September 10, 2004
TOP SEEDS IN FASHION - WILLIAMS DUO STITCH NEW CAREER
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThey may have been eliminated this year at the U.S. Open, but the Williams sisters are still hitting it hard off the courts. The dazzling duo are making the rounds...
PAT ANSWER: BRADY - OUTGUNS MANNING FOR OPENING WIN
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amPatriots 27 - Colts 24 FOXBORO - The script hasn't changed since last season and why should it? The Patriots won their second Super Bowl in three years last February...
NHL UNION SINGING LOCKOUT BLUES
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTORONTO - As surely as Christmas will come on Dec. 25, the NHL lockout - an owners' lockout, not a players' strike - will begin next Thursday upon expiration of...
RED SOX LURKING, NO MATTER WHAT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTO ADD to their annoyance in what they already consider an irritating week, the Yankees played the equivalent of a Tampa Bay home game in the rescheduled opener of a...
METS FIND HEAVEN AFTER DROPPING 11
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amMIAMI - The clubhouse doors opened, and Steve Trachsel let out a gleeful yelp. Then the post-game music kicked on, and the post-win smiles came out. For the Mets, it's...
FRANKEL'S 'GHOST' IS DEAD FIT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe countdown to the Oct. 30 Breeders' Cup at Lone Star Park outside Dallas, Tex., begins in earnest today when Belmont Park opens for its 33-day fall meeting that concludes...
NOTHING TWO IT - YANKS SWEEP, LEAD BY 3 1/2
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWhen Lou Piniella argued in the third inning with plate umpire Phil Cuzzi, complaining that it was raining too hard in the second game of yesterday's doubleheader, it was Tampa...
HERRERA AND CHOW ARE ALL ABOUT COLOR
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIt was summer all over again yesterday when top fashion designers previewed their upcoming collections under the big top in Bryant Park. Seventh Avenue powerhouses, like Carolina Herrera, shared the...
AUSSIE EMBASSY BOMBED - 9 KILLED IN JAKARTA
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIn a chilling parallel to the Madrid train bombings, Muslim fanatics linked to al Qaeda set off a huge car bomb yesterday outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing nine...
'PSYCH' SLAYING OVERRULE - COPS FACING NEW SUIT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00am"Serious doubt" over cops' testimony about how they shot dead a mentally ill Brooklyn man justifies a new trial in his family's suit against the city, a federal judge said...
GRISTEDES A RIP-OFF, CITY SAYS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe mega-supermarket chain that owns Gristedes has been overcharging customers and refusing to pay fines after being caught red-handed, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by the city. Namdor Inc....
B'KLYN HARDHAT BURIED ALIVE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn construction worker died yesterday after being buried alive under an avalanche of dirt while working in a trench that had not been properly reinforced, according to city officials....
DRIVER SUES TLC FOR 'BIAS'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Jordanian driver slapped the city Taxi and Limousine Commission with a civil-rights suit yesterday, charging he was roughed up by the agency's inspectors. Mohammed Abumulaweh, 25, alleges that two...
DIVA DEALER NOW JUST ANOTHER SCARED KID
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHE newly dethroned Pot Princess of NYU wiped off her sneer and rose to her full 5-foot height. Julia Diaco approached the judge with anger raging in her ice-blue eyes....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN (lcf) * A 42-year-old man was found stabbed to death inside his East Flatbush home yesterday, cops said. The man - whose name was withheld - was discovered by...
KERRY RAGES AT 9/11 'FEAR POLITICS'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry yesterday accused President Bush of "trying to play the politics of fear and exploit the war on terror" - lashing out as a growing number of...
MODEL: I'M A DOPE - BELGIAN LOOKER IS 'SORRY' IN COKE RAP
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe Belgian beauty busted at JFK Airport with three small bags of coke said yesterday her shameful actions nearly ruined her modeling career and caused her anguished family to be...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWhen you sit down on Denise Roberts' toilet, be afraid. Be very afraid. Twice now, rats have swum up through the pipes and ended splashing around in the toilet bowl...
COPS GET FREE RIDE ON BRIDGES
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amNew York City cops will be able to use nine city bridges and tunnels for free when they're off duty, thanks to a commitment from Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno....
CITY WRINGS OUT THE OLD AS STORM FINALLY PASSES
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amCall it the calm after the storm. A day after torrential rains dumped three inches on the city in three hours, the subways were back on track yesterday and the...
CITY STILL ON HOOK FOR PROTESTER ARRESTS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe city tried but failed yesterday to get out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in possible fines for last week's processing logjam of 560 arrested convention protesters. In scheduling...
