October 21, 2001
SOLID GOLD BUFFETT: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY WEATHERS SEPT. 11 STORM
Revenge, shmevenge. This is business. Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett - the bridge-playing, folksy fogy who lives by good, old-fashioned market values and is the world's fourth-richest man...
FINANCIAL SERVICES: MORE BANG FOR BUCK
IT'S not hard to find money managers who are overweighting the financial services sector. Bob Stansky, portfolio manager for Fidelity Magellan - the biggest mutual fund of all - has...
IT COSTS, BUT IT'S GOOD!
WWW.B4UTRADE.COM Investors love to have up-to-the-minute information - especially in these volatile times. It really burns some people to have to rely on stock prices that are delayed 15 minutes....
AMERICAN EXPRESS SUFFERING AS KEY REVENUE SOURCES HIT
American Express may be singing the blues for some time. Not only did the company recently lose the use of its World Financial Center headquarters, but its main revenue sectors...
BULL'S EYE
IVILLAGE QUEEN IMPARTS WISDOM First she fired you; now she wants you to read her book. Media darling and dot-com bomb diva Candice Carpenter has penned a squishy self-help book...
WHAT I WATCH
NIPSEY RUSSELL COMEDIAN "COMEDY CENTRAL" IS THE BEST TV TO WATCH. YOU GET SKETCH COMEDY, STAND-UP AND THERE ARE MOVIES, TOO - ALL FOR A GOOD LAUGH. SOUPY SALES COMEDIAN...
PANTY SHOTS OF ME TURN UP ON THE WEB
I expected bizarre things to happen to me in New York. Turning up on an Internet porn site wasn't one of them.But thanks to an unguarded lunch break in Bryant...
GOLLY, MISS MOLLY RINGWALD AT HOME ON STAGE
Molly Ringwald, who starred in "Pretty in Pink," looks pretty in orange, too. That's the color of the turtleneck and shoes she's wearing with a sporty gray suit for our...
OUR OWN NETWORKS OF TERROR
In an unprecedented show of cooperation, our security-conscious TV networks have banded together to scare the bejesus out of us. Hardly a moment goes by without some terrifying image being...
'BREATHLESS' CINEMA
Cahiers du Cinema, the legendary magazine that gave birth to the French New Wave and the power of the auteur, is marking its 50th birthday, and the Film Society of...
IT'S MACY'S DAY : ACTOR ON FEAR, SUCCESS IN HOLLYWOOD
What did William H. Macy - considered Hollywood's quintessential WASP - say when the makers of his new film, "Focus," approached him about playing a gentile mistaken for a Jew...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JEREMY PIVEN
Jeremy Piven may have played a hopeless romantic many times, but he insists it's just a coincidence. "I'm attracted to stuff that reveals anything in the human exchange without feeling...
WHY LABUTE'S PLAYS ARE NO BEAUTS
Playwright Neil LaBute's latest effort, "The Shape of Things," has been enthusiastically greeted here by some of my most perspicacious colleagues. But with all due respect, I must say that...
A PEARL OF A DEAL AT OYSTER BAR
The Oyster Bar & Restaurant Grand Central Terminal, lower level 42nd Street & Vanderbilt Avenue (212) 490-6650 The Oyster Bar has been dishing it out downstairs in Grand Central since...
DOGS DRESS FOR SUCCESS IN COSTUME CONTEST
Next Sunday is the annual Halloween fund-raiser for Friends & Lovers of Riverside Area Life (FLORAL), complete with a raffle, cash bar, barbecue and a performance by a band called...
NOIR GANG - WHY BLACK CATS WILL ALWAYS BE IN FASHION
Just 10 more days till Halloween, a night when our thoughts turn to all things spooky: jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, witches and black cats. But, animal lovers insist, black cats are nothing...
CROCODILE TEARS FROM SADDAM
Saddam Hussein feels our pain. The Iraqi president is showing his sensitive side - offering his personal condolences over the Sept. 11 attacks in a letter released yesterday. But he...
VICTORIA GOTTI
HE plays an action hero on screen. The good guy with the bad boy ways. But when you meet Harrison Ford, you quickly discover he prefers to downplay his status...
