July 20, 2002
BRONFMAN RIPS VIVENDI 'DISASTER'
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amEdgar Bronfman Sr. finally conceded that his family's decision to sell Seagram to Vivendi was "a disaster." In an interview with The Globe and Mail of Toronto, Bronfman acknowledged that...
CONGRESS DISTURBED BY WORLDCOM FILES; WANTS MORE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amRep. Billy Tauzin's House Energy and Commerce Committee wants more from WorldCom, Inc. The committee is asking the embattled telecom company to provide additional phone, e-mail and desk records, as...
STEALTH BULL MARKET : PROS SAY TO BUY IF BEARS ARE EVERWHERE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amPros say the worst of the bear market is over If everyone's talking about how the bear's had his fill, it's time to buy stocks - or so say the...
CONAN'S THE MAN FOR EMMYS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00am'LATE Night" funnyman Conan O'Brien is ready to become a prime time player - and host this year's Emmy Awards. O'Brien is "close" to signing a deal to host the...
CANDID CHEMO CAMERA : SHARON'S THERAPY PLAN A SURPRISE FOR MTV
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amMTV executives learned that Sharon Osbourne's cancer treatments would be part of "The Osbournes" by reading an article in next week's People magazine, according to a CNN report. "People will...
ALL THIS SUMMER'S A STAGE: FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATER, SOME OF IT FREE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amAs far as family entertainment goes, this summer rocks. Probably never before have there been so many live, kid-friendly shows to choose from. Like Broadway's "Oklahoma!" and "Into the Woods"...
FROM GREAT BOOKS, A MONTH FULL OF FILMS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amAs any fan of Harry Potter can tell you, where there's a good book, there's bound to be a movie. Or two or three. Way before J.K. Rowling's time, Louisa...
SIREN SONGS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amConey Island will be crawling today with thousands of hipsters, frat boys and pierced indie rockers - all ready to soak up nine straight hours of garage rock and carnival...
MEET THE STARS OF TOON TOWN
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amTen years ago, the Cartoon Network, a campy, low-rent cable outfit showing reruns of "The Flintstones" and "Scooby-Doo," made its modest debut on cable. Now the network, which has spawned...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amDinner Party Cheat Sheet has been forced to change its name because it's not offensive in any way. From now on DPCS will be called "Glow." BRAVE DECISION The city...
BREW-HA-HA
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amLooking to jump-start your Saturday? Hop the L train to Williamsburg, where New York's favorite micro-brewery (that's the Brooklyn Brewery, if you didn't know) is throwing the Summer Beer and...
BEHOLD THE ANCHOVIES
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amAnchovies - love 'em or hate 'em, you've got to admire these overachievers of the fish world. The teeny oil-packed fillets are many a chef's "secret" ingredient, adding depth to...
PARKLIFE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amArea Kodo The world-famous Kodo Drummers from Japan will bring their spectacular syncopation to Central Park's Summerstage tomorrow. Using the traditional taiko drum, the percussionists combine Far East rhythmic customs...
SEEING GREEN: CITY GOT YOU DOWN? HEY PAL, TAKE A HIKE!
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amMaybe you're pressed for time. Maybe you've got no money. Bottom line, you're not going anywhere this weekend. And your apartment probably isn't even air-conditioned. Is there a God, you...
SOME OF MIKE'S MINIONS MIFFED AT 'SPOTLIGHT-HOG' RUDY
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amSOME aides to Mayor Bloomberg are griping about Rudy Giuliani. They say the former mayor is turning up at too many events with Bloomberg and stealing the spotlight. Bloomberg's assistants...
GUN CACHE SEIZED IN L.I. HOME
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA retired city sanitation worker who manages a strip club was busted after cops found an arsenal of 141 weapons in his Long Island home - including 17 assault weapons...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amCooter could fix anything on "The Dukes of Hazzard," but the one-time actor who played him had a little technical trouble this week that could cost him a $600 fine....
SEX-RAP PRIEST: I'M INNOCENT
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA Kenyan missionary priest accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy during a Father's Day outing in Queens vowed to fight the charges yesterday - after he refused a plea deal...
STATE'S $32M WTC PAYOUT
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - The state Crime Victims Board has paid $32 million to Sept. 11 terror victims and their families for lost salaries and burial expenses, it was revealed yesterday. The...
'PSYCHICS' HELD FOR SCAMMING A FORTUNE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amState prosecutors see the future of a Nassau County fortune-telling couple: Five years in prison for bilking $100,000 from a mentally disabled Brooklyn woman who wanted a better life. Nina...
ANDY TAKES NEW 9/11 SHOT AT GOV
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amBringing the response to the Sept. 11 attack back into the governor's race, Andrew Cuomo yesterday charged the state has no real security plan in the wake of the terror...
CHANDRA'S PARENTS HIRE MEDIC PROBERS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Chandra Levy's parents have hired a high-powered team of forensic scientists to search for clues about their daughter's murder. In a sign of growing impatience with the way...