G+J BOSS SLASHES 80 JOBS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe embattled magazine group of Gruner + Jahr, whose titles include cash- cow Family Circle, yesterday completed its $25 million cost-cutting campaign by lopping 80 jobs. "It's a difficult day...
SONY EXEC WINS NEW POSITION
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIn the latest executive shuffling at the new Sony BMG, Sony Music exec Michele Anthony will take a broader role overseeing the company's U.S. labels. Anthony, the highest ranking female...
SELIG 'IRATE' AT YANKS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amBud Selig was described by a major-league official as "irate" at the Yankees' behavior during this week's schedule brouhaha with the Devil Rays and said the commissioner "has a long...
PRICELESS PATRIOT - BRADY TRUMPS MANNING IN BIG GAMES
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO, Mass. - Peyton Manning got the $98 million contract, but Tom Brady got the Super Bowl ring (his second) and the Super Bowl MVP award (his second), creating a...
DAD: UMPIRE 'PREJUDICED'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRichard Williams, the outspoken father of Serena and Venus, delivered a stinging parting shot to the U.S. Open yesterday before flying back to Florida, accusing banished chair umpire Mariana Alves...
ID SNAFU TRIGGERED BUSTS: SUIT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Queens dad has sued the NYPD for confusing him with a wanted felon - a mix-up that has resulted in his repeated arrest the past few years even after...
N.J. [LOVES] W - PREZ CLOSES GAP FROM 20 POINTS TO 4 POINTS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA wave of new polls yesterday showed President Bush riding high across the nation after the Republican convention in New York - and even New Jersey now is a near-tie...
$20M CHOP SHOP - FEDS ZING AUTO RING
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe largest chop shop on the East Coast was cut down to size yesterday as authorities charged nearly a dozen ring members led by a pair of powerful real estate...
JUDGE RULES FOR KIN IN 'PSYCH' SLAY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00am"Serious doubt" over cops' testimony about how they shot dead a mentally ill Brooklyn man justifies a new trial in his family's suit against the city, a federal judge said...
'QAEDA' DEATH BLAST - 9 KILLED AT AUSSIE EMBASSY IN JAKARTA
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIn a chilling parallel to the Madrid train bombings, Muslim fanatics linked to al Qaeda set off a huge car bomb outside the Australian Embassy in Indonesia's capital yesterday, killing...
RITTER KIN SUING HOSP
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe family of John Ritter is suing the hospital where the "Three's Company" legend died suddenly last year. Ritter, 54, died at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.,...
SEE YA TATER, POT PRINCESS - NO-JAIL DEAL PUTS HER IN IDAHO REHAB
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amGoodbye, pot. Hello, potatoes. In a deal fit for royalty, wealthy New Jersey "Pot Princess" Julia Diaco will avoid jail for selling felony-weight drugs near her New York University dorm...
CHUCK TO STORES: HOLD TO GUN BAN
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday that he'd like major department stores around the country not to sell assault weapons - after those guns become legal again on Monday....
POL SLAPS VICTIMS - ANTI-WAR UPSTATER VOTES 'NO' ON CONGRESS TRIBUTE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - New York Rep. Maurice Hinchey stunned his colleagues yesterday when he voted against a memorial resolution expressing sympathy for the victims of 9/11. Just two days before the...
THUG GETS LIFE IN QNS. ROBBERY-SLAY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA paroled killer is headed back to jail for at least 37 years after a judge threw the book at him for his part in the vicious murder of a...
FLUNK STATS SHOW MORE 3-PEATERS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amSixteen percent more students will repeat the third grade this year, thanks to the city's tough social-promotion policy, according to figures released yesterday by the city Department of Education. A...
STARR REPORT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRocker Richie Sambora has co-written, and will perform, the main title theme for "The Insider," premiering Monday (7:30 p.m./Ch. 2). Sambora says it's "the entrée I have been looking for...
KIDDER, REEVES REUNITE ON 'SMALLVILLE'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amLOIS, meet Lois and Lana. Margot Kidder, who played gutsy reporter Lois Lane in the four "Superman" movies will guest star in at least two episodes of "Smallville" this season....
INDIE MUSIC PICK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amBROTHERLY LOVE: Marah, formed in 1995 by brothers Dave and Serge Beilanko, recorded their third album, "20,000 Streets Under the Sky," in a garage in South Philly unencumbered by a...
