June 19, 2003
RAYS HEAP PRAISE ON CLEMENS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amLess than a week ago, Roger Clemens became the most accomplished pitcher of our time when he got career win No. 300 and struck out his 4,000th batter, all in...
ROGER SAYS 'NO' TO TAKING BREAK
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWHAT you witnessed last night at the Stadium was the very essence of Roger Clemens. It would have been easy - hell, it would have been perfectly understandable - for...
METS, YANKS SAY NO BENITEZ DEAL
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - Not so fast, Mets and Yankees. Industry talk speculated yesterday that a deal sending Mets reliever Armando Benitez to The Bronx was all but complete. But last night,...
THERE'S REIGN IN FURYK'S FORECAST
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIT rains and rains, then rains some more. It's like every day is Colin Montgomerie Appreciation Day, depressing as a Sergio Garcia approach shot. Jim Furyk doesn't notice. "I haven't...
TORRE FIRES BACK ; UPSET BATTLE WITH BOSS ENTERED CLUBHOUSE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amJoe Torre, in what is either a death wish or an appeal to George Steinbrenner to pipe down and butt out, charged that The Boss has caused distractions to "infiltrate"...
PRIDE OF A CENTURY - YANKS COMMEMORATE LEGENDARY LOU GEHRIG
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amAS THE gold bracelet slipped onto Teresa Wright's wrist she immediately felt a closeness to Lou Gehrig. This was 61 years ago during the filming of "Pride of the Yankees."...
COKE-DEALING COP GETS 90 DAYS IN JAIL
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA disgraced veteran police officer copped a plea yesterday to charges of peddling cocaine while moonlighting as a bartender, and will do 90 days behind bars under an agreement with...
'MODEL' SLAIN ON EAST SIDE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA 19-year-old Nigerian woman was found dead early yesterday, stabbed in the chest and slashed in the throat in an East Side transient hotel that caters to call girls and...
MORE CHANGE IN METER RATES
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMotorists will have to dig a little deeper to park at thousands of metered parking spaces starting July 1. Under a plan announced months ago, the rates on 6,020 meters...
RANDI ADMITS DEFEAT IN TEACH-AIDE FIGHT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amChoked-up teachers union boss Randi Weingarten told hundreds of classroom aides she's failed in her bid to prevent the "heartless" Bloomberg administration from laying them off - effective June 26...
'ELEVATOR RAPIST' IS DENIED BAIL
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA man cops say is a serial rapist who preyed on women in The Bronx and Manhattan was charged with another three rapes yesterday and ordered held without bail. Tyrone...
BOUNTY HUNTER FOUND GOD, THEN BAIL-JUMPERS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe muscle-bound bounty hunter who nabbed convicted rapist and Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico yesterday describes himself as a former criminal who changed his life through religion. Duane...
IRIZARRY OK WITH CHUCK, BUT NOT BAR
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday he's standing by Dora Irizarry for a federal Judgeship, although New York's top lawyers rated her "unqualified." "I'm sticking with her," Schumer said....
SUSPECT GRILLED IN AUX-COP SLAY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amPolice were questioning a suspect yesterday in the shooting death of a Brooklyn auxiliary cop - who investigators say may have been part of a vigilante gang intent on assaulting...
$IC 'EM! NOW CITY IS HOUNDING DOG OWNERS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amHigher taxes, increased fines, a blizzard of tickets - and now there's even a reason for New York dog owners to growl. With an estimated 900,000 unlicensed pooches in the...
DAS FORM UNITED FRONT TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIn a rare public appearance together, all five city district attorneys trooped down to City Hall yesterday to plead with Mayor Bloomberg to restore $18.2 million being cut from their...
U.S. IRAQ HUNTERS BAG A BIG ONE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. forces have captured Saddam Hussein's second-in-command and were moving quickly last night to get him to spill the beans on what happened to the ex-dictator. In the...
PREZ REJECTS 'COURTING' DEMS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday shut down a request by Senate Democrats to have a say in who gets picked for the next seat on the Supreme Court. Senate...
MEL'S CROSS TO BEAR
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amTo hear his critics tell it, Mel Gibson is in the process of filming a vicious piece of anti-Jewish religious propaganda that would have fit right in with the worst...
STUDY IDS 'JUNKIE' GENE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amPeople who smoke regularly, booze heavily or abuse drugs may have their genes to blame, a new study has revealed. Researchers say certain differences in genetic make-up could be related...
