October 9, 2001
DURST'S RIVER TAXI PLAN
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWITH Downtown mass transit limping from the terrorist attack, developer Douglas Durst has put his money behind an ambitious water-taxi service to link 11 key sites in Lower Manhattan. Ordinarily...
WHEN THIS RECESSION WILL COME TO AN END
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWARREN Buffett said last week the recession would be a "relatively deep and extended one." Now, I respect Buffett as much as any other mere mortal, but his statement needs...
UNGER IS QUITTING SEC POST
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAnd then there was one. Laura Unger, in an unexpected move, will resign her post tomorrow as commissioner at the SEC, leaving the top levels for the Wall Street watchdogs...
PRIMEDIA PUTS BACON ON THE TABLE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amPrimedia Inc. has put its Bacon's Information unit, one of the leading providers of media directories and press materials to the public relations industry, on the block, sources familiar with...
SEC PROBING ADNAN KASHOGGI'S GENESIS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a formal investigation into Adnan Khashoggi's GenesisIntermedia Inc. In addition, Ramy El-Batrawi, chairman and CEO of Genesis, resigned his posts and been replaced...
INTEL'S PULLING PLUG ON 'NET PHOTO SITE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIntel's retreat from the Internet continued yesterday as the chipmaking giant pulled the plug on its photo site. GatherRound.com, which was funded and staffed by Intel, was launched in September...
MODEL OF ECONOMY - IMG SAYS LAYOFFS ARE ON THE WAY
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAll's not well at sports and entertainment marketer IMG. The company, which represents Gisele Bundchen and sports greats Pete Sampras and the Williams sisters, issued a memo to its 3,000...
IS HE FRIEND 'ORE' FOE? - MAGNESIUM BILLIONAIRE AT WAR WITH ISRAEL
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe billionaire Manhattan tycoon who makes Humvees for the U.S. Army is embroiled in a legal fight to stamp out a rival Israeli company - even though he's one of...
TETERBORO PREPS FOR MORE CORP. TRAFFIC
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amTeterboro Airport is building a new terminal to handle the boom in corporate air traffic since the World Trade Center attack. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
H'WOOD, BRING CASH! - BIG APPLE COULD USE A SHOT IN THE ARM FROM THE MOVIE BIZ
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amSTARS have been rallying in support of the Big Apple - but it remains to be seen if Hollywood will show patriotism by putting its money where its mouth is...
BUZZ
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amStress test Feeling anxious? On Thursday - National Depression Screening Day - you can see if you need treatment. Dr. Douglas Jacobs, who developed the screening program, says this year's...
'WHEEL' WON'T ROLL INTO APPLE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00am"WHEEL of Fortune" will tape a week's worth of shows that pay tribute to New York City but will not make the trip from Los Angeles. In the past, "Wheel"...
STARR REPORT
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amJudy blooms with new syndicated ideaJudge Judy Sheindlin is branching out from "Judge Judy" and is about to begin shopping around a kids-oriented court show featuring her 13-year-old grandson, Casey...
GONE ONCE, GONE TWICE... GOODBYE EMMYS? EVEN THIS AWFUL SHOW SHOULD (GULP!) GO ON
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amHERE'S a pop quiz, boys and girls: Why did President Jimmy Carter announce in February of 1980 that the U.S. would not participate in the Summer Olympics that year, which...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amFuller life Buckminster Fuller is well known as the inventor of the geodesic dome (1947). What most people don't know is that nearly 20 years earlier he designed a hexagonal...
GONE ONCE, GONE TWICE... GOODBYE EMMYS? H'WOOD SAYS LET'S DO LUNCH
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amTHE fate of the twice-canceled Emmy Awards remains uncertain - and the TV industry is deepely divided about whether they should ever be rescheduled. "I don't think they should do...
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR
October 9, 2001 | 4:00am* CHARLOTTE CHURCH "Enchantment" [ 1/2] Columbia Teen phenom Charlotte Church - the girl with a "voice of an angel" - will continue to astound both the pop and classical...
NERVOUS NOSHING: DON'T FALL INTO THE FAT TRAP OF 'COMFORT FOODS'
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S no secret that in anxious times, people turn to comfort foods - the rich, sweet or salty foods they ate when they were young. But the end result of...
MARIO GOES FOR GREEN
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Gov. Mario Cuomo yesterday endorsed mayoral candidate Mark Green, saying Fernando Ferrer's flip-flop on the death penalty raises serious questions about his positions on other core issues. Cuomo's nod...
DISNEY DREAM LIVES FOR BIG-HEARTED BROTHERS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Mackay brothers are going to Disney World after all - thanks to the "Live with Regis and Kelly" show. On Sept. 30, The Post brought you the story of...
