November 9, 2001
NYSE DROPS TOWER: GRASSO SCRAPS HUGE WALL ST. H.Q.
BOCA RATON - The New York Stock Exchange is scuttling plans for its billion-dollar new trading facilities, Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Grasso said at the SIA conference yesterday. "A...
STOCKS GO LIMP AFTER A BIG RALLY
Stocks surged early yesterday on lower-than-expected job losses in the U.S. economy, but were unable to maintain the big gains in the afternoon as investors turned their focus back to...
KROLL'S FIRM ON A ROLL IN HUNT FOR TERRORIST $$
Some investors are getting a buzz from the posse of private sleuths eyeing the money trail of Osama bin Laden and his cohorts. Kroll Inc., the security firm known as...
VIDEO GAMES WILL BAIL OUT HOLIDAY SALES
Christmas will be saved by the gamers. The release of new video game platforms from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft is expected to buoy holiday sales for retailers, balancing expected softness...
MOUSE EXECS: WE'RE GOING KID-FRIENDLY
Disney will revive its slumping ABC network with kid-friendly shows, the company said yesterday in reporting its weak fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. ABC ratings have fallen dramatically this season, forcing the...
PRADA'S FRAYING : HOUSE SET TO BAG 51% FENDI STAKE
Patrizio Bertelli's struggling Prada is said to be in talks to unload its controlling share of fashion house Fendi to Bernard Arnault's LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. LVMH is close...
PECKER OFF HIS MEDICATION
AMERICAN Media head honcho David Pecker is off his Cipro. The side effects were too severe, and he said about halfway through the 60-day Cipro regimen, he dropped out. Pecker...
LOOK OUT, BRITNEY! SHAKIRA MAY THREATEN YOUR RULE
IF you don't already know who Shakira is, you will soon.The comely, 24-year-old Colombian has been a star in her own country since she was 13.That was when she inspired...
LONG IN THE TOOTH & CLAW ; CAST, COSTUMES HAVE ONLY BITE IN 'WOMEN' REVIVAL
THE WOMEN 1/2The Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. (212) 719-1300. AS the poet said: "Hell hath no fury...
NO DEPTH TO 'SHALLOW' : MORAL LESSONS DON'T CARRY WEIGHT
SHALLOW HALShallow and light on laughs.Running time: 114 minutes. Rated PG-13 (vulgar humor, mild profanity). At the Empire, the Union Square, the Murray Hill, others. THE Farrelly Brothers go sentimental...
'KING OF THE JUNGLE' IS JUST BEASTLY
KING OF THE JUNGLE Draggy and contrived pseudo-streetwise PC exploitation film about a mentally handicapped kid's travails on the street.Running time: 99 minutes. Rated R (language, violence). At the Angelika,...
'HEIST' ON THE MONEY
HEISTA hard-boiled winner.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (profanity, violence). At the Empire, the Lincoln Square, the Park and 86th Street, others. OVERFLOWING with the year's sharpest one-liners and top-drawer...
'PARADISE' IS FOUND IN YIDDISH MUSICAL
SONGS OF PARADISEAt Theatre Four, 424 W. 55 St. Through Dec. 23. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. KEEPING theater in Yiddish alive and kicking is a challenge that exacts various answers...
BRINGING UP BABY
"The X-Files" Sunday at 9 on WNYW/Ch. 5 ( ½ if you're not an X-er) AND now what you've all been waiting for, the return of "The X-Files." So, is...
STRITCH, A HIT AT THE PUBLIC, HAS B'WAY CRYING: GIVE US 'LIBERTY'
WHO'D have a thought a 76-year-old broad with spindly legs and a whiskey-soaked voice would muscle aside "Mamma Mia!" and "Noises Off" to become the hottest ticket in town? But...
BUSHWACKED! DUBYA TUNED OUT BY TWO NETS
LAST night's Presidential speech put the big broadcast networks on the spot. Given the choice of broadcasting the speech on home-front security or sticking with regular, big-money programs, CBS and...