ALEX DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRECONSTRUCTION[] (Three stars) Seductively surreal. In Danish, with subtitles. Running time: 90 minutes. Not rated (adult themes). At the Angelika and the Lincoln Plaza. UBER-hip technique triumphs over substance in...
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON STERN: FIVE BUCKS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFRUSTRATED by the pixilated good parts on Howard Stern's nightly E! cable shows? Howard feels your pain. For a price. Stern's racy radio show - which is videotaped and aired...
JUST SAY NO TO 'KNOW'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!?[Zero stars] SELF-DESCRIBED as an experimental documentary, "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" is nearly two hours of New Age hooey (sample: "It takes one...
BEAR'S SPECTOR SCORES $160M PAYDAY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amBear Stearns' President Warren Spector is set to get a windfall of more than $160 million from the New York investment bank. Spector, who is also the firm's co-chief operating...
$104M 'SWEPT' AWAY AT R. DIGEST
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amReader's Digest is taking a $104 million hit over new rules requiring it to dump its traditional sweepstakes promotions. The 100-million global circulation magazine had for decades written off its...
MUSIC'S BIG SPIN - BRUISED RECORD BIZ WOOS CORPORATE BRANDING DEAL$
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe music industry is taking a page out of the television networks' playbook. In what is being billed as an annual event, the record industry, for the first time, will...
NEIMAN VS. SAKS: THE WHITE GLOVES COME OFF
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amOver the past decade, the Neiman Marcus Group has cornered the market on luxury goods, turning the business of selling expensive handbags, alligator pumps and Chanel suits into a fine...
5 QUESTIONS FOR AHMAD RASHAD
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThis week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Ahmad Rashad of ABC and NBA TV. The 54-year-old Rashad co-hosts NBA Inside Stuff, which, starting this Sunday, will transition into...
GREEN POWER - EXPERTS: JETS WILL OWN N.Y.
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIt's official: The Jets will soar, the Giants will sink. That's what the NYP TV Sports survey of some of the top NFL analysts reveals. * CBS' Boomer Esiason: The...
NOTHING TWO IT - BOMBERS CRUISE TO SWEEP
September 10, 2004 | 4:00am-GAME 1: Yankees 9 - Devil Rays 1 -GAME 2: Yankees 10 - Devil Rays 5 At 8:06 p.m., Devil Rays manager Lou Piniella walked out to argue with plate...
BARBER GETS A BREAK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The past two seasons, Tiki Barber dominated the running game for the Giants, carrying a disproportionate share of the load. With Ron Dayne now back in good graces...
HENMAN GLAD HE ISN'T HOME
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTim Henman has wilted under the scrutiny of his countrymen's eyes every year at Wimbledon. Now, in the relatively pressure-free environment of the U.S. Open, the 30-year-old Brit advanced to...
ALL EYES ON BOWDEN AFTER FAMILY TRAGEDY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amMIAMI - Who would have thought that one of the greatest rivalries in college football over the last 20 years, a game that often has decided who will play for...
FRIARS GET ACID TEST VS. BOSCO
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRich Reichert lost his two best players from last year's CHSFL championship team. He'll find out very quickly just how much the absence of Matt Hahn and Alex Fletcher means...
KEV'S ARM LOOKS FINE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Try this on for size: Kevin Brown was fiddling with his glove and his broken hand yesterday. Just before leaving the clubhouse for a 12-minute throwing session on...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amSteve Somers vs. Richard Neer (Who is a better WFAN fill-in?) During the Yankees' 22-0 loss to the Indians, WCBS radio's Charley Steiner, trying to add some positive spin, said,...
-BLOWN AWAY - AGASSI GONE WITH WIND (M, S)-FEDERER GETS WIND ASSIST TO TOP AGASSI (LCF)
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThere it sat for Andre Agassi, a short ball that bounced near the service line, the kind of ball he has put away in his sleep across a storied 18-year...
JETER'S FEELING HIS OATS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAfter smacking the ball all over the yard yesterday, Derek Jeter connected with the obvious afterward. "I have felt pretty good as of late," he said. Jeter just completed a...
NICE DAY FOR MOOSE - MUSSINA CRUISES; YANKEES ROLL IN OPENER
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amYankees 9 - Devil Rays 1 Yankees hitters were raking again, and again Tampa Bay didn't seem ready to play on a perfectly beautiful afternoon. But yesterday's doubleheader matinee was...
CHAD'S TIME HAS COME
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWE already knew that Chad Pennington was never going to remind anyone of the past princes of the position. Hearing yesterday that Pennington has restored his grandfather's 1982 Ford truck,...
