October 29, 2001
AT&T PLANS $5+ BILLION BOND OFFER
In a bid to boost its cash position, AT&T is planning a bond offering to raise $5 billion to $7 billion in the worldwide markets this week, the Financial Times...
AMID STORM, UNITED CEO STEPS DOWN
Just two weeks after a dire public prediction that the airline would "perish" if it didn't turn around, United Airlines CEO James Goodwin has resigned. The UAL board elected long-time...
GM TO SELL DIRECTV TO ECHOSTAR FOR $25.8B
General Motors Corp. agreed last night to sell Hughes Electronics and its DirecTV satellite division to EchoStar Communications Corp. for $25.8 billion in cash and stock, sources told Reuters. The...
MIGHTY EMPIRE SUED - CONTRACTOR SAYS LUXE DEVELOPER OWES 900K
An electrical contractor just gave a shock to condo owners in one of the Upper East Side's ritziest buildings - a lawsuit trying to collect money it says it's owed...
TIME TO GRAB SOME TUMS - PROS EXPECT BIG MOVES IN WEEK'S MARTS
Buckle your seatbelts: the markets are in for a wild ride this week. And Wall Street gurus say that in the end, stocks might not register any long-term gains or...
BY JOVE, IT'S 'JEEVES' - MODEST LITTLE MUSICAL OF BLATHERING BRITS
BY JEEVES [ 1/2]The Helen Hayes Theater, 240 W. 44th St., (212) 944-9495. -------- THE Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "By Jeeves," which opened last night at the...
HOUSE BEAUTIFIED - N.Y. PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY REOPENS
IT'S the only place in the world where you can hear Sarah Bernhardt, see Nijinsky pirouette and peruse manuscripts by Beethoven, Wagner and Edward Albee. If you're lucky, you might...
STARR REPORT
TV Land wants you to love New York TV Land is doing its bit to help the tourism trade in New York, which has taken a hit in the wake...
LOEWS' NEW MEGAPLEX: MIRACLE ON 34TH ST.?
IF you build it, will they come? That's the question posed by a $20 million, 14-screen megaplex opening Friday in highly unlikely territory: 34th Street, just west of Eighth Avenue....
LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM HER LAST ROLE - EX-TREKKIE CAN NOW EXPRESS A RANGE OF EMOTIONS.
JERI Ryan's career track is right out of a high-school Internet-geek's wildest dreams. The former sci-fi sexpot is making the leap from "Star Trek: Voyager" to "Boston Public," where she'll...
'SMALLVILLE' IS FILLING 'BUFFY'S' BIG SHOES
'SMALLVILLE," the latest take on the legend of Superman, is shaping up to be the breakout hit of the new fall season. The show - about a teenaged Clark Kent...
ELECTRIC PRUNES HELP GARAGE ROCK REMAIN CURRENT
THE Electric Prunes and the Creation, two stellar 1960s garage-rock bands, will headline "Cavestomp! 2001, a Garage Rock Oddity" this weekend. The Electric Prunes, which formed in L.A. in 1965,...
YOU SEXY THINGS - A SHUTOUT ON SELF RESTRAINT
"Boston Public" [Zero stars] Season premiere Tonight at 8 on WNYW/Ch. 5 * "Ally McBeal" [] Season premiere Tonight at 9 on Ch. 5 ----------- ONE show starts with nude...
THE SHOWS GO ON . . . AGAIN - FASHION WEEK PART III WAS (MOSTLY) WORTH THE WAIT
THE longest New York Fashion Week on record came to an end last week. Originally scheduled for the second week of September, Fashion Week was cut short following the World...
EARTH TO SHOE STORES - HIPPIES REJOICE! EARTH SHOES ARE BACK THIS FALL
EARTH Shoes have come a long way, baby. The stubby, thick-soled footwear once favored by hippies is padding back into stores this fall, and it looks a whole lot sleeker...
CATSKILLS CASINOS DICEY - LEGAL CHALLENGES COULD TIE THEM UP FOR YEARS
ALBANY - The opening of three Indian-run casinos in the Catskills is no sure bet, even with last week's authorization by the state Legislature. Legal challenges, detailed governmental negotiations and...
GREEN NO-SHOW IRKS QNS. DEMS
ALTHOUGH his mayoral campaign is churning along, Mark Green ticked off some Democratic bigwigs in Queens last week when he skipped the county party's annual dinner at Antun's restaurant. "Everybody...