WHAT WENT WRONG AT 'POL INCORRECT'
DON'T dig too deeply to find the reason why Bill Maher's show, by his own admission, is on the ropes. It isn't his politics and it isn't due to some...
'BILL, LEMME ON YOUR SHOW'
THE politically conservative Texas radio talk-show host who caused a stir for "Politically Correct" host Bill Maher says he's being snubbed by the late-night ABC show. Dan Patrick, who urged...
SUICIDE BOMBER EXPLODES AS ISRAELI TROOPS MOVE IN
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up as Israeli commandos closed in on him yesterday, and an Israeli Cabinet minister fled his home because of reports he was...
VICTIM'S BROTHER URGES EGAN TO HELP BOOST RECOVERY TEAMS
A heartbroken firefighter - whose brother's remains have not been recovered from the WTC - has made a desperate written plea to Edward Cardinal Egan to help overturn recovery cutbacks....
GRANNY WHO KILLED AND COOKED LOVER GETS LIFE
A crazed grandmother - who had wild sex with her lover, then killed, skinned, cooked and served him up to his kids for dinner - was sentenced to life behind...
COPS BID TO GRILL BEAU IN L.I. SLAYING
Homicide detectives crashed a court hearing yesterday in a bid to grill the electrician boyfriend of Ted Ammon's widow about the high-tech security system he installed at the East Hampton...
ROCKER GETS 'FLACK' OVER P.R. BILLS
Rocker David Lee Roth isn't just a gigolo - he's a deadbeat, too, a Manhattan public-relations firm charges. The firm, Two Guys Who Do Ads, filed suit against the former...
DIRTY DOZEN CHARGED IN WTC SCAM OF CHARITY
You'd think they'd be counting their blessings. Instead, 12 cafeteria workers from the Port Authority - all of whom escaped One World Trade Center without a scratch - were counting...
GUN-TOTING GRANNY WAS PLANE DUMB: AIRPORT COPS
A pistol-packing grandmother will be arraigned today on charges she brought a loaded gun onto a plane last week - and then tried to carry it back with her on...
DROP OUT? YOU DROP OUT! DEM CHIEF BLASTED FOR GOV-RACE REMARK
ALBANY - Top New York Democrats yesterday rejected state Democratic Chairwoman Judith Hope's call for one of their gubernatorial contenders to quit the race - and one official even called...
DRIVERS SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF MANHATTAN
Motoring in Manhattan has become a true challenge in the past two months, and this weekend will probably not be for the faint of heart. With President Bush in town...
FIREFIGHT RAGES AS REBELS MOVE ON KEY AFGHAN CITY
WASHINGTON - A massive battle was under way last night as anti-Taliban rebels launched an all-out assault on the strategic city of Mazar-e-Sharif - with reports reaching the Pentagon that...
THESE HEARTLESS FIENDS DESERVE DEATH PENALTY
JULIE and Matthew Herrnkind deserve to die for allegedly killing their tiny daughter in an orgiastic frenzy of hate. But as Andrea Yates has demonstrated, our society is more likely...
OH, SUGAR! 'POWDER' FOULS UP SUBWAYS
The morning rush-hour was chaos for thousands of straphangers yesterday after suspicious-looking white powder was found at two Manhattan subway stations. Service on the Lexington Avenue 4, 5 and 6...
SAVE THE CHILDREN ; FOSTER MOTHER WANTS 'KILLER' MOM'S KIDS
The 62-year-old foster mother of accused child killer Julie Herrnkind has launched a legal campaign to win custody of the Staten Island woman's four surviving children. Mary Del Grippo and...
GOING, GOING, GONE TO TRIAL IN BID-FIX
Aging Sotheby's tycoon Alfred Taubman is set to go on trial today for allegedly cheating art dealers out of millions of dollars in a price-fixing scheme with arch-rival auction house...
FIRST LADY SALUTES OUR 'KINDER' NATION
WASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush yesterday said America has become "a kinder nation" since Sept. 11 as people turn away from an era of self-indulgence and reach out to...
