November 15, 2001
INVESTOR'S SUPER PLAN FOR KMART
INVESTOR Ron Burkle isn't very happy with Kmart Corp. But it is unclear whether the friction that's silently building will be enough to ignite the faltering retailer's stock. In a...
E. 57 ST. STRIP BOASTS WORLD'S HIGHEST RENTS
The East 57th Street blocks between Park and Fifth Avenues is once again the most expensive retail strip in the world, brokers say. That shouldn't be a surprise for shoppers...
INTERPUBLIC SHOPS AT MANHATTAN MALL
The Interpublic Group of Companies is in talks to take approximately 300,000 square feet of offices at the Manhattan Mall, The Post has learned. The owners of Manhattan Mall/Childrens Wear...
BLACK WEDNESDAY - COS. SLASH 50,000 JOBS BEFORE HOLIDAY
The maker of Lee and Wrangler jeans - apparel giant VF Corp. - has slashed 13,000 jobs to lead one of worst workplace bloodbaths of the year. Pink slips went...
PRIMEDIA IS DISHING UP BACON'S IN A $90M SALE
Embattled Primedia CEO Tom Rogers put his Bacon's subsidiary on the table - and found the Stockholm-based Observer Group was willing to snap it up for $90 million. By selling...
THE KING OF FICTION - FRANZEN TAKES TOP HONORS AT BOOK AWARDS
JONATHAN Franzen, the odds-on favorite to win a National Book Award for "The Corrections" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) before his controversial knock on Oprah Winfrey and her Book Club, managed...
$2M PUTS YOU NEXT TO GERE
HAMPTONS house hunters are kicking the tires at the Water Mill property next door to Richard Gere, now that the actor has backed out of a contract to take the...
RETAIL SALES JUMP BUOYS WALL ST.
Stocks gained ground yesterday as surprisingly high retail sales numbers sharpened investors' hopes that the ailing economy will make a hastier recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average added 72.66, or...
BLACK WEDNESDAY: COS. SLASH 42,209 JOBS BEFORE HOLIDAY
The maker of Lee and Wrangler jeans - apparel giant VF Corp. - has slashed 13,000 jobs to lead one of worst workplace bloodbaths of the year. Pink slips went...
TV TO HOWARD: DROP DEAD - BIG BOSSES CANCEL HIS SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW
KING World has canned "The Howard Stern Radio Show" after three years of disappointing ratings and not enough national interest. The one-hour syndicated show will air its last episode this...
'WASH' IS FOR THE DOGGS
THE WASH [*] Less than a wash.Running time: 95 minutes. Rated R (violence, sex, nudity, profanity, drug use). At the Empire, the Village East, the Harlem USA, others. ---------- BORING...
STARR REPORT
All that jazz for Wopat on 'AMC' Ex-"Dukes of Hazzard" star Tom Wopat, most recently seen in "Annie Get Your Gun" with Susan Lucci, is joining the cast of "All...
EATERIES TURNING TABLES ON DINERS
THE hottest new nightclubs in town are . . . restaurants. After dinner hours, eateries of every stripe are turning into wild party zones, where patrons risk indigestion by shimmying...
HOT SHOW'S SLOW START
THE clock is running on "24," this season's most anticipated new show. The second episode of "24" aired this past Tuesday night, losing 3 million viewers from it premiere week...
'I HAVE PEOPLE TO PROTECT ME'
JENNIFER Lopez surrounds herself with people who protect her from reading rabid tabloid reports about herself, she says. Lopez, 31, whose first ever concert is an NBC sweeps special (Nov....
THE SKINNY - NO DIET? NO EXERCISE? NO PROB
WHOEVER said you have to suffer to be beautiful has probably never met the girls of Victoria's Secret. Most of the two-dozen models who walked Vicky's runway Tuesday night didn't...
CONFUSED FAMILY AFFAIR
EVERETT BEEKINMitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, 150 W. 65th St. Through Jan. 6. Call Telecharge (212) 239-6200. -------- A play about family and memory is a rich tradition in...