TERROR BUZZWORDS HIT THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
Conversation at cocktail parties has been dramatically altered in just a few short weeks - out are words like "Condit" "Grubman" and "Britney," and in are "anthrax," "Cipro" and "fatwah."...
DOCS: 'WTC SYNDROME' AFFLICTING THOUSANDS
Had difficulty breathing since Sept. 11? You are not alone. Emergency workers and others caught in the choking dust cloud resulting from the collapse of the World Trade Center are...
FIREMEN NAB ARMED THUG
Six quick-thinking Brooklyn firefighters on their way to an assignment at the World Trade Center yesterday helped a robbery victim subdue an armed thug trying to hold him up, police...
WAR GAME LEAVES KIDS OUT OF TOUCH
FUNNY how war games have become less and less like games and more and more like war. This portentous observation comes courtesy of the New York Hall of Science in...
N.J. EYES MEADOWLANDS IN GAMING WAR VS. N.Y.
A NEW JERSEY gaming executive is threatening to launch an all-out battle with New York by building "the world's largest casino" on the Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel. The...
JACKO'S CAREER NEED$ 'MORE'
Michael Jackson is putting the finishing touches on his all-star charity single, "What More Can I Give" - and he's praying it'll boost the sagging prospects of his new comeback...
WRONG NUMBER TAKES A TOLL - CONFUSED CALLERS GET A HOME, NOT A HOT LINE
Phyllis and Sidney Margolis get calls every day, at all hours, from people seeking help - people who get angry when the retired couple can offer them none. The calls...
FAMILY TIES OFTEN DON'T MEAN CANCER
Most women with a family history of breast cancer will never develop the disease themselves, an optimistic new study shows. The risk does increase, though, with each close relative who...
NASSAU FINALLY GETS IT: HOAX IS NO JOKE
HAS Nassau County justice finally gotten serious? A Long Island judge threw the book at a demented deliveryman who allegedly dropped an anthrax hoax on a woman's doorstep - 12...
PIG-CELL PROCEDURE GIVES REEVE HOPE
A new operation has sparked hopes that paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve may walk again. The possibility comes after doctors successfully transplanted fetal stem cells from pigs into the spines of...
SUBWAY RE-N-R-GIZED: DOWNTOWN LINES ROLL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11
N and R trains roared back into service yesterday, promising to relieve downtown Manhattan rush-hour congestion today. "I'm thrilled," said Jennifer Wagner, 26, who yesterday took a ride on an...
BRAKES ON BLAB - N.Y. DRIVERS READY FOR CELL-PHONE BAN
ALBANY - At the wheel, Paul Adams cannot seem to get comfortable using a hands-free cell phone. "When you're driving highway speed and you answer a call, you automatically slow...
HILLARY JOINS CALL TO BOOST SAFETY
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressing city postal workers' gripes that other federal employees have been better protected against bioterror threats, yesterday called for the establishment of across-the-board safeguards. Union leaders...
DEMOCRATS [LOVE] AL
THE chairman of the Democratic Party is on record: People who attempt to block Al Sharpton's influence "will be asked to leave." No, this is not a joke - and...
PAL SALUTED FOR LAST ACT OF HEROISM
Abe Zelmanowitz's "extraordinary" decision to die rather than abandon a wheelchair-bound pal in the aftermath of the Twin Towers attacks was typical of him, friends and family said yesterday. Nearly...
A QUEEN IS BORN
The future queen of Belgium gave her first official order over the weekend - a wailing cry that meant: I want milk. Princess Elisabeth, born last week to Crown Prince...
DIAMONDBACKS SHOULD RECOIL FROM BIG CHILL IN THE BRONX
The heat may be on the Yankees in Phoenix, but the cold in New York should send the Diamondbacks slithering like sissy snakes for cover. The next two games will...
DESPAIR AND ANGER TINGE THE SMOKE AT GROUND ZERO
BELOW ground, the devil's inferno was still smoldering - but above, shards of steel stood like defiant fingers pointing to the heavens. There were prayers of hope from the dais...
THE FINAL DAYS OF A FREEDOM FIGHTER
New details emerged yesterday about slain Afghan freedom fighter Abdul Haq's final hours, as hundreds of his former soldiers gathered at his Pakistani home to pay their respects to the...
RUMSFELD: U.S. HAS RIGHT TO ASSASSINATE
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday declared, "You bet your life" when asked if America might assassinate terrorist bad guys. "Do we have a right to defend ourselves by...
INVENTOR FURIOUS AT CANADIAN CIPRO COPYCATS
The inventor of Cipro says the Canadian government has turned into a den of thieves for producing "illegal" quantities of his miracle anthrax anecdote. "Anger isn't the right emotion -...
