September 27, 2001
DORM LIFE IS LOOKIN' GOOD AT COLUMBIA
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amSTUDENTS and faculty at Columbia University could get an upgrade in housing facilities if the school plunks down big dollars for a large portion of a luxury housing project on...
EXPECT BANKS TO TAKE A HIT FROM BAD LOANS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTHE next big problem area for the stock market could be money center banks - and it has nothing to do with recent terrorist acts and all to do with...
RISING FROM THE RUBBLE - AREA REBUILD A YEAR AWAY
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amIt will likely be more than a year before Ground Zero is cleared and ready for a new development, construction experts said today. Workers at the site must carefully clear...
CABLE CONNECTION - AT&T CONTACTS COMCAST ABOUT SELLING UNIT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amAT&T Corp. has contacted Comcast Corp. to reopen talks about selling its cable television unit, sources familiar with the situation tell The Post. After keeping Comcast on the sidelines for...
FLYING TOO LOW - DELTA BRINGS AIR CUTS OVER 100,000
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amDelta Air Lines said yesterday it will ax 13,000 staffers, sending job cuts from the beleaguered airlines industry past the 100,000 level in just two weeks following the Sept. 11...
LOU DOBBS TO PEN BOOK ON ECONOMY
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amNever mind Space - it's the economy, stupid. Lou Dobbs has inked a deal to write a second business book. With his tome "Space: The Next Business Frontier" just arriving...
VIRTUAL RUNWAY SHOWS ARE CAST IN NEW LIGHT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWhile the World Trade Center tragedy has destroyed many businesses, it has created some opportunities. One outfit in the fashion industry that may stand to benefit is the Worth Global...
TELETHON $ WILL LAST YEARS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amIT will could take years to distribute the $150 million collected from the last Friday's star-studded telethon, "America: A Tribute to Heroes," for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist...
TERROR ATTACK FOILS CIA OPENER
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTONIGHT'S first episode of "The Agency" - the CBS series about the Central Intelligence Agency - was not available for preview due to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. The...
THE FIRST DRESS-DOWN EMMY AWARDS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTV stars are being told to leave their flashy evening gowns at home for next week's Emmy Awards and wear plain-old business suits. There will be no red carpet, no...
THREE STRIKES ON 'SCHWARTZ' - BE A GOOD SPORT AND SKIP THIS LOSER
September 27, 2001 | 4:00am"Inside Schwartz" [Zero stars] Tonight at 8:30 on Ch. 4 ---------- LET'S test your tolerance for sports clichés. I'll string a few together and see how long you last. Here...
REAL LIFE DURING WARTIME
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amDAVID BYRNE LIKE the violent violins in David Byrne's song "U.B. Jesus" or the silver hair crowning his boyish face, David Byrne is a study in contrasts.With constant change-ups, he's...
LOVE IN THE AFTERMATH - SINGLE OR ATTACHED, IT'S A NEW SCENE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amNOTHING seems the same in New York City these days - including romance.In the two weeks since the World Trade Center attack, singles have hooked up, couples have split up...
A FINE NEW NAME FOR A TROUPE OF CLASSICS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amDANCE THEATER OF HARLEMCity Center, West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Season runs through Oct. 7. (212) 581-1212 -------- THE Dance Theater of Harlem opened its annual City...
BUSH OUT OF BOUNDS - PREZ JOKES DUMPED FROM SHAKY 'SNL' SEASON DEBUT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWITH only three days to go to their season premiere, "Saturday Night Live" will probably steer clear of one of its signature comedy routines - poking fun at the president...
'8 IS ENOUGH' STAR MARY FOUND DEAD
September 27, 2001 | 4:00am'EIGHT is Enough" star Lani O'Grady, who struggled throughout her life to break free from a long-time dependence on tranquilizers, has died. She was 46. The body of the honey-blonde...
MILAN DESIGNER SHOWS SWING DOWN RUNWAYS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTO show or not to show - that was the question for many of the fashion designers participating in Milan Fashion Week. Most of the Italian spring/summer 2002 shows are...
STARR REPORT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMore tales of heroism; fundraising continues More shows and tributes related to the Sept. 11 attack . . . Today's "Montel Williams Show" (3 p.m./Ch. 5) will reunite two people...
HOLLYWOOD YELLS 'CUT!' - IS TINSELTOWN RIGHT TO DELETE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER FROM MOVIE SCENES AND PROMOTIONS?
