October 7, 2001
BULL'S EYE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amGREENSPAN'S A NO-SHOW NOW One of CNBC's most popular features - "The briefcase indicator" - didn't make its usual appearance last week. On the days the Federal Reserve's Open Market...
POPULAR THEN, POPULAR NOW: WHY INVESTORS WILL RETURN TO THESE FAVORITE NAMES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThere was a time, not so very long ago, when Microsoft was a $117 stock. Last week, Microsoft was trading in the mid-$50s. Cisco once traded as high as $80...
NOW MORE THAN EVER
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amwww.redcross.org Ever since the world changed on that fateful morning of Sept. 11, Americans, and perhaps New Yorkers in particular, have been asking themselves two questions: "What can I do...
SMALL FUND WEATHERS DIFFICULT TIMES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amInvestors are not usually fans of new funds. Investors usually prefer funds that have strong long-term records. But the market sell-off of the past 18 months - especially exacerbated in...
GE INVESTORS WORRIED THAT TERROR ATTACKS CUT PROFITS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amYou could name just about any business sector that's expected to be adversely affected by last month's terrorist attacks, and General Electric is bound to be in that business. Airlines?...
GREAT WHITE WAY TO GO!
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe most ambitious of the early runners is the new, oversweet, country-style musical at the Playwrights Horizons, "The Spitfire Grill." While Playwrights Horizons waits for completion of its handsome new...
A NOVEL TAKE ON DEALING WITH THE DEATH OF YOUR EX
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amRecently, there have been a slew of books about how to cope with the death of a spouse, but how does someone who's recently separated deal with the loss of...
WHAT I WATCH
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amJULIEN "LITTLE X" LUTZVIDEO DIRECTOR"BATMAN BEYOND." THIS CARTOON SHOW IS SO AHEAD OF THE GAME, IT'S CRAZY. I WISH I HAD THIS WHEN I WAS A KID. I'D BE EVEN...
ELLEN'S LAST; SHE'S HAD A ROTTEN YEAR AND HOSTING THE EMMYS TONIGHT MIGHT NOT HELP THINGS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amTHE last place a comedian would want to work would be a funeral, but that's exactly what tonight's Emmys are shaping up to be for Ellen DeGeneres. Not that she's...
HUNGARY FOR TARR
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amGet ready for your big break, Mr. Tarr. Variety has called Béla Tarr "one of the few genuinely visionary filmmakers left on the planet," and his movies have won praise...
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00am'Sex?" I shouted at a single friend, who admitted his libido had gone through the roof since the World Trade Center attacks. "Who can think of sex at a time...
BOOB TUBE ON BROADWAY?
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amFor those of you who've shunned the Great White Way in recent weeks, preferring, as I have, to spend quiet evenings at home under the bed with a cup of...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JUSTIN CHAMBERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amYou might remember Justin Chambers as the adorable Italian immigrant who arrives from Sicily to woo Jennifer Lopez to be his bride in "The Wedding Planner." More recently, you could...
IN THEIR PRIME: SUPERSTARS MIRREN AND MCKELLEN STRUT THEIR STUFF IN 'DANCE'
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amGiven that the play is "Dance of Death" by August Strindberg - hardly Sweden's answer to Mel Brooks - it's surprising to hear laughter from a packed audience at the...
CO-STARS RAVE AS 'BRILLIANT' STRATHAIRN LEAPS INTO SPOTLIGHT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00am'Dance of Death" may seem like a duet, but Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen insist it's a tango for three - thanks to David Strathairn. As Kurt, the unwitting witness...
CALMING HOME: SIMPLE WAYS TO SOOTHE YOUR ANXIOUS PET
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amEver since Sept. 11, New Yorkers have felt more stress than usual, many of us experiencing anxiety ranging from free-floating paranoia to deep depression. But two-legged city dwellers aren't the...
BAM GETS HOPPIN' WITH DOWN UNDER MENU
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amBAM CAFE 30 Lafayette Ave. (at Ashland Place) BAM Café has yabbies. Despite the dubious sound of it, this is a very good thing. Yabbie is Australian for crawfish, but...
