November 19, 2001
PHILLIPS, CONOCO TO MERGE IN $35B DEAL
Oil titans Phillips Petroleum and Conoco said last night they agreed to a merger that would create one of the world's largest energy companies, valued at more than $35 billion....
DUO NEEDS LIFELINE - BRAUN, BLOOMBERG ON OUTS AT ABC
The two top execs at Disney's ABC may soon be out of a job if the ailing network doesn't rebound by the end of the season, say sources close to...
GREEN LIGHT FOR RED HOOK - FANCY FAIRWAY PROJECT OK'D FOR B'KLYN WATERFRONT
Gourmet giant Fairway Market has gotten a green light - after years of wrangling - to open a food hub and sports center on the last remaining piece of Brooklyn's...
GETAWAY FIRM CATERS TO FANTASIES OF RICH
World's in the pits? Bring on the fantasies. With a faltering economy and terrorism wrecking travel getaways, now would seem a poor time to launch a fantasy getaway service for...
ALDA HAS ANSWERS
QED []At the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, 150 W. 65th St.; (212) 787-6868. ---------- WHO knew quantum electrodynamics could be so much fun? Those who loved "Copenhagen" - and...
A LOT OF LOSER'S COMING UP WINNERS
FANS of the Loser's Lounge might want to see some of the variety show singers doing their own thang. This week there's ample opportunity.Owen McCarthy, the Iggy-esque Beck-ensian glam rocker,...
HOT TECH TOYS FROM NINTENDO & MICROSOFT HIT STORES, SO . . . LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
IT'S Shrek vs. Super Mario!Video gamers of all ages are clamoring for - and arguing over - the season's two hottest tech toys. Lines are forming out the doors at...
STARR REPORT
Talking turkey with Judge Judy As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, Judge Judy Sheindlin has a lot for which to be thankful. Not only is Sheindlin's "Intimate Portrait" premiering...
AND THE BEAT GOES ON - THE LIVE POP CONCERT IS SUDDENLY THE HOTTEST THING ON NETWORK TV
POP-STARS are pumping extra gas into the TV networks this month. From Michael Jackson to Jennifer Lopez, television is attracting the music industry's biggest names. Since last week, there have...
THE LONG AND SHORT OF RUDY - MAYOR NAILS HIS CELEBRITY STATUS WITH A&E PROFILE
"Biography: Rudolph Giuliani" [Zero stars] Tonight at 8 on A&E ------- FOR far too long, A&E's "Biography" has led a Teflon-coated existence. On some level, TV critics and long-time fans...
THE GREAT HAT ATTACK: FROM NATTY FEDORAS TO FLUFFY FUR COSSACK STYLES, HATS ARE HAVING A MAJOR RENAISSANCE THIS FALL
HATS can be good for your social life. Dina Wise knows this well, and uses her vast collection of hats to meet new people. "Since not many people wear them...
WHO IS .... SERENA REES?
Where's she from? London. What's she do? Co-owns the cult British lingerie company Agent Provocateur with her husband, Joe Corre, son of punk impresarios Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren. Why...
CHIC'S IN THE BAG: COMPACT YASMENA BAGS ARE A BLESSING TO HOLIDAY PARTYGOERS
THE problem: how to gracefully hold your purse at a cocktail party while also balancing a drink and a plate of hors d'oeuvres. The solution: Yasmena bags, slim, beaded pouches...
VOGUE HAS A HEART ON
While some fashionistas are pushing their flag-festooned clothes to the back of their closets once again, American style bible Vogue magazine is peddling patriotic fashions for a cause. Instead of...
JURY RETURNING TO AUCTION-ADVENTURE
A Manhattan jury taken behind the velvet curtain of the haughty art-auction industry will be back in court today after spending last week hearing testimony of boardroom back-stabbing that now...
FEDS: MOBBED-UP UNION 'WORKED' BUILDERS FOR $2M
Leaders of a powerful union are suspected of ripping off more than $2 million from contractors by demanding no-show jobs for up to 30 people - including the relatives of...
TORRICELLI'S ACCUSER IS CHINATOWN GANGBUSTER
WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Torricelli's prime accuser in a federal corruption probe is a secret hero who helped save several girls from a ruthless Chinatown gang in 1983, The Post...
ROCKAWAYS' TWIN BLOWS REFLECTED IN THREE LIVES - ALL LOST SOMETHING IN WTC OR JET CRASH
No community suffered more from the city's two tragedies than the Rockaways. Just as residents were beginning to recover from the Twin Towers attacks that killed 70 of their neighbors,...
LAWSUIT BIDS TO 'TRUMP' CASINOS
A LAWSUIT backed by Donald Trump, challenging New York's sweeping new casino law, will be filed in "just a few days," The Post has learned. A source close to mega-builder...
BRONX'S FADED GLORY LIVES AMID THE DEAD
IT'S sort of hard to picture it when you're standing at the corner of Viele Avenue and Tiffany Street in the South Bronx, but David Leggett can see it all...