BAMBINO'S DAUGHTER ON ENEMY SIDE
PHOENIX - Babe Ruth might have saved baseball, but the Bambino couldn't raise a Yankee fan. As New York battles for another world title, the Yanks will be without the...
JORDANIANS GRILL AL QAEDA SUSPECT
Authorities in Jordan have arrested an al Qaeda operative who may have key information about a series of terror attacks, including the suicide strikes on the United States, it was...
GROUND-ZERO SERVICE SOOTHES GRIEVING KIN
More than 9,000 relatives and friends who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center attack gathered at ground zero yesterday for a solemn, tear-filled memorial service that moved many...
'TEST PULLOUT' BEGINS - TERROR SLAY CAN'T HALT ISRAELI PLAN
JERUSALEM - Israeli tanks and paratroopers pulled out of the West Bank towns of Bethlehem and Beit Jala last night, despite an ambush by Palestinian gunmen that left four women...
MIKE'S LIBERAL DOSE OF REGRET
Shoot-from-the-lip mayoral hopeful Michael Bloomberg said yesterday he regrets some of his off-the-cuff campaign quips - including labeling himself a "liberal" last week. "I've said some things I wish I...
SLUMLORD'S GOONS - 2 EX-SUPERS TELL OF EVICTIONS BY TERROR
Two former employees of a notorious New York slumlord yesterday revealed some of the methods vicious landlords use - ranging from phony city marshals to terrifying pit bulls - to...
8-YEAR-OLD SON TO EULOGIZE COP
As most kids were putting the finishing touches on their Halloween costumes, 8-year-old Joe Vigiano yesterday was finishing writing a eulogy for his dad. The boy plans to read a...
ANTHRAX HITS JUSTICE DEPT.: SPORES FOUND AT MAIL CENTER IN MARYLAND
WASHINGTON - Anthrax spores were found at a Justice Department mail facility - the latest in a growing list of federal offices contaminated by the microbe, officials said last night....
BUSH ON DECK FOR N.Y. - PREZ TO SEE YANKS AMID TIGHT SECURITY
President Bush plans to watch the World Series up close and personal tomorrow night - from a seat at Yankee Stadium - in a defiant gesture to let terrorists know...
ANGER AMID THE PRAYERS AT GROUND ZERO
BELOW ground, the devil's inferno was still smoldering - but above, shards of steel stood like defiant fingers pointing to the heavens. There were prayers of hope from the dais...
NEW ANTHRAX CASE IN JERSEY - MOST DEADLY FORM STRIKES MAIL WORKER
WASHINGTON - Anthrax spores were found at a Justice Department mail facility - the latest in a growing list of federal offices contaminated by the microbe, officials said last night....
A STORY THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL - SCHILLING'S SAVED SEAT PROMOTES SILLY SENTIMENT
YA WATCH, ya listen, ya scratch your head. Early in Saturday night's telecast of Game 1 of the World Series, Fox's Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, in a show-and-tell, explained...
CAMBY'S DOUBTFUL FOR OPENER
One day after taking one step forward on his ailing left foot Saturday, Marcus Camby took two steps back. On Saturday, Camby not only practiced without a hitch at Purchase,...
NETS MULL PICKING UP A.C.
With surgery set for one of their rookies, the Nets may turn to the NBA's ultimate iron man to fill the roster while providing experience and size on the bench....
IT'S TIME WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE HYPE
AS PROMISED after the first week of the season, we have refused to write about Heisman Trophy candidates until the BCS rankings are released. The lone exception was prior to...
'WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS' - SPREE SAYS KNICKS HAVE LOST TOO MUCH
Latrell Sprewell couldn't hide it yesterday. Not only did the man Jeff Van Gundy has called "the most influential person in the organization" sound like someone who's resigned himself to...
MOUNT FILLS THE VOID
Mount 27 - Holy Cross 6 It was hard to tell who was more impressed by Dennis Void's 192-yard performance yesterday: His offensive linemen or the opposing head coach. "He...
EXOGENOUS BATTLING BACK
The next 24 hours will be key as to whether Exogenous survives her horrific fall that occurred in the post parade prior to Saturday's Breeders' Cup Distaff. "She's kind of...
A WIN FOR SORE EYES - JETS CREEP PAST CAROLINA FOR UGLY MUST-WIN
CHARLOTTE - The Jets' 13-12 win over the Panthers yesterday at Ericsson Stadium was a classic. It was a classic eye-of-the-beholder game. If you're a Jets' fan who watched your...
