November 17, 2001
WACHNER BUSTED! WARNACO CEO FIRED
Linda Wachner's reign has ended - but a battle over her enormous severance package appears to be brewing. Under the terms of her contract, Wachner would be entitled to a...
MERRILL STARTS MASS FIRINGS
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neil swings a mean ax. The knives came out yesterday as the nation's largest brokerage began paring staffers who didn't take the firm's buyout offer. At least...
STERN HELPED OUT BY 'THE SNAKE'
HOWARD Stern has a new CBS show - one day after branding CBS president Les Moonves "a snake" for canning his syndicated "Howard Stern Radio Show." Word broke yesterday that...
VICTORIA'S UNDIES FALL OFF
THE first-ever televised "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" resulted in skimpy-ratings for ABC on one of TV's most competitive nights. The show, filmed Tuesday under a circus-sized tent in Manhattan's Bryant...
THE RED-HOT PLANET
There were no $16 million clubs in Manhattan - until now. Last Saturday night, Club Mars had its grand opening with some 2,000 guests. With business and tourism down, this...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
"Dinner Party Shee Shee?" she asked. "No, no, Dinner Party Cheat Sheet," I replied. "This is Dan, he writes Dinner Party Shee Shee," she said to another woman. The dinner...
CHOC IT UP
It's enough to give you the willies - the Willie Wonkas, that is. The Fourth Annual Chocolate Show is causing the best possible kind of brown-out at Chelsea's Metropolitan Pavilion...
NEW YORK'S HIT PARADE: FEAST YOUR EYES ON NEW BALLOONS, FLOATS AND THANKSGIVING HOOPLA
You've seen them on TV - Bob the Builder, Pikachu and the WWF wrestlers. But you've never caught them marching down Broadway together before. Until Thursday. Brace yourself for the...
NEW COUNCIL REFORMERS IN POWER PLAY VS. SPEAKER
Nearly half the 37 incoming City Council members are banding together in a bid to strip power from the speaker's office, The Post has learned. The rebel, 17-member "Fresh Democracy...
'A LOSS FOR THE WHOLE CITY' HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO HONOR 2 HEROES
Hundreds of rescue workers, family and friends said goodbye yesterday to a pair of civil servants who gave their lives to save others in the World Trade Center attack on...
SLAIN VILLAIN'S ANGER AND ARROGANCE
Mohammed Atef - the co-founder of the al Qaeda terror network and the murderous schemer behind the Sept. 11 attacks - had bragged about killing Americans for years. Known within...
CRITICS STICK IT TO ALBANY OVER FOREIGN-MADE I"NY BUTTONS
ALBANY - The state has placed a rush order for 300,000 "I Love New York" buttons - although it turns out the popular items are made in Mexico. Since the...
FEDS WANT 'BULL' PENNED FOR 20-YR. MAX
The feds want a judge to throw the book at mob turncoat Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano and put him away for the maximum of 20 years for running a major...
LAURA'S GOING ON THE AIR FOR A LITTLE TALI-BASHING
WASHINGTON - Shy and soft-spoken Laura Bush will make waves today - airwaves - as the first first lady ever to give the weekly presidential radio address, plugging women's rights...
STAR WARS OVER PIX OF FORD'S NEW MODEL
These are the pictures Harrison Ford doesn't want you to see. Erupting with anger, Ford sped off in his Mercedes, spewing gravel and dirt, after photographers snapped him leaving a...
SURPRISE CANDIDATE EYED FOR U.S. ATT'Y
ALBANY - A surprising new name emerged yesterday in the behind-the-scenes contest to succeed Mary Jo White as U.S. attorney for Manhattan. Sources told The Post former Assistant U.S. Attorney...
ANDY USING RACE CARD ON MCCALL, PAPER SAYS
ALBANY - Andrew Cuomo called Carl McCall's gubernatorial campaign the "second installment" in a "racial contract" that could divide New York, it was reported yesterday. Cuomo, the former federal housing...
BLOOMY DROPS HAROLD A HINT
Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg declined to appear in public with Schools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday following a private chat between the two - fueling speculation he wants to replace Levy with...
VIDEO SLAY TWIST MYSTERY LADY TAPED AT TYCOON'S L.I. PAD
Cops have seized a surveillance videotape that caught a woman visiting Wall Street millionaire Theodore Ammon at his Long Island mansion on the weekend he was murdered, The Post has...
