September 28, 2001
LEBENTHAL TO SELL: MONY WOULD PAY $30M FOR BOND RETAILER
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMONY Group, a major New York-based insurance provider, is in discussions to acquire municipal-bond retailer Lebenthal & Co., sources familiar with the matter told The Post. The proposed deal, which...
BOOK ON WTC HERO STIRS RAGE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amFIREFIGHTERS seem to have finally eclipsed police officers in the literary world in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks - but not all the attention is welcomed by...
LOEWE TAPS CREATIVE DIRECTOR
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amJose Enrique Ona Selfa has been named creative director for women's wear at Loewe, replacing American designer Narciso Rodriguez. Ona Selfa, 26, is a Belgian-born designer of Spanish descent. He...
FOCUS ON SECURITY FOR BIG BOARD'S NEW HOME
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amPlans for the new home of the New York Stock Exchange are being revised to improve security, sources told The Post. Changes are being made from the top of the...
THE FILINGS PILE UP : UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS HIT 9-YEAR HIGH
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe number of newly jobless soared to its highest level in nine years yesterday, and it's only going to get worse. Ex-staffers filing for unemployment benefits skyrocketed by 58,000 the...
SENATE CONSIDERS A COMPUTER ARMY FOR CRISES
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTechies to the rescue! Local computer buffs are saying the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks showed how desperately unprepared the city was from an information technology standpoint - and...
MOTLEY FOOL IS SLASHING HALF OF STAFF
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMotley Fool, the irreverent personal finance dot-com that said it was wise to be foolish, is gutting its staff - again. At least 70 of the remaining 140 staffers will...
GDP EXPECTED TO JUST AVOID NEGATIVE GROWTH
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTomorrow's final revision of second-quarter Gross Domestic Product is probably the last positive number the nation will see for a few quarters. In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist...
MONEY TALKS (TOO MUCH)
September 28, 2001 | 4:00am"Pasadena" Tonight on Fox at 9 1/2 THE wealthy beyond-all-measure Greeley family has it all, as they like to say in press releases: Power, fame, glory, a publishing empire to...
ANGEL OUT OF 'DEVIL HOUSE'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMONICA Bailey, the Brooklyn candy-store manager who came thisclose to winning "Big Brother 2" last week, is ready for her promised 15 minutes of fame. She has an audition for...
DIM & DIMMER - 'ZOOLANDER' ON THE FUNNY MONEY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amZOOLANDER [ 1/2] Fluffy, inconsistent, but enjoyable fashion-world satire. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexual humor). At the Lincoln Square, the 42nd Street E Walk, others. ------ IT takes...
ROMANCE WITH 'SAVOIR' FAIR
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amVA SAVOIR(Who Knows?)1/2Subdued, overlong but intelligent romantic comedy.Running time: 150 minutes. Rated: R (briefly seen breasts). Opens New York Film Festival tonight and starts commercial run tomorrow at the Lincoln...
'DINNER RUSH' THE BALLAD OF A MAD CAFE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amDINNER RUSH Unusually stylish, pleasingly authentic indie drama set in a TriBeCa restaurant.Running time: 100 minutes. Rated R (violence, sexuality). At the 42nd Street E Walk, the Lincoln Square, the...
'HEARTS' BEAT WEAK
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amHEARTS IN ATLANTIS It sinks.Running time: 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, including an attempted rape). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Kips Bay, others. ANTHONY Hopkins and Stephen King...
HO-HUM'S THE 'WORD'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T SAY A WORD That word is mediocre.Running time: 112 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity, partial nudity). At the Ziegfeld, the Empire, the Union Square, others. THE most interesting thing...
THIS IS TONY'S TOWN ; BENNETT KEEPS HIS HEART IN NEW YORK CITY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTONY Bennett is one of the greatest voices of his generation - and ours.While other performers might rest on their laurels at this stage of life, the 75-year-old singer -...
LOVE AND WAR, AND ALL IS FAIR
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHE VOICE OF THE TURTLEBlue Heron Theatre, 123 E. 24th St., (212) 560 7284. Through Sunday. -------------- JOHN van Druten's "The Voice of the Turtle," which was a tremendous hit...
WHY PRODUCERS ASK FOR CUTS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAT theater district restaurants and bars where chorus kids, stagehands, dressers and the other worker bees of the Great White Way hang out, the talk these days is of penny-pinching...
'MUSIC' PLAYS ON
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHE MUSIC MANThe Neil Simon Theater, 250 W. 52nd St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, (212) 757-8646. THIS could well have been an obituary notice.When I first planned to see...
