November 25, 2001
BULL'S EYE
TALKING TURKEY Tired of turkey leftovers? Wall Street isn't. Ever in search of metaphors to explain the financial markets to individual investors, Wall Street strategists have seized on Thanksgiving. Here's...
TOUGH CHAPTER FOR BARNES & NOBLE
Books may be a necessity for some, but for the general population, light reading isn't as high on the list as food, clothing and shelter. For this reason, Barnes &...
CALLS & PUTS HELP FUND BOOST GAINS
GLEN Rauch has found a way to make the mutual fund concept new again. Admit it: mutual funds haven't aged well. While they were first launched to give unsophisticated investors...
WILL HUNK CHOOSE ME OR ONE OF MY FRIENDS?
What does a man really look for in a woman? I found myself pondering this question (again) Sunday while my two roommates and I prepared ourselves for a group date...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MING-NA
Ming-Na, who plays Dr. Deborah Chen on "ER," emigrated from Hong Kong to New York at the age of 4. Her mother, who was a nurse, wanted Ming-Na to pursue...
RETRO MUSICAL REVUE DESERVES ENCORES!
As Julian Marsh puts it in the musical "42nd Street": "Musical comedy - the two most beautiful words in the English language." Well, perhaps not everyone would agree. But musicals...
WHAT I WATCH
COSTAS SPILIADISOWNER/CHEF, "MILOS" RESTAURANT I THINK CHARLIE ROSE ON PBS IS A WONDERFUL INTERVIEWER AND THE STYLE OF THE SHOW IS INTELLIGENT AND CASUAL AT ONCE. HE BRINGS OUT THE...
PLANE SPIRIT: RED, WHITE AND BLUE CALDER JET MAY SOON RETURN TO THE FRIENDLY SKIES
About a month ago, The Post reported that a massive sculpture by artist Alexander Calder, "Bent Propeller," was pulled in several large pieces from the wreckage of the World Trade...
POTTER'S FIELD OF MOVIE JUNK
Just when our religious leaders thought Harry Potter books had lost their satanic grip on kids - as evidenced by a 64 percent drop in the number of school teachers...
ANTHRAX: WE'LL HELP OUT VICTIMS
The guys from the thrash metal band Anthrax are getting pretty tired of all the questions. After all, when the New York group thought up its name, they were still...
WHEN LOOKS CAN KILL: HOW 'SHOW' BUSINESS PUTS PUREBRED PUPS AT RISK
In the ultra-competitive world of show-dog breeding, where animals are judged strictly on their appearance and coveted blue ribbons hang in the balance, looks are everything. But what becomes of...
NOTHING BEATS A BUBBLY BREAK
One of Champagne's grande dames, Madame Bollinger, had this to say about her favorite beverage: "I drink Champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when...
OWL BE DAMNED! AS THESE PIX PROVE, 'SORCERER' SCRIBE J.K. ROWLING'S TASTE IS FOR THE BIRDS
Welcome to the house that Harry built. Just don't expect a visit from Architectural Digest. As these pictures of the renovated residence of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling show, taste...
'CONFLICTED' HILL TO TAKE A PASS ON PROSECUTOR PICK
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will refrain from playing a role in the selection of a new U.S. attorney for Manhattan because the new prosecutor could take over the...
SOTHEBY'S DRAGON LADY: LETTER SHOWS DEDE SUGGESTED BOSS QUIT AS AUCTION-HOUSE CHIEF
DIANA "DeDe" Brooks, up to her armpits in the Sotheby's price-fixing scandal, has rewritten the definition of the word chutzpah. Tomorrow, as the trial of Sotheby's owner Alfred Taubman resumes,...
BRONX CROSSFIRE KID LAID TO REST
Romel "Ray Ray" Jenkins, the 5-year-old boy killed in the crossfire of a Bronx gun battle, was buried yesterday in a white coffin with a small stuffed dog and a...
OUTRAGE OVER FOUR-YEAR PLEA DEAL IN LONG ISLAND SEX-TORTURE CASE
Victims groups have slammed the four-year jail sentence given to Long Island kink queen Beth Loschin - even though it saved her traumatized teen victim from testifying twice. Loschin, 46,...
VICTORIA GOTTI
SOMEONE said it doesn't matter what they say about you in the newspapers, as long as they spell your name correctly. Yeah, right! I'm rarely surprised to see my father's...
ANTHRAX-DEATH PUZZLE: STILL NO CLUES IN CONN.
Friends and family gathered to mourn the death of 94-year-old anthrax victim Ottilie Lundgren yesterday - while investigators admitted they were still mystified as to how she had contracted the...
BUSH: TERROR WAR GETTING TOUGHER
President Bush yesterday warned that America faces "difficult times ahead" amid reports that many more U.S. troops could soon join the perilous hunt for Osama bin Laden. Bush used his...