ISLES TURN BACK CLOCK ON DALLAS
OVERTIME: Islanders 3 - Stars 2 On the day we turned back the clocks, the Islanders continued to take their loyal fans back to the days when they were the...
HAYES GETS A SPECIAL DELIVERY
JET NOTES CHARLOTTE - As if it were a pick-up game in someone's back yard, Jets' special teams coach Mike Westhoff drew up one of the key plays in yesterday's...
BIG PLAY, LITTLE CORNER - SMALLISH GLENN COMES UP HUGE
CHARLOTTE - With their offense looking like it was trying to throw the game, the Jets were begging for a big play from their defense. And from out of the...
CUP DAY IS A TRUE CLASSIC
The sport of thoroughbred racing went from agony to ecstasy Saturday at Belmont Park in the five hours it took to run Breeders' Cup XVIII. It started in near disaster...
WARY LINDY NOT WHAT DOCTOR ORDERED
WHAT WERE we all thinking, that after 16 months away from the game Eric Lindros would simply return and dominate as if nothing had ever happened? Well, the short answer...
JOE, BOBBY MEET AGAIN
PHOENIX - The scene was different than last year, even though the two managers of New York's baseball teams were again on the field before Game 2 of the World...
RAIDERS CAN GO HOME AGAIN
PHILADELPHIA - It was a road game on the schedule, but it felt more like a homecoming game to several Raiders with Philadelphia ties, who helped turn the Vet into...
SEHORN LOSES THE GUESSING GAME
LANDOVER, Md. - This, ladies and gentlemen, is what's called a set-up. The Redskins yesterday laid a trap and snared Jason Sehorn, the Giants best cornerback, on a play that...
AN EMBARRASSING DAY FOR BIG BLUE - GIANTS WILT VS. LOWLY SKINS, DROP 3RD IN A ROW
LANDOVER - Hello, post-Super Bowl blues. They came barging in yesterday with the subtlety of a swift kick in the teeth. The Giants were officially and rudely issued what many...
ARMSTEAD LOST TO KNEE INJURY
GIANT NOTES LANDOVER, Md. - One moment, Jessie Armstead was making the sort of play that Giants fans have come to treat as business as usual for their Pro Bowl...
YANKS CAN DO NO RIGHT AGAINST RANDY
PHOENIX - Don't blame Randy Velarde. It took Randy Johnson four tries to strike him out. Yankee manager Joe Torre went with a right-handed lineup for Game 2 of the...
RANDY GETS BIG SHOT
WORLD SERIES CONFIDENTIAL PHOENIX - If the Yankees believed Randy Velarde were going to cure the hitting ills that suffocated them in Game 1 Saturday night, Velarde had a message...
DEREK HAVING DOMINO EFFECT
PHOENIX - Derek Jeter delivered a Division Series masterpiece. He hit .444, yet it was two remarkable defensive plays that linger - his shovel pass to nail a runner at...
UNIT PUTS YANKS IN DANGER 'ZONA - JOHNSON SENDS BOMBERS HOME IN AN 0-2 HOLE
PHOENIX - They tipped their caps because it was impossible for The Dead Bat Society to wave the dust that Randy Johnson had turned their bats into. The Yankees had...
SEVENTH'S NOT HEAVEN FOR ANDY
PHOENIX - Through the first six innings of Game 2 of the World Series last night, Andy Pettitte nearly matched Randy Johnson pitch for pitch. Two straight pitches by Pettitte...
WILLIAMS: A CALM SLUGGER
PHOENIX - Matt Williams feels as calm playing in a World Series as someone else might reading in the quiet of a library. He's been in three Series, with three...
AMAZIN' RANDY MAKES PINSTRIPE BATS DISAPPEAR
PHOENIX - Eight purple words on the back of the tanned man's T-shirt foretold what sort of evening it would be at Bank One Ballpark: "Nine Yanks Aren't Enough To...
YANKS NOT HAPPY WITH UMP
WORLD SERIES CONFIDENTIAL PHOENIX - Randy Johnson certainly didn't need any help from plate umpire Mark Hirschbeck last night. Not armed with a 97-mph fastball and filthy slider. But there...
DIAMONDBACKS HUSTLED THEIR WAY TO VICTORY
PHOENIX - The Diamondbacks' bats rarely made solid contact last night, but their hard running and sliding gave them just the edge they needed. "Every play means something now," said...