DON'T STOP, THIEVES!"THIEVES"
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTonight at 9 on ABC/Ch. 7 HE loves meat. She's a vegetarian. He loves the challenge of cracking a safe manually. She'd rather blow the door off with plastic explosives....
PRISONER'S DAD A HOSTAGE TO GRIEF - U.S. DAUGHTER HELD BY THE TALIBAN
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHOUSANDS of miles from the backbreaking and heartbreaking horror of what was once the World Trade Center, a man sits in a room enduring anguish that few parents could bear....
LEANER BMCC TO REOPEN
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amStudents at the Borough of Manhattan Community College will be crammed into makeshift classes when school reopens Monday. That means the college, already struggling to cope with a student body...
ROOM AT THE INNS - HOTELS ARE HALF-EMPTY SINCE ATTACKS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amManhattan hotel occupancy rates have plummeted nearly 50 percent since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the city, analysts said yesterday. On some nights, popular spots like the St. Regis...
DEAR OSAMA: DO LEAVE - IF YOU WISH
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe brutal Taliban regime - which holds public executions for minor crimes and forbids women from being educated - delivered this gentle message to Osama bin Laden yesterday: Please leave...
TRAVEL DIP CLIPS TIPS FOR DOORMEN
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe world is strangely quiet outside the city's hotels. Gone are the sounds of the doorman's whistle, the idling limos and the arguing cabbies. It's an eerie - and financially...
FEDS MOCK JESSE 'PEACE' BID
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's team yesterday sent a blunt message to Jesse Jackson: You're on your own if you go to Afghanistan. Jackson claims the Taliban's rulers invited him to...
ITALIAN LEADER'S 'INCREDIBLE GAFFE'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sparked fury in the Muslim world by touting the "superiority" of Western civilization over Islam. Berlusconi's cracks aren't exactly what President Bush...
W.'S PLAN: FEDS PATROL THE AIRPORTS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday ordered a federal takeover of airport security and tighter on-board measures that could include video cameras and allowing air controllers to fly "distressed" craft by remote control....
RAIDS IN SPAIN NET CHILLING TERROR CACHE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAuthorities who smashed a cell linked to an audacious plot against American targets in Europe have seized a trove of terrorist's tools - including chilling videos of Osama bin Laden's...
CLASHES ERUPT IN GAZA ON HOLY DAY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amRAFAH, Gaza Strip - Five Palestinians were killed and 27 wounded during clashes with Israeli forces on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, severely testing the fledgling truce. Israeli...
STOX IN LATE-DAY BOUNCE AFTER BAD JOBLESS NEWS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amStocks staged a late-day rally to boost the Dow Jones industrial average into positive territory by the closing bell after trading lower almost all day on the back of a...
HOW DARE THIS JERK BUTT INTO THE CRISIS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amA NUMBER of comfortable illusions collapsed on Sept 11. One overlooked until yesterday was the idea that Jesse Jackson's obnoxious presence in our public life could be tolerated. Who but...
A CLOSER LOOK AT CAMP OSAMA - SATELLITE PHOTOS BARE A BREEDING GROUND OF TERROR
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - America's war on terror will be waged on a moonscape-like battlefield made up of a spidery network of ancient caves and tunnels - the home to Osama bin...
EX-BEATLE PAUL TO OPEN MSG 'BASH TO RAISE CASH'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amYeah! Yeah! Yeah! Paul McCartney will headline an all-star cast of pop stars and rockers at Madison Square Garden next month to raise money for the Twin Towers Fund. The...
SHOOT-DOWN OF 'HOSTILE' JETLINERS ONLY A WORST-CASE SCENARIO: U.S.
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon yesterday tried to reassure Americans that letting military brass decide whether to shoot down civilian airliners doesn't mean pilots will have "a loose trigger finger." The...
APPLE'S CAR-POOL RULE DRIVES SOME TO CHEAT
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amA crafty Queens man says he has a sure-fire way to beat Manhattan's two-passengers-per-car rule - and he insists it can work for any old dummy. Noel Gonzalez has placed...
TOWERING HEROES A UNIFORM CHOICE FOR H'WEEN KIDS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amForget the Power Puff Girls and Sponge Bob Square Pants - more kids seem to be hunting for Halloween costumes of everyday-hero cops and firefighters this year. The trend is...
BILL'S NBC CHAT MIFFS TEAM W.
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amSenior staffers for President Bush called NBC executives to say they were less than pleased that Tom Brokaw was interviewing Bill Clinton during the first week of the World Trade...