A SORDID 'AFFAIR' - STRIPPER OBSESSION LED LAWYER TO SCAM CLIENTS' MILLIONS: DA
These days, he sits in jail in lower Manhattan, charged with embezzling $2.6 million. But until just a few months ago, Manhattan lawyer Mitchell Rothken had it all - enough,...
DON'T SOUND DEATH KNELL FOR AL QAEDA JUST YET
The death of one of Osama bin Laden's top henchmen deals a serious blow to the terror merchant's apparatus of destruction, experts said, but they warned that his organization will...
PAROLEES ON GOOD BEHAVIOR - TOUGH RULES MEAN FEWER RETURN TO JAIL
ALBANY - The number of parolees returning to prison for committing new crimes has dropped dramatically over the last decade, The Post has learned. Since last year, just 3.7 percent...
GEE, WIZ: 'HARRY' A $MASH
Filming begins today in London on the second Harry Potter movie - even as the first one is rewriting Hollywood history, opening with a record $93.5 million over the weekend....
MEDAL BID FOR FALLEN CHAPLAIN
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday called on President Bush to award the Medal of Freedom to Rev. Mychal Judge, the Fire Department chaplain who perished in the collapse of the Twin...
AFGHAN TV TEEN ENDS THE TALI-BAN
After a five-year ban, television flickered back to life in Kabul yesterday - and a 16-year-old Afghan girl was the star. Mariam Shakebar was an 11-year-old presenter of children's programs...
NOW SHE'S COLONEL BARBIE GIRL TO YOU
The 4-year-old girl who sent 60 cents to help victims of the Twin Towers disaster has been made an honorary colonel for her kindness. Jayde Cluff of St. George, Utah,...
SEX-SLAVE FEAR FOR WOMEN
A new horror faces the beleaguered women of Afghanistan - fears that retreating Taliban forces are taking female prisoners with them to be slaughtered, used as sex slaves or sold...
PRO-ANOREXIC WOMEN ARE PUTTING UP A THIN LEGAL CASE
A bizarre club of militant anorexics - who insist their boney frames are lifestyle choices rather than a deadly illness - are fighting legal attempts to stop them from winning...
BESIEGED TALIBAN OFFER DESPERATE DEAL
Cowering Taliban leaders, caught between the ruthless al Qaeda terror ring and encroaching U.S. forces, yesterday said they'd give up their last northern stronghold if Osama bin Laden's henchmen are...
HINT TO SADDAM: YOU MAY BE NEXT - RICE SAYS U.S. WILL 'EVENTUALLY' CONFRONT HIM
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice yesterday bluntly said the United States will "eventually" deal with Saddam Hussein. The Bush aide's remarks were a clear warning that the president has Saddam...
WAR SOURCES TO BIN LADEN: WE KNOW WHERE OSAMA IS
U.S. and British special forces have narrowed their hunt for terror chieftain Osama bin Laden to a small area southeast of Kandahar, intelligence sources said yesterday. Commando teams are now...
CEREMONY EASES PAIN OF CRASH
A wailing piano, hymns and prayers comforted the 4,000 teary-eyed friends and relatives of the victims of Flight 587, who gathered for an interdenominational prayer service at Jacob Riis Park...
SPAIN'S EIGHT SUSPECTS AIDED 9/11 THUGS: JUDGE
An al Qaeda cell in Spain helped carry out the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, a Spanish judge said yesterday. High Court Judge Baltasar Garzon ordered eight alleged...
CHI FIRE WIDOWS AID SISTERS IN N.Y.
In one breathtaking day, firefighters and fire widows from the Windy City collected funds for their New York brethren - and when the pockets were emptied, they were three-quarters of...
BLACK BRAVEST DOES WRONG BY DIALLO COP
BLACK firefighter James Lawrence this week injected a dangerous virus into one of the world's bravest and strongest brotherhoods. I know it's politically incorrect to say, but when Lawrence demanded...
BLOOMBERG OFFICE GETS ANTHRAX PHONE THREAT
Cops are investigating an anthrax threat made to Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg's company over the weekend. The threat came in a telephone call on Saturday to the 499 Park Ave. offices...
WE'RE UNITED IN OUR GRIEF, BLOOMY TELLS WASH. HTS.
With red, white and blue candles flickering around him, Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg told hundreds of Washington Heights residents last night that the city is united in anguish for the victims...
CUT TERROR TIES - OR NO 'PALESTINE': COLIN
On the eve of his big Mideast speech today, Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Yasser Arafat to steer clear of terrorist groups like Hamas - and cut the violence...
MULLAH OVERSAW ANTHRAX LAB
Afghanistan's Taliban chiefs reportedly took an unusual interest in a veterinary lab that produced millions of doses of anthrax vaccine. After the Islamic militia seized power in 1996, it moved...