BAN ON GLITZ AND GLAMOUR DAMPENS HEALING
October 7, 2001 | 4:00am'PEOPLE are still mourning. Our absence is the producer's way of expressing respect for those that perished," says Kathrine Narducci of the minimal presence of the cast of "The Sopranos"...
NON-MARCHERS HONOR HEROES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIn a stirring tribute to their fallen comrades, New York's Bravest and Finest will sidestep tradition and not march in tomorrow's Columbus Day Parade, The Post has learned. Instead, a...
JAILED TERRORISTS HERE REJOICED AT COHORTS' EVIL DEEDS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amOne terrorist gave the thumbs-up sign. Another smiled broadly from ear to ear. A third killer slapped his hands together in front of his face and fell to his knees...
OLIVER STONE WANTS TO FILM REAL TERROR STORY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amDirector Oliver Stone wants to make a movie about terrorism in the wake of Sept. 11 - but producers predict Hollywood is going to resist bankrolling hard-edge films for the...
MOST BACK ISRAEL AFTER ATTACK: POLL
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWhile a majority of Americans believe that U.S. ties to Israel helped bring about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, most reject cutting those links, a new Newsweek poll says. The...
1970S RADICAL CITES WTC TO ASK TRIAL DELAY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Lawyers for accused 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson want to delay her upcoming trial, claiming the nation's terrorist fears and patriotic fervor could unfairly influence jurors. Minnesota...
SAD SEND-OFFS FOR LIFESAVERS: THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE TO COPS & FIREFIGHTERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amFourteen white doves rose into a cloudy sky yesterday in tribute to Emergency Service Unit Officer Santos Valentin, one of 14 officers from the elite NYPD unit lost saving others...
INCREASE IN BONDS VALUE WHACKS MAC
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Barry Bonds belted his 71st home run over the right-centerfield wall, it wasn't just the ball that dropped. The value of comic-book creator Todd McFarlane's pricey investment, Mark McGwire's...
SPECIAL DELIVERY : POSTMAN NOW PATROLS GROUND-ZERO RUBBLE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amEven without a rifle slung over his shoulder, Army Sgt. Gregory Blue knows he's an intimidating figure. He also knows that it's not his height (6-foot-4) or his linebacker build...
DEMS GO ON ATTACK OVER GOP TAX PLANS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats yesterday sounded class-warfare themes in the battle over how to revive the terror-shaken economy and painted Republicans as tilting in favor of "big corporations and the wealthy."...
LOCKDOWN: SECRET PLAN FOR CITY IF U.S. HITS OSAMA
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amSecurity officials are planning an unprecedented, high-alert lockdown of the city in the event of a U.S. military strike in Afghanistan, sources told The Post. The lockdown, which is likely...
NEW STUDY BARES ASBESTOS THREAT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amAn independent researcher confirms what New Yorkers have feared since the choreographed mayhem of Sept. 11: There's far more asbestos lingering in the air than the government would have us...
OSAMA'S MONEY MAN WAS JAILED, THEN FREED
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amTwo years ago, the man who may be Osama bin Laden's "CFO" was securely behind bars in India. But Sheik Syed - believed to have been the money man behind...
ISRAEL EASES UP ON U.S. : SHARON BACKS OFF 'APPEASEMENT' JAB
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amDeclaring that its war of words with the United States was over, Israel again pledged its "full support" yesterday for President Bush's fight against terrorism. The promise came as Israeli...
RUDY'S PLEA: HAVE RESPECT FOR THE DEAD : SCOLDS GOULISH GAWKERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said he's happy tourists are coming back to New York, but yesterday again pleaded with them to show respect when they're near ground zero - the "largest burial...
DER FUHRER WAS ALSO A QUEEN, BOOK SAYS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amAdolf Hitler was gay. That's the theory of a German historian, who claims Hitler had a long history of homosexual relationships - including a crush on his propaganda minister, Rudolf...
POLICE KILL GUNMAN
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amEmergency Service Unit cops shot and killed an apparently deranged Bronx man yesterday after he opened fire on his roommate and held a gun to his sister's head, police said....
