November 17, 2002
CITIGROUP EXEC ROCKS & ROLLS
Though Citigroup's Steve Bernstein is charged with keeping 270,000 employees in over 100 countries safe and keeping all of its systems running whether affected by a disaster, terrorist attacks, hurricanes...
BULL'S EYE
MAKING NON-SENSE OF 'GREENSPEAK' It isn't any wonder that the economic recovery seems stymied, considering that the nation's widely followed chief central banker, Alan Greenspan, speaks a language that few...
RELIGIOUS-BASED MUTUAL FUNDS UNBLESSED
AMERICANS rediscovered religion after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington last fall, attending services in greater numbers and sending religious-themed books to the top of the best-seller list....
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JA RULE
Not many rappers use their kids as a fashion accessory, but Ja Rule proudly walked down the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards this year with his 2-year-old...
STARR REPORT
Stein's 'Montel' jaunt - suddenly Susan Ben Stein bumped into some old friends last week while doing an episode for "The Montel Williams Show" to promote his new book, "How...
MIRAM-AXED
Miramax has put out a press release touting the Hong Kong action flick "Shaolin Soccer," which it opens in U.S. theaters in April. Miramax points out that the film, written...
DESPERATELY SEEKING SATISFACTION
Who made up the myth that men are the ones who never get enough sex and that women lie in bed with headaches? I beg to differ. I feel like...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
Uphill battle: Wyclef Jean wants a Fugees reunion, but Lauryn Hill, who hasn't recorded a studio album with new material since she walked away with five Grammys for 1998's "The...
KELLY SAYS "SHUT UP"
Kelly Osbourne claims she doesn't care about how well her debut album, "Shut Up!," sells when it's released next week, but she does actually sound like a demon possessed. Albeit...
PUNK PRINCESS
Kelly Osbourne - of MTV's reality smash show "The Osbournes" and budding rock star - has also become a fashion icon for young women tired of having to measure up...
TRIAL'S GLARE ON DAME & FORTUNE
A Briton of Russian extraction who grew up in Brazil, Lily Safra is known for her extravagance and her skill at social affiliations - which have earned her the nickname...
SNIPER'S 'ID' PAL BUSTED
A Jamaican man accused of getting fake identification papers with help from Beltway sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is being detained in Connecticut, cops said yesterday. John Edwards Jr., who...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Teacher Deb Harris could hardly believe what she was reading to her fourth-grade class. Whales in Lake Michigan? But that's what it said in her "Michigan Studies Weekly," a newspaper...
JAM MASTER JAY'S WIDOW STARTING OVER FROM SCRATCH
SOMETIMES, when the last mourner has left and the remnants of donated food have been covered and put away, a newly widowed woman has a merciful chance to be alone...
MIKE DIG$ DEEP HE'D PAY 60G UNDER OWN PROPERTY-TAX PLAN
If Mayor Bloomberg's proposed 25 percent hike in property taxes goes through, he could end up forking over nearly $60,000 a year for his lavish Upper East Side mansion. Bloomberg...
'Y' SCHOOL DOGGED BY BIAS CLAIM
The exclusive nursery school where Wall Street analyst Jack Grubman pulled strings to get his twins admitted lost its prestigious accreditation four years ago for alleged discrimination, The Post has...
WIDOW'S ANGRY CRY I WANT HUBBY SLAYERS DEAD
Larisa Bosenko has a message for the woman who killed her husband: You can run, but you can't hide. The tall 37-year-old redhead's angry message comes just days after cops...
TEEN'S DAY IN COURT FOR STUDENT KILLING
One of the two teens charged in the gang killing of a Bangladeshi college student in Brooklyn was arraigned yesterday. Javier Amigan, 17, was charged with gang assault in the...
STREET OF HONOR FOR 9/11 HERO
A Bronx street was renamed yesterday in honor of a firefighter whose voice is heard extensively on the audio tape of the Sept. 11 response recently released by the Port...
BOY DEAD IN HIT-AND-RUN
A 15-year-old boy on his way to a friend's house was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Queens, police said yesterday. Matthew Tedesco was crossing Union Turnpike at...
