July 1, 2003
READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY ON YOUR MORTGAGE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amDO you want to save money on your mortgage? Well, read on, because you can get great savings without even refinancing. OK, I'll admit those first two lines are a...
CABLEVISION, MGM DEAL FREES CASH FOR VUE BID
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amCablevision and MGM solidified their bids for Vivendi Universal Entertainment yesterday. The two media companies parted ways in a deal that gives MGM extra cash for its bid for VUE,...
PWC CLOSING IN ON CIBC TOWER
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS is said to be closing in on a term-sheet agreement for most of Brookfield's 300 Madison Ave., the new East 42nd Street tower it built for CIBC but where...
FIRMS TOLD: YOU'RE OUT OF OPTIONS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe SEC moved yesterday to stop options grants run amok. Under a new rule, companies trading on the biggest U.S. exchanges will have to wrangle shareholder approval for stock option...
A COUP DE GRACE: MESSIER WINS $24M IN SEVERANCE FROM VIVENDI
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amHe may have flushed his company down the toilet, but Jean-Marie Messier is still entitled to his $23.6 million in severance. So says an arbitration panel here that ruled the...
SPINNING PROBE GOES ON BEYOND GLOBAL DEAL
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amFederal regulators are continuing their probe into "spinning" - investment banks awarding coveted IPO shares to CEOs in exchange for lucrative investment banking business, say people familiar with the situation....
A MARVEL-OUS BID ; COMIC BOOK MAKER SWOOPS INTO ARTISAN FRAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amHollywood's biggest superhero is swooping down on the "Blair Witch" studio, The Post has learned. Marvel Enterprises, the leading publisher of comic-book heroes like Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Incredible Hulk,...
'T3' A CYBORE; LET'S HOPE AH-NULD WON'T 'BE BACK'
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amTERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES Hasta la vista, baby - we hope. Running time: 110 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, brief nudity). At Astor Plaza, Cinema 1, the Chelsea...
BACK IN GROOVE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amHOWARD TATE "Rediscovered" ½ Private Music If there's any truth in the notion that you have to suffer to sing the blues, few have earned the rights to it like...
GO FOURTH! FROM JOHN ADAMS TO RYAN ADAMS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amLOOKING for some Fourth of July fireworks? Those who want a beat with the heat have a few options. Back in April, our favorite troubled troubadour, Ryan Adams, said his...
OH, SHOOT! A SMACKDOWN ; HEROIN ADDICT SUED FOR GIVING REALITY SHOW WITHDRAWAL PAIN
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amONE of TV's most promising train- wreck shows looks like it has been derailed before it could leave the station. Actor Jason Mewes is trying to kill a much-publicized documentary...
'BIG BRO' ADDS EX APPEAL
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amBIG Brother 4" is gunning for more friction than usual this summer - adding four "exes" to the house. The "exes" will be the former spouses, ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends (producers...
BORED TO SPEARS: BRITNEY'S CLUELESS CLOTHES TOO MUCH OF A BAD THING
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amOOPS, she did it again. Though we can hardly find fault with that devilish "Page Six Six Six" T-shirt she wore to Sunday's MTV "Bash" in L.A., the rest of...
THE JOY OF SIX
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe plucky pop tart bought the $40 "Page Six Six Six" shirt at the Patricia Fields boutique in SoHo last week. "She freaked out over it," says Chrissie Miller, who...
GOLDEN GIRL GONE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00am'THERE'S a magnificence in you," James Stewart told her in the course of "The Philadelphia Story," the greatest comedy ever made in Hollywood. "A magnificence that comes out of your...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt was by no means the best guitar band in the world - but it was the biggest. A total of 519 guitarists got together in Portland, Ore., to strum...
MAN NABBED IN LIL' KIM HEIST
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Westchester man who tried to shake down rapper Lil' Kim by claiming he had her stolen jewelry was arrested yesterday, authorities said. John Acheson, 31, of New Rochelle, called...
SEN. RUN UNLIKELY: BIZ WOMAN
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Prominent Republican businesswoman Georgette Mosbacher yesterday called the chances she'll challenge Sen. Charles Schumer next year "a real long shot." Mosbacher, chief executive officer of Manhattan-based Borghese Inc.,...
