June 1, 2002
HEARST'S NEW MAG: VERANDA
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amOn his last day as president and CEO of media giant Hearst Corp., Frank Bennack did something that he has not done since 1986. He acquired a consumer magazine. Yesterday,...
THE BEST PALS; 'FRIENDS'CAST WANT THE #1 EMMY AWARD
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amNOW that "Friends" is TV's top-rated show, its stars are bidding for top Emmy honors in their final year on the show. For the first time in the show's nine-year...
TOAST WITH THE MOST
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Italians have a word for it. Actually, they have two - bruschetta and crostini. You've probably munched these antipasti at your favorite trattoria. They're an almost embarrassingly easy ticket...
PARKLIFE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBATTERY'S UP Tomorrow's Governor's Island Flotilla, marking the transfer of ownership of the island from the federal government to New York, is the closest you're going to get to another...
CRI$IS NOT SLOWING POLS' FREE'WHEEL'ING WAYS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amTHE city's budget crisis is leading to cutbacks just about everywhere - except when it comes to new vehicles for top elected officials. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, who's still struggling...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amA 13-year-old Ohio boy used his school computer to buy a helicopter and a jet on eBay, police say. The Beaver Middle School student racked up a bill of $2.5...
ROOKIE COP HURT IN BAD SMASH-UP
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop with only two months on the street was in critical condition yesterday after he crashed his car into a tree in upper Manhattan, police said. Rookie Officer...
POL BLASTS INS OVER DELAYS THAT SET N.Y. ALIENS FREE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Florida congressman blasted the INS for dragging its feet in the seizure of seven illegal aliens over the Memorial Day weekend, saying the beleaguered agency "is about...
COUNTRY CLUB X-ILES SMUT PARTY PARENTS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe Westchester parents who tossed a wild booze-and-drugs bash - at which a blond stripper let high-school football players lick cream off her breasts - got a slap on the...
'93 WTC BOMBER TARGETED JEWS ; EVIL PLOT REVEALED TO TERRORIZE B'KLYN
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993 had originally planned to detonate bombs in several Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn, a new report says. Abdul Rahman Yasin, who...
METROCARD CONVICTS KILLER IN SLAY OF EX
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Staten Island transit worker was convicted of stabbing his ex-girlfriend yesterday after prosecutors proved him the killer by tracing his whereabouts with his MetroCard. It's the first murder case...
'SEX-DRUGS' TEACHER IS ARRESTED
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amA high school English teacher accused of providing her students with drugs and sex may find herself with a long prison sentence to parse. Lisandra Zingaro, 31 - described by...
YOU MAY CALL KEITH MR. BIG SHOT
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - The biggest shot in Nets' history now belongs to Keith Van Horn, the biggest assist to Kerry Kittles. The Celtics knew Jason Kidd was going to be triple-double...
A REY OF SUNSHINE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00am10 INNINGSMets 6Marlins 5 MIAMI - Not even a 135-minute rain delay could disrupt the Mets from looking poised for a victory on Friday night. But in the span of...
DEVILS OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH HOLIK
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amOnly a month before he loses his exclusive rights, Lou Lamoriello has finally begun trying to talk Bobby Holik into staying in New Jersey, The Post has learned. The beginning...
LIONS INCH CLOSER TO DREAM FINISH
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amPSAL SEMIFINALSLehman 12Adams 3 The Lehman players have been thinking about winning a baseball championship for a long time. First, they were upset in the second round of the PSAL...
BEASTS OF THE EAST NETS ELIMINATE CELTS, ADVANCE TO FINALS FOR FIRST TIME EVER
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - They heard the questions at every stage of the season. They read the criticisms over and over. They faced the disbelief every where they went. But always in...
SPEED DAMON REVS BOSOX
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amJohnny Damon has something that can't be taught or bought, something the Red Sox have lacked for most of their long history: speed. He brings sprinter's speed to a plodding...