PRIMPING FOR PRIME TIME
Victoria's Secret doesn't hold its fashion shows in giant tents for nothing: It was like a three-ring circus backstage Tuesday afternoon, as two dozen of the world's top models prepped...
BYE MICHAEL, HI BRITNEY
IT just goes to show you what a little midriff-baring with an albino python on MTV's Video Music Awards can do for you. Britney Spears has done it again, topping...
IPOD IS TOPS . . . BUT IS IT WORTH THE $399?
CAN someone please lend me $399? If I had the money lying around, I'd run out and blow it on the iPod, Apple's new MP3 player for Mac users. Apple...
'HARRY' SCARY: POST'S KID CRITICS LAUGH, CRY AND SHIVER IN THEIR SEATS
Three and a half stars and a big thumbs up. Nope, it's not Ebert and Co. weighing in on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," but the real experts -...
MOVIE TICKETS' VANISHING ACT
OPENING weekend tickets for "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" are moving faster than Harry's broomstick -so a little Internet wizardry may be in order. "We've sold more advance tickets...
EX-PANTHER SET TO PROWL CITY COUNCIL
For the last 33 years, Charles Barron has lived as a militant outsider challenging authority. But come January, Barron, a former member of the Black Panthers, will become a city...
GOV. RUDY? POLL SAYS GIVE HIM A CHANCE
ALBANY - Mayor Giuliani enjoys an incredible 89 percent statewide approval rating - and 57 percent of New Yorkers want him to run for governor, a new poll yesterday showed....
45 MINUTES OF HELL: COP'S FRANTIC SEARCH FOR TOT & MOM-IN-LAW
DURING his 20 years on the police force, Deputy Inspector Michael Morley braved shootouts and shut-ins and never turned a hair. But Monday, he endured the worst 45 minutes of...
CAUSE FOR 'ALARM' - WIFE'S BEAU KNEW AMMON SECURITY CODE
The pricey security system at Ted Ammon's Long Island estate was apparently switched off when the Wall Street millionaire was savagely beaten to death, The Post has learned. The murder...
REVENUE PLUNGE WORSE THAN DEPRESSION RATE
ALBANY - The state's revenue continues to plummet at an unprecedented rate - even worse than during the Great Depression - in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks,...
HERO'S SON ISSUES A PLEA HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD
WORLDWIDE movements have started with less. This one began with a computer, a boy, and his powerful desire to honor the father he loved. Connor Geraghty was searching for a...
POLICE INVESTIGATE COPS IN BRAWL AT BOXING FUND-RAISER
Police are investigating a brawl among cops that erupted in the audience of a July charity boxing event featuring bouts between officers and firefighters, The Post has learned. The probe...
BELLE HARBOR MORGUE WORKER'S GRIM TASK AT HOME
Death is no stranger to Correction Officer Michael Lonnborg, who handles the bodies of World Trade Center victims at the medical examiner's office. But he never expected to find it...
QUEEN GETS FINEST GIFT: DEAD OFFICER'S SHIELD
Queen Elizabeth (above) received a gift fit for a royal yesterday - the badge of a New York cop killed at the World Trade Center along with his firefighter brother....
ANGRY KIN WAIT TO ID VICTIMS
Fernando Perez's death aboard Flight 587 devastated his family - but relatives complain their pain has only been worsened by the lengthy process to claim their loved one's remains. On...
SCHOOLS OK RAMADAN PRAYERS
Muslim students will be permitted to pray in school during the holy period of Ramadan - with restrictions, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy's office said. The prayers can't disrupt classes or...
DEADLY NERVE GAS IS A PHONE CALL AWAY
ALBANY - For $130, almost anyone can order the chemicals needed to develop deadly nerve gasses, a prominent chemist warns. "If you want to do it, you can just do...
'HAMSTER' RATS OUT SOTHEBY'S TYCOON
Sotheby's tycoon Alfred Taubman yesterday came face-to-face for the first time with one of the key witnesses against him - a former Christie's CEO who helped arrange a multimillion-dollar price-fixing...
