May 9, 2003
FEDS DEMAND UBS FILES IN HEALTHSOUTH CASE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Capitol Hill committee has demanded reams of documents from UBS Warburg, to determine the extent of the relationship between the New York investment bank and its scandal-scarred client, HealthSouth....
GAP IS ON A TEAR: 20% GROWTH WOWS, BUT ANALYSTS ARE STILL WARY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amGap is certainly on a roll - and now retail pros are wondering if the company's double-digit sales growth will last. In a lackluster retail environment, where even Wal-Mart Stores...
AHOLD U.S. UNIT'S NET PADDED BY $880M
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amRoyal Ahold, the large Dutch food retailer, said yesterday that its U.S. Foodservice unit overstated profits by $880 million over a three-year period, far more than initially anticipated. The size...
TOMMY DENIES A SALE AFTER 'DEAL' COLLAPSES
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amAfter exploratory talks with Jones Apparel Group fizzled, Tommy Hilfiger went out of its way to send the market a message yesterday: "It's not for sale." In an unusual move,...
BROKEN LOVE STORY WITH A COUPLE OF MEN
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE TRIP True romance stumbles. Running time: 93 minutes. Not rated (sex, drugs, language). At the Quad, 13th Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. THE crackling chemistry between the two...
QUICK! YOU'VE GOT 30 SECONDS TO... MAKE HER LAUGH
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCBS is hoping America will have a love affair with "Cupid." On the new reality show created by snarky "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell, 25-year-old Lisa Shannon, an advertising executive...
EXONERATED NOW FREE TO PLAY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amDENNIS Maher was 23 in 1984, when he was sent to jail for crimes he didn't commit. When he came out, he'd lost his 20s and 30s, most of his...
FRENCHIE PAYS HER 'RENT' ON B'WAY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amFORMER "American Idol" contestant, Frenchie Davis is Broadway bound. The 23-year old, plus-size singer with the outsized voice will appear as a regular in the Broadway production of the hit...
TOP-GUN ATTORNEY TAKES CASE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amEmbattled Brooklyn Justice Gerald Garson has hired a high-profile legal eagle to defend him on charges of official misconduct. Garson's new lawyer, Ronald Fischetti, said yesterday he planned to defend...
CUNY HEAD $PRINGS A BREAK ON STUDENTS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCity University of New York Chancellor Matthew Goldstein said yesterday he's working on a cost-cutting and reorganization plan that may limit tuition hikes to undergraduate students this fall. The Legislature's...
SADDAM TRIAL WOULD BE IN IRAQ
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein, his sons and his most senior henchmen would be put on trial inside Iraq rather than taken to an international court if they are captured, a...
WTC POLL TWIST; NYERS CALL FOR SMALLER TOWERS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMost New Yorkers want Mayor Bloomberg, not Gov. Pataki, to control the future of Ground Zero - and they think the governor's push for the world's tallest building on the...
BUBBLY BLOOMY LOOKS ALL WED: POLL-PLUNGING MIKE IN MOC TV MARRIAGE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday didn't let the city's cash crisis or his lowest-ever poll ratings ruin his "wedding" - a just-for-fun, champagne-sipping ceremony with blushing "bride" Barbara Walters. The city's most...
HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR SHOT BRONX BIRTHDAY BOY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVEA young Bronx boy - who was hit by a stray bullet that fractured his skull - is back home just in time for the birthday he almost never saw....
GOOD TIME NOT HAD BY ALL ; CAN'T RIP NET FANS FOR STAYING HOME
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMICHAEL KAY, this week on his ESPN Radio show, said he can't understand why Nets playoff games don't sell out. While he recognized that tickets aren't cheap, he dismissed money...
SENS. SET TO SEND N.Y. $2B BOOST
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York's cash-strapped state government would get $2 billion in relief from the stimulus tax-cut plan that moved through the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. The money is part...
REALTY 'SCAM' A HOUSE OF CARDS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amIn an elaborate real-estate scam that was a cross between "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Sting," a gang of lawyers and brokers allegedly fleeced two mortgage companies out of more...
COPS GRAB CARJACK TRIO
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThree thugs who carjacked and robbed a motorist on a West Side street on Monday have been arrested. Cops say the three men accosted the driver of a 2002 Lexus...
'TOP GUN' BUSH HAILS GI JANE FIGHTER PILOTS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday brushed off talk of barring women from combat and said he'd have been just as happy to have a woman war pilot fly him out...
MOB GOT A WRONG NUMBER
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA New Jersey mob boss thought his associate was doing the crime family a favor when he supplied them with free, bootleg cell phones, a Manhattan jury heard yesterday. But...