GARNETT: OLYMPIC FLOP NOT SURPRISE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amKevin Garnett had the chance to play in Athens but opted not to go. And despite the United States' somewhat surprising bronze medal finish in the Olympics, the reigning MVP...
SURPRISE START FOR COLEMAN
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThis question was posed to Erik Coleman yesterday, three days before he will play - and start - the first NFL game of his career: "If I told you at...
GIANTS LOOK TO LEWIS - STARTS VS. EAGLES AT MLB
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amSam Huff once played there. So did Harry Carson. And now, Kevin Lewis. "You figure that hard work always pays and prayers can be answered," Lewis said. Just like that,...
THIS BLUEFIN BATTLE WAS AN EPIC
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amNOW the reel fun begins. The best fishing always starts in September and early this week was a prime example. A 600-pound giant bluefin took the charter and crew of...
BROWN ACES HIS ARM TEST
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Try this on for size: Kevin Brown was fiddling with his glove and his broken hand yesterday. Just before leaving the clubhouse for a 12-minute throwing session on...
BIG NAMES & BOLD IDEAS - HERRERA AND HILFIGER ALL ABOUT COLOR
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFashion junkies, beware. Just as you get to grips with the ins and outs of fall trends, top designers are previewing exciting spring/summer collections that are bound to turn your...
SHOW BUZZ
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amStar-studded. There were no other words to describe the front rows lining Tommy Hilfiger's catwalk. There was Nick Lachey, Danny Masterson, Lil' Kim, Denise Richards, Jeremy Piven, Serena and Venus...
SUBWAY D-RAILMENT IN BRONX
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA subway car on the D line derailed as it pulled into a Bronx station last night. No one was injured in the mishap, officials said. The train was six...
KERRY RAGES AT 9/11 'POLITICS OF FEAR'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John Kerry yesterday said President Bush tries "to play the politics of fear and exploit the war on terror." Kerry's attack comes after Vice President Dick Cheney said...
2 YRS. FOR GAMBINO GEEZER
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAn elderly bag man for Gambino boss Peter Gotti was sentenced to two years behind bars for carrying cash and messages for the mob yesterday. Jerome Brancato, 76, caught a...
TEARS FOR TRAGIC NYU COED
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Troubled NYU grad student Joanne Leavy was laid to rest yesterday in a bucolic riverfront cemetery in Providence, R.I., which the 23-year-old had used as a setting...
SOCIAL-PROMOTION BAN BOOSTS BLOOMY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHE mayor's plan to end social promotion in the fifth grade means yet another sweeping change for the city school system - and, potentially, a big political payoff in the...
33RD FIREFIGHTER DWI ARREST THIS YEAR
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAn off-duty Bronx firefighter was pulled over for drunken driving early yesterday - making him the 33rd firefighter charged with drinking and driving this year, fire officials said. James Figaro,...
JAIL GUARD CANNED FOR DALI FOLLY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA former Rikers Island guard was sentenced to five years' probation yesterday for his role in stealing a $250,000 Salvador Dali drawing that the artist gave to the jail's inmates...
RUSSIAN BOY: I SURVIVED BY STAYING 'QUIET AS A MOUSE'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe terrified 10-year-old boy videotaped by his terrorist captors during the Russian school seize is miraculously alive - thanks, he said, to being quiet as a mouse and because "God...
COUNTERING GUARD ATTACK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday charged that Democrats' mounting attacks on President Bush's National Guard record are a desperate attempt to keep afloat John Kerry's campaign. "I think you...
CLIMBING 'HIRE' - CITY'S JOB AND WAGE GROWTH PICKS UP
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFueled by new jobs and steady wage increases, New York City's economy has come roaring back from the recession, according to a report released yesterday by state Comptroller Alan Hevesi....
DNA DELAY FOR DAVIS 'LOVE CHILD'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe alleged love child of James Davis has asked for a DNA test of the slain city councilman's remains to prove paternity - but a judge yesterday told lawyers that...
HUGH GO, BOY! - TRIUMPHANT JACKMAN DESERVES LONG REST
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAT last, Atlas can lay down his burden. On Sunday, Hugh Jackman gives his final performance in "The Boy From Oz," that combination floor show/VH-1 "Behind the Music" bio in...
NO DUDS HERE - ALL-STARS ROCK AT FASHION WEEK GIG
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFASHION ROCKS The hip-hop-heavy concert at Radio City will air Sept. 26 on Fox TV/Ch. 5. IT was sound rather than style that ushered in Fashion Week's kickoff event at...