CALL IT 'GODFATHER 4' - JERSEY MOB TRIAL BRINGS OUT H'WOOD 'WISEGUYS'
The racketeering trial of Danny Provenzano kicked off in New Jersey yesterday - and before you could say bada-bing, the courtroom looked like a casting call for a mob movie....
BUILDERS GUILTY IN $40M FRAUD
Two brothers who co-own a major New York construction company that has helped haul debris from ground zero pleaded guilty yesterday to a inflating government contracts and buying "labor peace"...
RED CROSS RIGHTS ITS WRONG$ OVER 9/11
The Red Cross flip-flopped yesterday and announced all money from its Liberty Fund will go to victims of September's terror - but griped it still hasn't gotten a full list...
TALIBAN IS ALL BUT TALI-GONE
WASHINGTON - Taliban rule collapsed in Afghanistan last night as the fanatic regime's fighters fled from their spiritual home base in Kandahar while newly formed rebel militias advanced on the...
CHEAPO 'HARRY' BOOTLEGS THE LATEST IN STREET THEATER
Leaping wizards! Bootleg videos of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" were being hawked for $5 apiece on the streets of Manhattan yesterday, two days before the opening of the...
GRIEVING 'ILLEGALS' FACE FEARSOME CHOICE
ROSANNA VALDEZ has a simple wish - to be there for the burial of her husband of 13 years, Whilman Rosa, who died in the crash of Flight 587. But...
THEIR LEGACY OF LOVE - FAREWELL TO 2 MORE OF THE BRAVEST
Stories of enormous courage and boundless love were exchanged yesterday at memorial services for two firefighters who remain among those missing at the devastated World Trade Center. Firefighters Keithroy Maynard,...
IT'S JUST LIKE MINI-TORNADO, SAY EXPERTS
Air turbulence would have struck ill-fated Flight 587 with the force of a mini-tornado if it was tailing the Japan Airlines 747 jumbo too closely after takeoff, air-safety experts said...
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF SADDAM IS NEXT
INSIDE WASHINGTONNEXT target, Saddam Hussein? President Bush says Afghanistan is just Step 1 in his worldwide war against terror - which is suddenly moving so fast, he could soon face...
DE NIRO FILM DOUBLE NABBED AS IMPOSTOR
A former city firefighter who bears an uncanny resemblance to Robert De Niro was arrested yesterday in upstate Middletown and charged with criminal impersonation of the movie star, the actor's...
STATEN WILL BE RUDY'S ISLAND IN THE SUN
Staten Island, the borough that helped put Rudy Giuliani into City Hall, is also the place where the mayor intends to spend his final days. "I plan to retire someday...
CLUB-SCENE TRIAL PACKS A WALLOP
For a misdemeanor case, the Christian Curry assault trial in Manhattan has it all - sex, money, drugs, velvet-rope nightclubs and alleged fist fights over a pretty young law student....
B'KLYN CABBY HELD IN FATAL SMASHUP
A boozed-up 21-year-old livery cabby was arrested on a charge of criminally negligent homicide yesterday after a Brooklyn crash in which a friend was killed, police said. Two other two...
N.Y. REPS LOSE BID FOR 'QUICK FIX' RELIEF FUNDS
WASHINGTON - New York lawmakers last night were denied in their effort to win a quick $11 billion cash infusion for rebuilding, in the face of White House efforts to...
SUIT AIMS TO FREEZE DURST $$
A new court action may make it more difficult for fugitive millionaire Robert Durst to finance his life on the lam. A suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday seeks...
CUNY PUTS HAND OUT FOR $53 MILLION IN AID
The City University is asking for a $53 million increase in government aid in its upcoming budget plan - a 3.5 percent hike - despite Gov. Pataki's call for belt-tightening...
'DIRTY' JANITOR PROBE - DA EYES UNION'S TIES TO GREEN CAMPAIGN
A Manhattan grand jury is investigating the 70,000-member strong doormen-and-janitors union and its ties to Democrat Mark Green's losing mayoral campaign, The Post has learned. Local 32BJ of the Service...