'HARD KNOCKS' A NO-SHOW
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThere will not be an edition of "Hard Knocks" on HBO this season, network and NFL Films officials confirmed yesterday. The popular series that went behind the training-camp scenes with...
ANOTHER AMAZIN' BOTCH JOB
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Mets have had five years to think out exactly how they wanted to handle the delicate subject of preparing Mike Piazza to play some first base. That means they...
FRANCO TO START REHAB
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES John Franco will fly to Florida Sunday and will begin his rehab assignment in Class A Port St. Lucie the next day. "It's pretty nice," Franco said, before...
GIAMBI'S NUMBERS HURTING HIM MOST
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - While Joe Torre admits Jason Giambi has been bothered by several physical ailments he doesn't believe they are bothering him more than the fact that he...
MUSSINA'S THE JUAN : TORRE COMPARES MOOSE TO GIANT GREAT MARICHAL
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Joe Torre didn't need any time to answer the question and that told you the Yankee manager had been thinking about what he had just witnessed. "[Juan] Marichal...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: DOC EMRICK VS. GARY THORNE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amDoc Emrick vs. Gary Thorne (For NHL play-by-play) When ESPN radio picked up the World Series' rights, it tabbed the talented, but not legendary, Jon Miller from its stable to...
TROY GETS TUNA'S OLD JOB ... ON SPORTING NEWS RADIO, THAT IS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWhile The Sporting News Radio barely makes a dent in New York, it continues to hire big names for its national programs. The latest is Troy Aikman, who's been hired...
HAS-BEANS: 'FLEET' FACTOR WON'T HELP CELTS DODGE DOOM VERSUS NETS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amAt any moment in the old Boston Garden, it felt like John Havlicek might steal the ball again, or that Bill Russell might block a shot, or that Larry Bird...
'GREENPOINT RAPIST' GETS 35 YRS.
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe "Greenpoint Rapist," who was accused of attacking six women in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of first-degree rape in exchange for 35 years in prison. Carlos J....
MIKE LAST TO KNOW ABOUT MOVE TO 1ST ; PLAN ANNOUNCED, BUT PIAZZA IN DARK
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe Mets finally announced yesterday that they'll begin breaking in Mike Piazza at first base, as general manager Steve Phillips made an on-field, matter-of-fact revelation before yesterday's series finale with...
FIREMAN'S SUIT REINSTATED
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - The state's top court yesterday reinstated a lawsuit by a city firefighter who blames his on-the-job injuries on a building owner he charges did not keep the structure...
'HE WAS MY BABY: MA MOURNS HIT-RUN KID WHO'D JUST MET MAYOR
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Bronx boy who neighbors said had been "thrilled" to meet Mayor Bloomberg on a school trip to City Hall was struck and killed just hours later by a...
JENKINS INKED BY ADELPHI
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBill Savarese wasn't sure if Sam Jenkins would ever find a school to go to. "Nobody was calling us," the Bergtraum head coach said. "Nobody was showing any interest." That...
ANGLERS HIT MOTHER LODE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMOST anglers will no doubt be doting over their mothers this weekend, but I'm sure a few will slip away now that New York's marine waters have opened up with...
REED WON'T RAP CELT FANS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amIf anyone has a unique perspective on the rabidity of Celtic fans, it's Willis Reed. Thirty years ago, the Knicks became the first team to beat Boston in a seven-game...
BATS ENTERTAINMENT! YANKS BLAST M'S WITH 10-RUN THIRD
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 16Mariners 5 SEATTLE - Bring on the Vaunted Arms of Oakland. Remember that hitting funk Tim Hudson and Barry Zito lowered the Yankees into last weekend in The Bronx?...
FRANCO TO BEGIN REHAB IN FLORIDA
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES John Franco will fly to Florida Sunday and begin his rehab assignment in Class A Port St. Lucie the next day. "It's pretty nice," Franco said, before joking,...
BURNS GETS HOT: SAYS SENS ARE LOOKING PAST DEVILS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amPlaying both offense and defense in the send-a-message prelims, Pat Burns extracted his foot from his "We'll win" mouth deftly enough to give the Senators a kick right in their...
DEVILS-SENATORS MATCHUPS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amDepth has been the Devils' watchword for ages. Now the Senators are trying to beat them at their own game. The Senators' speedster forwards will be coming at the Devils...
CARTER HAS BIG-LEAGUE SKILL
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYusuf Carter is arguably the best player in the city. "I don't think I've ever seen the ball come off someone's bat like it does from his," said his head...
