October 20, 2001
NETRADIO.COM PULLING THE BROADCASTING PLUG
And another one bites the dust. NetRadio went off line and off the air on Wednesday, citing lack of interest from investment in sustaining the Web audio company. Fifty staff...
WALL STREET IS BRACING FOR A LICKING
Wall Street is bracing for an onslaught of negative earnings next week as profits continue to be caught in the teeth of one of the nation's worst earnings recessions. And...
INTEL DITCHES ELECTRIC GIZMOS
Maybe that microscope wasn't such a good idea after all. Chip giant Intel is discontinuing its consumer electronics business. The 200 person sector, which makes toys and gadgets such as...
A STERN SALUTE AT CARNEGIE HALL
IF Isaac Stern is remembered in this city for nothing else, it will be as the savior of Carnegie Hall.The late, great violinist and teacher - who 41 years ago...
MEET THE BIG APPLE CORPS
Lots of people say they will - but few ever do. Run away and join the circus, that is. But those who actually do end up under the big top...
WE GO TO THE MAT FOR BIG DRINKS
The Bar Belles know as much about wrestling as we do brain surgery. So why in the good Lord's name did we choose to slam a few cold ones at...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
Don't open your mail. It may contain an invite to a dinner party. And you don't want that ... unless you're prepared to attend with the necessary facts. NOTHING TO...
ONE DEAD AS GANG WAR HITS TOWN ON L.I.
One man was killed and another wounded in gang violence on Long Island - in which a stray bullet hit and slightly injured an 11-year-old boy. The "gang-related" shooting erupted...
SOC-SEC PAYOUT UP, BUT SO IS MEDICARE PAY-IN
WASHINGTON - The elderly will get an average $22 more in their monthly Social Security checks next year, but will have to pay more for Medicare coverage. The Social Security...
BUSH: EVIL TALIBAN STARVING THE PEOPLE
President Bush yesterday denied the United States is to blame for the plight of starving Afghans - and pointed the finger squarely at the country's Taliban rulers. He dismissed criticism...
HOT ON THE OVERSEAS TRAIL OF WTC FIENDS
Leads on the terrorists behind the World Trade Center attack are drying up in America, forcing U.S. investigators to switch their attention to the overseas trail for suspects. With more...
WTC DONATIONS PROBE
ALBANY - Assembly Democrats plan hearings next month on whether donations to help victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are reaching the people who need them. "Generous individuals, companies...
'WELL DONE, MY CAPTAIN'
Capt. William Harry Thompson - one of three Supreme Court officers who died rushing to save others in the collapsing Twin Towers - was remembered as a father and patriot...
ED. BOARD ASKS FOR DISASTER $$
ALBANY - The city Board of Education is seeking $300 million in emergency aid in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The New York City figure was included...
FREDDY IS STILL BEEPED OFF AT PARTY BIGWIGS
FERNANDO Ferrer made his peace with Mark Green yesterday - but there's lingering resentment that state officials, especially Democratic boss Judith Hope, didn't step in when Ferrer aides warned that...
HAROLD NEEDS TO TRY HARDER
The Board of Education gave Schools Chancellor Harold Levy a mostly favorable rating on its annual report card - but complained that most students still can't read or do basic...
JUSTICE FINALLY OPENS ITS EYES FOR JAILED DAD
Eme I leave Clinton Prison in upstate New York, I leave another man who isn't guilty. After a while you would think that those walls only housed the innocent -...
GIVING THE FINGER TO BIOTERRORISTS: POST EDITORIAL STAFFER TELLS OF SPORE HORROR
WHEN you work for a newspaper, you're close to the story - but not too close. This morning, I am the story - part of it, anyway. I'm a victim...
FLIGHT OF DEFIANCE HERO'S PREGNANT WIDOW CARRIES HIS FEISTY SPIRIT
LISA Beamer didn't need to look out the window as her jet flew over Pennsylvania yesterday to better imagine her husband's last heroic moments. "I've already got a mental picture...
FEDS CHARGE 'LIAR' PAL OF FLIGHT TERRORISTS
A pal of two of the terror hijackers who crashed a plane into the Pentagon was arraigned yesterday on charges of lying to the feds and prosecutors accused him of...
POWDER HOAX MAY MEAN LIFE SENTENCE
A Newburgh man who spread anthrax fears by putting baby powder in a co-worker's pay envelope was charged in federal court yesterday with threatening the use of a weapon of...
NET TIGHTENS ON TRENTON APT. BUILDING
EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. - An apartment building in this Trenton suburb is the focus of the hunt for the site where two letters containing the deadly anthrax bacteria were mailed....
TROOPS RAID TALIBAN 2 YANKS DIE IN PAKISTAN
WASHINGTON - The ground war began in Afghanistan early today as from 100 to 200 Army Rangers completed a lightning operation near Kandahar that President Bush said was "circling the...