GREEN TRIES TO MAKE FREDDY'S FLIPS A FLOP WITH LIBERAL VOTERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral hopeful Mark Green yesterday hit rival Fernando Ferrer for switching gears on abortion and the death penalty, as the Bronx borough president deflected the criticism at an unusual campaign...
BOMB KILLS AMERICAN CIVILIAN IN SAUDI ARABIA : BUSH TELLS TALIBAN: 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT'
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Two people, one an American, were killed by a bomb in Saudi Arabia yesterday just hours after President Bush warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers: "Time is running out." A...
COPS RESCUE CARJACKED TOT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amA 3-month-old baby was reunited with his mother in The Bronx last night - 10 frightening hours after being snatched in a carjacking, police said. Officers Jose Lopez and Julio...
FREED EX-CONS LAND PLUM JOBS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amTwo Brooklyn men - freed after spending 14 years in maximum-security prisons for a murder they did not commit - have finally found jobs. Charles Shepherd, 38, and Anthony Faison,...
JUDI EMERGES AS PUBLIC 'FIRST LADY'
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIn the confusing hours after the World Trade Center attack, Mayor Giuliani re-christened the Police Academy as a command post and summoned his inner circle: top advisers, vital commissioners -...
FLOOD OF SUITS DUE AS MONTH PASSES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon were a month ago this week - and the tragic date is likely to be followed by a flood of civil...
GUARDSMEN TAKE UP POSTS AT N.Y. AIRPORTS TODAY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amAirline security gets a further boost today as New York's National Guard descends on the city's two airports, armed with M-16 rifles. Troops are already on the ground at Newark...
PARTY WITHOUT POMP : AIR-TIGHT SECURITY DUE AT LOW-KEY CEREMONY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amExpect one of the strangest Emmy Awards in the show's 53-year history tonight, with a lot more security and considerably less glitz. Because jumpy TV execs feared New York celebs...
OUR FREEBIES LAND 'SMACK'-DAB IN HEROIN COUNTRY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Bush announced earlier in the week that the United States would begin to airdrop $320 million in food and medical supplies into Afghanistan. This historic announcement was immediately followed...
WILL THEY LOOK FOR CHANGE OF PACE?
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amPace University has always been proud of its ties to the World Trade Center. The school, which had space on the 55th floor of the south tower, still has images...
2ND AVE. SUBWAY FAST-TRACKED
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amConstruction of the long-proposed Second Avenue subway could be fast-tracked in the expected review of the city's transportation network after the World Trade Center tragedy. With billions of dollars in...
DRIVER IN 2 DEATHS IS STILL OUT ON ROAD
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amA 20-year-old accused of killing two young sisters when he drove a speeding sports car into a group of Brooklyn pedestrians had nine prior traffic violations - including three separate...
'I'S' HAVE IT FOR SELF-FOCUSED MARK
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIN Mark Green's world, it's me, myself and I. While some observers thought Green lost or at best scored a draw in last week's debate, he clearly came out well...
A DROP IN APPLE-ICATIONS : N.Y. COLLEGES MAY FEEL TERROR'S EFFECTS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amShell-shocked parents and their high-school seniors are shying away from New York colleges because of the terrorist attacks, guidance counselors have told The Post. The backlash might even put a...
ADWATCH
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amTITLE: Decade of experience LENGTH: 30 seconds PRODUCER:Trippi, McMahon and Squier SCRIPT: Announcer: "Which Democrat for mayor has over a decade of experience representing all of New York? Only Mark...
BLUESHIRTS' NO. 3 SHOULD BE HANGING FROM RAFTERS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amOL' No. 3, Harry Howell, was in town last week, joining other Ranger alums - Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert, Ron Greschner, Gilles Villemure and Steve Vickers, to name a few...
MSG NETWORK GAVE ITS ALL TO YANK FANS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amBECAUSE money trumps quality every time, MSG's 12-year run as the Yankees' network ends with today's game at Tampa Bay. MSG served the Yankees - and all year long -...