FDNY MORALE A BURNING ISSUE
While he'll be struggling to rebuild the financial district and keep the city's finances afloat, one of Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg's most daunting tasks next year is raising the morale of...
MIKE'S SECURITY IS ALL IN THE DETAILS
Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg has been circled by a thick ring of NYPD security, including a beefed-up cop detail and round-the-clock guards at his Manhattan home. Bloomberg, while campaigning, had two...
ARGENTINA SET TO INDICT IRAN LEADERS IN '94 BLAST
WASHINGTON - Prosecutors in Argentina are preparing to indict Iran's senior leadership for a 1994 terrorist bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, in a move that could...
MIKE'LL GET A QUICK LESSON IN DEALING WITH SCHOOL CRISES
Mike Bloomberg will be confronted with pressing education issues when he takes office in January - including whether to try to replace Schools Chancellor Harold Levy and settling a teachers-union...
HELL FROZE OVER IN KOREA FOR PUERTO RICAN TROOPS
Sunday is Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Americans will salute everyone who has served in our armed forces, including the 1 million soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who gave their lives...
MCCALL PROBES SUNY CONTRACT FOR GOV'S PAL
ALBANY - A new audit questions the legality of a $102,000 contract awarded by the State University to Gov. Pataki's next-door neighbor and relative by marriage. Comptroller Carl McCall said...
MIKE SHOWS SOME UNITY WITH UNIONS
Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg yesterday acted like it was Labor Day - meeting with two of the city's most important municipal union leaders and touring the offices of his transition headquarters...
CHELSEA'S 9/11 MELTDOWN ; NURSERY RHYMES IN HER HEAD AS SHE FLED
Chelsea Clinton says she spent the nightmarish day of the Twin Towers attacks in complete mental chaos - roaming the city, obsessing over President Bush's tax refunds and rattling off...
BOYFRIEND CHARGED IN TOT MURDER
A 32-year-old Bronx man has been charged with murder for allegedly battering his girlfriend's 2-year-old son to death late last month, authorities said. Rick Angel Perez, who would have turned...
FBI SEES 'NOTE'WORTHY CLUES IN ANTHRAX LETTERS
The FBI's behavioral scientists believe the anthrax saboteur left telltale clues in letters sent to Sen. Tom Daschle, NBC and the New York Post, it was reported last night. The...
INSIDE PEEK AT CHATEAU BLOOMY ; E. SIDE PAD MAKES GRACIE LOOK SHABBY
It's no wonder Mike Bloomberg is passing up the chance to move into Gracie Mansion: His Upper East Side townhouse makes the mayoral residence look like a pauper's home. The...
PRESIDENT TO BLOW OFF ARAFAT ON TRIP TO U.N.
WASHINGTON - President Bush won't meet Yasser Arafat at the United Nations in New York this weekend because Arafat is still willing to "hug" terrorists, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice...
LAWSUIT SETS SIGHTS ON POPULAR EYE DOC
An eye doctor who advertises laser vision-correction surgery is under legal attack because a physician employed in one of his offices has had problems with his medical license. Dr. Joseph...
FIRM IN TERROR $$ BUST WAS FLAGGED IN '99
A Boston company shuttered in a crackdown on suspected terror financing was investigated by the FBI more than a year ago, and once had its bank accounts closed because of...
BLOOMY GIVES REV. AL A FAIR 'SHAKE'
Less than 48 hours after his victory, Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg last night did something Mayor Giuliani never wanted to do during eight years in office - shook hands with the...
BUSH: ALL AMERICANS ARE TROOPS VS. TERROR
WASHINGTON - President Bush last night sought to steady anxious Americans for the long haul in the war on terror and vowed: "This great nation will never be intimidated." He...
ASTORIA HOUSE FIRE BURNS TOT
A 15-month-old girl was in critical condition early today with burns over 25 percent of her body after a fire in her Queens home. Demetra Housoulas suffered burns on her...
GIRL WHO FLED WTC NABE SNATCHED IN N.J.
A 6-year-old girl whose family fled Battery Park City after the World Trade Center attacks was being held for ransom last night after being abducted from the front yard of...