$1.50 FARE NEAR END OF LINE: MIKE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday ratcheted up talk of a transit fare hike, saying in his strongest language to date that days of the $1.50 ride may be coming to an end....
BILL MAY BE BURIED IN HIS BOOKS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Bill Clinton may be a born-again New Yorker, but he's keeping his eternal options open. The former president may go back to his Little Rock roots when he...
BOAT-CRASH VICTIM IS LAID TO REST IN QUEENS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amHundreds of classmates and family members packed the St. Anastasia Roman Catholic Church in Douglaston, Queens, yesterday to bid a tearful farewell to George Lawrence, one of two people killed...
MOUSSAOUI MOM'S LAMENT
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Zacarias Moussaoui's mother claimed yesterday her son, who tried to plead guilty to plotting to take part in the Sept. 11 attacks, doesn't know what he's doing. "My...
KIDNAP-RAP WACKO'S EXCUSE: I WAS RESCUING TOT FROM KKK
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA woman accused of trying to snatch the 8-month- old daughter of a Brooklyn prosecutor offered an off-the-wall motive in court yesterday, saying she had to protect the baby -...
WHOPPER OF A MEAT RECALL IN E. COLI SCARE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amFood giant ConAgra is recalling 19 million pounds of ground meat because of fears it caused E. coli bacteria illnesses in 22 people. The tainted meat, produced between April 12...
MISSING B'KLYN TOT HOME SAFE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn toddler missing for three days was returned to her overjoyed mom yesterday as cops arrested a baby sitter who'd turned the little girl over to a friend. Sharon...
N.Y. TROOPS RARIN' TO GO AFTER VISIT FROM DUBYA
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amFORT DRUM, N.Y. - One soldier yelled, "Let's get Saddam!" as President Bush yesterday thanked pumped-up fighting forces here for their service in Afghanistan, vowing, "What we have begun, we...
RESCUERS SAY HAIL TO THE CHEF
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amOn Sept. 13, Antonio "Nino" Vendome turned his restaurant near Ground Zero into a home away from home for workers at the disaster site - one that dished up free...
GRAMPS STABS REST-HOME RIVAL
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA elderly man repeatedly stabbed a fellow resident at a Brooklyn retirement home after an ongoing dispute turned violent yesterday, cops said. Ransford Forbes, 69, was arrested at the Saratoga...
MARKETS MASSACRED : PANIC DRIVES STOCKS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE '98
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amIn the busiest day ever on the New York Stock Exchange, the benchmark Dow Jones industrial average plummeted again yesterday, hitting its lowest point since 1998. Spurred on by the...
MIKE 'HOMES' IN ON WTC WANTS MORE HOUSING, LESS BIZ SPACE AT SITE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday said he'd like to see more housing - and less office space - at Ground Zero, after six designs for site called for massive commercial buildings. "The...
'STIFFED' RESCUE DOG HAS HIS DAY
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA California insurance company has changed its mind and decided to pay the medical bills of one of the most acclaimed Ground Zero rescue dogs. Dr. Jack Stephens, president of...
MYSTERY OF CLIFF-FALL COP DEEPENS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe autopsy on the city cop inexplicably found at the base of a highway cliff Wednesday night shows he had not been struck by a car - creating an even...
VIGILANTE RIFLEMAN GETS 9 YEARS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA fed-up Bronx man who blew away a crackhead thief who was rifling through his car was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison. Victor Vicenty, 54, whose car had...
MURDER WITHOUT MERCY : JURY HEARS GIRL'S CHILLING TALK OF SHOOTING CABBY
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe district attorney's camera captures no remorse in the little girl's face. There is only the briefest of pauses, then a murmured "um." And then 13-year-old Marta Casiano looks straight...
NEW FRONT-RUNNER IN SCHOOL-BOSS RACE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA former deputy mayor has emerged as a front-runner for schools chancellor, City Hall sources said. Stanley Brezenoff, a former deputy mayor under Mayor Koch with a reputation as a...
HERO COP'S CPR HELPS SAVE MOM
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA 64-year-old police aide who suffered a heart attack was saved by the dramatic efforts of her detective daughter and three other cops, authorities said. "She's a very lucky woman...
JUDGE WANTS TO BLOW NARCOS' COVER
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge angered cops and prosecutors yesterday by insisting that three undercover narcotics officers reveal their identities before testifying in her courtroom. "No one can remember this ever happening,"...
STOCK EXCHANGE BIG BOYCOTTING REBUILD PANEL
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe head of the New York Stock Exchange has skipped nearly every meeting of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. since February because he's miffed at City Hall for scuttling plans...
J.LO SHOWS WHAT SHE'S MADE OF
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amJennifer Lopez is again showing off her assets. The 31-year-old Bronx bombshell - who recently posed nude to pitch her new perfume line "Glow by J.Lo" - will be featured...
'BOTOX' BUTCHERS : NO, THESE AREN'T THE VICTIMS - THEY'RE THE 'DOCTORS'
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amA transsexual phony medic who allegedly injected patients with a substance that left them with life-threatening infections is still at large, police said yesterday. Two other suspects are already under...
