September 4, 2001
JACK WELCH, PARTY ANIMAL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe end is near. Let the partying begin. Jack Welch will spend his last week as chairman and CEO of General Electric saying good-bye in style. The going-away festivities will...
SCHOOL SALES GET 'F': CONSUMERS SHUN STORES IN DROVES
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amKids may be going back to school this week, but they're not going in new clothing. "Back-to-school is not happening, but it is not a great shock," said Todd Slater,...
WALL ST. STARTS ON ITS RESCUE MISSION
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amWall Streeters returning for a shortened post-holiday trading week will be scrambling to rescue stocks from an August slide that sent them to last spring's lows. Modest gains from Friday's...
AXED ZIFF HEAD TRIED DESPERATE DEAL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amIN his desperate last days at the helm of Ziff Davis Media, former chairman and CEO James Dunning tried to raise more than $100 million by selling six magazines to...
STONE SOLO PICNIC
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amSTONE GOSSARD "Bayleaf" ½ Epic Big band side projects are often "who cares?" affairs. Not "Bayleaf," the solo debut from Pearl Jam ax man Stone Gossard. On this very appealing,...
REMAKE AD NAUSEAM ; HOPELESS HOLLYWOOD KEEPS SPITTING OUT THE SAME MOVIES
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amSO, is everyone looking forward to yet another remake of "The Three Musketeers?"Sigh.This Friday's release of "The Musketeer," loosely based on a character from Alexandre Dumas' novel - which has...
SCOT ISSUE ROLLS OUT ; TWIN BROS 'PERSEVERE' AND RELEASE NEW ALBUM
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S been seven years since the Proclaimers, a Scottish duo, put out "Hit the Highway." Now the boys - Craig and Charlie Reid - are back in town, armed with...
STARR REPORT
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amMontel takes 5: 'Williams' moves to WNYW "Montel Williams" is moving to Ch. 5 beginning Sept. 17. The show, which now airs on Ch. 9 at 2 p.m., is part...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amBorough hall If you want to find out more about the art scene in Brooklyn, don't go there. Instead, head to Florida, to see "Brooklyn!" The first large-scale museum exhibition...
A 'BIG BRO' FLAP OVER NICOLE'S HOT-TUB DIP
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amNASTY Nicole, the conniving bad-girl on "Big Brother," has been secretly communicating with her husband - after he blew up over her saucy hot-tub romp with another contestant. And while...
WAY TO GO! ...YEAH, BUT WHICH WAY? THESE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING CENTRAL PARK TO RUN AROUND THE WORLD FOR $1 MILLION S
September 4, 2001 | 4:00am"The Amazing Race" Tomorrow at 10 on CBS PLEASE God, forgive me. I love this show. I never thought I'd love a reality show, because mostly I hated all those...
UNDER THE ; VELVET ROPE ; HANGING OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS IS EASIER (AND LESS EXPENSIVE) THAN IT LOOKS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S quite possible that the Beverly Hills Hotel would prefer you didn't know this, but dropping $700 for a no-frills suite or $75 for lunch at the Polo Grill is...
'SON' ALSO RISES
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amARE you ready for a Stack attack? FX thinks you are. FX is the feisty cable channel that has encircled New York City for seven years but was denied entry...
MAIN SQUEEZE: HOW TEX-MEX MUSIC STARS ARE MAKING ACCORDIONS ROCK (REALLY!)
September 4, 2001 | 4:00am"Accordion Dreams " Wednesday on WNET/Ch. 13 at 10 1/2 ACCORDIONS were invented so that nerdy cousins in Italian families would make the cool cousins look like terrible slack-offs to...
DVDS DRESSED TO SELL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amNOW that DVDs have started to saturate the market, movie studios are inventing wild packaging gimmicks to sell their product. Artisan is releasing its "unrated director's cut" of the Sharon...
COURTING A NEW BOD: TENNIS TRAINER'S NET GAINS WILL HAVE YOU LOOKING LIKE PRO
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amYou don't have to be a world-class tennis player to get Jennifer Capriati's rippling forearms or Serena Williams' killer abs. Trainer Paul Juris, the director of the Equinox Fitness Clubs,...
TEMPLE RISES FROM ASHES: HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE TO REOPEN AFTER '98 FIRE
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAfter a devastating fire three years ago, the Central Synagogue was a dark, dank shell, filled with mold and rubble. Now - just in time for Jewish New Year -...
A PAIN IN THE PASS FOR N.Y. DRIVERS: 'E-Z' ERRORS COST $$
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA growing number of city motorists are losing time, money and patience because of E-ZPass glitches, a Post investigation found. The small white tags that enable millions of drivers to...
ANOTHER KILLER SHARK STRIKES: MAN DIES, WOMAN INJURED
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA shark mauled a Russian couple off North Carolina's Outer Banks yesterday, killing the man and critically wounding the woman - just two days after a deadly attack up the...
