October 13, 2001
JITTERY MARTS PLUNGE EARLY, THEN REBOUND
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amNews of another anthrax case in New York City sent the markets plummeting yesterday - only to rebound late in the day as investors collected themselves. In the end, the...
SAY BANKRUPTCY!: $1 BILLION IN DEBT, POLAROID FILES FOR CHAP. 11
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican camera icon Polaroid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday. The Cambridge, Mass. company said the bottom fell out of its revenues this year, although executives only mentioned Sept....
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE, IT'S FASHION ANYWHERE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amNew York City apparel makers are looking for some support. They have decided to put labels on their products saying "Proudly Made in New York" in hopes that shoppers will...
MADONNA, GATES MAKING MUSIC
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amMicrosoft thinks its new Windows needs a Ray of Light. The Redmond giant has licensed the Material Mom's hit "Ray of Light" as the official theme of the new operating...
I'M CRUZIN' NOT BOOZIN'
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amZarela! La Cocina Veracruzana" Today at 3:30 on Ch. 13 ONE of the premiere restaurateurs in New York, Zarela Martinez, of Zarela and Danzon, has come to PBS to explain...
ABC AND ARAB TV PLAY SWAPS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amABC News has entered into an agreement with Al-Jazeera television - Osama bin Laden's favorite TV network. The agreement is non-exclusive, meaning that other networks are free to negotiate their...
THIRD BLOW TO EMMY AWARDS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE twice-cancelled Emmys have now lost their executive producer. Don Mischer has quit the CBS telecast because he has to start devoting his time to producing NBC's coverage of the...
DIAMOND STANDS UP FOR AMERICA
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amCALL him a Diamond in the fluff.At Madison Square Garden Thursday, Neil Diamond ran the gamut from sappy to snappy during his extremely generous three-hour, no-break, showman's showman concert. With...
'LINK' TRYOUTS MOVED
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amNBC has changed the venue of tomorrow's "Weakest Link" auditions. The tryouts, originally slated to unfold at NBC headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, have been moved to the Sheraton Hotel...
KNOCKING ON "HEAVEN'S GATE'
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOne of Michael Cimino's movies, "The Deer Hunter," won five Oscars, including best picture and best director. Another Cimino flick, "Heaven's Gate," was one of the costliest flops in Hollywood...
TROTTING 'ROUND THE WORLD
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amEver wonder what it would be like to ramble through a rain forest, dive to the ocean floor - or dogsled along a frozen tundra? You can get a feel...
PRIDE OF PARIS: BOLD BUT FEMININE FASHIONS REIGN ON THE RUNWAYS AT PARIS SHOWS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amCAN you smell it? There's romance in the air - and on the runways - in Paris, where the final week of the spring 2002 fashion shows finished yesterday. Remember...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOK, you got me. I was invited to a dinner party a couple years back. It was an awful experience. When I showed up I couldn't say a word. I...
TA DA! IT'S TANDA
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amTanDa arrives with the advance buzz of being the coolest see-and-be-seen lounge since Moomba shuttered its star-studded space. Whatever. The BarBelles suggest you go for one reason and one reason...
APOLOGISTS FOR TERROR TRIUMPH AGAIN
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWHY doesn't the frigid brain trust in Oslo just award the Nobel Peace Prize to that wacky Iraqi, Saddam Hussein? It's official. The useless, clueless, America-bashing, Israel-hating open sore on...
NOBEL RINGS FOR ANNAN: U.N. CHIEF: PEACE PRIZE REAFFIRMS OUR MISSION
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amUnited Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday said winning the Nobel Peace Prize gave him a "wonderful feeling." The 100th anniversary prize was awarded jointly to Annan and the United Nations...
BUILT WITH LEGOS & LOVE LADY LIBERTY STATUE RAISES 5G
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOne brick at a time, a Statue of Liberty grew in San Francisco - one LEGO brick at a time, that is. Peter Grossman, a former Port Authority engineer, and...
BALLPARK DEALS LOOK LIKE STRIKEOUTS POST-SEPT. 11
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amINSIDE CITY HALL DEALS to build new ballparks for the Yankees and Mets have been put on indefinite hold in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. And some...
BIN LADEN PUTS 50G BOUNTY ON GI JOES
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Terror master Osama bin Laden has put out a $50,000 reward for the capture of American servicemen during operations in Afghanistan, it was reported yesterday. The chilling bounty...
SPECIAL DELIVERY OF FEAR TO N.Y. POSTAL WORKERS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWaves of fear spread through the city's postal workers yesterday after news broke that a case of anthrax was confirmed in New York - and the bacterium may have been...
JURY CLEARS EX-TEAMSTERS BIG: VOWS RETURN TO UNION WORK AFTER 'GREEK TRAGEDY' SCANDAL
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amEx-Teamsters boss Ron Carey won a complete acquittal yesterday on charges he lied to cover up a crooked union campaign scandal during his 1996 re-election bid. "I'm on cloud nine!"...
