September 15, 2002
STEVE MADDEN IS A SHOE-IN
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThough it's not his home away from home yet, it will be soon. Shoe designer Steve Madden is reportedly scheduled to arrive at Eglin Air Force Base Federal Prison Camp...
OIL STOCKS GET NICE LIFT FROM THE PRESIDENT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhen President George W. Bush speaks, say wags on Wall Street, the market is sure to fall. While that adage is true of the stock market, it is most certainly...
WHEN BEAR MOVES, THE MARKET FALLS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amForget listening to overpaid Wall Street analysts or other supposed market experts to find out when stocks are going to tank. The real bear market warning sign is a change...
HUNTINGTON IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT OWNS REITS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to mortgage-backed securities funds, one size pretty much fits all. Except for Huntington Mortgage Securities, a fund that has carved out a unique niche for itself by...
WHO'S DEFENDING THE CROOKED CEOS?
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amAs the nation's CEOs and CFOs are dragged from the executive suite into the halls of justice - it's the lawyers that are laughing all the way to the bank....
BARBER SHOPS BACK IN TRIM; ICON OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA FILLING NEED FOR COMMUNITY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe barber shop is back. Though they are taking on the forms of men's salons or even plush men's clubs, the concept of a place for men to go and...
HE TOUCHED MY CALF - SHOULD IT END THERE?
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amIt was one of life's few movie moments. The guy that I was mad about had just confessed that he "pined" for me.Now he was looking straight back at me...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: CHARLI BALTIMORE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amIt's been a long and arduous journey for rap diva Charli Baltimore. The fuschia-haired artist emerged on the music scene six years ago as the mistress of the late rap...
THIS WYLER TRIBUTE IS A GOOD BETTE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amTom Cruise and Mike Nichols once thought about remaking William Wyler's "The Heiress" (1949), but after screening the original they decided that it "was perfect." So they dropped the idea....
ANGEL OR BITCH? WOMEN WRITERS STRUGGLE WITH ACTUALLY 'HAVING IT ALL'
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWILLIAM MORROW & CO.304 PAGES, $23.95 Almost a hundred years ago, Virginia Woolf wrote about killing the "angel in the house" - that part of every woman that wants to...
NOT YOUR 'GARDEN' VARIETY PLAYWRIGHT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amIt's the eternal question: Why can't the British love baseball - and why don't we care for cricket? And while we're at it, why haven't Americans taken Sir Alan Ayckbourn...
LUXE IN A BOX: BROOKLYN ARTIST'S CREATIONS ARE POSH AND PORTABLE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhen New York Fashion Week begins Tuesday, one sideshow in particular is likely to draw some of the well-to-do attendees - as well as the perversely curious. It's not on...
OUT OF THEIR HEADS: NO SUPERSTARS, MEKONS STILL TOURING 25 YEARS LATER
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThey never cared about or got any commercial success - in fact, they mock rock stardom - yet the Mekons, borne of leftist politics and '70s punk roots, have nevertheless...
ROCKERS HIT THE CANVAS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mekons aren't just a band, they're a one-stop art emporium. With the members producing original artwork - both solo pieces and collaborative efforts - and joining up with other...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amSell-outs of the Week: The Wallflowers' Jakob Dylan - you know, Bob's son - sings an acoustic version of Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" for...
THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAYED
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhen it comes to pure, unadulterated fun (as opposed to the impure, adulterated kind - which you won't catch me discussing on Sundays before noon), there's nothing I like better...
AN OUTDOOR DELIGHT IN MIDTOWN'S MIDDLE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLoggia 135 West 52nd Street (between Sixth & Seventh avenues) (212) 887-9870 Summer might be unoffically over, but we can still pretend. And nothing says "fair weather" like fare al...
YOUR GUIDE TO ALL THE NEW SERIES: CHECK IT OUT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amJOHN DOE "John Doe" is easily the most inventive concept for a TV series this season. In "John Doe," a man with no name wakes up naked on a deserted...