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amHOLLYWOOD has been thrown into a tailspin in the wake of the terrorist attack on New York, feverishly excising any and all references to the once-majestic World Trade Center as...
MAYOR GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO FILMING IN MANHATTAN
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTHE city has resumed issuing permits for filming in Manhattan, with cameras set to roll for an episode of NBC's "Third Watch" in Harlem today. Several commercials are also being...
CO-WORKER SET UP MURDER VICTIM: COPS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn delivery man was blown away early yesterday by two armed robbers who made off with $5,000 in cash - and cops have arrested a co-worker for allegedly setting...
THE RUINS ARE THE MEMORIAL
September 27, 2001 | 4:00am'OH, my God!" "It looks fake, it looks like cardboard." No one could walk past the jagged remains - the last standing piece of the Twin Towers - without freezing...
GERRY AND OSAMA: BLOODY TOGETHER
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE'S an old joke that someone with roots in Counties Galway and Fermanagh should be able to get away with in these humor-challenged times, and it goes like this: Why...
REALTOR FUND HELPS PAY RENT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe New York State Association of Realtors has established a hot line where families of World Trade Center victims can get help with mortgage and rent payments. The Realtors Housing...
NEW MIDEAST HOPE - ARAFAT & PERES DISCUSS PACT AMID VIOLENCE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM- As their forces clashed about a mile away, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres got together yesterday to talk peace. The face-to-face meeting at...
NEW YORK DEMS VOTE FOR DENIAL
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTHE New York Democrats who voted in Tuesday's primary evidently don't think it's all that important for the city to have a good mayor. Why do I say this? Well,...
LEVY: SCHOOLS NEED MILLIONS FROM FEDS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy says he'll request hundreds of millions of dollars in federal disaster aid to help the Board of Education recover from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks....
FREDDY DROPS 'TWO CITIES' TACTIC
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amLike the picture of the World Trade Center on his old campaign logo, Fernando Ferrer's talk of "two New Yorks" was gone yesterday. Ferrer and Mark Green - rivals in...
WHITE HOUSE RIPS 'POLITICALLY INCORRECT' STAR
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's spokesman yesterday blasted late-night funnyman Bill Maher for painting the U.S. military as more "cowardly" than the kamikaze terrorists who killed over 6,500 civilians. "It's a...
CITY MARRIAGES TIED UP IN KNOTS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe terror attacks of Sept. 11 haven't put an end to love and marriage in the city - but it has made it more complicated. The collapse of the Twin...
COMMANDOS PLAN TERROR-LAIR STRIKES
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. commando teams are planning secret operations designed to capture scores - and possibly hundreds - of Osama bin Laden's henchmen, The Post has learned. Military experts inside...
LIZZIE VICTIM SUES FOR $60M
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amAnother crash victim sued Lizzie Grubman yesterday, hiking the publicity princess' possible liability up past $150 million. Jennifer Salant sued Grubman for injuries she said she sustained on July 7,...
GRIM AND BEAR IT - STOCKS FALL AS ANALYSTS SEE SLOW RECOVERY
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amBears clawed their way back on top on Wall Street yesterday as U.S. stocks posted their first loss of the week. After two days of rallies, the benchmark Dow Jones...
PREZ GOES TO BAT FOR CIA BOSS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush went to the CIA yesterday to give the spy agency a pat on the back and say he has "a lot of confidence" in CIA chief...
BRAVELY CONFRONTING THE FINAL HEARTACHE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amFOR some, it was a relief. Others found the process agonizing beyond words. From early morning, relatives of the thousands missing in the World Trade Center lined up at the...
SECURITY CHECKS GRIND TRAFFIC TO A HALT
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan-bound motorists were hitting the brakes more often than the gas yesterday as a security crackdown turned normally short jaunts into snail-like crawls. "I should have been in Manhattan at...
A DAUNTING CHALLENGE FOR FDNY
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amA wave of retirements could hamper efforts to rebuild a Fire Department that is emotionally and physically devastated after losing 347 members in the Twin Towers terror attack, officials warned...
CITY IS NOW A 'POLICE STATE' - ON ALERT FOR BOMBS AND CHEM WEAPONS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amA jittery New York was on high alert yesterday, as security was beefed up at major road crossings, seaports and power stations in a bid to prevent further terrorist attacks...