BRITS SMASH SUBWAY CYANIDE PLOT
CYANIDE from Page 1 ties. Although British officials would not comment on The Sunday Times of London report, the cyanide plot apparently prompted Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier in the...
NEW AL QAEDA THREAT NEW YORK WARNED OF MORE STRIKES
Al Qaeda wants to hit New York and Washington again - unless the United States withdraws its support of Israel and Russia, according to a new document received by an...
N.J. PILOTS' RUNWAY MISTAKE
The pilots of two single-engine planes that collided over a New Jersey airport Friday night were both trying to land on the same runway, investigators said. "I don't know if...
STUDENT'S DEATH STILL A MYSTERY
Li Xian Zhang was a smart, husky, baby-faced teen who played violin in the orchestra - and was known as Kevin at the elite Bronx High School of Science. Eight...
COPS BUST 2 MORE NIGHTCLUB 'MOBSTERS'
Bada busted! Two more alleged members of a Long Island-based, Sopranos-style crime family were nabbed yesterday by Long Island authorities, who say the men were part of an effort to...
LOWERING THE 'BOOM' BROKERS' 6-YR. FIGHT VS. OFFICE SEX ABUSE
When news of raunchy grope sessions in Smith Barney's infamous "Boom-Boom Room" first made headlines six years ago, it was all because of Pam Martens. She was the first woman...
FRANCE " TYRANTS FROM SLOBO TO SADDAM
WHAT makes France's partial U.N. victory over the United States all the more galling is that it is also a triumph for a foreign policy that persistently favors monstrous, murderous...
BIGGER 'BALLPARK' FOR WELLS TRIAL
At a hearing Friday, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Robert Stolz moved the trial this week involving Yankee hurler David Wells to a larger courtroom at 346 Broadway. What the spectators...
I.D. CROOKS ARE RUNNING WILD : BUSHELS OF VICTIMS FOR APPLE-PICKIN' HIGH-TECH CON MEN
THE Big Apple is the identity-theft capital of America. A con artist is twice as likely to steal and misuse your personal information in New York than in any other...
STILL FALLING FOR OLDEST TRICKS IN THE BOOK
Photos by Keith Bedford and G.N. Miller You would never believe anyone would fall for it. But cops say New Yorkers are still being swindled out of thousands of dollars...
BITTEN BY 'SPIDER' COMIC GURU LEE IN FIGHT FOR FILM $$$
After favorite comic-book hero Spider-Man swung into theaters and broke box-office records - raking in $114 million on its opening weekend in the United States - Marvel told the webbed...
ARAFAT PLAYING A BLOODY GAME OF POLITICAL CHESS
JERUSALEM. A CARTOON that appeared Friday in the Palestinian Authority's official daily, Al-Yayat Al-Jadida, shows two hands strangling Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. One hand represented the Hamas terrorist organization,...
COLLEGE PREXIES CASH IN
Salaries of elite private-college presidents have skyrocketed - bucking the belt-tightening of cash-strapped governments and slumping businesses, a survey released today found. The number of college executives paid more than...
INSPECTING THE INSPECTORS CRITICS SAY TEAMS ARE A MESS IN THE MAKING
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said yesterday he was desperate for his teams not to be seen as biased - a perception that undermined the work of the last...
TIED-UP MAN FOUND DEAD IN BX.
A man in his 50s was found tied up and dead inside his Bronx apartment yesterday morning, the victim of an apparent homicide, a police source said. The victim, whose...
BIGGER 'BALLPARK' FOR WELLS BRAWL-GAME TRIAL
At a hearing Friday, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Robert Stolz moved the trial this week involving Yankee hurler David Wells to a larger courtroom at 346 Broadway. What the spectators...
HEBRON TERROR ROUNDUP : 43 NABBED AS ISRAEL SEIZES CITY
JERUSALEM - Israeli troops retook control of Hebron yesterday - blindfolding Palestinian suspects and herding them into army buses - the day after militant gunmen killed 12 Israelis on the...
JERSEY CRASH PILOTS WERE HEADED TO SAME RUNWAY
The pilots of two single-engine planes that collided over a New Jersey airport Friday night were trying to land on the same runway, investigators said yesterday. "I don't know if...