VA. SENT KIDS BACK TO 'DEVIL SLAY' MOM
Virginia authorities never told New York officials they were returning twin girls to their abusive Manhattan mom - who later drowned one of them in a bizarre exorcism attempt, Administration...
PROBE EYES WAKE TURBULENCE:TRAGIC PLANE GAINED ON JAPAN JUMBO AFTER TAKEOFF
Investigators are zeroing in on wake turbulence as the cause of the crash of Flight 587 after learning that the American Airlines plane took off early and, therefore, was closer...
FIRMS VIE TO 'CLEAN UP' AT WTC: FIGHT BREWS OVER WHO'LL FINISH JOB
Two months after the Sept. 11 attacks, city officials said they've removed more than a third of the debris at the World Trade Center - but think it will still...
AID WORKERS SAFE IN U.S. HANDS
WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Forces helicopters spirited two American women and six other Christian aid workers to safety yesterday after the Taliban had held them for more than 100 days....
$TARS GLITTER IN TRIBUTE TO HERO HIZZONER
A star-studded mix of entertainers and politicians last night packed the roster of a Twin Towers fund-raiser - and paid glowing tribute to Mayor Giuliani. "We just want to honor...
DOC IN PATIENT-SEX RAP
A Queens doctor was arrested yesterday for allegedly sexually abusing two female patients while he was examining them, police said. Dr. Milton Smith, 55, an orthopedist, was charged in two...
CUNY PUSHES FOR 6% SPENDING HIKE
The City University is proposing a 6 percent spending increase in its upcoming budget request - despite Gov. Pataki's call for belt tightening following the World Trade Center attacks. CUNY...
VA. SENT TWINS TO 'KILLER MOM'
Virginia authorities never told New York officials they were returning twin girls to their abusive Manhattan mom, who later drowned one of them in a bizarre exorcism attempt, Administration for...
GOOD WILL 'RAINS' AT SUMMIT
WASHINGTON - It rained on Russian President Vladimir Putin as he helicoptered in to play cowboy at President Bush's Texas ranch yesterday - and Bush said that was a great...
HOUSE FIGHT RAGES OVER 'QUICK FIX' $$ FOR CITY
WASHINGTON - New York lawmakers struggled yesterday to win support for a quick $11 billion cash infusion for rebuilding - with the White House warning Republicans against new spending on...
REVENUE PLUNGE SURPASSES DEPRESSION RATE
ALBANY - The state's revenue continues to plummet at an unprecedented rate - even worse than during the Great Depression - in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks,...
CAVE-IN FOR THE TALI-BUMS: HEAD FOR HILLS AS NEW REBEL FORCE TAKES KANDAHAR
WASHINGTON - Taliban rule collapsed in Afghanistan last night as the fanatic regime's fighters fled from their spiritual home base in Kandahar while newly formed rebel militias advanced on the...
HE'S ON THE RUN
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden has been flushed out of his mountain hideouts and is believed to be on the run - with U.S. Special Forces in pursuit, officials said...
KOVALEV TRICK SHOCKS ISLES
Isles 3 - Pens 3 PITTSBURGH - Now there are two first-place hockey teams in New York. After tying the Penguins here last night at the Igloo, 3-3, the Islanders...
NO. 88 BRINGS OLD-TIME HOCKEY BACK TO BROADWAY
IT'S safe to come back to the Garden again. After four years of Tim Sweeneys and Stephane Quintals, emptiness of both the hockey soul and paid-up seats, the Flyers and...
ERIC DRAW FIRST BLOOD VS. FLYERS - GOAL IGNITES RANGERS TO SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN
Rangers 4 - Flyers 2 It took all of six weeks, 20 games and one visit from the Flyers, but this much is now clear: New York has a new...
WATCH FOR RIDER CHANGES
The standard saying in racing is that "it's the horse, not the jockey," and that even a top rider contributes just 5 to 10 percent of a runner's performance. Still,...