TORRENT OF FUNDS FROM GRAND RAPIDS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amGrand Rapids is more than 700 miles from New York City, but the bucolic Michigan city is with us in spirit - and has kicked off a massive charity drive...
OSAMA PLOTTED TO FREE SHEIK BY SNATCHING U.S. BIG: EX-SOLDIER
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amAn ex-soldier for Osama bin Laden says the terror chief planned to kidnap a high-ranking U.S. official and offer to swap him for the blind sheik imprisoned for the 1993...
HEAT'S ON BUSH FOR MORE TAX CUTS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Business leaders applied more pressure on President Bush yesterday for new tax cuts to counteract the impact of the terror attacks on an already shaky economy. The added...
FIRST ASIAN LIKELY FOR NEW-LOOK COUNCIL
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe City Council will likely get its first Asian-American member next year - just one of the 36 new faces that will drastically transform the city's legislative body in the...
AFGHANS SACK U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amShouting, "Long Live Osama!" and "Death to America!" thousands of protesters stormed the abandoned U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul yesterday, tearing down the Great Seal of the...
OFF LIMITS TO SOLO DRIVERS - NEW RULES BAR 'SINGLE' CARS FROM CROSSINGS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amDramatic regulations, barring most single-occupant cars from entering a large area of Manhattan via river crossings during the morning, go into effect today as the city fights to regain at...
GIFT A BLESSING FOR BUSH - MUSLIM LEADER PRESENTS HIM WITH KORAN
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday welcomed a gift of the Koran - the Islamic holy book - as he met with Muslim and Sikh leaders to preach tolerance at a...
RACE IS ON FOR ENDORSEMENTS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer and Mark Green kicked off their runoff for the Democratic mayoral nomination yesterday by racing to scavenge endorsements from the losing candidates and their major backers. Green picked...
JEWS OBSERVE YOM KIPPUR AMID THE ASHES
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amJews in lower Manhattan came together last night to observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, with the acrid smell of smoke from the wrecked World Trade Center still lingering...
'UNITY' DEAL MAY LET RUDY STAY ON
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani disclosed yesterday he is asking the mayoral candidates to make an unprecedented deal with him to "maintain the unity" in the city - apparently by delaying the Jan....
BIN LADEN LINK TO U.S. BANKS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden's bank in Sudan was doing business until just this week with a major U.S. bank - American Express Bank - whose headquarters were wrecked in...
CANDIDATES GET OFFER HARD TO REFUSE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amANALYSIS For the three men who've spent months and millions of dollars jockeying to replace Mayor Giuliani, his let's-make-a-deal offer presents a serious dilemma. Whatever Giuliani proposes to the candidates,...
COPS NAB TEN IN HAZ-MAT SCHEME
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amAuthorities investigating the World Trade Center terror attacks arrested 10 Middle Eastern men in three states yesterday for fraudulently obtaining licenses to transport hazardous materials. The arrests in Missouri, Michigan...
AIRLINE WORKER TIED TO ATTACKS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amA federal magistrate yesterday jailed a former airline-catering worker whose name and phone number turned up in the car of a Sept. 11 hijacker - along with a grim collection...
U.S. WARNS OF GERM WARFARE - TELLS NATO THAT TERRORISTS SEEK CHEM, BIO WEAPONS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's messenger to NATO yesterday warned that there's a real risk that terrorists could get weapons of mass destruction such as chemical or germ agents, officials said....
COPS HUNT HEARTLESS HOAXER WHO 'INVENTED' MISSING KIN
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amPolice are looking to arrest a New Jersey man for making a phony claim that his ex-wife and 6-year-old daughter were lost in the World Trade Center attack, police sources...
RANGERS COULD WING IT - WILL GRAB OSGOOD IF GOALTENDER SLIPS TO 10
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rangers will pick 10th in tomorrow's Waiver Draft. Incredible as it seems, they just may have a shot to grab Chris Osgood from Detroit with their selection. If they...
ANDERSON: BRING IT ON, MIKE - NEWEST KNICK HAS HANDLED JORDAN BEFORE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy is going to love this guy. Shandon Anderson, the 6-6 swingman the Knicks obtained in August's Glen Rice trade, has no fear of Michael Jordan. And why...
HILLIARD SET TO TOE THE LINE - GIANT WIDEOUT TO PLAY VS. SAINTS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe toe is a go. Sort of. Even though wide receiver Ike Hilliard has been unable to practice consecutive days since undergoing right big toe surgery, he said yesterday that...