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S HOMEWORK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00am"Jack & Bobby" [] (Four stars) Sunday night at 9 on The WB IN your family, does any attempt to wrestle the clicker away from HBO on Sunday nights mean...
NICOLE POINTS THE WAY - 'SIMPLE LIFE' STAR AND FANTASIA BOOKED FOR NEW 'AMERICAN DREAMS'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHIS season's musical cameo appearances on NBC's "American Dreams" will include Nicole Richie as a back-up singer and - in a perfect piece of casting - "American Idol" winner Fantasia...
ROCK PICK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHE BIG THRILL: They're often described as the Beach Boys meet Coldplay, but with the release of the Thrills latest album - "Let's Bottle Bohemia" - it's easier to think...
KIDS' PICK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amUNION SQUARE CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL: On Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., kids can enjoy carnival rides, performances and giveaways. Free. Rain date will be Sept. 19. Union Square North,...
PREACHES TO THE CHOIR
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amHIJACKING CATASTROPHE[] (Two stars) Bush-whacker. Running time: 68 minutes. Not rated (disturbing images). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. 'HIJACKING Catastrophe" is the latest addition to...
ACTION HERO MILLA IS BACK AND SHE'S ... GAME FOR'EVIL'; MILLA BATTLES 'EVIL'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE [**] (Two stars) Mindless fun. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated R (non-stop action violence, profanity, nudity). At the E-Walk, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. IN one...
PHONE-Y BALONEY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amCELLULAR[] (Two stars) Wrong number. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, terror situations, language and some sexual references.) At the E- Walk, the 19th Street East, the Battery Park,...
BEAR'S SPECTOR: $160M PAYDAY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amBear Stearns' President Warren Spector is set to get a windfall of more than $160 million from the New York investment bank. Spector, who is also the firm's co-chief operating...
ROMAN A CLEF CUTS BONNIE TO SHREDS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThis Devil may wear Prada, but she somehow manages to make it - and her Manolo Blahniks - look "cheap." She also "carries last season's handbags, has adult acne ....
GIRARDI GETS RESOUNDING YES! - HE'LL GET MORE WORK ON YANKS NETWORK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amImpressed by Joe Girardi's rookie TV year, YES plans to use him more - maybe twice as much - next season. "I would already rank him as one of the...
RODDICK GONE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAndy Roddick looked ready to overcome a lethargic start to roll into the U.S. Open semifinals last night, but an unheralded Swede named Joachim Johansson settled down and stunned the...
EDWARDS: QUINCY IS OUR BACKUP QB
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amJETS NOTES Quincy Carter has emerged as the Jets' backup to Chad Pennington, according to Herman Edwards. Curiously, though, when asked about it yesterday, Edwards became slightly defensive. When asked...
KAZMIR SHOWS BIG-CITY STUFF - FORMER METS PROSPECT IS RAY OF HOPE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWhen exiled Mets phenom Scott Kazmir was asked about striking out Derek Jeter yesterday, his face lit up like a child who just received his first bike. "It didn't seem...
FOX WANTS LEITER BACK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - The Mets are not going to the playoffs. But Al Leiter probably is. Indications are that for the second straight postseason, Leiter will work as a...
YANKS WIN SHAME GAME
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S rare when "Employee of the Month" is clinched this early, but Yankee President Randy Levine, following his dutiful harangues on behalf of George Steinbrenner about the Devil Rays not...
FINNS DEMAND 1980 PAYBACK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amST. PAUL, Minn. - They aim for nothing less than to avenge the Miracle on Ice. Finnish coach Raimo Summanen has made tonight's World Cup semifinal against Team USA a...
CAPRIATI RUSHIN' TO FINAL
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amSerena Williams conspiracy theories aside, Jennifer Capriati has her best chance ever to reach the U.S. Open final - that is, if she can shake off what appears to be...
CARJACKING OF COP'S WIFE SPARKS HUGE MANHUNT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA massive police operation was mobilized early this morning after a woman, believed to be the wife of a city cop, was taken on a two-borough ride after being carjacked,...
GUARD-MEMO 'HOAX' - BIG QUESTIONS ON RATHER'S BUSH-SLAM REPORT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA storm erupted last night over whether CBS anchor Dan Rather fell for a hoax or had authentic documents when he challenged President Bush's service in the Texas Air National...
