September 3, 2001
END OF YEAR 'RESTRUCTURINGS' WILL SLASH JOBS
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amPREPARE yourself for a huge wave of corporate layoffs at the end of this year. You may think the stock market only affects the value of your portfolio. But if...
STARR REPORT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amUPN's enterprising move on 'Roswell' UPN is welcoming its new addition, "Roswell," with a nice gift: A crossover episode with the new "Star Trek" series, "Enterprise." But it's not what...
YANKEE FAN TAX IS FOUL
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amA crafty ballpark vendor is running a crooked squeeze play on rabid Yankee fans, collecting sales tax on tax-free jerseys and T-shirts at his busy store outside the venerable stadium,...
POWERBALL FUELS BUDGET
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amAT LONG last, Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers are "this close" to a final budget deal, one that's expected to OK the wildly popular Powerball lottery for New York. Sources...
DINNERS WITH A GOTTI MAY KILL HEARSE DRIVER'S UNION PERKS
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amA Teamsters local is trying to oust a veteran hearse driver for sharing monthly dinners with the brother of convicted mob boss John Gotti, The Post has learned. Teamsters Local...
ON TO THE NEXT ROUND - TOURNEY A PLACE TO DRINK AND BE MERRY
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amSOMEWHERE in Arthur Ashe Stadium, they were hitting those green, furry balls around. Not that we noticed. Beer, anyone? There's plenty to go around at the U.S. Open, where the...
BOARD OF ED. EXCELS - AT BLOWING MONEY
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T think the Board of Education and its teachers are only good at whining about budget cuts. We can congratulate them on another count. The public-school cabal can make at...
W. TURNING ON GLITZ FOR TEX-MEX GALA
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush gets his first crack at hosting a state dinner this week, as Congress comes back to town with lots of work left undone. Bush hosts Mexican...
'MINOR' WIN IS MAJOR NEWS - B'KLYN CYCLONES BLOW AWAY RIVALS - AND SKEPTICS
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amTHE champagne was flowing like grape juice. Actually, the champagne was grape juice - carbonated to make it more festive, but grape juice, nonetheless - because many of the celebrants...
HEARTBREAK 'VISIT' TO MARIA - FAMILY GATHERS AT DWI-COP MOM'S GRAVE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amMaria Herrera's family and close friends made a bittersweet journey to her Brooklyn grave site yesterday - their first since she was buried Aug. 9. The 24-year-old pregnant Brooklyn woman...
SCHOOL TOUTS NAZI ALUM
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amA top German university has outraged Jewish groups by using the name of Nazi Joseph Goebbels to help raise money. Goebbels, who was Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister, is being touted...
SERENA'S GRIDIRON GUY ON THE SIDELINES
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amWashington Redskin linebacker LaVar Arrington - the hunky boyfriend of Serena Williams - attended yesterday's U.S. Open to watch his lady beat Justine Henin. Williams whupped Henin 7-5, 6-0 in...
HAMPTONS STARS BID FAREWELL TO 'NICK'
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amTears and occasional laughter filled the sun-drenched Jewish Center in East Hampton yesterday as thousands of mourners gathered to say goodbye to restaurateur Jeff Salaway. The crowd, which included Billy...
'SOPRANO' BOOSTS RUDY FOE'S BLDG. BID
September 3, 2001 | 4:00am"Sopranos" star Dominick Chianese joined activist Lenora Fulani yesterday to blast City Hall for stalling plans that would allow a youth group founded by Fulani to buy a Times Square...
SHARON ASKING PUTIN'S HELP TO QUELL VIOLENCE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leaves today for Moscow, hoping to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence with Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat to end the...
BOYFRIEND NABBED IN PREGNANT-TEEN SLAY
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amCops yesterday charged a Bronx teen with shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head and killing her - just two weeks before she was due to give birth. Wayne Teasley,...
TODAY'S OUR LABOR OF LOVE - W. INDIAN FEST HIGHLIGHTS HOLIDAY
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amOn a day that has come to mark the unofficial end of summer, most Americans take a day off from their toil to celebrate the accomplishment's of the country's work...