HOW NOT TO BECOME A BLACK BEAR'S LUNCH
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amDURING the fall months many New Yorkers will be spending increasing amounts of time outdoors, but this is also the time of year when black bears become more active, setting...
MIFFED MOULDS MAKING STINK
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amORCHARD PARK - Some of the natives in Buffalo are getting restless with the Bills' poor start. Among them is receiver Eric Moulds, who has only five receptions this season...
IMPRESSIVE KITTLES KEY TO NETS' PLAYOFF HOPES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIf Kerry Kittles plays like the Kerry Kittles of old, the Nets make the playoffs. Who says so? Kerry Kittles. "If so, then we're a playoff team," Kittles said when...
JET OVERHAUL'S JUST BEGUN : NEW SYSTEMS MEAN THE FUTURE'S NOT NOW
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWHETHER the Jets played the 4-3 or the 3-4, it still added up to seven guys who didn't tackle. The fans, too anxious to note Herman Edwards inability to glower...
BIG BLUE: NO PLANS TO LET UP
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIn the past, the Giants would often play down to the level of their competition. If that is still the case, today's game against the Redskins at Giants Stadium will...
STILL-SORE IKE'S BACK AS BIG PART OF ATTACK
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIn his first action of the season, Ike Hilliard last week against the Saints looked, well, pretty much like Ike Hilliard. In a game where the Giants passed the ball...
ALL SIGNS POINTING TO DAYNE'S DAY IN THE SUN : HEISMAN WINNER HITTING HIS STRIDE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amSometimes you want Ron Dayne to rise to his feet and demand the ball. He certainly has enough crammed onto his resume to make a case for himself. He can...
FOREST HILLS 'CAP ON TAP
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amYesterday's Jockey Club Gold Cup and its four accompanying stakes weren't the only major preps at Belmont Park this weekend for the Oct. 27 Breeders' Cup. Today, five fleet-footed flyers...
TRIBE GIVES RANDOLPH A CASE OF THE WILLIES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amTURN on any TV, tune in any radio, stop by any press box and this is what you'll hear: The world champions will come from the American League, the stronger...
KNICKS WISE TO DUMP RICE : GLEN 'HATED' VAN & SPREE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amAS MUCH as I like the addition of Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley, it's almost immaterial whom the Knicks got for misfit Glen Rice; his subtraction would've more than sufficed....
DEVILS' $40M STATEMENT : BRODEUR SIGNING CRUCIAL
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amFORTY million dollars, that's all it took for Lou Lamoriello to signal that the Devils can and will compete in a new hockey economy that has never been more uncertain....
WIN OR BUSTS VS. BILLS : WITH ROCKY ROAD AHEAD, JETS MUST ROMP IN BUFFALO
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amORCHARD PARK - Plain, simple and bluntly put, this is the Jets' plight through three games of the 2001 season: If they do not defeat the struggling Bills today at...
VAN PANS USING SHORT EXCUSES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - Marcus Camby still believes the Knicks will address their lack-of-size issue before the season is said and done. Latrell Sprewell has already stated he thinks the club...
CAMBY FEELS SO UNDERPAID
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - Marcus Camby will get by, but he can't help but feel he is the team's most underpaid player considering current market values. And he will be for...
CHEF LENNY ADDS A ' PINCH' OF JOY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe Mets, who play their last game of their non-playoff season today, will have to wait until at least next season to reclaim their lost NL championship. But Lenny Harris...
YOU CAPTURES FRIZETTE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe last time the 2-year-old fillies You and Cashier's Dream met, in the 61/2-furlong Adirondack at Saratoga, they turned it into a virtual match race, with You winning by a...
CLINTON SPOILS PARTY AT TECH'S NEW FIELD
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amClinton 35Bklyn Tech 22 They were all on hand yesterday. From the 1940s to the guys just out of high school. And all their stories sounded the same. "We played...
OFFICER EARNS 'CHAMPAGNE'
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amPrince Ahmed Salman, owner of The Thoroughbred Corp., and trainer Bob Baffert lost one champion when Point Given was injured last summer and retired. No sooner did he leave the...