SPACE RACE: STEVEN SPIELBERG LIGHTS THE CANDEL ON A 20-HOUR SCI FI MINISERIES AND 'JIMMY NEUTRON' GETS JIGGY WEEKLY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00am"The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (Nickelodeon, 9/6) - First it was a movie and now it's a series. Pre-teen geek Jimmy Neutron, his faithful robotic dog, Goddard and...
SPADER GETS THE KINKS OUT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amJames Spader is probably a really nice guy. But his appearance on screen immediately signals it's going to be one of those movies. What sort of movies? Off-key, discomfiting, slightly...
VICTORIA GOTTI
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amFASHION WEEK blasts off on Wednesday, and already my phone is running hot with all the tips about where to be, whom to see and what's hot. I don't want...
ORANGE YOU GLAD THAT WE'RE NOT PANICKING?
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amNOT that they wanted to cause mass panic or anything, but on Tuesday, the White House went orange. That's the day the feds raised the terrorist color bar to "Code...
TYCO IS JUST PART OF AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amIT was a very bad week for the rich and those who live off them. On Thursday, Tyco titan Dennis Kozlowski and two of his button men were charged with...
HAIR'S THE INSIDE STORY ON RUDY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amRUDY GIULIANI - a man so big, he used to stand 8 foot 10 when the wind caught his comb-over - has gone Hollywood with a new "Duvall 'do." It's...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amAn 8-year-old Romanian boy tried to remove a marble lodged in his younger brother's ear by pushing it with a pencil so it would come out the other side. He...
GOV, CARL IN 'FLIP' FLAP OVER ED. SUIT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday turned the tables on state Comptroller Carl McCall, accusing his Democratic challenger of flip-flopping his position on a landmark school-funding lawsuit. Two days after McCall called Pataki...
THE RV FROM HELL: DWI MOM PLOWS INTO B'KLYN PEDESTRIAN: COPS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amA drunken New Hampshire mom driving the family's camper led cops on a 90-mph chase through Brooklyn streets yesterday - striking a pedestrian and hitting 15 cars before crashing into...
BUSH & IRAQ TRADE JABS: PREZ: IT'S ABOUT TIME U.N. SHOWS 'BACKBONE'
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amAn angry President Bush demanded yesterday that the United Nations "show some backbone" and confront Saddam Hussein over his weapons of mass destruction. And he warned that the United States...
SKATING SHOW AN ICE WAY TO RAISE FUNDS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amMelissa Ielpi, who helped read the names of Sept. 11 victims at Ground Zero last week, is looking for a way to honor her fallen brother - and to look...
SUBWAY PANIC MAKES TA WORKER A TURBAN LEGEND
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amA turbaned man spotted climbing out of a subway maintenance hatch yesterday caused a terror scare after witnesses assumed he was up to no good. But after two hours of...
TEENS RAPED IN TWO ATTACKS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amTwo teenage girls were raped yesterday in separate incidents in Manhattan and Brooklyn, police said. In the Brooklyn incident, a 14-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man in his...
EMS VICTIM MOURNED ONE YEAR AFTER WTC
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amParamedic Carlos Lillo, one of only two city EMS paramedics to die in last year's World Trade Center attacks, was remembered yesterday as a wonderful husband by his wife, who...
NEIGHBORS SAY 'CELL' MATES ARE JUST NICE KIDS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThey live within a block of each other in a Buffalo suburb and attend the same mosque. And they're all in their 20s and U.S. citizens of Yemeni descent. All...
KIDS' SAFETY 'NET : LAWYER TRACKS ONLINE CREEPS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amHe said he was 19, but he's probably closer to 30. And he likes women young. Really, really young. "How old are you?" he asks - his message delivered by...
SUPPORT FOR MILITARY ACTION
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amSixty-seven percent of Americans support using military action against Iraq, up 5 percentage points from last August, a Newsweek poll says. But Americans are divided over how soon the United...
'TRAINERS' AT 'CAMP OSAMA' UPSTATERS TIED TO AFGHAN RECRUITING
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThree of the five Arab men nabbed for allegedly operating an al Qaeda cell near Buffalo trained recruits at one of Osama bin Laden's terror camps in Afghanistan - and...
