September 21, 2001
MICROSOFT, JUSTICE STILL AT ODDS OVER NEW TRIAL'S SCOPE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMicrosoft, the Justice Department and 18 states submitted their joint status report yesterday - and there is plenty of disagreement on the issues that remain before the court. The parties...
DON'T PANIC; READ THIS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amLET'S all calm down for a minute and put the stock market's behavior in perspective. The Dow Jones industrial average fell another 382 points yesterday to close at 8,376. The...
AIRLINES FLY LOW ; STOCKS TANK WHEN O'NEILL DENIES $
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWorried about bailing out already sinking airlines, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said 'No' yesterday to a huge chunk of the airlines' requests for money. Airline shares tanked in response. America...
PREMIERE, SEVENTEEN AX EDITORS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe magazine world started to return to normal yesterday as a pair of chief editors were given the boot. Primedia ousted the editor-in-chief of its largest magazine, Seventeen, while Hachette...
MERRILL GETS BACK INTO THE TRENCHES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMerrill Lynch & Co. Chairman David Komansky stood on the floor of his firm's temporary equity trading headquarters near the Jersey City waterfront yesterday, handing out lapel pins with the...
THE HEALING BEGINS AT AMERICAN EXPRESS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThousands of American Express employees descended on Madison Square Garden yesterday to listen to Tiger Woods and Sheryl Crow and rally their spirits after being displaced by the Trade Center...
BASS ON THE RUN; UNLOADS DISNEY STAKE FOR $1B LOSS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe first big billionaire on the run in Wall Street's rout is oil tycoon Sid Bass - who was forced to unload his long-time Walt Disney stake following an embarrassing...
IN THRALL TO KRALL ; THIS OLD-FASHIONED JAZZ SINGER MAKES THE CONNECTION
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIN the world of jazz, Diana Krall is the "It" girl.The celebrated 35-year-old Canadian has model good looks, pianistic grace - and an old-fashioned voice that fairly smolders.Hailed by her...
'URINETOWN' PURE GOLD
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amURINETOWN 1/2The Henry Miller Theater, 124 W. 43rd St., (212) 239-6200. REMEMBER that song from "Mame" that merrily carols, "We Need a Little Christmas"?Right now, Broadway definitely needs a little...
STARR REPORT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amFund set up for widow of Fox cameraman Among those who perished in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was Tom Pecorelli, a cameraman for Fox Sports Net who had been...
BEAT GOES ON AT MUSIC CLUBS, TO AID WTC VICTIMS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMANY of the city's music clubs, which went dark last week, are pitching in with the World Trade Center disaster relief. All the events at Tonic (107 Norfolk St., at...
A BOY'S TALE OF FASCISM, WITH A BRUTAL ENDING
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amLIAM A little gem with a highly disturbing scene.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, brief nudity). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika. STEVEN Frears' "Liam" was one...
IT'S TRASH AND CAREY
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amGLITTER 1/2 An instant camp classic.Running time: 104 minutes.Rated: PG-13. At the MurrayHill, the Chelsea, the VillageEast, others. OFTEN unintentionally hilarious, "Glitter" is reminiscent of some of those really bad...
A TALE BY A 'TIGER'
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amGO TIGERS! Boy, do we need this now.Running time: 102 minutes. Rated R (profanity). At the Quad, West 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. ANYONE looking for a feel-good...
PASSIONATE 'RUTHERFORD & SON' IN MINT CONDITION
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amRUTHERFORD & SONAt the Mint Theater, 311 W. 43rd St. Through Oct. 7. Call (212) 315-0231. THERE are magic moments when a gifted, ready company takes up a lost but...
SECURITY TIGHT AT LETTERMAN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amSTARTING this week, people attending the David Letterman show at the the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Broadway were being checked by electronic metal-detectors. Ticket holders entering the theatre were asked...
OUR NEW STARS ; NEW YORK HEROES ARE THE CELEBRITIES NOW
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amANYBODY want to know what J. Lo is wearing today or who Nicole Kidman is dating?Of course not.To whatever good comes out of the World Trade Center attack - and...
BROADWAY PLAYS LET'S MAKE A DEAL
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMORE details emerged yesterday about the deal a handful of Broadway producers struck with theater unions to keep shows running following the attack on the World Trade Center. The deal,...