CONTROVERSY IN BELDAME
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amExogenous made it two in a row yesterday at Belmont Park, taking the Grade 1, $750,000 Beldame by 11/4 lengths under Javier Castellano. Before entering the winner's circle, Exogenous had...
IONA PREP KEEPS MOUNT IN CHECK
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIona Prep 20Mount 6 A week after showing it was a contender in the CHSFL with a tight win over Chaminade, Iona Prep once again survived a test by knocking...
BARRY'S TOO POOPED TO START : HOME-RUN KING RESTS AFTER WILD, CRAZY NIGHT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - The day after, Barry Bonds rested. Friday night, Bonds electrified the baseball world with record-setting home runs No. 71 and 72 at Pac Bell Park to shatter...
IMAGINE : BONDS IN NEW YORK
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds is not only on top of the home run world, he is on top of the free-agent world. If home runs could talk, the two...
MARIS' SON THRILLED BY BONDS FEAT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Sitting in Section 105 at Tropicana Field yesterday watching the Yankees play the Devil Rays, Rich Maris was still stunned by Barry Bonds' having hit 72 homers....
EL DUQUE'S ALDS FATE TO GO ON TRIAL TODAY
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Never have so many people been this interested in watching a 3-7 pitcher with a 5.06 ERA work four innings of relief against the worst team in...
'GOLD' GOES TO APTITUDE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThrough most of his career, trainer Bobby Frankel's colt Aptitude was labeled an underachiever. No more. Yesterday, the 4-year-old son of A.P. Indy finally fulfilled his promise with a devastating,...
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: ANDY SOLID, RAMIRO SHAKY IN YANK LOSS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The optimist looks at Andy Pettitte's performance yesterday and loves the Yankees' chances against the A's in the playoffs. The pessimist inspects Ramiro Mendoza's outing and believes...
BOSS & TORRE TALK CONTRACT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Good conversation. No deal. That describes the face-to-face contract chat between George Steinbrenner and Joe Torre yesterday in Tampa. "We are talking, and that's about as much...
ONE GAME IN, AND LOW'S MAKING CHANGES
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThings will be different for tonight's Broadway opening, that much is guaranteed. Because when the Rangers take the Garden ice tonight against the Sabres, they will do so with a...
SIMMS TAKES HEISMAN HIT
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amDALLAS - Chris Simms once despised questions about being a Heisman Trophy candidate. He still hasn't completely warmed to the topic, but for the first time this season, the son...
SOONERS FIND A WAY TO WIN : STINGY 'D' STOPS SIMMS, 'HORNS
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amDALLAS - The Oklahoma Sooners lost their starting quarterback by halftime yesterday at the Cotton Bowl. Already, the oddsmakers were so thoroughly convinced that Oklahoma couldn't win for an 18th...
FORBIDDEN APPLE BIG IN KELSO
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amForbidden Apple continued to show his fondness for the Belmont Widener turf course as he snuck through on the rail to win the Grade 2, $250,000 Kelso Handicap yesterday. Sarafan...
OSGOOD, ISLES LOOK UNBEATABLE
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amIsles 3Panthers 0 SUNRISE, Fla. - You don't win these games by being soft. Last night the Islanders played like cobras in beating the Panthers 3-0 in front of a...
METS CAN'T BE LEFT OUT AGAIN
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amOne of the Mets' most glaring deficiencies this year, and one of the team's most important priorities this offseason, will be boosting their anemic outfield production. The question is how...
UNLUCKY PIERRE: HEAT'S ON DAGENAIS TO REPLACE ALEX
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - As the Devils opened their 20th season here last night, their No. 1 question was whether they could make Alexander Mogilny's 43 goals history, rather than the gaping...
APTITUDE GRABS GOLD CUP
October 7, 2001 | 4:00amThrough most of his career, trainer Bobby Frankel's colt Aptitude was labeled an underachiever. No more. Yesterday, the 4-year-old son of A.P. Indy finally fulfilled his promise with a devastating,...