CHECKS IN THE MAIL
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said "help is on the way" yesterday as the first round of tax refunds were mailed out. "This really isn't a gift from the government. This...
MYSTERY DOC WON'T TALK TO COPS ABOUT GETTING SHOT
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe key witness to the mysterious shooting of a Bellevue Hospital doctor - the doctor herself - is no longer talking with police investigators about what happened to her, sources...
EWING READY FOR 'ORAL' TESTIMONY IN SEX-CLUB TRIAL
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Knick Patrick Ewing is expected to testify Monday in an Atlanta courtroom about allegations he received sex from dancers at the Gold Club strip joint that lured hundreds of...
DISGRACED ANTI-BUSH MUCKRAKER KILLS HIMSELF
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe discredited author of a controversial book about President Bush and his alleged drug past has killed himself, Arkansas police said. James Howard Hatfield, 43, apparently overdosed on two kinds...
HE WAS AN OFFICER AND A REVEREND
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. James Huvane - who spent 36 years as an NYPD officer before becoming a Roman Catholic priest - will be buried today after a funeral service officiated by...
SEPTS' DAD REFUSES TO TAKE GIFTS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe father of week-old septuplets is refusing to accept the huge outpouring of gifts for his five boys and two girls. Fahad al-Qahtani, 29, politely asked people to stop sending...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amBeing silent at the table, it's goofier than wearing a bib or the haircuts the D.C. police assigned to Chandra's head. So bulk up on the current events of this...
NYSE IMMUNE FROM SUITS: COURT
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYSE has dodged another bullet. New York State's top appeals court upheld a ruling yesterday that says the New York Stock Exchange has immunity from lawsuits. But it's not...
THE WAR'S BACK ON GATES & FEDS AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe war between Microsoft and the government is on again. The software giant pulled a fast one on the government yesterday - saying it is opposed to the government's request...
IT'S RIGHT TIME TO PLAY PHILS - BOWA'S TEAM STARTING TO FADE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The five-day vacation to Fantasyland is over. The mind games are beginning again. Rare are the times when a New Yorker looks down to Philadelphia with jealousy, unless...
PRATT LEARNING TO WATCH HIS WORDS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Todd Pratt has learned a few things from his time in New York. One of those things is to read the story below the headline. On Thursday, Pratt...
KNOBBY SWINGS BETTER VS. JAYS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amBefore last night's 10-4 loss to the Blue Jays, Joe Torre was asked about Chuck Knoblauch's status. The Yankees manager announced that Knoblauch would start in left for the first...
RESURGENT TIGER'S THRILLED TO BE CLOSE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amLYTHAM ST. ANNES - Tiger Woods got his groove back yesterday. Let that be sufficient warning to the rest of the British Open field as this 130th championship enters weekend...
SOME STRAPHANGERS HAIL RAIL'S NEW TURN
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThere are going to be a lot of people complaining about the subway changes during Monday morning's commute - but a lot of people are going to be celebrating. For...
PLAGUE FOUND IN DEAD CHIPMUNK
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA dead chipmunk found at a Forest Service visitors center near Lake Tahoe tested positive for bubonic plague - a reminder the plagues that killed 25 million Europeans in the...
JUSTICE FOR TV-MOB 'MAID' WOMAN
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amTony Soprano's maid got justice yesterday. New Jersey cops charged a Russian national with viciously assaulting the actress who plays the tough-talking TV mobster's maid on the HBO show "The...
FIRED EXEC'S SUIT: WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S IRE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA former executive at Elite Modeling Management claims she was smoked out of her job because of a disability that made her ill when her colleagues puffed away. In papers...
A NEW, NAUGHTY BROOKE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs this raunchy photo reveals, Brooke Shields is a goody-two-shoes no more. She recently joined the cast of "Cabaret," adding even more sizzle to this already sizzling Broadway revival. Shields...
TRUMP IN 'SLOTS' SLAP AT PATAKI
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Donald Trump says Gov. Pataki is rolling snake eyes in his bid to bring an Indian-run casino to the Catskills. The Donald told The Post yesterday that Pataki's...
BILL DIGGING FOR DOLLARS DOWN UNDER
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Clinton isn't just raising bucks for the Democratic Party - he's now renting himself out as an international political money-making machine, a new report says. Australia's Labor...
