October 14, 2001
BULL'S EYE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCSFB STAFFERS TEEDOFF BY PEBBLE JUNKET Usually it pays to plan ahead. But, in Credit Suisse First Boston's case, it cost the firm - big! CSFB's bankers and their top...
TIPS & TOOLS FOR OPTIONS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amwww.poweroptionsplus.com Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the markets have definitely gotten much more volatile and many investors are wondering if there is a way to protect their gains while...
FUNDS STILL HURTING: RECOVERY BYPASSED INVESTORS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe markets have come back, but most mutual funds are still posting far lower year-to-date gains than they had been before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That's especially bad news...
SMALL-CAPS LOOM LARGE: HOMEGROWN ISSUES SEEM SAFER IN WORLD AT WAR
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amIn the post-9/11 investing environment, small-cap stocks have been overlooked as investors rush to the perceived safe havens of big, well-known companies. But some investment experts insist that small-cap companies...
OFFICE DEPOT CEO NELSON GETS KUDOS FROM ANALYSTS SALES SLIDE, BUT NET SHOULD MEET HOPES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOffice Depot, like so many others, has been affected by last month's tragedy, but CEO Bruce Nelson is still "taking care of business." Nelson said same-store sales fell 7 to...
DEALING WITH THOSE ANIMALS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThrough countless acts of kindness and generosity, celebrities everywhere have demonstrated that, even during times of crisis, they can still hog the spotlight. In recent weeks we've seen "Weakest Link"...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: LAURA ELENA HARRING
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amFor a scene in the new movie "Mulholland Drive," Latina bombshell Laura Elena Harring - who plays a woman suffering from amnesia after an auto accident - was asked to...
4 QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS HARDWICK: I DON'T KNOW IF COMEDY LIKES ME
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWho is your hero? Steve Martin - My parents raised me watching Steve Martin, especially on "Saturday Night Live." I knew all of his skits by heart. I think he's...
IT'S BOSNIA ON L.I.
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amIt's showtime in the Hamptons. No, not the Lizzie Grubman trial. We're talking about the Hamptons International Film Festival. It kicks off Wednesday with Yurek Bogayevicz's "Edges of the Lord,"...
TONY, TONY, TONY: TV MOB BOSS NOW GETS FILM ROLES NO ONE COULD REFUSE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amJames Gandolfini may be a notoriously reluctant interview subject - answers tend to come out in three words or less - but no one can accuse Tony Soprano's alter ego...
AN EPIC AUSSIE TALE RISES FROM 'CLOUD'
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe very term "epic" is a mixture of the scary and depressing. It suggests either some awesomely formidable classic work in 28 volumes, or some tedious Hollywood movie full of...
CAN'T BEAT ADDICTION: PERRY FARRELL AND PALS REUNITE FOR A WILD TOUR
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amEleven years after its definitive "Ritual de lo Habitual" sent shock waves through the music world, Jane's Addiction is back. Led by the enigmatic Perry Farrell, the group, which broke...
A FAST RETREAT FROM COUNTRY LIFE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the U.S. began dropping bombs on Afghanistan last Sunday, I was collecting firewood. When the FBI announced that the anthrax found in Florida could be part of a bioterrorist...
DON'T LET ROVER RUFF UP YOUR PLANTS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWhat do gardeners and dogs have in common? A tendency to dig, of course. Now they have something else to share: Page Dickey's charming new book, "Dogs in Their Gardens"...
A NEW GARDEN PARTY: PET SHOW A SQUARE DEAL FOR CREATURES BIG AND SMALL
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a garden in the middle of New York City that has major animal magnetism: Madison Square Garden. Every February, the Garden plays host to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog...
FOR BARRYMORE'S CO-STAR BRACCO, 'CARS' TAKES A BACKSEAT TO 'THE SOPRANOS'
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWith Lorraine Bracco seated behind a desk in a corner office at the Sony Building on Madison Avenue, it's hard not to feel you're in a session with her TV...
'LEAF' YOUR TASTE BUDS TO GINGKO
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Gingko Leaf Cafe 788A Union St., Brooklyn (718) 399-9876 The gingko leaf has a special place in Japanese culture, says Miyo Sasaki. And her cafe named after it is...