LILLY'S NO SHRINKING VIOLET
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amMEL Stottlemyre chuckles now, remembering the daily spring-training questions about how the Yankees would turn six starters into five. The veteran pitching coach laughs at how things work out when...
Z-D'S DUNNING IN $2.5M DEAL
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Ziff-Davis CEO James Dunning settled his breach of contract suit against the financially beleaguered hi-tech publisher by agreeing to accept a one-time cash payout of about $2.5 million. In...
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA SINGS FOR L'OREAL
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amSaucer-eyed songstress Natalie Imbruglia's newest hit is . . . landing a cushy contract as a new spokesmodel for L'Oréal. The 27-year-old Australian is known for dating high-profile men such...
CAN THIS REALLY BE SANDRA
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S Sandra Bernhard like you've never seen her before.Yes, she still has those familiar puffy lips, the flame-red hair - but just check out the stick-thin figure and that pneumatic...
LOADED 'QUESTION'
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amQuestion Mark of ? and the Mysterians only had one huge hit - in 1966 - but the power of that tune, "96 Tears," with its passionate vocals and trademark...
POLICE FIND CORPSE IN BX.
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amCops in the Bronx made a horrific discovery near the Jerome Park Reservoir yesterday - the body of a man stuffed in a plastic bag and wrapped in a mattress....
GENEROSA BOOTS DEAD TED'S KIN FROM PAD
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amGenerosa Ammon, who inherited $380 million from her murdered husband Ted Ammon, has kicked his niece out of an apartment he bought for her - so the $3 million Manhattan...
U.S. TELLS YANKS TO GET OUT OF INDIA
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The State Department yesterday warned all Americans in India except top diplomats to get out because of rising fears of war between India and Pakistan that could go...
DAD STABS SON FOR WATCHING TV: COPS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amAn irate Bronx father who found his children watching TV despite his strict prohibition stabbed his 10-year-old son in the neck while his two other sons helplessly watched, authorities said....
REBUILDING IN HIGH GEAR GROUND ZERO CREWS PUT MOURNING BEHIND
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amWork continued at Ground Zero yesterday - but the feeling wasn't the same. A day after a silent service mourning the people lost in the World Trade Center attack and...
RANGEL: NO OFFENSE, MRS. CUOMO
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amRep. Charles Rangel yesterday backtracked from critical remarks he made about Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, saying he didn't want to offend the wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo. Among other...
WOODY THE 'DUPE' AIDES TRICKED HIM TO THINK HE WAS RIPPED OFF: LAWYER
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amWoody Allen's business advisers turned him against producer Jean Doumanian in a bid to exact "revenge" on her and financier boyfriend Jacqui Safra, her lawyer charged yesterday. The advisers -...
FEDS WATCH DIVE SCHOOLS AND WARN OF MISSILE THREAT
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amFBI agents are visiting New York-area dive shops looking for terrorists training for scuba missions - as U.S. airlines have been warned al Qaeda goons may target them with shoulder-launched...
COPS FIND A STATELY POT MANOR IN QUEENS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amResidents of Douglas Manor like to call their bucolic city blocks "the best-kept secret in Queens." But cops exposed an unexpected secret inside one of the idyllic neighborhood's handsome houses...
NETS ERASE 25 YEARS OF FUTILITY
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - The diseased, the decrepit, the destitute and devastated everywhere could leap to their feet last night, freed of their afflictions forevermore. The Nets, the misbegotten franchise off to...
RIGHTY LAYS BOMBERS LOWE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amComing into last night's game, Boston had lost eight of its last nine at the Stadium, Derek Lowe had a bloated 7.20 career ERA in the Bronx, and the last...
LAYDEN'S SURE THAT DAJUAN WILL FIND A PLACE IN THE NBA
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amNo one is sure whether Dajuan Wagner is a point guard or a two-guard. And no one cares less than Scott Layden. The Memphis prodigy and Camden, N.J., native worked...
