October 15, 2001
LEHMAN DEALS LEAVING A FEW FEELING SLIMED
In its rush to find 1.2 million square feet of replacement office space after the Sept. 11 attacks, Lehman Bros. has left a trail of bad dealings. Within days after...
MAIL GETS JUNKED: ANTHRAX SCARE GAGS POSTAL PITCHES
Selling things will never be the same - with junk mail nearly dying overnight from anthrax scares and silly commercials now passé. Ad creators say they're scrambling back to work...
MARTS STRAP IN FOR A WILD RIDE ; PROFIT REPORTS TO ROCK BIG INDICES
While stocks have clawed back to almost pre-Sept. 11 levels, there's a triple threat weighing on investors that could shake stocks back down again - soon. The bombing in Afghanistan...
AD EXECS: IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS
Tried and true devices of humor and put-downs may not work anymore in TV spots. "There'll be less comedy," siad Frank Ginsbrg, creative direcotr and chairman of Avrett, Free &...
NEW HOPE FOR USO : NEWTON STEPS IN & STARS COME OUT FOR OUR TROOPS
SALMA Hayek is the millennium version of Marilyn Monroe, and Wayne Newton is the new Bob Hope.There are few other comparisons that can be made between the United Service Organization's...
CULTURE
Katharines the Great Three generations of Katharines - Katharine Hepburn among them - is the subject of a lecture and slide show tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The...
SECOND 'WIFE' NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT
THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE 1/2At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W. 47th St. Call (212) 239-6200. ONE fascinating and unexpected aspect of Broadway's burgeoning recovery from the terrorist...
STARR REPORT
'Rosie' affected by NBC Anthrax case Rosie O'Donnell has cancelled tapings of "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" until further notice after an NBC News employee was discovered to have Anthrax last...
THE LUCY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
THE only thing missing from TV Land's restoration of the first "I Love Lucy" episode is a giant pack of Phillip Morris cigarettes. The pack of smokes was formerly the...
'SURVIVOR' MAY BE ONLY REALITY SHOW TO OUTLAST CRAZE
TERRORISTS were unable to hijack the ratings for "Survivor 3," but the attacks on Sept. 11 and the events that have followed have accelerated the demise of the once white-hot...
BRIDES-TO-BE SAY BUY-BUY TO WEDDING GOWNS
BRIDALWEAR designers say that despite the current drop in retail purchasing nationwide, sales of wedding gowns are stronger than ever. Reem Acra says this season is already shaping up to...
FROM THE CATWALK TO THE AISLE
WANT to know what the next season's bridal gown trends are? Just take a look at the clothes just seen on the spring 2002 runways at the New York, Paris...
DESPITE MEMORIAL, DON'T CALL STAR ORTIZ A WIDOW
STAR ORTIZ didn't want the memorial service. Her husband, she tells herself, is not really dead. But the parents of her husband, Paul Ortiz, have cried and prayed and hoped...
TEST SUDDENLY IN HIGH DEMAND
PORTLAND, Maine - Emergency doctor Stephen Gallagher is in the midst of learning fast how to administer the test for the deadly anthrax bacteria. "You'll be a guinea pig," he...
COACHES CRY FOUL OVER BX. HS FIELD
A Bronx high school's $5 million plan to refurbish its neglected ball fields has unleashed a civil war - pitting top administrators against coaches. Everyone agrees the ball fields at...
THESE COLORS DO RUN ; FLAG WAVER RACES HERE TO RAISE $$
Before Sept. 11, Greg Collins was unemployed and fretting over finding another job in a sinking economy. Then America was attacked. The 31-year-old father of two decided he wanted to...
SCHUMER HAS $3B PLAN TO MAKE TRAINS SAFER
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday gave details of a $3 billion proposal to bring security on America's railways up to the standards of the airlines in the wake of last month's...
GOTTI NEARLY DIED IN CELL
REPUTED mob boss John Gotti collapsed in his prison-hospital cell last week and lay bleeding for hours before prison officials discovered his nearly lifeless body. Only an emergency transfusion of...
OLD PALS OF SOUPY ARE STILL LOOPY
'ALL the profits from tonight are going to a good cause," announced comedian Mickey Freeman, as the crowd hushed to hear which charity would benefit from Soupy Sales' book party...
'MAYOR GREEN' A PATAKI 'NIGHTMARE'
TOP state Republicans fear a "Mayor Mark Green" will be a "nightmare" for Gov. Pataki next year, making tough demands at a time when Pataki will likely be seeking reelection....
WOMAN RAPED IN RIVERDALE
A gunman raped and robbed a woman in broad daylight in a parking lot in the Riverdale section of The Bronx yesterday, police said. The 42-year-old victim was walking alone...