A SON SAYS FAREWELL
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amEighteen-year-old Clinton Davis Jr. got one last chance yesterday to tell his hero dad how much he adored him. In a letter both achingly sweet and uncommonly brave, the teen...
EATERIES AWAITING SOMEONE TO WAIT ON
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amFrom brassy uptown eateries to spaghetti joints in Little Italy, New York's restaurateurs are hungry for customers. Business at Central Park's landmark Tavern on the Green is down $1 million...
MAFIA VULTURES LOOT WTC SCRAP
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan grand jury is investigating the Mafia's theft of scrap metal from the World Trade Center rubble, law-enforcement sources told The Post. More than 250 tons of crime scene...
DEMS SPLIT OVER RUDY - GREEN WANTS HIM ON UNTIL APRIL; FERRER SAYS NO
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe two Democratic mayoral candidates yesterday dramatically split over Mayor Giuliani's proposal to stay on for an extra three months - leaving the possibility open that the mayor will push...
CRUEL FATE HIT KOSOVO REFUGEE DUE TO RETIRE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMon Gjonbalha was there the day the World Trade Center opened and the day terrorists destroyed it. The 65-year-old Kosovo refugee spent 30 years working as a maintenance man on...
BROTHER FINALLY SEEKS HERO'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amCarlos Lillo rushed to the World Trade Center as soon as the first plane struck. To begin with, he was an EMS paramedic. Secondly, his wife, Cecilia, worked on the...
TRUCK SEARCHES GET TOUGHER
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amPolice searches of trucks have been a major factor in jamming traffic at entry points around the city following the World Trade Center disaster. And that situation could get much...
GEORGIANS DELIVER $1M
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amRelief efforts for the World Trade Center victims got a boost yesterday - in the form of over $1 million raised by Georgia citizens who came out to support the...
U.S. OFFICIALS POSTPONE MILITARY STRIKES
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Major geo-political problems and the lack of hard information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden have forced the Bush administration to delay military strikes in Afghanistan. Officials...
IF YOU THOUGHT TRAFFIC'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE, THEN PREPARE FOR TODAY'S RUSH HOUR FROM HELL
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amIt's D-Day for New York City traffic today as drivers get their first full taste of new restrictions on single-occupant cars entering Manhattan. The Lincoln Tunnel is joining the list...
HUNDREDS ACCEPTING SAD TRUTH
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThey live in an emotional twilight zone. They cling to hope that their loved ones are alive. But they are coming to accept that they are dead. So, by the...
DID 'JACKALS' STEAL IDS FROM THE DEAD? - FBI RELEASES HIJACKERS' PIX, ASKS PUBLIC'S HELP
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI showed the world the faces of evil yesterday - releasing pictures of all 19 terror hijackers, and announcing a probe into whether they used stolen identities,...
MORE SICKOS EXPLOIT TRAGEDY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amCops busted two people yesterday for allegedly making phony claims about losing loved ones in the World Trade Center disaster. Sara Hekriy, 44, of Toronto was arrested at the Family...
TOURISM DIP DEVASTATES DOORMEN
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe world is strangely quiet outside the city's hotels. Gone are the sounds of the doorman's whistle, the idling limos and the arguing cabbies. It's an eerie - and financially...
DID 'JACKALS' STEAL IDS FROM THE DEAD? FBI RELEASES PIX OF ALL 19, ASKS PUBLIC'S HELP
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI showed the world the faces of evil yesterday - and said it's probing whether some of the hijackers are "jackals" who stole identities from people killed...
IF YOU THOUGHT TRAFFIC'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE, THEN PREPARE TO AWAKE TO RUSH HOUR FROM HELL
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amIt's D-Day for New York City traffic today as drivers get their first full taste of new restrictions on single-occupant cars entering Manhattan. The Lincoln Tunnel is joining the list...
PETTITTE'S JUST DANDY ; LEFTY TO MISS HIS NEXT START, BUT ELBOW IMPROVING QUICKLY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte couldn't dodge a line drive, but the Yankees may have dodged a bullet. Although Pettitte will miss his next scheduled start after taking a liner off his left...
JOHNSON BOUND FOR PLAYOFF SHOT
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Rookie Nick Johnson watched "all the games" of the Yankees' postseason run last year. This season, he may get a prime viewing spot on the bench. Johnson is...
FRANKEL EYES BIG WEEKEND ; SUMITAS, GRASS STARS CAN KEEP TRAINER ON A ROLL
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amFew trainers in history were as hot as Bobby Frankel this past summer, when he strung together an impressive list of stakes victories from coast to coast with nearly a...