TEARS FOR MURDERED TEEN HERO
A teenager stabbed to death as he helped a friend being pummeled by her ex-boyfriend in a Brooklyn subway station was remembered yesterday by his mother as "loving and friendly."...
BOY DEAD IN HIT AND RUN
A 15-year-old boy on his way to a friend's house was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Queens, police said yesterday. Matthew Tedesco was crossing Union Turnpike at...
'SNIPER SIDEKICK' BUSTED
A Jamaican man accused of getting fake identification papers with help from Beltway sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad is being detained in Connecticut, cops said yesterday. John Edwards Jr., who...
N.J. PLANES TRIED TO LAND ON SAME RUNWAY
The pilots of two single-engine planes that collided over a New Jersey airport Friday night were both trying to land on the same runway, investigators said yesterday. "I don't know...
BRITAIN THWARTS SUBWAY TERROR PLOT
British police have arrested and charged three North African men with plotting to release cyanide gas in London's subways. Sky Television News reported that the three men, aged between 21...
STATE HOPES HUNTERS AIM AT WHITETAILS
THE deer-hunting season opens tomorrow morning at sunrise throughout the Southern Zone of New York and it is hoped that hunters will help reduce the state's swelling numbers of whitetails....
JESSIE WON'T SCARE KERRY
JESSIE Armstead and Kerry Collins will be eyeball-to-eyeball today, and there was a time when Collins would have blinked. Not now. Not today. Armstead shows up at Giants Stadium today...
RED-FACED USA TURNS TO BROWN
USA Basketball met earlier this week in Indianapolis and its 10-member Selection Committee convened in New York the last couple of days to dissect America's lousy sixth-place finish at the...
ACCORSI: WE DON'T MAIL IT IN
Ernie Accorsi heard it all, and his first reaction was a cringe, followed closely by a rise in his temperature and a lowering of his tolerance. The Giants general manager,...
'SQUIRE' HEADS FIELD IN HUNTINGTON STAKES
Silver Squire, trainer John Kimmel's 2-year-old colt who finished first in three of his four starts, looms the favorite in a field of nine going six furlongs in today's $75,000...
FT. HAMILTON MARCHES ON
PSAL PLAYOFFSFt. Hamilton30South Shore14 All year long, Vinny Laino was concerned that his team would suffer an injury to derail its season. Since Fort Hamilton only had 25 players on...
FALSE HOPE DIES HARD
THE end came in a harsh spasm of silence, a groaning buzzer chasing the remnants of the crowd out to the rainy streets surrounding Madison Square Garden. Maybe they had...
EX-NETS GANG UP ON KNICKS
Bad enough that the Nets have invaded the Knicks' turf, now, the ex-Nets are getting in the act, too. Keith Van Horn and Todd MacCulloch, exiled to Philadelphia in August...
GIANTS' THIN SKIN BIG BLUE INJURIES CAN'T HURT EFFORT VS. WASHINGTON
The roll call of who is not here could make the Giants remain in their locker room, paralyzed with fear, uncertain whether to take the field or else opt to...
JONES FEELS ARMSTEAD'S SHADOW
Players come, players go. Jessie Armstead left. Dhani Jones took his place. This afternoon, Armstead starts for the Redskins. Jones starts for the Giants at weakside linebacker, the spot Armstead...
'SMUSH' MAKING MOST OF NBA DREAM
When you're 21 years old and your dream kicks you in the teeth, there are two things you can do. Smush Parker could have given up or go after it...
EISLEY CAN'T CATCH BREAK ON BROKEN PLAY
Yes, Howard Eisley was hot, but no, Don Chaney did not want him to take the final shot yesterday with 12.5 seconds left and the Knicks down three. The play...
CUBAN: KNICKS HAVE 'NOTHING'
The Knicks may still trade Latrell Sprewell, but they may have to scratch one possible taker off their list. Dallas owner Mark Cuban said his Mavericks have no interest in...
LOSING SPREE CONTINUES
Latrell Sprewell stripped the ball from Sixer guard Eric Snow near midcourt and loped down the court, his face aglow. The Garden was ready to explode as Sprewell soared in...