TEACHER PENSION TENSION OVER COMPUTER $$ SNAFU
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amRed-faced city officials mistakenly sent notices threatening to suspend the pensions of 1,157 retired teachers - for a whopping 200 years - allegedly for double dipping. "Your retirement allowance should...
POISON IN SUSPECT'S HOME : COPS: SHE SAID SLAYING BOYFRIEND WAS 'NOT SO BAD'
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island woman accused of fatally poisoning her boyfriend last year by repeatedly lacing his food with thallium had residue of the deadly insecticide in her apartment, prosecutors charged...
SOLITARY INDIGNITY ON TOP OF INJUSTICE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amHOURS after an appeals court held the life of Chuck Schwarz in the palm of their hands, the most innocent man in America was slammed into solitary confinement in a...
THIS SPOT'S THOM HAS COME
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amYou've had drinks at Dick's Bar in the East Village, and have downed a few at Harry's in the Financial District. Now go for the trifecta by toasting at Thom,...
SEASICK? AT LEAST YOU CAN LEARN THE LINGO
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amIF your entire surfin' vocabulary begins and ends with Beach Boys songs, "The Surfin'ary," will help "nons" (nonsurfers) catch a wave to cool dude-ness. With 4,000 key surfing definitions, this...
LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING... STILL 'GOOD' PALS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00am'GOOD Day New York" colleagues Jim Ryan and Dick Oliver buried the hatchet on the air yesterday - one day after hurling insults at each other during a live shot....
CYBERSEX A QUICKIE & HARMLESS THRILL: POLL
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amOnline sex takes up very little time - about three hours weekly for men and two for women - and online thrills are not addictive, cybersex aficionados claim in a...
TRUCK COLLISION KILLS BICYCLIST
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA 30-year-old stockbroker riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a Daily News delivery truck making a turn on a Manhattan street yesterday, police said. Steven Andre, 30, was...
TEEN KILLED AS BIKE SLAMS BUS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA 15-year-old boy riding his bike along a busy Staten Island street was killed yesterday when he collided with a city bus. The victim, whose name was withheld pending notification...
BLOOMBERG BALLOT ALLY RENTS FROM FULANI BLOC
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe Independence Party candidate for Manhattan borough president is paying $3,000 a month to rent campaign space from a group founded by the party's unofficial leader, Lenora Fulani, The Post...
ARAFAT OFFICE EXPLODES - ISRAEL DENIES ROLE IN GUARD'S DEATH
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An explosion leveled the Hebron office of Yasser Arafat's Fatah political party yesterday, killing one Palestinian and wounding at least eight others. Palestinian officials blamed the blast on...
MONICA MENTOR HELP$ HILL PAC AWAY DOUGH
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political-action committee raised a whopping $662,325 in its first six months - including $10,000 from Monica Lewinsky's mentor, Walter Kaye, according to records released...
COPS & FIREMEN BRAWL IN AND OUT OF RING
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThere was as much action in the stands as in the ring last night when cops and firefighters met for a charity boxing event. A brawl erupted in the upper...
LIZZIE'S TANGLED WEB HITS THE 'NET
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amLizzie Grubman is many things - publicist, party girl, defendant - and now, a Web site. Started after Grubman mowed down 16 people outside a Hamptons nightclub, www.lizziegrubman.com gives users...
HEED THE SIREN CALL
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amIt's the perfect mix: sun, sea and sensational indie sounds, all playing out in the shadow of Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster. And it's free! Today's Siren Music Festival, a...
'HOMECOMING': AWELCOME VISITOR
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE HOMECOMING Part of the Harold Pinter Festival within Lincoln Center Festival 2001.At John Jay College, 59th Street and 10th Avenue. Today at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and tomorrow...
BROWN BROTHERS TAKES 140 B'WAY
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amOn the eve of taking over the World Trade Center, Larry Silverstein pulled off another triumph, leasing nearly half of his signature skyscraper at 140 Broadway to venerable private bank...
WHO'S PITCHING? STARTERS SPENT, SO YANKS TAP UNKNOWN FARMHAND
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amJust as batting practice began for last night's game against Toronto at the Stadium, Brett Jodie walked up to Yankee catcher Jorge Posada and introduced himself. Chances are Posada had...
WOHLERS EYES SOME RELIEF FOR YANKEES
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amMark Wohlers has reached the point where he'd rather have a sore arm than continue to search for answers. That's how frustrated the Yanks' long reliever is with his dismal...