WHAT I WATCH
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amMIKE WALLACE Correspondent, "60 Minutes" I'm curious to watch other people who do what I do - Ted Koppel, Larry King, Charlie Rose. I find I learn a great deal...
SHE WON'T LET DURST REST EASY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amFirst, there are the cops who have the millionaire New York developer under 24-hour surveillance after he was charged with beheading and dismembering his 71-year-old next-door neighbor in Galveston, Texas,...
MARK'S FRAND IN NEED LOOKS TO SUCCEED DONNA
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amAnd then there was one. With the Democratic mayoral field finally whittled down to nominee Mark Green - and with Republican rival Michael Bloomberg divorced - Deni Frand is suddenly...
NICOLE 'ALTARS' HER MAN PLAN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amNicole Kidman says she's definitely cruise'n for a new husband. Although her high-profile divorce from Tom Cruise left her "shaken," the auburn-haired Aussie insists, "I'd love to get married again."...
KIDS WILL LOVE FISHING FEST
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCHILDREN can celebrate the joys of catching at fish at the annual Fall Fishing and Children's Festival on Saturday at Hempstead Lake State Park. The requirement for a fishing license...
TURNING THE PSYCHO TABLES ON 'MS.' BIN LADEN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amI AM not about to stock up on antibiotics and I'm not going to stop opening my mail. I'm not going to alter the rundown of my nightly prayers and...
KEEPING HOME FIRES BURNING
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amTRENTON, N.J. - Christina Allum hangs on to the one e-mail message she has received from her husband since he left three weeks ago for a secret location in the...
VICTIM'S FAMILY COMES TO GRIPS WITH MASS GRAVE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amFIFTEEN years he worked before taking a vacation, and his children had to force him to take that one. Except for his family, nothing made Ricknauth Jaggernauth happier than being...
HAPPY COUPLE POISED TO SERVE OUR CITY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amSO, what's the secret of great marriage? On this topic, I have already stated I know very little. But according to one of my favorite married couples, Rikki Klieman and...
CLERIC TRUMPS OSAMA WITH A REVERSE FATWA
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An anti-bin Laden fatwa, or religious decree, announced by a top Muslim cleric on Palestinian radio yesterday may be an early sign of success for a secret U.S....
BITTER REV. AL SAYS GREEN PLAYED THE 'RACE CARD' TO BEAT FERRER
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton had harsh words for mayoral hopeful Mark Green and the Democratic Party yesterday - charging the Democratic nominee did "everything he could to polarize the city."...
BUSH: SO FAR, SO GOOD WITH BOMBING PHASE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00am>WASHINGTON - President Bush claimed success in the "first phase" of the war on terror yesterday, saying Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are "paying a price" for refusing to turn over terror...
SAUDI ROYAL RIPS JEWS OVER $10M CHECK SNUB
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe millionaire Saudi prince whose gift of $10 million for World Trade Center relief was returned by Mayor Giuliani said yesterday that "Jewish pressures" prompted the rejection. Prince Alwaleed Bin...
TABLOID BOSS' WIFE FOUND APT. FOR THUGS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amDELRAY BEACH, Fla. - In an eerie coincidence, the wife of the supermarket tabloid editor in whose office deadly anthrax was discovered acted as the Realtor for three of the...
POSTAL PATROL ON PROWL HERE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amTwo U.S. Postal Police officers patrolled the main post office yesterday in the wake of more news of anthrax-tainted mail. Fears of contamination remained high among city postal workers, even...
FEDS PROBE TALE OF HIJACKERS MEETING AT HELMSLEY HOTEL
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI is probing whether terrorist Mohamed Atta and some of his fellow hijackers in the World Trade Center attack put the finishing touches on their plot during meetings at...
WATERED-DOWN SAFETY : RESERVOIRS VULNERABLE TO ATTACK: REPORT
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe sprawling network of reservoirs, dams and pipelines that supplies the city's drinking water contains easy targets for sabotage and contamination, a confidential city report reveals. The report slams the...
TOURISTS 'ROCK'-SOLID IN FACE OF SCARE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amRockefeller Center was bustling with tourists yesterday - most apparently unfazed by an anthrax scare at NBC offices in the complex. Benches outside 30 Rockefeller Center were crowded with visitors...
