November 4, 2002
WALL STREET ANTICIPATES A WEEK OF WATCHING
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDon't expect a smooth ride from the stock market this week. There are too many twists and turns that can affect investor sentiment in the next four days - including...
SEC TOUT SHEET ; IF PITT LEAVES, WHO WILL REPLACE HIM?
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amWith many assuming President Bush will give SEC chairman Harvey Pitt the heave-ho after elections, Wall Street and Washington are buzzing about who will take Pitt's job. Several names are...
CHELSEA PIERS GETTING COLLEGE-SPORTS STUDIOS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe first cable network carrying 24 hours of all-college sports is opening street-level studios at the Chelsea Piers. The new network, College Sports Television, begins construction next week and expects...
STARR REPORT
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDoris' day filled with birthday cheer "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Doris Roberts is celebrating a birthday today (she turns 72) with appearances on several shows. Roberts will be on today's...
NOW JUSTIN CALLS BRIT THAT 'HORRIBLE WOMAN'
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJUSTIN Timberlake cried himself to sleep after breaking up with Britney Spears - and has written a snarky new song to get even. In an unusually frank, hour-long interview tonight...
SLASH AND 'CARRIE' : 3 ½ STARS FOR REMAKE OF KILLER CLASSIC
November 4, 2002 | 5:00am"Carrie" Tonight at 8 on WNBC/Ch. 4 ½ I could never figure out why anyone would bother to remake a great movie when there are so many bad movies that...
JENNY WHO? LOCALS SAY J.LO'S MORE BLOCKHEAD THAN 'FROM THE BLOCK'
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJENNIFER Lopez may call herself "Jenny From the Block" in her hit song - but those who live in her former Bronx neighborhood paint another picture entirely.Some members of the...
MORE JEAN, LESS GREEN: CHAMPAGNE LOOKS AT BEER-BUDGET PRICES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe worst part about buying a new pair of blue jeans used to be standing before the dressing-room mirror. Now, when some jeans sell for up to $500, it's standing...
GOOD THINGS IN STORE FOR NEEDY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amFOR most people in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, the locked gates of the Key Food on Avenue U were a cause for grumbling. But for Syd Mandelbaum, they were...
DIVIDED 'PARTY': DEMS SPLIT UP FOR GALAS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amTORN by defections and internal discord - and facing a disaster in the polls - New York's once-mighty Democrats can't even agree on where to hold their Tuesday-night "victory" party....
AUDREY HEPBURN KIN WANT SHRINE SHUT DOWN
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe family of elegant Audrey Hepburn is blasting a museum dedicated to the late actress and wants it shut down. Hepburn's two sons charge that an exhibition in Tolochenaz, Switzerland,...
B'KLYN SCHOOL NEEDS MEN TO JOIN CLASSES OF LASSES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMedgar Evers College in Brooklyn is looking for a few good men - who are so scarce on campus that they've become an endangered species. Nearly eight out of every...
HEY, U. GO, GIRLS! - GALS NOW OUTNUMBER GUYS AT CITY COLLEGES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe Big Man on Campus is rapidly becoming the Only Man on Campus. Young women have outsmarted men by quietly and successfully turning Big Apple colleges into feminine domains. In...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amAn uptight Georgia high school banned its star football player from the homecoming game - for kissing his girlfriend on the forehead. Principal Rodney Bowler found senior Jamie Maurice guilty...
RUDY RIPS DIXIE DEM'S 'GAY' SLAM
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amRudy Giuliani yesterday said that a political "double standard" prevented backlash against the South Carolina Democratic candidate who mocked the former mayor for living with two gay men during his...
POTTER'S 'CHAMBER' OF HORRORS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amHarry Potter has turned into Scary Potter - with parts of the new film deemed so frightening that parents are being warned to keep small kids away. "I would strongly...
DEMS PUMMEL SEC BOSS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDemocrats went on a pre-election attack against SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt, claiming that President Bush's corporate watchdog is hurting the economy. White House aides defended Pitt, but welcomed an inspector-general's...
CITY'S HARD-HAT BIZ GOES SOFT
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amConstruction work in New York City plunged over the summer, it was reported today. Contracts for new construction and major renovations dropped 35 percent from August through September, compared to...
SPIDER-MAN DVD SWINGS OFF SHELVES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00am"Spider-Man" is continuing to spin a web of gold - the sizzling superhero flick raked in an astounding $190 million in its first three days out on DVD and videotape....
SNIPER TIP TRIP-UP - COPS IGNORED WITNESS WHO SAW CAR
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amCops investigating a Sept. 14 shooting in Maryland ignored a witness who spotted a car similar to the one in which sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo...
'JUROR' NOTICE WAS I.D. RIP-OFF
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amA 22-year-old Bronx man, on parole for robbery and sodomy, used an elaborate scam involving fake jury notices to steal the identities of Upper East Side residents and get credit...
LAUTENBERG LEAD AS MUCH 12 PTS.
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDemocrat Frank Lautenberg remains the front-runner in the New Jersey Senate race, with four polls showing him ahead of upset-seeking Republican Doug Forrester. Fresh off a feisty debate performance in...