RETAILERS IN A PANIC: LET THE SELLER BEWARE: 'TIS THE SEASON FOR HAGGLING
The holiday shopping season's most popular game is turning out to be "let's make a deal." Smart shoppers - wise toward this year's buyer's market - took advantage of a...
BELL CAN'T SAVE WINNER ON ROSELAND BOXING CARD
Boxer James Butler was charged with assault yesterday after he sucker-punched his opponent minutes after the final bell rang. Butler, 28, became so disgruntled after losing the Friday night bout...
HAMAS-SLAY FUROR : MOURNERS IN A RAGE AT FUNERAL OF TERROR BOSS
JERUSALEM - Thousands of mourners, some carrying pictures of Osama bin Laden, took to the streets yesterday as Israeli officials explained their reasons for executing a prominent Hamas militant. Estimates...
ROOMIES GIVE MAYOR A LITTLE GAIETY
Mayor Giuliani gets his day started the same way every morning - by giving a peck on the cheek to his two gay roommates. "We always get a little kiss...
MICK RUSHING TO STRICKEN LUCIANA
Mick Jagger was rocked two days ago when he reportedly learned his ex-lover Luciana Morad, the mother of one of his children, was rushed to the hospital with viral meningitis,...
PA-CIVILIAN KIN WANT 'UNIFORM' TREATMENT
Francis Riccardelli and Joe Amatuccio knew the World Trade Center's hundreds of elevators and stairwells like no one else. When the planes hit on Sept. 11, their inside knowledge was...
FBI CLOSING IN ON EVIL GANG: SET TO NAIL OSAMA'S HELPERS IN U.S.
The FBI is close to making the first arrests on U.S. soil directly linked to the Sept. 11 World Trade Center terror attacks, The Post has learned. The arrests could...
AMBULETTE-SUV CRASH HURTS BOY
An ambulette and a sport utility vehicle collided at a Bronx intersection yesterday, injuring a youngster who was on the sidewalk, police said. The 1 p.m. accident happened when a...
CORONARY STRIKES COMIC RODNEY
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield suffered a mild heart attack on his 80th birthday and is hospitalized in intensive care, his publicist said yesterday. The attack struck Dangerfield, whose long-running gag is...
LIRR HERO FACES A FRESH TRAGEDY
EIGHT years ago, Kevin Blum found himself in the wrong place at a dreadful time. As Blum traveled home from work aboard the Long Island Rail Road, he watched a...
GUNMAN KILLS MAN, WOUNDS 2
Screams of terror filled a busy Midtown street last night as two bystanders were wounded and a man was killed after an argument near the Hammerstein Ballroom led to gunfire,...
BATTLE LOOMS FOR TALIBAN CITY : HARD-LINERS HOLD OUT IN KUNDUZ
The Northern Alliance disarmed and freed hundreds of surrendering Taliban fighters in Kunduz yesterday, but thousands of true believers and foreign mercenaries stuck to their guns as the white-flag deadline...
RANSACKING RATS IGNORED DEATH ALL AROUND THEM
They were the zeroes among the heroes at ground zero - more than a dozen men and women accused of doing the unconscionable: tomb raiding. They allegedly looted stores, helped...
RAGING BULL---- DE NIRO LOOK-ALIKE RAN 30G MOVIE SCAM: COPS
He may look, sound and act like Robert De Niro - but make no mistake - Joseph Manuella is no Robert De Niro. It's a lesson Julius "Reb" Leonard learned...
WATCH THE $$ ROLL IN WHEN RUDY BOWS OUT
When the ball drops in Times Square this New Year's Eve, don't be surprised if Rudy Giuliani takes more than a sip of fine champagne. And his toast could be...
REAL-LIFE 'HANNIBAL' HAS SHOT AT FREEDOM
A killer who has been dubbed New York's "Hannibal Lecter" will tomorrow get the first of two chances in the next six months to be released from a state mental...
RESURGENT JET D KEEPING COTTRELL IN HEAD-JOB HUNT
TED Cottrell was among the A-list of potential NFL head coaches last winter when the then Bills defensive coordinator was interviewed for openings with the Jets and the Bills before...
CROSS IN BIG BLUE STRATOSPHERE
He grew up in a tiny town called Berkley, Ala., and never thought he would hear Whitney Houston sing the national anthem at the Desert Storm Super Bowl (XXV), never...
SLOVAKS GETTING SALT LAKE SHAFT: LET THEM PLAY IN PRELIMS
FAR more important than Patrick Roy's refusal to play for Canada in the Olympics is the NHL's current policy that will bar the league's Slovakian players from representing their country...
PRIDE MUST COME BEFORE A FALL
IT IS Friday afternoon, and Wellington Mara is walking out of the practice bubble toward Giants Stadium. Only 10 months ago, Mara was standing atop a platform inside a riotous...
LINE HAS OFFENSE GROUNDED
The glory goes elsewhere but blame sticks to an offensive line. Such is the case in football and such is the case with the Giants, who have clearly experienced a...