CASH-FOR-TIX SPARKS FLIGHT CANCELLATION
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe decision to cancel a New York-to-Amsterdam flight Friday night came after four Middle Eastern men attempted to buy tickets with cash, The Post has learned. A pair of men...
CABLE NETS STIFLE OSAMA MOUTHPIECE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCNN caved in to government pressure yesterday by censoring a videotaped message by Osama bin Laden's organization - while two other networks decided not to air the tape at all....
PANIC NOW COMES IN SMALL PACKAGES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amSuspicious packages and mysterious white powders kept popping up all over America yesterday as anthrax panic spread from coast to coast. The FBI was dispatched in three cities, investigating substances...
BLOOMBERG COULD BE BIG WINNER OF DEM BATTLE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Democratic mayoral primary just got even weirder - and Republican Mike Bloomberg's chances may have gotten that much better. With Board of Elections officials saying yesterday that the unofficial...
HI-TECH SAFETY DEVICES SIT IDLE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amExpensive bomb-detecting devices are collecting dust at a downtown federal building that houses a host of government agencies, including the FBI and IRS, The Post has learned. The idle machines...
DON'T (DOUBLE) ; COUNT FRED OUT RE-TALLY OF 40,000 BALLOTS COULD GIVE FERRER RUNOFF WIN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amMark Green's win of the Democratic mayoral primary runoff over Fernando Ferrer was thrown into question yesterday, as city Board of Elections officials said the unofficial vote tally was off...
DEREK PULLS OFF MIRACLE RESCUE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 3 Yankees1 A's0 OAKLAND - Leave it to Derek Jeter to pop from out of nowhere and instinctively do the right thing to fix a broken play and a...
CITY PUMPS UP TESTING OF AT-RISK SUPPLIES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe city has increased its water testing by 20 percent to ensure it's safe to drink in the wake of increased terror threats over the last month, officials said. The...
COURT FEARS AL QAEDA OUTBURST
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe first followers of Osama bin Laden to be brought to trial in America will be sentenced this week in Manhattan amid ultra-tight security and fears they might use their...
HUSH-HUSH DOSSIER IS TERRORIST'S DREAM
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amIn the wrong hands, the confidential city report on watershed vulnerability obtained by The Post would be a road map on how to sabotage the city's water supply, according to...
ROTC A-OK ON CITY CAMPUSES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe terrorist attacks on America have given the ROTC a new profile that could help the training corps boost recruits at Big Apple campuses - and break a 32-year standoff...
RESCUED GAL TOUCHED BY 'ANGEL' COURT COP
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amHelen Dachtler believes in guardian angels because she met one on Sept. 11. "Some people say, 'Where was God that day?' I know where he was," Dachtler told The Post....
GREEN'S RED-LETTER DAY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amNOT to be an alarmist, but did you notice that on the very day Mark Green won the Democrats' nomination for mayor, the city was put on Red Alert? Coincidence,...
MILITARY SCHOOLS TOP-RANK
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amParents who want their kids to get a good education should join the military, a new study suggests. Children in public schools run by the armed forces score better on...
CITIZENSHIP SNAG IN TAX BREAK
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amAmong the efforts under way to help families of victims killed in the Sept. 11 attacks is a bill in Congress that would reduce the estate-tax burden for surviving spouses....
VICTIMS' KIN STILL WAIT FOR CHARITY CASH
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amNinety percent of the near $1 billion raised for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is still sitting idle as charities struggle to overcome major problems in distributing...
HILL'S ARK. COVENANT HELPS CITY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton often sweeps her Arkansas roots under the carpet, but those contacts are proving invaluable as New York rebuilds itself. Sources say Clinton's ties to...
WHAT MIKE MUST DO TO PULL OFF THE IMPROBABLE UPSET
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amREPUBLICAN mayoral hopeful Michael Bloomberg is switching into high gear as he tries to go where no billionaire businessman has gone before - the corner office at City Hall. With...
MACCULLOCH WON'T LET HIS GUARD DOWN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amNets98 Cavs86 He's not Shaq. But Todd MacCulloch certainly isn't Yinka, either. MacCulloch, the Nets' hope at center, is a fundamentally sound offensive sort who'll get his points inside, many...
WARNER WILL TAKE HIS SHOTS AT SEHORN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The common thinking is that any team facing the Giants, especially the pass-happy Rams, will tailor its gameplan to throw at rookie cornerbacks Will Allen and Will...