ISLES TO TAB OSGOOD
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAnd so the Rangers won't get a shot at selecting Chris Osgood in this afternoon's Waiver Draft, after all. Why not? Because, The Post has learned, the Islanders are going...
KNICKS ADD BROOKLYN'S COTA TO CROWDED BACKCOURT CREW
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe Knicks have signed a fourth point guard - Brooklyn's Ed Cota. The Post has learned Cota, the former North Carolina star, has accepted an invitation to Monday's training camp....
EISLEY OUT TO PROVE POINT TO VAN GUNDY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amThough Howard Eisley lost his starting job in Dallas last season to Steve Nash, he was content as a Maverick, and even started building a new home there. His trade...
FISHING CAN AID RECOVERY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHE road to recovery continues - and one of the roads should lead to the sea, where New Yorkers can enjoy the fine run of saltwater gamefish in our marine...
JETS' REVOLVING DOOR PUTS BURTON AT DT
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES The revolving door on the interior of the Jets' defensive line continues. When they line up against the 49ers Monday night at Giants Stadium, they'll have their third...
LUNDMARK HAS MINOR SETBACK
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAlthough the coaching staff and veteran players were impressed with center Jamie Lundmark's effort in camp, the Rangers felt their 1999 first-round selection would benefit from starting the season off...
JAYSON: JORDAN WILL NEED AN ICEBOX
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amInvest in ice. And McDonald's. That's the advice of former Net Jayson Williams regarding the comeback of Michael Jordan. "To come back at 38 years old, if anybody in this...
GANG GREEN 'D' ON RED ALERT FOR NINER 'O'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amSure the Jets' defense looked immeasurably better in last Sunday's 10-3 win over the Patriots. Sure it looked like a different defense from the one that was a part of...
SCARY-GOOD TRINIDAD WILL END DOUBT
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHE middleweight champion of the world doesn't have to buy his clothes at the Big & Tall man shop. He can shop off the rack, like most of the rest...
JINT HEARTS GO OUT TO FANS ; WANT TO WIN IT FOR BIG BLUE FAITHFUL
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amKerry Collins knows that Sunday will be a game for the heart. "There's going to be a lot of emotions, a lot of thoughts going through your head because I...
'CRASH' FEELING SO LUCKY
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Punter Rodney Williams was walking around with a big smile yesterday. That he was walking around at all, he said, was a blessing. Williams' 1999 Land Rover was...
DEVS' DAGENAIS SHOWS WHY HE'S A KEEPER
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Having survived the final cut without playing one exhibition, Pierre Dagenais showed why last night. The 23-year-old the Devils hope can fill Alexander Mogilny's slot scored a third-period...
HOBBLING SHINJO IFFY FOR TONIGHT
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Another sensational Tsuyoshi Shinjo catch came with some baggage last night. In the third, after the Expos already had jumped out a to a 6-2 lead...
PIAZZA DELIVERS IN PINCH
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - After last night's 12-6 win over the Expos, Mike Piazza dressed as he spoke to reporters. When he tried to button his left sleeve, he couldn't do it...
BRING ON THE BRAVES: RALLYING METS SWEEP 'SPOS
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMets 12 Expos 6 MONTREAL - The Mets' 12-6 win over the Expos was like a short film version of this movie-like season. A terrible start followed by an unbelievable...
MASE MAY BUCK-LE UNDER
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amTHOUGH it appears to be nothing more than a vicious rumor, Wisconsin bailbondsmen have, nonetheless, been put on full alert following a report Anthony Mason may soon sign with the...
EVEN WITH PIAZZA, METS SHORT ON 'O'
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The foul ball ricocheted off Mike Piazza's right thumb and the Mets' slim chances of reaching the playoffs instantly looked more skeletal than ever. Piazza shook his hand...
VANCE THE MAN BEHIND PLATE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - With Mike Piazza ailing with an injured thumb, Vance Wilson was thrust into the middle of the Mets' pennant chase last night. With the Mets still...
ISLANDERS WILL GRAB OSGOOD
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amAnd so the Rangers won't get a shot at selecting Chris Osgood in this afternoon's Waiver Draft, after all. Why not? Because, The Post has learned, the Islanders are going...
DEVILS MAY HAVE FOUND NO. 2 GOALIE
September 28, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - With the Devils, the long-term plan holds such sway over short-term situations that Scott Clemmensen may not become Martin Brodeur's backup. But he's trying to obliterate the scheme...