WITH LOVE, LATE NIGHT: VALENTINE TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO INVENTED UP-LATE TV
September 21, 2001 | 4:00am"50 Years of NBC Late Night" Sunday night at 9 on NBC/Ch. 4 1/2 ONE afternoon back before the war, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this two-hour celebration of NBC's half-century...
FEEL MAD? TRY 'MAX' STILL OK THE SECOND TIME AROUND
September 21, 2001 | 4:00am"The Education of Max Bickford" Sunday on CBS at 8 ONCE upon a time when we were young and innocent, which was about two weeks ago, I watched "The Education...
WILL'S THE WINNER OF 'BIG BROTHER'
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWILL, the devious doctor from Miami Beach, won "Big Brother 2" last night - taking home $500,000 and bragging rights for duplicity and back-stabbing. Nicole, the personal chef from Atlanta,...
WORD OF ATTACKS GETS TO 'FRONTIER'
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amNOT even a group of families living in the remote Montana wilderness as people would in the year 1883, could escape news of the World Trade Center terror attacks. Three...
3 MORE AIRLINES WILL CUT JOBS, FLIGHTS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTerrorism's toll on the aviation industry mounted yesterday as two more U.S. carriers looked to layoffs and flight reductions, and the crisis spread across the Atlantic to a British carrier....
COP SLAYS WOMAN SERGEANT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAn argument between two New York City police officers turned violent last night, leaving a female sergeant dead at a residence in Suffolk County. The officers' names were not released....
3 GOOD REASONS TO SET ASIDE BIAS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE three grew up together, worked together and are missing together. There is no way to talk about one without the mentioning the others. One of them, Jude Safi, 25,...
N.Y. LOVES RUDY AND TERM LIMITS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers gave Mayor Giuliani (pictured left) a huge thumbs-up for his response to last week's terror attack - but more than half support term limits that will force him...
RETURNING SCHOOLKIDS TELL OF TRAUMA
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amParents and students from ground zero exchanged horror stories of surviving the World Trade Center disaster during their return to makeshift classes in other schools yesterday. "It was the worst...
A DAD WHO 'SAVES THE DAY' ; SON'S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO FIREMAN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAll of New York now knows that missing Staten Island firefighter John Bergin is a hero, one among many - but his little boy knew it all the time. John...
PARAMEDIC PARTNERS BURIED WHILE SAVING LIVES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs the World Trade Center burned above him, paramedic Carlos Lillo had tears in his eyes. His partner asked Lillo if he needed something to shield his eyes from the...
GREEN'S BACK ON THE STUMP
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Mark Green yesterday made a tentative return to the campaign trail - outlining his plan for a city redevelopment authority and questioning whether his political rivals are adhering...
AMERICA-BASHING U.N. SHOULD GET LOST
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S time for the United Nations to get the hell out of town. And take with it CNN war slut Christiane Amanpour. Also, short ABC comedian Bill "those bombers were...
NEW 'IN' JOB: SKY MARSHAL
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs the friendly skies turn deadly, the Federal Aviation Administration says it is swamped with Americans who want to become gun-toting marshals on airline flights. With moves are afoot in...
CHANNEL 12'S OLD GLORY BAN AN OUTRAGE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amI SUPPOSE every family has to have one - a 24-carat idiot who can't find his derriere with his hands. What was this man, Pat Dolan, the news director of...
TEARS FOR OUR FALLEN FIREMEN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amFirefighter Eric Allen's widow showed heroism worthy of her husband after his body was pulled from the WTC rubble. After two firefighters from Squad 18 came knocking on her door...
UNFLAGGING INSULTS ; IRAQ, LIBYA STILL KEEP BANNERS AT FULL-STAFF
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIraq and Libya continue to rub the recent Twin Tower attacks in the face of New Yorkers by keeping their flags flying high. While the United Nations missions of other...
VISITORS: WE STILL LOVE N.Y.
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTheir plans have been changed, attractions are closed, security is tight - but tourists in the city say they're not being put off by the horrific World Trade Center attack....
BEARS MAUL STOCKS 4TH DAY IN ROW
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. stock market fell for the fourth straight day yesterday on continued fears that last week's terrorist attack will cripple the economy. The benchmark Dow Jones industrial average dropped...