BERGTRAUM STAR JENKINS INKED BY ADELPHI
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBill Savarese wasn't sure if Sam Jenkins would ever find a school to go to. "Nobody was calling us," the Bergtraum head coach said. "Nobody was showing any interest." That...
5 QUESTIONS FOR BOB LEY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThis week, The Post's Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN's Bob Ley. The 48-year-old Ley, an ESPN original, is in his 24th year in Bristol. Ley, who graduated from Seton Hall...
FIT TO BE TIRED
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE SHAPE OF THINGS Needs a makeover. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sexuality). At the Lincoln Square and the Loews Village. NEIL LaBute is up to his old...
MANDY BISESTI; NAH, NAH, NAH
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYEAH YEAH YEAHS STILL wet from the night sweats of their hot new disc, "Fever to Tell," Brooklyn's Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit Manhattan's Irving Plaza for the first of a...
STARR REPORT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMontel: That was the week that was Montel Williams kicks off a big week this Sunday with an appearance on NBC's "American Dreams" - before lending a hand to ABC's...
TONYS HAVE A 'NIGHT' TO REMEMBER ; STARS OF O'NEILL PLAY SURE TO 'JOURNEY' TOWARD AWARD NOMS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amHOW fitting to end a Broadway season so rich in magnificent performances with a revival that adds four to the mix. For 4½ hours Tuesday night, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy,...
EXPERTS ADVISE LESS BLACK TIE, MORE REGULAR GUY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amHigh-priced political consultants yesterday had some free advice for Mayor Bloomberg on how to boost his dismal poll numbers: Get out and talk to everyday New Yorkers. Their tips were...
BABY STEPS TO A BETTER WORLD
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Bush gave Americans, along with the rest of the world, a welcome reminder last week that their hopes for a better world are not misplaced. Indeed, his ambitions are...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN Police have increased the reward to $27,100 for the capture of three armed bandits who gunned down a prominent Bushwick community leader. On Feb. 1, three men brandishing at...
PRICED-OUT FAMILY IS DOING JERSEY JUMP
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amHER husband hated the idea. Her kids had to be persuaded. But next month, Barbara Ray and husband Clay Brown, along with their boys, Hans and William, are joining a...
DNA PINS RAPES ON STALKER
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA 23-year-old ex-con - who's still on the loose - has been positively linked by DNA to the elevator rapes that have terrified women in Chelsea and The Bronx, The...
CITI OUSTS TWO HEADS OF TRADING
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCitigroup sacked its two stock trading bosses Wednesday evening in a management shakeup at the Wall Street giant. The firm decided to ax its co-heads of equity trading, Robert DiFazio...
NO CURTAIN CALL FOR GEORGE ; KENNEDY FAMILY SCIONS NIX PLAN FOR NAMESAKE MAG
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE Kennedy family has shot down the idea of resurrecting George, the magazine founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. - even though the new magazine would have been run by...
MAGS' MASSACRE: DOZENS BOOTED AS PRIMEDIA SHAVES MEDIA UNIT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amPrimedia's interim management team dropped a neutron bomb on its media properties yesterday, abolishing the last vestiges of the old Media Central operation left over from the company's ill-fated alliance...
EBERHARD SPENT 'HUSH $$'
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA high-flying Wall Street investment adviser accused of bilking his clients out of millions has been hit with new charges - that he spent more than $2 million buying the...
LOOK, MR BILL: CONAN'S FEAT OF CLAY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amLOOK out, Mr. Bill - you'll want to cry "Oh no!" when you hear how Conan O'Brien has converted an entire edition of "Late Night" into clay animation. The all-clay...
MORE POOP THAN POP
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amDADDY DAY CARE Murphy sires a dud. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG (language). At the E- Walk, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. AT one point in the insipid,...
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORTABLE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCAVEDWELLER At the New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. WATCHING "Cave dweller" is like catching an episode of Jerry Springer - well, maybe not...
SWEET CHARITY DINNER INVITE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg took on the polls yesterday by offering to dine with anyone who donates $100,000 to Staten Island University Hospital - the day after a survey showed New Yorkers...
SUICIDE DEMS; INSANE ATTACKS ON FLYING PREZ
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amFOR all you conspiracy theorists out there, I've got a hot new one for you: Based on the available evidence offered over the past few days, it appears key Democrats...
MIDDELHOFF MULLS A NEW GIG IN N.Y.
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThomas Middelhoff may soon resurface in New York, The Post has learned. Middelhoff, who was ousted as chief of German media giant Bertelsmann last summer, is close to announcing his...