PUT SOME SPRING IN YOUR STEP
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amBLOCKPARTY SPRING STREET THE best part of Spring Street is in NoLIta, to the east of Lafayette Street - that is, if you like boutiques, bars and beer more than...
STARR REPORT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amDaly has mother-of-all-birthdays So how do you surprise someone who's turning 30 in a few days and has a national TV show? Well, if you're the mom of "Last Call"...
THE NUTTY CONFESSOR - NOLTE ADMITS TO 'HULK' HIJINKS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amREMEMBER that crazy- haired photo of Nick Nolte taken after his arrest last December? You'll see a big-screen version of it when "The Hulk" hits theaters tomorrow. In the movie,...
GORE PLOTS LIBERAL TV, RADIO OUTLET
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Now that he's out of politics, Al Gore is working on the ambitious project of building a liberal TV and radio empire, a new report says. Gore has...
CRACKS ARE SHOWING IN TURNER'S FOUNDATIONS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amTed Turner is down to his last $729 million, and sharply cutting back charitable giving to his pet causes - a move that's devastating some environmental groups. He's been steadily...
AP INKS DEAL TO MOVE INTO DAILY NEWS BLDG.
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe Associated Press's 900 New York employees will soon be giving up the fancy eateries of Rockefeller Center for the fast-food joints of rugged Tenth Avenue. The wire service has...
A LIFE AFTER YES - HINDERY PLANS NEXT STEPS: POLITICS, PHILANTHROPY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amLeo Hindery Jr.'s work at the YES Network is nearing an end. Hindery, the cable industry maven and chairman and CEO of YES, the Yankees' regional sports network, appears ready...
GAME 6 USUALLY A LOST CAUSE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES SAN ANTONIO - Take heart, Nets. Other teams, six in fact, have been in this predicament before, down 3-2 in the NBA Finals before going on the road...
A CHANCE OF REIGN IN FURYK'S FORECAST
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIT rains and rains, then rains some more. It's like every day is Colin Montgomerie Appreciation Day, depressing as a Sergio Garcia approach shot. Jim Furyk doesn't notice. "I haven't...
NETS FIRST CHOICE . . . BUT ; KIDD TALKIN' STAYING - & LEAVING
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amOK, let's see if we've got this right. New Jersey remains Jason Kidd's first choice as a place of employment next year. But winning a championship remains the leading motivating...
JETER INSISTS SLUMP, CAPTAINCY NOT RELATED
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Derek Jeter acknowledges that he's in a funk right now, and that he's been jumping at the ball. But he insists that he's making progress, and says any...
JEFF'S MIND MATTERS ; CONFIDENCE SUBJECT OF MEETING
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amSome Yankee will have to start Saturday's game against the Mets at Shea. The only question is whether the Bombers still have faith that Jeff Weaver is mentally up to...
HE'S SEO FINE: CALL MET ROOK A RIGHTY GLAVINE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMIAMI - You watch Jae Seo pitch and you try to think of a comparison. You know, somebody who's more about location than velocity, somebody who paints the corners, flashes...
BUICK TO BE ROUGH RIDE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe U.S. Open was last week. Open conditions are this week. After playing nine holes in the shortened Buick Classic Pro-Am yesterday, Ernie Els, a two-time former Open champ and...
SLUMP, WHAT SLUMP? TIGER SEE NO PROBLEMS DESPITE 'MAJOR' SCRUTINY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWell, is it a slump or isn't it? As he readies for his 12:50 p.m. tee time in today's opening round of the Buick Classic at Westchester Country Club, this...
KENYON'S EARNED NET COMMITMENT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amKENYON Martin knew he'd just played a terrible basketball game. He knew he'd been taken to school by Tim Duncan, that he'd come up microscopic in the biggest game of...
YANKES EKE ONE OUT: WIN IN 12 AFTER CLEMENS' NO-HIT BID
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am12 INNINGS Yankees 1 D-Rays 0 By the time Alfonso Soriano slapped a game-winning RBI single into center field, Roger Clemens had long since left the game and showered. But...
MARTHA MUST BE IN COURT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart wants to get out of having to appear in court in the months leading up to her ImClone securities trial - but the judge is refusing to give...
BEAUTIFUL B'KLYN: RIVERFRONT SPRUCE-UP INCLUDES OLYMPIC VENUE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe city yesterday unveiled a sweeping plan to beautify parts of Brooklyn's East River waterfront, create thousands of housing units and provide a venue for the much-coveted 2012 Olympic Games....