U.S. RELEASES WOUNDED SYRIAN GUARDS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. military allowed five Syrian border guards wounded in a Special Forces raid along the Iraqi border to return home yesterday, ending one of the most mysterious...
NO JAIL FOR TEEN STABBER
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Brooklyn teen who used a foot-long blade to stab another student at South Shore HS was spared jail time and sentenced as a juvenile yesterday after a judge concluded...
PAIN 101 AS SUNY TUITION SOARS $950
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amALBANY - Tuition this fall at the State University of New York will go up for the first time since 1995, after the SUNY Board of Trustees yesterday approved a...
LACI IN BAGHDAD; HOW THE MEDIA MISLEAD US
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amWE Americans have the finest media in the world, representing the broadest spectrum of opinions. Our media is feisty, but also self-critical and self-correcting (though The New York Times may...
LONE ALLY AT MAYOR'S TAX-HIKE BILL SIGNING
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amJoined by just one council member with "guts," Mayor Bloomberg yesterday signed into law a bill that hikes income taxes on New Yorkers with six-figure salaries. The new 4.25 percent...
SOLDIERS SWEEP UP SADDAM'S HIT GOONS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. troops captured 319 suspected Ba'ath Party murderers as part of a tough new crackdown on regime diehards yesterday, as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld forcefully denied that the...
HELLO, I'M THE CROOK; DING-A-LING GIVES SELF AWAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt wouldn't surprise Nassau County cops if burglary suspect Ryan Boylan scrawls the graffiti message, "Technology sucks" on the wall of his jail cell. Boylan, 19, is in a cell...
DOUBLE-VOTE CANDIDATE COPS PLEA
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe former Conservative Party candidate for lieutenant governor was in double trouble yesterday after admitting in Manhattan Supreme Court that he voted twice in two recent general elections. Daniel Mahony,...
BODEGA SHOOTER ENDURES TORMENT
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE misery deepened for embattled bodega clerk José Acosta. The 69-year-old robbery victim was forced to miss his daughter's funeral because he's still in hot water for using an unlicensed...
QUAKY-SHAKY MICE CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amAre the mice in your house acting funny? Duck for cover - they may be predicting an earthquake. That's the word from Japanese researchers who say mice behave differently after...
FEWER COPS FOR THE FOURTH
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amDon't worry. Be happy. That's the message from Mayor Bloomberg - although there will be fewer cops on the streets this Fourth of July weekend than last year. "In terms...
DRUNK-DRIVING EMT-KILLER JAILED
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA boozed-up driver who killed an EMT when he blindsided an ambulance was hit with the maximum prison term of 5 to 15 years for manslaughter at an emotional sentencing...
NEW WORDS MAKE DICTIONARY PHAT - & YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA headbanger asks for a phat longneck and Frankenfood and leaves a couple of dead presidents on the bar. Yes, it's English, and the translation runs: A hard-rock musician asks...
PLASTIC RECYCLING RECYCLED TODAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amAfter a 1-year absence, plastics return today to the list of materials New Yorkers have to recycle. Confused? Welcome to the club. With all the changes enacted by the city...
HEADLESS BODY WAS PACKED TO GO / BODY PARTS FOUND IN SUITCASE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA bulging suitcase crammed with human body parts was found discarded on a Lower East Side street early yesterday, police said. A homeless man and woman spotted the suitcase at...
KATE'S BIG E$TATE: PROP & COSTUME COLLECTION WORTH MILLIONS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amKatharine Hepburn's estate is expected to be worth untold millions because, as well as being born rich, she lived an incredibly frugal lifestyle and hoarded closets full of priceless movie...
BIDDER-SWEET: AUCTION BIG TELLS OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL
July 1, 2003 | 4:00am--- EXCLUSIVE --- AFTER spending 10½ months behind bars, Alfred Taubman is finally breaking his silence - and he sure hasn't lost his sense of humor. "I met some very...
BET-TIME STORY: DEFIANT 'TRIBE' BREAKS GROUND ON L.I. CASINO
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amDefying a state restraining order, a group of Long Island Indians broke ground yesterday on a casino in the Hamptons, a plan that angry residents say will cause traffic chaos....