FIREFIGHTER DAD WAS PERFECT 10
FROM the deep holes left in the ground and in our hearts by Sept. 11, sun shone on the towering life of a hero yesterday. Jeanne Marie Palombo looked down...
HOME-MOANING WTC NEIGHBORS IN TAX REVOLT
Condo owners in Battery Park City, the residential neighborhood hit hardest by the WTC attacks, are refusing to pay their taxes to the city. Battery Park City Authority president Tim...
BUSH: FIENDS FAILED TO SHAKE WORLD ECONOMY
WASHINGTON - President Bush told Asian leaders meeting in Shanghai that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were a bid "to shatter confidence in the world economic system, but they failed."...
MOTHER CHARGED WITH TOT'S MURDER
A 20-year-old Bronx mother was charged with the murder of her 2-year-old son yesterday after he died from a head injury. Police said Angel Perez was found unconscious by his...
CULTURE VULTURED : SLASHED BUDGET A BLOW TO CITY'S AILING MUSEUMS
Major cultural institutions earmarked for cuts in city funding are already battling sharp revenue losses after the World Trade Center attacks and warn they will now have to trim programs...
KIN'S SALUTE TO 'MAN OF HONOR'
Saying he'll "live forever in our broken hearts," hundreds of mourners packed a Queens church yesterday to bid a somber farewell to hero firefighter and Army veteran Michael Mullan. Mullan's...
HOW TO WIN ANTI-TERRORIST FRIENDS? PAY BIG
So, let me get this straight. Colin Powell goes to Pakistan, and meets with our "allies" there, and they announce that the U.S. will pony up $700 million in aid...
ROUNDUP MAY HAVE SUNK NEW TERROR
The discovery of C-4 plastic explosive in the Philadelphia bus station suggests another terrorist attack may have been indirectly averted through the mass arrests that followed the Sept. 11 kamikaze...
FEDS SLICE RUG MAN OVER THREAT
A carpet salesman was charged with a federal felony yesterday after he placed a letter at a Manhattan store with the chilling message: "Anthrax is everywhere." Dewansing Bharrat, 31, left...
TATTERED WTC FLAG WILL SEE NEW GLORY AFTER ALL
A group of New Jersey veterans who planned to burn a tattered American flag found in the rubble of the World Trade Center yesterday did an about face and only...
POST GETS 2ND LETTER : HANDWRITING MATCHES OTHER ANTHRAX HATE MAIL
The New York Post received an anthrax-laced letter virtually identical to the letters sent to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, police and the FBI said...
DEMS RIP BLOOMY 'EXPLOITS'
Stumping side-by-side with Mark Green yesterday, Fernando Ferrer blasted a new ad by Republican Michael Bloomberg - charging the spot "exploits" tensions over campaign tactics during the Democratic runoff. But...
ISRAELIS RING ENEMY TOWNS
Israeli troops surrounded most major Palestinian towns in the West Bank yesterday, in their biggest military operation in more than a year of fighting. Eight Palestinians, including three bystanders, were...
STARS 'JAM' MSG FOR WTC $HOW: BENEFIT RAISES BUCKS FOR SEPT. 11 VICTIMS
A mob of music mammoths - from Billy Joel to Bon Jovi - gathered last night to shine the limelight on New York's firefighters and police at a superstar fund-raiser...
STARS 'JAM' MSG FOR WTC $HOW : BENEFIT RAISES BUCKS FOR SEPT. 11 VICTIMS
A mob of music mammoths - from Billy Joel to Bon Jovi - gathered last night to shine the limelight on New York's firefighters and police at a superstar fund-raiser...
COMMANDOS TAKE ON TALIBAN: PENTAGON VIDEO SHOWS BOLD RAID ON AFGHAN SOIL
America's most elite commandos are now fighting at eye level with the Taliban - close enough to leave boot prints on their carpets - and here's proof. The Pentagon yesterday...
EX-VICE OFFICER SINGS DIFFERENT TUNE THESE DAYS
When Daniel Rodriguez belts out "God Bless America," he packs a double-barreled wallop of patriotism and heroism. He sings with Pavarotti-like passion - and he's an NYPD cop. "I'm in...