RUDY 'EXTENDS' NEW OFFER: BUT SILVER AGAIN REJECTS LONGER TERM FOR MAYOR
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani took yet another stab yesterday at winning a three-month term extension, but he got nowhere with the one man he has to convince - Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
PUPILS PLEDGE TO BE PATRIOTS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amPint-sized patriots took up President Bush's call to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school assemblies throughout the city yesterday. Schools Chancellor Harold Levy joined students at PS 20 on...
BUSH ADDS 39 TO FREEZE LIST
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration yesterday jacked up the financial war on terrorism, freezing money held by 39 additional individuals and groups linked to terror - including a chain of...
NO LIE: PROBERS BUST 'FIBBING' SUSPECT
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Justice Department had this message yesterday for anyone ensnared in the ever-widening anti-terrorism net: Don't let us catch you lying. Otherwise, you could end up like Faisal Michael al...
FERRER PALS K.O. GREEN'S BID TO UNITE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amMark Green yesterday tried unsuccessfully to mend fences with former rival Fernando Ferrer - while Republican opponent Michael Bloomberg ripped his new Democratic opponent as a "rookie." Green - who...
TEARS FOR OUR HEROES: MEMORIALS RESOUND WITH TALES OF VALOR
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amBomb Squad Detective Claude Richards was saluted yesterday at a service that included 10 of the unit's dogs with American flag scarves tied around their necks forming part of the...
SLAY SUSPECT DURST EYED AS CROSS-DRESSER
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe grisly Texas murder case against New York building heir Robert Durst just got a lot stranger - as cops probe whether the 58-year-old skyscraper scion posed as a woman...
BEWARE OF MYSTERY MAIL, FEDS URGE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI and postal officials are urging Americans to be wary of any suspicious letters and packages they receive, amid suspicion that anthrax is being spread through the U.S. mail....
FEDS HAIL CITY'S $10M SLAP AT APOLOGIST PRINCE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe State Department yesterday backed Mayor Giuliani in blasting a billionaire Saudi prince for tying the Sept. 11 terror attacks to the Arab-Israeli conflict. A ticked-off Giuliani rejected Saudi Arabia's...
DUBYA PLANS PALESTINIAN STATE: PLO
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A top negotiator for Yasser Arafat said yesterday the PLO leader has been told President Bush is putting together a Mideast peace plan that calls for the creation...
MEDIA HUBS BATTEN DOWN FOR FEAR OF GERM ATTACK
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amA confirmed anthrax case at NBC and a scare at The New York Times caused media outlets around the city to tighten security in the fear that terrorists might be...
ED. BOARD BOOTS 250 'SURPLUS' TEACHERS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education's drive to hire more teachers worked too well - it created a glut that forced educrats to eliminate 250 full-time teaching jobs, The Post has learned....
EX-DC 37 LOCAL BIG: I STOLE DUES
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe former head of the largest union local of city employees pleaded guilty to stealing union dues yesterday, an admission that will keep him in prison at least three years....
STUN-GUNNER HURTS 9 KIDS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amNine students at a junior high school in Brooklyn's Canarsie section claim they were stun-gunned on the school's playground by another youth, police said. The incident occurred at 8:30 a.m....
THREATENING LETTER CLEARS TIMES OFFICES
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amA letter containing white powder and a chilling note threatening to shoot President Bush caused a two-hour lockdown at The New York Times yesterday, as a biohazard SWAT team swept...
NEXT STOP: KABUL: U.S. TO BACK REBEL ADVANCE ON CAPITAL
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. military planners last night were laying the groundwork for a major assault on the Taliban's grip on Afghanistan with plans to back a massive rebel offensive on...
COPS SLAY RESERVIST AFTER FT. DIX GUN RAMPAGE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amAn Army reservist was gunned down and killed by New Jersey police yesterday, ending a statewide manhunt after he shot and wounded two military officers at Fort Dix and then...
BIOTERRORISM GRIPS THE APPLE: ANTHRAX IN MAIL HITS NBC NEWS STAFFER
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amIn the first anthrax case to strike the Big Apple, an assistant to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw tested positive for the deadly disease yesterday, sparking fears of a wave of...
UNSUNG WTC FIRE OFFICERS GAVE THEIR LIVES SAVING THE CHILDREN
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThey do not receive inspectors funerals, but they died as heroes helping the many thousands who lived. They were fire and safety officers working at the World Trade Center Sept....
BIOTERRORISM GRIPS THE APPLE : ANTHRAX IN MAIL TO NBC NEWS STAFFER
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amIn the first anthrax case to strike the Big Apple, an assistant to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw tested positive for the deadly disease yesterday, sparking fears of a wave of...
PENS SHOULD WRITE FINAL CHAPTER
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Young Bartolo Colon was lights out in Game 1. Old Jamie Moyer hid his junk in the Safeco shadows to dominate Game 2. And pitching is going to...