DEM VOTE WILL BE FELT STATEWIDE
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The Democratic mayoral contest has serious implications for key state politicians who are backing different candidates in the race for City Hall. While Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan),...
BILL & CHEL IN BRITISH TOUR PITCH
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amBill and Chelsea Clinton will help spearhead a new ad campaign to tempt tourists back to Britain following the devastating foot-and-mouth crisis. The ex-president and his daughter will try to...
N.Y.'S ISLAND SPICE: WEST INDIAN CULTURE FILLS STREETS OF B'KLYN
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amCalypso, costumes and curried goat filled Eastern Parkway as hundreds of thousands of revelers celebrated Caribbean culture yesterday in Brooklyn at the 34th annual West Indian Day Parade. The parade...
BUS DRIVER SHOT DEAD BY EX: COPS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA New York City bus driver was shot dead yesterday while serving his ex-girlfriend with an order of protection, investigators said. The slaying happened just before 4 p.m. on the...
B'KLYN MAN A TV RECORD 'SETTER'
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amFueled by caffeine and sugar, a determined but dazed Brooklyn man set two Guinness world records this weekend - for watching TV. Kevin Keaveney, 32, an unemployed actor from Red...
BIKER KILLED IN B'KLYN CRASH
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA motorcyclist was killed yesterday morning in a collision in Brooklyn, authorities said. Peter Nicholson, 38, of Massachusetts, was going northbound on New York Avenue when he turned left onto...
WHIRLWIND SALES FOR CYCLONES' PLAYOFF TIX
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAfter more than 40 years, what's a couple of more hours waiting in line? True fans of Brooklyn's boys of summer put their feet to the test yesterday and stood...
IT'S THE AGONY OF THE FEET
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amOh, my achy breaky feet! There's one thing tennis stars and tennis wannabes have in common - sore toes. Players at the U.S. Open are treating their tired tootsies to...
NFL GREENBACKS: MORE PROS REACHING $5M GOAL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amIt's a field of green for 54 helmeted heavies on the pro football circuit this season - they'll be pocketing paychecks topping a cool $5 million. Three Jets and three...
FERRER IN 'BRAT' ATTACK
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral hopeful Fernando Ferrer yesterday tore into rival Mark Green for accepting the backing of former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who Ferrer charged has defended racial profiling. "If he...
DWI-CASE HUBBY ON MEND IN HOSP: KIN
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA troubled Victor Herrera is malnourished and may be depressed - but he's not suicidal and remains in a locked psychiatric ward "getting medication for his problems," his family said...
RUDY MADE N.Y. PITCH FOR MUSSINA
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amBy now, just about everybody knows Mayor Giuliani is a rabid Yankee fan. But who'd have guessed he also engages in part-time recruiting for the ballclub? Giuliani disclosed yesterday he...
CANDIDATES TRADE BARBS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe mud starts flying today in the city comptroller's race - with Councilman Herb Berman launching a nasty television blitzkrieg against rival William Thompson. "William Thompson managing our tax dollars?"...
BELARUS JAILS NYER 5 YRS. ON POT RAP
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAn upstate New York native yesterday was sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Belarus prison camp on pot charges. A court in the former Soviet republic slapped...
ESCAPED KILLER SPOTTED IN N.J.
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amTrenton cops yesterday said at least two people have reported spotting Terrence Brewer, the two-time convicted killer who escaped from prison last week, on the west side of the city....
W. STICKS WITH ALLY & STICKS IT TO THE U.N.
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON - Once again, President Bush has made it clear that he's standing with Israel. Bush likes to call himself "plain-spoken," and he said from the start that Americans...
WINSLET AND HUBBY TO STAR IN DIVORCE COURT
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe brief marriage of sexy "Titanic" star Kate Winslet has hit an iceberg and sunk. The actress revealed yesterday she's separating from her film-director hubby, Jim Threapleton. The surprise split...
U.S. & ISRAEL BOLT RACISM CONFAB
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe United States and Israel yesterday bolted from a U.N. racism conference after it turned into an Israel-bashing orgy. "I have instructed our representatives at the world conference to return...
L.I. DAD DIES IN CESSPOOL HORROR
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA Huntington, L.I., man died yesterday when his cesspool caved in and swallowed him, cops said. The man, whose identity was withheld, was a married dad of two, neighbors said....
SUICIDE BLAST IN JERUSALEM
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded street in downtown Jerusalem this morning, wounding at least 11. The attack - which came on the heels of...
NEW YORK POST FROM SEPT. 4, 1882
September 4, 2001 | 4:00am"The Edison Electric Light Company, which for the last year and a half has been preparing to light up its first district, bounded by Spruce and Wall streets, Nassau Street...
JETS AND GIANTS RUN UP THE $CORE
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amWith the stock market sliding, Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson should be satisfied with his move to purchase the team - his investment has grown by 10 percent, according to...
