November 3, 2001
A BLUE PERIOD TAX DEADBEAT'S PICASSOS SOLD
The longest-running tax case in American history - at 51 years-started coming to a close yesterday when Sotheby's auctioned off Picasso artworks owned by a notorious tax deadbeat. The sale...
GOTTA BE HUGH - COMEDY CENTRAL'S ROAST OF HEFNER VERY WELL DONE
ONLY two weeks after terrorists had slammed airliners into the World Trade Center, comic Gilbert Gottfried found himself squirming in front of a standing-room-only crowd. It was at the Friars...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
Last week, Dinner Party Cheat Sheet (DPCS) advised post-dinner partiers to play nice after impressing their guests with their worldly knowledge. This also goes for anyone preparing the meals. We...
RAISING A GLASNOST
Now that we have more in common with the Russians, the Bar Belles decided to make a pacific visit to Keith McNally's chic subterranean drinkery, Pravda. KGB is Bar Belles...
I DO RUN-RUN-RUN: HERE'S A REASON TO BE HAPPY - THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
I am number 32,171 and my feet hurt. Like many marathon runners, four months ago, I couldn't jog four miles without seeing stars. Sunday, I'm going to run 26.2 miles...
IT MUST BE AN ANGEL
An anti-gang monument has arrived in New York City to do double duty as a World Trade Center memorial. The 7,000-pound "Renaissance Peace Angel Statue" now sitting in front of...
MARATHON PAIR BRING UP THE REAR TO BRING IN AID
Two top runners are planning to start the New York Marathon tomorrow - at the back of the pack. Firefighter Larry Parker and police officer Maggie Maglione will wait until...
BUSH WILL WORK THE PHONES FOR BLOOMBERG
PRESIDENT Bush will be making a last-minute pitch for Republican mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg. Sources said the president has agreed to record an automated phone message that Bloomberg's campaign will...
IS THIS FARE? GOUGERS ON A ROLL NEAR GROUND ZERO
One of the city's largest livery car service companies, Carmel, is charging more than double the fare of other car services for trips in downtown Manhattan - and the city...
YES, VIRGINIA, IT'S A RUDY AD
WASHINGTON - Mayor Giuliani is appearing in yet another campaign ad - in the Virginia governor's race. Republican officials say they can't remember the last time a Northern mayor was...
FED-UP FIREFIGHTERS DEFEND THEIR SACRED TURF
WITH their fingers they dig, they heave chunks of concrete, they claw for unsettled souls who are in there somewhere. They search for fallen brothers with whom they have fought...
STEP ASIDE, MR. GEHRIG GREAT SCOTT JOINS 'BAM-TINO' ON HISTORIC BOMBER LIST
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris never did it. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig never connected in such dramatic fashion. Now, Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius are connected for life. The...
MARTS RISE ON RATE CUT HOPES
The Dow leaped yesterday despite bad unemployment news on expectations that the Fed will cut rates a half point next week. The widely-watched Dow Jones industrial average added 59.64 to...
GREEN'S LEAD ERODING UNDER MEDIA BARRAGE
ANALYSISAlmost any way you slice it, the latest poll numbers spell trouble for Democratic mayoral hopeful Mark Green. The breakdown of yesterday's Marist Institute survey - in which Green is...
'SUPERHERO' MADE DREAMS COME TRUE
As a young boy, Benjamin Suarez fantasized about being a superhero like the ones he read about in comic books. And, for the past eight years, he played one in...
SHARP SECURITY LAPSE IN COURT
A wife bent on proving a point in her divorce case managed to smuggle two knives into state Supreme Court in Brooklyn this week, sources told The Post. The woman...
'BULL' IN-LAW COPS PLEA IN $40M CON
A reputed Gambino soldier - and brother-in-law to infamous mob rat Sammy "the Bull" Gravano - copped a plea yesterday in Brooklyn federal court yesterday, admitting he was part of...
HER DEATH SHEDS LIGHT ON HOSPITAL CONCERNS
A MOVING and powerful memorial service was held yesterday for Kathy Nguyen - the city's first fatal anthrax victim. About 5,000 of her frightened comrades from Local 1199 jammed into...
VENOMOUS KICK-ASP BATTLE IN POSH APT.
A hissing match has broken out in a posh East Side apartment building - over a pet snake. On one side is the co-op board of the Fifth Avenue building,...
MAYOR IN MIKE'S CAMP WITH BOTH FEET
It may have taken him a while to hop aboard, but Mayor Giuliani is now firmly on Mike Bloomberg's mayoral campaign train. In a 10-minute stint yesterday on WABC radio,...
DYING ATT'Y SUES HER FIRM OVER $1.7 MILLION
A dying Manhattan lawyer says her hard-hearted law partners are taking advantage of her terminal breast cancer to cheat her out of $1.7 million. Janis Ettinger, 43 - a top...