KIDNAP-SLAY BUST :SUSPECT LIVES BY CALIF. DEATH SITE AND DUCKED PERV RAP 2 YRS. AGO
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amCalifornia police yesterday arrested a 27-year-old factory worker - who was once tried for child molestation - and said he is the man who kidnapped, raped and murdered 5-year-old Samantha...
WEST NILE FOUND IN B'KLYN SKEETER POOL
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe West Nile virus has been found in a mosquito pool in Brooklyn, city health officials said yesterday. The finding in the Oceanside section comes just days after it was...
JUDGE CUTS DOWNEY SLACK
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amINDIO, Calif. - A judge went "out on a limb" for actor Robert Downey Jr. yesterday, declaring him well on the road to sobriety and dismissing his drug case. The...
BOSTON ACE STRIKES AT RIGHT TIME
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amPEDRO Martinez deploys three great pitches: a fastball, a curve and, most devastating, a changeup. When all are on like they were last night and the Boston ace is mixing...
BOMBER MISCUES PAVE WAY FOR THE BOSOX
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe Red Sox opened this three-game series against the Yankees with a 4-2 win in front of 55,510 at the Stadium last night, and Boston's first three runs were as...
EL DUQUE ANGRY ABOUT SUSPENSION
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amOrlando Hernandez wasn't pleased when he received word yesterday he had been suspended for five games and fined $1,000 by Major League Baseball's top cop, Bob Watson, for throwing behind...
INJURED MICKELSON STRUGGLES THROUGH ROUGH DAY
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amGULLANE, Scotland - After getting away with a first round of poor ball striking and still shooting 3-under-par, it caught up with Phil Mickelson yesterday as he shot 5-over, leaving...
MONTY REPLIES WITH 64
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amGULLANE, Scotland - The headlines in the colorful British tabloids yesterday gave hint to the foul mood of Scotland's favorite golfer, Colin Montgomerie, after he turned in a disappointing first-round...
CALM TIGER POISED TO POUNCE : PUTTING PROBLEM KEEPS FIELD ALIVE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amGULLANE, Scotland - The Grand Slam is very much in play. Tiger Woods enters this 131st British Open weekend right where he needs to be, a mere two shots off...
CHAMROUSSE WARY OF GATE MISHAP
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amToday's $350,000 Coaching Club American Oaks is the distaff version of the Belmont Stakes: a Grade 1 race for 3-year-old fillies going once around Belmont Park's mile-and-a-half "Big Sandy." In...
DAMON SAYS YANKS AFRAID
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amThe team wearing blue Pinstripes is yellow. So said Boston outfielder Jonny Damon, who yesterday declared that the Yankees' fear of the Red Sox is what motivated them to acquire...
MCEWING PLACED ON 15-DAY DL
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Joe McEwing, who hasn't played since he strained a left oblique muscle Monday during BP, was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to last Sunday. Infielder Marco...
ESTES NOT READY TO LEAVE : TRADE RUMORS WON'T BRING LEFTY DOWN
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Shawn Estes ran in circles yesterday afternoon, jogging inside the stadium he's rumored to be calling home soon. Estes was on the Cinergy Field grass at 3 p.m....
LAYDEN LOOKING AT 'OTHER' COLLINS
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amKnicks GM Scott Layden is bolting the Boston summer league early, flying this morning to the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City, partly to take a "twin" peek at...
PEDRO BESTS MOOSE TO KEY RED SOX WIN ; YANKS' LEAD CUT TO TWO UNDER GLOOMY SKIES
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amRed Sox 4Yankees 2 You want a rock-solid reason why players and owners would be idiotic to let labor problems force a work stoppage? Try last night's match-up at Yankee...
METS CATCH BIG BREAK
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amMets 4Reds 2 CINCINNATI - Last night the Mets caught the type of break a team is lucky to receive once a season, the type that deceives the eyes of...
NEW MET SCATURO CALLS ON BOBBY V
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Infielder Marco Scutaro, called up from Triple-A Norfolk in time for last night's game with the Reds, bumped into manager Bobby Valentine for the first time at the...
STRIKE THREAT CALLS FOR STRIKING NOW
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amTHE warning was issued early yesterday. Yankee officials got the word out that this weekend's series against the Red Sox was completely sold out. If you don't get to the...
YANKS-BOSOX STILL BEST GAME IN TOWN: EVEN RAIN DOESN'T DAMPEN ENTHUSIASM
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amNot even a black sky swollen with rain at 5:22 p.m. yesterday could take the edge off Yankees-Red Sox. When the Yankees' batting practice was ended by high winds that...
MONDESI BREATHING EASIER AFTER HOSPITAL SCARE
July 20, 2002 | 4:00amYankee right fielder Raul Mondesi spent Thursday night hospitalized with shortness of breath, and was released yesterday morning. He spent last night at home, and is expected to be available...