PET SHELTER'S BEASTLY SITUATION
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amUnable to find a qualified director for the city's troubled animal-shelter system, officials last night chose a man who will work only part time for the next six months. But...
PRICE OF POLITICS - DEMS TRIED TO HOLD ME UP: RUTH
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amBrooklyn Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman literally put a price of "several hundred thousand dollars" on his organization's endorsement in the 1997 mayoral campaign, the party's nominee, Ruth Messinger, told...
SHAKY 'FRIENDSHIP' - BILL AND RUDY MAKE NICE AT CHARITY BASH
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amBILL CLINTON couldn't broker Middle East peace, but he achieved a happy ending yesterday to the titanic rift between him and Rudy Giuliani. The swaggering ex-president and larger-than-life ex-mayor were...
TEACHER BUSTED IN TEST SWITCH
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA city gym teacher was busted yesterday for posing as his teacher-friend - an uncertified instructor who repeatedly failed his state license exams, Nassau County District Attorney Dennis Dillon said....
BUSTS IN 9/11 ATM GLITCH 'HEIST'
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amInvestigators are rounding up more than 100 people who tried to cash in at ATMs on the mass murders at the World Trade Center. Seventy-four people were in custody yesterday...
JAIL GUARD: I KILLED HER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA former correction officer shot and killed the mother of his daughter after an argument over child support in which the woman refused to consider his financial problems, he said...
BEAUTIFUL B'KLYN - RIVERFRONT SPRUCE-UP INCLUDES OLYMPIC VENUE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe city yesterday unveiled a sweeping plan to beautify parts of Brooklyn's East River waterfront, create thousands of housing units and provide a venue for the much-coveted 2012 Olympic Games....
BROOKLYN LAWYER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO THEFT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn lawyer who went up against bigwig Democrats in primaries in recent years pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges she stole thousands of dollars from a client. Sandra Roper,...
TOO WEAK VACATION: $TRUGGLING AMERICANS SCRAP TRAVEL PLANS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amSummer bummer! Whether it's the beach, the mountains or grandma's house, a majority of Americans say they will not be going on vacation this summer, citing a wallop to their...
EX-COP GETS 90 DAYS FOR DEALING COKE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA disgraced veteran police officer copped a plea yesterday to charges of peddling cocaine while moonlighting as a bartender, and will do 90 days in jail. Thomas Coyle, 37, made...
YOU RANG? JOE'S BUTLER ANSWERS CALL ON SOAP
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amPAUL Hogan, the beloved Aussie butler from "Joe Millioniare," is putting in a two-day stint as a soap star. The debonair Hogan begins his role on "One Life to Live"...
AND HERE'S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amASK Smokey Robinson, America's poet laureate of love, what propelled his career through five decades of music, and he hushes you, saying, "I was blessed." He's right. Despite some dark...
CLINT'S FIRST IN N.Y. FEST
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amCLINT Eastwood is going to make the New York Film Festival's day. His crime thriller "Mystic River" will open this year's edition of the festival on Oct. 3, The Post...
WHEN 'RUBY' MET SCOOBY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am'AMERICAN Idol" champ, Ruben "Yo Dog" Studdard, will make his film debut with a digital pooch. Studdard has agreed to play himself in "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," in a...
PARTY PEOPLE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am"If I'm with my homeboys, that's fun. But if I get somebody so drunk they land in their own throw-up, well, that's a good time, too." -Damon Dash ---- FOR...
PAINTING THE TOWN WED - CANDACE NOW PARTIES WITH HER NEW HUBBY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIT'S been almost a year since Manhattan's iconic single girl walked down the aisle, but Candace "Sex and the City" Bushnell swears married life hasn't slowed her down one bit....
RAINBOW RIP-OFF - CABLEVISION FIRES 14 AT DIVISION IN ACCOUNTING SCAM
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amCablevision yesterday said it had unearthed accounting shenanigans at its Rainbow Media unit and fired 14 people, including the president of its American Movie Classics cable channel. After a five-month...
A 'SHORT' STORY ABOUT WHY WALL ST. NEEDS REFORM
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amEITHER Fairfax Financial Holdings is one heck of a great company, or its stock is in, as one trader put it, "the mother of all short squeezes." The second explanation...
MISTRIAL FOR 'RAPE' PRIEST
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge declared a mistrial in the case of a visiting African priest charged with raping a parishioner after jurors announced that they were deadlocked yesterday. Rev. Cyriacus Udegbulem,...