HERE COMES BLOOMY'S BIGGE$T BLITZ OF ADS
Fueled by an unlimited bank account, Mike Bloomberg is planning to unleash a massive barrage of TV ads, mailings and phone banks in the final days before Election Day. The...
POLITICAL WAR OVER REBUILD PANEL
Gov. Pataki and Mayor Giuliani yesterday announced a joint city-state commission that they'd control to oversee the redevelopment of lower Manhattan - and Giuliani hinted he might serve on it....
M'SOFT NEEDS A SHORTER LEASH: RIVALS
A chorus of sour grapes and rumblings of new litigation arose yesterday in the wake of Bill Gates' unstoppable monopoly. Consumers, politicians and rivals said the government's settlement of its...
FIREMEN, COPS IN WTC BRAWL 12 BRAVEST BUSTED AT GROUND ZERO RALLY AGAINST RESCUE CUTS
Grief boiled over yesterday as 12 firefighters were arrested and five cops injured when hundreds of the Bravest - many wearing their fire coats - marched to ground zero and...
DA BUSTS UP 3 DRUG GANGS
Forty-nine people belonging to three rival drug gangs were indicted on charges of selling crack cocaine in East Harlem. The gangs - the Barbarians, the Young Dons and the Madison...
POSTAL BIGS ARE SPORE LOSERS: UNION
The city postal-workers union, battling to shut down the huge Morgan mail-sorting plant, accused the Postal Service yesterday of a "shameful response" to the anthrax crisis there. The blast came...
CITY HOPES TO BOOST HEROES' PENSIONS
City officials are looking to bump up the pensions paid to the families of firefighters and police officers buried in the World Trade Center rubble, The Post has learned. The...
SNAKEBITTEN KIM INSISTS HE'S NOT RATTLED
PHOENIX - Yankee hitters haven't made him a quitter. Embattled Diamondbacks relief pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim, who surrendered three of the most dramatic home runs in Yankees history in the span...
CLOSING IN ON OSAMA: TERRORIST 'CAVEMAN' CAN'T HIDE
WASHINGTON - U.S. forces in Afghanistan have narrowed the hunt for Osama bin Laden to a handful of cave complexes near Pakistan, where he transformed ancient irrigation tunnels into underground...
POLL SHOCKER IN THE HOMESTRETCH: MIKE CLOSING GAP GOING INTO FINAL WEEKEND
As a stunning new poll showed the mayor's race has turned into a dogfight, Michael Bloomberg and Mark Green yesterday unleashed vicious new attack ads to air during the campaign's...
REV. AL MAY BOLT: THREATENS VOTER BOYCOTT IN HUGE BLOW TO GREEN
The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday threatened to call for a voter boycott of Tuesday's elections over lingering allegations of race-baiting by Mark Green's campaign. Sharpton vowed that if his charges...
RUDY AND WTC KIN JETTING TO GAME 6
Mayor Giuliani and families mourning relatives lost in the Sept. 11 attack will fly to Phoenix today to attend Game 6 of the World Series. Giuliani and an undetermined number...
ARREST IN ANTHRAX PROBE: POLICE RAID TRENTON APT. BUILDING
Federal agents raided a Trenton apartment building yesterday, detaining one man on immigration charges as part of their search to find who sent anthrax-contaminated letters through the mail. Authorities gave...
HIGH ALERT IS HERE TO STAY : RIDGE EXTENDS WARNING 'INDEFINITELY'
The United States will be kept on high alert indefinitely, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced yesterday. The latest alert - which mobilizes 18,000 law-enforcement agencies around the country -...
IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT'S A BOMBERS RATINGS ROCKET
More than 20 million bleary-eyed viewers stayed up until the wee hours of Friday morning to watch the Yankees' amazing, come-from-behind win in Game 5 of the World Series. On...
KENYANS, TOO, RUN WITH HEAVY HEARTS
Many athletes have spoken emotionally about how tomorrow's New York City Marathon will have special meaning for them because of the events of Sept. 11. Those feelings aren't limited to...
RAMBLING RICKY HAS JETS WARY
Before he became a perennial All-Pro running back, Curtis Martin used to work on the scout team, emulating whatever tailback his team was going up against that week. He doesn't...
TOUGH DQ KOS DOUBLE STAR
5TH RACE - Controversial DQ here, to put it mildly. Double Star, 3-5 favorite under Edgar Prado, easily took clear lead down backside but then drifted out badly and went...
SORIANO A GEM WITH IMPERFECTIONS
JOE Garagiola Jr., general manager of the Diamondbacks, didn't learn from watching the Yankees' resurrection in Game 4. Garagiola fooled himself into believing the D'backs had won Game 5 when...
BEYOND WORDS EVEN REG IS SPEECHLESS AFTER YANK MIRACLES
REGGIE Jackson stood in the middle of the Yankee clubhouse. It was after 1 a.m., Game 5 of the World Series had been over for about a half-hour. His eyes...