FAMED NEUROSURGEON BATTLING HEAD INJURY
World-renowned surgeon Dr. Fred J. Epstein is hospitalized in Connecticut after suffering a serious head injury last month. Epstein, 64, a pioneer in pediatric neurosurgery, was in a bicycle accident....
CONSTANT MOM-BARDMENT : D.C.'S TOP WOMEN ALSO HAVE KIDS TO DEAL WITH
WASHINGTON - In public life, Torie Clarke is the Pentagon's unflappable chief spokeswoman - but she also is a mom who has had to ease the worries of her three...
MIKE ENDORSEMENT AN INSIDE JOB
WHEN it comes to truth in advertising, Mike Bloomberg is having some trouble. One TV ad for the Republican mayoral candidate ends with the passionate testimony of Verna Eggleston, an...
YES, WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR NEW YEAR BALL
The continuing terrorist threat against the United States won't stop the city's traditional New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, organizers have told The Post. "We are planning for it...
EXPENSES BITE INTO RELIEF $$
Overheads are beginning to chip away at the $1 billion raised in Sept. 11 donations - and some charitable organizations say they're no closer to solving problems in distributing the...
N.Y. LOSING SCENT IN BID FOR SUBWAY 'SNIFFERS'
The city's subway system appears to have been left at the station in seeking funds for sensors that could warn of a biological or chemical attack. After a two-year trial...
ROYALS MIFFED OVER WILLS' WHIMPERING
Just when you hoped Buckingham Palace would start to behave, Prince William has landed in the royal doghouse. Senior members of the royal family, including Prince Philip, have reportedly ripped...
'MR. LIBERTY' FRETTED FOR HIS LADY
"Please, God, spare Lady Liberty." That was the plea that flashed through Charlie DeLeo's mind as he stood on Liberty Island the morning of Sept. 11 and watched as airliners...
ALLERGY BOY IN NEW BUS FIGHT
A Brooklyn mother is baffled and angry that the Board of Education continues to violate an order that provides special transport to get her handicapped son to his school. Carla...
RUNNING FOR CITY HALL
PLAY OF THE WEEK: Fernando Ferrer endorsing Mark Green. The dysfunctional Democratic family reunion sent a message to Ferrer voters that Green is OK, and put the spotlight back on...
CENSORS EYE ONLINE WAR TACTICS
The Internet is proving to be a top source for detailed military news on the battle against Osama bin Laden - perhaps too revealing for some. The Federation of American...
HOOSIER FIRE RUNNERS FINISH 750-MILE TREK
A group of Indiana firefighters ended their amazing 750-mile run at a Manhattan firehouse yesterday, where they gave their Bravest brothers an estimated $300,000 to help the families of those...
VOICES RISE FOR N.Y.: CELEBS PACK MSG IN VICTIMS BENEFIT CONCERT
Big-hearted stars lit up Madison Square Garden last night, at the celebrity-studded "Concert for New York" benefit for victims of the World Trade Center disaster. With Beatle Paul McCartney leading...
SANTANA RUNNING ON GRASS
It wasn't a very publicized moment, but it was a significant step nonetheless. Jets No. 1 draft pick Santana Moss began running on grass this week, moving him closer to...
MARTIN OVERLOOKED, NOT OVERMATCHED
There are whispers from inside the Jets locker room that Curtis Martin is at his best this season - which is quite an accomplishment considering his six consecutive seasons of...
FALCONS WON'T GET SLAMMED BY SAINTS
Over the past seven years, The Wildcat's published pigskin forecasts have impressed the sporting world. Including the 1997-00 seasons in The Post, 'Cat's record in print for this period stands...
MUZZLING MCNABB IS CRUCIAL
The Giants know that Donovan McNabb is a rising star and one of the league's up-and-coming quarterbacks. It's just that McNabb excels against others, but not against the Giants. "We've...
TODAY ON THE TUBE, WALL TO WALL BALL
TODAY'S one of those TV days when we can't simply channel surf, we need direction, a chart, a navigator . . . and an explanation. The 9-11 attacks pushed the...
THIS TIME, FRANKEL HAS THE HORSES
There are lies, damn lies and statistics, and the stats say trainer Bobby Frankel is hitless in 36 Breeders' Cup at-bats. The fact is, though, that the Brooklyn-born horseman, who's...