PULLOUT ROLLING ON AMID TERROR
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel yesterday held firm on plans to withdraw its forces from Bethlehem - hinting it also may free some jailed Palestinian killers - even as terrorists gunned down...
MAN RAPPED IN LIL' KIM JEWEL HEIST
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA Westchester man who tried to shake down rapper Lil' Kim by claiming he had her stolen jewelry was arrested yesterday, authorities said. John Acheson, 31, called the hip-hop diva's...
PORCH VICTIM WAS SET TO WED
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe 30-year-old Manhattan banker who was tragically killed when a third-story porch collapsed during a crowded party in Chicago on Sunday was the son of a prominent New Jersey judge...
RICHEST REBELS; HAMPTONS ELITE PUSH SHORE-THING SECESSION
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA sandstorm over secession is heating up in the Hamptons, pitting the rich against the even richer. Many beachfront property owners in the Town of Southampton - including some in...
CUOMO & KENNEDY WIFE KERRY SEPARATE
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe knot that tied the Cuomo and Kennedy political dynasties is unraveling. Andrew Cuomo, son of ex-Gov. Mario Cuomo, and Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F....
'WE'VE BECOME TOTAL STRANGERS . . . I'VE HAD IT WITH HER!'
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amJOHN F. KENNEDY JR.'S beautiful wife, Carolyn, was cocaine-addled, obsessed with an ex-boyfriend and flew into violent rages against her husband, an explosive new book says. The couple had separated...
GATES DONATES $22M TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amUp to 40 new charter schools could be built in New York City in the coming decade - thanks to a new multimillion-dollar donation from Microsoft titan Bill Gates. "We...
PEACENIKS SUE NYPD
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe NYPD trapped thousands of demonstrators in pens during a Midtown antiwar protest Feb. 15, then used "excessive force" as they randomly arrested people in the crowd, according to a...
WOW, MIKE'S NOT JOKING ABOUT NOT SMOKING
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amHow's this for a "sign" of the times? The billboard message is meant for anyone at the police bomb range in The Bronx, but it looks as if it applies...
BUSH RAKES IN $30M IN FLURRY OF FUND-RAISING
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday said he'd raised "a lot" of dough as he capped a two-week push for around $30 million in campaign cash - likely as much as all nine...
BODEGA CLERK'S TORMENT
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amTHE misery deepened for embattled bodega clerk José Acosta. The 69-year-old robbery victim was forced to miss his daughter's funeral because he's still in hot water for using an unlicensed...
HELLO, I'M THE CROOK: DING-A-LING GIVES SELF AWAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amIt wouldn't surprise Nassau County cops if burglary suspect Ryan Boylan scrawls the graffiti message, "Technology sucks" on the wall of his jail cell. Boylan, 19, is in a cell...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amBROOKLYN A Russian immigrant wanted for questioning in connection with two murders was picked up by cops in Flatbush early last night. Gary Neserov (right) was spotted on the street...
FLIP-FLOP DRUGGIE GETS MAN CONVICTED '92 SLAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA man charged with murdering a Queens woman and attempting to kill her boyfriend 11 years ago was found guilty yesterday after a two-week trial that hinged on the testimony...
RUBEN BASHES BIRDS: 3-RUN HR MAKES IT 8 STRAIGHT YANK W'S
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 6 Orioles 5 BALTIMORE - The wait took seven years. So when the reprieve came for Ruben Sierra, he wasn't going to miss it. "The first thing he told...
THE BID FOR KIDD BEGINS; FREE AGENTS ARE TALK OF NBA TODAY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amToday is T-Day. Talk Day. After what seems like an eternity, NBA teams finally can talk and negotiate with free agents. So the first person the Nets would like to...
ISLES TO LOOK BUT NOT BUY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amCamp Free Agency opens today, and it's highly unlikely the Islanders packed their trunks and duffels with piles of cash. Wouldn't it be refreshing if Charles Wang gave Mike Milbury...
DEVS CUT DEFENSE IN HALF
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amFully half of the Devils' eight-man Stanley Cup defense is gone today to unrestricted free agency in Lou Lamoriello's $15-million purge, nearly one-third of his championship payroll. The Devils' GM...