REV. AL LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE
AMID anxiety, grief and anger visited upon us by lesser souls, at least we have Al Sharpton providing comic relief, no matter how cynical. Sharpton has accused Mark Green of...
GUNS ARE FIRST SIGNS OF LOST COPS
Recovery workers found pieces of two guns in the rubble of the World Trade Center - the only signs so far of the 23 city cops missing in the disaster....
SPECIAL FORCES: NO MAGIC BULLET
MUCH has been made in the media of the probable use of "special forces" in Afghanistan. These troops most likely will come from units like the U. S. Army's Delta...
TALIBAN: REAL WAR HASN'T STARTED
WASHINGTON - A top Taliban official warned yesterday that "the real war" against the United States will begin when American soldiers enter Afghanistan. Suhail Shaheen, deputy Taliban ambassador to Pakistan,...
TRAITOR: THIS U.S. CITIZEN WANTS TO JOIN THE JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA
PORTLAND, Maine - Isanu Dyson, a fifth-generation American who converted to Islam three years ago, is prepared to join the jihad against the United States, and believes government workers are...
ANDREW IS PRINCE OF THE CITY
Prince Andrew gave the Big Apple the royal treatment yesterday, underscoring Britain's commitment to its staunch ally. The prince, nicknamed "Randy Andy" from the days before he wed Sarah "Fergie"...
CLASS ACT: BRITISH KIDS CHIP IN $664
When the students from a small British elementary school heard Mayor Giuliani's pleas for financial assistance for the families of fallen rescue workers, they wanted to help out. And the...
RUDY'S APPEAL FOR CALM EASES STRAIN ON CITY HOSPITALS
Cooler heads are prevailing after the initial spine-chilling panic that erupted during Friday's anthrax scare in New York. Manhattan hospitals said yesterday that the torrent of phone calls and visits...
NEEDED: A GLOBAL ANSWER
THE news Tuesday that Irish police had arrested four individuals with possible links to Osama bin Laden underscored the truly international flavor of this war. The men were reported to...
B'KLYN GUNFIRE LEAVES 2 DEAD
A man and a woman were killed and a second man wounded in two Brooklyn disputes early yesterday morning, police said. At 2:30 a.m., Tagatha Buckman, 34, was shot in...
AIRPORT DE-ICING VAN STOLEN ON L.I.
A van used to de-ice planes - and to transport workers through secure areas of airports - was reported stolen on Long Island yesterday, police said. The van was taken...
LIGHT AT END OF THE TUNNEL
The city-bound Holland Tunnel today reopens to cars - and only to cars - which could take pressure off the chronically crammed Lincoln Tunnel. But all cars crossing into Manhattan...
ANTI-U.S. RALLIERS IN UPROAR ; BLOODY PROTESTS ERUPT ON EVE OF POWELL VISIT
Tens of thousands of violent anti-U.S. protesters clashed with cops in deadly rampages from Pakistan to India to Nigeria yesterday - on the eve of Secretary of State Colin Powell's...
GIULIANI: ABOLISH BUNGLING ELEX BD.
Mayor Giuliani yesterday ripped the city Board of Elections for its bungled vote count in the Democratic mayoral runoff and renewed his call to do away with the board. "Maybe...
MY HAT'S BACK IN RING: FREDDY RETRACTS HIS CONCESSION
A vote-counting snafu hurled the mayoral race into political pandemonium yesterday as Fernando Ferrer withdrew his concession and the Rev. Al Sharpton called for the appointment of a federal monitor...
GOODBYE TO A MAN OF TASTE ; PALS REMEMBER FIREFIGHTER WHO LOVED TO COOK
FDNY Lt. Tom O'Hagen was a true renaissance man, his grieving friends and family said yesterday. An expert cook who loved good clothes, good food and good wine, O'Hagen put...
ANTHRAX FEAR FOR 3 MORE HERE: COP, HEALTH WORKERS EXPOSED IN NBC CASE
Local authorities revealed yesterday that three more people have been exposed to anthrax, as top U.S. officials acknowledged for the first time that the spore-bearing mailings may be linked to...
ISRAELIS SLAY DISCO BOMBER ; SNIPER ATTACK IS FOLLOWED BY PEACE GESTURE
JERUSALEM - Israeli snipers yesterday blew away the hunted Hamas militant accused of masterminding a deadly disco bombing - as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised more targeted killings and Palestinians...
500 COPS AT STADIUM TONIGHT
Security at the Stadium will be tight tonight for Game Five of the American League Divisional Series between the Yankees and Oakland Athletics, with more than 500 uniformed officers inside...
