September 26, 2004

TO BE CONTINUED - TERROR BOOK WRITER TO PUT END ON WEB

In a season crowded with books about government and the war in Iraq, it's not enough for a publisher to have an important angle, a strong manuscript and a respectable...

AROUND WORLD IN 25 FILMS

THE 42nd edition of Gotham's most important cinematic event, the New York Film Festival, gets rolling Friday night with French director Agnes Jaoui's comedy "Look at Me," followed by a...

PICTURE THIS! TILLIE'S ARTISTIC TALENT BRINGS HER STAR-STATUS

FOUR years ago, this column got the scoop on a talented terrier named Tillamook Cheddar, a k a Tillie, who makes her own peculiar kind of art by scratching, biting...

TIME WILL TELL IF THERE'S CHEATING

THE Internet Chess Club is the Microsoft of Web chess, by far the most successful of the pay-to-play sites. Tens of thousands of players compete with one another there around...

TEXAS HOLD'EM - GEORGE BUSH FACES JOHN KERRY IN THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

IS George W. Bush the greatest presidential debater in modern times? Could be. You're already thinking I'm crazy or a hyperpartisan nut or a person in the pay of the...

PITCH PERFECT - DEAN CAIN TRADES CAPE FOR CLEATS

WHO knew Superman could also play baseball? Dean Cain - best known as the Man of Steel on ABC's "The Adventures of Lois & Clark" from 1993 to 1997 -...

HOME DECOR SHOWS CAN'T PLACE THE TV

TVs are ugly. And yet, they dominate the American home like never before. How do I know this? From TV, of course. The evidence is provided by TV's many home-improvement...

MISS AMERICA TAKES IT ALL OFF - ALMOST

NOW America pageant has, that the Miss in ratings desperation, bowed to the demands of popular commercial culture and obligated its contestants to wear as little as possible, next year's...

HOT LIST - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK

HOT STUFF: Next weekend, pay tribute to those deceptively adorable little peppers that burn for hours if they are consumed or, in some cases, merely touched. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's...

THIS TALE OF TWO BANDS DIGS DEEP

"Dig!" may be about two bands you've never heard of, but this rock-umentary, which chronicles the friendship and rivalry between the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre, will keep...

TO BE... OR HUCKABEE - DUSTIN HOFFMAN PROBES THE MEANING OF LIFE IN METAPHYSICAL COMEDY

Dustin Hoffman has been mulling over life, the universe and everything a lot lately - and not just because his latest film, the absurdist comedy "I Love Huckabees," has him...

'TOONFELLAS - SCORSESE & DE NIRO GET ANIMATED IN 'SHARK TALE'

It's been nearly a decade since Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese last collaborated, in "Casino." Now the old pals are back together - this time in a cartoon, of...

THIS WEEK'S MOVIES

LADDER 49 Firefighter drama set in Baltimore, with Joaquin Phoenix as a rookie who works and grows under a veteran chief, played by John Travolta. THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING Ghost...

GET YOUR PHILBIN - REGIS CROONS THE CLASSICS

As you probably know, Regis Philbin is a tornado of talk. But who knew he could sing? On Tuesday, the macho half of "Live with Regis & Kelly" releases his...

IT'S NOT A BLING THING

Ever heard of a rapper whose main goals don't include living in a mansion, owning a fleet of luxury cars and rolling into clubs with the hottest models? Didn't think...

OFF THE WALL - INTERPOL DEBUTS DISC AT ART GALLERIES

While most indie bands might celebrate a new album by slapping up posters, previewing the material at new music Wednesdays at the East Village's Hi Fi bar and kicking off...

THIS WEEK'S CDS

QUEEN LATIFAH "The Dana Owens Album" Creative Battery/Universal Who's Dana Owens? She's a terrific singer, better known by her hip-hop moniker, Queen Latifah. On her latest disc, this mult-talented performer...

MOVIE CREDITS - WRITER-DIRECTOR BOGDANOVICH HAILS HOLLYWOOD'S A-PLUS LIST

LET James Lipton deal with J.Lo and other so-called actors of the Us "Weakly" era. In his new tome, "Who the Hell's in It: Portraits and Conversations" (Knopf, $35), director,...

HOW NOT TO LOOK FAT - THIS WEEK: SLIM DOWN WITH TIGHT UNDERPANTS

Whether you're a size 6 or a size 16, everyone has fat days. Maybe you haven't exercised in years, or maybe you had too much salt for dinner last night....