TOLL PASSES 6,000: 900 ADDED TO GRIM LIST: RUDY
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe number of missing and presumed dead at the World Trade Center unexpectedly soared by more than 900 yesterday - to 6,333. "The number may go up or down," Mayor...
TRANSIT OPTIONS RETURNING
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amNew York continued its slow drive back to normalcy yesterday, with more travel routes opening up, and even more expected soon. Cars were allowed on two of the Brooklyn Bridge's...
VISION: 50-STORY BLDGS. ; OPERATOR SEES FOUR NEW WTC TOWERS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWorld Trade Center operator Larry Silverstein says his heart is shattered every time he visits ground zero and the pulverized ruins of his marquee buildings. Silverstein - owner of Silverstein...
FANS SAFE AT HOME ; METS TIGHTEN SECURITY
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amFans planning to attend tonight's Mets game at Shea - the first major sporting event in the city since last week's terror attacks - can expect tough new security measures....
PBA TO COPS: VOTE!
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe city's largest police union - which is backing Peter Vallone - is sending an urgent message to its weary members, urging them to vote in next week's primary because...
PROBERS TRACE TERROR'S TRAIL ; HIJACKER TRAVELED 1,700 MI. TO LOGAN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIn his final hours, hijacker Mohamed Atta made an odyssey of 1,700 miles. Investigators piecing together the trail of the World Trade Center terrorist have discovered that the 33-year-old man...
FIREMAN'S DAD HAS COFFEE WITH CLINTON
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Fred Ill Sr. stopped by his missing son's fire station yesterday, the last thing he expected was to sit down for coffee with Bill Clinton and the British prime...
PALESTINIAN ATTACKS SHATTER CEASE-FIRE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - With a day-old truce in tatters, Israel is considering whether to retaliate for attacks that killed a Jewish settler. A Palestinian also was killed in the flare-up, which...
ARNOLD BOOSTS FUND TO HELP HEROES' KIN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amArnold Schwarzenegger has flexed his muscles to help out the city's Twin Towers Fund. The strapping star urged all Americans to donate to the rapidly growing relief charity set up...
B'WAY WORKERS TAKE 25% PAY CUT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amStunned by a $6 million dive in ticket sales last week, Broadway actors, stagehands and musicians are giving the shirt off their own backs to save long-running musicals from shutting...
TIPSTER TELLS OF N.J. 'LINKS'
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amInvestigators have a canary who is singing about possible New Jersey links to the Twin Towers terror attacks, the informant's lawyer said yesterday. Accused arms smuggler Diaa B. Mohsen -...
APPLE TOURISM BATTERED ; HOTELS FACE STAGGERING LOSSES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan hotels are losing up to $10 million a day, while many restaurants are on the verge of closing their doors in the wake of the World Trade Center terror...
FBI COLLARS KEY SUSPECT IN PROBE ; MISSING BOSTON CABBY BUSTED OUTSIDE CHICAGO
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe feds busted a key figure in their probe of last week's terror strikes - minutes after the Chicago-area convenience-store worker told his boss he was being hunted by the...
HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS BRACING FOR TERROR
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Hollywood is quaking in its boots over fears it could be the next terror target. Several movie studios are boosting security measures amid rumors that a major...
ANTI-ARAB ASSAULTS SURGE HERE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amBias attacks against Arab-Americans in the Big Apple have surged. Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said there have been 71 suspected attacks since the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade...
ELITE FORCES MOVING OUT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Elite fighting units of the U.S. Army roared into action yesterday after the Pentagon gave a "go" order to get ready for "sustained land-combat operations" against Osama bin...
RESCUE GOES ON AS HOPE FADES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs the skies sobbed a heavy rain down on lower Manhattan yesterday, most rescue workers toiling through the debris at ground zero stubbornly refused to give up hope of finding...
TOLL TOPS 6,000
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe staggering number of people missing in the World Trade Center wreckage skyrocketed yesterday - jumping by nearly 1,000 to 6,333. The sudden climb came after the city received new...
THE GREATEST SPEECH OF OUR TIME
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE greatest presidential address of our time was given last night by a man that many (including this writer) once mindlessly and pompously derided for his halting style of speech....