PLAYING HURT AFTER 9/11 - FRIEND OF LOST FDNY HERO TO TAKE FIELD VS. YANKS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amOakland A's second baseman Frank Menechino, a Staten Island native, returned to New York filled with a competitive fire that's tempered by a heavy heart. Menechino's team is seeking to...
PREZ PAL IN BRAVEST NEW WORLD
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amRetired firefighter Bob Beckwith became a symbol for a heartbroken but defiant nation when he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with President Bush at ground zero. Now, almost a month later, the 69-year-old...
ISLAMIC NATIONS ERUPT - PAKISTANIS TORCH U.N. CHARITY SITE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amBitter and violent protests erupted in Muslim nations yesterday over the U.S.-British military strikes, with at least four people being shot dead and hundreds injured. In Pakistan, thousands of anti-American...
NORTHERN REBELS SET FOR MAJOR ATTACK ON TALIBAN
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. airstrikes against military targets in Afghanistan has the poverty-stricken country's rebel Northern Alliance planning a major offensive - possibly starting today - and predicting the end for the...
BEYOND BIN LADEN - THE BUSHIES SIGNAL A BROADER WAR
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amYESTERDAY marked a turning point in the global war on terrorism - because the United States gave the first concrete signs since President Bush's Sept. 21 speech that the war...
MISSILES CLEARING WAY FOR REBEL FORCES
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON- A second wave of U.S. bombers and carrier-based warplanes rained "smart" bombs and destruction on the Taliban yesterday as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it was time for new...
PLANES AIRDROP 37,500 MEALS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. cargo planes yesterday dropped another 37,500 ready-made meals across the Afghan countryside, as the bomb-and-feed campaign entered Day Two. At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted...
S.I. ASST. PRINCIPALS FACE PURGE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe cash-strapped Staten Island school district - the city's largest - is planning to get rid of more than two-thirds of assistant principals who help monitor student safety. It's part...
CITY WRAPPED IN SECURITY BLANKET - TROOPS TO PATROL TRAIN STATIONS & BUS DEPOT TODAY
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThousands of cops and National Guard troops on high alert fanned out across the city yesterday - wrapping Manhattan's highest-profile landmarks in a thick web of security and cautiously filtering...
ALL-STAR CD WILL BE MUSIC TO EARS OF VICTIMS' KIN
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica's biggest music stars are singing our nation's praises to raise money for Mayor Giuliani's Twin Towers Fund. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Gloria Estefan...
TEEN'S WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN - WAR MAKES HER ARMY ADVENTURE A NIGHTMARE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIT SEEMED like a good idea at the time. Less than two months and a 100,000 tears ago, Heather Rudolph made a choice. Heather, 18, was stuck in that static...
'RULES' FOR DETAINING TERRORISM SUSPECTS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe federal government has held 614 people across the country in custody in connection with the Sept. 11 terror investigation, and is going to extraordinary lengths to make sure some...
9,000 BID HERO COP FAREWELL - WTC RESCUER CALLED 'ANGEL'
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amNearly 9,000 cops descended on a Long Island church yesterday to mourn the loss of "an angel," a father, a husband and a "hero" - police Officer Ronald Kloepfer, who...
FREDDY SHRUGS OFF MUSLIMS' BACKING
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAn umbrella Muslim group is backing Fernando Ferrer - two months after it pulled back its endorsement of Mark Green. But Ferrer said he's "not interested." "Mr. Ferrer has shown...
TRUCK SEARCHES STILL JAMMING TRAFFIC
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amGet out of your cars and onto mass transit if you want a smooth commute today, officials warn. Police are continuing to separate trucks and vans from regular traffic at...
U.S. JETS LAUNCH AN 'ART' ATTACK - STINGING MESSAGES ADORN OUR BOMBS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica's fighter jets are not only bombing Afghanistan's terror bases - they're flipping them the bird, too. Our pilots have painted sarcastic messages and mildly obscene drawings on the sides...
STOX SLIP AMID WAR - BUT 'EXACTING JUSTICE' COULD SPARK RALLY
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amStocks slumped on their first day of trading since the U.S.-led retaliatory airstrikes against terrorist targets in Afghanistan. The pullback was expected, considering both the uncertainties surrounding the war efforts...
SILENT SAUDIS WON'T BACK STRIKES
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amKey U.S. ally Saudi Arabia yesterday refused to publicly back the bombing of Afghanistan. Many other Mideast nations have supported the strikes while saying the only way to ensure peace...
RUDY TO UNVEIL REVISED BUDGET
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani today will announce revisions to the $40 billion city budget - and many officials expect him to impose strict belt-tightening measures to fight looming fiscal problems in the...
STORES SLASHING PRICES TO MOVE GOODS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amGet out there for deals, shoppers. Retailers, experiencing lagging sales since the Sept. 11 attacks, are starting to cut prices on items to get products moving. And the markdowns will...