JETS' SANTANA READY TO ROCK
On Sunday in Miami, the Jets' offense will be complete for the first time this season with the highly-anticipated debut of Santana Moss. Moss, who's recovered from training camp left...
ZACH STANDS BY ATTACK: THEY'RE BAD; WE'RE WORSE
JET NOTES A month ago, Miami's candid linebacker Zach Thomas tore into his teammates and the Jets after the Dolphins blew a 17-0 halftime lead to lose 21-17 at the...
FASSEL STICKS UP FOR DAYNE
GIANT NOTES The entirely predictable - and legitimate - second-guessing of the selection of Ron Dayne with the 11th pick in the 2000 NFL draft surfaced again when Seattle's Shaun...
SORRY, KNICKS, NETS NEW TOP DOGS
THEY are 6-1 and the most entertaining show in the area. They run, they leap, they excite. They build leads. They lose leads. They hold your attention. These Nets have...
ST. RAY'S RAY OUT FOR MONTH
First it lost Julius Hodge and Chris McRae to graduation and now St. Raymond's is without Allan Ray, for a month anyway. Ray, a 6-foot-1 guard who signed a letter...
JUMPIN' JASPERS ON THE REBOUND
Fourth in a series oflocal hoop previews. The Manhattan Jaspers are at the crossroads. After resurrecting the basketball program in 1999, head coach Bobby Gonzalez has the talent and depth...
LAST CHANCE FOR LENNOX
LAS VEGAS - The question stopped Lennox Lewis in his tracks like a Hasim Rahman right hand. "If, 30 years from now, you could show a tape of one of...
EISLEY BUMPS WARD OUT OF VG'S ROTATION
Charlie Ward has spent his entire eight-year NBA career as a Knick, half of them as a starter. Howard Eisley has been a Knick for eight games, the first seven...
LEWIS CAUGHT BETWEEN 'ROCK' AND HARD PLACE
LAS VEGAS - The road back to respectability and recognition as the world heavyweight champion is an easy one in Lennox Lewis' eyes. More attention to detail, a sharper focus,...
LINDROS PANNING FOR PLAYOFF GOLD - RANGER SUCCESS WILL LAND IN 88'S WALLET
There is no player in the NHL with as much financial interest in his team making the playoffs as Eric Lindros. The Post has learned that the four-year contract with...
JINT GAMEPLAN: FORGET PAST
Forget About It. That is the unofficial three-word theme installed this week around Giants Stadium. Other phrases were considered, such as It Doesn't Matter or Don't Look Back, but Forget...
FRUSTRATED SUTTON WANTS TO STAY ISLE
PITTSBURGH - It's not easy being Ken Sutton these days. "The last three weeks have been the hardest three weeks of my career," Sutton said yesterday. Placed on waivers Tuesday...
FEAR, RELIEF FOR SORIANOS - MOM HAD ANXIOUS MOMENTS AFTER CRASH
First, a radio station called Andrea Soriano at her home in San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic. They told her that a major-league ballplayer was rumored to be...
PHILLIPS' BONDS PLAN IS PURE HYPOCRISY
A YEAR ago this week, many in the press trumpeted GM Steve Phillips for his virtue. He said no to Alex Rodriguez and to the alleged "24-plus-one" environment A-Rod would've...
LINDROS PANNING FOR PLAYOFF GOLD
There is no player in the NHL with as much financial interest in his team making the playoffs as Eric Lindros. The Post has learned that the four-year contract with...
FRASER PUTS CHOICE ON HOLD
The recruitment of Jason Fraser took a bizarre twist yesterday. Sources told The Post that the Amityville High School star might consider postponing his decision on which college to attend...
GOOD DEAL FOR BLUESHIRTS, NO MATTER WHAT
IF ERIC Lindros, courtesy of a Dan McGillis shoulder or a Bob Clarke evil eye, were to collapse in a heap last night and never play again, Glen Sather ultimately...
GOAL IGNITES RANGERS TO SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN
Rangers 4 Flyers 2 It took all of six weeks, 20 games and one visit from the Flyers, but this much is now clear: New York has a new hockey...