LEW RUDIN: 1927-2001 ; BUILDER OF CIVIC PRIDE ; REAL-ESTATE MOGUL LED BIG APPLE RESURGENCE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amLew Rudin, a real-estate developer who won acclaim as one of New York City's biggest boosters and philanthropists, died at his Manhattan home yesterday after a battle with cancer. He...
CHEERS FOR GIULIANI ; RUDY: RESCUERS ARE HEROES, NOT ME
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said the standing ovation Congress gave him last night was really a tribute to the "brave men and women who sacrificed their lives" in the Twin Towers terror...
PREZ CARRIES FALLEN PA COP'S BADGE OF HONOR
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush said last night the shield of a fallen Port Authority police officer will forever remind him of the tragedy at the World Trade Center. Bush told a joint...
ATTACKS AGAINST ARABS UP IN N.Y.
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amBias attacks against Arab-Americans in the Big Apple have surged since the terror attack on the World Trade Center. Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said there have been 71 suspected attacks...
SHEA SWINGS INTO GEAR: TIGHTENS SECURITY FOR GAME
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amFans planning to attend tonight's Mets game at Shea - the first major sporting event in the city since last week's terror attacks - can expect tough new security measures....
KIN RECALL TRAGIC UNITED PILOT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMore than 40 friends and relatives of native New Yorker LeRoy W. Homer Jr. - one of the pilots killed in last week's terror attacks - spent yesterday on a...
NO BREAK FROM DIPLO SCOFFLAWS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe city is slowly getting back to normal, judging by the three diplomatic cars parked illegally near the United Nations yesterday. Despite an increase in the number of cops patrolling...
INDIA: DETAINEES STOLE IDS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amInvestigators have a canary who is singing about possible New Jersey links to the Twin Towers terror attacks, the informant's lawyer said yesterday. Accused arms smuggler Diaa B. Mohsen -...
MARIAH TO SING FOR VICTIMS AT ALL-STAR TELETHON
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTroubled songstress Mariah Carey will make her first major public performance since her emotional breakdown this summer at tonight's mega-network telethon for the victims of the terror attacks in New...
HEROES REFUSE TO GIVE UP AS HOPE FADES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs the skies sobbed a heavy rain down on Lower Manhattan yesterday, most rescue workers toiling through the debris at Ground Zero stubbornly refused to give up hope of finding...
WANTED: MARSHALS TO PATROL ON PLANES
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWith the friendly skies turning deadly, the Federal Aviation Administration is swamped with Americans wanting to become gun-toting marshals on airline flights. The FAA is beefing up its top-secret air-marshal...
BERNIE'S BEANED IN YANK LOSS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWhite Sox 7 Yankees 5 CHICAGO - What happened to the peace, love and understanding that engulfed baseball when the game resumed Monday night? Last night at Comiskey Park they...
IT'S AN AMAZIN' RACE AGAIN! ; SUDDENLY, SIZZLIN' METS' IMPOSSIBLE DREAM ISN'T
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIT WOULD have seemed so strange for the Braves to come to town for a late September series that didn't have postseason implications for both teams. Now, thanks to what...
GODOLPHIN HEAD CONTRIBUTES $5M
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai, defense minister of the United Arab Emirates and head of the international powerhouse Godolphin racing stable, has donated $5...
TOUCHED BY HEROES ; RELIEF WORK GIVES JINTS, JETS STRENGTH
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE NFL is back after a well-advised week off, and since the magnitude of the tragedy and the league's shutdown are both unprecedented, those of us who have the trivial...
MARQUIS HONORED TO START
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Braves' Jason Marquis was asked, if he had the choice, would he want to pitch tonight, the first game at Shea since the terrorist attacks. When he...
A MOUNTAIN OF EMOTIONS FOR BIGGEST RIVAL
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWhile nobody knows how many fans will show up at Shea tonight, emotion will definitely be there. It will arrive in all forms. Tears: John Franco said they will flow...
WEAKFISH STILL GOING STRONG
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE fall run of saltwater species seems to be in full swing with some terrific fishing being offered in New York's marine waters, including a late season surge of weakfish...