LOW-TECH, HIGH MARKS - OLD-FASHIONED BOMBS REDUCE TERROR CAMPS TO 'DUST'
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon is using a combination of proven-effective old bombs and exotic new spy technology in a cat-and-mouse game to smoke Osama bin Laden and his henchmen out...
MAJOR U.S. CHECKPOINTS ARE GETTING EVEN TIGHTER
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica battened down the hatches yesterday in the wake of the bombing attacks on Afghanistan - as a national red alert led to heightened and tightened security at borders, ports,...
BODY OF MISSING BX. WOMAN FOUND
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe mystery of a Bronx woman's disappearance after the World Trade Center attacks has a tragic ending: Her body was found under a fallen walkway that led from the center's...
FEAR ISN'T GROUNDING FLIERS AT JFK
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAir travel in the New York area appeared unhampered by the airstrikes on Afghanistan - but travelers maintained a cautious view. And security was tight at airports as fears continued...
LETHAL BACTERIA STRIKES SLOWLY - ILLNESS CAN TAKE MONTHS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIt can take up to two months for a person infected with anthrax to begin showing symptoms - although some people may grow seriously ill in just days. Because of...
HOURLY REPORT: OSAMA WEARS A TIMEX
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIf Osama bin Laden hates America so much, why does he appear to be wearing a watch made in the United States? In a videotape released this week, bin Laden...
PASSENGERS THWART COCKPIT INTRUDER
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amPassengers aboard an American Airlines flight - remembering the fate of the planes hijacked on Sept. 11 - tackled a mentally ill man who forced his way into the cockpit...
ARAFAT'S COPS KILL GAZA STUDENTS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian police yesterday opened fire on a crowd of anti-U.S. students demonstrators in the Gaza Strip - as shaken leader Yasser Arafat pleaded for calm "to avoid a...
HOLLYWOOD SCRIPTS OUT TERROR PLOTS FOR MILITARY
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The Army has enlisted the creative forces of Hollywood to fight terrorists by anticipating their next deadly moves, officials said yesterday. A group based out of the...
FEDS SUSPECT ANTHRAX ATTACK - INTERN EYED IN FLA. CASE THAT KILLED 1, HIT 2 MORE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amHealth officials now believe someone deliberately launched the anthrax attack that struck a Florida office building, as a third worker was said to have been exposed to the deadly bacteria....
BLAIR GIVEN EQUAL TIME ON ARABIC TV
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -British Prime Minister Tony Blair, angered that Osama bin Laden scored propaganda points when the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera broadcast his anti-Western diatribe across the globe, received equal access...
HIJACK THUGS KEPT IN THE DARK
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAbout a dozen of the 19 hijackers involved in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon may not have known they were part of a...
LETHAL DISEASE CURABLE IN EARLY STAGES
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAnthrax is the deadly biological weapon feared most by counterterrorism experts - but it is not contagious and can be successfully fought off if caught in time. The first symptoms...
POSH CABS ON THE WAY - ROOMY NEW MODELS ARE LIKE MINI-LIMOS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amNew York is getting the world's first luxury yellow cab. The roomy new models, complete with passenger controls for air conditioning and heating in the back seat, will start gliding...
ROUND TWO HITS TALIBAN - US MILITARY FORCES POUND AFGHAN TARGETS FOR SECOND DAY; BUSH VOWS TO 'TIGHTEN THE NET OF JUSTICE' ON OSAMA BIN LADEN; NATIONAL GUARD PROTECTING PENN STATION, GRAND CENTRAL, PA
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica's war against terrorism marched forward on two fronts yesterday - as the United States unleashed a new round of punishing airstrikes in Afghanistan and jacked up security measures on...
WARY WHITE HOUSE KEEPS CHENEY UNDER WRAPS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney was kept away from the White House for a second straight day at an undisclosed secure location - just in case there's terrorist retaliation....
AIR PASSENGERS SUBDUE CRAZED MAN
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amPassengers aboard an American Airlines flight - remembering the fate of the planes hijacked on Sept. 11 - tackled and subdued a mentally ill man who tried to force his...
BLAIR GETS EQUAL TIME ON ARABIC TV STATION
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair demanded to speak on Osama bin Laden's favorite TV channel yesterday, as the propaganda war between coalition forces and the terror master intensified...
AIRDROPS RAIN FOOD AGAIN ON AFGHANS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. cargo planes yesterday dropped another 37,500 ready-made meals across the Afghan countryside, as the bomb-and-feed campaign entered Day Two. At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted...
U.S. MISSILES ROCK MORE KEY POSITIONS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A second wave of U.S. bombers and carrier-based warplanes rained "smart" bombs and destruction on the Taliban yesterday as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said it was time for...