LET'S HEAR IT FOR HARRY: NARRATOR JIM DALE GIVES VOICE TO POTTER & PALS - ALL 134 OF "EM
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amHE speaks for Harry - and Hermione, Ron and everyone at Hogwarts. Fact is, Jim Dale has spoken for every character in every one of J.K. Rowling's series ever since...
PRESS-URE ON DR. PHIL
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWATCH out, Hillary - "Dr. Phil" McGraw is ready to take you on in the publishing arena. Free Press will print 1 million copies of McGraw's new book, "The Ultimate...
SCHOLASTIC SUES DAILY NEWS FOR $100M IN 'POTTERGATE'
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe Daily News thought it had a big scoop on its hands. Now it has a big lawsuit. Harry Potter publisher Scholastic Inc. is suing the struggling paper for $100...
REGULATORS TO BANKS: WE GET IMS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amRegulators are clamping down on Wall Street's casual online banter. The NASD issued guidance to its members yesterday, indicating that all instant messages must be retained for at least three...
N.Y. JETS PREZ SCORES WITH FIFTH AVE. PLACE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amNEW York Jets President Jay Cross has signed a contract to take another apartment on Fifth Avenue, this time with a view of the park - at least partially. Cross,...
SCOTT: DEKE'S THE MAN
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amNET NOTES Dikembe Mutombo got his starting job back. Byron Scott said so. "Deke is the starting center when we come to camp next season," Scott said at the Nets'...
WIZARDS TAB JORDAN
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe Nets' summer makeover has begun, but not the way they wanted it. Eddie Jordan, the Nets' highly regarded assistant, has agreed to accept the head coaching job with the...
TOURNEY'S A TOUGHIE FOR TIGER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amBUICK NOTEBOOK Tiger Woods, who finished a disappointing 11 shots behind Jim Furyk last week while defending his U.S. Open title at Olympia Fields in Illinois, hasn't fared well in...
KNICKS NOT SHY - RUSSIAN'S DISORDER IS A 'SMALL ISSUE'
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe Knicks received a fax from the reps of 7-5 center Pavel Podzokline yesterday, informing them the Russian giant was diagnosed Tuesday night with a pituitary gland disorder called Acromegaly....
GAME-WINNING RBI REAL RX FOR SORIANO
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As badly as Alfonso Soriano has struggled, his game-winning RBI single in the 12th inning last night kept Roger Clemens' dominant performance from going entirely to waste. Now...
HEILMAN'S NEXT ON PHENOM LIST
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - As Jose Reyes continues to excel, it's natural to wonder about the Mets' other high-level heralded prospect. So when is Aaron Heilman getting recalled from Norfolk?...
NIGERIAN 'RAPE' PRIEST JURY DEADLOCKED
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge declared a mistrial in the case of a visiting African priest charged with raping a parishioner after jurors announced that they were deadlocked yesterday. Rev. Cyriacus Udegbulem,...
BOMBER HITS ISRAELI GROCERY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A suicide bomber blew himself up today inside a small grocery store in an Israeli farming town on the northern edge of the West Bank. The 6 a.m....
SCHOOLKIDS HAD LOADED GUNS: COPS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amTwo Brooklyn students were busted in separate incidents yesterday when they were caught in school with loaded guns - and, in one case, firing the weapon out a window, police...
GYM 'PERV' LAWYERS GET HELL FROM MOM
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA furious mother sparked a wild courtroom outburst at the kiddie sex-abuse trial of Long Island gym teacher Kent Franks yesterday. Parents and relatives of nine students allegedly molested by...
PATAKI: ASH FRAY HAS COME TO A CLOSE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday declared efforts to ease the soon-to-take-effect statewide smoking ban all but dead. "I think it's unlikely at this time," Pataki said as state lawmakers worked...
RENT LAWS GET ONE-DAY LEASE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - With negotiations over state rent regulation laws going down to the wire, the state Legislature passed yet another one-day extender yesterday. Assembly Democrats introduced two bills on Tuesday...
JOSE'S SUPER AGAIN
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMets 10Marlins 5 MIAMI - Jose Reyes, don't bother packing your bags to go back to Norfolk. You are most definitely here to stay. "God put some people here to...
JOE IN TROUBLE? HARD TO BELIEVE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIf you think it's ridiculous that Joe Torre's job may be in jeopardy, you're not alone. Jason Giambi is puzzled, too. Even ex-Yankee Scott Brosius - a visitor to The...