4 TERRORIST BLASTS ROCK JERUSALEM
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amMOSCOW - Four bombs rocked Jerusalem and two Palestinians died in clashes with Israeli forces yesterday near the powder-keg town of Hebron. At least 26 other people were injured, 20...
RUSTY TIKI EYES OPENER
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe decision was made not long after he broke a bone in his left hand back on the second day of August. Tiki Barber would not play in any of...
INJURIES CONCERN FASSEL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES So many injuries to so many key players will not have an effect on the starting lineup for the season opener in Denver, but for the first time,...
MARTIN BY A NOSE
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets' search for a veteran nose tackle has ended ... sort of. After much recent fuss about the prospects of acquiring a well-known veteran such as Cortez Kennedy or...
JETS ADD LB GLENN TO ROSTER
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets yesterday made an interesting claim off waivers when they picked up Jason Glenn, a rookie linebacker who was cut by the Lions. Of most interest, Glenn,...
MOOSE MUM, EVEN WHEN BOSS CALLS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - Mike Mussina has gotten the pitching thing in New York solved and that's the No. 1 priority in a city that demands and deserves success. Now he needs...
THEY'RE OFF AT BIG M
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amA crowd of 16,060 turned out yesterday for an afternoon program at the Meadowlands as New Jersey thoroughbred racing shifted to the Big M following a banner meet at Monmouth...
VELAZQUEZ SETS MARK
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Until John Velazquez did it yesterday, no jockey in the 133-year history of Saratoga had won six races in a single day. Not even the greatest rider...
PETE, PAT SERVE UP A CLASSIC ; AGASSI'S NEXT FOR REJUVENATED SAMPRAS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amPete Sampras' greatness, hidden all year, came pouring out yesterday at the U.S. Open. Playing a flawless first two sets and then breaking Patrick Rafter's lethal serve to end it...
SARATOGA RECORDS FALL
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - For the first time since Saratoga opened in 1864, overall attendance hit the million mark this summer when 27,654 fans trekked to the track yesterday for the...
SURE, RACE CARD WAS PLAYED - BY DANNY'S FATHER, NOT ON HIM
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAS IF there isn't enough genuine racism, there are always those eager to concoct some. Saturday on WFAN, "Sports Funk" hosts Stephan Dweck and Monteria Ivey got to the heart...
A SPRAY HITTER ; JORGE FACES BAN, DENIES SPITTING AT UMP
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 7 Blue Jays 5 TORONTO - The enormous passion that transformed Jorge Posada from a middle-round draft pick into an All Star catcher raged out of control yesterday at...
CAPRIATI GETS BACK TO QUARTERS
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amIt was expected, but now it's been achieved. Second-seeded Jennifer Capriati advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S Open for the first time in 10 years yesterday with a routine...
ENRIQUE'S A KEEPER
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - It took longer than they would have liked but the Yankees have found out Enrique Wilson can play. At least he has been during the Yankees' winning streak...
JOE GIVES RIVERA MO TIME OFF
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Before Yankee fans panic about not seeing Mariano Rivera on the mound for the final three outs of yesterday's 7-5 Yankees win over the Blue Jays,...
COMEDY OF ERRORS: AMAZIN'S BENEFIT FROM PHILLIE FOLLY
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amMets 10 Phillies 7 PHILADELPHIA - Todd Zeile, who runs like a glacier, nevertheless took off with full confidence his opponent was melting down before 26,891 eyes. For eight innings,...
INITIALLY, C.J. EARNS HIMSELF A 'W'
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - C.J. Nitkowski, the 28-year-old former St. John's lefty, had a joyous Met debut yesterday. "This is the best I've felt about baseball in a long time,"...
ANDRE STEPS UP GAME TO RIP FEDERER
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAndre Agassi and Pete Sampras, each playing his best tennis of the year, will collide again tomorrow. The Agassi-Sampras U.S. Open quarterfinal showdown marks their 32nd meeting on the tour....
IT'S TOO EARLY TO USE THE 'H-WORD'
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amCOLLEGE NOTESTHIS is what was learned in the first full weekend of college football. Everyone, except yours truly, is a Heisman Trophy candidate, and if I listen to Lee Corso...
MORE-ASSURED VENUS POWERS PAST TESTUD
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amDefending U.S. Open champion Venus Williams, the power broker whom foes admit has changed the sport, is playing better than ever. She's more confident, more consistent, more cunning. Just ask...
AGASSI GETS IN GEAR TO THROTTLE FEDERER
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, each playing his best tennis of the year, will collide again tomorrow. The Agassi-Sampras U.S. Open quarterfinal showdown marks their 32nd meeting on the...
ANDRE DEFENDS STEFFI
September 4, 2001 | 4:00amAndre Agassi usually refuses to talk about his future wife, Steffi Graf. Yesterday he made an exception when asked to defend her place in tennis history in the wake of...