DOOMSDAY WARNING ABOUT INDIAN POINT
Environmentalists led by Robert Kennedy Jr. called on federal authorities yesterday to temporarily shut the Indian Point nuclear-power plant, warning that it's susceptible to terrorist attack. "Indian Point nuclear-power plant...
BARENAKED BID TO BOOST LOTTO SALES
ALBANY - The state lottery for the first time has turned to a pop group to help boost sales. The Lottery Division has paid the band "Barenaked Ladies" about $80,000...
GEORGE OUT OF S.I. HOSP AFTER 'LAST CHANCE' RX
Cancer-stricken Beatle George Harrison has checked out of a New York hospital where he was receiving revolutionary treatment to beat his brain tumor, The Post has learned. The 58-year-old guitarist,...
ONE SHAGADELIC BABY : 'AUSTIN' STAR HURLEY IS EXPECTING
Yeah, baby! Leggy lovely Liz Hurley, who thrilled audiences in the Austin Powers movies, is pregnant, her spokeswoman told Reuters yesterday. "Elizabeth Hurley is delighted to confirm that she is...
W. BLOWS OFF SEEING ARAFAT ON U.N. VISIT
WASHINGTON -President Bush won't meet Yasser Arafat at the United Nations in New York this weekend because Arafat is still willing to "hug" terrorists, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said...
CORNERED SUICIDE BOMBER EXPLODES
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up as Israeli commandos closed in on him yesterday, and an Israeli cabinet minister fled his home because of reports he was...
MAIL BOSS TO SENATE: WE NEED $5B POSTHASTE
The Postal Service pleaded for $5 billion in emergency federal aid yesterday to avoid hiking the price of stamps to pay for the anthrax crisis. "They should be considered costs...
RUDY DID THE IMPOSSIBLE: CRIME REDUCTION WAS CROWNING FEAT
When Rudy Giuliani became the Big Apple's 107th mayor on Jan. 1, 1994, the city was said to be ungovernable. Among other things, crime was rampant, the city had a...
RUDY BYPASSED CONVENTION IN FAVOR OF RESULTS
POLITICIANS tend to smile at you, clap you on the back, say you've lost weight. Their goal is to build up a reservoir of good will over time, so that...
BROOKLYN BOY MADE IT TO TOP
Rudy Giuliani is no stranger to the mean streets he tamed. Born and bred in Brooklyn, he spent years locking up mobsters and white collar criminals before becoming the Big...
UNRANKED 'ZONA SHOCKS TERPS
Arizona 71Maryland 67 Maryland - bolstered by the return of two All-ACC stars, hyped by a No. 2 ranking and seasoned by a run to last year's Final Four -...
LONGSHOT WAKES UP
Thanks to a change in equipment, the 3-year-old maiden filly Nevertheless lit up the tote board with a $59.50 payout in yesterday's fifth race on the turf at Aqueduct after...
'BIGHT' INTO SOME BASS
STRIPED bass fishing seems to be slowing down out east, but those fishing in the New York Bight are enjoying a terrific run of bass right now as the saltwater...
NO HELP COMING AT CENTER SPOT
KNICK NOTEBOOK When Jeff Van Gundy said Tuesday night the Knicks must "hold down the fort" until Marcus Camby's return, he wasn't kidding. According to sources, Knicks GM Scott Layden...
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR ; HERMAN GETS VISIT FROM OLD MENTOR
There was an awkward silence on the other end of the phone after the question was answered. Kansas City coach Dick Vermeil was asked if he might shed a tear...
EDWARDS: SANTANA NOT READY FOR K.C.
JET NOTES Herman Edwards strongly hinted yesterday that Santana Moss would not make his NFL debut until next Sunday in Miami, where he's from and where he went to college....
POCHMAN'S NOW PUNTER FOR HIRE
GIANT NOTES After punting in the Giants' practice dome on Wednesday, Owen Pochman got his first taste of dealing with the elements yesterday. "I thought I did fine," Pochman said....