IT'S NOW OR NEVER TO START SOARING : JINTS MUST BACK UP THEIR BRAVE TALK WITH A WIN
To listen to the Giants, there is beauty inside of them, hidden beneath warts and blemishes and other defects that make them an unsightly mess. To listen to the Giants,...
HAVE YOU HERD? ELK MAY COME BACK
THE sight of a majestic elk, head held high holding massive antlers, is a sight that takes your breath away, but one that has been missing from New York State...
YANKEES HOPING TO HITCH-UP AGAIN
While George Steinbrenner's Inner Circle finalizes plans to lure Jason Giambi to The Bronx by the end of the week, there are other areas Yankee brass is looking to strengthen....
BEWARE OF BIG, BAD BYRON
SUBJECT: Nets Tear Into League; Scott Tears Into Malone And here all this time I thought Byron Scott reserved his effeminate evaluations for Nets only. But, lo and behold, he...
SAARLAND WINS REMSEN
It's been 22 years since trainer Shug McGaughey took a horse to the Kentucky Derby, finishing 2-3 with the heavily favored entry of Easy Goer and Awe Inspiring in 1989....
LEHMAN MAKES CANARSIE PAY
PSAL SEMIS Lehman26 Canarsie8 Mike Camardese told his Canarsie team all week that it couldn't afford to make mistakes against an undefeated Lehman squad. The Lions, he said, were too...
LEFT BANK EARNS CIGAR
Trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez celebrated yesterday's HolidayFest at Aqueduct yesterday in a big way, combining to win three races: an allowance with Kingsland, then the Demoiselle with...
BABBLING OAK ON THE MARK ABOUT VG
EVERY time he comes to town, Charles Oakley gargles a mouthful of metaphors and lets them spill out to the delight of those surrounding his locker. Somewhere, hidden amidst the...
NHL SAYS RANGERS HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH
Just wondering, but will the insufferable pair of Don Koharski and Mike Hasenfratz be fined a suitable amount for their laughably inept work in Washington on Friday night? And if...
EISLEY STRUGGLING TO GET THE POINT
Jeff Van Gundy offered up the theory that his three point guards haven't performed well this season because they may be looking over their shoulders. Strugglng Howard Eisley, the backup...
OTHELLA REAL TOUGH FELLA AS KNICKS BOP CHICAGO
Knicks78 Bulls71 After Othella Harrington bulled inside for another layup to build the Knick lead to 17 points with 10:07 left in the first half, Bulls coach Tim Floyd called...
SJU SHOWS NORTHERN COMPOSURE
GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT St. John's69 Tennessee55 ANCHORAGE - St. John's is not a great shooting team. It is not a great rebounding team. It does not get to the foul...
SCRAMBLED 'A LINERS' REVIVE DEVILS
Devils 5 Panthers 1 SUNRISE, Fla. - The Devils hadn't gone longer between victories since before they were true contenders. This time, there was no room for hurt feelings when...
ISLES' PARRISH IS MIGHTY TRICKY
Islanders 5 Ducks 3 These are the games the Islanders should win. Against the inferior Ducks, the surging Isles threw their weight around like a big man in Sizzler and...
JEFFERSON KNEE-DEEP AS KITTLES MAKES RETURN
SACRAMENTO - Richard Jefferson was looking forward to this weekend for some time. There was the game here for the Nets against fellow Arizona product Mike Bibby. Then tonight in...
IT'S A NO-GO FOR NETS
SACRAMENTO - Jason Kidd gets a triple-double for the second straight game and the 40th time in his career. Kenyon Martin scores 20 points, Keith Van Horn gets 19. The...
IT'S PAR FOR HIS COURSE: LPGA TOURNEY TRICKERY IS TYPICAL DONALD TRUMP
THE Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is another feel-good that, sigh, doesn't feel nearly as good as it used to. First, this year, despite a patriotic theme, Donald Trump used his...
NETS TOOT THEIR OWN VAN HORN
SACRAMENTO - Confidence can work miracles. Look at Keith Van Horn. He is playing confidently, aggressively, assertively. At both ends. So they're talking not only about Van Horn's offense. And...
LEADER OF THE PACK
Ten games played. Seven won. Three lost. Six to play. A run of the table with six wins and the Jets are guaranteed the No. 1 seed among AFC playoff...
ISLES' BECOMING A HOT TICKET
There's no place like home. Just ask the Islanders. "Our goal was to wake up in the morning and be in first place," Isles head coach Peter Laviolette said after...
ROBINSON'S RUNNING OUT OF SCAPEGOATS
SUNRISE, Fla. - It certified an early season gone so wrong that it will require drastic repair. There was little else Larry Robinson could do, short of surrender to the...
SMITH LIKES CRUNCH TIME
ANCHORAGE - Point guard Tristan Smith didn't play like a freshman Friday night and he didn't speak like one after helping lead St. John's to a 66-63 win over Oregon...