HAMPTON'S HEADING FOR BRAVE FUTURE
The Great Glavine Chase moved into high gear last night and this time around, Mike Hampton may actually help the Mets get the lefty they desperately need. Hampton, the ex-Met...
EN GUARD! NASH PREVAILS IN DUEL WITH KIDD
The undefeated Mavericks came to the Meadowlands in the midst of one of the hottest starts in recent NBA history, and they passed their toughest test to date the way...
PETER'S 'CORE' POPS PENS
Islanders3Penguins2 PITTSBURGH - Peter Laviolette held meetings with those Islanders he feels are "core players" Friday, players on his team that lead by example and had not done so through...
HABS PAY BACK DEVILS
Canadiens3Devils1 MONTREAL - This prompt payback is a classic case of losing for winning. The Devils gagged last night on the residue of the salt they'd rubbed in the night...
JETS MUST PUT PEDAL TO THE METAL AT FORD LOSS TO LIONS WOULD STALL PLAYOFF EXPRESS
DETROIT - The Lions should be no different to the Jets today than the Dolphins were a week ago or the Chargers were two weeks ago. The Lions can put...
JUMBO SEES SHADES OF SIMMS IN PENNINGTON
DETROIT - Jets offensive tackle Jumbo Elliott has played with at least 12 different starting quarterbacks during his 14 years in the NFL. It's a list that ranges from Phil...
ABRAHAM AND ELLIS MORE DYNAMIC DUO
DETROIT - This is more like what the Jets envisioned when they selected defensive ends Shaun Ellis and John Abraham in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft. Abraham...
RANGERS ICED
Canucks3Rangers1 VANCOUVER - They weren't booing, they were... Well, yes, actually the fans here last night were booing ... mercilessly booing Pavel Bure every time he touched the puck in...
COACHES GLAD TO SEE REAL COWART
DETROIT - Sam Cowart is starting to look like Sam Cowart again, which is great news for the Jets and bad news for their opponents. Herman Edwards remembers coaching with...
'CULTURE' EXCUSE DOESN'T CUT IT DON'T SHIFT BLAME FOR UNFORGIVABLE FUMBLE
ED Reed apologized for it after the game. There was no need to apologize, not given the fractured rationalizations invoked by those who refuse to identify bad as bad and...
IT'S TIME AUGUSTA OPENED THE DOOR
HOOTIE Johnson is an old fool who doesn't realize he can't win. No amount of boiling water this feudal lord hurls down from his castle against half the population of...
LAVIOLETTE-PLAYERS RIFT SINKING ISLES
VANCOUVER - Pay no attention to the avalanche of denials that will surely follow, for Slap Shots has learned from multiple well-placed sources that the problems that have sunk the...
KITTLES SITS OUT AS 'LOU' GOES 4TH
Starting is big. But finishing can be bigger. And for the Nets at shooting guard so far, Lucious Harris has been finishing a lot of what Kerry Kittles starts. Coach...
OH, SHOOT, KIDD CAN SCORE, TOO
NET NOTES A distributor. A passer. An orchestrator. Those are the roles usually associated with a point guard. But when the PG is Jason Kidd, there is another role if...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
RYNE'S SONG Long before there was Mariano Rivera, there was the bespectacled Ryne Duren. The great Yankee closer opens up about his life in his new book 'I Can See...
DEVS POWER UP
MONTREAL - Giving foes the chance of the proverbial snowball in Devildom, New Jersey's ice-cold power play is suddenly boiling. Finally punishing the penalized, the Devils' power play has made...
COACH TAKES BLAME FOR FAILURE : WON'T POINT FINGERS
PITTSBURGH - If you're looking to point a finger - any finger - at someone for the Islanders' dismal 5-11-1 start, Peter Laviolette says to stick it his way. "The...
NEDVED SKATES FRONT & CENTER: LEADING RANGER SURGE BACK TO RESPECTABILITY
VANCOUVER - Ranger fans tried to run Petr Nedved out of town in March and then Ranger management tried to trade him out of town in July and August. The...
Drug-deal link to DJ slay: cops
A $30,000 drug rip-off in California at least eight years ago sparked a simmering feud that investigators believe led to the assassination of legendary rap star Jam Master Jay, The...