ALLAN'S $100.4M DEAL TO BE FETED MONDAY
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe Knicks announced they will hold a press conference Monday to hail the signing of Allan Houston. The Knicks will give Houston the maximum $100.4 million over six seasons; now...
STUPPLES TIES FOR APPLE LEAD
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Nancy Scranton shot a 7-under par 64 in the opening round of the Sybase Big Apple Classic on Thursday, it looked as if the tournament record of 19-under set...
STREET FAIR TO BENEFIT FIRE-HEROES FUND
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThere will be a crafts street fair on Long Island today in honor of the three firefighters who died in last month's Father's Day blaze. The fair, to be held...
PRAY TELL! RABBIS SAY MIKE IS WRONG
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amGOP mayoral hopeful Mike Bloomberg stepped up his divine observations yesterday, saying he doesn't consider the Lord's Prayer to be only "Christian." A day after saying he favors some form...
LOUIMA'S 'OFFICER F' UNMASKED
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe mysterious "Officer F" who came forward to challenge a key witness against convicted Louima cop Charles Schwarz is a retired sergeant named Patrick Walsh who "couldn't look himself in...
20 HURT IN BLDG. CHEM ASSAULT
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amSeveral kids and a 3-month-old baby were scorched when a shower of caustic chemicals was poured from a Manhattan apartment building - and angry residents fear the attacker could strike...
MADONNA TOUR SWINGS TO CENTRAL PARK
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amMadonna took her daughter, Lourdes, and British film director hubby, Guy Ritchie, for a walk in the park yesterday - a week before the Material Mom's "Drowned World" tour hits...
ASHCROFT CALLS IN PRO TO FIX FBI
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI is so plagued by management foul-ups that Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday he's hired the prestigious consulting firm Arthur Andersen LLP to recommend changes. Andersen will be...
EX-HS BIG HARASSED STUDENT: PROBER
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amA teacher promoted to assistant principal despite a history of allegations that he abused students was accused yesterday of sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl. Schools Investigator Ed Stancik said that...
CITY TINKERS WITH CHARTER
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani has thrown in the towel on nonpartisan elections. In his final shot at changing the City Charter, Giuliani will steer clear of nonparty elections when his Charter Revision...
NABE NIXES NAMING PARK FOR LINDSAY
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amMAYOR Giuliani's plan to name a park on the Lower East Side for former Mayor John Lindsay has stalled because the local community board says Lindsay has no "relevance to...
UNIONS: THINGS GO TERROR WITH COKE
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amTrade unions and human rights groups are suing Coca-Cola Co. for allegedly hiring right-wing death squads to terrorize workers at bottling plants in Colombia. The United Steel Workers and other...
FIRMS FACE FLOOD OF ANALYST CLAIMS
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amIt's open season on Merrill Lynch and the rest of the giant brokerage houses that fueled the dot-com bubble. With Merrill Lynch's decision to pay an investor $400,000 to settle...
SEXY WEB SYNDICATOR SHUTS SHOP, SHEDS STAFF
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amSilicon Alley syndicator iNEXTV has shut up shop. Staff at the company were told it was all over yesterday morning. INEXTV made racy video clips aimed at college-age consumers which...
METROSTARS STILL IN THE HUNT
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amBefore you pull the plug on the MetroStars' season, relax, pick up a newspaper and take a look at the MLS standings. And what do you see? The 8-7-3 Metros...
KNICKS MAKE SPOON A $27 MILLION MAN
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amClarence Weatherspoon was on a family trip to Las Vegas this past week, delaying the signing of his five-year, $27 million contract until yesterday. The Knicks, too, are gambling Weatherspoon...
PARNEVIK SHINES IN SECOND ROUND
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amLYTHAM ST. ANNES - His characteristic bright pants, colored somewhere between peach and salmon, lit up the fairways at Royal Lytham & St. Annes as much as his scorching 3-under...
SPY TALK ABOUT EX-SADDAM FOE :U.N. WEAPONS MONITOR: FEDS THINK I WORKED FOR ISRAEL
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amFormer U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter - hated by Iraq for his dogged search for Saddam Hussein's chemical and biological weapons - says the FBI suspects him of spying for...
D.C. FEARS ANARCHIST SIEGE IN SEPTEMBER
July 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Police here watched the deadly protests in Genoa with special concern - they know they're the next target. A D.C. police official, viewing TV news flashes about the...