FINALS TRIP MAY MEAN KIDD STAYS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - A sense of accomplishment. Satisfaction. Bragging rights over Knicks fans. Yes, getting to the NBA Finals could bring a lot to Nets fans. But it could...
'POP IDOL' JUDGE STAR STRUCK TWO POP WANNABES TRY TO HIT HIM
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amSNARKY British "Pop Idol" judge Simon Cowell, infamous for his abrasive remarks to pop-star wannabes, is fearing for his safety. Cowell says he's been threatened twice by failed "Pop Idol"...
HOLY COW! HE'S BROADWAY'S BOVINE BABY
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amSome nights, before he goes on stage, Chad Kimball stops by Angus McIndoe, the restaurant across the street, for a hamburger. Then he goes to the Broadhurst Theatre to dress...
THE GOSPEL TRUTH: BROOKLYN-BASED CHOIR READY TO SPREAD THE LOVE IN MIDTOWN
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe man affectionately known as the "Hip-hop Pastor," Hezekiah Walker, leads his Grammy-winning Love Fellowship Tabernacle Choir in righteous and riotous song tomorrow at McDonald's Gospelfest 2002. Walker, 35, who...
HUNDREDS SALUTE 'FIREMAN'S FIREMAN'
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amRemembering him as a "superman," hundreds of family members, friends and New York's Bravest filled Our Lady Help of Christians Church on Staten Island yesterday to bid farewell to 9/11...
GOP CLAMORS FOR GIULIANI THE GREAT
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe hottest ticket on the Republican circuit, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, is stepping up his national tour on Monday by jetting to Florida to boost the re-election campaign of Gov....
BLOOMY'S 'SILVER' LINING SHELLY AGREES TO MAYOR'S ED-REFORM PLANS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has decided to transfer appointment power over local school superintendents to the chancellor - removing one of the last hurdles to school reform, The...
BX. SCHOOL JANITOR BUSTED FOR POT, GUN
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amA city elementary school janitor was busted yesterday when cops found an illegal gun and marijuana in his Bronx home, police said. Ernesto Ocasio, 29, a custodian at PS 48...
VERSATILE VALENTIN FINALLY WORKS HIS WAY BACK
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amMIAMI - It wasn't exactly Bert Campaneris playing nine positions in nine innings, but John Valentin had an eventful game on Thursday. Valentin, who was activated from the 15-day disabled...
AGENTS AIMING FOR SORIANO
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner, who was slated to be at Yankee Stadium last night, isn't the only person impressed with Alfonso Soriano's skills. According to industry sources, some of the biggest names...
KERRY WON'T GET NEW DEAL
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amTo minimize any and all distractions, Kerry Collins set a July 1 deadline as far as having a new contract in place, but a source close to the situation told...
THE BOSS CHEERS NET WIN
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amHe paced nervously among his inner-office guests yesterday decked out in a lucky white turtleneck, hoping a team of his could outdo Boston to reach a championship series again. However,...
ONE FOR THE ROAD? NETS KNEW WIN IN BOSTON WOULD BE ESPECIALLY SWEET
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - As a competitor, there is no better feeling than closing out a series on the enemy's turf. And as a competitor who once wore the purple and gold...
NOT EVEN JASON EXPECTED THIS MUCH
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - It was last July when Jason Kidd heard he had been traded to New Jersey. He predicted 40 victories. Observers lit candles and prayed for the crazy man...
ADELPHIA'S LAST HOPE - DEAL WOULD SAVE CABLE GIANT, WHICH DELISTS MON.
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amEmbattled Adelphia Communications Corp. is struggling to cut a deal that would pull the 40-year-old cable giant back from the brink of bankruptcy. Negotiations to buy Adelphia's assets are continuing...
THAT GIRLS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00am"What's That Breeze?" is the name of a fabbo rum-based cocktail at Brooklyn's brand spanking new THAT bar. It's also what the Bar Belles exclaimed delightedly as we stumbled upon...