ROUND TWO HITS TALIBAN : NEW AIRSTRIKES BRING HIGH ALERT AT HOME
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAmerica's war against terrorism marched forward on two fronts yesterday - as the United States unleashed a new round of punishing airstrikes in Afghanistan and jacked up security measures on...
ANTHRAX OUTBREAK: * 1 DEAD, 2 NEW CASES * FEDS PROBE INTERN 'GIFT'
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAn anthrax scare gripped the nation yesterday as a third employee of a supermarket tabloid was said to be exposed - and the FBI probed frightening reports of an odd...
JINTS ON SCOUTING MISSION
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Players almost always watch the Monday Night Football game, mainly for entertainment purposes, but it was difficult for the Giants last night to tune in without having business...
JINTS NEED DRIVES TO COUNT VS. RAMS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAs they struggled with the Redskins and often to overcome their own mishaps Sunday, the Giants held the ball on four drives of 10 or more plays. "That's good," Jim...
RANGERS' SHAKY 'D' NEEDS FIX
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amHis rehab from-what else? - reconstructive knee surgery - proceeding at an accelerated pace beyond even the most optimistic projections, Tomas Kloucek is likely to gain clearance to begin full...
CAMBY HAS FAMILIAR FOOT AILMENT
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES This plantar fasciaitis - I mean, is it contagious only in New York? Last year, Glen Rice limped through a painful campaign with an extremely severe case of...
A'S NUMBERS COULD ADD UP TO YANK DOOM
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe numbers are staggering. Seventeen straight home wins. Victories in 29 of their last 33 games. The second-best second half ever. No matter how you dissect the A's, you come...
WILLIAMS WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe old comfortable porch rocker. The car that starts in the middle of winter. Mom's cooking. Aaron Williams. There are some aspects of life that are just downright reliable. "Aaron...
JETS REALIZE FLAWS ; GANG GREEN: 2-2 IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIn the minutes immediately following the Jets' victory Sunday in Buffalo, the players quickly and quietly dressed in the cramped visitors' locker room and filed to the buses that would...
BELLA BELLUCI WINS ASTARITA
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amIn a battle of four unbeaten 2-year-old fillies, Bella Belluci ran her record to 2-for-2 yesterday with a hard-earned triumph over front-running Forest Heiress in the Grade 2, $100,000 Astarita...
NFL FINE ON DECK FOR LEWIS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES A fine is seemingly imminent for Jets' linebacker Mo Lewis for his elbow-to-helmet hit that knocked Bills' quarterback Rob Johnson out of the game Sunday despite the fact...
YANK REPEAT TALE A REAL MYSTERY
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY are the three-time defending World Series champs and yet we do not know who they are. The 2001 Yankees are full of mastery and mystery. They could win their...
MAN IN THE MUDDLE ; HARRINGTON CAN PLAY . . . IF JEFF LETS HIM
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThey need more scoring punch down low. The frontcourt is still a work in progress. Couldn't Scott Layden land us a top-notch big man? This is what you hear fans...
CHUCK & CHUCKERS ; KEY YANK QUESTIONS ; TORRE HAS DECISIONS TO MAKE BEFORE A'S INVADE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amCan Chuck Knoblauch be the leadoff hitter the Yankees so desperately need? Should the Bombers carry 10 or 11 pitchers? Will Paul O'Neill's left foot allow him to play the...
METS' GOAL: GET OFFENSIVE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amThe outline of the Mets' offseason plan is set. After being the only team in baseball to average less than four runs a game this season, the club's goal for...
CHUCK & CHUCKERS KEY YANK QUESTIONS - JOE: THESE A'S MAY BE THE BEST WE'VE FACED
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amTHE A's were the best team the Yankees faced last October and they were nowhere near as good as the A's the Yankees face this week. They didn't have Johnny...
CHUCK & CHUCKERS KEY YANK QUESTIONS: CONTRACT NO WORRY FOR TORRE
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES According to Joe Torre, George Steinbrenner has never told him the Yankees have to win a fourth straight World Series title in order for Torre to stay at...
VAN GUNDY'S NIGHTMARE ; JORDAN'S DEBUT A NO-WIN SITUATION
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amAS we've all come to identify and adore, Jeff Van Gundy's nature is to prepare for the worst and count on a lighting on the dark side of his dread....
NELLIE: WE'RE DEEPER THAN '98 YANKS
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK SEATTLE - Take it from Jeff Nelson, who pitched for a Yankee team that won 114 games in 1998 and a Seattle team that won 116 this year -...
BRET: AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US - AFTER 116 WINS, M'S CONFIDENT
October 9, 2001 | 4:00amSEATTLE - There isn't one Mariner, Bret Boone says, with whom he wouldn't gladly share a foxhole during a 116-win season. The perfect team is not made up of guys...