DOC EYES POX SHOT IN BLOOM DEATH
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe death of NBC correspondent David Bloom may be tied to a smallpox vaccination, said the head of a watchdog group that wants the inoculation program curtailed. Dr. Brian Strom...
LEMRICK JURY GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe switchblade Lemrick Nelson Jr. used to fatally stab his Crown Heights riot victim - its handle emblazoned with the word "killer" - was the first piece of evidence jurors...
1-FARE RIDERS ARE OUT OF LUCK
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE Straphangers looking to buy single-trip MetroCards are being derailed because vending machines are quickly running out of the cards and tokens are no longer sold, The Post has learned....
HOPEFUL SIGN FOR VANDROSS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amFans of Luther Vandross can breathe easier today - because that's what the sweet soul singer is doing, too. The Grammy-winning singer, who has needed a tube in his throat...
L.I. BULLIES FACE STUN-GUN ROB RAP
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Long Island teen toughs threatened another boy with a stun gun, roughed him up and robbed him - then threatened to harm him and his family if they squealed...
$CANDAL JUDGE ROBBED KIN: SUIT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA relative of Gerald Garson has accused the now-indicted Brooklyn judge and his jurist cousin of looting their elderly aunt's bank accounts of more than $500,000, newly unsealed court papers...
9/11 HEROES AXED IN SCHOOL LAYOFFS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00am--- EXCLUSIVE --- Two classroom aides who rescued their wheelchair-bound students from their Ground Zero school during the 9/11 terrorist attacks are among the 864 school assistants due to be...
GOODBYE TO ERR JORDAN
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - This is all you need to know about Michael Jordan's latest career move: Richard Nixon left Washington with more credibility. There's no circumventing the hardcore facts: In...
GIRLS START HATING THEIR BODIES AT 6
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amGirls as young as 6 are unhappy with their bodies and want to be thinner, an alarming new study reveals. It also concludes that the seeds of eating disorders apparently...
PRESIDENTIAL POLL RESULTS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A whopping 61 percent of voters now think President Bush will get re-elected next year - and he leads all top Democratic contenders as well as Sen. Hillary...
AGELESS JESSE'S THROWING STRONG
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe man on the other end of the phone is told that you want to talk about Jesse Orosco. No problem. "Miracle Man," Lenny Dykstra says, laughing. "I see him...
CONTRERAS' RETURN IN CONNORS' HANDS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - If Jose Contreras comes through a Triple-A start for Columbus tonight in Rochester, his immediate future will be determined by organizational pitching coordinator Billy Connors and...
N.Y. GETS SHOT TO HELP 'CIDE'
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCome one, come all, to the "Cide" show tomorrow at Belmont Park. Trainer Barclay Tagg plans to school Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide, the favorite for next Saturday's Preakness at...
WILSON'S READY FOR PRIME TIME
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amFor years, some team officials, players and reporters rolled their eyes when then minor-leaguer Vance Wilson talked about how one day he could be an everyday big-league catcher. Now, with...
FOR METS, THE BEAT GOES ON
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amIn the standings, haircuts, position changes and controversy don't matter, wins do. Yesterday, while the last-place Mets continued to excel at creating a media zoo, they again failed to win....
BRASS KEPT PIAZZA IN DARK ON DECISION
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amAt one point during a head-spinning day in which the Mets leaked their own story about moving Mike Piazza to first base, an uninformed Piazza put up his hands after...
GOOD COACHES SAY THE DUMBEST THINGS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBEFORE boarding the plane to Boston yesterday afternoon, Byron Scott clammed up. A day after making half-baked radio comments suggesting that Jim Crow and Old Crow, not necessarily John Havlicek,...
OPPOSITE LIVES ON COLLISION COURSE IN 'TRAIN'
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amTHE MAN ON THE TRAIN Odd couple, French style.In French, with English subtitles. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (violence, language). At the Sunshine and the Cinemas 1, 2, 3....
'STRONG' VIBES, AGING SOULS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE 1/2 One from the heart. Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG- 13 (brief profanity and drug references). At the Angelika, Houston and Mercer streets. 'ONLY the...
A SON'S BARRIO DREAMS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON HEIGHTS 1/2 Tension in the 'hood. In English and Spanish, with English subtitles. Running time: 80 minutes. Rated R (language, sexuality, brief violence and drug use). At the Empire,...
YORN OF PLENTY ; FISH COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND SINGER WAS A STORYTELLER
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amHE doesn't have a girl, a dog or a place to hang his hat, but as implausible as it may seem, singer/ songwriter Pete Yorn isn't a down-and-out artist playing...