JETS NEED HACKETT TO SPREAD THE FIELD
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amToday's Jets-Dolphins game will provide a true test of how versatile Jets' offensive coordinator Paul Hackett and his "West Coast" offense are. Because the formula for a Jets' victory may...
FIEDLER ON SUNNY SIDE OF RIVALRY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amDolphins' QB Jay Fiedler, from Oceanside on Long Island, has seen an interesting transformation take place around him. "Growing up [in New York] I knew about the Jets-Dolphins rivalry way...
BOSS NEEDS GAMES TO BE TICKET MASTER
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amASIDE from the Yankees failing to make the playoffs, there's not a worse scenario for George Steinbrenner than a two-home-games-and-out postseason. For years, the postseason has provided Steinbrenner an opportunity...
LOMAS: WE GOTTA PUT POINTS UP
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The last time Lomas Brown felt this way was prior to last year's NFC Championship Game. Before facing the Vikings, Brown was peppered with questions from those...
NHL REFS OFF TO INEPT START
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amONE week into the season and sad to say we've already reached the breaking point as far as NHL officiating goes. Which, on any scale, isn't very far, at all,...
THIS BUDDING RIVALRY STILL HAS A WAY TO GO
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - A decade ago, the best rivalry in the NFL was Giants vs. 49ers. Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott against Phil Simms and Lawrence Taylor. Bill Walsh versus...
JARVIS: STORM WILL SURPRISE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOn the first day of St. John's basketball practice yesterday, senior forward Anthony Glover said the young Red Storm spent more time last winter - a disappointing 14-15 campaign -...
FIELD OF 19 FILLIES SET FOR PEBBLES HANDICAP
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amToday's feature at Belmont Park is so nice, they're running it twice. With 19 3-year-old fillies entered, the Grade 3, $100,000 Pebbles Handicap, at a mile and an eighth over...
HURRICANES SWAMP FSU 'NOLES NO MATCH FOR MIGHTY MIAMI
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amMiami49 Fla. State27 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Butch Davis is gone, but the trash-talking Miami Hurricanes are back. After six years of converting the Hurricanes from heathens into a hellacious football...
NETS GET LUCKY ON MCDYESS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amFOR THE first time since the NBA-ABA consolidation, the Nets have lucked out. Had the Nuggets jumped all over an unbound offer received several weeks ago, Antonio McDyess already would...
'SHARP' HAS RAZOR'S EDGE IN REALIZATION
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amSharp Performance was sharper than aged cheddar in yesterday's Grade 3, $150,000 Lawrence Realization at Belmont Park. At a mile and a half over the Widener Turf Course, the Realization...
BRAVES STILL A GOOD STORY
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - In New York, especially Flushing, it is hard to sell the Braves as a good story. It is impossible to ask a Mets fan to put aside the...
NUGENT BROTHERS SCALE THE MOUNT
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amStepinac14 Mount6 Jon Tallerico summed up the Nugent brothers very easily. "They have iron blood," the Archbishop Stepinac quarterback said. "They're crazy." Crazy and good. Tyler and Griffin Nugent teamed...
M'S AND TRIBE WILL LEAN ON THEIR ACES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Since the off day between Games 1 and 2 enables both the Indians and Mariners to come back with their first two starters on four-days' rest, that is...
TRIBE ROUT PUTS M'S ON BRINK
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amIndians17 Mariners2 CLEVELAND - Out of the dusk came the left arm of C.C. Sabathia to hang low clouds over the Mariners' remarkable season. In the growing late-afternoon darkness, the...
CAMBY CONCERN GROWING
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amKnicks89 Sixers67 Though an MRI showed Marcus Camby is suffering from plantar fasciaitis in his left foot and not anything more serious that would require surgery, the level of concern...
HABS' LATE SPURT KEEPS DEVILS WINLESS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCanadiens3 Devils1 MONTREAL - With their worst-ever start, the Devils are losing their luster, as well as every game. By making three straight upstarts look for real, the Stanley Cup...
WISER JORDAN'S STILL GOT GAME
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amBe like Mike. But what will Mike be like? What exactly will this Fresh Air be like when the NBA season tips off? We already know this much after watching...