QUICK BITES - THE TASTIEST EVENTS THIS WEEK

LUNAR LANDING: Chinatown's two-week Autumn Moon Festival kicks off today with the Lantern Parade and three-to-five-course prix fixed meals -$8.88 for lunch, $18.88 for dinner - at 40 neighborhood favorites...

TORI GOES TO TOWN - BEVERLY HILLS GIRL TORI SPELLING FINDS VINTAGE HEAVEN IN N.Y.

Tori Spelling has gone fur crazy. The 31-year-old Beverly Hills princess is raving about the J. Mendel show, which she attended last Monday during fashion week. "It was amazing," says...

MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT

THIS week, Meet Market's challenge is hooking up "foxy" Brooke, 25, with the man of her dreams. A simple task, you might think - but hey, the course of true...

SPADES GET BAG TOGETHER

Handbag mogul Kate Spade is five months pregnant - and getting back together with her husband of 10 years, Andy Spade, according to a source close to the designer. The...

GAL HOPES ATTACKER GETS HELP ; PUSHED HER IN SUBWAY

The fashion-company planner pushed off a subway platform by an apparently deranged stranger earlier this year told The Post she's grateful cops caught him and hopes he gets locked away...

MYSTERY N.J. GIRL'S 911 CALL A HOAX: POLICE

After five days of frantic searching for a mysterious 4-year-old girl who placed a chilling call to 911 operators about her mom being hurt, New Jersey authorities said yesterday they've...

BOSOX NEED LAUNDERING

BOSTON - This exchange occurred early yesterday morning between two senior citizen Red Sox fans. Remember, they've endured a lot of baseball pain in their lives. "Say a prayer for...

CROWDING WOE FOR FATAL DAY-CARE BIZ

The woman who ran the Queens day-care center where two toddlers fatally smothered a baby had a spotty professional record and wasn't even required to inform parents about her previous...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

THE BRONX *** A man was shot and critically wounded in Mount Eden, police said yesterday. The victim, 21, who was not identified, was standing in front of 1734 Townsend...

ATROCITIES WON'T SLOW US: BUSH

President Bush said yesterday he's "sickened" by the recent beheadings in Iraq, but promised to step up spending on reconstruction despite the violence. "We are sickened by their atrocities," Bush...

AMBER ALERTS TO GO DIGITAL

ALBANY - New Yorkers will soon be able to receive immediate emergency notices about kidnappings on computers, cellphones or PDAs, The Post has learned. Gov. Pataki quietly signed into law...

4 TEENS DEAD IN CRASH; L.I. DRIVER FACES DWI

A birthday celebration turned tragic early yesterday morning, when a drunken driver slammed into a car carrying five teens, killing all but the birthday girl, police said. About 12:45 a.m.,...

3 SLAIN IN HARLEM, B'KLYN

Gunmen murdered three people in just over two hours yesterday in separate incidents across Manhattan and Brooklyn, police said. The first of those incidents occurred at 2 a.m. at West...

FACE TO FACE- AT LAST ; DEBATE FOES CRAM

President Bush and Democratic opponent John Kerry yesterday hunkered down to prep for this week's presidential debate - the first of three that could be pivotal in a close race....

THE TRUTH IS 'OUT'; GALS ENVIOUS OFSAPPHIC CYNTHIA

The "Sex and the City" sirens had women drooling over their designer duds, sexy stilettos and must-have handbags for years. Now many New York ladies say they wish they had...

QNS. POL PROBED IN VOTE FRAUD

City election officials are expanding their probe into an allegedly tainted primary that put Queens businessman Jimmy Meng in line to become the first Asian-American elected to the state Legislature....

BROWN IN TOWN ; STARTS VS. SOX TODAY

YANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Kevin Brown, who hasn't pitched since Sept. 3 when he foolishly broke his left hand punching a clubhouse wall, will return to the mound today in...

CBS IN NEW 'FAKE' ACHE ; KOS STORY ON BUSH'S 'HOAX'

In the latest fallout from the Dan Rather fiasco over using forged documents to attack President Bush's National Guard service, CBS has killed a "60 Minutes" report that accused Bush...

DAMON DOESN'T WANT BOMBERS REMATCH

BOSTON - Not only is Pedro Martinez running scared from the Yankees, but he has some company. Repeating Martinez' claims after Friday's 6-4 loss, Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon said...