TANKS DEPLOYED AS ISRAEL SNUBS U.S.
JERUSALEM -Israel last night began expanding its positions in and around the biblical city of Bethlehem, despite being reprimanded by the U.S. State Department for sending tanks into the Palestinian-held...
GREEN PEACE FOR DEMS FERRER BACKS MARK'S RUN
After a week of harsh words, former Democratic mayoral rivals Mark Green and Fernando Ferrer publicly mended fences yesterday, saying it was time for the party to unite to defeat...
FEDS SAY ANTHRAX MIGHT ALL BE FROM SAME PLACE
Lab tests revealed the same anthrax strain was used to sow terror in New York, Washington and Florida, as probers zeroed in on a suburban Trenton, N.J., mailbox as the...
RIO BUREAU IS LATEST ALARM FOR TIMES
The New York Times said yesterday a letter sent to its Rio de Janeiro bureau has tested positive for anthrax. The newspaper said in a statement that the letter, postmarked...
A MELLOW VAN FOR A CHANGE
Spurs107Knicks90SAN ANTONIO - In contrast to his young coaching counterpart, the Suns' Scott Skiles, who all but challenged Kurt Thomas to a fight Wednesday night, Jeff Van Gundy has experienced...
PINIELLA KNOWS JOY OF 6
LOU PINIELLA says the Mariners are going to bring it home. Their last hit with a guy on second was by Harold Reynolds, their 141 RBI machine has been recalled...
GUARANTEES ARE FOR LOOUU-SERS
THERE IS no worse place than this, Yankee Stadium, for Lou Piniella and the Mariners. There is no worse month than this, October, for Piniella and the Mariners. There is...
MOYER'S TIME IS NOW
Jamie Moyer, who has made a living disrupting timing, better have perfect timing this afternoon. The Seattle left-hander, who was 2-0 against the Yankees this season, gets the opportunity to...
MADDUX READY FOR GAME 4
NLCS NOTES ATLANTA - The starting pitching pendulum swings back in the Braves' favor tonight with Greg Maddux facing Arizona's Albie Lopez - but not as far one might think....
CANARSIE HAS CURTIS' NUMBER
WHEN Canarsie reached the PSAL quarterfinals last year, the Chiefs were led by two key players, RB Earl Charles and LB Leon Williams. With both having graduated, head coach Mike...
NETS JUICED UP TO FACE JORDAN
WASHINGTON - The Nets are off to see Da Wizard. Da Wizard who used to be Da Bull. Curiosity and a touch of excitement are as much a part of...
PRESSURE DRIVES DUQUE
Being up 2-0 in the ALCS is a luxury that Orlando El Duque Hernandez has seldom experienced in the postseason. Usually, the Yankees are on the brink of elimination or...
'PLAYING AROUND' MADE MARIANO A CUT ABOVE
ALCS NOTES Sometimes, greatness just happens. One day in 1997 Mariano Rivera was fooling around with a new pitch, a cut fastball. "It just happened," Rivera explained yesterday. "I was...
SHEIK MO'S AIMING FOR CLASSIC WIN
BREEDERS' CUP NOTES Since the early years of the Breeders' Cup, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum of Dubai has been an enthusiastic participant, running more than 40 horses in...
PETERSON'S READY FOR PRIME TIME
If you are looking for a Prime Time player on the Giants, look no further than Will Peterson. The rookie cornerback made his first and only start of the season...
DEVILS CAPTAIN COULD FLY COOP
OTTAWAatDEVILSTonight: 7:30FSN, WQEW (1560 AM) The greatest stand-up defenseman in hockey is making his stand, and it stands to move him out of New Jersey next summer. Upcoming unrestricted free...
JETS SET TO BUTT HEADS WITH UNBEATEN RAMS
As the Jets prepared for tomorrow's game in St. Louis, wide receiver Wayne Chrebet and defensive end Shaun Ellis both went full-speed at practice yesterday. That's good news for Gang...
ISLES' PAST, FUTURE CROSS PATHS TODAY
SHARKSatISLESToday: 1:00FSN, ESPN (1050 AM) So the Islanders are pretty good right now, undefeated in regulation through seven games. Well, when Bryan Trottier was an Islander, the team didn't lose...
METS GIVE STEARNS BOOT IN SHAKEUP OF COACHES
ATLANTA - In the comical revolving world that is the Mets' coaching staff, Tom Robson is back in, John Stearns is out. In the latest shift of coaches, the Mets...
YANKEES SET TO SAY TOODLE, LOU PINIELLA'S GANG'S IN DEEP TROUBLE
This is glitter time for the Yankees. They have the Mariners on the run and are home, ready to finish off Seattle over the next three days and move on...
NL STILL MUST DETERMINE WHO YANKEES ARE GOING TO TROUNCE
ATLANTA - Put the Yankees down two games to none in a best-of-five series against a team about to send young stud left-handers Mark Mulder and Barry Zito to the...