LORD-Y! AUCTION CASE NOW A TRIAL OF 'PEERS'
English high society went on trial yesterday in Manhattan federal court, when lawyers for Sotheby's owner Alfred Taubman grilled a disgraced executive about the rarefied world of art auctions. Christopher...
ATM FIENDS ON A SPREE OF RIP-OFFS
The NYPD and the Secret Service have launched a major investigation into complaints that bank customers have lost thousands of dollars through unauthorized ATM withdrawals. Since last Saturday, the NYPD...
BOX-OFFICE MAGIC 'POTTER' CASTING SPELL ON APPLE
A record-setting audience went wild about Harry yesterday, pouring into sold-out theaters to catch the first unspoolings of the magical mystery tour de force. "It's unbelievable," said John McCauley, vice...
YOU CAN FIGHT CITY HALL FIREMEN GET BACK FULL GROUND ZERO DUTY
The Giuliani administration - admitting it made "mistakes" - is restoring all the firefighters it removed from recovery duty at the World Trade Center site, officials said yesterday. Fire Commissioner...
PILOTS WERE 'WORKING HARD' TO SAVE DOOMED PLANE
The pilots' final, frantic efforts to save their plane will be scrutinized as probers try to determine what caused the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 587, the chief investigator...
SUBWAY SHOVER'S SICK WORDS: EX-MENTAL PATIENT HATED VICTIM'S WHITE UNIFORM
"Is the bitch dead?" a homeless man asked cops after he was arrested for pushing a Brooklyn mom-of-two under an onrushing subway train, police sources said yesterday. Jackson Roman, 36,...
COP-KIN BENEFIT
The civic group Neighbors Helping Neighbors will hold a benefit tomorrow for families of the 13th Precinct and ESU officers who died at the World Trade Center. The event will...
U.S. BOMB KILLS OSAMA TERROR CHIEF: PLAYED KEY ROLE IN SEPT. 11 ATTACKS
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden's military commander, who played a central role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike, Defense Secretary...
NAUSEOUS DAYS AT PS 7 IN BROOKLYN
City health officials are investigating why 78 students and staffers at a Brooklyn elementary school have gotten sick in the last few days with cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. Water and...
POL WANTS PROBE OF VIRGINIA ROLE IN N.Y. CHILD SLAYING
Virginia's governor is seeking a probe of a judge's ruling that returned a 4-year-old girl to the abusive mother now accused of killing the child in a bizarre exorcism attempt....
HIRE ASPIRATION: RUDY EYES JOB IN TOP FIRM
RUDY from Page 1 tor, considering his performance running the city. "New York City is the ultimate turnaround," the ally pointed out. At Ernst & Young, Giuliani is expected to...
N.Y. SNAGS $2B MORE IN FED AID TO REBUILD
The White House and New York Republicans struck a deal yesterday on an $11 billion aid package - and Mayor Giuliani told President Bush's critics to back off. New York...
FEDS FIND ANTHRAX IN A LETTER TO SECOND POL
A second anthrax-laced letter sent to a U.S. senator has been found - very similar to the one sent to Sen. Tom Daschle, it was reported last night. ABC News...
SHE'S A FIRST-RATE FIRST LADY: POLL
WASHINGTON - Laura Bush gets a thumbs-up from most Americans. who say Mrs. Bush - not feisty predecessor Hillary Clinton - is their idea of what a first lady should...
HIZZONER CAN 'MINE' HIS EXPERIENCE
Rudy Giuliani will always be known as the mayor who led the city during some of its most perilous days. But not many people are aware that Giuliani spent three...
EXCLUSIVE: RUDY'S NEW JOB
MAYOR Giuliani is negotiating a top job with one of the world's largest accounting and management firms, Ernst & Young, The Post has learned. Sources said the mayor's new position...
AL QAEDA SUSPECT CHARGED IN MILLENNIUM BOMB PLOT
Anti-terror prosecutors have caught up with a member of an Algerian cell who helped plot a millennium bomb attack on America, officials said yesterday. Samir Ait Mohamed, 32, was hit...
START KEY FOR 'CANES TO DERAIL HOT ORANGE
MIAMI - The Miami Hurricanes got away with one last week against Boston College. To some degree, they've been getting away with it much of the season. The Hurricanes (8-0...