FREE OPS LET PET OWNERS SNIP & $AVE

The city is trying to "fix" the tragedy of unwanted dogs and cats with $10,000 worth of free spaying and neutering for pet owners who can't afford the operation. The...

CBS IN NEW 'FAKE' ACHE; KOS STORY ON BUSH'S 'HOAX'

In the latest fallout from the Dan Rather fiasco over using forged documents to attack President Bush's National Guard service, CBS has killed a "60 Minutes" report that accused Bush...

SISTER SHOT IN KIDNAP DIES

A second woman has died from last week's double shooting in Mamaroneck that sparked an Amber Alert after the gunman kidnapped his three children. Candice Rampersad, 18, was taken off...

NEW AGONY FOR 'MOMSTER' KIN

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The family of tiny Yovany Tellez is facing a heart-wrenching decision - whether or not to have an open casket for the little boy's funeral. Maria...

THE TRUTH IS 'OUT'; GALS ENVIOUS OF SAPPHIC CYNTHIA

The "Sex and the City" sirens had women drooling over their designer duds, sexy stilettos and must-have handbags for years - now many New York women are envious of star...

POLS' GAS-GUZZLING HYPOCRISY FUELING ANGER

GAS-guzzling SUVs remain the vehicle of choice for top officials here, even as oil prices approach record highs and legislators demand that the city's huge fleet be converted to more...

MISSION OF MERCY ; BRIT MUSLIMS BID TO SAVE IRAQ HOSTAGE

Prominent Muslims from Britain landed in Iraq yesterday to plead for the release of Kenneth Bigley, a 62-year-old civil engineer taken hostage by Islamic terrorists 10 days ago. Meanwhile in...

HEARTACHE KID: DAY CARE BABY'S KIN HORRIFIED

The family of the Queens baby smothered to death under a pile of toys in a shoddy Forest Hills day-care center last month remembered the tragic tot yesterday as a...

NOOSE UNRELATED TO RACE: PROBE

An NYPD investigation has determined that a noose found in a Bronx station house earlier this month was not racially motivated. Two cops found the noose hanging the 42nd Precinct...

FURY AS 'LOLITA' IS NAMED IN DIVORCE

Two weeks after police found 14-year-old New Jersey girl Jessica Naylor in Mexico with her boyfriend's father, the shell-shocked teen has found herself in the middle of a bitter and...

THE SECRET LIFE OF A FIREHOUSE FLOOZIE

By STATEN Island bride-to-be Tara Parks was surfing the Internet looking at wedding invitations when her best friend and matron of honor clicked the computer's mouse and pulled up a...

IT'LL BE CIVILIZED WARFARE

They can't talk to each other. They can't leave their podiums. They can't speak for more than two minutes. And they certainly can't use props. And you thought presidential debates...

MURDER-BY-BEAU; 'INTIMATE' SLAYINGS A CITYWIDE EPIDEMIC

Call it sex, slaughter and the city. Nearly 40 percent of women killed in New York City die at the hands of overbearing men - and those who leave for...

COCHRAN 'RECOVERS' ; DREAM TEAM LAWYER BACK AFTER BRAIN OP

He has a reputation for slickness and winning, so when controversial lawyer Johnnie Cochran was diagnosed with a tumor requiring brain surgery, the man who normally seeks the limelight dropped...

PLEAS FOR CAPTIVE - BRIT MUSLIMS ON MISSION FOR MERCY

Prominent Muslims from Britain landed in Iraq yesterday to plead for the release of Kenneth Bigley, a 62-year-old civil engineer taken hostage by Islamic militants 10 days ago. "I believe...

HAMM FLEXES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD WAR

Gold-medal winning gymnast Paul Hamm is limbering up to fight a legal challenge tomorrow to his disputed Athens victory - but his mom has had enough already. "For me, the...

KIN OF TRAGIC DAY-CARE KID SPEAK

The family of the Queens boy who died under a pile of toys in a shoddy Forest Hills daycare center remembered the tragic tot yesterday as vivacious and full of...

DAD VOWS TO GET TOT OUT OF FRANCE

The distraught New York dad whose toddler daughter was kidnapped by her French mother and spirited away to France vowed he wouldn't return home without his little girl. "I've given...

'SEX CHAT' VANISH - TEEN FEARED LURED BY HOT-LINE SICKO

It's every parent's worst nightmare. Hours after discovering their daughter was missing nine days ago, the frantic parents of 16-year-old Breanne Greig started rifling through her belongings only to find...