BATTLE LINES BOMBED ; BUSH NIXES IDEA OF OSAMA GOING TO 'NEUTRAL' SITE
WASHINGTON - U.S. warplanes blasted Taliban targets across Afghanistan on Day 8 of military strikes - and bombs pounded areas outside Kabul, close to the front lines where Taliban fighters...
CHEM-NUKE TWIST ; REPORT: ATTA EYED PLANTS IN TENNESSEE
The FBI is investigating a report that lead Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta asked a lot of "crazy" questions about a Tennessee chemical plant and a dam between two nuclear-power...
CHEM-NUKE TWIST: REPORT: ATTA EYED PLANTS IN TENNESSEE
The FBI is investigating a report that lead Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta asked a lot of "crazy" questions about a Tennessee chemical plant and a dam between two nuclear-power...
KELSON HAS WAGNER ON FAST TRACK
Wagner 32Port Rich. 8 Timmie Kelson didn't enjoy going to Wagner football games last year. You couldn't blame him. Because he transferred to Wagner after his freshman year at Moore...
MLB, FOX FAMILY LEAVE FANS OUT
TV TEACHES us things that it doesn't intend to. Until recently, who knew that we had so many retired army generals, like two or three per network? And thanks to...
DEVILS NEED DRIVE
The ranks of the pointless have dwindled to two, with only the Penguins keeping company at zero with the once-mighty Devils, suffering the worst start in their history. New Jersey's...
FRANKEL WINS AGAIN
Maybe they should set up a cot for Bobby Frankel in the winner's circle. He certainly spends enough time there. Yesterday, the Hall-of-Fame trainer continued his remarkable run of stakes...
CHANGES IN LINE WITH MESS OUT
When injury strikes, opportunity knocks, and now that Mark Messier is sidelined for the immediate future with, at the very least, badly bruised ribs, Ron Low has the chance to...
NOTHING NEW FOR BLUE IN ST. LOO: FOOLISH MISTAKES SHOW GIANTS ARE STILL NOTCH BELOW
Rams 15 Giants 14ST. LOUIS - When the Giants assemble this morning to review the film of their 15-14 loss to the Rams yesterday, they will realize it wasn't bad...
NOTHING NEW FOR BLUE IN ST. LOO: DAYNE'S PENALTY PROVES COSTLY
ST. LOUIS - During the week leading into yesterday's game, Ron Dayne was reluctant to talk about the neck injury that forced him out of last Sunday's victory over the...
M'S FORCE A SHOWDOWN
Mariners 6 Indians 2 CLEVELAND - The best season in the major leagues in 95 years is still alive because the Mariners lost only two games to the Indians, never...
FINLEY LOOKING FOR VINDICATION
ALDS NOTEBOOK CLEVELAND - Chuck Finley, who waited 16 years for a postseason opportunity to throw a couple of two-run homers in the first inning of Game 2, is thrilled...
STRAHAN WREAKS HAVOC ON RAMS 'O'
GIANT NOTES ST. LOUIS - Michael Strahan did not have a sack in the first two games this season, but in his last three games, he's put 8½ on the...
OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN! JETS FINISH FINS WITH ANOTHER MIRACLE
Again, there was a seemingly-insurmountable deficit. Again, there was a torrential rainstorm of boos cascading from the upper reaches of Giants Stadium to the lower level from the home crowd....
ROCKET JUICED FOR SHOWDOWN
OAKLAND - Roger Clemens is pumped about getting the chance to complete a memorable Yankee comeback tonight by pitching the defending world champions into the ALCS. No team has ever...
MARVIN REDEEMED
Marvin Jones' first half left much to be desired. Dolphins' running back Lamar Smith bounced off of him a couple times while he was trying to tackle and Smith, too,...
COLES HEATING THINGS UP
JET NOTES Though Laveranues Coles didn't practice full all last week because of a sprained left knee, he not only played in the Jets' win over the Dolphins yesterday, he...
DOLPHINS: VEX IS IN VERSUS GANG GREEN
The Dolphins may have been playing the Jets yesterday, but they were actually facing two opponents: The one on the other sideline, and the one in their heads. They came...
BERNIE'S BAT IGNITES OFFENSE
Bernie Williams turned around his series, figuratively and literally. Mired in a .091 slump through the first three games, the switch-hitting Yankee center fielder came up huge from both sides...
TORRE LEANED LEFT
OAKLAND - In an effort to load his lineup with left-handed bats against A's righty Cory Lidle, Joe Torre went back to the slumping David Justice and Paul O'Neill in...