HR HEROES COULD BE GOING ... GOING ... GONERS
PHOENIX - They are Yankee heroes who may soon be ex-Yankee heroes. Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius made World Series history on consecutive nights in Games 4 and 5 -...
RATTLING RANDY SHOULD BE YANKEE GOAL
PHOENIX - At the top of Randy Johnson's intimidating 6-foot-10 body, there is something inside his head that can be set off. It is like an alarm clock breaking a...
BOB DODGES BULLET ON USE OF KIM
Bob Brenly's use of closer Byung-Hyun Kim has landed the rookie Diamondback manager squarely in a firestorm of second-guessing. But in the aftermath of the bullpen call that rocked the...
SORE CURT: I'M READY FOR GAME 7
PHOENIX - Over the past two days, both Curt Schilling and Bob Brenly have played media critic. Their critiques of the press would be more compelling if they could get...
HENSON'S HAVING ONE CLASSIC FALL
PEORIA, Ariz. - Few first-year professional baseball players get as close to the World Series as Drew Henson has. He's 19.9 miles away from the Fall Classic to be exact....
BRENLY: LEG INJURY COULD BENCH MILLER FOR TONIGHT'S GAME
PHOENIX - Diamondbacks catcher Damian Miller's sore right calf is progressing, but manager Bob Brenly didn't know if his starter will be strapping on his gear for Game 6 tonight....
THE CLASSIEST OF FALL CLASSIC
WE don't need either Game 4 or 5 to have decided this World Series to place them in history: They are already among the classics of the fall. There is...
D'BACKS HAPPY THEY'RE HOME
PHOENIX - The stunned Diamondbacks were just happy to be home yesterday, thankful the Yankees no longer have last at-bats in this World Series. At least this way, the Bombers...
BOSS: THESE MIRACLES ARE SPORTS' GREATEST
PHOENIX - As the Yankees flew here for Game 6 and what could be the wrapping up of their fourth consecutive championship, the emotion pouring through the phone all the...
YANKS' PEN WORK SIMPLY TOP GUN:
Since 1996, Yankee relievers are 8-0 in the World Series. They haven't blown a save in 12 chances while their team's feasted on the other bullpen. When it comes down...
HORNETS HONOR NY'S BRAVEST
CHARLOTTE - The Hornets honored six heroic firefighters from companies in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn last night as they participated in the color guard pregame ceremony before their 97-93...
PETTITTE CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH THE JOB
PHOENIX - The table is set. The silverware is on the table and the main course is pretty much cooked. Andy Pettitte is ready to dig in tonight, to feast...
IT'S GUSH HOUR FOR BOSS
PHOENIX - On the verge of watching Joe Torre lead the Yankees to a fourth straight World Series title, George Steinbrenner refused to divulge if he and the manager have...
SPREE 'CHECKS' IN WITH DAVE
KNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - In the final seconds of Tuesday's season-opening victory over Michael Jordan, Latrell Sprewell spotted former Garden prez Dave Checketts sitting in the fifth row. Sprewell shouted...
BETTER EFFORT, BLACKBURNED:
Hurricanes3Rangers2 RALEIGH - So here we are, down by one, time running out, and . . . up steps Tino. Sorry. So here we are, down by one, time running...
PISTONS CHURN BACK NETS' CLOCK
Pistons102Nets88 AUBURN HILLS - The first crack in the Nets' dynasty reared its ugly head last night. And that's along with every other conceivable wart, flaw, indiscretion and weakness. Yup,...
KNICKS RUN, BUT FAIL TO MEASURE UP
Hornets97Knicks93 CHARLOTTE - When reporters entered the locker room yesterday before the Knicks' morning shoot-around at Charlotte Coliseum, all the players were in hysterics. The "new" Jeff Van Gundy lightened...
VG'S CREW AWESTRUCK BY YANKS
KNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - Jeff Van Gundy touched Knicks video coordinator Matt Harding, a big Yankee fan, for good luck before last night's game against the Hornets. It's safe to...
FASSEL ADMIRES BOMBERS' MIRACLES
GIANT NOTES Jim Fassel went to sleep after both ninth-inning home runs by the Yankees but before they beat the Diamondbacks in extra innings in consecutive stunning comebacks. Like those...
HAMILTON INJURY PUTS KOLODZIEJ IN HOT SEAT
Sam Garnes recalls one game five years ago when he was a rookie facing the Cowboys. He was feeling like a tough guy and did not flinch when Larry Allen...
SATHER HAS INTEREST IN 'CANES' DINGMAN
RALEIGH - With big-name, first-line snipers unavailable for the moment, Ranger management's effort to fortify the roster focused last night on physical fourth-line winger Chris Dingman, who suited up here...
WAYNE WANTS THE BALL LOT MORE
JET NOTES Wayne Chrebet may not be thrilled about the lack of balls being thrown his way, but coach Herman Edwards isn't interested in hearing about it. "Last week he...