YANKED AROUND - BOMBER BOOSTER CRIES FOUL OVER EJECTION

A diehard Yankees fan who has rooted for the team since 1959 is doing the unthinkable - praying that the Curse of the Bambino shifts from Boston to New York....

COCHRAN 'RECOVERS' - DREAM TEAM LAWYER BACK AFTER BRAIN OP

He has a reputation for slickness and winning, so when infamous lawyer Johnnie Cochran was diagnosed with a tumor requiring brain surgery, the man who normally seeks the limelight dropped...

MAN SLAYS EX, THEN KILLS SELF

A man who recently broke up with his girlfriend shot her outside her East New York apartment yesterday before speeding away in a van and fatally shooting himself, cops said....

MOUND-ING TROUBLES

BOSTON - The Yankees should be allowed to enjoy themselves more than this. They have done almost everything they had to do these last 10 days. They've put the Red...

DON'T BELIEVE THE OWNERS' HYPE

THEY'RE dislocating shoulders at the NHL headquarters on Sixth Avenue, slapping themselves on the back for the league's short-term success in a lockout public-relations campaign aimed at turning the fans...

'MY DADDIES' HAUNT PEDRO - BELEAGUERED ACE THROWS IN TOWEL AGAINST YANKEES

Red Sox 12 Yankees 5 BOSTON - You heard the words roll off Pedro Martinez' lips in a cramped and crowded Red Sox clubhouse after his latest loss to the...

GODZILLA SMACKS DOWN GREEN MONSTER

The only Green Monster in Japan, at least as far as Hollywood is concerned, is Godzilla. Certainly there aren't any ballparks with 37-foot high walls. The Green Monster in Fenway...

A BAD AFTERNOON FOR CHALK PLAYERS

1ST RACE - Chalk got off on wrong foot as 2-5 Illusionary Magic, another in string of overbet favorites at this meet, dueled early with Sully's Silver, was overtaken by...

'ARTIE' LOOKS TOUGH

Despite his short price and highweight assignment of 123 pounds, it's impossible to go past Artie Schiller in today's Grade 2, $200,000 Jamaica Handicap at a mile-and-an-eighth over the inner...

BERNIE REVELS IN THE PRESENT

BOSTON - Bernie Williams is closer to the end of his career than the beginning. So these are special times, times he knows he might not have many more of....

SAMMY HAS REAL TOUGH DAY

MET NOTES When Sammy Sosa is inducted into the Hall of Fame, they won't replay yesterday's lowlights. Sosa struck out four times. Twice against Aaron Heilman and once each against...

HOLY CROSS, OGLETREE RUN AROUND XAVERIAN

H.S. FOOTBALL Holy Cross 34Xaverian 14 Brendan Daly lined up for Holy Cross' first play from scrimmage and knew immediately what he was going to do. "I saw Kevin was...

VARITEK BREAKS THROUGH ... FINALLY

BOSTON - Jason Varitek hadn't hit a lick against the Yankees this season. Last night, he was part of the eighth-inning licking the Red Sox put on their hated rivals....

RUTGERS IS PLAYIN' IN CRIME TIME

LET'S keep asking the same question. Let's keep asking it until an attorney general or two and perhaps a Senate subcommittee hearing finally gets around to asking it: Do NCAA...

CURSES! METS FOUL CUBS - AMAZIN'S RALLY TO WIN IN 11

11 INNINGS METS 4 CUBS 3 You don't think the Cubs are cursed? Forget Steve Bartman, yesterday the Cubs were one out away from a victory only to have the...

LIBS ENJOY SHOCKING EDGE

It was as if Liberty coach Pat Coyle knew the series would start just like this. Even before the Libs dismantled the Shock, 75-62, Friday night in Game 1 of...

'LARK IN THE PARK' FOR ; CATSKILL 100TH

NEW York state is throwing a big bash to celebrate Catskill Park's 100th birthday, and you're invited. The "Lark in the Park" celebration runs Saturday through Oct. 11, and it...

CARDINALS, RED SOX CAPTURE ROTO PENNANTS

LAST year at this time, we wanted to see how Major League teams would fare if they played under the rules of rotisserie baseball. We took their actual stats and...

CALL HIM RIDDICK KO IN COMEBACK

SHAWNEE, Okla. - It wasn't Las Vegas or a championship fight, but Riddick Bowe wasn't looking for headlines, just a beginning. After eight years away from boxing, the former undisputed...