PREZ ROARING FROM BEHIND IN JERSEY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA wave of new polls yesterday showed President Bush riding high across the nation - and even New Jersey now is a near-tie as Democrat John Kerry's big lead has...
'SERIAL MUGGER' HELD IN GRAMPS ROBBERY
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAn ex-con who preyed on the elderly and the infirm was under arrest yesterday for robbing an 83-year-old businessman in Brooklyn, and police were questioning him in an earlier mugging...
BURIED WORKER DIES IN TRENCH
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Brooklyn construction worker was killed after he was trapped under an avalanche of dirt in a trench that was not shored up, officials said. The unidentified man was covered...
CBS'S BIG BLUNDER? - BUSH-BASHING 'FACTS' VETTED BY THE BLOGOSPHERE
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amTHE populist revolution against the so-called mainstream media continues. Yesterday, the citizen journalists who produce blogs on the Internet - and their engaged readers - engaged in the wholesale exposure...
FLOODS THREATEN FAMILY ACCESS TO GROUND ZERO 'PIT'
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFloodwaters from this week's powerful rainstorms might limit access to "the pit" at Ground Zero during tomorrow's ceremony marking the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, city officials said...
UNION BIG SQUEEZING US: HOSPITAL
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amNYU Medical Center officials are accusing powerful union boss Dennis Rivera of using "brass-knuckle, strong-arm tactics" to "ruin" the hospital in a battle over 400 non-unionized clerical workers. The allegations...
FINDERS KEEPERS IN APT.-FEE FIGHT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA Manhattan man can't get back a hefty broker's fee on an $11,000-a-month apartment he rented - even though the pricey pad was so "unlivable" that his family never moved...
MIKE TO CRACK WHIP ON 5TH-GRADERS, TOO
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amThe city will expand the strict promotion requirements imposed on third-graders last year to the fifth grade, potentially affecting the transition to middle school for 15,800 students, Mayor Bloomberg said...
POLS PASS SCHOOL BULLY BILL
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amPublic schools are going to have to compile figures on bullying and harassment under a law that the City Council passed yesterday over Mayor Bloomberg's objections. In a 44-3 vote,...
L.I. COP LIED AT SLAY TRIAL - HIT-RUN VERDICT AT RISK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA veteran Southampton cop blatantly lied during a trial in which a Hamptons real-estate agent was convicted of running over and killing a migrant potato picker in 2002, an investigation...
NO KEN DO - 'JEOPARDY' CHAMP CLAMS UP IN DEFEAT
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amRECORD-setting "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings - 42 straight wins and counting - is denying published reports that he finally lost this past Wednesday in a pre-taped show airing later this...
PROS ARE CONS
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amCRIMINAL[] (Three stars) Lots of twists. Running time: 87 minutes. Rated R (profanity). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, the Chelsea, the Union Square. JOHN C. Reilly,...
WEIRD DIRECTOR PUTS CAMPBELL IN THE SOUP
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amWHEN WILL I BE LOVED [] (One star) You'll need a shower, too. Running time: 81 minutes. Rated R (sex, profanity, violence). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Union...
DANCE PICK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amSPANISH FUSION: With his bare chest, Giorgio Armani duds, flowing locks and a tendency to enter theaters flamboyantly down the center aisle, Joaquin Cortes is a flamenco dancer with a...
FILM PICK
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFUTURE SHOCK: Six years before "Star Wars," a 27-year-old George Lucas offered a vastly more austere (and less popular) variety of science fiction in his feature debut "THX 1138," which...
SONY GROUP SWEETENS MGM OFFER
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAn investment group led by Sony Corp. tweaked its bid for Metro-Goldwin-Mayer ahead of yesterday's board meeting on the future of the legendary film studio, The Post has learned. After...
AMERICAN TARGETS RIVALS WITH NEW AD CAMPAIGN
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amAmerican Airlines, the world's largest airline, is gearing up to take on its upstart rivals with a massive new advertising campaign. On Monday, the airline will unleash a marketing blitz...
$10M SEX SUIT HITS MAYOR MIKE'S BIZ
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amA computer tech has filed a $10 million suit against her bosses at Bloomberg LP, charging they punished her for complaining about being sexually harassed by her supervisor. "Blame the...
FEDS CHASE TOMO; U.S. SLAPS BOUNTY ON FUGITIVE EX-SYMBOL CEO
September 10, 2004 | 4:00amFederal authorities have put a bounty on ex-Symbol Technologies CEO Tomo Razmilovic, who fled from securities fraud charges to Sweden earlier this year. The U.S. government is offering a $100,000...