NO DYE ADDS TO A'S WOES IN FINALE
OAKLAND - If the A's are going to finish off the Yankees tonight, they'll have to do it without cleanup hitter Jermaine Dye. The Oakland outfielder fractured his left tibia...
THOMAS: WE STINK ON ICE
Miami linebacker Zach Thomas sat in front of his locker at Giants Stadium, about 45 minutes after his Dolphins had choked away yet another game to the archrival Jets. There...
MULDER: TIME TO PITCH, NOT TO TALK
OAKLAND - Maybe it was a Freudian slip by Mark Mulder. Or maybe he had some vision of the future. Either way, the Oakland left-hander didn't want to address questions...
A'S BUDDING DYNASTY'S WILTING
OAKLAND - For the A's to supplant the world champions, they'll have to replicate their most amazing feat from last season. The A's must travel cross-country to play on the...
PUT UP OR SHUT UP TONIGHT ; YANKS RIP A'S, FORCE GAME 5
Yankees 9 Athletics 2 OAKLAND - Save all the talk about the Yankees dragging themselves off the canvas. While that makes for a gripping story of baseball pride and courage,...
WHO'S CHASING WHOM? RATTLED A'S LOOK SHAKEN VS. UNFLAPPABLE CHAMPS
OAKLAND - Win today or go down in history remembered as just another team that witnessed the steely confidence of the unflappable Yankees and went down choking. Such is the...
STANTON SNUFFS THREAT
OAKLAND - El Duque had bled his arsenal dry with two outs in the sixth and Joe Torre figured he had gotten every ounce out of his right-hander. So, with...
A TEAM OF BELIEVERS ; FOR CLUTCH YANKS, GAME 5 NEVER IN DOUBT
OAKLAND - The tenor was set before a seat was filled. Four hours prior to the first pitch of Game 4 of the AL Division Series, with the Coliseum empty,...
NOTHING NEW FOR BLUE IN ST. LOO: SMOTHERING JINT 'D' NOT ENOUGH TO SOLVE RAMS
ST. LOUIS - They were on the move, about ready to put the finishing touches on a rousing upset that would have resonated throughout the league. Although they trailed by...
CLEMENS HAMMY OK AFTER WORKOUT
OAKLAND - When Roger Clemens left the Coliseum yesterday morning bound for New York on a commercial flight with his wife Debbie, the Rocket was thinking of one thing: Game...
MOOSE TROPHY WELL WORTH BOSS' MONEY
OAKLAND - Mike Mussina's only chance to gain the affection of Yankee fans will be by winning games, because it is not going to happen due to a winning personality....
TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT: YANKS BATTER A'S, TO FORCE GAME 5
Yankees 9 Athletics 2 OAKLAND - Left in a Bronx gutter for the winter last week, the Yankees are even on the ALDS scoreboard. Because they thought small, the Yankees...
TORRE GOES BACK TO OLD RELIABLES
ALDS NOTES OAKLAND - In an effort to load his lineup with left-handed bats against A's righty Cory Lidle, Joe Torre went back to the slumping David Justice and Paul...
JAX: JETER AS CLUTCH AS ME
OAKLAND - There is only one Mr. October and he earned the tag with dramatic postseason performances that will be replayed on scoreboards until the end of time. Reggie Jackson,...
MELLOW MULDER MUM ON GAME 5
OAKLAND - Mark Mulder stood in the outfield during BP, hanging out with his teammates and looking like he didn't have a care in the world. And maybe he didn't....
LONG NOT SHORT ON STAR POTENTIAL
OAKLAND - If Jeremy Giambi had been safe on Saturday night, Terrence Long would have his own statue outside Network Associates Coliseum by now. Oakland's left fielder came up with...
OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN! JETS STUN FISH WITH ANOTHER SECOND-HALF MIRACLE
Jets 21 Dolphins 17 Again, there was a seemingly-insurmountable deficit. Again, there was a torrential rainstorm of booing from the home crowd. Again, there appeared to be no hope for...
MIAMI'S FULL OF HATE FOR JETS
While Miami was playing the Jets yesterday at Giants Stadium, the Dolphins were actually facing two opponents: The one on the opposing sidelines, and the one in their heads. They...
MARINERS' STRUGGLING LINEUP GETS NEW LOOK
ALDS NOTEBOOK CLEVELAND - With the potential of this being the last game of the season to manage, Lou Piniella gave his 116-win lineup a gentle shake yesterday. It worked....
IS ROOKIE WRIGHT MAN FOR KNICKS?
The Knicks are a veteran team, so rookie Michael Wright can expect this to be a learning year, right? "I don't know if he's got a year," said head coach...