W. SIDE TEEMS WITH TEAMS - JETS, KNICKS, RANGERS IN 1 STADIUM?
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe proposed $1.6 billion West Side Stadium could become home to not just the New York Jets, but to the Rangers and Knicks as well, it was revealed yesterday. David...
MAX FACTOR HEIR'S DRUG-RAPE TRIAL BEGINS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amAn heir to the fabled Max Factor cosmetics fortune goes on trial today, charged with a spree of drug-fueled rapes that have rocked southern California's rich and famous. Andrew Luster,...
W. LAUNCHES A FRITZ-KRIEG
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush boosted Republican Norm Coleman as the "fresh air" candidate for the Senate yesterday at a Minnesota rally and paid tribute to Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone, whose death 10...
SHARON EYES BIBI'S EARLY-ELECTION OFFER
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon last night was weighing whether to meet the demand of rival Benjamin Netanyahu for early elections in a bid to save his...
FEDS PROBE RAP: HIP-HOP INVESTIGATION MAY INCLUDE JAM MASTER JAY SLAY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amFederal prosecutors are investigating several "playaz" in the rap industry for possible criminal conspiracy - and may expand their probe to include the recent killings of hip-hop trailblazer Jam Master...
GOLISANO: MY HAT'S STILL IN GOV RING
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amTom Golisano stopped playing political possum last night by saying he's staying in the governor's race - while Democrat Carl McCall again took on his own party for not doing...
MCCALL'S 'WEAPON' BACKFIRES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amCarl McCall's "secret weapon" last night exploded in his face. For two days, almost all of the attention in the governor's race was focused on whether billionaire Tom Golisano would...
BUTLER BARED NAKED TRUTH ABOUT DI TO COPS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amQueen Elizabeth may have kept the royal family's secrets from being aired at the trial of Princess Di's butler, but not before he told all to police. And now, the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A woman was saved from being raped early yesterday when neighbors heard a commotion and called police to report a disturbance. The 26-year-old woman was entering her building...
'CANCER HOUSE' - B'KLYN FIREFIGHTERS FAULT STATION'S POOR AIR QUALITY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThey call it "Cancer House" - and its reputation is alarming New York's Bravest. Firefighters from Brooklyn's Ladder Co. 131-Engine Co. 279 claim mysterious growths have appeared on the hands...
IT'S 'BIN' PUZZLING - CONFUSING RECYCLE LAW SPURS FINES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMore than one-third of the residents on this Queens street are flunking the city's confusing new recycling laws. During the past two weeks, the city Department of Sanitation's Enforcement Division...
A SMASHING TIME ON PARK AVENUE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThis cut-up shell is all that's left of a sporty coupe that got slammed by another car at the corner of Park Avenue and 59th Street yesterday. Firefighters from Rescue...
SUBWAY DUO SET MAN AFIRE: COPS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amTwo Manhattan men were arrested last night for allegedly setting a man on fire as he slept aboard a Queens subway. Gerald Omaro, whom cops believe to be homeless, suffered...
PARENT-HOODWINK PAIR ARE EXPOSED
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMeet the pair who could be the sleaziest parents in New York. This heavy-hearted couple came to The Post with a shocking tale that sounded like every mom and dad's...
SADDAM: A SPECIAL CLASS OF EVIL
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Bush administration now plans to charge Saddam Hussein and a dozen members of his inner circle with crimes against humanity. A formal indictment is long overdue, though Saddam is...
WESTCHESTER RACE WAR?
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amHALLOWEEN is over, but the tricks of campaign season keep going straight through to Election Day. It's not only in the big statewide and national races that underhanded tactics and...
SUPPORT WANES HERE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amNew poll numbers suggest that Americans are growing more skeptical of President Bush's case for a war against Saddam Hussein. At a time when Bush could use solid support from...
'CANCER HOUSE': B'KLYN FIREFIGHTERS FAULT STATION'S POOR AIR QUALITY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThey call it "Cancer House" - and its reputation is alarming New York's Bravest. Firefighters from Brooklyn's Ladder 131-Engine 279 claim mysterious growths have appeared on the hands of three...
SNIPER INVESTIGATORS IGNORED WITNESS' CAR TIP, DAD SAYS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amCops investigating a Sept. 14 shooting in Maryland ignored a witness who spotted a car similar to the one in which sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amWHAT'S NEXT: Almost over, but with so many close contests, the final push is key -Republicans hope a big Bush bounce will boost them to victory, while Dems count on...
IRISH LOSS OPENS WAY FOR SOONERS & 'CANES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH BEND - That sigh of relief you heard Saturday night came from the Big East Conference office in Providence. That's the headquarters for the BCS ratings, a burden no...
WHY ARE WE CHEERING? NYC DOESN'T NEED GAMES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amEVER take the kids to Disney World, where everything, including the smiles, is so laced with artificial additives that what at first seems so fresh, so sweet, eventually drives you...
DON'T RIP HOUSTON FOR KNICKS' START
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMAYBE Allan Houston should point fingers. He should demand others to step up in the fourth quarter, say he can't do it on his own, not when defenses suffocate him...