STEVENS AGREES TO BE MACHO MAN
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens gave thumbs-up yesterday morning to riding Macho Uno in next Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic after working the Holy Bull colt six furlongs in 1:15.3...
ROD'S ROAD BACK POINTS TO PHILLY
AFTER going months without being propositioned, Rod Strickland's sullied services suddenly are in hot demand. Yesterday the 98-proof free spirit, er, free agent was expected to make up his mind...
TROTS IS RAISED TO ISLES' ROOF
The Islanders welcomed home an old friend yesterday. "Today is a day we've been waiting for a very long time," owner Charles Wang said just before Bryan Trottier's No. 19...
KNICKS MAY START JAX TO HELP OUT ON BOARDS
The Knicks' glaring lack of rebounding from their big men is such a concern to Jeff Van Gundy that it may color his much-anticipated point-guard decision. There are strong indications...
MICHAEL HIS 41 VS. NETS
WASHINGTON - Lucious Harris was leaving the Nets' locker room and spied a gang of media around rookie Richard Jefferson, the guy who bore the brunt of Michael Jordan's 41-point...
CANARSIE KEEPS WINNING
Canarsie36 Curtis22 Like many Saturdays in past years, Leon Williams, whose fierce play helped keep Canarsie in contention in the PSAL the last three seasons, was at the Chiefs' game...
COACHES SAY MSG'S 1ST CLASS
The planning has been in the works for well over a year. The goal: restore the Garden as the mecca of college basketball. "We want to rekindle things and bring...
JORDAN RESPECTS YANKEES' TITLE RUN
WASHINGTON - Getting to the top is hard. Staying there is harder. Just ask Michael Jordan. Or the Yankees. Jordan, who scored 41 points against the Nets last night, said...
MOHAWK BELONGS TO I'M ALL YOURS
I'm All Yours unleashed a strong closing kick in the stretch and caught 22-1 Statement near the wire to win the $150,000 Mohawk Handicap on the turf by a half-length...
ANOTHER LAST-GASP LETDOWN IS COSTLY
Isles2 Sharks2 The good news is they didn't lose. But the Islanders didn't win either on Bryan Trottier Day, needing overtime for the third try in as many home games...
JOE 'LEFT' HANGING WITH DAVE, PAUL
Joe Torre watched David Justice and Paul O'Neill get good hacks in Game 2. Then he checked Randy Velarde's numbers against Jamie Moyer. Armed with those bits of information, Torre...
DEVILS HIRE GARDINER
In the wake of losing Turner Stevenson, the Devils have silently signed unrestricted free agent Bruce Gardiner, The Post has learned. Once the contract is announced, the 29-year-old checker is...
OLERUD HR PUTS END TO SLUMP
John Olerud had numbers that suggested he was swinging like a rusty gate. But the Seattle first baseman, 0-for-7 in the first two games of the ALCS, insisted before Game...
SUDDENLY, SERIES IN ROCKET'S HANDS
BILL Clinton and George Steinbrenner - Bubba and The Boss - stood side-by-side and cheered in a star-studded owners box in celebration of Bernie Williams' two-run, first-inning homer. Orlando Hernandez,...
PINIELLA'S PEP TALK WAS REAL LOU-LOU (WHATEVER HE SAID)
PERHAPS someday in the distant future, whatever Lou Piniella said - or what people will say he said - to his Mariners before Game 3 of the 2001 ALCS will...
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A GAME CAN MAKE
No lie. Not even legendary falsifier Bill Clinton could have pardoned the Yankees yesterday. With Clinton hissing into George Steinbrenner's ear in The Boss' box, the Yankees turned Yankee Stadium...
STANTON: I'LL TAKE THE BLAME
Mike Stanton is one of the most seasoned playoff pitchers in history. He rarely makes errors, almost never beats himself, and does not give away key runs in big games....
SORIANO'S MISTAKE WAS PIVOTAL
Joe Torre has been one of Alfonso Soriano's most ardent supporters, saying the rookie has taken to the postseason the way Derek Jeter did in 1996. And while Soriano was...
BRODEUR'S SAVING GRACE HAS HIS MATES STREAKING
Devils3 Senators2 When their world is teetering, the Devils can still lean on Martin Brodeur. The franchise goalie bailed them out again last night, turning in his best performance of...