GOING OUT TO SHEA FOR MORE THAN A GAME
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amBILL HARVEY is going to Shea Stadium tonight because, he says, he needs "the fun," and if his presence at the first baseball game in New York since the brutality...
DEFENSE ISN'T ONLY ONE TO BE BLAMED
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amA look at the statistics in the box score of the Jets' 45-24 season-opening loss might suggest that their only problem was on defense. A closer look, however, is that...
'THE GUYS JUST WANT TO PLAY'
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amWEEKEND FORECAST Carmine Colasanto has coached for more than 30 years and he has never had a week of practice like the one he just finished. "I've always known that...
NYC'S HOOP HALL WELCOMES GREAT 8
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe New York City Basketball Hall of Fame welcomed eight new members yesterday, including ThePost's NBA columnist Peter Vecsey. The group gathered at a midtown press conference, where they reminisced...
SPORTS REALITY: CASH ; WILL BE SCARCE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIN THE history of the world, there never has been a graph with a line on it that leans straight up. To that end, the cataclysmic events of Sept. 11...
AFTER 10 DAYS OF UNTHINKABLE HORROR, ; IT'S OK TO CHEER AGAIN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIS IT OK to cheer again yet? Is the time right for us to escape the new terrors of our world in the fantasy world of the ballpark for a...
NFL SECURITY TO USE WANDS THIS WEEKEND
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amIt won't be every stadium. It won't be every fan. But in some NFL buildings this weekend, random ticketholders will be scanned by metal detectors. In a conference call with...
'WIN IT FOR N.Y.! GIANTS KNOW THESE GAMES DO MATTER
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAs he surveyed the destruction at Ground Zero and spoke with rescue workers who lost friends and family, San Garnes was saddened, and then shocked to hear a plea come...
HILLIARD, STILL SORE, SITS OUT PRACTICE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES After working some with the starting offense on Wednesday, wide receiver Ike Hilliard (toe) did not practice at all yesterday. Jim Fassel said Hilliard was "a little bit...
JINTS TO DON N.Y. HATS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amJim Fassel says "I'm not a big hat guy" but yesterday he led Giants practice wearing a dark blue NYPD hat. That is just the start of a tribute that...
HERM: JETS MIGHT SEE NO-HUDDLE FROM PATS
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Though they haven't seen it on film from the Patriots, the Jets are expecting a fresh dose of the no-huddle after the way the Colts ripped up their...
'DELIGHT' CAPTURES JUG
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amDELAWARE, Ohio - Driver Mike Lachance pumped his fist in the air as he crossed the wire victorious with Bettor's Delight in the $646,000 Little Brown Jug yesterday before 52,025...
NYPD STEALS SHOW IN YASHIN DEBUT
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amDevils 4 Islanders 3 The loudest ovation last night at the Continental Airlines Arena was not for anyone in a Devils or Islanders jersey, but for the NYPD color guard...
O'NEILL'S LEFT FOOT KEEPS HIM ON BENCH
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amYANK NOTES CHICAGO - After telling Dr. Stuart Hershon yesterday that the pain in his fractured left foot won't allow him to run, Paul O'Neill's plans to rejoin the Yankees...
BUSH'S SPEECH STOPS SHOW
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amTWO PERIODS Rangers 2 Flyers 2 PHILADELPHIA - In an extraordinary display of sportsmanship and of establishing proper priorities, the preseason match here last night between the Rangers and Flyers...
MUDDLE IN RANGER MIDDLE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - It's been kind of a cat and mouse game so far, trying to get Ron Low to identify just which one of his four vested centers will have...
SOMBER ROCKET FINDS 20 TOUGH TO CELEBRATE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Maybe Tuesday night when he works a Yankee Stadium wired with emotion, Roger Clemens will be stoked. It will be the Yankees' first game in New York since...
ISLES' TORRES FACES CRUCIAL PRESEASON
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amFor Raffi Torres, this season's exhibition games are as important as any playoff game. That's because the next week will determine if Torres can hang with the big club in...
BRODEUR OUT TO BREAK BANK: DEVS MUST MODIFY SALARY STRUCTURE TO KEEP GOALIE
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amMartin Brodeur yesterday told The Post that within two weeks he expects to know whether he's likely to remain a Devil after this season. The verdict depends on whether the...