'LIZZIE' IS A DRAG AT WIG FEST
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe final Wigstock bash went out with a bang yesterday - featuring a performance by a "run-down" Lizzie Grubman impersonator. "It's a smashing tribute to Lizzie Grubman because she's a...
COPS STABBED IN BAR FIGHT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amTwo off-duty New York City cops were stabbed early yesterday, one seriously, when a dispute with another pair of men over a woman in a Connecticut bar turned violent, police...
PELLET SHOOTER CLIPS LIP OF BX. COP
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amA cop was shot in the lip with a pellet gun in The Bronx last night, and police were investigating whether a sniper fired at him from a nearby building....
NEW YORK POST: FROM SEPT. 3, 1864
September 3, 2001 | 4:00am"Only One More Effort Needed," was The Post's headline on an editorial asking for more Civil War volunteers. "General Grant asks for 100,000 men - give him these and he...
J.LO & BEAU SPEND WEEK IN THE SACK
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amHere's a story guaranteed to drive Puff Daddy bonkers - the rap czar's ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez just spent an entire week in bed with her fiancé Cris Judd. The sexy...
2 N.Y. COPS STABBED AFTER CONN. BAR BRAWL
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amTwo off-duty New York City cops were stabbed early yesterday, one seriously, when a dispute with another pair of men over a woman in a Connecticut bar turned violent, police...
WIGS OUT: LAST FEST A 'SMASH'
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe final Wigstock bash went out with a bang yesterday - featuring a promised performance by a "run-down" Lizzie Grubman impersonator. "It's a smashing tribute to Lizzie Grubman because she's...
DIANA NEXT TEST FOR 'GOLD'
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Two years ago on getaway day here, Soaring Softly suffered her only defeat of the year in the Diana Handicap, but proceeded to win the Eclipse Award...
AMAZIN'S ADD LEFTY NITKOWSKI TO PEN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES In what appears to be an ongoing effort to find and salvage struggling 20-something left-handers, the Mets acquired local product C.J. Nitkowski and cash from Detroit for a...
CABBIE: SOX CAN'T HACK IT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - You know you're in a baseball town if your cab driver starts the trip in from the suburbs by insightfully griping about the local nine, and by the...
RAFTER CAUTIOUS ABOUT MATCH VS. 'OLD MAN' SAMPRAS
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amPatrick Rafter watched Pete Sampras' third-round, straight-set rout of Mikhail Youzhny on television Saturday and got disgusted at the negativity. "In the first set it was how old he was,...
RESURGENT METS HIT ROADBLOCK
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amMarlins 5 - Mets 1 Just when the Mets had finally played well enough for long enough to climb within sight of the NL East lead, just when they'd tantalized...
BENNETT DOESN'T MAKE JINT CUT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The best 53 players were not left standing. Jim Fassel admits as much. But with salary cap constraints weighing heavily on the decision-making process, the Giants yesterday pared...
HOMETOWN BOY TICKLED BLUE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amThe phone kept ringing yesterday morning, which did nothing to ease the racing mind of Frank Ferrara, who was awakening from a fitful sleep. His dream of playing for his...
WILLIAMS' DAD: RACE MATTERS - SAYS TENNIS IS FULL OF PREJUDICE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amRichard Williams believes the U.S. Open's decision not to discipline Australian Lleyton Hewitt for remarks perceived as racial was another example of the tennis industry trying to ignore prejudice that...
LACK OF FULL DECK FORCES KERRIGAN TO SHUFFLE AGAIN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - When Red Sox manager Jimy Williams was fired 2 ½ weeks ago, one of the primary reasons was Williams' maddening penchant for shuffling lineups. Now, although Joe Kerrigan...
'FURY' BLAZES IN SARANAC
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Even Blazing Fury's trainer, Jimmy Toner, knew his 3-year-old gelding was up against it in yesterday's Grade 3, $100,000 Saranac Handicap at a mile-and-three-sixteenths over the Mellon...