HORSE TO BEAT AT BELMONT IS SUPER 'SHARP'
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThere aren't many better-named horses than Sharp Performance, because that's what he delivers every time he runs. So expect another sharp performance today at Belmont Park when the 3-year-old son...
HOLY MOISES!: FREE-AGENT ALOU INTRIGUED BY METS
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - If Moises Alou is on the Mets next season, then teams can't pitch around Mike Piazza. Alou will crush that strategy as evidenced by his .323 average with...
HOLIK WANTS TO EARN HIS BOOS ON THE ICE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - When his turn came during the Devils' home-opener intros, Bobby Holik wondered if he was being confused with some rocker. "Was that Bru-u-uce they were saying?" Holik asked....
NETS SEEKING PERFECT BLEND
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nets' starting unit in the first two pre-season games has shot .423, while outscoring opposing starters, 117-94. By Nets standards, that's cause for canonization. So why are the Nets...
'NOLES WIN WOULD BE A HUGE UNDERTAKING
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amTALLAHASSEE - Not far from Doak Campbell Stadium sits the Sod Cemetery. It is a tract of land adjacent to the Florida State practice field which is comprised of patches...
REVVED-UP ISLES BRACE FOR RED WING INVASION
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amIf the Islanders were pumped for their four wins on the road to open the season, wait until they take the ice tonight in front of their home fans. Electricity...
WAGNER FACES TOUGH TEST VS. PORT RICHMOND
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amWAGNER coach Al Paturzo said his team was "reeling" early this season. The reason? An opening-game loss to Sheepshead Bay, one of the top squads in the PSAL. "Guys were...
YEAST'S READY TO RISE TO JETS' RETURN CHALLENGE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amHis name is Craig Yeast, and the Jets need him to rise to the occasion tomorrow against the Dolphins. They need John Hall's back to hold up, they need Tom...
TIKI TRYING TO RUSH BACK: WANTS TO JOIN DAYNE VS. RAM JUGGERNAUT
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amTiki Barber still hasn't run at full speed since straining his hamstring against the Eagles nearly two weeks ago, but both the running back and Giants head coach Jim Fassel...
BAY-BACK TIME FOR YANKS ; BOSS MUST LURE BONDS OR GIAMBI TO BRONX
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - It's been 44 years since the Bay Area stole a baseball team from New York and now it's time for New York to steal a baseball star from...
EISLEY LONGSHOT TO BE A KNICK
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Jeff Van Gundy said not to read too much into point guard Howard Eisley's not playing in the second exhibition game vs. the Nets Thursday night. But the...
A'S WINNING YANKS' WAY
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - On a Game 2 scorecard, Johnny Damon's first three at-bats could not be more banal. The Oakland leadoff hitter grounded out each time. The short-hand, numerical notation being...
GAME 3 DUEL: HOT HAND VS. COOL DUDE
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amZito: What, me worry? OAKLAND - A's lefty Barry Zito hasn't pitched since Oct. 7, and he can lead his club to its first ALCS appearance since 1992 today. Think...
NEDVED COMES UP SHORT ON PK DUTIES
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rangers were shorthanded four times for a total of 6:13 while surrendering three power play goals within the first 14:50 of Wednesday night's 5-2 loss at home to the...
YANKEES' DYNASTY: REMARKABLE RUN COULD END TONIGHT AS A'S GO FOR SWEEP
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Twenty-seven outs away from first-round elimination, Derek Jeter refuses to lower his sights. With the Yankees trailing 0-2 to the A's in the best-of-five ALDS, Jeter still believes...
ACHING MARCUS WON'T RUSH BACK
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amNow you have to wonder whether Marcus Camby will be ready for the Knicks' season opener Oct. 30th vs. Michael Jordan's Wizards. Camby underwent an MRI on his sore foot...
GEORGE HAS EYES ON SHEFF
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Long before the Yankees turned into Men Without Bats in the ALDS, George Steinbrenner was looking to add muscle to the lineup. Now, after watching his club's sticks...
'STROS HIT NEW LOW IN SWEEP BY BRAVES
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - It doesn't take an Einstein, just a first baseman, to figure out what happened between the Braves and the Astros. Houston always loses in the NL playoffs. Atlanta...
OAKLAND WINNING FROM A'S TO ZITO
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amIt was stunning. The A's sat in the visiting clubhouse in Yankee Stadium late Thursday night, wolfing down the postgame spread in near-complete silence. They had just beaten the Yankees,...
RUNNING ON FUMES: OH-FOR-19 & WINNING? AND HOWE!
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amThere's one question left after the first two games of the ALDS: How in the world can the A's be up two games to none when they're 0-for-19 with runners...
YANKEES' DYNASTY : REMARKABLE RUN COULD END TONIGHT AS A'S GO FOR SWEEP
October 13, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - There is no big picture when it comes to the Yankees' universe. Starting tonight, they will inhale and exhale on every pitch thrown by Mike Mussina and Barry...