HERM: BE PATIENT WITH 'O'
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amWayne Chrebet finished the sentence. "Wayne, is it unfair, through just two games running this West Coast offense, to expect ... " "Fireworks?" Chrebet politely interrupted. Well, yes, or at...
TUPA TRYING TO FORGET NIGHTMARE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES There's going to be a day, Tom Tupa hopes and believes, when he'll be back to his Pro Bowl punting form, and the questions and stares that ask,...
'VOW' CAN STEP UP IN BIG M CUP
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe Oct. 27 Breeders' Cup Classic at Belmont Park lost its biggest gun when Point Given was injured and retired, but several heavy hitters are still in the lineup, including...
ARMY DE HAS HIS MARCHING ORDERS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amDavid McCracken has his orders: South Korea. That could change. After graduating from West Point in December as a second lieutenant, the 6-foot-3, 236-pound defensive end will undergo officer training...
FASSEL: SAINTS GIANTS' MIRROR IMAGE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amThis is only the third game of the season for the Giants and second for the Saints, but Jim Fassel insisted that Sunday's home opener against New Orleans will have...
BOXING BUSINESS AS USUAL - HOPKINS, TRINIDAD IN NORMAL FIGHT MODE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amA popular theory in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on America is that in sports, the hostilities won't be as intense and the rhetoric will less combative. Boxing, apparently,...
WAR HAT AN INSULT TO VICTIMS AND SOLDIERS IN THE REAL BATTLE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amBOXING is not war, no matter what it says on Bernard Hopkins' cap. War is hell. Boxing is merely rough business disguised as sport. Yes, people get hurt in the...
STANTON TRIES TO DEFUSE MET FLAP
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Mike Stanton was ready to stomp out a delicate issue that was spinning out of control. "We can sit here and talk about this and blow it out...
SHINJO NAILS 'SPOS WITH A GOLDEN STRIKE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - So much went wrong for the Mets during the first two-thirds of a split-personality season it was easy to overlook what went right. So many impact rookies worked...
ANDY HURT IN YANK WIN - LINE DRIVE OFF ELBOW MAKES NEXT TURN IFFY
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 5 - Devil Rays 1 Although Andy Pettitte was struggling of late, at least he was healthy. At least he was healthy yesterday afternoon, that is. "If he needed...
NO BREAK FOR PIAZZA, AMAZIN'S
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Last night the Mets didn't receive the losses they wanted to from the Braves or the Phillies, but they avoided the loss that would've ended this...
COMMAND PERFORMANCE BY METROSTARS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 2: M'Stars 4 - Galaxy 1 For much of last night's MLS quarterfinal Game 2, the MetroStars looked like a beaten team, outplayed and outclassed by Los Angeles. But...
CLOCK'S TICKING - METS WIN, BUT SO DO BRAVES AND PHILS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The Mets are playing at such a high level these days, it would seem they could affect what's going on at stadiums across the country. But they can't....
LAWTON, ROBIN BACK IN LINEUP
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Matt Lawton and Robin Ventura thought they could've started Tuesday. Both didn't, however, as Bobby Valentine chose to give their hamstrings another start off. Last night,...
BRAVES, PHILS MAY SLEEP WITH FISH
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - To believe the Mets still have a chance to win the National League East requires adhering to the belief that the teams they trail are capable of limping...
TOGETHER WE STAND - VENTURA: MET UNITY HAS KEYED COMEBACK
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - What is the best thing you can say about the Mets and their return from the abyss? Robin Ventura thinks you have to travel back to the abyss...
IT'S NO TIME TO COAST - YANKS HAVE CLINCHED, BUT HOME FIELD STILL AT STAKE
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amEven if it's a charter, it's no fun hopping on a six-hour plane ride these days. But if the Yankees don't start hitting, that's exactly what they'll be doing when...
LAST WORD ON POSADA: HE'LL SIT 5 GAMES
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amYankee catcher Jorge Posada announced his suspension before last night's game. "It's five games, guys," he told reporters, "and I've got nothing to say as always." The Yankee catcher originally...
IRONMAN CHUNG STEADIES YOUNG METROS
September 27, 2001 | 4:00amTough. Resilient. Reliable. MetroStar midfielder Mark Chung has been called all those things throughout his ironman career, but it wasn't until the past month - maybe the most painful in...