YANKS EKE ONE OUT ; WIN IN 12 AFTER CLEMENS' NO-HIT BID
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am12 INNINGSYankees 1D-Rays 0 By the time Alfonso Soriano slapped the winning RBI single into center field, starting pitcher Roger Clemens had long since left the game and showered. But...
VISA VOID FOR HS HOOPSTER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amKwame Reid came to the U.S. three years ago to live with his father in Brooklyn in hopes of getting a better education. He left his mother in Trinidad and...
GLAVINE: KEEP REYES ALL YEAR
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Jose Reyes will be around for the Yankee series this weekend. And according to Tom Glavine, the 20-year-old phenom should be around for the rest of...
JOE CAN'T FORGET WHO'S BOSS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amYOU know who Joe Torre has become? He is Howard Beale, rising from his desk in the movie "Network," looking into the camera, looking every Yankees fan in the eye...
PLAYERS WON'T GET IN MIDDLE OF BATTLE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amIf you want to see a Yankee clam up, mention the name of his boss. You'll get the look of a deer in headlights staring back at you. Nobody's going...
NOT PRIME TIME
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am5:30 Morning Farm Report Al Gore explains how he grew up tobacco farming "with my own hands, all my life, I've put it in the plant beds and transferred it....
MARTHA TRIES TO SKIP COURT
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amMartha Stewart wants to get out of having to appear in court in the months leading up to her ImClone securities trial, but the judge is refusing to give her...
BLOODY MASS-ACRE - GRISLY VIDEO OF CHURCH CARNAGE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA chilling police video taken shortly after a priest and an elderly parishioner were gunned down in a Long Island church last year had jurors and spectators gasping and shuddering...
20 YRS. IN 'HIV VENGEANCE' SLAY
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA man who viciously stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in Brooklyn nearly two years ago because he believed she had given him the AIDS virus was sentenced yesterday to 20...
COCAINE COP GETS 90 DAYS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA disgraced veteran police officer copped a plea yesterday to charges of peddling cocaine while moonlighting as a bartender, and will do 90 days behind bars in an agreement with...
ISRAEL OPTS FOR SOFTER APPROACH
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel is willing to sharply curtail its assassinations of terrorists as part of a temporary truce with Palestinian militant groups that could save the U.S.-brokered "road map" peace...
TEACHERS TRASHING FREEZE ON PAID SABBATICALS
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amTeachers are finding out that the days of wine and paid sabbaticals are over. Cascades HS social studies teacher Jon Dennis Regier said yesterday he was shocked when education officials...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A drunken driver was arrested in Canarsie after he stole a car and plowed it into a police car, cops said yesterday. The suspect, whose name was not...
IN POTTER'S FIELD - ROWLING CRIED AFTER KILLING OFF A CHARACTER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amJ.K. Rowling says she sobbed uncontrollably as she wielded her pen and killed off a major character in the new Harry Potter book. In TV interviews airing tonight and tomorrow,...
SOUPER-WOMEN PREVENT CANCER
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amWomen who eat three or more bowls of miso soup a day may significantly cut their risk of developing breast cancer, new research suggests. Scientists say the soup contains substantial...
STUDY IDS 'JUNKIE' GENES
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amPeople who smoke regularly, booze heavily or abuse drugs may have their genes to blame, a new study has revealed. Researchers say certain differences in genetic make-up could be related...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA Nebraska woman found an unwanted option in the used car she bought - a bomb. The woman, who lives in Papillion, was fixing the air-conditioning vent when the homemade,...
EAST SIDE SLAYING - COPS FIND BODY OF 19-YEAR-OLD 'MODEL'
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amA 19-year-old Nigerian woman was found dead early yesterday, stabbed in the chest and slashed in the throat in an East Side transient hotel that caters to call girls and...
'SEX' IS NICE (BUT CHECK THE SHOES)
June 19, 2003 | 4:00am"Sex And the City" Sunday at 9 on HBO **** - 4 stars 'SEX And The City" is, er, coming back. Not for nuthin,' but no one I know dresses...
RAINY DAY:TIME TO SLACK OFF
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amThe lousy weather's doing more than just wrecking weekends - it's costing bosses millions in lost productivity. Record rainfalls in the metropolitan area have sent the irritability scale skyrocketing at...
ROSEN TO CATCH AIR AS PUNDIT FOR CNBC
June 19, 2003 | 4:00amHilary Rosen, the outgoing head of the Recording Industry Association of America, has landed an on-air gig at CNBC, The Post has learned. Rosen, who will officially step down from...