KERRY KICKS OFF TURNAROUND; COLLINS, BIG BLUE NOT EASILY FAZED
It seemed everywhere you looked on the Giants' practice field yesterday, you could find someone trying to punt. First, it was kicker Owen Pochman, then receiver Joe Jurevicius, then even...
WELLS NOT GIVING UP ON YANKS
A trip to Ground Zero had shaken David Wells. As he sat down at a Hooters table yesterday, Wells buried his head in his hands. "It stunk," Wells said of...
BOSS WANTS JASON ; GIAMBI'S BRAVADO PERFECT FIT IN BRONX
For months there has been speculation about Jason Giambi wearing Pinstripes. George Steinbrenner does not want it to be theory much longer. The Boss has made the free-agent slugger his...
AIR SCHOOLS NEW KID ON BLOCK
EVIDENTLY not too swift upstairs, Kwame Brown is learning the hard way. Lesson No. 1: Show some reverence for Michael "Call Me, Daddy" Jordan. Throughout training camp, the kindergartner student-of-the-game...
DEVILS HAVE SIGHTS ON LEAFS' 'CHEAP' TIE
Expect fireworks. With their bid for a second straight Stanley Cup arguably scuttled by Tie Domi's devastating cheap shot elbow to Scott Niedermayer, the Devils tonight may well be in...
MARTY, JOSEPH RIVALRY HEATS UP
When Curtis Joseph learns here that the base salary in Martin Brodeur's five-year contract extension is $6.25 million, their rivalry may deepen. Joseph could be excused for hoping that Brodeur...
CONTRACTION GIVES UNION LABOR PAINS AT MEETING
Meeting for the first time with major league officials since commissioner Bud Selig announced plans to contract two teams, Players Association officials left a two-hour get-together yesterday disappointed about the...
FRED: WE WON'T CUT ANY PAYROLL
Co-owner Fred Wilpon wouldn't say last night the Mets are going to raise their payroll from last year's $95.5 million, but he did state it isn't going down. "We're not...
THIS RIVALRY'S ALL ABOUT MAKING PLAYOFFS
HERE'S the thing about bragging rights. They're only worthwhile when one has nothing actually to brag about. Which is why last night's Ranger-Islander showdown at the Coliseum was about hockey...
OWLS TURN INTO EASY GATOR BAIT
Florida 72 Temple 64 The Florida Gators have had a long time to stew about this season's opener. In March, they got shellacked by Temple 75-54 in a second-round game...
MANHATTAN SPECIAL: RANGERS WIN YEAR'S 1ST BATTLE OF N.Y.
Rangers 6 Isles 2 The Islanders may have been the best team in the Eastern Conference going into the game, but this morning New York belongs to the Rangers. In...
NO KIDDING! THESE NETS ARE FOR REAL
Nets 106 Sonics 94 It's on the tapes studied and scrutinized by opponents. It's in the smiles and high energy performances put out on the court. It's in the encouragement...
THIS BATTLE'S ALL ABOUT MAKING PLAYOFFS
HERE'S the thing about bragging rights. They're only worthwhile having when one has nothing actually worthwhile to brag about. Which is why last night's Rangers-Islanders showdown at the Coliseum was...
ISLE 'D' TURNS TO THE 'B' TEAM
For the Islander defensemen who feel as if they haven't gotten a shot to prove themselves this season, this is their chance. Radek Martinek twinged his right knee in the...
NETS' JEFFERSON IS FAST LEARNER
Check the calendar. Christmas or New Year's might be next week. At least that's how the calendar Byron Scott proposed, based on Richard Jefferson's progress, would read. When the Nets...
MNF PROMO A BUNCH OF BALL-ONEY: NFL STEALS ELAM'S MEMENTO
IF the NFL places the game of football over forced and frivolous promotions, it will give Jason Elam his football back. Immediately. Monday night, after kicking a field goal for...
COACHES SENSE CHANGES IN NYC
The security startled them. The smell of the smoldering Twin Towers singed their nostrils. The faith and strength of the people they passed on the street inspired them. Four of...