YANKS NO CAN DUQUE
ONE more time, the magician went to the mound to make the ball materialize from behind his knee, presto into the catcher's glove. One more time, the enigma that is...
FANS CAN'T MAKE A CATCH OF THE DAY
Two Yankee fans were denied prime souvenirs yesterday. Seattle corner outfielders Stan Javier and Ichiro Suzuki made outstanding catches in Game 3 that seem meaningless now, but were crucial at...
ARIZONA SMACKS MADDUX TO TAKE 3-1 SERIES EDGE
GAME 4 D'backs11 Braves4 ATLANTA - The Braves did everything wrong last night. They set a National League Championship Series record for errors in an inning. They barely hit. And,...
FINALLY, WE GET A MARQUEE MATCHUP
ATLANTA - As Tom Glavine ran off the field before last night's Braves' loss to the Diamondbacks, he was asked if he will go tonight in Game 5 on three...
DESPERATE ATLANTA HAS BIG UNIT TO CLIMB
ATLANTA - Randy Johnson can finish off what's left of the Braves tonight by either beating Tom Glavine or watching the Braves beat themselves for the third consecutive night. To...
NETS LIKE PROGRESS OF KITTLES
WASHINGTON - Byron Scott has trashed his preseason plan for Kerry Kittles. And he was only too happy to do it. Scott had planned to go sloooooow with Kittles, returning...
CURT'S COMPLETE WORKS ARE CLASSIC MATERIAL: SCHILLING POST-SEASON GEMS ON A COURSE TO BE BEST IN HISTORY
ATLANTA - Curt Schilling's run is of the historic variety. If he were to keep up this pace and the Diamondbacks were to win the World Series - two big...
M'S QUICK TO SUPPORT ABBOTT
A rising tide lifts all boats. Paul Abbott went 17-4 this season. Even Abbott is quick to admit those last two statements are related. How else to explain how he...
CLEMENS: I'M READY AND ABLE
Roger Clemens has six 20-win seasons, and is hoping for a sixth Cy Young to go with them. Only two men in history have more strikeouts than he does, and...
'O'-LERUD TRYING TO STAY CONFIDENT
John Olerud has numbers that suggest he's swinging like a rusty gate. But the Seattle first baseman insists he's had some good at-bats despite starting the ALCS 0-for-7. "I felt...
BIG UNIT, SCHILLING MOWING DOWN FOES
NLCS NOTEBOOK ATLANTA - Randy Johnson returns to the mound tonight. He and Curt Schilling became just the second set of teammates in an NLCS to strike out 10 or...
BRAVES' FANS COMING UP SMALL IN POSTSEASON
ATLANTA - The Braves were so desperate to fill the seats at Turner Field for the National League Championship Series they took to placing advertisements in the local newspaper informing...
TORRE SWINGS TO LEFT
ALCS NOTEBOOK Joe Torre watched David Justice and Paul O'Neill get good hacks in Game 2. Then he checked Randy Velarde's numbers against Jamie Moyer. Armed with those bits of...
WHATTA DAY FOR A NIGHT GAME
IF YESTERDAY'S Yankees-Mariners playoff game had started when playoff baseball games are supposed to start, the people who bought this edition of the newspaper - yeah, both of you -...
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A SERIES CAN MAKE: BOMBERS COMFORTABLY IN DRIVER'S SEAT
When the Yankees were nine outs away from going home, Joe Torre called a meeting in Oakland and laid it out in very simple terms. "Think in small bites," was...
EL DUQUE THE GREAT'S NEXT TRICK: MAKE M'S DISAPPEAR
ONE MORE TIME, the magician went to the mound to try to pull the ball from behind his knee and presto, make it appear in the catcher's glove. One more...
'OLD' YANKS GREAT AGAIN
FROM 0-2 down to 2-0 up, the Yankees had transformed from being old in the Division Series to being vintage in the ALCS. From feeble to familiar in just seven...
TROUT GROUP: ENERGY BILL'S A FISH-KILLER
AMERICA'S largest coldwater fisheries conservation organization says that an obscure provision in the energy bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, and under consideration in the Senate would destroy...