HE SCORES! - NBA STAR MARBURY TIES KNOT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amFormer New Jersey Net Stephon Marbury scored a romantic slam dunk last night by getting married for the first time. As more than 500 guests looked on, Marbury and bride...
9/11 TAPE PROVES 'CHIN' IS OK: FEDS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe feds plan to use recorded telephone calls made by imprisoned mob boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante to his family on Sept. 11, 2001, as evidence he's been faking mental illness,...
SHOOTINGS LEAVE TWO DEAD
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amTwo men were shot and killed yesterday in unrelated incidents in Brooklyn and The Bronx, police said. In the Bronx incident, Tommy Matias, 29, got into a fight with Marcelino...
E-MAIL TURNS TO BLACKMAIL FOR TRUSTING YOUNGSTERS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amCyberspace sex hounds who use the Internet to exploit young girls and boys have concocted another scheme to take advantage of children on-line - extortion. While much of the Internet...
IMAGINE: WAR OVER LENNON: ONO TAKES EX-AIDE TO TRIAL FOR 'STOLEN' PHOTOS, LETTERS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amIntimate details about John Lennon's final years in New York - and his tense relationship with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney - will be revealed when his widow Yoko Ono goes...
PATH LEADS BACK TO MONEY TRAIN
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amReversing an earlier stance on building new PATH-train exits in the West Village, the Port Authority still hopes to get $29 million in federal 9/11 relief funds to pay for...
NEW MOSSAD CHIEF AN ANTI-TERROR EXPERT
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. AS ISRAEL prepares for possible retaliation from Saddam Hussein once he is attacked by the United States, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon last week appointed former Maj. Gen. Meir Dagan...
BUILDING A BETTER 'BACHELOR'
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Bachelor No. 1 got cold feet. The question now is: will Bachelor No. 2 butch up and leap into matrimony this time? "The Bachelor" - ABC's reality...
FUTURITY, MATRON POSE LONG TESTS FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amWith the Oct. 26 Breeders' Cup at Arlington Park just six weeks away, today's stakes doubleheader at Belmont Park - the Futurity and Matron, each a Grade 1 with a...
TESTAVERDE HAS HUGE FAN IN BELICHICK
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES When the Jet offense lines up today at Giants Stadium, Vinny Testaverde will be playing against one of his most ardent supporters - Pat coach Bill Belichick. "I've...
OLIWA IS LINDROS' INSURANCE POLICY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - It was maddening, not to mention unfathomable, to watch the Rangers sit around last year and refuse to retaliate to malicious runs at Eric Lindros' head. "Maybe...
CRACKDOWN'S A MUST-SEE NHL NEEDS ENFORCEMENT TO NET TV DEAL
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - Perhaps it's just a coincidence - sure it is - but the NHL became quite conscious of the deteriorating entertainment value of its product pretty quickly once...
EDWARDS' CRUCIAL CALL: PLAY CURTIS OR SIT HIM
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amEVERYTHING changed for the Jets the day Namath showed up. Everything changed for the Mets the day Seaver showed up. Everything changed for the Rangers the day Messier showed up....
GIANTS MUST HOLD OFF RAMS' CHARGE OFFENSIVE LINE KEY TO BALL-CONTROL PLAN
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe heat has not risen to an uncomfortable level yet, but Rich Seubert knows it might before long. Most likely, the red-hot glare will burn down on Seubert and his...
5-GAME SKID CAUSES BIG ST. LOUIS BLUES
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amEverybody beats somebody sometime, unless you are the Giants and the opponent is the Rams. The Giants have lost the last five games they've played against the Rams, a trend...
MO A SIGHT FOR SORE HANDS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amAT 11:08 a.m. yesterday, John Vander Wal began to swing at a fastball on the inner third of home plate. With the veteran lefty batter having committed, however, the ball...
MARTZ SORRY OVER SEHORN
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Rams coach Mike Martz says he "kind of felt bad" about ripping Giants CB Jason Sehorn. Last season, after Sehorn said the Rams' offense is "impatient," Martz countered...