WASH. HTS. & BLOOMBERG PAY TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
Tears flowed at St. Catherine of Genoa Church yesterday, where hundreds of members of the Washington Heights community gathered to say goodbye to the victims of American Airlines Flight 587....
SEX-SLAVE FEAR FOR FEMALE PRISONERS
A new horror faces the beleaguered women of Afghanistan - fears that retreating Taliban forces are taking female prisoners with them to be slaughtered, used as sex slaves or sold...
HOPING FOR DEJA BLUE - GIANTS IN SEARCH OF MINNY MAUL II
MINNEAPOLIS - It is an aspect of human nature that is not very attractive, yet it is one of the strong factors that could make tonight's game against the Vikings...
BALL'S NOW IN TYSON'S COURT
LAS VEGAS - Now, it's up to Mike Tyson. Does he really want to fight anymore? Or does he just want to get paid to make appearances against men who...
JINTS: WE'RE READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL
GIANT NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - The record doesn't speak for itself, but it does reek for itself. Playing on Monday Night Football does not bring out the best in the Giants....
STARS EYE REVENGE VS. SLUMPING ISLES
Good thing there are 82 games in a season. Last November, the Isles went 3-9-0-2 for the month, signaling the beginning of the end for that dreadful team. This year's...
NO REASON FOR A WEAK SEQUEL
LAS VEGAS - HBO will offer a broadcast of Lewis-Rahman II this Saturday. Here's two things you should know going in: Don't plan to be watching long. And there will...
MCKINNIE KNOWS JOY OF NO SACKS
STANDING on the Orange Bowl field after Miami crushed Syracuse 59-0 Saturday, Bryant McKinnie, the Hurricanes' mammoth offensive tackle who has never allowed a sack, seemed a bit baffled by...
RANGERS' NEW DEFENSIVE CRY: A TIME TO KILL
They had a five-minute major to kill just 6:16 into Saturday night's match in Pittsburgh, did the Rangers, and so that's just what the Rangers did. They did it magnificently,...
NO POUTING FOR NETS
DENVER - The Nets headed west with a 7-2 record and a perch atop the Atlantic Division, 1½ games ahead of second-place Boston. And they weren't overly happy about it....
DOWNTRODDEN DEVILS OPEN UP AND SAY ROY
Avalanche 2 - Devils 0 Without spark or spunk, the Devils' need for a sniper is now certified. The cannons have been reduced to shutout fodder. Patrick Roy lunched at...
BLAH WFAN MUST UNDERGO CHANGES
ONE REASON many people feel that it's a good idea to limit politicians to two consecutive terms is that otherwise an almost natural malaise begins to permeate the administrations. The...
DAMIEN GETS INTO THE ACTION
JET NOTES MIAMI - Damien Robinson had already been pressing for his first interception of the season. So, when a Jay Fiedler pass glanced off both of his hands late...
MOSS SHOWS RUST IN DEBUT
MIAMI - Vinny Testaverde only threw him three passes, and he didn't catch any of them, and his fourth-quarter end-around resulted in a six-yard loss, but give Santana Moss a...
EASY AS SHOOTING FISH IN A BARREL - 1ST-PLACE JETS PICK DOLPHS CLEAN AGAIN
MIAMI - There were more than five minutes still to play in the game and all that remained in the Pro Player Stadium stands consisted of large pockets of fans...
FRIED FISH: WE'RE HEXED FOR SURE
MIAMI - Zach Thomas, author of the well-publicized post-game diatribe last month after the Jets came back to beat Miami, was left only to compliment the Jets after his Dolphins...
BEWARE OF MEAN GREEN SHREKING CREW
MIAMI - It is much too early to start talking about any Miracles in the Meadowlands, because these will always be the unfathomable, maddening Jets until proven otherwise. But there...
CAMBY STILL ON HOLD; KURT BANGED UP
LOS ANGELES - Marcus Camby ruled out playing on this three-game western trip that began yesterday vs. the Clippers, but is still shooting to return by Saturday vs. the Bulls...
LAYDEN: VG'S STILL THE MAN
KNICK NOTES LOS ANGELES - Knicks GM Scott Layden gave Jeff Van Gundy a rousing vote of confidence before the club's disgraceful 99-86 loss to the Clippers yesterday. Question is,...
JEFF TROOP STILL 'O'-FUL ON THE ROAD
LOS ANGELES - Jeff Van Gundy kept the same starting lineup and the result had the same stink. With their defense still putrid, the athletic Clippers shredded the Knicks 99-86,...
LINDROS' TRICK A RANGER TREAT
Rangers 6 - Thrashers 2 It isn't too early to sneak a peak at the standings, isn't too early to note that the Rangers are accumulating points at a rate...
JEFF TROOP STILL '0'-FUL ON THE ROAD
Clippers 99 Knicks 86 LOS ANGELES - Jeff Van Gundy kept the same starting lineup and the result was the same stink. With their defense still putrid, the athletic Clippers...