BRYANT ON HOLD OVER PUNTER SWITCH
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES One subtle aspect of the impending change in punters for the Giants directly affects Matt Bryant, the Giants' rookie placekicker. For the first seven games of the season,...
K.G. OFFER WAS JUST KIDD STUFF
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe chances of it occurring were roughly those of hitting the lottery . . . with a ticket purchased by someone else . . . who then handed it over...
RUNYAN SEES LIFE WITH 20/20 VISION
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amEVERY year the top American finisher in the New York City Marathon needs binoculars to watch East Africans win, then drive away with the car to countries where the roads...
BUCKS WOULD FIT SPREE FINE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Latrell Sprewell is proud of being from Milwaukee and even named the yacht he bought last summer: "Milwaukee's Best." So if there was one team Sprewell wouldn't mind...
ROP ROMPS IN THE PARK; KENYAN RUNS AWAY FROM COUNTRYMEN FOR WIN
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amIn the waning stages of yesterday's New York City Marathon, after 25 miles of hard pavement and two hours of harder running had turned the field into a two-man race,...
'D' DOES IT FOR WARRIORS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amH.S. FOOTBALLCurtis 12Wagner 6 Like many of his teammates, Damian McCaig plays on both offense and defense. And while he is valuable on both sides of the ball, he doesn't...
RACING FIGHTS BACK VS. SCAMS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amAs the investigation into the possible rigging of the Breeders' Cup Pick 6 continues, the next question is, when will the other shoe drop? Because industry insiders and horseplayers alike...
CHEPCHUMBA FINALLY BITES INTO BIG APPLE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJoyce Chepchumba knew how it felt to be a bridesmaid. She'd been tantalizingly close to winning the New York City Marathon before, finishing no worse than fourth in her three...
U.S. RUNNERS PICK UP PACE
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amNOTES If the past few months is any indication, American marathon running - a long-dormant trade in this country - is on an upswing. U.S. 10,000-meter recordholder Meb Keflezighi made...
MILBURY PROMISES CHANGES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amMichael Peca will not be in the lineup for the Islanders tonight and won't play again until he's truly ready, which will probably be next month. Clark Gillies, who will...
RUCINSKY: SLATS SQUEEZED ME
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDown the Garden corridor, about 20 yards from the Rangers' locker room that he had expected to call home, Martin Rucinsky set the record straight. "I kept hearing that I...
ERIC BATTLING REFS & TROTS ; LINDROS BENCHED AFTER PENALTY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amBlues 3Rangers 2 The double standard is alive and well, applied against Eric Lindros by both NHL referees and his own coach. The Rangers might eventually be able to surmount...
JUICED-UP JETS BREEZE BY BOLTS ; LACK OF RESPECT FUELS GANG GREEN
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJets 14 San Diego 0 SAN DIEGO - No one was giving the Jets respect. They knew it. They felt it. They were living it. And they were sick of...
MOSS FINALLY COMING UP BIG FOR HERMAN'S HEROES
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - This is what everyone - Santana Moss included - envisioned when the wide receiver from Miami was drafted No. 1 by the Jets last year: Dynamic big...
DIXON LIGHTS UP GIANT 'O'
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThere has been little doubt Giant receiver Ron Dixon's six-foot, 190-pound body possesses electricity. The question - since the Giants spent a third round pick on a guy from Lambuth...
THUNDER & LIGHTNING ROLL AGAIN
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amPart of Jim Fassel's plan as he reclaimed the Giants' play-calling duties was to feature Thunder and Lightning, Ron Dayne and Tiki Barber. While the Thunder, Dayne, was pretty good,...
BIG BLUE GO ON THE OFFENSIVE: FASSEL CALLS SHOTS & MAKES JAGS PAY
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDuring a rare quiet moment this past week, Jim Fassel said he stole five minutes for himself, closed the door behind him in his office and devised the bare bones...
BARBER'S ALL RIGHT AFTER BEING CARTED OFF
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES On his last rush of the game, Tiki Barber nearly robbed himself of his first 100-yard game of the season. He lost five yards as the Giants were...
WOODY DENIES 'GIVEBACK' REPORT
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Jets' owner Woody Johnson yesterday vehemently denied an ESPN report that he was making inquiries about some of his underachieving players giving back some of...
SHAKE OFF TAUNTS, DOMINATE CHARGERS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amJets 44 Chargers 13 SAN DIEGO - The score still read 0-0 on the Qualcomm Stadium scoreboard on a cloudless southern California afternoon yesterday and the Chargers' defense had the...
BIG BLUE GO ON THE OFFENSIVE: COLLINS REMAINS KEY TO SUCCESS
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amThe focus all week was on Jim Fassel's decision to take the responsibility of calling the plays away from offensive coordinator Sean Payton and thrust it upon himself. No doubt,...
RUCINSKY: GLEN SQUEEZED ME
November 4, 2002 | 5:00amDown the Garden corridor, about 20 yards from the Rangers' locker room that he had expected to call home, Martin Rucinsky set the record straight. "I kept hearing that I...