RIVERA READY FOR ACT TWO
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amMariano Rivera threw for 15 minutes against live batters on the Yankee Stadium mound before yesterday's game against the White Sox, a welcome sight for the Bombers and an encouraging...
LOSS NO EXCUSE TO GIVE UP ON SEASON
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The Giants are flying so far under the radar, the oddsmakers have lost them. Today, they are 121/2-point underdogs to the Rams, the kind of spread that...
JETS FEEL WHITE AT HOME VS. PATS WEAR ROAD JERSEYS IN HOPES OF HOME WIN
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amGiants Stadium needs to become Jets Stadium today. By the 1 p.m. kickoff for the Jets' home opener against the defending Super Bowl-champion Patriots, Giants Stadium needs to be bleeding...
PARRISH FEELS LUCKY AFTER EYE SCARE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - Islanders right wing Mark Parrish did not practice yesterday after lingering effects of stick shards he caught in his right eye during the first day of drills...
WEBSTER ITCHING TO PLAY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLarry Webster was so thankful when the Jets signed him he couldn't wait to get onto the field and show his appreciation. When he injured the right quadriceps tendon at...
BECKLES, SHARKS CLOCK CURTIS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amPSALSheep. Bay19Curtis14 Fred Olivieri knows how difficult it is to repeat as a champion. His Curtis team was the last to do it in the PSAL in 1999. "It's tougher...
DIALING THE DEC SHOULD GET EASIER
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amBUYING a New York hunting or fishing license still continues to be a bit frustrating in certain parts of the state but the Department of Environmental Conservation says the problems...
GROUNDED!
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amRight now, Joe Torre can freely admit that at 40, Roger Clemens isn't the same pitcher, and it doesn't mean that much. Clemens - still stuck on career win No....
GOMEZ OKS DEVIL OF A DEAL
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amConfirming yesterday's Post exclusive, Scott Gomez flew to New Jersey yesterday and will join the Devils in their third day of training camp today. The Devils' last absentee, prohibited from...
'MANDY' OUTLASTS YOU
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amAfter breaking on top and then allowing the favorites to battle for the early lead, Mandy's Gold was able to run down You and draw away to a 21/4-length victory...
SORIANO'S 37TH SETS AL 2B MARK
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amJust when it seemed Alfonso Soriano might be winding down ... just when it appeared his MVP candidacy might be unraveling ... The Yankee second baseman yesterday did what he's...
NEW-LOOK LIONS ROLL JOEPA AIRS IT OUT TO ROUT HUSKERS IN PASS-HAPPY VALLEY
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amPenn St. 40Nebraska 7 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - This is not your older brother's Penn State team. They still have those pedestrian blue and white jerseys with no names on...
STEVE CAN'T GET A REED ON THE FUTURE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Steve Reed is well aware that one of the Mets' strengths has been their bullpen. But while Reed has been a big part of that strength since his...
BLOODY GOOD WIN BY OSCAR
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - In a bloody battle of champions, Oscar De La Hoya survived the most grueling battle of his career last night by knocking out a determined Fernando Vargas...
ANOTHER FOUL WRESTLING MOVE SAME-SEX WEDDING FARCE HATEFUL MOCKERY BY WWE
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amFOR years, the WWF's (now the WWE's) portrayal of story-line gay wrestlers hasn't merely been homophobic, it has been hateful. And the kids in the live audience responded accordingly, chanting,...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amCAN NEIL PITCH IN ? The Yankees would love pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre to stay another year, but the smart money is on Stottlemyre leaving after the season, his 24th...
HUSKERS BELIEVE IN LORD
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. - When you're a young, black kid growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, you face pressure almost every day. Did you really think the pressure of playing quarterback in...
DE LA HOYA IN VEGAS TO SEARCH OF 'GOLD'
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya returned to the ring last night, motivated by a hunger to inflict bodily harm on Fernando Vargas while collecting a paycheck of at...
WILPON KEEPS FAITH
September 15, 2002 | 4:00amMONTREAL - A little less than two weeks ago, Fred Wilpon had a meeting with almost every Mets employee. The topic was the state of the organization, as well as...