EX-GRADY STAR WHITE LANDS AT AUGUST MARTIN

Kevin White Sr. insists his son's transfer out of Grady had nothing to do with basketball and that despite the fact that Board of Education records indicated last week that...

WINNERS ABOUND AT BLACK-COLLEGE SHOWCASE

N.Y. URBAN LEAGUE CLASSIC Hampton 49Morgan St. 37 Hampton's 49-37 win over Morgan State last night in the New York Urban League Classic at Giants Stadium was as much a...

VAZQUEZ CLOSE TO PLAYOFF SHUTOUT

BOSTON - After the last time Javier Vazquez pitched, he was a downtrodden hurler, one who described himself as confused. Next stop, clueless. After the Red Sox battered Vazquez last...

MAKE NO MISTAKE - BOSOX STILL CURSED

BOSTON - On the day after they basically came up on the short side of the AL East again, the Red Sox, who always seem to have a gimmick, had...

SOX HANG 12 ON YANKEES ; VICTIMIZE VAZQUEZ TO SLICE EAST LEAD

Red Sox 12 Yankees 5 BOSTON - It's a good thing the Yankees got what they came for Friday night, because last night was brutal and today has a very...

TINY VISITOR BRINGS A LITTLE LEVITY

BOSTON - If you thought Pedro Martinez came up small on Friday night, you should've seen him in the Boston clubhouse yesterday. Martinez, who showed up just before 6 p.m....

RIVERA LIKES BEING BORING

BOSTON - The ball bounced once off the grass, and then it was in Mariano Rivera's glove, and soon it was just another Yankees game ending the way so many...

FRUSTATION TAKES TOLL ON PEDRO

BOSTON - In Friday night's postgame press conference, Pedro Martinez sounded like a broken man - and almost like a suicidal Red Sox fan. According to teammate David Ortiz, it...

HEAD TO HEAD

Post reporter Michael Morrissey and columnist Mike Vaccaro slug it out over whether it matters who wins the AL East Michael Morrissey: Vac, the Red Sox would be delirious if...

CURSES! METS FOIL CUBS - AMAZIN'S RALLY TO WIN IN 11

11 INNINGS Mets 4 Cubs 3 You don't think the Cubs are cursed? Forget Steve Bartman, yesterday the Cubs were one out away from a victory only to have the...

NAMES THE METS NEED TO KNOW - SKIPPER SEARCH SHOULD GO BEYOND LOU & BOBBY V

ART Howe was fired, to a large extent, because his team quit on him down the stretch the past two years - just like the Mets' first choice to replace...

WHAT THE HECKLE? LUNATIC FANS TREAT PURCHASED TICKET AS LICENSE TO TAUNT ... AND WORSE

The fans in Philadelphia stood and shouted in unison as each Vikings player was announced last Monday night. The public-address announcer would finish the player's name and the fans would...

THE PEOPLE'S COACH - FANS WANT TOUGH GUY TO DRIVE BIG BLUE BUS

FOR now, it would seem that the Giants are comprised of a batch of quick studies and quicker learners, which may be a nice head start on the way back...

THIS BIG DADDY'S REALLY HUGE

SHAWNEE, Okla. - The first hint that Riddick Bowe's boxing comeback might not go as smoothly as Team Bowe might envision came Friday afternoon when the former undisputed heavyweight champion...

A GOOD WALK SPOILED

You're playing golf, walking down the fairway. Suddenly, you slip and fall head-first into a water hazard. Your head bangs into a rock and you become paralyzed. Seems like a...

ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH - AFTER FIRST WIN, JINTS SHOW NO MERCY TO BATTERED BROWNIES

It is all quite simple in Tom Coughlin's world, which is why the very idea in his mind that his team could be lulled into a sense of security and...

GIANTS STILL HAUNTED BY GARCIA NIGHTMARE

GIANT NOTES Don't ask, because they don't want to remember. Every Giants defensive player who was around in 2002 knows full well about the last time they squared off against...

MENISCUS TEAR MEANS SURGERY FOR WILLIAMS

Giants safety Shaun Williams has been diagnosed with a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee and is scheduled to undergo surgery tomorrow. Williams, who started the Giants first two...

VISITOR LIGHTENS MOOD OF RED SOX

BOSTON - If you thought Pedro Martinez came up short on Friday night, you should've seen him in the Boston clubhouse yesterday. Martinez, who showed up just before 6 p.m....