STEVENS INKS 3-YEAR EXTENSION
A no-trade clause, the extra year: Scott Stevens got everything he wanted - entirely appropriate for the Devils captain who gives everything he's got. "There's no other place I really...
SYKORA LOSES SPOT ON LARRY'S 'A' LINE
Back on Oct. 23, The Post predicted this unwelcome move would have to be made. It comes to pass this afternoon when Larry Robinson breaks up the "A" Line. Robinson...
AT START, STORM MUST NOT HAVE A STONY END
You may think this is going to sound crazy, but the St. John's players don't think so. The Red Storm face a must-win situation today when they open the season...
HERM WANTS 'D' TO BE RAVEN-LIKE
Herman Edwards has a vision for his Jets - a very real, tangible goal. He wants to forge a defense so smothering, so stifling, it hardly matters who's playing offense....
CAMPBELL LOOKING FOR SOUPED-UP ROLE
Could this be the week? Jim Fassel thinks maybe so, and so does Dan Campbell. The season-long struggle to incorporate the tight ends into the Giants' offense has been an...
ANGRY JEFF HAS MOVES ON HIS MIND
Jeff Van Gundy sent as loud a message to his team as the Nets did last night, suggesting a major shake-up after the Nets convincingly earned bragging rights as the...
BIG BLUE RECEIVERS GETTING LITTLE RESPECT
The "other" receivers ride into town once again tagged with second-class status. All anyone wants to know is what's wrong with Randy Moss and Cris Carter. Few are clamoring about...
IONA GOAL TO 3-PEAT IS MAJOR CHALLENGE
Iona coach Jeff Ruland's T-shirt says it all. "Winning [the MAAC] three times will be real tough," said Ruland, while sporting a maroon and gold hoops shirt with the slogan...
NO CHAMPION BARGAINER: RAHMAN'S GETTING LESS THAN LEWIS
LAS VEGAS - When Hasim Rahman was a boy, he and his two brothers were taught a game by their father, John Cason, an engineer. It was called "doubles and...
IONA HAS EDGE IN PREP BATTLE
JEFF NAPOLITANO has coached against Vinny O'Connor many times. "It's still special," said Napolitano, who will guide No. 2 Iona Prep against his old high school coach, O'Connor, and third-seeded...
LEWIS SEEKS REDEMPTION RAHMAN EYEING RESPECT
LAS VEGAS - At last. After all the shenanigans by promoters, lawsuits over rights and fights, and court case upon court case, Hasim "The Rock" Rahman has the chance to...
SHEF HIGH ON MET WISH LIST TO BOLSTER 'O'
GM Steve Phillips possesses a long list of outfielders who could upgrade the Mets' ragged offense. Among the most interesting on his ledger is Gary Sheffield. The Mets have flirted...
RANGERS ARE GLAD TO HAVE VLAD
PITTSBURGH - Could it be? Could it be that that big No. 23 playing on Brian Leetch's right side isn't Vladimir Malakhov at all, but rather Jeff Beukeboom in disguise?...
EISLEY'S WINNING BY DEFAULT
In three days, Howard Eisley has gone from third-string point guard to backup point guard, to getting the nod last night to start the second half against the Nets and...
KENYON'S BECOME A SHARPSHOOTER
The defense has been there. Now the offense is coming for Kenyon Martin. The Nets' forward who prides himself on defense got off to a rocky offensive start this season,...
MAC'S PLAYING PIVOT-AL ROLE
Todd MacCulloch intends to renew acquaintances with his former mentor and teammate in Philadelphia for a half-season, Dikembe Mutombo, when the Sixers invade the Meadowlands tonight. MacCulloch will exchange pleasantries...
JEFF'S STILL NOT SATISFIED WITH PLAY OF POINT GUARDS
Although Jeff Van Gundy made his bold change earlier this week, anointing Howard Eisley into the backup point-guard role and sitting Charlie Ward, the Knick coach still would like to...
THEY'RE RIVALS FOR REAL: KNICKS VS. NETS FINALLY SIZZLIN'
The Knicks actually were pumped to be busing across the Hudson River last night to reclaim bragging rights from the new Nets. When was the last time that was the...
FRASER NIXES UNC
Amityville High star center Jason Fraser has eliminated North Carolina from his list of schools, leaving Louisville, St. John's and Villanova still in the mix, sources told The Post. He...