GUITARIST TO GO NECK & NECK WITH IDOL
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN jazz guitarist Scott Stenten left home in Chicago - where he had regular gigs - for New York, he never dreamed busking in the streets of Manhattan would lead...
WILL FERRELL DITCHES NAME FOR MYSTERY DRAMA ROLE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amMYSTERY surrounds the surprise appearance of funnyman Will Ferrell in a rare dramatic role in the season finale of "The Guardian." Sparking the intrigue is the fact that he's not...
'DOWN' AND FLIRTY: '60S FARCE LOW ON SIZZLE BUT A SIGHT FOR STARRY EYES
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amDOWN WITH LOVE ½ A diverting bit of fluff. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual humor and dialogue). At the Beekman Theater, Second Avenue, between 65th and 66th streets....
WILY SUSPECT RECAPTURED
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA drug suspect gave Brooklyn cops the slip yesterday evening when she wriggled out of her handcuffs while being taken into a Park Slope precinct, police said. Jackie Diaz -...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amOfficials in a Pennsylvania town have only just realized their American flag is missing two stars. The error was finally noticed as politicians in Glassport spruced up their council chambers....
'BAD BUST' STUDENT IN $90M SUIT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn student is suing the city for $90 million, claiming he was wrongly arrested by cops and chained to a pole as part of a "scared straight" program after...
9/11 PLOT HIDDEN IN E-PORN
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Key members of an al Qaeda cell in Italy passed each other coded messages buried in Internet pornographic images and photographs of the World Trade Center just days...
9/11 PAYOUT SUITS GET TOSSED OUT
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday tossed out lawsuits by families of high-earning Sept. 11 victims who claimed the compensation fund's special master, Kenneth Feinberg, was "short-changing" them by capping payouts at...
QNS. REAL-ESTATE SCAM RING SMASHED: DA
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amIn an elaborate real-estate scam that was a cross between "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Sting," a gang of lawyers and brokers allegedly fleeced two mortgage companies out of more...
TAXIS 'STICK' TO SAFETY WARNING
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA new sticker asking yellow-cab riders to buckle up and exit near the curb will hit the back seat of taxis' next month, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said yesterday....
'LAP' OF LUXURY: HS PLAYERS BRAG OF STRIP CLUB FOLLIES
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amShamed members of the Massapequa HS baseball team told The Post yesterday how they boozed it up and enjoyed private lap dances with five topless women in a Florida strip...
JOCKS GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO SWING AWAY
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amWHEN you talk about booze and strip joints, students at Massapequa HS say it's no big deal. That was their reaction to news that a group of 15 varsity baseball...
BLOOMBERG URGES PATAKI
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg joined rebellious state lawmakers yesterday in urging Gov. Pataki to approve the tax-and-spend budget bills he's threatening to veto. Pataki, who campaigned against the budget during...
NO KEANU RAVES FROM 'MATRIX' BOMBSHELL
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amCarrie-Anne Moss may be one sexy girl in "The Matrix: Reloaded" - but co-star Keanu Reeves says she's also one lazy girl. While filming the sci-fi sequel, Carrie-Anne injured a...
MUST GET UP EARLY TO SEE JETS-BUCS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amThe American Bowl, featuring the Jets and Buccaneers in an Aug. 2 preseason game at the Tokyo Dome, will be played in the evening for the first time, the NFL...
FORDHAM ALUMS MAKE PITCH FOR HOOP COACH
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amFormer Notre Dame and North Carolina assistant Fred Quartlebaum could be emerging as a leading candidate to replace Bob Hill as Fordham's coach. The Post obtained a copy of a...
TRULY AMAZIN' THEY COULD MESS THIS UP
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amA FEW years ago the Mets could have sold Mike Piazza's transition to first base as a positive. They could have told their star of stars it was not a...
NBA SNUBS KENYON'S 'D' GAME
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - Kenyon Martin stared down at the All-Defensive Team lists released by the NBA. There was the First Team. No Martin. The Second Team. No Martin. The "Also Receiving...
LAST YEAR, A GAME 3 CHANGED ALL
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES BOSTON - They've played a Game 3 of a playoff series in the FleetCenter here before. It was the game where the entire basketball world minus about 20...
IT'S MASS. HYSTERIA: NETS HEAD TO ROWDY BEANTOWN
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amBOSTON - The bull's-eye is drawn on the entire Nets team for tonight and Monday at the FleetCenter here. And right in the middle of the target will be Jason...
DEVILS DODGE WAR OF WORDS
May 9, 2003 | 4:00amYOU can't be too careful what you say these days, for your quotes might not only wind up being posted in the opposition's locker room, they might even get you...