BECKY: I'LL BE BETTER THAN EVER
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amOf all the people affected by Becky Hammon's torn ACL, it seems the Liberty guard herself is dealing the best with it. "Obviously, I was extremely disappointed," Hammon said yesterday...
RESIGNED SANCHEZ FACES BAD SIT-UATION
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amRey Sanchez blames himself. The well-groomed veteran infielder, who returned to Shea Stadium yesterday but was not activated from the disabled list because of a roster issue involving the pitching...
EXPOS DON'T SOUND INTERESTED IN ALOMAR
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amMET NOTES The rumor mill in regards to Roberto Alomar is heating up, with the Expos reportedly among teams in hot pursuit. But if Montreal general manager Omar Minaya plans...
BIG CHANCE FOR RANGERS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amA SUMMER of unprece dented opportunity opens today for the Rangers. An atmosphere of near-panic created by Gary Bettman's promise to extract a punitive hard cap out of the next...
YANKS BOOT BUBBA AWOLPLAYER'S STATUS NOW[[BD-'RESTRICTED'
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The mysterious case of Bubba Trammell took another step yesterday when the Yankees were granted permission to place their AWOL outfielder on the restricted list. The move means...
FANS FED UP WITH HIGH COST OF LOSING
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amEven in and around Shea Stadium, what should be the bastion of Met support, fans polled yesterday by The Post have grown increasingly disgruntled, disappointed . . . and worst...
HOW METS HAVE FALLEN ; FUTURE DIM FOR 2003 UNDERACHIEVERS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amIT probably never has gotten worse than this for the Mets. Not when Larry Burright was at second, Frank Taveras was at short, Bill Pecota opened a season at third...
ROOK MAY FACE BOSOX: JOE MULLS THROWING ROOK INTO RIVALRY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - If Brandon Claussen is still with the Yankees this weekend, manager Joe Torre said he trusts his young starter enough to start him against the arch-rival...
MIAMI EXIT LEAVES VOID IN BIG EAST
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amThe college football landscape was uprooted yesterday, leaving it very difficult for an Eastern school to play for, no less win, a national championship. By accepting the Atlantic Coast Conference's...
CLAUSSEN MIGHT START VERSUS BOSOX
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - Joe Torre trusts Brandon Claussen enough to start the 24-year-old rookie in this weekend's key series against Boston at the Stadium. Assuming, that is, that Claussen...
BOMBERS TO BUBBA: YER OUT!
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The mysterious case of Bubba Trammell took another step yesterday when the Yankees placed their AWOL outfielder on the restricted list. The move means the Yankees have removed...
FOUR TEAMS ARE IN HUNT FOR ALOMAR
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amBefore last night's 3-1 victory over the Expos at Shea, Roberto Alomar joked around with a pack of Montreal players by the batting cage. By the end of this weekend,...
FUTURE'S DIM FOR 2003 UNDERACHIEVERS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amIT NEVER has been worse than this for the Mets. Not when they had Larry Burright at second base, Frank Taveras at short, or Bill Pecota at third. Not on...
RUBEN BASHES BIRDS 3-RUN HR MAKES IT 8 STRAIGHT YANK W'S
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amYankees 6Orioles 5 BALTIMORE - The theory went that Ruben Sierra was not an ideal fit for the Yankees. The theory was completely wrong. Here on July 1, it is...
TY THE GUY - AGAIN
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amMike Piazza is the face of the Mets, Roberto Alomar a sure Hall of Famer, and Tom Glavine one of the best pitchers of this generation. But Ty Wigginton gives...
METS GET ON RIGHT TRACH TO TOP 'SPOS
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amMets 3Expos 1 The first half of the season is officially over, Art Howe was told after last night's 3-1 victory over Montreal. "Already?" the first-year Met manager joked. "Thank...
SANCHEZ FACING LOTS OF PINE TIME
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amRey Sanchez blames himself. The well-groomed veteran infielder, who returned to Shea Stadium yesterday but was not activated from the disabled list because of a roster issue involving the pitching...
KNICKS MAY HAVE NEED FOR SPEEDY
July 1, 2003 | 4:00amAgent Bill Duffy could hold the key to the Knicks' free-agent summer that begins today. Two of his clients, unrestricted free agents, 7-foot center Rasho Nesterovic and point guard Speedy...