STAGE SET FOR SENOR OCTOBER
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Orlando Hernandez' season was one problem after another. A balky elbow interrupted spring training, and a toe operation robbed him of almost three months of the summer. Just...
YZERMAN'S GOAL FOILS ISLANDERS IN OVERTIME
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amSo, this is what defeat tastes like. After winning their first four games of the season, the Islanders' home opener got rained on in overtime last night as the Red...
BENCHED O'NEILL MAY PLAY YET AGAIN
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Joe Torre listened to his head instead of his heart last night when he benched Paul O'Neill against A's lefty Barry Zito in Game 3 of at the...
THREE MORE FOR CASH, JOE
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - He may have displayed a strange way of showing it by being slow on the trigger, but The Post has learned George Steinbrenner wants Joe Torre to manage...
TORRE'S RIVERA GAMBLE PAYS OFF
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - At the moment, Joe Torre is managing a team that has trouble getting to second base, far more trouble scoring. Before coming to the Yankees, he spent most...
ONE MISTAKE DOOMS ZITO
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - A's lefty Barry Zito has been practically unbeatable for the past two months. Unfortunately for him, he was throwing opposite a pitcher who measures himself against perfection. Zito...
JORGE'S THE HERO AS JEREMY STANDS UP
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - They won't remember Terrence Long coming up huge. They likely won't recall home plate umpire Kerwin Danley's name. But if Oakland doesn't end up winning their ALDS battle...
A'S NOT MUCH IN CLUTCH
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe A's still don't have a hit with runners in scoring position in this ALDS, which is why they don't have a sweep. Oakland players went 0-for-4 with RISP last...
WIN OR LOSE, IT'S A LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Major League Baseball had an efficient, fair system in place when an extra round of playoffs came into being in 1995. The team with the home-field advantage played...
LAST HURRAH LOOMS ON HORIZON FOR YANKEES
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - There wasn't a hint of fear in the Yankees' eyes last night. Too many big games across too many years had steeled The Bombers for the tenuous position...
GIAMBIS ARE ONE TIGHT BAND OF BROTHERS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Free agency looms for Oakland's Jason Giambi, along with all the decisions and emotions that go along with it. For the slugger's brother and teammate, Jeremy, similar feelings...
POSADA MAKES IT FEEL LIKE OCTOBER
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - What is better than dominating? That is what Barry Zito was doing last night against the Yankees. For four innings, he pitched a game that dwarfed the efforts...
A DYNASTY FULL OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Both the GM and manager had expiring contracts as did the beloved first baseman and several other key, core members of the Yankees. They played the Division Series...
EX-MET LIDLE: I'M READY FOR ACTION
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Cory Lidle was told he was in a weird position. "I'm in a good position," the former Met right-hander countered. "Because I get to pitch Game 4 if...
TO START OR BENCH O'NEILL IS QUESTION
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The potential tying run was Derek Jeter on first base with two outs in the eighth inning of Game 2 Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. Paul O'Neill, hitless...
M'S GET FIRST LOOK AT C.C.
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The Indians, who have a chance to sneak away with the biggest divisional series upset in history, went to Game 3 yesterday trying to hide in the late-afternoon...
KNICKS COUNTING ON 'SPOON
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amWith the Knicks having lost their two best low-post options in each of the last two seasons in Patrick Ewing and now Larry Johnson, the Knicks desperately need Clarence Weatherspoon...
HABS' GILMOUR GAVE DEVILS FIRST CRACK
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Killer would have come back to New Jersey. "I saw [Lou Lamoriello] in Toronto and he told me to call him," Doug Gilmour said. Later, Gilmour told The...
ISLANDERS BRING THEIR ROAD SHOW BACK HOME
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amMaybe the most impressive thing about the Islanders' four-win streak to open the season is that all those wins came on the road. Last night, the first-place Isles played in...
ON FLEURY: TOO EARLY TO WORRY - RUST WILL SHAKE OFF
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amNo one wants to draw too many conclusions from Theo Fleury's first three games of the season, least of all the winger himself. "Obviously I'm not playing as well as...
A'S RATE GREAT AT HOME
October 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Call it Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Network Associates Coliseum or Al Davis' Playground. Just call the A's home field a virtual lock. The last time the hottest team in...