HEAT'S ON BOMBER BATS - HITTERS NEED A WAKE-UP CALL IN GAME 3
PHOENIX - Finally, the Yankees have the Diamondbacks right where they want them. On an airplane. In a hotel room. Anywhere but on the same ballfield. The old slogan, "Spahn...
DEFIANT YANKS: WE AIN'T DEAD YET !
PHOENIX -More defiant than downbeat, the Yankees resolved not to let two games from Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson convince them their dynasty was dead. "It's not rough," third baseman...
BAUTISTA'S A STAR OFF THE PINE
PHOENIX - The Diamondbacks' bench players, maybe the best such group in baseball, call themselves the "Phoenix Traveling All-Stars." Last night Danny Bautista's long professional journey led him from that...
ARIZONA BULLPEN COMES TO BRONX WELL-RESTED
PHOENIX - Rested and stress-free, Arizona's pitching staff would be hard pressed to be in better shape after two games of the World Series. Strikeout king Randy Johnson, following a...
MILLER'S LABOR NOT LOST BY HIS CRITICS
PHOENIX - Giving Diamondbacks catcher Damian Miller credit is like giving Shakespeare's editor props. What do you say, "Great job, way not to screw things up." For the same reason...
YANKS' LEADING MAN FLOP SO FAR - BOMBERS NEED HITLESS JETER TO SNAP OUT OF FUNK IN BRONX
PHOENIX - Derek Jeter delivered a Division Series masterpiece. He hit .444, yet it was two remarkable defensive plays that linger - his shovel pass to throw out a runner...
FEEBLE BOMBER BATS CAN'T TOUCH D'BACKS' 1-2 PUNCH
PHOENIX - Eight purple words on the back of the tanned man's T-shirt foretold what sort of evening it would be at Bank One Ballpark: "Nine Yanks Aren't Enough To...
ARIZONA'S BIG GUNS OPEN WITH A BANG
PHOENIX - Yankees scouts follow a National League team and send detailed reports to the manager's office in advance of the World Series. Yankees pitchers study the reports, the catcher...
THIS TIME, THERE'S REASON TO WORRY
PHOENIX - Under Joe Torre, the Yankees entered the World Series having won a staggering 75 percent of their post-season games. So each loss ends up feeling like an event...
YANKEES PUT ONE LOSS BEHIND 'EM - SHAKE OFF WOES, LOOK TO REBOUND AND EVEN SERIES
PHOENIX - Derek Jeter was right. Game 1 of the World Series was exactly that, one game in a best-of-seven deal. However, it was one very ugly game for the...
YANKS CAN'T LET GONZO DO DAMAGE
PHOENIX - If you were playing basketball, you'd throw a box-and-one on him. In football, you'd use an eight-man front. In baseball, you pitch around Luis Gonzalez - if you...
MILLER'S TALE A HAPPY ONE
PHOENIX - Quickly, tell us five things you know about Damian Miller. If you said, "No. 1, he's not funny on Monday Night Football," here is a starter course on...
YANKS LET GONZO DO DAMAGE
PHOENIX - If it were basketball, you'd throw a box-and-one on him. If it were football, you'd use an eight-man front. In baseball, you pitch around Luis Gonzalez, if you...
INFERIOR TAG BUGS PHOENIX
PHOENIX - They think that a Diamondbacks World Championship would "put Arizona on the map." What they don't understand is, we always knew it was on the map, even those...
STERLING SHOWS HE CAN HELP
PHOENIX - Randy Johnson and Sterling Hitchcock didn't cross paths last night, missing each other on the Bank One Ballpark mound by a day. So this was no repeat of...
DIAMONDBACK ROMPS GET BOMBERS' ATTENTION
PHOENIX - Let's face it: The Yankees barely know the difference between Miguel Batista and Danny Bautista. The three-time defending World Series champions haven't tried to disguise their ignorance of...
D'BACKS' ROMP GETS BOMBERS' ATTENTION
PHOENIX - Let's face it: The Yankees barely know the difference between Miguel Batista and Danny Bautista. The three-time defending World Series champions haven't tried to disguise their ignorance of...
D'BACKS RELY ON LONG AND SHORT
PHOENIX - Randy Johnson is so large, his presence is felt when he isn't in the game. The 6-foot-10 Johnson started last night's Game 2 and gave his manager Bob...
AN EMBARRASSING DAY FOR BIG BLUE - GIANTS ROLL OVER VS. LOWLY SKINS, DROP 3RD IN ROW
LANDOVER - A step down in class yesterday brought out the worst in the Giants and officially ushered in what must be labeled a case of post-Super Bowl blues. Gone...