*NSYNC HUNK TAKES HIS OWN STAR TREK
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amFirst he rocketed up the charts - now *NSYNC popster Lance Bass is going to blast into outer space. Doctors yesterday gave Bass the thumbs-up to become the first pop...
ISRAELI RAIDERS SWEEP 2 TOWNS 100 ROUNDED UP AS KINDERGARTEN TERRORIST IS SHOT DEAD
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli forces arrested more than 100 Palestinians during a West Bank raid yesterday and a heavily armed terrorist was killed after throwing hand grenades at a Jewish settlement's...
SITE FOR COUNSELING EXPANDS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amFirefighters and the families of victims will soon have a new, larger location for the FDNY's Counseling Service Unit. Broker Michelle Stone of Sinvin Realty said the unit's new 4,140-square-foot...
GRIM PARK SITE IS REOPENED BUT CHANDRA INVESTIGATORS AREN'T OUT OF THE WOODS YET
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - This is the spot where the yearlong search for Chandra Levy ended tragically. A metal spike spray-painted orange marks the location where Levy's skeletal remains, workout clothing, sunglasses...
WIDOW ON MISSION GOES TO D.C. TO STOP LIVING-DONOR SURGERY
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe widow of tragic liver donor Mike Hurewitz went to Washington yesterday with her crusade to halt living-donor transplants. Vickie Hurewitz marched on Pennsylvania Avenue and met with aides to...
ED. BOARD SUED OVER ESCORTS ON BUSES
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amSchool bus companies are suing the Board of Education over the cost of monitoring disabled children, The Post has learned. "We believe the board should stop allowing the costs of...
WITNESS: PAIR AT CARNEGIE SLAY SITE
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amThe two alleged triple murderers in the Carnegie Deli Massacre plotted the crime less than an hour beforehand on the sidewalk outside the Theater District restaurant, a witness implied in...
POL BLASTS INS OVER NEW DELAYS
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amA Florida congressman blasted the INS yesterday for dragging its feet in the seizure of seven illegal aliens over the Memorial Day weekend, charging that the beleaguered agency "is about...
BOSOX BUST YANKS: GRAB 2-GAME LEAD IN EAST WITH WIN
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amRed Sox 5Yankees 2 It took a while to start, was interrupted seemingly forever and when it ended early this morning, the Yankees trailed Boston by two games in the...
RED SOX WIN FOR BOSTON
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amFOR a few surreal moments last night, the largest pep rally in New Jersey Net history broke out in, of all places, The Bronx. Even with play ongoing between the...
ANDY MIGHT RETURN SOON
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte is as ready to rejoin the Yankees as they are to have him back from a bout with tendinitis in his left elbow. "I got my pitch count...
'UNKNOWN' MASON TAKES SENIOR LEAD
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amOther than the knickers, no one might have noticed James Mason yesterday. He looked like one of the amateurs playing in the NFL Classic pro-am in that he was completely...
EVANDER'S BATTLING THE CALENDAR, TOO
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Evander Holyfield knew when he climbed into the ring in 1984 for his first pro fight he'd be in the game a long time. "I got $55,000,"...
THERE'S LIFE AFTER THE SWAMP
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Unless that old woman in the babushka, wearing the Groucho Marx glasses and mustache and a Lou Lamoriello-issued white shirt and tie under a raincoat with "Kidd" on...
KIDD CLAN STAY BACK IN JERSEY
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - T.J. watched on T.V. After Nets guard Jason Kidd expressed concerns for his family amid a less than friendly Celtics crowd that unleashed chants and held signs proclaiming...
STRICK BACK IN O'BRIEN'S GOOD GRACES
June 1, 2002 | 4:00amBOSTON - Earlier in the series, Boston guard Erick Strickland received a phone call from his former Knick teammate, Marcus Camby. The Knick center jokingly told Strickland he should have...