KUERTEN RISES TO ACCEPT FORMIDABLE CHALLENGE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Brazilians know how to throw a party, and they took over Arthur Ashe Stadium late last night, making sure the U.S. Open did not lose its top seed. They...
CHUCK HAS JOB BACK, FOR NOW
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - In Joe Torre's perfect world, Chuck Knoblauch is leading off and playing left field. So, when Torre saw Knoblauch's approach at the plate in Saturday's 2-1...
PEDRO: I'LL PITCH THOUGH PAIN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Pedro Martinez won't beg out of September because, "It's their choice. I belong to them." Boston general manager Dan Duquette won't shut down a healthy Martinez, no matter...
UPSETTING DAY FOR SELES, IVANISEVEC
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amYesterday's two day-session upsets should not be viewed as shockers in any sense. Seventh seed Monica Seles, who fell to Daja Bedanova, had lost in the quarterfinals at the U.S....
MUSSINA MISSES BY THAT MUCH
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Flashbulbs popped throughout historic old Fenway Park as Mike Mussina worked on his final hurdle to perfection. Carl Everett, who was batting for Joe Oliver, hit a check-swing...
HATCHETTE JOB WILL BE BENCH WORK
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amMatthew Hatchette came to the Jets with a specific plan: Finally land a starting job, catch a lot of passes and help the team win. With the Jets still smarting...
MUSSINA RETIRES FIRST 26 AS YANKS COMPLETE SWEEP
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 1 - Red Sox 0 BOSTON - He is viewed by many as condescending and a loner. And those are the people who know and like Mike Mussina. Last...
TENSION OLD HAT TO CONE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - There was only one person at Fenway Park who accomplished what Mike Mussina was trying to accomplish last night. That person, David Cone, did everything in his power...
EVERETT FEELS GREAT ABOUT PLAYING SPOILER
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amA bad knee and a bad streak against Mike Mussina kept Carl Everett out of the starting lineup last night. Everett, in turn, was in perfect position to keep Mike...
MOOSE'S MUSE: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - One more strike to go. One frequent strikeout victim at the plate. Hundreds of flashbulbs illuminating the Fenway Park night. Mike Mussina wanted to blow a fastball up...
YANK ACES SHOW UP AT RIGHT TIME
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - With the count 1-1 on Trot Nixon leading off the bottom of the seventh, a spectator raced from the third-base stands onto the field. Mike Mussina, having not...
BELLINGER'S DIVE KEEPS PERFECT DREAM ALIVE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Clay Bellinger was ready for the ball because the pill seemingly always finds him when he enters a game. It made no difference that Mike Mussina was three...
MASTERFUL MIKE DRIVES FINAL NAIL IN SOX COFFIN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - With the count 1-1 on Trot Nixon leading off the bottom of the seventh, a spectator raced from the third-base stands onto the field. Mike Mussina, having not...
BOMBERS' CUSHION GIVES JOE CHANCE TO EXPERIMENT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Quick, the subject is last September and the Yankees, and the question is what comes instantly to mind? The swoon, of course, in which they lost 15 of...
CHUCK STARTING AGAIN
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Mike Mussina came as close to perfection as you can last night, but in Joe Torre's perfect world, Chuck Knoblauch is leading off and playing left...
IMPERFECT END TO PERFECT WEEKEND - MUSSINA RETIRES FIRST 26 IN SWEEP
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 1 - Red Sox 0 BOSTON - He is viewed by many as condescending, detached, conceited and a loner. And those are the people who know Mike Mussina. Last...
LUCK OF THE DRAW AIDS RODDICK'S OPEN DEBUT
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Andy Roddick had a favorable draw to begin with. Now it just got easier, though he may not need any extra favors the way he's been grinding out victories...
DEJA VU WON'T DO - YANKS MUST AVOID 2ND SEPT. COLLAPSE
September 3, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - This was last October and Jorge Posada was trying to wipe the sting of champagne out of his eyes in the middle of a drenched Yankees clubhouse at...